Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 680 Kyushu Battle 4
"Is the commander of the Ming army really saying that?"

Osumi Castle, the headquarters of the Satsuma clan's army, Shimazu's angry face was twisted violently, like a furious beast, which was very frightening.

Huashan Haogu said: "Yes, that's what the commander-in-chief of the Ming army said! He wants us to withdraw from Boni, pay 200 million taels of silver, and pay half of the grain we harvest to the Ming country every year!" He ruthlessly He took a deep breath and said, "General, the Ming army is trying to force us to death!"

Nonsense, anyone who is not an idiot knows that the Ming army has made it clear that they want to push them to death.Although the Satsuma clan is one of the four powerful shogunate clans and owns a considerable territory, the land is barren and the population is not very large. It is extremely poor. How can it get a war compensation of 200 million taels of silver?As for the annual tribute of half of the grains, it is even more excessive. Japan's rice production is pitiful. Only samurai, merchants, and ministers can afford rice. Ordinary people... the devil doesn't care what you eat, just pay taxes!If half of the grains were paid as tribute to the Ming Dynasty every year, the Shimazu family would certainly be able to have enough to eat, but their samurai would probably only be able to eat radishes during the New Year!After witnessing the terrifying combat power of the Ming army, Shimazu Nishiki actually wanted to make peace with the Ming army in order to preserve the Satsuma domain. However, the conditions proposed by Yang Menglong blocked all possibilities for peace. , not even a little hope was left for him. Such an aggressive attitude made Shimazu furious. He drew his katana and slashed a table in half. He roared like thunder: "The Ming army bullied me too much." , I, the Shimazu family, vow to fight them to the end. Either the Shimazu family will fight to the last soldier, or the Ming army will be buried in the belly of the fish, and there will be no possibility of reconciliation!"

The retainers of the Shimadzu family bowed their heads silently, fierce flames spewed from each pair of eyes.The Ming army went too far, it was obvious that they wanted to cut their flesh and drink their blood!All the generals roared: "General, don't hesitate, mobilize all the warriors in Osumi, let's go back and fight the Ming army to the death, let them know that the Shimadzu family is not easy to bully!"

"General, give the order! I am willing to play the vanguard!"

Huashan Haogu said: "The battle must be fought, but you have seen the fighting power of the Ming army. If we fight them with our own strength, even if we can win, I am afraid that there are not many warriors in the Shimadzu family. survived!"

Thinking of those invulnerable tiger soldiers, thinking of the horrific scene of the light infantry of the Ming army chasing and killing the enemy with their heads hanging from their waists, everyone shivered for no reason.His grandma's, compared with Japanese samurai, the light infantry of the Ming army can be regarded as heavy infantry, while the heavy infantry of the Ming army are armored vehicles with two legs, let alone fighting, even if they stand there and let the Japanese samurai chop However, the samurai sword and naginata in the hands of Japanese samurai cannot be cut.The most excessive thing is that these beasts can still run at a sprint speed comparable to that of a sprinter in such a heavy armor, what a fart!

Shimadzu Nushi panted slightly, and said: "Send someone to contact the Mori family and the Hosokawa family, and invite them to send troops to fight against the Ming army together! The Ming army's large-scale invasion of Kyushu is definitely not the business of our Shimadzu family. There is no reason for us to do it alone." Carry it to death!"

The Kyushu area is mainly ruled by the Satsuma, Changzhou, and Kumamoto domains. The Satsuma and Changzhou domains have had a grudge for a long time, and they have been fighting each other for hundreds of years.The Kumamoto Domain was founded by the famous Japanese general Kato Kiyomasa. Its site is in Kumamoto Prefecture. Compared with the Changzhou Domain and the Satsuma Domain, it is a bit smaller in size, but the folk customs in the Kumamoto area are extremely fierce and rich in samurai. There is really no one Dare to underestimate their power.Now that the Ming army has invaded Kyushu on a large scale, all the daimyos in Kyushu are facing the test of life and death. It is only natural for Shimadzu Nushi to ask for help from the Changzhou Fan and Kumamoto Fan.

Therefore, several army envoys, carrying precious gifts and a new letter written by Shimadzu Nushi, rode fast horses and rushed to Changzhou, Kumamoto, Fukuoka and other places to ask for help.In addition, he rushed to Edo day and night with the most expensive gifts all the way, reported the bad news of the Ming army's invasion to the shogunate, and asked the shogunate to send troops for support.In fact, Shimadzu Nushi has no hope for the shogunate. They are the big names in Kyushu relying on the high mountains and the emperor's distance. I wish the Ming army would beat them up and weaken their power severely so that the shogunate could squeeze them?Send troops to support?Think beautifully!Now he only hopes that the Tokugawa family will bring his father back. Before, he only felt that the old man was in the way, wishing that he would burp sooner, but now he realizes that his ability seems not enough to support the entire Shimadzu family. He hopes that his father can Come back and let him have something to rely on.

The Shimadzu family nervously launched a diplomatic offensive to gather allies, and the Ming army was not idle. In addition to the cavalry continuing to arrest people and looting, the engineers continued to strengthen the fortifications and dug the trenches deeper and wider. It seems that no magma was dug out. Swear not to give up.The orchards outside Kagoshima City were wiped out by them. All the fruit trees were cut down and turned into firewood or deer villages. They seemed to want to build another city outside Kagoshima City for a long-term siege.Probably because they thought it was too boring to repair the earth every day, a group of engineers even blew up the breakwater and let the sea water pour in, submerging the large rice fields outside Kagoshima City.The Japanese samurai inside and outside the city saw bloodshot eyes and cried bitterly. These rice fields are their lifeblood. After being flooded by sea water, not to mention planting rice, even grass cannot grow!Shimadzu Nushi was so angry that one Buddha was born and two Buddhas ascended to heaven when he learned that the fertile land had been destroyed. If it hadn’t been for Huashan Haogu who tried his best to stop him, he would have mobilized an army to fight the Ming army. , What will he use to feed the samurai under his command, and what will he use to pay the samurai!
The samurai of the Shimadzu family were even more furious, roaring to go back and fight the Ming army to the death, the officers could hardly hold back their bullets.The Ming army is challenging the limits of the endurance of the samurai. Their relatives are besieged in Kagoshima City, where the water source is cut off. Their orchards have been razed to the ground, and their fertile fields have been turned into salt pans by the sea... These Ming soldiers are really bad. It's time to get pus, the devil knows what kind of harm they will do to cut off their children and grandchildren, and what kind of damage they will cause to Kagoshima!
What they thought was not wrong at all. After flooding the thousands of hectares of farmland with sea water, the Ming army turned its evil eyes on the lush mountains and forests.A group of soldiers dragged several 120mm long-barreled mortars down the mountain and fired sulfur bombs at the hillside covered with withered grass. After a few rounds, the fire immediately jumped several meters high!This is the time of autumn when the air is crisp and the vegetation is dry and yellow. A spark may cause a forest fire, let alone a bomb blast with sulfur bombs!Soon, the mountains around Kagoshima Castle turned into volcanoes, and forest fires spread wildly, burning half the sky red. Many Japanese hiding in the mountains and forests were also burned to death.Looking at the fire soaring into the sky, Shimazu became furious and slashed at a big tree with his samurai sword, vowing to chop Yang Menglong into pieces!
The goal is clear and motivated, but it is not easy to achieve it.

Yang Menglong looked at the soaring fire and said with satisfaction: "Very good."

This unreasonable behavior of the Ming army angered all the daimyos in Kyushu. The Kumamoto clan was the first to respond, mobilizing [-] elite soldiers to help Kagoshima.Not to be outdone, the Fukuoka Domain gathered [-] samurai and [-] ashigaru to support them.At this point, the Changzhou Clan no longer cared about the grievances of the past, and [-] conscripts led by the Governor Mori Motoki Shin himself rushed over to join Shimadzu Nushi.Some weaker daimyos also responded positively, more or less dispatched some samurai, and soon, an army of up to [-] troops was assembled in the Kyushu area. Go to sea!
The combined strength of the Ming army and the Dutch army was no more than 2, and a considerable number of these 2 were sailors who could not go ashore to participate in the battle.The situation became so severe that the Dutch didn't expect it. Alfonso panicked at first, and said to Yang Menglong: "The Japanese are already red-eyed, and they are going to fight us desperately! We have captured more than [-] strong men, almost, Or take it when you see it."

Yang Menglong squinted his eyes and shouted: "Just take it when you see it? I don't have this word in my dictionary! If they dare to bark their teeth at me, I dare to chop off their dog's head!" Staring at the map, he let out a grin: "Okay, Kumamoto Fan , Changzhou Fan, Fukuoka Fan... they are all here, and it can be said that they are all elites, so I will not be polite! Wu Sheng!"

Wu Sheng stood at attention with a swipe.

Yang Menglong said: "Let your regiment get ready and leave the port tonight. The tiger battalion, the labor camp and the Dutch regiment will stay here. We will hold back the main force of the Japanese army here. You will land on the other side of Changzhou and wash Changzhou with blood!"

Wu Sheng raised his eyebrows thickly: "Sounding east and west?"

Yang Menglong said: "That's right, it's all the same! I want to see the expression on the face of the Changzhou Fan when they were fighting with us and suddenly found out that there was a fire in the rear!"

This is a good idea. The strength of the Ming army is not dominant in the first place. In addition, the Japanese army is now fighting against the enemy. It is definitely not a smart way to put all the nearly 2 troops on the battlefield of Kagoshima to fight the Japanese army. The final result is very It could be a lose-lose situation.But if there is an excellent surprise soldier who suddenly launches an attack from the rear of the Japanese army at the right time, the Japanese army will inevitably be in chaos. In this way, it will be difficult not to lose!Wu Sheng said: "My lord, my subordinates will stay and command the troops to deal with the Japanese army. How about you lead the main force to attack Changzhou?"

Yang Menglong said: "What a fart! The Changzhou clan has now exhausted its elite, and there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled left over there, and it is meaningless to fight...I will either not fight a war, or fight hard if I want to fight! Stop talking nonsense and hurry up to prepare!"

Wu Sheng had no choice but to retreat.

That night, eight thousand elites of Denglai's new army quietly boarded the boat, sailed out of the port, and disappeared in the dim starlight.

(End of this chapter)