Finally, Zhou Yuji led his troops to Hirado Island. Along the way, many of the officers and men of the Third Division vomited, and their legs were fluttering when they got off the boat, and Zhou Yuji ordered to rest for ten days, and first discussed how to attack with the staff headquarters who had just arrived.

Yan Siqi had already sent someone to complete the mapping of the western part of Japan, and the General Staff urgently made a sand table based on the map and with reference to the dictation of the plotter.

The spies also reported the mobilization of the shogunate, and the staff officers planted small flags representing the shogunate army on the sand table.

Yang Guangkui and Xiong Tingbi took the staff officers to start the exercise, which was the first time to conduct a naval battle exercise, so Yan Siqi, Zheng Zhilong, and Zhang Qianfang all participated in the exercise.

The sand table is clear at a glance, so that it is easy for everyone to see the possible changes in the process of attack and killing between the two sides, because it is the first time, so everyone is very cautious, repeatedly deduce, and strive to consider all the possibilities clearly, and formulate multiple plans.

First, Li Delin and Bai Jiansen took the staff officers to play the Ming army on one side and the Japanese army on the other, and then the three of the navy became interested, so it became Yan Siqi with Zheng Zhilong and Zhang Qianfang to play the Ming army, and Li Delin and Bai Jiansen played the Japanese Satsuma Domain and the shogunate reinforcements.

Li Delin and Bai Jiansen do have some real materials, sometimes the ideas are unexpected, and the method of using troops is also very appropriate, and the cooperation between the two has brought a lot of pressure to the naval trio, if it is not for the fact that the weapons and equipment of the two sides are too different, I am afraid that it will be difficult to cope with for a while.

In two days, after many confrontations between the two sides, it was finally determined that the Ming army still had a great advantage, the advantage of the Ming army was in terms of weapons and equipment, and the advantage of the Japanese army was in the local battle.

At this time, an envoy from the shogunate came to Hirado. It turned out that the shogunate found out that the Ming army was actually stationed in Hirado, so he came to question Yan Siqi.

The envoy handed over the letter from Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the expedition, to Yan Siqi, who could read Japanese, and he read it and said: "Please reply to the general, the Ming army is temporarily stationed in Hirado, and we have been given 1,000 taels of silver every day, and we have to give in under the pressure of both force and money." Please rest assured that we have always supported the Shogun, and thank you for the Shogun's love for the Hirado Domain. ”

After sending away the envoy, he went to Yang Guangkui and the others, and said with a smile: "The shogunate is a little panicked, he didn't expect you to be stationed in Hirado, thinking that you would attack directly from the sea, and now as long as I don't let you be stationed, I will admit that I am the daimyo of the Hirado Domain." ”

Yang Guangkui also smiled and said: "This business is done, we set off, and Yan Dudu reported to the shogunate, saying that we have been expelled, and then you will be justified in occupying Hirado." ”

Xiong Tingbi said: "I have dealt with the Japanese, and I am afraid of power but not virtue, only when I am afraid of him and subdued him, he will be honest." As soon as I was weak, they would pounce on me and take a bite. Fortunately, the ancestors have spirits, and this holy lord should ensure that our dynasty will be strong for a hundred years. ”

Zhou Yuji said with a smile: "The Holy Lord doesn't just want to be strong for a hundred years, he told us last time that he wants my Han people to dominate this earth and always be at the top of the food chain." ”

Yan Siqi asked, "What is the earth?" What chain of food? ”

Zhou Yuji touched his head and said, "It's really strange that the Holy Lord said that we live on a big ball, but the missionaries also think so, and the heavenly officials also agree with this point of view, but I don't understand." ”

"What is the food chain, I remember, it's called the food chain, the top of the food chain means that only we bully others, we can't let others bully us, well, that's what it means."

Yan Siqi clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you Buddha, the days of being bullied are indeed not easy." If you specifically bully others, that's a beautiful thing. ”

Man Gui said: "You bully others, and others are not comfortable." ”

Yang Guangkui said: "The saint said that it is better to bully others than to be bullied, and we will not bully others for no reason, it must be someone else who has done something sorry for us first, and we have to bully him." Like the Satsuma Domain, if they don't encroach on Ryukyu, why should we come here? ”

Zhou Yuji also said: "The Holy Lord, let me tell you the navy, this world is beyond our expectations, you have a lot of battles to fight in the future, and then you can choose our third division to cooperate with you." ”

Man Gui said dissatisfiedly: "The Independent Brigade came first, and we have already cooperated. ”

Yang Guangkui smiled and said: "What is your army anxious about, the saint said that it will at least reach the north of the North Sea, are you still afraid that there will be less fighting?" ”

All the generals laughed in understanding, as soldiers, fighting this is the foundation of their lives, with the knives and guns in their hands, for the emperor to lay down a piece of land, for the descendants to fight for a family business, even if the horse leather shroud, what a word.

The battle against the Satsuma Domain is finally about to begin. The task of the General Staff has been completed, and Li Delin, Bai Jiansen and others asked to watch the battle, which was approved by Yang Guangkui, Li Delin was assigned to Zhang Qianfang's fortune boat, and Bai Jiansen entered Mangui's independent brigade.

From Hirado to Satsuma, there were enemies along the way, so the Ming army's course of action was from Hirado, then passing by Gotoshima, and then coming directly to Koshikishima from the sea, and after occupying Koshikishima, they used this place as a base and began to attack the Satsuma domain.

The trip went extremely smoothly, and when he arrived at Yong Island, he found that there were only sporadic fishermen on it, and after seeing the warships of the Ming army, he quickly wanted to escape.

But where can they flee to, there are warships of the Ming army everywhere, so they were quickly caught by the Ming army and sent to the generals of the Ming army.

Zheng Zhilong knew Japanese, and he personally interrogated the fisherman, asked about the basic situation of Kagoshima on the other side, and then compared it with Yan Siqi's information.

Kagoshima was not an island, but a peninsula, and the Ming army's plan was to first occupy Kushikino Village, then attack southeast to Kagoshima Castle and force the Satsuma clan to surrender.

Now that the interrogator found that the forces of the Satsuma Domain were mainly concentrated in Kushikino Village, Zheng Zhilong thought that he should first send someone to reconnoiter the distribution of the enemy's forces, and then decide on the direction of the main attack.

Zheng Zhilong sent his brother Zheng Zhibao with a few people and took a small boat to Kagoshima to inquire about information. The fleet was docked at Koshijima, the army rested on land, and the navy remained on standby.

Zheng Zhibao took people to return after three days of driving, and he reported that Kushikino Village did have a large number of Japanese soldiers assembled, while the estuary south of Kushikino Village was only guarded by a few veterans, and the estuary was very suitable for large ships to dock, making it a good place to land.

As for the warships in Kagoshima, they were distributed in the city a little south of Kushikino Village, and there were about fifty ships, and from a distance, the number of artillery guns was small, and the caliber was significantly smaller than that of the Ming army.

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