The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 328 Decisive Battle in the Country of Sakura (1)

Usually, the scope of Iwami Ginzan includes the Yinshan Gate around the Yinzan, Yadao Castle, Yataki Castle, Iwami Castle, Tomonura, Hot Spring Tsuchongbo, etc. It is about 20 kilometers long.

Among them, the Yinshan Gate is the core of the silver mine, where workers and artisans live.

From the Yinshan Gate to the west, east, and north, there is a defensive castle, namely Yabai Castle, Yataki Castle, and Iwami Castle. To the south is a difficult mountain road, which connects the famous Okubomabu, because the mountain road is steep. But small, easy to defend and difficult to attack, so no castle was built.

Yabai Castle is located 2.5km to the west of Yinshanzha. It is a defensive mountain castle built by the local defenders in the past.

As one of the castles defending the Iwami Silver Mountain, it has also been on the historical stage to witness the battle for the Silver Mountain many times.

Ding Yi took all the generals in Yadao City at this time.

He came here once in early August, and only after he came up did he realize that it was not easy to capture Ishijian Yinshan.

If it weren't for the Iwami Ginzan where there was no war in the Tokugawa Shogunate era in Japan, he would not have defeated it so easily.

Now his soldiers and horses are guarding the three cities and the mountain roads, they are as solid as gold.

From the occupation of Yinshan at the end of July to the present, his soldiers and horses have been rebuilding the three cities, and the current defense is tighter than before. In Zhao Dashan's words, apart from food, what can break here is endless soldiers. Horses and ants are attached, but both are impossible.

The only thing that worries Ding Yi is Tomonoura Port under Yinshan Mountain.

This is the place where their warships docked, but with sailors and artillery on the warships, they were not afraid of the coalition forces approaching, or they were afraid that the coalition forces would cut off their food and attack the Hirado grain transport fleet at sea.

But Ding Yi didn't care about the sea at the moment, he sent out the cavalry, led by Chen Shiyou, and all the infantry guarded on the mountain.

Now standing beside him are the generals, and another retainer of Matsui, Matsui Bantomo.

Itato Matsui will be his terrain guide and logistics supply leader here.

Ding Yi felt very comfortable with the feeling of a Japanese traitor beating Japan.

"We are at this position now." Ding Yi pointed to a sand table on the ground and said.

This is the first time he has used a sand table to fight.

I was in Lushun before, and everyone there is too familiar with the terrain, so there is no need to talk about it.

But here, he is not familiar with the place of life, and Ding Yi can build this Yinshan sand table by relying on the rape of Matsui boardmate.

"As expected, Ota Zizong's soldiers and horses will arrive this evening at the earliest, and tomorrow morning at the latest. According to the fighting habits, they may rest for one night and arrive tomorrow morning."

"Yabai Castle is the most important castle, and it is also the only way to pass. You can see it by looking at the sand table. The front here is several hundred meters wide, and it is most suitable for a large number of soldiers, horses and ants. Therefore, it is very likely that Ota Zizong Attack here."
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Ota Zizong is 33 years old this year. He is in the prime of life. He is Tokugawa's confidant and the lord of the Shimono Kingdom.

The same feudal lord, he was very upset with Matsubu Takanobu, because Matsubu occupied Hirado Port and was the richest feudal lord in Japan.

The proposed tax increase this time is his proposal.

Unexpectedly, when the implementation was confirmed and started, there were pirates who captured Iwami Ginzan. According to his intuition, he must have colluded with foreigners.

He knew that there was Zheng Zhilong in the Ming Dynasty, who was a great pirate with tens of thousands of soldiers, and had a good relationship with Songpu.

That’s fine, this time I’ll teach these Ming people a lesson, and when I turn around, I’ll send troops to Hirado.

When Ota Zizong came, Tokugawa Iegawa had already reached an agreement to attack the Ming people first, and then return to Jun Hirado, and then see Matsubura Takanobu, dare not be disobedient.

He brought the shogunate army to Daejeon on the afternoon of the 22nd, and set up camp immediately. Currently, it is less than five miles away from Iwami Ginzan.

Seven miles away is the Ming army garrison.

The two sides were separated by mountains, and the Ming army didn't even realize that they were here.

At this time Ishijian Guofan's lord Chimu Shenghe stood aside respectfully, and Ota Zizong was standing on the top of the mountain with dozens of horsemen, holding a Western-style telescope in his hand.

Behind him, there are three other daimyos and many generals, and at the bottom of the mountain, there are densely packed military camps.

"How many Ming people are there?" Ota Zizong asked around.

"I don't know. Some people say tens of thousands, some say five or six thousand. Anyway, it's a lot. Two small castles and walls were built around Yadao City." Chimu Shenghe said.

"So fast?" Ota Zizong was dumbfounded. It has only been more than a month since the Ming people landed, and the fort and the wall have been dug?

"Ming people conscripted a large number of common people, each with a hundred Wen a day, and many people went to help." Chimu Shenghe sighed.

"..." Ota Zizong was even more shocked.

"This group of smart people are very cunning." Chimu said again: "It is said that when dealing with the common people, they are gentle and polite, they also help with cleaning, and buy food at high prices. In Xiaofan's country, many common people are willing to help them do things." Here is In the red-eyed country, his people were requisitioned by Ding Yi, and he was helpless.

Ota Zizong's face was gloomy, and he quickly said: "Immediately order that all the common people in the vicinity be moved out, and those who dare to stay will be killed without hesitation."

"Within a radius of [-] miles, from Renmo in the north, to Datian in the south, and to Heye in the east, no common people of our country should be left, and all the grain fields should be burned."

The generals were puzzled, and someone asked: "Why is this so? A mere pirate will be defeated in one blow? Why do you need to fortify the wall and clear the field?"

Ota Zizong said: "Ming people did not come to invade our country. They came to occupy rocks and see silver mountains. They also built forts and walls. They must want to fight a protracted war."

"The food and rice for so many of them is a problem. As long as the surrounding grain fields are destroyed and the common people are moved away so that they cannot supply, even if we are defeated, they will definitely leave. If we lose before we fight, this principle, You don't understand?"

Immediately, another human said: "There is more than 1000 mu of land near Ishijian Yinshan. The people of Ming Dynasty can rely on this for a period of time."

Ota Zizong asked, how many workers are there?
He replied, more than 300.

Ota Zizong Dao counted 4000, plus Ming people counted [-], [-] people, this little field, they are not enough to eat.

Chimu Shenghe quickly proposed: "We should dispatch the navy to see if there is a chance to deal with the warships of the Cassia Ming people and cut off their supplies at sea."

Ota Zizong thought about it, nodded slowly, yes.

Someone also proposed to attack Iwami Castle in the north, but it was immediately rejected.

Because they have a large number of soldiers and horses, and there is very little space for ants to attach to Iwami City, it is not suitable for a large number of soldiers and horses to rush up.

In the end, as Ding Yi thought, Ota Zizong planned to take advantage of his large number of people and plan to attach himself to Shizuo City.

On that day, they rested for one night, prepared their equipment, and attacked tomorrow, first to test Mingren's strength.

(End of this chapter)