My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 348 The Battle Begins

With the withdrawal of various daimyos, the guarding force of Hirado Port dropped sharply, so that the landing troops commanded by Zhang Fu himself entered Hirado Castle very smoothly.

Although the Japanese in the city resisted desperately, but the gap in strength was too great, and their resistance would not have much effect at all.

In the end, Zhang Fu commanded the army to capture the entire Hirado Castle, and Matsuura Hironobu led the remaining few thousand people and retreated to the pier in the north, but this place was also a desperate place. There were Ming warships patrolling the sea, and Ming's army was behind.

Instead of defending Zhang Fu, he did not attack immediately, but asked people to come forward to persuade them to surrender. After all, the trapped beasts will still fight, which may cause greater casualties to the army, so it is of course better if the opponent can voluntarily surrender.

However, Matsuura Hironobu had a tough temper, he would rather die in battle than surrender, and finally fell under Daming's musket. After most of his men died in battle, the rest also chose to surrender.

After this battle, Hirado Island changed hands. Compared with Iki Island, Hirado Island is more prosperous and its location is more important. Taking control of this island means that the peripheral forces of Kyushu have been wiped out by Ming Dynasty, and the next step is Attack on Kyushu Island.

Kikuchi Kantomo and Otomo Kishi who fled back immediately discussed again, and each family took out all the troops they had kept at the bottom of the box, and finally organized a total of [-] coalition troops, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army in Kyushu.

However, Zhang Fu was not in a hurry to enter Kyushu, but rested in Hirado for half a month. At the same time, he asked Zhang Fu to command the navy's warships to attack several ports in a row along the coastline of Kyushu, mainly by setting fire to the ports. Ships docked in the middle, try to weaken the sea power of the Japanese.

Under the successive blows by the Daming Navy, all the ports in Kyushu suffered huge blows. Although it cannot be said to be a disaster, all ports suffered heavy losses, especially the ships docked in the ports, most of which were burned down.

While attacking various ports in Kyushu, Zhang Fu also released many prisoners of war and asked them to announce Kuan He's identity. At the same time, it also showed that Ming came to support the Southern Dynasty, not to invade Japan.

But if someone dares to stop Da Ming's army, it means that the other party wants to stop Da Ming from helping the Wa country to suppress the rebellion, and they are standing on the opposite side of Da Ming, and will definitely bear Da Ming's wrath at that time.

For example, people like Matsuura Hironobu dared to stop Daming's navy before, so they suffered a catastrophe.

Under Zhang Fu's propaganda, huge turmoil was also set off in Kyushu.

Some people who were loyal to the Southern Dynasty felt that Ming Dynasty really came to help Japan. Now that the Ashikaga Shogunate is covering the sky with one hand, it is impossible to fight against the Shogunate with only the remnants of the Southern Dynasty forces. Only Daming, a behemoth, can help them destroy the Shogunate.

But there are also some people who feel that Da Ming is not at all well-intentioned. Leaving aside whether that Kuan He's identity is true or false, just because they invaded Kyushu without authorization, it is absolutely impossible for them to come with good intentions.

Of course, there are some people who know that Da Ming has bad intentions, but feel that they can use Da Ming's power to overthrow the shogunate that they hate even more, so they can completely show their favor to Da Ming with false intentions.

It can be said that there are all kinds of views on Da Ming, and even some bold ones are already preparing to contact Da Ming secretly.

This is also the purpose of Zhang Fu. He sent people to spread the news in order to eliminate some people's hostility towards them. Only in this way, the resistance to attacking Kyushu will be the least.

Half a month later, Zhang Fu finally commanded his army, crossed the Hirado Strait by boat, and officially set foot on the land of Kyushu.

Since the navy was wiped out and various ports were severely hit, the daimyos in Kyushu have lost the courage to compete with Daming at sea, or they have recognized the reality.

Even when Zhang Fu and the others landed in Kyushu, the Kyushu Allied Forces did not stop them, because they were afraid that they would be attacked by Ming warships when they approached the sea.

Therefore, the Kyushu coalition forces took the initiative to retreat, and finally the armies of the two sides met outside the Juchi clan's Yutu City.

Uto Castle was once attacked by the Ashikaga Shogunate's army, which greatly reduced the strength of the Kikuchi clan, but later the Kikuchi clan rebuilt Uto Castle. Although it was not as prosperous as before, it also recovered a bit.

Outside Yutu City is an open plain, and the Ming and Kyushu allied forces have formed formations on the plain, and a big battle between the two sides is imminent.

Otomo personally commanded the decisive battle. With a wave of his hand, the cavalry on the left immediately rushed out.

The cavalry has always been the trump card army in the hands of various daimyos. Even the powerful daimyos generally cannot afford too many cavalry, and even a few hundred cavalry can determine the outcome of the battlefield.

But this time, Otomo gathered the cavalry of each daimyo and practiced for a period of time, so that the cavalry could be integrated and be able to exert more powerful strength.

There were more than 3000 people in this joint cavalry. When the horses galloped on the battlefield, countless Japanese were also amazed, because it was the first time for many people to see so many cavalry attacking together.

However, there was also a cavalry from the Ming army on the opposite side. On the battlefield, only cavalry can intercept cavalry. This is a fact recognized by many strategists.

At the beginning, the two cavalry were far away, and nothing could be seen, but when the two cavalry got closer, Otomo's relatives and others all changed their expressions, even the Japanese general who led the cavalry also showed a look of shock color.

Although they are all cavalry, when the two cavalry approached, they realized that the Japanese cavalry looked a few sizes smaller, especially the war horses they were proud of. donkey.

In fact, this is also normal. The Japanese country is an island country, and the local horses are very short. Even the selected war horses are much smaller than the war horses of Ming Dynasty. Compared with the cavalry, it is as ridiculous as a group of dolls riding donkeys.

"Boom~"

When the two cavalrymen slammed into each other fiercely, the difference in body size was immediately revealed. The cavalrymen of Ming Dynasty were like a sharp long arrow, smashing the cavalrymen of Kyushu into pieces all at once. , Japanese cavalry soldiers were chopped off their horses every moment.

Seeing the cavalry that he carefully cultivated was massacred one-sidedly by the Daming cavalry, the big names who supervised the battle in the rear were shocked, but also felt extremely terrified. Even their most elite troops ended up like this. Does that also mean that they Want to lose today's decisive battle?

Seeing that his cavalry had the upper hand, Zhang Fu saw that with a big wave of his hand, the right wing and the central army also pressed forward across the board. The musketeers and archers took the lead in attacking, and the projectiles and arrow rain flew together, reaping the lives on the battlefield wantonly.

(End of this chapter)