Chapter 22 The Sweep of Kyushu Shows No Mercy

Wu Sangui was worried that Li Yan informed him when he came last time that the Yaogang side agreed to reorganize his army into a cavalry army and an infantry army, which was more than 50,000 people in total. However, Wu Sangui has more than 200,000 officers and soldiers registered in Shanhaiguan, and although half of them are tun soldiers, these officers and soldiers trust him very much, and they are unwilling to reorganize anyone, and Wu Sangui is also reluctant. Although, Li Yan told him that the rest of the people could go to Liaodong to open up wasteland, and the Yaogang side would try to support it. However, many soldiers have grown up with the army since they were children, and they can't leave the army at all. Wu Sangui's reorganization has been delayed again and again. Hearing the news that Li Yan informed him that he could expand another infantry army, how could Wu Sangui not be happy. Because according to the current establishment of the kiln post, an infantry army is more than 30,000 people, so many soldiers can be arranged.

What made Wu Sangui feel even more powerful was that soon the holy decree of the imperial court arrived again, ordering them to go out to fight with the Yaogang people, and also requiring them to completely obey the command of the Yaogang people.

Wu Sangui took the holy decree and asked Li Yan, "Li Gongzi, whose ability is so great?" ”

"Huh! It's not easy for us Mr. Zhang to do this, and the emperor is very happy every day when he lives in Yaogang, so it's even easier! ”

"Huh! Now the emperor is also from the kiln, which is really interesting! Wu Sangui thought it was funny.

"Hey! I said, "Commander-in-Chief, you're guilty of a crime!" We are all the emperor's subjects and ordinary people, how can we say that the emperor is our kiln? The emperor is from all over the world! Li Yan said deliberately.

"Yes, yes, the emperor is the emperor of the world, not the emperor of the Yaogang people!" Wu Sangui's brain is faster.

"You guy, you still want to go around me! It should be said that the emperor is the emperor of the people of the world, and naturally he is also the emperor of the Yaogang people! ”

"Haha!" Wu Sangui laughed a few times, and asked very seriously, "Can Gongzi Li give me a foundation, how will you treat this emperor in the future?" ”

"The emperor will always be the emperor, isn't that good?" Li Yan said, "You can rest assured!" Don't delay anything, looking at the world to make a big strategy is Mr. Zhang. We'll just take care of our own business! ”

"What Li Gongzi said is, I will quickly reorganize the team and set off immediately to fight the Japanese invaders!" Wu Sangui said, "However, your officers should come over quickly!" ”

"Don't worry! When we came out, the kiln gang began to arrange these things, and we were already preparing to send officers here for you at the beginning of spring. Just to add a few now. If you are going to go to the kiln for training, you must also register as soon as possible! ”

"As soon as they hear that they are going to war, the officers are likely to be reluctant to leave!" Wu Sangui was a little worried.

"What a bunch of unproductive stuff." Li Yan scolded, "It's a pity that they don't learn such a good opportunity." You can't let what is happening in front of you delay their future. If you can go to the kiln to study for a while, it will be different when they come back. Now your officers can't command the reorganized army, they don't understand simple tactics, what a pity to stay in the army and be a soldier! ”

"Okay, I'll listen to your Li Gongzi and whip it with a whip, and I'm going to force these rabbit cubs to go to the kiln to learn!" Wu Sangui gestured and said.

"I know, how many years have you lived and died together, and some of you are inseparable!" Li Yan understands Wu Sangui very well, and he also knows that there is going to be a war, and they very much want to be with their familiar brothers.

"Yes! It's really inseparable from those old brothers. But the veterans who have been reorganized are even more reluctant to leave me! Wu Sangui was a little sad.

"Hey! I do have an idea, our occupation of Japan this time, according to Mr. Zhang's meaning, is to completely solve Japan, so as not to leave future troubles for future generations. It's a place as big as Japan, but you soldiers can't do it. It is better to ask the opinions of those veterans, and then organize a reclamation army to go to Japan together, and when they arrive in Japan, everyone can share a large amount of land, let them take root there, and with them, they can farm when they have nothing to do, and they can also fight when they have trouble. Let me tell you, the climatic conditions in Kyushu, where we are fighting now, are much better than those of yours. Li Yan suggested.

"Oops! What a great idea! Li Gongzi, you said it earlier! My brothers will be vying to go with Lao Tzu. Wu Sangui asked worriedly, "Can the kiln gang agree?" ”

"I can definitely agree, I know, the other side is now preparing to organize immigrants to go over! Your officers and soldiers can also help manage the people in the past, and it is too late for the kiln to be happy! ”

"Good!" Wu Sangui was even happier this time. Wu Sangui was happy and organized a reclamation army of 50,000 people.

With the help of a group of staff officers brought by Li Yan, Wu Sangui accelerated the process of army reorganization. Soon the sea ship sent a large number of cadres to Shanhaiguan, and Wu Sangui's officers, of the right age, followed the ship to the kiln gang to study. The reorganization was almost done, and Li Yan left Shanhaiguan and went back to Yaogang. The command center also informed Wu Sangui to rush to Tsushima Island by warship first to join Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong. Wu Sangui and Zheng Zhilong were ordered to be Mu Yi's deputies together, and they were both appointed as deputy commanders of the Zhengri Expeditionary Force, obeying Mu Yi's unified command.

Fan Chengkun had already sent hundreds of large ships to Shanhaiguan to pick up Wu Sangui's soldiers and horses.

After receiving a telegram that Wu Sangui was about to arrive, Mu Yi called back to inform the warship that they should not go to Tsushima Island, and sent Wu Sangui and them directly to Fukuoka. Now the soldiers of the kiln have occupied all sides of Hakata Bay. The Port of Fukuoka is already a safe seaport. Sappers are rebuilding the dock.

According to Mu Yi's suggestion, Yaogang has agreed to bring two sets of two-megawatt generators to Fukuoka as soon as possible, with which tower cranes and other lifting and unloading machinery can be installed on the wharf. In that way, it will be much easier for the warships to be resupplied with fuel and other supplies in Fukuoka in the future.

Wu Sangui was seasick and dizzy at sea by boat, and he vomited in a daze. But when the boat docked at the Fukuoka pier, Wu Sangui still fought hard and cleaned up neatly, and boarded the dock, where Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong were both facing him on the pier. Although Wu Sangui had never met Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong, he had already heard of their names, and Li Yan also introduced them to him. Before getting off the ship, the captain introduced Wu Sangui to which one was Mu Yi and which one was Zheng Zhilong. When they came to the dock, when Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong came up to meet them, Wu Sangui hurriedly saluted Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong with the kiln gang military salute he had just learned.

"Report to Commander Mu! Wu Sangui came to report! Hello Commander Zheng! ”

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong both laughed and greeted them, and Mu Yi said, "Commander Wu has finally looked forward to you!" ”

Zheng Zhilong also stepped forward to shake hands and said, "Commander Wu, I, Zheng Zhilong, have admired you for a long time, and your Guanning Iron Cavalry is famous all over the world." It's an honor to fight with you now! ”

"Hey! Shame on you! In vain, if it weren't for the Yaogang side of the army, we probably wouldn't be able to hold the Shanhaiguan! ”

Mu Yi said: "Commander Wu, you have done your best, it is not your own business to defeat the Manchu Dynasty, it is not your own business, it is the entire Ming Dynasty." ”

"Yes! If you hadn't guarded the Shanhaiguan, Manchu would have entered the customs early in the morning. Zheng Zhilong said.

Wu Sangui felt very warm when he saw Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong, and saw them being so polite to him. He really felt that the army in Yaogang was really different, and the soldiers in Yaogang he saw, no matter how big the officials were, were very polite. Wu Sangui couldn't help but say sincerely: "In the future, I will follow Commander Mu to fight the Japanese and ensure that I will fight wherever Commander Mu points out!" ”

"Commander Wu, if there is something in the future, the three of us will discuss it together, let alone who will follow whom. Lao Zheng and I just don't distinguish each other! Mu Yi said.

"What Commander Mu said is that we will discuss it together in the future!" Zheng Zhilong said, "Let's go, let's go to the headquarters and slowly tell you about the situation here." ”

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong introduced the current situation to Wu Sangui in front of the map of the headquarters, and Wu Sangui had long forgotten the discomfort of seasickness, and immediately returned to the state of a great general who was about to fight.

Wu Sangui pointed to the map and said, "It's a good chess game for us to take Kyushu first!" The climate is warm, the produce is abundant, and there is also coal. To the north, we can take our time, but Kyushu must solve it as soon as possible. My army has more than 100,000 men, and you now have more than 30,000. When my army arrives, I will mix with your army. Because the combat effectiveness of the army's weapons cannot be compared with your current 30,000 people. But it's better than them compared to the Wakos. After our troops arrived, we pulled a horizontal line and swept straight over, two back and forth, and there were not many Japanese left. However, some prisoners should be left behind to build roads and open coal mines. ”

Listening to Wu Sangui's words, Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong laughed, and Wu Sangui, who was laughing, was a little confused, "What are you two laughing at?" ”

Stopping his laughter, Zheng Zhilong said: "We originally said that Commander Wu's people are here, and they won't be soft when they go out to kill, and sure enough, we guessed correctly." So we couldn't help but laugh! ”

"Hi Hi! "Whether it is the Manchus, the Mongols, or the Japanese Kou, when have they been soft on our people?" We show no mercy to them! ”

"Commander Wu is right, even Mr. Zhang, who has always advised us to kill less, didn't say more such things against the Japanese this time." Mu Yi said, "However, we still have to keep some strong and obedient labor, not only here in Kyushu, but also in our family to build railways and open mines, we need strong labor." This is a resource that cannot be wasted. We can also reduce some of the killings. Isn't it? ”

"Huh! What Commander Mu said is that we can still accumulate virtue and do good! It's a good thing! "Wu Sangui is so smart, he immediately understood.

After the delta wing of Yaogang was brought ashore, the pilots immediately began to adjust the equipment, and soon took off to reconnoitre. They found that the Japanese were building fortifications everywhere and had no intention of attacking. Obviously, after the attacking Japanese were defeated, they informed the daimyo that they could not fight hard with the attacking Ming army, and the daimyo in various places had to fight their own battles, and they were all building fortresses to fight a decisive battle with the Ming army. They have no way out but to fight to the death.

The Japanese are also like this, because the Japanese are hiding in the fortress, and they can be eliminated together when they are concentrated.

The population density of this ghost place in Japan is too large, and every time Mu Yi and his troops are sent to capture a city, there are tens of thousands of people in the city, and there are more than 100,000 or even 200,000 people in the city. The kiln gang people deal with them, there is no need to rush into the city for any street fighting, for these guys who would rather die than surrender, the kiln gang people are still the old way, after surrounding, after a burst of bombardment by cannons and small cannons, it is *** waiting. Most houses in Japan are made of wood, and it is difficult to extinguish them, and even if you don't have a fire in the whole city, you can't put out it at all. As long as the kiln people sealed the city gate with machine guns, there was not much Japan left in the city.

In a relatively large city, a division can solve one in a day, and a smaller one, a regiment can solve one in a day.

However, calling back and forth, Mu Yi was a little worried, if he continued like this, he would not be able to catch many prisoners, not to mention sending them back to Yaogang to participate in the construction, and there would not be enough people to stay in the construction of Kyushu.

Zheng Zhilong was not worried, "Don't worry! Commander Mu. The Japanese are not so stupid, if we destroy some of their cities like this, they will understand, and if this continues, they will be exterminated, and in the future, they will abandon the city and flee when we attack. At that time, we will take prisoners all over the mountains! ”

really let Zheng Zhilong say, Japan sure enough, when they encountered the Yaogang people attacking the city, they all fled, leaving an empty city.

At this time, Wu Sangui's soldiers were also transported to Fukuoka in a steady stream. They usually have to repair for a few days, and they can fight if they get seasick and get enough strength to take part in the battle.

However, the Yaogang scouts sent a piece of information that the Japanese in Kyushu took advantage of the darkness of the night to send away a large number of women and children by boat.

Mu Yi said: "This is a good thing, otherwise those old people and children still need us to arrange." ”

Zheng Zhilong lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "Damn, the Japanese are evil!" I can't figure it out, the Japanese killed all these old people, children, and women! ”

"What! You say they killed their own old people, children, and women? Wu Sangui didn't believe it.

"It's possible. You don't know the Japanese, they can do it! Zheng Zhilong said with certainty.

"If that's the case, the next step for the Japanese is to fight hard!" Mu Yi said.

"You can't fight the bullets even if you try hard!" "In this way, we will be able to speed up the process of resolving the situation in Kyushu." We kept solving them bit by bit, and they couldn't stand it anymore. I'm afraid I'm going to have to take some desperate approach. ”

"Huh! Can the Japanese blow up and sink Kyushu Island? Wu Sangui said confidently, "As long as they leave Kyushu Island behind!" ”

Wu Sangui's soldiers had not yet been fully transported to Kyushu, and as soon as Mu Yi discussed with Zheng Zhilong and Wu Sangui, he decided not to wait, and pushed the army from south to north in regiments, pushed it from west to east, and then pressed it south. The Japanese on the island of Kyushu began a full-scale rout. In the end, one or two million people were partly compressed to the coast on the eastern side of Kyushu, and partly overwhelmed the Satsuma Peninsula and the Dayu Peninsula. All the ships that could carry people left, and only a small number of people were taken with them.

The Japanese organized more than a dozen desperate counterattacks, each time dropping one or two thousand corpses, which could not shake the increasing pressure of the kiln gang people. Every day, a large number of Japanese people commit suicide by going to the sea, and the beaches are full of people who commit suicide by caesarean section.

Dealing with the eastern shore of Kyushu was an infantry corps of Wu Sangui, who for two days kept firing leaflets with artillery shells to persuade them to surrender, assuring them that as long as they did not resist, they would obey the management and raise their hands to ensure the safety of their lives, whether men, women, or children. But no one came out there, and even the faint of heart could not come out if they wanted to. It is likely that before they can come out, they will be killed by those who will not surrender. The commander of this infantry corps was sent from Yaogang, and it turned out that he came out of Lingshui, and he couldn't stand the constant persuasion of the officers and soldiers below, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he gave the order to attack.

These Wu Sangui's infantry were all muskets, but such muskets were very effective against the dense Japanese. Muskets use tactics, they all know, cover each other's bullets, cover each other. Although the Japanese had been hungry for two days, when they saw the kiln soldiers pressing up, they still gritted their teeth and rushed towards them with their knives, and when they got closer, the musketeers raised their muskets and "touched" them with a shotgun to knock down a large area. Wu Sangui's soldiers knew the power of the musket this time. Although I have trained with a musket before, I have never actually fought anyone, but now I understand that this musket on the battlefield is really different from a broadsword bow and arrow. These soldiers, who had fought in Shanhaiguan and the Manchu Qing Dynasty for many years, were not soft on killing, especially without approaching, they could kill a piece with a "touch", and they were even more unkind. In particular, the officers sent by Yaogang told them a lot about the plague of the people along the coast, and the fact that the Japanese invaded Korea twice and killed half of the Koreans. The officers and soldiers had long wanted revenge, so they showed no mercy at all.

But the soldiers were reluctant to kill those who knelt on the ground and raised their hands. They all think it's not worth killing someone like that. However, it turned out that when they let such people go, they often attacked from behind, and the soldiers were unhappy, thinking that the Japanese who were still dead were safe. As a result, what made Mu Yi very angry was that there were basically no prisoners except for some women and children left on the eastern side of Kyushu.

Mu Yi said to Wu Sangui: "Old Wu! Tell your soldiers to spare some labor! "Now Wu Sangui has a very good relationship with Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong, and his title has changed, from Commander Wu to Old Wu.

Wu Sangui smiled and said, "Hehe! Commander Mu, this is your fault! When I first came, you wanted my soldiers to kill more! Look at it, it's too much murder now! ”

"Lao Wu, don't take this matter seriously, we can solve the matter of Kyushu Island immediately, if we don't leave some people, we have to do a lot of work ourselves." Mu Yi was a little angry.

"Okay, I'll go to the front right away, these guys, I told them a long time ago to keep some useful people, but they just won't listen. If I don't go in person, it's useless to just talk about it. Wu Sangui said, "However, we can't blame our people entirely, these Japanese will not surrender, and it is also hateful." Such a person is caught by a disobedient master, let alone work. ”

Zheng Zhilong took over and said: "The Japanese are very strange, and it is useless to catch them if they don't surrender." Those who surrender will be obedient. We don't have to be in too much trouble on the Satsuma Peninsula and the Dayu Peninsula to besiege them. Send a navy to block the sea so that they have nowhere to escape, and those who don't want to die or kill themselves are likely to surrender. ”

"I'll see it!" Wu Sangui said approvingly.

After conveying the new order, Zheng Zhilong asked Wu Sangui: "Old Wu, how do you think the combat effectiveness of the Japanese compares with that of the Manchus?" ”

"It's far from it," said Wu Sangui, "and the Japanese samurai are fine on their own, and I've never seen them organize any decent tactics." It takes a lot of effort to meet the Manchus and defeat their cavalry. ”

"Is it that our weapons are no longer the same, and you think they can't do it?" Mu Yi asked.

"One-on-one on a horse is not good for the Japanese! It's so bad! Wu Sangui said confidently, "I don't understand, such some people can still come to our coastal disaster like that, and they can still kill half of the North Koreans?" ”

"Hey! You don't know, the court officials on the coast are all serving for several years, and no one wants to fight. When something happened, they ran away first. Besides, the coastal armies are all paid empty salaries, and the army is all old, weak, sick and disabled, so how can they fight with the wolf-like robbers. There are also people who hate the government, and some even send letters to the Japanese invaders, what is this battle for? "Zheng Zhilong knows the situation along the coast very well.

Mu Yi said: "You don't want to mention North Korea, they have always been our subject country, they have our military protection, I don't know about the war for three hundred years, internal corruption, and constant party strife, how can it be compared with the Japanese who have been planning to destroy Korea and then exterminate our China." Toyota Hideyoshi organized an army of more than 300,000 men, as well as more than 200,000 reserve troops, and more than 700 warships. There is a lot of combat experience, where can the DPRK withstand it? ”

Wu Sangui sighed and deliberately provoked Mu Yi and said, "Alas! Lao Zheng said, now there are more than 10 million Japanese people, if they all come to fight with us like Kyushu, we will kill a lot of people, Commander Mu should not be soft! ”

"Huh! Can Lao Tzu still be soft? Mu Yi smiled and said, "Lao Tzu wants to keep some labor, otherwise they will be killed." You didn't go back to the kiln, if our big housekeeper Mr. Lu knew that you killed everyone, he wouldn't be in a hurry with you! You have to be scolded for being a loser! ”

"Hey! I heard that Li Gongzi also talked about Mr. Lu, and I heard that he is a genius in business! Wu Sangui heard that Mu Yi was ahead of Lu Chengxiang and wanted to know more about this legendary figure.

Mu Yi smiled and said: "Several giants in our kiln gang, everyone's story can be told for a few days. This Mr. Lu is the god of wealth in our kiln, no matter what happens, you can't do it if he doesn't nod. What do we Mr. Zhang do, the first thing I want to ask Mr. Lu about this matter? As long as Mr. Lu says that there is no problem with the money, he can proceed further. ”

"What? Mr. Zhang still has to ask Mr. Lu about things to do? Wu Sangui didn't understand.

Zheng Zhilong smiled and said, "Hehe! Don't get me wrong, we Mr. Zhang never ask about silver, the silver is in the hands of Mr. Huang and Mr. Lu, when Zhang Zhimu encounters a major matter and needs a lot of silver, do you want to ask Mr. Lu? ”

"What? Mr. Zhang doesn't care about the silver? Wu Sangui couldn't understand it anymore.

"Our kiln gang is like this, Mr. Zhang never cares about the business matters to Mr. Lu, I heard that Mr. Lu asked Mr. Zhang to report the account, and Mr. Zhang didn't want to listen." Mu Yi said.

"There really is such an owner!" Wu Sangui smacked his tongue.

"Mr. Zhang said, trust everyone, everyone will return loyalty!" Mu Yi said.

"This person is different!" Wu Sangui still didn't understand.

Zheng Zhilong said a word, and Wu Sangui understood, "Let me tell you, no one in Yaogang dares to be disloyal!" ”

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.