Xinshun 1730

Chapter 420 surprise attack
When the Dashun Army attacked the city, Sakai Tadamori, the lord of the Obama Domain, was suffering from beriberi, which is easy to get from the nobles.

Beriberi is not athlete's foot, irregular heartbeat, chest tightness, shortness of breath, edema of lower limbs, and associated heart disease.So less than half an hour after the artillery bombardment, Mao Cai put Changqi's Tadashi Sakai under shock, his face turned purple, his breath was uneven, and he died just like that.

The loyal ones among the retainers are worried that their reputation will be bad if it is spread out, and it is easy to be spread as "scared to death" by interested people.

So under the shelling of the Dashun army, he faked a seppuku illusion in the city, and the wrong person chopped off his head.

Then, Obama Fan gave up resistance.

The Sakai family is a genealogical daimyo, and they generally serve as Daisaka Castle Dai, who monitors the princes of the Western Kingdom, and the Kyoto Soshi Dai, who monitors the Japanese princes and ministers.

The stone height is generally not high, and the fiefdom is generally not large, but the power is great.The shogunate plans to rely on the genealogy daimyo to form its own bureaucratic system to maintain the stability of the shogunate. The power comes from the shogunate rather than its own fiefdom, so the height of the fiefdom will not be too high.

The Xiaobin clan only has a stone height of [-] shi, so they can't raise many samurai. Under the samurai system, the lord of the vassal is forbidden to keep his followers and ronin by himself.Some are staring at them. There are more wolves than meat, and there are many who want to be feudal lords.

The city is not a mountain city that is difficult to attack, but a flat city built in the estuary delta; the fort has never been repaired, because there is no money and because the shogunate does not approve it, it is taboo to repair it privately.

Seeing that the battle could not be won, the feudal lord died of palpitations caused by beriberi. He also knew that the people who entered the army were from Tang Dynasty.

Even if the land is cut in the future, it will be the few places on Kyushu Island, and it is impossible to cut off the Xiaohama Fan.

When everyone sums up, don't fight anymore, and retreat to Tsuruga first, and pass the news to the lord of the Hikone Domain. The Hikone Domain is the largest domain in the surrounding area except for Xiaohama, and it also has some troops.

The lord of the city cut his seppuku because of the loss of the city, and before he died, he ordered to retreat to wait for the future.That's a good reason.

The high-ranking warrior who had given up on Xiaobin City fled away. When Dashun was about to land, Wu Fangrui hesitated for a long time, and finally expressed an idea in his heart.

"Your Highness, Xiaobin is now in the hands of our army. It will take two days for the army to land and assemble on Oki Island. If the army is assembled, it will be no problem to run rampant in the Wa Kingdom. With Xiaobin, it can be said that the great achievement has been accomplished."

"However, on top of the great merit, there is also the unworldly merit."

"Your Highness, think about it. In Japan's politics, the Japanese shogunate lives in Edo, but the king's city is here. It is thousands of miles away. Ying Suo Boyan, Dabancheng, supervises the princes of the Western Kingdom; Kyoto, the governor, supervises the Japanese princes and ministers."

"If my army attacks the Japanese king's city, the governor of the capital...I'm afraid that after getting the news, he will try his best to transfer the Japanese king to other places. This is the difference between the great merit I said and the unworldly merit."

The Japanese king and the shogun are more like a cooperative relationship. It is even possible that the Japanese king also needs the shogunate to provide social stability and suppress the rest of the daimyo.

It's just that in the eyes of people like Dashun, all they can think of is to coerce the emperor to order the princes.

"Government by the Ge family, sacrifice by the widow" is also somewhat similar, but no one would imagine the shogun as a hero like Zhuge Wuhou.

From the perspective of the princes and princes, it is easy for Li Yan to think of the so-called responsibilities of the so-called Jingdu.

Even a person of his age can think of transferring the King of Wa.

It is impossible for the representative of the Kyoto office to not have such a brain.

Conquering the Japanese King City, as Wu Fangrui said, is a great success.

It doesn't matter whether the Japanese king escapes or not.

But since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Japanese claimed to be the emperor of the country of sunrise.As far as the Mongols and the Yuan Dynasty, the Wa Kingdom could not be broken... If the imperial court can capture the Wa King, there will be a lot to do whether it is subsequent negotiations or subsequent tribute and vassalization, and the initiative will always be held by the Celestial Dynasty.

The temptation of the four words of immortality is really a bit big.

After pondering for a moment, Li Yan asked, "What do you mean?"

"Your Highness, if the army gathers, it will take at least two or three days. The Japanese King's City does not have a wall like the capital city. The so-called, soldiers are expensive, so why not let me lead hundreds of elites, galloping straight into the Japanese King's City?"

Wu Fangrui thought in his heart that in this field battle, if he could change himself to a dog, he could win it, so it's better to take a big bet and lead the troops to win this unworldly feat.

While Li Yan was still hesitating, Wu Fangrui continued: "Your Highness, think about it."

"If all goes well, I will lead my troops straight into the Japanese palace. The Japanese city has not been battled for a long time, and there is no wall, so there must be no defense. Just attack before the news of Xiaobin's fall."

"If something goes wrong, the Japanese will transfer the Japanese king in advance, which will also cause chaos in the Japanese king's city. Your Highness's army will come later, and there will be no obstruction."

"Besides, in fact, the Japanese's military weapons at this time are no different from those when they invaded Korea during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty; the military equipment of the soldiers is far inferior to the soldiers who fought a hundred battles back then."

"The most important thing is that the Japanese peasants and soldiers were separated, and the feudal lords did their own thing. There was no commander or staff. For example, it may not be clear to whom the news of Xiaohama's fall was passed on. The command was chaotic and there was no coordination. Three 400 People are enough to go deep.”

In the whole plan, there is only one quick character.The distance from Xiaobin City to the Japanese King City also made this kind of rapid raid possible.

The officers are not very old, and they are full of vitality. Which one doesn't want to think of the achievements of the champion?

The emperor originally thought that if Li Yan came to the front line personally, the officers would take it into consideration, so he didn't dare to gamble with [-] to [-]% certainty.

Who would have thought that all these officers were thinking about the impulses of immortality, conferring marquis and titles in their minds, but after seeing the Japanese military equipment, they dismissed it and were so confident that they burst out.

As for Li Yan himself, he felt that the various tactics and strategies of the navy before were all established.So far, it has been the navy's victory, not his Li Yan's victory.

Wu Fangrui's "unworldly merit" has already moved him, and he hopes that this battle will become "Li Yan's victory".

"As far as you can see, three or four hundred people are enough?"

"Returning to Your Highness, it is enough. In the old Qingzhou Army, I followed Ying Suobo. The method of naval and marine training is exactly the same as that of the Qingzhou Army. Moreover, Ying Suobo is in command of the army, with sufficient supplies and strict training. Select the elite and I will lead them It’s also easy to wear.”

Wu Fangrui thought in his heart that the elite marines of the navy were carved out of the same mold as the Qingzhou Army back then.

After the reform of the Dashun Army, the Qingzhou Army was dismantled, and the overall combat effectiveness was improved, but in fact, none of them could compare to the Qingzhou Army of that day. Wu Fangrui participated in this and felt deeply.

It's mainly a matter of money.When the Qingzhou Army was in Weihai, the military salary was paid in the middle of the country, but some special food, fish and beans to ensure the amount of training were not available in the Dashun Army after the military reform.

The drill commands are almost the same, and the quality of the soldiers is also better than that of the ordinary army after the military reform. Wu Fangrui naturally believes in the true combat effectiveness of this Qingzhou army.

Some soldiers of the Marine Corps carry expensive rifled guns on their backs, and their tactical system is more inclined to the new tactics of rifled skirmishers harassing the front and smoothbore guns arrayed to meet the enemy at the back, which is not so rigid.

Under the strategic mobilization, the vicinity of the Japanese king's city was absolutely empty, with three to four hundred people, it was like entering a land of no one.

Li Yan also felt that the Japanese troops were mobilized by the navy using mobility. Although he had never led soldiers, there were other staff officers in the army besides Wu Fangrui, so there should be no problem.

No matter whether Wu Fangrui can make great achievements, capturing the Japanese king will make the Japanese king's city in chaos. All he has to do is to lead his troops to march to the Japanese king's city.

"Since that's the case, let's proceed accordingly. General Wu chooses his own soldiers and horses, and gallops in the starry night. I will gather the army at the back and wait for the cavalry to arrive before I can follow up."

"The plot of Ziwu Valley, what Wuhou worried about, was the high walls of Chang'an City; Deng Ai sneaked into Yinping, and if he could succeed, the high-level soldiers in Chengdu City surrendered without a fight. Now the Japanese have no walls and no army, and this battle will definitely happen. win."

Nodding his head, he allowed the matter.

Wu Fangrui already had candidates for the troops in mind, so he asked some elite grenadiers and rifle skirmishers to land first, and picked more than [-] horses from the small number of horses in the first batch of landing troops.

After landing, he carried several days of dry food, two bases of paper-wrapped gunpowder and lead ammunition, and several interpreters who were proficient in Japanese.

It didn't stop, and when the subsequent landing troops were still clearing up the remnants of the enemy and going out to calm the people, this surprise attack force had already embarked on the journey.

Even though it was a big gamble, Wu Fangrui did not march mechanically according to the order of the drill, but divided the army into two parts.

The forward troops consisted mainly of more than [-] skirmishers, and the follow-up troops marched in a four-way column without sending scouts or guards.

When I was hungry, I ate fried rice and fried noodles with dry food in the dry food bag. I camped at night and went directly to the village of the Japanese people.Block off the village and rest on the spot, and then find a local commoner to lead the way the next day, give enough silver, and release it to the place.

Three days later, the troop had arrived near Sanqianyuan.From here to the Japanese Palace, there is only less than thirty miles away, and Wu Fangrui knows that the time has come to decide whether he can make an immortal contribution.

When resting at night, Wu Fangrui was not too excited to fall asleep, but had a good sleep.

At dawn, he jumped on his horse, brought 32 grenadiers who could ride horses, and changed into a Japanese ashigaru costume, only marking his arms.

Throw the troops to the adjutant and ask him to command and advance at a normal speed.The 33 cavalry, including himself, wanted to rush directly into the Japanese King City.

It is not seeking to break through the Japanese palace, but to cause chaos in the Japanese city, so that the shogunate here in Kyoto has no chance to transfer the Japanese king.

If it doesn't work, you can also set fires everywhere in the city, causing chaos.

33 Riding away from Juechen, a Japanese who came to pay homage to incense near Sanqianyuan looked strangely at this strangely dressed cavalry, drifting through the smoke and dust all the way, without stopping for a moment, heading straight for Kyoto.

(End of this chapter)