Chapter 140 The first shot after landing
Shimazu Akiko was sleeping due to the weather, and the roar of cannons made him mistakenly believe that a thunderstorm was coming.
"It's November, and thunderstorms at this time are not a good thing."
He was drowsy, muttering to himself, then turned over, and fell asleep.
The threat from Fangjin Village is not great. There are only 300 Satsuma troops stationed here. In addition, today's heavy rain makes it difficult to stand. The defenders are taking shelter from the rain in their respective residences to rest.
Since the establishment of the Edo shogunate, they have not participated in any war for nearly twenty years. The leisure and comfortable life in the daily three-point and one-line life has made them forget the duties that a soldier should have.
Until the soldiers of the First Division surrounded the barracks of these people with guns and opened their military tents, these Satsuma soldiers were still laughing and sleeping in the tents.
"oh..."
A Satsuma soldier was surprised. They had never seen Ming soldiers at all. What's more, the person who opened their military tent was wearing dark green clothes with a black iron plate on his chest. If it weren't for the muskets in their hands, , these Satsuma clan soldiers thought they were sent by the shogunate.
"Who are you?"
The brimmed helmet on Ke Guangxian's head can effectively block the rain, but his body inevitably gets wet. Naturally, he cannot understand the Japanese language these people speak, but the nature of a soldier is to see these so-called aliens. One word---kill...
"boom..."
Ke Guangxian personally fired the first shot after landing in Japan. This first shot he fired will be recorded in history in the future.
As the first Satsuma clan soldier fell to the ground, the clan soldiers in the tent were shocked. Although the first gunshot was not far away in the rain, it was followed by more gunshots.
Hirata Shoichi knelt down in front of Chen Cao. This person was the first potential customer of Jinyiwei in Satsuma Domain. Although Hirata Shoichi had some confidence in his heart, he didn't meet the people of Tian//Chaoshang Kingdom for the first time. I still feel like a mountain of oppression.
"I heard that you were kicked out of Kagoshima Castle for stealing and that your title of samurai was taken away from you?"
The translator at the moment was from Jinyiwei. After the translator translated Chen Cao's words to Hirata Zhaoyi, his body fell even lower.
"Xiao Xiao was wronged. That guy Mifune framed Xiao Xiao because of a personal grudge. As a result, all the fields that originally belonged to Xiao Xiao were taken over by them."
"I believe you are not a thief."
"Your Majesty, you have a clear vision..."
Even though it was raining, the temperature inside the thatched house was still a bit sultry, perhaps because there were too many people.
"This time I led an army of 50,000 to land in Japan, not to avenge North Korea, but for other things. Since you have chosen to surrender to me, you naturally have to come up with something practical. Our Ming Dynasty has always been very particular about surrendering. name; title
Also, you must learn to speak my Daming dialect, Japanese dialect...
Let’s treat it as a local dialect from now on..."
After listening to the translation, Hirata Shoichi raised his head and was stunned for a moment, then kowtowed vigorously: "Please be careful, little one, and you will definitely not disappoint the adults."
"Master Marquis," Xin Zhao walked into the thatched hut: "We have captured their military camp, beheaded all the more than 300 soldiers, and surrounded Shimazu Akihito's residence."
Hirata Shoichi's expression was very sad. Although these three hundred vassal soldiers were not elite warriors, there were many lower-level warriors among them, and they were all beheaded.
"Where's Liao Yaowen, why hasn't he come to see me yet?"
Zhao Xin immediately captured one of his men. When the man saw Chen Cao, he saluted: "The humble Lord Liao has hundreds of families under his command. Lord Liao is developing in Edo. He has already arrived after receiving the news from the Marquis. He must be here at this moment." On the way."
Xin Zhao interjected: "Only people from the shogunate can use the ships in the inland sea. He can only take the land route, so he is a bit late in time."
Chen Cao stood up. He found that the rain was a little light, so he picked up the wild goose feather sword next to him: "Let's take Shimazu Shohei and let's go to Shimazu Shoyan's mansion together."
"Master Marquis, where is the shogunate's residence?" Zhao Xin frowned.
Chen Cao thought for a while: "They need someone who reports the news, otherwise they will attack in groups and disperse and disintegrate. Why not do this?"
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The moment the door of Shimazu Akihito's mansion was kicked open, the military and political commander of Fangjin Village woke up from a dream. Only when the retainers in the mansion knelt in front of him did he realize the seriousness of the matter.
"All dead?"
Shimazu Akiko's face was as pale as water, and his retainers were soaked. They had no time to speak politely: "We are surrounded."
"ah..."
A scream from a maid, followed by the sound of neat footsteps reached his ears. A group of people in the room opened the door and saw the Ming soldiers holding muskets.
A retainer yelled, pulled out a long sword and rushed off the tatami with the two of them.
'Bang bang bang...'
There was a burst of gunfire, and the three of them were instantly beaten into pieces.
"This this..."
Chen Cao walked out of the crowd under the retinue of the Jin Yiwei. After standing, he looked at the man with the samurai bun. Then he shook his head and said: "This hair style is really ugly. This bun must not appear in Japan in the future. It is a cultural legacy." That’s fine.”
"asshole..."
Shimazu Akira cursed because he clearly saw Shimazu Akira being escorted out of the queue.
Shimazu Shohei's head was forced down and he shouted towards Shimazu Shogan: "Go and report to the lord quickly. The Ming people are attacking. They are going to attack my Satsuma domain..."
The Jinyiwei next to him quickly pulled out his Yanling knife and cut off the still writhing Shimazu Shohei's head with one stroke.
Shimazu Akira was so shocked that he couldn't speak. If Shimazu Akira's words were true, these people in front of him were here to attack Satsuma, and the ultimate target was Japan.
After hearing this, Chen Cao laughed and said: "Reporting the news? You must have a chance, but it can't be you who report the news, it must be Shimazu Tadahashi."
"ah...."
Shimazu Akihiro roared, drew out his long sword, raised the sword and rushed towards Chen Cao with the remaining dozen retainers. Such a fatal move would certainly not allow them to rush to Chen Cao as they pleased.
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
After a volley of shots, the knife in Shimazu Akihito's hand fell to the ground, and he fell straight backwards.
"Clean up the entire mansion. This place will be cleaner and you can stay here temporarily." Chen Cao didn't want to look at these dead people, so he took the people back to the ship. After all, he would never rashly wait until the entire Fangjin Village was completely safe. Living in other people's homes, there are many cases of Japanese assassinations.
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"Sakura City is located about forty miles southeast of Bojin Village. It is the closest place to support Bojin Village. The Satsuma clan's spies will definitely pass the news after we capture Bojin Village."
Sun Chuanting spent two hours studying the map of the Satsuma Domain. The terrain was drawn very carefully, and the mountains and rivers were clearly standardized. Even the approximate distances were marked on the map, so the whole map seemed a bit big: "Then the Thirty miles away is Zhilan City. If we attack quickly with the blitzkrieg the Marquis mentioned, I think we can capture the two cities before their vassal troops can gather together."
"Their city is the kind of mansion with city walls..."
Chen Cao interjected: "What's the name of the castle tower? Usually, one's trusted generals are entrusted in these cities."
Xin Zhao handed over the information, and Chen Cao took one look at it and said with a smile: "Ha, what a coincidence, the fiefdom of Hirata Masunobu is the Sakura City."
"Hirata Masunobu died in Ryukyu, and we didn't marinate his head. Will there be any obstacles in the fight?"
Lu Xiangsheng asked with a frown. Obviously he didn't understand everything Chen Cao said, but his train of thought was quite normal.
After hearing this, Chen Cao carefully gave the group of people some popular science: "Each city is surrounded by the residences of the vassal soldiers of the city to which it belongs, which is similar to our farming system;
What they call the center of the city is the residence of the feudal generals, neither high nor low, with walls made of bricks and stones. The center of the city is called the castle tower. If that place is captured, it means that the city has been captured;
And the people who belong to this city all live around or below the city. Among those people are basically the family members of the feudal soldiers, that is, the remnants of our Ming Guard troops. It is easy to conquer a city. "
Sun Chuanting listened very carefully and said: "Master Marquis, if this is what I said, I think we can attack in separate directions, and then capture the entire Satsuma Domain as quickly as possible."
Chen Cao raised his head and glanced at everyone in the cabin: "What do you think?"
Song Che glanced at the map again, and then said: "Use Fangjin Village as bait, send troops to attack Sakura City, and then encircle the points for reinforcements, and try to annihilate the Satsuma clan's effective forces as much as possible."
Tang Kainian waited for Song Che to finish speaking, and then he said boldly: "It needs to be so stable. We only need the general to lead the officers and soldiers of the first division to kill the generals, and give them a sweep of thousands of troops. The general will be confident that in five days Take these two cities within."
The rest of the people all agreed with Song Che and Tang Kainian's point of view. After all, they came here just to make a fortune, so there was no need to talk in such a roundabout way.
After a long time, Sun Chuanting said: "Could it be that the Marquis wants to lure the main force of Satsuma Domain into a decisive battle and then capture them?"
"Hahaha...."
Chen Cao laughed loudly, and his little thoughts were indeed seen through by Sun Chuanting: "Bo Ya, thank you for being a second-ranked Jinshi, otherwise I would have thought that your knowledge should have been plagiarized;
Yes, that’s what it means. After all, the Toyotomi family still needs their own strength, and the people of the Satsuma clan can use it, but the Shimazu family..."
Chen Cao shook his head: "This kind of person who is at both ends of the spectrum is not worth winning over."
"Then where does the Marquis think it is best to lure them?" Sun Chuanting asked again.
Chen Cao walked to the map and pointed with his hand: "It's right between Sakura City and Zhilan City. This place is called Pingyuanchuan. Don't they like head-on confrontation? Tang Kainian's two regiments faced the enemy from the front, giving them a They created the illusion that we only had a few thousand people, and then mobilized the entire army of horse and archery masters to bypass Chiran Castle and capture the city. They attacked from both front and back in an effort to accomplish their feats in one battle and capture the entire Satsuma Domain..."
All the generals in the cabin clasped their fists together: "Yes..."
