jdhmnovel Chapter 720
Chapter 720
Hearing Wei Wu mention this, Lan Yu immediately put aside the depression in his heart and explained:
"Well, speaking of this, I had no choice. We originally planned to land at Kumamoto Castle, but we encountered a pirate ship halfway."
"Originally we were just going to kill these Japanese pirates, but we discovered there were many Han Chinese on their ship who had been robbed, so we decided to capture them instead."
"After we rescued them, we found out that these Han people who had been looted were all craftsmen, and they were iron casting craftsmen."
Wei Wu learned from Imagawa Ryotoshi that the Japanese pirates specially organized people to pretend to be pirates and plunder at sea.
Combined with what Lan Yu said now, the purpose of the Japanese pirates capturing people is very clear: to make cannons.
But what no one expected was that by such a coincidence, the pirates who were capturing the craftsmen were actually encountered by Lan Yu and captured alive by him.
Wei Wu wanted to speak out the information he had obtained, but Lan Yu spoke first.
"I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but it happened that one of the craftsmen understood the Japanese pirate language and overheard a piece of news."
Lan Yu was about to speak, but Wei Wu suddenly interrupted.
"The Japanese pirates have already mastered the technology to manufacture artillery, right?"
Upon hearing Wei Wu's words, Lan Yu was stunned on the spot, and even Zhu Chong, who was standing beside him, looked at Wei Wu in surprise.
They got this information by chance, but Wei Wu had just arrived at the Japanese pirates' side!
How come he also knew about this matter? And looking at him, it seemed as if he knew it better than me.
After a brief moment of daze, Lan Yu was the first to come to his senses and speak:
"That's right. It was because of this news that I decided to change my plan and land directly on Honshu Island."
"We hope to capture Kyoto before the Japanese pirates can mass-produce artillery. We can't give them time to develop peacefully."
"If we land at Kumamoto Castle as planned, the Japanese pirates will have plenty of time to build artillery, making it difficult to attack Kyoto!"
Having said that, Lan Yu looked at Wei Wu with a puzzled look and asked:
"But, Brother Wei Wu, you just arrived here, how did you know about this?"
"Who said I just arrived here? I landed earlier than you, but I landed from Hizen Province."
Wei Wu then concealed some things that were inconvenient to say and recounted what he had encountered after landing.
After hearing Wei Wu's description, Lan Yu and Zhu Chong opened their mouths wide, their expressions as shocked as if they had seen a ghost.
"You mean, you only brought twelve people with you, and conquered a daimyo country in one night?"
"Yes, that's true."
"And then, twelve people captured that Kyushu scout named Imagawa Ryotoshi and took away his military power?"
"Yeah! Any questions?"
Is there a problem? This is a huge problem, okay?!
After hearing Wei Wu's answer, Lan Yu felt like he wanted to find a piece of tofu and hit himself head-on to death.
Their 30,000-strong navy is equipped with the most advanced firearms, but so far they have not been able to capture even a decent city.
There were either villages or ordinary towns along the way. After finally arriving at Hidaka Castle, we were severely ambushed by the Japanese pirates.
Not only did they suffer casualties, but the key point was that they were blocked by the Japanese pirates and could not move forward. Now they were running out of food and supplies.
But what about Wei Wu!
He only brought twelve guards with him, but he occupied a daimyo province and captured the daimyo alive and treated him as a dog.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but the key point is that they have also captured Kyushu Tanti, the most powerful person on Kyushu Island.
Not only did he get the news that the Japanese pirates were manufacturing artillery from the enemy, but he also seized the military power of thousands of their men.
What tens of thousands of people couldn't do was accomplished by just a dozen others. Is the gap between people so big?