"Why, do you still think that with such a strong force, we Dongying can't fight these Ming troops?"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa sneered: "Tokugawa Iemitsu has mobilized 60,000 elite forces, plus the troops of the various feudal domains on Kyushu Island, there are more than 100,000 troops, all gathered in the area of Hizen and Higo, ready to fight to the death with the Ming army, the Ming army is only more than 30,000 troops over there, even if the strength of the Matsuura Zhenxin family is added, it will not exceed 50,000 people, and the difference in strength is more than twice as much, and this is a battle in Dongying, the Ming army is far away from the mainland, and the geographical deployment and food supply can only rely on the local supply of the Ming Dynasty, which is extremely inconvenient; The Ming army killed the gods in the west, and the Buddha blocked and killed the Buddha, and the people of Dongying died in the war, and there were still a sharp increase, which caused great indignation among the people of Dongying. If today, the time and place are favorable, and the people are not on the side of the Ming army, how can they win? How to win? ”

Shimazu Kulie had a stunned expression on his face, the eldest brother said well, Kyushu Island has a large population, and the strength of several daimyo is not weak, Nagasaki Domain has more than 30,000 soldiers, Fukuoka Domain has 30,000 soldiers, and the remaining three domains also have a strength of between 20,000 people, as for the Satsuma Domain's army and navy division together, it is as many as 50,000 people, plus the 60,000 elites of the Daimyo of Honshu Island, which is firmly controlled by the Tokugawa family, to make up 120,000 troops, it is simply effortless, if the folk ronin and samurai are the same enemy, and fight against the Ming army together, Then there are even more troops, with such a strong force, can the Ming army stop it? The combat power of the Nagasaki Domain Army is very average, and it is completely supported by the strong force of the Ming army, once the various departments attack the Ming army, the Ming army is really enough......

Shimazu Hisayu just showed a look of excitement, and suddenly smiled bitterly: "Big brother, it is the Ming army that may not have a chance of winning, we should not send 10,000 elites to support the front line, you know, we are still facing more than 20,000 Ming troops, these are elites, we are fighting with all our might, we may not be able to hold the Satsuma Domain, if the Satsuma Domain is captured by the Ming army, then we have no place, even if we defeat the Ming army in the future, then our strength has been greatly reduced, how can we face the next Tokugawa Iemitsu's advance?" ”

Shimazu Hisaye frowned and replied, "I'll talk about this later, the troops have already been dispatched, and it is impossible to transfer them back." After passing the order, the Satsuma Domain began to recruit troops on a large scale, preparing for battle, only 20,000 Ming troops, and the Satsuma Domain did not believe that they could still occupy the entire Satsuma Domain! What's more, our strength has been greatly reduced, and when the Tokugawa Shogunate is also greatly reduced, they should not be able to fight with us again in a short time, unless the difference in strength between the enemy and us is too great, but the strong combat power of the Ming army is not so easy to deal with, even if it can be hundreds of Ming troops, I am afraid that the Tokugawa Shogunate will also be greatly damaged, and the control of the entire Dongying will be weakened to the extreme......"

Shimazu Mitsuhisa took advantage of the gap when the Ming army stopped the offensive and hurriedly reorganized his troops and deployed various cities, who knows when the Ming army will continue to attack next?

After only two days, Qin Mufeng and Cha Zhu waited for the news of the Houjun camp.

Just when Qin Mufeng and the others took the fort, the fleet of the rear army battalion had also arrived at Songjiang Mansion and saw Xu Yifan.

Today's Xu Yifan, in order to be able to raise grain and grass nearby, personally sat in Songjiang Mansion and met Liu Changyan, the general of the rear army battalion.

"Liu Changyan, how did you fight your battle? So quickly, the ammunition is almost used up, and if it takes a year and a half, no amount of ammunition can withstand your consumption! ”

Xu Yifan said dissatisfied.

Liu Changyan smiled bitterly: "My lord, it's not that we waste ammunition, it's really a fierce battle, as soon as the war started, we exchanged fire with the Zheng family's fleet and the Dongying fleet, our fleet is strong, one-on-one, naturally there is no problem, you can easily defeat the opponent, but the two fleets are combined together, the combat power is really not weak, the two sides fought fiercely for a long time, the Inspector and the Qin Inspector Division repelled the opponent, and occupied the three batteries in Hirado, and then experienced several naval battles with the opponent, And the Inspector led a fleet to expedition to Edo Bay, and the consumption was definitely not small, since the beginning of the war, the big battles were one after another, and the consumption was naturally great......"

Liu Changyan explained the battle ahead to Xu Yifan one by one.

"Confused!"

Xu Yifan was very dissatisfied, how did these two fools fight?

"Liu Changyan, is there a case like you? Knowing that there was a fort in the Hirado Domain, you still launched a strong attack, didn't you know that there was a sneak attack in the middle of the night? What does your amphibious camp eat? As long as the opponent's fort is solved from the land, without the fort to help the battle, Zheng Cai's sailors will be the turtle in the urn, and they will definitely be wiped out around Hirado Island, but you choose to fight against others! What are you guys not stupid? ”

Xu Yifan reprimanded, "There is also a check bolt, if you want to deter the Japanese shogunate, it's not impossible, but can you use the labor force to attack far?" Running to Edo Bay to attack Edo, the forces are scattered, isn't this an obstacle to the capture of Kyushu Island for yourself? ”

Liu Changyan's face turned red, but it seems that what Inspector Xu said is not bad at all, or Inspector Xu is so old-sighted that he can see through the problem at a glance!

Xu Yifan continued: "Now you are just attacking Kyushu Island, and then there is Honshu Island, where is the old nest of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the troops are even stronger, and directly attack Edo, isn't this directly involving the Tokugawa Shogunate, and making enemies in vain?" The meal has to be eaten in one bite, and things have to be done one by one, now it's okay, the Zheng family has not been completely encircled and suppressed, and they have provoked a strong enemy to come over, and these two guys are regressing more and more as they live! ”

Liu Changyan snorted: "Yes, my lord, the lowly will tell the ...... of the two overseers."

Xu Yifan nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, 30,000 stone of grain, 30,000 shells, 10,000 rockets, 2,000 boxes of bullets and some medicines, the governor has finished preparations, loaded on the merchant ship, ready to ship at any time, you take a short rest, eat something, and get ready to go on the road, the battle is like fire, but you can't delay, remember, tell what I said, word for word, tell Cha Xuan and Qin Mufeng, let them use their brains more, concentrate their forces, take Kyushu Island first and then talk about the rest, relying on their strong troops and strong combat power, It's a big swagger to divide the troops, this is playing with fire! ”

Liu Changyan didn't dare to slack off, hurriedly gathered sailors, hurriedly used up food, began to almost run out of food and ammunition, and the next morning, he protected the merchant ship and sailed towards Dongying.

(End of chapter)