The Maori family knows that their strength is puffy and will break if touched, but this is definitely not the case for the Shimazu family. The situation of their family is very different from that of the Maori family.
Gao Pragmatic smiled at Huang Zhiting and said, "Zhiting, do you know why I chose to use economic penetration to gradually control the Shimadzu family?"
Huang Zhiting frowned and said, "Because his family is particularly short of money?"
"This is indeed the direct reason." Gao Pragmatic chuckled, turned the tea cup around, and said, "However, the strength of his family is also inseparable from this."
Huang Zhiting suddenly looked half-smiling, slightly raised her eyebrows, and said, "Isn't this a metaphor for the wolf soldiers of the Cen and Huang families?"
Gao pragmatic waved his hand and said: "Where did you think of it? I didn't mean it... However, if you insist on comparing it like this, the situations of the Shimazu family and the Cen and Huang families are actually quite similar, but I said The similarity is not mainly due to lack of money, but that your governance situations have certain similarities."
"Oh?" Huang Zhiting's heart moved, and she seemed to have some guesses, but she did not speak.
Gao pragmatically said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs once reported that before Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Kyushu expedition, the configuration of the Shimadzu family's various ministries was roughly as follows:
From Ijuin Tadō and Kawakami Tadachi, who are in charge of government affairs, and Kaguyama Zenhisa, who is in charge of diplomacy, to Higo area general-general Shimazu Yoshihiro, Higo area deputy general Shimazu Hisashi, and Bungo area general-general who are in charge of all aspects of military affairs. Shimazu Iehisa, Bungo's deputy general Shimazu Izhisa, and navy general Shimazu Tadaga (Shimazu Yoshihisa's younger brother inherited the Shimazu branch of the Isaku Shimazu family), all of these people came from the Shimazu family. Branch family or clan.
These people are all relatives of the Shimazu family, and in the current Shimazu family, basically only samurai who are from relatives can participate in decision-making, which can be called nepotism. "
Huang Zhiting frowned slightly and said seriously: "I know nepotism is not a good word, but nepotism is actually far more stable than meritocracy at certain times."
"That's right." Gao Pragmatic nodded and said: "This is what makes the Shimadzu family so powerful. Since the Kamakura period when they were granted the title of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga in Southern Kyushu, the Shimadzu family has grown rapidly. Extremely amazing.
During the reign of the second generation Shimazu Tadashi, the Nakanuma, Aso Valley, Yamada, Ijuin, Giri, and Machida branches were divided;
When the three generations of Shimadzu had been together for a long time, the Isaku Shimadzu branch was divided;
During the fourth generation of Shimazu Tadamune, the Sado, Shinna, Huashan, Hokugo, and Ishizaka clans were divided;
The fifth generation of Shimazu Sadahisa divided the Kawakami branch and the Suizhou and Oshu branch families. Later, the Shimazu Oshu family inherited the status of the clan. From then on, the head of the Shimazu clan was called Mutsu Mamoru for generations;
The eighth-generation head of the family, Shimazu Hisatoyo, split into two branches, Sashu and Toyoshu;
The ninth generation of Tadakuni Shimazu divided the general branch of Katsura, Kasui, and Kiiri, as well as the Xiangzhou Shimazu branch, and inherited the extinct Izuro Shimazu branch with his third son Shimazu Hisayasu. This is Shimazu Takahisa. 's great-grandfather. "
Huang Zhiting pursed her lips and smiled and said: "I am quite familiar with this situation. Not to mention the Cen family, let's just say that our Huang family was in southern Guangxi at the time, which was almost similar to this situation... So more children mean more blessings. "
Gao Pragmatic said with emotion: "But the Shimazu family, in addition to the amazing reproductive ability of the clan, the other common branches are also not lagging behind. Especially the Ijuin family, when the fourth generation Ijuin Tadakuni gave birth to forty-eight children in one breath, so The power increased greatly, and a large number of common branches were divided into Igakura, Hioki, Mugiuda, Oishige, Kurokuzuhara, Dobashi, Toibatsu, Shibon, Irisa, Nango, Matsushita, Maruta and so on.
Because he was so fertile, Shimazu Hisashi, the sixth-generation governor of the Shimazu family at that time, had to marry his daughter as his wife, and then married his own daughter to his grandson Ijuin Yori. for a long time, and then married several times.
Up to now, although the Ijuin family is the earliest branch of the Shimazu family, it is more prominent than recent branches and even branch families. Its head, Ijuin Tadō, is currently serving as the head of the Shimazu clan. "
Huang Zhiting nodded, obviously she did understand this situation very well, but at the same time she couldn't help but have questions, and asked: "But if this is the case, why did the Shimadzu family rule for hundreds of years, and then the outbreak happened in the past few years?" He almost conquered the entire Kyushu once, but he had almost no reputation before?"
"That's a good question. I was quite puzzled about this before. Later, I sent someone to investigate and found out what was going on." Gao said pragmatically: "Actually, it is because the Shimazu family has too many branches and too many relatives. Guangzhou, so the Shimazu family has been in constant internal strife for many years, fighting for the status of the clan. It was not until Shimazu Takahisa succeeded to the throne that things were completely sorted out.
It can even be said that the reason why Shimazu Takahisa was able to rise to the top was thanks to a series of opportunities, and it took three consecutive generations of hard work to achieve what he wanted. "
Perhaps because the situation of the Shimadzu family was somewhat similar to that of the Huang family toast, Huang Zhiting became very interested and quickly asked what was going on.
Gao Pingshi was very happy to answer her questions, so he said: "Well, that's the case. The first generation is Shimazu Takahisa's grandmother Tokiwahime. She was a beauty from the Shinna family, and her husband Shimazu Zenhisa died young. Later, she took over the position of the head of the Isaku Shimazu family, and soon gained the admiration of Shimazu Unhisa from the Soshu family. He married her on the condition that she guaranteed the status of her child Shimazu Tadayoshi, and she married Shimazu Unn. After a long time, her children inherited both the Yi family and the Xiangzhou family, which were closest to the Zong family.
The second generation is Shimazu Takahisa's father, Shimazu Tadayoshi. At that time, the Shimazu family was very weak, and the status of the family governor, Shimazu Tadakee, was still in question. He was originally only the third son, and he was adopted into the Yingwa family early, but because the two brothers who served as family governors died early one after another, There was no heir left, so he relied on the support of Shimazu Minoru of the Sashu family (father of Shimazu Yoshitora) and returned to the clan to succeed the family governor. He also married Minoru's sister and changed his name to Shimazu Katsuhisa.
However, just a few years after he took the throne, Katsuhisa had a conflict with Minoru, so he had to give up the service position of Satsuma Guardian (note: in Japan at that time, official positions were given by the imperial court, and service positions were given by the shogunate). After a long time, he was almost forced to give up his position as a monk.
So Shimazu Tadayoshi took the opportunity to intervene, and gave his legitimate son Shimazu Takahisa to Katsuhisa as his adopted heir, becoming the heir of the clan. The second son Shimazu Sosho (father of Shimazu Ikuhisa) and the third son Shimazu Naohisa (Shimazu Tadayoshi) The elder's father), inherited the Shimazu family of Xiangzhou and the Shimazu family of Isaku respectively.
By the third generation, it was Shimazu Takahisa himself. He exiled Shimazu Sanehisa of the Sashu family and Shimazu Katsuhisa of the clan family to Bungo Kingdom, and then blocked Shimazu Sanehisa's counterattack, forcing him to surrender to the clan clan and give up his position as head of the clan to his legitimate son Yoshitora. , and then he chose to live in seclusion and arranged for Shimazu Yoshitora to marry his eldest granddaughter Aping (Yoshihisa's eldest daughter) as his main wife.
The Toyoshu family was driven out of the Hyuga Kingdom by the Ito family and could only go to Satsuma to rely on Shimazu Takahisa. After winning the Battle of Ogawa, they returned to the Hyuga Kingdom and obtained the Miyazaki County from Shimazu Iehisa. territory. "
"Wait a minute..." Huang Zhiting wondered: "Shimazu Yoshitora is Shimazu Takahisa's legitimate son. Takahisa, the father, asked his son to marry his eldest granddaughter? Is he marrying his own daughter or niece?"
Gao Pragmatic shrugged and said: "In Japan, it seems that as long as you are not a compatriot with the same mother, there is no taboo. In fact, such a connection between the Shimadzu family - that is, marriage - is even more common."
Huang Zhiting put her hand on her forehead and was speechless.
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "For the Shimazu clan, those relatives need to be won over, and if they want to promote talents, the relatives throughout the three countries of Southern Kyushu can actually provide enough choices, and even Marriage basically does not fall outside the scope of each branch family and branch clan.
For example, the current head of the family, Shimazu Yoshihisa, in order to strengthen the bond with Shimazu Naohisa, the uncle of the author, he married Naohisa's half-sister, Mrs. Hanasun, as his main wife - don't glare at me, that's really it. His own aunt. "
When Gao Pingshi said this, he suddenly thought that from this point of view, the union between Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu was nothing.
Although Huang Zhiting reluctantly admitted that different places have different customs, she still couldn't help frowning and said: "But this way of running a family is certainly conducive to ensuring the cohesion and loyalty of the family, but the ability of the relatives is a problem. If the entrusted If you are not a human being, you will probably fail more than you succeed."
"Yes, that's the truth." Gao Pragmatic nodded, but said with a wry smile: "However, what is amazing is that most of the relatives who are currently in charge of affairs in the Shimazu family are actually people with outstanding talents. Nakaya can be regarded as a momentary leader, and these leaders of various branches and clans seem to have all appeared in this period, thus creating the current strength of the Shimazu family."
Huang Zhiting was speechless for a while, then reluctantly said: "It may also be because of the unification and rise of the Shimazu clan that these relatives have a stage to perform, thus surpassing their respective ancestors... Who knows?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled and nodded: "Maybe, but after all, most of the people in the Shimadzu family are very capable. This is always a fact. I am not interested in exploring the reasons. I just need to understand this objective reality. "
Huang Zhiting thought for a while and analyzed: "In other words, it is really not easy to eliminate such a Shimazu family with relatives all over the territory. It is almost impossible to kill them all. Even if the Shimazu family is eliminated, it will be almost impossible. A family will emerge from the Oita family to take over and continue to be enemies with the former clan in the name of revenge.
For example, if we want to ruthlessly wipe out all the major branches, there will still be ten or twenty Shimazu clans after that, and then there will be common people in each branch... After all, according to what the master said, for any Shimadzu clan, The title of the clan means the protection of the three states, the name of the family that lasts for hundreds of years, and the ability to rule the relatives spread across the three states. These are all things that we must strive for, right? "
Gao pragmatic nodded and admitted: "Yes, if I want to be an enemy of them, then unless I continue to maintain strong pressure on Nankyushu for decades, or like Oda Nobunaga's treatment of the Takeda family, I will destroy a family. Only by annihilating them all, regardless of distance, can this situation be prevented.
However, I cannot guarantee the former situation. After all, it is impossible for me and Jinghua to focus both of my attention on a mere Minami Kyushu. In the latter case, facing the Shimadzu family, which has many times more relatives than the Takeda family, it is estimated that even Oda Nobunaga's resurrection may not be able to completely eradicate it.
Because of this, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who inherited his status and career, although he defeated the Shimazu family, still appointed Yoshihisa Shimazu as the guardian of Satsuma and Yoshihiro as the guardian of Osumi, which can be regarded as barely dividing the power of the Shimazu family—— The actual effect is still unknown. "
In fact, Gao Pragmatic hasn't finished speaking yet. During the Battle of Sekigahara, Shimazu Yoshihiro participated in the Western Army, and after the Western Army was defeated, in order to fight a bloody road, he directly attacked Ieyasu's main formation, and was only a few dozen steps away from Tokugawa Ieyasu himself. The situation was once very critical.
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who unified Japan after the war, still did not touch the Shimadzu family's Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga counties and territories. The Tokugawa shogunate even married the Shimadzu family three times and married the Shimadzu daughter twice. As the main wife of the shogun, the Shimazu family became the only family among the samurai family that had ever left the Edo Imperial Palace, apart from the imperial family, the palace family and the five secretarial families.
It can be seen that although the Shimazu family's territory seems small, the three countries of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga that their family occupies are places that no one dares to set foot in easily. Even the Tokugawa shogunate, the most dominant shogunate in Japanese history, could only rely on financial suppression and marriage to maintain the relationship between the two parties.
But at this moment, Huang Zhiting was thinking: "The clan power is so powerful that it is not convenient for the court to get involved easily. This is the same as our Cen and Huang families in western Guangxi and southern Guangxi. However, the clan power alone cannot do this. , and there must be enough force to make the imperial court...well, the imperial court also find it a bit difficult."
Gao Pingshi smiled and said: "Isn't it already obvious what the Shimazu family's military strength is? Yes, his family's military strength has always been small. When he conquered almost the entire Kyushu, his family's military strength was only about 25,000. .
Later, in order to cope with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 200,000--the so-called 300,000-strong army's Kyushu expedition, the Shimadzu family tried their best but could only raise an army of more than 30,000 and less than 40,000, which is better than you, Cen Huang and Liang. Home is really different.
However, the Shimazu family's soldiers can be regarded as truly elite soldiers in Japan, and even the performance of his family's peasant soldiers is almost as good as the professional soldiers after the Oda family separated soldiers and peasants. "
"Really? How strong is it?" After all, there was only one afternoon, and Huang Zhiting seemed to have not yet been able to understand it to this extent, so she couldn't help but raise questions.
Seeing that she didn't believe it, Gao pragmatic said: "How powerful... Well, let me give you a few examples. Several key battles fought by the Shimadzu family in recent years, such as the Battle of Kizakihara where they defeated the Ito family, were three hundred vs. three thousand; the Otomo family's battle with Ergawa was 20,000 vs. 35,000;
The battle of Okita-nobu where the Ryuzoji family was defeated was 8,000 versus tens of thousands (Note: There is controversy in Japanese historians about the strength of the Ryuzoji family in this battle. Estimates of the Ryuzoji family’s military strength at that time ranged from 18,000 to 6,000. It ranges from 10,000 to 10,000. If you average it out, it would be at least 30,000 to 40,000, and the Shimadzu family directly begged Ryuzoji Takanobu himself in this battle. "To ask for" is the Japanese special term for fighting against beheading. , similar to calling going to Beijing "Shangluo", etc.);
The Battle of Hujigawa, which defeated the initial formation of the Four Nations Allied Forces, was also fought between 10,000 and 20,000. In each of these battles, the Shimazu family won great victories with inferior forces. Each time they won cleanly and without any dispute. "
As soon as these examples were laid out, Huang Zhiting's interest immediately increased. She even sat up straight and asked with bright eyes: "Why is this? It is also like the elite of our Cen Huang Lang soldiers, because they grew up in the mountains. , Walking on rugged mountainous terrain feels like walking on flat ground. Many people often fight with wild beasts in the mountains when they are young, and the people have always been fierce. Are the local people not afraid of death? "
"Oh, that might be a little different." Gao Pragmatic thought for a moment and said, "Their family's strength is actually what I mentioned just now... mainly because their family is so fertile."
Huang Zhiting said in surprise: "Why is this related to Tai Neng Sheng?"
Gao Pragmatic couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Because over the hundreds of years, their branches and clans have become particularly fertile, and the men of these branches and clans have been born as warriors and will not turn into ordinary farmers. As a result, the Shimazu family had a particularly large number of samurai, far exceeding the ratio among other daimyo in Japan.
You have to know that the so-called samurai in Japan are not inferior to the scholars of the Ming Dynasty in their spiritual self-confidence, but their self-confidence and efforts are in different directions. The purpose of the Ming Dynasty scholars was to study and become officials, and the purpose of the Japanese samurai was to show their martial name. Therefore, the fighting will of these samurai is strong, far beyond that of ordinary peasants and soldiers.
In this way, which military force - oh, the military force is the army - has a higher proportion of warriors, which basically means a stronger combat effectiveness. The proportion of samurai in the ordinary Japanese daimyo's military force is generally about 10%, which is considered good, but do you know how exaggerated the ratio of samurai is in the Shimadzu family's military force? "
Huang Zhiting hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "...twice as much as a human?"
"Twice? Ha, your guess is too conservative. In fact, it is at least three times the number of people. During several battles in their family, the proportion of warriors was all higher than 30%. Even in rare cases, such as some who defeated the army with elite soldiers. During the battle, the proportion of warriors even exceeded 60% when it was at its highest!"
Gao pragmatic sighed and said: "It's like you lead a thousand people, including 900 guards and 100 servants; I lead 500 people, including 200 guards and 300 servants.
Then you say that if our command levels are almost the same, who has the advantage? What's more, several of the main leading generals of the Shimadzu family are still the choice of famous generals, and the Shimadzu family's "fishing for wild ambush" tactic is also unique in Japan. Wouldn't this advantage be even greater? "
Huang Zhiting nodded with understanding, but immediately asked: "What's going on with this 'Diaoye Fu'?"
"Diao Ye Ambush... In fact, if you put it simply, it is not complicated. It is what we usually call pocket formation." Gao pragmatic explained: "That is to first lure the enemy into the ambush encirclement using pocket formation, and then cooperate with the main force in the rear , surrounded and annihilated the enemy in one fell swoop.”
Huang Zhiting couldn't help but curl her lips after hearing this: "That's it? Isn't this just a bad tactic? I thought there was something unique about it."
"That's not the case." Seeing that Huang Zhiting seemed to be exaggerating, Gao Pingshi said with a slight warning: "This tactic is not difficult to say just by talking about it. It is indeed seen many times in our Chinese war history, but It is actually quite particular and quite difficult to use this strategy to perfection.”
Huang Zhiting smiled and said: "It depends on what kind of soldiers I have. For example, sir, if you let me command a thousand guardsmen now, then I will not be able to use the wild ambush tactic, and I will not dare to use it. However, If I have one thousand wolf soldiers under my command, or troops like the Dingnan garrison, I can deploy this wild ambush tactic immediately."
When she said this, Gao Pragmatic was convinced that she did understand the key to the fishing and ambush tactics. In fact, the most critical part of this tactic lies in the advantage of elite troops, especially the "fishing" part.
For example, let’s take the Otomo battle between the Shimazu family and the Otomo family. The situation at that time was that the Shimazu family's decoy force was only 300 people, and the ambush troops on both wings were about 3,000 people. General Shimazu Yoshihiro was sitting behind.
At noon the next day, a decoy force of 300 people surprised a moving friendly force and then defeated hundreds of reinforcements. Sensing that the situation was not good, Tahara Chiken of the Otomo family sent General Taboku Jinshu to lead the counterattack. The Shimadzu family's decoy troops then retreated according to the tactical arrangement, and Taboku Jinshu pursued them until they were in front of Shimazu Yoshihiro.
Seeing that the time was right, Shimazu Yoshihiro immediately ordered the "nobushi" iron cannons (muskets) on both wings to fire in unison, disrupting the formation of the friendly forces first. Then the Shimazu family took advantage of the large number of samurai, and all the samurai under his command threw their guns and drew their swords. Charge forward bravely.
Although Dayou's army was superior in strength, it was ambushed at first and could not withstand the sudden and explosive charge of this elite army. It immediately became a mess and was soon divided, surrounded and annihilated one by one. Tianbei Zhenzhou himself fought on the spot. die.
At this time, Shimazu Iehisa and Yamada Yunobu, who were originally defending Takashima, also attacked the city at the right time. Under the attack from the front and back, the Otomo army's main formation collapsed instantly.
Although the Shimazu family dispatched 20,000 people and defeated the Otomo family's 35,000 people in this battle, it was considered a battle in which the ratio of numbers between their family and the opponent's army was not particularly large.
However, in fact, the most critical part of the battle was only more than 3,000 people, that is, Shimazu Yoshihiro's department, who was responsible for the specific implementation of the "Fishing Wild Ambush" tactic. Although Shimazu Iehisa and Yamada Yunobu had many people, they The nature of its attack is more about expanding the results.
Speaking of which, Shimazu Yoshihiro seems to have always been good at commanding and using small-scale elite troops. Whether it was when he fought in Korea or during the Battle of Sekigahara, he actually had only 1,500 people under his command both times. . However, even in these two times, his performance was excellent enough. It was difficult for 1,500 people or even 15,000 people to compare with the effect.
For example, in Korea, the Battle of Sizhou, commanded by Shimazu Yoshihiro, was a sudden defeat for the Ming army when it had an obvious advantage in the overall situation. As for the Battle of Sekigahara, he deliberately attacked Tokugawa Ieyasu's main formation in order to escape from the battlefield, and almost killed Ieyasu in front of him. This is enough to show that although the Shimadzu family has a small number of troops, its combat effectiveness is amazing.
However, when it comes to the Battle of Sizhou, I have to explain that there is a saying about later generations that the Ming army lost more than 20,000 people in the Battle of Sizhou... I really don’t know which genius came up with this.
How many troops did the Ming army have in Japan at that time? The total number of Dong Yiyuan's troops and the Korean servants under his command at that time were less than 30,000. If he really lost 20,000 in a battle, how much face could Dong Yiyuan have to save Xiang Shang's head? Not to mention Dong Yiyuan, even if Li Rusong was in office at the time, facing such a huge defeat, that head might have to be moved.
In fact, according to the records in "Records of Shenzong", although Dong Yiyuan was impeached by the imperial censor and was dismissed from his post for a period of time, the Ming court "increased the total number of troops, Ma Gui, the commander-in-chief, to supervise the officers and soldiers of the north and south to fight against the Japanese". He also "used the former commander-in-chief Dong Yiyuan as the counselor under the governor's banner".
This means that Dong Yiyuan continued to lead the army and command operations, but he was only reduced from a service position as a sign of punishment, and his original official position (non-service position) was not even touched. Moreover, the imperial court actually took care of his face and did not let him directly accept the command of the new commander-in-chief Ma Gui. Instead, he was nominally assigned to the command of the governor-the governor was a civil servant and a feudal official. There was no shame in fighting under the governor's command. .
According to the custom of the Ming Dynasty, this move meant that the court did not consider his defeat to be a substantial fault. It was just because he won first and then lost. He lost a bit and lost the court's face, so he had to be fined. A penalty, but the court did not believe that this failure had any serious impact on the entire war situation.
Therefore, although this failure seemed a bit embarrassing, the loss of troops was definitely not many. Moreover, judging from the strength of Shimazu Yoshihiro's troops at the time, it was unlikely that he would actually cause serious losses to the Ming army.
In fact, after the first Battle of Pyongyang in July 1592, the Japanese army of Konishi Governor's Corps complained to the Korean prisoners, saying: "Who said that the Japanese army is weak? They are very capable of fighting! Although they were defeated today, The outcome is determined by fate, and it is actually very difficult for them to resist!" He spoke extremely highly of the defeated first batch of Ming troops who entered the DPRK.
But what happened to the defeat of the first Ming army? It was because Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong in the Ming Dynasty, was forced to send out the army because the North Korean envoy Li Dexin cried and begged for days in front of his house. This army was only sent out by force. This army only consisted of more than 2,300 people from Zu Chengxun's command and 500 North Korean servants. Someone comes.
At that time, Zu Chengxun faced 18,000 troops of Konishi Governor's First Army. Specifically, there were more than 10,000 people in Pyongyang City in front of them. And the reason why he was defeated was because North Korea provided a seriously wrong intelligence-the Intelligence swore that Pyongyang only had "more than a thousand Japanese troops."
As a result, heavy rain during the battle had greatly affected the Ming army's firearms, but what was even worse was that the 400 North Korean servants collapsed at the first touch, which seriously affected the morale of the Ming army. However, the remaining 100 or so North Korean servants were actually friendly with the Japanese troops on the opposite side. Let's talk...
In the evaluation of the Koreans at the time, Konishi's regiment was considered to be the most capable unit among the Japanese army. However, although Konishi's regiment seemed to have won the battle at this time, he was already frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Ming army. .
So a month later in August, when the Japanese military lords met in Wangjing, North Korea, to discuss the next strategy, Governor Konishi made it clear at the meeting that the Ming army was very powerful and must not compete with it.
The big names in the Japanese army who were present at the meeting were also deeply afraid of it. The generals actually proposed to run away collectively and retreat to Pusanpo, the most coastal area of the Korean Peninsula. This was cruel, because this meant that they would start from Korea. Wang Jing, the capital, went directly to the southernmost coastal border area.
It seems that if the naval forces were not under their control, they would even wish to withdraw directly to Japan. Of course, the proposal of the Japanese generals was not adopted in the end because it directly violated Hideyoshi's wishes. But Governor Konishi still sent his brother back to Japan to report to Toyotomi Hideyoshi face to face, telling him directly that the invasion of the Ming Dynasty would be impossible to succeed.
It was precisely in the environment where the Japanese army was deeply afraid of the Ming army that Yoshihiro Shimazu's victory was extremely dazzling, and the names of "Onishi Manzi" and "Onishimazu" resounded throughout the sky.
At this time, Gao Pingshi listened to Huang Zhiting's words and nodded: "Yes, it is not an easy task to lure the enemy to follow the bait into the ambush circle. As a bait soldier, you must be prepared to be surrounded by heavy enemy troops at any time. As for the preparation for sacrifice, the two teams of Kitago Hisamori and Honda Shinji, who served as bait soldiers to lure the enemy during the Battle of Ogawa, also fought bravely with the determination to die, and in the end they were all killed.
On the other hand, as an ambush soldier, you must accurately grasp the timing of sending troops and coordinate with other ambushes. The closeness of the four Shimadzu brothers and the unity of the retainers make such coordination relatively easy.
It is precisely because these are quite difficult that the Shimazu family's "fishing for wild ambush" tactics are clearly used one after another. It stands to reason that no matter how stupid their opponents are, they should be on guard, but it happens that other daimyo soldiers who are their opponents However, they will always be defeated by the same tactics.
Therefore, in my opinion, it is not so much that the "fishing for wild ambush" tactic itself is extremely clever and impossible to guard against, but rather that the overall strength of the Shimadzu family's military force is already clearly superior to their opponents.
Even if the Shimazu family doesn't use any tactics, they can still attack the strong with the weak, but after using tactics, they can achieve greater results with fewer casualties. "
Huang Zhiting nodded and said thoughtfully: "Well... this is a bit like the battle when I defeated the main force of the Burmese army in Mang Yingli. Although I thought my command was pretty good at the time, looking back, even if I At that time, we just set up a grand formation to confront them head-on. In fact, we should be able to win, but our own losses may be greater."
Gao Pragmatic couldn't follow her words, so he had to say: "Commander Qi has always believed that the combat effectiveness of the army cannot only rely on famous teachers and generals, but must improve the overall combat effectiveness of the army itself, so that no matter who is commanding the army, it can Ensure strong enough combat effectiveness.
It was precisely because I agreed with his point of view that I asked him to help train the first batch of servant guards, and then relied on these people as the core backbone to serve as the junior officers responsible for the subsequent training of the guard force. The current major garrison armies have been replaced, and the difference in combat effectiveness between the garrison armies is not too big. "
When Huang Zhiting heard him mention the garrison, she suddenly seemed to remember something. She said seriously: "When it comes to the garrison, I suddenly remembered a big thing, and I want to report it to the master solemnly."
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PS: Because it’s a holiday and it’s too hot outside, I had to stay at home and type. Today I finished an 8,000 chapter. I originally thought it could be divided into two days, but I thought I’d update it all together. I would like to apologize again for the delayed update in the past two days.
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