Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

A battle of thousands of people is just an appetizer before an ordinary battle in the history of Chinese wars, and sometimes it is not even an outpost battle, but in Japan at that time it was a serious "joint battle" "Are.It is precisely because of the fact that this is a far-reaching foreign-related war, and also that the few capitals of the Matsumae clan are basically here, so the crusade team is extra cautious about this war, but the merchants The samurai of the Matsumae clan who acted by their noses did not seem to have thought that if they lost the battle with Ming Zheng, it would have a great impact on the efforts of the Matsumae clan to control Eizo, but if they were lucky enough to win, that would be a great blow. The beginning of a bigger trouble.

At the beginning of the war, the all-out Supervisor Shin Ida set up a front arrow array for attacking, using the samurai directly under the feudal center as arrows, and the ronin provided by the Lianghama group and the Ainu soldiers from Higashi-Ezo and other places as arrows. The two wings of the guard, in order to break through Zheng Jun's battle line in one go, but Zheng Jun casually set up a horizontal horizontal formation centered on a two-and-a-half-inch cannon post, and the only unit as the core force was in the artillery team. The rear is on standby.

On the first day of July in the 45th year of the Yongli calendar, at the end of the day, at the end of the day, the Matsumae clan formed a huge snail, and the new Ida Supervisor, who was wearing a haori, ordered a full-scale attack on the Zheng army.At the command of the captain, Matsumae Fan with three and a half long spears moved slowly towards Zheng Jun in a group battle under the cover of the archers and iron cannons. Perhaps in their eyes, Zheng Jun was weak. The front lines and shorter spears could not stop their attacks at all.

If the ashigaru of the Matsumae domain can still follow suit in unison, then the ronin and Ainu fighters distributed on the two wings are absolutely chaotic.Among them, the rogues hired by the Liangbang Group are usually big talkers who like to brag. At this time, seeing that Zheng Jun's formation is relatively thin, he thought he had a chance to win, so he walked faster and faster in the frenzy, not only the formation became loose, but also Soon it surpassed the array of the Matsumae Domain to form a protruding wedge; and the behavior of the ronin was the opposite of the Ainu warriors from Eastern Ezo and other places. The Ainu people from the Western Sea Islands had a feud, so they participated in this "war". When fighting the Ainu people of the same tribe, these Ainu fighters from different tribes felt no pressure, but they had to understand the principle of self-defense when facing the unfamiliar Zheng Jun. Their pace couldn't be faster, so they gradually fell to the back. At the beginning of the battle, the front arrow formation set up by Xin Jingtian's supervisor was transformed into an irregular oblique formation after traveling less than half the distance.

Just as the army of the Matsumae family gradually began to speed up during the march, three loud noises suddenly came from the formation of Zheng Jun on the opposite side. Before these earth leopards in the extreme north understood what they had encountered, three The hot lead bullets fell across the barrier of space and fell into the formation.

When Arranging the Arrow Array, Shin Ida had asked the main force to have a strong assault, so in order to achieve this goal, the Matsumae people formed a very tight formation, which resulted in bad luck under the shelling.The falling projectiles set off a bloodbath, and some of them who were light or even confused were killed by the shells. When the gunpowder smoke cleared on the opposite side, the Matsumae soldiers who came back to their senses found that there were many companions with broken limbs around them. Rolling and screaming

The thunderous shelling not only caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers of Matsumae, but also made the high-ranking warriors on horseback unable to control their horses. The formation further dispersed.

At this time, the fallen Ainu people of the East Eizai had already crawled down in horror. In their view, this was the roar of the gods, and their kin, the Ainu people of the West Einu who were in the formation of Zheng Jun, were not much better. , One by one, they worshiped in the direction of the artillery.

Although the rogues who had turned into protrusions also saw the changes on the battlefield, they couldn't hold back anymore, so they simply used roars to drive away their fear, and at the same time spread their legs and rushed, trying to rush into Zheng Jun's formation and Avoid this horrible killer.

Regardless of how the three teams of Matsumae Fan reacted, Zheng Jun's artillery continued to shoot at their familiar frequency, one shot after another, spreading more deaths and injuries to the Matsumae people.After two rounds of shooting, the distance of the rushing ronin was already very close. Looking at the agitated formation of the ronin and the faces of the ronin who were deformed due to fear and shouting, the artillery team leader grinned. , and then ordered the guns to be replaced with shotgun shells with a shorter range but more powerful.The slanted shot blasted the line of ronin like a storm, and only half of the insane ronin escaped the hell of the metal storm.

When the artillery fire was transferred to the main team of the Matsumae Domain again, under the leadership of General Zheng, the demoralized left-wing captive laborers greeted the already staggering ronin team with their crude long guns.Although the ronin who lost their will to fight in the shelling and lost their strength in the running frantically waved their swords, ribs, and plain spears in their hands, their struggle was just a joke in front of the spears stabbed together , and soon all fell into a pool of blood, but in order to fight for the heads of these ronin, there were undue conflicts in the labor team, but they quickly returned to normal under the scolding of the Zheng army commanders.

At this moment, the soldiers of Matsumae, who had been continuously bombarded, also began to show signs of collapse. Some warriors on horseback even chose to flee backward immediately after finally reining in their horses.In view of this state, Liu Wenlai immediately drove the whole army to press up, completely shaking the Matsumae Fan's will to resist.

The next thing is to pursue. As the saying goes, the army is defeated like a mountain. Before the battle, the confident Matsumae warriors spread their legs and ran to the south. Dry food, gunpowder, the ashigaru people abandoned their guns, and the relatively precious iron cannons were also abandoned by the roadside.

Since Zheng Jun had no horses, it was not easy to pursue them. However, many handymen ran into the wrong place in a daze, and bumped into the former Qing soldiers who were eager to fight, and soon became the military exploits of these people.As for those brave warriors who shouted "I am Mo Moumou", they were also overwhelmed by the crowd.

The Heren master fled, but the Ainu people from the Eastern Eizo thought it was a punishment from God, and they knelt there, daring not to run away, and let the armed laborers rushing forward and their fellow clansmen from the Western Eizo stab themselves one by one. on the ground.Fortunately, Liu Wenlai felt that the labor team could not be allowed to cheat military merits in such a way, so he sent people to stop it in time, and the unilateral killing ended here. If so, the 150 Ainu soldiers have already lost more than one-third .

Supervisor Xin Jingtian and Zuo Mashou of Song Jing ran for five miles in one breath (note: one day is equal to 4 kilometers) before gathering the team. More than a hundred people, including the famous samurai in the feudal domain, including Yumizaza Oysaki Igo, guard Akiyama Kakutaro, guard Takahashi Taimamori, Gunfire Team Kiyoza Komoto, were either killed by the Zheng army's shelling or disappeared after the Zheng army pursued them. During the process, the pale-faced two could only cry relative to each other.

"Mr. Song Jing, this old man has failed the trust of the feudal lord and the great trust of Mr. Jing Yasu." In order to avoid being held accountable, Supervisor Xin Jingtian had to resort to the last trick. "I really don't have the face to go back and report my failure, and please forgive me later." Songjing Zuo Mashou felt relieved, and Xin Jingtian took the main responsibility. As his deputy, he could escape, so he just deeply regretted it He bowed his head deeply. "If the feudal lord wants to send troops again, please be sure to stop him with all your strength." Seeing that Song Jing did not persuade him, Xin Jingtian sighed in disappointment, but the words had already been spoken, and it was impossible to take them back, so he had no choice but to Confession. "The strength of Zheng's army is not something that this vassal can rival, unless, unless the shogunate sends troops"

Matsujing, who returned to Matsumae Castle with Xin Jingtian's body, reported the course of the war and Xin Jingtian's last words in detail, but Xin Jingtian made a wrong judgment, knowing that the defeated clan bosses did not even dare to tell the truth. To put it bluntly, Zheng Jun and the others, who are visitors from thousands of miles away, are not afraid of them, but the shadow of the Tokugawa shogunate's willingness to take this opportunity to reach out to Ezo has been hanging over the heads of the big bosses, so even if it is They needed to squeeze their noses to swallow the bitter fruit of defeat, and they admitted it.

Now that they have conceded defeat, they will naturally not send any more soldiers. Instead, in order to restore the economy of Ezo and ensure the income of the Matsumae Domain in the coming year, the Matsumae family had no choice but to send people to Ishikari Chuanzhai to seek peace with Zheng Jun, and proposed to restore the power distribution before the war .

Faced with Songqian Fan's proposal, Ma Yuan invited Liu Wenlai to discuss together: "What do Lan Qing think about Songqian Fan's request for peace?"

"Speaking of which, the Matsumae clan has already been defeated by us, and its current military strength is simply not enough to fight against the clan." Liu Wenlai stroked the new stubble growing on his chin, and analyzed calmly. "It's just that if we press too hard, will they draw the shogunate army out? It is easy to capture the whole island, but it is difficult to hold the whole island. Let alone whether we have so many troops stationed, the Japanese People can easily send troops to the island through the Tsugaru Strait, but by that time, we will be exhausted."

"Lan Qing is right," Ma Yuan nodded. "Now we are customers, so we can go as soon as we want. Once we become customers, we will be in a deep siege. Besides, the most famous thing in Ezo is the catch, but the vast ocean is waiting for us to transport the catch back to Dongning. It stinks, so there is no need to compete with the Matsumae clan for the entire island."

"But it shouldn't be too cheap for the Matsumae clan," Liu Wenlai thought for a while. "Since you dare to send troops to commit crimes, you must learn a lesson." Liu Wenlai suggested. "Ishikari River, Tenshio River, and Kitami are not allowed to set foot in the Matsumae Domain. In addition, don't you think that Ezo is more suitable for grazing war horses than Jeju? We should also ask the Matsumae Domain and Ainu people not to hunt horses."

Zheng Jun's request was actually not strict. The required area itself was an area that Matsumae Fan could not set foot in, so the two sides quickly reached an agreement. With this, Zheng Jun not only ensured the possession of the northwest of Ezo Island, but also blocked the Japanese The eyes of the Kuwu area were shot, and the business relationship with the Northeast of Honshu was generated through the Matsumae Domain, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

However, the matter here was covered up, but the gourd was pressed down, and in the far southern country, in order to compete for Ryukyu, the Satsuma clan had friction with Ming Zheng again.