One Piece of Song Dynasty

Yu Liyan was surprised and said: "There are still horses."

Li Xin said: "Yes, not only are there horses on this island, it is also a good place to raise horses."

Yu Liyan said thoughtfully: "I know why my husband must occupy this place. Like the Song Dynasty, my husband lacks cavalry. My husband only captured this place to raise horses, right?"

Li Xin scratched Yu Liyan's nose and said, "That's true, but this is only one of the reasons. What's more important is that Jeju Island is in a very good location, not far from the Song Dynasty, Liao Kingdom, and Jin Kingdom."

Yu Liyan thought for a while and said, "It's indeed not far, but no matter how far it is, there is still a large sea all around."

Li Xin smiled and said: "Haha, this lady will understand in the future."

The two of them talked as they walked and arrived at the city on the island. At the gate of the city, they saw Zhai Jin, who was commanding the infantry to maintain order.

Zhai Jin saw Li Xin and Yu Liyan coming and said, "Hello, my lord, and hello, second lady."

Li Xin asked: "General Zhai, how much loot did we gain from this battle?"

Zhai Jin replied: "There is not much wealth on this island. We only seized tons of grain, but there is quite a lot of gold and silver, including to taels."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Well, take out tons of food and distribute it to the women and children on the island. The rest will be saved as rations for your defenders. As for the gold and silver, take away the gold and distribute the silver to everyone participating in the war." one person."

Zhai Jin said: "Yes, the general has given the order. My lord, our infantry did not fight well this time. There are too few defenders on the island, and the fight was over before we even started fighting."

Li Xin sighed: "Yeah, I didn't expect this island to be captured so easily."

Zhai Jin nodded and said: "Yes, the infantry didn't see much blood this time. The training for the infantry is too limited."

Li Xin thought for a while and said: "Goryeo will definitely send troops to attack us in the future, but that is also a matter for the navy. Let's do this. I will tell the seventh general that some infantry crossbowmen will be sent to each ship. Follow the sword and shield men to prevent the enemy from jumping attacks. This can be regarded as a kind of training for your infantry. Of course, it is not possible for everyone to get on the boat. There still needs to be someone stationed on the island. You choose the people who get on the boat. "

Zhai Jin cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

A public trial was held the next day, which narrowed the relationship between Li Xin's group and the women and children of Tamluo on the island. Of course, except for Li Jishen and Jin Fushi, the other captive Koreans were sacrificed by Li Xin.

After the public trial, Li Xin called Ruan Xiaoqi, Lu Wenbin, and Zhai Jin.

Li Xin asked first: "General Seven, have all the supplies on the forty clippers been unloaded?"

Ruan Xiaoqi replied: "Yes, all forty clipper ships have been emptied."

Li Xin said: "Okay, Wen Bin, tomorrow you take Li Jishen and start organizing women and children to bring food to the clipper ship and bring them back to Xinghan City. From now on, you will first be in charge of the personnel and services between Jeju Island and Xinghan Island." For material transportation, after returning to Xinghan Island, I went to find the five generals, the stewards of each workshop, and Liu Yi, and asked them to select some people to come to Jeju Island. The construction of Jeju Island requires many craftsmen and Confucian scholars, in addition to the glass craftsmen, when I come back You need to bring the refugees, Confucian scholars, other craftsmen except the glaze craftsmen, and supplies. Then you tell Old Man Liu, the steward of the shipyard, to ask him to speed up the construction of the ship. You also need to tell Liu Yi that the same is true for these women and children. Distribute land and money without discriminating against them, but don’t put them all in one city, but divide them into three cities.”

Lu Wenbin cupped his fists and said, "Yes, lord, I understand."

Li Xin continued: "Seventh General, you choose another person to follow Wen Bin back to Xinghan Island. You will be stationed on Jeju Island in the future. The navy on Xinghan Island needs someone to train and receive new ships."

Ruan Xiaoqi thought for a while and said: "Let Wei Yuan follow Wen Bin back. He has been following a certain person for many years and his ability to command ships is also good."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, let him go, General Zhai. He will be in this city and dock tomorrow. Let's call it Rifeng City from now on. Just leave two thousand people to garrison it."

General Zhai cupped his fists and said, "Yes, my lord."

Li Xin continued: "General Seven, General Zhai, tomorrow we will organize the remaining ships and the remaining infantry. We will go to the north of the island. I plan to build one each in the north and south of the island." As for the wharf and the city, from now on the Jeju Island fleet will be stationed in the north of the island, the main infantry stations will be in the north of the island and Ilbong City in the east of the island, and only a small number of troops will be stationed in the south of the island."

The two of them replied: "Yes, my lord, the general will get the order at the end."

One day later, Li Xin took Yu Liyan and the fleet to the north along the island. When they arrived at the location of Jeju City, Li Xin, Ruan Xiaoqi and Zhai Jin said: "Two generals, north of the island The dock and city will be built here. The new city will be called Jeju City. General Zhai will put down two thousand infantry troops here to help the navy build the dock and the barracks of your infantry army. Later, we will send people to build it. city."

The two replied: "Yes, my lord."

Li Xin continued: "Two generals, leave the navy and twenty-five of the forty supply ships behind. We will continue to the island with the remaining fifteen ships and the remaining one thousand infantry." Go south to find the construction site of the southern dock and city of the island."

The two clasped their fists and said, "Yes, Lord."

When the fleet arrived at the location of Seogwipo City in later generations, Li Xin said: "The dock and city in the south of the island are built here. The city in the south of the island is called Nanxian City. General Zhai put the remaining one thousand infantry. Just stay here.”

Zhai Jin clasped his fists and said, "The final general will receive the order."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Two generals, of the dozen or so ships captured this time, I will leave them to you for transportation of materials between the three places on the island."

Ruan Xiaoqi complimented: "My lord is very thoughtful. I was just about to talk about this matter, so my lord told me in advance."

Li Xin waved his hand and said: "Okay, you don't want to flatter me anymore. Once these fifteen ships have unloaded all the supplies, we will go back to Jeju City and take the fleet back to Rifeng City, and wait until the Jeju City Wharf is built. , your navy will move its base from Rifeng City, but General Seven, your navy fleet will patrol the northern area of ​​the island starting tomorrow, and all ships coming from Goryeo will be detained."

Ruan Xiaoqi cupped his fists and said, "Yes, my lord, the general will take your orders."

Li Xin then asked: "Also, the next time you have a sea battle with Goryeo, you must put some infantry crossbowmen and sword and shield men on each ship of your fleet, so as to prevent the enemy from fighting and give concessions." Many soldiers can feel the atmosphere of the battlefield."

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "No problem, my lord, General Zhai, please choose someone. This matter will be taken care of by someone."

Zhai Jin cupped his fists and said, "Okay, then Zhai would like to thank the Seventh General."