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Chapter 377: Conquer Tsushima Island! Land on the Japanese Island! Occupy the Iwami Silver Mine!

Japan.

At this time, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were in a better mood because they had killed those lords who had come to cause trouble for them.

So he immediately led his troops to attack the territories of other lords.

Since these lords had all died on the Korean battlefield and their elite troops had been withdrawn, those left behind were either the old, weak, sick and disabled, or subordinates who were not trusted in the first place.

When faced with the troops led by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they immediately surrendered.

It can be said that Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were the biggest winners of this Korean War.

Originally, they didn't think they could attack the Ming Dynasty.

Or perhaps they originally intended to use the Korean War to kill all their opponents and competitors.

Now that their goal has been achieved, they will naturally start taking over their competitors' territories without any hesitation.

There were also some tougher ones who fought against the troops sent by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

But the same thing happened. After the elite soldiers were withdrawn, how could they deal with those soldiers who had been fighting for years under Oda Nobunaga? So they were eliminated one after another.

Even as these news of victory continued to come in, Oda Nobunaga was still a little worried.

He called Toyotomi Hideyoshi over and said, "What I am most worried about now is the Ming army on the Korean battlefield.

Do you think they will defeat the Japanese coalition forces and then move south across the Tsushima Strait, using Tsushima Island as a springboard to directly attack Japan?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi waved his hands, "Let alone the fact that they only have more than 10,000 troops, just look at the vast ocean, how are they going to cross the Tsushima Strait?
We have 3,000 troops deployed on Tsushima Island, and it would be a bit problematic for these 3,000 troops to fight against the Ming army on the Korean battlefield.

But don’t forget that if the Ming army wants to come here, they must take a boat.

Ships move on the sea. No matter how powerful they are, how can they fight without ships?

If we could defeat their warships, we could drown them in the sea.

So General, don't worry. As the leaders of the Ming army, they are not so stupid as to land in Japan to fight under such circumstances.

Besides, even if they wanted to, how much food and fodder could the North Koreans provide?"

After Toyotomi Hideyoshi's analysis, Oda Nobunaga finally felt relieved.

But he probably never thought of it in his dreams.

In fact, Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been fighting all the time. I will unify Japan first, and then create an incident to get rid of you as well. Only then can I be the real King of Japan.

But Toyotomi Hideyoshi thought very carefully and made a thorough analysis.

However, no one expected that Chen Han is now in North Korea, carrying out reforms similar to those of the Ming Dynasty.

A large number of landlords had already been killed without leaving a single one alive.

Every household of those landlords has a lot of stored grain.

After plundering their stored food, the food and supplies they had were now enough to support their landing in Japan.

After arriving in Japan, Cao Zhengchun used his skills to kill all the Japanese without leaving a single one, and also robbed them of enough food and supplies to support the war.

So everyone thought that Chen Han would never launch an attack on the Japanese mainland at this time.

Chen Han is already on the boat in the Tsushima Strait.

Although the warships of Korea were by no means as large as those of the Ming Dynasty, the warships in the Busan port were still quite powerful because they often had to fight against pirates and Japanese pirates.

Especially since Yi Sun-sin himself was the naval admiral of Busan Port.

After seeing how Chen Han led the Ming army to sweep away the Japanese who had occupied most of Korea, he was convinced by Chen Han.

So he handed over all his navy and naval warships to Chen Han.

He himself felt regretful for not being able to follow Chen Han to attack the Japanese mainland.

But he also understood that it was normal for Chen Han to not believe him as a Korean general.

That's why he doesn't complain so much.

Chen Han sat and stood on the deck of the ship.

Looking at the vast sea, I have an illusion in my heart.

Looking at the map, they found that the Tsushima Strait was only a few centimeters away from the North Korean mainland, but now they have been sailing on the sea for two days and are still on the vast ocean.

But according to the report of the North Korean navy, the Tsushima Strait will be visible in just half a day.

According to the information we have obtained, Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi have evacuated Korea.

However, three thousand troops were still sent to the Tsushima Strait.

They are deployed along the coastline of the Tsushima Strait, mainly in the north, northwest and south across the sea from Japan's Iwami Province, in order to receive food and fodder supplies from the mainland.

With such a small number of troops, Chen Han thought that it was just enough to fill the gaps in his teeth.

So half a day later, we saw Tsushima Island from afar, and we also saw Japanese troops stationed to the north and northwest of Tsushima Island.

Although their numbers were small, if they got close they would surely be ambushed by these Japanese.

So without Chen Han's instructions, Cao Zhengchun pulled a 50-centimeter-wide and 3-meter-long wooden board from the deck and threw it into the sea with all his strength.

Then he touched the deck and flew up like an eagle. He stepped on the wooden board and rushed towards Tsushima Island like a sharp sword.

The Japanese on the shore were terrified. They had never seen anyone sailing towards them on a piece of wood on the sea.

Then a rain of arrows mixed with sporadic musket fire flew towards Cao Zhengchun.

A faint wall of air appeared around Cao Zhengchun.

All the weapons that were fired at him hit the wall as if it were hitting a sponge, without causing any ripples.

This scene scared the Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river.

Before they could react, Cao Zhengchun had already approached quickly with the wooden board.

Then he touched the board again, and it sank into the water.

With the help of this force, Cao Zhengchun flew up and used his internal strength in the air. The strong winds cut the dazed Japanese devils into pieces, and their blood spilled on the shore.

By the time Cao Zhengchun landed, the Japanese soldiers on the ground were so frightened that they dared not move and were trembling all over.

Cao Zhengchun didn't show any mercy to them and instantly wiped out the bunker where a thousand people were stationed.

Only a quarter of an hour had passed.

By the time Cao Zhengchun had wiped out the Japanese devils on the north shore of Tsushima Island, Chen Han had already led the fleet to the port.

Although the Liaodong soldiers had already experienced Cao Zhengchun's power.

But seeing Cao Zhengchun's agile figure, he jumped off the deck more than a thousand meters away from the coast and was able to rush so far by stepping on a piece of wood.

He was able to kill more than a thousand Japanese soldiers alone without leaving a single one alive.

Let them see that there were many Japanese corpses floating on the sea.

On that beach, even the white sand was dyed red with blood.

Only then did they truly understand why their own Duke was so confident.

Apart from anything else, just having a powerful general like Cao Zhengchun would be enough to defeat Japan.

This is not a person.

This is a god.

Chen Han ordered his men to collect the food and grass here, and then sent 10,000 Liaodong troops to attack Japan in the northwest direction.

Although there is such a legendary figure as Cao Zhengchun.

But Chen Han still wanted to train a strong army.

Otherwise, it would be a waste for these people to come here just to watch the show. Besides, the Liaodong Army has such good weapons, so it should not be defeated by the Japanese devils.

If this can't kill the Japanese devils, then they are waste and are no longer needed.

The Liaodong Army also performed very well.

After seeing how powerful Cao Zhengchun is, I no longer have any worries.

And what I was thinking was, if we can't win, do we have to rely on gods like Cao Zhengchun to save us for the rest of our lives?

So their military morale is also very high.

Of course the most important thing is not to embarrass yourself.

An army of ten thousand men attacked a thousand men, an army armed with muskets and cannons.

Of course we can't stop the Jap devils.

After just half an hour, they were all killed.

The Liaodong Army suffered less than twenty casualties.

Then they collected all the Japanese's food and fodder, immediately boarded the boat, and headed towards the south coast of Tsushima Island.

Although there were only a thousand Japanese devils on the south bank, they built a city.

Moreover, the food and fodder stored here is more than that in the northwest and north-west areas.

And just as he had imagined, after conquering these thousand people, the food and grass obtained from here would be much more than from the previous two places.

After all, this place is the Japanese frontier.

After taking over Tsushima Island, Chen Han did not stay there. He did not even think of stationing troops in this place.

Because he told Luyao very clearly that it was enough to transport the food and supplies to this place, and the Korean army did not need to go to Japan at all.

After they leave, the Korean soldiers sent by Green Waist will definitely quickly occupy Tsushima Island and then stockpile food and fodder here.

From now on, with just one order, the Korean army will send food and fodder to Japan to give them.

Fortunately, this time when Chen Han left the Ming Dynasty, he brought enough muskets, gunpowder and bullets as well as cannons and cannon ammunition.

The truth is that on the Korean battlefield, we relied on the god-like figure Cao Zhengchun to kill all the Japanese devils without leaving a single one alive, and we didn't use too many Liaodong troops at all.

The Liaodong Army had plenty of muskets and gunpowder.

Just when Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were dreaming that Chen Han and his men would never be so stupid as to lead an army of 10,000 to attack the Japanese mainland.

Chen Han has led a large army to their homeland.

Chen Han landed directly from the Yuri Port in Iwami Province.

Iwamikuni Hot Spring was not as lively as it is today.

In modern times, this place is still a tourist attraction, and even a hot spring tourist attraction.

There are many tourists coming and going from all over the world.

But now this Tangli Port is still a dilapidated small fishing port.

When Chen Han and his warships arrived at this small fishing port, the local Japanese garrison had not yet reacted.

When they hurried over and wanted to stop Chen Han and others from landing.

What greeted them was Cao Zhengchun's bloody massacre.

In just one day, Chen Han and his men occupied the entire Tangli Port and set up camp here.

The next step is to go directly inland.

But why did Chen Han actually stop at this Tangli Port?

On the one hand, it is because Tangli is close to the sea.

This place has been a fishing spot since ancient times.

What is the most important thing?
The most important thing is that Yuri Port is actually not far from the famous Iwami Silver Mine.

From Tangli Port, walk southeast for another twenty miles and up the mountain, and you will find the Iwami Silver Mine.

Although the Iwami Silver Mine has not yet been mined on a large scale, the foundation has been laid.

It is possible that at its peak in later generations, the daily output could reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of taels.

But now it can only be maintained at around a few thousand.

But the occupation of the Iwami Silver Mine was also very good news for the economic recovery of the Ming Dynasty.

When their army arrived at the foot of the Iwami Silver Mine, there were not many garrison troops left, only about 500 people.

But the number of silver miners at the Iwami Silver Mine reached several thousand.

Originally, the Iwami Silver Mine was controlled by the Mori family, to which Mori Motonari belonged.

But now even Mori Motonari himself was killed by Cao Zhengchun on the Korean battlefield.

Moreover, their territory had long been coveted by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi issued them an ultimatum, asking them to hand over the Iwami Silver Mine.

The reason why the Mori family was so prosperous was because of the silver from the Iwami Silver Mine.

It would be harder to ask them to hand them over than to kill them.

However, what neither the Mori family, Oda Nobunaga, nor Toyotomi Hideyoshi had expected was.

They did not occupy the Iwami Silver Mine, but it was occupied by the troops led by Chen Han.

Chen Han killed the Maori family's guards, but did not kill the miners.

The miners were also very honest. When they saw the Ming soldiers who were much taller than them coming, they did not resist or make any noise.

Anyway, for them, it doesn't matter who they work for.

Not only did they not get paid for working here, but their co-workers often died in the mines, so they had long lost hope in life.

They just work for whoever comes, and the money won't go into their hands anyway.

So Chen Han took over the silver vault from Iwami Silver Mine smoothly.

The silver vault was filled with three million taels of silver that had just been refined.

Each silver ingot weighs one hundred taels.

This was a dazzling number in the Ming Dynasty.

Do you want to know how the reforms and changes brought about by Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty came about?

It was a large amount of silver that flowed into the Ming Dynasty from this silver mine, causing people to begin using silver as currency.

Now Chen Han has directly grasped the source of silver supplied to the Ming Dynasty.

Seeing such a huge amount of silver in front of them, Cao Zhengchun, An Youniang and the Liaodong soldiers were dazzled.

Chen Han waved his hand and said, "Ship the silver away immediately, load it onto a ship, send it to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and then hand it over to Princess Ning'an for disposal. I will also give her this letter."

It turned out that the reason why Chen Han arranged Princess Ning'an to go to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang area was to let her wait for him to attack the Japanese mainland and then bring back a large amount of silver.

Although I have seized a lot of silver from Shanxi merchants, I have not brought back silver from Japan myself, which provides better evidence.

Chen Han wanted to tell the common people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang as well as the businessmen that more silver is now being shipped from Japan. Are you still worried about the economy of the Ming Dynasty?

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(End of this chapter)