Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although during this war, Soga Ezo did not suffer much losses.

But because it was unable to resist the attack of the Chinese fleet, and worried that the other party would take the initiative to attack itself.

Therefore, Soga Ezo directly ordered the shrinking of the defense line, causing the army that originally had the initiative to switch from offense to defense, and began to focus on defense.

After experiencing the initial hesitation and confusion, Shanbei's eldest brother, the prince, was overjoyed.

With such an invincible fleet at his hands, what does Soga Ezo mean to him?

Immediately, he found the fleet commander, hoping that he would send troops to help him destroy Soga Ezo.

However, to the dismay of Prince Yamabei's eldest brother, the fleet commander simply dismissed his fleet on the grounds that his fleet was here for rest and did not want to participate in their battle.

Although his proposal was rejected, Shanbei's eldest brother, the prince, was not discouraged at all. Not only did he send people overnight to deliver a large sum of gold, silver and jewelry, but he also selected 300 Japanese female laborers.

The fleet commander accepted everything sent by Shanbei's eldest brother, Prince, without any courtesy at all.

Not only that, he also made a list of supplies, hoping that the other party would provide them to him as soon as possible.

When Prince Shanbei's eldest brother saw that there were not only a series of military supplies such as iron ore, sulfur, and saltpeter on the list, but also many daily necessities such as charcoal, fish oil, and ceramics, his eyes immediately lit up.

In his opinion, there must be raw materials for making cannons and firecrackers in the list. As long as he pays a little attention, he will be able to find what he needs.

Therefore, he would not refuse all requests from the commander. He would give him whatever he needed and as much as he wanted.

What?Do you think the other party wants too much?Can't get it together yet?

That's easy to do. If there is a shortage of minerals, then send people to dig. If there are not enough people, go door to door to recruit labor for me.

Not enough daily necessities?

It doesn't matter, I'll break open the shops one by one and get whatever I need.

You said those are the shops of big nobles, and they are not easy to mess with?

Are they not easy to deal with?I am a majestic prince of the Japanese kingdom, will the future Japanese king be easy to mess with?

Are the soldiers of the Chinese dynasty so easy to mess with?

If anyone dares to have the slightest objection, it's okay, just send them to see Amaterasu with a knife.

Therefore, under Shanbei's eldest brother Prince's almost predatory approach, whenever Chu Mo's fleet had any needs, they would be arranged and met as soon as possible.

Every time the fleet commander collects supplies, he will take advantage of the darkness to transport them to the supply fleet anchored at sea that night, so that they can be transported back to Fujiang Island for Chu Mo to build Fujiang Island.

Shanbei's eldest brother, the prince, seemed to know nothing about this and responded to all requests as usual.

In his opinion, if you are not afraid that the other party will not speak, you are afraid that the other party does not have needs.

If the other party has no need, it means that you have no use value, and it is not far from being abandoned by the other party.

And it is precisely because the eldest brother Prince Yamabeko is so generous and frequently transports supplies to the fleet that the spies lurking on Soga Ezo's side cannot figure out the situation on both sides.

In the end, I could only retell the news that I had heard to Soga Ezo.

When Soga Ezo saw the news from the spy, he was shocked and angry.

I was shocked that the Chinese army was so powerful, why did they still covet their own small land?

What makes him angry is that the other party is so greedy, like a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.

That idiot, Shanbei's eldest brother, Prince, actually still provided for them politely?

It's a pity that he wanted to retaliate, but the road was cut off directly by him.

In fact, he was jealous in his heart, and he also wanted to repay Chu Mo's favor.

But he openly broke the contract before and fled back to Kyushu Island without saying a word. Now if he wants to find Chu Mo again, I am afraid that when he meets Chu Mo, he will use the fire stick to sieve him, right?

For this reason, Soga Ezo lived in fear. Every night he would basically dream of the Chinese army conquering Kyushu Island, and then Chu Mo would beat himself into a sieve with a fire blunderbuss.

Now he is either advancing or retreating, and for a moment he has no motivation to live.

When all the retainers saw Soga Ezo, who had a vicissitudes of life on his face and a sense of decadence all over his body, they were all frightened.

But everyone also understood what their director was worried about at this time.

In fact, since the battle at sea, many of Soga Ezo's staff and retainers have also had the idea of ​​​​changing their families, but the time has not come yet.

Just like this, another five days passed, and almost half a month had passed since the battle at sea.

During this half month, the army led by Yamabeko's eldest brother, Prince, launched attacks on Soga Ezo's territory every day.

But the strange thing is that despite the opponent's extremely compact attack rhythm, they did not capture even a single village.

Even if some places are captured, they will soon be recaptured by Soga Ezo's army.

After the two sides' attacks for half a month, the territory still stayed in place without any changes.

In this half month, Chu Mo's fleet seemed to not exist, and it did not take the initiative to attack even once.

At first, Soga Ezo was also very strange, not knowing what kind of medicine the other party was selling in the gourd.

But after half a month of observation, he finally understood that the opponent's fleet probably had some restrictions and was unable to leave the port to fight.

In order to confirm this speculation, Soga Ezo began a purposeful reconnaissance and sent a large number of troops from land to attack the territory of Yamabeko's eldest brother, the prince.

Originally there was a gap in strength between the two sides.

Although Shanbei's eldest brother, the prince, relied on the power of the Celestial Fleet to gain the support of some nobles.

But due to his repeated plundering of supplies, he soon lost all the popularity among passers-by.

After experiencing several lootings, the centrist aristocratic forces began to fall in favor of Soga Ezo.

Either he was helping them pass on information and transport supplies, or he was secretly supporting the eldest brother's prince's army during the battle.

This made Shanbei's eldest brother, the prince, extremely passive and a little anxious for a while.

As for Soga Ezo's army, they were unstoppable all the way. They directly took over Nagoya and were about to approach Tokyo.

Just when Yamabeko's eldest brother, the prince, could no longer withstand the next attack from Soga's Ezo army, Chu Mo on the Fukue Island side finally made a move after waiting for a month.

First, Chumo sent a notification letter to Soga Ezo in his own name, asking the other party to fulfill the agreement as soon as possible and return his territory.

Then, using the identities of the two princes, Samurai Tsumugi and Li Junxian, he submitted a stern letter to Soga Ezo, demanding the return of the territory, but no reply was received from Soga Ezo.