Chapter 535: : Worrying Journey
It is a good idea to use normal trade methods to trade grain from Linyi Kingdom and Funan Kingdom. Before the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was no risk of grain shortage, and it was possible to obtain cheap grain from South Asia. When the grain trade was most prosperous, the annual transaction volume exceeded Million stones.
Not only the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had a history of trading grain from Linyi Kingdom or Funan, but even earlier, Sun Wu knew that there was no shortage of food in the Southwest Peninsula. Sun Wu also bought a large amount of rice from Linyi Kingdom or Funan every year.
It should be clearly understood that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jiaozhou Governor was the richest among all the princes. Unfortunately, the traffic between the southwest and the Central Plains where Shi Xie stayed was very inconvenient, and there were not many ships suitable for HNA. The problem is Even in this way, it was possible to transport a lot of grain to make good relations with Jingzhou and Yangzhou at that time.
The abundance of food in the area of Jiaozhi was discovered in the Western Han Dynasty. The Western Han Dynasty had been expanding to the southwestern peninsula in order to obtain sufficient rations when the three counties of Lingnan were paid in. The expansion of the army of the Western Han Dynasty in the Southwest Peninsula was only restricted by the natural environment. In addition to the climate, there was also the mountain range that stretched for more than a thousand miles called Changshan.
The fact that there is no shortage of food in the Southwest Peninsula does not know why it was ignored by the Central Plains dynasty. What is the point of this neglect? In the early Ming Dynasty, Hu Weiyong used the rice stalks of Champa to teach Zhu Yuanzhang and said it was godsend auspiciousness. In the Kangxi period of "I Daqing" in the wild boar skin, some officials used Nanyang rice stalks to pretend to be auspicious. This kind of thing happens very fucking, just because the rice stalks in Nanyang are thicker and bigger than the Huaxia land, but the emperors ignored the number of rice ears and only looked at the rice stalks.
As a general of Han, Fu Wei did not even want to ignore peaceful trade.
The military power of the Han country is extremely strong nowadays, and when facing dissatisfaction, it is straightforward to do it. There is no counseling against the fierce Hulu, how could the natives in the southwest be counseled.
"Sun Wu and the pseudo dynasty, the territories were invaded by barbarians, can you endure it?" Fu Wei said that he couldn't bear it: "The big man is not Sun Wu, let alone the pseudo dynasty. There is absolutely no reason for improvisation!"
Yuan Fang has not returned to the main continent for a long time, only knowing a few words of information. What he knows is that Han is still fighting on multiple fronts. The North has fought against Shijie Zhao and Murong Yan for six years, and the fighting in various places in the South has not stopped. It seems that the Guanzhong is also fighting?
Sun Wuhui confessed that they faced the strong military pressure of Cao Wei and it was difficult for them to use troops in the Southwest Peninsula. Most of the young people in the country served as soldiers all year round. They lacked labor and wanted to obtain cheap food in the Southwest Peninsula, ignoring that Lin Yiguo was a traitor and self-reliance. Also selectively forget the fact that Funan has not paid tribute for a long time.
The situation of the small court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was similar to that of Sun Wu. There was a powerful threat to the north, and the domestic family was in charge. The difference between the two lies in the fact that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lost the Central Plains when it said that it was lost, and some territory in the southwest peninsula was nothing. Therefore, whether it is the Western Jin Dynasty or the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it deserves to be the biggest stain in the history of China. It is not only the history of the first Hu people to rule the Central Plains, but also the hedonic atmosphere and unpreparedness of the country in difficult times.
"The general decision..." Fu Wei glanced at the rain outside, squeezed his chin, and said: "With the advantage of the maritime fleet, first launch a strategy against the coast."
Wuding affirmed: "There are many barbarians along the coast, and several important cities are also close to the Tonghai River."
In the south of China, the water system is crisscrossed and criss-crossed, which makes waterline traffic more convenient than land traffic.
The Southwest Peninsula has more water systems than South China, and there are more inland rivers connecting the sea. Because of the dense vegetation of the Southwest Peninsula, it is naturally difficult for large ships to penetrate inland, but small ships do not have much restriction.
"If this is the case, some necessary preparations should be made." Yuan Fang was born as a general, so she didn't dare to say anything wrong, but she had to say something: "This place has many rainy seasons all year round, and it is often in a humid climate. Ironware is very easy to grow. Rust, leather will swell, rot, or become moldy when exposed to water. In addition, dense forests are full of mosquitoes and poisons."
It may be a little funny to say, but the use of bronze in the Southwest Peninsula is really more suitable than iron products. In view of this, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty prepared a batch of bronze weapons in the garrison of Jiaozhi throughout the year. It is absolutely necessary to use iron and leather armor. Don't wear it.
The fleet has already begun to unload. Seeing that the busy soldiers are rarely in iron armor, they are wearing summer shirts at first glance. Chinese herbal medicine accounted for the vast majority of the cargo they unloaded, except for a large amount of rattan.
Rattan products are ideal for armor in the Southwest Peninsula. If you look up the history of the Southwest Peninsula, regardless of the country’s army, rattan armor is the most installed, and bamboo guns are also mainstream. They don’t just use iron armor. Although the Southwest Peninsula is not the largest iron ore producing area in Asia, there is no shortage of iron ore. Rust is a big problem.
There are many ways to prevent iron products from rusting. The simpler is to apply enough grease. Of course, grease will not be a problem with modern productivity, but the current productivity...people don’t eat enough oil, how can it be used in large quantities? Maintain iron products.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, iron smelting methods have appeared, because iron is easy to rust and is called evil gold. I am very satisfied with the US dollar... that is, the bronze will not rust. Of course, with the smelting technology at the time, bronze smelting has reached its peak. Iron as a fresh product has too many problems, such as being too brittle and too broken as a weapon. As a result, most of the bronze weapons were still used by the Qin army during the period when the six nations were unified, and iron weapons had to wait for the maturity of smelting technology to become mainstream.
Yuan Fang later discovered that the southward fleet had come prepared. In addition to some herbs for curing diseases, some of the materials that were carried, such as some peppermint, pyrethrum, fenugreek, and insect repellent, had actually brought a lot of them.
Many plants are born with the function of repelling mosquitoes. For example, many of your elder brothers like to carry sachets, not their mothers, but there are plants in the sachets that can repel mosquitoes, and store lavender and jasmine in the most advanced sachets. More luxurious is the incense of clothes, not a sachet slung around the waist.
Yuan Fang also discovered that the army going south had prepared a large number of rattan armors, but they looked familiar with the styles?
"Conquest and suppression of Bashu and the powerful seizures of the southern regions." Fu Wei was somewhat proud of Yuan Fang's surprise: "The south is suitable for vine armor, isn't it?"
Don't think that the production cost of rattan armor is not high, if the quality of the rattan armor is actually not less valuable than leather armor. To make rattan armor, you need to select suitable rattans to fabricate, and then it needs to be repeatedly boiled with tung oil. The time period of production is not short, and it has the obvious disadvantage of being very afraid of fire.
The landing troops moved into Bijing, and the rain stopped three days later, but the sky still looked gray.
"This place is more than five hundred miles away from Zhuyazhou. The wind and sun on Zhuyazhou are beautiful, but this is the case here." Fu Wei has already considered one thing: "From Zhuyazhou to Jiaozhi, it only takes a day's voyage. The weather here is very bad, and it seems that Zhuyazhou should be stationed in the future."
In fact, it is not correct to say that the day is correct. What wind direction is to be seen will be very fast when the monsoon is correct. If the wind direction is not correct, it will take more time to use a human-powered oar.
However, Fu Wei was right, not to mention that it rains at all times on Jiaozhi, and there are far more insects than Zhuyazhou. Compared with Zhuyazhou, Zhuyazhou is more suitable as a troop location.
"Here, here, here..." Wu Ding kept lighting up some locations on the mountain map: "They are all places where the warship can reach the shore."
The mountain and river map is based on the military map of the Jin army. After the Han army has moved in, the necessary verification and exploration will be carried out. The current mountain and river map has been proved to be correct and reliable.
"There is no worries about the water source. What needs to be noted is that the road is not necessarily accurate." Wu Ding said with a wry smile: "The plants here grow very fast, even if the road is opened soon, the plants will grow again."
Fu Wei kept nodding. He had no experience in jungle warfare, and he didn't even have the Han army going south to the Southwest Peninsula. He needed the assistance of the garrison on the Jiaozhi side, so he looked at Yuan Fang.
Yuan Fang knew that this was his opportunity, and quickly promised: "The job will do my best to assist."
Originally, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty did not have many garrisons in Jiaozhi, especially after the Han army went south, the small court even transferred its troops to Yangzhou, and most of the mainland troops were transferred, such as Jiaozhi, which seemed insignificant. The place does not need to keep much force.
After the Han army marched into Jiaozhi, more than a thousand local troops surrendered cleanly. This time Yuan Fang will bring at least 800 people with Fu Wei on the expedition.
Under the gray weather, the ready fleet pulled out its anchor and set off. They left Bijing Bay and headed directly to the west. Not long after they set off, the sky began to drizzle again.
"In spring, the wind direction is suitable for westward, but in summer, the wind direction will be changeable." Yuan Fang is the first time he set foot on a warship of the Han army. He is very unfamiliar with this kind of warship that is different from the Huaxia ship system. After many inspections and observations, we must admit that this is the ship used at sea: "Our army’s warships are all four-mast, and can land at any place a day when the wind is favorable."
The warships produced by the system are more inclined to the Europa system. It has to be admitted that, compared to the ships of the Chinese civilization, Europa’s ship system is more suitable for sea navigation.
When the Han fleet was at war with the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, inland river warfare could not give full play to the advantages of systematic warships. In addition, the Han army did not have a qualified fleet command. The Han state completely relied on the quantity to pile up the Jin army's navy.
The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had perished, and the Han State took over the navy of the small imperial court. The ships and the navy officers were packaged and received.
In fact, the Han country has not completely eliminated the resistance forces in the south, and the reorganization process of those Jin troops has not been fast. Liu Yan decided to send a fleet to the Southwest Peninsula to looting...Uh, after opening up the territory, he has the option to absorb some survivors who are good at water warfare.
Wang Shan is now Fu Wei's deputy. His military position in the Han army is at the rank of general, and he is specifically responsible for the coordination of the southern fleet. So even though Fu Wei was a commander, he was actually not familiar with fleet formation and other things. The person who really worked was Wang Kan.
In addition to Wang Ni, Li Mai, who had surrendered in the "War of Three Counties" earlier, was also transferred to the navy.
Li Mai will be the second batch of southward commanders. If things remain unchanged, the second batch of southward soldiers will be the reorganized soldiers of the former Jin Army navy.
It should be said that the Han country intends to fully accept the Jin army generals who understand water warfare. The original Jin army navy officers and soldiers will also be mostly reorganized, not only for the invasion of the Southwest Peninsula, but also relying on them to explore the many islands in the South Ocean. And pioneering.
Fu Wei stared blankly at a beam of light in the sky. It was the sunlight directly from the dark clouds. Because there was only one relationship, it looked like a tunnel through the sky.
There are more wonders on the sea than on land, not only because of the vastness of vision, but also because the weather on the sea is more diverse than that on land.
Because of the wide field of vision, Fu Wei could not only see the beam of light, but also the sky that seemed to have been cut out with a knife.
"If you sail for another ten or twenty miles, you will reach this place." Wang Shan's hand pointed at the place marked as an island chain on the map: "This island has a large island and dozens of small islands. If the map is correct, , There is a natural port on the west side of the big island where you can stop at."
They have just left Bijing Bay for about two hours, but the rain is getting heavier and heavier. It seems that the wind is a bit too strong. For safety, it is necessary to find a port to stop temporarily. Then the island with a natural port is a good one. Where.
That island is now unnamed ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Hyundai named Wuguo Island. Most of the island has flat terrain, with cliffs on the north and east, a bay on the west, and a sandy beach on the south.
With heavy wind and heavy rain, the warship shook very badly, and the sailors operating the ropes had to fasten the safety ropes so as not to be disembarked by the photographed waves. If the boat falls into the water in this kind of weather, no matter how good the water is, it will definitely be swallowed up by the sea without timely rescue.
Only those who have experienced it will know how terrible the weather on the sea is when it is bad. It is a dilemma that makes people feel unsteady. At first glance, there are turbulent waves everywhere, and the sky is constantly thundering and lightning. The timid should have a direct nervous breakdown.
The constant vomiting from the cabin made Fu Wei's stomach start to show signs of rebellion. With a pale face, he said with concern: "If this goes on, the invasion may not be possible."
Wang Yan knew better than Fu Wei that the soldiers couldn't adapt. After vomiting, the body must be weak. Not suitable for fighting is one aspect, and the next is the peak of the disease outbreak.
"This **** place..." Fu Wei said but couldn't hold it anymore. He bent down and said intermittently with stars bursting into his eyes: "Those servant troops must be sent here, especially the Japanese who are adapted to HNA... "