Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 817
At the same time that the Hirado Iron Cannon Team started the fifth round first, Tianchuan Yuhuang saw that his side was gaining power, and immediately ordered the spearmen to attack.

The long gunners in the front row of the Hirado feudal chief used the Ming standard long spears. Both the body and the head of the gun were a bit longer than the traditional Japanese spears. As the saying goes, an inch is stronger than an inch, especially the left wing of the coalition army, which was just ravaged by the Hirado feudal archers. At the end, the pikemen were discouraged, while the morale of the Hirado domain was boosted. Compared with the two, the pikemen of the coalition army were already fearful of the enemy.

After the battle with the spear phalanx of the Hirado domain, the situation encountered was the same as the previous battles: the spear could not reach the opponent, and he could only watch the sharp spear point of the opponent stabbing, and under the tight formation, it was impossible to dodge. Unable to move, he was stabbed by a spear and fell to the ground in fear and despair.

On the left wing of the coalition forces, the hundreds of spearmen who were lucky enough not to be shot by the archers of the Hirado clan just now were killed by the spearmen of the Hirado clan. He chopped, turned around, abandoned his gun and fled in all directions, smashing the formation of the rattan players who were coming from behind.

The leader of the Hirado clan's spear phalanx commanded his subordinates to continue to press forward steadily. Tianchuan Yuhuang, who was watching from a distance, saw that the formation of the coalition iron gunners was in chaos after being attacked, and the spearmen who were in charge of covering them also fled in defeat, so he ordered the sword and shield hand charge.

Five hundred short sabers and shields held shields in one hand and Japanese swords in the other, and rushed forward quickly. Within ten breaths, they rushed to the coalition iron gunners. Although the iron cannons were fired intermittently, dozens of swords and shields The hands screamed and fell down, but most of the sword and shield players still rushed forward without fear of death.

Once the iron gunners were attacked by the enemy, the result would be catastrophic. In less than a moment, the iron gunners killed and injured nearly 200 people under the slash of the long knife. The iron gunners had suffered more than half of the casualties.

Fukuoka Nirlong managed to escape under the desperate cover of the guards. The remaining iron gunners threw away the iron cannons in their hands and began to flee. This behavior immediately caused the collapse of the entire coalition army, and the Hirado Army took the opportunity under the command of Tagawa Yuhuang Pushing forward across the board, Ichiro Songhei saw that the defeat had been decided, so he had no choice but to leave behind the army and the peasants transporting the supplies, and fled with a group of entourage and guards. Fukuoka Nirlong and others followed closely behind.

Song Hei Ichiro rode fast and ran ten miles away before stopping. When several feudal lords and genealogy daimyos arrived one after another, Song Hei Ichiro, who was sitting under a big tree, had already taken off his upper body clothes and was about to commit seppuku. Apologize to death.

He led an army that far outnumbered the opponent to crusade, but he was defeated within half an hour. As Tokugawa Iemitsu's most trusted general, Songhei Ichiro felt that he had met the Great General without a face.

"Songpei-kun! This battle is not over yet! After we collect the remaining soldiers and return to the Fukuoka domain, we will order other daimyos to send out warriors in the name of the shogunate. After everything is ready, we will come back to avenge this great revenge!"

Seeing this situation, Fukuoka Nichiro, who had an old relationship with Songhei Ichiro, hurriedly spoke out to stop the behavior of Wakonianyo.

The fundamental reason for today's big defeat is that everyone underestimated the enemy and knew little about Hirado's real strength. They didn't even know that the opponent had such super force, so they suffered such a big defeat carelessly. .

As for the situation just now, let alone Song Hei Ichiro, even if the shogun was in command, the ending would not be much better.

"Mr. Fukuoka is right! Master Ruonianji should not act recklessly! Everything that happened here needs to be reported to the general personally by Master Ruonianji!"

Yan Gang Changzheng also persuaded from the side.

"Master Wakinen! I think it's better for us to retreat to the Fukuoka domain first. As for the order to recruit other samurai of foreign daimyo, I think we should be more cautious!
The Songpan rebels won this battle, so they shouldn't stop here. They will definitely launch an attack on the nearest Fukuoka Domain. If Fukuoka Domain is captured, it will be the turn of others!

We should hurry back to the Fukuoka domain as soon as possible, and then recruit the remaining troops to start defense!

Lord Ruo Nianji wants to go back immediately, report the matter to the general, and ask the general to send elites to kill the rebels! "

Masazo Kumamoto, head of the Kumamoto clan with a gloomy expression, suggested.

This time, the Kumamoto clan dispatched 500 people to participate in the crusade, including 500 iron gunners. Judging from the situation just now, none of the five hundred iron gunners survived. This is the biggest reliance of the Kumamoto clan. There are only 400 samurai left in the feudal kingdom. If the Hirado feudal clan takes advantage of the victory and chases them all the way to the door, the Kumamoto clan will be absolutely irresistible.

Because his domain is close to the Fukuoka domain, Kumamoto Shozo suggested to withdraw quickly. If the situation is urgent, he will take his family property to the Fukuoka domain and join forces with Fukuoka Nichitaka to resist the Hirado domain. offensive.

Song Heiichiro, who didn't really want to commit suicide, pretended to reluctantly accept everyone's persuasion, put on his clothes, and briefly discussed with everyone, leaving a few people here to take deserters, and then mounted a horse with several daimyos to Fukuoka Domain .

Two days later, before entering the territory of the Fukuoka Domain, Song Heiichiro and the others received even worse news: on the third day they led the army to conquer the Hirado Domain, the foreign daimyo Ikeda who was adjacent to the Fukuoka Domain The army launched a surprise attack on the Fukuoka Domain.

Since the main force of the army has been conscripted, the number of troops used by the Fukuoka Domain to guard is only a few hundred people, while the Ikeda Domain is out of the best, with mental calculations and carelessness. In addition, the military strength is too large. Fukuoka Castle, the capital of the Fukuoka Domain, is in It was captured in less than an hour, and the property of several important figures in the Fukuoka Domain, including the feudal lord, was confiscated. All family members and children were captured and their lives and deaths were unknown. Now the Ikeda clan's army is coming west along the main road. It depends on the situation. It should be planning to copy the coalition army's back route.

After hearing the news, everyone was terrified. Fukuoka Nirlong's face had lost all color, and Nobeoka Nagamasa, Kumamoto Shozo and others' complexions were not much better.

Now that the Fukuoka domain has suffered such catastrophe, the rest of the daimyo's territories will not be safe.

Sure enough, when everyone was helpless, bad news came one after another: Kumamoto, Yangang and other vassal states were also invaded by several foreign daimyos, and all the family properties accumulated by each of them for many years were wiped out. Surely they will not stop there, and the situation is extremely critical, after urgent discussions, Songhei Ichiro and others decided to detour the Shimadzu domain, and then look for an opportunity to return to Nagoya as soon as possible, and report everything that happened here to Tokugawa Iemitsu.

A few days later, seeing that the first step of the plan to collapse the curtain had been successfully implemented, Zheng Qi left Nagasaki and returned to the capital to return to his command after leaving behind a few followers who could keep in touch with Daming at any time.

(End of this chapter)