Chapter 241: Life and Death Are Fateful
Juan fell in love with it when he arrived in the Ryukyus, where no one cared about the words behind him, and those veterans always greeted him first.
Here he felt a sense of respect from the bottom of his heart, and Juan put aside his position as a scholar to set up a camp every day with veterans and hired Ryukyu residents.
They are here to settle down for future immigrants to come to Ryukyu, and in order to have a place to live, Zhu An also worked hard.
In the past few days, he has been busy distributing supplies at night, and during the day he is working with veterans on the front line. Although Juan was tired and half dead every day, he never felt so fulfilled.
Today is the day when the camp wall is completed, and the disabled veterans of Amami Island are gathered here. All they had to do was press the gate to celebrate the completion of the camp.
At this moment, a Ryukyuan man screamed and shouted as he ran: "The Japanese are off the ship!" Run, everybody! The Woko are coming! ”
These shouts caused chaos in the originally busy camp, and the Ryukyuan people no longer listened to the greetings of the Changxing army, they left their work in their hands and turned to run.
Some of the Ryukyuan people fled back to their villages to escape the Japanese invaders, some sought refuge in the Changxing military camp, and some simply went into the woods and never came out.
Juan ran towards the watchtower in the camp, where the highest point saw the sea. It was here that the Ryukyuan man was looking, and Juan came to the watchtower and climbed up with his hands and feet.
Zhu An has changed a lot recently, if his bean sprout-like body in the past, not to mention climbing the watchtower, he would not be able to get to the house even if he was given a ladder.
When Juan climbed the watchtower, he saw a dilapidated ship on the sea in the distance, which was struggling towards Amami Island, and this ship was too broken.
The ship's side was littered with large holes in the gun's shots, and only half of the oars remained. Not even the sails that were the power of the ship.
However, there are a lot of pirates on the deck, and the deck is almost full of pirates. The would-be would-be scooped out of the water to keep the ship from sinking.
Seeing this, Zhu An's heart settled down, this Guan ship must be a fish that slipped through the net under the naval cannon of Changsheng Island. I don't know why I ended up here, but it wasn't a large-scale invasion by the Japanese at all.
It seems that the ambush of the Satsuma Domain's Wakoku fleet must have been a great success, otherwise it would have been thousands of Wako, not two or three kittens like this.
Fan Kuan also dragged a prosthetic leg to climb the watchtower, and he grinned when he saw the Japanese in the distance.
He had long heard how ferocious the would-be was, and his heart was a little apprehensive. It is small to not be able to hold the camp, but it is a big deal to break the uncle's plan to emigrate.
"Brother Fan! The Japanese who came are just fish that have slipped through the net, I wonder if Brother Fan can be sure to eliminate these Japanese robbers? Juan asked.
"Fan has never fought against the Japanese Bandits, but it shouldn't be difficult to defend the camp!" Fan Kuan didn't say too much. First of all, he has always been a military household in Liaozhen, and he really has no experience in fighting with the Japanese Invaders.
Although he was appointed as the Ryukyu garrison, he did not have any soldiers under his command. There are only more than 100 disabled veterans who have retired, and half of these people are disabled, and the rest are about 50 old people like him.
With these disabled veterans and letting him eliminate a hundred and ten vicious widows, Fan Kuan really didn't dare to make any guarantees.
These are not all his strengths, and the strongest combat power under his command is actually seven widows.
That's right, it's the Japanese people, the Japanese people who survived on South Shark Island. The seven of them have been working in the coolie camp on Changxing Island, and because they are more obedient due to their hardships and hard work, they were brought with them on this trip to the Ryukyus.
In the future, if they land in the Japanese Kingdom, these people will be the best party to lead the way. They did not participate in the battle of the Ryukyus, and the naval battle could not help, so they were left to build a camp together on Amami Island.
Fan Kuan didn't dare to use these Japanese people to fight the Japanese invaders, in case these people turned against him, he would have no place to cry.
Those disabled veterans who were born and died on Changsheng Island were the soldiers that Fan Kuan trusted the most, and as for those widows, Fan Kuan was directly handed over to Zhu An to manage. As long as you don't add chaos when you start fighting, Fan Kuan will be thankful.
Zhu An was noncommittal, as long as the Japanese swore allegiance, their loyalty would still be guaranteed to a certain extent. Zhu An was not as wary of these Japanese as Fan Kuan, but issued them cuirasses, helmets and swords, and asked them to follow him and be ready to support Fan Kuan at any time.
Tsuyoshi Fujita stood at the bow of the boat and kept shouting, "Scoop the water!" Are you going to swim to the island? If you don't want to be killed by the waves, just scoop the water! ”
Yamadanouchi is not as impatient as Fujita Tsuyoshi, he still looks light and breezy. Sitting cross-legged at the stern with his eyes closed, he didn't care at all about the sinking ship.
Their good fortune ran out on the sixth day of their voyage, and a small storm nearly broke the ship.
Fortunately, the widows on the ship were desperate enough to use their bodies to plug the loopholes on the side of the ship at the critical moment. But even so, the ship could no longer hold on, and the original plan to go to the main island of the Ryukyus to kill was completely bankrupt.
Originally, Yamadaouchi's plan was to land on the main island of the Ryukyus and go on a killing spree there. Kill everyone they meet, and that will lure the Akito Giant Ship back to their aid.
At that time, the Satsuma clan will have enough time to gather samurai ashigaru and set up layers of defense on Kagoshima.
As long as the Shimazu family can block Akito's attack, they can talk to Akito. It will be able to win a precious respite for the Shimazu family, and in three or five years, the Shimazu family may not have a chance to be ashamed.
The sneak attack on the main island of Ryukyu was destined to be a suicide trip, and they might be killed before the Ming reinforcements returned. But Yamadaouchi didn't care, as long as the chaos created was big enough, he believed that Commander Akito would definitely return to the rescue of the main island of Ryukyu.
But a small storm destroyed his plan, and the ship that sat down could no longer hold on, so he could only find the nearest island to land.
Fortunately, they were lucky, and Amami Island is also a large island in the Ryukyus. There are also quite a few people here, so I hope the killing here will attract the attention of the Akito!
Yamadanouchi closed his eyes and recuperated while calculating the gains and losses. For him, his life has entered the countdown, as long as he can cause chaos, he doesn't care about anything else.
He despised Fujita Tsuyoshi a little in his heart, and he had long heard that this person had outstanding martial arts and courage. Every battle must be charged forward, and every time he has won a lot, he is very trusted by Lord Takehisa.
Now it seems that this person is nothing more than that, and Fujita's irritability is precisely a sign of his fear. Only if you are too scared will you cover yourself with anger.
"Fujita-kun! The Ming people have a good saying: life and death are fateful, and wealth is in the sky. Now that you're here, wouldn't it be better to recharge your energy first, and then kill it later? Yamadanouchi said.