After all, the expeditionary force is an ordinary tourist, and it is impossible for them to really do nothing and go see the sea.
After Ouyang Xuan came to his senses, he quickly issued an order and the army camped in place.
The beach is actually not suitable for camping. If there are enemy troops shooting arrows on the sea from a boat, it will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble to the camp.
But it also depends on the situation.
The place Di Xin chose was on a cliff dozens of meters higher than the sea level. Ordinary bows and arrows could not be shot up from below - even if they were shot up, there would be no way to cause damage to the camp built above.
And only experts can climb up the inner slope that was impacted by the waves.
Therefore, by stationing here, you can firstly observe whether there are enemy attacks on the sea at any time. Secondly, on the side close to the sea level, you only need to place a few symbolic patrols to ensure that the camp will not be attacked by others.
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The other side of the cliff is a gentle slope.
On such a gentle slope, the soldiers can control their bodies very easily when charging down, but the enemy who attacks from behind will be suppressed by the expeditionary force from a high position.
It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although the expeditionary force is very powerful, the purpose of war is to maximize every advantage of one's own.
Choosing such a garrison that is easy to defend and difficult to attack is also in line with Di Xin's subsequent plans.
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Among the camps, the first one to be set up was naturally Di Xin's handsome tent.
The sea is vast and beautiful, but having the sea breeze blowing there all the time is obviously not a smart thing to do.
People who are weak cannot blow the sea breeze for a long time. Di Xin is very serious about his concave character.
But others don't have so many scruples.
As I said before, ordinary people, if nothing unexpected happens, may never leave their own one-third of an acre in their lifetimes given the transportation conditions of this era.
Although Xizi is beautiful, before following Di Xin, her true identity was that of a village girl in an ordinary village.
Before the bandits killed her parents, her life trajectory for more than ten years was in a few surrounding villages, rarely entering a nearby county.
Then there is no more.
After following Di Xin, although his status skyrocketed, he still stayed in the sandy land of northern Xinjiang.
Therefore, Xizi has never seen the sea until now.
As for Song Qianwei, although she has traveled to many places, most of them are within the territory of Dali, and it is in the relatively arid north. This is also the first time she has seen the sea.
As natives of the Ancient Moon Realm, the two of them knew how difficult it was to go to the beach, so they had no intention of letting go of this brief moment of relaxation.
Anyway, they were all members of the Expeditionary Force, and both of them were well-educated, so after Di Xin selected a place to station, the two girls held hands and went out to see the sea.
Of course, this was in the wild after all, and there was still a group of soldiers guarding the two of them at a distance.
At this moment, Di Xin, who was conscientiously maintaining his personality, had returned to the handsome tent set up with Zeng Hongshen.
Although Zeng Hongshen felt a little sad because of his previous conversation with Di Xin, he had already recovered, and he had no intention of continuing to look at the sea.
Di Xin spread out a piece of paper on the table.
After grinding the ink, Di Xin picked up a brush, dipped it lightly in the ink, and started writing on the paper.
"Wu Chenghou respectfully..."
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Like northern Xinjiang and eastern border passes, Shuilao Pass in the southern Xinjiang prefecture is also at the forefront of the border.
This is naturally intentional.
In a province, power, culture, and economy will all flow towards the state city, and this also means that the state city must be the most heavily defended place in a province.
The most important purpose of the border cities is to prevent invasion by foreign enemies.
Therefore, the state and city with the largest number of troops stationed were naturally located at the forefront, so that the army could be organized to defend or even counterattack as soon as a foreign enemy invaded.
However, the difference is that because southern Xinjiang is close to the sea, part of Shuilaoguan is built directly on the sea, while the south gate is a water gate.
This led to the fact that if Ryukyu wanted to invade Southern Xinjiang on a large scale, their navy would not be able to enter Southern Xinjiang at all unless they captured Shuilao Pass.
However, in maritime battles, the quality of warships plays a larger role, and with Dali's manufacturing level, even ten Ryukyus can't catch up with it. Therefore, in the past, after leaving the city, Nanjiang was regarded as the only frontal warship.
A borderland where barbarians can be suppressed.
However, a vast country also means a narrow border. Since it cannot be defeated on a frontal battlefield, it can only be carried out a small-scale invasion.
Most of the barbarians outside the three frontiers of east, west, north and west invaded the border passes in an organized manner. Only Ryukyu mostly sent a small number of teams to quietly bypass Shuilao Pass and land to carry out small-scale harassment of the southern border.
Naturally, a small-scale team cannot pose any substantial danger to southern Xinjiang, but this also means that Ryukyu can continue to send people, which can be said to be extremely annoying.
To people from southern Xinjiang, Ryukyu barbarians are like flies that cannot be killed. They are not very harmful, but they are extremely annoying.
About ten years ago, Wu Chenghou, who had just been promoted to the Grand Marshal of the Southern Border Border, reported to the court and sent troops to Ryukyu once.
However, firstly, the navy of Dali had not reached its peak at that time, and secondly, Ryukyu defended the island, and the role of warships was greatly reduced. Therefore, although Marquis Wu Cheng taught Ryukyu a painful lesson that time,
In the end, we had no choice but to retreat.
To this day, Dali's warships have gone through many iterations, and Wu Chenghou specially trained the navy's ability to carry out forced landing operations after that battle.
If there is another expedition, Wu Chenghou is sure to win Ryukyu this time.
However, because the old emperor had been absent from the government for several years due to health reasons, resentment among the people within the territory arose and disasters continued in various places. Therefore, many of his memorials to the court regarding his intention to go on an expedition were returned.
The reason was naturally that the internal worries were too great to provoke foreign enemies, and the imperial court did not have so much food and materials to support the navy's expedition.
But, is it really not the case?
How could Marquis Wu Cheng not know the underlying reasons for all this?
A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Although Dali is getting weaker and weaker, it is simply a joke to say that it cannot support one or two expeditions. To put it bluntly, it is just about profit.
The old emperor didn't know when he would return to the west, and he had never established a prince. Therefore, many princes and princes were thinking about the throne that might be vacant at any time.
The officials in the court were naturally divided into different camps.
As for Wuchenghou, because he was King Jing's uncle, he was naturally assigned to King Jing's camp.