Dragon Sea Empire

During the Battle of Sacheon.The Zhejiang soldiers rushed to the forefront.Several times broke into Yoshihiro Shimadzu's fortress.Because the follow-up Ming army did not follow up and support in time.The Zhejiang soldiers failed several times.In the end, the Ming army was defeated.The Zhejiang soldiers were once the rear troops.Thousands of brothers died under the Shimadzu's troops.The old base of the Qi family army has been seriously injured.

The "Shimanzi" mentioned by Luo Quanxiu, the leader of the Yiwu bird gun soldiers, is Shimadzu Yoshihiro. "Shimadzu" is pronounced "Simaz".At that time, it was written as "Shimanzi".Because Yoshihiro was famous for being good at fighting on the Korean battlefield.So the Ming Dynasty called him "Ghost Shimanzi".

Yin Feng immediately agreed to Luo Quanxiu's request.But he kept Luo himself by his side for the time being.Let him serve as an adviser to the Shimadzu Army.At the meeting that all the generals were called overnight.Yin Feng asked him to introduce the experience and lessons of fighting the Shimadzu Army that year.

Yin Feng watched the densely packed boats approaching the shore.However, there was no movement in the direction of Tsurumaru Castle, Shimadzu Home City.Can't help frowning.He looked left and right.I saw that old general Chen Di was still watching with his binoculars.He smiled helplessly and said, "Old General Chen. You fought Japanese pirates back then. How did you experience it?"

Chen Di shook his head: "That was a long time ago. I didn't expect to come to this Japanese pirate's hometown to take a look in my lifetime." He reluctantly handed the telescope back to Yin Feng.He was full of praise: "When I went to Manila that year, it seemed that the telescope could not see that far."

Yin Feng nodded and said, "Naturally. This is the first batch of telescopes produced by us in Taiwan. Old General Chen. It will be our turn to land in a moment. Look. Our artillery battalion has already landed."

Chen Di seemed a little hesitant.Sighing, he said, "Master Yin, this time, you have used swords against the Japanese kingdom without authorization. How do you plan to deal with the criticisms from the court princes?"

Yin Feng sneered: "I never expect them to help. Could it be that I avenged my wife? It's up to them to take care of it."

He pointed to Tsurumaru Castle at the foot of Chengshan Mountain in the distance: "Now we Chinese have hit the home of the Japanese pirates for the first time. We want to fight the strongest infantry in Japan. Which one of the court princes can do it."

Foreign mercenaries were boarding boats and rafts.They walked past Yin Feng.Shouting slogans in various languages.The general meaning is to cheer for Yin Feng.

Yin Feng allowed them after defeating the enemy.Discipline can be lifted for one day in the castle town area.

"Old General Chen. Please rest assured. We are at least 5000% sure of winning this battle. Now we are making a surprise attack. The Shimadzu family was caught off guard. Any successful long-range surprise attack must meet certain conditions. First of all. First. Must have Good material preparation and smooth transportation lifeline; we have mastered the sea and controlled sea and land transportation. And Miyako Island, Ryukyu, and Tanegashima have all been controlled by us. They have become our logistics base. There is no problem with this: Second. The attacking side must have an absolute superior force. At least it must have superior firepower; our army can fight with more than 8000 troops. If Brother Zhao’s troops can arrive in time, we will have nearly 3000 troops. And we also have superior firepower; The Tsu family. Now the elite troops are far away in Ryukyu and cannot return. Tsurumaru Castle and the castle town can mobilize no more than [-] samurai and ashigaru at most..."

Yin Feng raised his binoculars.Pointing to the Chinese company ship moored in Kagoshima Bay.Continued: "Third. We want to end this battle and military operation in a short time. Therefore, I demand a quick battle. Once the battle starts, it will be a decisive battle; and the Shimadzu family has always been brave and warlike. It will definitely not be trapped in an isolated city... The first [-]. It cannot be a war of attrition. Therefore, I put all my strength into this battle. I strive to defeat the main force of the Shimadzu family in one battle; [-]. The strength of the enemy army must be within my expectations. After all, we are fighting on someone else's land. It is difficult for us to guarantee that we can grasp all the conditions of the Shimadzu family. The last sixth point. Other emergencies cannot occur. Such as weather, disease, etc. "

"Kublai Khan, Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty..." Chen Di said suddenly, "It's a lesson from the past."

"Yes. That's why I said our army has a [-]% chance of winning." Yin Feng said with a wry smile.

"Captain Yin. Follow your usual practice. You have to be [-]% sure to fight."

"This is not just revenge for Taiwan's surprise attack. It is also for Taiwan's long-term stability. The Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain must be defeated. Otherwise, Taiwan will never have peace. The best defense is offense. Have you heard of this sentence?" .” Yin Feng asked Chen Di back.

Of course Chen Di had never heard of it.Yin Feng had no choice but to make nonsense that it was the opinion of a certain Western art of war expert.

at this time.The main force of the Chinese United Company's expedition to Satsuma has already begun to land.

The 1000 sailor musketeers marched westward for about 100 steps along the bank of the Inari River.Facing Tsurumaru Castle, line up in three rows.

The Yiwu soldiers and foreign mercenary soldiers rushed to the coast shouting.First occupy the Inarigawa fort position.Occupied the gunpowder depot abandoned by the Shimadzu family soldiers.noon.A small group of about 300 Shimadzu samurai was led by Shinna Tadahisa, a retainer of the Shimadzu family.Charge from the direction of Jiatuchuan in the south to the direction of the fort.They used the Tanegashima Iron Cannon - Satsuma's most famous matchlock gun to shoot at the Chinese army occupying the fort.The Shimadzu family paid for the self-fired iron cannon - part of the flintlock gun was given to the Tokugawa shogunate.The rest are in the hands of the soldiers of Kawayama Kudaka's troops who went on an expedition to Ryukyu.therefore.Things are coming to an end.Instead, only the old-fashioned matchlock guns are available in the headquarters of the Satsuma clan.And there are not many of them.

The range and rate of fire of the Tanegashima Iron Cannon are not as good as the homemade flintlock muskets used by the Chinese Army.Fire from Shinna Tadaku's unit did little damage.But it drew a fierce counterattack from the Chinese army.Not only did the three ships of Feizi turn their guns and bombard Xinna Zhongjiu fiercely.Yiwu soldiers, foreign mercenaries, and the artillery battalion just landed all turned their firepower to the south.Shinna Tadahisa's samurai team was shattered by shells and bullets.It collapsed less than a hundred meters away from the Inarigawa Fort.

Yiwu bird gun soldiers crossed the fort.Hunt down these Shimadzu samurai.It rushed into a part of the city streets of the castle town on the north bank of the Jiatu River.Then slowly back away.

afternoon.Samurai from the Shimadzu family near Kagoshima came one after another from all directions.Shinna Tadahisa seems to be getting some reinforcements.More than 500 people gathered again.Under the leadership of several banner warriors.From the estuary of Jiatu River to the beachhead of the Chinese Army, it launched a charge.But their ranks had just spread out on the coast.It was repelled by Yin Feng's fleet's intensive artillery fire.The Shimadzu family samurai felt very frightened by the dense artillery fire they had never seen before.

At this time.The main force of Yin Feng's troops has basically landed.

It's not that the Shimadzu family doesn't want to attack the Chinese halfway.But it happened suddenly.The elite of the Shimadzu family's army are all in Ryukyu.The country is actually very empty.In the era when the Shimadzu family competed for the hegemony of Kyushu.The Satsuma clan can organize an army of 4000 to [-] in one country; and now it has gone through many years of fighting.The famous Shimadzu family will wither.The elite soldiers lost countless in North Korea and Guanyuan; because the Tokugawa shogunate cut off many fiefdoms of the Shimadzu family.It also has to bear the huge expenditure of building Junfu City.The Shimadzu family no longer has the manpower and financial resources to organize an army of more than [-] people.

Shimadzu Tadahiro was woken up by the servant boy this morning.Then the clothes have not been put on yet.I saw an amazing scene of Kagoshima Bay on the top floor of Tsurumaru Castle Castle Tower.

Inside Tsurumaru Castle, which has just been built.For the first time, the drum sounded to summon the retainers urgently.

The first to arrive was Xinna Zhongyuan, an old retainer.The old man over eighty happened to meet the Patriarch at Tsurumaru Castle.Immediately after hearing the sound of the drum, he rushed over with the help of the servant boy.At the same time, he also brought his grandson Xinnayuanvine.Shinnajiro Shiro Tadamoto.Old and strong.He is from the Shinna family, a branch of the Shimadzu family.Yoshihisa Shimadzu's confidant.A hero known as "Oni Musashi".He is also a man of both civil and military skills.Rules for the education of retainers that were formulated for the Shimadzu family.Attack Minamata Castle.He once played waka with the city general dog boy Ryan.When the Shimadzu family sent troops to North Korea.stay in the country.It can be seen that he is a loyal minister trusted by the Shimadzu family.Xinna Zhongjiu, who commanded a small force to harass the landing site of the Chinese army, is Zhongyuan's brother-in-law.Much younger than him.

After that came Shimadzu Tadasada, the son of Shimadzu Tadatoshi's fourth uncle, Hisahisa.and his son Hisaki Shimadzu.They brought 300 warriors from their own city.These two people are people that Tadahiro Shimadzu doesn't like to see very much.It is an opponent who competes with him for power overtly and secretly.As soon as their father and son arrived, they asked, "Have you notified your father, Lord Weixinzhai of Kajimu?"

This refers to Yoshihiro Shimadzu.At that time, he lived in seclusion in Kajimu.After entering Taoism, it was renamed Weixinzhai.Shimadzu Tadashi was as sick as if he had eaten a fly.But he had no choice but to reply that someone had been sent to notify him.Shimadzu Yoshihiro's influence and actual control in the Satsuma domain are still beyond the reach of Shimadzu Tadahiro.In fact, the military power of the Shimadzu family is still under the control of Shimadzu Yoshihiro; the real power in the territory is still controlled by Shimadzu Yoshihisa (the so-called "double hall system").Because Yijiu has no son.Therefore, he married his third daughter Guishou to his adopted son Zhongheng and designated Zhongheng as the heir.However, the relationship between the two of them was very bad.Although Shimadzu Tadahiro is the head of the family designated by the Tokugawa shogunate.However, as soon as Zhongheng took office, he killed Yijiin Zhongdong, the elder of Yoshihiro's tenure, causing "chaos in the village".This led to Yoshihiro's plan to attack Ryukyu and Taiwan proposed by Zhongheng.expressed strong opposition.

Now.The enemy on the sea in Kagoshima Bay has already fired at the mouth of the Inari River.You can tell from the flags flying on their ships.These enemies are the armies of Chinese companies from Taiwan composed of Chinese maritime merchants.This is undoubtedly related to Shimadzu's attack on Taiwan.Yoshihiro Shimadzu would say something nasty about it.Shimadzu Tadahei knew it without even thinking about it.

It was almost noon.Yamada Yuei, Kawakami Hisuro and other close branches of the Shimadzu family.As well as Yingwa Jiuhu, Osumi's wealthy Yiji Daping.Important retainers such as Inudo Ryan, Ganfu Kaneliang, who had served for other daimyo ministers and now surrendered to the Shimadzu family, rushed over one after another.These vassals of the Shimadzu family successively brought more than 800 samurai and ashigaru.A combatable soldier who can be temporarily mobilized around Tsurumaru Castle.Now the Shimadzu family already has a force of about 2000 people.

In the main hall of Tsurumaru Castle Honmaru (main castle).Dozens of important vassals of the Shimadzu family and their vassals gathered here for meetings and discussions.The Shimadzu family's predecessor, Yoshihiro, and his predecessor, Yoshihisa, haven't arrived yet.The important ministers Lao Huashan Kudao and Hirata Masamune also fought in Ryukyu.Therefore, Shimadzu Tadahiru unceremoniously dominated the venue.

"...the enemy comes from Taiwan. It is the soldiers and horses of the Chinese maritime merchants. They have captured the Inari River estuary and the wharf area. They have a large number of large iron cannons....From this point of view, most of the troops we sent to Taiwan It has failed. Everyone, how should we meet the enemy."