Chapter 75 Japanese Gold and Silver
On Sado Island.
Although Liu Ben was in the Jin Yiwei sequence, he followed He Xi almost all the time.
Liu Ben was responsible for the information He Xi needed from Jin Yiwei. But at the same time, He Xi also believed that Liu Ben was also responsible for monitoring him.
But just know this one thing. No need to say it out loud.
Liu Ben has been on Sado Island for more than a month.
Taking Sado Island was no waste of effort. When Sado Island was in its heyday, there were only a few thousand people. That is, some exiled Japanese ministers and their entourage. Now, the era of public ministers has long passed. During the Ashikaga Shogunate era, ministers were more of a decoration.
There is no one to care about the exiled people here. It’s been a long time. Everyone who could leave left. There were only a few hundred people left. It’s just a village.
Liu Ben brought more than a thousand people and five boats to come here. Immediately capture all Japanese here as miners.
However, the number of miners is a little small.
But what makes Liu Ben even more difficult is finding gold and silver from Sado Island. Even though it says there is. But Liu Ben could not be found.
Sado Island is not big, but prospecting technology in this era is very backward, and in many cases it is a metaphysics. Sado Island is at least dozens of miles away and has two mountain ranges. It took more than a month to find it, which was not an easy task.
Liu Ben's only gain was that the rumors about gold and silver on Sado Island were true. Because some gold and silver items were obtained from the Japanese aborigines. Furthermore, some golden sand was found in the mountain streams. But there are very few. Far from enough to cover the cost of this voyage.
Fortunately, Huangtian paid off. Through Liu Ben’s efforts. Finally a vein of gold was discovered. They even found a gold nugget that was as big as a human head.
Liu Ben did not dare to neglect and immediately sent to Goryeo to announce the good news.
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The nugget gold sent by Liu Ben has not yet reached Goryeo. At this moment, Ouchi Yoshihiro had taken out all the gold medals in the army and piled them all on the table.
Because the two-month siege of Busan City is coming to an end.
Lan Yu had already left Korea. He felt uncomfortable here every day and was worried about the situation in Nanjing, so he simply took the first step. Lan Yu's departure is a good thing for everyone. After Lan Yu left, Fu Youde, with the assistance of He Xi, reorganized the entire army.
Some of Lan Yu's direct lineages were withdrawn, and about 20,000 troops were placed in Liaodong and Beiping to supplement Ye Chen's troops and the gap between the troops brought by Fu Youde. Some troops will be transferred here in the future. But not too much.
After all, long-distance troop mobilization also consumes money, food and morale of soldiers.
But, anyway. All in all, such transfers will damage the morale of the army. A period of military chaos is inevitable.
The best way to end this chaos is to win.
In the army, most of the time, victory can solve 80% of the problems. If the morale of the army is unstable, just win one battle and it will be fine. If the thinking is confused, just win one battle. Even if the logistics are insufficient, just win one battle. If so, wait.
This kind of adjustment in the military has made the middle and lower-level generals uneasy.
Although it is said that Fu Youde's investigation does not involve the middle and lower classes. But every middle-level general is related to many lower-level generals and soldiers. How can they not care?
Therefore, Fu Youde set his sights on Busan City, which was within easy reach.
Lan Yu couldn't help but not be angry.
It's not that Lan Yu doesn't want to fight against Busan City, he will do his best. It's that Lan Yu didn't receive the order to attack Japan and needs to hang here to obtain the legal principles to attack Japan. And if Fu Youde has this, the importance of Busan City will decrease.
Of course, there are benefits to keeping it. For example, inviting Japan to come to the rescue.
The answer is more than two months. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu mobilized troops and generals on a large scale. He himself left Kyoto and went south. He looked like he was about to go on a grand expedition. But except for the ships carrying messages, no ship passed Tsushima. Not only the Ming army felt that Japan would not come to the rescue. Even people like Ouchi Yoshihiro felt that they would become abandoned children.
At this time, Fu Youde weighed the pros and cons. I feel that the Japanese are probably not stupid enough to actually engage in a decisive battle with the Ming Dynasty on the sea. As a result, the value of Busan City has dropped significantly.
Therefore, Fu Youde decided to let the army win the battle first, rebuild its morale, and do the rest slowly.
Therefore, Fu Youde reorganized the entire army. Deploy elites from various ministries to attack Busan City.
The reason for this is that Busan City's offensive area is not wide. It's just a small town on a peninsula, and the area where you can launch an attack is very narrow. There is not room for many people. In addition, Fu Youde also wanted to influence the entire army by controlling these elite soldiers.
Because these elites have been transferred from various ministries, led by Fu Zhong, and are responsible for the main attack.
The Ming army put on such a posture. Ouchi Yoshihiro also knew that it was already the most dangerous time. So the general took out all the gold and silver and piled them on the table. Used to motivate soldiers.
The so-called gold coin is a gold coin minted in Japan. It's like China's gold ingot.
But these dazzling golden lights cannot inspire the courage of the soldiers below.
A Japanese samurai said; "Your Highness Ouchi, of course I will fight to the death. But I don't want these things, I want a sure letter. Will the shogunate come to save us?"
Ouchi Yoshihiro looked at everyone looking at him with bright eyes. He could only say: "His Lord Ashikaga is full of justice. He said he would come to rescue, and he will definitely come to rescue. Please rest assured. It's just the Ming thieves who are tyrannical. We must mobilize the soldiers and horses of the sixty-six countries in the world to fight against the Ming thieves. Fight. This takes time. Please fight bravely for the sake of the shogunate and Japan. As long as the Ming thieves do not capture this city for one day, they will not be able to attack Japan."
"Hi." The warrior below subconsciously said in unison.
Under the command of Yoshihiro Ouchi, preparations for defense began.
It’s just that the golden judge on the table is still shining, but it didn’t attract too many people’s attention.
Ouchi Yoshihiro thought to himself: "Your Highness Ashikaga, please don't let me down." He was ready to die here.
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The sound of "woo woo" horn. There were probably more than 10,000 infantry fighting below Busan Castle. He Xi was also watching the battle, it was a very dangerous place. There is the sea on both sides, and there is only a flat surface for two or three miles in front of us. And it's an uphill attack.
On the top of the city, there are countless messy flags.
Each flag represents a famous name.
However, He Xi didn't care. He saw more than twenty cannon positioned behind the infantry. I already know the outcome of this battle. He asked: "Master Marquis, how many days do you think we can capture this city?"
Fu Youde said calmly: "One month."
He Xi frowned and said, "So long?" He Xi was a person who had fought in the war. Although he did not personally direct the battle, he was not too unfamiliar with the war. In his opinion, if he attacked by force, it would be possible to break the city in three days. That would also bring a lot of casualties. But it definitely won’t take a month.
Even a novice who knows nothing can defeat it with the stupidest method and a little bit of grinding. But who is Fu Youde? Among the top ten players in the world today, is Fu Youde only at this level?
Fu Youde smiled calmly and said: "Some battles need to be fast. Some battles need to be slow. Some hard bones need to be eaten hard, and some soft persimmons need to be polished slowly. The way to use the army is to focus on it."
He Xi seemed to understand a little bit.
He thought that Fu Youde was using Busan City to gain experience. He brought a new army with him after all. A heart-warming victory is certainly important. But Fu Youde also wanted to get familiar with the army. Make the troops familiar with themselves. How familiar it is, just look at the performance on the battlefield.
Fu Youde has been a veteran for so many years, and an army is fighting in the middle of a battle. He is probably confident about this army. Now you know what style the general has and how to use it.
He Xi still wanted to come, maybe Fu Youde had not completely given up the idea of surrounding the point to call for reinforcements, so he would do it slowly. It also continues to put pressure on Japan. Not only can casualties be reduced. It also increases the possibility of internal changes in Japan.
After all, you eat it in one bite. Some people in Japan even have ideas. It’s too late, even for some. Maybe it's also a relief. But cutting the meat with a dull knife, little by little, is different.
