Zhongzong Island,

A pure black horse galloped, and the horse's hooves landed on the bluestone road, and the sound of Tata Tower sounded.

The spy hurriedly turned over and dismounted, panting and reported: "The king of Satsuma sent Okubota River to the south to garrison Kamikoshi Island, and the troops are not clear. ”

Hearing this name, Dong Wen was shocked, and he turned to Wang Shouren and said, "This person is the first fierce general under the throne of King Satsuma, and he once defeated the Daimyo Tagawa clan and protected the Satsuma Kingdom. ”

The Tagawa clan was a powerful force in the island nation, and they made a name for themselves in the island nation by destroying the army of the shogun Ashikaga Yoshisai.

Okubo's prestige was established by defeating his army.

At this moment, the pro-soldier stepped forward and said with a sad face: "Lord Yizheng, the military rations are not enough to support five days." ”

After Wang Shouren landed on Xiayong Island, he led his army to fight hard for three days, attacking the city all the way to Zhongyong Island.

Not only did they not plunder the grain of the people, but they also gave them a day's worth of rice.

Although it was exchanged for the support of the people.

But it also led to a rapid reduction in the military rations brought in.

Coco Dong couldn't understand why Wang Shouren did this: "What's the use of wanting the support of the people?" They won't fight the enemy either! Now that the military rations are insufficient, they can only send people back to the city to transport grain. ”

The need for a large ship to carry soldiers and thirty days' worth of food is already the maximum limit.

I can only send an empty boat back to the city of Shuli and transport grain again.

Wang Shouren shook his head: "Go north directly and attack Shangyong Island." ”

The food is gone, what to fight?

Coco Dong couldn't figure out this scholar, and did some unbelievable things.

Sometimes he thinks that Wang Shouren is very smart, but he is very stupid to distribute food to the people of the enemy army.

"The king of Satsuma wants to stop us on Nakakoshi Island, so we can bypass Okubo and attack the Satsuma Peninsula directly, how about the king?"

Wang Shouren shook his head again, his eyes firm: "Only by capturing Shangyong Island can we continue to go north." ”

To withdraw the ship is to return the captured territory to Satsuma.

In the unlikely event that Satsuma is armed with artillery on the island, it will be difficult to land again.

In addition, Satsuma Province is far away from Kamikoshi Island.

If you go to Satsuma Province without capturing Kamikoshi Island, you will be attacked from both sides, and the back road will be blocked, and the entire army may be wiped out.

No matter how good Dong Wen's temperament is, when he encounters the stubborn Wang Shouren, he also becomes angry: "There are only five days of military rations, how are you going to attack the Satsuma King City?!" ”

The weather on the island is abnormal, with frequent heavy rains and typhoons, and the islanders are not good at farming.

So, the grain production on the island was extremely low, and plundering did not help.

Wang Shouren spat out a sentence: "Sell the big ships of Satsuma to the Japanese in exchange for food." ”

Coco Dong almost fainted.

The Wako and the Satsuma Kingdom are in the same group, isn't this sending equipment to the enemy?

"Lord Wang...... Will you go to war at all? ”

He suspected that Wang Shouren could win the battle before, and it must have been due to luck!

After all, there are times when it comes to talking on paper.

Wang Shouren's face was as usual, and he drew his sword: "King Shangzhen ordered me to lead the army, you disturb the morale of the army, according to the military law, this official can behead you under the sword, not as an example!" ”

Feeling the murderous gaze, decisively without a trace of emotion.

Coco Dong was covered in a cold sweat, and had no doubt that Wang Shouren would cut him if he committed it again.

The surrounding soldiers, their eyes flickered, King Shangzhen handed over the military power to Wang Shouren, and they naturally had to listen to Wang Shouren.

At this moment, no one dared to speak for Coco Dong.

Wang Shouren took back his sword: "Go sell the ship, there are many islands nearby, and you should be able to find pirates." ”

Coco Dong snorted coldly and ordered someone to notify the nearby desert island and release the news of the sale of the ship.

Doing business with pirates, trading in Zhongyi Island is the safest, there is a large army, not afraid of being robbed of the ship.

Three days later, a three-masted ship appeared on the blue sea.

The pirates seemed afraid of being attacked, and did not dare to keep closer.

Wang Shouren boarded the big ship and came to the sea three miles from the coast, and looked at the pirates across the boat, and the two sides were tense.

"I heard that you want to exchange five big ships for 100,000 stone of grain?" Led by the pirate road.

The sea breeze was blowing and could be heard faintly.

Dong Wen approached Wang Shouren and whispered: "Lord Wang, there are only more than a thousand of them, we can grab them." ”

Wang Shouren turned a deaf ear and said to the pirates: "It is the news released by this official. ”

One tael of silver and two stones of rice, and one hundred thousand stones, that is, fifty thousand taels of silver.

Blood loss!

The five six-masted ships of this Satsuma kingdom are worth 90,000 taels at least.

The pirates at the head have a bright eye, and the most difficult thing to buy is a big ship, unless they rob other pirates, they are usually robbed.

With these six ships, they can become even bigger pirates.

The pirate at the head said excitedly: "Deal, but how do I know that you won't cheat?" ”

"You can let your people get on the boat first, and then hand in the full amount of food, and then you can leave."

At the sound of an order, the Ryukyu soldiers withdrew the large ship of the Satsuma Kingdom and transferred it to Wang Shouren's ship.

Several pirates boarded the ship to inspect it, and motioned to the pirate in charge.

The pirate at the head thought for a moment, then looked at his deputy, who picked up the horn.

Woo woo woo~!

In a short time, four more three-masted ships and more than twenty small boats came in the distance, loaded with grain.

Wang Shouren looked at Dong Wen: "Check whether there is poisoning." ”

He guessed that pirates would not poison them.

As soon as the deal failed, they shipped the grain back and there was no way to eat it.

Second, there is not so much poison on the island, which can be put into 100,000 stone of grain, and it is colorless, tasteless, and undetected.

Sure enough, after a short time, the soldiers came up to report: "Lord Wang, it's all good food." ”

The soldiers began to carry the rations to the ships, and the pirates also helped to carry them in order to get out quickly.

After an hour, they are all packed into Ryukyu rice bags.

The pirate led by him was wary and said, "Withdraw!" ”

He couldn't believe that Wang Shouren would really let him go.

When the big ship is a mile or two away...... When he was eight miles old, the Ryukyu soldiers did not move, and he finally believed that Wang Shouren was a trustworthy person.

The flotilla disappeared into the sea.

Dong Wen persuaded for a long time, but Wang Shouren didn't do anything, and was furious: "Give them the big boat, just drink to quench your thirst, Lord Wang, what do you mean?!" ”

Wang Shouren's face was flat: "Sent people to the Satsuma Imperial Castle to spread the news, and the Ryukyus formed an alliance with the Japanese in exchange for five large ships, and annihilated Shimazu Tadaji's army in one fell swoop." ”

Coco Dong's face was stiff, and his body was as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his whole body was cold.

He looked at Wang Shouren in a daze, this person's play with people's hearts was simply chilling.

At this moment, he finally understood Wang Shouren's strategy.

When the king of Satsuma heard such news, he would surely break with the Wako!

Five big ships are proof of that!

Although Shimazu Tadaji jumped into the sea, he was extremely far away from the land, and I am afraid that he would have been buried in the belly of the fish long ago.

This scholar named Wang Shouren is really terrifying!

"The lower officials have been disrespectful before, and I hope that Lord Wang will ......"

At this moment, he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

Wang Shouren shook his head secretly, if Lao Gao was here, there would be a more clever strategy, right?

He took a deep breath, took out Yan Chengjin's letter, glanced at it, didn't open it, and put it back.

"Master Dong doesn't have to be polite." He turned around and continued, "Command the Honko, rest for two days, and attack Okubo!" ”

Dong Wen's pupils shrank slightly, and he nodded heavily.

Although Okubo is invincible, he has confidence in Wang Shouren.