Pawn Crossing the River

Daomen Qizhou Base Camp and Xiujingxing Camp clearly defined five objectives for the February offensive.

First, completely seize the territory of Ise and complete effective occupation.

Second, by conquering the Ise area, it poses a strategic threat to the Pingjing area and promotes the overall situation from defensive to offensive.

Third, by besieging and blocking the forces of the Zunban faction in Ise, luring the Zunban faction in other areas to rescue them, and then implementing a strategy of encirclement and reinforcements, effectively killing and injuring the effective forces of the Zunban faction.

Fourth, destroy the Ise Shrine and cooperate with various propaganda methods to severely damage the reputation of Tianmen and shake the foundation of Tianmen.

Fifth, in the process of marching into Ise, we should take advantage of the trend to open up all the kingdoms and counties along the front line, connect the points to form lines, and connect the lines to form areas, ending the intertwined situation in the areas east of Ise and west of Musashi.

This February offensive was named "Dragon Heads Up" and was also the first large-scale offensive carried out after the Taoist counter-rebellion army landed on Fenglinzhou.

It can be seen that the key to "Dragon Raising Its Head" lies in the battlefield of Ise, which can be roughly divided into three steps: besieging Ise, attacking reinforcements, and finally occupying it. This is also the key reason why Master Qingwei asked Qi Xuansu to immediately take over the Onmyoji of Tsuchimikado style and recruit Suzuka Gozen to surrender. When necessary, the Taoist sect needs to have a root located in the hinterland of Ise. "Nail".

The reason is very simple. The army is not an arrow, but a flying kite. The kite string is the logistics supply line. How far the kite can fly depends entirely on how long the kite string is. As the army advances, it must continuously conquer the city and cannot go around it, because bypassing a city means burying a nail in the rear. This nail can at least cut off the logistics line, at worst it can cut off the back road, or It cuts off the route of reinforcements, so generally speaking, it cannot be bypassed.

The Taoist army marched westward, conquering all the cities along the way, which meant pulling out all the nails and ensuring the smooth flow of the logistics line.

At the same time, Daomen also intended to "build" a nail in Ise.

Daomen successfully surrendered Suzuka Gozen, which is equivalent to having an unconquered city belonging to Daomen in Ise out of thin air. This will make the Zunbang sect in Ise feel like a thorn in the throat, and they must always be on guard against the forces of Suzuka Mountain, and even Daomen will also Ability to parachute into Mount Suzuka through air superiority and complete a central bloom. Its strategic significance is very important.

Ise Jingu also realized this, so after the Tsuchimikado-ryu Onmyoji revealed his intentions, he directly attacked Suzuka Mountain regardless of the cost, severely damaging Suzuka Gozen and Suzuka Mountain forces.

On February 13, Qi Xuansu sent back the news of Suzuka Imperial Majesty's surrender to the Taoism through a small "message array" he carried with him.

Compared with the Zimu Talisman, the "Message Talisman Array" that can only transmit text is inconvenient, but its advantage is that the transmission distance is longer and it is less susceptible to interference. Even if the Yin Qi of Ise is full of air nowadays, Qi Xuansu can still barely transmit it. information. Under the same circumstances, the "child and mother talisman" will be blocked by yin energy.

After receiving the news of Suzuka Mountain's surrender to the Taoist sect, Master Qingwei sent Qi Xuansu a second-grade Taoist priest certificate through the "Xunfu Array" and asked him to forward it to Suzuka Gozen.

Strictly speaking, only the Grand Master can issue ultimatums for those who are born as first-grade Taoist priests, and only deputy headmaster Da Zhenren can issue ultimatums for those who are born as second-grade Taoist priests. Although Master Qingwei is Master Shenzhi and one of the three "Princes", he is still a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, and he has no right to issue an ultimatum of his origin as a second-grade Taoist priest. This ultimatum was signed by the national master himself.

Within the Taoist sect, there are no more than one-hand number of first-grade Taoist priests. Second only to the first-grade Taoist priests, there are only a handful of second-grade Taoist priests. Moreover, the number of Taoist priests at this level comes with a real name, so Just like the emperor of the Daxuan court, who was not a Taoist priest but also had the title of Da Zhenren, it can be said to be a great sign of sincerity.

Qi Xuansu handed over this ultimatum of a fellow Taoist priest to Suzuka Gozen and explained its meaning in detail. Suzuka Gozen was still quite shocked.

As far as she knew, the real person in charge of Fenglinzhou Taoist House was only a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, but he was regarded as the "Emperor" of Fenglinzhou. She now had a second-grade Taiyi Taoist priest, and when she saw Fenglinzhou The real person in charge may be inferior in terms of power, but because she is half a guest, she does not need to stick to the difference in position, but she is equal in status. Even if she made any mistakes, if Fenglinzhou Taoist Mansion wants to deal with her, they must first ask Jinque for instructions. In a sense, this is still a talisman.

Qi Xuansu joked: "In the future, I will also call him Suzuka Master."

Suzuka Imperial Palace solemnly accepted it and asked Qi Xuansu to convey her gratitude.

???????????????Qi Xuansu, according to Qingwei Zhenren's instructions, left another "Message Array" he carried with him to Suzuka Gozen and told him the specific method of use. In fact, with Suzuka Gozen's pseudo-immortal ability, there is nothing he can't use. It's just that different "message talisman arrays" correspond to different arrangements of death texts. The so-called death texts, also known as "ghost books", "anti-books" and "water books", are texts written specifically to the dead. There are not many of them. The main contents are the Twenty-Eight Constellations, the Nine Bagua Palaces, the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, the Sun, the Moon and the Five Stars, and the Yin and Yang Five Elements. , Sixty Years, Four Seasons and Five Directions, and Seven Yuan Calendar System are also important components of some special talismans, and are now used as secret texts by Taoists.

Qi Xuansu mainly informed Suzuka Gozen of the death order corresponding to Qingweizhen. From then on, Suzuka Gozen only had single-line contact with Qingweizhen, and was only under the specific command of Qingweizhen.

This is also reasonable. A pseudo-immortal like Suzuka Gozen has his own arrogance. Even if he submits to the Taoist sect, he will never be willing to be called around by anyone. Qingwei Zhenren is different. In terms of realm and cultivation, he has the strength to rival Immortal Immortal. In terms of status and future, he is expected to become the seventh-generation master. At the worst, he can succeed the national master and become the Taiping Dao master. This is Suzuka Gozen Totally acceptable.

At noon on February 14th, Master Qingwei officially issued a blockade order.

At the same time, the forces of the Zunban faction in Ise began to shrink across the board.

On the 15th day of the second lunar month, the Taoist army marched into Duoji County. Within an hour, they defeated more than ten shrines, array houses, feudal castles, and strongholds, large and small, and fully occupied Duoji County.

On February 15th, Daomen stopped attacking and issued a notice to calm the people.

All civilians stranded in Duoji County can ensure their personal safety and property safety as long as they obey the dispatch and command of Daomen. All captured members of the Tianmen, as long as they repent and turn against them, can be retained after being screened. If they are meritorious, they can also be given the official title of Toyotomi Prime Minister.

On the same day, the Grand Duke Maginot, the representative of the West Borneo Company, met with the real person in charge of the army. Master Qingwei declined the request and appointed Li Tiangang, the second deputy head of Fenglinzhou Taoist Palace, to contact him on his behalf.

Maginot expressed the Holy Court's concern about the war in Fenglinzhou.

Li Tiangang stated the Taoist sect's position: Since ancient times, Fenglinzhou has been a vassal of the Central Plains, and the war in Fenglinzhou is the internal affairs of the Taoist sect. The Holy Court has neither the need nor the qualification to be concerned. The Holy Court should clarify the boundaries between the two sides. Any act that crosses the boundary will be regarded as a provocation by the Taoist sect and will trigger a reciprocal counterattack by the Taoist sect.

Maginot was not too insistent. After all, this was the sphere of influence of the Taoist sect. Even if the Holy Court had any dissatisfaction, he could not express his dissatisfaction. He just turned around and asked about the business he was most concerned about.

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With the discovery of the New World, Westerners built a large number of plantations and mines in the New World. In the early days, most of the people who worked in the plantations and mines were indentured laborers. They were poor immigrants from Western countries across the ocean. These people were in their original places of residence. Sign a contract with a plantation owner or an overseas labor service company. After arriving in the New World, you will use several years of labor to repay the travel expenses advanced for them. After the contract expires, you will become a free citizen.

With the development of plantations, there was a serious shortage of labor, so Western countries had to find new sources of labor, and uncivilized indigenous people everywhere became their main targets for hunting labor. Using slave labor on plantations or mines was much cheaper and easier to manage than using indentured labor. Therefore, the slave trade became a profitable business and prospered greatly.

In the early days of the slave trade, Westerners organized so-called "hunting teams" to plunder slaves in person, raided indigenous villages, burned down their houses, tied up the indigenous people and took them to slave ships anchored on the shore, often turning the peaceful and peaceful world overnight. Aboriginal villages were reduced to desolate ruins.

However, they soon discovered that this method was too inefficient and costly, so they changed their method and used firearms and gunpowder to lure tribal chiefs in some coastal areas, instigating them to attack the interior and provoke wars between tribes. During the war, they captured people from the other tribe and sold them to slave traders. Due to the instigation of Western countries, this kind of "slave-hunting war" between tribes flourished for a while.

The West Posas Island Company is one of the best, and it can be said to be notorious.

They knew that the Daxuan court and Daomen were not engaged in slave trade, so they discovered business opportunities during the Fenglinzhou war.

In Maginot's view, war will inevitably bring a large number of prisoners, which is a headache. After all, Easterners have always believed that "killing prisoners is unlucky," but these prisoners cannot be released at will to avoid causing greater harm. The turmoil has impacted the fragile post-war order.

And they, the West Posas Company, will just solve the problem of prisoners for our noble Eastern friends. Daomen received money to make up for the losses in this war, and they could transport these captives to the New World, where they would spend the rest of their lives as slaves in plantations and mines.

And compared with those uncivilized indigenous slaves, these Fenglinzhou people are more suitable for engaging in some technical jobs, and there are even many craftsmen among them, which are incomparable to those indigenous people.

In the words of Easterners, this is a good thing in which both parties benefit from cooperation, or it can also be said that each gets what he needs.

After Li Tiangang heard Maginot's request, he sternly refused: "Our kingdom is rich in products. We can trade tea, silk, porcelain, and other bulk goods, but we cannot sell people."

Maginot came here in good spirits and returned in disgrace.

However, he was keenly aware that this war in Fenglinzhou was not a simple counterinsurgency. The Taoist sect was trying to win over people and attack the nobles in order to take this opportunity to completely incorporate Fenglinzhou into the tribute system of the Central Plains Celestial Dynasty and make it a permanent vassal. country.