Anti-Qing: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Ming Dynasty

Tsushima Island!
There were clouds in the sky.

Received the order to attack. The frontline troops of the army began to prepare for crossing the sea.

Huang Changjun personally sat on the flagship of the Ming Dynasty's Korean fleet and led the team across the sea.

The first batch of troops crossing the sea alone were accompanied by nearly 10,000 Korean auxiliary soldiers and civilians.

The fleet transporting troops and civilians was so huge that it could not be seen beyond the sea just like this.

Looking at the vast sea in front of him, Huang Changjun seemed to have blood stirring in his heart.

If the war against Japan goes well, he might be able to be transferred out of North Korea, transferred back to serve in the Central Government, and further enter the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. This makes it really difficult for him to calm down.

Warships were connected one after another, and a huge fleet spread out on the sea.

A black line appeared on the sea. The white sails and the black hull formed a sharp contrast, giving people a great sense of oppression.

"Sir Admiral, not far ahead is Shimonoseki Horse Head."

Shimonoseki is located between Kyushu Island and Honshu Island in Japan, directly opposite Tsushima Island. It is an excellent landing place for the Ming army.

Huang Changjun was silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked.

"Are our soldiers ready for battle?"

When the adjutant heard this, he clasped his fists and said.

"Don't worry, Admiral, our soldiers are always ready."

Huang Changjun nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and then continued to ask.

"By the way, where are the response troops of the Tokugawa Shogunate now?"

This time the Ming army landed in Japan, it was naturally impossible to fight alone. The imperial court had already notified the Tokugawa shogunate in writing and requested the Tokugawa shogunate to assist.

The condition was that after the Ming army completed the war against the Satsuma clan, they would assist the Tokugawa shogunate in suppressing the rebellion and attack foreign lords such as the Choshu clan and the Aki clan.

To this, the Tokugawa shogunate naturally agreed.

Isn't that what Tokugawa Ieharu had in mind when he made the decision to join forces with the Ming army to deal with the Satsuma Domain?
But for Ming Dynasty, this incident completely disrupted Ming Dynasty's strategy towards Japan.

Originally, according to the imperial court's plan, the imperial court would terminate the war after defeating the Satsuma Domain.

Although after the war, Ming Dynasty will definitely give some benefits to the Tokugawa shogunate, such as selling a batch of arms to it, accepting a group of Ming Dynasty envoys sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to study in Ming Dynasty.

But in the end, it was planned to support other external daimyo to balance the many forces within Japan after the Satsuma clan was eliminated.

In order to achieve a balance between the Japanese shogunate and the external daimyo forces, so that both parties can devote more energy to internal fighting.

If this is the case, Japan will definitely not have the energy to "open its eyes and see the world" as it did in the original historical line.

This is of extraordinary significance for the Ming Dynasty to completely conquer or annex Japan in the future.

However, now that Britain, the Netherlands and Spain are causing trouble, the Ming Dynasty has been forced to make concessions to the Tokugawa Shogunate in order to ensure that the Tokugawa Shogunate can fully cooperate with the Ming army's Japanese conquest forces.

This also caused a big loophole in the Ming army's policy towards Japan.

That is, after the war, the Tokugawa shogunate may become the dominant power in Japan...

As a result, hidden dangers arise.

But there is nothing that can be done about it.

Although there are hidden dangers in the expansion of the Tokugawa shogunate, these hidden dangers, to put it bluntly, are things in the future.

Just leave it to be solved in the future!

Countries such as the Satsuma Domain and the British, Dutch and Spanish were the troubles facing the Ming Dynasty.

There is no way to leave this to the future!
Things must be prioritized after all.

The adjutant heard this and spoke.

"Reporting to the Admiral, the response force of the Tokugawa Shogunate has now arrived near Shimonoseki."

"But the Shimonoseki Pier has been seized by the Choshu clan. The shogunate's response troops are preparing to attack the city. Fujiwara Tsune, who is leading the troops, is asking for our reinforcements?"

"I hope that after arriving at Xiaguan, the Ming Navy can launch an attack on Xiaguan Pier from the sea and coordinate their attack on the city."

Unlike Honshu Island, which was the headquarters of the Tokugawa shogunate, Kyushu Island was the gathering place for foreign daimyo.

The more powerful Satsuma Domain and Choshu Domain are both on Kyushu Island.

In addition, Aki Fan is located in the southwest of Honshu Island.

It is located on the only way for the Tokugawa Shogunate to send troops to Kyushu Island.

It was precisely because of Aki-han's blockade that the supporting troops sent by the Tokugawa shogunate were unable to capture the Shimonoseki dock before the Ming army arrived at Shimonoseki.

Instead, near Shimonoseki, there was a confrontation with the Choshu clan and other foreign daimyo.

Huang Changjun couldn't help but frown when he heard this.

"The Tokugawa shogunate is really useless. It can't even do such a small thing well."

He could not have imagined the current war situation.

In his opinion, the Tokugawa shogunate, as the ruler of Japan, should not be able to do anything in response to the landing of the Japanese soldiers.

Unexpectedly, they really failed to get things done!
So much so that if the Ming army wanted to land at Xiaguan now, they would have to fight a landing battle.

It is impossible to say that Huang Changjun has no idea about this.

However, after thinking for a while, Huang Changjun still spoke.

"Send someone to send a message to Fujiwara Tsune and ask him to prepare for the siege. After the Daming Navy arrives at Shimonoseki, it will provide firepower reinforcements for his siege troops, but will not invest troops in landing operations."

"Send troops to assist the Ming Dynasty King's division to complete the landing. This is what the Tokugawa Shogunate promised me, the Ming Dynasty."

Upon hearing this, the adjutant clasped his fists and left, preparing to send a message to the troops of the Tokugawa Shogunate.

……

Outside Xiaguan City, there were mountains of corpses and rivers of blood.

After the Tokugawa Shogunate's response troops set out from Edo, they first encountered an attack by Aki-han.

After they arrived at Shimonoseki Pier, Shimonoseki City had already been seized by the Choshu clan.

In order to capture Xiaguan City and successfully receive the Ming army's landing, Fujiwara Tsune ordered his troops to launch several attacks on Xiaguan City.

During this period, all troops and horses suffered heavy losses.

The samurai alone had killed hundreds of people in battle, not to mention the worthless ashigaru.

However, it was all worth it to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Because the promise given by the Ming Dynasty was that as long as the Tokugawa shogunate assisted the Ming Dynasty soldiers to complete the landing, and assisted in launching an attack on the Satsuma Domain.

Then the Ming Dynasty will send troops to assist the Tokugawa Shogunate in completing the counter-insurgency war.

For the Tokugawa shogunate, who are the rebels here? Does it need to be said?
It must be those famous names.

Moreover, in order to express sincerity, the Ming Dynasty had already provided a batch of brand-new ordnance to the Tokugawa Shogunate before the war.

All of them are smoothbore guns and smoothbore cannons. Of course, there are also some rifled weapons.

Well, of course, the Tokugawa shogunate must have paid for it.

Daming also has costs to produce weapons, and it is impossible to lose money to you.

However, even so, the Tokugawa shogunate was quite satisfied with this.

Because the arms trade has never been a simple transaction issue, but a political issue.

The Ming Dynasty was willing to engage in arms trade with the Tokugawa shogunate, which actually explains the problem.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside.

A young letterman walked in from outside with a document in his hand, came to Fujiwara Tsune and spoke.

"Your Excellency, this is a reply sent by someone from the Ming Dynasty." Hearing this, Fujiwara Tsune took his eyes back from the map, and then said to the little letter.

"Bring it here!"

After hearing this, Xiao Xin quickly stepped forward and presented the reply letter in his hand to Fujiwara Tsune.

Fujiwara Tsune took the reply, unfolded it, and then read through it.

Looking at the content of the reply, his expression changed slightly, becoming slightly uncertain.

Although Ming Dynasty rejected his request to send landing troops to assist in the battle, they agreed to provide them with fire cover.

This is completely acceptable to Fujiwara Tsune.

Because he knew the agreement reached by the Ming court and the shogunate.

In this agreement, all the Tokugawa shogunate needed to do was send troops to respond to the Ming Dynasty's landing.

But he failed to successfully capture Xiaguan after the Ming army arrived at Xiaguan. It was indeed not a glorious thing.

The Ming army was able to relent and agreed to provide them with fire support. Although Fujiwara felt that it was insufficient, he really had nothing to say.

Taking a deep breath, Fujiwara Tsune said to the little letter next to him.

"Go and pass the order and let our troops prepare for battle. When the Ming fleet arrives, we will launch another attack on Xiaguan City."

"With the firepower assistance of the Ming fleet this time, Xiaguan City can definitely be conquered in one go!"

……

In Shimonoseki City, Mitsui Masago, the general of the Choshu Domain, stood at the top of the city and looked out of the city.

Looking at the shogunate army camped outside the city, the expression on his face was quite solemn.

Because when he just looked out, he very keenly discovered that the shogunate army outside the city had made some changes, and they might be preparing to attack Xiaguan City again.

In the previous offensive and defensive battles, although generally they had the advantage and defended Xiaguan.

However, in this process, there were also many casualties.

There were even several times when the shogunate army almost captured the city.

Now that the enemy is about to attack again, the defenders will inevitably feel nervous.

Masahiro Mitsui took a deep breath and ordered the entire army to prepare for battle. He also raised the katana in his hand and prepared to command the battle.

At this moment, accompanied by a shout, a messenger came running from a distance.

"General, general, something bad has happened. The Ming army...the Ming army has arrived!"

When the messenger was speaking, he pointed in the direction of the sea with a frightened look on his face, his face full of fear and shrinkage.

When Mitsui Masahiro heard this, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the sea.

A warrior next to him very wisely came forward and handed him a telescope.

Masahiro Mitsui took the telescope and looked at it.

On the sea, where the water and the sky meet in the distance, a large fleet appeared.

Boats of various sizes are connected one after another.

The white sails are connected to the sky from a distance, like white clouds floating in the sky.

Mitsui Masahiro's expression changed instantly when he saw this scene.

"Quick! Quick!"

"Immediately send a fast horse to report to the feudal lord, which means that the Ming army is coming and the Ming army is preparing to land at Xiaguan..."

If it were to face the shogunate army alone, Mitsui Masato might still have some confidence that he could defend Shimonoseki City to prevent the shogunate army from entering Kyushu Island.

However, if the Ming army also joins the battlefield, it will be another matter.

The four characters "Shangguo Tianbing" were struck with fists and swords and guns, not given by others.

If the Ming army really enters the scene, then Xiaguan City may really fall.

More importantly, the decision made by the Choshu Domain this time was to side with the Satsuma Domain.

But they only attacked the shogunate and not the Ming army.

The reason is also very simple. Although the Choshu clan is not afraid of the shogunate, it is full of fear of the Ming army.

This time they had a conflict with the Ming army in Xiaguan.

That would go against the domain's decision.

No one knows whether it will trigger a chain reaction.

Mitsui Masahiro looked at the approaching Ming fleet on the sea, his heart beating loudly as he thought about how to deal with the invading Ming army.

The shogunate army outside Xiaguan City made some changes.

The expression on his face became quite embarrassed.

Damn it, isn’t this messing with his mentality?

Just when Mitsui hesitated, the shogunate army outside Xiaguan City had already set up their formation and was heading towards Xiaguan City again.

boom! Boom boom!

Amidst several roars, several solid artillery shells were fired towards Xiaguan City.

With a loud bang, the solid artillery shell hit the Xiaguan city wall, and the projectile was deeply embedded in the wall.

Before the formal battle, the shogunate troops outside the city used artillery to project firepower on Shimonoseki City.

As if shells were free of charge, shells were fired towards the Xiaguan city wall.

It's a pity that most of the artillery used by the shogunate army are only light artillery. They are fine for use in field battles, but they are almost useless when used to attack cities.

Of course, this is not because the Ming Dynasty was reluctant to provide some heavy artillery to the Tokugawa shogunate.

Among the arms that the Ming Dynasty gave to the Tokugawa shogunate, there were about a dozen large-caliber heavy artillery.

It will definitely not be a problem to use it to attack the city!

But it is a pity that after Tokugawa Ieharu obtained those heavy artillery, he used the heavy artillery to strengthen the city defense of Edo.

The troops going out were equipped with only a small number of light artillery.

Otherwise, Xiaguan City should have been captured long ago.

Of course, Tokugawa Ieharu's decision cannot be said to be wrong.

You must know that before this, Japan's cannon-casting capabilities were very lacking. At most, they could only cast some light cannons, and the quality was not very good.

After finally obtaining such a dozen large-caliber artillery pieces, it was only natural that Tokugawa Ieharu used them to strengthen Edo's city defense.

Amidst several sporadic shellings, the shogunate army launched an attack on Shimonoseki City.

The Changzhou vassal army at the head of Xiaguan City also began to fight back.

Several city defense guns roared, and the shells passed through the dense crowd, invincible wherever they passed.

Broken limbs and broken arms were flying everywhere, and the smell of blood was overwhelming.

If the shogunate army had artillery, the Choshu clan would also have it.

Their artillery came from Britain, the Netherlands, Spain and other countries.

After the Satsuma Domain obtained a batch of second-hand arms at a high price from the British, Dutch, Spanish and other countries, they also played a matchmaking role for the Choshu Domain Angei Domain.

The purpose is to allow the Choshu Domain and Aki Domain to better fight against the shogunate after obtaining a batch of advanced firearms.

From the current point of view, Satsuma Domain's plan is undoubtedly successful. (End of chapter)