Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 556 Chapter 569: See Yuan Tiangang again

The village was quiet, the fierce fighting was over, and there were corpses of Japanese pirates all over the place. Li Haotang's knife was hanging down, and blood flowed down the tip of the knife, dripping onto the bright red ground.

At this moment, more than a dozen Japanese pirates knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged for mercy. Li Hao was disturbed to hear that, and put his sword back into its sheath. He stared and asked coldly, "Who is the leader among you?"

All the Japanese pirates looked at me and I looked at you, with blank faces. Obviously, they couldn't understand what Li Hao was saying.

Seeing this, Li Hao raised his eyebrows: "Since no one understands our language, what's the use of keeping it, kill them all."

When the soldiers heard the words, they were about to go forward and cut down the Japanese pirates, when Otsuka Yuo suddenly shouted: "I understand! I understand a little... Datang's words."

Hearing this, Li Hao raised his eyebrows and looked at Yuo Otsuka, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "Okay, you don't have to die, everyone else will be killed."

Yuo Otsuka was taken aback when he heard the words, and just wanted to plead for his companions, but the soldiers had already dragged the other Japanese pirates to the ground, watching these Japanese pirates screaming and struggling, it felt exactly like pigs struggling when they were slaughtered.

"Puff puff..." With more than a dozen muffled sounds, the heads of these pirates all fell to the ground, and only Yuo Otsuka was left among the three hundred pirates.

Yuo Otsuka was trembling with fear, and kowtowed to Li Hao again to beg for mercy, this time he begged in Chinese: "Please, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

Although his Chinese pronunciation is not quite standard, it can be seen that he definitely does not only know a little bit of Chinese.

Li Hao walked slowly in front of Otsuka Yunan, kicked him to the ground, and said coldly: "If you want me to forgive you, it's not impossible, but you have to exchange something that interests me. fate."

"I, I have no treasure." Yuo Otsuka shook his head repeatedly.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Who wants treasures? Would I care about such bullshit treasures? I want to know where your Japanese pirates gather."

"This..." Yuo Otsuka hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "I don't know about that."

Li Hao saw that he was lying at a glance, and said with a sneer, "Since you can't produce the information I want, then you can only die." On the neck, and then slowly swung it up, as long as he cut it down with a knife, Yuo Otsuka immediately moved his head.

"No! No! I know, I know where it is!" Yuo Otsuka suddenly screamed quickly, and because he shouted too urgently, he had already uttered a broken sound.

Hearing this, Li Hao lowered his hands slowly, leaned his knife on the ground, and said coldly, "Tell me, where is your base camp?"

Although Yuo Otsuka didn't know what the base camp meant, he could roughly guess it, and he stammered: "That place is an island, and there are many islands there, but I don't know what that place is called."

Li Hao asked blankly: "Which direction is that island in?"

Yuo Otsuka pointed to the southeast, and said, "In that direction, that's where we came from, and there are many islands there."

"Southeast..." Li Hao frowned suddenly, "Could it be that the island in the southeast is the Zhoushan Islands?"

In this era, there is no such thing as Zhoushan Islands, not even Zhoushan, which currently belongs to Jiangnan Road and is under the rule of Yuezhou Prefecture.

The Zhoushan Archipelago is very large, with numerous islands and reefs scattered all over the place. It is the largest archipelago in China, with a total land area of ​​1371 square kilometers.Among them, there are 1 islands with an area of ​​more than 58 square kilometer. If those Japanese pirates hide there, it will become a hide-and-seek.

Thinking that the Japanese pirates were most likely hiding in Zhoushan, Li Hao frowned, pondered for a moment and asked, "How many Japanese pirates are there on the island? Who is the leader?"

Although Yuo Otsuka didn't like the name Japanese pirates very much, but now he is a prisoner and dared not resist, so he could only answer: "There are more than 1, and the leader is Mr. Aoki Shintori."

"Aoki Xinniao?" Li Hao felt that the name sounded familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he immediately remembered that when he went to Japan to sell knives, the first transaction partner was Aoki Xinbei, and Aoki Xinniao was Aoki Xinbingwei. younger brother.

Li Hao squinted his eyes and asked, "Does this Aoki Xinniao have an older brother named Aoki Xinbingwei?"

Otsuka Yuo suddenly looked at Li Hao with shocked eyes, as if asking, "How do you know?"

"Why are you in a daze! Answer the king's words!" Li Hao scolded with staring eyes.

Hiroshi Nakao nodded quickly: "Yes! Yes! Master Aoki Shintori's elder brother is General Aoki Shinbei, but General Aoki Shinbei has already died in battle. The Aoki family was defeated by the Miyamoto family and the Hattori family. Yes, Mr. Xinniao led the remnants of the people to escape to Datang, and hid on the uninhabited desert island. After hearing about it, some other forces who were defeated and fled and idle warriors also fled here together, adding up to more than 3000 people."

"So much..." Li Hao thought to himself, the Aoki brothers must have vigorously developed their own power after getting the weapons and food they sold, at least 3 to [-] people, and became a big force in the Japanese country. How dare they call themselves Aoki? The family is gone, and they openly challenge the Miyamoto and Hattori families. It seems that the chaos in the Wa Kingdom is not ordinary chaos. Not only are the major forces separatist and confronting the Japanese court, but the major forces are also attacking each other.

In fact, this is what Li Hao wants to see. If all the major forces unite to deal with the Emperor of the Japanese Kingdom, it will be meaningless. What is needed is the continuous war between the various warlords, just like the Warring States Period and the Three Kingdoms Period in China. hurt each other.

In fact, Li Hao didn't know how much damage he had done to the country by selling weapons and food to the country. He sold more than 20 weapons and more than 40 shi of grain to the country. After more than half a year, the countries appeared one after another There are dozens of rebel forces.

For more than a year, the major powers of the Japanese kingdom competed and annexed each other. In the end, only the five largest powers remained. The alliance of Miyamoto and the Hattori family was the most powerful, with 5 soldiers. Among the other four powers, The smallest one also has an army of more than [-].

In the past two or three years of war, not to mention how many people died in the war, because of the war, the fields were left uncultivated, the people were displaced, and countless people died of starvation and freezing. The population of the Wa Kingdom has shrunk from 130 million to 100 million. In such a short period of time, the population of 38 people has been reduced. These 38 Japanese people are equivalent to all dying at the hands of Li Hao.

The Tang Dynasty looked down on the Wa Kingdom, thinking that the Wa Kingdom was a small country. Yes, the Wa Kingdom is indeed a small country, but it is undeniable that the Wa Kingdom has a large population. Compared with Fanbang, the population of Japan is definitely in the first class. Take a look at Tuyuhun, which has a population of only 10 in the whole country, and then look at the powerful country Tubo, which has a population of more than 300 million in such a large territory. More than 100 million people.

You must know that in ancient times, wars were based on the number of people. The achievements of countless emperors were piled up from the corpses of countless people. The population of a country represented the national strength of a country, or its potential.

The Wa Kingdom is such a small country, but it has a population of more than 100 million. Moreover, the Wa Kingdom attaches great importance to population reproduction, and has always regarded reproduction as the top priority of the country. The sexual affairs between them are extremely persistent and open, and even more than 1000 years later, the Japanese people are still so open to this kind of thing. This is the civilization passed down from their country. This is their national conditions.

Wa country has such a large population and is warlike by nature. It is definitely a young wolf growing up. Datang is now strong and can suppress them. Doubt about life.

Li Hao interrogated Otsuka Yuo for a long time, not only inquiring about the Japanese pirates' lair, but also getting a general understanding of the current situation of the Japanese country.

Next, Li Hao sent people to recall all the troops, and ordered Li Jian to go to Bian Youdao, and asked Bian Youdao to prepare the sea ship. He wanted to lead the troops to attack the Japanese pirates' lair and wipe them all out.

Four days later, all the soldiers and horses were called back. It was a bit of a surprise. Qin Huaiyu and the others also wiped out more than 400 Japanese pirates along the coast of Yandu, but their loss was greater than that of Li Hao. They lost more than 50 people. After all, they were recruits. , no combat experience, even if they lured the enemy deep, ambushed and attacked, and knew the weakness of the Japanese sword, they still killed more than 50 people. If they were a group of veterans, Li Hao believed that the casualties could definitely be controlled within single digits.

After waiting for another two days, Li Jian came back, but he only brought back ten boats, and these boats were a little bigger than the boats that the Japanese pirates took. A full load of boats can hold 200 people, no more. Ten ships combined can carry 2000 people, and it is impossible to transport all of Li Hao's troops.

Li Hao was very unhappy, but Li Jian also expressed his embarrassment. They are not a navy, and it is not easy to recruit these ships, and these are still merchant ships. As for the ships that Li Hao took in the canal, they were too low. , can not enter the sea, otherwise a wave will come, and everyone will go to the sea to feed the fish.

In desperation, Li Hao could only write a letter to Feige to send a letter to Liuqiu, and asked Li Guocheng, who guarded Liuqiu, to bring twenty small merchant ships. Although Li Hao's small merchant ships were "small", they were against Galen In terms of ships, the smallest Galen ship can carry 500 people, and twenty ships are enough to transport all his troops.

It takes time for flying pigeons to send messages, and it also takes time to come from Liuqiu. Li Hao calculated the schedule in advance and agreed with Li Guocheng to meet in Yuezhou. , to Hangzhou.

After sitting on the boat for a day and a half, at sunset, passing through Gaoyou County, there was a loud "bang" sound, which startled everyone. Li Hao rushed out of the cabin, came to the deck and asked loudly, "What's the matter?" ?!"

Feiying hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "My lord, there seems to be a war on the edge of Gaoyou Lake, just now...it seems to be the sound of artillery!"

Li Hao was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly shouted: "Stop the boat!"

"Stop the boat!"

"Stop the boat!"

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One ship after another conveyed Li Hao's order, and the fleet stopped slowly. Li Hao had already climbed onto the mast and looked west, because the voice just now came from the west.

I saw a huge lake in the west. Under the setting sun, it looks like a huge piece of orange-red agate, and like a bowl of intoxicating grape wine. It is extremely beautiful. This is the famous Pearl Lake with a radius of hundreds of miles. In the future world, this Called Gaoyou Lake, it is a shallow lake, adjacent to the canal, with a water area of ​​760 square kilometers. It is the sixth largest freshwater lake in the country and the third largest freshwater lake in Jiangsu. It is quite famous for connecting Jiangsu and Anhui provinces.

At this moment, Li Hao saw a dozen boats chasing from a distance on the lake. He quickly raised his binoculars and saw ten big boats chasing five small boats. While fleeing in a hurry, some Japanese pirates actually jumped into the water to survive, and on the ten big ships, each ship had a cannon on the bow. In today's world, there are only two people who can take out the cannon, one is himself, The other one, of course, is Yuan Tiangang.

Li Hao looked through the binoculars for a while, and saw a middle-aged man in Taoist robe standing on the prow of a large ship. The familiar figure and movements were indeed Yuan Tiangang.

Li Hao looked at it for a long time, then slid down from the mast, Feiying hurried forward and asked, "My lord, is it a cannon?"

Li Hao nodded slightly, with the corners of his mouth lightly raised, and said with a light smile: "I didn't expect to meet him here, um, this guy is not bad, just because he beat Japanese pirates, I must buy him a drink! Biography Wang Ling, all the ships are docked on the west bank, and this king will go ashore to meet old friends!"

　The persona of Yuan Tiangang is a bit strange. Although he does things unscrupulously, he does have national righteousness. The identity of Yuan Tiangang's previous life will be revealed later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)