Win the Ding 1617

Under Kumamoto Castle, the sound of siege guns has temporarily stopped.

However, even though the sound of gunfire was heard, the attack on Kumamoto Castle did not stop.

Loud soldiers selected from various daimyos, in a team of one hundred, swam back and forth under Kumamoto Castle, shouting loudly at places where guns could not reach the city, and spread the news that the shogunate army had conquered Kagoshima Castle to the inside of the castle.

The loud shouts outside the city are no less than the bombardment of mortar shells.

The family business that the Shimadzu family has painstakingly managed for hundreds of years has been burned. The news is faster than the wind and more lethal than artillery fire.It made the morale of the defenders facing the [-] shogunate army in Kumamoto City even lower.

This is a long time.

In the camp of the shogunate army outside the city, there were constant singing and calls for war,

Countless samurai came to the tent of General Matsudaira Nobuzuna to demand that Kumamoto Castle be captured quickly, and the remnants of Nabeshima and Kawayama who were trapped here will be wiped out!

Nobuzuna Matsudaira understood the completely different performances of the group of people under him. This was just seeing that the guarding army and horses on the opposite side had become a lone army without backup. Can you let it go?

Chief General Song Ping slowly glanced at the big names, his eyes were unprecedentedly severe: "This time our shogunate conquered the Kyushu against the party in the south, and Lai Youbang gave a generous helping hand. There are more than [-] soldiers and horses. There is no shortage of food and supplies. The soldiers are full of horses. Today we will Wipe out the last wave of rebellion from the Shimadzu Army in Kumamoto Castle! Face to face, the violent tiger Feng He, you must fight to the end, if there are those who retreat before the battle, I will be here under the order of the general, and I will definitely kill them!"

Tokugawa Yoshinao was the first to raise his arms and shouted: "Squeeze the rebellion!"

Many bannermen and followers of the shogunate also shouted: "Kill all the traitors!"

All the daimyos knelt down in front of Matsudaira Nobutsuna together.Everyone shouted: "Kill all the rebels! Kill all the rebels! Kill all the rebels! Kill all the rebels!..."

While shouting in unison, Nobuzuna Matsudaira sat high and said, "Masters! Don't kill people randomly! According to the agreement between our army and the Nanzhong Army, except for the male Ding Yuanfu of the rebel's family and relatives, the rest of the soldiers and civilians shall not be in vain. Kill one person! Anyone with evidence of adversity can be sent to His Royal Highness Li in exchange for something useful!"

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"Sheng Mao-kun, this is the death of me! It's not because our army is not brave in fighting!"

"Yes! Has there ever been such a shameless tactic in the art of war? Sneak attacking the opponent's base with a fleet, and burning the opponent's city with rockets?"

"The so-called success and Xiao He's defeat of Xiao He, our strength comes from the South China Army, and our current defeat also comes from the South China Army."

"Drink this glass of wine. The road is desolate. I don't know what the future holds."

After taking a bath and changing clothes, sitting opposite each other and drinking, Katsushige Nabeshima and Hisamori Kawayama committed seppuku.

The remnants of the troops had no intention of fighting, so they opened the city gate and surrendered to the shogunate army.

The tide of Kyushu was flattened.

"Your Highness, this is a farewell letter from Kawayama Hisamori and Nabeshima Katsushige. The letter is quite unconvinced. It claims that our tactics did not follow the profound meaning of the art of war. It is an act of victory without military force and violates the code of samurai .”

Someone sent the seized letters and documents to Matsudaira Nobutsuna for him to read.

"It's a joke! Fortunately, he is still from a martial arts family! He is ashamed to claim that he is familiar with the profound meaning of the art of war. He doesn't even understand such simple principles as Mingxiu plank road and secretly crossing Chencang, how can he lead troops to fight? How can this generation be invincible?!"

Having said that, Matsudaira Nobutsuna is still worried. If this battle hadn't been for the assistance of the Nanzhong Army fleet, which used surprise soldiers to highlight Kagoshima and burned the city with rockets, how many warriors and how many warriors would fall under the Kumamoto castle? The blood is going to flow in this land of Kyushu?

"After you go back, you must tell the general that building large ships without authorization is forbidden! Only the shogunate can build some large ships. Otherwise, if the main force of our shogunate is outside and someone comes to Edogawa, what should we do?"

That being said, when Matsuhira Nobuzuna led Tokugawa Yoshinao and others to enter Kumamoto Castle, which is known as the strongest city in the world, they were stunned by the tragic situation in the city.

There are ruins everywhere that have been hit by shells, beams and pillars that have been burned by the fire are emitting bursts of blue smoke, and soldiers lying motionless on the streets do not know if they are still alive.The wounded soldiers who were hit by guns gathered in several shrines and temples. Through the walls, the screams of pain made everyone horrified.

According to the pre-delineated defense zone, the ashigaru women of various daimyos plundered wantonly. From time to time, there were sounds of doors being smashed in the city, the sound of objects being smashed, women's crying and moaning, and swords being chopped on their bodies. the sound of.

"asshole!"

Matsudaira was furious.

For this group of guys, robbery is fine, don't you know if they are more organized?

Don't you know how to rob after the entire population and all the streets are under control?Isn't it easy to want a few women, as long as all the women in the city are gathered in one place, what kind of women are there? !

Also, this city was conquered by the shogunate army, and the children of Yubo in the city are of course owned by the shogunate. Even if they want guns, they should be distributed uniformly after the shogunate grabs them!Even the Yuan bandits back then had the Ulus system to distribute the spoils!

"My lord, the siege of the city was fought hard for several days, and the soldiers suffered heavy casualties. They need to relax a little bit. My lord still needs to be sympathetic to the morale of the soldiers."

Speaking of casualties, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately fell silent.

From landing in Kyushu, the biggest and fiercest battle was under Kumamoto Castle.

"To put down the Kyushu Rebellion, although our shogunate army won a big victory, there were still a lot of casualties. After this battle, we must rest and recuperate!"

Everyone's expressions darkened. Indeed, the price of this victory was too high.After the news that Kagoshima Castle was attacked and breached by the shogunate army came, the various ministries were jealous of Kuroda Tadyuki's good luck and lamented his own bad luck, but also began to quietly check the losses in this battle.Several days of siege battles, not counting the voluntary troops formed by the ronin, and not counting the peasants who were temporarily pulled in to make up the numbers, there were nearly [-] wounded soldiers from various armies who were sent to the camp of the South Central Army.

If it is to count the casualties, only the samurai Ashgaru who are on the list can be counted. In the army of all kinds of daimyo alone, more than [-] people were killed in battle.More than [-] people were disabled due to injuries.

A large reason why Kuroda Tadayuki was sent to surprise Kagoshima was that he lost more than 4000 troops in the battle to attack the north of Kumamoto Castle.

And the south of Kumamoto Castle, where Tokugawa Yoshinao was in charge of attacking, was a solidly fortified area of ​​Kumamoto Castle, and the loss of troops and casualties totaled more than [-] people.

As for the ronin of the Volunteer Squad who were recruited by various big names as cannon fodder, the number of dead is even more a mystery.

It's just that in several temples in the north of the city, the summoning tower and Wanzhong's tomb were erected, and the bones of these ronin were gathered here.Decades later, there are still child passers-by who can accidentally pick up incomplete and rusty Taidao and bamboo spear heads at this former battlefield site.

Since the Battle of Osaka, there has never been such a tragic battle in Japan.

However, input and output are directly proportional.

Casualties are high.Capture more.

Looking at the mountain-like belongings copied from Kagoshima Castle, the Shimadzu family's old nest.Looking at the long seized list, from Matsudaira Nobuzuna down, everyone's eyes were red.

How to distribute the huge victories made everyone stare at Matsudaira Nobuzuna.There are those who give bribes in private.There are those who give credit and hard work.There are even those who draw out long knives and threaten people during the discussion.

The benefits are at hand.Everyone has completely forgotten their identities and the intricate relationship between each other.For the distribution of the spoils, there was almost a firefight.

In desperation, General Songping had no choice but to ask Huayu to come forward to calm down the situation. "That dares to mess around, our Nanzhong Army will send troops to destroy it immediately!" On the one hand, he ordered someone to take a Nanzhong Army clipper to Edo and invite General Tokugawa Iemitsu to preside over the spoils sharing meeting.

Everything is easy but difficult, since Li Huayu was brought out, everyone put down the matter of how to divide the loot first, and took out some of the seized things in their hands to trade with the South Central Army.

"I took seven thousand prisoners!"

"There are [-] women in the hands of foreign ministers."

"What do you think, I have 3 people!"

All the feudal lords have already explained to their subordinates that they must not kill people indiscriminately.What is a person?It is wealth!Wealth that can be exchanged for things!

After some statistics, the shogunate army of 15 people actually captured more than [-] prisoners!Li Huayu didn't bother to ask how many of them were real prisoners of the Shimadzu Army and their families.All I know is that those ronin and farmers who have signed labor contracts, if I come to Fusang this time, I will bring back at least a million people.

"Father needs to build roads, this time he should not have to worry about the shortage of labor!"

However, when General Tokugawa Iemitsu rushed to Kyushu, he gave him a big gift with both hands.

"The shogunate will give [-]% to His Highness for the capture of Kagoshima City, as a reward for the troops!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu knew very well that this was purely a generosity of others.Use the Shimadzu family's hundreds of years of accumulation to thank the Nanzhong Army and win over the young master of the Nanzhong Army.Then let him help himself to calm down this group of arrogant soldiers.

And the reason is very good. If it weren't for the Nanzhong Army's continuous delivery of food and salaries, the more than [-] troops would be in danger of running out of food.If it weren't for the help of the Nanzhong Army with artillery and ships, how could Kagoshima be defeated in one battle?

Therefore, Li Huayu started a human trafficking business on the spot, exchanging his share of captured goods for the captives in the hands of the adults.

"Master General, Lord Tokugawa, Lord Matsudaira, what you covet in the eyes of the Lords is actually not the property of the Shimadzu family."

It was Liang Kuan who awakened the dreamer with a single word.

"The property accumulated by the Shimadzu family for hundreds of years may not be more than half of what they have accumulated in the past 20 years. Gold and silver will not grow underground in his Shimadzu family. How can they accumulate so much wealth? It is nothing more than trade with us in Nanzhong The income. A few days ago, the general offered a heavy reward, and anyone who has done meritorious service can get a place as a trading port with our South China Army. This is what all the lords are fighting for."

In front of several prominent figures in the Tokugawa shogunate, Li Huayu followed Liang Kuan's words to analyze the current situation for General Tokugawa.

"It is possible to distribute [-]% of the seized property to the shogunate and [-]% to each daimyo. Afterwards, we will make detailed evaluations and awards. The first thing is to send their respective troops back to their original defense areas. The feudal lords will follow the generals. Go back to Edo."

"In this way, there will be a port for those who listen to the greeting, and there will be no port for those who don't."

"Then, what then?"

"Those who fight bravely and suffer heavy casualties can have them, but those who retreat before the battle will not have those with small casualties."

"However, in any case, the original Kyushu feudal lords, especially Kuroda Tadayuki. Although this man is famous outside, but he is loyal to the general, he will fight first in every battle, and he is the one who conquered Kagoshima. Please My lord, looking at the face of my servants and others, rewarded him with a port, so as to complete the plan to cut down the vassals of Kyushu!"

It is a secret of the top shogunate to take advantage of the Kyushu turmoil to completely weaken or even eliminate all the feudal clans in the Southwest.However, after some battles, it seems that except Shimadzu, Nabeshima, Huashan, Matsukura, Ryuzoji, Kato and other families.Although the Kuroda family suffered heavy losses.It hurts the vitality quite a bit, but it is not easy to touch him.

No matter!The inclusion of Southern Kyushu under the direct jurisdiction of the shogunate in this World War I was considered to be quite profitable.For the vassals, as long as the power of the treaty ports is firmly in the hands of the shogunate, they are even more encouraged to export population to Nanzhong.Thinking about it, there will be no more incidents in Kyushu!

then.With the encouragement and connivance of the shogunate.In the next few years, various daimyos enthusiastically devoted themselves to the activities of exporting population.This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.

In the next few days, the veterans and magistrates of the Tokugawa shogunate started bargaining and endless quarrels with the daimyos.

According to the plan designed by Li Shouhan and his son for the shogunate.The shogunate threw a multiple-choice question in front of all the mistresses and band daimyos who have made great contributions to countering the rebellion.

Choose Shigao or Guangao?

If you choose Shigao, you can adjust some land on the site of Kyushu for the shogunate to carry out dazzling transfers and give everyone more fields.However, if you choose Shigao, you will not be able to enjoy the benefits of opening a treaty port. You can only send the products in your own territory to other people's ports for sale, and let the neighbor's name pick up a layer of skin and collect a tax. .

Similarly, if you choose Guangao, you can enjoy one or two treaty ports according to the unified arrangement of the shogunate, and you can get a part of the tax from the treaty ports as an annuity for the feudal lord.Of course, this annuity was issued by the shogunate's treasury at the time of attending the pilgrimage.

The daimyos quarreled with each other over the size of their merits and the number of casualties, and the senior officials of the shogunate quarreled over whether they should enjoy open ports.Some of the smarter ones even went to Li Huayu's camp and sent details and quantities of various local products, the depth of each bay, ocean currents, reefs, wind direction, geography, and many other details.

As for the performance of these people, Li Huayu has an attitude, "accept according to the courtesy, and do nothing." Of course, he accepts the materials and intelligence related to the national economy and people's livelihood, but he is asked to intercede with Iemitsu Tokugawa for these famous names. , these are far from enough.

His main focus is to transport his trophies and a large number of young and middle-aged laborers back to various places in Nanzhong.

"Father, please send a ship to transport 1 people's supplies and basic tools. I have [-] young and strong people who plan to transport them to ten states for reclamation."

"After the grain ship arrives, you can't let it go back. As much grain as you can transport, you can put as many people in the cabin as you want!"

"What? The cabin is too crowded? It's about the same as canned fish? It's easy to die? You won't stop a few times halfway to replenish one or two in Ryukyu and other places? Then unload some people in Taiwan and go to Guangdong and Guangxi?"

"Tell the prefect He of Luzon that this time I will add 5 people to him, so that he will remember to hand over at least [-] shi of raw sugar and [-] tons of copper ore to the General's Mansion next year!"

Groups of refugees were driven into the cabin. In the humid and hot cabin, they will be transported to Luzon, Shizhou, Taiwan, Managa, and even more distant places.

This migration of population lasted for five or six years. The people of Kyushu were arrested on the charge of the remnants of the Kyushu Agitation, and then sent to Nanzhong Trading Co., Ltd. in exchange for various items.It was not until several years later that the shogunate issued a document prohibiting the daimyos from catching the remnants of the Kyushu trend in Kyushu.

But at this time, the population of Kyushu has dropped sharply.The Kuroda family's feudal land is better, and the rest of the place is already empty, and it is difficult to see the young and middle-aged population under the age of 12 and over the age of [-].

And more gains are yet to come.

"Young Marshal, these are the list of new attached battalion soldiers we recruited in Fusang. They are all retainers and warriors from the defeated feudal towns. They are proficient in martial arts and qualified in physical strength."

Liang Kuan placed a thick list of rogue statistics on the table in front of Li Huayu.Looking at Li Huayu, who was working at his desk and kept writing letters to political officials everywhere, there was a hint of joy in his eyes.

Over the past few months, Li Huayu has begun to transform rapidly from that slightly green boy, and this speed can be observed with the naked eye.

"Your Excellency is still amazing. Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. The Young Marshal has come down this trip. I'm afraid the Da Furen and the others will be very happy after returning."

The main purpose of recruiting ronin as a new affiliated camp is to show goodwill to the shogunate and to clean up the unstable factors under the shogunate as much as possible.Secondly, it is also to supplement their own shortage of cannon fodder.

Right now, the navy of the South China Army has gone farther and farther, and has strongholds in Tianzhu, Hulumos and other places. The farthest stronghold is Green Island, which was recently accepted from the Portuguese Restoration Army.These places need troops to garrison!

Faced with the huge temptation of a salary of [-] shi of polished round-grained rice every year, and the huge temptation of sending [-] shi of round-grained rice to settle down immediately after signing the contract after passing the medical examination, those vagrants flocked to it.What's more, after the war, these guys who have no skills other than wielding knives and guns immediately have no source of livelihood.With such a good place, a fool would not go there!

On this side, the Nanzhong Army was in full swing to transfer population on the pier, and on the other side, the shogunate and the daimyo were having friendly, friendly, candid and direct exchanges. The whole March passed like this.

Just when the last cherry blossom fell sadly, Li Shouhan's autographed letter was delivered by the fleet transporting the spoils.

Apart from praising his son's progress, Shou Han clearly told his son not to stay in Japan any longer, and to return to Guangzhou quickly except for the necessary staff.

"I have other things for you to do!" (To be continued...)