The most arrogant in history

Chapter 407: Southern Wilderness Elephant Soldiers.

The prisoners trembled with fear.

Ye Kun also asked everyone to demonstrate the power of the rapid-fire musket, as well as thunder bombs, grenades, fireworks, incendiary bombs, etc.

Ye Kun also let the prisoners take a look at the military telescope to experience what clairvoyance means.

Using high technology to deter these guys can help you defeat them without fighting, saving you time and effort.

The captives were even more awed when they saw so many powerful weapons and telescopes, and said that King Han Ye Kun was very awesome!

Ye Kun smiled and said, "How can your flesh and blood compare to a tree? I have three thousand cannons and countless muskets. With one order, the tiny country of Jianwei will be reduced to a piece of red earth, leaving no one alive! I have ten thousand clairvoyances, and every move of Jianwei is under my eyes."

The captives bowed down and said, "The King of Han is so brave and invincible. We will never dare to rebel again."

Ye Kun nodded and smiled, gave the captives food and wine, and let them return to the city of Jianwei. The injured captives were also taken back after simple treatment.

Military advisor Guo Ping clasped his fists and said, "My lord, this move is very clever."

Yibin prefect Guo Ping was a talent recommended through the system of selecting filial and honest officials a few years ago, and was privately called an honest man by Ye Kun.

This time, the honest man Guo Ping followed the army and served as a staff officer.

This is also Ye Kun's assessment and cultivation of Guo Ping to see if he can be of great use.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Sir Guo, what do you think is the cleverness of this move?"

Guo Ping said, "The southerners live in a remote area with high mountains and dense forests, and they have many soldiers and are very powerful. They can be pacified today, but rebel again tomorrow. So the lord is using both kindness and force to win over the southerners and end the problem once and for all. This is my random guess, is it correct?"

Ye Kun laughed: "Grandmaster Guo is indeed a kindred spirit. I personally led the troops to the battle to stabilize southern Xinjiang."

Just then, a letter arrived by carrier pigeon.

The campaign to suppress bandits in the southeastern mountainous area has been successful. The troops are now resting and advancing from east to west.

Song Poliu also led 30,000 naval forces along the southeastern coastline, cooperating with land forces to completely eliminate banditry and separatist forces in the southeastern mountainous areas.

At this time, Song Poliu's navy had already arrived at Qiong Island.

All the soldiers and generals on Qiongdao originally belonged to Jiangdong, and they all surrendered.

Ye Kun issued an order: "Order Song Poliu's navy to advance all the way, cross the Qiongzhou Strait, arrive at the Beibu Gulf, and station and reorganize on the spot. Then divide half of the troops and go north to cooperate with the main army! After conquering the entire Jiaozhou, build a deep-water port on the spot."

The speed of Jiangdong's ships is about 25 kilometers per hour.

With a favorable wind, the maximum speed can reach 35 kilometers.

Ye Kun improved Jiangdong's sea vessels, making them all pointed-bottom ships. He also made changes to the sides of the hull to make them more in line with fluid mechanics. He also added oars on both sides of the ship and a pedal-operated propeller at the stern, which could fine-tune the direction and make the sailing speed faster.

If there are no obstacles on the road, it would take ten days to reach Qiongzhou Island starting from Chongming Island.

This is a terrifying speed, many times faster than marching on land.

And the transportation cost is very low.

Here’s a little-known fact: the cost of water transportation is one twentieth of the cost of land transportation!

Therefore, the Chinese people like to build canals the most. Once a canal is built, it will be a once-and-for-all solution and benefit future generations.

Ye Kun doesn’t have time to build a canal now, so he has to develop sea transportation first.

Developing the navy and shipping is the most cost-effective thing at present.

There must be a large port here in the Beibu Gulf. When we attack Jiaozhi in the future, we can do so in the blink of an eye!

Guo Ping said: "The navy can go down the coast, but it may not be easy to enter the heart of the Southern Wilderness."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I will fight in the Southern Wilderness. The navy left by Song Po will cooperate with the Southeastern Bandit Suppression Force to take over the entire Jiaozhou."

Jiaozhou, including parts of the later Guangxi and Guizhou, was also a tough nut to crack.

Ye Kun has already ordered Sima Yu to cooperate with the Southeast Bandit Suppression Army and Song Poliu's navy to penetrate into the central Guangxi plains and completely control the Shiwandashan Mountains!

The vast plain in central Guangxi still has some oil and water resources, and can be used to develop production and serve as a small granary.

Lu Rentao of Jianweiguo was defeated in the first battle. He was very happy to see the defeated soldiers returning and opened the city gate to welcome them.

However, when the defeated soldiers returned to the city, they immediately spread the news of Ye Kun's prowess in private, exaggerating their descriptions of Ye Kun's guns and weapons, which frightened the soldiers and civilians in the city and made them lose their will to fight.

Ye Kun's army arrived at the city of Jianwei and issued an order to challenge the enemy.

Lu Rentao opened the city gates to fight, and shouted in front of the battle: "Ye Kun, my country Jianwei has been a great Ding country for more than 300 years. Why are you attacking?"

"Is the kingdom yours? You have no shame. You colluded with the Southern King Shamoke and rebelled against the suzerain state. You deserve to die!"

Ye Kun waved his hand and said, "Ready to use your muskets? Kill this traitor in front of the battle line."

Bang Bang Bang!

Behind Ye Kun, more than twenty muskets spewed out flames and bullets whizzed away.

The accuracy of muskets is not high, but within a hundred meters, more than twenty muskets can be aimed at one person and the hit rate can be guaranteed.

There was only a scream, and a large group of people fell down on the opposite side.

Poor Lu Rentao was hit by a hail of bullets, fell off his horse, and died on the spot.

All of Jianweiguo's soldiers collapsed and turned around and ran towards the city.

Ye Kun waved the command flag and ordered his troops to pursue and kill them, and rush into the city gate.

The Jianwei Kingdom, which was known for its power in the southern part of the world, was conquered in this way.

Ye Kun entered the city and first posted a notice to reassure the people and control the situation. Then he counted the official and civilian population in the city, the treasury property, and Lu Rentao's private property.

Jianweiguo's management is extremely chaotic, and its account books are a mess, completely unreliable.

Lu Rentao does have a lot of personal property.

There were three hundred women in the harem, and mountains of gold, silver and treasures, but there was little food stored.

Because the mountainous areas do not produce grain, not many local people know how to farm.

Half of the mountain people do not farm at all. They usually hunt and collect medicinal herbs, collect mountain delicacies and trade them with people outside the mountains in exchange for some food.

Ye Kun was ruthless and removed all the high-ranking officials and generals from the country and confiscated their property.

Only middle and low-level officials were left to assist in governance and settle the people.

All of Lu Rentao's family members and relatives, including adult males, were escorted to Zhuti County, tattooed on their faces, and sent to a hard labor camp to mine!

Women and children were dealt with separately, and were given some land so that they could become self-reliant.

Guo Ping accepted Ye Kun's commission and stayed in Jianwei Kingdom temporarily, leading 5,000 soldiers and technical personnel to comprehensively build Jianwei Kingdom's management system.

Ye Kun led the army to continue advancing to fight Shamoke.

When they reached the north bank of Dianchi Lake, they ran into Shamoke.

Two armies confront each other.

Ye Kun couldn't help but sigh when he saw the opponent's lineup.

These barbarians were all dark-skinned, skinny and strong, with incomplete armor and all kinds of strange swords and guns, just like shamans.

But they were in very good spirits, holding swords and guns, shouting and looking very excited.

Wu Xuan reminded Ye Kun: "The Southern Army has elephant soldiers. They fight on elephants and are invincible. My lord, please be careful."

Ye Kun nodded and shouted to Shamoke: "Barbarian King Shamoke, come forward and speak!"

Shamo Ke stepped forward and said with a chuckle, "Everyone says that Hanzhong King Ye Kun is very powerful. I thought he had three heads and six arms, but I didn't expect that he is just a pale-faced scholar. Haha!"

Most of the barbarian soldiers are short, but Shamoke is very tall, like a god.

Ye Kun waved his hand and said loudly:

"All under heaven belongs to the king, and all the people are his subjects. You are just a native of the southern wilderness, why do you offend the majesty of heaven and become my enemy? Lu Rentao rebelled and was killed by me, don't you fear death?"

Shamoke laughed loudly: "Ye Kun, I was just about to catch you to avenge Lu Rentao. Stop talking nonsense, just come over here and fight me to the death!"