Needless to say, there is no need to say how elite the Red Reserve is, and Yasumasa Kamihara knows it very well.

What a shame it should be for the hands and feet of the Qin army to let the Red Reserve lose one hundred and seventeen people without going through a battle formation?

"What now?"

Yasumasa Kamihara asks Naomasa Ii about his plans.

"For the time being, let's clear the obstacles at the entrance of the mine and the traps in the mine, and resume mining no matter what, before the situation changes, we can mine as much as we can, Toyotomi's side may react soon, we have to speed up, as for the Qin army's side, ......"

Naomasa Ii frowned: "If they completely leave everything behind, I will still be very suspicious of their intentions, but they are burning the dominant migration population, blocking and trapping, I wonder if they think they will not come back, so I vent my anger at the last moment." ”

Kamihara Yasumasa opened his mouth and said, "Do you suspect that Qin Jun is really leaving this time and doesn't plan to come back?" ”

"Otherwise, why would they do so much? Isn't that a strange thing? ”

Naomasa Ii asked rhetorically.

Yasumasa Kamihara thought about it and felt that it was right.

"That's right, if they still want to come back, they won't do it so absolutely, so that means, they really don't plan to come back?"

Jing Yi Naomasa said: "First explain this possibility to the lord, see the lord's judgment, let's clean up what should be cleaned up here, prepare what should be prepared, as for the rest, I think we can wait for the lord's order." ”

Yasumasa Kamihara has no opinion on this.

So the two began to act, Kamihara Yasumasa led his troops to repair the defenses, cut down trees to build a camp, and by the way was vigilant against a possible attack by the Toyotomi clan, while Ii Naomasa began to carefully clear the obstacles with soldiers and miners.

But this cleanup, Ii Naomasa found that things are not as simple as he imagined, there is more than one trap here, some have two, some have three, some even more, but some do not.

For example, in a certain mining cave, as soon as a certain block of stone blocked the door was removed, more than a dozen crossbow arrows flew out in an instant, killing six miners in one go.

There was also a mine with no mechanism at the door, and there was no mechanism when walking more than ten meters, but when it went deep into the cave, the crossbow bolt mechanism was triggered, and three soldiers and five miners died inside, and the rest escaped in a panic.

There was also a mine cave that was weird, there was no mechanism from the door to the place where the mine was mined in the depths, but this mine road took them a whole day to explore, and they were cautious and cautious, and they didn't dare to rush forward at all.

There are also mines with a lot of rats in them.

There are also many cats in the mines.

In other mines, snakes were put in them.

All in all, there are new surprises in every cave, and Ii Naomasa is almost nervous, and he doesn't know what else is in the next mine, and the whole exploration pair is made into a frightened bird, shouting and screaming at the slightest disturbance.

Obviously, this is where the sinister intentions of the Qin army lie, so that even if they get the silver mountain, they can't mine it immediately, this feeling is too embarrassing.

In the end, Naomasa Ii had no choice, so he got Numa, who could not be ridden, from the army, rushed to the entrance of the cave, stuck a knife in its buttocks, and ran in frantically with a scream, and they used this way to break the mechanism in the cave, which also had some effect.

But horses were too expensive, and he couldn't bear them, so he had to have people go and find dogs or pigs, so that they could break the trap and die on their behalf.

On the other hand, the progress of Yasumasa Kamihara is not going well, there are too many destroyed places, and there are too many polluted water sources and wells, so that his troops do not know how to get water, and they do not know if they will drink dirty water and get sick.

At this time, drinking water became a problem, and Kanhara Yasumasa had to order a large number of troops to go to the south of Yasuki to find a water source, and he stayed behind to lead the troops to build fortifications.

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought that he would soon be able to resume production in Ginyama, acquire a large amount of silver mines and build fortifications before the situation changed, but after receiving Naomasa Ii's report, he realized that things were not so simple.

Qin Jun's calculations were far beyond his imagination.

He didn't know when it would take to resume production, and he had to expedite the delivery of reliable miners here to speed up the process, while the Qin army wreaked havoc on Iwami, polluted water sources, etc., severely limiting the army's ability to survive.

Abominable Qin State!

Tokugawa Ieyasu gritted his teeth about this, but there was nothing he could do.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was also gradually inclined to the conjecture put forward by Naomasa I, because his spies told him that after the Qin army retreated, the troops divided into two routes, all the way to the direction of Zhejiang and Fujian, where the soldiers landed, and all the way to Tianjin, where they landed.

But the Qin Army's sailors were too powerful and cruising around, and he didn't dare to get too close, otherwise he would be discovered and killed.

Tokugawa Ieyasu did not criticize his spies, but further guessed the purpose of the Qin army, and after receiving the report of Naomasa Ii, he found that this possibility was even higher.

He began to draw part of the garrison troops to advance to Zhou Fangguo and gathered, and secretly made his own small calculations.

On the other hand, after Toyotomi Hideji found out the complete information about the retreat of the Qin army, he couldn't bear his temperament, and at the same time, he couldn't bear the requirements of his generals, and after discussing with Ishida Mitsunari, Ishida Mitsunari made a compromise.

So Toyotomi Hideji ordered that Asano Yukinaga be allowed to lead 20,000 troops to march to Bigo Province, always vigilant against the changes of Iwami and Yasuki Kingdom, and if necessary, he could defend and counterattack, but without Toyotomi Hideji's order, he was not allowed to take the initiative to attack.

Asano Yukinaga was very happy, and after receiving the order, he ordered his troops to go on the expedition, and along the way, he also learned the news of the retreat of the Qin army and the occupation of Iwami by the Tokugawa army, and couldn't help but scold Ishida Mitsunari for his weakness and worry, and ordered the army to speed up and go to Bigo Province.

Obviously, the probability of Asano Yukinaga obeying the order is not high, but Toyotomi Hideji does not have a good way to restrain him, so he can only prepare for the follow-up war.

Now the possibility of Qin Jun's fraud is getting lower and lower, and the idea of the main battle in his heart is getting higher and higher.

Ishida Mitsunari still remembered what Maeda Toshiya had said before his death, was wary of the Qin army, and advised Toyotomi Hideji to conduct diplomacy with the Tokugawa clan before acting, and it was better to act cautiously in case of emergency.

Toyotomi Hideji obviously felt that this was very unpleasant, and it was ridiculous to unite with an enemy with a deep blood feud or something.

However, Ishida Mitsunari repeatedly pleaded, and Toyotomi Shuji simply sent Ishida Mitsunari as an envoy to conduct diplomacy with the Tokugawa clan.

Ishida Mitsunari did not refuse, he knew that the right person was the only one.

However, he was still worried about the fact that his absence from the center could not affect Toyotomi Hideji, so he asked some good friends to keep Toyotomi Hideji calm when he was away.

After that, he felt that just such a trust didn't seem to work, so he went to Ukita Hideya again.