The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 730 Japan Returns to the Warring States Period
When the [-] Tokugawa army rushed to Yokohama aggressively, they saw that the Ming army had already returned to the ship.

They could only stare blankly at the warships at sea, and even because they were too close to the shore, they even ate a few rounds of heavy artillery on board, leaving behind hundreds of corpses.

The next day, the naval infantry took a boat to Kisarazu, a hundred miles southeast of Edo Castle, and landed. The shogunate army was so frightened that they rushed to defend the enemy, but they missed again.

Since then, the Tokugawa shogunate has not dared to underestimate it, and has dispersed tens of thousands of troops along the coast of Edo Bay for defense, and hastily dispatched troops from other places into Edo.

The Daming Navy, on the other hand, circled the harbor leisurely, and when they were in a good mood, they fired a few shots in the direction of Edo Castle.The Japanese army had nothing to do with the warships, and they had to be on guard against the Ming army's landing and harassment all day long, which was simply miserable.

Kyushu, Nanyuan Island.

Ebe Yoshiji closed the door, his eyes sparkled with excitement and said: "Sure enough, as the oracle said, the shogunate and the Ming Dynasty had conflicts, and now the Ming Dynasty warships are wandering in Edo Bay, and the Edo area is in chaos. Nearly [-] troops of the shogunate are pinned down near Edo Castle, this is a good opportunity for us to do something!"

More than a dozen people in the room looked at a little boy sitting under the cross—Master Amakusa.

The boy stared in embarrassment, not knowing what the group of people were going to do.He is just a Japanese orphan found by Lou Ming, and he is here to "pretend to play tricks" after training.

"Father Lou" hurriedly said: "The Maori family's rebellion in the oracle will definitely come true. We don't have to wait any longer, we will directly mobilize the congregation and take Omura Castle in one fell swoop!"

"Hi!"

Three days later, nearly 24 well-equipped Catholics surrounded Omura Castle, carrying two six-pound guns and a [-]-pound mortar.

They had already learned about the oracle, and had secretly trained for more than half a month. Although the queue was loose, it was full of religious fanaticism.

Omura Junyai led his troops out of the city to fight once, and was almost shot to death by these desperate believers.

Then the Catholics chanted Lord Amakusa's name and went crazy under the cover of cannons, and it took only three days to break through Omura Castle.

The entire island of Kyushu has been under the influence of Catholicism for a long time. The news that Master Amakusa was resurrected and captured Omura Castle spread quickly.

Soon, there were 3000 to [-] religious people gathered near Dacun.Lou Ming selected another [-] elite soldiers, and together with the previous [-] troops, continued to march towards Matsuura Townshin in the direction of Chikuzen.

Nagato country, outside the city of Hagi.

Mao Lixiu sat in front of the military tent and said loudly to dozens of generals in armor: "The Tokugawa family has been entangled by Ming Dynasty warships, and there is a large-scale one-way attack on Kyushu Island. The world is about to enter troubled times again. !

"Now is the time for my Maori family to rise up, regain China, and eliminate the Tokugawa family for revenge!"

The "China" he mentioned refers to an area in the west of Japan's Honshu Island, which was originally the fiefdom of the Maori family.

All the generals immediately responded loudly, "Swear to avenge and destroy Tokugawa!"

Two hours later, the [-] Maori army began to march towards Aki, attacking the Asano family of the Hiroshima Domain.

The Maori family has been preparing for the rebellion for decades, and once it breaks out, it will be extremely powerful.They arrived at the city of Hiroshima in less than ten days, and then relied on the terrifying firepower of [-] cannons to easily defeat the Asano Army and occupy Ayi Kingdom.

Because the attention of the Tokugawa shogunate was attracted by the warships in Edo Bay, it did not respond to the Maori family's rebellion until a month later, but it could only mobilize less than 2 horses.

At this time, Mao Lixiu had already captured nearly eight regions including Aki, Iwami, Izumo, Bingo, Bichu, and Mizusa, with a force of more than [-].

The Shimadzu family also followed the Xuanbu rebellion immediately after the Mori family took action-if they didn't take advantage of this opportunity to rebel, they would be eaten by the Tokugawa family sooner or later.

They also seized most of the southern part of Kyushu Island in lightning, and then the Xuanbu and the Maori formed an alliance to reorganize the "Western Army" and raised their flags against the Tokugawa shogunate.

Although the Uesugi family did not dare to act arbitrarily for the time being because it was located in the northeast, they still secretly joined the Western Army and formed an alliance with the Mori and Shimadzu families.

All of a sudden, all over Japan dissatisfied with the Tokugawa shogunate or ambitious daimyo raised their troops one after another, and the flames of war broke out.

Until one month later, the Western Army's forward had attacked near Harima, but the warship of the Daming Navy suddenly left Edo Bay without taking a cloud with it.

After all, Zhu Linmei's strategic goal is not to let Mori and Shimadzu replace Tokugawa as the new shogun, but to plunge Japan into internal strife.

If the tens of thousands of Tokugawa troops continue to be contained in Edo, I am afraid that the Western Army will really unify Japan.In addition, when Ming's maritime trade is booming, there is an urgent need for navy escorts, and these main warships should not continue to waste time in Japan.

The Jianning and another frigate were stationed in the northern part of Ryukyu in order to intervene in the situation in Japan at any time.

Although in terms of Japan's sea power, these two [-]-ton Galen ships are enough to deal with it, but Zheng Chenggong still transferred [-] ships from the North Korean navy to help fight for the sake of safety.

……

Shandong.

Jinan Prefecture.

Jinan is an important town leading to Northern Zhili, and has always been a battleground for military strategists, so the city walls of Jinan City are quite strong.

When Chengzu Jing was in trouble, he besieged Jinan City with an army of [-].Tie Xuan led Li Jinglong's remnant troops to stand firm, and Zhu Di, who was extremely good at using troops, was unable to attack for two consecutive years, almost turning Emperor Jianwen over.

Therefore, Zhu Linmi also attached great importance to the battle of Jinan, and had already made careful arrangements for the siege of the city with the Chief of Staff.

Four miles away from the south gate of the city, hundreds of flags of the Ming army on a blue background with the sun and the moon shining in the wind fluttered in the wind.A line of infantry consisting of ten thousand people lay across the city, and everyone standing in the line stared at the captive soldiers at the top of the city, as if calculating how many they had to kill before they could make a first-class meritorious service.

On the east side of the infantry, more than thirty heavy guns weighing more than [-] pounds are being lined up in a neat row under the command of the artillery battalion officer.

More soldiers shuttled around, placing shells and boxes of gunpowder next to the cannon for use when firing.The whole position seemed very busy, and everyone was full of energy, looking forward to a clean and big victory.

You know, from the time when the main force of the Ming army left Muyang, only Jianlu from Yizhou tried to resist along the way, but was blasted open the city wall by more than 50 cannons in one morning.

None of the [-] thieves who rushed out of the city escaped. Nearly a thousand were killed on the spot, and the few hundred who survived were immediately sent to Dongfan for mining.

Destroy the dead, destroy the city in half a day!
Since then, no prisoner in Shandong has dared to lightly beat the edge of the Ming army.Nowadays, no one dares to mention any nonsense such as "Manchurians are invincible", but I don't know when, there was a saying among the Qing army that "Three thousand dragon guards, iron and stone are broken".

(End of this chapter)