Let's talk about Ninghai County. Xin Wulang met an assassin and was frightened when he saw Okamoto Nansuke stabbed to death.

He hurriedly withdrew to Haimen Guard, leaving 2,000 men to guard Ninghai County, of which 1,000 were wounded.

Hosuke Okamoto went to Membership Mountain. The bandits did not intercept him. This was not his first time at Membership Mountain.

As soon as he entered the Shiqiangshan Gate, he met the salesman.

It turned out that after the peddler collided with the girl in red, Wang Yuejiao, at Cross Bridge, he did not rush to Taizhou City. Instead, he picked up the powerful water gun and returned to Membership Mountain.

He returned to Membership Mountain to repair the carriage. After repairing the carriage, he was about to go down the mountain again. As soon as he arrived at the Stone Wall Mountain Gate, he met Hosuke Okamoto.

Hosuke Okamoto can speak Chinese, and this is not the first time the salesman has met him.

Hosuke Okamoto saw the salesman and said in Chinese: "Ninghai County is in urgent need of a batch of healing herbs. The old man quickly pulled a cart over."

When the salesman heard this, business came to his door before he even came down from the mountain. He said happily: "Okay, I'll deliver the herbs as soon as I pack them."

Hosuke Okamoto nodded and entered the stronghold to deliver military orders to Wang Feng, saying that there was no need to intercept the Guangxi wolf soldiers anymore.

Wang Feng retreated to the cave and drank with Hosuke Okamoto.

Wang Feng asked: "Where did the Lord hit?"

Okamoto Hosuke said: "We just occupied Ninghai County."

Wang Feng asked doubtfully: "It took so long to conquer a county?"

Okamoto Hosuke said: "My lord's idea is not to be quick this time. He wants to lay down a permanent base and then gradually encroach on the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, it will be easy to attack quickly and retreat quickly like before."

Shingoro said to Hosuke Okamoto that those who only attack the city without thinking about how to defend the territory or manage the territory are rogues. Sooner or later they will be driven away because of their unstable foundation. The city will also be gained and lost.

This time, Xin Wulang wanted to build a permanent base using Taizhou City and Ninghai County as bases and Huiji Mountain as a checkpoint and fortress. This is the fundamental strategy.

The plan to invite you to destroy the wolf soldiers can only be regarded as a tactic incidental to this strategy.

Wang Feng understood and asked again: "Where did Wang Zhi attack?"

Okamoto Hosuke said: "Wang Zhi was vigorous all the way and conquered Nantong Prefecture and Jiangyin County. The next step is to attack Taizhou."

Wang Feng praised: "Awesome."

Okamoto Hosuke said: "I'm afraid that if he attacks quickly, he will retreat quickly. The master has walked this road before and it is unreliable."

Haha, the two of them laughed.

As they drank, the wine got stronger, and the two sang Ronin songs.

The next day, Hosuke Okamoto left the membership mountain and returned to Ninghai County. He learned that his senior brother Nansuke Okamoto

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Killed by an assassin.

He saw Okamoto Nansuke's grave outside the city. He was so sad that he knelt down and wanted to cry without tears.

He said sadly: "Senior brother, who killed you? Who exactly?"

Hosuke Okamoto did not return to Haimen Guard, but stayed in Ninghai County as a general.

Let's talk about Taizhou City, Huang Dajie is patrolling the training group.

He looked at the tattered clothes of these rural soldiers, with a look of sadness on his face, and said to Qi Ying: "Some of these applicants have too tattered clothes. We have to raise some money to replace them with uniforms and cloth shoes. Otherwise, it will be difficult to distinguish which ones are civilians.

Who are the township regiment soldiers?"

Qi Ying agreed: "Your Majesty is right. Uniform military uniforms can not only improve morale, but also improve the collective mental outlook."

Huang Dajie asked: "Besides dressing, what other aspects need to be improved?"

Qi Yingdao: "The militiamen can use wooden sticks and bamboo spears for military training, but if they go to the battlefield, they need iron spear heads. Otherwise, they will be at a huge disadvantage when facing Japanese swords."

Huang Dajie nodded, his face full of helplessness, and said: "I also know that these wooden weapons are terrible. But in the past two months, the war in the city has been tense. The loss of weapons, gunpowder, food and herbs is huge. There is also the expense of the army in the city and the hungry people.

It costs a lot of money to eat and drink every day. The warehouses in Taizhou City have long been empty."

Qi Ying thought for a while and suggested: "Can I borrow money from wealthy businessmen and wealthy families in the city?"

Huang Dajie said: "I have already raised charity funds from them once and borrowed money twice. I can't borrow any more.

I personally went to the blacksmith shop and promised to double the debt after the war. But the blacksmith shop is also in trouble. They need money to hire people to dig iron ore in order to produce iron blocks. It is difficult to operate without money."

Zhang Gan raised his eyes and said, "Sir, there is another person who is willing to lend money."

Huang Dajie asked curiously: "Who else?"

Zhang Gan said: "I heard from the Taizhou oiran girl Cuiqiao that if Taizhou City is in trouble, she is willing to contribute her own savings to defend the city."

Huang Dajie was shocked after hearing this and said: "How can a brothel girl be so generous?"

Zhang Gan said: "Sir, please don't underestimate her. She wants to join the training group regardless of her life."

Huang Dajie said in surprise: "What a strange woman."

Zhang Gan asked: "Sir, do you want to borrow it? If so, I will go and send a message."

Huang Dajie nodded and said: "It's just that I can't go to her place. I can invite her to come to the county government to discuss matters."

Zhang Gan saw what Huang Dajie was worried about, raised his eyes and said: "Sir, there is nothing to worry about. Although Cuiqiao is a brothel girl, she only sells her art and not her body. The princes, princes and grandchildren all know this. If you don't believe me, just ask."

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Jie explained: "I'm not worried about this. It's mainly because I'm busy with my affairs and don't have time to go to her. You just invite her to come to the county government to discuss things."

"Yes, sir." Zhang Gan ordered.

Shingoro felt safe only when he returned to Kaimon Guards. The assassin stabbed Nansuke Okamoto to death, leaving him still frightened.

He shoulders the heavy responsibility of the Xin family's comeback. If he is stabbed to death by that sword, years of hard work will be in vain.

During the Warring States Period in Japan, the Shin family was the older generation retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was a powerful local force in Japan at that time.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was a new generation retainer of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and he was not very powerful at the beginning.

At that time, the power of the Shin family was much stronger than that of the Tokugawa family.

In order to check the excessive power of the older retainers, Toyotomi Hideyoshi deliberately supported Tokugawa Ieyasu.

With the support of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Tokugawa family gradually became stronger and began to seize the territory of the Shin family.

The Tokugawa family defeated the Shin family, took away a large area of ​​territory and a large amount of wealth from the Shin family, and also used some of it to honor Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was also happy to see the two families fighting and never stopped the fighting between the two families.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not expect that Tokugawa Ieyasu had a secret secret against him.

Tokugawa Ieyasu bribed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's spies and falsely reported the progress of the war.

When the Tokugawa family took advantage of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's negligence, they annexed territory and almost wiped out the Shin family.

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi came to his senses, he realized that the Shin family had suffered a tragic defeat, so he stepped in to stop the war and preserve the remaining strength of the Shin family.

The Xin family is ambitious and always wants to restore the family's glory, regain the lost territory, and make a comeback.

In Japan, it was difficult for them to have a chance to make a comeback. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the Tokugawa family suppressed them from raising their heads. They had no choice but to set their sights on the Ming Dynasty.

This was the original motivation for Xin Wulang to invade the Ming Dynasty twice.

It took him more than ten years to cultivate a group of loyal generals, which was also due to the original motivation.

He felt very sad to lose a loyal military commander like Okamoto Nansuke this time.

Samurai can be bought again with money, but loyal generals need to be tested over time.

Shingoro is already fifty years old, so there is no time to train new loyal generals.

He felt that he could no longer lose his trusted generals. He had to let the generals learn some ninjutsu so that they could better defend themselves.

He thought of an old friend named Inoue Gaiban, who was a high-level ninja and possessed advanced ninjutsu.
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