Chapter 560 Liuqiu (1)

Long Sha took the time to study issues like Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang.

Meanwhile, Baiyulou's guerrilla squadron arrived at the sea off Dongming City (now the Danshui Port of Liuqiu) at noon on the third day after sailing.

"attack!"

Since there was no artillery in this era, coastal cities could only rely on city walls and crossbows to defend against the sea. Even large bed crossbows had an effective range of four to five hundred meters at most.

As far as the warship is concerned, there is no way for the crossbow to sink it, and at most it will kill the people on board.

The city wall of Dongming City is only more than four meters long, and there are more than a dozen bed crossbows on it. When the guerrilla squadron approached the port for 500 meters, the artillery on the Science directly opened fire.

Boom boom boom...

Although the grenade can't blow up the city wall, it can destroy the defenders on the city wall, especially the location where the bed crossbow is arranged, and it is directly named.

The patriarch of the Shang clan (Shang Ming's father) hurried up the tower, and six or seven high-ranking members of the Dongming faction were caught fire by five grenades in an instant.

The patriarch of the Shang clan, whose left arm was broken by shrapnel, shouted in horror: "Come on... quickly..."

But the members of the Dongming faction on the city wall are like headless chickens at this time. This is the first time they have encountered such a hot weapon, and it is a very mature hot weapon.

"Ahh..."

"Help……"

"Ah! God is angry!"

"Run!"

Screams, begging for mercy, and cries spread throughout Dongming City. .

The seriously injured Shang Clan Chief not only had his arm cut off by the shrapnel, but also his internal organs were injured by the shock wave of the explosion.

If it weren't for his martial arts, he would have died on the spot.

The artillery strikes continued for two more rounds, and Bai Yulou gave the order: "Land ashore!"

Boom, boom... The war drums were beeping, and 500 marines replaced with steel plate armor rushed to the port together with Baiyulou under the cover of artillery.

The wooden gate at the gate of the city,

It was directly blasted by the explosive package.

"kill!"

"Those who put down their weapons will not be killed!"

Swords and swords, flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Several practitioners with good martial arts were ambushing in the alley, planning to take the opportunity to attack.

A burst of footsteps came from not far away, and one of the scarred faces holding a knife shouted in a low voice: "Do it!"

A small soldier was in an alley, and was suddenly attacked by four Lianjiazi who were on the roof and behind the door.

Bang! The Ring Shou Saber carefully crafted by the Dongming Sect slashed on the plate armor, leaving only a white mark, and the hands on the scarred face were almost dropped due to the shock.

But the soldiers ignored the other party's lack of focus, and greeted the enemy directly with the short Han sword or handaxe in their hands.

There is a limit to martial arts masters, not to mention these fourth-rate trainers, they can't even release their true energy. Facing plate armor soldiers like tortoise shells, they are like dogs biting hedgehogs-they have no choice.

Pooh! Faced with the siege of three soldiers, Scarface was hacked to death within a few minutes.

The gang members of the Dongming faction, whose guts were broken by the artillery, faced the wolf-like plate armor soldiers, and it was like cutting melons and vegetables.

Bai Yulou went straight to the high-level mansions of the Dongming faction, as long as these high-level people dared to resist, they would be killed directly.

The patriarch of the Shang clan, who was lying dead on the city wall, encountered soldiers clearing the city wall. He was beheaded with an ax by a soldier passing by.

For this kind of seriously injured enemy, the soldiers have no idea of ​​treating them. It is the right choice to directly give them a good time.

The Battle of Dongming lasted for more than three hours, and it was not until the sun went down that Baiyulou completely wiped out Dongming City.

The mother and daughter Danmei, who were brought to Dongming City, once again saw the terrifying power of artillery. In order to protect her daughter, she had to help persuade a large number of middle and low-level helpers to surrender.

As for the high-level personnel, they were all chopped down by Bai Yulou.

The former Shanfu was transformed into a temporary county government.

Secretary Du Zhong said with a heavy face: "Report! The preliminary battle damage is out. We killed 6 people and injured 27 people, all of whom were attacked in street fighting."

"Soldiers who died, you have to do a good job of registration and transport them back to Zhoushan in a few days."

"clear!"

Another secretary stood up and said: "In this battle, we annihilated 878 enemies, captured 3,836 others, and there are about 10,000 residents."

Bai Yulou asked, "What about the surrounding countryside?"

"According to the information left by the Dongming School, there are 9 villages and 3 small tribes in the surrounding areas. The villages are Han people who immigrated from Zhejiang and Fujian, with a population of about 13,000; the tribes are local natives, with a population of about 2,000."

Bai Yulou thought for a while: "Starting tomorrow, the navy will take over Dongming City, and the marines will clean up these villages and tribes thoroughly to promote our policies."

"Understood." The secretary quickly recorded the matter.

As long as the surrounding areas of Dongming City are eaten, the Human Revolutionary League will gain a firm foothold in Liuqiu and gain a population of 25,000.

Fortunately, these villages and tribes are affiliated to the Dongming faction, and they need to pay land rent to the Dongming faction every year. The land rent is 40% of the grain harvest, which is almost the norm for tenant farmers.

And those three small tribes are mainly half-farming and half-hunting societies, and they donate some fur and mountain products to the Dongming faction every year.

Bai Yulou checked the assets of the Dongming Sect again. The assets of the Dongming Sect are mainly in the hands of the Shang and Dan clans.

Due to the grasp of the arms manufacturing industry and the uprisings that broke out in various places in the Sui Dynasty in the past few years, the interests of arms sales have skyrocketed.

Dongming City was built at the mouth of the Tamsui River, not only because of convenient transportation and abundant freshwater resources, but also because there are iron ore and timber here.

The iron ore in Liuqiu Island is divided into two parts, one part is pyrite buried in the mine, and the other part is magnetite sand and hematite sand deposited in the estuary.

There is a large amount of ore in the channel of the Danshui River.

Of course, this so-called large amount is actually for this era. The iron ore reserves in Danshui River are only tens of thousands of tons.

However, the Dongming School adopts the method of smelting sponge iron, plus the method of pouring steel, and only produces dozens of tons of iron a year, using only a few hundred tons of iron ore.

This is no joke.

We must know that before the outbreak of large-scale civil unrest in the Sui Dynasty, the amount of iron smelting in a year was only 3 to 4 million catties, or about 1,500 to 2,000 tons.

The annual iron output of Dongming faction is already very high in this era.

The iron smelting industry in the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty were different. Most of the iron smelting industry in the Sui Dynasty was government-run, while in the Tang Dynasty it was allowed to be private.

In the past few years, due to the chaos in various places, private small iron smelting has emerged.

This is also the reason why the arms trade of the Dongming faction is very important, because the Dongming faction has been away from the mainland of the Sui Dynasty for a long time, and the iron smelting and weapon manufacturing developed over the past few decades are naturally better than those of the inland small iron companies that have just started. The factory is much better.

Although Bai Yulou didn't like the equipment of the Dongming School, the more than 800 blacksmiths and more than 1,300 apprentices were a huge fortune.

In addition, the wealth accumulated by the Dongming School over the years is also very amazing.

There are 273 tons of copper coins and copper wares, 4.3 tons of silver, 572 kilograms of gold, 1637 tons of iron ore, and 37 tons of pig iron and iron soldiers.

120,000 shi of grain (equivalent to 6,000 tons), 2,477 pieces of cloth, and 34,000 cubic meters of wood.

In addition to ironworks and weapons factories, the Dongming faction also has a shipyard that can build Mengchong ships and Ningbo ships.

Robbery is indeed one of the fastest ways to make money.

After winning Dongming City, the strength of the Human Revolutionary Federation will continue to expand. Of course, the population here is not enough, and the scale of immigration must be increased.

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