Bai Xiaowen's words didn't move Matsuura Shinkuro at all.
"Ma Ye is a piece of trash. In order to deal with Yu Dayou, I even sacrificed 36 months of my life to the divine artifact! But he can't even deal with Fujian without Yu Dayou. Qi Jiguang hasn't been mobilized, which has disrupted my plan to plunder Zhejiang. "
Matsuura Shinkuro said slowly, "You're the subordinates of a piece of trash, so naturally, you're useless. Go back and tell Ma Ye that if he still wants to preserve the glory of the Matsuura clan, he'll have to fight to the death. "
Mu Tian didn't know how to respond.
Bai Xiaowen said, "Lord Xin Jiulang wants us to go back and die."
Matsuura Shinkuro sneered, "You'll just be wasting food if you live."
"Very well. Since Lord Xin Jiulang isn't willing to rescue him, I'm sure Ma Ye has no chance of surviving," Bai Xiaowen said leisurely, "We won't go back and die. If Lord Xin Jiulang isn't willing to accept us, then we'll have to set up our own clan. Perhaps the next time we meet, we'll already be on equal footing with Lord Xin Jiulang. "
Matsuura Shinkuro thought highly of himself, so when he heard Bai Xiaowen's words, his face sank slightly.
Matsuura's assistant stopped Xin Jiulang and whispered something in his ear. Matsuura Shinkuro's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Bai Xiaowen again, "Set up your own clan? You stray dogs sure talk big. But I doubt if you have the strength to back it up. I can agree to accommodate you for the time being. But after five days, I'll attack Ningbo, and you'll have to follow me. Show me what you're capable of. "
Bai Xiaowen nodded, "We'll definitely give Lord Xin Jiulang a surprise."
After Bai Xiaowen and his men left, Matsuura Shinkuro turned to Matsuura Fourth Assistant with a gloomy face, "What's your intention in persuading me to accept them?"
Matsuura Fourth Assistant wore a tall hat and waved a paper fan. He didn't look like a pirate, but more like a dog-headed military adviser. He smiled and said, "My Lord, if what they said is true, then I'm afraid Ma Ye's fate is sealed. The Family Supervisor's two-pronged strategy of advancing in the open and in the dark would also be declared a failure. In my opinion, it's better to keep these people and let them take Ma Ye's place. "
Matsuura Shinkuro snorted and said, "You think too highly of them. Ma Ye has a few thousand men under his command. How can these two hundred men be compared to him?"
Matsuura Fourth Assistant said, "Mayo-sama has also gone through a long period of development to grow to such a scale. It was also thanks to Lord Maha's disguise as a Bright Pirate that he could easily win over the other Bright Pirates to work for him. The person in front of us is an intelligent person. Isn't he a good chess piece? "
After a pause, Matsuura Fourth Assistant said, "In the battle five days later, we might as well take a look at the performance of these bright people. If they pass, we can properly support this force and continue the Family Supervisor's two-front strategy. "
Matsuura Shinkuro snorted and agreed with Matsuura Fourth Assistant's suggestion.
On the other side, Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi left Matsuura Shinkuro's hut. Two Wokou servants came over and led them to the designated camp.
The camp that Matsuura Shinkuro assigned to the two hundred 'stray dogs' was very ordinary. There was no one to rely on and it was a hundred meters away from the outer circle of the Wokou camp. In this way, the movements of these two hundred soldiers were under the surveillance of Matsuura Shinkuro's subordinates.
"It seems that Matsuura Shinkuro doesn't trust us." Li Shuyi said.
"That's normal. If he accepted these two hundred people into his camp, I would suspect that he has other motives." Bai Xiaowen said with a smile, "Actually, this is a good thing."
"We are all being watched. It's inconvenient everywhere. What's so good about it?"
"I'm saying that it's good to separate the camps. Although I had given them the order to disguise themselves as pirates and I believed in their loyalty, their behavior was still different from those of Ye Mazi's desperadoes. If they mix together, they will inevitably come into contact with other Wokou pirates. It's hard to avoid giving themselves away. "Bai Xiaowen said.
Li Shuyi nodded and then said, "I roughly observed the situation.
"I've made a rough observation. There are close to a thousand elite pirates in the inner circle of the pirate camp, while the outer circle has a few thousand pirates as servants. How are we going to kill Matsuura Shinkuro under the protection of so many Wokou pirates? "
"On this island, killing Matsuura Shinkuro is an impossible task. A BOSS with an invisibility skill is very difficult to deal with. Furthermore, the other party doesn't completely trust us." Bai Xiaowen said with certainty.
A BOSS with an invisibility skill would definitely have a high priority. Bai Xiaowen's mental scan wouldn't be able to detect it.
In Jinghai University, when they entered the first layer of the trial space, the leader of the third ship, Gregor, was an invisibility BOSS. Bai Xiaowen dealt with him very easily. The main reason was that Gregor wasn't very intelligent. Also, due to the rules of the trial space, he couldn't leave the small area at the front of the ship. Thus, Bai Xiaowen easily caught him and defeated him.
Li Shuyi caught Bai Xiaowen's unspoken implication. "You want to kill Matsuura Shinkuro outside the island?"
"That's right. This is also the only possible route we can take. Before we came to the island, I told Mutian to ask Matsuura Shinkuro to go to Jinmen under the pretext of asking for help for Ye Mazi. This way, our chances of success would be much higher. However, I didn't expect Matsuura Shinkuro to be so cold-blooded. He didn't even care about Ye Mazi's life. "
"Matsuura Shinkuro said that he would attack Ningbo in five days. What do you think? In five days, we will have already left the Jiajing Plane. Is there any way to prolong our stay in the Jiajing Plane? "Li Shuyi asked.
"It's basically impossible to prolong our stay." Bai Xiaowen shook his head. "The only way to prolong our stay is to activate the follow-up main mission. What we're doing now are all side missions. We've already completed the main mission. There's no way to activate the follow-up main mission. "
"Then what should we do … Oh right, we can ask Matsuura Shinkuro to attack Ningbo in advance!" Li Shuyi's eyes suddenly lit up. "Matsuura Shinkuro wants to wait five days before attacking Ningbo. There must be some unfinished preparations. If we join in and finish the preparations in advance, won't we be able to advance the date of the attack? "
Bai Xiaowen nodded and praised, "Not bad. That's a good idea."
In order to explore the Spiritual Realm, the Awakened had to create opportunities for themselves. Awakened Awakened who didn't know how to adapt would grow very slowly.
The Spiritual Realm wasn't a fixed computer game where the NPC's words were the law. Although Matsuura Shinkuro said that they would attack Ningbo in five days, if the time was right, they might attack tomorrow or the day after. Li Shuyi's plan was very feasible. Moreover, while helping to complete the preparations, they could also uncover some small missions. Perhaps there wasn't much to gain, but a mosquito's leg was still meat.
The fact that Li Shuyi could think of this meant that he was already a mature Awakened.
After arranging for the guards to be stationed, Bai Xiaowen then sent a message to the Wokou pirate Mutian, asking if he could help with the preparations for the attack on Ningbo.
Matsuura Shinkuro quickly agreed and issued a mission to Bai Xiaowen.
[Mission: Destroy Fortifications (Elite)]
[Mission Objective: Destroy Ningbo Prefecture's coastal city and dismantle at least four beacon towers.]
[Mission Difficulty: Rank-A]
[Mission Duration: 72 hours]
[Mission Reward: Unknown]
Although the mission had been discovered, Li Shuyi and Bai Xiaowen didn't relax at all.
This was because … this mission couldn't be done!
Bai Xiaowen was now disguised as a pirate under Ye Mazi's command and had entered Matsuura Shinkuro's territory. The Matsuura family's samurai token had served as a token of identification. Therefore, Bai Xiaowen was able to accept Matsuura Shinkuro's mission.
However, Bai Xiaowen had joined the anti-Woming army camp, and this wouldn't change. If he attacked the Ming army's fortifications, his reputation would definitely drop.
Even if Bai Xiaowen's reputation had risen to Reverence and he completed the main mission, he didn't have to worry about his reputation dropping. However, the guards on the two ships weren't fools. Why would they follow Bai Xiaowen to attack the Ming army's territory? They had received orders from "Hu Zongxian" to pretend to be Wokou pirates, but it didn't mean that they were real Wokou pirates.
In order not to arouse Matsuura Shinkuro's suspicion, Bai Xiaowen accepted the mission without hesitation.
After returning, Li Shuyi was a little depressed. "I still thought too simply. I thought that the preparation work was just collecting food and distributing weapons … "
Bai Xiaowen smiled and comforted him. "Don't deny yourself. It's good enough that you can think independently."
"What should we do now? We've accepted the mission. In order not to arouse Matsuura Shinkuro's suspicion, we have to go to Ningbo … From here to Ningbo, I'm afraid it will take us two days to go back and forth! In other words, because of my suggestion, we have to waste at least two days outside before we can go back to Penghu Island … "
Even if they didn't attack Ningbo, they had to go out to sea. In order not to arouse suspicion, they couldn't come back early either. If the voyage was less than two days, Matsuura Shinkuro would definitely know that Bai Xiaowen and the others didn't go to Ningbo to carry out the mission.
"Who said that we're wasting time? I need a reason to go out to sea, "Bai Xiaowen said with a smile." Okay, let's get ready and go out to sea. "
After Bai Xiaowen happily accepted the mission, Matsuura Shinkuro valued Bai Xiaowen a lot more. An obvious sign was that he personally sent Bai Xiaowen out to sea. His tone was also quite polite, and it felt like he had changed from arrogance to deference.
However, three days later, Bai Xiaowen returned with the news that the mission had failed.
Not only did Bai Xiaowen fail to take down the narrow stone ridge in Ningbo, but he also failed to destroy a single beacon tower. He didn't even complete the minimum requirements of the mission.
One could imagine how angry Matsuura Shinkuro was. He scolded Bai Xiaowen as "trash" and "pig". He didn't even allow Bai Xiaowen to stay in Penghu Island and wanted to drive him out of his territory.
However, Matsuura Shinkuro soon changed his mind. He took back his previous words and allowed Bai Xiaowen to stay in Penghu Island.
"I'll let it go this time. I'll give you another chance to prove yourself. There are still two days before the scheduled date. After I finish the preparations, I will officially attack Ningbo. At that time, I hope you'll be able to regain my respect with the strength you've shown! "
Bai Xiaowen thanked him again and again. His attitude was humble and respectful.
After Bai Xiaowen left, Matsuura Shinkuro said, "It seems that the strength of these open pirates is only so-so. They've lost the value of supporting them."
Matsuura Shinkuro sneered and said, "I didn't agree with these stray dogs from the beginning. If they really had the strength, why would they run away? Even their leader has fallen. However, I have my reasons for keeping them. When the time comes for the general attack, they'll be the vanguard that will charge at the forefront and consume the cannon fodder of the open army! "
Matsuura Shinkuro gently fanned himself and said with a smile, "Sir, you're right. We can minimize our losses by urging the open pirates to fight a war of attrition. However, since these open pirates have acted rashly and alerted the enemy, are we still going to attack Ningbo in two days? "
Matsuura Shinkuro said, "No, I already have a new target. It's just that there's no need to tell these open pirates so clearly, in case they leak the information. "
"Sir, your military strategy is getting more and more admirable. Now that you're free, I wonder if you'd like to play a game with me? "
Matsuura Shinkuro gladly agreed. The two men set up the chessboard and played chess.
However, before the game was over, the door of the hut was pushed open and a Wokou servant said in a panic, "Sir Shinkuro, Sir Shinkuro, something bad has happened!"
"What happened?"
Matsuura Shinkuro, who was in the mood to play chess, glared at the servant unhappily.
"Mada-kun has been killed! And there's a riot outside the camp … "
Matsuura Shinkuro's face slightly changed and he stood up abruptly, "Mada-kun? Who did it? "
The servant shook his head, indicating that he had no idea.
Matsuura Shinkuro hurriedly came over and grabbed his collar, "Where's my sword? Is my treasured saber still there?! "
The servant shook his head again. Matsuura Shinkuro left the Wokou servant and rushed out of the hut in a hurry.
Matsuura Shinkuro also hurriedly followed him.
When he came to the hut where Mada-kun was killed, Matsuura Shinkuro could only see a messy corpse, but he couldn't find his sword anywhere. He was so angry that his lungs were about to explode.
"Could it be those open pirates?" Matsuura Shinkuro asked in a low voice.
"Quick, go to those open pirates' camp and search for the murderer!" Shinkuro shouted.
At this time, the noise outside the pirate camp was getting louder and louder. A group of Wokou servants, led by a few elite ronin warriors, hurriedly rushed over. As soon as they saw Shinkuro, they hurriedly shouted, "Sir! Those open pirates suddenly boarded the ship and left! "
"Baka! You just watched them leave? "Shinkuro slapped him in the face.
The ronin warrior who was slapped didn't dare to cover his face. He took the slap and said, "Sir, the servants outside the camp also tried to stop those open pirates, but dozens of them died in the end. The open pirates killed a path and left on the ship!"
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