According to the arrangement of the enemy's army, the generals held another meeting, and finally Yang Guangkui decided that Zhang Qianfang was responsible for leading four Fu ships and twenty gunboats to attack the Satsuma naval army from the city, while Zheng Zhilong was responsible for sending Zhou Yuji and Man Gui's troops ashore from the mouth of the river, and then sweeping all the Japanese along the coast.

The next morning, after breakfast, Zhang Qianfang pounced on Satsuma's navy with great vigour. The last time he fought the shogunate fleet, he only fired two rounds of artillery and won, which made him very unhappy.

He thought that although Zheng Zhilong failed, he had fought such a long naval battle and gained a lot of experience, but he was a little envious of him. This time, he was able to get the task of direct attack, but Zheng Zhilong could only do transportation, which made him very happy.

When he saw Kagoshima's fleet, the other party had already discovered them, and Zhang Qianfang issued an order: "Attack the enemy on the starboard side." The flag bearer waved the flag and passed the order to the boat behind.

The first shell of the flagship's bow gun hit the mast of an enemy ship, which smashed down, killing several enemy soldiers. Zhang Qianfang shouted: "Good luck, good luck is coming!" ”

It seems that good luck has come, after the Ming warship fired a round of artillery, three enemy ships have lost their combat effectiveness, five were injured, and only one of the Ming army has lost its combat effectiveness.

After turning around and changing sides, the second round of guns, the number of ships that the Japanese army could fight was reduced, which made the characteristics of the Ming army's ships strong and strong guns more obvious, after this round, eight Japanese warships completely lost their combat effectiveness, and ten of them were injured to varying degrees.

At this time, everyone was actually entangled, so Zhang Qianfang could only order each other to fight. The Ming army had a drill to attack one ship together, and now it can be used in a chaotic battle.

There was not much suspense, and two hours later, the Japanese army chose to escape, and Zhang Qianfang pursued closely, leaving a total of 25 Satsuma warships behind.

Zhang Qianfang asked the pirates who knew Japanese to shout for them to surrender, and promised to guarantee their safety, and twenty ships surrendered, but five refused to surrender, and the soldiers set the boats on fire, then jumped into the water and swam to the shore.

Zhang Qianfang ordered that all the Japanese soldiers who jumped into the water be killed. Li Delin asked: "General Zhang, why don't you let them go, we have already won." ”

Zhang Qianfang asked the standard-bearer to pass on the order, and then turned to him and said: "You don't understand their temperament, these people are the most difficult group of people to deal with, let them live, we will have to die more soldiers." To be merciful to one's enemies is to be cruel to oneself, and Delin must remember that our mercy can only be done to our fellow man. ”

Li Delin immediately stood up and saluted a military salute: "Thank you, General Zhang, for your advice, it is Delin who is pedantic and has the kindness of a woman on the battlefield." ”

Zhang Qianfang smiled and patted him on the shoulder and said: "You are a good seedling, you will definitely be reused by the emperor in the future, I hope that you can still remember what I just said, all those who hinder the emperor's great cause, we must ruthlessly eradicate it, even our compatriots." ”

Li Delin thought for a moment and nodded firmly. Since it is an obstacle to the emperor's great cause, compatriots will become enemies, and if they are enemies, they cannot let go. I'd rather kill the mistake than let it go, he nodded viciously again in his heart.

After Zhang Qianfang's order was issued, except for Fuchuan, all other ships began to clear out the fleeing soldiers, while Fufune monitored the surrendered enemy ships and gathered them, transferred the people on the ships that could no longer be used to other ships, and then sailed towards Koshimojima.

Zheng Zhilong also began to drive towards the mouth of the river after Zhang Qianfang dispatched. The mouth of the river is about twenty miles away from Kushikino Village, which is a civilian port, and the ship led by Zheng Zhilong is not too big, so it is more suitable to land here.

The fishing boats at the pier were quickly dispersed by the sound of firecrackers, and the guards quickly disembarked from the boats, advanced to the hinterland in three directions, and began to be on guard.

A large number of artillery pieces, ammunition were carried down from the ship by gantry cranes and piled up inside a large house, a warehouse for pickled fish, the owner was frightened away by the sound of the Guards' firearms, which happened to be used as a temporary stronghold.

It took more than an hour to move everything off the ship, and the Independent Brigade and the 3rd Division would split up, and Zhou Yuyoshi would head north, first to capture Kushino Village, and then to Akune Village, where he would establish a stronghold and control the shogunate's march from Higo to Satsuma.

To the east, Mangui would first capture Hioki and then attack the Satsuma Domain's garrison, dividing the Satsuma Domain's forces into the north and south.

Zhou Yuji led two infantry battalions and an artillery battalion, plus a baggage battalion, with a total of more than 5,000 people. Zhou Yuji ordered: "Everyone only brought three days of dry food, dry food is used in the most critical time, and the usual food can only be requisitioned on the spot, if you can buy food, it is the best, if not, then grab it." ”

The two infantry battalions, one in the front and one on the right, and the artillery battalion were protected in the middle, because there were no horses or other livestock, so the soldiers and baggage soldiers could only pull the gun wagons.

The scouts and pirates who could speak Japanese went to the locals to buy food, and they really succeeded. Although the amount of money I bought at one time was not much, I could buy it dozens of times to achieve the effect, and finally solved the first meal in Satsuma.

After eating, the army continued to advance and arrived at Kushikino Village, where there were no Japanese guards. Zhou Yuji ordered to move on, straight into Ajiune.

There is a city in Akune, of course, the city is what the Japanese think of as a city, in the eyes of the Ming army, it is just an earthen wall, the wall is made of loess, no more than a zhang high, and the Japanese soldiers on the city wall are holding fire guns, nervously watching the Ming army outside in bright armor.

Immediately, a pirate went to persuade him to surrender, and the answer was a burst of bullets, and the pirate was so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, but fortunately he was not injured. Seeing this, Zhou Yuji ordered the artillery to attack with nine-pound cannons, and after only ten shells, he blasted a big hole in the city wall, and by the way, threw the Japanese troops on the city wall.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers in the city rushed out, some with arquebuses, some with bows and arrows, some with swords, and even some with fans, and they didn't know what they were shouting.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who didn't even have armor, Zhou Yuji pursed his lips and said, "Free shooting." The sound of firecrackers rang out, and the Japanese soldiers fell in rows, but none of them retreated, avoiding the corpses of their comrades and continuing to rush forward.

The Guards had a large number of muskets, so most of the Japanese fell to the ground twenty paces before they could rush to the front of the Guards. A handful of samurai, who were skilled, and with good luck, finally rushed to the front of the battle, and when they raised their weapons to start fighting, several bayonets stabbed at him at the same time, so they had to fall to the ground unwillingly.

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