On October 5, the third year of the Apocalypse, the adaptive training of the Independent Brigade finally ended. Man Gui went to Hirado with two infantry battalions and an artillery bureau, and Zhang Qianfang was responsible for transporting them.

On October 2, Matsuura Nobuzhen and Yan Siqi had launched an attack on his brother Matsuura Zhenxin, because they were well prepared, and because Yan Siqi had a large number of naval vessels and pirates had rich experience in water warfare, Matsuura Nobuzhen quickly gained the upper hand in both land and naval warfare.

On October 3, Matsuura Jinshin saw that the situation was not good and surrendered to his younger brother. So Matsuura Nobutada became the head of the Matsuura family, and the 63,000 stone in the two counties of Matsuura and Biki were all owned by him.

On the 6th, Matsuura Nobusada began to discuss meritorious deeds, he convened a meeting of all meritorious personnel in Hirado, Yan Siqi became the head of the pen family, and became the most powerful retainer under Matsuura Nobusada, but all his power came from Matsuura Nobutada, and Nobuzhen could remove him from his position as the elder at any time, unless he was sealed with a fief.

So Yan Siqi proposed to Matsuura Nobutada that he hoped to obtain jurisdiction over Hirado Island, but Matsuura Nobutada refused without hesitation. Yan Siqi quarreled with him on the spot, but the quarrel broke up.

Yan Siqi returned to his ship and led his men who had been prepared to attack Matsuura Nobuzhen. And some of Matsuura Nobuzhen's subordinates also had collusion with Yan Siqi for a long time, so it was very easy for Yan Siqi to defeat Matsuura Nobutada and occupy the two islands of Iki Island and Hirado Island.

The shogunate objected to the replacement of the daimyo of Hizen Province and sent an envoy to Yan Siqi, ordering him to return the daimyo and the area under his jurisdiction to the Matsuura family, and in exchange, he could consider handing over Hirado Island to him.

Yan Siqi laughed after hearing what the envoy said: "It's okay to be so obedient a long time ago, now that Lao Tzu is interested, tell you general, either give me all the Hirado Domain, I can still hand over the property according to the rules of the Matsuura family, but if I want to return it to the Matsuura family, it is impossible." ”

The envoy said, "With such a small number of troops, do you dare to confront the general?" If you surrender early, you can also get jurisdiction over Hirado Island, so please think carefully. ”

Yan Siqi said with a straight face: "You go back and tell the general, either let me become the Hirado Domain, or come to conquer me, there is no other way to go." ”

The envoy returned to Tokugawa Hidetada, and Tokugawa Hidetada was furious when he heard this, and immediately gathered his forces and prepared to crusade against Yan Siqi.

Tokugawa Hidetada is no longer a shogun, but a great imperial office, and the shogun is his son Tokugawa Iemitsu, but the real power is still in the hands of Tokugawa Hidetada.

The shogunate issued a summoning order, and the daimyo of the Kansai region responded, dispatching a total of 8,000 troops and 50 ships. Go to ask Yan Siqi.

At this time, Man Gui came to Hirado with 3,000 men, and the flag was still the pirate's flag. Yan Siqi wanted to arrange them in the best house in Hirado, but Man Gui refused, he just chose an original military camp to station, and began rigorous training again.

The mobilization of the shogunate was slow, and on November 5, the shogunate army finally came out, fifty ships divided into two parts, and headed for Hirado Island.

Zhang Qianfang finally waited for the opportunity, and he took four Fu ships and ten Haicang ships to meet the shogunate ships in the north of the island, and Zheng Yiguan to meet the shogunate ships in the south of the island.

The northern part was dominated by the armies of the Chikuzen and Nagato domains, and there was still some gap between the naval armies of these two feudal domains and the Hirado feudal domains, not to mention compared with Zhang Qianfang's naval army, Zhang Qianfang's troops only fired two rounds of artillery and hit eight ships, although they did not capsize immediately, but it should only be a matter of time.

The other twenty-two ships turned around and fled, there was no way to escape, the power of the artillery was too great, as long as it hit, the ship would either break the mast or make a big hole, and there was no way to fight this battle at all.

Zhang Qianfang ordered the boats to chase and escape, and three more boats were wrecked, and then he returned triumphantly and began to rescue the Japanese who had fallen into the water.

Zheng Yiguan, on the other hand, was in big trouble, his opponent was the twenty ships of the Shimazu Domain, and he brought a total of thirty boats. The Shimazu Domain is also the Satsuma Domain that we are very familiar with, although he is a foreign daimyo like the Hirado Domain, and belongs to the daimyo that the shogunate does not like, but the combat power of its naval army is indeed not low.

The general commander of the Shimazu Domain's naval army was Kayama Hisadaka, who was quite skilled in naval warfare, and although the Shimazu Domain had 600,000 stone heights, it seemed that the quality of the ships and the configuration of the guns were relatively good, at least much stronger than Zheng Yiguan's pirates. So there was no accident, Zheng Yiguan was beaten by the Shimazu clan and fled back to the port of Hirado.

By the time Zhang Qianfang got the news, the Shimazu clan had already landed in Hirado Minami. The soldiers who came ashore were 3,000 in total, and they advanced smoothly all the way until they met Man Gui.

The weapons and equipment of the Shimazu domain were relatively stronger than the Japanese army in Hirado, but of course they were much inferior to the Guards. The small artillery and the fire bolt quickly repelled the attacking Shimazu soldiers, and then began the process of chasing and fleeing.

Although Hirado Island was large, the Shimazu soldiers had only come ashore not far away, so the Guards quickly drove them to the seashore. At this time, the warships at sea had no way to support the infantry on the shore with artillery, and could only watch the infantry being driven out of the sea or surrendering.

At this time, Zhang Qianfang's Fuchuan happened to rush over, and under the attack of Fuchuan, the Shimazu warship wisely chose to retreat, and Zhang Qianfang did not chase after it, and cooperated with the guards to capture the infantry of the Shimazu family.

At the end of the battle, three Japanese ships were sunk, 10 were captured, and more than 3,000 soldiers were captured. The ship was towed to the harbor for repairs, while the soldiers were taken to the barracks in Hirado and guarded.

Yan Siqi convened a meeting of the generals of the land and water armies, and Zheng Yiguan first made a report on the defeat of the Shimazu naval army.

And Mitsutsura also believed that the equipment of the Shimazu soldiers was indeed stronger than that of the Japanese army in Hirado, and with the stone height of the Shimazu family, it is difficult to explain why the Shimazu family would have so much money to arm his warships and soldiers.

Yan Siqi said: "We will know this question later, when we go to interrogate the prisoners." The most important problem now is that the shogunate has already destroyed our navy by sending only three daimyos, and if they send out the daimyo or even the pro-daimyo or even the daimyo of the clan, or a few more daimyos, then we will be in big trouble. We must not underestimate them because we have won for the time being. ”

Everyone nodded yes, even Man Gui, who had a comprehensive advantage at the beginning of the battle, knew that if there were a little more Japanese troops attacking, or if he was not on the defensive with fortifications to support, it was really difficult to say who would win and who would lose.

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