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

Five days later, after successively capturing more than a dozen strongholds and mining areas, the vanguard team arrived at Ota Castle.

Ota Castle is located in a basin in the Shiyu Mountains, surrounded by towering mountains. A large river turns back through Ota Castle, forming a large river beach. Ota Castle was built on this river beach.

Ota Castle has no city walls. A road runs through the entire city, which has become the main road of Ota Castle.

There are checkpoints at both ends of the road, 6 arrow towers stand on both sides of the road, and railings are installed on the road to prevent vehicles from entering and exiting.

Ota Castle is the center of the entire Shiyu Mountain Range, with a population of more than 10,000 people. The headquarters of the Tokugawa family army stationed in the Shiyu Mountain Range is located in Ota Castle. The commander is Tokugawa Kochu, who is the cousin of the Japanese general Tokugawa Koyasu.

There were 5 troops stationed in Ota Castle, of whom were in the silver mining area kilometers away from Ota Castle, and the other were stationed inside Ota Castle.

The silver mining area of ​​Ōta Castle is the largest silver mining area in Japan, without a doubt. It produces 100 tons of silver each year, accounting for half of Japan's silver production at that time.

100 tons of silver is 200 million taels. You should know that during this period, the Qing Dynasty's annual tax revenue was only about 3000 million taels. Even during the 4000-year reign of Emperor Kangxi, the highest annual tax revenue was only million taels.

The Ota silver mine alone accounted for more than 5% of the tax silver of the Qing Dynasty.

With silver, you can buy more resources, and with resources, you can build more guns!

The checkpoint at the entrance to the city is located at a mountain pass, with hillsides on both sides, which is not conducive to large-scale deployment.

This time, the Second Battalion received the main attack mission, and the Fourth Company advanced to 4 meters from the checkpoint and stopped.

Tang Li stood at the artillery position on the hillside, watching through a telescope the Tokugawa soldiers who were constantly pouring into the entrance of Ota Castle.

I also saw a middle-aged man wearing a general's armor commanding these soldiers.

Captain Tang estimated that this was Tokugawa Jiazhong, and handed the telescope to Ishikawa Daisan beside him for confirmation.

Ishikawa Daisan knew Tokugawa Jiazhong and identified him on the spot.

Captain Tang saw that there were about seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers entering the city, and they had already lined up to wait for the enemy.

"Fire," Captain Tang ordered.

Twelve 12mm Krupp cannons and twelve 11mm Krupp cannons fired simultaneously.

“Boom, boom, boom…”

There were flashes of lightning and smoke at the entrance to the city. 24 artillery shells plowed the land at the entrance like plowing the land.

The sky was filled with gunfire and blood and flesh were flying everywhere!

After a round of shelling, no one standing could be seen.

To be on the safe side, Captain Tang ordered the artillery battalion to launch a second round of artillery fire.

After two rounds of artillery fire, the charge was sounded and the 4th Company quickly charged towards the entrance to the city.

A minute later, the 4th Company occupied the entrance to the city, and the nd Battalion followed.

The enemy leader Tokugawa Jiazhong had been killed in a bomb at the entrance to the city. At this time, the remaining Japanese soldiers in the city and those who had managed to escape at the city gate did not dare to stay in the city. They all fled to the silver mining area five kilometers away.

The second battalion quickly captured Ota Castle.

Captain Tang also led the front-line troops into Ota Castle.

Five hundred Ishikawa family soldiers were left to guard Ota Castle.

The troops continued to advance towards the silver mining area five kilometers away.

When we arrived at the silver mining area, there were no enemy defenders. More than a thousand Japanese soldiers had all gone deep into the mountains and forests.

Tang Li was so angry that he had to know that the enemy troops at the front were not large in number. If he went to surround the mountain and pursue them, there would definitely not be enough people. However, if he allowed these defeated soldiers of the Tokugawa family to go up the mountain and become bandits, it would cause endless troubles to the entire mining area and mountains.

Tang Li had no choice but to order the front-line troops to station in the Taita silver mining area, report the intelligence to Commander Wei at the base camp, and request support.

A day later, Wei Xiaobao led the troops from the base camp into Taitian Castle.

At this time, the base camp still had 6000 people from the Ishikawa family, 1000 new recruits along the way, and 500 people in the cavalry battalion.

Wei Xiaobao only left 500 cavalry soldiers from the Tiandi Army Battalion to guard the base camp, and handed all 7000 people over to Tang Li for command. He was to filter them hilltop by hilltop and make sure no defeated soldiers became bandits and left any future troubles.

Military affairs were left to Captain Tang, and Wei Xiaobao took Shuang'er and Princess Lingzhao into the Taitian Silver Mine Area. He wanted to go sightseeing in the world's largest silver mine cave.

The miners in the silver mine were notified yesterday to stop working, to be paid and given food, to deslaved people, to recruit workers and soldiers, so that these miners can be happily busy.

Led by several veteran miners, Wei Xiaobao and his three companions walked into the largest cave entrance. In fact, in the silver mining area, the mines are crisscrossed and connected to each other.

It was pitch black in the cave, and the miners were leading the way with lanterns.

Wei Xiaobao turned on the "Intelligent Sky Eye" and was not affected by the darkness, so he could see everything in the cave clearly.

"Smart Sky Eye" can penetrate rocks and see deep into the mountains.

Wei Xiaobao saw silver ore all around him. The deeper he went, the higher the silver content of the ore. At very deep places, it was no longer silver ore, but pure silver. However, the current development distance was only about 50 meters from the surface of the mountain. To reach the pure silver area, it was estimated that digging would have to be more than 300 meters underground.

As the mine moved forward, Wei Xiaobao's "Intelligent Sky Eye" discovered a mysterious large cave, but there was still about three meters of silver ore separating it from the mine.

People are like this. The unknown is mysterious, and the more mysterious it is, the more curious we are, and we always want to figure it out.

"Shuang'er, Lingzhao, there is a big cave behind this cave wall. Let's dig it up and take a look in the cave." Wei Xiaobao said.

Whatever her husband said was what she did. Shuang'er took out the Biqing sword and stabbed it at the silver ore on the wall of the cave.

Wei Xiaobao took out his indestructible dagger and started digging.

Lingzhao Gongbao had no tools, so he called on the miners who were leading the way to come and dig.

It would have taken a long time to dig a distance of three meters, but with the help of two Xuan-level weapons and a master-level expert, it took less than half an hour and a passage that was wide enough for a person to bend over and walk through was opened.

This passage just borders the floor of the cave.

Our current position should be in the middle of the cave. Both ends are very deep and we cannot see the end even with the "Smart Sky Eye".

There are many stalactites hanging upside down on the upper wall of the cave, and these stalactites are all silver ores of very high purity. Under the illumination of the lanterns, they refract colorful light, which is magnificent!

"Wow, it's so beautiful!" Princess Lingzhao jumped up happily.

There is wind in the cave, although it is very weak, but people can feel the slight movement of the breeze.

The presence of wind means that the cave has an exit, and there is more than one exit.

Wei Xiaobao looked in the direction of the wind and found that the terrain became lower and lower as he went in, even reaching the pure silver area below 300 meters.

We have to go and see. If what is mined is not silver ore but silver directly, then the silver output can double!