For this great battle with the Satsuma Domain, Keiko Yamaguchi's generals were gearing up and eager to compete with the famous Satsuma samurai.

If we had stayed in the past, these Japanese who had been wandering around the sea would have fled for their lives in fear when they heard the name of the Satsuma samurai.

But now it's different, after more than half a year of training, these Japanese robbers have been reborn and become real soldiers, and they have conquered the vaulting port and the water port one after another, and their morale is flourishing.

Moreover, now they have also received good news that the other daimyo in Kyushu will not reinforce the Satsuma Domain, which means that the three kingdoms to which the Satsuma Domain belongs will fight against the Ming army on their own, which is very good news.

The so-called raising soldiers for a thousand days and using them for a while, Yamaguchi Keiko's subordinates also hoped that the battle between Guò and the Satsuma Domain would justify their name and bid farewell to the identity of the former Japanese Kou.

"In this battle, the king will personally sit in front of the battle, the people of the water division are responsible for the artillery position, and the red wolf battalion is responsible for the frontal battlefield to meet the enemy!" In the conference hall, Li Yuntian glanced around at everyone present and assigned the task in a deep voice.

In order to integrate them into the Ming army, Li Yuntian specially gave them the name of "Red Wolf Battalion", hoping that they would be as fierce as wolves when they fought.

Keiko Yamaguchi's subordinates all know that the Xiaowu Army created by Li Yuntian has made great achievements in the southern and northern wars over the years, and there are four battalions under his command, "Vermilion Bird, Xuanwu, White Tiger and Green Dragon", and now Li Yuntian has named them "Red Wolf Battalion", which invisibly makes them have a sense of identity, and this is exactly what Li Yuntian wants.

Li Yuntian made this decision after weighing left and right, not only because Keiko Yamaguchi's army was mainly composed of Ming native Japanese invaders, but he also wanted to use this method to make those people have a sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

In Li Yuntian's view, if you want to return the Japanese kingdom to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, you must first accept them and make them feel that the Ming Dynasty treats them and the people of the Ming Dynasty equally.

Keiko Yamaguchi's army has since been known as the "Red Wolf Army", and although the Shobudo does not admit that they are part of the Xiaowu Army, because the name was given by Li Yuntian, people usually consider the Red Wolf Army to be a branch of the Xiaowu Army.

Nearly 20,000 people from the Ming Army's naval division came to the Japanese Kingdom this time, and more than 12,000 people were able to participate in the battle in addition to the crew and logistics personnel, of which 9,000 were the Red Wolf Army under Keiko Yamaguchi, and more than 3,000 were the marine troops of the Ming Army's naval division, mainly responsible for protecting the safety of Li Yuntian and the artillery position.

Therefore, the main force in the battle against the Satsuma Domain this time was the Red Wolf Army, and the task of the Ming Army's naval division and marine troops was to take care of the artillery positions, which was extremely important.

"Lord Wang, when are we going to attack Qingshui City?" After Li Yuntian made a division of labor between the water division and the Red Wolf Army, Keiko Yamaguchi asked in a coquettish voice, she was already a little impatient to defeat the Satsuma Army and gain a foothold in Izumi County.

"This king has sent someone to send a war letter to Shimazu Naruun, and it is agreed that the war will start in two days, and then this king will personally lead his army to attack Shimizu Castle." Li Yuntian knew that Keiko Yamaguchi was looking forward to this battle, so he said to her with a smile.

"We're going to siege the city?" Keiko Yamaguchi couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she heard this, she looked quite surprised, she also thought that Li Yuntian was going to fight with the Satsuma army in the field, you must know that Shimizu Castle was built with hard rocks, and if the cannonball hit it, there would only be a white mark and could not collapse the city wall.

Once Shimazu Naruto had firmly blocked the gates, the Marines and the Red Wolf Army would have to force the siege through ladders, and the limited range and height of the artillery would not be able to provide effective help, and the consequences would be terrible if the shells fell on the attacking friendly forces.

Therefore, in Yamaguchi Keiko's opinion, Li Yuntian's attack on Qingshui City was not a wise move, after all, attacking the city was the next strategy in the art of war, and the city defense of Qingshui City would obviously cause great trouble to the Ming army.

Could it be that Li Yuntian is too arrogant? Or does this have a deeper meaning? Keiko Yamaguchi's eyes were full of suspicion, in his impression, Li Yuntian was not an arrogant person, and he should not choose this kind of tactic that would cause great casualties.

Not only Keiko Yamaguchi, but everyone present looked at Li Yuntian in confusion, it stands to reason that it is Shimazu Mingyun who is in a hurry now, Li Yuntian has no need to attack in a hurry, but waits for Shimazu Mingyun to come to Izumi County.

"If you were Shimazu Naruto and knew that this king was going to attack the castle, what choice would you make?" Li Yuntian knew that everyone had doubts in their hearts, so he smiled slightly, glanced around at the scene and asked in a deep voice.

"It must rely on the solidity of the city defense to close the door and wait for our army to attack the city." After Li Yuntian's words were behind, a colonel of the Ming army immediately stood up and said, Generally speaking, the advantage of defending the city is huge, especially when encountering those well-defended cities, which often cause huge casualties to the besieging side.

Hearing this, the people at the scene nodded their heads, thinking that the colonel was reasonable, and if they encountered such a situation, they would definitely defend the city, and then wait for the opportunity to find a fighter.

Keiko Yamaguchi's willow eyebrows frowned slightly, how could Li Yuntian not know such a simple truth, but Li Yuntian still asked so, so obviously there is something hidden in this.

"Lord Wang, I feel that Shimazu Mingyun is likely to take risks and ambush our army out of the city."

At this time, a voice sounded in the crowd, Li Zixi stood up, looked at Li Yuntian methodically and said, "Qingshui City is now gathering the troops of the three kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain, and the food reserves of Qingshui City will definitely not be able to support it for long, and our army has sufficient logistics, once it does not choose to attack the city but besiege the city, then the Satsuma army will become the turtle in the urn." ”

"This king also intends this, the grain reserves of Shimizu City cannot support the Satsuma army for more than three months, as long as our army surrounds Shimizu City during this period, then the Satsuma army will be in a predicament."

Li Yuntian couldn't help but show a smile at the corner of his mouth when he heard this, pressed down his hand on Li Zixi and motioned for him to sit down, and then looked at the people at the scene and explained, "Shimazu Mingyun will definitely take into account the fact that our army is besieging the city, because our army has abundant logistics and materials and he has no reinforcements to rescue, so he will definitely not be trapped in Qingshui City, and will definitely ambush our army, so that he can catch our army by surprise, and secondly, he can avoid our army's firearms." ”

Hearing this, everyone present suddenly realized, and a look of sudden realization appeared on their faces, they just thought that it was difficult to attack the city, and they forgot that defending the city also had the disadvantage of defending the city, and the most afraid was that the opponent would besiege but not attack to cut off its contact with the outside world, and gradually consume the resources in the city, which would eventually make the people in the city lose themselves without a fight.

Generally speaking, the besieging side will consume more resources than the defending side, but if it has enough resources, it is not afraid to consume it with the people in the city, and the Ming army obviously does not need to worry about logistics and supplies.

In addition, whether it is the Sailor or the Red Wolf Army, since their supplies have always been abundant, they would not have thought that the other party would encounter this problem.

In fact, supplies are the problem that Shimazu Mingyun is most worried about, the population of Shimizu City is only 30,000, and the reinforcements that have entered the city have exceeded 20,000, and they are 20,000 young and middle-aged men, and the amount of food is far greater than that of the residents in the city.

According to the information Li Yuntian received from Shimazu Narumi, the grain reserves in Shimizu City were only enough to sustain the city's army for three months at most, after all, the grain production of the Wa Kingdom had not been high, and the agricultural cultivation was relatively backward, so there was no way to store too much grain.

It is precisely for this reason that Li Yuntian formulated this plan to lure the snake out of the hole, and found a way to transfer Shimazu Mingyun out of Qingshui City, and take advantage of his unpreparedness to encircle and annihilate in the wild.

"Is the prince planning to ambush him?" At this time, the people at the scene finally understood what Li Yuntian meant, and a naval attache said with some excitement.

"If this king is not mistaken, Shimazu Naruto will ambush our army from a high position in this mountainous area, so what our army needs to do now is to set up an ambush here in advance and give them a head-on attack." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and then asked the two guards to bring a map of the Satsuma area, pointed to a place called Red Bird Mountain, and said in a deep voice.

"Therefore, our army must arrive at Mt. Redbird before the Satsuma army and prepare for an ambush." As he spoke, Li Yuntian looked at the crowd at the scene with a stern expression, "In order to avoid startling the snakes, the troops involved in the operation set off tonight and rushed to Red Bird Mountain overnight!" ”

"Yes!" Hearing this, the generals present stood up unanimously and saluted Li Yuntian in unison.

Evening, Clearwater Castle.

Shimazu Naruto summoned all the important figures of the three kingdoms of the Satsuma Domain to discuss the war letter sent by Li Yuntian.

According to the content of the war letter, Li Yuntian announced that the two sides would officially start a war the day after tomorrow, and at that time, Li Yuntian would personally lead a large army to capture Qingshui City, and capture Shimazu Mingyun, who had fornicated with pirates, to return to Daming for trial, and his tone was extremely arrogant.

"Lord, the loyal martial king of the Ming Dynasty is really too deceitful, let's give him a powerful look!"

"I want to see what their Ming army has to be arrogant, the Yuan army was defeated by us twice in the past, this time they have no return like the Yuan army!"

"Lord, as long as you give orders in your life, the little one will immediately go and arrest King Zhongwu for you."

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After learning the contents of the war report, the scene was in an uproar, and many samurai shouted indignantly, and they seemed very excited, the Satsuma Domain was a powerful and powerful feudal domain in the Wa Kingdom, and no one had ever spoken to them like this.

Shimazu Mingyun didn't expect Li Yuntian to have such a big tone, it was the first time he was humiliated like this, so his face was gloomy and terrifying, it was obvious that Li Yuntian had already regarded him as the leader of the Japanese bandits, otherwise he would not have said that he would be arrested and returned to Daming for trial.

This means that he has no way out now, only to win this war with Li Yuntian, otherwise he will become a fish on the chopping board for Li Yuntian to slaughter!