Great Song Pirate

Chapter 492 Target Okinawa
(To clarify, Okinawa in the Song Dynasty has nothing to do with Wa Kingdom!)
After a short two-day rest, all the damaged ships in the fleet were completely repaired with the joint efforts of the officers and craftsmen, and they immediately set sail again, left Iriomote Island, and headed north.

Before leaving, Xu Yi left a small amount of knives, guns, bows and crossbows for this general to arm his clansmen, and even left behind ten soldiers, who were nominally guards for this general , to assist this Puze Division to conquer another tribe, in fact, he is also responsible for monitoring this Puze Division and setting up a transfer station here. In his opinion, ten of his own Fubo soldiers are enough for this Puze tribe. He is not afraid that this judge will betray him, because he has full confidence to deter the people of this tribe. As long as they want to survive here, they must consider their own huge power. As long as they dare to betray, what awaits them is There was no room for maneuver in the bloody massacre.

Of course, this general is not a fool. He has long been shocked by the terrifying huge fleet in front of him. He knows that since people have made this request, there is no room for him to bargain. All his clansmen were killed, and in the end he readily chose to submit. After all, submitting to the Fubo Army was of great benefit to him. At least he could have the power to conquer another tribe and become the titular governor of the island. Don't offend this general, he can still call the wind and rain here, and be his emperor, so he happily agreed to Xu Yi's request, leaving behind ten soldiers of the Fubo Army, and brought them back to him like an uncle. tribe, and served them up.

Before setting sail, Xu Yi learned about the surrounding situation with Gao Fu. There are several islands of different sizes near this island, and there are some tribes on them. An island in the north is even bigger than this island. There are four or five tribes, and the number of them is much larger than that of the Puze tribe. Gao Fu often goes fishing with these natives in small boats, and also has the opportunity to do business with other tribes on other islands. The situation was very familiar, so Sun Hai proposed to simply clean up all the tribes here, subdue it completely, and make it the territory of their Fubo army.His proposal was immediately endorsed by some other generals. In their eyes, these tribes were simply vulnerable, and subduing them was nothing more than an easy task.

Xu Yi looked at the water cat who had been sitting silently by the side, so he shook his head and said, "It's not urgent, let's not forget what we are going to do, the first thing we have to deal with is the Wa country, for those of us who were killed Brothers here to avenge their hatred, instead of coming here to occupy the territory, if we have time, we can subdue the tribes on these islands on the way back, but not now!"

The water cat immediately cast a grateful look at Xu Yi, and the other generals also nodded in agreement. There is nothing more important than teaching the Japanese people a lesson. Take it here!
Seeing that no one objected to his opinion, Xu Yi ordered the fleet to set sail again, left Iriomote Island, and circled half a circle along the east coast of Iriomote Island without stopping any further, passing through Shi Heng Island, headed northeast.

When their fleet left the island group, they deliberately drove close to the coast, causing the natives on the shore to flee into the island in panic, causing the people on the ship to burst into laughter. The reason for doing so , It is also to lay an ambush for them when they come back in the future, let these natives see the strength of the Fubo army first, and things will be easier when they come back in the future!
After sailing for half a day, the fleet finally left the island group, and then all the ships in the fleet hoisted their sails and sailed at full speed in the crosswind. According to memory, Xu Yi directly set the goal of the next stop at Okinawa Island. Of course, the premise Don't run into this damn strong wind again, otherwise, who knows what day it will go if it goes on like this!Originally, he still had the opportunity to choose to stay on Miyako Island, but counting the time, after being out for a few days, he only walked this far, so Xu Yi gave up this idea.

God seems to have calmed down his temper a lot this time, and there was no strong wind for several days in a row. With the help of the crosswind, the fleet quickly crossed Miyako Island and headed for the next destination. They sailed away, and the infantry recruits in the fleet gradually adapted to the life on board for a long time. Every day, under the leadership of the captains of each ship, they went on the deck of the ship in batches for drills. The fear of the sea for a few days gradually dissipated after they got used to it, and their morale started to rise again.

People who have never experienced such a long voyage even began to climb happily on the side of the ship to watch the scenery, and some people actually got some small pieces of meat, and asked the sailors on the ship for fishhooks, and hung them with ropes. After adjusting the fish on the side of the boat, Xu Yi was relieved a lot about this change.

Xu Yi thought carefully about passing Okinawa this time. Okinawa is located in the very center of the Ryukyu Islands, which is the place where the later Three Mountain Kingdom is, and it is also the birthplace of the Ryukyu Kingdom, although he has not yet arrived. The Okinawa Islands, but it can be guessed that this place must be much more prosperous than the previous islands, at least the native tribes are much more, and the number of people is needless to say, not too small.

If he plans to establish a long-term route here in the future, then Okinawa Island will become an important place. This time he went to Wa Kingdom, he did not intend to completely wipe out or completely occupy Wa Kingdom with his own troops. He has this Self-knowledge, knowing that relying on these 1 people alone, it is impossible to completely control the country of Wa. After discussing with the generals, he formulated the overall strategy for this expedition to the country of Wa, instead of just doing the same thing as the last southern expedition to Annan. On the one hand, the strategy he formulated for this battle this time is very simple, that is, to avenge the slain subordinates of Mizumao, and Miyamoto Koji is their sure target. The Japanese forces on all the small islands other than the island are completely eliminated, and the large-scale fleet of the Japanese is completely wiped out, so that they can no longer form a usable fleet in the short term. A large number of property and slaves enriched the strength of the Fubo army. To put it bluntly, this expedition was a journey of looting.

Once these goals are achieved, he will need to transfer a large number of belongings and slaves back to Liuqiu Island. The best return route is to go back to the Ryukyu Islands, but this will encounter a problem. When I was on the island, there were not a few reliable and stable supply points on the road. In the first few days, the location of Iriomote Island was too close to Ruqiu Island, and it was sparsely populated. Even as a supply point, it can only be regarded as a small supply station. , and the location of the Okinawa Islands is just in the middle of Waguo and Liuqiu Island. The geographical location is very important to them. The forces must be intricate. If their Fubo Army ships pass by here, they may be in danger. In order to avoid such a situation, Xu Yi wants to at least subdue some forces here and let them be responsible for protecting their passage to and from the ships. Let's talk about safety.

So he and Mizumao exchanged this idea in private. Although Mizumao was anxious to go to Japan for revenge, he could still understand Xu Yi's thoughts on major issues. He thought about what Xu Yi said, and felt that he should really plan ahead. After paving the road and heading to the Wa Kingdom, he nodded in support of Xu Yi's idea. In fact, Shui Mao knew very well that Xu Yi didn't need to discuss this matter with him at all. He could make up his own mind. The reason why he asked him was, It was taking care of his thoughts, and the water cat was naturally very grateful to Xu Yi for his care.

With the support of the water cat, Xu Yi recruited the chiefs and deputy generals of various ministries during the voyage, and told everyone his thoughts. He initially decided to establish several important supply points along the way before arriving in Wa Kingdom. The Okinawa Islands will be their first target!
Naturally, no one objected to the generals. Anyway, they came out to fight. First, they fought with the Japanese country, and then they fought with the natives of Ryukyu. Besides, this is related to the safety of their return flight. You might as well use these natives to train your troops first. alright!
After reaching this consensus, Xu Yi began to arrange manpower. On the same day, a dozen ships headed by Diao Bin left the main fleet, accelerated their speed, and headed towards Okinawa at full speed.

And Li Bo also transferred Gao Fu and his Viper Squad to board Diao Bin's ship, and rushed to Okinawa Island first. Besides, Xu Yi also transferred two Jiangbei ships from the Central Fleet Joined Diao Bin's fleet, and asked Yang Zaixing to send an elite team of 200 people to join Diao Bin's fleet to cooperate with his actions.

After arranging Diao Bin's fleet to take the first step, Xu Yi ordered the rest of the fleet to maintain their formation and followed them to Okinawa.

After a few days of traveling day and night, several ships appeared in front of them and rushed towards their fleet. Xu Yi, who was drawing the chart himself in the cabin, got the news and immediately stepped out of the cabin and boarded the building. He raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and then smiled. It turned out that Diao Bin's fleet had returned.

(The Ryukyu Islands are very important for the pig's feet to work in the future. Don't rush to go to Japan to make troubles. It's good to have a good preparation!)
(End of this chapter)