After finding a relatively complete courtyard, Zhu Gaochi and others walked in.
Judging from the layout of the house, this should be a house for a wealthy family.
There are bedrooms, kitchens, and several guest rooms inside.
The most important thing is that there is a spacious and bright hall.
However, maybe he had to flee in a hurry and his house was turned into pieces.
Tang Xing arranged for soldiers to start cleaning, intending to use this place as Zhu Gaochi's temporary camp.
Wang Zheng, on the other hand, couldn't wait to spread out the map of Ryukyu Kingdom that he carried with him on the table in the hall, and began to discuss the next battle plan with Zhu Gaochi.
Wang Zheng lowered his head and stretched out his hand to point at Shimajiri Osato Castle, which is about thirty miles away from Gushigawa Castle and due north: "Your Highness, this city is about thirty miles away from us. We can take it in one go.
Down."
"Sir, this island of Dali Castle is the permanent residence of King Talu of Shannan. We have no way of knowing its military layout. It would be more appropriate to wait for Xiao Chen to complete the interrogation and then make arrangements based on the situation." Staring at the map.
, Tang Xing suggested.
"Well, it makes sense. Although our firepower is strong, we are still weak in numbers. What's more, there are King of Zhongshan and King of Beishan behind us who need to be conquered. It's better to be safer and wait for the results of Xiao Chen's interrogation before making arrangements."
After thinking about it, Zhu Gaochi nodded.
"In that case, let's take this opportunity to replenish the army with gunpowder arrows. In this battle, the gunpowder arrows played a great role. It can be said that we took Gushicheon Castle without losing any soldiers.
Therefore, in future battles, my subordinates want to continue to use this tactic, first striking from a distance, and then advancing in an all-round way." Wang Zhengdao.
"Okay. Take this opportunity to replenish the army with arrows." Zhu Gaochi nodded solemnly.
According to Xiao Chen's wishes, the soldiers took the prisoners into a messy courtyard and handed them over to the people of Dongchang before leaving.
Waiting for the last soldier to leave, Du Shaoqin couldn't wait to pick up a burned-black door panel next to him and block the courtyard door.
He walked closer to Xiao Chen with a smile: "I was scared to death just now. I thought you really wanted to let these people go."
Xiao Chen's eyes widened: "Look at your consciousness, am I planning not to let go of the prisoners? I just want to get first-hand information on King Shannan's military layout for the army."
"Yes, yes." Du Shaoqin nodded and smiled, "It's because my consciousness is low."
Xiao Chen nodded with satisfaction: "Take the brothers and greet the military attachés with duties. Ordinary soldiers, don't waste your time."
As he spoke, Xiao Chen made gestures on his neck.
"Kill?" Du Shaoqin winked.
"How to talk? How can we kill prisoners casually? They were too strong-willed and couldn't stand Dongchang's questioning, so they committed suicide." Xiao Chen straightened up, looking righteous.
"Understood." Du Shaoqin called to the men and was about to attack the tightly tied prisoners.
"Cough cough cough." Xiao Chen coughed a few times.
Du Shaoqin hurriedly turned around and looked at Xiao Chen.
Raising his right hand, Xiao Chen pointed to the row of houses at the end of the yard: "Drag them behind the houses and let them find a quieter place to commit suicide."
Giving Xiao Chen a thumbs up, Du Shaoqin hurried away.
After arranging all this, Xiao Chen put his hands behind his back, slowly walked to Bu Qi, and sat down on a big rock.
He reached out and patted the other side of the stone: "Captain Buqi, come on, sit down and take a rest."
"Humph." Buqi turned his head and snorted coldly.
No matter how soft or hard you are, it has no effect on me.
I can't beat you, but I can still choose to die standing.
He didn’t expect that the other party would give in at the beginning. Xiao Chen didn’t seem to see the other party’s expression, and still said unhurriedly: “Captain Miyamoto Hide, lead the Seventh Battalion to the coast of the Ming Dynasty, although in a bandit way.
Appeared, but it has to be said that he plundered a lot of money and supplies. It is true that he is popular and drinks spicy food. Has Captain Buqi never been tempted by such a 'fat' job? He is willing to keep it.
Is such a small town sitting on nothing?"
"It's still popular and spicy. If he hadn't provoked the Ming Dynasty, how could you suddenly come to my Shannan area and attack the city and plunder the land?"
"Oh?" Xiao Chen smiled faintly, "From what Captain Buqi said, you are very opposed to Miyamoto Hide's Seventh Brigade going to Ming Dynasty to plunder supplies?"
"Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the entire Ryukyu Kingdom is just a small country. It does not have any strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, let alone the Shannan region, which occupies the smallest area. In order to compete with the neighboring King of Zhongshan, the king did not hesitate to take risks
, reaching out to the Ming Dynasty, this is just drinking poison to quench thirst and hastening the demise of Shannan. In Ryukyu, Shannan has the strength to compete with the King of Zhongshan and the King of North Mountain, but facing the Ming Dynasty, there is no suspense in this war.
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Xiao Chen stood up slowly with a surprised look on his face: "Captain Buqi's vision is very far-sighted. Since you don't want to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, why didn't you choose to surrender to Kaicheng when the Ming Dynasty came to the city? If you had already
Even if you surrender, your army will not be completely wiped out, and the people in the city can continue to live their peaceful lives."
Buqi hesitated for a moment, then slowly spoke.
"Your army came to the city. I didn't know it was the Ming army. And you suddenly launched an attack, and we suffered heavy casualties. By daybreak, more than 7,000 people had been injured and killed, and only about 1,000 people were left. Everyone is bloody.
, Even if I no longer want to be an enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and no matter how much I have any objections to the king, I have killed and injured so many soldiers, and if I choose to surrender, how can I be worthy of those soldiers who died in battle?"
Xiao Chen raised his head: "Oh, we were negligent and did not display the Ming Dynasty's flag in front of the formation."
Buqi looked at the row of houses at the end of the yard: "What are you going to do by taking my soldiers behind the house?"
"Kill, of course, kill." As if he was afraid that Bu Qi wouldn't believe it, Xiao Chen said with a straight face, "My Ming military regulations prohibit the abuse of prisoners. However, there are still many battles we have to fight in the future. It would be too difficult to take these prisoners with us.
Too cumbersome. Kill them cleanly."
Buqi's face was full of anger: "Didn't your commander say not to kill these prisoners? You broke your word."
"The captain's words are wrong." Xiao Chen slowly shook his head, "Our coach is generous and benevolent. If he says he won't kill the prisoners, he will definitely not kill them. But these people were not killed by him, but by me.
This has nothing to do with him."
"You, you, you are shameless." Bu Qi was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Xiao Chen chuckled: "Captain Buqi has a good eye and sees people very accurately. That's what everyone says about me."
Then he pointed at the remaining ten or so people: "Those who were killed were all useless soldiers. Aren't all the military attaches under you still alive and well? Since you are such a frank person, I
To tell the truth, I plan to ask about Shannan’s military layout from these people’s mouths.”
Just as he was talking, a scream came from the distance.
A Ryukyu military attache's calf was cut off with a knife by the Touchang Colonel in front of him.
"You are so despicable. You promised not to abuse prisoners, but is this what you mean by no abuse?" Bu Qi's eyes were filled with anger, as if he wanted to eat Xiao Chen.
"What can I do?" Xiao Chen shrugged, "What I want is information, not their lives. The Dongchang captain's attack is not serious, and if I can't ask for information, they can't give me a mission."
He winked at Buqi and said, "How about, Captain, you tell us the military layout of Shannan so that your men can suffer less?"
