Chapter 280 Underestimating the Enemy

Cui Bin heaved a sigh, unable to slow down. I sent for him to rest on board the ship.

The brass Island men were sent for to lead the way, and Zombo and John were ordered to lead men to chase after the fleeing confederates. Stay behind and talk to the natives for more information.

According to the aborigines, the masters had been taken away by the Allied forces. The new city was ransacked long ago. They also dug a big hole in the copper mine. Many had been hiding when they learned that the coalition had begun to capture them, but they were eventually caught. The population of Brass Island will not exceed 5,000 at present.

I asked about Old Cheng, and he was the first to be taken away by the Allies.

After asking about the situation, I told them to go home and give birth. The Island of Brass will never be invaded again. The aborigines thanked him and left with their families.

John and Zombo soon returned, saying they could not be found. They're riding alpacas, and they'll probably be gone by now.

"Go back to port." I waved my hand.

"The new royal city is still burning, chief." "Cried Zombo.

"It's all right. The walls are so high, the fire inside can't get out."

When they returned to the harbor, they found the two or three hundred men still waiting, and nothing in the boat had been moved. He promised to follow me to bukuk island.

I agreed, and let them take the boat together and go to Cuckoo Island by myself. Arrangements will be made for them when they get there. Two or three hundred of them were grateful, and even though it was almost dark, they went straight back to their boats and set sail overnight.

Back on the ship, I went to visit Cui Bin first. Tell him I sent these people to Bukgu, too.

Cui Bin nods: "in your heart, do you want to build bugu Island into a real king capital in the future?"

"I didn't before, but now I do." I explained, "You know, in order to better control Bukgu Island, I wanted to move to the whole brass Island after I found Li Wanxue. But now I find that belief is being shaken."

"Tell me more."

"One aspect is that Bukgu is connected to another world. The main focus. Another is that we all survived on The island of Bukgu. It's like home, and when you stay there long enough, you don't want to leave. The island is not small enough to house a hundred thousand people. Now more and more people are going there, which is objectively contributing to my change of opinion." That's why I agreed to these two or three hundred people.

It took a couple of big ups and downs, and I realized that I had to have a place that was completely my own. Even the Island of Brass is home to a large number of non-native people. I had some concerns on the back of my mind. As a result, The island of Cuckoo became more and more important in my heart.

"How about this?" "In the future, we will still live on Bukgu Island and make it a core city," Cui suggested. Several kingdoms, including the Island of Brass, were conquered but allowed a degree of autonomy. In this way, we can easily obtain large quantities of materials. And you don't have to worry about them rebelling or anything."

"Maybe. I wanted to conquer the Five kingdoms, mostly to deal with the gods of that world. He has too many horses. But now you've invented gunpowder. With this thousand men we can go and beat them once and for all." We still need to conquer the five kingdoms because of their aggression.

Cui Bin then said: "Then we will try our best to attract as many people as possible to Bugu Island. We will not force them to go. We will accept those who are willing to go, and we will not force them to go."

"Generally speaking, it is unified after this sea area, the federal system is it." I think it's a good thing that we can get what we want, and avoid a major conflict with the Five Kingdoms down the road. The sea area is too wide, completely rely on the ship interaction and contact, rule is more troublesome.

"Sort of. You are the leader. You decide what to do. I'm just making a suggestion." Cui Bin said.

I nodded and thanked him.

Cui Bin got up and said, "I'm going to walk around the island and relax."

I went out on deck with him and put some men after him. He needed some time to recover from the fire that destroyed the new royal city he had built all by himself.

The next day I had to go to the kingdom of saltpeter, so AFTER dinner I arranged for everyone to have a rest.

Sleeping in the night is fragrant, suddenly heard outside Shouting. I ran out without putting on my shoes. Found the ship moving. A fire had been kindled on the deck and there was a great scramble to put it out. A hundred men appeared on the shore, some with torches, others with bows and arrows, shooting at our ship.

Fortunately, there are so many of us that we can pull out the arrows and put out the fire as soon as they come out, but it's not enough when we're on fire. When the boat was about a kilometer out, it finally settled down.

Several men had been taken to hospital for burns, and I went to see for myself the damage to the ship. Fortunately, there was no major damage to the hull, mainly the deck and the ship's building were burned a lot of small holes.

Back on deck, Zomb and John came running up to me.

"No man to keep watch?" "I shouted.

"Yes, perhaps they didn't expect a surprise attack and slept in." Zombu explained.

"Who's in charge? Send for me."

John ran away and soon came with a native. That guy plopped down on his knees and said in horror, "Chief, I didn't mean it. I thought they were all gone and there was no danger, so I let them all go to bed."

"This is your man?" I looked at John.

John nodded and knelt down quickly: "The leader is my custody of the subordinates lax, please punish me."

In the old days, I would have killed a man or two to enforce military discipline. But now, with the advantage of firearms, we can count one against a hundred. In addition, the army is a submissive tribal coalition, so I need to use a conciliatory means to them.

I lowered my face and said, "I should have beheaded you both to enforce military discipline. But in the name of your past deeds, you shall be spared the death penalty."

"I'm willing to suffer." John replied quickly.

The little chief laid his head on the deck, and shivered, not daring to say a word.

"When you reach the kingdom you want to attack, you will each have twenty beheads, and if you fail, you will be killed immediately."

"Be."

"Thank you, chief. I will kill more people."

After I got them up, I set up a lookout and set up shifts.

"Chief." John bowed. "Please," he said, "let me land a boat and kill the raiders."

"Don't go." I refused. "They must have left long ago, and if you pursue them, you might even be ambushed by them."

"Be."

"All to rest, and sail first thing in the morning."

When I turned to enter the ship building, I saw Cui Bin standing beside me, so I helped him to walk with me.

Inside the boathouse, he whispered, "I thought you were going to kill them."

"That was then." I smiled.

Cui bin added: "In my opinion, we should patrol the Brass Island for a week. I'm sure many people will be taken away by them as soon as we leave."

"Forget it, just call. The people they took will be sent back to me sooner or later. We take saltpeter first." I know that guerrilla warfare is the hardest thing to deal with, and in the grand plan, we can't be tied down to the island of Brass by these men.

Cui Bin said nothing more. After each returned to his own position to sleep, as soon as it was light, we immediately set sail, guided by Cui Bin course, directly to the production of saltpeter kingdom.

After a day and a half's voyage, we reached the kingdom in the wee hours of the morning. Three islands of similar size form a large irregular triangle. We landed in a quiet spot.

"Have you been here before?" I asked Cui Bin.

Cui Bin shook his head: "I have not been here, the people who have drawn the map. I didn't expect three islands."