"Suzhou City?" Mr. Oita narrowed his eyes slightly, and under the flesh of his cheeks, there was a hint of shrewdness that was inconsistent with his face.
"Suzhou City is the former Pingjiang Mansion, right? I heard that Zhang Jun's father was the city lord of Pingjiang before. He built Pingjiang City extremely tall, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Now it is an important town of the Ming Dynasty."
"Zhang Jun, I understand your eagerness to regain your father's fiefdom. But, do you want my warriors to storm the important Ming Dynasty town?"
"Our samurai of the Oida family are powerful, but they are also noble. They cannot be used as consumables for siege."
"My Oita-kun, I want to correct you again. My father is not just the lord of a city." Zhang Li corrected. "He is the King of Wu in this land, or you can call him King Cheng. You know, the current Emperor of Ming Dynasty, at that time, was just the King of Wu like my father."
"In terms of status, my father is equal to the prince of your country. Don't make a mistake."
"Hey, Mr. Zhang." Oida curled his lips secretly. "I know your nobility. Because of this, you are qualified to be an ally of our Oida family."
"What I want to know now is that this 'big business' you told me about, doesn't it just want to lead our people to storm Suzhou City?"
"If so, please forgive me that the Oida family cannot accompany me. The Ming Dynasty is very powerful, and the friendship between you and me is not enough to make the Oida family suffer such sacrifices. The county town near the coast, which is easy to attack, already has enough wealth. "
"Oh, it is true that it is the nature of a bandit to bully the weak and fear the strong. It is difficult to become a great weapon by neglecting mere wealth."
Zhang Li's disdain for the Japanese grew in his heart, but the smile on his face became more intimate: "Don't worry, Mr. Oida, you and the Zhang family are dear friends. How could I let the samurai of the Oida family die in vain for the sake of attacking the city?"
"Of course I have a clever plan to attack the city. If we enter Suzhou City, my Zhang family only needs the city."
"The wealth and women in the city are yours to claim from the OIda family! If we cannot capture Suzhou City, I will not force you to take over Ida-kun. We will just retreat to the sea."
"Doni Todoroki?" Oita's eyes showed greed. If so, this can be done. The Ming army had very few ships at sea. Even if the Japanese pirates missed a single hit, they could retreat into the sea, and the Ming army was often unable to pursue them.
If a big city like Suzhou could be destroyed, wouldn't the wealth that can be plundered be dozens of times better than other small-scale fights?
After weighing the pros and cons, Ojingda laughed loudly and said: "In that case, my Ojingda family will advance and retreat together with Zhang Jun."
"I hope you and I will win this time and have prosperous military fortunes!"
"Victory is achieved and military fortunes are prosperous!" Zhang Li also laughed. The two of them had their own secrets, but they were still affectionate with each other. After watching Mr. Oita go back to the cabin, Zhang Li put away the affectionate smile on his face, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth became sinister.
"Second Young Master, do you really plan to retreat to the sea if you can't conquer Suzhou?" A tall and thin figure standing behind Zhang Li said, "His Royal Highness has a blood feud, and the layout of Suzhou City was almost completely wiped out by Zhu Su. .”
"If we can't conquer Suzhou in one go this time, then from now on, my Zhang family will never be able to gain a foothold..."
If Zhu Su and others were here, they would be able to discover at a glance that this person turned out to be Ma Fengsun who attacked the reserve warehouse with Zhang Ren that night and was ambushed by Ru Taisu and escaped!
"I know." Zhang Li's eyes were sinister and deep. "So, I can only rely on your arrangements in Suzhou."
"If your arrangement takes effect, we will naturally have smooth sailing..."
"Even if things don't go smoothly, we must attack Suzhou!" Ma Fengsun had a huge gash on his forehead. As he gritted his teeth with bulging veins, blood visibly pooled in the bandage on his forehead. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! If we miss it, King Cheng's great cause will never be revived. Besides, His Royal Highness must avenge himself..."
"...we still have to put the overall situation first. I have my own opinions." Zhang Li did not agree directly, but talked about him from left to right. The elder brother Zhang Ren is stupid and arrogant. He has always been conceited. How could he have much affection for this elder brother whom he has always despised?
What's more, this elder brother is greedy for pleasure. Although his father is dead, he still relies on his status as the legitimate son to give orders. As a concubine, he was sent overseas by him to "take care of" the surviving soldiers left behind by his father. He worried about the survival and food rations of these people every day, and suffered a lot.
Now, he even fell into the scheme of a young prince who was only over ten years old and lost his life...
When the elder brother died, I was only happy, but not sad at all. Because once his legitimate son dies, he, as a bastard, can legitimately take over the family business left by his father.
However, those old ministers seemed not to be convinced by this bastard...
"It seems that I still have to accomplish feats that my eldest brother cannot do, so that these people will really surrender to me." Zhang Li secretly clenched his fist. "Let's put aside whether we will avenge that stupid brother or not. This time we go ashore, we must capture at least one city."
"I still have to give an explanation to that dwarf Oida. It's best if I can make these guys available to me..."
While Zhang Li was still thinking, the ship was already gradually approaching the shore under the command of Oita Shinao. Japanese pirates with Tsukiyo bald heads and fake Japanese pirates from the Zhang family, holding the "Tian character emblem" of the Oida family and Zhang Li's "Zhang" flag, swarmed down from the Kansai ship like a tide.
"Anyway, don't think so much now." Looking at the "army" in different clothes gradually gathering on the shore, a cruel arc appeared on Zhang Li's face.
"Now first, let the kid named Zhu Su understand what is truly scary."
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"What? Say it again?"
When the Suzhou government office heard Di Meng's report, Suzhou prefect Wei Guan jumped up from his chair in shock.
"According to what I saw, the Japanese pirate ships on the sea covered the sky and the sun. Although they were of different sizes, the number of people in the ships was probably no less than ten thousand." After hearing Wei Guan's inquiry, Di Meng had to say again He calmly told what he saw again.
Convinced that he heard correctly, Wei Guan immediately sat back in his chair, his hands shaking uncontrollably:
"Thousands of Japanese pirates in Xunri were considered too many. This time there are at least ten thousand?"
"This time, could it be that the Japanese pirates are out in person?"
"Old Wei, don't panic. Even if there are ten thousand people, what's so surprising about it?" Zhu Su, who was at the head, took a sip of tea, but he couldn't help but show worry on his face.
He had previously, together with Yao Guangxiao and others, estimated the troops that Zhang Li might bring. When Zhang Shicheng was defeated, he still had more than 10,000 supporters, half of whom escaped into the sea. When Fang Guozhen, the maritime overlord at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, surrendered to Lao Zhu, there were only about 10,000 boat masters willing to follow him, and the rest fled far away. Coupled with Chen Youliang and the Yuan Dynasty's rebel army...
For this part alone, if Zhang Li could integrate these people, he would indeed be able to obtain an army of more than 10,000 people. Plus the Japanese pirates who colluded with him...
However, these people came too quickly. You know, the people in many towns and villages outside the city have not yet had time to evacuate into the city...
(End of chapter)
