An hour later, the "Adventurer" sentry ship, the flagship of the Chiyang expedition fleet, appeared.
Arranging the sails and cables, cleaning the deck, checking whether the gun rails are smooth, whether the gunpowder and shells are complete... The entire fleet immediately got busy after the deputy commander Lin Ah Shui gave the order. They are all old sea dogs who are accustomed to naval battles. Naturally, they understood that the closer they were to the enemy's sphere of influence, the easier it would be to be discovered by the enemy's naval warships. Therefore, they all worked hard to deal with the matters at hand, and the eight-foot-long centipede ship was not idle either. Due to its shallow draft and flexible movement, it was released from a distance by the fleet command center to patrol the surrounding sea areas. In addition, on land, Chief Lin Ashui and Painting Officer Yan Sizhan also sent a team of riflemen with live ammunition. The army took a sampan to the island to investigate whether there were Korean fishermen or civilians living there.
"Hundred households, I was ordered to go to the island to check, and found some thatched huts where fishermen lived, but no trace of anyone was found. It is estimated that they are buildings left by people who lived a long time ago..." Soon, those who went out The scouts sent two people back to report the situation. At this moment, the Chiyang Expedition Fleet was finishing their meals in batches. Kang Lin heard someone making a noise outside, saying that the scouts didn't even have time to put on their shoes after they came back, so he put down what he was doing. The rice bowl rushed out, and dozens of breaths later, two sweaty flag soldiers were sent to the flagship deck and came to Kang Lin for him to inquire about the investigation situation.
"This island seems very big to me. Where did you find these thatched huts?" Looking at the two red-coated flag soldiers who were uneasy, Kang Lin first signaled to the boy Jixiang to give them a glass of warm water, and then He walked down the stairs and came to their side, asking in a gentler tone.
"Baihu, after we got ashore, we found these thatched huts in a mountain col. The leader of the team, Chief Jia and the others, came back to report to you first. He left three people to garrison in the village, and he himself Lead other brothers to reconnoiter the depths of the island..." Is this right? After all, Yanping Island is also an island of five or six square kilometers. How can a dozen people cover the entire island in one hour? It turns out that I sent someone back to report the news first, and I took the remaining flag troops to the depths of the island to investigate. Uh, no, there were only six or seven people. How dare they go deep into the island? They were too aggressive, too aggressive. They had to send more people quickly. Manpower to support them! Kang Lin listened to the reports from the two flag troops, and the smile on his fat face froze instantly. He was not a person who wanted to be perfect, but at this time he couldn't help but look sideways at the boldness of the flag officer leading the team. A District A District Twelve Personally, this guy dared to go deep into an unfamiliar area for reconnaissance. This was not bravery but nonsense. Therefore, he immediately ordered the deputy commander of the Guards, and Yan Si, the Fleet Painting Officer, sent three more A-level troops to the island. Flag Army, to support the reconnaissance force, there are even twelve Iron Man Army soldiers who are skilled in combat and well-equipped!
To be honest, he was frightened by those seemingly deserted and uninhabited islands. Last time, he just wanted to send people to the Gejia Island to get some fresh water and fruits to replenish the needs of the fleet, but Shang was killed. In the Mamat branch of primitive clan society, the Kuruts ambushed them, and later even had a violent encounter with these savage natives in the waters of Shaihuo Island! It seems that the reckless man has not learned the previous lesson at all, and dared to go deep into the unknown island with only a few subordinates. When he comes back, he will definitely deprive him of his identity as armor commander and let him go down to the deck and start from the most basic level. Starting out as a sailor, he used heavy work, the worst food, and almost no salary to make him deeply understand where he went wrong! As soon as he thought of this, Kang Lin slammed the tea cup in his hand on the ground. The next moment, the soldier who heard the commotion wanted to push the door in, but was blocked by the former's young man Ji Xiang. Although this little brat has only been the chief's attendant for a few days, he knows the temper of his great master very well. He knows that all the families in Kangda are in trouble at this time, and anyone who enters will be killed, so He stopped a few dull-witted guards and asked them to return to their fighting positions, so as not to have to go in and put in a good word for them later to relieve the siege.
"Chang Hao, take your subordinates to disembark with Hu Dacheng and the others, and go to the island to reinforce the reconnaissance team. Captain Wan, please send a brother to follow to calm down the situation..." Compared with being idle all day long, it is not possible. Chang Hao, the deputy commander of the fleet, Yan Si, the painting officer, and Wan Hong, the captain of the Iron Man Army, spoke in a much more polite tone. As the saying goes, heroes are valued. In these days, Wan Mou, who took off his iron armor, and the twenty-nine strong men under him have won the respect of others with their solid achievements, although they have not been in the other world. Although they had passed the battlefield, everyone in the fleet since Kanglin had surrendered instinctively felt that these people were extremely powerful. After all, not everyone can wear armor weighing more than 30 kilograms and wield a machete to fight the enemy. Moreover, even without armor or weapons, their hand-to-hand combat abilities are still very powerful. One can fight three, or even No problem for all five! Therefore, Yan Si very wisely lowered his stature and politely discussed with the captain of the iron army Wan Hong, and the latter was not a stubborn fool. What was the identity of the painting officer in the fleet? It was still clear, so a small group of Iron Man troops were quickly sent out by this guy to serve as a magical weapon on the island!
"Lord, we are about to arrive at Inchon, Korea. In what capacity should we go there to collect reasonable burdens?" Kang Lin finally felt relieved as he watched two armored men and a sentry man take a sampan and row a boat to the island. , you know, there are about sixty well-armed strong men. If you add the twelve flag soldiers who landed on the island in advance, Chiyang's strength on the island will reach more than seventy people. The average pirate, Without paying a heavy price, the natives really can't bear this powerful force! So he focused his attention on the boundless sea, as if through the darkness of night, he could see what the Koreans were doing on the other side of the sea. At this time, a voice rang in his ears. It turned out that it was Yan Si and Fan Huzi who came hand in hand. They came to attend the regular meeting every night.
"What does Yan Zanhua say? You might as well tell it in detail!" Using the other's spear to attack the other's shield, Kanglin kicked the ball back to the fleet counselor Yan Si. He wanted to see what was inside this guy's belly. I hid a few taels of sesame oil.
"My Lord, I think it is not appropriate for us to go to Goryeo as officers and soldiers to collect reasonable burdens. We might as well pretend to be Japanese pirates and go to Ganghwa County and Gimpo County to plunder. By the way, we can pretend to be those from the Matsuura family. You bastard, the real thing has been wiped out by us on the island, and I don’t believe that ordinary Korean civilians can tell whether we are real Japanese pirates or not!" After thinking about it for a while, Yan Si already had a calculation in his mind. In his opinion, it would definitely not work for open-fire warriors to go to Incheon, Korea, in the guise of an official army, but if they dress up as Japanese pirates, it would be no problem. Anyway, the Matsuura family under the command of the Japanese shogun Ishida Mitsunari would go to the coast of Korea if they had nothing to do. Goryeo officials and ordinary people cannot tell whether they are Japanese pirates or Ming Dynasty pirates based on their appearance. As long as they act more ferociously and savagely and speak less, they might be able to hide it from those timid and cowardly Goryeo people!
"Good idea, good idea. Being robbed by the Japanese pirates is still a robbery, and being robbed by the Jurchens is still a robbery. It's better to turn the rice, grain, and money into reasonable burdens and hand them over to us. At least we won't kill people and massacre the village like the Japanese pirates!" Hey, you guys must have been preparing to do this early in the morning, right?" Faced with the vicious plan given by his shady painter, Kang Lin not only did not rebuke, but on the contrary, there was a look of approval on his fat face. , he didn’t care about the life-saving rations they depended on for survival, or how the people of Goryeo Shengdou would spend the winter after their few belongings and supplies were taken away by themselves. He only knew that there were thousands of mouths under his command that needed to be fed at the moment. The Kouzi people need cotton clothes and shoes to survive the winter, and if anyone blocks their way forward, then I will kill them! If he had to choose between the two, he would choose the latter without hesitation. Koryo people are like leeks in the field. After cutting a crop, as long as they wait quietly for a while, they will grow like leeks again like rain. Bamboo shoots are usually competing to grow, but the tribe under his command is different. Not to mention the high cost of time and space travel, the feelings generated by living together during the day are far beyond what some unrelated aliens can relate to. Compare! Besides, in the end, the Korean people really had no food to eat and no clothes to wear, so they could sell their labor to their own subordinates to earn some salt and rice and go home to live. You know, if you want to develop two islands at the same time, you will need more than dozens or hundreds of people. No matter how many Koreans come, you can still eat them all in one go!
That's right, Kang Lin has decided to establish an advance base on this island whose name he doesn't even know! After all, no matter how close the straight-line distance between Shandong and Incheon is, it is still a thousand miles of sea distance. If Chiyang wants to harvest wool from the big fat sheep of Goryeo for a long time, he must find a foothold in the coastal area of the latter. And the size of this island is just right for the distance. Therefore, hundreds of households in Kangda set their sights on this island, which is about the same size as Tuoji Island. Occupying this place, Chiyang can advance and attack, retreat and defend. The best thing is that Goryeo is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. In these years, I have learned nothing else, but I have learned a lot from seclusion. In addition to being with the suzerain country of the Ming Dynasty, neighboring countries Except for Japan, which has diplomatic relations, other countries are regarded as foreign barbarians. Not only have they never actively interacted with them, but in recent years, they have even issued strict orders not to approach the coast. At the same time, the islands along the coast have basically The locked-up Goryeo court voluntarily gave up! And this means that if Kang Lin's Chiyang fleet wants to take over this island, it may not cost anything at all. By then, they only need to continue to accumulate flag troops on it, and civilians will be able to completely occupy this island that will be subordinated to future generations. The big island of Goryeo.
