The very beautiful woman Shimazu Nokichi mentioned by Masaki Hoshina has appeared in front of Zhu Cihuan, riding on a tall and strong Iberian horse, wearing a clean kendo uniform. Although she is a bit small, she has a big heart. It was big and bulging, and Zhu Cihuan liked it from the bottom of his heart when he saw it.
At this time, Shimazu Noyoshi also fell in love with Zhu Cihuan who rode out alone to talk to him in front of the battle. Although Zhu Cihuan is a bit of a fool, his appearance is still very popular with girls. He is tall, straight, handsome, and has a rather thick beard - this was the standard in the beauty world in the 17th century!
This is a man who has love, and his concubine is interested, and she can hook her up and commit adultery right away!
Unfortunately, what is going to be held at Honxun Temple today is not a blind date meeting, but a life-and-life battle. Now the people on both sides have taken up their stances!
The Shimazu family sent 1,200 troops, of which 1,000 were fusiliers and 200 were mounted samurai. Now a formation of fusiliers in the center and mounted warriors covering the two wings has been set up 500 steps north of Honxun Temple, blocking the evacuation channel from Honxun Temple to the Flood River Valley.
Zhu Cihuan sent 1,800 troops, half of them pikemen and half of them arquebusiers, forming a standard Morris square formation.
Although Zhu Cihuan's side had 600 more people, he was obviously at a disadvantage because he did not have flintlock rifles and cavalry. However, they also have the advantage that they can set up their formation with their back to Honxun Temple, and when the situation is unfavorable, they can still retreat and hold on.
After the two sides were separated, the war did not begin immediately. Zhu Cihuan is not sure what the Shimadzu family wants to do? 1,200 people are not enough to attack Honxun Temple! And they didn't carry cannons (the Shimadzu family didn't have cannons), so how could they attack such a strong Honsōji Temple?
On the Shimazu family's side, the head of the family, Mitsuhisa Shimazu, did not appear, but Mitsuhisa's daughter Nokichi Shimazu led the army. After Shimazu Noyoshi asked his men to move away, he did not attack, but asked to talk to Prince Ming in front of the formation.
"Your Majesty, I am Shima Tsunoyoshi, and today I am my father Mitsuhisa's successor."
Shimazu Noyoshi was quite proactive. Before Zhu Cihuan could speak, she introduced herself first, and she could also speak relatively fluent Chinese.
"Are you Jindai?" Zhu Cihuan was stunned, "What's wrong with Guangjiu? Why don't you do it yourself?"
Shimazu Noyoshi smiled very apologetically: "My father was extremely worried because the prime minister of New Spain suddenly arrived with an army, so he fell ill, so I had to let my concubine go out in battle on his behalf. Please forgive me, Your Majesty the King."
Zhu Cihuan was admiring the beautiful girl in kendo uniform just now, but now he was frightened and said, "What? The prime minister of New Spain is coming with an army?"
"Hai!" Shimazu Noyoshi bowed, "I'm really sorry. The little girl can't surrender to the king according to the previous agreement... she can only meet the king in battle!"
"You, did you know that our country will have millions of soldiers tomorrow?" Zhu Cihuan shouted.
"Of course I know," Shimazu Noyoshi said with a smile, "But in America, the Kingdom of New Spain can dispatch tens of thousands of troops at any time, but the king only has 2,000 people at hand... So the little girl can only send the soldiers in Satsuma City I am very sorry that I gave my women and children as hostages to the Spaniards and personally led the soldiers to prevent the king from escaping northward!"
Zhu Cihuan gritted his teeth, "Do you think I really only have 2,000 people? I still have backup... General Qi, the admiral of the American Army, led 30,000 troops and is following me! Wait for General Qi As soon as our troops arrive, your entire army will be wiped out!"
He is scaring the little girl!
However, Shimazu Noyoshi did not accept this trick at all, and just chuckled: "If General Qi really brought 30,000 troops, then the little girl will definitely go to the king to plead guilty, and let the king do whatever he wants!"
Zhu Cihuan was speechless for a moment. He really wants to catch Shimazu Noyoshi and punish him, but where does he have 30,000 backup? The American army totaled 20,000 people, and they were not behind him! More than 800 miles of mountain road! It is simply impossible to follow... Two thousand people will have to rely on hunting and fishing to fill their bellies in the end. What are we going to do with 20,000 people? How many wild animals do you need to catch to eat? Where are there so many?
When Shimazu Noyoshi saw that Zhu Cihuan had nothing to say, he sighed softly and said: "There are 3,000 stones of rice in Honxun Temple, as well as a lot of cured meat. There is also a well in the temple for easy access to water, which is enough to supply 2,000 defenders. Rice , bacon and well water are not poisoned and can be eaten with confidence.
So please, Your Majesty, go back to Cage City! If the king wants to send someone to ask for help, the little girl will not stop him... If the king wants to break out, then please give up this idea!
Because if the king's men and horses don't bring enough dry food, they won't be able to cover the more than 800 miles of mountain road! Moreover, the Spanish army has already arrived. If they pursue him all the way, the king may die in the mountains in the north. "
After saying these words, Shimazu Noyoshi bowed again, turned his horse around, and walked away quickly, leaving only Zhu Cihuan standing there in a daze.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
Before Zhu Cihuan could recover, the Shimadzu family's flintlock fired! Of course, Zhu Cihuan couldn't be hurt... He still fired his gun into the air from more than 300 steps away.
The Shimadzu family is now playing both sides of the story. On the one hand, they are working as lackeys for the Spanish to trick the stupid prince Zhu Cihuan; on the other hand, they also have a way out... What if the prince is pretending to be stupid?
So Mitsuhisa Shimazu pretended to be ill and didn't show up, and Noyoshi Shimazu took the lead.
...
"Your Majesty the Duke, the battle has begun at Honxun Temple!"
The speaker was de Velasco, who arrived near Satsuma Valley City before Don Juan José, and with him came 4,000 mercenaries from the New Spanish Army. These mercenaries were stationed in California and were part of the "New Spanish Lobster" army. They have now been combined with the more than 2,000 fusiliers sent by Satsuma Valley Castle into 12 fusilier battalions - each battalion is composed of two fusilier companies and two heavy matchlock companies. Among them, the three fusilier platoons in the fusiliary company were composed of Japanese samurai from the Shimadzu family, and the other pike company was composed of New Spanish mercenaries.
De Velasco originally wanted to set up 20 "Big Lobster Camps", but now the Kingdom of Spain has to offer a 50% or 40% discount on everything, so it would be great to be able to build 12 camps.
In addition, this "lobster battalion" organization method has now become the standard configuration of the New Spanish Army.
The 15,000 troops brought by Don Juan Jose from Mexico were basically configured in this way. In addition to a small amount of artillery, cavalry and heavy equipment, there were 26 "lobster battalions", plus de Velasco's 12 battalions. There are 38 battalions in total. Two of the battalions were sent by Don Juan Jose to garrison Satsuma Valley City. The remaining 36 battalions were organized into 9 temporary infantry regiments and are now on standby on the south bank of the Satsuma River.
"Garcia, you lead a temporary infantry regiment to guard the south bank of the Satsuma River, and are also responsible for guarding the grain transported from Satsuma Valley City." Don Juan Jose began to issue orders, "Captain de Velasco, you will lead Two temporary infantry regiments and artillery are sent to besiege Honxon Temple. The Shimadzu army that has arrived at Honxon Temple is also under your command.
The rest... follow me to the Flood Valley! We are waiting there for the exhausted Ming army's follow-up troops! "
"Duke," de Velasco interjected at this time, "no follow-up troops of the Ming army have been found yet."
Don Juan Jose smiled and said, "We will find out! As long as our enemies are not stupid, they will definitely send elite troops to follow behind His Royal Highness... This is a way to occupy the entire California in one fell swoop. What an opportunity! How could they give up?"
After all, this was King Philip's smartest son, and he had already thought of all the possibilities. Of course, he also thought of the possibility that elite soldiers of the Ming army would follow Zhu Cihuan into the Satsuma Valley to completely control the Shimazu family.
The food accumulated by the Shimazu family was extremely important to the Ming army coming across large mountains. As long as they get this food, they can invest more than 20,000 troops in California. Then the entire California may fall into the hands of the United States of New Zealand!
The Duke of Florida smiled and said: "They will definitely come! As long as we eliminate them, we will have the possibility to go north and occupy the Gulf of America. I heard that the development there is very good!"
