As a general of the imperial court, everyone knows what the Ming Dynasty looked like a few years ago, and the tax revenue of a country was only three or four million taels of silver.

If a few million taels of silver are put on an individual or a certain family, this is naturally a very astonishing amount, but if these millions of taels of silver are placed on a Heavenly Empire, it is simply a joke.

Think about it, a small and barbaric country like Dongying can produce millions of taels of silver in a year, and the mountain in front of you can produce millions of taels of silver in a year.

The first thought that came to the minds of all the generals present after realizing how amazing the output of this silver mountain was, was to occupy it no matter what.

Only the Ming Dynasty is qualified to occupy such a land of gold and silver, and Dongying is not worthy of occupying such a treasure mountain at all.

Lu Dazhu's breathing was a little short, his face flushed, he looked at Chu Yi and said, "Chief, I am willing to lead a group of men and horses to occupy Iwami Silver Mountain!" ”

Seeing this, the other generals naturally looked at Lu Dazhu one by one, that is, Lu Dazhu opened his mouth, if it was another person, the custody would be attacked by everyone.

Everyone came across the ocean, all the way thousands of miles, and many people even suffered a lot on the ship, and finally arrived at the land of Dongying, but it turned out that there was no opponent in the land of Dongying'er.

Iwami Guo only has thousands of troops, and he is not even a vanguard opponent like Yu Dayou, in everyone's opinion, they are useless heroes.

The first merit has been taken up by Yu Dayou, and now he finally has the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Anyway, it is also a silver mountain, if anyone can occupy it, then when the battle report is heard, the custody will enter the sight of the Son of Heaven, Jane is in the emperor's heart, and the future is naturally bright.

But Lu Dazhu actually jumped out to compete with them.

Chu Yi laughed, shook his head at Lu Dazhu and said, "General Lu, as the deputy commander of the First Army, you have your own share of the meritorious deeds made by your subordinates, so don't compete with everyone." ”

Hearing Chu Yi say this, the other generals' eyes suddenly lit up, their faces showed a little excitement, and they looked at Chu Yi with anticipation one by one, hoping to be valued by Chu Yi and give them such an opportunity to be in the limelight.

Lu Dazhu didn't get angry when he heard Chu Yi's words, but smiled, only to see Chu Yi's eyes swept over the generals, and finally his gaze fell on a general who looked quite calm and said, "Qi Jingtong!" ”

Among the generals, Qi Jingtong, who was quite inconspicuous, was stunned for a moment when he heard Chu Yi's name, then reacted, and hurriedly saluted Chu Yi and said, "The last general!" ”

When Chu Yi pointed out Qi Jingtong's name, the rest of the generals sighed in their hearts, and looked at Qi Jingtong with an envious gaze, everyone knew in their hearts that since Chu Yi named Qi Jingtong's name at this time, the intention was self-evident, but I was afraid that the candidate to seize Iwami Silver Mountain was Qi Jingtong.

Speaking of Qi Jingtong, maybe everyone has no influence, but if it mentions his son, I am afraid that many people are familiar with it.

Daming Qi Shaobao, Qi Jiguang's name can definitely be said to be known to everyone, and Qi Jingtong is precisely the father of Qi Jiguang.

Qi Jiguang's lineage can be said to be a famous family, the ancestor Qi Xiang was Zhu Yuanzhang's personal soldier, and later died with Lan Yu's expedition to Yunnan, and his descendants inherited the position of General Mingwei.

And Qi Jingtong is after Qi Xiang, so Qi Jiguang can also be said to be from a family of military generals, Qi Jingtong is an official to the Shenji Battalion, although his performance is not so outstanding in the Shenji Battalion, but he can be regarded as a general without any stain.

To be able to teach such a famous general as Qi Jiguang, Qi Jingtong naturally has some ability, although Qi Jingtong doesn't know how he got into Chu Yi's eyes with just one camp, and was pulled out by Chu Yi.

But think about it, Yu Dayou, Lu Dazhu and others, they are either unknown people, or they have no backers in the army, and they were all selected by Chu Yihui's discernment.

Even a teenager like Yu Dayou is valued by Chu Yi, so it is naturally nothing surprising that Qi Jingtong was pulled out by Chu Yi.

Of course, everyone is still very envious of Qi Jingtong's luck, and the fool knows that no matter who it is, as long as he receives the order to seize the Iwami Silver Mountain, it must be a great achievement, and it will not be a problem to reach the heavens when the time comes, once he enters the sight of the Son of Heaven, the future is naturally promising!

Looking at Qi Jingtong, who was bowing down in front of him, Chu Yi bowed his head slightly and said, "This king ordered you to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to capture Iwami Silver Mountain, are you sure?" ”

Iwami Country is only a few thousand soldiers and horses, most of them are in Iwami Castle, and Iwami Silver Mountain is naturally an important place for Iwami Country, so there are 2,000 people stationed all year round, on the one hand, to protect Iwami Silver Mountain, on the other hand, it is also used to supervise and manage the smelting of silver ore by tens of thousands of craftsmen in Iwami Silver Mountain.

Knowing Iwami's military deployment and Iwami's military strength, the generals present knew very well in their hearts that as long as they were not a waste, they would be able to easily take down Iwami Silver Mountain with thousands of men and horses, and if they couldn't even do this, they wouldn't be qualified to appear here.

The generals who can be valued by Chu Yi and take with him are naturally somewhat capable, even if Qi Jingtong's ability is not even in the top ten among these generals, it cannot be denied that Qi Jingtong is not a waste.

It is impossible for Chu Yi to casually hand over the affairs of the military kingdom to others as child's play because of his appreciation for Qi Jingtong's unborn son.

Chu Yi dared to hand over such a task to Qi Jingtong, that is, he believed that Qi Jingtong's ability could complete this task, otherwise he would not speak, and it was impossible for the generals present to remain silent.

"The last general is willing to guarantee the head of the item, and he will take the stone to see the silver mountain, otherwise he will come to see him!"

Chu Yi bowed slightly.

Qi Jingtong strode out, and soon ordered thousands of people and horses, and roared straight towards the Iwami Silver Mountain in the distance.

Iwami Silver Mountain is the financial source of the Ouchi clan, and it can be said that the Ouchi clan can have enough confidence to resist the prying eyes of several surrounding countries and even break out in conquest every year, because of the existence of Iwami Ginzan.

As long as you master the Iwami Silver Mountain, not to mention anything else, the silver pattern of millions of taels per year alone is enough to support the Ouchi clan's continuous battles.

Although only a small part of these silver patterns can be converted into war materials through the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, they are also much stronger than the surrounding countries, otherwise, under the prying eyes of the surrounding areas, the Ouchi clan is afraid that it will be destroyed long ago, and it is impossible to keep the Iwami Silver Mountain firmly in his hands.

Tao Xingfang is the governor of the Ouchi clan and controls the military horses of the Ouchi clan, but this does not mean that Tao Xingfang has no one else to compete with within the Ouchi clan.

Sagi Kamibei, who commands the elite samurai of the Ouchi clan, and Takahiro Ouchi, who is in charge of Iwami Ginzan, both have military power.

Takahiro Ouchi is the younger brother of Yoshiko Ouchi, who is in charge of the affairs of Iwami Ginzan, and the 2,000 soldiers and horses of Iwami Ginzan are in charge of Takahiro Ouchi.

Qi Jingtong rode a war horse, and behind him were thousands of soldiers and horses rolling up the smoke and dust in the sky and heading straight for Iwami Silver Mountain.

Many places in Iwami Silver Mountain are filled with wolf smoke, and from a distance, you can see many craftsmen digging silver mines between the mountains, and silver smelting workshops are all over the mountains.

Tens of thousands of craftsmen and slaves worked day and night in the mountains to smelt silver ore for the Ouchi clan.

If it weren't for the tens of thousands of craftsmen and the desperate efforts to smelt silver ore in Iwami Ginzan, it would not have been possible for millions of silver lines to flow into the treasure house of the Ouchi clan.

Such a big movement under the mountain naturally can't be hidden from the defenders on the mountain.

Thousands of people came to the ears of Ouchi Takahiro, who as the younger brother of Ouchi Yoshiko, although his ability is very average, but he won the trust of Ouchi Yoshiko, and handed over such an important place as Iwami Silver Mountain to his management.

Now that he suddenly learned that there were thousands of people coming straight to Iwami Ginzan, Ōuchi's first reaction was that Izumo Province or Aki Province and other countries came to fight Iwami Ginzan's idea again.,This kind of thing is not the first time for Ōuchi Takahiro.,Naturally, he has his own way of coping.。

Takahiro Ouchi first ordered the soldiers and horses stationed at Iwami Ginzan to be prepared to meet the invading army at any time, and at the same time sent messengers to Iwami Castle to ask for help.

Through the clairvoyant mirror, you can vaguely see a piece of people coming from the black pressure, and Takahiro Ouchi can be sure that there are no less than thousands of people coming, and once they fight, the two thousand men and horses under his command are only afraid that they are not opponents, so Takahiro Ouchi can defend on the one hand, and send people for help on the other hand, it can be said that the disposal is very appropriate, and there is nothing wrong with it.

However, although Takahiro Ouchi said that he had made arrangements, looking at the black pressure of people under the mountain that was getting closer and closer, Takahiro Ouchi was very worried in his heart.

If the enemy who came to attack was from Izumo Province or Aki Province, then he must have received a summons from the Ouchi clan a long time ago, but until now he has not received any news, so Ouchi Takahiro is very uneasy.

"General, look, the army under the mountain ......"

Beside Takahiro Ouchi, a samurai of the family looked at the army under the mountain with a look of shock on his face, and said to Takahiro Ouchi.

At this time, Ouchi Takahiro was also shocked, and muttered: "Oh my God, where did these soldiers and horses come from, they are so well-equipped, they are definitely not equipped by Izumo Province and Aki Province." ”

It's not that Takahiro Ouchi looks down on Izumo Province or Aki Country, even their Ouchi clan can't armor all the soldiers and horses under his command if they have such a treasure mountain as Iwami Silver Mountain, let alone Aki Province and Izumo Country.

"This ...... This seems to be the banner of the Ming Dynasty! ”

The samurai said to Takahiro Ouchi with some uncertainty.

When Takahiro Ouchi was thinking about what kind of force these soldiers and horses came from, the words of the samurai on the side exploded in his heart like a thunderbolt.

"Da Ming?"

After a closer look, Dauchi Takahiro couldn't help but sink his heart, obviously he also recognized these centaurs as soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.

"How is it possible, how can the Great Tomorrow soldiers appear in my Iwami country, how did they cross the vast ocean, and why did they come to Iwami Silver Mountain!"

A few samurai on the side couldn't help but smile a little wryly when they heard this, do you need to say it, although there are not many people who know the name of Iwami Ginzan, but they can't hide it from those who have a heart, and they don't see the surrounding Izumo Country and Aki Country are all playing Ishimi Ginzan's idea, and now it seems reasonable for one more Daming to come out.

Here, Qi Jingtong led a large army to appear under Iwami Silver Mountain, and at the same time, Yu Dayou also led thousands of soldiers and horses to arrive under Iwami Castle.

Tao Xingfang looked at the thousands of elite Ming troops under the city, and couldn't help but show a little despair.

Just look at the bright armor and neat military appearance, fools can see that this is a strong army, and the most important thing is that after seeing the Ming army, Tao Xingfang looked at the people and horses he had trained and suddenly looked unpleasant.

In comparison, if the soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty are regular troops, then the men and horses he trained look like some local garrisons.

Yu Dayou shouted at Tao Xingfang: "Tao Xingfang, don't open the city gate quickly and welcome my soldiers into the city!" ”

Tao Xingfang, as an important minister of the Ouchi clan, is naturally not an ordinary person, and almost all the important members of the Ouchi clan are concentrated on the city wall at this time.

Ouchi Yoshiko was captured, such a big thing naturally alarmed the people of the Ouchi clan for the first time, Ouchi Yoshiko's brother Ouchi Takahiro was not in the city, so the Ouchi clan was dominated by Ouchi Yoshiko's son, Ouchi Yoshitaka.

Although Yoshitaka Ouchi is only a teenager, he is the next candidate for the head of the Ouchi clan.

Ouchi Yoshitaka is also worthy of being the next generation of family heads favored by the Ouchi clan, and his age is almost the same as Yu Dayou, and he has a somewhat calm image at a young age.

At this moment, looking at the Ming soldiers and horses under the city, although Ouchi Yoshitaka said that his face was a little pale, he was not scared and screamed, and his performance was already quite good.

When Yu Dayou persuaded Tao Xingfang to surrender, Tao Xingfang subconsciously looked at Ouchi Yoshitaka.

I only heard Ouchi Yoshitaka muttering to Tao Xingfang in a low voice, and soon saw Tao Xingfang's figure appear on the city wall and shouted: "Attack the city slowly, and attack the city slowly......"

It turned out that Yu Dayou couldn't wait any longer, and was about to order the siege of the city, when Tao Xingfang's shout came, Yu Dayou couldn't help frowning, and the long knife he had just pulled out looked at Tao Xingfang before he waved it, and said coldly: "What's the matter?" ”

I only heard Tao Xingfang shouting at Yu Dayou: "The general is above, Tao Xingfang is willing to surrender, willing to surrender!" ”

Yu Dayou couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he heard this, staring at Tao Xingfang and said, "Are you sure you want to descend?" ”

Tao Xingfang said: "I am willing to surrender, I will order someone to open the city gate and welcome the general and others into the city!" ”

One of Yu Dayou's personal guards whispered to Yu Dayou: "General, beware of fraud!" ”

Yu Dayou's eyes narrowed, the corners of his mouth turned slightly to reveal a little smile, and said lightly: "I want to see what tricks these Dongying people can play!" ”

In the squeaky sound, the gate of Iwami Castle slowly opened, and several Dongying soldiers who were responsible for opening the door glanced at the Ming soldiers outside the city, and they fled one by one, as if they were about to lose their lives if they ran slowly.

Looking at the open gate of the cave, Yu Dayou said with a smile on his face: "Sons, follow me into the city!" ”