The navy warships docked in Vietnam as planned. They were already prepared for battle, but who knew that a bright Tang Dynasty flag would be raised at the port, and the navy knew that this was already their territory.
"This humble general, Deputy Admiral Luo Huya of the navy, greets the Protector General."
When the warship stopped, a burly guy came down from the ship. Soldiers on the ship are generally agile, and it is rare to see a guy like this. He was simply a replica of Black Whirlwind Li Kui.
"General Luo, please stand up and let me know. You are coming from Fusang. Do you not need navy warships there?"
Chang Sunze looked at the dozens of warships nearby with some happiness. Some of them had their gun muzzles exposed, which were specifically responsible for combat, and some did not, which were specifically responsible for transportation. Now there were thousands of people gathered in the port. Although we also needed people to build roads, their final destination would be to transport them back home and sell them. After all, we did not need so many people, and in the upcoming war, the number of such prisoners would continue to increase.
"As for the answer, Fusang has been governed very well by us. Not many people dare to stand up and oppose us. Even if we go out alone on the streets, there is no problem. The locals regard us as their ancestors. So we only need to leave a part of the fleet there. This time, we brought 40 warships to Xiaguan, and 20 transport ships were originally carrying a large amount of food for you..."
When Luo Huya said this, everyone present showed a wry smile. In itself, there was no problem in transporting these foods. After all, these people were fighting in a foreign country. Whether it was to bribe the local people or to feed our own soldiers, a large amount of food was needed. But who knew that after we captured a city, this problem no longer existed. The food in the city was still waiting for you to transport it away!
"That's okay. Let's keep the food on the ship for now. Let's unload our gunpowder and other supplies first. We've consumed a lot of it during the war, and now we have to rely on land transportation. However, some of their people on land have run away to the mountains and forests to become bandits, causing us a lot of trouble."
Speaking of this, the smiles disappeared from everyone's faces. In the past half month, although they had increased the size of the transport team, there were more than 20,000 Vietnamese troops on the mountain. They could even mobilize two to three thousand people each time, so we still suffered a lot of losses in the long battle.
Huo Qubing once organized his men to charge in, but the effect was not very good. The other side had no intention of fighting with you in the mountains. After entering, they wanted to escape, and their escape route was also a predetermined route. If you continue to chase them, all kinds of traps will be waiting for you. Huo Qubing could only let his men stop first.
Luo Huya also knew that the army attacking Vietnam had encountered trouble, but as a naval general he did not know how to fight in the mountains, so he could only order his men to unload the gunpowder as soon as possible.
"Let's load the empty transport ships with people first and transport them all to Hangzhou..."
A total of four large ships were transporting gunpowder this time. If all the gunpowder was unloaded, it would be able to carry hundreds of people when it left. If it was loaded with more, it would be a bit unsafe on the road.
"We still have 1,500 new recruits in Fusang. They have already received their badges at the Tiance General's Mansion. They also want to follow the general and gain some experience on the battlefield..."
Luo Huya suddenly thought of another thing. There were also many Han people in Fusang. Some of them had grown up and were unwilling to be local landlords. They were also willing to join the Tang army. He took this opportunity to bring them all over.
"That's perfect. Just get them all off the ship, and then get all the prisoners on board. Hurry and transport them back. These past few days, whenever I saw these people, I felt restless."
What Chang Sunze said was the truth. The reason why we are unable to carry out a large-scale encirclement and suppression of the people in the mountains is because we have too many prisoners. Before these people are properly resettled, we can only passively accept the challenges in the mountains. The guys under our command are not cowards, and they did not let the people in the mountains take advantage in various challenges.
The generals above could make it happen with just a few words, but it was different for the Vietnamese laborers below. Under the scolding and shouting of the Han guards next to them, they obediently went to the ship to move things. And if they walked a little slower, they would be whipped immediately.
There are also many ordinary people along the coast of Vietnam, and they often go out to sea to fish, but their boats are too small. When they saw the warships of the Tang Dynasty Navy, they were all scared and thought that this was the dragon boat of the Dragon King of the Sea.
No wonder the Tang army was able to win the battle. Just look at their ships. They are many times bigger than ours. Fortunately, we surrendered to the Tang army before. If we had not surrendered now, their navy and army would have attacked together. Look at the cannons on the ship. Our whole body might have been blown to pieces. Although we have been dragged here to work, at least our body is still intact.
"What are you doing?"
On the way to rest, Luo Huya saw a hundred or so soldiers setting fire to the nearby woods. This was just an ordinary hillock, not connected to the distant mountains, so in order to eliminate the hidden dangers, this small hillock had to be burned first.
"At the moment, we have no other options but to use a burning strategy to get them out of the mountains. However, we are not yet prepared for large-scale burning, so these small isolated areas need to be burned out first."
Chang Sun Ze felt a little embarrassed when he said this. Li Xiang had many capable people under his command, but unfortunately he had no other choice but to use such a stupid method.
"Does their southern court know what's going on here?"
Luo Huya suddenly said this, and Chang Sunze suddenly understood.
We have been thinking of this stupid method all along. Didn't they deceive us by surrendering before? Now we can definitely deceive them. If we can trick them out, wouldn't we save a lot of trouble? Even if we can trick them out a little bit, it would be good!
