Chapter 597: Iwami Silver Mountain (Page 1/1)

The news of the presence of the Ming pirates at the docks and the interception of silver destined for Edo reached the ears of Koji Umiki, the commander of the Shimane family.

His first reaction was that it was over, with so much silver, he couldn't afford to lose even if he sold it!

As soon as he thought of the consequences of losing this batch of silver, Koji Ueki's cold sweat soaked his back. He hurriedly gathered all the samurai ashigaru in Shimane Prefecture, except for those who were absent from work in Iwami Ginzan, and all the rest were taken out of Shimane Prefecture by him and killed at the dock not far away.

He knew that there were still tens of thousands of taels of silver on the dock that had not been loaded onto the ship, and only by saving these silver could he save his life.

The moment he arrived at the dock, he was stupid, and the battered Vermilion Seal was already docked on the pier.

The miners, who were supposed to carry silver to the seals, were carrying the silver from the seals to the large plywood ships on the side.

The silver on the docks had long since been taken away, and it was likely that it had also been loaded onto the giant ship. Seeing this, Koji Ueki's face turned red.

The pirates were also too arrogant to carry silver right under their noses. didn't take him as a direct general in his eyes at all, and he was not afraid of him going to the dock to grab the silver.

Immediately gave an order, and the samurai Ashigaru who brought more than 1,000 people to attack the large splint moored on the dock.

As long as he can capture this large plywood, he will not only be able to recover the silver that has been robbed, but also make a deep impression on him in the shogunate. Although he hastily gathered less than a thousand soldiers, it was enough to attack only one battleship parked on the dock.

Zhang Dou looked at the widows who came from afar, and his heart was amused. The typical Japanese people remember to eat but not to fight, so they blatantly attack their own warships. Is it really true that your own naval guns are vegetarians? Or do they consider themselves invulnerable iron men?

"Prepare for scattered bombs, make sure that all the Japanese are annihilated! Clear the way for the next sweep of Iwami Ginzan! "With Zhang Dou's order, a cannon with a door loaded with shotguns was withdrawn from the side side.

Under the horrified gaze of the Japanese people, a metal storm erupted from the ship's guns. The Japanese people in the charge were knocked down in pieces, and many were beaten to pieces.

Hiding behind, Kamiki Xingji was instantly frightened by the powerful firepower of the battleship, and with such perverted firepower, of course, he was not afraid of the sneak attack of the enemy on the shore.

By the time he reacted, more than half of the soldiers who had rushed to the dock had already fallen. The rest fled back in disarray, and no one was willing to do anything destined to die.

As soon as Koji Umiki, who was helpless, wanted to evacuate, the battleships anchored in the harbor opened fire one after another. One shell after another hit Koji Ueki's team, and the samurai, who had been shelled again, turned around and fled.

Because of the big flag behind him and his colorful feet, Kamiki Xingji received the key care of the ships of the Changxing Army.

Within ten zhang of him, he was bombarded by artillery, and there was not even a bit of scum left in the dead of Kamiki Xingji. The samurai Ashigaru, who had no one to command, no longer dared to confront the Changxing army, and fled in confusion and did not know where to go.

The Changxing Army landed at the dock in Shimane Prefecture without any effort at all, and Zhang Dou led 800 troops to march towards Iwami Silver Mountain.

Along the way, Hu Tieniu was very excited, and he kept asking Zhang Dou: "Handsome!" Is the mountain full of silver cast into sparkling? We can't move such a big silver mountain? What can I do? What to do? ”

Zhang Dou listened to it for a while, who said that the Iwami Silver Mountain, which produces silver, is a whole piece of silver, if that, the Wa Kingdom will not be happy and crazy.

He didn't give Hu Tieniu an answer, and when he arrived at the place, he would naturally see it at a glance. They marched fast, and it didn't take long to reach Iwami.

The moment he saw Ishimi Yinshan, Hu Tieniu was immediately disappointed. The so-called Silver Mountain is no different from an ordinary barren mountain, the difference is that one side of the barren mountain is almost flattened.

On the flattened sides there are dense stone caves, and countless miners are coming and going.

Most of these miners are yellow and thin, and their thin bodies can be blown away by a gust of wind. Their eyes were numb, as if they had resigned themselves to their fate.

The arrival of the Changxing army made the guards here ashigaru nervous, and their number was almost five hundred.

Seeing the menacing Changxing army, one by one nervously holding weapons and guarding the wall at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Dou didn't talk nonsense with the defenders here at all, and with a wave of his hand, the Changxing army entered the battle state.

Due to the attack on a mine, no artillery was carried at all. Therefore, the Changxing army lined up under the walled wall to shoot at the Japanese people, and for the Changxing army who changed their clothes into the Changsheng guns, it was not too easy to shoot the Japanese people on the walled wall in eighty steps.

More than a dozen rounds of firing hit the Japanese people on the wall, and immediately a soldier of the Changxing Army stepped forward with a shield and pressed down the explosives package at the gate of the wall.

After a loud bang, the sturdy gate was reduced to pieces. The Changxing army drove straight into Iwami Silver Mountain.

In Iwami Ginzan, the Changxing army again harvested more than 60,000 taels of silver, as well as silver mines that had not had time to deal with them.

Zhang Dou has no interest in these silver mines, and it is time-consuming and laborious to deal with them. It's not as affordable as robbery when there's that time, but these things can't be cheapened either.

The 5,000 miners of Iwami Silver Mountain were immediately driven to the open space by the Changxing Army to select, and the miners who were in good health were taken away, and the rest were left to fend for themselves in Iwami.

Including the captured samurai Ashigaru, a total of 3,000 people were tied to a long string of ropes by the Chohei army.

As they walked, the men looked back at Iwami, the miners' nightmare and their home. Some of the miners who had worked here for more than ten years were still in tears, not knowing where the vicious Akito would take them, and sadness spread in everyone's hearts.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! A series of explosions came from Iwami Ginzan, and everyone unconsciously stopped and looked at Iwami Ginzan.

The Iwami Silver Mountain, which had been dug up with holes, collapsed with explosives. The earth and rocks at the top of the mountain slid down in an instant, covering the dense caves.

It is impossible for Iwami Ginzan to start construction again in a short period of time, and it will take a lot of manpower and material resources to clean up the soil and rocks.

In less than a year, the Japanese people did not want Iwami Ginzan to produce silver again. This is exactly the blow that Zhang Dou gave to the shogunate, without Iwami Ginzan's income, what else will Tokugawa Iemitsu use to build warships? What to take to cast artillery?

Zhang Dou didn't care about Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had a headache, and he returned to the docks in Shimane Prefecture with the captives. These captives were the most important laborers in the development of Vladivostok's tuntian, and with the presence of these Japanese people, the construction of Vladivostok would certainly be accelerated.

The humble Vladivostok will definitely become a nightmare for the Jurchens!

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