As a general of the imperial court, everyone knows what it was like in the early years of the Ming Dynasty. The country's tax revenue was only three to four million taels of silver.
If millions of taels of silver are placed on an individual or a family, this is naturally a very astonishing figure. But if these millions of taels of silver are placed on a heavenly country, it is simply a huge amount.
It's just a joke.
Think about it, a small and wild country like Japan can produce millions of taels of silver in a year, but this big mountain in front of you can actually produce millions of taels of silver in a year.
After all the generals present realized how amazing the output of this silver mountain was, the first thought that came to their minds was to occupy it no matter what.
Only the Ming Dynasty is qualified to occupy such a land of gold and silver, and Japan is simply not worthy of occupying such a treasure mountain.
Lu Dazhu's breathing was a little rapid, his face turned red and he looked at Chu Yi and said: "General manager, I am willing to lead a group of people to occupy Shijian Yinshan!"
When the other generals saw this, they naturally looked at Lu Dazhu one by one, and it was Lu Dazhu who spoke. If it had been another person, the safekeeping would have been attacked by everyone.
Everyone traveled across the ocean and traveled thousands of miles. Many of them suffered a lot on the ship. They finally reached the land of Japan, but they found that there was no opponent in the land of Japan.
Shi Jianguo only had thousands of troops, and they were not even a match for a vanguard like Yu Dayou. In everyone's opinion, they were useless heroes.
The first prize has been taken by Yu Dayou, and now he finally has another chance to make a contribution.
After all, it is a silver mountain. If anyone can occupy it, then when the battle report is heard by Bingtian, the custody will come into the sight of the emperor. If Jane is in the heart of the emperor, the future will naturally be bright.
But Lu Dazhu actually jumped out to compete with them.
Chu Yi laughed loudly, shook his head at Lu Dazhu and said: "General Lu, as the deputy commander of an army, you have your own share of the merits of your subordinates, so you better not compete with everyone else."
Hearing what Chu Yi said, the other generals' eyes suddenly lit up, and their faces showed a bit of excitement. They all looked at Chu Yi expectantly, hoping that they would be valued by Chu Yi and show such a big spotlight.
The opportunity is given to them.
Lu Dazhu was not angry after hearing Chu Yi's words. Instead, he smiled. He saw Chu Yi's eyes sweeping over the generals, and finally his eyes fell on a general who looked quite calm and said: "Qi Jingtong!"
Among the generals, Qi Jingtong, who was quite inconspicuous, was stunned when he heard Chu Yi's name. Then he realized what he was doing and quickly saluted Chu Yi: "The last general is here!"
When Chu Yi named Qi Jingtong's name, the other generals sighed in their hearts and looked at Qi Jingtong with envy. Everyone knew clearly that since Chu Yi named Qi Jingtong's name at this time, his intention was self-evident.
I am afraid that the candidate to seize Iwami Yinshan is Qi Jingtong.
Speaking of Qi Jingtong, perhaps no one has much influence, but if his son is mentioned, many people may be familiar with him.
It can be said that everyone knows the names of Qi Shaobao and Qi Jiguang of the Ming Dynasty, and Qi Jingtong is precisely the father of Qi Jiguang.
Qi Jiguang's lineage can be said to come from a famous family. His ancestor Qi Xiang was once a personal soldier of Zhu Yuanzhang. He later accompanied Lan Yu on an expedition to Yunnan and was killed in battle. His descendants inherited the post of General Mingwei hereditary.
And Qi Jingtong is the successor of Qi Xiang, so Qi Jiguang can also be said to be from a family of military commanders. Qi Jingtong served as an official in the Shenji Camp. Although his performance in the Shenji Camp was not that outstanding, he could be regarded as a member without any stains.
of generals.
Being able to teach Qi Jiguang, a famous general of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jingtong naturally has some ability, although Qi Jingtong doesn't know how he fell into Chu Yi's eyes and was pulled out by Chu Yi simply by sitting in the camp.
But think about it, Yu Dayou, Lu Dazhu and others were either unknown people or people with no backers in the army, but they were all selected by Chu Yi with his keen eye and knowledge.
Even a teenage boy like Yu Dayou is valued by Chu Yi, so it is not surprising that Qi Jingtong was chosen by Chu Yi.
Of course, everyone is still extremely envious of Qi Jingtong's luck. All fools know that no matter who it is, as long as they receive the order to seize Shijian Yinshan, it must be a great achievement. When the time comes, it will not be a problem to reach heaven. Once they enter the emperor
The future is boundless!
Looking at Qi Jingtong who prostrated himself in front of him, Chu Yi nodded slightly and said, "I have ordered you to lead five thousand soldiers and horses to seize Shijian Yinshan. Are you sure?"
Ishijian Kingdom only has a few thousand soldiers and horses, and most of them are in Ishijian City. Ishijian Silver Mountain is naturally an important place for Ishijian Kingdom, so there are two thousand troops stationed all year round.
Protecting Iwami Ginzan, on the other hand, it is also used to supervise and manage the tens of thousands of craftsmen smelting silver mines at Iwami Ginzan.
After understanding the military deployment of Iwami State and the military strength of Iwami State, all the generals present knew very well that as long as they were not a waste, they would be able to easily capture Iwami Silver Mountain with thousands of troops. If they could do even this
If not, I'm afraid I won't be qualified to appear here.
The generals who can be valued by Chu Yi and take him with him are naturally somewhat capable. Even if Qi Jingtong's ability is not even among the top ten among these generals, one thing cannot be denied, that is, Qi Jingtong is not a
waste.
It is also impossible for Chu Yi to treat the important affairs of the country as child's play and leave it to others just because he admires Qi Jingtong's unborn son.
Chu Yi dared to hand over such a task to Qi Jingtong because he believed in Qi Jingtong's ability to complete the task. Otherwise, he would not have spoken, and the generals present would not have remained silent.
"The general is willing to pledge his head as a guarantee, and he will seize the stone and see the silver mountain, otherwise he will bring his head to see you!"
Chu Yi nodded slightly.
Qi Jingtong strode out, quickly ordered thousands of troops, and roared straight towards the Shijianyin Mountain in the distance.
Iwami Ginzan is the financial source of the Ouchi clan. It can be said that the Ouchi clan has enough confidence to resist the prying eyes from several surrounding countries and even break out wars every year because of the existence of Iwami Ginzan.
As long as you master the Ishimi Silver Mountain, not to mention anything else, the millions of taels of grain silver every year will be enough to support the Ouchi clan's successive campaigns.
Although only a small part of these patterns of silver can be converted into war materials by Ming merchants, they are still much better than those of surrounding countries. Otherwise, under the prying eyes of the surrounding countries, the Ouchi clan would have been destroyed long ago.
, and it is impossible to keep Iwami Ginzan firmly in his hands all the time.
Tao Xingfang was the governor of the Dauchi family and controlled the military horses of the Dauchi family, but this did not mean that Tao Xingfang had no one else within the Dauchi clan who could compete with him.
Sagi Johei, who led the elite warriors of the Ouchi clan, and Ouchi Takahiro, who was in charge of Iwami Ginzan, both had military power.
Ouchi Takahiro was the younger brother of Ouchi Yoshihiro and was in charge of the affairs of Iwami Ginzan. The two thousand soldiers and horses of Iwami Ginzan were under the control of Ouchi Takahiro.
Qi Jingtong was riding a war horse, and behind him were thousands of soldiers and horses, which filled the sky with smoke and dust and headed straight for Shijian Yinshan.
The whole Ishimi Silver Mountain is filled with smoke billowing from many places. From a distance, you can see many craftsmen digging silver mines in the mountains, and workshops for smelting silver mines are scattered all over the mountains.
Tens of thousands of craftsmen and slaves worked day and night in the mountains to smelt silver ore for the Ouchi family.
If it were not for the tens of thousands of craftsmen who worked so hard to smelt the silver mines at Iwami Ginzan, there would not have been millions of grainy silver flowing into the Ouchi clan's treasury like running water.
Naturally, such a big movement at the bottom of the mountain could not be hidden from the defenders on the mountain.
Thousands of troops came in force and the news reached the ears of Ouchi Takahiro immediately. As the younger brother of Ouchi Yoshihiro, although his ability is said to be very average, he has won the trust of Ouchi Yoshiki.
Entrusting such an important place as Iwami Ginzan to its management.
Now that he suddenly learned that thousands of troops were heading straight for Iwami Ginzan, Ouchi Takahiro's first reaction was that Izumo Country or Aki Country and other countries were coming to take advantage of Iwami Ginzan again.
, this kind of thing is not the first time for Ouchi Takahiro, so he naturally has his own way of dealing with it.
Ouchi Takahiro first ordered the soldiers and horses stationed at Iwami Ginzan to be on guard and ready to fight the invading army at any time. At the same time, he sent a messenger to Iwami Castle to ask for help.
Through the telescope, we can vaguely see a dense crowd of people coming. Ouchi Takahiro can be sure that the number of people coming is probably no less than a few thousand. If there is a fight, the two thousand people under his command will probably not be his opponent, so Ouchi Takahiro on the one hand
Making a defense and sending people to ask for help on the one hand can be said to be a very appropriate handling and there is nothing wrong with it.
However, although Ouchi Takahiro said that arrangements had been made, Ouchi Takahiro was extremely worried as he looked at the dark mass of people getting closer and closer at the foot of the mountain.
If the invading enemy comes from Izumo Country or Aki Country, then he must have received a message from the Ouchi clan long ago, but until now he has not received any news, so Ouchi clan
Nei Takahiro felt very uneasy.
"General, look, the army at the foot of the mountain..."
Beside Ouchi Takahiro, a family warrior looked at the army at the foot of the mountain with a look of shock on his face, and said to Ouchi Takahiro.
At this moment, Ouchi Takahiro also had a look of shock on his face, and murmured: "Oh my god, where did these soldiers and horses come from? They are so well-equipped, they are definitely not Izumo Country, Aki
What the country can afford to equip."
It's not that Ouchi Takahiro looks down on Izumo Country or Aki Country. Even the Ouchi clan, sitting on a treasure mountain like Iwami Ginzan, can't put all their soldiers and horses in armor, let alone Aki Country.
The country of Yun is here.
"This...this seems to be the flag of the Ming Dynasty!"
The samurai said to Ouchi Takahiro with some uncertainty.
Just when Ouchi Takahiro was wondering what kind of force these soldiers and horses came from, the words of the samurai next to him exploded in his heart like thunder.
"Ming dynasty?"
Taking a closer look, Ouchi Takahiro couldn't help but feel his heart sink. It was obvious that he also recognized that these troops were soldiers of the Ming Dynasty.
"How is it possible? How did the Great Tomorrow Soldiers appear in our country of Ishijian? How did they cross the vast ocean and why did they come to Ishijian Yinshan Mountain!"
The few samurai on the side couldn't help but smile a little bitterly when they heard this. Needless to say, although not many people know the name of Iwami Ginzan, it can't be hidden from those who are interested. I haven't seen the surrounding Izumo country, Aki
Every country in the country is thinking of seeing a silver mountain in stone, and it seems reasonable to have another Ming Dynasty come out now.
Here Qi Jingtong led an army and appeared under Shijian Yinshan Mountain, while at the same time Yu Dayou also led thousands of soldiers and horses to arrive under Shijian City.
Tao Xingfang looked at the thousands of elite Ming troops under the city and couldn't help showing a bit of despair.
Just looking at the bright armor and neat military appearance, even a fool can tell that this is a strong army. The most important thing is that after seeing the Ming army, Tao Xingfang looked at the men and horses he had trained.
It's not pleasing to the eye.
In comparison, if the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses were regular armies, then those he trained looked like local garrison troops.
Yu Dayou shouted to Tao Xingfang from a distance: "Tao Xingfang, why don't you open the city gate quickly and welcome our tomorrow's soldiers into the city!"
As an important minister of the Ouchi clan, Tao Xingfang was naturally not an ordinary figure. At this moment, almost all the important members of the Ouchi clan were concentrated on the city wall.
Ouchi Yoshihiro was captured. Such a big thing naturally alarmed the people of the Ouchi clan immediately. Ouchi Yoshihiro's younger brother Takahiro Ouchi was not in the city, so the Ouchi clan named Ouchi Yoshihiro's son, Ouchi Yoshihiro.
Long is the main one.
Although Ouchi Yoshitaka is only a teenager, he is the candidate to be the next head of the Ouchi clan.
Ouchi Yoshitaka is indeed the next generation head of the family that the Ouchi family is optimistic about. He is almost the same age as Yu Dayou, and he has a somewhat calm appearance at a young age.
Looking at the Ming Dynasty soldiers and horses under the city at this moment, although Yoshitaka Ouchi looked a little pale, he did not scream in fear, and his performance was already quite good.
When Yu Dayou persuaded Tao Xingfang to surrender, Tao Xingfang subconsciously looked at Yoshitaka Ouchi.
I could only hear Ouchi Yoshitaka muttering to Tao Xingfang in a low voice, and soon I saw Tao Xingfang's figure appearing on the city wall and shouting: "Wait a minute, attack the city, wait a minute, attack the city..."
It turns out that Yu Dayou couldn't wait any longer and was about to order an attack on the city when Tao Xingfang's shouts came. Yu Dayou couldn't help but frowned. The long sword he had just pulled out was pointed at Tao Xing before he could swing it.
Fang looked over and said coldly: "What's the matter?"
I could only hear Tao Xingfang shouting to Yu Dayou: "General, Tao Xingfang is willing to surrender, willing to surrender!"
Yu Dayou couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he heard this, stared at Tao Xingfang and said, "Are you sure you want to surrender?"
Tao Xingfang said: "If you wish to surrender, I will order people to open the city gate and welcome the general and others into the city!"
One of Yu Dayou's personal guards whispered to Yu Dayou: "General, beware of fraud!"
Yu Dayou narrowed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, showing a smile, and said lightly: "I want to see what tricks these Japanese people can play!"
Amidst the creaking sound, the gate of Shijian City slowly opened. Several Japanese soldiers who were responsible for opening the door glanced at the Ming soldiers outside the city and ran away one by one, as if they were running slower.
It seems like losing your life.
Looking at the open door, Yu Dayou said with a smile on his face: "My sons, follow me into the city!"
