Zhu Fan's military capabilities are not inferior to Zhu Di's.
This battle was of great importance, and the tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers could not be underestimated, so Zhu Fan personally led the troops and set off.
Before setting off, Zhu Fan had obtained a map of the surrounding areas where Japanese soldiers lurked.
The key to combat deployment is not victory, because victory is inevitable when using more to attack fewer and attacking from the dark.
The key point is how to annihilate them all.
The first step is to cut off its escape route.
The escape route for these Japanese soldiers is naturally at sea, and there is a high probability that troops will be stationed there, so Zhu Fan still needs to use sea ships to fight.
On the sea, there is no comparison between the Japanese ships and the Ming Dynasty.
Two days later, the war started.
The lurking Japanese soldiers didn't even react and were stunned by the successive artillery fire.
The loud noise made the commander of the Japanese soldiers shout loudly, but it had no effect.
The Japanese soldiers scurrying around were like headless flies, screaming and running for their lives.
Naturally, it was impossible for 50,000 Japanese soldiers to gather in the same place. Except for the ship guards, the other 40,000 or so Japanese soldiers were basically in seven or eight surrounding villages.
Zhu Fan didn't care at all about the death of the Japanese in the village. According to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, although they were now under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, it was also a serious crime to fail to report the knowledge.
It doesn't matter whether they are Japanese soldiers or civilians, they will all be killed.
Perhaps this is a good thing for Genji Shimoki who came with the army. Because of the large number of tribesmen, those noble samurai will not hide in Shimoki Village at all.
Ordinary Japanese people would not have any contact with Hideo, let alone higher-class samurai.
If there were Japanese soldiers hiding in Xiamu Village, Zhu Fan would never care about the lives of the people in Xiamu Village and would directly bombard them.
This time, Zhu Fan brought almost all the artillery in the city, nearly two hundred in total.
At the Japanese soldiers' place, they only heard a rumbling sound, and then saw artillery fire falling from the sky like raindrops.
Not to mention the people, the entire village was covered by such artillery fire, with almost no intact building.
These villages are all made of wooden structures and cannot stop artillery bombardment at all.
After several rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers were now frightened.
Next came the Ming army's purge.
A large number of Japanese soldiers, led by the Ming army, rushed toward the so-called colleagues.
After betraying their own nation, they were even more ruthless than the Ming army.
As if this could prove his loyalty to the Ming army.
Chinese army tent.
Zhu Fan listened to the military information constantly coming back from the front.
The battle actually didn't last long, but in about two hours, the overall battle was basically over.
The next main thing is to capture the remaining Japanese soldiers.
Most of these villages are surrounded by alpine forests and there are no roads at all.
Many Japanese soldiers ran in in a panic and it was very difficult to capture them.
What Zhu Fan has to do now is to block all the surrounding road checkpoints and force these Japanese soldiers out.
There was no food in the mountains and forests. With so many Japanese soldiers, many were bound to be too hungry to hold on and surrender.
It is much more comfortable to work as a laborer for the Ming Dynasty than to starve in the mountains and forests.
"I report to the prince, a total of 24,736 Japanese soldiers were captured in this battle, and more than 18,000 were killed. According to the interrogation, the total number of Japanese soldiers was more than 53,000, and about 10,000 of them fled into the mountains.
middle."
"Our army lost more than 800 people and injured more than 2,000 people."
The officer in charge of statistics reported to Zhu Fan.
More than 10,000 people ran away, which is normal.
After all, these villages are not like cities. You can run around them. Even if there are seven or eight villages, you can't all be surrounded.
More than 3,000 casualties were obviously worth it in exchange for such great results.
Moreover, basically 99% of the more than 3,000 people were Japanese soldiers subdued by Zhu Fan. Most of the officers and soldiers of the Ming army were responsible for command, and it was left to the Japanese soldiers to charge into battle.
"Very good, the surrounding areas are sealed off. These more than 10,000 people cannot escape."
"I want to reward the three armies with wine and meat. I will tell the soldiers to prepare a big pot and drink wine and eat meat."
Zhu Fan laughed loudly, he really made a lot of money this time.
There are more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, the best mining labor force.
Even if it cannot be used up within the domain, it can still be transported to Luzon.
Luzon currently lacks a large number of laborers.
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Zhu Fan suddenly sent out his army, and the news quickly spread to the ears of the other three vassal kings.
In fact, it is difficult to hide such things from others.
After all, there were hundreds of thousands of people, and the movement of the march was very loud.
Yancheng.
Zhu Di soon got first-hand inside information.
"Burakus, descendants of the Southern Song Dynasty in the early Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties? Zhu Fan is really lucky."
"Then Ashikaga Yoshimitsu lost 50,000 troops in vain. With such a big movement from the second brother, he must have been informed, and he probably didn't dare to come."
Zhu Di was speechless.
Just fight if you say so. It has caused such a big commotion, and now everyone outside knows about the situation.
Without even thinking about it, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu must have many informants here on Kyushu Island. Now that the ambush he set has been wiped out, he will know that the plan has failed if he thinks about it for a moment.
The subsequent battle will be completely impossible to fight.
In fact, when Zhu Di was deducing, he had already guessed that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would probably arrange an ambush.
Before heading to Kitakyushu Castle, we decided to arrange a search for the horse.
Now it's like being cut off by Zhu Fan.
This means that all the benefits were taken away by Zhu Fan.
That's not right, Zhu Di even made 300,000 taels from Xu Huyou.
It seems that no one is at a loss.
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"Damn it!"
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was so angry that his teeth itched.
These were 50,000 elite warriors and a large number of firecrackers, so they were all destroyed.
The most important thing is that most of the daimyo who passed this time were his direct subordinates.
Regardless of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's control of the Japanese military power, in fact many Japanese soldiers would only obey the orders of the daimyo instead of the general.
This greatly weakened Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's power.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The news cannot be hidden for long, because Xiamu Village has been appointed as the new manager by King Zhu Fan of the Jin Dynasty.
Xiamu's surname was abolished and they were allowed to restore their Han surnames.
In terms of class, they are more noble than ordinary Japanese.
Spending thousands of gold to buy horse bones, Zhu Fan promoted many people from Xiamu Village to officials in charge of many Japanese villages within the domain.
After hearing this news, coupled with the information sent back by Hosaku, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't know that he had been betrayed by these despised tribesmen.
"General, if the tribesmen in Xiamu Village will betray us, then the tribesmen in other places will definitely betray us when they hear the news."
"There is an old saying in the Central Plains: to strike first is to gain strength, it is better to clean up all the tribal people on Honshu Island first."
The speaker was Ouchi Shinji, the head of the Ouchi family.
As the ruling family of Nagato Country, the Ouchi family sent many outstanding young talents from the clan this time.
But I didn't expect that everything was damaged so far. Even if they were still alive, it would be difficult to save them.
In the Japanese country, there was a rule that ransoms could be paid to redeem defeated nobles.
But these rules were not easy to apply to the Ming army.
After the Ming army captured the Japanese soldiers, they directly used them as laborers and would not pay attention to the requests of the Japanese nobles.
Even before Ashikaga Yoshimitsu wanted to redeem some of his close family daimyo on Kyushu Island, he was rejected by the feudal kings.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu hesitated.
Massacre of tribal people on a large scale is not a good thing.
Most of the so-called descendants of the Han people are actually on Kyushu Island.
Burakumin are not only descendants of Han people, but also criminal Japanese, who will also be demoted as Burakumin.
Moreover, after 130 years of development, in fact, these so-called descendants of the Han people are almost indistinguishable from the Japanese on Zhongzhou Island.
After all, even in the army of the Southern Song Dynasty, most ordinary soldiers were not heirs of the family.
"Your Excellency, General, I need to make an explanation to my family."
"I think other families also need this explanation."
Ouchi Shinji bowed his head and said solemnly.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sighed: "Okay, let Shinji-kun arrange this."
Ouchi Shinji bowed and saluted: "Thank you, Your Excellency, General."
In fact, the overall impact of this defeat on the Japanese country was not too great. Now the Japanese country is vigorously recruiting soldiers. Fifty thousand Japanese soldiers seem to be a lot, but they are not too many in comparison.
The real influence lies in Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's personal prestige.
So Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also knew that he had to find someone to take the blame.
Not only Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but also the daimyo who follow him need it.
The daimyo of the Japanese country are all hereditary family inheritance, and daimyo and clan leader are similar concepts.
However, within the clan, there are many existences similar to clan elders, and many famous names often have many competitors.
If they cause the family to suffer too much loss and arouse doubts among the clan members, then the clan leader can be replaced within the family.
The tribesmen are such good people to take the blame for, and killing them will not arouse the opinions of the people. In the eyes of many people, these people are so filthy that even the Buddha would not forgive them.
And Huiduo betrayed the Japanese country, and the people would easily accept such a thing.
It wasn't that the general's plan failed, it was because of the filthy betrayal and betrayal of the general that the noble warriors of the Japanese country failed to defeat the Ming army.
What a great explanation.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu no longer needs to stay here.
The King of Jin crushed his ambush, and now there is no point in going against the King of Yan.
Now I can only go back to Kyoto and look for opportunities again.
Just as Ashikaga Yoshimitsu left, the daimyo of the Nagato Kingdom raised their butcher knives towards the tribal people in their territory.
"Damn untouchables, you betrayed the great lord. I will use your blood to pay tribute to the dead warriors!"
When facing the Ming army, they bowed and bowed.
And when it comes to dealing with these tribesmen, they use heavy blows.
Burakumin were originally the lowest class of the Japanese nation. Not only were they dressed in rags, they had almost never had a full meal, and they were all skin and bones.
Facing the Japanese warriors, how could they resist?
He was continuously beheaded while wailing.
Some warriors became interested and would compete to see whose sword could cut off the head faster.
For the poor samurai, this was even more of a carnival. They robbed the tribesmen's few properties, even if it was pitifully small, it would give them a little more joy.
The primitive animal nature is completely stimulated, perhaps this has always been hidden in their bones.
Even though many people know that most of these tribesmen are still criminal Japanese, the so-called descendants of Han people rarely exist on Zhongshu Island, and they are basically located on Kyushu Island.
But in the eyes of the warriors, it doesn't matter. Most of them are the same and there is no difference.
Violence is spreading.
Not only Nagato country, but also neighboring countries such as Shufang, Iwami, and Aki have also become popular.
Even some families who did not send their daimyo to fight on Kyushu Island took this opportunity to commit violence.
What Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't expect was that when the beast in the cage was released, there would be no control at all.
There are not many Burakumin, and they are only a handful in the entire Japanese country.
These warriors who have experienced the pleasure of killing without scruples, when they are not satisfied with the pitiful wealth of the tribesmen.
The butcher's knife then reached out to those ordinary Japanese villages.
"Ota-san, is it really okay for us to do this? We are not tribal people here. If the news spreads, we will definitely be punished by the government."
Dozens of warriors gathered together and looked towards the village not far away.
The one who spoke was one of the leading warriors.
They are samurai from the Uehara family.
Uehara Ohta chuckled, looked at the village in the distance with greed in his eyes, and said, "Tetsuya-san, as long as we kill all the people in this village, who knows it was the Uehara family samurai who did it."
"This is the border between Zhou Fang Kingdom and Anyi Kingdom. I have already inquired about this village. They have taken in many tribal people."
"How can we still be common people if we help the people of Huiduo? They are also Huiduo. It is just for us to kill them."
"Besides, as long as we don't say that we are samurai of the Uehara family, who will know?"
"It's not just our Uehara family who is doing this now, there are many samurai from other families doing this as well."
"Tetsuya-san, don't hesitate. Look at the edge of the field. What a lovely girl. I'll let you enjoy it first."
Tetsuya Uehara looked in the direction pointed by Ohta Uehara.
Sure enough, I saw a young woman.
The woman seemed to be gathering some wild vegetables at the edge of the field, and her graceful figure caught Tetsuya Uehara's eye.
Compared to the tribal people, only normal villages have such beautiful girls.
The surrounding warriors suddenly became greedy.
Someone from behind laughed and said: "Tetsuya-san, if you don't want it, then leave it to me."
The surrounding warriors immediately cheered: "Tetsuya-san, I can do it too."
"Tetsuya-san, let that girl go and let me do it."
"Tetsuya-san, do you want me to clear the way for you first?"
"Tetsuya-san, it's boring to be alone. Let me accompany you. You are such a cute girl!"
Hearing this, Tetsuya Uehara showed a bit of shyness on his face. He completely forgot about his previous thoughts and shouted to the samurai next to him: "That's mine, no one is allowed to steal it."
When it comes to this, there is naturally no room for hesitation.
Many Uehara family samurai no longer hid and headed straight towards the village.