The news that Yan Siqi led a large army to arrive in the Ryukyus had not yet reached the ears of Shimazu Tadatsune, the lord of the Satsuma domain, Yan Siqi had already sent troops to Fangjin.

Obviously, the entire Satsuma Domain didn't realize that Yan Siqi would send troops so quickly, and they didn't even expect that Yan Siqi's army would come to attack the Satsuma Domain. When Yan Siqi's army arrived at the coast of Fangjin, the entire Fangjin was undefended, and there were still fishing boats on the sea.

Yan Siqi's army completely controlled Fangjin with only a slight resistance in Fangjin. After Yan Siqi captured Fangjin, he immediately issued a notice of peace to the people. According to Yan Siqi's current idea, in the early stage, it was to occupy the Satsuma Domain, replace the rule of the Shimazu clan of the Satsuma Domain, and obtain the approval of the shogunate, and then slowly plan it.

Yan Siqi's Anmin notice is still very effective. The Satsuma Domain was a very poor feudal domain during the Edo period, and the people of the Satsuma Domain were so poor that there was almost no rebellion among the people of the Satsuma Domain during the Edo period, except for passive resistance such as desertion.

And Yan Siqi happened to have money and food, he gathered pirates from all sides, money and food were sufficient, and there was a message in his notice to open a warehouse and release grain, anyone can receive a bucket of rice, if you are willing to join the army, you will be paid a stone of rice per month, and food is exactly what all the people need.

Fangjin City quickly settled down under the auspices of Yan Siqi, and at the same time, Yan Siqi also recruited 2,000 recruits in Fangjin City.

Almost at the same time that Shimazu Tadashi received the news that Yan Siqi had arrived in the Ryukyu Kingdom with his troops, he also received the news of the fall of Fangjin Castle.

"Siqi has captured Fangjin City." Shimazu Tadashi had just summoned his subordinates to prepare to analyze Yan Siqi's intentions, but he didn't expect Yan Siqi to express his intentions so soon.

"My lord, I heard that this invasion is just a group of pirates, and the rabble is not to be feared, and my subordinates are willing to lead the army to Fangjin to exterminate this group of pirates." At this time, someone stood up and said.

"Hirata-kun, according to the scouts, the number of pirates who have invaded the territory this time is more than 20,000, and there are hundreds of warships, so you can't take it lightly."

"Huashan-kun, pirates have always been pirates, although there are many people this time, they are just a group of rabble, I thought that an army of 10,000 was enough to exterminate this group of pirates." Hirata Masumune said disapprovingly.

"Lord, pirates have always only plundered at sea, and rarely go ashore to rob, even if they go ashore to rob, they will soon withdraw and return to the sea, but this time is different, my subordinates heard that the pirate leader Siqi not only did not plunder the place, but issued a notice to calm the people, which shows that his ambition is not small, and he must not be taken lightly." Hisashi Hisaka said.

"My lord, my subordinates are willing to lead an army of 10,000 to exterminate this group of pirates, if not, my subordinates are willing to apologize." Hirata Masumune said with a swear after looking at a birtayama Hisataka.

Hisataka Kayama was Shimazu's most effective general, who made countless contributions to the Satsuma Domain, and the destruction of the Ryukyu Kingdom was his masterpiece, and he only led 3,000 troops to destroy the Ryukyu Kingdom at that time. Since then, Hisataka Kayama has been hoping to increase his territory, but has been ignored by Shimazu Tadashi. Both sides have always had contradictions. This led to Shimazu Tadashi still supporting Hirata Masumune from the bottom of his heart.

Hirata's military order made Shimazu Tadashi, who was originally hesitant, make up his mind.

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And after Yan Siqi captured Fangjin, he never marched towards Tsurumaru City. Yan Siqi had been in Nagasaki for a long time, and he knew that although he was poor in the Satsuma Domain, his combat power was the strongest in the entire Kyushu Island, and Yan Siqi was not sure that he would be able to take Tsurumaru Castle now. He decided to use Hojin as a base and gradually advance towards Tsurumaru Castle. After all, Fangjin is close to the sea, which is very convenient for his supplies, and he is very dependent on Fangjin to consume the forces of the Satsuma Domain.

The news that Hirata Masujong led an army of 10,000 to defeat Yan Siqi soon spread to Fangjin. Yan Siqi's subordinates gathered nearly twenty pirates, and everyone had different attitudes towards the news of the Satsuma Domain's crusade. Some people advocate holding on to Fangjin, some people advocate retreating to the sea first and then looking for fighters, and some people advocate going out of the city to fight.

"General Deng, what do you think?" The person Yan Siqi asked was named Deng Qingsong, who was recruited by Yan Siqi from Daming.

Deng Qingsong was originally the general manager of the guard, honest and honest, but he was excluded by his colleagues, this time Yan Siqi got Zhu Youxiao's secret aim to recruit the army in the Ming Dynasty, Deng Qingsong thought about killing the Japanese and making contributions, so he simply came to Dongying with Yan Siqi. Deng Qingsong is also the highest official position in the army recruited by Yan Siqi this time, and Deng Qingsong has been in charge of training this 10,000 troops.

"The last general thinks that our army is not only superior to the other side in numbers, but also not weaker than the Japanese in terms of training, and has every strength to confront the other side head-on. What's more, our army is equipped with a large number of tiger squat cannons and flintlock guns, and the Japanese are only equipped with arquebuses at most, and we also have the upper hand in weapons and equipment. Deng Qingsong said coldly.

"General Deng is reasonable, this time it will be under the command of General Deng, and we will all obey the command of General Deng." Yan Siqi said with a smile.

"No." Deng Qingsong said confidently.

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At the end of May, the 10,000-strong army led by Hirata Masumune arrived 30 miles away from Fangjin. The 10,000 army led by Deng Qingsong camped according to the twenty miles of Pingtian Zengzong, and the 10,000 army led by Deng Qingsong consisted of 5,000 guards, 2,000 Dongying soldiers, and 3,000 pirate soldiers. Among the 10,000 troops, the 2,000 Dongying New Army was the weakest link, and the 5,000 guards were the strongest link. Judging from the configuration of the army, Deng Qingsong does not seem to have taken the 10,000 army of Hirata Zengzong in his eyes.

On the day of the decisive battle, Deng Qingsong put 4,000 guards in the middle army, 2,000 Dongying troops and 500 guards on the right wing, in fact, these 500 guards also have a role in exercising the power of the law enforcement army, and the 3,000 pirate army and 500 guards are placed on the left flank, and these 500 guards also have the role of law enforcement forces.

When Hirata Zengzong saw Deng Qingsong's army, he despised Deng Qingsong's army even more. Although everyone on the right flank of the army was armed with arquebuses, it was obvious that this was a rabble, not to mention that the clothing was not uniform, most of them were still wearing civilian clothes, and even the frightened expressions on their faces could not be concealed.

Although the quality of the left wing is stronger than that of the right wing, in the eyes of Hirata Masumune, it is just a rabble, obviously lacking effective training, and it feels like a group of pirates have put it together improvised. The only thing that made him pay attention to Deng Qingsong's Chinese army, only the Chinese army made him feel a little pressure, and the Chinese army was like a real army.