Chapter 105: Preparing for War
Early the next morning, Yun climbed to the top of the hill and looked down on the island before boarding the boat. The island not only provided him with shelter, but also plenty of food and fresh water to sustain him, and he made all the daily necessities himself.
After a month of living on a desert island, he had a deep affection for this place, and before leaving, he did not take anything with him, but solemnly placed it in the cave.
"I hope it can help the next destined person!" he thought silently.
Returning to the familiar three-masted clouds, he first consulted Yokota. Yokota did not hesitate to follow him back to the Daming coast. Yun was a little stunned, not knowing why Yokota wanted to stay away from his lair at this juncture.
Yokota explained that after many days of repeated consideration, he determined that Kojiro's attack was premeditated and must have been cooperated by important people in the family, because most family members did not know about Yokota's movements.
Now that a month has passed, there must have been huge fluctuations on the side of his missing family, Kojiro is eyeing and has the help of ghosts, so many days have passed, and it is estimated that his power has changed. Now that he is going back alone, he has become a thorn in the other party's side, and he will be quickly eradicated, so he has to go to Daming Coastal to inquire about what happened during this time before he can determine the next move.
"Could it be that you still have subordinates and eyeliner in Daming?" Yun was a little puzzled.
Hehe, Yokota smiled incomprehensibly: "We are engaged in smuggling, and no one buys goods for us, what do we ship?" Let's take trading with you as an example, we receive your Ming silver tickets, and if I don't look for someone to cash them, can I bring them back to Japan for collection! To tell you the truth, there are several wealthy businessmen along your coast who have business dealings with us and also pass on news to each other. There are even a few who were originally Japanese people, but they just forged their identities and lurked. ”
The clouds can't help but be staggered, it seems that the water along the coast is deeper!
This way, Lao Chen didn't have the heart to fish for cover, but fortunately, he could use the excuse to return to Hong Kong to rest and recuperate when the storm disaster just happened, so he went straight to Changtian Port, Daming Seaport.
Nagata is a small port in the Matsue area, and on weekdays it only supplies fishing boats and collects some seafood. There are not many shops, and the resident population is only a few hundred. Yokota specifically designated him here because the owner of the grocery store in the town was someone he could trust.
The three-masted ship sailed into the harbor without special attention, and there were only a small number of garrisons in the harbor, and after a few inquiries, they were released. Yokota was dressed as a Han Chinese and spoke fluent Chinese without any flaws.
Leaving others to watch the ship, Yun Yokotian Lao Chen and the three of them successfully found Liu Laoshi's grocery store. At this time, there were no customers in the store, and the shopkeeper was napping on the counter.
Yokota tapped the counter with his finger and smiled: "Lao Liu, you are still so willing to be lazy!"
The shopkeeper raised his head violently, and a hot gaze erupted in his sleepy eyes, and then he forcibly suppressed the fluctuations in his heart and said, "A few people, please come with me to the back hall." As he spoke, he led the group to the backyard.
As soon as he entered the house, he knelt down in front of Yokota with a puff and burst into tears: "Lord, I thought I would never see you again!"
Yokota helped him up, and he also sighed and said: "I also thought I was going to be buried at the bottom of the sea, but I didn't expect to escape with the help of nobles!"
Hearing that Yun had a life-saving grace for Yokota and took care of him for nearly a month, the shopkeeper thanked him with a deep gift: "Ono on behalf of the family, thank you little brother for his righteous action, if you send him in the future, he will die!"
Yun hurriedly returned the salute, it turned out that this person was the widow lurking in the Ming Dynasty, no wonder Yokota trusted him so much. And this person can show his true identity, which shows that he still trusts himself quite a lot.
Then Ono immediately recounted what had happened in the past month. Don't look at the remote place where he is, but he knows a lot about what is going on outside, and he must have a quick source of information such as the Flying Pigeon Story.
It turned out that he received the news half a month ago that Yokota was attacked and disappeared, and it may be more auspicious. Kojiro then led a large group of men and horses into the waters off the coast of Japan. In several major wars, due to the disappearance of the leader, the life and death of the leader were unknown, and the morale of the dragons was low, and Yokota's subordinates were at a disadvantage.
At this time, Yokota's younger brother Yokoji came forward to reach a settlement with Kojiro, promising that the original Yokota's sphere of influence would open all docks, allow Kojiro's fleet to dock for maintenance, and provide supplies for Kojiro's belongings. and assigned a special person to sell the proceeds of Kojiro's robbery along the coast of Daming......
After receiving the full support of Yokojiro, Kojiro rested for a few days, and took advantage of the return of the Daming Naval Division, and then flowed back to the Daming Sea, continued to burn and loot, and the means were more vicious and threatened to take revenge on the revenge that was exterminated that day.
The Daming Navy Division went out again, but Kojiro learned to be obedient this time, and instead of directly confronting the army, he used guerrilla fighting tactics. Relying on the speed of the ship and playing hide and seek with the sailors, he attacked and burned lone ships when he encountered them, fled when he encountered a large number of fleets, and harassed the ordinary people along the coast from time to time.
After all, the coastline of the Ming Dynasty is too long, and the sailors have limited personnel, so it is impossible to defend closely at all times, so there are many loopholes, not only lost a large number of people, but also took the opportunity to slaughter many innocent people by Kojiro.
Now the small villages along the coast are empty, and without the protection of the army, how can ordinary people resist the vicious Japanese pirates. As a result, a large number of people moved inland, which also caused the harassment of the Kojiro group to extend to the coastal ports.
In the past two days, there have been successive attacks on ports, and news of a large number of casualties has come. Although the local garrison sent troops to various large and small ports, due to the large number of ports and the scattered locations, it was difficult for hundreds or dozens of people to effectively attack the Japanese in each place. So much so that now everyone is panicking and doesn't know what to do......
And then I just received the news yesterday that Yokoji took over as the leader, and in the past two days, he has been integrating and adjusting Yokota's original subordinates. Some of Yokota's old brothers were not convinced, and they were ruthlessly cleaned up by Henglu, and Henglu did not want to give up smuggling this piece of fat, so he sent a message that he would visit the Daming coast in person in the near future and convene all the lurking personnel and Han merchants who had business dealings with the group to discuss together. However, the exact time and location are yet to be announced......
Yokota sneered: "It seems that the place that wants to kill me this time is that Yokoji and Kojiro have joined forces." In fact, I had long found out that Yokoji had the ambition to replace me, but I didn't expect him to take the slightest care of brotherhood and use outsiders. Kojiro is ruthless, cooperating with him is tantamount to seeking skin with a tiger, and sooner or later he will be swallowed by him, and Yokoji is really short-sighted. Ono, you go and contact the old brothers who are loyal to me, and this time we will give him a Jedi counterattack!"
For the next few days, Ono was busy outside, while Yokota recuperated with peace of mind. Originally, there was nothing to do here, but through a month of getting along, he and Yokota developed a deep friendship.
Yokota's martial arts skills are not high, and his serious injuries have not healed, and now his strength is weak. Yun didn't worry about him fighting Yokoji, so he insisted on staying and helping him.
Yokota's persuasion was fruitless, and his gratitude was indescribable. As for Lao Chen and the other crew members, Yun Yun had already sent them back. The mission is over, these people have old wives and children, and Xiaoyun doesn't want to risk rolling them into the maelstrom. just told Lao Chen to return to Jiangdu to report safety to the brothers of the Dafa Chamber of Commerce.
And Yokota also took out the token, asked Lao Chen to hand it over to Dajiang League and brought a message, apologized for the accident, and promised to compensate for all the losses that occurred......
After a few more days, Yokota's health improved greatly, and as long as he didn't do strenuous exercise, he was no different from ordinary people. Ono also got a message, and three days later he met with Yokoji, and the location was set on a desert island in the Daming Sea.
For the next two days, the three of them continued to discuss the plan of this operation. And Yun also met the sixteen people who participated in the operation this time.
According to Ono, these dozen or so people are all orphans adopted by the Japanese people, and they have been brutally trained as ninjas since they were children, and each has extraordinary skills. The main thing is loyalty, they can even die for their masters without hesitation. And they lurked in Daming in batches in various capacities, just to be loyal to their masters one day.
Yun secretly sighed to himself, these sixteen people are all different ages, some are teenagers, some are upright and prime, and some already seem to be old people in their early fifties. No matter what identity they usually disguised, they all stood like pillars at this time, with determination and even some fanaticism in their eyes. Without the slightest consideration of the dangers of this trip, it seemed as if it were their greatest honor to be able to sacrifice themselves for their masters.