About 50 miles from the city of Yangzhou, the Mangdao River meanders and flows in the shape of the word "匚" on the earth, thus separating a peninsula. In the heart of the peninsula, there is a thriving town called "Fairy Town".

This town was originally called "Caijiazhuang". Legend has it that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, a black dragon came here to make waves. As a result, heavy rains poured down and rivers gushed down, flooding crops and houses, leaving the people miserable.

But the blessing is incomparable, and the disaster is not a single line. The flood has not subsided, and the plague has returned. Everyone in the village vomited and diarrhea, dying. It seems that the entire Zhuangzi is about to die and become extinct.

At the critical moment, a white dragon flew in the sky, raising its head and killing the black dragon. And after a fierce fight, he finally defeated the black dragon. Then a yellow crane flew in, with herbs in its mouth, and fell down.

In the blink of an eye, both the white dragon and the yellow crane were gone. What appeared in front of people was two fairies. He claimed that one surnamed Du and the other surnamed Kang. They boiled soup with herbs and sent it to every household, so that the whole village could turn the crisis into safety. After that, the two fairies rose into the air at the same time, stepped on the seven-colored clouds, and floated away.

In order to thank these two fairies for their kindness, the common people have since built a temple in Zhuangzi to worship the two Taoist aunts. Over time, the temple became known as the "Temple of the Fairies". Caijiazhuang has also become a fairy town.

The town of Fairy is strategically located as the throat of waterway traffic, and it is a must for ships to and fro. At the same time, it is also the largest timber distribution center in Yangzhou and a famous rice market. Therefore, it has led to the prosperity of all industries, the population is prosperous, and people from all directions and towns come and go, in an endless stream, and it is very lively.

According to the household registration records of Yangzhou Prefecture, the population of Fairy Town is just over 20,000. But if you add in other merchants and workers who do not have local household registration, but have lived in the local area for a long time, then the population immediately doubles and doubles again, reaching the 80,000 mark. Within this radius of 100 miles, Fairy Town is definitely a first-class prosperous place in addition to Yangzhou City.

But at this moment, the once prosperous and lively fairy town has become like a ghost domain.

The army of the Japanese invaded in a big way. Fairy Town, which doesn't even have a city wall, can't resist it at all. Although under the organization of the mayor, he barely managed to put together a force of about 2,000 soldiers. But how can the improvised rabble compare to the tiger and wolf soldiers of Fusang Country?

Under the battle between the two sides, the soldiers and horses in Fairy Town were about to collapse at the touch of a button. Fortunately, most of this army is composed of Jianghu people. Seeing that the situation was not good, he immediately turned around and ran away. Therefore, although the Japanese invaders defeated this army of soldiers and horses, they were not able to annihilate all of them, and at least eight adults still fled back to Fairy Town.

When the people of Fairy Town heard the news of the defeat, they were immediately terrified and fled desperately. However, in half a day's work, the fairy town with a population of tens of thousands is at most only a few thousand old and weak people who can't escape. Immediately afterward, the Japanese army invaded, raised their butcher knives, and slaughtered all the remaining civilians in the town. The blood flowed like a river, and the land in front of the fairy temple was all dyed red.

The general who commanded this road was the Sanada Taki. He was also one of the five princes of Fuso, under the de facto ruler Ishida Jusei. Comparable to the four princes (daimyo) such as Oni Garden, Kyogoku, Tachibana, and Date, they are all real powerful factions.

Sanada Takibing is a true soldier who knows the soldiers. He attacked Fairy Town, precisely because of the geographical advantages here, and wanted to use this place as a base to continue to attack Yangzhou. As long as Yangzhou is captured, then the entire southeast half of the wall will no longer have the strength to stop the army of Fusang.

At that time, the Fusang army can advance and attack, and retreat can defend. Even if it can't cut off half of the Central Plains, it will be permanently occupied and owned by Fuso. The population and wealth plundered from this land alone, as well as all kinds of advanced technology, are enough to feed the people of Fuso from top to bottom, and it is simply a lucrative business.

So after the capture of Fairy Town, the Sanada Takibing set up their base camp here. Then 5,000 soldiers and horses were dispatched to attack Tanjiazhuang. It was the speed of the soldiers, and they really succeeded in the first battle.

It's a pity that Tanjiazhuang is further west, and it is Xinhe. Although the new river is far inferior to the Yangtze River, it is not something that can be crossed by wading on foot. To cross the river, you must first have a boat.

The pirates have ships. However, they are basically shackle boats, and they are inconvenient to move inland. Some of the narrower rivers are not even accessible to the boats. Therefore, the Japanese army could only anchor their ships at the seashore and land ashore. Although along the road, it is also like a bamboo. However, once the river is blocked, they can only stop and collect timber to make boats.

The town of Fairy itself is a timber distribution market. So there is no shortage of suitable wood. Sanada Takibing ordered the soldiers to transport a large amount of timber to Tanjiazhuang. On the other side, the soldiers were ordered to divide into squads and go out to plunder the artisans. After captive enough craftsmen, they will all be sent to Tanjiazhuang to start shipbuilding.

However, before a sufficient number of craftsmen could be collected, the Sanada soldiers first received the bad news that the Tanjiazhuang garrison had been defeated, and only 2,000 remnants of the 5,000 men and horses had returned in disarray, and all the timber sent over had been burned.

Sanada Takibing was furious. Immediately, he wanted to arrest the general who was responsible for leading the 5,000 people stationed in Tanjiazhuang, one of the "Sanada Ten Blades" under his command, and asked for the crime. But after asking, I learned that the Ape Fei Thousand Army had been killed by the generals of the Central Plains.

This bad news made Sanada Taki regain his composure. At that moment, he issued an order with a black face, first settle the defeated soldiers who had fled, and then gather all the generals in the army to hold a military meeting.

Half an hour later, all the generals of the soldiers and horses on this road had already been ordered to enter the big tent of the Chinese army and sat down separately.

Among them, the main seat is naturally the general of this road, Sanada Taki. To his left, nine people sat in a column. It was the remaining nine of the "Sanada Ten Blades".

The so-called "Sanada Ten Blades" are the retainers of the Sanada family for generations. He once followed Sanada's soldiers to fight in the south and the north, and made great contributions. It is the right-hand man of Sanada Taki. As long as they go into battle to fight, then the Sanada family will never be able to lose ten of them. They are:

The chief pen head among the ten blades, the ape flying thousands of troops;

The second seat of the ten blades, the fog hides the sun and the moon;

With the Sanada family, the same ancestor, only a few generations ago have been separated from each other, but still serve the Sanada family for generations of Youzu Daisuke, Umino Sixteenro, Mochizuki Yu right doorman;

used to be the widow of the great princes of Fuso, Asai Shihachi;

Originally a bandit, Suzuka Kamanosuke joined his command because of his admiration for Sanada Taki;

He is good at using all kinds of firearms;

is also a monk, but he does not abide by the rules and precepts at all, is good at drinking and lustful, and has infinite divine power, Yakumo Qinghai and Yakumo Yi three are two brothers (entering the Tao means becoming a monk).