Xinshun 1730

Chapter 435
Seeing the Japanese defense methods in Xiaguan, Mantou also wanted to understand what the Privy Council was thinking.

The Japanese are not blind, and the naval warships are too big, and they can't beat them just by looking at them.They all nestled in the strait, not daring to fight decisively on the open sea.

But in terms of land battles, in fact, the main force of the Japanese has not really fought against the Dashun Army.The previous few battles were either skillful battles, or sieges that took advantage of the naval bombardment, or defenses.

In the case of land warfare, two shoulders stand against one head.

Dashun has flintlock guns, and they have matchlock guns; Dashun has cannons, and they also have them, but they are just close and inaccurate, but they are still cannons after all, they are all lit with fire, and there is no difference in generation.

There are always people who think that maybe they can fight.

So after all, we still have to fight a field battle to completely wipe out their last bit of confidence or luck, so that the peace talks can go smoothly.

If you figure this out, you will understand what the real purpose of this battle is.

This battle was not to win Hagi City, but to annihilate the main force of the Changzhou Clan, to prove that the Dashun Army is also very powerful in field battles, and not only can use mobility to fight clever battles.

Let the southwestern feudal lords know something, kill the chicken as an example to the monkey, and after looking around, the Changzhou feudal clan is the most suitable chicken, so they have to use him for surgery.

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Changfu Clan, in the Clan Hall, the lord of the Changzhou Clan, Mori Zonghiro, just got the news that the Dashun Navy appeared on the coast of Lingluo Village.

Several important retainers around him, as well as the feudal lord of the Chofu Clan, Mori Shigejo, all looked worried.

The Choshu Domain is the main branch of the Mori clan, and the Chofu Domain is its branch.

Mori Zonghiro and his wife have been unable to have children, so Mori Shige of the Chofu Domain is not only the lord of the Chofu Domain, but also the heir of the Changzhou Domain. If Mori Zonghiro has been unable to have children, he must be recognized as adopted son.

Now it is not a matter of whether children can be born, but whether the Changzhou Domain can still exist.

From the start of the war between China and Japan to the present, Mori Zonghiro's mood can be described as ups and downs.

It was panic at first.

After all, this incident was initiated because of the Shimadzu family.

According to the experience of Mongolia and Yuan's invasion of Japan, Dashun will definitely attack Tsushima first, then ascend Kyushu, and control Shimonoseki.

The Changzhou Fan will bear the brunt after Dashun takes Kyushu.

After Tsushima was captured, it can be said to be in constant panic.

On the one hand, Dashun is different from Mengyuan. Mengyuan can only go to Hirado from Tsushima, but Dashun went to Tosa and Edo before.

On the one hand, he knew that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold. If Kyushu Island was over, he might not be able to hold on to his side.Moreover, according to the news from Tosa, Dashun's actions were very dishonest, and he actually encouraged the common people to fight... Changzhou Fan's rice tax was also collected.

It didn't take long, however, for panic to turn to delight.

After Dashun won the Tsushima, he didn't play the cards according to the routine, but went to play the Yonago of Tottori.

After beating Yonago, he went to beat Xiao Bin again.

That's all according to the genealogy of the daimyos working hard.

Breaking into the capital and capturing the imperial palace directly damaged the prestige of the shogunate.

When the news came that Zhaoren had "taken the initiative" to negotiate with Dashun, Mao Li Zongguang was shocked on the surface, crying "a disgrace that has never been seen in a thousand years".

In fact, I feel secretly refreshed, the shogunate can be regarded as disgraced this time.

Not only the face and prestige was greatly damaged, but also the genealogical daimyos around Omi suffered heavy losses.

According to this situation, it seems that Dashun may not land on Kyushu Island, nor may he attack Changzhou, but will make efforts towards the shogunate.

With the shogunate losing power, Japan will be in chaos, and these remnants of the Western Army will have the opportunity to make some big disturbances.

The world is all fought, and the Changzhou Fan is very rich. As long as the shogunate loosens control a little, the strength of the Changzhou Fan can skyrocket.

In the land inspection after Guanyuan that year, the actual stone height of the Changzhou Fan was more than 50 stone.

However, one of the seven guns of the Toyotomi family of the Hiroshima clan next door, and Fukushima Masorori who changed flags and joined the Tokugawa family of the Eastern Army during the battle of Sekihara, only 49 shi for such a great contribution.

The Changzhou Fan sent almost the most troops in the Western Army back then.

On one side is the great hero of the Eastern Army, 49 shi.

On one side is the remnant of the Western Army, but it exceeds 50 shi.

This really means that early refuge is worse than late refuge, and late refuge is not as good as resistance to the end. It is really unreasonable.

Honda Masanobu, who was in charge of the inspection of the shogunate, offered 36 koku with a [-]% discount.

It's better to make Masaru Fukushima look better and face it.

In fact, the actual stone height of the Changzhou Fan at this time was around 80.

One is that the income is inherently high, and the land is inherently abundant.

When the second one attended the pilgrimage, they came according to the requirement of 36 shi.

Participating in the confession was originally a conspiracy to exhaust the financial resources of the vassals, and the scale of the participating in the confession was closely related to Shi Gao.

Those who feel that the Tokugawa family is firmly established in the "Jiangshan" and that it is not easy for generations not only take part in the interrogation, but also spend more money and put on ostentation during the interrogation, and even go to Osaka to ask businessmen to borrow usury to show off.

Those who still have some other thoughts in their hearts, thinking that what will happen in the future, they will follow the custom order when they attend the pilgrimage, so as to save money and food, and will not waste it.

After the Sekigahara War, Japan has always had a legend.

It is said that every year on New Year's Day, when the Maori family summoned samurai to go to the city, they would ask: "Is it time?" The close ministers would reply: "It's still early!"

Although this story may be adapted by imitating Gou Jian's version of trying his best and answering his own questions, the enmity with Yuan is also groundless.

The previous feudal lord was quite extravagant and wasteful, but after Maori Zonghiro succeeded, he did it according to the standard of 36 shi.

Unlike the Hiroshima clan next door, the poor ones even abolished gold and silver, forced to issue clan banknotes, and talked about ostentation when attending the throne.It led to anger and resentment among the people and the boiling of public grievances. A major uprising broke out just a few years ago, and now it is even poorer, saying that "after the war with Tang, we must prepare to deal with a larger scale."

The shogunate actually knew that the Changzhou clan was rich, and Shi Gao was not 36 shi.

However, Changzhou, as a remnant of the Western Army, moved the Changzhou Fan, and the Southwest Fans were afraid that they would not feel safe.

Furthermore, under the separation of peasants and soldiers, as long as the number of military service and the number of samurai are in accordance with Shi Gao's standards, they can be less, lest Changzhou can increase the number of military personnel in a fair manner.

There are eyes and ears watching, there are samurai laws, and there are visits to account and taking turns to serve in Edo to toss, so the shogunate just turned a blind eye.

The extra Shigao is better for saving money and food, improving people's livelihood, or self-luxury. Anyway, don't use these incomes to raise ronin and expand armaments that violate the laws of the samurai.

Reports were required for city repairs, reports for fort repairs, and retreats to buy foreign firearms could only be done through Nagasaki, and the chains were always pulled tightly.

Therefore, Mao Li Zongguang was extremely excited when he heard Dashun's real reaction after he went straight to Kyoto.

The shogunate has been weakened, and he is so close to Dashun. As long as he lets go, the authority of the shogunate will be lost, and the chains on Mori's body will be cut off. Can do a big job.

The Shimadzu family was ruined, and the war started because of the Ryukyu incident; the Kaga domain was too close to Edo and too far from Dashun to smuggle and trade.

In addition to these two, Shi Gao of the Changzhou Fan is the sky, and it is also convenient for smuggling and accepting new weapons.

As long as Dashun continued to attack the prestige of the shogunate, it would be possible to secretly win over these southwestern daimyos, and the Changzhou clan would be able to play well with their sleeves.

However, not long after being happy, Mori Zonghiro's mood fell to the bottom again.

A few days ago, Edo sent people to ask the soldiers of the Hiroshima domain to go to Kyoto to support them, to establish a new king and fight to the end.

As a result, not long after Hiroshima's soldiers left, Dashun's navy appeared in Shimonoseki.

Instead of forcibly breaking through the Xiaguan Strait, they went north to Lingluomu Village, where they attempted to land there, and their intention to attack Changfu and Xiaguan was clearly revealed.

Mori Munehiro was so angry at the shogunate's manipulation that he wanted to scold his mother.

The shogunate obviously sold them out!
The Hiroshima clan went to support Kyoto, and only the soldiers of the Changzhou clan were left here.The Changfu Fan is a branch of the Xiaozong, with a stone height of only [-] to [-], but it is actually controlled by the Changzhou Fan.

In other words, at this time, the flanks of the Changzhou Fan were completely empty!

The group of grandsons in Kyushu Island were afraid that Dashun would land on Kyushu Island, and held on to the order of the shogunate, and would not send a single soldier across the strait to support them.

Because they were worried that Dashun would storm the Xiaguan Strait and cut off the return route of reinforcements. When the time comes, Kyushu Island will be empty, and it is very possible that Dashun will land in a wave.

After all, in a righteous sense, this incident was caused by the invasion of Ryukyu by the Satsuma clan, and the possibility of Dashun attacking Kyushu Island is very, very high.

Now the Hiroshima domain has withdrawn; the soldiers of the Okayama domain did not come to support, but returned to Okayama; Ota Sukiharu of Osaka was a member of the shogunate, and he also returned to Osaka with some soldiers from the shogunate and the Gosanjia.

The situation suddenly became ugly.

Now the slogan of the shogunate is loudly shouted, to establish a new king, to fight the war to the end, rather than to destroy the whole.

The problem is that the distance between Edo and Kyoto is full of soldiers, and Dashun can transport 5000 people to that distance, so it is definitely not going to fight.

In order to guard their home, the feudal vassals of Kyushu Island can work together, and they all know that when Dashun lands, everyone will die.

What about Changzhou Fan?
If the Changzhou domain falls, Dashun may not go to attack Kyushu Island, but may break into the Seto Inland Sea and continue to attack other places.

Even though the people in Kyushu Island know that their lips are dead and their teeth are cold, they still think that maybe they have back molars, and they won't be cold without their lips.

In the panic, Maori Zongguang's close minister Changzhen Shanxian suggested: "If the Tang people landed here, it must be the Changfu Fan Hall and the fort. Since he is facing Malay, he should not transport too many troops at one time. The nearby area is suitable for landing. There are only a few places. Lingluomu Village is the closest to the Changfu, and since the Tang people are testing here, they may land here."

"If they are stationed on the shore, the Tang ships will be strong and the guns will be strong, and our army will suffer heavy casualties."

"You can form an array several miles away, pretending to be defeated and retreating. Since he came for the long mansion, he must go deep. At that time, he will hold Kushizaki Castle, but ambushes in the distance. When he besieges the city and the whole army is out, then It can be wiped out with one blow.”

"Although Tang's navy is strong, the strait is narrow and there are naval forces. If they dare not enter, they will not be able to support them."

"The strongest of the Tang Dynasty is the navy. As for the land battle, it is nothing more than the tactics of the southern barbarians, with sharp firearms. If you use resourcefulness, you can win a big victory."

"Don't defend the beach, lure them to attack, keep away from the gunboats under the fortified city, surround and wipe them out!"

"If we can win, all the vassals of Kyushu Island will look forward to our vassal's leadership and fight against the Tang Kingdom together."

(End of this chapter)