New Shun 1730

When the Dashun Army attacked the city, the lord of the Obama Domain, Sakai Tadazune, was suffering from beriberi, which was common among the nobles.

Beriberi is not athlete's foot, but arrhythmia, chest tightness and shortness of breath, lower limb edema, and associated heart disease. So the bombardment lasted less than half an hour, and the hairy Sakai Tadazune was frightened, his face turned purple, and his breathing was uneven, and he died just like that.

The loyal people among the retainers were worried that their reputation would be bad if it was spread out, and it would be easy for people with ulterior motives to spread that they were "scared to death".

So they forged a false image of seppuku in the city under the bombardment of the Dashun Army, and the kaishakunin chopped off his head.

Then, the Obama Domain gave up resistance.

The Sakai family was a hereditary daimyo, and they usually served as Osaka Castle lords who monitored the western lords and Kyoto Shoshidai who monitored the Japanese kings and nobles.

The stone height was generally not high, and the fiefdom was generally not large, but the power was great. The shogunate planned to rely on the hereditary daimyo to establish its own bureaucratic system to maintain the stability of the shogunate. The power came from the shogunate rather than their own fiefdoms, so the koku of the fiefdom would not be too high.

The Obama Domain had only 100,000 koku of koku in total, which could not support many samurai. Under the samurai system, the lord of the domain was prohibited from keeping retainers and ronin privately. If he really increased his military strength, he might be directly dismissed. There are many eyes watching, there are too many wolves and little meat, and there are too many people who want to be the lord of the domain.

The city is not a difficult mountain city, but a flat city built in the estuary delta; the artillery has never been repaired, because there is no money and the shogunate does not approve it. It is a taboo to repair it privately.

Seeing that he could not win, the lord of the domain also died of palpitations caused by beriberi. He also knew that the troops were from the Tang people. It was said that it was to punish the Shimazu clan for occupying Ryukyu and the shogunate's connivance.

Even if land is ceded in the future, it will be the few places on Kyushu Island, and it is impossible to cede Obama Domain.

Everyone decided to stop fighting and retreat to Tsuruga first, and pass the news to the lord of Hikone Domain. Hikone Domain was the largest domain besides Obama, and it had some troops.

The lord of the city committed seppuku because of the loss of the city, and before he died he ordered a retreat to wait for the future. This reason was very good.

The high-ranking samurai who abandoned Obama Castle escaped, and when Dashun was about to land, Wu Fangrui hesitated for a long time and finally said an idea in his mind.

"Your Highness, now Obama is in our army. It will take two more days for the army of Oki Island to land and assemble. If the army is assembled, it will be no problem to run rampant in Japan. Obama is a great achievement."

"However, above the great achievement, there is also the unparalleled achievement."

"Your Highness, think about it, in the politics of Japan, the Japanese shogun lives in Edo Kaifu, and the royal city is here. They are thousands of miles apart. Ying Suo Boyan, the Osaka Castle, supervises the princes of the western countries; the Kyoto Shoshidai supervises the Japanese king and nobles."

"If our army attacks the Japanese royal city, I am afraid that after getting the news, the Kyoto Shoshidai... I am afraid that after getting the news, he will try his best to move the Japanese king to another place. This is the difference between the great achievement and the unparalleled achievement I mentioned."

The Japanese king and the shogun are more like a cooperative relationship. It is even possible that the Japanese king needs the shogun to provide social stability and suppress the other daimyo.

But in the eyes of people like Dashun, all they can think of is to hold the emperor hostage to control the princes.

"Government is by the Ge family, and sacrifices are by me" is somewhat similar, but no one would imagine the shogun to be a great man like Zhuge Wuhou.

From the perspective of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, Li Li can easily think of the duties of the so-called Kyoto Soshidai.

Even a man of his age can think of moving the King of Wa away.

It is impossible that the Kyoto Soshidai does not even have this brain.

As Wu Fangrui said, conquering the King's City of the Wa people is a great success.

Whether the King of Wa escapes or not is not important.

But since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Wa people have called themselves the Son of the Sun. Even the Mongols could not conquer the Wa Kingdom... If the court can capture the King of Wa, whether it is the subsequent negotiations or the subsequent tribute, there will be a lot to do, and the initiative will always be in the hands of the Celestial Empire.

The temptation of the four words "unprecedented achievement" is really great.

After a moment of silence, Li Xi asked, "What do you mean?"

"Your Highness, if the army is assembled, it will take at least two or three days. The Japanese royal city does not have a wall like the capital. As the saying goes, speed is the essence of war. Why don't I lead hundreds of elite soldiers and rush straight to the Japanese royal city at night?"

Wu Fangrui thought that in this field battle, he could really win even if he replaced his dog, so he might as well take a big gamble and lead his troops to win this unprecedented achievement.

While Li Li was still hesitating, Wu Fangrui continued, "Your Highness, please think about it."

"If everything goes well, I will lead my troops to attack the Japanese royal palace. The Japanese royal city has not been in battle for a long time and has no city walls, so it must have no defense. We can attack them by surprise before the news of the fall of Xiaohama."

"If something goes wrong, the Japanese can transfer the Japanese king in advance, which can also cause chaos in the Japanese royal city. Your Highness's army will arrive later and there will be no obstruction."

"Besides, in reality, the Japanese weapons at this time are no different from those when they invaded Korea during the Wanli period of the previous dynasty; the soldiers' weapons are far inferior to the battle-hardened soldiers of that year."

"The most critical thing is that the Japanese farmers and soldiers are separated, and the feudal lords are independent, without a commander or a staff. For example, it may not be clear who the news of the fall of Xiaohama was passed to. The command is chaotic and there is no coordination. Three or four hundred people are enough to go deep and deep."

The whole plan highlights the word "fast". The distance between Xiaobin City and the Japanese King's City also made this rapid raid possible.

The officers were all young and full of vigor. Who wouldn't want to achieve the same feat as the Champion Marquis?

The emperor originally thought that if Li Li came to the frontline in person, the officers would have some concerns and would not dare to gamble without 70% or 80% confidence.

Who would have thought that these officers were all thinking about the impulse of unprecedented merits and being granted titles and titles, and after seeing the Japanese armaments, they were dismissive and full of confidence.

As for Li Li himself, he felt that all the tactics and strategies of the navy before were predetermined. So far, it has been the victory of the navy, not his victory.

Wu Fangrui's words "unprecedented merits" have touched him, and he hopes that this battle can become "Li Li's victory."

"In your opinion, three or four hundred people are enough?"

"Your Highness, it is enough. When I was in the Qingzhou Army in the past, I followed Ying Suobo. The training method of the Navy's Marine Corps is exactly the same as that of the Qingzhou Army. Moreover, Ying Suobo is in charge of the army, with sufficient supplies, strict training, and selecting the elite, so it is also very convenient for me to lead them."

Wu Fangrui thought that the elite Marine Corps of the Navy and the Qingzhou Army of the past were like carved from the same mold.

After the Dashun Army was reformed, the Qingzhou Army was disbanded, and the overall combat effectiveness was improved, but in fact, no one could compare with the Qingzhou Army of the day. Wu Fangrui participated in it and felt deeply about this.

It was mainly a matter of money. When the Qingzhou Army was in Weihai, the military pay was certainly issued by the court, but some special food, fish and beans to ensure the amount of training, these were not available in the Dashun Army after the military reform.

The training commands were almost the same, and the quality of the soldiers was also better than that of the ordinary army after the military reform. Wu Fangrui naturally believed in the combat effectiveness that the Qingzhou Army truly inherited.

Some soldiers of the Marine Corps carried expensive rifles, and the tactical system was more inclined to the new tactics of rifled soldiers harassing in front and smoothbore soldiers arrayed in the back to meet the enemy, which was not so rigid.

Under the strategic mobilization, the area near the Japanese King's City was absolutely empty, and three or four hundred people were able to move freely, as if they were in an empty space.

Li Li also felt that the Japanese troops had been mobilized by the navy using mobility. Although he had never led troops, there were other staff officers in the army besides Wu Fangrui, so there should be no problem.

Regardless of whether Wu Fangrui could achieve great success, capturing the Japanese King would cause chaos in the Japanese King's City. All he had to do was to lead the troops to the Japanese King's City.

"Since that's the case, let's do it. General Wu selects his own troops and horses, and gallops at night. I will gather the army behind and wait for the cavalry to arrive, and then we can follow."

"In the Ziwu Valley plan, Wu Hou was worried about the high walls of Chang'an; Deng Ai's sneak crossing of Yinping was successful because Chengdu City was high and had enough soldiers to surrender without a fight. Now the Japanese have no city walls and no army, so we will definitely win this battle."

He nodded and agreed.

Wu Fangrui already had the troops in mind, so he asked some elite grenadiers and rifle skirmishers to land first, and picked more than 30 horses from the small number of horses in the first batch of landing troops.

After landing, they carried several days of dry food, two basic paper-wrapped gunpowder lead bullets, and several interpreters who knew Japanese.

They didn't stop. While the subsequent landing troops were still clearing out the remaining enemies and issuing notices to reassure the people, this surprise attack force had already set out on the journey.

Since it was a gamble, Wu Fangrui did not march mechanically according to the command of the drill, but divided the troops into two parts.

The vanguard troops were mainly composed of more than 50 scattered soldiers, and the follow-up troops marched in four columns, without scouts or guards.

When they were hungry, they ate the dry food in the dry food bag, fried rice and fried noodles, and camped directly in the Japanese village at night. Block the village and rest on the spot, then find a local citizen to lead the way for the next day, give enough silver, and return it to the place.

Three days later, the troops had arrived near Sanqianyuan. From here to the Japanese royal palace, it was less than 30 miles away. Wu Fangrui knew that the time had come to decide whether he could make an unprecedented contribution.

When resting at night, Wu Fangrui was not too excited to sleep, but had a good sleep.

At dawn, he jumped on the horse, took 32 grenadiers who could ride horses, changed into the clothes of the Japanese foot soldiers, and only made marks on his arms.

Throw the troops to the adjutant and ask him to command them to advance at a normal speed. Thirty-three riders, including himself, were to charge directly into the Japanese royal city.

They did not seek to break into the Japanese royal palace, but to create chaos in the Japanese royal city so that the shogunate in Kyoto would not have the opportunity to move the Japanese king away.

If that didn't work, they could also set fires everywhere in the city to create chaos.

The thirty-three riders left in a cloud of dust. The Japanese who came to worship and burn incense near Sanzen-in looked at this strangely dressed cavalry in surprise, drifting through the dust all the way, without stopping for a moment, and rushing straight towards Kyoto.