Chapter 16 Pacification of Kyushu
Run!
It was the only thing left in Ono's mind.
When Akito's cannonball fell, Ono closed his eyes, he thought that this time he was dead, but Amaterasu blessed it, the cannonball did not explode, but Ono was frightened, he did not dare to stay at the stone barrier anymore, but ran frantically to the back.
When he came to his senses, he found that he had run to the hillside behind, and looked around to see that there were people running for their lives, and looking further in the direction of the bay, he saw that the Ming army had begun to land.
What to do? According to the order, it seems that he should release arrows behind the stone barrier at this time, right?
What about arrows? Ono found himself empty-handed, let alone a bow, not even an arrow.
Did you lose it? Where did you lose it?
Ono looked around, and he saw a half-cut stone tower next to it, which seemed to be the command tower of Lord Jinchuan, oh, by the way, the Ming army was bombed here at the beginning.
Yes! Ono hit a spirit, and the artillery of the Ming army could hit here, so ......, Ono immediately jumped up and ran backwards.
It's just that when he ran, he felt as if he had seen something, and by the way, there was a man who did not run backwards, but lay behind the rocks, looking into Hakata Bay, like a fool, but looking at his clothes, he seemed to be a big man......
Ono is not an isolated case, the person who survived by luck ran to the hillside and immediately realized the same problem and had to continue running.
When they ran away and wanted to take a breath, they found that the Ming army had already caught up.
At this moment, the difference between people is revealed, some people are empty-handed, they don't have any weapons, and not only that, some people don't even have shoes; But some people are not, still holding the ancestral sword in their hands, the former can only continue to run, and the latter is the more daring, and rushes forward with a war knife.
Although Ono didn't have a weapon in his hand, he didn't run, he recognized the samurai who rushed towards the Ming army, although he didn't know if his name was Yamamoto Lang or Yamaguchi Jiro, but the martial arts were quite good, and he belonged to the role of one as ten, and it should be no problem to kill these Ming troops.
Thinking of this, Ono's mind came alive, yes, the navy of the Ming army is powerful, but you can't drive to the shore, when you get here, you still have to slash and kill with real knives and guns! The samurai of our Yamato nation are invincible in sword skills!
At this time, Ono found that the Ming soldiers did not dodge, but raised their hands at the same time, and when they heard the three gunshots of "bang bang", the guy named Yama Jiro fell to the ground, struggled a few times, and couldn't get up again.
Under Ono's gaze, a Ming soldier rushed over, stepped on the war knife on the ground, kicked Yamag Jiro away, cursed a few words, and then picked up the treasure knife, put it on his back, and then looked in the direction of Ono.
Ono was really scared this time, he "rubbed", jumped up like a rabbit, and ran back, just heard a few "bang bang" sounds from behind, Ono felt that his ears seemed to hurt a little, but he couldn't care about anything, so he could only run with his life......
"This kid is still running very fast!"
This is the idea of the three Ming armies.
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After the Ming army occupied the port, Qu Neng immediately ordered the special operations battalion and the marine corps to pursue the enemy and expand the results of the battle.
After the 16th Brigade of the Sixth Army went ashore, Qu Neng ordered Shao Yun to personally lead it and join the pursuit.
Along the way, the Japanese were defeated, and the few who wanted to resist died under the handcuffs in close combat, under the flintlock pistol in distant combat, and under the grenades in the group, and then later, the Japanese gradually gave up resistance and surrendered on the ground.
The special operations battalion pursued them all the way, and when they reached the outskirts of Dazaifu, they encountered organized resistance, and they were met with reinforcements sent by Ashikaga Yoshinori.
Although Ashikaga Yoshinori was young, General Spo Yoshinori was scheming, and Imagawa Sadayo was at odds with him, and he knew it well, so in addition to arranging people in the army, he also sent people to watch the movement of Hakata Bay from a distance.
Therefore, as soon as the Ming army opened fire, someone delivered the news to Dazaifu, and when the Japanese people were defeated, the spies immediately flew back to Dazaifu, and after Ashikaga Yoshinori heard the news, he immediately sent reinforcements, and at the same time ordered to close the city gate and beware of the Ming army's sneak attack.
The special operations battalion and Ashikaga Yoshimori's reinforcements fought fiercely, each with losses, and both retreated.
On the afternoon of March 12, Shao Yun led his army to Dazai Castle, but was unable to surround Dazai Castle.
Dazai Castle is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with Mt. Homan to the east, Mt. Tenbai to the southwest, and Mt. Tennoji to the north.
Shao Yun set up his camp to the east of Dazai Castle and cut off his eastward escape route.
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Almost at the same time, Sheng Yong landed in Kagoshima.
Because the main castle of Kagoshima had been burned down, the large camps of Shibukawa Mitsuyori and Shimazu Motohisa were located outside the castle, so they did not suffer as much loss as Imagawa Sadayo, but they were also unable to stop the pace of the landing of the Sheng Yong army.
Unlike Qu Neng's use of marines and special operations battalions, Sheng Yong directly used the Guards, using flintlock pistols and artillery to deal with the fierce Satsuma samurai.
"Ready, put!"
"Transposition, Status, Shoot!"
“......”
"No, Lord Tandi, the firearms of the Ming army are too strong, and our army can't rush over!"
In fact, there is no need to go to Shimazu Motohisa to say that Shibukawa Mitsuyori also saw this situation, but he was a person who had no idea, so he asked Shimazu Motohisa: "Then what should I do?" ”
"I can only retreat, and then find a chance to fight the Ming army!"
"Okay, Lord Shimazu, you go and arrange it!"
"Yes!"
Following Shibukawa Mitsuyori's order, the Satsuma samurai immediately began to retreat, leaving behind the dead bodies in front of the battle.
"Satsuma samurai, it really lives up to its reputation, but, hehe," smelling the smell of gunpowder in the air, Sheng Yong was a little intoxicated, he smiled, and then said sharply: "Order the guards to pursue with victory, pay attention to maintaining formation, and be careful of ambushes!" ”
"Yes!"
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On March 13 of the ninth year of Jianwen, Sheng Yong led his army to land in Kagoshima, the Satsuma army was defeated, and Shibukawa Mitsuyori and Shimazu Motohisa fled to Dazaifu.
On the way to Dazaifu, Shibukawa Mitsuyori and Shimazu Motohisa received the news that Hakata Bay was lost and Dazaifu was besieged, and the two immediately knew that Kyushu was undefendable, so they immediately led 5,000 remnants of the army to flee to Bungo, preparing to flee from the Bungo Suido to Shikoku Island.
It's a pity that their thoughts are all in Sheng Yong's calculations, Zhang Rong has already sent warships to block the Bungo Waterway, and Shibukawa Manyori and Shimazu Motohisa have to take small boats to smuggle the Bungo Waterway at night.
The Bungo waterway was turbulent and unsuitable for night sailing, so Shimazu Motohisa, the lord of the Satsuma domain, was shipwrecked and killed, while Shibukawa Mitsuyori was lucky enough to land on the island of Shikoku, and he did not dare to stay in Shikoku, but immediately returned to Honshu to report to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu on the situation in Kyushu.
Although Shibukawa Mitsuyori and Shimazu Motohisa left, their subordinates had nowhere to flee but to lay down their weapons and raise their hands in surrender.
However, the Marine Brigade of Ouchi Morimi, Ouchi Hiroshige, and Chu Zheng, who went to the rescue county to open up the connection between Kyushu and Honshu, fought fiercely for three days, and the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, but made no progress. When the two were about to retreat, they were attacked by the head of the Daiming Chikuformer Independent Regiment, Shao Erzhenlai, Ouchi Morimi was killed in battle, and Ouchi Hiroshige was captured and surrendered.
On March 22, Qu Neng broke through Dazaifu Castle and annihilated 12,000 defenders, Ashikaga Yoshinori was captured, and Spoyoshi was about to die under the indiscriminate guns.
So far, the Ming army pacified the entire territory of Kyushu, and it took only 11 days in total, and the nine countries of Hizen, Higo, Chikuzen, Chikugo, Fengma, Bungo, Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga were in the bag.
Among them, more than 23,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, more than 35,000 Japanese soldiers were captured, including senior generals such as Ashikaga Yoshinori and Ouchi Hiroshige, and the one who voluntarily surrendered was Chikuzen Daimyo Shoji Sadayori, who was appointed by Qu Neng as the head of the independent regiment.
On the 23rd, after receiving the report of Qu Neng's battle, Sheng Yong ordered people to report the victory to the imperial court, and at the same time adjusted the deployment of troops, preparing to attack Honshu and Shikoku.