Finally, Zhou Yuji led the troops to Hirado Island.
Along the way, many officers and soldiers of the Third Division vomited non-stop, and their legs were shaking when they got off the ship.
Zhou Yuji ordered a ten-day rest, and first discussed how to attack with the newly arrived staff.
Yan Siqi had already sent people to plot all the maps of western Japan, and the staff department urgently made a sand table based on the maps and the plotting personnel's oral descriptions.
The spies also reported the mobilization situation of the shogunate, and the staff placed small flags representing the shogunate's troops on the sand table.
Yang Guangkui and Xiong Tingbi started the deduction with their staff.
This was the first naval battle deduction, so Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong, and Zhang Qianfang all participated in the deduction.
The clear view of the sand table made it easy for everyone to see the possible changes in the attack and killing process of both sides.
Since it was the first time, everyone was very careful and repeated the deductions, striving to consider all possibilities clearly and formulate multiple plans.
First, Li Delin and Bai Jiansen led the staff to pretend to be the Ming army on one side and the Japanese army on the other.
Later, the three navy men became interested, so it became Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Qianfang to play the Ming army, and Li Delin and Bai Jiansen played the Japanese Satsuma domain and the shogunate reinforcements.
Li Delin and Bai Jiansen are indeed some real materials.
Sometimes their ideas are unexpected, and their methods of using troops are also very appropriate.
The cooperation between the two puts a lot of pressure on the navy trio.
If it weren't for the huge difference in weapons and equipment between the two sides, , I'm afraid it will be difficult to cope with it for a while.
In two days, after many confrontations between the two sides, it was finally determined that the Ming army still had a great advantage.
The Ming army's advantage lay in weapons and equipment, while the Japanese army's advantage lay in local operations.
At this time, the shogunate's messenger came to Hirado.
It turned out that the shogunate discovered that the Ming army was actually stationed in Hirado, so it came to question Yan Siqi.
The envoy handed over the letter from General Tokugawa Iemitsu to Yan Siqi.
Yan Siqi could read Japanese.
He read it and said: "Please reply to the general.
The Ming army is temporarily stationed in Hirado and has given us one thousand taels per day."
Ginko, under the pressure of both force and money, we have to give in.
Please rest assured, General, that we have always supported the General.
Thank you for your care for the Hirado Domain."
After sending away the envoy, he went to Yang Guangkui and others and said with a smile: "The shogunate was a little panicked.
He didn't expect you to be stationed in Hirado.
He thought you would attack directly from the sea.
Now as long as I don't let you station, he will admit it."
I am the daimyo of the Hirado clan."
Yang Guangkui also smiled and said: "After this business is done, when we set off, Governor Yan reported to the shogunate that he had expelled us.
By then, you will be able to occupy Hirado."
Xiong Tingbi said: "I have dealt with the Japanese, who are afraid of power but not immoral.
Only when I beat them are they afraid of them and subdue them, and they will be honest.
As long as I am weak, they will pounce on me and take a bite.
Fortunately, my ancestors have Spirit, if you send this Holy Lord, you can ensure that our dynasty will be strong for hundreds of years."
Zhou Yuji said with a smile: "The Holy One doesn't just want to be strong for a hundred years.
He told us last time that he wanted me, the Han people, to dominate the world and always be at the top of the food chain."
Yan Siqi asked: "What kind of food chain is the earth?"
Zhou Yuji touched his head and said: "The Holy One said that we live on a big ball, which is really strange, but the missionaries think so too, and the Heavenly Official also agrees with this view, but I can't understand it."
"What is the food chain?
I remembered it.
It's called the food chain.
The top of the food chain means that only we bully others and we can't let others bully us.
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Well, that's what it means."
Yan Siqi clasped his hands together and said, "Thanks to Buddha, it's really hard to live a life of being bullied.
If you specifically bully others, that's a good thing."
Man Gui said: "If you bully others, others will also feel uncomfortable."
Yang Guangkui said: "The Holy One has said that it is better to bully others than to be bullied by others, and we will not bully others for no reason.
We must bully others only after they have done something sorry to us first.
Like Satsuma, If they didn’t invade Ryukyu, why would we come here?”
Zhou Yuji also said: "Your Majesty asked me to tell your navy that the world is bigger than we expected.
You will have a lot of battles to fight in the future, and you will choose our third division to cooperate with you."
Mangui said dissatisfied: "The Independence Brigade came first, and we have already cooperated."
Yang Guangkui smiled and said: "Why are your army so anxious?
The Holy Father said that we must fight at least as far as the north of the Beihai.
Are you still afraid that there will be less battles to fight?"
All the generals laughed knowingly.
As soldiers, fighting is their foundation.
They use the swords and guns in their hands to carve out pieces of land for the emperor and build a family fortune for their descendants.
Even if their bodies are wrapped in horse leather, it is of no use. .
The battle to attack Satsuma Domain was finally about to begin.
The task of the staff has been completed, and Li Delin, Bai Jiansen and others requested to observe the battle, and received Yang Guangkui's approval.
Li Delin was assigned to Zhang Qianfang's fortune ship, and Bai Jiansen entered Mangui's independent brigade.
From Hirado to Satsuma, there were enemies all along the way, so the Ming army's route of action was to start from Hirado, pass by Goto, and then go directly to Zengjima from the sea.
After occupying Zengjima, they would use this place as a base.
Started attacking Satsuma Domain.
The trip went extremely smoothly.
After arriving at Zeng Island, I found that there were only a few fishermen on it.
After seeing the Ming army's warships, I quickly wanted to escape.
But where could he escape?
There were Ming army warships everywhere, so he was quickly caught by the Ming army and sent to the Ming army generals.
Zheng Zhilong, who could speak Japanese, interrogated the fisherman himself, asked about the basic situation of Kagoshima on the other side, and then compared it with Yan Siqi's information.
Kagoshima is not an island, but a peninsula.
The Ming army's plan was to capture Kushikino Village first, and then attack southeastward until they reached Kagoshima Castle, forcing the Satsuma Domain to surrender.
Now, after interrogating the fishermen, it was found that the Satsuma clan's troops were mainly concentrated in Kushikino Village.
Zheng Zhilong believed that people should be sent to investigate the distribution of enemy troops first, and then decide on the main direction of attack.
Zheng Zhilong sent his brother Zheng Zhibao to take a few people on a small boat to Kagoshima to gather information.
The fleet docked at Zeng Island, the army went to land to rest, and the navy was still on board at any time.
Zheng Zhibao took people there for three days before returning.
He reported that there was indeed a large number of Japanese soldiers gathering in Kushikino Village, but there were only a few veterans guarding the river mouth south of Kushikino Village, and the river mouth was very suitable for large ships to dock and was a landing place.
Great venue.
As for the warships in Kagoshima, they are located in the city slightly south of Kushikino Village.
There are about fifty ships.
From a distance, the number of artillery is smaller and the caliber is obviously smaller than that of the Ming army
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