On October 5, the third year of Tianqi, the adaptive training of the independent brigade finally ended.
Mangui took two infantry battalions and an artillery bureau to Hirado, and Zhang Qianfang was responsible for transporting them.
On October 2nd, Matsuura Nobuzada and Yan Siqi had already launched an attack on his brother Matsuura Zhennobu.
Since they were well prepared, and Yan Siqi had a large number of naval vessels and rich experience in pirate water warfare, Matsuura Nobuzada was in Both land and naval warfare soon gained the upper hand.
On October 3rd, Matsuura Jinnobu surrendered to his brother when he saw that the situation was not good.
So Matsuura Nobuzada became the head of the Matsuura family, and he owned the 63,000 koku of Matsuura and Hikiko counties.
On the 6th, Matsuura Nobuzada began to discuss merits and reward him.
He convened a meeting of meritorious personnel in Hirado.
Yan Siqi became the elder of the pen family and became the most powerful retainer under Matsuura Nobuzada, but all his power came from Matsuura Nobuzada.
Zhen, Xinzhen can give up his position as the family elder at any time, unless he is granted a fief.
So Yan Siqi proposed to Matsuura Nobuzada, hoping to obtain jurisdiction over Hirado Island, but Matsuura Nobuzada refused without hesitation.
Yan Siqi quarreled with him on the spot, but they broke up unhappy.
Yan Siqi returned to his ship and led his already prepared men to attack Matsuura Nozada.
Some of Matsuura Nobuzada's men had already colluded with Yan Siqi, so Yan Siqi easily defeated Matsuura Nobuzada and occupied Iki Island and Hirado Island.
Now it was no longer a matter of two brothers fighting over territory.
The shogunate expressed its opposition to the replacement of the daimyo of Hizen Province and sent an envoy to Yan Siqi, ordering him to return the daimyo and the area under his jurisdiction to the Matsuura family.
In exchange, they could consider transferring Taira to the Matsuura family.
Todashima was placed under his jurisdiction.
After hearing what the envoy said, Yan Siqi laughed and said: "Isn't it enough to have been so good earlier?
Now I'm interested, tell you generals, or give me all the Hirado clan.
I can still hand over the property according to the rules of the Matsuura family.
But it’s impossible for me to return it to the Matsuura family.”
The envoy said: "You have such a small force, how dare you fight against the general?
Surrender early, and you can also get the jurisdiction of Hirado Island.
Please think carefully."
Yan Siqi said sternly: "You go back and tell the general, either let me become the Hirado clan, or come and conquer me.
There is no other way."
The envoy reported back to Tokugawa Hidetada.
Tokugawa Hidetada was furious after hearing this and immediately gathered troops to prepare for a crusade against Yan Siqi.
Tokugawa Hidetada is actually no longer the shogun, but the Imperial Palace.
The shogunate is his son Tokugawa Iemitsu, but the real power is still in the hands of Tokugawa Hidetada.
The shogunate issued a summons, and the daimyo of Kansai responded, dispatching a total of 8,000 troops and 50 ships.
Go to conquer Yan Siqi.
At this time, Mangui came to Hirado with three thousand people, and the flag was still the pirate flag.
Yan Siqi wanted to place them in the best house in Hirado, but Mangui refused.
He just chose an original military camp to station them and started rigorous training again.
The shogunate's mobilization was slow.
On November 5, the shogunate's army finally dispatched.
Fifty ships were divided into two parts and headed for Hirado Island.
Zhang Qianfang finally waited for the opportunity.
He brought four Fu ships and ten Haicang ships to fight against the shogunate warships in the north of the island, while Zheng Yiguan fought against the shogunate warships in the south of the island.
The north mainly consists of the armies of the Chikuzen and Nagato clans.
Compared with the Hirado clan, the naval forces of these two clans are still far behind, let alone compared with Zhang Qianfang's navy.
Zhang Qianfang's troops only fired two rounds of artillery.
Eight ships were hit.
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Although they did not capsize immediately, it was probably only a matter of time.
The remaining twenty-two ships turned around and fled.
There was no way they could escape.
The cannons were too powerful.
If they hit, the ship would either have its mast broken or there would be a big hole.
This battle would be impossible to fight.
Zhang Qianfang ordered all the ships to pursue the escape, and destroyed three more ships.
Then he returned proudly and began to rescue the Japanese who fell into the water.
Zheng Yiguan, however, encountered big trouble.
His opponent was the Shimazu clan's twenty ships, and he brought a total of thirty ships.
The Shimazu clan is also the Satsuma clan that we are very familiar with.
Although he is a foreign daimyo like the Hirato clan and is a daimyo that the shogunate does not like very much, the combat power of his navy is indeed not low.
The commander-in-chief of the navy of the Shimazu clan was Hisaka Kayama, who was quite skilled in naval warfare.
Although the Shimazu clan had a stone height of 600,000, it seemed that the quality of the ships and the configuration of the artillery were relatively good, at least better than those of Zheng Yiguan.
The pirates are much stronger.
So there was no accident.
Zheng Yiguan was beaten by the Shimazu clan and fled back to Hirado port.
By the time Zhang Qianfang received the news, the Shimazu clan had already landed in Hiradonan.
There were three thousand soldiers who came ashore, and they advanced smoothly until they met Mangui.
The Shimazu Domain's weapons and equipment are relatively stronger than the Japanese army in Hirado, but of course they are much inferior to the Guards.
The small artillery, combined with the muskets, quickly drove back the attacking Shimadzu soldiers, and then began the process of pursuit and suppression.
Although Hirado Island is very large, Shimazu soldiers were not far ashore, so the Guards quickly drove them to the beach.
At this time, the warships at sea were unable to use artillery to support the infantry on the shore, and could only watch the infantry being driven into the sea or surrendering.
At this time, Zhang Qianfang's Fuchuan happened to arrive.
Under the attack of the Fuchuan, the Shimadzu warship wisely chose to retreat, but Zhang Qianfang did not pursue it and cooperated with the Guards to capture the Shimadzu family's infantry. .
At the end of this battle, a total of three Japanese ships were sunk, ten were captured, and about 3,000 soldiers were captured.
The ship was towed to the port for repairs, and the soldiers were taken to the military camp in Hirado and guarded.
Yan Siqi convened a meeting with the generals of the land and sea armies.
Zheng Yiguan first reported on the defeat of Shimazu naval forces against him.
According to him, the difference in combat power between him and Shimadzu warships was equivalent to that between Shimazu warships and Fuji.
Differences in boats.
Mangui also believed that the equipment of Shimadzu soldiers was indeed better than that of the Japanese army in Hirado.
With the Shigao family, it is difficult to explain why the Shimazu family had so much money to arm his warships and soldiers.
Yan Siqi said: "We will find out this issue later when we go to interrogate the prisoners.
The most important issue now is that the shogunate just sent three different daimyo and has already defeated our navy.
If they sent out...
If the Daimyo are appointed or even close to the vassal, or a few more Daimyos are dispatched, we will be in big trouble.
We must not underestimate them just because we have won temporarily. " Everyone nodded in agreement.
Even Mangui, who had a comprehensive advantage at the beginning of the battle, knew that if there were slightly more attacking Japanese troops, or if he was not on the defensive and supported by fortifications, it would be hard to say who would win and who would lose
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