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Chapter 428 White Deer
The Chen Banner Army landed in Inaba, joined forces with Nizi Katsuhisa, and reached an agreement on the mines in Iwami.

Shengjiu asked Chen Bazhi to have the right to exploit Shijian Yinshan for at least ten years, but five years is not acceptable.

Shikasuke Yamanaka was much wiser. He demanded that at least [-]% of the silver mine be used for Nizi's family, otherwise he would rather wait for the Oda family's troops to attack westward before taking back their homeland.

Li Dan is very clear about Nizi Shengjiu's calculations. Shengjiu is afraid that the Ming army will leave in five years, and the Maoris will come back and they will not be able to resist... Anyone who stands in Shengjiu's position will not think that restoring the country is easy thing.

Even the restoration of the country itself was not what Nizi Shengjiu wanted.

His father and grandfather were purged and murdered by the house governor, Nizi Qingjiu, and he became a monk after he escaped. In the end, he was dragged out by the die-hard Lu Jie to let him succeed the house governor. Now a young general of the Ming Dynasty popped up, talking to himself about the restoration of the country, about the silver mountain two hundred miles away, and mining it for five years?
"If you can let me live in Futian Yueshan City safely, I will give you 500 years, not to mention the silver mine of the Mori family, for five years!" '

When it comes to the end, Li Dan reached an agreement with Nizi Katsuhisa and Yamanaka Yukimori, the master and slave. Iwami Yinshan will be mined for ten years, and all the ore will belong to Chen Bazhi. Nizi's family will open a port in Izumo. A Dafu ship carried the goods to the port for trade, and gave the Nizi family the right to purchase the iron cannons of the Ming Dynasty, but did not say the quantity and price.

Speaking of the banquet at the end, Li Dan purchased wine and meat for Nizi's retainers and Chen's generals to drink and have fun. He also hired Noh performers to dance with taiko drums, although they couldn't understand it.

During the banquet, when Nizi Shengjiu toasted Chen Bazhi, he wanted to taste the wine brought by the general of the Ming Dynasty.

After filling a bowl of Liaodong shochu that Li Rubai gave to Chen Bazhi, Sheng Jiu's style of painting changed, holding the wine jar and muttering "ah, I really don't want to go through the past again, worrying about Lu Zhisuke going out to rob every day Can you come back alive! ' Strange words like that.

Jiu Hanren Chang, Chen Bazhi and others fulfilled the mission of contacting Nizi's family. The generals of Nizi's family also had a general from the Ming Dynasty leading nearly ten thousand strong troops to join the restoration of the country, and their morale was greatly boosted, sweeping away the previous decadence.

The mountain name Fengguo, who was vacillating between Maori and Nizi's family, also gradually eased his ups and downs because of the arrival of the Ming army.

They didn't stay in Inaba country for too long, and they divided up their troops to attack, and launched an offensive against the people of Hoki country with the two thousand ashigaru from the mountain name Toyo country. Izumo place.

In March of the first year of Wanli, Nizi Shengjiu, the governor of Nizi's family, led his army to set foot on the land of Izumo again, marching from Meibao Pass to Bailu City.

"The goal is already clear. Capture the Ten Banners of Nizi, use the method of attacking the branch city to isolate and attack, and encircle Futian Yueshan City!"

Under the White Deer Castle, Yamanaka Yukimori wore an antler helmet and rode a famous horse with forty miles of deer hair given by Oda Nobunaga. Wu Qiang shouted loudly: "Let the world know that Nizi's family is back!"

The ashigaru formations all over the mountains shouted feebly. Although they wear the Nizi family crest, they are not soldiers of the Izumo country. Restoring the country, there is no excitement at all.

But because of Shanzhong Xingsheng's instigation, all the Nizi warriors who were generals in front of the battle flushed with excitement, wishing to draw their swords and climb the city to slash and kill.

In the highland forest not far behind the Nizi family army formation, there are less than [-] Chen's Artillery Banner Army, Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and Wudao Japanese pirates mixed in the army formation. Li Rubai looked at the army formation besieging the city at the foot of the mountain and smiled comfortably. He said: "It didn't boost morale, Chen Shuai, they are probably counting on the cage city to win for a few months, let's bombard the city, let's blast the city gate, and the Japanese soldiers will have morale."

"No, it's not. It's a small military stronghold in a strategic place. They call it a branch city."

As Chen Bazhi said, he stepped forward slowly, facing Bailu City four miles away: "There are not many defenders, the city wall is not high, and the Maori army is behind. They can't wait for the opportunity to cage the city, so they can only attack by force."

"Let's watch this battle. Let them fire a few shots when they attack, and let them fight. Between offense and defense, look at the usual tactics." Chen Bazhi said, turning his head to look at Li Rubai, and said: "The ten branch cities are all nuns. The old place, not to mention the fact that Izumo is too cold, and Nizi's soldiers' clothes are very thin, they will win as soon as possible."

"Boqi State in the east has the troops of famous mountain masters, so it's not enough to worry about in the short term; in the south, Beihou, which is connected by the main road, will be cleaned up by Nizi after he captures Futian Yueshan City. It is close to Anyi Country, Sanyo Road, where the Maori army is the most powerful. Between the three cities of Shanbuki, Wentang, and Crocodile in Iwami Country, Anong County, the opponents are elite soldiers and powerful generals from the Maori Territory. Before that, it will be easier to know more about them win."

It's not that simple to seize food from the mouth of a tiger. No matter who owns Yinshan, he is regarded as deadly. Chen Bazhi is very worried about being dragged into the battle that he is tired of coping with.

His strategy is to make clear the chariots and horses from the very beginning, gather troops in Anon County on the main road from the Western Kingdom to the Izumo Kingdom, and fight a decisive battle with the reinforcements that the Mori family may send. They dare not make Yinshan's idea again.

"There may not be much pressure over there. Otomo from Kyushu is attacking Nagato. If the battle goes well, we can easily get Silver Mountain."

Chen Bazhi shook his head while talking, and when he heard the shouts from the mountain changed, the formation changed, and he focused on the situation on the battlefield, saying: "You can't rely on other people's hands to settle down. Chen is also looking forward to a battle with Maori. Magui's soldiers are fighting in Wudao. Cowpox, I don’t know where to go to fight, we... look, the persuasion failed.”

Nizi Katsuhisa, who was wearing armor on the top of Yamashita's main formation, stood up angrily from the waist hanging. The small horse that was called the waist hanging was knocked down. He tore the letter sent from the city to pieces, and he clenched his fist and shouted to the messenger warrior. , The samurai walked through the forest with his sword.

When the order was passed to the front army, Shikasuke Yamanaka brandished the tassel spear, the taiko drum sounded, and several army formations slowly pressed forward to Bailu City.

Chen Bazhi jumped down from the top of the dwarf mountain with a smile. Qi Shuai's experience in the army made him serious, but every time he saw others go to war, he would still have the smirk of when he stretched out a flag spike gun from the Haojing Fort in the early years, and raised his hand to his subordinates. The gunner waved his arms, giving silent orders.

Several cannons were pushed to the front, and the angle of the muzzles had been adjusted long ago. On the way of Nizi's army formation pressing towards Bailu City, the cannons roared in the mountains. Hold your head to avoid.

Cannonballs screamed and blasted near the city gate. Although the wood chips flew together and failed to smash through the city gate with one blow, they pierced through the iron cannon oar on the gate, breaking the moment of tranquility before the battle.

　good morning friends!
　　
　
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