Daming Military Empire

Chapter 222
It can be said that Amakusa Tokisada became famous in the first battle. 9 troops attacked a city guarded by 5 people, and they captured it in less than ten days. This kind of record is unprecedented in Dongying. one place.

Tianchuan Yuhuang himself does not know how to fight, but his subordinates can, not counting the rising general star Amakusa Tokisada, the performances of Tianchuan Hongxu and Tianchuan Ganhui are also remarkable. Resolutely attacking the city wall is not something that ordinary Japanese generals can do.

After the capture of Saga, Amakusa Tokisada did not continue to attack, but stationed in Saga Castle and began to collect captives and expand the army. All the soldiers of the Ryuzoji clan were incorporated into his army by him. The army of the Tagawa clan It reached 12 in one go.

After resting for about ten days, Amakusa Tokisada ordered that the troops be divided into three groups and attack in an all-round way.

He personally led 4 troops to attack Nagasaki in the south, and then took the sea route to take Higo Kingdom, while Hong Xu and Gan Hui each led 4 troops to attack in the northwest and due west directions, taking Chikuzen, Buzen and Chikuhou respectively. , Bungo, the last three groups of people gathered near Hyuga, and launched the final general attack on the Shimadzu family of the Satsuma domain.

The [-] troops led by Katsushige Nabeshima were all defeated. Naturally, the remaining forces of the Ryuzoji clan and the independent retainers of the Otomo clan could not resist the army of the Tagawa clan. All the way like a broken bamboo, they quickly occupied the countries of Higo, Chikuzen, Buzen, Chikugo, and Bungo.

At this time, Amakusa Shizhen, Hong Xu, and Gan Hui's subordinates have almost expanded to more than 5 people. As long as they gather together, the Shimadzu family can be wiped out in one fell swoop, and Jiuzhou can be unified.

However, things did not go so smoothly. The Shimadzu clan is worthy of being one of the heroes of the Warring States Period. They did not wait for the army of the Tagawa clan to fight, but united with the princes from all walks of life who had fled from the Ryuzoji clan and the Otomo clan. Amakusa Tokisada launched a surprise attack along the way, trying to defeat the Tagawa clan's army before they assembled.

The combined army of the Shimadzu, Ryuzoji, and Otomo clans has almost 6 people, which is stronger than any of the Tagawa clan's army in terms of numbers alone. It seems that his tactics of defeating each one are very appropriate. This time, the Tagawa clan I'm afraid I'm going to suffer a lot.

In fact, otherwise, if it was in the Warring States Period, if Amakusa Tokisada's men were equipped with cold weapons, then the Shimadzu's concentrated and superior force would suddenly attack all the way, and it would really be possible to defeat the Tagawa's army one by one.However, Amakusa Tokisada's men are equipped with matchlock guns and bird guns, and they also have cannons. .

However, the result of the battle was a bit unexpected. After resisting for a while, Amakusa Tokisada began to retreat crazily, throwing away his helmet and armor, and was defeated. Even the 1 Tomo clan who had just surrendered were all left behind and were incorporated by the coalition forces .

The leader of the coalition army, Shimadzu Tadahisa, saw that his plan had succeeded, so he naturally pursued him relentlessly, vowing to wipe out the Tianchuan army of Amakusa Tokisada. In the important town of Kumamoto, Tokisada Amakusa stabilized his position with the advantage of the city.

Looking at the solid Kumamoto Castle, Shimadzu Tadahiro felt that something was wrong. Although the coalition forces had now expanded to more than 4 people, Amakusa Tokisada still had 7 people under his command, and they still had muskets and artillery in their hands. As a result, his [-] troops had almost no hope of capturing them.

He faintly felt that he had been fooled, and there was a saying in the book of war: the poor should not chase after him, but he was driven crazy by a small victory, and chased so far in one breath!He really wanted to withdraw his troops immediately and return to the Satsuma domain, but after chasing them for the past few days, the army was already exhausted, and now he was going back, fearing that he would not be able to walk halfway, so he decided to go outside Kumamoto City first. Rest for a day before retreating.

This is of course Amakusa Tokisada's strategy, no matter how bad he is, he will never be chased by the [-] coalition army, throwing away his armor and abandoning his armor, and will collapse at the touch of a touch. His trick is called luring the enemy deep.

When encountering a surprise attack by the coalition forces, what he thought was not how to defeat the coalition forces, but how to wipe out the coalition forces. He knew that this coalition force was the last resistance force on the entire Jiuzhou Island. Even if it is completed, if they just defeat it, they will definitely flee to the city behind. The Satsuma domain is already their last hope. At that time, they will definitely defend the city. It is not easy to fight with so many people defending the city. If it is not good, there will be heavy losses.But at that time the terrain was bad and his troops were not strong enough, so he pretended to be defeated to lure the enemy to go deep, and at the same time sent people to inform Hong Xu and Gan Hui that they had taken their rear route and surrounded and wiped out the coalition forces in Kumamoto.

Hong Xu and Gan Hui were rushing in the direction of the country, and when they received the news, they made an arc and copied it directly from the back and right. On the left was the Ariake Sea, and in front was Kumamoto Castle guarded by Amakusa Tokisada. The coalition forces are like a turtle in a urn, and there is no escape.

Shimazu Zhongheng already realized that he had been fooled, but he did not expect that Tian Chuan's army would come so quickly. The next morning, the coalition forces had just pulled out together, and there were loud shouts of killing from the rear and the right side at the same time. Hong Xu and Gan Hui each Leading more than 5 horses, they surrounded them, and Amakusa Tokisada in Kumamoto City also opened the city gate and rushed out. Nearly 15 Tagawa troops surrounded the [-] coalition troops, and the coalition forces had nowhere to escape.

The princes from all walks of life who had fled from Ryuzoji and Otomo had already been terrified and surrendered one after another. Shimadzu Takahiro was powerless even though he was possessed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. After a scuffle, [-] The coalition forces surrendered, died, and none of them escaped. The great cause of the unification of Jiuzhou has been achieved so far!

The battle did not end because of this. When Amakusa Tokisada collected the captives, consolidated the army, and sent people to occupy the Satsuma domain, the daimyo Tagawa Yuhuang ordered him to lead the army to the coast near Bungo Kingdom immediately, preparing to send troops to raid Shikoku Island!
What's going on here? When did Tian Chuan Yu Huang become so decisive? As soon as Jiuzhou was captured, he sent troops to the four kingdoms. This is a decision that only a hero has the guts to make. Is Tian Chuan Yu Huang the hero of a party?Of course not, this decision was made by Zheng Zhilong, the Southern King of Daming Town.

The so-called know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never end in a hundred battles. Zheng Zhilong has been paying attention to the war in Jiuzhou, and at the same time sent spies all over Honshu and the vassal states of the four countries. It can be said that the entire situation in Dongying is under his control. Now the situation in Honshu is not very clear, but the whole Shikoku Island has become a mess.

The reason why Shikoku Island is called Shikoku is because there are Tosa, Iyo, Awa, and Sanuki on the island. During the Warring States Period, Tosa’s rich family, Changzonggabu, was also famous. Changzonggabu Yuanqin once led the army to unify Shikoku Island. , but the fortunes of Changzong and our department were not good. They were first suppressed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and downgraded to Tosa country daimyo. In the end, even Shengqin, the last family governor of the direct line, Zonggabu Yuanqin, was killed. Only the fourth brother Dao Qinyi, the illegitimate son of the collateral lineage, Changzonggabu Yuanqin, escaped.

If the original historical trajectory is followed, Changzong's department has been in a slump since then, and there is no more content. However, now that the Tokugawa shogunate has declined, the old retainers of Changzong's department in Tosa and Iyo have become active again. They unite to support Shimao Yoshi and Tosa Guardian Yamauchi, who was close to the shogunate, started a fight to fight for the control of Shikoku Island. At this time, the two sides were fighting happily in Kochi Castle. After such a god-given opportunity, he ordered Tianchuan Yuhuang to immediately march into Shikoku Island.

Amakusa Tokisada has no opinion on entering Shikoku Island, because compared to Kyushu, Shikoku is simply a remote area. If Ming Dynasty is used as a metaphor, Kyushu is a developed coastal area in the southeast, while Shikoku is a poor area in the northwest. This kind of backward place, not to mention the backward weapons, the population is relatively sparse, and all the princes can't get together a hundred thousand troops, but he now has a full 20 thousand troops, and it is easy to take Shikoku Island.

Therefore, upon receiving the order, Amakusa Shizhen led an army of 20 to Bungo without hesitation, and Zheng Zhilong also arranged for Shi Daxuan to drive more than a thousand pirate ships to the waters of Bungo, preparing to transport the Tagawa clan's army to Shikoku Island.

Three days later, the two sides met near the coast of Bungo Country. This Kyushu Island is next to Shikoku Island. The closest distance between the two islands is less than [-] miles. Therefore, it is actually very simple to transport the army there. Amakusa Tokisada Directly ordered the army to board the pirate ships in batches and land on Shikoku Island.

Although the pirate ships under Shi Daxuan are not super giant ships, they are large in number. There are more than a thousand large and small ships. If it is just for transporting people, it can transport almost 5 people in one squeeze, and 20 people can be transported four times. , it doesn't take half a day.

At this time, the allied forces of Nagamune and the Yamauchi Clan were fighting fiercely. They had no idea that the Tagawa Clan's army on Kyushu Island had landed in Shikoku. They might be thinking that the small Shikoku Island had been fighting for nearly a month and still could not be separated. In terms of victory or defeat, Jiuzhou Island will have to play at least the first half of the year to see the outcome.

Amakusa Tokisada didn't care what they thought, after he landed, he took a short rest and followed Tianchuan Yuhuang's instructions to lead his army straight to Kochi City. In less than a day, he arrived in Kochi territory.

Shikoku, an old, young, frontier and poor area, is really incomparable with Kyushu. Both Nagamune and the Yamauchi clan have only 3 to [-] troops, and the two sides have no hot weapons. tragedy.

First, the coalition forces of Changzong and our troops were taken from behind by the army of the Tagawa clan, and then Amakusa Tokisada ordered an army of 20 to directly surround Kochi Castle, bombarding and intimidating the Yamauchi clan in the city After persisting for two days, I couldn't bear it anymore, so I directly surrendered in Kaesong!
So far, Jiuzhou and the Four Kingdoms have fallen, and the Tianchuan clan's army has reached a terrifying 25. All the princes in this state are terrified when they receive the news. The sky in Dongying is really about to change.

(End of this chapter)