Chapter 1231 Seize the gold mine?

"Sure?"

After receiving the news brought back by the guards, Akiyama-kun could no longer suppress his excitement.

"Sure!"

The guard answered with certainty: "Many people are washing ore over there, and some are mining. Also, when we were secretly observing, we heard a cheer, as if someone had discovered a large gold nugget..."

Big gold nuggets?

Qiu Shanjun thought of the dog-head gold that Cui Zai mentioned.

All signs indicate that this gold mine in Zhenhe contains a large amount of gold and is not difficult to mine.

If he occupied such a gold mine, he would have enough money to expand his military forces!

While being excited, Akiyama kept reminding himself in his heart.

Calm down, be sure to calm down!

Especially at this time, the more we need to stay calm!

Being too excited may cause you to lose your ability to think normally and make wrong judgments.

After constantly reminding himself, Akiyama finally calmed down.

"Have you seen the enemy's troop deployment?"

Qiu Shanjun asked again.

"See clearly."

The guard replied, "There should be only two to three thousand people. The Zhenhe guards don't even have decent armor, but the Beihuan cavalry are fully armored. They should be difficult to deal with."

Not easy to deal with?

Qiu Shanjun disagreed.

Although he had never fought against Beihuan, he had heard that Beihuan's cavalry should be difficult to deal with.

But no matter how difficult they are to deal with, there are only two thousand of them!

And they have 10,000 soldiers in Juncheng alone.

As long as he wanted, he could send another 5,000 troops to Juncheng at any time.

It is not difficult to defeat the two thousand cavalry of Beihuan.

It's just the size of the casualties.

Now, the main thing to consider is Daqian.

However, Daqian is so far away from the Le Dynasty that it will take at least until next year for Daqian to receive the news and prepare its army to attack.

Moreover, Beihuan might not dare to let Daqian know about this.

Even if Daqian came to attack, they would definitely be able to mine a large amount of gold in a year!

At worst, we can wait and see what happens. If it doesn't work, we can retreat to Juncheng. Daqian doesn't dare to attack Juncheng rashly.

Maybe, they can occupy the gold mine for a long time, or even bring Zhenhe under his rule!

He can obtain a large number of soldiers from Zhenhe and then forge a large amount of armor. In this way, his military strength will increase dramatically in a very short time.

At that time, we will directly capture Qiming City and seize the throne!

Akiyama-kun kept fantasizing in his mind.

The more he fantasized, the more his ambition grew.

This also strengthened his determination to seize the gold mine.

Finally, Akiyama made up his mind.

Defeat the gold mine guards and seize the gold mine!

Now, we just need to discuss how to fight!

How many people should be sent to ensure that the enemy guarding the gold mine is defeated in one fell swoop?

Having made up his mind, Akiyama Jun immediately summoned several generals and his staff from Luyi and told them of his decision to seize the gold mine.

"Your Highness, we need to be cautious about this matter! I heard that Daqian has already defeated Beihuan, and now the army is at its peak. Without Zhenhe as a buffer zone, we may directly fight Daqian!"

"What are you afraid of? Daqian is nothing special."

"That's right! Hundreds of years ago, the Yong Dynasty sent hundreds of thousands of troops to attack our Li Dynasty, but we defeated them, didn't we?"

"Yes, as long as Daqian dares to come, he will give us military merit!"

"We must occupy this gold mine, and we must occupy it as soon as possible! Otherwise, if the news reaches His Majesty or the Lord, I'm afraid we will be out of luck..."

"That makes sense..."

When they learned about the gold mine, everyone immediately started discussing it excitedly.

Except for a few relatively calm aides who advised Akiyama to be cautious, the rest of the people urged Akiyama to occupy the gold mine as soon as possible.

Akiyama-kun had already made up his mind, and after hearing what everyone said, he became even more determined.

Qiu Shanjun raised his hand to stop everyone and said in a deep voice: "We must take over the gold mine! The question is, how do we take it?"

Mr. Akiyama has no authority to mobilize the navy.

If they want to seize the gold mine, they still have to consider how to cross the Dan River.

Building a pontoon bridge is definitely the easiest way.

But at the same time, they will encounter many problems when building a pontoon bridge.

Moreover, Beihuan has two thousand cavalry guarding the place. Once Beihuan gets the news that they have crossed the Dan River, they will surely launch an attack before their army has completely crossed the Dan River.

In addition to building a pontoon bridge, you can also use merchant ships to cross the Dan River.

But they also face a problem.

Although their merchant ships are larger than those of Zhenhe and their numbers are slightly larger.

But there were only a dozen or so merchant ships in total. Even if each merchant ship carried a hundred soldiers, it could only carry more than a thousand people across the Dan River at a time.

It would be fine if we weren't discovered by the enemy's spies.

If they were discovered, these more than a thousand people would be killed!

Fight, it’s that easy!

The key is, how to fight?

How can we win?

Moreover, it is best to defeat the enemy at the lowest cost!

Faced with the questions raised by Akiyama-kun, everyone's passion was instantly extinguished.

If the army can't even cross the Dan River safely, what's the point of fighting?

Just when everyone was at a loss, a general suddenly spoke up: "Order people to carry five days of dry food, and send people across the Dan River under the cover of night to defend the dangerous place!"

"One night is enough to transport four to five thousand people across the Dan River!"

"As long as we can hold on for one day, it will be enough time for us to transport another five to six thousand people to the other side!"

"When the time comes, we will gather a large army to attack the enemy. The enemy will have no defenses and will be unable to stop us..."

They were not far from the gold mine.

As long as the enemy can be defeated in a short period of time, not much food and fodder will be needed.

Even if we cannot defeat the enemy for the time being, we can still transport food and fodder via merchant ships.

Juncheng is so close to Danshui, so it is easy for them to get supplies.

Listening to this man's words, everyone couldn't help but think.

This idea is not bad.

But relatively speaking, it is still quite risky.

If the soldiers who crossed the river at night failed to hold the river, their subsequent plans would no longer be able to be carried out.

Moreover, it is not certain that 10,000 infantrymen would have a chance of winning if they were to fight against 2,000 cavalrymen in an open area!

The Beihuan cavalry is still famous!

Even if Beihuan was defeated by Daqian, they dared not underestimate Beihuan.

In fact, the easiest way is to mobilize the navy to assist.

As long as we have the help of the navy, wouldn't it be easy to defeat those troops?

Unfortunately, Akiyama-kun cannot mobilize the navy.

For a moment, everyone couldn't help but worry secretly.

It's really uncomfortable to have this kind of meat in front of you but not be able to eat it.

"In fact, we don't necessarily have to stare at the other side of Juncheng!"

Just when everyone was at a loss, a young general suddenly spoke.

Listening to his words, everyone's eyes fell on him.

Qiu Shanjun was also very curious, "What do you think? No matter if it's right or wrong, just speak up! If your plan is feasible, I will promote you three levels!"

Promoted three levels?

The young general was delighted and immediately expressed his thoughts...