At the junction between Ishimi Kingdom and Izumo Kingdom, Zhu Ren led a group of cavalry on the way back. After their team, there were strings of captives, all of which were slaves they plundered from Izumo Kingdom. After returning, they would send them to the silver mine to explore to meet the Ming Dynasty's demand for silver.

The captives were guarded by a group of Japanese soldiers. Although Zhu Chuang did not trust the Japanese, he still recruited a group of Japanese soldiers to fight for him. After all, his troops were insufficient, and more than 2,000 people could not defend the entire Ishimi Kingdom.

Zhu Ren was also proud of his youth during this period. Although he was reluctant to come to Japan at the beginning, in fact, he still missed his time in Xi'an now, but he was a smart man. After coming to Shijian Kingdom, he gave up his fantasy and began to concentrate on managing Shijian Kingdom's situation, especially the mining of silver mines. With his full support, he got on track as quickly as possible.

Of course, Zhu Ceng's actions also caused dissatisfaction among many surrounding forces, such as the nearby Yamai and Kyoko clans, who organized troops to attack him many times, but were easily defeated by Zhu Ceng because the Japanese not only lag behind in weapons, but even had few cavalry. Only generals were qualified to ride horses, and the Japanese horses were even very short and not much bigger than donkeys.

In this case, most of the two thousand guards under Zhu Ci were cavalry, so as long as he commanded the cavalry to charge, he could almost kill the Japanese army. However, after several defeats, the surrounding Daming also learned to be smart. They temporarily gave up their previous conflicts and began to unite against the powerful Zhu Ci.

These names joined forces to confront Zhu Chuang head-on, but dispersed Zhu Chuang's troops through harassment tactics. Because they had already found out clearly, they knew that Zhu Chuang could not use much troops, so as long as they attacked from multiple directions, it would be enough to make it difficult for Zhu Chuang to take care of the beginning and end.

This method is indeed very effective. In order to deal with the harassment of these people, Zhu Chuang had to divide his troops into two places, one stationed in the southwest of Shijianguo and the other stationed in the northeast, which is the army led by Zhu Chuang now.

However, the mining of silver mines is not easy, and more and more miners are needed. The most important thing is that in Zhu Ren's eyes, these miners are consumables. Not to mention the various dangers during mining, Zhu Ren also squeezed these miners out of their capacity, and even could not guarantee their diet, which also led to huge consumption of miners.

Originally, if there were shortage of people, Zhu Chuang would just rob it, but as the surrounding forces united, he also dispersed his troops, which led to Zhu Chuang a little worried. However, just two days ago, Zhu Chuang finally couldn't help but lead his troops into and out of Yun Kingdom and looted thousands of young men back again.

Seeing the pass of Shi Jianguo was right in front of him, Zhu Ren also showed a smug smile. The dispatch of troops was very smooth this time. The Japanese fled in all directions when they saw them, even the so-called warriors. Unfortunately, no matter how fast they ran, how could they escape the war horse? So he quickly grabbed enough people and brought them back.

However, just as Zhu Chuang's team was about to enter the pass of Shijianguo, they suddenly saw a large group of birds rising from the mountains and forests next to them, which made Zhu Chuang scream "Not good", and then people were ready to fight!

However, although Zhu Ceng's reaction was fast, he was still late. He saw a large number of Japanese samurai suddenly emerged from the mountains and forests on both sides. These Japanese people also followed their appearance and organized the cavalry. The leader was a cavalry with hundreds of people charged forward. Although the Japanese and Japanese horses were very short, they were cavalry after all, and they still had a powerful power when charging forward.

"Welcome the enemy!" With Zhu Chuang's order, the elite cavalry who was walking in front immediately retreated, but the Japanese soldiers who were assisted were transferred to the front of the formation by him. His intention was very obvious, and he wanted to use these Japanese soldiers as shields to block the charge of the opposite cavalry. After all, the cavalry under his command had no time to charge, and the cavalry had no speed, so they were not much stronger than infantry.

However, although Zhu Ceng's response was correct, the Japanese soldiers were so bad. Of course, it was also blamed for him. Because he did not trust the Japanese, he was very cautious about the Japanese soldiers and did not even issue any decent weapons to them. Like the Japanese who were temporarily conscripted, they used bamboo guns and bamboo bows. These people usually maintained public order and had no problem guarding prisoners of war, but it was simply a matter of driving them to fight.

Therefore, the Japanese cavalry on the opposite side only charged and killed the miscellaneous Japanese soldiers under Zhu Ci's hands and fled in scattered ways, and soon exposed the main force of Zhu Ci's rear.

However, although these Japanese soldiers were useless, they also bought time for Zhu Chuang. Under his command, the well-trained cavalry under his command was also prepared to deal with the enemy as quickly as possible.

"Kill!" Zhu Chuang waved his long sword and took the lead in the fight, and the cavalry behind him rushed away like thunder, and soon collided with the Japanese cavalry. Although Zhu Chuang was in a hurry to meet the enemy, his strength was still far superior to that of the Japanese cavalry. So as soon as the two sides contacted, the Japanese cavalry were killed one after another.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese cavalry will soon be eliminated, but the people on Zhu Chuang's side did not show any relaxed expression, because this Japanese cavalry was just the vanguard, and there were a large number of Japanese main forces approaching behind them. Their purpose was to use this cavalry to drag Zhu Chuang and others down, so that the army behind them would surround them and annihilate them.

"Mountain name! Kyoko clan!" When Zhu Chuang saw the banner of the main force of the Japanese army, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth. It was indeed these two old opponents, but in addition to these two major clans, there were some other banners in the Japanese army, and obviously other clans were united with them. In other words, this time it was probably because they had been deliberately preparing for a secret encirclement and annihilation.

"Kill out!" Zhu Chuang immediately roared and led his cavalry to kill in the direction of Shi Jianguo. He wanted to break out of the encirclement before the encirclement was formed, and then use the speed of the cavalry to get rid of the pursuers, so that he could have a glimmer of hope.

However, although Zhu Ceng's judgment was correct, the remaining Japanese cavalry still bit them tightly. At this time, an elite samurai group arrived and replaced the cavalry to restrain Zhu Ceng and others. It can be said that Zhu Ceng is now like a tiger falling into a pack of wolves. Although it looks majestic, under the siege of wolves regardless of casualties, it is probably only a matter of time before it is defeated.

The current head of the Yamaname family is named Yamaname Manyuki, and the head of the Kyoko family is named Kyoko Takaki. Now the two are also standing behind the army on horseback. Looking at Zhu Ceng who is gradually falling into the siege, they also smiled with satisfaction. The two were defeated by Zhu Ceng before. During this period, they have also contacted many forces and even sold a lot of benefits. In exchange for these people's troops, they can finally avenge their previous shame.

Zhu Chuang and his cavalry broke out the Japanese defense lines, but these Japanese were like crazy and soon organized more troops in the rear, rushing like waves, making Zhu Chuang's cavalry ashamed, and was about to be swallowed by this joint army of Japanese.

However, at this moment, Zhu Ceng, who was surrounded, suddenly showed a strange smile, and he shouted to the personal guards beside him and said, "Send a signal!"

The guard agreed, and saw that the other party took an iron tube from the back and lit the fuse below. Soon, a "bang" sound was heard. A firework flew into the sky, and then exploded in the air with a "boom" sound. Although the fireworks were not visible during the day, the loud noise overwhelmed all the sounds on the battlefield, enough to be heard for several miles.

"Kill!" As the signal came out, the Shijianguo Pass not far away suddenly opened the city gate, and then another cavalry broke out, which was another elite cavalry that had been divided by Zhu Chuang before.

"%#￥%￥%...#￥%" Yamamini was frightened to death when the cavalryman appeared in the pass, and then started to curse in anger, because they had clearly investigated before that there should be only a small number of Japanese soldiers in the pass, and this cavalryman should be stationed in the southwest of Ishimi, and it would never be possible to appear here.

In contrast, Zhu Chuang looked proud at this time. The Japanese thought they were very good at calculating. They had previously harassed and tempted him to divide the troops, and then waited patiently for the opportunity to divide and annihilate him.

But they didn't know that Zhu Ren, who had been familiar with military tactics since childhood, had long seen through their plans, so he used his own tricks and used himself as bait to attack this joint army that had been hidden for a long time. He secretly sent someone to quietly transfer the cavalry from the southwest direction back. Of course, this also took a lot of risks. If the enemy attacked from the southwest direction, he would definitely be difficult to deal with at the beginning and end, so he was also betting. Now it seems that he was the right bet.

"Kill!" The ambushing cavalry raised the speed to the fastest, and then rushed into the Japanese army like a tiger down the mountain. For a moment, the Japanese were also killed and fled in scattered ways. Especially, they were clearly sure to win, but suddenly turned around, which made many Japanese generals lose their minds and even led their troops to escape.

On the other hand, Zhu Ceng, who was surrounded by the cavalry, was shocked. After all, many people did not know that Zhu Ceng was planning to do so. They thought they were dead this time, but they did not expect that the prince had arranged reinforcements. They immediately followed Zhu Ceng out of the siege.

The two cavalry teams joined forces and then turned around and rushed towards the Japanese coalition. Although the Japanese still had the advantage of numbers, the situation on the battlefield was completely reversed. Coupled with the advantage of the cavalry, the entire battlefield was almost one-sidedly massacred. Although the Yamai clan and the Kyoko clan wanted to organize counterattacks several times, they were quickly killed and dispersed by Zhu Chuang. There was no suspense in the entire battlefield.
Chapter completed!