Chapter 790: Operation of looting the nest (1)
It took only two hours from the beginning of the Jilong Port war to the breaking of the city. Even King Li Ke of Qi did not expect that this battle would be so smooth. The main reason was that the walls of Jilong City were too broken. Logically speaking, such an important city should be built very strongly; but there is a reason why it ended like this today.
The first is that Jilong City is located in the isolated overseas of Ryukyu Island. For the Song Dynasty, it is a paradise. The sea is the natural barrier of Jilong City. Even if the Song army kills the Song army, the Xia army will eventually fight here; the second is corruption. Although the Song Dynasty has taxes and the front line is still fighting, it still cannot stop the corruption of those officials. Most of the money for building Jilong City has been in the pockets of corrupt officials.
After the Xia army landing troops completely controlled Jilong City in the afternoon, King Li Ke of Qi boarded the land of Liuqiu Island under the protection of his personal guards. After Li Ke boarded Liuqiu Island, he said, "This Jilong City is too easy to take down!"
Li Ke came to the city gate and said, "This city wall is built but not useful!"
"Your Highness, the money for building the city wall was probably embezzled by the Song officials. This is not a common thing in the Song Dynasty!" A Xia general said to Li Ke.
Li Ke smiled and said, "Are our army's casualties serious in this battle?"
"Report to the prince, our army has suffered less than a thousand casualties." The general replied.
"What is the result of the battle?" Li Ke continued to ask.
"This war captured more than 135,000 people from the Song army and the people in the city, and there were hundreds of sea ships filled with cargo. The warehouses in the city piled up a large amount of food, grass, cloth, silk, porcelain and other supplies, which means that the weapons and equipment were less; in addition, we also seized a large amount of gold, silver, jewelry, antique calligraphy and paintings; the total value was estimated to be thousands of silver coins."
"I didn't expect this small Jilong City to be so rich." Li Ke smiled and said, "I ordered the people in the city to organize and rebuild the city wall. Our army divided into two groups, and each of them was 30,000 troops advanced along the two sides of the Ryukyu Island. We should try our best to ensure the people on the island. If there is any resistance, kill them."
"Yes, the last general shall receive the order..." General Xia immediately took over the military order.
Changguo Island, Song Army Navy Camp.
Since discovering the movement of the Xia Navy, Li Bao led some of the Jiangnan Navy ships to Changguo Island and moved his central army tent here. Of course, this item needs to be reported to Emperor Zhao Mao of Song; it was approved by Emperor Zhao Mao of Song, but since the Xia army had already attacked outside Chuzhou City, only half of the naval warships that Li Bao could use, and the other half needed to stay in the Yangtze River to protect Jiangning Prefecture, the capital of the Song Dynasty.
"Report, report, report... Report to the general, Deputy General Miao is back." A general hurriedly ran in and said.
"Let him in quickly." Li Bao said excitedly.
After Miaojiang came in, Li Bao grabbed Miaojiang, who was in a very embarrassed body and said, "General Wang, have you found the location of Naba Port?"
Miao Jiang took out a chart from his body and said, "Report to the Grand Marshal, I have found the location of Naha Port forever, this is the chart."
"Okay, it's really great." Li Bao spread the chart on the table and said: "With this chart, we can capture Naba Port, and use the Xia army's nest in the southern waters. Without this sea supply base, the Xia army's navy will change to make a group of lonely ghosts."
After Li Bao put away the chart, he said to Miao Jiang: "General Wang, you have made great contributions this time. I will report to Your Majesty immediately to ask for your contributions."
Miao Jiang smiled and said, "Thank you, the general, but this is what the last general should do. I wonder when the general will attack? How many soldiers are you planning to bring?"
"This battle is combined with the navy at Changguo's garrison, and I can only take away eight thousand warships. Your Majesty has approved it." Li Bao said to Miaojiang: "All warships have been prepared, and we will set out tomorrow."
Miao Jiang said to Li Bao: "Master General, I'm afraid that the last general will not be able to go out with you this time."
"It's okay, I don't plan to let you go." Li Bao looked at Haitu seriously and said, "You and I are the commander and deputy commander of the Jiangnan Navy. It's impossible for them to leave. After I leave, the Yangtze River Defense will be handed over to you."
"Yes, I will fulfill my mission." Miao Jiang said to Li Bao; at this time, Miao Jiang's heart was already full of joy.
"If there is nothing else, I will sue you." Miao Jiang then said to Li Bao.
"Go down and have a rest!" Li Bao said without even looking at it.
After Miaojiang left, a general hurriedly ran in and reported to Li Bao: "Report to the Grand Marshal, he had just received an investigation that General Wang had led the Fujian Navy to fight and found the main force of the Xia Navy outside Fujian. General Wang asked the Grand Marshal to send some Jiangnan Navy warships to the south to support the battle."
Li Bao got up from the handsome chair, walked to the map, looked at the map and said, "Why did the Xia Navy go there outside the coast of Fujian?"
However, Li Bao then ordered: "The command Wang Zongze does not need to rush to fight with the main force of the Xia Navy. He just needs to hold them back and wait for the commander's further order."
"Yes, the last general takes the order..."
After the general left, Li Bao looked at the Navy and thought about the next strategy of the Song army's naval division. Unlike the Xia army, the Song army mainly relied on the thinking of the chief general, and the Xia army had long since left this model. Now the Xia army's model is that the chief general put forward a point of view, and then the generals discussed it, and finally a group of special people designated a detailed combat plan, which is similar to the current staff system.
According to Li Bao's combat plan, Li Bao led half of the main fleet of the Song army's Jiangnan Navy to sneak attack Naba Port eastward. After destroying Naba Port, the strategic supply base of the Xia army in the southern waters, he turned around and attacked the rear of the Xia army's main force in the southwest and joined forces with the Fujian Navy to eat the main force of the Xia army's navy in one bite. This combat plan is a good choice for Li Bao and the entire Song Dynasty Navy, but there are also many uncertainties.
First of all, Wang Zongze was able to hold back the main force of the Xia Navy, and secondly, whether Li Bao could conquer Naba Port in a short time, and then return to the army to participate in the decisive battle with the Fujian Navy against the main force of the Xia Navy. In addition to these subjective factors, there were also objective factors such as weather; but these were not within Li Bao's consideration. Li Bao was gambling, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Li Bao, and Li Bao didn't want to lose it.
The next morning, Li Bao led the 8,000 warships to the west, and Miao Jiang went to see him off in person; Miao Jiang, who was walking away, said in a low voice: "I hope you will never come back."
After Li Bao left, Miaojiang officially took over the entire Jiangnan Navy. After Miaojiang took over the entire Jiangnan Navy, the personnel were immediately adjusted. The entire navy was from Miaojiang. In a very short time, Miaojiang completely mastered the entire Jiangnan Navy.
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