Chapter 783: Swallowing
"Your Highness, how should we deal with these two?" The Marines kicked their knees and made them kneel down. Zhou Yi looked at them and asked. Read М
Zhao Xu looked at the Hojo father and son, and saw that they had a little unwillingness and fear in their eyes, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Take them with you and see with your own eyes how we conquered the northern vassal states." Zhao Xu said.
He was not going to directly persuade the Hojo father and son to be independent and resist the shogunate rule of the Watanabe case.
Because sometimes words are pale, and seeing with your own eyes is more shocking.
The Battle of Andong must have left a deep impression on the two.
Next, he will let the two board the steamship in Yanzhou, and then let them go to Yancheng as prisoners to see the steam industry in Yancheng.
These will be more effective than a few words.
Therefore, he does not need to talk to the Hojo father and son at the moment.
Ordering the Marines to take the two away, Zhao Xu ordered the looting of Andong City.
He intended to support the northern lords to become independent, but he still had to continue looting.
This was equivalent to giving the lords a big stick, just like the ancient massacres to deter the other side.
If they went all the way with the Watanabe case, they would have to be prepared for other cities under their command to be continuously looted.
Secondly, the Japanese stirred up the civil strife in Dasong, which increased the cost of his unification of Dasong. The expedition to Japan was another huge expense.
He naturally had to count the silver on the Japanese, and the looting was just a debt collection.
In addition to wealth, he also asked the Marines to select the strongest young men and women in Andong City and wait for Wang Yanzhong to transport them back to Dasong.
The population of Japan was about 3,000. Capturing some young men and women and letting them contribute to the infrastructure of Dasong was equivalent to repaying their debts.
As for whether it would affect the strength of the northern lords? Of course not.
Because Gong Ying continued to harass in the south.
Andong City was just one of the many cities in the territory of the Uzen Domain.
After staying in Andong City for three days, Wang Yanzhong arrived.
This time he brought back another 30,000 young men, and the empty slave ships continued to move with the fleet to Rikuzhong Domain.
Like the Uzen Domain, the Rikuzhong Domain was also a large domain in the north, with Ono Town as the lord, and the lord's residence in the ancient palace.
This is also a city by the sea. After all, Japan has a narrow and long territory and many mountains inside. Coastal cities are convenient for sea trade or pirates to rob on the sea.
It is not surprising that a big city is on the coast.
"Woo woo...", the whistle sounded.
The fleet set off from Andong, bypassed the northernmost tip of Japan, and then went south to the Rikuzhong Domain on the east coast of Japan.
Along the way, the Hojo father and son were detained on a steamship.
During the voyage, most of the time, the two stayed in the cabin, and were occasionally allowed to go to the deck.
"Watanabe is really like hunting birds all day, but he got blinded by birds. He offended someone he shouldn't have offended. This Dasong is really not something that Japan can covet."
On this day, the fleet was only more than ten miles away from the ancient palace city.
Hojo father and son were allowed to go to the deck again. Looking at the fleet that stretched for several miles in a straight line, Hojo Kawakage suddenly sighed.
Hojo Cang nodded.
When they were first detained by King Yan, the two still had hatred for Dasong in their hearts.
But after calming down, recalling the process of King Yan's army attacking Andong City, and seeing with their own eyes the steamship that did not need to rely on wind power to sail, their hatred gradually turned into awe of King Yan.
In front of King Yan, they were just like ants and could be crushed to death at any time.
"But what exactly does King Yan want to do?" This is what Hojo Cang is most confused about.
It's really strange that King Yan didn't kill them, but took them to drift on the sea.
Hojo Kawakage also couldn't figure it out.
Shaking their heads, they could only continue to wait.
However, they stopped thinking immediately.
In the distance, they saw a city.
Seeing this city, especially the cone-like tower in one corner of the city, they were shocked.
They immediately recognized that this was the ancient palace city.
Thirty years ago, their neighboring Yuzen and Rikuzhong domains were mortal enemies and had been in constant dispute for many years.
When he was young, his father once led the army to the ancient palace city, but eventually returned in defeat.
So he had a deep impression of the ancient palace city.
Even now, the people of the Hojo family and the Ono family have a very bad relationship.
"Hehe, your Ono family can't escape either." At this time, Hojo Kawakage not only did not feel worried about Ono, but instead had a sense of gloating.
This is like the mentality of two people who have a bad relationship when one suffers and the other suffers.
When the father and son looked at the ancient palace city.
Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi were on the deck of the Leting flagship, looking at the two people on the deck of the steamship in front.
Then, the two turned their eyes to Gugong City.
"Quick battle, quick decision!" Zhao Xu said to Zhou Yi.
The battle of Gugong City was the same as the battle of Andong.
Zhao Xu was too lazy to get off the ship and go to the battlefield in person.
Half an hour later, the fleet arrived at Gugong Wharf.
After a bombardment, the Marines landed.
In the evening, Pan Chang sent back the news of the capture of Gugong City, and captured Ono Town and a group of core members of the Ono family.
Then, it was the looting of Gugong City's wealth and young people.
After cleaning up Gugong City, Pan Chang forced the Ono family members to board the steamship where the Hojo family was staying.
Unlike Hojo Kawakage, who was physically strong, Ono Town was very short.
When the two met, Ono was stunned for a moment, then sneered: "It seems that someone is more shameful than my Ono family."
Hojo Kawakage said: "In the words of Dasong, you are just laughing at others when you are fifty steps away. What's there to be proud of?"
The two snorted at the same time and ignored each other.
This scene was seen by Zhao Xu, and he nodded secretly.
The intelligence of the four courtyards is still reliable. The Hojo family and the head of the Ono family really don't get along.
In the next month or so, he successively attacked the northern big domains of Honma Domain, Sasuke Domain, and the central big domains of Japan, Nara Domain, Totomi Domain, Suruga Domain, and Toyama Domain.
However, the news that the Yanzhou fleet attacked the coastal cities spread from both the south and the north.
Four of the six big domains ran away before the attack.
Only the Oda domain lord of Nara Domain and the Mori domain lord of Totomi Domain were captured.
But for Zhao Xu, this was enough.
Then, he ordered the fleet to return to Wufeng Island to unload the loot.
In fact, during the attack on central and northern Japan, the warships were filled several times and had been unloaded many times on Wufeng Island.
Otherwise, the attack would not have dragged on for more than a month.
Wang Yanzhong was the same, and he ate his fill with the fleet.
The slave ships came and went, transporting at least 600,000 young and strong men from Japan to Yanzhou.
And when they returned to Wufeng Island, they found that Gong Ying had also captured young and strong men during this period and stored them on the island.
Although the southern vassal states had been prepared for them, the fleet came and went without a trace on the sea.
In addition, with the intelligence provided by the spies lurking in Japan from the four courts, they still caught some fish that slipped through the net.
This trip to Japan, they can be said to have devoured and eaten their fill.