Wanli 1592

Chapter 1190 Another kind of strong wall and clearing the field

On March 4000, the second year of Longwu, [-] people from the elite Ii Naomasa Department of Tokugawa Ieyasu's Department arrived in Iwami as a vanguard.

As the representative of the Tokugawa side, Ii Naomasa made the final handover with Luo Shangzhi, who led 1000 people to the rear, and then witnessed Luo Shangzhi's first army board the Qin army's ship and leave Iwami, heading for Daqin.

At this point, the retreat of the Qin army was completed, and there was no Qin army in Shi Jian, and there was no Qin army in Japan.

As Tokugawa Ieyasu's very trusted subordinate, Ii Naomasa was also the youngest senior general. He not only has military talent, but also has the well-known Ii Chibei team under his command, and even has political and diplomatic talents. When Chuan was in danger, he saved Tokugawa.

Therefore, in this operation, because of its seriousness and criticality, Tokugawa Ieyasu dispatched Naomasa Ii, who is both civil and military, to lead his elites to handover with the Qin army.

Ieyasu Tokugawa obviously prepared for the worst. Naomasa Ii's troops are all cavalry. Even if the Qin army has tricks, they can still escape.

But the Qin army only had the last 1000 people waiting for the handover. After the handover, Luo Shangzhi led the team and left without stopping at all. He simply boarded the ship, set sail and went far away. Followed, and the news came back that the Qin army's ship had indeed gone far.

For this army that defeated the [-] elite Tokugawa Army head-on and even killed the famous Tokugawa Army Tadakatsu Honda, Ii Naomasa was absolutely vigilant and even prepared for battle.

But this army didn't seem to give him a chance to be vigilant, and walked very fast.

Naomasa Ii breathed a sigh of relief, looking slightly relaxed, which puzzled his generals.

"Hondo is brave and fearless, and he is still defeated by this army. It can be seen that it is strong. Even if I am now, I may not be able to compete with it. It is a good thing that they can leave as soon as possible. I can take over Shi Jian with peace of mind." .”

Naomasa Ii thought this way, but soon he found that he might think things too simply.

He originally thought that after the Qin army left, at least some infrastructure could be left behind, so that he could resume management of the government affairs here as soon as possible, and resume the mining of silver mines as soon as possible, so that he could mine as much as possible before the war started.

But it wasn't until he arrived here that he discovered that all the population here had been taken away by the Qin army, not a single family was left behind, and all of them were taken away. This was something that was not mentioned in the previous intelligence.

Except for the population, basically all the houses have been destroyed. Many buildings near the Yinshan mining area have been destroyed, or have been demolished, and there are traces of being burned. All living buildings have disappeared. Unless they are rebuilt, they cannot use.

The most excessive thing is not this, but basically the entrances of Yinshan’s mines are blocked by huge stones, and I don’t know how Qin Jun managed to block the entrances of many mines with large blocks of stones When he got up, he made it clear that he didn't want to look good to them.

Naomasa Ii's face was terribly dark, and he immediately ordered the soldiers to go back to report the letter, and then ordered people to organize to get rid of the stones, clean up the mine, and resume mining as soon as possible.

He needs Tokugawa Ieyasu to recruit some skilled miners to resume mining, otherwise some soldiers will not be able to do these things.

He can only clean up the mining area, and then send troops to patrol the surrounding area to find something that can be used.

But they were disappointed. Not only was there nothing useful, the water source was polluted, the well was also polluted by dead animals and humans, and the farmland was messed up and overgrown with weeds.

This is handover?

This is clearly a tactic of strengthening the wall and clearing the field, okay?It's exactly the same as what Tokugawa Ieyasu did in the coastal areas of Kyushu Island!
Are these Qin soldiers still worried that they will sail to pursue them?

What's the use of an Iwami that has basically been abandoned, without any infrastructure and cannot be mined again, if it has empty silver mines and cannot be mined?
Ii Naomasa was very angry, but he didn't know how to vent it.

Of course, what made him even more angry was still to come. When his elite red soldiers went to clear the boulders at the entrance of the mine, they worked very hard. They cleared seven or eight mine entrances in one day, and then they tried to go inside. Go find out what's inside.

Then fell into the trap.

That's right, traps.

There are sharp bamboo thorns in the hole dug out. Many soldiers accidentally fell into the hole and were stabbed or killed. If the mechanism is triggered, arrows will shoot out from nowhere. There are several holes. The exploration soldiers inside were thus wiped out by the regiment.

The most hateful thing is that there are poisons on those bamboo thorns and arrows, all of them are poisonous!
The next day, he was informed of the loss of 110 and seven Red Reserve soldiers.

Naomasa Ii has always been well-bred, but this time, he also pulled out his own knife and slashed fiercely on his own table, splitting the table in two.

He now understood why the group of Qin soldiers walked so fast.

Feelings are really worried that I will lose my mind and chase after him.

Jing Yi Naomasa can swear that if the Qin army still hasn't gone far now, he will definitely pursue them immediately and fight to the death with them.

But unfortunately, he didn't have this chance, so even though he stopped the operation to clear the obstacles at the entrance of the mine in time, he still lost the very elite 110 seven red soldiers, which made him feel so sad that he was about to faint.

If there is no battle, the number of personnel will be reduced, the elite soldiers of the Red Army!How much does it cost to train?

This is the situation of smashing teeth and swallowing in the stomach, and it is very typical. Naomasa Ii can only search the surrounding area while waiting for the arrival of Tokugawa Ieyasu's support.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's support came soon. Tokugawa Ieyasu still cares about Ii Naomasa very much. Under Tokugawa Ieyasu, there are Honda Tadakatsu and Kanbara Yasomasa who can be called brave generals, and Honda Masanobu who can be called a think tank. , but Naomasa Ii is the only one who has both civil and military skills.

The red team under his command also inherited the absolute elite of Takeda's red team, and he was sent out to deal with unpredictable dangers.

But the current situation is weird, and Tokugawa Ieyasu cannot bear the risk of losing Naomasa Ii and his red reserve team.

So he sent Kanbara Yasomasa over there, and with 500 troops and more than [-] miners who were assembled urgently, he set off to Ishimi at a very fast speed, and Tokugawa Ieyasu himself led a part of the main force to advance to Zhou Fangguo, intending to Zhou Fangguo serves as the base for his advance.

Komasa Kanbara led the army to set off soon. In order to arrive as soon as possible, he personally led the cavalry to transport more than 500 miners to the mining area of ​​Iwami Ginzan. It took only two days to arrive.

On March [-]th, Kanbara Yasomasa and Ii Naomasa met in the Iwami mining area. After learning what happened to Ii Naomasa and what Qin Jun did, Kanbara Yasomasa also turned black and cursed Daqin again and again.

(End of this chapter)