Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 815
Whether it was Tokugawa Iemitsu or the rest of the shogunate, they never expected that a small Hirado domain would suddenly rebel. After learning the relevant news, although the shogunate seniors were a little angry and surprised, they did not let the matter go. on heart.

As long as the Shimadzu clan of Satsuma, the strongest vassal state in Kyushu, did not participate in the rebellion, the other daimyos would not be feared at all.

Among the dozens of vassal daimyos in Japan, apart from pro-vassals and genealogies, those foreign daimyos are rarely united with the shogunate, but because of the strength of the shogunate, even though the foreign daimyos are dissatisfied with the shogunate, none of them have dared to Openly confronted the shogunate.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who is well aware of the strength of each daimyo, did not even intend to send the main force of the shogunate to go to the conquest. He just ordered Wakonen to send Song Heiichiro to Kyushu Island in person, to coordinate and command the five Kyushu clans and the allied forces in the shortest possible time. Killed the Hirado clan.

The Matsupan family only has at most [-] samurai Ashgaru, and without the participation of other daimyos, as long as more than [-] coalition troops are gathered to conquer, the Hirado rebels can be wiped out overnight.

Tokugawa Iemitsu secretly ordered Songhei Ichiro to issue a food requisition notice to the weaker foreign daimyos when he arrived in Kyushu Island and began to summon the coalition forces, so as to test whether anyone had the same heart to fight against the shogunate as Matsupan. If there is a difference in a certain daimyo's name, after the defeat of the Hirado clan, a large army will be used to coerce it to cede its territory and population, and those who dare to resist will be wiped out on the spot.

It is no longer enough to kill one to warn others, more stringent measures must be taken to strengthen the control and deterrence of foreign daimyo, so as to better prevent the occurrence of extreme incidents.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is already considering whether to send troops directly under him to key locations in various places, so as to deter people with ulterior motives in a more direct way and maintain the stability of the shogunate.

After Ichiro Songhei arrived at the Fukuoka Domain of Kyushu, he immediately summoned the four relatives of Akizuki, Kumamoto, Nobeo, and Yanagi, and the genealogical family heads to Fukuoka to discuss the strategy of conquest of the Hirado Domain, and gave foreign daimyos over [-] koku a resident The visiting envoys issued an order, requiring these daimyos to collect food and materials and transport them to Fukuoka Domain for food for the army.

After the discussion, the feudal clans quickly returned to their territories and began to mobilize troops to collect food. Song Hei Ichiro sat in the Fukuoka clan and waited for the army and grain to gather.

Half a month later, only half of the foreign daimyos in the entire Kyushu Island sent food and supplies on time. Record these disobedient daimyos in the register, so that after the Hirado clan is wiped out, there will be another autumn to settle accounts.

On March 22, the 21nd year of Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, Songhei Ichiro personally led a convoy of [-] coalition troops and [-] farmers, starting from the Fukuoka Domain of the Chikuzen Kingdom, and headed for the Hirado Domain in the Chikugo Kingdom.

These 6000 people are the most elite forces that the five family vassals and genealogy daimyo can produce. Among them are 2000 iron gunners, 1000 archers, 500 spearmen, [-] jumping hands, and [-] rattan players. Hundreds, the rest were accompanied by the lords of various families.

After five days of marching, the shogunate allied forces arrived near the territory of Hirado Domain in Chikugo. The vanguard reported that there was an army blocking the way three miles ahead.

After hearing the news, Song Hei Ichiro, who was in the Chinese army, rode a tall horse and rushed to the front with several feudal lords under the escort of more than a hundred entourages.

I saw the opposite army lined up in a "convex" formation. Nearly 700 iron gunners were at the forefront of the formation. There were two captain gunners on each side of the iron gunners. There were about 200 people in each team, and a team of about [-] people The archers formed a small square and stood next to the spearman on the right, and the five hundred shieldmen were on the left side of the iron gunner.

"Songhei-kun, the army of the Hirado clan opposite is a bit weird!
The iron cannon used by the Iron Cannon Team is obviously different from mine!The formation is also different from the horizontal rows commonly used by our army!
The same goes for the rest of the spears and shields!It doesn't look like what my Japanese army uses!
Could this be the Songpan family's reliance?
These ordnance look very sophisticated, our army should not be careless in the battle later! "

The patriarch of the Fukuoka Clan, Fukuoka Nirlong, was young and had good eyesight. After watching the opponent's formation for a few seconds, he immediately noticed something was different, so he hurriedly spoke out to remind Songhei Ichiro, who is the general.

"No matter how good the ordnance is, it's useless!
There is a flat river here, and there are no more ambushes for the rebels!

Pass my general order, and the Iron Cannon Team will send out 1000 people to lead the battle!With 500 archers, shoot the rebel archers!As long as the opponent's shooter is defeated, the jumping hand will cover up the kill immediately, and the anti-thief iron artillery team will be disrupted from the flank!"

Fukuoka's reminder did not attract Songhei Ichiro's attention. In his eyes, the battle is the iron gunners who take turns to fight a round and then withdraw to the rear team to reload. up.

Since it was the general who issued the military order, the rest of the people can wait to obey the order. Although Fukuoka Nirlong was suspicious, he still bowed to receive the order with the other feudal lords, turned around and arranged the army formation. Sui went to one side, giving way to the Chinese army.

The lord of the Hirado feudal lord here, Tianchuan Yuhuang, saw that the coalition forces had started to dispatch troops, so he gave an order, and the [-] iron artillery teams who were sitting on the ground to maintain their strength stood up one after another. Duan strike formation, waiting for the coalition iron gunners to come forward.

This three-stage strike formation was also taught by Zheng Qi to the Japanese. After two months of training, this formation that can give full play to the power of the firecrackers gave the iron gunners of the Hirado Domain even more confidence.

In less than a quarter of an hour, under the command of the leader, [-] iron gunners of the coalition army came forward in two rows. Here, Tianchuan Yuhuang gave an order, and the iron gunners of the Hirado clan fired the Daming flintlock guns one after another. Raising it, the black muzzle aimed at the iron gunners of the coalition army who were advancing two hundred paces away.

The leader of the Iron Gunners of the coalition army walked in front of the first row, followed by two guards holding flags on both sides. The leader visually measured the distance between the two sides as he moved forward, so that he could stop the whole team when he was about fifty steps away from the opponent, and ignite the fire. Ten steps forward after the fire rope, all of this is based on years of combat experience.

However, what the coalition forces never expected was that just as the leader led the first row of iron gunners to a distance of about [-] steps between the two sides, and the iron gunners had just stopped to complete the team, the iron guns of the Hirado clan suddenly fired.

In just over ten breaths of time, [-]% of the [-] flintlock gunners were successfully fired, and nearly a hundred of the coalition iron gunners who were in the entire team were instantly knocked down. The gunners were completely stunned.

　Thanks to Venus for the graphics card and the cake robber for the reward.

　　
　
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