Chapter 762 Personal thoughts, let’s talk after typing
Yuan Gaisuwen is on the other side of the sea, but he refuses to come out.
Qin Lang wiped his mouth after eating the squid, "This squid is a little old after roasting, and more spices are added, so the original taste is naturally more fresh."
After finishing speaking, Qin Lang waved to Niu Jianhu who shrank aside.
"Saburo?"
"Still dizzy?"
"fine."
"Then dare to board the boat?"
"Why don't you dare, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy a few more times and you'll be fine. Is there a mission?"
Qin Lang squinted his eyes and looked at the Goguryeo camp on the other side, "This Gai Suwen is not very obedient, you take the fleet out for some activities, and see that the hundred or so fishing boats over there are gone, sink or capture them."
After hearing this, Niu Jianhu was a little pleasantly surprised. He didn't expect to get such an opportunity, so he immediately responded excitedly and ran to the seaside with a knife in hand.
Old Niu looked at his son's hopeless appearance, "Why did Sanlang entrust the fleet to a landlubber?"
"Uncle Niu, I'm not looking at your face. I see that the tiger is aggressive and active in doing things. Besides, dealing with a group of small fishing boats is simply a matter of effort."
The sea falcon's horn sounded, and the fleet assembled quickly.
To deal with some fishing boats, there is actually no need to mobilize them so much, but it is freezing cold, and it is good to go out for activities. The sailors have just built it, and they are not very familiar with it. It is good to practice with these Goguryeo fishing boats.
The Goguryeo camp on the other side also noticed the movement here, and the horn sounded.
Then those who cut down trees and set up pilings, and those who dug ditches and shoveled the soil and stood up to reject horses, all panicked. Teams of Goguryeo riders ran back and forth to give orders, and soon the Goguryeo people lined up in front of the camp.
Qin Lang and Lao Niu stood there watching, and the Goguryeo people responded quite quickly.
From an objective point of view, the quality of these Koguryo troops is not bad, and it is already very good to be able to respond so quickly in the cold weather.
It is worthy of being Goguryeo, which was able to carry a million soldiers and horses in the Sui Dynasty. Although it dominates in one corner, it does have the overlord strength of the Siberian tiger.
"Uncle Niu, you said that with the troops we have, if we fight against Gai Suwen here now, can we destroy them and go to Beisha City by the way?"
Niu Jinda glanced behind Qin Lang, Qin Lang led a thousand troops on patrol, and then transferred dozens of boats, and the sailors added up to a thousand.
With such a small number of troops, it is very rare to be able to capture Changdao in one battle, kill more than a hundred enemies, take thousands of prisoners, and suffer little damage to himself. However, he thinks it is unrealistic to go ashore to force Yuangai Suwen's more than 10,000 Goguryeo troops. .
Those Goguryeo troops were obviously also elite, among them there were many cavalry, and the infantry also had many heavy armors.
"If you are unprepared, there may be a 50% to 60% chance of winning, but there must be a lot of casualties, but if you say that if you fight hard like this, the chance of winning is no more than 40%, even if you win, it will definitely be a miserable victory. As for the fight against Beisha City again , don’t even think about it.”
Beisha City was built on the Dahei Mountain in the Liaodong Peninsula. It is an extremely dangerous mountain city. It is completely the defensive thinking of the Goguryeo people. First, it is invincible, that is, it can withstand the attack of the Central Plains, and then talk about other things.
The Goguryeo people have fought against the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and there has always been one combat strategy, nibble and advance, and then use the mountain fortress as a stronghold. If the Central Plains counterattacks, they will shrink back and carry them to the Central Plains. After the bitter cold winter, withdraw the army by yourself, and then find an opportunity to fight back, or simply continue to hang around.
In this way of thinking, the Goguryeo people rarely chose to build cities in the plains when they built their cities in Liaodong. On the mountain, close to the mountain and back the water, guard the passage.
This is the case for Beisha City on the Dahei Mountain. It is located on the mountain and facing the sea, and it is extremely dangerous.
Without tens of thousands of people risking their lives, or a long-term siege, Qin Lang has 2,000 people, and 1,000 are sailors, which is basically impossible.
"It would be great if we could capture Beisha City, but it's a pity." Qin Lang looked to the north.
"Uncle Niu, tell me, instead of attacking by force, is there any other way for Goguryeo to cede Beisha City to Datang?"
"How is this possible? For the Goguryeo people, Beisha City is the core of the southern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, and it is absolutely impossible to give up. Even if we really use tactics to capture it, I am afraid that the Goguryeo people will come to fight for it regardless of the cost. Well, it’s an all-out war between the two countries.”
Qin Lang shook his head, "What Uncle Niu said is also reasonable. The Goguryeo people will not give up Beisha City unless we are really ready for a full-scale war. Unfortunately, if we can occupy Beisha City, the entire Bohai Sea route will be stable. gone."
Lao Niu said, "If Beisha is really captured, let alone the Bohai Sea route, the entire southern Liaoning is under our control, and the Goguryeo people will have trouble sleeping and eating."
"What if I don't want Beisha City, but Duli Port and Qingnipu Port?" Qin Lang asked while pinching his chin.
These two ports are natural ice-free ports and important ports on the Liaodong Peninsula. However, in the hands of the Goguryeo people, these two ports are just small fishing villages. Because of the previous trade agreement between the Tang Dynasty and the Goguryeo people, they were opened as commercial ports. , but not on a large scale.
The core of Goguryeo people in southern Liaoning is Beisha City on Daheishan.
"This is my plan. After taking these two places from the Goguryeo people, Duli Port can be converted into a naval naval port, where a naval fleet can be stationed to cruise the Bohai Sea and guard the shipping routes. As for Qingnipu, it can be used as a naval port." As a commercial port, it is not only a supply port on the Bohai Sea route, but also a trading port."
"Why did the Goguryeo people give it to us?"
Qin Lang smiled and said, "So we fight first, and then we talk!"
"If you can get it, you should buy it, if you can't, then rent it!"
Lao Niu thinks that the imperial court is preparing to attack the Goguryeo people. Qin Lang may also have a secret purpose here to test the Goguryeo people's reaction.
"The court is in a hurry, and should wait another three to five years."
"The imperial court has no plans to attack Goguryeo, at least not now. This is just my personal opinion."
Niu Jinda was dumbfounded, personal thoughts?
In the evening, Niu Jianhu came back with the fleet. This was the first battle in the true sense of the navy, and the result was no suspense, even a little boring.
When they attacked, the fishermen recruited by the Goguryeo people scattered in fishing boats, and then it turned into a hunt.
Most of those fishing boats were old, and many of them were paddled manually. In front of the sailing boats, they had no possibility of escape.
After smashing several fishing boats that were trying to flee for their lives, and several others were burned by rockets, the other fishermen finally gave up struggling.
The wolf-like Tang Jun jumped off the battleship, **** these people one by one and put them on board, and then brought these small boats back in victory.
"Put these fishermen together with those captives."
Yuan Gai Suwen on the other side watched the Tang Army sailors return in triumph, and also saw the fate of the over 100 fishing boats he had assembled were wiped out.
Across the sea of 120 feet, even if a cannon was set up, it would not be able to hit the opposite side. Yuan Gai Suwen could only gnash his teeth and curse for a long time, but there was nothing he could do.
"Send someone over there to ask Qin Lang what exactly he wants to do!"
"We have no boats, we can't get through!"
A proprietor reminded helplessly.
A boat was gone, so they couldn't talk even if they wanted to talk across the narrow sea of 120 feet.
Changxing Island.
Qin Lang did not wait for the Goguryeo people.
"It seems that the fighting is not enough." Qin Lang came to such a conclusion, and then in the house left by the Goguryeo people on the island, while warming up, he issued two combat missions. The fleet was divided into two. Leading one, Wu Shisheng led one to attack Duli Port and Qingnipu Port respectively.
Qin Lang and Cheng Chumo continued to sit on Changxing Island.
In the early morning, under the cover of mist, the fleet split into two and sailed southeast.
Lao Niu got up early in the morning, and originally wanted to take his son's boat to go see it too, but Qin Lang left him behind. This is the governor of Youzhou, the governor of Youzhou, the new Duke of Jin, Qin Lang is still not at ease to let him Go on an adventure. Besides, Lao Niu is an official in Hebei. He has actually crossed the border when he came to the Bohai Sea. How dare he let him command the fleet.
Yuan Gai Suwen had a few days of wind blowing by the beach, and he caught a cold.
The voice is hoarse, the nose is running, and the head is heavy. I haven't slept well for several nights. I am always worried that the Tang people on the island will kill me.
He intends to ask Qin Lang to question him, but the boat is gone.
Yuan Gaisuwen had no choice but to send people to other places along the coast to search for ships, and if they could not find them, they built a wooden raft.
Finally built a wooden raft and chose a soldier to go.
Paddle the wooden raft with difficulty on the thin ice surface. The distance of hundreds of feet seems to be rowed a hundred miles. When they rowed to the shore and held high the white flag, no one dared to talk nonsense, and each one was more honest than the other.
Dozens of bows were pointed on the beach, and he was forced to be blown by the cold wind for an hour. His nose was cold and his hands and feet were stiff before he was taken to the island.
After seeing that damned Duke of Qin, the envoy directly prostrated himself on the ground, and respectfully held out a letter from Yuan Gai Suwen.
Don't say too much nonsense, let alone be rude.
Qin Lang read Yuan Gai Su Wen's letter, this time he was much more honest, he no longer called himself Yuan Gai Su Wen, but only called Gai Su Wen, he was also very respectful to Qin Lang, and his tone was very polite. He asked Qin Lang very politely why Qin Lang led troops to attack Long Island, why he attacked their fishing boats, etc. He believed that Qin Lang's behavior would damage the relationship between the two countries, etc., and hoped that Qin Lang could return Long Island to release the captured people and evacuate.
"Since Gai Suwen is in Liaodong, doesn't he know that you Goguryeo people dare to rob our Datang merchant ships and violate the prohibition of smuggling? Your actions are a serious violation of the five years of Zhenguan. The truth of the bilateral trade agreement is not about invasion, but about exterminating pirates, cracking down on smuggling, and maintaining the agreement between the two parties.”
"Go back and tell Gai Suwen that Datang is very disappointed with Goguryeo's performance, and I, Qin Lang, are also very disappointed with Gai Suwen's performance. In view of the breach of contract on Long Island, I, Datang, have the right to deal with these pirates and smugglers. And send naval forces to garrison Chang Island to strengthen the safety of the Bohai sea route, from now on, Chang Island will be called Datang Changxing Island, and it will be under my Datang jurisdiction!"
(end of this chapter)