The scouts sent out came back much faster than expected, and before the interrogation was over, several scouts came back one after another, and when they saw a few people, Zhang Mao was stunned at first, and then asked, "How did you come back so quickly?" Has the news that Ben Shuai asked you to wait for to hear has been investigated? ”

"Back to Zhang Shuai's words, the general investigation is clear, about one or two miles away from here, there are about six Japanese camps, of which there are about one or two thousand Japanese people, after the camp, a few miles ahead, it is a Japanese city, in which the troops, the inferior people have tried many methods, but they really can't find out, please Zhang Shuai punished."

After listening to it, Zhang Mao had no intention of punishing, these years, the scouts who inquired about the news were either secretly observing, or scratching their tongues and questioning.

This so-called tongue is naturally to grab a live mouth and ask for news, but this place is in the Wa Kingdom, and not everyone knows foreign languages like the prince, even if he catches it, the two sides can't ask anything if they don't understand the language.

And secretly observing, it is basically blending into the city, but the language barrier undoubtedly greatly increases the risk of exposure.

So it's likely that these people just went all the way to investigate, and then came back to report.

No wonder it came back so quickly.

Zhang Mao thought in his heart, and asked about another piece of news that attracted his attention, "There is a city just a few miles from the shore?" ”

"About five or six miles away."

"What is the scale, is it a city or a camp?"

"The scale is not large, and it is about the size of the mountain castles in North Korea."

"That's a city."

Zhang Mao's face sank a little, "This island looks so big, but these Japanese people built the city so close to the shore, so how many cities should there be on this island?" ”

He thought that there were not many walled cities on this island, but there were six camps and a city just a few miles from the shore, so how many should there be on the whole island.

This is by no means good news.

After all, siege warfare is the most difficult battle to fight, and it is often the most casualty.

The more cities there are, the more casualties there are.

"Zhang Shuai rest assured, there shouldn't be many cities on this island."

Hearing this sudden sound, Zhang Mao turned his head and saw Xia Yuan coming out of the barracks behind him for interrogation, and opened his mouth to ask, "Not many cities?" His Royal Highness interrogated it out? ”

"No, these widows are very hard-mouthed, and they seem to be punished."

"And how do you know that there aren't many cities on this island?"

"Look at the landform, didn't Zhang Shuai find that there are mountains on both sides?"

Xia Yuan pointed to the left and right sides, the topography of Sado Island is very peculiar, if you look at it from a high altitude, the whole island looks like a slanted I-shape, or parallelogram.

On both sides of the I-shaped are two almost perfectly parallel mountain ranges, in this era of backward productivity, the mountains on both sides have not yet been developed, they are all primeval forests, lofty mountains, and huge trees are towering, which are not suitable for survival, let alone building cities.

The only place in the middle of the island is the plain, which is suitable for habitation.

The whole island is nearly 1,000 square kilometers, but the plain in the middle is only about 100 square kilometers, and there are inevitably smaller hills.

"On both sides are mountains with no end in sight, that is to say, the only place where a city can be built is in the middle, and according to the lower officials, there are about three or five cities on the entire island."

Zhang Mao was silent for a while, and then said: "Regardless of the geometry of the city on the island, this city must be taken, and in order to prevent the rest of the cities from rushing to reinforcements, it is necessary to fight quickly, pass on the orders of the commander, and let the generals come to discuss the matter." ”

This is the order to requisition soldiers and go to siege the city.

"Zhang Shuai." Xia Yuan opened his mouth and shouted, and then continued: "Xiaguan, how does Zhang Shuai plan to fight this battle?" ”

Zhang Mao frowned, "What does Xia Rongzheng have to say?" ”

"I don't dare to say anything, the lower official just wants to ask what is the situation of Zhang Shuai's preparations for this siege?"

"Situation?"

"It's the attitude with which the city is attacked, and what purpose is it going for."

"You said that Ben Shuai became more and more incomprehensible, you told Ben Shuai, what is the purpose of your Xia Rongzheng?"

Xia Yuan immediately replied: "This island is less than 100 miles away from the mainland of the Japanese Kingdom, and its geographical location is particularly important. Therefore, the first battle of the siege can be said to be the most important.

Xia Guan thought that whether it was attacking this island or the subsequent conquest of the Japanese mainland, he should be ruthless, see the city and attack the city, see the land and plunder the land, and see the thief kill the thief! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Mao was immediately moved and asked, "You want to. Annihilation? ”

Xia Yuan asked strangely: "Tens of thousands of troops have worked tirelessly to come by boat, not to destroy the country, but to travel and check in?" ”

“.”

Zhang Mao was choked by these words, and Xia Yuan pointed to the corpses that were about to be burned, and then pointed to the blood-stained sand, "Zhang Shuai, this is a war, it is a war, and it is for the purpose of seeking the greatest result, what is the greatest result, destroying its country, destroying its species, destroying its royal city, abolishing its palace, destroying its temple, and so on!" ”

In the end, Xia Yuan burst out from between his teeth almost word by word, Zhang Mao's heart was pounding, and his expression was wrong, with strangeness and incomprehension

"You're thinking. Massacre of the city? ”

"Xiaguan is a scholar, and the sage is said to be benevolent, but this word benevolence also depends on who is right, in the Tang Dynasty, the soldiers of the Baijiangkou battle, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were afraid of the Japanese people, and they were in pain, but they only left a chance to breathe, so that they could make a comeback after thousands of years, invade my borders, and kill my people."

"The people of Li who died under the sword on the southeast coast don't know how many of them blamed and regretted before they died.

It is a pity that in the battle of Baijiangkou back then, when China was so strong and prosperous, the Japanese people were beaten without the power to fight back, but why did they not fight them forever.

blamed the Tang Dynasty for leaving a chance for these Japanese people to turn over, so that these Japanese people vented their hatred on their descendants. ”

A puzzling fog appeared in Xia Yuan's eyes, and his voice made people listen a little erratic, "At this moment, what we should do is not to let future generations blame us, now that we have landed in the territory of the Wa Kingdom, we should do our best to clear the future troubles for our descendants."

Don't let future generations blame and complain, don't let the enemy have the opportunity to rise in the future, and don't let future generations read the history books, turning to the time when tens of thousands of soldiers of the Ming Dynasty obviously boarded the Japanese country, but when they were clearly able to make a difference, they failed to complete their work in one battle, but like the Tang Dynasty, they left a respite for the Japanese people, and then future generations will feel sorry for us. ”

"What's more, the greatest of the crimes listed in the text is that they have been harassing the southeastern provinces for many years, resulting in the death of hundreds of people.

We are here to collect this blood debt this time, and the blood debt must be tasted with blood, otherwise why sacrifice the souls of the dead?

Now is not the time to speak of the kindness of a woman, and since you are going to fight, you must not have the slightest mercy, for mercy to your enemies is cruelty to yourself.

Zhang Shuai, Ci is not in charge of the army, you should understand this truth better than the lower officials. ”

Zhang Mao stared at him for a long time and was silent, as if he wanted to see something from his face, and after a while, he looked away, "Pass the general's order, tell the soldiers of the whole army, this expedition to the Japanese country, every city and place, allow three days not to seal the sword." ”

(End of chapter)