Izu Province in the southwest of Edo Bay, this is the sphere of influence of Hojo Sakumo, Hojo Sakumo is not famous in the history of Japan's Warring States period, but his son is the famous Hojo clan. Now Hojo Sakumo has entered his twilight years, but the Hojo clan is only thirty years old, if according to the original history, Hojo Sakumo will pass on the position of family governor to his son Hojo clan, and then the Hojo clan will carry forward the Hojo clan, and even occupy the entire Kanto region in one fell swoop.

However, with the previous Ming army occupied Edo Bay, the expansion process of the Hojo clan was completely interrupted, first the Ming occupied Musashi and Sagami, blocking the way of the Hojo clan's outward expansion, and then the Ming navy began to frequently travel to and from the waters near Edo Bay, Izu was unfortunately just on this route, sometimes there will be some Ming ships to anchor, although these Ming ships brought a lot of new things to Izu, but also caused a lot of friction.

Originally, this is also a very normal thing, after all, the customs and habits of the Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom are different, and some problems will inevitably arise in the transaction process, as long as the mediation of both parties and some time to run in, these problems will always be solved. But it's a pity that the Ming people have always been strong at sea, especially the Ming navy is very protective, so as long as there is friction, whether it is reasonable or not, the Ming Dynasty requires the Hojo clan to protect the interests of the Ming people, otherwise the Ming will use cannons to protect their own interests.

For Daming's arrogant behavior, Hojo's father and son could bear it at first, but what were they every time, which made both their father and son feel greatly insulted, so for the honor of their family, but also for the sake of no longer being oppressed by Daming in the future. So the Hojo clan took advantage of the opportunity of Hojo Sakumo being sick with qi. Lead the army to rise up against the Ming Dynasty. He even played the slogan of driving the Ming people out of the Wa Kingdom.

But it's a pity that although the Hojo clan is also a generation of heroes of the Wa Kingdom, he is still a little young after all, and he is also a little impulsive, and his desperate opposition to the Ming Dynasty this time is actually equivalent to pronouncing his own death, after all, under absolute power, any strategy is useless.

The Hojo clan's army was first defeated in Sagami Province by the Japanese servant army led by Li Anliang, who remained in Edo Bay. Then the Ming navy in Edo Bay also began to dispatch, frequently attacking the coastal areas of Izu country, as a result, in just two months, Izu country has been captured by most of the Ming army, and the coastal area is completely lost, the original vigorous Hojo clan also became half dead, and the entire Izu was completely engulfed in the flames of war.

Hojo Sakumo was already in his eighties, and his health was not as good as when he was young, but when he heard that his son was taking advantage of his illness to raise an army against Ming, he was almost angry to death. Later, the Hojo clan was defeated, and the foundation he had accumulated after a lifetime of hard work was about to be completely destroyed by the Ming army. As a result, Hojo Sakumo didn't come up in one breath and died directly in bed, which can be regarded as his order, and he didn't see the demise of the Hojo clan.

In March of the twelfth year of Zhengde, the 50,000 servant army led by Li Anliang landed from the east and west directions of the Izu Peninsula, and then attacked in both directions, and finally converged under the Hojo clan's old nest bandit mountain castle, and surrounded the entire bandit mountain castle, and the Hojo clan and his last army were trapped in this castle.

Bandit Mountain Castle is the nest that Hojo Sakumo began to prepare when he first conquered Izu Province, and they were able to fight Sagami from Izu, all thanks to the support of Bandit Mountain Castle, it can be said that this castle is not only tall and strong, but also has a large amount of food and materials stored in the city, even if it is besieged, the Hojo clan can hold on to the materials in the city for more than a year.

But for the generals of the Ming Dynasty, there is no city in this world that cannot be attacked, everything depends on whether the amount of gunpowder in your hand is enough? Li Anliang sits in the Edo Bay of the Japanese Kingdom, although there is no great use here, but here is the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to enter the Americas in the future, so the Ming Dynasty also attaches great importance to here, not only stationed a large number of troops, but also a variety of military supplies are also very abundant, gunpowder is the top priority.

It is precisely because of this that Li Anliang besieged the bandit mountain city for half a month, he asked people to dig a tunnel from the ground leading to the bottom of the city wall, and then stuffed gunpowder and detonated, as a result, the strong city wall of the bandit mountain city was collapsed a large section, after all, the strength of the city wall is also relative, for the Japanese people are already very strong city wall, but for the world's best at building the city of the Ming people, but it is not vulnerable at all.

The bandit mountain city was broken, and the Japanese servant army under Li Anliang let out a beast-like howl one by one, and rushed to the gap in the city wall without fear of death, even if they were hit by several arrows, but no one in these servant army retreated, and even if they climbed, they had to climb into the bandit mountain city and die, because the reward of the servant army was different, and the pension for dying outside the city during the siege and dying in the city was completely two levels, so it caused that whenever the city was attacked, the more seriously injured the person, the more ferocious the charge, After all, their parents and wives still live in Edo Castle, and if they want to live happily there, they need to fight for it with their lives.

Li Anliang, who was standing in the rear, looked at the group of brave Japanese servant army under his command, and the corners of his mouth also brought a trace of satisfaction, for this servant army, he poured a lot of effort into it, all the servant army is to select those Japanese men who have families, and then move their families to Edo Castle to live, in this way, you can solve the worries of the servant soldiers, and at the same time maintain the loyalty of these soldiers, after all, except for a very small number of people, it is impossible for ordinary people to completely ignore their families and rebel.

In addition, after the formation of the servant army, Li Anliang has been leading this army to fight in the east and west of the Japanese country, in fact, some wars are not interesting at all, but Li Anliang wants to form a strong army, and Zhou Zhong only gave him a few years, training alone is definitely not enough, so he can only use war to train, and use war to polish an army into an elite division of a hundred battles.

Li Anliang now looks at the servant army in front of him, although their equipment is only the standard equipment of the Ming army, which is not the best in the Ming army, but the military soul of the entire army has been polished out by him, the servant army is now like a murderous sword, as long as the sword is out, it will see blood, any enemy who stands in their way will be crushed by this army, and no matter who the enemy is, as long as the commander's order is given, they will turn into inhuman beasts, Even if the enemy is women and children, they will show no mercy.

With the collapse of the wall of the bandit mountain, the first to rush in was the elite of a servant army, who fought through the gap into the city, and immediately held on to the spot, waiting for the rear army to rush in, and then began to advance into the city. After several years of conquest of these servant armies, most of the first batch of servant sergeants have been eliminated, but after the weak ones are eliminated, there will be stronger ones to fill in, plus the servant army has a generous pension for the dead in battle, so the soldiers in the army have always been fearless of death.

In contrast, the Hojo clan was defeated and retreated again and again during this time, and the morale of the army had fallen to the bottom, naturally it could not be compared with the high morale of the Ming servant army, at the beginning they could still resist the servant army with their familiarity with the terrain, but as more and more servant troops rushed into the city, coupled with the fierce fighting style of these servant troops, the Hojo army's army retreated again and again, and finally formed a rout, and finally even the Hojo clan's house was also breached, and the Hojo clan was defeated, and finally committed suicide and died, Before he died, he set a fire and burned down the entire Hojo clan's inner house.

After the servant army completely wiped out the remnants of the Hojo clan in the bandit mountain city, Li Anliang entered the city with a group of Ming generals, but they did not enter through the main gate, but entered through the gap in the city wall, because Li Anliang wanted to see the offensive route of the servant army with his own eyes, so as to find out the shortcomings of the army in the attack, so as to facilitate the next improvement.

At this time, there was no time to clean up in the bandit mountain city, and there were soldiers who died in battle, including soldiers from the servant army, but more of them were soldiers of the Hojo clan, these dead soldiers had strange postures, and the lack of heads and arms was very common, and the internal organs and blood were also everywhere, coupled with the sulfur smell of gunpowder, the smell of the bandit mountain city was very strange and disgusting.

However, Li Anliang has long been accustomed to this kind of taste on the battlefield, especially after the victory, not only does he not feel that this taste is unpleasant, but he also enjoys this taste very much, and even he sometimes thinks that if this smell does not appear in the Wa Kingdom, but in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty, how charming it will be?

Intoxicated with the thrill of victory, Li Anliang walked very slowly in the bandit mountain city, and when he came to the outside of the Hojo clan's house, he found that the proportion of corpses of the servant army here had increased significantly, obviously they encountered stubborn resistance here, so there were so many servant soldiers who died in battle, and many of the servant soldiers were carrying each other and dying together, and the Hojo soldiers who died in the battle were also obviously much better equipped, presumably these soldiers should be the most elite soldiers of the Hojo clan, and they were also their most resistant force.

"All the soldiers who died in battle here will be upgraded by an additional level, and the pension will be increased by three percent!" Li Anliang looked at the corpse of the servant army on the ground, and commanded the officer behind him without looking back. In order to enhance the competitiveness within the servant army, all the servant army is divided into ten levels, if you want to upgrade the level, you can only pass the merits, and after the soldiers of each level die in battle, the pension they receive is also very different, so the servant soldiers want to raise their rank, and everyone on the battlefield naturally competes for the first. (To be continued......)