Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Although the words shouted on both sides are different, they generally have the same meaning of "kill".

When Wei Ming saw a group of warriors slashing at him with swords as long as one person, he almost peed in fear.

But he obviously underestimated the troops that Ming Dynasty equipped him with. These were all veterans who had been tested on the battlefield.

Although they were now in retreat mode, where the rear team changed into the front team, they still changed teams very quickly after hearing the shouts of killing, and raised their firecrackers to shoot at the Japanese samurai who were rushing over.

In the continuous "bang bang" sounds, the Japanese samurai fell to the ground one by one.

Although they had done heroic things, they still couldn't overcome the gap in firepower between the two sides.

After a brief panic, the soldiers on Wei Ming's side immediately formed suppressive firepower, causing the Japanese samurai who rushed in to flee with their heads in their hands.

However, there are still [-] troops behind them, and there is no place to retreat even if they want to.

As a last resort, they could only bite the bullet and rush forward.But after rushing for a few steps, he was shot by Daming's fire blunderbuss and fell into a pool of blood.

It was not until the soldiers behind realized what had happened that they avoided a small number of casualties and caused a collective stampede.

Wei Ming looked at the empty city gate and suddenly had an idea.

The enemy is so weak, why should I abandon the city and run away!
Wei Ming didn't know where he got the courage. He picked up a samurai sword on the ground and shouted to the soldiers behind him.

"Come on, brothers!"

Although Wei Ming was a bit high-spirited, fortunately there were capable people in the garrison. Lan Liang stepped forward and grabbed Wei Ming's arm and whispered persuasion.

"Ming Gong, let's evacuate quickly!"

"withdraw?"

"Didn't we just win the battle?"

"We won the battle, but there are 10 people outside. Even one of them can drown us with just a spit of spit!"

Wei Ming was still a little unwilling.

"Then what if we defend the city?"

Lan Liang still shook his head firmly.

"It's useless!"

"We have a full force of 3000 people. Even if you make the brothers sleepless, we can't defend such a big city!"

"Then let's go out for a field trip out of the city?"

"no!"

"The opponent has cavalry. Although the Japanese horses are shorter, there are so many ants that they can kill the elephant!"

Wei Ming lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling that what Lan Liang said made sense, and then sighed with infinite regret.

"Ugh!"

"This is the first time I have encountered such a situation where I have to retreat after winning a battle!"

When Lan Liang heard this, he didn't even bother to expose him. He was obviously a civil servant, so he might have fought this battle in his life, right?
After deciding on the retreat strategy, the execution level is much simpler.

The Ming Dynasty did not station troops in Japan for nothing. In recent years, it has been recruiting civilians to build roads from Kyoto to the Iwami Silver Mine.

After Yan Yi from the Iwami Silver Mine beat away several local guards, the road construction progressed even more smoothly, with no one even coming out to gossip.

Moreover, there was no shortage of horses and carriages in the Ming garrison, and many military supplies were packed away by them.

Seeing the fierce firepower of the Ming Dynasty, Yuan Daoyi outside the city did not dare to continue the attack. When he learned that the Ming army was packing their luggage, instead of taking advantage of the situation, he thoughtfully sent many horses to assist the Ming army in retreating.

Therefore, a very strange situation emerged.

The Ming army packed their bags. The army outside the city, which was actually [-] and falsely claimed to be [-], was waiting quietly, waiting for the Ming Dynasty to retreat before taking over the city.

Wei Ming originally thought that the road to retreat would be extremely difficult. When he sat in a carriage and finished the retreat while leisurely chatting with Sanjo Sanno, he realized that he had overestimated Minamoto's morality.

They didn't even send any pursuers!

They just sent a few scouts to watch their movements from a distance.

This disappointed Wei Ming and felt that he had missed several big dramas.

Wei Ming retreated to Shijian Silver Mine, and Yan Yi ran out to receive him warmly.

Some time ago, when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were shouting at him to kill him, only Wei Ming said a few fair words to him, and also informed him of Ming's final decision, so that he could prepare in advance.

What Wei Ming said about making preparations early was to ask Yan Yi to pick a tall and powerful person from the Japanese as a substitute, and then create the illusion of committing suicide.

He turned a blind eye and secretly allowed Yan Yi a way to survive, so the matter was passed over.

Who would have imagined that before they could carry out their plan to assassinate Chen Cang, the two Japanese rebel kings came back, stirring up the situation in Japan.

Under this situation, the Ming Dynasty could not stop arresting people, even changing generals on the spot, so it could only appease Yan Yi again and let him continue to serve as the general guarding the Shijian Silver Mine to assist Wei Ming in defending the silver mine.

"Master Wei, we haven't seen each other for a long time, hahaha!"

Wei Ming also laughed loudly after hearing this.

"The last time I saw you, you were still a quasi-prisoner, and you asked me to speak for you. Now, I'm a lost dog, and I have to ask your brother to take care of me!"

"What did Mr. Wei say? We are ministers in the same palace and should take care of each other!"

Wei Ming followed Yan Yi into the silver mine and discovered that the Shijian Silver Mine was said to be a silver mine, but it had actually evolved into a town.

There were all kinds of restaurants and tea shops inside, and what made him even more satisfied was that there was even a brothel inside!
"Brother Yan, your life is good, not worse than in Kyoto!"

"No way, my place is not as good as Kyoto. I have been in business for so many years, but I have only hired five of the top ten oirans in Kyoto, and the other five are not willing to pay any money, hahaha!"

Yan Yi said he was modest, but his face was full of pride.

However, the rapid development of Shijian City is not only due to the previous generations, but Yan Yi also made a considerable contribution.

If he hadn't beaten away several guards around the Iwami Silver Mine, unified Iwami, Izumo, Anyun, and Nagato, and put them all under the jurisdiction of Iwami Castle, Iwami Castle would not have disappeared either. It must be so prosperous.

In addition, Shijian City had tax-free privileges and could import goods from the Ming Dynasty at low prices, which further prospered the city. This is why Shijian City is now prosperous.

Wei Ming could naturally hear Yan Yi's pride and joked with a smile.

"You know enough!"

"I have been in Kyoto for so long, and I have only been taught by five oirans, and I need you to get ten of them, hahaha!"

As soon as Yan Yi heard Wei Ming's words, he knew that this guy was a fellow-minded person, so the conversation between the two became even more unscrupulous.

When the two of them were eating, one person hugged the two oirans, and they were all served by the oirans while eating and drinking. The food was delicious.

"Brother Yan, they all say that being released to the outside world is hard work. If you don't cultivate in your previous life, you will drift to the Golden Continent. My ancestors were unfortunate, and the Japanese country mined mines."

"But how do they know the benefits of releasing it outside?"

"Let's not talk about anything else. Just say that there are four oirans serving a meal, and there is also an oiran playing the piano and singing. This is beyond the comparison of those shabby imperial officials!"

Yan Yi heard the words and echoed.

"Who says it's not the case, but if one day I return to the Ming Dynasty, I will still be the same as my predecessors, saying how hard it is in Japan, how tired I am, how I can't eat anything I want, and how I can't do anything I want to play!"

Wei Ming was stunned when he heard this, and laughed when he understood.

"Correct!"

"That's it!"

"We are not only taking credit for ourselves, but also for the benefit of our successors, hahaha!"

The two chatted and laughed for a while, and then a soldier hurried over and said.

"General, there is a small group of cavalry outside the city. Should we take any countermeasures?" Wei Ming became nervous when he heard this.

"What's going on? They didn't pursue me when I led the people to retreat. I've already entered the city, but they became more energetic."

Yan Yi shook his head when he heard this.

"Master Wei, you don't understand this. When you retreated from Kyoto, you were called poor bandits. Since ancient times, poor bandits should not be pursued. People are not willing to chase you because they are afraid that you will fight them desperately!"

"Now that you have entered the city, they can besiege the city calmly and trap us here."

"what?"

Wei Ming panicked on the spot when he heard this.

"What should we do? How about we fight out?"

"kill?"

Yan Yi sneered when he heard this.

"Master Wei, you don't know anything about military affairs. We are now protected by a city wall, and the Japanese slaves outside can't do anything to us."

"If we abandon the city and escape, then they have 1 ways to kill us!"

"Let's just defend Ishimi Castle, and those Japanese slaves won't be able to break in for 100 years."

Wei Ming said nervously when he heard this.

"Not necessarily. If the entire Japanese army comes to attack, what should we do?"

When Yan Yi heard this, he cupped his hands in the direction of Daming.

"It all depends on our Ming Dynasty. I believe that the Ming Dynasty will not ignore death."

"As long as the Ming Dynasty sends a few battleships, let alone defend the city, we might be able to push back!"

Seeing Yan Yi's determination, Wei Ming finally let go of the big stone in his heart.

But after the Japanese slaves made such a fuss, he lost interest, drank a few sips of wine perfunctorily, and then retreated.

When Wei Ming came out of the restaurant, he did not go to the place where Yan Yi had prepared for him, but went up to the city wall with a few guards.

After seeing hundreds of cannons on the city wall, Wei Ming's heart finally fell to the ground.

"No wonder Butcher Yan is not panicking, it turns out there is such a good thing!"

As soon as Wei Ming finished speaking, he heard Yan Yi laughing loudly.

"Master Wei, it is not a good habit to speak ill of people behind their backs!"

Wei Ming didn't seem to feel embarrassed when he heard this, but instead repeated it in front of him.

"We said you are Yan Butcher, but I am praising you!"

"Our biggest regret now is that you killed too few people. If you had killed millions more, we wouldn't be trapped in the city now."

Yan Yi shook his head when he heard this.

"I can't kill you, I can't kill you at all!"

"After killing more than 1 people in a humble position, I can no longer kill anymore."

"Master Wei, you don't know, but the massacre of the village is a test of conscience. During those few days in the massacre, soldiers in the military camp had nightmares every day, and they were often so frightened that they got up in the middle of the night and ran around all over the military camp!"

When Wei Ming heard this, not only did he not feel horrified, but he felt a little regretful.

"Only more than 1 people were killed?"

"Of course, how many do you think the humble function can kill?"

"There are still many accidental killings caused by red eyes. In fact, only three or four thousand people were actually killed in the massacre of the village. More people were killed by the ronin warriors who took advantage of the situation. They killed more than us. That’s a lot.”

"Bizi just told them that all the stolen property belongs to them personally, and he didn't want any of it, so they went crazy."

"However, this matter is regarded as a humble duty, and a humble duty will not deny it."

"After all, without my support, they wouldn't be able to do so many dirty things!"

"Oh oh oh..."

When Wei Ming heard what Yan Yi said, he finally understood a little more about the battlefield.

"So killing someone is so troublesome!"

"Master Wei, you will know after you go to the battlefield a few times. Killing people like killing a village is different from killing people on the battlefield. They are two completely different feelings."

"It's okay to kill a hundred thousand people on the battlefield, but when it comes to massacring a village, killing a few thousand people is a lot."

"Just imagine, when you raise a knife to point at a gray-haired old man and a baby waiting to be fed, can you do it?"

Wei Ming shook his head when he heard this.

"I can't!"

Yan Yi smiled bitterly upon hearing this.

"We are also human beings in humble positions, and we can't do anything even in humble positions."

"But I found someone who can do it, and that is those Japanese ronin samurai. They can really do anything, and they are the ones who did all those crazy things!"

Wei Ming's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this.

"Since it was them who did it, why didn't you argue or defend yourself when the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty criticized you for massacring the Japanese?"

Yan Yi spread his hands helplessly after hearing this.

"Because I killed all these people afterwards, and I didn't even leave anyone alive. How can I defend myself?"

Wei Ming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then cheered loudly.

"General Yan is indeed a true man!"

"This beast deserves to be killed!"

"If we can hold on until the Ming Dynasty reinforces the army, I will definitely write to the court to ask for credit for you!"

Yan Yi is very aware of his situation. He wears the nickname "Yan Butcher" on his head. He will never be promoted in this life. He is lucky to avoid being liquidated when he returns to the Ming Dynasty.

"Then I would like to thank Mr. Wei first, but I have no expectations for this matter..."

The topic became a bit boring at this point, and Wei Ming didn't know how to comfort Yan Yi.

When the torches were lit on the top of the city, the two of them went to sleep separately for fear of being treated as live targets.

The next day, before Wei Ming even got up from bed, he heard the guards saying that there were a few more Japanese slaves outside the city. Through the telescope, he could see more Japanese slaves gathering in the distance and cutting down the surrounding trees. Trees build siege engines.

Wei Ming was a little panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly looked for Yan Yi, but unexpectedly, Yan Yi had already climbed the city wall before him.

When Wei Ming chased after him, he saw Yan Yi instructing the soldiers on how to deploy their defenses. Wei Ming was from a serious imperial examination background, so he couldn't say he knew nothing about military affairs, but his knowledge was limited.

Therefore, when Wei Ming saw Yan Yi commanding the soldiers, he immediately came up with the idea of ​​stealing the army.

"You guys go to the east wall and see if they have arranged it according to my general's instructions!"

"promise!"

"Also, this cannon needs to be oiled and maintained every day. Don't pile the cannonballs on the city wall. They must be placed in the ammunition depot behind the city wall. Usually, one cannon is left in the cannon, one is left outside, and the rest are stored in the warehouse... …”

"promise!"

"Finally, starting from today, the mining work can be slowed down. 300 people will be allocated to train the miner team every day and let them help defend the city..."