Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 756 One Piece!
Led by an experienced guide, the pirate crew quickly arrived at the place he had mentioned.

According to the map, this place is located in one of the islands in southwestern Japan. The closest point to the main island of Japan is only eighty miles away. The island is quite large, with a natural harbor and precious freshwater resources. In fact, it can be said that the freshwater resources are relatively abundant. It is ten miles long from east to west and eight miles long from north to south, making it very suitable for a few thousand people to be stationed.

In addition, there is a village of about 300 people living here. The residents are all of the same clan as the guide, and they are mostly hairy people who were driven here by the Japanese.

After the fleet anchored and went ashore for reconnaissance, Liu Changsheng gave the place a very good evaluation. It was both a natural harbor and a secluded place, making it a very good place to settle down as a base.

Why were we brought here?

“Because…” The guide glanced back at the hairy children who were peering at the pirates, took a deep breath and said, “Because I also want to fight for hope for my people. The magnanimity of the Celestial Empire is something that no small foreign country can compare to. I have seen too much in Ryukyu. You should be our last hope.”

After a moment of silence, Liu Changsheng laughed: "We're just pirates."

"But isn't the general also a pirate from the Upper Kingdom? Do you know how the Upper Kingdom is described in our tribe? They say it's the only beautiful place in the world where everyone can eat fried rice."

"Just fried rice?" Liu Changsheng was clearly taken aback. "That's all?"

"Is this simple, General?"

Yes... It is indeed not simple. At least before the commander, this was a luxury even in the country they called the superior one. Liu Changsheng had experienced hunger when he was young, and he remembered the taste of hunger very well. Now, only a few years later, it seems like a lifetime has passed.

"Okay, then we'll set up camp here."

The pirate crew settled down, and within a few days they began building their dwellings and starting to farm...

It's really weird. Why would pirates farm? No one can explain it. They just feel uncomfortable having a piece of land lying around doing nothing. They feel like they're missing out.

Not content with just cultivating the main island, they extended their exploration reach to the surrounding deserted islands, continuing to cultivate and plant crops. After about a month of this, Liu Changsheng suddenly felt something was amiss. He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "We're pirates! What are you farming?"

"General..."

"Call him the boss."

"General, the cucumber has already sprouted."

"Oh?" Liu Changsheng straightened up: "How's the cabbage?"

"They're growing well. The climate here is good, which is suitable for growing these things."

"Shouldn't we plant some soybeans too? Oh, and raise some pigs as well?" Liu Changsheng nodded, but he quickly realized something was wrong: "No, let's forget about farming and raising pigs for now. We need to get down to business. Sound the drums!"

As the war drums sounded, the pirates on the island quickly assembled, and then Liu Changsheng began his pre-battle mobilization. After that, ten ships sailed majestically toward the Japanese mainland in the north.

They searched for a port along the coastline and soon found one. The cannons were ready, and the advance team had already disembarked into small boats.

But then an unexpected problem arose: they encountered no resistance when they landed at the port. The port and the town behind it went about their business as usual, leaving about seven hundred fully armed pirates of the Middle Kingdom standing awkwardly on the dock.

"General, what should we do now?"

"Rape and abduction?"

"Those who commit adultery shall be executed by firing squad, and those who commit abduction shall also be executed by firing squad."

"Didn't Prime Minister Zhang say he'd kill anyone who was taller than a candlestick?"

"But if Zhang Xiang said he was resisting, he didn't say why he wouldn't resist."

At this moment, Liu Changsheng finally remembered. He turned to the guide and said, "Go, shout to them that pirates are coming!"

Upon hearing this, the guide shouted, and only then did the group begin to get up and return, their movements somewhat leisurely. About half an hour later, the Japanese town ahead sounded its horn.

Then about fifty “warriors” carrying sharpened bamboo poles emerged from the city. These warriors behaved comically and looked quite malnourished.

"General, these are the foot soldiers of the castle town."

After hearing this, Liu Changsheng scratched his head and said, "Ah... this..."

Who understands the sense of redemption a general feels when he throws away all his future prospects to gamble on his future, only to find that his opponent's weapon is actually a bamboo pole when that moment finally arrives?

The seven hundred new soldiers had an average height of 173.5 centimeters. They wore special light armor made by the navy, carried special stainless steel knives made by the navy, carried hundreds of cannons loaded with high-explosive shells on their backs, and carried breech-loading rifles on their slings.

However, their opponents were goblin soldiers who wore bamboo armor, wielded bamboo spears, and were about 145 centimeters tall and emaciated.

In the simple values ​​of the superior nation, they always believed that only those who were evenly matched could be considered opponents, and that such an opponent could only be considered bullying the weak. They could not bring themselves to have the new army carry out a massacre against these people.

"Then now..."

Well, it took them two hours to capture a town, including the time to moor the boats and cook at the dock.

Around lunchtime, Liu Changsheng was already sitting in the best room in their town, listening coldly as the local elders recounted the situation to the newly arrived general.

During this time, he learned that since the upper kingdom issued the declaration of war, the local nobles had fled with their warriors and families because they were too close to the upper kingdom, leaving this village to fend for itself. The people living here had nowhere to go, so they had no choice but to stay and continue living here.

He said that if the general didn't mind, he could live in the castle in front of him. As long as the general could protect the people of this town, everyone would support him.

After hearing the guide's words, Liu Changsheng scratched his head and asked, "Did we capture a town?"

"Yes, General."

"That's it?"

"Yes, General."

Liu Changsheng took a deep breath, and then the guide continued, "This place is actually very remote. In a rural area like this, even nobles would have no more than fifty guards and warriors around them. But it's a completely different story in the capital. Here, no one has any concept of family or country; they are just livestock kept by the city lord and nobles."

Afterwards, Liu Changsheng summoned his strategist Bao Wu from the base. Bao Wu was clearly taken aback when he heard about the situation. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "In that case, General Liu, I have an idea."

"You said."

"We recruit soldiers and march north, fighting as far as we can. When we can no longer fight, we will hold our ground and wait for the commander."

“I think it’s a good idea.” Their current location is Makurazaki, the southernmost point of Kagoshima. This small southernmost place is indeed not well-liked. Most of their ports are only for small cargo ships to dock temporarily. The main shipping route is from Ningbo Port to Nagasaki Port.

After the pirates settled down, the first thing they did was level the land and start planting. They couldn't stay idle anyway, and it would take a few more days for supplies to arrive.

After the supplies arrived, they began their northward expedition. This place was very remote, and it would take three to five days to see a village. It was common to see thirty to fifty people in each village, and even the guides had to ask where the nearest town was.

After finding out the location, they followed that direction. Sure enough, after traveling for another two days, they saw another town, much larger than the previous one, and they prepared for battle once again.

But this time, as soon as they rushed in, everyone inside, from ordinary people to the city lord, scattered like startled birds. According to the guide, they were shouting "The superior country is attacking! The superior country is attacking!" as they ran.

Of course, there were also samurai armed with weapons who attacked them, but the largest group consisted of fifteen men who charged at them with bows and arrows and crude swords.

In the end, these fifteen warriors were wiped out by a single armored soldier, a 1v15 victory for him.

Even if you told Xia Lin this plot now, he would think it was a fantasy drama, but that's the truth. These people are so weak that it makes you want to cry.

Xia Lin's understanding of Baga was actually a bit over the top, mainly because his perception of the Japanese fighting prowess came from the elite troop policy during World War II and the bravery of their samurai during his first battle with the Japanese.

But in reality, those brave men were the most powerful generals and the most skilled warriors under the major forces that controlled the imperial power in the capital. The insignificant ragtag army they were facing was not even within Xia Lin's understanding of the situation.

He would have thought that ordinary ragtag troops were incompetent, but he never imagined they would be this incompetent.

In the following twenty days, the pirate army captured seven cities, almost one every three days on average. When they finally landed to rest, they had already opened up the passage from Makurazaki to Eno and then to Miyazaki. All the cities within a radius of three hundred miles had already submitted to them.

Six people were injured or killed, including one fatality and five injuries. The cause of death was that the person insisted on eating pufferfish despite being told not to, resulting in their own death. Of the five injured, one sprained their ankle and could not walk, one slipped and fell off a cliff, breaking their hand, one fell from a tree while trying to collect bird eggs, injuring their back, and two others were more comical: one was too careless during a duel with a local samurai, missed their kick, fell, and broke their ribs, and the other was bitten by a snake while trying to defecate in the wild because they thought the local latrines were too smelly.

At this moment, Bao Wu was sitting in the castle lord's mansion in Miyazaki writing a report, but he was writing with sighs and groans, sometimes holding his forehead and sometimes propping his face up, and after a long time he couldn't write a single word.

Liu Changsheng, who had just returned from the hot springs, saw his predicament and couldn't help but ask, "Commander Bao, why do you look so worried?"

"Come, come, write the report, let's see if you're worried. Seven cities were captured in twenty days, and the rest surrendered without a fight. Now the area within a two-hundred-mile radius is under our control, and we have taken one-third of the island."

"This is a good thing, why are you looking so worried?"

"I'm worried... by the time the commander arrives, this place will already belong to the Wei family!"

"It's not that serious. Didn't you hear what the guide said? It's fine in this remote place."

"With so few people, are we enough to defend the area?"

"Hey!" Liu Changsheng slapped his thigh: "I have a brilliant idea."

"Please tell me and listen."

About twenty days later, Xia Lin, who was bored out of his mind, suddenly received a letter. When he opened it, he found that it was written by Liu Changsheng and Bao Wu. They said that they had occupied one-third of the southern islands of the Japanese, but now they were suffering from a shortage of manpower. They asked the commander to think of a solution.

"So fast? Don't they fight while marching?"

After reading the letter, Emperor Jingtai scratched his head and said, "Whenever we go to war, we always have to plan for ten days or half a month. They just occupy wherever they go."

"It's not impossible. This area is relatively close to us, so news spreads quickly. In addition, this large island is mostly remote, so most of the towns have probably given up resistance."

"So what should we do now?"

Xia Lin looked up at Emperor Jingtai, who was also looking at him. Unbeknownst to them, the two were about to have a fight.

After a while, Emperor Jingtai spoke first: "If you have a plan, then think of one. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Do you think Shandong has a large population?"

"Yes, there are many, but things have been quite chaotic these past two years. Many refugees from Shandong have gone to the Jianghuai region."

"That……"

"Eh!" Emperor Jingtai finally realized what was happening: "You mean..."

“Let’s bring those refugees over there to cultivate the land and settle down.” Xia Lin’s eyes darted around, then he said, “What do you say?”

"They're all very mysterious over there. Could it be some kind of yin-yang master or high-ranking monk coming to play tricks?"

"Your Majesty, are you aware that Shandong is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius?"

"I know."

"Does Your Majesty know the meaning of 'The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, and spirits'?"

After pondering for a moment, Emperor Jingtai frowned and said, "Is there a problem with your punctuation?"

"no problem."

"So, if that's the interpretation, it means I didn't say a word, but just smashed the heads of all the gods with one punch?"

"Is that so? The Master did not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits."

"Fine, fine, you've distorted the saint's teachings so blatantly. You're something else. You'll be remembered for your infamy for eternity."

Xia Lin didn't mince words and sent a letter directly to Liu Heita, who was currently besieging Xuzhou. He was stunned when he received Xia Lin's letter.

However, as a soldier of Fuliang, he only needed to do what the commander-in-chief ordered him to do, so he didn't pay much attention to this matter and handed it over to his subordinates. He only instructed them, "Do a good job of it, and don't let me lose face in front of the commander-in-chief."

As the saying goes, "When the boss speaks, his men run themselves ragged." These people who were in charge of the task traveled from south to north Shandong, and from east to west Shandong to the sea estuary. They compiled a list of nearly a million names and handed it over to Liu Heita. When Liu Heita saw such a thick stack of names, he felt that he could finally report back to the commander-in-chief. So he immediately divided his forces to start transporting people.

Xia Lin finally received the news when the million refugees began to cross the Huai River in batches.

"A million?!" He jumped out of bed. "He brought a million people for me?!"

(End of this chapter)