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Chapter 431 Dilemma

This made Hu Yunqiang fall into a fateful silence for a moment.

I really didn’t know what to do, so I looked for Ginzan in Shimane Prefecture, but found Sado Island instead.

After all, this place is only a day's flight from the Japanese slaves' homeland.

If the news that Sado Island was captured by the advance army reaches the ears of the Japanese slaves.

In two days at most, the Japanese slaves' counterattack will come.

If Hu Yunqiang grabs some gold and retreats on a treasure ship.

Although they can gain some small profits, Sado Island will definitely be heavily guarded.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty will officially conquer the Japanese country.

If you want to get this golden mountain again, you will probably have to pay a huge price.

But if you stick to this place, it's better not to be discovered by the Japanese slaves.

Once discovered, I am afraid that the entire army will be wiped out under the wheels.

After all, the number of advance troops who landed on the island was only six hundred.

Even if Langzhen could restrain the Japanese swords, he would not be able to withstand the attacks of the Japanese slave armies.

Gangtai of the Li ethnic group didn't know Hu Yunqiang's purpose of coming to the island.

I thought that this strange Ming army equipped with bamboos was just wandering here to replenish supplies and would not occupy this place for a long time.

Gangtai of the Li ethnic group also increased the bargaining chips for Qingrao to save his life.

He promised Hu Yunqiang: "General, if you can guarantee the safety of me and my warriors."

"In addition to the gold and grain that I want to hand over to the head of the family, I can also give you all the gold in my personal vault for travel expenses."

Hu Yunqiang, who was in a dilemma, couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

He glanced disdainfully at Li Gangtai, who was like a pug.

He asked with a sarcastic tone: "Are you out of your mind? You actually want to use Daming's money to buy your life?"

"This island is now under the control of our Ming army, and the gold, silver and food on it are also under the control of the Ming Dynasty."

"If you really want to live, call your men immediately and catch all the escapees."

"If there is a person who escapes from this island, then you should kill him yourself!"

Gangtai of the Li tribe was still waiting to bargain with Hu Yunqiang, but he did not expect that he had lost the qualification to negotiate.

Because there are the most capable samurai on the island, and the miners who work as cannon fodder consume the Ming army's physical strength.

He took them all out and killed them all in one go.

The real ruler of the island was therefore replaced by the victorious Ming army.

Although Li Gangtai is unwilling to accept this cruel reality.

But facing Hu Yuanqiang's murderous threat, he could only lower his head in humiliation again: "I dare not disobey the general's order. In just one hour, I can kill all those cowards."

Hu Yunqiang ignored Li Gangtai's assurance.

He just turned around and looked at Taro Kinpen who was still a little confused after hearing the name of this island.

He snorted coldly and said, "What are you still doing?"

"From now on, it's up to you to supervise these Japanese slaves when they search for deserters."

"If there is any intention to escape or resist, you will kill this Li tribe."

Although Hu Yunqiang now understands that Phnom Penh Taro may not understand hydrology.

Being able to accidentally drift to Sado Island was all due to the good luck of the advance troops.

But now is not the time to settle scores with this guy.

The first priority is to capture all the Japanese slaves on the island and gather them together.

Otherwise, no matter whether Hu Yunqiang leaves or stays, he may inevitably have a fight with the Japanese slave army.

"General, please don't worry. Even if I die, I won't let a Japanese slave escape."

Knowing that he had been exposed, Taro Kinpen had no choice but to pat his chest and express his intention to give up his merits.

Hu Yunqiang was too lazy to talk nonsense to her, and continued to pass on orders to patrol around the island to the soldiers of the advance army and the sailors who were still on the treasure ship. Every effort was made to prevent Japanese slaves from escaping Sado Island by boat.

The chase continued into the night.

Perhaps the combat effectiveness of the Ming army was too amazing.

The Japanese slaves on Sado Island were frightened into silence. Perhaps the life of Gangtai, the Li clan of their family, was in the hands of the traitor Taro Phnom Penh.

Among the Japanese slaves and miners on the island, even when they were acting alone, no one took the opportunity to escape.

On the contrary, he took the initiative to drag out many escaped Japanese slaves from some nooks and crannies that only the locals knew.

Taro Phnom Penh reported respectfully to Hu Yun: "General, all the escaped Japanese slaves have been captured."

"Including the dead, the total number of warriors and miners is 1,327, and they are all on the beach now."

Before coming to Sado Island, Taro Kinpen worked so hard for the Ming Dynasty.

Even if Hu Yunqiang is pretending, he will always praise this old Japanese slave.

But now he only has doubts about this person: "Among these Japanese slaves, how many people know how to count? Are you sure they didn't just talk about the number of people to fool you?"

"General, most of our Japanese warriors have learned arithmetic."

"And I also found their roster. Comparing the two items, there is indeed no problem with the number of players."

Taro Phnom Penh patiently explained to Hu Yunqiang that there was nothing wrong with the number of people he counted.

Then he explained to himself: "General, I only talked about hydrology because I was confused for a moment, and I was worried that if I gave a negative answer, I would be thrown into the sea to feed the fishes."

"I have absolutely no intention of killing you or any other Ming warriors. Please give me a chance to prove your loyalty."

Hu Yunqiang couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth twice when faced with Taro Phnom Penh's explanation.

It was also his fault that after killing a large number of Japanese slave prisoners, he asked Taro Kinpenh about the sea route to Shimane Prefecture.

Unexpectedly, the old Japanese slave was frightened.

In a sense, the culprit who caused the advance army to float at sea for so many days was actually Hu Yunqiang himself.

Think of this.

Hu Yunqiang's face couldn't help but feel a little feverish.

He coughed, skipped the topic and asked, "How much gold and food is there on the island?"

Taro Kinpen didn't expect that he could pass this level easily.

Immediately he replied with joy on his face: "General, we found a total of more than 5,000 taels of gold from Gangtai of the Li tribe's warehouse."

"The food is mainly rice, which is about more than 20,000 stones. There is also a large area of ​​rice fields that are still growing on the plains of the island."

"If we wait until they mature, we can probably harvest about three thousand koku of rice."

When searching for gold, Hu Yunqiang personally led the team.

So he knew very well the total amount of gold existing on the island.

Hu Yunqiang's original plan was to wipe out all the Japanese slaves on the island.

Then he returned to the Ming Dynasty with the gold and reported the good news to Zhu Yuanzhang.

But after learning that there were actually 20,000 koku of rice on Sado Island.

A fire lit up in Hu Yunqiang's heart.

He summoned the cronies he had cultivated in the advance army during this period.

And an advance army officer who doesn’t recognize anyone but thinks he is the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Yuanqiang asked bluntly: "The purpose of His Majesty sending us out is to search for 'specialties' on the Japanese island."

"Now that the mission is completed, you plan to share a sum of money and then go back to Ming Dynasty to live a happy life."

"Looking at other people using the sea charts that our brothers have used their lives to find out, and the credit for opening up the territory has been wasted."

"Or do you want to stay here with me and guard the second island that the advance army captured from Japan for Ming Dynasty? Until Your Majesty sends a large army to Japan?"

(End of this chapter)