However, he was just being careful. The military strength of the Nihon civilization was two to three levels lower than the military strength of Yang Rui. This was the average level, so the combat power of the two sides was not on the same level.
To be precise, Yang Rui was responsible for suppressing the bandits in the rear. To put it bluntly, it was the job of cleaning up the mess. However, this mess was also cleaned up by Wako Uesugi. Yang Rui lowered his head and accepted it.
The main purpose of Yang Rui's operation was to capture the historical generals of the Nihon civilization and take advantage of the characteristics of the guardians of civilization that would not be touched during the plot.
During the process, Yang Rui did capture a large number of captives, but there were all kinds of people among them. To be precise, Yang Rui was not sure if there were any "dragons" among them, or if there were only some ordinary captives.
For this reason, Yang Rui also specially invited Cheng Yu, who had "sharp eyes," to the Nihon civilization once, but the effect was still not very good.
The Nihon civilization had no other advantages. The level and level of intelligence and military strength were not as good as that of the three civilizations. This had been reflected in previous wars. The real strength of the three civilizations was at least half a level lower.
However, the Nihon civilization had an advantage that other civilizations could not achieve. It was their expertise in ninjutsu. Yang Rui once thought that ninjutsu might be related to Taoism, but so far, he had not found any concrete evidence.
The ninjutsu of the Nihon civilization was not only reflected in the concealment of the body, but also in the concealment of strength. Every historical general had more or less mastered such skills.
This kind of skill was not very useful in normal times, but when Yang Rui captured captives, the skill of concealing strength came in handy.
As long as the historical generals of the Nihon civilization did not intend to be discovered by Yang Rui, or they had known him before and confirmed his identity, they would choose to hide their true strength. It was not impossible for them to find a chance to escape.
After Cheng Yu came, he was unable to make a breakthrough in this regard. He once said that the three civilizations must have the ability to see through the ninjutsu of the Nihon civilization. However, this kind of skill was rarely seen, and those who practiced it might not be able to find it.
Yang Rui could only postpone the identification of the captives and gather the people who could be identified first. Whether they were generals or soldiers, as long as they were not determined to die, Yang Rui was taken to Shrimp Island for temporary detention.
Shrimp Island might not have other things, but it had wood resources. These captives would be forced to work as coolies for a long time, logging for Yang Rui on Shrimp Island.
Of course, Yang Rui was not doing nothing to them. First of all, he left them on Shrimp Island to lure them to reveal their identities. As long as those historical generals who were not content with their lot showed up, Yang Rui had already deployed key ships, and they would not be able to escape from Shrimp Island.
If they chose to take action directly, it would be even easier. Yang Rui happened to get some good things from Zhang Rang a few days ago. Although it did not have an immediate effect like the black Xiaoyao pill, it could be used on a large scale.
The black powder that Yang Rui got could be mixed into the drinking water of people. If it did not have any "side effects", it would be difficult to detect the signs of poisoning without using force. However, once force was used, the effect was similar to that of a small black pill, which could greatly weaken the strength of the person who used it.
Yang Rui was rich at this time, so he used this black powder on every captive of the Nihon civilization who was taken to Shrimp Island to work as coolies. Other things might not work, but they had to drink water, right?
Whether it was luring them to attack or luring them to escape, it required a certain amount of patience. It was like baiting a mouse, and the mouse might not eat the bait until the right time.
At the same time, Wako Uesugi's plan also needed time. At this time, Wako Uesugi was secretly sending messengers to various forces in the Nihon civilization, talking about the marriage.
This step was very crucial. Wako Uesugi had to make the other party feel his sincerity and that he really wanted to repair the relationship with them through marriage.
In this way, the Uesugi brat could not let the fact that he had sent out a large number of envoys be exposed. He wanted every faction that received the patronage of the envoys to think that they were the very special party that was favored and could not be reduced to a common behavior.
This required special training for the messengers sent out and special wording for the documents, which took Wako Uesugi some time.
In the end, Yang Rui even gathered everyone offline to study the words of the messengers and the writing of the documents. Although there was a big difference in the writing style of the two Universal Civilizations, Yang Rui and the other civil and military officials still provided Wako Uesugi with a lot of effective reference.
In fact, the conclusion that everyone came to after discussion was blackmail. On the basis of showing appreciation for the other party's forces, the messengers could intentionally or unintentionally expose Wako Uesugi's' lecherous' nature, making the other party have to keep it a secret whether they were willing or not. Otherwise, they could directly use troops.
In this way, any force would have to consider carefully before spreading this matter. First of all, Wako Uesugi's strength, including the benefits of marriage and the dangers of not marrying. Secondly, in the name of the shogunate, this kind of fair method of marriage could also ensure the interests of the weaker forces to the greatest extent.
With all kinds of measures, Wako Uesugi's marriage proposal went quite smoothly, and it was first approved by some forces. Among them, two of the forces on the list provided by Yang Rui directly gave a positive answer.
The first to give a reply turned out to be Takeda Matsuhime. This young lady of the Takeda family, who was trapped in the mountain city of Ji Cui Temple, actually agreed to Wako Uesugi's marriage even though her biological father and brother were dead.
Of course, Wako Uesugi's subordinates were also very capable. They told Takeda Matsuhime all the key points they could think of to protect the Takeda family from being wiped out, which should have had a big impact on this young lady's judgment.
However, according to the messengers' reply, Takeda Matsuhime did not show any opposition from the beginning. The fact that she could agree might be her own independent judgment.
This alerted Wako Uesugi, and he even suspected that this young lady of the Takeda family had other intentions. He half-jokingly reminded Yang Rui to be careful when doing that in the future.
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