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Hyoe is a gangster, a very smart Japanese gangster, but Hyoe himself would never think of himself as a gangster, but as a samurai, because in this era, in Japan, gangsters and samurai are of similar nature, all committing murder, arson, and robbery.
But in Japan at that time, life was not easy for both gangsters and samurai, because Japan was too poor. Even if they tried hard to plunder, they could not earn much. Later, Bingyouwei heard that Dapeng was a wealthy place, where people lived like in heaven, and the people there were as docile as sheep. So, Bingyouwei followed others and started to be a pirate.
This was a very profitable business, and Bingyouwei soon became a wealthy man in Japan. Later, Bingyouwei became the leader of a group of Japanese pirates, leading a group of men to wander on the sea, constantly looking for prey.
A month ago, Bing Youwei merged two smaller Japanese pirate groups. The growing strength made Bing Youwei more greedy and they dared to attack the small towns of the Great Kingdom.
Bing Youwei successfully looted two small towns, which made him feel more and more powerful. His ambition grew bigger and bigger. He was thinking about making a big profit before winter came. Just as he was thinking about this, a piece of good news came to him.
"Sir, Ying Shiyi has sent a message saying that the government of the Great State in Jiading City will transport a batch of silver to the north. According to Ying Shiyi's preliminary estimate, the amount is 300,000 taels." A man in black knelt on one knee in front of Bing Youwei and said.
"Well, is this news reliable? Also, when did they set out, which route did they take, and how many troops did they have?" Bing Youwei looked at the beach under his feet, then looked at the man in black. His eyes narrowed slightly and he asked calmly, but he was not calm in his heart. Three hundred thousand taels of silver, this is definitely a huge deal.
"To answer your question, sir, the news is very reliable. Ying Shiyi saw the silver they loaded with his own eyes, and one of the Da'an soldiers accidentally dropped a box of silver on the ground, and the silver spilled out, a total of three thousand taels. Ying Shiyi counted that there were a hundred boxes of silver. They set out in the morning with a hundred Da'an soldiers armed with muskets. They went to Liuhekou. They might board a ship from Liuhekou and go north by water, or they might cross the river from there and go north by land." The man in black answered with his head down, not noticing that Bing Youwei was staring into the distance in a trance.
"So, we must intercept them at the mouth of Liuhe River. Yosi, is there any other news?" Bing Youwei pondered for a moment, retracted his gaze and asked.
"Yes, sir. Eagle Nineteen has news that the Da'e army he was monitoring in Hupu withdrew two days ago. Eagle Nineteen wanted to continue following them, but the enemy's scouts were too powerful and discovered Eagle Nineteen's tracking. Fortunately, Eagle Nineteen was alert and escaped with his life." The man in black added another piece of news.
"Well, Yosi, Yingyi, you go down first." Bingyouwei waved his hand, signaling the man in black to go down.
This is really a beautiful and rich place. Bing Youwei looked up at the distance again, his heart filled with emotion. After more than ten years of fighting as a Japanese pirate, he fell deeply in love with this place. This place is not only beautiful and rich, but the people here are as docile as sheep, allowing Bing Youwei to rob however he wants. This is exactly Bing Youwei's favorite place.
Bing Youwei naturally couldn't understand why the people here were so docile. He didn't know that the Lijia theory that originated in the Song Dynasty not only eliminated the Han people's enterprising spirit, but also eliminated the Han people's bloodiness. The kind of masculinity that was inspiring and inspiring during the Han and Tang Dynasties, the kind of masculinity that made scholars draw swords and common people brave, were suppressed by the rulers for the sake of their own rule. Otherwise, how could these mere Japanese pirates be so rampant.
Standing not far from Hyoe was his bodyguard Yanagi Saburo, a man Hyoe picked up at sea. Hyoe was certainly not the kind of person who would be kind-hearted. Even if the person was his relative, he would not have any mercy. After his men rescued him from the sea, Hyoe discovered that Yanagi Saburo was actually a rare senior ninja, so he kept him by his side.
Yanagi Sanzo was a man of few words, with a pair of eyes as sharp as a knife blade, so other people generally did not dare to talk to him. Usually, he just followed Bingyouwei silently and protected Bingyouwei. He never participated in the looting of the Japanese pirates, and Bingyouwei did not dare to blame him for not participating in the action, because Bingyouwei was already very proud to have a senior ninja as his bodyguard.
In addition to practicing martial arts, when he has nothing to do, Liu Beisaburo is constantly wiping his knife. At this time, there is always a very lonely look in his eyes. Bingyouwei can see the loneliness in Liu Beisaburo's eyes, but he really can't understand why Liu Beisaburo is lonely. Bingyouwei also gave Liu Beisaburo several women he had robbed, but Liu Beisaburo never lifted a finger to those women, as if those women had never existed in his eyes.
Bingyouwei couldn't understand why all men liked women, but this Liu Beisaburo didn't like them. He just practiced martial arts and wiped his sword silently. What fun was there for a man to do such a thing?
Hyoe was confused and couldn't understand. This made him, who thought he was very smart, attribute Yanagi's behavior to that of a pervert and didn't want to care about it anymore. Anyway, every time he was in danger, Yanagi would come to his rescue, and that was enough.
The Right Guard pulled himself out of his wild thoughts and said to another of his guards, "Go and tell them my order. The entire army will set out from Liuhekou. If we succeed this time, I will reward you handsomely."
The guard responded and went down to pass the message. Not long after, all the Japanese pirates got on their respective boats in a hurry. More than a dozen boats headed towards the mouth of Liuhe River. These boats were not big, so they could not be called ships. Apart from these desperate Japanese pirates, even a brave man like Tang Tong would not dare to sail on the sea in such small boats. It was too dangerous to drive people's lives.
Bing Youwei boarded his own ship, which was the only seagoing ship among this group of Japanese pirates. It had a displacement of about 300 tons and was robbed by Bing Youwei from a large sea merchant.
The azure sea was rippling with green waves. Bingyouwei was full of confidence when he set out. He had no idea what was waiting for him ahead, because he was just a greedy Japanese gangster, not a general who understood military affairs.
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Liu Qi was also a gangster, a gangster in Changzhou City of Daqi Kingdom. But at this time, he didn't look like a gangster at all. Wearing Daqi military uniform, he looked like a Daqi soldier no matter how you looked at him. He carried a Daqi conventional musket on his shoulder and looked like an elite soldier in the Daqi army when he was lined up in the team.
If there was no ammunition in his musket and on him, Liu Qi would have felt more powerful. Unfortunately, their current leader, Lord Tang Tong, had no intention of treating them as soldiers. Because they were nominally escorting 300,000 taels of silver, they were really afraid that if they were given ammunition, Liu Qi and his hundred or so gangsters would rebel on the road.
Liu Qi and his men also knew that the cargo this time was three hundred thousand taels of silver. To be honest, they were very eager to make a move. At that time, a box of silver fell to the ground, and the silver was scattered all over the ground. Liu Qi and his hundred gangsters all showed greed on their faces, but they didn't know that among the one hundred boxes, except for the box that contained real silver, the other boxes were filled with stones, which were used to lure the Japanese pirates into the trap.
After the group slowly left Jiading City, they did not walk fast along the way. Of course, fifty ox carts pulling things could not move fast at all. The hundred or so gangsters felt like they were being scratched by a cat during this slow movement. There was a lot of silver around them, and these people could not help but have wild thoughts, but they did not have the courage to act, because there was no ammunition in the musket in his hand, which was worse than a fire stick. Another bigger reason was that they were really afraid of Lord Tang who was following behind them. In the hearts of these gangsters from Changzhou, they would rather provoke the King of Hell than provoke this devil-like Lord Tang.
Liu Qi quietly looked back at Tang Tong behind him, then glanced at the box on the ox cart beside him, and finally sighed in his heart. Liu Qi's mood at this time, to use a phrase from later generations, was: There was once a large sum of silver right next to me, but I didn't dare to grab it. If God gave me another chance, I hope... I still wouldn't dare to grab it, because our Lord Tang was following behind me.
When they were still ten miles away from the mouth of Liuhe River, Tang Tong did not let everyone go on, but stopped in front of a forest to let everyone rest. They walked very slowly along the way and did not feel tired. However, the hundred or so gangsters were still very happy to have a rest. Liu Qi stepped forward to help Tang Tong pull the horse. When he saw Tang Tong smiling at him, Liu Qi felt as sweet as drinking honey in his heart, because he knew that he had left a good impression on Lord Tang and might be promoted by Lord Tang in the future.
Tang Tong got off his horse and looked at Fang Qie by the sea with his eyes narrowed. He was waiting, waiting for those greedy Japanese pirates to come. The two hundred soldiers under his command had been trained for three months, and now was the time to test the results of these three months of training.
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