Daimyo such as Naoshima Naoshima and Matsuura Takanobu, who were running faster, saw Tachibana Michyuki being killed from behind. They did not dare to fight anymore and hurriedly retreated towards Hirado Castle.
At this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro had taken the navy and retreated, and deployed a large number of iron cannons to ambush on both sides of the mountain road to Hirado Castle, preparing to attack the defeated Japanese pirates such as Nabeshima Naoshige when the Ming army pursued them. Fishing for Yefu again.
However, Wu Weizhong decisively issued an order not to pursue the enemy. Instead, following Qi Jiguang's instructions, he ordered the Korean auxiliary troops to build the city on the spot, and asked the Yiding troops to conduct sentinels and plunder important supplies nearby, while all the main soldiers rested and healed on the spot.
Shimazu Yoshihiro's Diaoye Fushiya went bankrupt again, and had to escort Nabeshima Naoshige and others back to Hirado Castle.
"General Tang who comes to fight this time is obviously a difficult guy to deal with. He is very independent, resourceful and cautious in fighting!"
"No wonder the kamikaze couldn't stop them!"
"What's more, their warships and firearms are very powerful, and the proportion of armored stomachs is very high. We are undoubtedly in big trouble!"
After returning to Hirado Castle, Shimazu Yoshihiro calmly spoke to Nabeshima Naoshima and others.
"After all, I am Qi Jiguang's general. I, the Songpu clan, suffered a lot from them in Tang Dynasty."
Matsuura Takanobu spoke at this time.
Nabeshima Naoshige also said with a serious face: "The more difficult it is to deal with them, the more we have to increase our troops while their foothold is not stable, and strive to eliminate them, or cause them heavy losses! Otherwise, the more troops will be waiting for them to come. The more they come, and even fortified cities are built, the harder it becomes for us to drive them away."
With that said, Nabeshima Naoshima said to Shimazu Yoshihiro and Matsuura Takanobu: "Everyone, we need to put aside our past grudges more thoroughly now, concentrate our forces, and destroy these Tang people together!"
Shimazu Yoshihiro and Matsuura Takanobu both nodded in agreement.
Shimazu Yoshihiro has always been a person who has an overall view of the situation. During the historical Wanli Korean War, he did not hesitate to risk losing all the main force of his Shimazu family navy to rescue Konishi Yukino who was besieged by the Ming army in Shuntian Castle. , it can be seen that this person is loyal and knows that the overall situation is the most important thing, so he will naturally not refuse to continue to increase troops.
As the lord of the Hirado clan, Matsuura Takanobu was one of the culprits in history who colluded with Wang Zhi to plunder the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the Matsuura Peninsula where the Ming army now landed was his territory. He wanted to drive the Ming army out the most, so naturally he Will not refuse.
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As a result, Nabeshima Naoshige and Shimazu Yoshihiro directly mobilized all the troops in Hirado Castle, a total of 20,000 people, and killed Wu Weizhong's troops in Futian again.
Wu Weizhi had long expected that the Japanese would not give up, so he asked the Korean auxiliary soldiers to dig trenches and screens overnight on the pretext of being paid double wages.
The North Korean auxiliary soldiers were very willing to contribute to the generous Heavenly Army. They heard that they were working double duty at night, so they actively dug five trenches and screens overnight and built a simple walled city.
In addition, the arrival of 3,000 fresh troops led by Tong Ziming brought the number of regular Ming army soldiers to 6,000, and there were Yiding sentries who could send warnings in time. Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihiro and other daimyo Still failed to take advantage, and after paying a large number of casualties, still failed to achieve the purpose of driving away the landing Ming army.
Daimyos such as Shimazu Yoshihiro and Nabeshima Naoshima had to increase their troops again.
Especially Nabeshima Naoshige. He personally went back to Saga Castle and Bungo Castle to meet with Ryuzoji Takanobu and Otomo Sorin, and persuaded Ryuzoji Temple to give him 10,000 more troops. He also persuaded Otomo Sonoto to send additional troops. With Tahara's family as the general, he led an army of 20,000 to come to the rescue.
As an important minister of Ryuzoji Temple, Nabeshima Naoshige still has great prestige and has always had a far-sighted vision, so he actively mobilized the two largest forces in the two northern and Kyushu states to increase their troops to deal with the Ming army.
And Shimazu Yoshihiro also added 5,000 troops from his own Shimazu family.
The number of Japanese pirates attacking Futian Ming Army suddenly increased from the original strength to 50,000 troops.
However, during this period, Ma Gui and Lou Nan also brought the second batch of Ming troops to Futian three days later and joined Wu Weizhong's troops, which increased the number of regular Ming troops to tens of thousands.
The two sides have entered the stage of fueling tactics.
However, after the Japanese pirates increased their troops, they still failed to defeat the Ming army that landed, and even chipped their front teeth. Ma Gui led his own guards to ambush them, and suffered heavy losses.
The Japanese pirates had to increase their troops again.
The famous names such as Ma Harunobu, Asu Weimitsu, Kumabe Chikinaga, etc., also realized that the coming Ming army was really scary, so they had to put aside their thoughts of self-protection and also sent their own troops.
Suddenly, after another ten days, the Japanese pirates increased their troops to more than 80,000.
Qi Jiguang also led 5,000 officers and soldiers to Futian at this time, which increased the total strength of the Ming army by nearly 20,000.
After Qi Jiguang arrived, because the Ming army was strong enough not to worry about a large-scale siege by Japanese slaves, he launched an attack on Hirado City and surrounded it.
Shimazu Yoshihiro, Nabeshima Naoshige, Arima Harunobu and other Kitakyushu daimyo had no choice but to come from Saga Castle to aid Hirado Castle.
But Qi Jiguang came to the encirclement point for reinforcements. Since he was a senior commander of the Ming Empire, and because the 20,000 Ming troops who came to Hizen were basically his old troops, he could carry out his orders to the letter, which made him They mobilized 15,000 southern soldiers to attack Hirado Castle, and made a long-distance attack to the mountains between Hirado and Saga, where Ye Bushou had already passed through the Japanese guides. The territory was ambushed and suffered heavy losses. Arima Harunobu was even captured alive. The general of the Otomo family, Tahara Inami, also took the initiative to commit seppuku because of his injuries.
The Japanese pirates once again failed to drive away the landing Ming army.
But by this time, the Japanese pirates in Kyushu could no longer mobilize more troops, because they were not the Ming Dynasty and did not have that many troops. The deployment of 80,000 troops was already their limit.
What's more, the Japanese pirate daimyo are not absolutely centralized in their own territories. There are many semi-independent small daimyo and powerful people under them. They need to have enough force to suppress them, otherwise these small daimyo and powerful people will directly become independent.
Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihiro suggested at this time: "Ask Hideyoshi Hashiba for help."
Matsuura Takanobu nodded quickly after hearing this: "That's all."
"What's the difference between this and luring a wolf into the house?"
Nabeshima Naoshima asked directly and said: "Besides, he can't get away now, he hasn't solved the problems caused by the Honnoji incident yet!"
The so-called Honnoji Incident refers to the fact that Oda Nobunaga, who was supposed to end the chaos of the Japanese Warring States Period and unify the entire Japanese Kingdom, was killed by his subordinates in a surprise attack in June of the ninth year of Wanli.
And precisely because of Oda Nobunaga's sudden death, the major names who surrendered to Oda Nobunaga had to fight again to find a new overlord.
Therefore, Naoshima Naoshima said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi could not get away now, and said at this time: "I even have reason to suspect that the Ming Dynasty deliberately sent troops after Honnoji Temple."
Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "As for Kitakyushu, we can only hold on to the city first, and wait until Hideyoshi Hashiba ends the chaos. According to the information provided by our friends among the Tang people, there will also be Tang people coming from Dinghai over there. I have to return to Satsuma Domain first to provide support.”
Naoshima Naoshima and Matsuura Takanobu nodded.
As a result, the daimyo of Kitakyushu did not launch an attack on the landing Ming army. On the contrary, the Ming army took this opportunity to capture Hirado Castle.
And the partial divisions led by Yu Dayou and Chen Lin, totaling tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, did indeed take seven days to reach the Satsuma Kingdom from Dinghai Kaiyang.
The lord of the Satsuma Domain, Yoshihisa Shimazu, basically asked his younger brother Yoshihiro Shimazu to take the navy to Kitakyushu, so he gave up the tactic of using the navy to stop the Ming army, and instead took the initiative to shrink the strategy and go to the mountains around Satsuma Castle. He set up an ambush and sent an elite squad to the inner coastal city to lure the Ming army into the ambush circle, intending to defeat the Ming army by fishing for a wild ambush.
There was nothing that could be done about it. The Japanese state was no better than the Ming Dynasty, and its comprehensive national strength was limited. It was difficult for the naval force to be large enough to deploy thousands of warships in two places at the same time.
However, the reason why the Shimazu family concentrated their naval forces in Kitakyushu to resist the Ming army landing from Korea was that they obviously did a good job in intelligence work. They learned from the Ming coastal gentry who colluded with them that the Ming army mainly came from the north to be land infantry. , The main people coming from Dinghai were naval forces, so they chose to concentrate the naval forces in Kitakyushu.
Shimazu Yoshihisa's method of luring the enemy deeper was a wise decision.
The Shimazu family of Japan has always been known as the "king of darkness" and attaches great importance to tutoring.
Shimazu Takahisa, who reunified the Shimazu family during the Warring States Period, commented on his three sons in this way, saying that Shimazu Yoshihisa could understand the general situation and be good at making decisions; Shimazu Yoshihiro was brave and strategic; Shimazu was a strategist for many years; Shimazu Everyone knows the art of war and strategy for a long time.
In fact, because the Japanese country is now in the Warring States Period, the great names have been fighting for years, and those who can become a force are not simple people.
Tachibana Michiyuki and Nabeshima Naoshige were all famous in Japan at this time.
However, the Ming Dynasty is now in a period of rising national power. The rulers are enlightened and courageous in reform. They only select talents based on merit. Therefore, capable ministers and famous generals are also in a period of blowout.
Therefore, even though the Japanese country was said to have many capable people during this period, the Ming Dynasty generals who stood out among the tens of thousands of officials and generals in the country were not vegetarians, and the historical military combat experience that can be used for reference is not comparable to that of the Japanese. , the tactics that seemed very clever to the Japanese were easy to see in front of the Ming Dynasty's famous generals.
Therefore, Wu Weizhong and others were not fooled.
Naturally, Yu Dayou, Chen Lin and others were not fooled. After landing, they still followed the strategy prearranged by the Privy Council Fang Fengshi, Liu Xian and other famous ministers and veterans. They only dug trenches and set up screens near the inner city of Satsuma, leaving Shimazu Yoshihisa. Unable to take advantage of his geographical advantage, Shimazu Yoshihisa finally had to withdraw the ambush.
Qi Jiguang had a conversation with Arima Harunobu, who was captured alive, in Hirado Castle, and asked him to act as an intermediary to bring a message to Shimazu, Otomo, and Ryuzoji, the three largest daimyo in Kyushu, stating that the Ming Dynasty intended to negotiate with them. He also stated that if there was no negotiation, Ming Dynasty would continue to increase its troops, advance from the north to the south, and completely conquer Kyushu.
