On the sixth day of the fourth month of the thirteenth year of Hongji, after almost a month of sailing, the expeditionary army finally arrived in the waters near the island of Kyushu in the Wakoku Kingdom, and the location at this time happened to be in the Tsushima Strait between the Korean Peninsula and the Wa Kingdom.

"Yang Hou, we are waiting for you in Kyoto."

Huo Qu was on the sick number, Liu Jin was bidding farewell to Yang Yun, and the army was divided into three routes, and the 10,000 troops who attacked the Ouchi family and went to Shimane County were going to continue to go north here, directly entering the Wa Guohai, and then attacking the Ouchi family.

The remaining two armies were to march around the island of Kyushu towards the Seto Inland Sea and the Kanto region of the Wa Kingdom, and the final meeting place of the three armies was still Kyoto and Muromachi, the core of the Muromachi shogunate.

Kyoto is the seat of the Wakoku Wakoku, and the core of Muromachi is also in Muromachi, which is not far from Kyoto, and the Kyoto area is also the core of Wakoku.

"Well, I'll sweep from west to east as soon as possible."

Yang Yun, who was in armor, hugged his fists and said, this time he led an army of 10,000 alone, and he was also a little stressed, after all, he was also a small soldier before, and last time he was lucky to kill the little prince of the grassland, so he sealed the prisoner.

He is a good player when he charges into battle, and he is also a novice when he commands a large army.

There is no way, the Ming court in this era really has no military generals who can get their hands on it, because for a long time, the civil government has been using the civil army to control the military, and the civilian group has suppressed the military generals and nobles, so there are no famous generals at all, after all, the commanders of the army are in the hands of civilian officials and eunuchs.

Since there are no famous generals, they can only pick generals among the short ones, so there are also strange combinations like Zhang Mao and Yang Yun, plus Liu Jin.

I have to say that this is also a sadness.

In all dynasties, there were many famous generals, but in this Ming Dynasty, except for some famous generals when the country was founded, there were no famous generals later, even if there were, they were all civil officials, not real military generals.

Yang Yun is so brave and fierce, and he is also a military general, and he came to lead the army, but it can be said that he is in the past.

"Take care~"

Liu Jin said solemnly, and then Yang Yun also quickly boarded a small boat, and the small boat quickly rowed towards the other big boat.

Then the huge fleet was divided into two, all the way to the north, all the way to the east, the mighty, covering the sky and the sun, like thousands of troops, the momentum was amazing, on the surrounding seas, some passing ships were frightened by this huge army and quickly slipped away.

"This is Kyushu Island?"

On the Huo Qu Sick No., Zhang Mao looked at the land above the sea with a telescope and said to Liu Jin beside him.

"Yes, this is Kyushu Island, the Wa Kingdom is mainly divided into three parts, Honshu Island, Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island, this Kyushu Island is the only place for our Ming merchant ships to and from the Wa Kingdom, and now the most important families on Kyushu Island are the Shimazu family, the Otomo family, and the Ito family."

"In addition, some areas in the north of Kyushu Island are occupied by the Ouchi family, and among the Japanese around Kyushu Island, there are two main objects of suspicion now, one is the Ouchi family, and the other is the Otomo family."

Liu Jin nodded, and then also said the division of forces on Kyushu Island.

"Ouchi, Otomo?"

After listening to this, Zhang Mao also silently remembered these two families.

In the past two years, the Ouchi family and the Otomo family are rising rapidly, which is related to the rise of maritime trade, the Ouchi family and the Otomo family are relying on their geographical advantages on the route, and vigorously develop the sea trade between the Ming Dynasty.

In many cases, the merchants of the Ming Dynasty only need to transport the goods to Kyushu Island here, and sell the goods to the Japanese merchants here in Kyushu Island, and the Japanese merchants here in Kyushu Island will then transfer the goods to Honshu Island to make a lot of money.

But this did not satisfy the appetites of the Ouchi and Otomo families, which had great appetites and were equally ambitious.

Due to the weakening of the Muromachi shogunate, the control of the daimyo in various regions decreased, and the following offenses became the characteristics of the Wa Kingdom in this era, and the daimyo in various places also rose one after another, all of them wanted to replace the Muromachi Shogunate as the de facto ruler of the Wa Kingdom.

Especially this Ouchi family, the current governor Ouchi Yoshiko is very ambitious, trying his best to expand his power, but also quietly supporting the deposed Muromachi shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshisai, wanting to make a fuss through Ashikaga Yoshisai, a bit like Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, wanting to blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes.

Historically, in June 1500, the 13th year of Koji, the deposed shogun Ashikaga Yoshisai successfully escaped from Kyoto to the control of the Ouchi family with the help of the Ouchi family.

Later, with the help of the Ouchi family, he successfully returned to the Kyoto area and became a shogun again, which is a bit similar to Ming Yingzong Zhu Qizhen, but after the death of Ashikaga Yoshizai, the position of the shogun passed to the son of Ashikaga Yoshisumi.

Of course, by that time, it was already the end of the Muromachi shogunate's rule, and the shoguns behind it were all puppets, and it didn't matter whether they were in position or not.

"Didn't we just pass through the island of Kyushu?"

"Why don't we teach this Otomo family a hard lesson here here in Kyushu Island first?"

Wang Shouren on the side thought about it and suggested.

"Yes, the main place controlled by the Otomo family is Higo Province (Kumamoto Prefecture in later generations), this Higo Country is on the seaside, we will send 10,000 troops to practice and practice hands, and repair this Otomo family fiercely."

Liu Jin thought about it and nodded to show his support, even if he made money on the surface, he secretly colluded with the Japanese to loot the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, how can he do it if he doesn't take advantage of you.

"Okay then, let's try the knife with this Otomo first."

Zhang Mao smiled and said indifferently, this time I came to the Japanese country to teach the Japanese people a hard lesson, in short, I want to take people and kill chickens and monkeys.

This kind of family that dares to support the sacking of the Ming merchant ships by the Japanese must be destroyed.

The fleet continued eastward, bypassing the southernmost part of Kyushu Island and then heading north along the coastline of Kyushu Island, and in just one day, the army had reached the sea east of Higo Province.

Such a huge fleet sailed around Kyushu Island, which had already been issued by the Japanese people on Kyushu Island, and the Japanese people on the entire Kyushu Island did not know what was going on for a while.

It is not uncommon for Ming ships to arrive, and there are Ming merchant ships arriving here on Kyushu Island every now and then, but such a large fleet is absolutely unprecedented.

The entire sea was shrouded in this huge fleet, and the momentum was so amazing that the Japanese country's own small ships did not dare to approach this huge fleet at all.

The Otomo family of Higo Province, the family governor Otomo Masako is calculating the recent income, since the heavy tax on the merchant ships of the Ming Dynasty, the financial income of the Otomo family has skyrocketed.

Coupled with the resale and collusion with the Japanese to sack the Ming merchant ships, the Otomo family can now be described as a fat flowing oil.

"Daming is really rich, I heard that last year there was a fleet from the Golden Continent back, bringing back a wealth worth 30 million taels of silver, if you have the opportunity, you must also organize a fleet to go to the Golden Continent to see, this Golden Continent is east of our country, we didn't know it before, but the Ming people knew it first."

The matter about the Golden Continent has also spread to the Wa Kingdom, after all, the trade is very frequent now, and what happened on the Ming side will soon be spread to the Wa Kingdom. Wu Jiu Literature

"It's a big thing that's not good~It's a big thing~"

At this moment, someone hurriedly ran over and shouted.

"What kind of system is the panic become~"

Seeing the visitor, Otomo Masako frowned slightly, the person who came was his son Otomo Yoshiyo, for this son, he was quite dissatisfied, Otomo Masako and Ouchi Yoshiko, both wanted to support the deposed Ashikaga Yoshisai, and his son Otomo Yoshiyo was against supporting the deposed Ashikaga Yoshisai.

There was an extremely serious conflict between the two people, which is also the biggest hidden danger within the Otomo family at present.

"Yes~"

Otomo Yoshiright nodded hurriedly.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Otomo Yoshito's appearance, Otomo Masato nodded with satisfaction, and then asked.

"The army of the Ming Dynasty has landed in our fat queen~"

Otomo Yoshiright said anxiously.

"The army of the Ming Dynasty?"

When Otomo Masato heard this, his eyes widened, and his face was in disbelief.

"Yes, it is the army of the Ming Dynasty, now on the sea, it is full of Ming warships, there are hundreds of them, all of them are big ships, and our port has been occupied by the Ming army."

Otomo Yoshiyoshi hurriedly reported the situation in detail.

"Let's go, let's see~"

When the Otomo Masato heard this, he was immediately frightened, this Daming actually sent a large army to the Wa Kingdom, and he chose to land on the side of their Otomo's house.

While walking outside, Masato Otomo also asked, "How many people are there?" ”

"According to the report, there are at least 10,000 troops who have landed at present, and there should be tens of thousands more on the sea."

Otomo Yoshiyoshi said.

"Tens of thousands of troops?"

When Otomo Masato heard this, he immediately panicked.

On the side of the Wa Kingdom, although the daimyo in various places are princes and kings, each has its own army, but it is generally not too many, even if it is a powerful daimyo who can have tens of thousands of people in his hands, it is generally at the level of 1,000 people.

Therefore, the wars of the Warring States period of the Wa Kingdom were basically battles between hundreds of people, and a few could reach thousands of battles, and as for the big battles of 10,000 people, there were very few, very few.

There is no way, there is too little land and poor resources, there is no way to feed too many people, and naturally, these daimyo will not have too many armies.

Well, now that he heard that Daming's army was tens of thousands of people, he was frightened and bloodless, and all the troops, samurai, etc. of his Dayou's family added up to less than 2,000 people, which was not enough to serve as a side dish for the other party.

"Could it be that the ransacking of the Ming merchant ships is known to them?"

Otomo Masako also sweated on his forehead as he walked, this Ming army would not come to the Wa country without desire, let alone land here in their Otomo family's Higo country for no reason.

"I don't know yet, but the Ming Dynasty is the suzerainty of our Wa Kingdom, and it is the first time that their Daming has come to my Daming, and maybe this time it may be that His Majesty the Emperor Daming sent a delegation to our Wa Kingdom is also difficult to say."

Otomo Yoshiyoshi thought for a while and said.

"Well, the possibility is not ruled out."

Hearing this, Otomo Masato also breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and prayed silently in his heart.

Higo Province is not big, it is said to be a country, but it is actually the size of a county, very small.

At this time, the small wharf on the eastern coastline of Higo Country, a large ship slowly moored down at the small wharf, and the Japanese people in the small port were already stupid at this time, looking at the mighty fleet on the sea, and then looking at the ships moored here in the port.

From among the ships here, a group of Ming soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp blades quickly disembarked, and then quickly took control of the entire dock.

"Finally set foot on the land of the Wa Kingdom~"

Liu Jin landed on Kyushu Island with the army, stepped on the land of Kyushu Island, and looked at the low houses here in the port, Liu Jin suddenly felt that the conquest of the Wa Kingdom did not seem to have much sense of accomplishment.

In this era, there is no comparison with the Ming Dynasty in any aspect, not to mention that the current Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly after Liu Jin's efforts in recent years.

Look at Tianjin Port, and then look here, Liu Jin also shook his head slightly.

"Destroy this Otomo family as soon as possible, go straight to Kyoto, the core of the Wa Kingdom, and see how Kyoto is, but there are a lot of sun blows on Douyin in the future generations that have blown the Wa Kingdom into a paradise on earth, and I can't wait to die somewhere."

Soon, Liu Jin also remembered some of the situations before he crossed over, in the later generations of the Wa Kingdom, which was a developed country in the world, and the economy, science and technology, culture and so on were very powerful.

There are many people who have been to the Wa Kingdom once and then blow all kinds of blows, but they don't know that the Wa State can develop so well, it is absolutely indispensable to knock the bone and suck the marrow from the Huaxia Dragon next to it, not to mention anything else, the reparations of the First Sino-Japanese War alone made the Wa Kingdom of later generations eat fat all of a sudden.

The landing army quickly got busy, took control of the port, unloaded the cannons, horses, supplies, etc. on the ship, and then quickly reorganized the army, preparing to attack the capital of Higo Province, the core of the Otomo family.

Destroying the Otomo family does not need to really destroy everyone in the Otomo family, it only needs to destroy the samurai power of the Otomo family, and the Otomo family will naturally be destroyed.

The Shimazu family, the Ito family, and the Otomo family on Kyushu Island have a feud, and the Otomo family was destroyed by the Shimazu family in history.

As long as the army and samurai of the Otomo family are destroyed, it is natural that other families on Kyushu Island will uproot the Otomo family.

Attacking a small county town is not difficult at all for the 10,000 Ming troops armed to the teeth, not to mention the powerful Miyun cannon.