Chapter 9: Iwami Ginzan

The north coast of the Wakoku Kingdom. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the clear night sky, a full moon casts a white moonlight on the dark sea. The black water constantly laps against the somewhat steep shore. After two days of continuous travel, a group of Japanese samurai came here along the path.

"Yamamoto-kun, how far is it?" A samurai who looked like a leader asked the lead guide.

"My lord, it's not far ahead. It's just that this part of the road here is too difficult to walk, and it may take a little longer, but an hour is definitely possible. The guide named Yamamoto replied.

"Oh, it's finally here." Another samurai said. But as soon as the leader turned around, he immediately closed his mouth.

The rest of the time is naturally a quiet rush.

"Who?" The sudden shouting made a group of people finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"We came from Osaka, and on the orders of Lord Soga, we quickly opened the gates." Although the leader was also happy in his heart, he drove 500 miles in two days, although some of the journey relied on horses, but this intensity was still very great. But he knew his mission and duty, and he forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart and drank in a deep voice.

"Are there tokens and orders?" The other party did not open the door directly.

"Yes." The leader quickly replied.

"Wait a minute." After speaking, he turned his head and whispered a few words to the soldier next to him, and went down to the wall to report alone.

Pressing down the tiredness in his heart, the leader was a little anxious. The samurai who followed him knew that they had reached their destination, and they all sat or squatted casually, and began to relax.

In a short time, the mountain forest that was originally dark in the moonlight was awakened in an instant, first a light in the middle, then more and more lights turned on, and the voices became more and more noisy.

"Where is the messenger?" A sleepy-eyed man rushed over with a robe draped on, shouting.

"Shinnosuke in Shimosagawa was sent by Lord Soga." The leader hurriedly answered. And kicked the samurai next to him.

Although the samurai were reluctant, they stood up.

By the time the group of samurai who had arrived overnight formed a jagged line, a door opened in the low wooden fence.

"In Shimosagawa Shinnosuke, there is something important to tell you about Lord Nakano Maki." The leader named Sagawa Shinnosuke did not directly issue the order to the visitor, but carefully asked for the name of the visitor.

"I'm Nakata." In this camp, if you dare to call yourself like this, it will not be a big problem in general.

"Meet your lordship." As he spoke, he knelt down, and the people behind him also hurriedly followed.

"Say, on such a big night, there must be something important, and these etiquettes will be forgotten." Although this Nakata Maki can be regarded as the most trusted person in Soga Ezo, but this Sagawa Shinnosuke is the captain of the guard beside Soga Ezo, and he doesn't dare to be too big.

"Please find a meditation room to talk to." With the return of a large number of envoys to the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism and Zen rooms were gradually introduced to Japan. But at this time, the meditation room was more like a reception room for later generations.

"Please!" After speaking. Maki Nakata left first.

This Sagawa Shinnosuke hurriedly followed, and the entourage brought by this was naturally entertained.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" This Nakata Maki was a little nervous.

"Watanabe-sama escorted a batch of slaves to you two months ago, and some of them are Tang people?" Shinnosuke Sagawa finally said the purpose of the trip.

"Yes, something that has never happened before, so I took it personally." Nakata replied.

"How many people are there? How many people are still alive now? "This is the most important thing that Soga Ezo commanded.

"There are thirty-two people in all, and all of them are still alive." Nakata Maki quickly answered?

"Are you sure?" This question is very rude, but Sagawa Shinnosuke, who knows the rules of this Iwami Ginzan, really doesn't believe that none of these people will die.

"No, I've seen them during the day." Nakata Maki also ignored this Sagawa Shinnosuke's rudeness.

It turned out that although this Nakata Zhenhui had never been to Datang, he had always admired Wenhua in Datang, so although the arrested crew members were nothing in Jinshan. But at least under the suppression of the eldest grandson, he more or less recognized some words and memorized a few poems, so it was enough to fool Nakata Mazuki like this.

So, even though they were originally here to do coolies, for this reason, they are doing it, but the intensity is not great, and the food is full. So none of the thirty-two people who came here had any problems, but their personal freedom was restricted.

Hearing this, this Sagawa Shinnosuke can be regarded as a breath of air, along the way, Sagawa Shinnosuke has been thinking, if something happens to these more than 30 Tang people, it will not be good, this is a blessing in misfortune.

So the original thirty-two crew members were called up overnight, bathed and changed their clothes under the service of the overseers who had been high above, ate a full meal, and set out on the journey back to Osaka before dawn.

It's just that it took two whole days and two nights to come here, and it will take about that time when I go back.

For the time being, press this as a dry crew member who works as coolies in Iwami Ginzan does not show it. Looking back at the scenery under Osaka Castle.

The eldest grandson did what he said, and during the few days of waiting, he always insisted on going out for activities every day. It's just that every village and town set up a spy, and as soon as he saw him coming, this man fled with a hula. Therefore, although a town or market town was destroyed every day for the past few days, the casualties caused were almost zero.

The reason why it is almost zero is because there are always some kinds of life in each village, such as pigs or dogs.

Although the effect received was not comparable to the money for those shells, what Changsun wanted was to create such an atmosphere of panic in order to achieve the goal of forcing Soga Ezo to make concessions. So far, it's working well.

These three days have passed, and the eldest grandson has lost his basic patience. The muzzle of the gun has now been aimed at Osaka Castle.

In fact, Japan's political system has always been very strange, this basically the emperor has always been a symbol, the power is generally in the hands of powerful ministers, and every time the civil strife caused by the fall of the ministers, it also means the rise of new ministers, but also means to move the capital, that is, not to move the capital, this political center will also be transferred.

This Osaka is the core area of the Soga family's power, and the damage caused now is basically weakening the Soga family's power.

To say that this Suga Ezo is not in a hurry, it is naturally impossible. But what about urgency? The initiative is all in the hands of Changsun Tang, and Changsun Tang has made it clear that these 30 or so crew members are the premise of negotiations.

Everyone knows that even if they can't use these people as the ultimate bargaining chips, it is still possible to fight for some favorable conditions, but Changsun Tang didn't give him this opportunity at all.

As for saying that half of it is left and half of it, it is even more ridiculous. If you have friendship, you may be able to raise your hand; Leaving all is blackmail. Putting half of this and leaving half of it can only show that your confidence is insufficient.

So when these 30 or so crew members arrive in Osaka, Soga Ezo will definitely send them to Changsun Tang as soon as possible.

Just when Soga Ezo father and son were looking through the autumn water, this group of samurai and their crew finally rushed back after spending three days and three nights.

After hearing the situation on the road with Su I, Su Ezo helped his forehead and secretly rejoiced: "This is a blessing in misfortune, Su I enter the deer, or you go out of the city to negotiate with this Tang Hou." ”

"Yes, father." After speaking, Su I, who had been waiting for this order for a long time, strode out.

In the past few days, Su I Ezo has not done anything.

Just three days ago, on the night of the gloomy sky, thirty samurai selected by Soga Irilu carried out a surprise attack on the Tang army camp. In this raid, Soga Ezo did not hold out any hope of success at all. Judging from the equipment and military discipline, it would really be a joke if the army commanded by Tang Hou was defeated by a surprise attack.

His purpose was still to test the reality of the Tang Army, and to test the strength and determination of Changsun Tang.

It's just that these things are all expected by Changsun Tang.

When the raid began, when it was still nearly two hundred steps away from the temporary fence, the scouts of the Tang army noticed the abnormality. And then a couple of rockets exposed it all. The Tang army did not move, but the dense rain of arrows made it impossible for these prostrate warriors to stand up again.

This made Su Iru, who was watching the battle not far from the rear, a little frightened. For the surprise attack of thirty people, in just three pieces, the Tang army shot at least more than 1,000 feather arrows and more than 2,000 crossbow arrows. The dense arrows directly buried the raiders.

It's not a war, it's throwing money. These are the original words of Su Izuru.

It was this raid that made Su I completely lose the courage to go against the eldest grandson.

Since the eldest grandson is going to be brought back, then all this can come to an end, this is Su I's true thoughts. As a result of this raid, two more villages were wiped out.

Seeing the eldest grandson again, Su I did not have the arrogance of before, and saluted respectfully. Then, without dragging mud and water, he directly sent these crew members back.

Then formal negotiations began.

Naturally, it was impossible to talk about anything on the first day. So the eldest grandson did not participate, so all this was lost to Wu Yuanqing.

Before meeting these crew members, in Changsun Tang's impression, it would be good if they could come back two-thirds, and even the remaining two-thirds were estimated to be skinny and bruised.

But before he could reach the tent where the crew was housed, he heard hearty laughter.

Even Changsun Tang couldn't believe this result.

The first day of negotiations came to an end, but none of the content of the negotiations was involved. Because the cause of this incident was the detention of the crew, today's negotiations are all closely related to this.

"They say they didn't do it, it was a pirate who colluded with their officials?" Listening to Wu Yuanqing's words, the eldest grandson was a little happy.

"That's what they say, anyway." Wu Yuanqing replied.

"Then they mean they helped us get these brothers back, don't they? Are you going to ask us for a search fee? "The eldest grandson was made happy by the gang of the Wa Kingdom. I don't even want to have a face.

"I didn't say anything about this cost, but it just said that Hou Ye's task was completed, and they were willing to pay some travel expenses, so Hou Ye would go home." Wu Yuanqing himself is a little incredible, this person doesn't want to bow his head under the roof, there is no such reason in the world.

"If they say that, it's over, and this can go on for an afternoon?"

"It's not indifferent, they also brought this Watanabe, who was hiding this from them." Wu Yuanqing continued.

The eldest grandson said: "Then they mean that all this has nothing to do with them? ”

"That's basically what it means."

"Then what are you talking about, bring them tomorrow and shoot them at the city gate." Changsun Yu said. This is enough to save face. If he didn't plan to talk, Changsun Yu would have been preparing to attack Osaka at noon.

"You can try this, or tell them first, if you are willing to talk, you will give in, if you are not willing to talk, we will come ourselves." Wu Yuanqing said.

"It's safer, okay, that's it." The eldest grandson sent the board.

Since the boss made the decision, there was no need to delay this matter, and that night, the person in charge of diplomacy translated these contents into the Japanese language, and then arranged them one by one, room by room.

The next day, when Su I got up from the tent, I thought the tent was a good thing. I just looked at Watanabe's head hanging on the flagpole not far away, and listened to the noisy shouting of the artillery ready to go. I have already figured out the calculation of whether the eldest grandson is fighting less.

It's just that since this has pushed the cannon out, it won't work if you don't demonstrate it.

So, a bunch of people stood in front of this huge and thick cannon made of iron and copper, and watched as the muzzle of the black hole pointed diagonally towards the city gate.

The first shell did not hit the city gate directly, but smashed the rammed city wall. Solid shells were used in this shot. It is undoubtedly much better to hit the walls with solid bullets. No shells hit the wall, and the naked eye could see the vibrations of the city when the shells hit.

Then the second shot arrived. It's also a solid bullet, but this time it was good luck. A huge circle pierced directly through the city gate. This one doesn't work......

While working on this, Shake was also thinking about this other matter.

The crew returned with great good news, as there was a huge silver mine in the area where they were being held.

The tide of memory immediately surged into the heart of the eldest grandson: Iwami Silver Mountain. (To be continued.) )