Under Chen Wu's urging, the time for Ninghai to complete the preparations was greatly advanced. {We don't write novels, we're just online text porters-⊙ and we are basically ready after the first heavy snowfall in Matsue County after the onset of winter.} Subsequently, under the leadership of several naturalized pirates, the fleet sailed at sea for half a month and slowly arrived at the periphery of the Cook Islands.

After adjusting their direction slightly, they sailed into the open sea of the Asahikawa Domain at noon that day and began to land.

One qiē was smoother than expected, and except for a few fishing boats that were detained by them, the people of the Asahikawa clan did not get any news in advance. It wasn't until the soldiers of the vanguard had already stepped on the beach that they saw black smoke rising from a small fishing village not far away. But at this time, the Songjiang Army had already occupied the absolute initiative.

Perhaps because of the surprise, the coastal defense of the Asahikawa Domain was even weaker than expected. Until the whole army completed the landing, I didn't see anyone attacking this way. Out of an abundance of caution, the last clippers transporting troops did not immediately withdraw to the fleet, but waited on the shore to be picked up.

With this layer of protection, the soldiers formed themselves and began to march towards the nearby fishing village accompanied by cavalry.

At this point, they finally encountered the first resistance of the Asahikawa Domain.

Dozens of terrified-looking fishermen, armed with hambled weapons, were stationed within the fence of the fishing village under the command of two or three seemingly calm-looking samurai. It's just that this little resistance is too weak in front of 1,500 infantry and two brigades of cavalry.

"Foot archers ready, a salvo!"

Among the accompanying infantry, there was a brigade of archers and a brigade of crossbowmen. To deal with these ordinary fishermen, they don't need a killing weapon like a hard crossbow at all, they only need an ordinary bow and arrow to cover the past and shoot more than a dozen people in an instant. Then the fishermen in the fishing village completely collapsed.

"Damn. There are so many bows and arrows! ”

Shimazu Saburo, who had finally made up his mind to die, shook again after seeing the tragic situation of the fishermen around him, and his legs trembled. Although he narrowly escaped the rain of arrows, he knew that without the cover of other fishermen, he would not have been able to escape the archers' follow-up shots.

I can only fight to the death!

Although he didn't report any hope, he still gritted his teeth. Drawing his sword, he jumped out of the fishing village, shouted a strange cry that he didn't understand, and rushed towards an enemy a thousand times his size.

"Stay alive, catch it and ask about the situation!"

The person who spoke was Song Wuxing, a captain of the former Daqing Pass. After taking refuge in Chen Wu, after a period of loyalty assessment, he has also been promoted one after another recently. Not only was he promoted to a wing commander, but he also served as the deputy division commander of the 4th Division of the Songjiang Army, and was responsible for directing the military operations of this landing.

A chance to stand alone. It is very rare in the Songjiang army. If you do a good job, you can not only secure the position of the deputy division commander, but if you expand the army again in the future, you may be able to transfer it out and directly take on the role of the leader.

That future is much stronger than a hopeless captain in Daqingguan.

Because of this, Song Wuxing cherishes this opportunity very much.

It was this order of his that saved Shimazu Saburo from a certain death. The archers pointing at him lowered their bows and arrows, and a group of soldiers took the initiative to meet them. Shimazu Saburo surrounded him with a battle formation of advance and retreat.

"I'm fighting with you!"

Saburo Shimazu shouted, brandishing his katana and rushing left and right. Pity. He is just one person, and he is simply no match for a team of elite soldiers with all armor and soldiers. While the frontal warriors feintmed, the two soldiers behind grabbed Shimazu Saburo's flaw very lightly, and knocked him unconscious with a scabbard.

Afterwards, the soldiers swarmed up and tied up the down-and-out samurai of the Shimazu family and dragged him back.

………

When Saburo Shimazu woke up again. It was already late in the evening. He tried to struggle, only to find himself tied up. Since the pain in his head was still there, he didn't even think about what was going on for the first time. After being stunned for a moment, he found an impression from the soldiers who were guarding him around him.

Captured?

Shimazu Saburo was a little ashamed in his heart, and he couldn't return to the main family with a death. It was undoubtedly a samurai's disqualification, but in addition to the shame, there was a faint sense of relief and happiness in his heart.

Presumably hearing his movements, several heavily armed soldiers looked back and whispered something. The people of Cook Island did not form their own independent culture, and the written language used was basically Empire. Only the northernmost feudal clans on the island have some Lenaguan dialect. Thanks to this, even though the accent of the guards was a little strange, Shimazu Saburo still roughly understood what they were saying.

Who does it seem like you're going to take yourself to?

Before he could digest this fact, the two of them had already walked over and forcibly took him out.

Shimazu Saburo was tied up strongly, and he didn't have much strength to resist at all, so he could only be taken out by them obediently. Outside, as the sun was about to set below the horizon, he clearly saw the familiar and unfamiliar fishing village. Unlike the quiet and peaceful of the past, it has now been transformed into a large barracks. A large number of elite soldiers came in and out, giving the small village a little more slaughter out of thin air - and the vitality that it had not had in the first place.

"Didn't you go on the offensive?"

Along the way, seeing that these well-trained soldiers had built a well-organized camp on the basis of a small fishing village, Shimazu Saburo couldn't help but ask some strange questions, but he didn't get an answer. As he followed, he vaguely guessed that perhaps these foreign soldiers were not familiar with the shapes and maps of the island, so they did not rush into the army.

At this time, a gust of sea breeze came, faintly carrying the smell of cooking smoke and cooking rice.

In the evening, it was the time for the Songjiang army to open the stove and cook rice. Although the naval fleet did not bring much supplies, rice, bacon, and cabbage for the winter could still be obtained. The fragrance mixed together, even if it only came and went, still made Shimazu Saburo's stomach growl, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

This caused the two soldiers who escorted him to burst out laughing.

Shimazu Saburo's face turned red, he was a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but want to distinguish something, but his stomach screamed even louder. At this moment, just in the middle of the fishing village, two soldiers escorted him into the only brick and stone bungalow in the village, which was now used by Song Wuxing as a Chinese military tent.

At the top of the table was an officer in chain mail. Listening to the soldier's report, Shimazu Saburo only knew that the other party's surname was Song, and he obviously had a very high status, so he might be the commander of this unit.

"Let me ask you, is this the territory of the Asahikawa Domain?"

Although he had verified it several times and it shouldn't be wrong, Song Wuxing still asked again. After all, ordinary fishermen have limited knowledge, and this guy who looks like a samurai should know a lot about the Asahikawa Domain.

Shimazu Saburo didn't succeed in a desperate assault, but the courage in his heart was not so sufficient. This question didn't seem to be a secret, he hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "This is indeed the Asahikawa Domain of the Shimazu family, may I ask who you are?" ”

"Qianyuan Empire, Ninghai Sea Master!"

Song Wudaunt knew that the Qianyuan Empire had a deterrent effect on the surrounding countries, so he directly reported this more effective name - from a certain point of view, Song Wudaunt was completely correct in saying this. After all, even if Chen Wu openly swallowed Ninghai County, the empire still did not tear its face, but still funded the Songjiang Army in the Second Tiannan War a few months ago.

"The sailor of the kingdom!"

Not surprisingly, Shimazu Saburo gasped and was immediately calmed.

As the overlord of the Eastern Continent who inherited the orthodoxy of previous dynasties, the prestige of the Qianyuan Empire was like thunder in the Cook Islands. Although the Lena people have risen and become much stronger in recent years, they are still contained in the Northlands and still cannot be compared with the Empire. Although they never worried about this when they turned into pirates and looted, it was really when the Imperial people came to the door that the fear in their hearts came out.

"Not long ago, a group of Dongyi Haikou colluded with the Omanis and launched Operation Black Sword, openly attacking Ninghai County of the Empire. When the news broke, the Governor was furious and ordered us to come to fight the injustice and seek justice for the innocent people who had died! ”

Song Wudaunt, according to his previous account, intimidated the samurai of the Shimazu family.

"My lord, there must be some misunderstanding here!" After figuring out the other party's intentions, Shimazu Saburo was extremely frightened. On his body, he no longer had the delusion of "fighting three or five imperial people at once" during the day, but desperately explained: "My lord Shimazu family has nothing to do with the Haikou, just an ordinary daimyo of the Asahikawa Domain, how can he have the courage to collude with outsiders to attack the kingdom?" ”

"It's useless to say so much!"

Song Wuxing waved his hand coldly and ordered someone to take him down.

The identity of the army of the kingdom successfully frightened this low-level samurai. After the torture in the middle of the night, Shimazu Saburo obediently chose to cooperate and told the information about the Shimazu family that he knew.

As with some of the information provided by Chen Wu before, the area of the Asahikawa Domain was not large, there was only one Asahikawa Castle, plus six towns, dozens of villages and a pass, and there were about 1,000 off-duty samurai under its command. In the event of a war with other daimyos, thousands of peasants could be temporarily conscripted as auxiliaries to help. At present, the main force of the Asahikawa Domain is concentrated in Asahikawa Castle, with at least 600 samurai.

The Shimazu family is located about 40 kilometers northwest of this fishing village.

It only takes one day to march if it is not close or far, but because the road is rugged and difficult to walk, I am afraid that it will only take two days for the brigade to march.

As the sky brightened, the first group of cavalry returned with a topographical map of the vicinity and some intelligence information. After the comparison, it is similar to what Shimazu Saburo explained. Knowing that the news of the landing and invasion of a large group of enemies on the beach had spread to the interior of the Asahikawa Domain, Song Wudaunt decided to respond to the changes with no change after a short period of thought, and wait for the Shimazu family to take the initiative! (To be continued.) )