Chapter 705: Pi Island, Pi Island, the target is Pi Island!

After playing in the Literacy Institute for a day, Zhang Zhun and others returned to Hongyuan. The news from Zhang Yan was that she was alone in the room and didn't know what she was thinking. It seemed that this hurdle was not easy to pass. Zhang Zhun didn't take it much, and he still had some serious things to do.

His important business is about the economic planning of the Bohai Bay.

In the war, after all, we need to have money, people, weapons, and food. The Hu Ben Army is no exception. Now, the Hu Ben Army has people, weapons, and food, but the money is a little less. Therefore, Zhang Zhun must work hard to expand his wealth. In addition to the idea of ​​fighting on land, he also has to constantly fight the ocean.

The resources of the Bohai Bay are actually very rich. In addition to producing a large amount of sea salt, there are also a large number of fish, shrimps, crabs, etc., which is not an exaggeration to describe them as treasure pots. Therefore, Zhang Zhun asked all governments to vigorously develop marine fisheries, open up the sales prices of seafood, let the market trade freely, and encourage more people to go out to fish.

In the past, because fishermen were a kind of untouchable, their seafood would always be treated unfairly. Now, all the imprisonment and obstruction have disappeared. However, obstruction and the elimination of imprisonment cannot allow the marine fishery to develop rapidly, because the people at that time were more or less concerned about the sea. If there was no stimulation of huge profits, no one would actively go to the sea to make a living.

After all, it is very taboo to die accidentally in the sea and the bones are gone. Thinking about the generous treatment of the Hu Ben Navy, it cannot attract all young and middle-aged people. They desperately want to join the army, but they are somewhat afraid of the navy and the Marine Corps. Only when fishing can make a lot of profits will it stimulate more people to go into the sea. Once the prices of all seafood products are relaxed, the profits of fishermen will come up immediately.

In the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army, there is a major flaw in terms of food, which is that the meat, poultry and eggs are seriously insufficient, which leads to the high prices. The intake of protein of the people cannot guarantee the needs of physical development. Due to the problem of grain production, the number of poultry and livestock raised in the short term cannot increase rapidly, and only fish in the ocean can do it. At that time, various fish were needed in the ocean.

In addition to improving people's lives, vigorously developing marine fisheries also has another advantage, that is, a large number of fishing boats are spread all over the Bohai Bay, allowing the Han people in Liaodong to find ways to escape at any time. Zhang Zhun estimated that as the strength of the Tatars continued to be reduced, the control of the Han people in Liaodong would gradually weaken. The chances of Han people in Liaodong would greatly increase.

If there are only ships of the Tiger Army in the Bohai Bay, it is obviously not enough. The fleeing Liaodong Han people may not be able to find ships to sea in time. Once they cannot escape in time, they will suffer from the Tartars' murder. However, if there are thousands of fishing boats, it will be much easier. The continuous escape of the Han people in Liaodong can not only reduce the strength of the Liaodong Tartars, but also bring more useful information.

In addition, the large number of people encouraged to go into the sea is to create a good atmosphere for going into the sea, so that more people can get familiar with the sea, know the sea, and understand the sea. Once they are familiar, know, understand, their fear of the sea will gradually weaken, and more and more young and middle-aged people will actively join the Hu Ben Navy. Speaking of which, it is indeed not easy for the Hu Ben Navy to train a sailor, and it is even more difficult than the cavalry of the army.

The 17th century was the era of great navigation and the golden age of maritime hegemony. If the Ming people wanted to get a piece of the pie in the world, it was not enough for Zhang Zhun to have a sense of ocean, and they also wanted to make all the people interested in the ocean. Going into the sea to catch fish is the first step to cultivate ocean awareness. If the first step cannot be taken, there is no need to say anything else.

"Sir, Yang Guohua and the others are here."

Liu Mang suddenly came in to report.

"Call them in."

Zhang Zhun nodded and temporarily put away the things at hand.

"Governor!"

Soon, Yang Guohua, Zhang Haibin, Fang He and Liu Dong arrived.

"sit!"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said.

The four of them looked for their own seats and sat down casually.

The Dabai Fleet temporarily went to Jeju Island, and Zhou Zhengyu and Li Jicheng followed. The current Tiger Ben Navy is Yang Guohua and Zhang Haibin. As for the Marine Corps, Fang He and Liu Dong are still responsible. Now that the four of them are here, there will naturally be a major military operation again.

Sure enough, Zhang Zhun glanced at the four of them and said straight to the point: "How is the operation of attacking Pi Island going?"

Zhang Haibin answered cautiously: "Sir, you are all ready."

He took out a memorandum and reported in detail one by one.

In order to attack Pidao, the Hu Ben Navy prepared eighteen Cangshan ships and ten large Fu Ships, with more than 200 cannons. Although such firepower is not as good as the Dabai Fleet, it is also quite powerful. In and around the Bohai Bay, no one's maritime power can pose a threat to the Hu Ben Navy.

In order to ensure logistics transportation, the Huben Navy concentrated thirty large merchant ships. In addition to carrying all the personnel and equipment of the Marine Corps, these merchant ships will also transport a large amount of military supplies. Even the ropes used for prisoners were prepared. Considering the possible battle, after the Huben Army occupied Pi Island, it will immediately transfer all the prisoners to Dengzhou City for further treatment and will not continue to stay on Pi Island.

With the gradual end of the Dongjiabao Battle, the number of special merchant ships of the Hu Ben Army Navy increased and became more and more abundant during the battle deployment. Most of the merchant ships were seized. At the same time, the civil shipyards in Wulong Bay also started to build more merchant ships. Pure merchant ships have a relatively low cost. The purchase price of the lucky ship with a displacement of 300 tons is only more than 4,000 taels. As long as you have enough silver in your hand, you can buy a large number of merchant ships.

"Where are you?"

Zhang Zhun turned his head to look at Fang He and Liu Dong.

To capture Pi Island, the Hu Ben Army Marine Corps must of course be dispatched to cooperate. This battle has another very important significance for the Hu Ben Army Marine Corps. After capturing Pi Island, the Hu Ben Army Marine Corps will set up a completely independent training base on Pi Island to train more Marine soldiers. In other words, from then on, Pi Island will be the world of the Marine Corps.

The Hu Ben Marine Corps has always shared bases and docks with the Navy. Although this has certain benefits, it has more shortcomings. The current situation of coexistence between the two makes the Marine Corps feel that they are always short-short-shoulder. Now, the Marine Corps finally has its own independent world, and their desire to take down Pi Island is very strong.

“We are all ready, too.”

Fang He said seriously.

"Everything is ready, only the east wind is not available."

Liu Dong also answered seriously.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said slowly: "Now, let's calm down, then carefully recall our plan, and see what needs to be supplemented."

Everyone fell into cautious thinking.

This is also Zhang Zhun's habit. Before taking a big move, he needs to calm down a little, carefully look for possible problems, and correct them in advance. Back then, US President Roosevelt said that he should put coffee on a plate and hang it. In fact, the meaning is the same. If you think carefully beforehand, you can avoid panic afterwards.

In fact, when the Dongjiabao Battle was launched, Zhang Zhun never gave up on the idea of ​​stabbing the Tartars in the butt. However, at that time, the Hu Ben Army focused on Dongjiabao and did not have the ability to implement such a plan. Now, Huang Taiji's positive pressure has been reduced, and Zhang Zhun's plan can be implemented. As a result, Zhang Zhun's eyes stared at Pidao at one glance.

Although the Dabai Fleet is not here, it is still the world of the Hu Ben Army in the Bohai Bay. Anywhere around the Bohai Bay is under the threat of the Hu Ben Army. However, due to geographical reasons, these different locations have different pros and cons and need to be carefully considered.

From a military strategic perspective, whether it is Jinzhou Guard, Fuzhou Guard, or Gaizhou Guard, they will encounter great trouble after landing. In these places, the Taurus cavalry can arrive instantly. Before the Huben Army has established its foothold, the Tartar cavalry that has been crazily killed is entirely possible to drive the Tiurus cavalry back into the sea.

Faced with the crazy Tartar cavalry, if the Hu Ben Army just wanted to consume a little of the Tartar's vitality, it could continue to harass the landing. However, if the Hu Ben Army really wanted to set up a landing point on the shore and respond to the subsequent troops landing continuously, it would still be quite difficult.

Login is a technical job.

In this era, except for Zhang Zhun, no one had a clearer understanding of the details of logging in. Therefore, Zhang Zhun was very cautious about logging in. Logging in is actually very dangerous. Once there is a mistake in a certain link, the troops on the shore will be made by the enemy. The lessons from Kinmen are very profound.

It has to be admitted that the Tartars' combat effectiveness on land is still very strong. For the time being, if the Tiger Ben Army did not have the assistance of strong fortifications and went to war with the Tartar cavalry on the wild plains, the risk would be very high. The question is, will the Tartars sit and watch you build a bastion or something on the shore? It is impossible! As long as the Tiger Ben Army makes a slight move, the Tartars will immediately pounce on them.

There is only one place that can reduce the pressure of the Tartars in counterattack.

This place is Pi Island.

The location of Pi Island is between Liaodong and North Korea, only a dozen nautical miles away from Tieshan controlled by the Tatars. If the Hu Ben Army had nailed a nail here, the Tartars stationed in North Korea would probably not be able to sleep at night. Idiots all know that once the Hu Ben Army controls Pi Island, the next step is to occupy Tieshan.

Where is Tieshan? Tieshan is the connection between the Tartars and North Korea. If the Hu Ben Army controls Tieshan, it will be equivalent to cutting off the direct connection between Shenyang and Seoul. Any Tartar cavalry trying to travel from Shenyang to Seoul will be attacked by Tieshan Hu Ben Army. Once the Hu Ben Army occupy Tieshan, it is impossible for the Tartars to point fingers at North Korea.

Why did Zhang Zhun choose Pi Island?

The most fundamental reason is because of Tieshan.

Tieshan is more than a thousand miles away from Chenyang. What is the concept of a thousand miles for cavalry? It is a journey of more than three days. Traveling a thousand miles a day and eight hundred miles a night is the description in the novel. Real cavalry, especially fully armed cavalry, who want to fight, cannot run so fast. When the Mongolian cavalry advanced at that time, three hundred miles a day was already the limit.

There is more than a thousand miles between Chenyang and Tieshan, which means that once the Hu Ben Army launches an attack on Tieshan, it will take at least four days for the Tartars to receive the news and then dispatch troops from Chenyang or nearby. There are four days, which is enough for the Hu Ben Army to build several good bastions in Tieshan. Since the emergence of cement, the concept of prefabricated parts has naturally come out.

As long as all the materials for building the bastion are prepared in advance, including a large number of cement prefabricated parts, the Hu Ben Army may build three-font-shaped bastions in Tieshan in two or three days. These three bastions are the reduced versions of Dongjiabao, Caojiabao and Liujiabao, forming a horn to each other and covering each other, making the Tatars unable to start. As long as this is achieved, the Hu Ben Army's control over Tieshan will be very good.

Once the Hu Ben Army built three bastions in Tieshan and gained a foothold, then there were only two tactics of the Tartars in North Korea. The first one was to attack desperately and drive the Hu Ben Army back into the sea. However, the battle in Dongjiabao showed that the attack on the Hu Ben Army, which was covered by strong fortifications, was definitely a tragedy for the Tartars. For the sake of their own population, there was little possibility of a crazy attack. The second was to give up North Korea.

If the Tartars had to give up North Korea, it would be even more unfavorable for their future. Because the Hu Ben Army would deploy more troops in North Korea in an all-round way, and then attack with other troops from east to west, surrounding and attacking Chenyang from multiple different directions. At that time, the Hu Ben Army's field corps and cavalry should have been well trained and able to fight against the Tartars.

It has to be said that the Koreans are very eager for this plan. For a long time, only by controlling Pi Island in their own hands can the Ming army be qualified to put pressure on the Great Jin Kingdom, be able to reduce the burden on the Koreans, and be able to further control the Kingdom of Korea. Mao Wenlong did this at the beginning. As a result, as soon as Pi Island was lost, Ming's control over the North Korean country was reduced to the lowest point.

For Huang Taiji, the Huben Army would certainly feel very uncomfortable when he captured Pidao. The Bohai Bay is now controlled by the Huben Army Navy, as if he had stripped all his lower clothes. If he was still controlled by Pidao in his hand, it would be like a sharp blade that was pressed between Huang Taiji's legs. With a wave of the knife at any time, Huang Taiji would scream repeatedly.

I believe Huang Taiji can see this step-by-step strategy. This strategy is not fast, but very safe, so there is no need to worry about any changes in the middle. Even if Huang Taiji understands Zhang Zhun's meaning, he does not have the ability to fight back. Because, for Pidao, the king of the Great Jin Kingdom, is absolutely powerless for the time being.

Huang Taiji is still in Northern Zhili, busy replenishing his losses from the court. Where can I find Pi Island so far? By the time he received the relevant information, it may have been at least half a month.

In fact, Zhang Zhun was not very worried that the Tatars' cavalry would arrive quickly. Because, in the Tatars' view, the Hu Ben Army would be much more direct when going ashore directly in Jinzhou Guards and other places. Even if they received news that the Hu Ben Army was on the Iron Mountain, they might not necessarily send reinforcements immediately. What if the Hu Ben Army was trying to lure the tiger away from the mountain, their real purpose was to land in Fuzhou Guards and other places?

From beginning to end, the Tatars were stationed in Deliying City near Fuzhouwei, with a large number of mobile troops stationed in order to prevent the Hu Ben Army from landing in real landing. I believe that even if the Hu Ben Army landed in Iron Mountain, the Deliying City troops would definitely not be mobilized. This reaction was just like the reaction between the German army in Calais and Normandy back then.

"Have you figured out the enemy on Pi Island?"

Zhang Zhun asked cautiously.

"I figured it out clearly. It was the troops of Dongjiang Town in the past."

Zhang Haibin answered yes.

He explained that the defenders stationed in Pi Island were about 3,000, all rebels. Their morale was obviously not high. Because they were alone. The Tartars' camps were all in Tieshan, directly from Pi Island, separated by more than ten miles of sea. If there was a powerful fleet, these ten miles of sea surface would certainly not be a problem. However, if there was no navy, it would be a tragedy. But, there would be no navy in the hands of the Tartars.

Obviously, as long as the gunship of the Hu Ben Army navy is inserted between Pi Island and Tieshan, the Tartars in Tieshan will not be able to reinforce Pi Island. They are powerless. Therefore, the defenders on Pi Island can only rely on their own strength to resist. The three thousand rebels, not the people present, look down on them, and they are indeed not very good. If it were three thousand Tartars, it would be almost the same.

"DPRK doesn't know?"

Zhang Zhun thought about it and asked cautiously.

"What they don't know is confidential."

Yang Guohua answered yes.

"good!"

Zhang Zhun said with satisfaction.

In fact, to be serious, Zhang Zhun did not fully trust the Koreans. After all, among the Koreans, the strength of the surrender faction is still very strong. If the Hu Ben Army revealed the news of attacking Pi Island, the Tartars in Tieshan would probably know. If the Tartars were guarded, the Hu Ben Army would have to pay a greater price to successfully capture Pi Island.

“Is there anything to add?”

After half a cup of tea, Zhang Zhun asked with a serious expression.

"No."

Yang Guohua, Zhang Haibin, Fang He, Liu Dong and others shook their heads gently.

"Okay! Action!"
Chapter completed!