Kai Fu Han

Chapter 571 Ohsumi Country

Seeing Yuan Li's confused look, Liu Xinqi continued to explain: "We have a military rule: 'All seizures must be attributed,' remember it."

"Of course I know that in order to establish this system, many soldiers were punished." Yuan Li replied.

"That's right, many soldiers were punished, and this system was finally established to establish the field army system." Liu Xinqi continued: "But this batch of recruits organized by the Xingren Army, even after training in the new barracks, still can't change them. The habit of hiding trophies.”

Since ancient times, on the battlefield, it has been tacitly accepted by the armies of various countries that small trophies belong to individuals, because this cannot be eliminated at all.

Liu Xinqi also relied on soldiers to fully implement this military regulation in the field army system.

The recruits of the Xingren Army were reorganized from the rebel army. They joined the rebel army just to survive and for money. It was impossible for them to hide and capture them.

In order to prevent rat droppings from spoiling the pot of porridge, these people were simply not allowed to enter the field army.

After training in the garrison system for a period of time, garrison soldiers have less chance of capturing, so you can slowly train them.

When the field army expands in the future, people will definitely be recruited from the garrison. If someone from the Xingren Army is truly completely transformed, they will naturally be able to join the field army through this channel.

"In this case, I will try my best to avoid placing these recruits in prefectures and counties close to the front line." Yuan Li understood what Liu Xinqi meant.

"Yes, the training and ideological education after joining the army cannot be relaxed, and literacy work must be continued. It is estimated that in a few years, most of the soldiers in the field army will come from the garrison and reserve forces. Your task is still very arduous." Liu Xinqi reminded.

"I will definitely live up to the expectations of the alliance leader." Yuan Li stood at attention and saluted.

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July [-]th.

The second group of troops from the [-]th Brigade arrived at Hirado Castle.

The accompanying escort fleet, the Second Fleet, also assembled at Hirado Port.

The next day, the Matsuura fleet, which had been prepared for a long time, set off first.

The [-]st Infantry Regiment of the [-]th Brigade, which had been repairing in Hirado for almost a month, boarded the [-]nd Fleet and transport ships, followed the Matsuura Fleet and left the Hirado Strait.

After exiting the strait to the south, the fleet slightly adjusted its direction and headed southeast along the coastline.

Due to the "lowest sailing speed" limit of Japanese ships, the overall sailing speed of the entire combined fleet was not fast.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that we left the waters of Hizen Province.

On the third day, the sky was slightly brighter, and the combined fleet, which had anchored at night, set off again.

"Satsuma Country from north to south has the counties of Izumi, Kosei, Isa, Satsuma, Hioki, Kagoshima, Ado, Kheyama, Kawabe, Giri, Ewa, Ibusuki, and another island in the west. County." Matsuura Yoshinobu introduced Satsuma Kingdom to everyone again.

Ever since boarding the Huashan, Matsuura Yoshinobu has been in a daze, not knowing what was going on in his mind, and his eyes were always looking left and right unconsciously.

Looking at the Huashan from the shore, it just feels huge.

Only when you really get on the ship can you feel the advanced features of this warship.

Just the giant cannon on the deck can make Matsuura Kashin lose all desire to resist. "The Satsuma country has always been ruled by the Shimadzu family. It can be said that the family is dominant and deeply rooted." Matsuura Yoshinobu continued to introduce.

The Matsuura family's status in Hizen Kingdom did not reach the level of uncompromising power, and there were still five or six families who united to check and balance Matsuura Yoshinobu.

In terms of division of power, the Matsuura family only occupied several counties in the northern part of Hizen country. The southern counties were ruled by other families, and Nagasaki, where the shogunate was controlled, was completely out of their reach.

In the eyes of those families, the Matsuura family is just a bumpkin who started out as a pirate.

This embarrassing position is also the fundamental reason why Matsuura Jiaxin agreed to cooperate with the Xinghan League.

The combined population of Satsuma and Osumi is less than 1, and the pure combat strength that the Xinghan Alliance can support exceeds [-]. With the Matsuura family's "army", it is easy to occupy Satsuma and Osumi.

Ever since Matsuura Yoshinobu heard Liu Xinyuan's conditions, he knew that Xinghan League just wanted to borrow his name, so he agreed to all Xinghan League's requests after only a little bargaining.

Because he knew that there were too many families suitable to bear this name in Hizen Country and Wa Country.

If the Matsuura family does not seize this opportunity and let other families gain power, they may turn around and destroy the Matsuura family.

Now it seems that Matsuura Yoshinobu is still very satisfied with his choice. With huge ships, cannons, and elite soldiers, when the Matsuura family wins Satsuma Kingdom and Osumi Kingdom, they can defeat Hizen Kingdom when they turn around.

Let those who looked down on the Matsuura family before understand what 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi mean!
The combined fleet did not land from the north of Satsuma Kingdom, but continued southward after entering the waters of Satsuma Kingdom.

All the way across the coastline of Izumi County and Takagi County, we finally landed at a private port in Hioki County in the central part of Satsuma Country.

This port is very small, just a fishing port. State-class ships cannot dock at the dock, let alone mountain-class ships.

Fortunately, there was a county-level armed sand ship from the Second Fleet for transfer, and a regiment of the army, together with their equipment and horses, finally landed smoothly ashore.

The ships of the Matsuura family are not big. Although they number thirty, their combat power is inferior to that of county-level armed sand ships.The Matsuura family's infantrymen were even more pitiful. They scraped together for more than ten days and could barely manage to assemble 1000 people. They were led by a dozen samurai and landed ashore together with the field regiment.

The reason for landing from Hioki County is that the feudal city of Satsuma Kingdom, Kagoshima Castle, is located to the east of Hioki County, only forty miles away from this landing point.

After the army landed, the combined fleet continued to head south. They would bypass several counties in the south, enter the bay between Satsuma and Osumi, attack the port directly from the east of Kagoshima Castle, and finally attack Kagoshima with the army from east to west. city.

On July 100, all members of the First Regiment of the Fourth Brigade of the Field Army arrived outside the west gate of Kagoshima. More than [-] people from the former Ashigaru, who were also marching lightly, fell behind.

The scouts rode horses around Kagoshima Castle to investigate. Looking from the coast to the south of the bay, the masts of the combined fleet could not be seen.

"Sir, should we wait for the warships to come and fight together, or attack first?" asked the samurai responsible for leading the Ashigaru.

After a day's march, the warrior surrendered to the admiration of the troops of the Xinghan League.

I can't imagine that there are elites in this world who can march continuously for a day and still keep marching in unison.

Who else dares to compete with such elites?

The commander of the field army looked at the wall of Kagoshima Castle in the distance. This city was smaller than Hirado Castle, and the wall was also much shorter. It was estimated that it was only one and a half people tall.

Ordinary soldiers of the Xinghan League did not need to use a ladder. They only needed one person to assist them, and the other person could climb up the city directly on the assistant's knees.

(End of this chapter)