Chapter 737 0732 [Onimusha]

The partial division led by Yuan Weiyi mostly came from Hanoi and nearby areas.

To put it bluntly, it is the Osaka Legion.

When Minamoto was fourteen years old (actually only thirteen years old), the governor of Kawachi Genji's family was assassinated.

Various signs indicate that the murderer is Yuan Weiyi's second uncle. Emperor Shirakawa took the opportunity to intervene and asked the thirteen-year-old Yuan Weiyi to attack him. The Emperor also sent other troops to help.

Genweiyi successfully overthrew his second uncle and took control of the power of the Genji in Kawachi. From then on, the Genji in Kawachi became loyal to Emperor Shirakawa.

A few years ago, the truth came out and the murderer was actually his third uncle. Moreover, the grandson of the second uncle who died unjustly took revenge by killing his third uncle.

At the age of thirteen, he took control of the family and was recognized and favored by the Emperor. This allowed Yuan Weiyi to develop an arrogant character.

To the point of being cruel and cruel, treating the world's heroes as if they were nothing, bullying even local wealthy families at will.

This partial army of thousands of people plundered all the way from Bingo Kingdom to Iwami Kingdom. Before they even fought against the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, they had already grabbed a lot of loot. The warriors even clamored to take the loot home.

The wealthy families in the southeast of Shijian Kingdom originally planned to watch the show and let the Ming army and the Emperor's army fight first.

Unexpectedly, before the battle broke out, they suffered disaster instead.

Out of anger, these wealthy families brought their troops to join Yuan Weiyi, and at the same time secretly informed Zhu Xiaozhong. The local wealthy family tried to use the help of the Ming army to kill Yuan Weiyi, the murderer of thousands of swords.

Xia Yuqing led three hundred Salmon Island soldiers, each wearing medium-sized armor, over the mountains and ridges to reach the source for justice.

The distance of the attack was actually not that far. Even if it was going around and around in the mountains, including the winding mountain roads, the whole journey was only over 200 miles.

The straight-line distance is actually only forty or fifty miles.

On the way, we encountered many fleeing people, mostly farmers in the valley.

They were all frightened away by Yuan Weiyi's evil reputation, and hid in the mountains with their young and old. When they met the Ming army, they fled frantically. Later, they found out that the Ming army did not pursue and rob them, so they were no longer afraid, and there were even people willing to be guides. No reward is required, just two bags of grain.

These soldiers from Salmon Island cannot be called civilized teachers.

They didn't plunder randomly, they simply looked down upon the little wealth. How poor each and every one of the farmers was...

At night.

A newly recruited guide pointed ahead and said: "Over this mountain, we will reach our village. At noon, many warriors came to rob us. They wanted all the food and cattle, and they also took away many women in the village. "

Xia Yuqing said to the officer beside him: "Fourth brother, take a few people and a guide, and travel lightly without armor to find out where the enemy is camping. Go back as soon as possible!"

"yes!"

About two hours later, the officer came back and reported: "The enemy has passed the village and camped in a depression in the mountains. There are so many people that the depression can't be squeezed in. There are people everywhere on the hillside and at the foot of the mountain. There is nothing decent about it. The camp was just built with wooden strips to protect it from wild beasts.”

"Is the defense tight?" Xia Yuqing asked.

The officer smiled and said: "There are only sentries everywhere, and those sentries are also sleeping."

Xia Yuqing said: "Kill them immediately and make sure to arrive before dawn."

…

Although Yuan Weiyi is very famous, he has only fought one decent battle, that is, he joined forces with the French emperor's army to kill his second uncle.

The rest of the time, he either works as a bodyguard for Emperor Shirakawa or works as a security guard at the estate for his father-in-law. By the way, I will help King Baihe with the forced demolitions and my father-in-law to suppress the unruly people.

The Pillar Warriors in his hands were all inherited from his adoptive father (uncle)!

Since he has no decent military exploits and has never commanded any major battles, Yuan Weiyi must think of other ways if he wants to win over those warriors.

Leading the samurai to rob will naturally yield the quickest results.

After leaving Gyeonggi Province, we fought all the way, and our morale was really high. Even the peasants and soldiers were given a small amount of food and were willing to sacrifice their lives for righteousness.

As night falls, the camp is still lively.

The samurai and peasant soldiers were counting the spoils of war during the day, dreaming of doing something big again in Iwami Castle.

From time to time, laughter could be heard from the nobles and senior warriors, drinking and chatting around the bonfire.

After getting drunk, they went back to the camp to have fun, and there were girls kidnapped along the way to sleep with them.

Their logistics have been "livestock-based" and are all stolen livestock. Even the cattle are used to carry grain and grass.

Yuan Weiyi also returned to his military tent, where there was a beautiful woman. This does not violate the regulations. The army can carry Gui women, that is, camp prostitutes.

The woman in front of her was not an ordinary laurel woman snatched away, but a gift from a wealthy family in Bingo country.

Because of her beauty, Yuan Weiyi even planned to take her back to the capital to be her concubine.

Why is it beautiful?

First of all, she has beautiful long hair that can cover her knees when spread out. This is not something that ordinary women can have, because it requires daily maintenance, and even washing hair has to choose an auspicious day.

Secondly, eyebrows are well groomed. There is no green stubble visible on the eyebrows that have been shaved off, and the two eyebrows are dotted particularly beautifully.

Again, the teeth stain well. Although he is still young and has stained his teeth not long ago, his teeth are already black and shiny, and his smile is particularly charming.

Finally, the facial features are straight. After applying the lead powder, the whole face is fair and gorgeous, and combined with the black teeth and silky eyebrows, it is simply stunning.

A complete description of this woman shows that she has knee-length hair, her whole face is pale and bloodless, her eyebrows only have two black dots, and she has a grin full of black teeth.

Don't think it's outrageous. None of the things here can be done by ordinary people, and they all show economic strength behind them.

After a while, Yuan Weiyi fell asleep with the beauty in his arms.

Sleeping with weapons all day long?

Forget armor, he didn't even wear clothes. He was exhausted after such primitive exercise.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but the shouts one after another woke Yuan Weiyi from his dream.

Yuan Weiyi sat up and shouted while putting on his clothes: "What happened?"

A samurai ran over, panting and saying: "Tang people...Tang people are coming to kill us!"

Yuan Weiyi put on his clothes in a panic, but he didn't have time to put on his armor. He hung his sword and took his gun and walked out.

Looking around, he saw that the mountains and hills were all on fire. Countless samurai and peasant soldiers were fleeing to the south, and they couldn't figure out how many enemies were coming.

The shouts and cries were getting closer and closer, and Yuan Weiyi became more and more frightened. He didn't care about the beauty in the account, and he called a few trusted samurai to run for his life.

Xia Yuqing had only 300 armored soldiers, while Yuan Weiyi had as many as 6,000 soldiers.

At this moment, the Ming soldiers shouted the Japanese they had learned temporarily, and chased them all the way: "Kneel down and I won't kill you, kneel down and I won't kill you..."

Those peasant soldiers were malnourished, and many of them suffered from night blindness. They ran away randomly for a while, but when they heard the shouts, they gave up resistance and knelt on the ground in groups.

Minamoto Weiyi led a few samurai and fled over the mountains and ridges until dawn. When he felt that there were no pursuers behind him, he sat down to rest with lingering fear.

A samurai said terrified: "Those Tang soldiers are ghost warriors. They must have the blood of the ghost clan, so they can fight in the dark among the mountains!"

Minamoto Weiyi nodded with a knife: "That must be the case."

They retreated to the nearest village in the south, and more and more defeated soldiers came back.

There are not many passages available for walking in the mountains, and scattered soldiers may encounter wild beasts. Therefore, after getting rid of the pursuit, the defeated soldiers left the mountains and forests and walked along the mountain roads, and naturally ran to meet with Minamoto Weiyi.

After collecting the defeated soldiers for several consecutive days, only more than 1,000 soldiers and horses were left among the 6,000 soldiers, which made Minamoto Weiyi angry and terrified.

He did not dare to advance further, and chose to retreat to the territory of the powerful families, ordering the local powerful families to contribute military rations.

Xia Yuqing captured less than 2,000 people, and the remaining Japanese samurai and peasant soldiers, few of whom died in the war, most of whom fled to the mountains.

Gathering all the captives, Xia Yuqing said: "Samurai and peasants of Iwami Province, you can go home, and you will be given rations to go home."

Dozens of people immediately ran out and thanked Xia Yuqing with tears.

Compared with the looting Yuan Weiyi, these captured Iwami Province soldiers felt that the Ming general was too kind!

Xia Yuqing said again: "All the samurai come here."

A group of samurai hurried forward.

Xia Yuqing smiled and said: "Return to Iwami Province Castle and write letters to your families, asking them to bring food or cloth to redeem you."

The samurai were also grateful when they heard that they could survive.

Those with wealthy families did not make trouble, and they were content to be captives, anyway, they could be redeemed.

But there were also poor samurai who sighed and groaned, not knowing what their future fate would be.

In fact, the samurai who could not be redeemed and had a promising future would be left behind as supervisors to supervise the miners in mining the Iwami Silver Mine. Some of the best would be left in the public land of Iwami Province to serve as public land samurai of the Ming Overseas Legion.

At this time in Japan, samurai were not yet rampant, and they were all available talents.

Three hundred Ming soldiers, escorting nearly two thousand captives, returned to the Omoriyama area in a swagger. This is where the Iwami Silver Mine is located. The valley to the north is for self-cultivating farmers, and the valley to the south is for monks.

Xia Yuqing selected the poor samurai captives from their families and took them to chat with the monks.

All the monks who dared to resist were captured and sent to mine.

The monks who surrendered quickly were handed over to Xue Daoguang as apprentices, and they would practice Taoism near Omoriyama in the future. The monks' temples were also converted into Taoist temples on the spot, and this place soon became Xue Daoguang's dojo.

This move shocked the world in Japan. After hearing about it, the nearby nobles all called Zhu Xiaozhong the reincarnation of the devil.

When Xia Yuqing attacked and defeated Yuan Weiyi's army at night, Zhu Xiaozhong personally led two thousand soldiers and horses to head towards Taira Tadamori's main force.

Taira Tadamori was much more cautious, and his military discipline was better, so he did not expose too many flaws.

Zhu Xiaozhong planned to defeat him head-on, which would also be more conducive to capturing prisoners and mining. There were too many defeated soldiers who could escape in the night battle.

"Tang cavalry was found in the valley ahead!"

"Go and inquire again, the whole army will set up camp to defend, and occupy the mountains on both sides."

Taira Tadamori did not know that Yuan Weiyi was defeated, and this place was not far from Iwamikoshi Castle.

He planned to set up camp here to confront the Ming army, waiting for Yuan Weiyi to lead his troops to attack from the east, and then block the Ming army in the valley and attack from the front and back.