Navy order: Take no prisoners.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a daimyo of Tsushima or Iki, kill them first. No need to announce names, no need to say hello, waste of time.
Chen Hui ordered his men to cut off Kyogoku Gaoguang's head, and after searching around, he found that General Siba was missing. He interrogated several Japanese soldiers, and they all said that they ran to the south. He ordered Zhou Ya to lead people to hunt down General Siba, and he himself Lead the sergeant towards the center of the island.
The military strength of Iki Island is still there, not only the approximately 2,000 remnants of Iki Island itself, but also the 6,000 to 7,000 people brought by General Shiba and others. Although there are long-range strikes, it is impossible to completely kill so many Japanese troops. If you want to achieve complete victory on Iki Island, you must fight deep into the island.
The Japanese army was completely in chaos at this time. They were eating well, but someone threw a big iron lump. Not only was this thing inedible and unusable, it would also explode.
The earth-shattering explosion was accompanied by tragic killings, and the entrance to hell was instantly torn open. Blood flowed to the ground and turned black.
One by one, the Japanese soldiers watched this scene in fear, wondering what kind of artifact could have such power to destroy the earth. The three legendary artifacts did not make such a huge sound, explode, or tear the earth apart.
The Japanese army began to flee, and the leader also lost control of the army. Faced with the deadly iron balls that kept falling from the sky, no one was willing to stay where they were. In addition, the top generals, Yoshitsune Shiba, Akamatsu Sawahiro, and Tadami Makoto, etc. were not there. The lack of authoritative leaders in the army caused the Japanese army to disperse in a hurry.
The Japanese troops who dispersed and fled in the chaos encountered the Ming troops who came in. The two sides fought in fields, hills, and rivers. The Ming navy had high morale and formed a military formation to intercept and kill the Japanese troops. The Japanese troops were not only scattered, but also completely He had no intention of fighting and just wanted to escape. He was unable to show his strength at all. He was continuously killed by the navy, and was finally forced back to the center of the island, the Kyogoku clan's home.
Zheng Huai's eyes were red with the killing, and he changed three knives in his hand. Japanese soldiers fell behind him one by one, with blood flowing on their bodies. He didn't know whether they were injured or the blood of Japanese soldiers.
Lin Xi fought at the front, killing four Japanese soldiers in a row. He led a dozen soldiers to open a gap, and a group of Japanese soldiers were divided and surrounded.
Xu An and Zhao Chun attacked from different directions, and the four naval forces met one mile outside the Gyeonggi mansion. Facing the Japanese troops who defended the mansion and resisted tenaciously, Chen Hui ordered his men to notify the officers and men on the ship to use divine machine cannons. If the distance was not enough to cover the Kyokugi mansion, the divine machine gun was moved from the ship to the shore and pushed half a mile.
Half an hour later, the divine machine gun sprayed out pitch-black gunpowder bombs again, and the gunpowder bombs landed densely on the Kyogoku mansion. The strong movement destroyed the walls and tore open deep pits. Groups of Japanese soldiers were severely damaged. Kill.
Some Japanese soldiers couldn't bear it and wanted to fight out, but they were shot dead by the Ming navy on the periphery. They were not allowed to escape at all. Buildings collapsed everywhere, fires began to burn, and there were cries and screams.
After the divine machine gun stopped, Chen Hui ordered Liu Chen, Zhao Chun, Zheng Huai and others to lead the sergeants in to clean up the mess. Within half an hour, Zhao Chun hurried out, his eyes shining, and said excitedly to Chen Hui: " Something was discovered."
Chen Hui and Wang Sui didn't know what they had discovered, which was enough to make Zhao Chun so excited. They followed Zhao Chun into the Kyokugi Yard. They saw corpses everywhere, and there was the smoke of war and the strong smell of blood everywhere.
"I'm talking about Zhao Qianhu, can't you just say it?"
Wang Sui couldn't help but complain.
Zhao Chun led the way and walked into a side courtyard. The buildings here were slightly damaged. Dead Japanese soldiers were lying on the ground. Judging from their wounds, they did not look like they were killed by divine machine cannons. They should have been killed not long ago. It was strange. What's surprising is that there are five tied up prisoners here. Judging from their clothes, they should be servants of the Kyogoku clan. Nearly fifty sergeants are lined up outside each room.
Chen Hui looked at Zhao Chun incomprehensively: "Take no prisoners, don't you know that?"
Zhao Chun nodded, stopped in front of the door, and said seriously: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, I know very well that we will not take prisoners, but these people cannot be killed. We must bring them back to the capital."
"Nonsense!"
Chen Hui was angry.
Zhu Yunwen had made a decree that the navy would not leave any prisoners during the eastern expedition against Japan. If he really took the prisoners back, wouldn't he be violating the holy will and disobeying Jianwen? In that case, he would not have any merit, but might
Lost his official position.
Zhao Chun didn't take it seriously, pushed open the door of the house, and said to Chen Hui: "Deputy Commander-in-Chief, go take a look and you will understand."
Chen Hui and Wang Sui walked in and saw that the small house was filled with wooden boxes. The wooden boxes were stacked on top of each other. Some of the high places had reached the roof. When they opened a wooden box, Chen Hui was stunned. Living.
The items in the box were very simple, but very attractive. They were all white and full of broken silver.
Chen Hui reached out and picked up a broken piece of silver, put it in his mouth and took a bite. Looking at the clear teeth marks, he pointed to a room full of boxes and said to Zhao Chun, "Isn't this all silver?"
Zhao Chun chuckled, called the sergeant over, and opened boxes one after another. They were all filled with broken silver, and there were three boxes of copper coins. After a closer look, I saw it was Hongwu Tongbao!
Zhao Chun opened the compartment, pointed to the box inside, and said, "There are more here."
Chen Hui quickly opened it and looked at it. He became excited. After a battle, he also found a treasure. He arranged for the sergeant to count the points. There were a total of eighty boxes of silver, 40,000 taels, and five boxes of gold, equivalent to 25,000 taels of silver. , five boxes of copper coins, equivalent to more than two thousand taels of silver.
Wang Sui weighed a handful of broken silver and said with a smile: "Although Tsushima Island has some money, it is far inferior to this Iki Island. I didn't expect that there would be so much silver and gold on each small island."
Iqi Island is not big, and its population is not large. To be able to save sixty or seventy thousand taels is really not a small amount.
Wang Sui threw the silver coins back into the box, looked at Chen Hui, and said seriously: "Zhao Qianhu got it right, we need to take the prisoners back!"
Chen Hui narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Sui in confusion: "Why?"
Zhao Chun was depressed, why did the deputy general soldier not understand? He couldn't help but kicked the box and said: "Deputy general soldier, there is silver and gold here!"
Chen Hui is not blind, of course he knows.
Wang Sui explained with a smile: "There are very few Hongwu Tongbao here, and most of them are silver. If the silver was obtained through trade with the Ming Dynasty, then the number of copper coins would be at least several times more than the silver, not significantly less than the silver. "
The income from the tribute trade mission was more in goods than silver and copper. Even if they are doing some business or setting up a street stall, the mission prefers copper coins. This is a hard currency in various countries in Southeast Asia. The value of a thousand copper coins is higher than that of one tael of silver.
The number of copper coins on Iki Island is not large, but more silver. There can only be one explanation:
Japan has silver mines.
Chen Hui finally understood and looked at Zhao Chun: "So, those Japanese prisoners know where the silver mines are?"
Zhao Chun found a general and had a chat with the prisoners. The general told Chen Hui: "According to what they said, the Japanese country does have a lot of silver mines. One of the silver mines is on Kyushu Island in the south, a place called Kagoshima." There is a place called Sado Island, which is seven or eight days sailing northeast from Tsushima Island. There are not only large silver mines, but also gold mines."
Chen Hui was so happy that he never imagined that a small island country could still produce gold and silver. If he occupied the silver mines and dug out the silver and sent it back to the country, he would not have to worry about military pay...
"Seal it up and move them all back! If anyone dares to reach out, don't blame me for being rude!"
Chen Hui ordered.
Zhao Chun chuckled, took out a handful of broken silver from his sleeves and threw it into the box. Chen Hui rolled his eyes and didn't say anything. He just looked at Wang Sui, who waved his sleeves to indicate that his sleeves were refreshing. . It's just that your sleeves are not flowing...
Wang Sui was speechless, this is his own money, you are just a loser.
Chen Hui didn't believe it. The military and court officials basically used treasure banknotes. Where did you get the silver coins? No matter if they were yours or not, just put them in a box.
Wang Sui felt wronged, that was fifteen taels of silver...
The Ming Navy navy raided Iqi Island for seven days.
Within seven days, the navy defeated the reinforcements from Kyushu Island three times, sank more than 130 Japanese navy ships, and killed more than a thousand Japanese.
Within seven days, the remaining Japanese troops on Iki Island were completely wiped out. Some people jumped into the sea to survive, but also drowned in the sea.
Within seven days, some valuable belongings were loaded onto the treasure ship.
Zheng Huai
He led the sergeant back tiredly and said to Chen Hui and others: "We can't find Shiba Yishang, nor can we find Kyogoku's family. They should have left Iki Island."
Chen Hui narrowed his eyes: "Our people have blocked the sea, can General Si Bo still fly out?"
Zheng Zhun lamented: "Having said that, the sergeants have been searching for several days, but there is no trace of him. It is difficult to say whether he is on the island or not. Although we control the sea, our vision is unclear at night. If someone takes a small boat or Plank out to sea..."
Wang Sui nodded: "Continuing to search is not an option. It's December soon, and it's time to go back and resume life. Although General Shiba is an important figure under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, if you want to deal with him, it's not enough. It's difficult. Besides, if he really runs back, this may not be a bad thing. At least he can tell Ashikaga Yoshimitsu that the Ming Dynasty can't mess with him."
Chen Hui thought about it again and again and decided: "In that case, let's teach tomorrow, but before we leave, do we need to leave something for Ashikaga Yoshimitsu?"
Wang Sui's eyes lit up and he said, "I have an idea."
The Ming Navy withdrew and left Iki Island.
At the southern end of Iki Island, there is the Black Temple.
A hidden partition moved slowly, and then there was no movement. After nearly half a quarter of an hour, the partition moved away. Si Boyi walked out of the secret room, carefully closed the partition, and explored for an hour. Afterwards, when it was confirmed that the Ming army was no longer on the island, they returned to the Black Temple and took out the women and children from the secret room.
Kyogoku, who was only ten years old, walked out of the secret room and breathed in the fresh air. The air still seemed to be filled with the smell of blood. There was grief in his eyes. He wanted to cry but held back and said, "Did my father be killed by the Ming army?" Already?"
Shiba Yishou leaned down and said to Kyogoku Chiguang: "I know that letting you see hell will frighten you and give you nightmares. But I need you to become strong. You are the only one left in the Kyogoku clan. You have to carry this lineage!"
Kyogoku held the light and nodded heavily, his immature face full of determination.
Dead people, broken arms, heads rolling in the wind, blackened earth, tattered intestines, corpses without eyes...
Kyogoku Chiguang kept vomiting and forced himself to look at it.
Shiba Yishou looked at the pale Kyogoku Chimitsu and nodded heavily. This boy has talent.
When he arrived at the Kyogoku clan's mansion, General Shiba Yi saw two large stones standing outside the door, with large red characters on them:
Yangjiang blood, reported today.
The blood of Ming Dynasty will be paid back one day.
General Si Boyi didn't know Chinese characters, so he naturally didn't know their meaning. After entering the house, he looked at the countless corpses and couldn't help but angrily shouted: "I will never destroy the Ming Dynasty!"
Kyogoku Chimitsu sat slumped on the ground, looking at the neat rows of heads in front of him. Countless eyes seemed to be looking at him, and a cold feeling rose from his heels...
