Bright Spring

"Give it to him, give it all to him!" Sheng Yong suddenly said angrily, "The main force of the cavalry battalion has two thousand elite cavalry, and all of them will be transferred to Commander Pingan."

Sheng Yong paused for a while and said: "Order the horsemen who have disembarked to gather and prepare, and set off to the south of Mount Bofu tomorrow morning. The remaining horsemen will go ashore first from tomorrow. After the assembly is complete, they will go to the south of Mount Bofu."

The personal soldier general clasped his fists and said: "The last general will send the order immediately."

The general reminded: "Marshal, there is still a lone Japanese army on the western front, do you want to send troops to clean up?"

Sheng Yong shook his head and said, "It will be too late for the infantry to go forward. The Japanese army must have entered the mountainous area to the south. Whether it is necessary to use cavalry to eliminate it depends on the safety of the front."

"Yes." The general clasped his fists.

At this moment, a military general walked into the big tent, stood at the door and held a military salute, glanced at his superior, and walked over quickly.He attached his head and whispered in Sheng Yong's ear: "Marshal, the scouts caught a strange little old man. The old man can't speak Chinese, but he took out a piece of writing with Chinese characters..." After he finished speaking, he walked away. He took out the paper from his pocket.

Sheng Yong took a look, and it said: Friends of Yao Fang, please see me.

"Yao Fang is here?" Sheng Yong said, "Go and ask, if she is here, send her there."

The general clasped his fists and said, "Yes."

That Yao Fang's father is the Marquis of Daming, and his sister is the imperial concubine.Sheng Yong didn't doubt Yao Fang at all, not to mention that Yao Fang came to Japan as a spy, maybe someone really is here.

... Yao Fang knew this old man. It was this man who followed Yao Fang to collect money when he fled to Busan Town.

Even Ouchi Sheng can't speak Chinese well, let alone such a servant-like person.Yao Fang immediately went to the Chinese army and asked Hou Hai for a civil interpreter.Through the translator, the two began to barely communicate.

The old man said: "My master has found a place and wants to meet Mr. Yao and make a deal."

Yao Fang asked, "What is the deal?"

The old man said: "Copper coins and news that the Ming army is interested in."

Yao Fang wondered, "Why does he (Da Nei Sheng) want to trade with me?"

The old man said: "Mr. Yao is a trustworthy person. Last time you were in North Korea, you could get away without paying, but you still managed to fulfill your promise. Mr. Yao is also a powerful person in Ming Dynasty. The North Korean country can also get the help of the officials of the Ming Dynasty and the Lee clan of North Korea. For this transaction, Mr. Yao can get the news first and pay later."

Yao Fang asked, "What news?"

The old man remained silent and shook his head, probably meaning he didn't know.

Yao Fang asked again: "The cash from last time is considered huge in Japan. He thinks it's not enough? Why does he need so much money?"

The old man remained silent.

Yao Fang asked, "Where is he?"

The old man said: "Somewhere in Bofu Mountain, the situation is dangerous. My master will only wait for three days."

Yao Fang thought for a while and said, "Let's set off overnight tonight, you lead the way."

He then said to the translator: "This is a secret, you can't reveal it. Not too many people know about it. I can't find another translator. Come with me."

The official was a little embarrassed: "Okay... let's do it!"

Yao Fang left the tent, went to meet Hou Hai and talked about it.After Hou Hai dissuaded him, he had to ask Sheng Yong for a dozen soldiers to escort Yao Fang and his party.

The Bofu mountain range looks like a "ya" slanted to the left. The main peak is on the west side of the mountain range and does not extend to the coast;

The Japanese fortifications and defenders were all located in the side branch mountains in the east; only because there was a plain from the northern foot of the main peak in the west to the coast, it was impossible to form an overall defense line.

The place where Yao Fang and the others went was roughly in the mountain forest in the depression in the middle of the word "Ya".In order to avoid the Japanese scouts, everyone walked through the woods on the mountainside of the main peak of Mount Bofu, and it was relatively quiet to drive at night.Fortunately, the old man knew the path, so the group of people would not get lost.

Everyone tossed for several hours, and when they arrived at the agreed place, it was already daylight.

This is a small temple hidden in the mountains.There are no water sources such as rivers around, so there are no houses and people in all directions.The soldiers of the Ming army went over the wall and looked inside for a while before inviting Yao Fang in.

In the dilapidated small temple, an oil lamp was lit inside.Da Neisheng stood at the door of a mud house and bowed. He was originally bald, and he really looked like a monk living in this dilapidated temple.Then he said, "The two of us."

Yao Fang thought for a while, pointed at the official translator and said, "Official translator."

Ouchi Katsura looked at the blue round-collared official uniform worn by the translator, but shook his head and gestured for writing.

So Yao Fang and Da Nei Sheng entered the house and closed the broken wooden door.

Yao Fang said slowly, "Have you run out of money?"

Da Neisheng seemed to understand, but he didn't answer, pointing to an old wooden case and invited Yao Fang to take a seat.Paper, ink, and a lamp have already been placed on the wooden table.Yao Fang didn't bother to be restrained, so she sat cross-legged on the ground.

Ouchi Sheng wrote some words, to the effect that: His wife got an expensive top-grade hook jade, hid it in her clothes, and slept together at night but did not wear it.

Yao Fang looked at the words on the paper, and knew every word and the literal meaning, but he didn't understand the meaning of Ouchi Sheng for a moment.

Ouchi Sheng: She was afraid that I would find out.That jade should be a gift from Dow, with my money.

Yao Fang suddenly realized, looking at Da Nei Sheng's eyes, she couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic, after all, Yao Fang also understood that feeling very well.

Yao Fang: Did Dow know about the 200 million yuan?

Ouchi Sheng: I dare not say it, otherwise I dare not spend a penny. Dow knows how much my salary is.The Ouchi family was also opposed to enmity with the Ming Dynasty. I let go of the people of the Ming Dynasty privately. The crimes in the Dauchi family can be great or small; if I share the money with the Kasuya County lord Tao, it is considered innocent.But Dow only allocated a small part of me.

Seeing this, Yao Fang immediately felt something from Da Nei Sheng: aggrieved.

Yao Fang: What's the news this time, how much should I thank you for?

Ouchi wins: 500 million to 1000 million.What is the value, Mr. Yao decides from it.

So Ouchi Sheng kept writing, and wrote down what he knew one after another.After Yao Fang finished reading each piece of paper, it was lit on an oil lamp and burned|destroyed.

The total strength of the various armies of the Japanese army is probably less than [-], which gathers the main force of Japan.There are three divisions in the army, which are led by the Ouchi family, the Shiba family, and the Hosokawa family; the latter two are the leaders of the Muromachiden.The person with the highest military power is Shiba Yoshishige, because the Shiba family has the highest contribution in the Muromachi Temple.

House governor Moriken Ouchi proposed a strategy and made arrangements in advance. Currently, he has the support of the Hosokawa family, and the chief general Shiba Yoshishige should also agree.

The garrison of Shima County in the northwest will withdraw to the valley at the southern foot of Mt. Bofu, defend the South Road Passage, and will receive reinforcements later.The main force is deployed in the plains on the west side of Kasuya County, and the main force of the Ouchi Army has built a defensive fortress in the northern mountainous area of ​​Mount Bofu.At that time, tomorrow the two armies will form a confrontation between east and west.

Once Mt. Bofu was lost, or the Japanese rear flank was threatened by the sea, the main force of the Japanese army would retreat to the Dazaifu area to continue to resist.The whole strategy is to rely on the terrain to replace the attack with defense, to resist the strong walls and clear the field steadily, and to wait for changes in time to drag down the expeditionary Ming army.

At the same time, the Japanese water warships were deployed along the Kanmon Strait to the coast of Namba-kyo (Osaka), focusing on night attacks by fireboats, destroying the Ming army's naval attack and preventing the Japanese army from cutting off the sea food route.

The warehouses of cities and villages in Kasuya County and other cities and villages stored food, which would be burned|burned down after the Japanese army withdrew; moreover, assassins were hidden in the villages and cities, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate|kill the Ming army general.There are spies in ambushes in the city of Kasuya County, ready to cast poison and rotting corpses.

At Yao Fang's request, Da Nei Sheng wrote down the villages and towns where the assassins were hidden, but Da Nei Sheng did not know where the assassins were hidden.As a retainer and general of the Ouchi family, Ouchi Katsura only knows about some important matters, and he is not responsible for specific affairs.

Yao Fang: You first find a place where you can hide 1000 million coins, and then send them after the war, because there are not so many copper coins in the army.

Ouchi Sheng glanced at the paper, showing a hint of surprise, that expression disappeared in a blink of an eye, he knelt on the ground, leaning forward to salute Yao Fang.

Chapter 8 Eleven: Hakata's Cherry Blossoms (2)

"It's rare to see cherry blossoms in full bloom, and those who see them will fall in love with them." Ouchi Shengjian looked up at the cherry trees in the courtyard, and couldn't help singing a poem.