On the west coast of Yinzhou, in the rolling mountains, a light rain came unexpectedly. The fine and dense autumn rain hit the marching soldiers with a hint of chill.

After the drizzle, white mist rose between the mountains and wilderness, covering the mountains and woods in its original place, and the earth was filled with a mysterious and desolate atmosphere.

At this time, an army of nearly 10,000 people was walking through the wet jungle, and the soldiers advanced rapidly towards Jinshan County with difficulty.

Although Shi Kai and his sailboat were going to bypass the Baja California Peninsula, which was farther away than by land, the mountains and forests were undulating on the land and there was no road. Zhao Ming had to arrive in an ambush near Jinshan County before Shi Kai, which was actually quite difficult.

This is, as the time agreed upon between the two sides and the ten thousand Shang troops were still rushing, Zhao Ming was a little anxious.

If Zhao Ming could not get there, Shi Kai's sneak attack would have to fail.

"Where are you?" Zhao Ming stopped and asked gasped.

The staff officer on the side took out the map and looked at it, "General, it is estimated that there is more than a hundred miles left!"

"No, it's too slow!" Zhao Ming looked forward and looked forward, and then shouted in a deep voice, "Send the order and let the brothers speed up. Before the eighth day of the lunar month, you must arrive at your destination!"

After speaking, Zhao Ming urged loudly while slashing the branches in front of him with a knife, "Speed ​​up the passage!"

Although most of the 10,000 Shang troops were indigenous warriors living in the jungle, it was still quite difficult to walk through the mountains and forests.

Along the way, many people have been exhausted and left behind, and some soldiers have fallen ill and died of exhaustion on the road.

However, after half a month of forced marching, ten thousand troops finally arrived in a forest near Kingsoft County that day.

When Zhao Ming saw that the soldiers were exhausted after many days of marching, he immediately ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot.

The soldiers of the Shang army were extremely tired. After eating sweet potatoes, they fell to the ground to rest. Zhao Ming took several subordinates to investigate the situation in Jinshan County.

At this time, they lay on the mountain not far from Jinshan County. Zhao Ming took out a thousand-mile mirror to observe and found that compared with three years ago, the scale of Jinshan County had expanded a lot.

There were many sailboats moored in Kingsoft Harbor, and outside Kingsoft Fort, smelting plants were built, and groups of black slaves and native slaves were transporting the mined ore driven by the whip of the colonists.

After the Spanish seized Kingsoft County, they transported a large number of slaves to mine the gold mine.

Today, the population of Jinshan County is about 50,000 or 60,000, but 90% are slaves.

At this time, Zhao Ming lay on the top of the mountain and stared at Jinshan County. He found that there were colonists holding muskets everywhere. With the strength of the new merchant, he would probably have no chance to attack.

Zhao Ming observed for a while, then ordered: "Let the brothers hide nearby. No one can expose himself before the war begins!"

Ten thousand Shang troops, after a while, lay on the hill near Jinshan County and hid.

The soldiers were eating, drinking, and shit, all of them were still there, waiting for the stone to come.

The agreed time was the eighth day of the lunar month, but the sun set, and I didn’t see the stone coming over in a sailboat.

"General, why is the Deputy Chief Justice still not here!" Liu Zhongxia ate the sweet potato and couldn't help asking.

Zhao Ming was also anxious. Shi Kai wanted to bypass the Baja California Peninsula and needed to enter the area where the Spaniards were active. Could it be that the Spaniards discovered it?

Or maybe Shi Kai was driving the boat and had no intention of coming to Jinshan, but went back to Ganchao directly.

After all, life in Yinzhou was too hard, and there were hundreds of thousands of silver dollars in his account, which was enough for him to spend his whole life.

Zhao Ming was worried, but he said firmly: "I'm waiting for a while, I must be on the road!"

One day passed, two days passed, just as everyone lost their patience, they thought that the prefect Shi probably left them and ran away with their buckets, a sailboat appeared outside Jinshan Port.

"General, look!" Liu Zhongxia pointed to the sea in the distance, "Is that Shi Taishou's ship?"

Apart from gold mines, Kingsoft County has no other output. It only transports gold to Mexico every six months throughout the year. There are not many ships coming and going to Kingsoft, and there are only one or two ships a month, transporting some slaves and supplies.

Zhao Ming and others lay here for a few days, but no ship came. He heard the words and quickly took out a thousand-mile mirror to watch, and indeed found a sailboat on the sea.

The main mast of this ship was hung with the Spanish flag, but on the other two masts, there was a red flag and a white flag as a symbol.

When Zhao Ming saw this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, "It was them who told the brothers to prepare for the battle."

On the sea, sailboats were walking through the waves, and Shi Kai stood on the deck, feeling a little hesitant.

After bypassing the Baja California Peninsula and entering the Pacific Ocean, he really thought about it and just go back to Ganchao.

After all, the situation in Yinzhou is far worse than that in Ganchao.

Previously, he was a punctual in Jinshan. He transported a batch of gold to Ganchao. He still had a lot of money in Ganchao's account, which was enough for him to be a rich man, which would definitely be more interesting than being a chief in a primitive tribe.

However, thinking about the brothers who shared life and death with him, as well as the Yin wife and a few concubines who gave birth to his son in the tribe, he still resolutely arrived outside Jinshan.

At this time, it was already dusk and the sun was setting west. The Spanish colonists in the harbor also discovered the sea ships, but there was no doubt.

They thought they were sailboats that transported slaves, the forts and the ships in the harbor, and they did not respond and allowed the sailboats to sail into the harbor.

Although the ship appears outside the harbor, the actual distance is still very long, and it will take a long time to sail and enter the harbor.

At this time, Shi Kai was standing on the deck, feeling nervous. He had missed the agreed time and didn't know if Zhao Ming was still near Jinshan.

At this time, on the top of the mountain, I took out a bronze mirror and reflected the sunlight towards the sailboat.

When the sailor arrived on the deck, he immediately found the signal, "That mountain head of the chief!"

Shi Kai saw it and felt at ease, and then ordered: "Enter the port!"

At this time, the sun sank into the sea and the sky darkened. The sailboat passed through the port and entered the harbor.

On the deck, Shi Kai and the sailors were both very nervous, for fear that the colonists would see the clues and be bombarded by the fire from the fort.

However, now sailing ships pass through the port and enter the harbor, it is basically safe.

The forts around the harbor are aimed at outside the harbor, and once they enter the harbor, they lose their effect.

At this time, the colonists in Kingsoft County saw a sailboat entering the harbor, and a team of colonists rushed to the dock to prepare to receive the slaves brought by the sailboat.

Mining is a very hard thing. The colonists do not regard slaves as humans and try their best to squeeze them, resulting in people in the mine being exhausted every day.

In order to obtain more gold, the mine needed colonial authorities to continuously send slaves to the mine.

At this time, the Spanish colonists arrived at the dock and shouted at the sailboat, asking the sailboat to come and dock, and drove the slaves out of the ship.

On the deck of the sailing boat, Shi Kai looked solemn, and his subordinates around him said, "General, those white monsters, let us dock!"

Shi Kai swallowed a mouthful of saliva, observed the surroundings, and said in a deep voice: "Don't pay attention to them, turn off the lights, open the cannon window, push out the cannon, and prepare to fire the cannon!"
Chapter completed!