The sea is calm and the islands in the distance are looming.
Countless ships came all the way west and split into three near the east coast.
Part of it made landfall on the east coast below.
The other part continued westward, probably to Jinlongtan where Xiao Zheng was guarding.
The third part is sailing to the island not far away.
Ren Ning took a closer look.
Countless large and small terraces have been opened up on the island, and countless Japanese pirates are busy on them.
Ren Ning suddenly understood why the Japanese pirates had stopped attacking some time ago, probably because they were focusing on the offshore islands.
The island is not big but is surrounded by the sea. It can be said to be safe and worry-free.
As long as you occupy it, you can rest and recuperate on it. The most important thing is that it can be opened up as a logistics base.
"Lei Er." Ren Ning shouted loudly.
"arrive!"
"Immediately take someone to the post road and ask Wu Siyuan how many islands there are in the sea, which island is the largest, and whether there are any Baekje defenders on it."
"Yes!" Lei Er reacted immediately, turned around and hurried down the mountain.
"Has the windmill communication on the East-West Line been repaired?" Ren Ning asked again.
A soldier immediately stood up next to him, "Go back to General, it's not ready yet. But the commander of the first battalion said that it will be completed within five days."
Ren Ning nodded.
The windmill communication point is ostensibly just three planks of wood. But if you are repairing a site that will be used for a long time, it will be much more troublesome.
If the site is located in a remote mountainous forest, it's fine. You can just leave it in the sun.
If there are enemies coming and going from time to time nearby, it will be necessary to camouflage and build tunnels for the soldiers stationed to rest in hiding. The amount of work is quite large.
It’s normal to not finish the practice for a while.
This time when he marched eastward, Wei Junqian asked him to bring out three thousand people. One battalion of soldiers wasted up at the windmill messaging point along the way.
After the stations along the way are completely repaired and the army sends specially formed communications troops to receive them, the men of the first battalion will gather around Ren Ning again.
"Five days is a bit long." Ren Ning mused, "Immediately send people on horseback to deliver the news on the sea to the station that has been repaired, and then pass it on to General Wei."
"Yes!" A soldier immediately responded and hurried down the mountain to leave.
A guard next to him frowned, "General, send a message to the general... Our legion doesn't seem to have any ships."
Without a boat, there is nothing you can do against the Japanese pirates on the island. They can grow food on it with peace of mind.
After harvesting the food, it was supplied to other Japanese pirates who landed on the peninsula to fight.
It goes round and round, endlessly.
No matter how small Baekje is, it is still a country.
The mountains are densely covered and difficult to guard against.
The Japanese pirates may not be able to attack the large army, but a single person or a small group can still appear in the high mountains.
At that time, all they need to do is sneak into Baekje's grain-producing areas and light a few fires or cause trouble, which will be enough to cause headaches for the Baekje people who are also short of food.
"When the news is passed to the general, it is equivalent to the news being passed to the navy." Ren Ning continued to look at the sea with his telescope, "As for the warships, we also have them."
There are warships parked next to Beihai Customs.
He had gone up to check it out.
The hulls of those ships were very large, comparable to those of the Japanese pirates in front of us.
It's a pity that there are not many of them, and they need to be modified first.
When Ren Ning returned to the camp in Dachun Valley, Lei Er happened to be rushing back from the post road.
"How is it?" Ren Ning asked.
"Wait." Lei Er hurriedly drank two mouthfuls of water before walking to the map.
He picked up the charcoal, measured it with his hand, and then drew three circles on the East China Sea.
"According to Wu Siyuan's military advisor, there are countless large and small islands and reefs in the waters surrounding the Baekje Peninsula. Most of them cannot be lived or farmed on."
He tapped the circle he had just drawn and said, "The Japanese pirates are most likely to use these three large islands."
"Big island?"
"Yes!" Lei Er smiled, "But General, the entire Baekje Peninsula is only slightly larger than our Canglan County."
"The big islands they talk about cannot be compared with Canglan Island. To us Yunchui people, these three islands are actually small."
cough!
Ren Ning coughed and reacted.
Lei Er continued to introduce.
"The three largest islands in Baekje's population are Donggyeong Island in the east, Silong Island in the west, and Namri Island in the south."
"It is said that watching the sunrise on Dongjing Island is the best. Xilong Island is the island we saw on the mountain. Nanli Island is the farthest but also the largest."
Ren Ning nodded, "There should be no Baekje people on these small islands. What does Wu Siyuan plan to do?"
"What can he do?" Lei Er sneered, "I think Wu Siyuan can't protect himself. He can't do anything."
Ren Ning frowned, "What do you mean?"
"General, you don't know. When I rushed over, I happened to see Wu Siyuan sitting at the back of the formation, but he was sweating profusely."
Tsk tsk!
Lei Erlian sighed, "It's just an attack of 3,000 men. It's hard to imagine that the general who leads 50,000 troops would be so flustered."
If we were in the Starfall Legion, we could easily handle this kind of battle with just a few thousand people, and we wouldn't even need the general to see it.
"Now I doubt that he was able to defend the Yuanning Mountains before, not because of his own ability, but because of the weather and the fact that the Japanese pirates did not attack again..."
Ren Ning looked at the map silently for a while.
He didn't know Wu Siyuan's ability to lead troops, but Xingluo's spies had brought back his defense plans, which looked quite impressive.
There were even two small checkpoints built one behind the other on the post road, which contained a large amount of defensive materials.
Therefore, unless Wu Siyuan escaped with his men, it would not be easy for the Japanese pirates to cross Yuanning Mountain.
at this time.
Report!
The messenger hurried in and said, "General, post road battle report."
As soon as they set up camp in Dachun Valley, Ren Ning asked someone to set up a windmill on the top of the mountain above Wu Siyuan's camp.
The distance between the two mountains is only two hills. No matter what happens on the other side of the post road, the news can be received almost instantly on this side.
After spreading the paper and reading it, Ren Ning took a breath.
Wu Siyuan's outpost was breached!
Now the defenders of the outpost have retreated to the first pass.
"How is that possible?" Lei Er almost jumped up, "I was still there half an hour ago. Besides, the Japanese pirates don't have heavy weapons, and their offensive is not fierce at all. How could the outpost be defeated?"
Ren Ning handed him the battle report.
After Lei Er read it, he hesitated and said, "Perhaps Wu Siyuan is retreating in order to lure the enemy deeper?"
Ren Ning glanced at him and said, "Don't think too far. When Baekje encountered Japanese pirates in recent years, they retreated at the first touch and suffered repeated defeats. Maybe they can't defeat the outposts at all."
The two waited until night, and Lei Er couldn't help but send a message to ask about the situation.
The news came back quickly.
Sure enough, Wu Siyuan neither retreated to advance nor lured the enemy deeper.
The general who was purely an outpost looked at the murderous enemies outside and felt that he could not withstand it, so he took the initiative to lead his men back to the first pass.
"This, this, this..." Lei Shushu was trembling a little.
If the general was in front of him, Lei Er would probably be able to kill him with one strike.
First latest.
