After Zheng Lian commanded the Seventh Fleet to take Tangjin in one hour, Liu Yunsheng led four detachments to come over at the emperor's behest, and the five fleets converged and killed Fukuoka.

At this time, Liu Yunsheng was standing on his flagship, with warships and countless elite soldiers covering the sky and sea. Standing on the deck, he looked at the port of Fukuoka in the distance, his heart full of excitement.

The successful capture of Karatsu Castle proved that the Japanese really did not have much defense. This is simply unbelievable, the Han Dynasty had already announced last year that it would conquer Japan, and from the second half of last year to the present, a steady stream of warships, soldiers, and war supplies had been transported to Hirado and other concessions, but the Japanese had not taken serious precautions.

As the commander of this crusade, the more defenseless the Japanese were, the easier the battle would be, and the sooner they would be victorious. Liu Yunsheng doesn't care if others will say that he wins too easily, he just needs to win, and the easier he wins, the better.

Standing beside him was his brother Liu Yunzhen, the former governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, whom the emperor had appointed as the governor of Japan and governor of the province of Kyushu. The offensive had just begun, but the imperial court had already begun to divide Japan into three provinces, of which Kyushu Island and the surrounding islands of Goto and Tsushima were called Kyushu Province, that is, Japan's original Saikaido was all divided into Kyushu Province.

The original Nankai Province, Sanyo, Yama**** and Kinai Province were classified as Izumo Province.

Hokuriku, Higashiyamado, Tokaido, and Hokkaido in the eastern part of Honshu Island are Fuso Province.

Liu Yunzhen is now more anxious than his brother to conquer Japan earlier, even if the emperor's strategy is to take Kyushu first and devour Japan step by step. If Japan is defeated early, he, the Japanese governor, can be counted, and if he only conquers Kyushu, then he will only be the governor of Kyushu Province. Now only one Karatsu has been taken. He's a magistrate at best.

The Fukuoka Domain was a large feudal domain of 500,000 koku, and it was the number one among all the feudal domains in Japan, and his family monopolized Chikuzen Province, and there was a branch of the Fukuoka Domain, the Akizuki Domain.

However, Liu Yunsheng didn't take the Fukuoka clan seriously at all.

Having spent some time in Japan, he was well aware of the reality of the Fukuoka Domain, and that the whole of Saikaido was a kind of daimyo who were not treated well by the Edo shogunate and were deeply guarded. Just look at the Amakusa Rebellion a few years ago. A group of religious peasants rebelled, and as a result, the daimyo of Kyushu failed to crusade several times, and in the end, the shogunate had to mobilize more than 100,000 horses from all over the world, and nearly 10,000 casualties were killed and wounded to quell the rebellion.

It can be said that after the Edo shogunate seized the real power of Japan, the feudal strength of the whole of Japan actually decreased greatly. At this time, the Japanese feudal domains were by no means as brave and capable of fighting as they were when they conquered the dynasty.

Dozens of capital ships sank early to anchor the ship, and then the side of the ship was bombarded with Fukuoka Port. Under the cover of artillery fire from the main battleship. Light frigates escorted the way, escorting transports to bring soldiers ashore.

Kuroda Tadayuki saw the overwhelming Han warships, and finally understood in his heart, it turned out that the Han said that the crusade against Japan was not finished, and it was not just a crusade against the Edo shogunate, but a crusade against the entire Japanese country.

He didn't care about complaining about the shogunate's ban on the export of silver and copper, which led to the Han army's attack, and he knew that with his own strength, he would never be able to stop the fierce attack of the Han army.

Kuroda gave an order. Immediately abandon the city and retreat.

Hakata Bay had been occupied and blocked by the Han army, and they could only take the land route. Retreat south. Retreat to Chiku, where there are the Arima family of the Kurume Domain, the Tachibana family of the Yanagawa Domain, and the Miike Domain. These were only small feuds, but further south was the Hosokawa family of the Kumamoto clan in Higo Province, which was a large feudal clan of more than 500,000 koku.

It's really not possible, and you can retreat further south. Over there is the Shimazu family of the Satsuma clan in Kagoshima, and the Shimazu family has always been a strong clan in Kyushu.

Anyway, Kuroda didn't plan to fight hard with the Han army at all, he didn't fight.

At this time, Kuroda pondered, in fact, as early as the end of last year. The Han people had already said that they were going to crusade, but they didn't pay much attention to it at the time. It's a pity that it's too late to regret it now.

The Navy is already looking for a suitable landing site.

The topography of Hakata Bay is also surrounded by mountains on three sides, one side faces the sea, and the coast is mostly sandy, and there are no high tides, so there are many places suitable for landing.

The intelligence officers of the Han army had already reported the detailed information of Hakata Bay to the army, and the staff officers of the navy had already predetermined the landing ground. At this time, it is good to land directly according to the preset plan, the light frigate is close to the sea, and then the transport ship also arrives near the coast, drops anchor, and lowers the landing craft.

Transport ships can't be docked directly, but it doesn't matter, the Navy has many landing craft, and these flat-bottomed boats can paddle forward, and each boat can seat quite a few people. It is very suitable for stall landing, and can be washed all the way to the beach, and the bow of the boat in front can be lowered to build a simple bridge board, so that soldiers can quickly rush to the beach.

The expected blockade did not occur.

Fukuoka is known as 500,000 koku, but it is not even as good as the 80,000 koku Karatsu Domain, which has collected a large number of fishermen or something to intercept them, and sent thousands of people to fortify them on the shore, but the people of Fukuoka have done nothing.

A large number of Marines jumped off the transport boats, got on the landing craft, and rushed to the beach like a small boat flying fish.

The first boat washed up on the beach, and two soldiers sitting in front of them with shields quickly pulled off the tether and lowered the bow board to become a bridge over the sand stalls.

Hurry up, rush, rush! ”

The squad leader and a soldier crouched in front of the erected mountain howitzer in the middle of the ship, staring nervously at the shore, and quickly shouting orders to the soldiers on board.

The other eight fighters in the class all put down the pulp in their hands, picked up the rifles they had loaded early, and rushed to the shore with their waists bent.

Stepping on the soft sand, they finally landed on the beach in Upper Fukuoka.

The squad leader disembarked last, and he and another fighter carried mountain grenades and ammunition boxes. After the whole squad went down, there were still two people left on the boat, and they had to row the boat back to pick up more soldiers to land.

The beach was noisy, and the company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders were louder than the other.

Everyone shouted desperately, shouting their own numbers, and calling their team members to return to the building.

Squads and squads form platoons, and platoons and platoons form companies.

After going ashore, the team members did not rush to the land, but regrouped on the beach and formed a company platoon, and the mountain howitzer team also began to concentrate.

When the first battalion was in formation, the trumpets were finally sounded, and they marched to the beat of the drums.

Kuroda Tadayuki ran quickly, and they fled in a hurry, only to escape with their families and a few small softnesses. I didn't even have time to set fire to the city, maybe no one thought of burning it.

When the front battalion arrived at Fukuoka Castle, they found that the gate of the castle had been opened, and many Japanese were fleeing from there with their families and bags.

The Forward Battalion entered Fukuoka Castle without much effort, and Fukuoka Castle is also a new castle that was built at the same time as Karatsu Castle, and is only 38 years old.

The castle is slightly larger than Karatsu, but only slightly larger.

After entering the city, they immediately controlled the city gate, as well as the feudal hall, the treasury, and the streets, and sent troops to maintain order, prohibiting the people from fleeing, and also prohibiting the Japanese from taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

Soon, the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Battalion arrived one after another to enter the city.

Some Japanese who wanted to take advantage of the fire to loot were killed in public by the Han army, beheaded and displayed to the public, and the order on the streets quickly stabilized.

The samurai of Fukuoka also lived in the castle of the feudal lord in accordance with the requirements of the shogunate, but when Kuroda fled, most of these samurai were taken away, and the rest of the people were not resisted at all.

What's more, in terms of quantity and equipment, they are not the opponents of the Han army at all.

Even if Kuroda didn't run away with his samurai, he wouldn't be able to defeat the Han army. In terms of equipment, Kuroda's most elite troops were naturally his samurai, and his most elite troops were armed with iron cannons, which were muskets, but not flintlock pistols, but still arquebuses. This musket was passed down from the Portuguese and improved over the years.

During the Korean War, the Japanese iron artillery team was indeed extremely elite, far surpassing the Korean and Ming kingdoms. But at this time, they were still using this kind of iron cannon, and they did not make much progress. This kind of iron cannon is not even as good as the Thunderbolt that Liu Jun equipped the troops with a few years ago, let alone compared with the current new flintlock rifle.

The flintlock rifles of the Han army, whether it is the firing speed or the accuracy of shooting, are far superior to the Japanese iron cannons, not to mention that they are simple to operate, and they are not afraid of wind and rain. In particular, the bayonet was made of specially refined steel, and a bayonet was not weaker than the Japanese sword.

What's more, in addition to rifles, the Han army was also supported by the artillery of the warships in the port, and there were also light artillery such as mountain grenades to support the operation.

Many of the fighters were also armed with mines, and the officers were basically armed with pistols.

Such an elite armed to the teeth is not comparable to a feudal army like Japan, which has been at peace for decades and has been constantly weakened.

Kuroda is still clear about the details of his own family, and he also knows the sharpness of the Han army, so when he sees the Han army attacking, he immediately runs away, and does not make any resistance at all, which will only be a senseless sacrifice.

In the Korean battlefield that year, the Japanese iron cannon was the sharpest, the Ming cannon was the most fierce, and the Koreans' bows and arrows and sailors were also very powerful. However, by now, the Japanese have no advantage in front of the Han army.

On the eighth day of the fourth month of the second year of the Dragon Han Dynasty, our fleet broke into the port of Hakata and fired more than 100 rounds of artillery at Fukuoka. The lord of the Fukuoka domain, Tadashi Kuroda, was so brave that he didn't dare to face the battle, so he led his troops to abandon the city and flee south. ”

After Yoo Yun-seung landed and entered Fukuoka Castle, the generals of the Marine Forces requested to pursue Kuroda.

"After Kuroda fled south, the Saga clan was to the southwest, the Kuruma clan was the Arima clan to the south, the Hosokawa clan of the Ogura clan was to the west, and the Kurushima clan of the Mori clan was to the southeast. I think Kuroda is most likely to flee directly to the south, and the Kato family of Kurumo Domain is next to the south of the Kuruma Domain, which has 330,000 koku and Kumamoto Domain has 520,000 koku, both of which are considered the great feudal domains of Kyushu, not to mention the Shimazu family of the Satsuma Domain of Kagoshima to the south, which is the largest feudal domain in Kyushu. (To be continued.) )