Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Chapter 53: Three Lines of Defense Iba Castle 3

Iha Castle is a small town located at the intersection of the Yamanaka Islands and the Yamakita Islands, two of the three major archipelagos of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

Like Naha City, it was occupied by the Japanese for seventy years.

The indigenous people of the Ryukyu Kingdom have been immigrants from local ethnic groups and China for thousands of years. The national language of the Ryukyu Kingdom is the Chinese language and writing.

However, in the Japanese-occupied area north of Shuri Castle, after 70 years of assimilation education by the Japanese, the vast majority of people could not speak the Chinese language, could not read or write Chinese, and could only speak Japanese.

On this day, Yang Lin, commander-in-chief of the Tiandi Army, arrived at the assembly point 50 miles away from Yibo City with a large force of three brigades.

The vanguard regiment approached within ten miles of Ibo City and sent out scouts to investigate the enemy situation.

Soon, the situation in Ibo City was reported to the Tiandi Army's forward command headquarters 50 miles away.

At the pre-war meeting, Li Qiang, the leader of the first vanguard regiment, reported the enemy situation detected by the scouts. He said:

“There are 50,000 troops stationed on the third line of defense, composed of dozens of small daimyo and tribes, with the largest number of troops being 4,000 to 5,000, and the smallest number being a few hundred.

The commander of the Ryukyu garrison, Tokugawa Kojin, sent his confidant Kamemoto Yuji to serve as the commander-in-chief of the third line of defense.

The Japanese third line of defense was set up in the shape of a Chinese character "品", divided into the front camp, the left camp and the right camp.

There are 20,000 soldiers stationed in the front camp, and 15,000 soldiers in the left and right camps respectively. They are three miles apart and serve as each other's support and help each other in keeping watch.

The front camp has 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry, and is the most powerful of the three camps.

The commander-in-chief, Yuji Kamemoto, is stationed in the front camp."

After listening to the report from Captain Li, Wei Xiaobao knew that he had met a tough enemy this time. Just by looking at the layout of the enemy camp, he knew that the Japanese commander-in-chief was also good at fighting.

At the pre-war meeting, everyone actively offered suggestions on how to take down the third line of defense and eliminate these 50,000 Japanese devils.

Wang Jun, the commander of the artillery regiment, said: "We can launch artillery attacks on the enemy's front camp at night, just like we did when we attacked Shuri Castle, and bombard the enemy's left and right camps at night. Although the distance is short, the support is limited."

People of this era suffer from severe night blindness and are basically blind at night, so Captain Wang’s method is feasible, Wei Xiaobao thought.

The commander of the second brigade, Zhang Dayong, said: "There is no need to be so complicated when dealing with 50,000 Japanese. We have the refined steel Tang swords, Zhuge crossbows, smokeless grenades and other magical weapons. The Japanese only have three battalions. One brigade is responsible for one battalion. We can just crush them directly."

The commander of the first brigade, Xiao You, and the commander of the third brigade, Li Dayong, also quickly agreed.

At this time Princess Lingzhao stood up and looked at everyone, and everyone looked at her. Now everyone knew the identity of this Japanese princess, and they all knew that she had the dream of revitalizing the Japanese royal family. They also knew that Princess Lingzhao had made a lot of efforts to capture the first and second lines of defense.

Princess Ling Zhao said: "The Japanese troops on the third line of defense are all coalition forces composed of scattered small daimyo and tribes from all over the country.

They all came to the Ryukyu Kingdom because they were threatened or deceived by the Tokugawa shogunate. They did not enslave the Ryukyu people like the Tokugawa family did.

I beg the generals of the Tenchi Army to give them a chance. I will persuade them to surrender and recruit them to become an armed force against the tyranny of the Tokugawa Shogunate. "

After Princess Lingzhao finished speaking, she bowed deeply to the generals of the Heaven and Earth Army.

Shuang'er, who couldn't stand seeing anyone being soft, immediately said, "Sister Ling Zhao, I support you!"

These warlike generals of the Heaven and Earth Army wanted to find some words to retort to the princess who had snatched away their combat missions, but when they heard the commander-in-chief's wife speak, they choked on their words.

They looked at Wei Xiaobao and said nothing.

Wei Xiaobao thought for a moment and said, "It is certainly a good thing to be able to defeat the enemy without fighting. But the leader of this coalition army is from the Tokugawa family. It will be difficult to recapture it."

"Yes, I plan to go to the Japanese front camp in person to meet with Kamemoto Yuji, assassinate him when the opportunity arises, and then read the blood edict in public to call for the surrender of this coalition force." Princess Lingzhao said.

"No, you will be in danger if you are trapped in the enemy camp." Wei Xiaobao said with concern.

"No risk, no gain!" Princess Lingzhao looked at Wei Xiaobao and said firmly.

"Yes, let's go to the enemy camp and kill the Japanese leader. Sister will go with you!" Shuang'er was like a sister-loving madman. She felt that she was the older sister and she had to protect this younger sister.

"Are both of you going?" Wei Xiaobao asked sadly.

"Go!" They both answered in unison.

Shuang'er wanted to go. This girl would not take soft words but hard ones. Wei Xiaobao could not scold Shuang'er in front of everyone, so he could only go along with them and said, "How are you going to go?"

Princess Zhao Ling thought for a moment and said, "I will take the guards and the four maids with me. Sister Shuang'er will dress up as a maid, and I will find someone to pretend to be the eunuch delivering the imperial edict.

The princess's carriage is in existence, so we will go to the front camp and announce the order openly. If Kamemoto Yuji disobeys the order, we will kill him immediately."

Wei Xiaobao raised his fingers and counted, "The imperial edict (blood edict) has it, the princess's carriage (phoenix crown and court dress) has it, the guards have it, the palace maids have it, but this eunuch has none!"

Wei Xiaobao came here just to find fault so that Shuang'er and Ling Zhao would not get into danger.

"It is a very professional job for a eunuch to announce an imperial decree. You can't just find anyone. Once others see it, they will mistakenly think it is a fake imperial decree. The problem is very serious. If things go wrong, there might be a scandal." Wei Xiaobao threatened.

"Eunuch..." Princess Zhaoling seemed to be thinking about something after hearing this.

"Yes, there is a eunuch!" Shuang'er said loudly and happily.

"Who is it?" Wei Xiaobao asked.

"My husband, you are the chief eunuch in the imperial kitchen - Eunuch Gui!" After Shuang'er said this, she saw that everyone was looking at her. Suddenly, she felt something was wrong and lowered her head in silence.

Then, everyone looked at Wei Xiaobao again.

"Brother Xiaobao, have you really been a eunuch?" Princess Lingzhao asked in surprise.

"Hehe, that was several years ago. Brother Mao sent me to the palace." Wei Xiaobao said embarrassedly.

"So are you a real eunuch or a fake eunuch?"

Princess Lingzhao asked anxiously after hearing the question. But then she felt that it was inappropriate for a girl to ask a boy if he was a eunuch. Her face turned red and she buried her head in embarrassment.

"It's fake, he is a fake eunuch." Shuang'er took Princess Lingzhao's hand and unconsciously sold out Wei Xiaobao again.

After hearing this, Princess Lingzhao felt relieved, but her face became even redder and she buried her head even lower.

"Oh"

At this time, everyone just said in unison, thinking that such an exciting resume must be told to Mao Shiba when he returns.

"You can't let Commander Wei go to the enemy camp. You can't let Commander Wei take risks." Yang Lin, commander-in-chief of the Tiandi Army, was not as gossipy as these people, and said loudly.

After hearing this, Princess Lingzhao raised her head and wanted to say something, but she stopped herself and just stared at Wei Xiaobao without saying anything.

Wei Xiaobao wanted to refuse, but when he saw Princess Lingzhao's eager eyes, and remembered that this little girl had a hard life due to family feuds and national hatred, he couldn't bear to refuse.

"Don't worry, Commander Yang. With my skills, there is no devil who can kill me yet."

Indeed, the great hero Wei is invulnerable to swords and guns. Even gunpowder guns cannot penetrate his body. He has also experienced the tribulation of thunder and is a master among martial arts masters.

The generals of the Tiandi Army persuaded him for a while, but when they thought of Commander Wei's ability, they no longer insisted.

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