Li Jin led the army and miners, and under the leadership of the spies, headed straight towards Iwami Silver Mountain.
"Sir, Miyoshi Changqing seems to have discovered a silver mine. Just a few days ago, the guards at Iwami Ginzan suddenly strengthened."
An informant of Li Jin guided the way beside Li Jin.
But the situation he reported aroused Li Jin's vigilance.
Li Jin only knew that mining of Iwami Silver Mountain began in the 13th century, but the specific mining time was somewhat vague.
When spies were originally sent here, the information they received was that Iwami Silver Mountain had not yet been mined.
Unexpectedly, in just a few years, Iwami Ginzan's secret would have been discovered by Miyoshi Nagakei.
"Did you go in and see the progress of their mining?"
"No, by the time we realized we were discovered there, it was already too late."
The informant shook his head and said he couldn't get in at all.
"The place is under martial law. Unless you break in by force, it will be difficult to sneak in quietly."
Li Jin frowned slightly. It was not that he was dissatisfied with the informant. After all, it was not easy for them to lurk in a foreign country and find the location of Iwami Yinshan without help.
Li Jin was mainly worried that the insider of Iwami Yinshan had escaped, which would have a huge impact on his next plan.
After thinking for a moment, Li Jin immediately called several naval officers.
"Follow the guide and march immediately to occupy the dangerous crossing. No one can escape."
Li Jin asked his guide to take some Ming army soldiers and set off first, intending to blockade Shijian Yinshan first to prevent anyone from escaping.
After all these people were in place, Li Jin led the army to advance again and quickly captured Shijian Yinshan.
"Here."
Li Jin's order was quickly implemented, and Li Jin led the army to continue to advance, but the speed slowed down a lot.
On the other side, Lan Yu led the team to pursue Miyoshi Changqing. Even though Miyoshi Changqing tried his best to escape, he was still caught up by Zhu Di at the foot of Iwami Castle.
Under the circumstances of using two roads to travel, no one in this world can escape the pursuit of the Ming Navy.
When Zhu Di saw Sanhao Changqing, he didn't talk nonsense and directly ordered to shoot.
Poor Miyoshi Changqing was a prince on the Japanese island, but he was beaten to a pulp by Zhu Di, and he didn't even have a chance to ask for mercy.
But although Miyoshi Changqing died, the impact of his death was still huge.
The Japanese on the walls of Iwami Castle saw their daimyo die in front of their own eyes, and they were all horrified.
Some people yelled and wanted to rush down to fight Zhu Di, but more people were forced by the fierce force of the advance team led by Zhu Di to turn around and run away, not daring to stand on the city wall again.
However, Zhu Di did not attack the city immediately. Instead, he asked people to guard the four gates of Shijian City and did not allow anyone to escape from the city.
Later, Lan Yu arrived and after seeing Mihao Changqing's body, he praised Zhu Di greatly and expressed that he must take credit from the emperor.
Later, Lan Yu also joined the blockade. Before going to the battle, Li Jin had told all the generals that the main purpose of the battle was not to allow anyone with knowledge of Ishima Yinshan to escape.
Killing is just a means. The main purpose is to blockade Ming Dynasty's purpose of occupying Shijian Kingdom.
Only in this way can we sway between the Southern and Northern Dynasties and get the maximum benefit.
The two waited until Xu Da personally arrived with an army of 20,000, and then began to prepare siege equipment to completely capture Shijian Kingdom.
But before the three of them could give the order to attack, the Japanese in the city obediently opened the door and surrendered.
From the early morning sneak attack on Shijian Port by the Ming Navy fleet to the complete occupation of Shijian City, in less than half a day, the Ming Navy had Shijian Kingdom firmly in its hands.
After Xu Da took over Shi Jianguo, he immediately entered the city, controlled the traffic arteries, and forced the Japanese to return home. Without orders, they were not allowed to go out and wander in the streets.
Otherwise, once discovered, they will be killed immediately without any leeway.
Later, Xu Da ordered the Jin Yiwei who came with the ship to enter the Miyoshi family's mansion and control all the members of the Miyoshi family.
Then they were interrogated one by one to see who else might have access to Iwami Ginzan’s secrets.
Then the arsenals, granaries and barracks in the city were seized and brought under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty.
To Xu Da's surprise, the granary in Shijian City actually contained 200,000 shi of grain, enough to feed the Ming Navy for half a year.
It has to be said that Miyoshi Changqing, the famous name of Ishijian Kingdom, is extremely ambitious and has great plans. If the arrival of the Ming Navy had not disrupted his deployment, maybe a hundred years later, the Miyoshi family would be even more prosperous, even if it competed for the shogunate in the future. Unknown.
It's a pity that fate is so magical. All the things prepared by Sanhao's family were cheaper than Xu Da's.
In the arsenal, there are many well-forged standard weapons, but they look more like North Korean weapons.
In fact, these weapons were indeed bought by Miyoshi Changqing from North Korea. As for the silver used, they were naturally mined from silver mines.
The navy of the Ming Dynasty naturally disdained these weapons. After all, the fire blunderbuss in its hands was already invincible.
But these arsenals, enough to arm 30,000 people, can be used by the servant army.
On the way to the expedition, Xu Da and Li Jin had discussed that it would be difficult for the Ming Dynasty's 30,000-strong navy to engulf the Japanese islands, but it would be easier to hold on.
Li Jin immediately proposed the concept of a servant army. In short, it was to recruit Japanese traitors for his own use.
The weapons now in the arsenal can be used to arm the Japanese traitor servants. Xu Da immediately asked people to guard all the granaries and arsenals. These things will be important materials for the annexation of Japanese islands in the future.
As the Ming army entered the city, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner. The Japanese all stayed at home in fear, closed their doors tightly, and waited fearfully for the trial of the Ming army.
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A stone can see a mountain of silver.
After Li Jin received the report from the scouts that all the major transportation routes in Iwami Yinshan had been blocked, he decisively ordered the army to attack.
The Japanese troops near the Iwami Mountains did not even react, and were surrounded by the Ming Navy in their camp.
These Japanese soldiers are used to being lazy. After all, they have been stationed here for several months and it has always been calm. No one will come to this deep mountain and old forest.
Except for some hunters and firewood collectors who often go into the mountains, no one comes to this place where birds don't poop.
After all, this place is not only mountains, but also mountains, with deep mountains and old forests, high mountains and ridges, and wild beasts. Only hunters dare to come here.
In order to keep the secret of the silver mine, these hunters who usually came to hunt had long been secretly executed by Miyoshi Changqing.
This makes this mountain forest even more inaccessible.
Except for the miners who were captured as slaves from time to time and the convoys that usually came to deliver food, no other living people were seen.
Now that the Ming Dynasty navy descended from the sky and suddenly launched an attack, these Japanese soldiers were completely unprepared. Some of them were even drinking and having fun in the military camp without realizing the danger.
After Li Jin captured all the Japanese soldiers, he did not go on a killing spree this time and spared the lives of these people.
It's not that Li Jin is kind-hearted, but that Li Jin has more important things to hand over to these Japanese soldiers.
If they knew Li Jin's thoughts, I'm afraid these people would prefer to die under Li Jin's knife.
After dealing with the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain, Li Jin specially selected a few Japanese traitors and said that as long as they were willing to lead the way, they would be exempted from death penalty.
Of course, there are soft bones everywhere, even if they are brainwashed by Bushido, there are always exceptions for some people.
Under Li Jin's coercion and inducement, three Japanese traitors soon came forward and expressed their willingness to lead the way.
I just hope that after the mission is completed, they can be rewarded with a few wives.
Li Jin readily agreed. After all, seeing that there were single women everywhere in the city, Li Jin naturally had no objection to being generous to others.
Afterwards, under the guidance of the three men, Li Jin continued to march towards the mountainside.
According to the accounts of these Japanese traitors, the mountainside was their base camp, and they didn't know what was going on inside.
Li Jin speculated that the mountainside should be the mine dug by Sanhao Changqing. Suppressing his excitement, Li Jin urged these people to speed up their footsteps to avoid long nights and dreams.
Soon, Li Jin, led by a few people, quietly appeared outside the Japanese camp.
