The general attack of the Kyushu Allied Forces came to an end. The various daimyo and generals in the allied forces came to the formation one after another to meet with General Itakura Shigemasa. In fact, they came to inquire about the next step. Influenced by Japanese traditional culture Next. The samurai are unwilling to leave without a fight; it’s just that the Japanese bushido of this era is not as perverted as that of later generations. No one is willing to die pointlessly in a hopeless battle. In the hearts of the samurai, they can kill their opponents in hand-to-hand combat. Death is completely different from being beaten to death with muskets and artillery by an opponent whose face cannot be seen clearly.
However, the Chinese army did not hold on to its position. Instead, it took the initiative to attack.
The First Battalion of the First Regiment mobilized Yu Zigao's troops. They gathered 800 people and rushed down from the castle mountain under the cover of artillery fire. They used a bayonet charge to rush into the position of Terazawa Kengao's headquarters of Tangjin Domain at the foot of the mountain. They were retreating. The Karatsu vassal soldiers immediately collapsed and disintegrated. They also disrupted the troops of Kuroda Tadayuki, Ogasawara Tadayama, Matsudaira Shigenao and other troops behind them. At this time, the Taiwanese indigenous soldiers who were ambushing in Miedake Mountain rushed out of the mountainous area. Karatsu feudal soldiers, Kuroda Tadayuki and other troops were hit hard from behind. Around two o'clock in the afternoon, the right wing of the Kyushu Allied Forces completely collapsed.
At the same time that Huang Lue's 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment launched a bayonet charge, the foreign mercenaries and Yiwu musketeers guarding the Hekou Fortress also moved out of the fortress. Under the cover of the fortress's artillery fire, they formed a neat line and began to march toward Kyushu. The coalition's left wing fired volleys of muskets and advanced slowly, suppressing the Japanese army's position. Andre, the commander of the cavalry regiment, led 60 cavalry across the river mouth and charged diagonally toward the chaotic left wing of the Kyushu coalition.
This was the first heavy armored cavalry to appear on Japanese territory. Although there were only 60 cavalry, the heavy cavalry, both men and horses wrapped in plate armor, was like a moving hammer. It smashed open the left wing of the Kyushu Allied Forces in chaos in one fell swoop. Position. They rushed through the hasty bows and arrows of the Japanese and crashed into the Kurume soldiers who were preparing to retreat. Poor Ashigaru who only had bamboo armor, many of them were knocked to death and trampled to death by Arab horses wrapped in iron armor. The heavy cavalry made a circle and returned to the shore of the river mouth. They left a trail of corpses behind them. This sudden attack by the heavy armored cavalry smashed the left wing of the Kyushu Allied Forces into pieces. For two days, the wall of Chinese arms was The scorching firepower had already demoralized the Japanese. The fleeing Kurume soldiers disrupted the remaining troops of the Ogura Domain behind them that had not had time to retreat.
When the student army led by Yan Siqi arrived at the north bank of the Inari River, the soldiers stationed here had already begun to line up in front of the position. The Chinese Army's central front also began to prepare for an attack.
At the top of Tsurumaru Castle, Yin Feng looked at the battle situation on the front line with a telescope. He kept laughing: "Look. What a strong Japanese army this is. No one dares to look back. They all ran away. It's still Shi Man from Satsuma." You have backbone..."
Lin Yue and Magalo's personal guards felt like they were facing a formidable enemy. Several hundred people stood in a circle behind Yin Feng, surrounding Yin Feng on three levels inside and three outside.
This was done because Yin Feng had just been accidentally assassinated.
All the Japanese had been cleared out of Tsurumaru Castle long ago. However, a Japanese assassin who sneaked into Tsurumaru Castle at some point pretended to be a sailor from the third fleet loading and unloading ammunition for the Chinese army and sneaked into the ruins of the castle tower. In the middle, he fired a shot at Yin Feng, who was standing at the top of the city 300 steps away. The bullet landed on the city wall a few feet behind Yin Feng, and hit a few sparks.
The assassin used a Shimadzu tap-fire iron cannon. But he was not a professional iron gunner and did not understand the performance of the gun. At that time, any smoothbore flintlock gun in the world could attempt to kill people at such an extreme distance. .It’s basically shooting at the moon. It’s meaningless.
The near-miss assassination did not hinder Yin Feng's good mood. He continued to happily watch the defeat of the Japanese army at the top of the city. The sailors of the third fleet, who were loading and unloading goods in the city, spontaneously organized an attack on the castle. The ruins of the pavilion were thoroughly searched.
Chen Di, who was beside him, didn't understand Yin Feng very much: when Yin Feng was conquering the island's indigenous people in Taiwan, he strictly prohibited killing without reason and required kindness to ordinary indigenous people. But since Yin Feng came to Kyushu Island, he seemed to have completely changed his personality. He was very cruel to the Japanese; and Yin Feng ordered the Chinese army to plunder people and property wantonly. He did not look like a benevolent teacher or a king's teacher at all.
Chen Di reminded Yin Feng: "Captain Yin, the sailors have caught the assassin."
Missionary Lu Ruohan squeezed into the defensive circle of the guards. Wiping the sweat on his head, he said: "The assassin has been caught. He is a ninja..."
"Ninja." Yin Feng became interested upon hearing this and asked hurriedly: "You actually sent a ninja to assassinate me. But this is too unprofessional. It's really stupid to hit me from such a distance."
Lu Ruohan smiled and said: "The sailors checked the assassin. He carried a lot of weapons for close assault. It may be because our defense here is too tight. He had to take this step... He has arrow marks on his body. Chapter mark. It should be the descendant of Iga-ryu Hattori Hanzo... There are also iron cannon masters among ninjas. Fortunately, this one is not."
During the Warring States Period, famous figures such as Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi were assassinated by iron cannons. Now, Yin Feng was also lucky enough to encounter one.
The title of ninja was officially used in Japan's Edo period. But the history of ninja can be traced back to a much earlier era. It is said that the first "ninja" to complete the mission in Japan was Prince Shotoku. At that time, ninjas were generally called "ninjas". "(shinobi). At the same time, various eras and regions also have their own unique titles for ninjas: For example, in the Asuka period, they were called "shinobi". In the Nara period, they were called "scouts." There were many names in the Warring States period, among which the most widely spread It's "Ranbo". It was named by Takeda Shingen. In the Edo period, the same "ninja" was used today.
The Edo period was the period when the name ninja was officially established. It was also the beginning of Japan's peaceful period under the rule of the Tokugawa family. This caused the ninja to lose its stage of activity. Its role became smaller and smaller, and eventually faded out of people's sight. Many Ninjutsu was lost as a result. The last record of ninja activities was the "Shimabara Rebellion" in 1637. Ninjas participated in this battle as subordinates of the shogunate.
The job of a ninja is mainly to carry out secret strategies, sabotage, assassinations, collect enemy frontline intelligence, disrupt enemy support bases and other espionage activities for the master. Ninjas must remain anonymous while they are alive. They must work with the darkness and cannot leave a single word to avoid leaks in the future. Therefore, there are very few historical records about ninjas. Only a few ninjutsu secret books record a ninja beside Prince Shotoku. The origin of ninjas has also become a historical problem.
Although there were countless ninjutsu schools in various parts of Japan later, the origin of ninjutsu can be traced back to Iga (northwestern Mie Prefecture) and Koga (southern Shiga Prefecture). The ancestors of both They come from the same origin and are often related to each other. But if each other's employers (lords) are in a hostile relationship, they will have to fight in different rooms, or even fight against each other.
Lu Ruohan said: "I heard some legends about ninjas from the shogun. When they lurk, they just pretend to be several kinds of people to carry out activities. They are generally highly mobile professions: first, they are monks, that is, ordinary monks; second, they are monks; The Void Monk is a monk who wears a cylindrical bamboo hat on his head, wears cassock, and plays a flute to make alms; the third is Shanfu, a practicing monk in the mountains; the fourth is Shishi, similar to a Chinese street performer; There are also the so-called constant shapes. These are ordinary people who are common in daily life. However, this requirement requires knowing a certain dialect. The sixth is merchants and hawkers, traders who specialize in small business; the last one is monkey musicians, people who travel around the world. artist."
Yin Feng nodded: "Interesting. Although these people sound mysterious, they should still have some abilities. At least he can lurk among our sailors and speak fluent Chinese. He has not been discovered by us for such a long time. Okay. .Leave this person alive. It may be useful in the future. It is said that this ninja skill was first spread to Japan in the Tang Dynasty of our country. But now in the Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to find talents with such latent assassination skills... …”
Lu Ruohan was muttering in his heart: Could it be that this captain wanted to assassinate someone? But he didn't dare to ask this question. He had to bury it in his heart.
Chen Di was secretly surprised, but remained silent.
Yin Feng looked at the battlefield again. He found that the central formation of the Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces began to shrink and moved out of a defensive posture. He hurriedly ordered: "Lin Yue. Give the order; all troops stop pursuing. Return to the main formation and defend tightly."
Chen Di frowned and said: "The troops and horses of the Japanese pirates' main formation are still in formation. There is no confusion; besides, the Japanese pirates' troops and horses actually suffered little loss. It is indeed no longer possible to pursue them. Captain, why did the Japanese pirates behave so completely in this battle?" Fighting spirit."
The signal rockets that issued the order rose into the sky one after another and exploded. Yin Feng smiled and said: "Actually, people in Japan are gloating about the failure of the Satsuma clan. The Tokugawa shogunate is even more eager for the Shimadzu family to suffer. Haha. Intrigue and intrigue. The same is true in Japan."
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As night fell, the Chinese and Japanese armies held their positions ten miles apart from each other and stopped fighting. The Japanese Kyushu Allied Forces finally stabilized the situation of the front. However, the collapse of the left and right wings forced them to retreat all the way to camp south of Kajigi. The remaining coalition forces were There were less than 30,000 soldiers and horses. The rest of the people died on the battlefield. Most of the people who disappeared were led by the feudal daimyo or generals. They had already escaped. Like Higo's lord of Yoshijo Castle, Sagara Most of the small daimyo like Yoribo, who had a salary of tens of thousands of stone, had fled. The only ones still fighting in Satsuma were the armies of the Kumamoto clan, the Karatsu clan and others.
Yan Siqi did not get the combat mission. He returned to Tsurumaru Castle dejectedly. He wandered outside the Shimazu family's side hall where Yin Feng lived for a long time, always looking inside the house. Yin Feng, Zhao Tie, Mai De and other generals finished driving After the meeting, I personally escorted them out. I saw Yan Siqi wandering outside the door uncertainly.
Yin Feng's mind turned. He smiled bitterly and greeted loudly: "Zhenquan. What are you doing? Do you want to see me if you need anything?"
Yan Siqi's body trembled. He turned to look at Yin Feng with a grimace on his face.
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The master and apprentice sat face to face on the Japanese tatami. Yin Feng pulled out a small coffee table and poured tea for Yan Siqi.
"What's going on on Ryukyu Island?" Yin Feng had already guessed the reason for Yan Siqi's depression. He spoke calmly first: "The Shang royal family has solved the problem."