Great Song Pirate

Chapter 573
After the Fuba army wiped out the Hojo army outside the city, it can be said that they took down Yatsushiro Castle without any effort, and wiped out all the property here.

But what made Xu Yi happiest was not these belongings, but the blacksmiths in and around the city had also become his captives. He specially issued an order not to kill these craftsmen indiscriminately, but arrested them all and pretended to be The ship, together with the prisoners of war, was transported to Tanegashima. The prisoners of war were handed over to Takeuchi for reorganization. After coercion and lure, those who descended would not be killed. They were incorporated into the servant army and handed over to the Fubo army for training. With tattoos on their faces, they became the pawns of the Fubo army. , As for the craftsmen, they immediately loaded onto the big ship, directly transferred back to the Jilong Village on Liuqiu Island, and handed it over to Qin Huzi for resettlement. From now on, these craftsmen will serve for their Fubo Army!
After arriving here, Xu Yi knew that Higo country is an important place of production of Japanese swords and weapons in Xikaido and even the whole country of Japan. The quality of the sword is quite good, which shows that after the Japanese stole the skills of the big man, the level of the craftsmen has reached a considerable height. This is a useful person for him, and he must not let it go.

So after they conquered Yatsudai Port, they learned that the entire Hizen Kingdom basically had no large numbers of soldiers and horses, so Xu Yi simply refused to let Yang Zaixing's infantry and servants board the ship, but ordered the fleet to go along Driving along the coast of Feihou country, the infantry directly attacked and plundered on land. As long as there were blacksmith workshops where they passed, they would immediately send people to arrest those blacksmiths and escort them directly to the ship. Hundreds of people were actually collected in this way. The Japanese blacksmith, with countless belongings, boarded a ship and left Higo country, leaving a big mess to the Hojo family, let them clean it up by themselves!

Since then, after the loss of these craftsmen, the sword business in the Higo country has never recovered and never recovered to the previous scale. The Hojo family has also lost an important pillar industry since then. In addition, after this war, their fat The population of Houguo has decreased dramatically, and even the land had to be abandoned. It can be said to be a disaster for Hihouguo. Compared with the lord of Hyuga country, he is still good, at least he saved his life, and he can continue to be his lord and live his life. Shimadzu, who sought asylum in Higo country, saw that Higo country was also cleaned up It was so miserable, and knowing that the Skeleton Army had left his Satsuma country, he set off to return to Satsuma country to clean up his mess.

Sun Hai also ended his attack on Bungo Kingdom in the past few days, left Kyushu Island, and went north to attack the southern tip of Tosa and Iyo. There was a battle at sea, and the result does not need to be detailed. Of course, the battle was one-sided. The huge gap between the ships and the weapons made the fleets of the two countries completely helpless. They could only be passively beaten, and then fell. The whole army was wiped out, and the few ships that fled back to the country were also chased by Sun Hai's fleet to the door of the house and killed!

Both Tosa and Iyo are mountainous countries, and there are not many towns at the southern end for Sun Hai and the others to plunder, so after focusing on a few places, they reaped a fortune and left the two countries to continue heading west. and go.

Standing on the boat, Xu Yi put on an unlined garment, and leaned on the fence with one hand to enjoy the sunshine and the warm spring breeze. Although there was no ice and snow when he came, the temperature was relatively low at that time. After the battle of time, he did his calculations. He has been leading troops for three or four months since he left Liuqiu Island after two years. Seeing that spring is almost over, this season is the most comfortable time.

Although the arrow wound on the shoulder has not healed yet, the pain has been relieved a lot. Under Yang Ci's careful care, the wound has scabbed and the recovery speed is very fast. It is estimated that in a few days, the bandage can be removed. What surprised him was the recovery speed of the flower monkey Hou Cheng who had been on his boat all this time. After only one month, the flower monkey was able to walk around on the boat with the help of people, stretching and stretching from time to time. Lifting his arms and legs, and after recuperation, his body is no longer as thin as it was when he was rescued, and his speech sounds full of energy. Even Li Bo said that he is not an ordinary person. Not inferior to Li Bo, even surpassed Li Bo by a lot!Let Li Bo feel admiration.

Since the flower monkey was able to move on the ground, he has stepped up his exercise every day to restore the function of the atrophied muscles. Now he wants to recover quickly, and he can also do something for Xu Yi. After such a long time, the flower monkey has already become Xu Yi. He has already made up his mind that as soon as his injury recovers, he will immediately join Xu Yi's personal guards, as Xu Yi's guard, and take over the role of the dead Cui Yan. His internal force activated the medicine, so his bone injury recovered super fast. Even Yang Ci often called him a monster, but everyone was very pleased with his recovery.

Their fleet is still sailing towards the established goal on the sea as if entering the land of no one. At this time, the news of Fujiwara Toshi has been delivered to Heiankyo, and it has reached the hands of the Emperor Shirakawa. Although the Emperor is Emperor Sutoku at this time, But Emperor Chongde is his illegitimate son, so the power is still in the hands of Emperor Shirakawa. Although this old guy is already very old, his desire for power is still very high. He has been fighting with the Fujiwara clan since he took office. With the struggle for power, and after many years of management, the Fujiwara clan's rights have been deprived by him a lot. Now it can be said that he is the only one in Japan, and the power of the Fujiwara clan is not as good as before. The entire sphere of influence is now also That is, Xikaidao is still under the control of Fujiwara.

After receiving Fujiwara Toshi's emergency memorial, Shirakawa read it carefully, at first he was angry for a while, wondering who the hell this skeleton pirate was, who could turn the huge West Kaidou upside down, and he had long been aware of it. This skeleton pirate has heard about it. Today, Tosa and Iyo also sent urgent reports saying that they were attacked by the skeleton army. What made him angry was that Toshi Fujiwara mobilized so many ships and soldiers, but he was given a pot by others Well, such a thing is not a face-saving thing for them in Yamato.

But soon he laughed again, because he suddenly saw a glimmer of opportunity in this incident. The Dazaifu in Xikaidao has always been in the hands of the Fujiwara family. Although he has suppressed the Fujiwara family in recent years, it is difficult for him to get involved in Xikaido , which made him very unhappy, and now that the Fujiwara family finally has the opportunity to ask him, isn't this an excellent opportunity to intervene in Xikaido?
After thinking about this, Emperor Baihe immediately summoned the ministers, and realized in his hall. After the courtiers read Fujiwara Toshi's report, there was a buzz of discussion in the hall. Although most of these ministers were also Everyone has heard about the Skeleton Army, but they don’t know that the Skeleton Army has become so noisy in Xikaido, and the one with the worst face is the Regent Minister Fujiwara Sukari.

When Fujiwara Shun’s memorial was sent to Heiankyo, he also sent him a letter, explaining the current predicament of Xikaidao, listing the Fujiwara scriptures in a fit of anger, scolding Fujiwara Jun for not living up to expectations, but now they Fujiwara are here The power of the Yamato Kingdom is far worse than before. Emperor Shirakawa holds great power, so that their Fujiwara family can no longer act arbitrarily as before. Therefore, even if he wants to send a large army to the West Kaido to conquer the skeleton army, he must obtain the consent of Emperor Shirakawa. At most, he can only secretly send people to the Fujiwara family's family to gather some private soldiers, and go to the Dazaifu of the Chikuzen Kingdom to support this disappointing Fujiwara Jun, so as not to let Fujiwara Jun lose Xikaidao, and then their Fujiwara family will be ashamed in the future up.

Baihe pretended to be angry and threw the memorial on the table, and asked Fujiwara, "What does Guan Bai think about this matter?"

Fujiwara Sukari knew that Shirakawa was embarrassing him, so he drooped his eyelids, leaned over slightly and said, "Fujiwara Toshi did not handle this matter properly, but I thought it was nothing more than a group of pirates, so why bother the Emperor to get angry?" Why not leave this matter to Weichen!"

Bai He didn't even look at him, and immediately sneered and said: "It seems that Guan Bai doesn't take such things to heart at all! You must know that the people of Xikaidao are also the people of our Yamato Kingdom, how can I just sit back and let them ignore it? Da Nyan, tell me how to deal with this matter?"

Danayan is the person in front of Baihe. When the old man heard Baihe ask him, his eyes widened, and he immediately leaned over and replied: "This is not a trivial matter. The Skeleton Army officials and others have heard about it for a long time, and they not only harassed the West Sea. Dao, they also harassed Nankaido, Sanyodo and other places many times. It is not a matter of Xikaidao. A group of pirates can come and go freely in our country? I implore the Emperor to immediately order the Ministry of War to send generals to recruit troops, horses and warships from various countries to exterminate this group of pirates, so that they can show the world that our Yamato Kingdom cannot be coveted by others!"

His words immediately touched Shirakawa's heart. If the Fujiwara clan lost control over the countries of Xikaido, they would send troops into Xikaido and take over the ruling power of Xikaido. What are you waiting for?
So Baihe hypocritically ordered some of his trusted ministers to come out to help, and after creating a lot of momentum, he immediately ordered the Ministry of War to send generals, and at the same time recruited military warships from several other countries to go to Xikaido to drive out the skeleton pirate. The official road of time is full of messengers from Heian-kyo running around, sending letters to various countries, and the whole Yamato country begins to move, and the Fujiwara Sutra is helpless, but he knows that once Shirakawa sends troops, the skeleton pirates will be dealt with If so, then their family's control over Xikaido is basically over!
(End of this chapter)