Looking at the boats of Ezo people being transported to the other side, Wang Hu cursed and said:
"This group of monkeys were so frightened that they pissed themselves when they fought with the Japanese slaves. When they killed each other, each one was more ferocious than the other."
Cai Yang held a straw stalk in his mouth and said: "This is called a nest. Otherwise, how could our plan succeed so easily?"
Wang Hu said unhappily: "It's too unfulfilling. I still like to go into battle and kill the enemy with real swords and guns."
Cai Yang said: "I'm different from you. I'm afraid of death. I wish I could get more of this kind of military glory in vain. Although it's a little less, I don't have to experience any danger, so why not do it."
Wang Hu said: "This thing is not easy. Although it is not that dangerous, it is really laborious and laborious."
"We have been busy for so long and only fifty or sixty thousand people have moved here. What can we do with this small number of people?"
Cai Yang took the straw out of his mouth and said: "Fifty or sixty thousand today, and another fifty or sixty thousand tomorrow. There are only less than a million people on these islands, and we will be able to transport them there one day."
One of them belongs to the East China Sea Protectorate and the other belongs to the East China Sea Fleet. They met each other because of the last battle that burned down Hyogo Port.
In that battle, Wang Hu was awarded the title of Flying Cavalry Lieutenant and the title of Wusan Officer as a guerrilla general, marking his entry into the ranks of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty.
Because Cai Yang led an army alone and made great contributions, he was awarded the title of Captain of Cavalry and General Ningyuan.
Later, the two of them implemented a plan to conquer Ezo Island, Kuba Island and surrounding islands together.
In fact, it is very simple. Instigate different Ezo tribes to fight and secretly provide them with weapons.
When one side is defeated, they will run over and say, "We can transport you away by ship to prevent you from being destroyed."
Some tribes refused, and then they disappeared.
The old people were killed, the young ones were sent to Treasure Island (Sado Island) to work as coolies in the mines, and some were sent to be slaves in copper and iron mines in various places.
The remaining women and children were packed and transported back to the Tang Dynasty, where they became wives and slaves of the Tang people.
Of course, it was not the Tang army that took action to eliminate these tribes, but other hateful Ezo tribes.
The victorious Ezo people would exchange their captive population for various luxuries from the Tang army.
The Tang army did not want the elderly or the disabled, but only young men, women and children.
The remaining elderly and disabled people who were no longer wanted were executed by the winning tribe to save food.
Everything has nothing to do with the benevolent Tang Jun, they just made a normal transaction.
As this internecine fighting became more intense, more tribes agreed to migration plans.
For example, the tribe in front of me was defeated and forced to flee Ezo Island not long ago.
The righteous Tang Army extended a helping hand to them and transported them to Honshu Island at extremely low freight rates.
Moreover, in order to allow them to survive on Honshu Island, the kind-hearted Tang Jun specially selected a safer landing point for them.
They were also given certain weapons, farm tools, seeds, etc. to ensure that they could survive after arriving on Honshu Island.
Tang Jun knew that they were poor, so most of the help was at ex-factory price, which was very cheap.
But even so, these impoverished Ezo tribes had no money to pay.
However, the benevolent Tang Army allowed them to owe the debt, and also told them that they could repay the debt with gold, silver, copper, game agricultural products, or women from the Wonu Kingdom.
Moreover, the price offered by the Tang army was very high. If they captured one or two villages and captured some Japanese slave women, they could repay the debt.
Many tribes are already planning to grab one.
As for the Japanese slaves' revenge, there is no need to worry about it. You can just grab it and run away.
If I move to another place, who knows I was the one who stole it?
Many Japanese villages have been robbed in the past two months.
Sometimes things are just like this. When you don't do it, you will feel all kinds of difficulties and dare not do it.
Once you take this initiative, you can't help but do it for the third time...the hundredth time.
This is what happened when the Japanese slaves were robbed of their villages.
At first, the Ezo people were afraid of the Japanese slaves and did not dare to rob them, but they found that after they robbed them several times, they did not suffer much loss.
Instead, they exchanged money owed to Datang through robbery and obtained a large amount of daily necessities. It was so satisfying that more and more tribes came up with bold ideas.
Therefore, the border area between the Wonu Kingdom and the Ezo people gradually began to become chaotic.
In fact, it was not that the Japanese slaves did not know what they had done, nor did they want to care about it, but they had no time to care about it.
The reason is very simple. Shu Ming, the leader of the Japanese slave kingdom, finally failed to survive and died.
Although Soga Ezo tried his best to block the news, the news of the death of the king still spread, and the whole country was in an uproar.
Everyone was shocked by Soga Ezo's ruthless decisiveness, and began to think of ways to hold back.
At this time, Datang extended an olive branch.
At the naval camp on Ezo Island, Liu Rengui asked: "Gao Duhu, what's the plan?"
Gao Biaoren said happily: "The progress is going very smoothly. Soga Ezo has become a rage in the Wonu Kingdom. I contacted Yamabei Daiwang brother, Nakatomi Kamatashi, Soga Ishikawa Maro and others to start a rebellion."
"Brother Yamabeko is the son of Prince Udo (Prince Shotoku). He was qualified to inherit the throne back then, and the previous king also ordered him to succeed."
"But Soga Eni was so powerful that he thought it would be difficult to control his succession, so he appointed another prince as the ruler of the country, namely the ruler Shu Ming who died not long ago."
"After Lord Shu Ming died of illness, Soga Ezo appointed Empress Bao as his successor. So he hated Soga Ezo very much and was easily persuaded."
"Although Soga Ishikawa Maro is also an elder of the Soga family branch, he hates Soga Ezo even more."
"Back then, Soga Ezo wanted to depose Yamagata Daiwang, but was opposed by his uncle Soga Roshi. He sent troops to kill Soga Roshi, setting a precedent for mass killings within the Soga clan."
"There are also many people within the Soga family who are dissatisfied with him, and Soga Ishikawa Maro is the most prominent among them."
"...These people all hate Soga Ezo to the core."
"It's just that in the past, Soga Ezo was so powerful and so ruthless that they didn't dare to fall out. Now with the help of Datang, we have decided to jointly send troops to kill the national traitors."
Liu Renrail: "What do we need to do? Send troops to help them?"
Gao Biaoren said: "No, they don't trust me very much in the Tang Dynasty. How can they be willing to let our army enter Kyoto?"
"The Soga family is powerful and has an army stationed outside Kyoto that is only loyal to him."
"They asked us to send troops to deter this army after the mutiny is successful to prevent the remnants of Soga Ezo's counterattack."
"Once Soga Ezo dies, the local princes of the Wonu Kingdom will probably be ready to take action. They hope that we can send troops to help quell the chaos."
Liu Rengui sneered: "They are really good at dreaming. I agreed to the first condition, but rejected the second condition directly."
Gao Biaoren smiled and said: "I did the same thing. I rejected the second request on the spot."
Liu Rengui asked: "When are they going to take action?"
Gao Biaoren said: "Soga Ezo is afraid of being assassinated, so he usually lives in his own nest outside Kyoto."
"However, the funeral of King Shu Ming will be held in seven days. He must return to Beijing for the funeral. Brother Shanbei King and others chose to take action that night."
"Our army needs to arrive and hide near Kyoto within seven days. Brother Shanbei King and others will send guides to lead the way for us."
Liu Rengui said: "Okay, I will personally lead the army to do this."
Gao Biaoren reminded: "Be careful along the way and beware of fraud by Japanese slaves."
Liu Rengui said confidently: "Don't worry, it's just because I'm afraid they'll deceive me that I have to lead the troops there myself."
"It's okay for them to be honest. If they don't, I will teach them a profound lesson."
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Seven days passed without realizing it, and Soga Ezo left his hometown and entered Kyoto.
And since it was for the funeral of the old king, it was not easy for him to bring the army into Kyoto.
He just let the army be stationed outside the city and led a group of dead soldiers into the city.
Everything went well during the day, and Lord Shu Ming was successfully buried.
After that, there was a banquet given by the new king of the country, the king of the country, Huangji, and the banquet lasted until the evening.
Soga Ezo had no choice but to stay at his Toyoura Minister's Mansion for one night.
In the middle of the night, when there was no one around, only the watchman on the street kept banging his clapper and patrolling along a fixed route.
"Cha-cha-cha..." Suddenly a rapid and dense sound came from the distance.
He was confused as to where such a sound came from so late at night, so he stopped and stretched his neck to look in the direction of the sound.
Then he saw a shadow that was like a giant insect, squirming rapidly towards his direction.
"War... war?" This old watchman had also experienced many turmoils and knew exactly what the situation in front of him meant.
There is going to be another war in Kyoto, and I don't know which big shot's family will be in trouble.
But now he can't care so much anymore. No matter who these people are going for, if he doesn't hide now, he will be the first to be unlucky.
I looked around and saw a relatively low wall, and immediately rushed to the wall with actions that were befitting my age.
He pressed his hands against the wall and jumped in, then huddled motionless in the shadow of the corner.
"Cha-cha-cha..." the footsteps got closer and closer, and soon reached my ears.
The watchman was trembling with fear and did not dare to move.
Outside the wall, thousands of heavily armed soldiers were rushing along the street in a certain direction, making no other sound except for the sound of footsteps.
When the footsteps gradually disappeared, the watchman got up tremblingly. He carefully leaned on the wall and took a look outside, and found that there was no one outside.
He looked in the direction in which the sound went away. He was so familiar with Kyoto that he could roughly guess which big shot's home it was by looking at the direction.
This time was no exception, he actually knew whose home was over there.
The place where Minister Suga's family belongs.
This fact made him even more frightened. What were these soldiers doing in Suga's clan territory late at night? Could it be that they were cleaning the house for them?
There is only one possibility...the Japanese country is going to change.
The watchman was extremely frightened. No, I have to go home quickly and let the children hide.
Thinking of this, he plucked up the courage, managed to climb over the wall with his weak legs, and ran towards his home while rolling and crawling.
The candlelight in Soga Ezo's room, the head of the Soga family, is always on.
Once again, he drove away Concubine Ji who came to invite him to rest. He turned around and glanced at a gorgeous clock in front of him. Was it already twelve o'clock in the middle of the night?
I don't know why, but he felt restless tonight and couldn't fall asleep.
Is something dangerous going to happen?
But in the Japanese slave country, he covers the sky with one hand, who can do anything to him?
Although the Tang army is very strong, it is only strong in the navy. If the opponent dares to land for combat, he is sure to give the opponent a head-on blow.
Unable to figure it out, he could only think that he was being suspicious. It was already late at night, and he was indeed sleepy, so he was about to lie down and sleep.
As soon as I took off my coat, I suddenly heard shouts of death coming from outside.
"Kill, kill the old thief Soga Ezo."
"ah……"
"Stop them quickly."
Hearing the violent sounds of fighting and successive screams, Soga Ezo was startled and shouted quickly: "Come here, what happened outside?"
A waiter immediately opened the door and came in: "We have sent people to inquire about it, but no news has been sent back yet."
Soga Ezo said angrily: "Trash, I'm going to explore."
"Yes." The waiter quickly withdrew and ran all the way to the front to check the situation.
Soga Ezo was running around anxiously in the room, and that ominous premonition arose again and became stronger and stronger.
What he feared most happened. Someone really took this opportunity and wanted to kill him.
But he immediately sneered again. How could he not have thought that this move had turned the family into a defensive fortress a long time ago.
There is a gate built outside the house, and next to it is the armory. Each gate is equipped with sinks, wooden hooks, etc. It can effectively resist enemy attacks and prevent fire attacks.
During the sensitive period when the king of the country changed, he also transferred nearly a thousand dead soldiers raised by his family back to defend, so that no one could easily attack.
As long as he can hold on for a moment and a half, the army outside the city will be able to react, and then the inside and outside will cooperate to kill all the rebels.
Soon a blood-stained waiter stumbled in and shouted: "The master of the house is in trouble. Brother Shanbei Prince and Nakatomi Kamazu have broken through the gate and came in."
Soga Ezo was shocked and said: "How is it possible? How could they break in so easily if the gate is strong?"
The waiter said: "It was Soga Ishikawa Maro. He opened the door from the inside and let the enemy in."
"Ah?" Soga Ezo staggered back three or four steps and sat down on the ground.
"How could this happen, how could this happen? Why betray the family, why betray the family."
The waiter urged: "Master, please move from the secret passage to another courtyard as soon as possible to reorganize your troops and attack these traitors."
"Secret passage? Haha..." Soga Ezo said with a sad smile: "Ishikawa Maro has rebelled, so there is no secret passage left."
"What should we do?" the waiter asked anxiously.
After all, Soga Ezo is a person who has been in power for decades, and he still has some magnanimity. He quickly calmed down his emotions and said in a deep voice:
"Let's go to the front. I want to ask Ishikawa Maro what he thinks about betraying the family."
"Ah. This... is, I will guide you." The waiter said hurriedly.
Soga Ezo picked up his sword and followed closely.
Along the way, some defeated remnants kept trying to run inside, but after seeing Soga Ezo, they all staggered after him.
Before he could reach the front yard, he saw the family members retreating while fighting, and soon entered the middle gate.
When these dead soldiers saw him, the head of the family, it was like seeing their backbone, their morale was greatly boosted, and they actually ended up in a stalemate for a while.
Soga Ezo came to the front of the battle and shouted: "Stop."
As the saying goes, the tiger is still powerful after sunset, and the two sides who were fighting really stopped.
He glanced around for a week and shouted again: "Prince Yamabei, the great prince, and Soga Ishikawa Maro came to see me."
The group of incoming enemies looked at each other, and finally one person turned around and ran towards the front yard.
Soga Ezo did not order a counterattack, and the intruders did not continue the attack. The two sides just calmed down strangely.
Not long after, Brother Yamabeko and Soga Ishikawa Maro arrived here.
Brother Shanbei the Great King bowed and said: "Greetings to your Excellency, Minister."
Soga Ezo nodded and said in an appreciative tone: "Yes, you are more courageous than I thought. In the future, you will be the leader of the country."
Brother Shanbei said calmly: "Thank you, Your Excellency, for the compliment. I feel ashamed to deserve it."
Soga Ezo didn't believe what he said, but he didn't expose it either, but said:
"The ambitions of the Tang Dynasty never stop here. I hope you can understand this truth and don't let the inheritance of the Japanese country be cut off in your hands in the future."
Brother Shanbei's expression became cautious and he said, "Thank you, Minister, for reminding me. I know what to do."
Soga Ezo ignored him, but turned to look at Soga Ishikawa Maro, his expression became angry, and shouted: "Ishikawa Maro, why did you betray the family?"
Soga Ishikawa Maro remembered the fear of being dominated by the other party, and was frightened to take a step back. However, he immediately remembered the current situation and mustered up the courage to say:
"You should be the one who betrayed the family. From the day you killed your uncle, you are no longer the head of the Suga family, but a thief. I killed you just to get rid of the thief."
Soga Ezo staggered back a step and said with a sad smile: "Haha, there is a saying in the Central Plains called cocooning oneself. I didn't expect that I would die because of it."
"That's fine, I started the Suga family's fight against each other, so let's use my blood to warn future generations not to do such a thing that makes relatives happy and enemies happy."
Brother Shanbei, the king, was afraid of long nights and many dreams, and did not want to delay any more. He shouted: "All this in our Wonu country today is caused by you, Su and Ezo."
"If it weren't for you, why would the burning of Hyogo Port happen? How could we cede so much land to Tang State?"
"You have no ruler, you deceive your subordinates and conceal your superiors, you take bribes, pervert the law and kill people... Today we will eliminate you, a traitor to the country, and restore the glory of our Japanese country."
"Soldiers, get rid of the thieves and kill them."
The soldiers immediately raised their weapons and started to kill Soga Ezo.
However, Soga Ezo did not panic and said: "Stop them." Then he turned around and walked towards the bedroom, leaving soldiers from both sides fighting together.
After returning to the bedroom, Soga Ezo carefully looked at everything in the room, as if he wanted to keep them in mind.
When passing by a lamp, he knocked the lamp to the ground with a swing of his scabbard. The lamp oil spilled everywhere, and the flames spread with the lamp oil.
A generation of powerful minister Soga Ezo burned himself to death in a mutiny, and the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom entered a new chapter.
But this is not the end. There are still follow-up negotiations waiting for the two countries.