Wanli Youming

Chapter 235

Chapter 235

Naomi Naoshima and Takanobu Matsuura, who were running faster, saw Michiyuki Tachibana killed in the back at this time, and they dared not fight any more, and hurriedly withdrew towards Hirado Castle.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu had withdrawn with the navy army at this time, and deployed a large number of iron cannons, ambushing on both sides of the mountain road leading to Hirado Castle, preparing to chase and defeat the retreating Japanese pirates such as Naoshima Naoshima when the Ming army chased and defeated them. Fishing wild volts again.

However, Wu Weizhong resolutely issued the order not to pursue the poor. Instead, according to Qi Jiguang's instructions, he ordered the North Korean auxiliary soldiers to build the city on the spot, and asked Yi Ding to sentry nearby and plunder important supplies, while the main soldiers all rested on the spot to heal their injuries.

Yoshihiro Shimadzu's Dianofushi went bankrupt again, so he had to escort Naoshige Nabeshima and others back to Hirado Castle.

"General Tang, who is coming to the battle this time, is obviously a difficult guy. He is quite assertive in combat, resourceful, and cautious!"

"No wonder Kamikaze couldn't stop them!"

"What's more, their warships and firearms are very powerful, and a high proportion of them wear armor. We are undoubtedly in big trouble!"

After returning to Hirado Castle, Yoshihiro Shimadzu began to speak to Naoshige Nabeshima and others with a sullen face.

"After all, I am Qi Jiguang's general. I, Matsuura, suffered a lot from them in Tang."

Matsuura Takanobu spoke at this moment.

Naoshima Naoshige also followed with a serious face and said: "The more difficult it is to deal with, the more we have to increase our troops while they are not gaining a stable foothold, and strive to eliminate them, or let them suffer heavy losses! Otherwise, the more troops waiting for them to come. The more they come, and even the strong city is built, the more difficult it will be for us to drive them away."

As he said that, Naoshige Nabeshima said to Yoshihiro Shimadzu and Takashi Matsuura: "Everyone, we need to let go of the old hatred more thoroughly, concentrate our forces, and destroy these Tang people together!"

Shimadzu Yoshihiro and Matsuura Takanobu both nodded in agreement.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro has always been a person with a big picture. During the Wanli Korean War in history, he did not hesitate to risk losing the main force of his Shimadzu family's navy to rescue Xiaonishi, who was besieged by the Ming army in Shuntian City. , it can be seen that this person is loyal and knows that the overall situation is the most important, so naturally he will not refuse to continue to increase troops.

And Matsuura Takanobu, as the feudal lord of Hirado, was one of the culprits who colluded with Wang Zhikou to plunder the southeast of Ming Dynasty in history, and the Matsuura Peninsula where the Ming army is now landing is his territory. He wants to drive the Ming army out the most, so naturally Even more will not refuse.

Therefore, Naoshima Naoshige and Shimadzu Yoshihiro directly mobilized all the troops of Hirado Castle, a total of 2 people, and killed Wu Weizhong's department in Futian again.

Wu Weizhi had long expected that the Japanese would not give up, so he asked the North Korean auxiliary soldiers to dig trenches and screens overnight on the pretext of paying double wages.

The North Korean auxiliary soldiers were very willing to contribute to the generous heavenly army. They heard that they were on double shifts at night, so they actively dug five trenches and screens overnight, and built a simple walled city.

In addition, the three thousand fresh troops led by Tong Ziming arrived, bringing the regular soldiers of the Ming Army to 6000 land soldiers, and there were Yi Ding as sentinels who could send alarms in time. Therefore, Shimadzu Yoshihiro and other daimyos still It failed to take advantage, and after paying a large number of casualties, it still failed to achieve the goal of driving away the landing Ming army.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro, Nabeshima Naoshige and other daimyos had to increase their troops again.

Naoshige Nabeshima, in particular, personally went back to Saga Castle and Bungo Castle to meet Ryuzoji Takanobu and Otomo Zonglin, and persuaded Ryuzoji to send him [-] more troops, and also persuaded Otomo Zongling to send more troops. With Tian Yuan's in-laws as the generals, [-] troops came to help.

As an important minister of Ryuzo Temple, Naoshima Naoshige still has a lot of prestige and has always been far-sighted, so he actively instigated the two largest forces in the two northern Kyushus to increase their troops to deal with the Ming army.

And Shimadzu Yoshihiro also added [-] troops from his Shimadzu family.

As a result, the Japanese pirates attacking the Futian Ming army suddenly increased from the original basis to [-] troops.

However, during this period, Ma Gui and Lou Nan also brought the second batch of Ming troops to Futian three days later and joined Wu Weizhong's troops, which increased the number of regular soldiers of the Ming army to tens of thousands.

The two sides have entered the stage of refueling tactics.

But after the Japanese pirates increased their troops, they still failed to eat the Ming army that had landed, and even bit their front teeth. Ma Gui led the army and guards to ambush, and suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese pirates had to increase their troops again.

Arima Harunobu, Aso Yoshimitsu, Kumabe Kienaga, and other daimyos also had to let go of their self-preservation and sent their own soldiers because they realized that the coming Ming army was really terrifying.

All of a sudden, the Japanese pirates increased their troops to more than 8 after another ten days.

At this time, Qi Jiguang also led [-] officers and soldiers to Futian, which increased the total strength of the Ming army by nearly [-].

After Qi Jiguang arrived, because the strength of the Ming army was enough to avoid the large-scale encirclement and suppression of Japanese slaves, he launched an attack on Hirado City and surrounded Hirado City.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro, Nabeshima Naomo, Arima Harunobu and other Kitakyushu daimyos had to come from Saga Castle to aid Hirado Castle.

But Qi Jiguang came to help out, because he was a senior commander of the Ming Empire, and because the 8 Ming troops who arrived in Feiqian were basically his old troops, and he was able to carry out his orders to the letter. Fifteen thousand southern soldiers were dispatched to Hirado Castle, and they rushed to the mountains between Saga and Hirado, which had long been familiar to the Japanese guides. The site was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, Arima Harunobu was captured alive, and Otomo's general Tahara's relatives also chose to cut seppuku because of injuries.

The Japanese pirates again failed to drive away the Ming army who had landed.

But by this time, it was impossible for the famous Japanese pirates in Kyushu to draw more troops, because they were not Ming Dynasty, and they didn't have that many soldiers, and drawing [-] troops was already their limit.

What's more, the Japanese pirates' daimyos are not absolutely centralized in their own territory. There are many semi-independent small daimyos and tyrants under them. They need to have enough force to suppress them, otherwise these small daimyos and tycoons will directly become independent.

Therefore, Shimadzu Yoshihiro also suggested at this time: "Ask Oda Nobunaga for help."

After hearing this, Matsuura Takanobu nodded hurriedly: "That's the only way."

"What's the difference between this and luring a wolf into a house? What's more, he is also going around to fight now, and he can't get away."

Naoshima Naoshige asked directly.

Shimadzu Yoshihiro said: "The Kitakyushu side can only be defended first, and then Nobunaga's side will be unified. According to the information provided by our friends among the Tang people, there will also be Tang people coming from Dinghai. I have to go back to Satsuma to support."

Naoshima Naoshige and Matsuura Takanobu nodded.

As a result, the daimyo of Kitakyushu no longer launched an attack on the Ming army that landed. On the contrary, the Ming army took this opportunity to take down Hirado Castle.

And the division led by Yu Dayou and Chen Lin, with a total of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, did sail from Dinghai to Satsuma in seven days.

Yoshihisa Shimadzu, the feudal lord of Satsuma, basically let his younger brother Yoshihiro Shimadzu take him to Kitakyushu because of the water army, so he gave up the tactics of stopping the Ming army through the water army. Instead, he took the initiative to shrink the strategy and went to the mountains around Satsuma City. Set up an ambush, and sent an elite squad to the coastal inner city to lure the Ming army into the ambush circle, intending to defeat the Ming army by fishing wild ambush.

This is also impossible. The Wa country is no better than Ming Dynasty, and its comprehensive national strength is limited. It is difficult for the size of the navy to deploy thousands of warships in two places at the same time.

However, the reason why the Shimadzu family concentrated their naval forces in Kitakyushu to resist the Ming army that landed from North Korea was obviously done well in intelligence work. From the Ming coastal gentry who colluded with them, they knew that the Ming army mainly came from the north to be land infantry. However, the navy came mainly from Dinghai, so they chose to concentrate the navy to Kitakyushu.

It is also a wise decision for Shimadzu Yoshihisa to adopt the method of luring the enemy to go deep.

The Shimadzu family of the Japanese country has always had the reputation of "the king who does not come out of the dark", and he pays great attention to family education.

Takahisa Shimadzu, who reunited the Shimadzu family during the Warring States Period, commented on his three sons in this way. Everyone knows the art of war for a long time.

In fact, because the Wa country is now in the Warring States period, and the big names have been fighting for years, it is not easy to become a powerful force.

Tachibana Doxue and Naoshima Naoshige were all well-known in Japan at this time.

But the Ming Dynasty is now in a period of rising national power, the rulers are enlightened and brave to reform, and they are only selected for meritorious service, so capable ministers and generals are also in a period of blowout.

Therefore, even though there are so-called capable people in the Japanese country during this period, the generals of the Ming Dynasty who have emerged from the tens of thousands of officials and generals in the country are not vegetarians, and the historical military experience that can be used for reference is not comparable to that of the Japanese. In the eyes of the Japanese, the tactics that are very clever are easy to see in front of the famous generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Wu Weizhong and others were not fooled.

Yu Dayou, Chen Lin and others were naturally not fooled. After landing, they still followed the pre-arranged strategy of the Privy Council Fang Fengshi, Liu Xian and other famous ministers and veterans. Unable to take advantage of his geographical advantage, Shimadzu Yoshihisa finally had to withdraw the ambush.

And Qi Jiguang had a conversation with Arima Harunobu who was captured alive in Hirado Castle, and asked him to bring letters to Shimadzu, Otomo, and Ryuzoji, the three largest daimyos in Kyushu, saying that Daming intended to negotiate with them. And said that if there is no negotiation, Ming Dynasty will continue to increase its troops, march north and south, and completely conquer Kyushu.

(End of this chapter)