Cao Tai also laughed. He didn't think that the Annan people could arrange so many troops in Pingzhang by such a coincidence. Even if the Annan people wanted to garrison outside the city, it would be better to set up defenses at that natural port.
As a result, he relaxed a little and said a few words to Lu Xian. The two of them boarded the boat and headed for other ships.
When the two of them had just boarded the boat back to the original ship, I had also returned to the Jingyuan, which was aboard hundreds of soldiers from the Fuso Army. As soon as he was pulled up to the deck by a rope, he faced a man wearing a Ming Dynasty soldier's uniform.
The man in the clothes, but looked very strange, ordered: "Go and call Kitabi Genshin and Kusunoki Fangzawa from the Yingyang and Weiyang."
"Hai." The man agreed, and then gave a few instructions to the messenger. The messenger took out the small flag in his hand and waved it to two nearby ships, and people on those two ships also waved flags in response. Then a small boat came from
The Yingyang and Weiyang were lowered by ropes, and an old fisherman with many years of experience in sailing in the Beibu Gulf drove the boat to the vicinity of the Jingyuan and was pulled up again by ropes.
Kitabi Genshin and Kusunoki Fangzawa walked into a cabin on the Jingyuan. The cabin was not big, only two feet square. There was a bed, a table, and four chairs. There were some daily utensils on the table, and that was all.
That's all.
This was the first time for the two of them to come to the cabin where I came. Seeing the situation in front of them, Beibi Yuanxin said angrily: "Qingtai..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by I Laiye: "I told you before, don't call me Qingtai, call me I Laiye."
"Yes, I'm here, sir." Beibi Yuanxin bowed in agreement with great respect, and then continued to say angrily: "Sir, these Ming people are so disrespectful to you and have only prepared such utensils."
"You also know that they are from the Ming Dynasty. They prepared such equipment for me because I used to command the right guard of the government army and now I am leading more than two thousand of you. If not, my treatment would probably be
They are not much better than those barbarian leaders who lead thousands of people." I Laiya himself said very calmly.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. I called you two here to tell you that there is still about half a day before the fleet can reach the Annan coast. General He has decided to land about thirty-five miles north of Yi'an City. Our Fuso Army has been arranged
Landing in the second batch.”
"If the first batch of landing troops are fighting with the Annan people, we will immediately go south to occupy the natural port; if the first batch of landing troops do not encounter the Annan generals, we will set up camp in Pingzhang to prepare for the coming coming later.
Annan’s army.”
"..." I came to explain He Rong's arrangements.
"Sir, this, his plan is too problematic." Kitabi Genshin and Kusunoki Fangze immediately, like Cao Tai, saw the problems in He Rong's arrangement, and because of their different positions, they saw it more profoundly.
"Sir, most Annan people will not deploy soldiers in Pingzhang, and even if they do, they will only be dozens of people sent to deliver news; but the natural port we are going to attack later will definitely be guarded by Annan people, although there will not be many soldiers.
But Cao Cao only has more than 20,000 troops and no siege weapons. Even if he has ten times the troops, it will be difficult to conquer the Annan camp, not to mention that it may not be possible to have ten times the troops." Nanmu Fangze said immediately.
"If Commander Cao storms the camp, the soldiers will suffer huge losses, and he will never spare the lives of our Fuso warriors and the southwestern barbarians." Beibi Yuanxin said with a look of grief and anger: "Sir, it's not easy for the two thousand of us.
If we all just gathered together and died fighting in a foreign country like Annan,..."
"There is nothing we can do about it." I said with a sad look on my face: "Now that the domestic situation is like this, we can only rely on the Ming Dynasty and rely on the power of the Ming Dynasty. Even if the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty does not have this intention, as long as he establishes some
Merit can also make the warriors better clothed and well-fed than at home."
"What's more, apart from the fifty warriors led by the two of you, the more than two thousand people this time are just wild warriors recruited from the coast of Kyushu and the West Sea (Yongming Sea in the Ming Dynasty, later Fuso Sea). These people live in poverty.
, you only have one knife and one life, you can have as many as you want, don’t worry.”
"But," Kusunoki Fangze wanted to say again.
"Why, when you Nanmu Fangze spoke like this, could it be that you are greedy for life and afraid of death?" I said.
When Kusunoki Fangze heard this, he immediately knelt on the ground and pulled out the sword from the sheath on his waist, and said to me: "Sir, is Kusunoki Fangze a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death? If you still doubt me, please
I am ordered to be punished with death, and I am willing to serve my country in seven lives, and repay you in the next life."
"It was my fault." I Laiye said, "As Mr. Nan, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death?"
After hearing this, Kusunoki Fangze put away the knife and stood up from the ground.
"Sir, if Commander Cao really wants to use the lives of soldiers to fill in the ravine outside the natural port to capture the camp, what should we do?" Kitabi Genshin asked again after Kusunoki Fangzawa stood up.
"Oh." I stood up from the chair and walked around the cabin. After a long time, I said: "If such a situation really happens, we can only fight hard. We must let the emperor of the Ming Dynasty know
, our Fuso Samurai’s army is an iron army, a steel army, an army that can be trusted to fight tough battles. Only then can he be interested in Fuso Samurai, accept you, or even be interested in other things.”
"What's more, although Fuso is a small and weak country, the samurai are indeed the best samurai in the world. Even for the honor of the samurai, they must not back down."
"So, Kusunoki Fangzawa and Kitabi Gennobu," I turned around and said solemnly to them: "For the sake of you no longer wandering around in the future, for the sake of the things you have envisioned, and for the honor of the warriors, I will pass on this order to discuss with Annan
People fight hard!”
"Yes, sir." Kusunoki Fangze and Kitabi Genshin bowed in agreement. Seeing that he had no other instructions, they turned around and left the cabin.
But just after they left, I took out the sword from the scabbard hanging on the cabin, put the back of the sword close to my nose, and whispered: "I hope all the warriors in the country can survive and enjoy the rich food and clothing in the future."
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At the same time, on another ship, the Teng Yang, a middle-aged man with a blackened face and bamboo tubes on his ears said a few words to a arrogant man wearing the uniform of a Ming general.
After people left the cabin below, they walked toward the stern of the ship.
As soon as he reached the stern of the boat, several people with their faces painted black and wearing bamboo tubes on their ears came around and asked in a very special language: "Dar Rudao, what did the people of the Ming Dynasty say?"
"They said that we are about to arrive in Annan and we must prepare to go ashore to fight," Darrudo said.
"It's great to finally go to war. I've been suffocating on the boat for a long time, so I can get off the boat and take a break."
"You can still headhunt! In the Ming Dynasty, headhunting was not allowed, but when you get to Annan, no one will care about it."
"It is said that the soil and water in Annan are similar to those in Taiwan, so there is no need to worry about not being able to adapt."
Several people waited for this and immediately chirped.
But Darudo himself was frowning. Someone saw his expression and asked, "What's wrong with you, Dar? Why this expression?"
"I always feel that this battle is not easy to win. We should be more careful and don't just focus on headhunting." Darrudo said.
