Lord of Ming Dynasty

In such a crowded place, there is no arable land and no food at all. The food is all supplied by the Huaxia Kingdom. The Xinlu Mansion is lucky to have so many Japanese people farming the land and can produce some output, but on Amami Island, there are only fish catches. Every day Even the raw fish was scrambled to eat, and there was not enough food. Of course, officials and combat soldiers did not need to rob. They had special food security. Although the lower the level, the less food they could get, many people were actually Hungry, but better than those people after all.

Many civilians who were forced to immigrate had no choice but to serve as soldiers. Of course, they were cannon fodder. They received military functions and received food. Now receiving a ration that cannot fill them alone has become a status symbol.

Compared with the people of the Huaxia Kingdom, these people are simply beggars and hungry people.

However, this situation has changed recently. With the death of hundreds of thousands of cannon fodder, the Ryukyu Kingdom has won several large islands, the area of ​​which is only one-tenth, or one-fifth, or even [-]% of the size of Amami Island. One-third, may also relieve the pressure on these populations.

Ten thousand Han people were immigrated to those islands one after another. The Han people are the first class. Although it is difficult to go to the islands, there are wooden houses on stilts that are better than shacks, followed by soldiers guarding the islands, followed by those cannon fodder soldiers. , Japanese captives, Southeast Asian captives, and immigrant people. Where do those Japanese immigrant people and Southeast Asian immigrant people have shacks? Although they still live in shacks, the conditions have improved. They don’t have to be crowded with many people, and they have a lot of space. Yes, and I have a ration less than that of soldiers received on time and a piece of sashimi every day.

These people accounted for a total of 20 people, which eased the congestion of Amami Island.

There are 30 low-level people, immigrants, cannon fodder, etc. left.

Now the third prince is still discussing with the officials and military generals to seize a few more small islands, which can ease the living conditions of 5 people. The remaining 45 people are on Amami Island, and Amami Island has reached its maximum utilization. There are captives and cannon fodder immigrated here, as well as the Lu people who were originally on the island. The current total population of the Ryukyu Kingdom has reached almost 80, and it may be 100 million in the future.

When the third prince was thinking of continuing to besiege the eldest prince and seize more land, it would be best to recover the entire Lu country, he was also thinking about how to produce more food to feed the millions of people in the future, or how to win the land. After the main island, what should we do with the 30 population on the main island and the increasing number of people brought in from Southeast Asia and Nanyang by the enemy?

There is no population, and the population is necessary for development, but it is impossible to have a large population, and it is impossible to support it.

At this moment, he received an order from Zhang Qiang, asking him to visit him.

His Majesty the King of Huaxia Kingdom is his master and life-saving straw. How dare he delay, after arranging some things, he immediately rushed to Kagoshima County with [-] warships and [-] guards.

Zhang Qiang looked at the third prince Hong Tianpao who hurried over and said cheerfully: "Master Hong, congratulations, you have recovered the Lu Kingdom, and it is just around the corner to seize the throne."

The third prince carefully accompanied him with a smile and said, "Thank you for your majesty's great blessings. It's all because of your majesty's support for Xiao Wang. Xiao Wang is very grateful. I don't know what your majesty's order for Xiao Wang is?"

Zhang Qiang waved a smile and said: "Actually, it's nothing. Isn't this to relieve your worries? I don't know if there are enough troops on the island?"

"Ah, ah, it's enough, it's enough, Your Majesty, you don't know, I've broken my heart these days, there are too many people, I can't let it go, Your Majesty's great kindness to Xiao Wang Xiao Wang is really unforgettable, after the restoration of the country, he will definitely take the Huaxia Kingdom as the upper country, pay tribute every year, and pay homage to him every year." Hong Tianpao said carefully.

Zhang Qiang said: "That's unnecessary, I have encountered some small things here, and I need your help?"

Hong Tianpao immediately said: "Your Majesty's matter, Xiao Wang will definitely do his best, but Your Majesty knows that I am also poor here, so I can't help much, you see—?"

Zhang Qiang looked around, and then said to him: "You have to help with this, and you can help."

Hong Tianpao immediately said: "All ears."

Zhang Qiang asked for the map to be brought over, pointed to Shikoku Island and said, "Look here, Kochi County, here happens to be a protruding island of Shikoku Island. I hope you will send [-] troops and [-] militiamen to attack here. Once you hit your second brother, I think you should be able to help with this little force."

"Ah!" The third prince was stunned. He didn't expect such a thing to hit his second brother and the second prince. Although they had been in constant friction before and sometimes fought, but now Feng Quan resisted with all his strength. The focus is on his elder brother, and now it is a bit embarrassing to deploy troops to fight his second brother. He is preparing to dispatch a navy fleet to attack his elder brother's home island, and he is a little bit reluctant to divide his troops now.

Think about it, he has to help this job after he has figured it out, without the support of the Huaxia Army, he will starve to death wherever he is, and if there are not so many people, he will not be able to beat his elder brother. This is an obvious thing.

Deploying troops to fight his second brother, although it will delay some battles, so that his elder brother can breathe a sigh of relief, but now he has an overall advantage, and he can still defeat his elder brother when he comes back, but it will take longer, and the remaining troops are enough to consume .

So he could only agree to Zhang Qiang's request, not an instruction.

Chapter 748 The Second Battlefield

Tosashimizu Town, a small pier, a few fishing boats larger than canoes suddenly came this day. Dozens of fishermen, who were bitter, went ashore quietly in batches. For these people, the Japanese fishermen on the small pier did not feel at all. Although the battle is in full swing, everyone still has to eat after all, right?

The area of ​​the four countries was originally small, and there was not much farmland cultivated. Many people were actually fishermen, and they could not go far away. They were afraid of encountering the Lu army from the Xinlu Mansion. This is what they called the Feng Quan forces in the Xinlu Mansion. They had no information. They are still lingering in the news from a few months ago, and they don't know that the Xinlu Mansion is actually a force of the Huaxia Army. They only know that the Xinlu Mansion has started a war with them in the past half month.

The soldiers guarding the coastal fortifications were composed of nearby fishermen. It was okay before, and everyone still thought about questioning, but since the Xinlu Navy Navy bombarded all the villages and coastal fortifications along the coast, the militiamen actually They all ran to the inland, at least away from the coast, and even most of the people in Tosashimizu Town dispersed. They suffered heavy losses in the shelling, and were killed by shells in the middle of the night. There were only a few people in the whole pier.

These fishermen dispersed as soon as they got off the boat, and checked the surrounding terrain, the strength of the shore fortifications, and the surrounding soldiers and horses without anyone noticing.

At night, dozens of people sneaked back to the fishing boat, fiddled with guns and ammunition, long swords, bows and arrows from the mezzanine of the fishing boat, changed into the clothes of the militiamen here, and went around the surrounding shore fortifications where there were soldiers stationed, and eliminated them one by one until the The soldiers of the coastal fortifications for more than three miles on both sides were wiped out before they sent people to the shore to light torches, and signaled to the sea according to the agreed code.

Soon, scattered fishing boats rushed ashore, and more fishermen and people dressed as militiamen from Shikoku Island ran ashore, and quickly separated to accept coastal fortifications. Several teams rushed to the town not far away. Upon arrival, several groups of people separated and quickly disappeared into the darkness. Soon there were suppressed screams in the town, which were immediately drowned in the sound of waves.

Soon the town changed hands, and several teams of people sent investigators to a nearby military camp to ambush, and sent people back to the shore to continue signaling.

Soon, a large number of ships appeared on the sea. First, small merchant ships kept putting down soldiers, ammunition supplies, food, and more soldiers and horses. They immediately drove out and rushed towards the nearby coastal fortifications or military camps.

Behind them was a large merchant ship covered by a traffic ship. More soldiers landed and put down more supplies, ammunition, and cannons.

A lot of cannon fodder soldiers carried shoulder poles, baskets, shovels and axes, rushed outside the town facing the enemy, and quickly dug fortifications.

The soldiers who landed came down and gathered one team after another. After each team assembled, they rushed to the enemy's barracks in the dark.

This is the protruding part of the island itself, which is only five miles wide and ten miles long, and was quickly occupied during the battle. More soldiers arrived, more cannons arrived, and simple lines of defense were outlined. Using the original enemy's coastal fortifications, a defense system against the sea and land was built, and then the cannon fodder soldiers landed, and the ignorant and poor indigenous people in Southeast Asia were driven down to participate in the excavation and repair of the town, while the regular troops rushed in quickly.

They broke into fifteen li in one night and wiped out 3 militiamen defending here, and almost no one escaped.

The regular troops arrived at dawn, quickly assembled the cannon fodder troops, and advanced rapidly.They advanced along the inland of the island. At this time, the dense gunshots could be heard all over the island. The enemies on Shikoku Island finally knew that they had been raided by the enemy.

Fifteen or six fishing villages fell, one town fell, [-] soldiers and horses were wiped out, and more soldiers and horses were collapsing. There were not many troops deployed here, and most of them were confronting Feng Quan's soldiers and horses.

By the time the four militiamen were mobilized and ready to stop the enemy, about [-] Ryukyu Kingdom soldiers had already penetrated for [-] li, occupied all the land on the island's protrusion, and extended five li further.

The third prince personally commanded, and immediately released [-] cannon fodder soldiers to rush to a further place to harass the enemy, while the regular army began to set up camp and build a new line of defense relying on Maoshi Town and Forty Thousand Town.

In the evening, 5000 soldiers returned from the scattered cannon fodder. According to reports, they had captured 68 Japanese civilians, burned 1 villages and two towns, and defeated more than [-] militiamen.

At this time, [-] cannon fodder landed on the island again, and another [-] militia and regular army troops landed on the island. The third prince was already happy.

Order 1 cannon fodder to attack, and give militia treatment when they come back alive. Hundreds of these cannon fodder live in a team of thousands of people. They are given swords and spears, wooden escapees, leather armor, bows and arrows, and even seized the prince's gold reform 2 and gold reform [-] matchlock guns , as long as they continue to infiltrate the enemy's hinterland to make trouble and destroy the enemy's militia.

Capture the enemy people.

I have to say that the trick of the third prince is very poisonous. The cannon fodder is not Japanese. For their own survival or the happiness of their families, these indigenous soldiers exposed their beast instincts and marched frantically towards the inland of Shikoku Island. The general didn't know how far they had gone. Anyway, they threw these people to the enemy's island, drove them like sheep, and then watched with a smile. Many people came back soon. According to their narration, some of them had gone to the enemy's island. In another county, Ehime County, where people were burned and looted, the people there were arrested and then rushed back.

During this period, some people were chased by the enemy's militia and the whole army was wiped out, and some were beaten to death by the enemy's civilians. In short, it was very chaotic.

However, his regular army landed continuously, then built a defense line, and stayed behind the defense line. Some soldiers brought or returned Southeast Asian natives and drove the captured Japanese people back to the shore. Xinlu Mansion.

Where a larger camp has been built, the punishment camp, the Huaxia Army has dispatched punishment camp officials, and soldiers are ready to take over the prisoners.

Many third-generation unemployed youths in the core area of ​​the Huaxia Army were organized, and then began simple military training and assessment. They were organized into brigades, and the militia headquarters dispatched experienced soldiers to manage them. A group of people were transported to Xinlu Mansion every week. , become the backbone of the militia, the common people, the backbone of the punishment camp, and help manage the punishment camp. This is a good opportunity for them to exercise.

Their responsibility is to study, exercise, and then transport these captives. After completion, they are going to take root in Xinlu Mansion and become the Han people of Xinlu Mansion.

It wasn't until the evening that the second prince and his bureaucrats figured out the situation. The third prince's troops had landed on Shikoku Island and established a second battlefield on an island bulge on Shikoku Island.

Nearly [-] soldiers and horses have begun to advance inland, and some soldiers and horses have begun to clean up the coastal fortifications outside Feng Quan's place along the coastline. The enemy is less than fifteen miles away from Feng Quan's line of defense. Well, soon the two armies will reconcile. If they are allowed to reconcile, then Kochi County will be unable to defend, and at least half of the territory will be lost.

Chapter 749 Give You Another Hit

Ehime County is in a hurry, Kochi County is in a hurry, the second prince is stupid, he doesn't know how to deal with it, his hands are shaking, damn the third child, it's unreasonable to come to stab his ass at this time, he beats a foreigner by himself Chen, you and I are brothers, you hit me like this, is it right for your dead father?

The little prince turned around anxiously, "Father, you should think of a way. Ehime County has been devastated by those Southeast Asian natives. That is my fiefdom. There are 80 people, 30 Han people, and 20 people." People from the state of Lu, the third uncle arrested [-] people, and the rest fled to Prime Minister Yan. There are only [-] people in my territory, and they killed [-] of the [-] militiamen. Now I can't catch those locust-like scourges everywhere, "

The second prince glanced sideways at his usually prudent and dignified son, no wonder he, the enemy was so cunning, the third son was gathering his troops to Kochi County when he suddenly landed from the other side of the coast of Kochi County, caught himself by surprise.

And that damn Feng Quan, thanks to my father's trust in him, he finally joined the Huaxia Army, that is the enemy of Lu State.