No. 115 Kyushu Strategy 2

Rumors of the reputation of being a fool of money and the large amount of cargo on this group of merchant ships quickly spread throughout Nagasaki and quickly spread throughout Hizen Province.

Among these businessmen, it is not excluded that other agents of the Matsuura Party will come to investigate. However, what Cai Dao and money revealed to these people were those who seemed to be strong, but in fact they were empty shelves of some caretakers, and the forbidden soldiers hid them.

Dean always suspected that Cai Dao had arranged this for the real purpose, and now that Qian was protected by the forbidden army, he naturally put his mind at ease and put his main energy on his main job, that is, doing business.

At this time, Taketaro came to the place where he and the Matsuura party connected, in fact, this kid didn't completely tell the truth to Cai Dao. How could he meet the big leader of the Matsuura Party at his level. For a long time, he was in charge of supervising a third-level leader of the Matsuura Party stationed in Nagasaki.

That is, the scale of Cai Dao and Qian's merchant ships this time was too large, which attracted the heart of Matsuura in Nagasaki, and he naturally knew that the stakes were very important, so he took the trouble to personally meet all the Matsuura party spies who had been on the ship one by one.

The first Wakoku to get on and off the ship was Taketaro, and he got a lot of reward money from Cai Dao, so he was naturally the first person to be questioned.

Today, for the first time in his life, he had the privilege of meeting Matsuura Yuki, the head of the Matsuura Party in Nagasaki.

Cai Dao instructed Taketaro two things, and also told him that if anyone heard the news after he went back, he should tell the truth.

In fact, with Taketaro's own eyesight, he couldn't see the hidden defensive weapons on the 'Meizhou Island', and the forbidden troops who changed into sailors' clothes were even more inconspicuous than the bodyguards hired by money.

Therefore, after meeting this big man, Taketaro told this Matsuura all the things he saw and heard on the ship.

The pirate is bold, but he is also suspicious, and this Matsuura will not believe the words of a boy who is about to ask for food.

Subsequently, the other details of the Matsuura Party that had been sent on the ship to investigate were also questioned by Matsuura one by one after they returned.

He can now basically determine that this large fleet group does have a certain amount of defense force, but the owner of this fleet is not the official power of the Great Song Kingdom, but a private maritime merchant from Fujian.

Therefore, Matsuura can confirm that the strength of these defense personnel on the ship is not high.

Moreover, as you can see with your own eyes, the amount of cargo on these ships is very large.

If you can do this vote, there will be a lot of oil and water in it.

The Matsuura Party can rely on this time to rise rapidly on Kyushu Island. With these goods, they were able to exchange the goods for copper, gold and silver, so as to recruit troops and greatly expand the strength of the Matsuura Party.

Then look for the right time to take Hizen and Chikuzen countries in one fell swoop, and even the entire island of Kyushu.

After hearing the news that the caravan would only be shipped tomorrow, the big boss knew that now was the most important time.

He hurriedly repaired a book, sent several clippers, transported the liaison and his letter, and went to Songpu County together.

He was ready to advise the big leaders of the Matsuura Party that the fat sheep's fleet was too large, and that the troops and fleet of Matsuura County alone could not take all of them. Therefore, he suggested that the big leaders of the Matsuura Party should seize the time to contact the other leaders of the three islands, gather their forces, unite with the sailors of Matsuura County, and eat the big fat sheep in front of them overnight.

In the afternoon of the same day, the liaison officer met with Kentaro Matsuura, the current leader of the Matsuura Party, the wealthy clan and guardian of Matsuura County, and the current governor of the Matsuura clan.

The liaison officer handed over the letter written by the chief of Nagasaki to the big chief, and when Kentaro Matsuura took the letter and read it, he knew that the matter was urgent, and he did not dare to delay time, so he immediately dispatched men to gather the leaders of the Mishima forces of the Matsuura Party to discuss whether to attack the caravan or not.

He himself did not sit idle, but immediately gathered his men and ships at home to prepare all the war materials for the next possible attack.

Soon, the forces of the other three islands gathered on the seashore of Matsuura County, where Kentaro Matsuura was already waiting for them.

"Matsuura-sama, is the news real?" The leader of Iki Island, Omura Shinnosuke, asked eagerly, his forces were the third in the Matsuura Party, and he had always intended to expand his power, so it was imperative for him to succeed in this operation.

"Yes, Matsuura-sama, if the information is accurate, we will go back and gather our men immediately." Tsushima Island boss Kazuo Arima echoed.

The power of Tsushima was controlled by two brothers, Kazuo Arima and Ero Arima, respectively, and because of the geographical location of Tsushima Island, which was the closest to Goryeo, they always acted the fastest and gained the most money every time they attacked Goryeo. Therefore, although their strength ranks second, they are only a little bit worse than Kentaro Matsuura's.

"Matsuura-sama, I think it's better to think twice and be cautious in this action! How could the other party's caravan be so large that it could be weakly defended? Let's send someone to investigate in detail! "This time it was the weakest force of the Matsuura Party, the Takagi family on Hirado Island, and the head of the family was the Takagi Shinyuemon in front of him.

Hearing someone sing the opposite, Kentaro Matsuura felt bored when he saw that it was this Takagi family again.

Hirado Island was small, but the power of the Hirado Island Matsuura Party has grown to this day, and its sailors and ships are only half of that of the third force, Iki Island.

The reason why the Hirado Matsuura Party has grown step by step to the current situation has nothing to do with the size of Hirado Island itself. The root of everything is the Takagi Shinyuemon in front of him, and since he became the head of the family, Hirado Island has fallen to the point where it is now.

Since he took charge of Hirado Island, life has become increasingly difficult for the Matsuura Party on the island.

Hell, those subordinates of Takagi Shinyuemon still support this coward very much. Probably because of the fact that his men suffered the least casualties in each operation. However, if this development continues, even if the casualties are small each time, and there is no sufficient supply of materials and ships, the power on Hirado Island will slowly dissolve.

Without the replenishment of personnel, there is no ability to seize ships, and there is not enough money to build new ships, so who knows if you will see Hirado pirates next time you go to sea to plunder.

In fact, Kentaro Matsuura had already secretly decided in his heart to find another force to replace the Takagi family.

The patriarch of the Uku clan has repeatedly secretly sent people to negotiate with him, with the aim of buying Hirado Island at a large price, and taking the initiative to join the Matsuura Party and participate in any future actions.

This attack is a good opportunity.

Kentaro Matsuura not only contacted the Mishima forces, but also secretly sent someone to contact the Ukuya family.

The head of the other party's house was a brave fellow, and soon sent a letter saying that he was rapidly gathering his forces and would definitely participate in tonight's operation.

After making up his mind, Kentaro Matsuura began to pick people up, and as he spoke, he commanded in a loud voice: "Takagi, if you don't want to go, this guardian is not reluctant, you go back and think about it!" Someone, send off! ”