Three hundred and seventieth chapters fishing wild
The death of more than 300 Huashan family retainers and their families in Abe Castle was known as the "Abu Massacre" in history.
What is even more amazing is that the Japanese did not put the blame on Ding Yunyi, who single-handedly led this drama, but on Taro Matsumoto.
This is a bit baffling.
The successful capture of Abe Castle gave the right army a full respite.
This crusade, which was mainly composed of pirates, stayed in Abe Castle for three full days before embarking on the journey again.
Yishu stayed behind very reluctantly. He would rather join the large army in attacking Tsurumaru Castle than stay with the Japanese.
However, Ding Yunyi promised him that these were temporary and he would soon send someone to take his place...
On the day they left Abe Castle, an uninvited guest caught up with Ding Yunyi’s team:
Zheng Zhifeng!
Zheng Zhifeng was waiting hard for news about Ding Yunyi in Taiwan, but instead of receiving no news from Ding Yunyi, the Huben Guards began to mobilize on a large scale.
Zheng Zhifeng had no idea what was going on. A few days later, news of the Tiger Guards' large-scale landing on Satsuma Domain finally reached his ears. Zheng Zhifeng was shocked. His eldest brother had been monopolizing trade with Japan. Could it be that Ding Yunyi wanted to intervene?
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"Master Zheng." Facing Zheng Zhifeng's doubts, Ding Yunyi smiled: "Why is Master Zheng so suspicious? Ding Yunyi has absolutely no intention of intervening in Japanese trade..."
"Then what's the reason for this?" Zheng Zhifeng asked with a gloomy face.
Ding Yunyi's face also darkened: "Didn't Mr. Zheng want me to find out the news about the missing people of the Zheng family? Now I can tell you, they are all in Tsurumaru City!"
"What?" Zheng Zhifeng was shocked.
"Do I dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing?" Ding Yunyi sneered: "In order to help you find out for the Zheng family, one of my brothers has already lost his life in Tsurumaru City, and even I almost couldn't come out. I have the elite Tiger Guards
, the first reason is to avenge my brothers, and the second most important reason is to rescue your Zheng family members!"
Zheng Zhifeng looked at each other blankly.
In fact, he believed Ding Yunyi's words in his heart. No matter how courageous Ding Yunyi was, he would not dare to joke about such a thing... Using troops privately without the permission of the court was a crime of losing one's head.
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"Using troops privately without the permission of the imperial court is a crime of losing one's head..." Ding Yunyi helped Zheng Zhifeng express what was on his mind: "How many heads do I, Ding Yunyi, have? I won't use troops this time."
I know how it should end, if the news reaches the court, I'm afraid it will make the court furious..."
"Don't worry, the general town!" Zheng Zhifeng said hurriedly: "The general town sent troops out of anger for our Zheng family. Our Zheng family is grateful to the general town. If the court blames us, we always have something to say. The Japanese kidnapped them first, and we are waiting to save them.
After that, what's the crime? It's just that the main town is willing to take such a big risk for my Zheng family. I really don't know what to say. I will go back and explain the matter to my elder brother. Hehe, the Japanese pirates are so brave.
You dare to touch the minds of our Zheng family. Are we, the navy masters of our Zheng family, useless?"
Ding Yunyi was afraid of this.
The reason why the Tiger Guards were so eager to send troops was to eliminate Tsurumaru Castle and stabilize the situation in the Satsuma Domain before the Zheng family navy joined.
With such a small amount of meat, the two tigers would not be able to share much. Especially when Ding Yunyi was obsessed with breaking the Zheng family's monopoly on Japanese trade, he absolutely could not let the Zheng family navy send troops.
But how can we hold back the Zheng family?
Ding Yunyi blinked at that: "Why is Mr. Zheng so anxious? To deal with a small Satsuma clan and to work the Zheng family navy, isn't that killing a chicken with a sledgehammer? Why doesn't Mr. Zheng be in my army?
Come with me to attack Tsurumaru Castle and watch me rescue the Zheng family members?"
He keeps saying that he wants to save people, but in fact he just wants to use this as an excuse to get a share of the Zheng family's huge trading empire.
But what can I do to stop it now?
The Huben Guards deployed troops on a large scale, wasting troops and money, so how could they easily retreat without gaining some benefits? Moreover, considering Ding Yunyi's character, he would never let go of this opportunity.
And now, if Tagawa Yuki and Tagawa Shichizaemon are really in the hands of the Shimazu family of Tsurumaru City, as Ding Yunyi said, one day's delay will increase the day's danger.
The only reliance is Ding Yunyi...
Thinking of this, Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "The Zheng family will remember Gao En from the general town, and there will always be a chance to repay him in the future. Zheng Zhilong fought a bloody battle against the enemy with the general town last time and defeated the four-nation combined fleet. This time he will see the general in person again.
It’s the charm of being on a Japanese island.”
Ding Yunyi looked up to the sky and laughed...
Zheng Zhifeng joined Ding Yunyi's team inexplicably. But this also has an advantage. The Zheng family has been trading with Japan all year round, and Zheng Zhifeng is responsible for a large part of it. Therefore, Zheng Zhifeng is very important to Japan, especially Satsuma, which is very close to the Ming Dynasty.
Fan knew it better than anyone else.
The ancestor of the Shimazu family was the retainer of the Konoe family, Tadahisa Minamoto. Minamoto no Yoritomo appointed Tadahisa as the head of the Hyuga Shimazu village. Soon after, he was appointed as the guardian of the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga, and his surname was changed from the village name to Shimazu.
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Shimazu Takahisa, the son of Tadayoshi Shimazu, the branch of the Shimazu family, succeeded the family as governor. Later, Katsuhisa, the original governor of the family, wanted to regain power, but was defeated by Takahisa and fled to Bungo.
In the fifth year of the Nihon Astronomical Period, Takahisa recaptured Ijuin Castle from Sanehisa of the Sashu family, another branch of the Shimazu family. He defeated Sanehisa in the battle of Kasada Castle and unified Satsuma, laying the foundation for the Shimazu family of the Warring States period.
After unifying Satsuma, Takahisa moved his residence to the inner city and devoted himself to the recovery of Osumi and Hyuga. The extension of the Shimadzu family's power to Hyuga attracted the attention of Otomo Sorin, the governor of the Bungo Otomo family, the largest power in Kyushu at the time.
After Ito Yoshisuke, who was married to the Otomo family, asked Zong Lin to restore the territory of Hyuga, Zong Lin began to invade Hyuga. Of course, he just wanted to annex Hyuga. In the sixth year of Japan's Tensho period, Zong Lin led an army of 40,000 to march into Hyuga and attack Takayama Castle.
, Yamada Yunobu, the lord of Takayama Castle, was a wise and brave general, and received reinforcements from Shimazu Iehisa. The number of defenders reached 3,000, and Otomo's army surrounded Takayama Castle. The two sides launched a desperate offensive and defensive battle. Later, Shimazu Yoshihisa led Shimazu's main force
The army came to help. The two sides fought fiercely below the city. Yoshihiro attacked from the side and the Otomo army forward collapsed. Generals Saeki and Tabita were killed. Iehisa and Yamada Arinobu in Takajo opened the city and rushed out. A three-party attack, Otomo army was defeated. Shi
It was called the "Battle of Erchuan". From then on, Dayou's family gradually turned westward.
After the Battle of Ogawa, the Sagara family of Higo surrendered. Shimazu's unification of Kyushu was advancing northward. When the Otomo family declined, the Ryuzoji family of Hizen in Kitakyushu took advantage of the situation. The governor of the family, Takanobu, was known as the "Kuma of Hizen".
"The fierce general. Shimabara lord Arima Harunobu rebelled against the Ryuzoji family and turned to the Shimadzu family. Takanobu led an army of 30,000 people to crusade. The Arima family asked for help from the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family brought 3,000 elite troops to help. Together,
A total of 6,000 horsemen ambushed the Ryuzoji army in the swampy Okita border. The Ryuzoji army was defeated, many generals were killed in the battle, and Takanobu was even killed. In October of the same year, the Ryuzoji family surrendered to the Shimazu family.
After the Battle of Okitaki, the Shimadzu family sent troops to Otomo's Chikuzen, Bungo two kingdoms, and the Otomo family in Kyushu was unable to fight Shimadzu alone. Zonglin went east to seek asylum from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the Shimadzu family refused to surrender to Hideyoshi, so
The Toyotomi family sent troops to conquer Kyushu. After the arrival of the Toyotomi Army's Maori Army and the Four Japanese Army, the forces of Kitakyushu broke away from the Shimazu family. The Shimazu Army, which was severely defeated by the deadly battle of Takahashi, the famous general of the Otomo family, had to retreat from Chikuzen and Bungo.
Shimazu Iehisa led an army of 18,000 to directly attack the inner city of the Otomo family's main castle. The Shimazu army, Otomo, and the four-nation allied force of 10,000 fought fiercely at the Hutsugawa River under Toshiko Castle. The coalition was defeated. However, this was only a local war.
After the victory, Toyotomi Hidenaga led an army of 200,000, and Shimadzu's army was no longer able to fight. After the defeat of Hyuga Genshirasaka, Shimazu Yoshihisa asked Hideyoshi to surrender, and the territory was reduced to Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga. Later
Hideyoshi, who unified Japan, attacked Korea. Yoshihiro joined the battle with the army, but was defeated and returned.
After the Battle of Sekigahara began, Yoshihiro privately led 1,500 troops to join the Western Army to confront Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army. When the Western Army was defeated and retreated, the Shimazu Army once again became famous for its bravery, and Yoshihiro emerged victorious in a bloody battle.
After the war, the Shimadzu family ran around and took a defensive posture to deal with the post-war settlement. Naomasa Ii, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa family, also tried his best to excuse himself. Ieyasu had no choice but to give up punishing the Shimadzu family. The Shimadzu family still maintained a strong lordship in the southwest.
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After saying this, Zheng Zhifeng sighed:
"Among the heroes of Japan's Warring States Period, they also faced the powerful local separatist power, Uesugi, known as Ryutora, and the Takeda family spent many years without any results; Oda and Tokugawa also repeatedly got into trouble when Ryuutora was alive; and
During the process of marching westward, even the Oda family, which had already taken control of central Japan, struggled for more than ten years against the Maori family in its heyday, and it was extremely difficult... Only the Shimazu family in a remote corner, under the influence of father and son,
In two generations, he rose up strongly surrounded by heroes, repeatedly defeated the strong by the weak, defeated two powerful opponents in their heyday, and almost unified Kyushu. In the subsequent conquest of Kyushu by Hideyoshi, he swept all the way in bloody battles.
Kyushu. Facing an enemy that was far more powerful than itself, Shimadzu's performance was remarkable. Later, during the Battle of Sekigahara, he accidentally sneaked into the Western Army. Under the impact of the Shimadzu Army's frontal retreat and desperate breakout,
Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who defeated the general Naomasa Ii, was shocked by the fighting power of the Shimadzu family, but he did not dare to do anything. The Shimazu family still regarded him as the emperor..."
Ding Yunyi frowned as he listened. He looked down on these Japanese from the bottom of his heart, but at the same time, he would not ignore this important information because of this.
Zheng Zhifeng continued: "Compared with other powerful daimyo at that time, the Shimazu family, whose combat power was astonishing, seemed a bit inexplicably strong. They had commendable unique resources, no special legal system, and no outstanding generals.
The so-called 'Satsuma's strongest army in the world' is a name created by the Shimadzu family over the past few decades. This term has not been used before. The only one that is more distinctive is the 'Diao Ye Fushi' which is incompatible with the traditional Japanese warfare method...
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"What is Diaoyefu?" Ding Yunyi was a little curious.
Zheng Zhilong said carefully: "The so-called fishing field ambush, which sounds mysterious, is actually an ambush pocket formation, which is the most famous tactic of the Shimadzu family. Due to the numerous battles, the Shimadzu army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so since Shimazu Tadayoshi
Since the Isaku Conquest of E7, this tactic has been used in almost every large-scale battle. It has been tried and tested repeatedly in many battles such as the Kizakihara Battle, the Ogawa Battle, the Okita-Han Battle, and the Totsugawa Battle.
The specific method is to first use the forward to attract the enemy troops to go deep, then ambush the two flanks and fire with muskets, and finally cooperate with the main force in the rear to surround and annihilate the enemy troops. However, the troops used as bait must be flexible and tenacious, not only to attract the enemy troops, but also to preserve them.
To have the strength to counterattack, we must also be ready to make a heroic sacrifice at any time..."
He paused briefly there: "Using the tactic of catching wild ambush is not as simple and dogmatic as imagined. It is not an easy task to lure the enemy to follow the bait into the ambush circle honestly. As a bait soldier, you must
Always be prepared to be besieged and sacrificed by heavy enemy forces. In the Battle of Ogawa, the two teams of Kitago Hisamori and Honda Okaji, who served as bait soldiers to lure the enemy, fought bravely with the determination to die and finally all died. On the other hand, as
For an ambush, you need to grasp the timing of sending troops and coordinate with other ambush units. The closeness of the four Shimazu brothers and the unity of the retainers make such coordination relatively easy..."
Ding Yunyi nodded slowly.
In the Battle of Otokawa, the Shimadzu army had a decoy force of 300 people and an ambush force of about 3,000 people on both wings. General Shimazu Yoshihiro was at the rear. At noon the next day, the decoy force surprised a moving Allied force and then defeated the reinforcements.
Hundreds of people. Sensing that the situation was not good, Tahara Chixen sent General Tabei Zhenzhou to lead the counterattack. Shimazu's decoy troops retreated, and Tahara fought until he was in front of Shimazu Yoshihiro.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Yoshihiro ordered the muskets from both wings to fire, first disrupting the formation of the Otomo army, and then the warriors threw their guns and drew their swords and rushed forward. The Otomo army was in chaos, and was soon divided and surrounded, and annihilated one by one. Tianbei Town Zhouzhan
Death. At this time, Shimazu Iehisa and Yamada Yunobu, who were defending Takagi, also attacked the city and attacked from both sides. Otomo's main formation collapsed instantly.
In the Battle of Otomo, Otomo's army lost thousands of lives and injured countless others. Shimadzu took the opportunity to completely annex the Hyuga Kingdom and continued to move north, but the dazzling aura that shrouded Otomo Sorin's head dimmed ever since.
The strange name "Diaoyefu" is firmly imprinted in Ding Yunyi's mind.
Ding Yunyi began to believe that the Shimazu family would still use such tactics in the attack on Tsurumaru Castle.
The question before him is how to defeat the enemy's seemingly very vicious tactic! (To be continued. Piaotian Literature registered members recommend this work.