Chapter 222 Front-and-back strikes
Fangjin Village is like a nail nailed to the end of the Satsuma Peninsula, although small but deeply pierced, making it difficult to uproot, after the failure of the intention to attack Fangjin Village from the sea, the North Kyushu coalition decided to land and attack!
However, once they land and fight on land, the naval superiority of the Kitakyushu merchant alliance will disappear, not to mention whether the Shimazu family has set traps on the shore, and the wealthy families of Kitakyushu are worried about this, so no one will take the risk.
Just when everyone hesitated, Longzao Temple and Xu Hai successively asked Ying, expressing their willingness to lead the landing, the east 'gate' Qing saw that the two were brave, and they were very happy, but they left Longzao Temple not to move, and ordered Xu Hai to lead 50 people to go ashore to explore the way, and then Tang Xiuji as the main general of the landing attack.
Deep in the interior of the Satsuma Peninsula, the ninjas of the Shimazu family are watching all this, and they quickly inform the rear of the movement of the Kitakyushu coalition forces, and the important minister of the Shimazu family, Kaoru Honda, took five hundred soldiers and horses to monitor the shore, but did not attack, but only sent someone to Ijiin Ichiyu Castle, where Shimazu Takahisa was located, to report the news, and said: "The northern army suddenly moved the ships closer, I am afraid that they are preparing to land and attack Fangjin Village!" ”
Xinna Zhongyuan said unhappily: "What is Lord Honda doing!" Didn't the lord send him to patrol the shore, so that he could stop the northern army under water? When the Northern Army wanted to go ashore, he didn't intercept it, but sent someone to report it first - the fighter plane was fleeting, and by the time our side replied to him, the Northern Army would have landed a long time ago! ”
Shimazu Takahisa snorted and said, "Kaoru didn't do anything wrong!" If they want to land on the shore, they will definitely open the way with artillery fire, and they will be entangled on the seashore, and it will be very bad for us if they have no thick wall to cover them! ”
Shimazu Takahisa's son, Shimazu Yoshihisa, was only fourteen years old at this time, but he was already very intelligent, and asked, "Is my father planning to use Bozu as bait?" ”
"'Lure'?" Shimazu Takahisa said: "Even if it's a 'decoy' bait, it's a barbed steel bait!" Although Fangjin Village is small, but the front and back are built very solid, the grain and grass in the village are enough, even if there are 10,000 troops in the east 'gate' Qing, from the sea and land to attack Fangjin Village before and after, it may not be able to succeed quickly! I can't wait for them to come ashore and fight us on land!" Let's let them come up first! ”
Another important minister, Ijiin Tadashiro, said: "Even so, it can't be allowed to go ashore so easily. ”
Shimazu Takahisa said: "Kaoru has been in battle for a long time, so he should know how to do it." ”
Yijiin Zhonglang said: "I'm afraid that I'm afraid that Kaoru's soldiers and horses will be insufficient." ”
When Shinna Tadashi and Shimazu Yoshihisa heard that they both came out to ask for their lives, they were willing to lead troops and horses to reinforcements, but Shimazu Takahisa was afraid that they would be young and vigorous and eager to make meritorious contributions, so he sent a more stable Yamada Yutoku to lead 800 people out of the city to meet with Honda Kaoru, and instructed: "If the other party intends to land and fight, and there is no fatal flaw 'exposed', let them come up!" It doesn't matter if Fangjin is lost, we are strong and clear, and we are waiting for them in the cities of Ijiin! ”
When Shimazu Takahisa and the others were still discussing, Tang Xiuji had already landed, and with Guijiu's connivance, Xu Hai's advance team went ashore safely, and the artillery cover prepared by Wu Ping was useless! Following Tang Xiuji to lead the people to land, Xu Hai suggested that he immediately attack Fangjin from behind, in order to cooperate with Wu Ping's offensive at sea, but Tang Xiuji vetoed his suggestion, and acted very cautiously, almost every step before he had to stretch out his foot to step on it twice to see if there were any traps, and it looked like he was about to escape back to the ship at any time.
After going ashore, Tang Xiuji was not in a hurry to attack, but first stationed in the rear of Fangjin Village, more than 1,000 people formed a camp, digging pits and chopping wood, and they didn't know what they were doing. Xu Hai's repeated requests to fight were rejected by him.
Kaoru Honda saw that they had only come up with such a small number of people, even if they ate them, it would not affect the overall situation, and there was no danger in Fangjin Village, so after discussing it with Yamada Yutoku, he decided to wait patiently.
Tang Xiuji lingered for a long time after going ashore, and then he sent a signal to attack the 'gate' behind Fangjin Village. At the same time, Wu Ping also launched a general attack on the sea!
The Shimazu family was quite jealous of the East 'Gate' Kei, who had created a great victory before the 'fat', and Kamada Masenian was also uneasy at the beginning, but after a battle, he had confidence, thinking that what a great hero, a famous general in the East China Sea, in fact, is not enough. This time, Wu Ping and Tang Xiuji flanked back and forth, but with the last victory, the morale in the Jinzhai was high, Kamada Masannu's command was determined, and the manpower was allocated to prevent the front and rear at the same time, although the arrows were flying in an orderly manner, although the attack from the sea was fierce, there were no new tricks, and even the artillery fire was reluctant to bombard, and the attack from the land route was even more unexpected - not unexpectedly strong, but unexpectedly weak!
Kaoru Honda and Yamada Yude are in the distance, but they hear the crackling like an iron cannon sounding, the rumbling is the war drums, and the dust is flying, covering the sky and the sun, and the 'door' of the Metropolitan Fangjin will be a good fight! When I saw the Tao Long House on the sea, I also felt that the war spirit on the land was very strong! Who knew that after a long time, Fangjin Village still didn't move! Kaoru Honda praised again and again, and said, "I didn't expect Kamada to be a tenacious celebrity!" The front cover and the back block, the fight is so 'fierce', and he still hasn't let go of the call for help! ”
How did they know that Kamada Masano didn't feel hard at all at this moment! Although the front 'door' offensive is strong, but because of the saving of artillery fire, the threat is not as big as last time, although the rear 'door' tossed out a loud sound, but Tang Xiuji is thunder and rain, only there is a big fuss, and there is no real attack! The crackling sound like an iron cannon, but how could a piece of lead 'shoot' in? If you listen closely, it looks like firecrackers more than iron cannons. Therefore, Kamada Masannu's mind is mainly on the front 'door', but he is worried that the other party has a trick and does not dare to ignore it.
In this front and rear flanking battle, Wu Ping launched three attacks in one day, all of which were in vain, and the eastern 'gate' Kei let the wealthy clans of Kitakyushu and Yamaguchi around the defense prepare to go ashore for reinforcements, but the order was given, this seasickness, that sickness, except for Ryuzoji Takanobu, no one responded! All the wealthy families were not strong-minded, and when they saw that Shimazu was difficult to fight, they all had the intention of retreating, thinking: "This is only a small village in Fangjin, so I can't take it, and I don't know what to do when Shimazu Guijiu's army is pressed." Then some people discussed, and said that it would be better to make peace.
Longzao Temple Longxin said angrily: "Xingshi is thousands of miles, how can you retreat when you encounter such a small difficulty!" ”
The wealthy clan Naito Takayo of the long 'gate', and the wealthy clan Sugi Shigeju of Bunzen said: "You have the guts, you go up!" Who told you to bring many people! ”
At this moment, Tang Xiuji had an urgent secret letter, there was a handwritten letter from Tang Xiuji in the envelope, and a map was attached. If there's any news, you can't keep it a secret! ”
Dong 'Gate' Qing hesitated for a while, and then 'handed' the letter to Tao Longfang, Tao Longfang took the letter and looked at it, his eyes lit up, Naito and others hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, what's the matter?" ”
Tao Longfang hesitated for a moment before he said: "Although the shopkeeper of Tang Da did not achieve great results, he found out the way to Kagoshima, and he ......"
The crowd hurriedly asked, "And what?" ”
Tao Longfang said: "And he also got a message from the captive: the goods intercepted by the Shimazu family using the Fangjin Water Village are actually not in the Fangjin Village - these goods were originally going to be transported to Kagoshima, but we came quickly, and they didn't have time to transport them to Ichiyu Castle in Ijiin!" ”
When the wealthy people heard the word "goods", their necks and ears immediately grew two points, and Naito hurriedly asked: "Then the goods we were intercepted by the Shimazu family are also among them?" ”
Tao Longfang said: "How do I know! ”
Shanzhongju asked the East Gate Qing again, and the East Gate Qing said, "I don't know either." ”
But all the wealthy people thought, "Most of our goods are there!" ”
Cage Tian Anjing said: "That batch of goods, if it is neither in Fangjin nor in Ijiin Ichiyu City, where will it be?" ”
Tao Longfang took the letter and didn't answer, and Shan Zhongju sat down with his hand, poked his head out, and said, "There is also a map...... Hey, how many forks are there? Here it is the symbol of the copper coin...... "Ask the East 'Gate' Qingdao: "Lord East 'Gate', what does this mean?" ”
Dong 'Gate' Qing shouted: "How do I know! ”
I don't know who in the wealthy family said: "Copper coins, that's probably where the treasure is." ”
Someone asked, "What treasure?" ”
The man said: "Dozens of our families have gathered the goods to be transported to the boundary town of Kyoto, and they have filled a whole ship, just think about it, you can know how many!" Coupled with the money collected by the Shimazu family to buy the road, isn't that still a treasure? ”
When they heard this, they all said that they were justified, but the man who spoke was secretly twisted by his companions, and complained to him for talking too much. Cage Tian Anjing said: "Isn't it just for this batch of goods that we went south this time? It's not like I'm coming to grab land with the Shimazu family, it's better to quickly recapture this goods, and make peace with the Shimazu family. ”
"But there are three copper coin markers on this map, which one will it be?" ”
Takashi Naito said: "It doesn't matter which one it is, let's look for it one by one, and we can always find it." Also, we move fast! Maybe Shimazu Takahisa let Fangzu die here, just to delay us, and if they wait for all the goods to move all the goods into Ijiin Ichiujo Castle, then it will be troublesome. ”
All the wealthy families said: "Reasonable, reasonable." ”
Dongmenqing stood up and said, "Since this is the case, then let's hurry up!" It's just that there is a lot of danger on the shore, and I will bear the difficulty of recovering the goods. Sit down, and I'll take my troops ashore to help you recover your belongings. ”
When all the wealthy families heard this, they all shouted: "How can that be! How could such a dangerous thing be borne by the East Gate alone? ”
Dong'men' Qingdao: "Since I have been the leader of the alliance this time, I should work hard and complain." ”
Shanzhong said: "Share the blessings and share the difficulties!" We won't let the East Gate Adults go on an adventure alone! Isn't that right? ”
All the wealthy families said: "That's right! ”
The east 'gate' celebrated: "There are several seasick people here." ”
The wealthy people said: "I fainted on the boat, and I was fine when I went ashore." ”
East Gate' Qingdao: "But you can't everyone go ashore, right?" There are still some men and horses left on the sea - I think this is still the case, so I will take the soldiers of Ryuzoji Temple to go ashore to meet Hideyoshi! Stay on board and be ready to respond. If the march goes well, then wait until I get the goods back before I make plans; If the Shimazu family is powerful and you are here, I can also ensure that I have a way back when I return, so that this battle can be fought with peace of mind. Who is my East 'Gate' Qing, if the goods are recovered, can I still rely on you? ”
Iwami's wealthy Yoshimi Masalai said: "We really don't know much about things at sea, but we are a little more 'sophisticated' than the East 'Gate' Lord about the terrain of Kyushu, so it is better to let us go ashore first, and the East 'Gate' Lord will be on the shore at any time." If the march goes well, then wait until we get the goods back before we make plans; In case the Shimazu family is powerful and there is an East Gate Lord, we will have a way back when we have to retreat, so that this battle can be fought with peace of mind. Who are you here? If the goods are recovered, there will be no missing share of the East Gate! ”