"I already understand what Tuanzheng means...... Tuanzheng, in fact, as a person from the Liaodong Army, I also want our Liaodong Army to earn a big face......" Huang Changguo sighed softly, "But Tuanzheng don't forget, Zhao Shuai is also from our Liaodong Army!" If we lose face to Zhao Shuai, how will he face those other armies at that time? We have to think about Zhao Shuai! ”

"Senator, don't worry, Zhao Shuai let us move the camera, this is already leaving us a way back." Bi Su suddenly laughed weirdly, "As Zhao Shuai's direct regiment, we must carefully understand Zhao Shuai's deep meaning!" Think about it, now the people who come ashore are all from our Liaodong regiment, does Zhao Shuai mean just to let us all blow the wind here? Definitely not! ”

These words made Huang Changguo's heart light up.

Yes, Zhao Shuai can't be openly biased against us, but after all, he is also from the Liaodong Army, how can he leave the friendship of our old brothers? He must have secretly made plans for us, but he just wouldn't say it explicitly.

With such an understanding, Huang Changguo was really moved.

"Tuanzheng...... What Tuan Zheng said is also very true, as the Liaodong Army, we must not be left behind - now that the enemy army is gathering, whether in face or in reality, we should give them some blows, so that they will not smoothly occupy the initiative......" He finally relented, "In this way, if Tuan Zheng wants to test the enemy's defense, Xia Guan is also quite supportive." ”

Seeing that he had finally persuaded the senator, Bi Su was also relieved.

This senator is Zhao Shuai's cronies, and if he can't be convinced, he may not be able to get out of it afterwards if he is arbitrary. Now that he has the endorsement, many things are convenient to do.

Although what he said was only "temptation", as long as he opened an opening, he could control what the "temptation" could become.

"Thank you, Senator!" He waved his hand at Huang Changguo, and then motioned for his herald to come over.

"Hurry up and let those battalions go and gather the troops, and gather all the officers and men who have come ashore! Tell them to cheer up, we're going to fight the shogunate! He shouted at the herald, "Tell them that if they don't gather their troops before noon, I'll kick their heads into the sea!" ”

The herald immediately turned to give orders to the officers, and in a short time the entire camp in Hakata Bay became tense, and at the shouts of the officers, not only the officers and soldiers who were on the alert, but also the soldiers resting in the tents and on the beach began to assemble, and from the heights, the red streams began to converge, and finally a sea of red was formed. This piece of the Red Sea looks very dazzling in the midday sun, even if the number of people is only a thousand people, but it gives people an invincible momentum.

After the officers and soldiers under his subordinates were assembled, Bi Su did not hesitate, and immediately walked in front of this group of people, stood on a stone, and looked down on this group of people.

Although the midday sun was very vicious, the hunting sea breeze blew on him, which also brought him a lot of coolness.

"Sons and daughters of the Liaodong Army, listen to me!" After clearing his throat, he shouted at the group, "We are the strongest army of the Han Dynasty, and we have been fighting in Liaodong for many years, and we have leveled the enemy I don't know how many, in exchange for our invincible prestige, that is, by virtue of this prestige, we have been selected to continue the war for Your Majesty." So, today it's time for us to perform! Everyone knows that Zhao Shuai is the commander, and he was born in our Liaodong Army, what about our Chen Dashuai? Now he has also been recalled to the capital by His Majesty. Chen Dashuai returned to the capital, of course, not to retire, but to be the Minister of the Army, what is the Minister of the Army, do you understand?! ”

His question caused some suspicion and commotion among others, and he immediately took his command knife and slammed it into the ground, "Okay, don't guess, let me tell you, the Minister of War is the highest and highest official of our army, and the leader of our entire Han Army!" Do you know what kind of official this is? ”

This explanation caused a burst of cheers below, and almost everyone shouted.

Ji Guogong Chen Sheng, since the end of the Ming Dynasty began to fight under the commander of Liaodong, he led the troops with strict discipline but also loved the soldiers, fought very bravely, and won the respect of his subordinates, these soldiers heard that the marshal returned to Beijing and was about to become the highest officer of the entire army, of course, cheered.

"As a marshal of the Han Dynasty, the marshal has made so many meritorious contributions, and it is well deserved to be appointed as the Minister of War by His Majesty, which is also the glory of our Liaodong Army! What about us? Can we disgrace Dashuai? Can you make a show for the other allies? Let me make it clear to you today, we not only want to destroy the shogunate, but also play the demeanor of our Liaodong Army! Don't embarrass Zhao Shuai, disgrace our Chen Dashuai! With Zhao Shuai and Chen Dashuai here, our Liaodong Army will always be the first army in the world! ”

"No. 1 in the world! No. 1 in the world! His words quickly provoked a cheering response from the officers and soldiers.

"Don't talk too loudly!" Bi Su interrupted their cheers with a loud shout, then pulled his saber out of its scabbard and pointed at the earthen wall in front of him, "Give it to me, break them down!" ”

"Yes!" The officers and soldiers responded loudly at the same time.

At this moment, behind the low wall, Tadayuki Kuroda, the lord of the Fukuoka Domain, was also staying with his close samurai. However, compared to the high-spirited Han army, their spirits were much more tense.

Kuroda Tadayuki inherited his father's family business and obtained the Fukuoka Domain, he had not participated in the battle before, but he had heard his father and some old ministers in the domain mention some old events in the history of the Warring States Period, and the war was just a beautiful picture for him, with all kinds of heroism and heroic scenes.

He often lamented that he had not been born right, and that he was useless in the rule of the Tokugawa family, and that he could no longer gallop through the warring states like his ancestors.

When he received a notice from the Nagasaki officials of the shogunate asking the Fukuoka clan to mobilize as soon as possible to prevent the attack of the Han army, he was excited, and felt that his courage and courage had finally been put to use, so he gathered the soldiers of the domain, and then handed them the old weapons in the warehouse, and in a short period of time, he organized a large army for his domain, and personally led the troops to Hakata Bay to defend against the possible landing of the Han army.

He ignored all kinds of disadvantages and was full of confidence, and he was determined to take this opportunity to show his personal talents.

While he waited, the attack of the Great Han finally came.

However, everything that happened completely shattered all the beautiful imaginations he ever had.

The Great Han's fleet really came, and then sailed into Hakata Bay as if no one was around, and each of their warships seemed to be larger than any ship he had ever seen in his life, and the cannons on these battleships seemed to him to be like stars, and each one dwarfed the guns on his battery.

Then, under his gaze, the cannons opened fire almost simultaneously, and the terrifying and neat bombardment swept through with terrible force, almost instantly making his courage disappear, and under the bombardment of the Great Han fleet, the small fort of the Fukuoka Domain, which had been in Hakata Bay, was quickly crushed, as if it had been destroyed by the fiercest storm.

Before he could react, after this round of shelling, the Han army immediately began to land, at this time he no longer had the courage before, but chose not to move - in fact, under the guns of the Han fleet, he had no way to send troops to resist and intercept the landing of the Han army.

After the Han army landed on the shore, their soldiers were once out of the cover of the sea artillery and prepared to go around the rear to occupy the fort, at this time a group of warriors asked him to fight, asking to attack the Han army.

These people were determined to die, and Kuroda Tadayuki agreed with the mentality of trying.

He originally thought that these people would be able to inflict some casualties, if not defeat the landing force.

However, things turned out again in a way that he had not expected.

The army of several hundred men was being crushed by the Han army, which was far outnumbered by them, and they seemed so relaxed that they were hardly hindered.

At this time, he finally understood that the Han soldiers were well-armed and sophisticated in tactics, and they were by no means something that he could fight against a single domain.

From the initial full of confidence, to the worry later, it only took him one day. And since yesterday, he has been terrified, and he no longer refuses to take the initiative to fight with the big man.

With the same frightened feudal army, he hid behind the earthen wall that had been hastily dug a few days before, and remained as motionless as a frightened hare. However, he also knew in his heart that these hastily built fortifications could only bring them an illusory sense of security, and they might not be able to play much role in front of the soldiers of the Han army.

Since last night, the soldiers gathered by the domain have continued to assemble here, and now he has about 3,000 troops at his disposal, which is also the largest force that the Fukuoka domain can come up with in a hurry.

However, after comparing the equipment and combat power of the two sides, Kuroda Tadayuki still wisely, or timidly, gave up his plan to attack the Han army that had not gained a firm foothold at night, and only continued to gather his troops and hide behind a low wall.

This also caused dissatisfaction among the new samurai, many of whom asked him to attack the Han army at night, but he and the samurai who had been here yesterday were strongly vetoed. Kuroda Tadayuki said that the weapons of the Great Han were too sharp, and as long as they were discovered by them in the night attack, there would be heavy losses in front of the two armies, just like those samurai during the day.

The strategy he gave was to dig trenches here, rely on defense to consume the strength of the Han army, and then wait for reinforcements from Nagasaki, for which he had already sent messengers several times, asking Nagasaki to come and reinforce Hakata Bay as soon as possible - until this time, because of the chaos in the two places, he still did not know that the Han army had turned its main striking force to Nagasaki.

At his insistence, a night passed without a battle on either side. Many people felt sorry that they were not able to attack the Han army, but after daylight, when the news of Nagasaki's attack came, there was no time to argue about it.

The emissaries sent by the shogunate, in addition to reporting the news, brought orders from the elder Naito Tadashige to withdraw part of their troops from Hakata Bay to reinforce Nagasaki. After all, Nagasaki is much more important than Hakata Bay.

After all, the defense of Kyushu requires everyone's full cooperation, and the longer it is supported, the more they can wait for reinforcements from the shogunate from Honshu, but some people feel that if the army is withdrawn from here, there is a risk that Hakata Bay will be completely opened, and if the Han army really breaks through the defense, then the Fukuoka domain will be completely exposed to the iron hooves of the Han army, and it will inevitably be poisoned.

The opinions of both factions were very reasonable, so they argued, and in the end, Kuroda Tadayuki made it difficult. The last confidant told him in private: "It is a pity that the lord of the domain will stay here to fight against the Han army alone, but if he is defeated, it will be a catastrophe, and the entire army of the Fukuoka domain will be wiped out and it will be difficult to recover, if you lead an army to Nagasaki, at least you can keep the army in your hand, and it will be safer to join the army there." Even if the Fukuoka Domain was poisoned by the Han army, as long as it could survive it, the shogunate would definitely sympathize with the loyalty of the feudal lord after the war and show favor to the feudal lord. ”

Kuroda Tadayuki finally moved with this statement, and from his point of view, it was indeed the best choice, and after hearing this, Kuroda Tadayuki finally made up his mind to take half of the army to the aid of Nagasaki, and told the rest of his subordinates to resist the Han army here with all their might—if they couldn't withstand it, what would happen to the people of the Fukuoka Domain, he couldn't care about it now.

Just when Bi Su and Huang Changguo had made a decision, Kuroda Tadayuki also completed his assembly in the rear, and Kuroda Tadayuki rode on horseback, preparing to lead his subordinates to Kyushu to meet.

However, just as they were preparing to march, the Han army began to attack.

"Boom!" With a deafening roar, the whole earth seemed to tremble.

The roar was originally terrifying, but after last night's experience, Kuroda Tadayuki has gained some resilience and is no longer as depressed as he was yesterday. However, he suddenly discovered that the shells were not within the range of the ships of yesterday, but the fortifications that he had asked the feudal army to build in a short time.

The low earthen wall was so fragile in the face of the rapid bombardment of solid metal shells that it was quickly blasted out of some gaps, which quickly collapsed under the continued bombardment of subsequent shells, and the earthen wall they had built so urgently suddenly became a flat ground.

The front-line feudal soldiers also suffered heavy losses in the shelling, their flesh and limbs mixed with the dirt, turning into an indescribable blurry black-brown object.

When he saw this situation after being bombarded by a cannon again, Kuroda Tadayuki was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse. He was trembling all over, where was he still so high-spirited when he secretly sighed that he was born at the wrong time? Only now did he discover what kind of life his father and ancestors had experienced.

But he was not in the mood to reminisce now, because after the intense shelling, the Han army quickly launched a charge, and from the front of the previous position of the Han army, there was a deafening shout of killing, and then a fire swept towards him.

The cannons were transported by transport ships at night, so the cannons and gun wagons were transported and unloaded separately in order to facilitate transportation. In order to get into battle as quickly as possible, the artillerymen worked almost all night to unload the cannons and carry them under the gun carriages, and then before the end of the night, they pushed them up the heights of the batteries and in front of the two armies - only in a different direction.

Bi Su had long been preparing to launch an attack in advance, so he had been urging the artillery to step up preparations, and under his urging, the artillery finally made the final preparations in the morning, and the well-trained professional officers adjusted the shelling of Zhuyuan with the help of the observation of the high ground of the fort, and then waited for Bi Su's order.

When the troops were assembled and ready to attack, Bi Su immediately gave the order to start the artillery bombardment.

Following his order, the artillery of the Han army immediately began to bombard the positions and camps of the enemy troops. Although not many cannons were brought ashore, under the command of these artillery officers who had served for many years, the artillery fire was put to full use, and countless shells began to mercilessly smash into the enemy troops on the opposite side.

Then, as soon as the shelling was over, the battery waved a flag below to indicate that the task had been completed, and at this time, the charge of the Han army was ready.

As Bi Su swung his saber hard, the officers of each company also roared and gave the order to charge to the soldiers.

Then there was a roar of more than a thousand soldiers almost at the same time, and then the red flames swept away towards the gap in the earth wall that had been bombarded on the opposite side, covering the sky.

Because Bi Tuanzheng had already said beforehand, "You don't have to ask too much to maintain the formation, you have to speed up, crush the enemy mercilessly, and then chase after them, so that they can no longer assemble and crush the enemy army in front of them." So these soldiers didn't pay much attention to the formation, but just kept a certain distance from a few soldiers of their own squad, so as not to be too scattered.

Originally, in the sudden and fierce bombardment of the Han army, the feudal army near the earthen wall and the trench had already suffered heavy losses, and they were already frightened, and when the Han army roared and launched a charge, they were even more desperate. Some of the warriors jumped up to resist, but most of the remnants hesitated.