The three Japanese islands mentioned here refer to the three major islands except Hokkaido. In the impression of the Japanese, Hokkaido is not their land, but the territory of the Ezo people! Only in the late Warring States Period, some defeated daimyo and wandering samurai had no choice but to go to Hokkaido to open up wasteland and compete with the Ezo people for territory. It took many years before Hokkaido was included in the Japanese territory.
The central front collapsed, and the Tiepao Ashigaru were at a loss! The position they are standing in is neither advancing nor retreating! The soldiers of the Wu'an Army on the opposite side also fully considered their difficult situation, so they sent them two rounds of volleys! These iron cannons scurried down the slope, cried and threw away the cannons and ran away, so the entire formation completely collapsed!
Liu Haojia, who was standing at the back, saw this and immediately gave a loud order: "Notify them, and at least pursue them. In addition, let the Marine Corps block the main road of the city, and send sailors and pirates in to wipe out the defeated troops."
After the order was conveyed, the soldiers in the cabinet in front disbanded into several small teams and chased after the Shimazu family. The spearmen's spears were too long for pursuit, so they simply dropped their spears on the spot, picked up the spears discarded by the Japanese on the ground, and chased after them!
As the saying goes, a defeat is like a mountain, and the Shimazu family has no room to deal with it, especially since the soldiers of the Wu'an Army are very organized in their pursuit!
They pursued each other in small groups, always keeping a ready-to-fire ammunition in the barrel. Once they find that the enemy is huddled together, they will approach and fire a round of volley, then go up and stab them with bayonets! After the people are dispersed, they will stay in place to reload ammunition, and the soldiers behind them will pass them and continue to drive back quickly!
The movements of all the teams were very coordinated, just like hammers hitting plaster. All the lumps were broken into pieces, and only powdery slag was left in the end!
Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was standing under the horse seal, was completely stunned! If he hadn't clenched his fist subconsciously, the military equipment in his hand would have fallen to the ground. That would have been a huge shame!
He was completely confused by what he saw in front of him! Shouldn't a war be about testing each other, with one side attacking and the other defending? The two sides always have to fight many times, from morning to dusk, until both sides are exhausted before withdrawing their troops? Why was it that when I was attacking others, I was suddenly attacked by others, and my troops were scattered?
At this time, Shimazu Iehisa rushed over from the side, shook his arm vigorously and shouted: "Brother, make a decision quickly! We can't let this chaos continue, our soldiers are suffering a lot of casualties!"
I have to say that these Japanese soldiers are quite resilient, especially the warriors who are extremely perseverant! Many warriors are either alone or gathered together in three or five people, constantly organizing the soldiers around them to try to resist!
But apart from Tiepao Ashiki who can organize some useful counterattacks, the rest of them will be discovered as long as they get together, and then they will be swept away by lead bullets! So they can't hold on for long if they gather together, and they will collapse soon!
Shimazu Yoshihisa was shaken to consciousness. After thinking quickly, he said: "Let everyone retreat! Let the soldiers retreat to Gori, where we will regroup our forces!"
Shimazu Iehisa said: "What about Tsurunomaru? Are the castle walls also thrown away in vain?"
Shimazu Yoshihisa said helplessly: "There is nothing we can do. We lost this time and have to fight again! When we set off, I left 400 soldiers for Yoshihiro, who should be able to defend Tsurunomaru. As for the Castle Tei Just leave it to the Ming army!"
At this time, the retainers who had been sent out rushed back one after another. They could no longer control the soldiers below, so they simply came back and asked Shimazu Yoshihisa what to do. As a result, Shimazu Yoshihisa said without them reporting: "Everyone, today's defeat is not your fault. It is because we are not familiar with the Ming army's fighting methods! But now is not the time to talk about this. We must work hard to use our soldiers as much as possible. Take them away from the battlefield and evacuate them to Guli, where we will gather the soldiers in the territory and then fight back!"
Seeing that the governor had made a decision, the retainers all felt relieved and agreed to ride their horses and leave again. Because of their organization, the retreat speed of the Japanese soldiers suddenly accelerated. But Liu Haojia didn't take it too seriously. Anyway, he came here this time to train and strengthen troops.
As for the robbery, it doesn't matter whether he killed the main force of the Shimazu family. He only needs two or three days to leave here!
So he saw Shimazu Yoshihisa and others riding away through the telescope, and asked the soldiers to slow down the pursuit so that they could leave. At this time, the Marine Corps and sailor pirates who were assigned to the mission also arrived at their mission locations.
At this time, the Japanese did not have the concept of cities. Except for a few cities such as Kyoto, other cities developed based on castle towers one by one. This is the so-called Chengxiating.
At that time, there were frequent wars in Japan, so daimyo from all over the country would invest huge sums of money to build a fortress, which was the famous castle tower, regardless of conditions. Generally, castle towers are built on mountaintops that are easy to defend but difficult to attack, and Kagoshima also has such a fortress, and its name is Tsurunomaru.
The closest thing to the castle tower is the military camp and the place where officers and their families live. Then, relying on them, complexes such as commercial areas and residential areas appeared. This is a simple prototype of the city. Further down are towns and small villages.
Entering this kind of street fighting, the skills of sailors and pirates immediately became apparent! Especially the pirates themselves are good at fighting this kind of chaos, but they all have some skills, and they are not afraid of anyone in a one-on-one fight!
What's even more outrageous is that when Liu Haojia went out this time, he brought out all the short muskets in stock and distributed them, which also played a great role!
At first, when the pirates rushed in and fought with the defeated soldiers, they were not used to thinking about the short muskets, but when they saw how the sailors used the short muskets, they learned it immediately!
So these pirates imitated the appearance of sailors, as few as three or five people, as many as seven or eight people, rampaging inside the city walls! Once they collide with the defeated soldiers, they raise their hands to empty the short blunderbuss in their hands, then throw the short blunderbuss away and go up to fight.
This is not a waste for the sailors and pirates, because in such an extremely close encounter, it is difficult to have time to insert the musket back into the waist. And if they win, they can naturally pick up the gun and reload it. If you lose the fight, your life will be lost, and the fire blunderbuss will definitely belong to someone else!
