The Datong Army, which attacked Amami Oshima, had a total of more than 30 large and small ships, 5,000 army and 1,000 navy landing operations.

The island is surrounded by mangrove forests, and large ships cannot dock at all. Small and medium-sized ships can land in the four fishing ports of southwest, northwest, northeast and due east. In the rest of the villages, all the Datong soldiers landed in small boats, and under the guidance of the guide, paddled through the mangrove forests and went ashore.

Six thousand soldiers, divided into six groups, set out, intending to end the battle as quickly as possible.

The main target of the attack was the Tohoku landing site, which would be the city of Amami a few hundred years later. It has the largest amount of arable land on the island, and of course the largest population, and is ruled by a Ryukyu royal lord, and all the Japanese are here.

Zhu Dafu was enlisted in the army in the ninth year of Chongzhen, and he was a peasant soldier for two years before joining the army, and he was killed with 1,500 people at the moment.

He was afraid that there would be an ambush on the island, so he asked Shi Daxuan for fire support.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

More than a dozen artillery pieces were fired, and two houses were destroyed, one of which was the office of the Japanese. It was no coincidence, but the house was quite large (small thatched huts everywhere else) and close to the coast, making it a prime target for naval artillery.

After the bombardment, I saw that in the thatched huts on the shore, many natives were so frightened that they fled frantically and ran to hide in the mountains and forests behind.

Finally, Zhu Dafu successfully led his troops ashore.

After some searching, the soldiers came back and reported that all the people who had not fled were indigenous civilians, and that not a single enemy could be seen here.

Lin Jingchong took the initiative to communicate with the natives, he is also from the Kume 36 surname, and may still be the ancestor of Aragaki Yui, and will take his wife and children to settle in Amami Oshima in the future.

Not long after, Lin Jingchong gave the indigenous half a catty of rice, and found out the information very smoothly, and came back to report:

"Shogun, the Ryukyu lord here left with the Japanese two days ago. He also raised troops, looted the food of the natives in the vicinity, and went to the mountains and forests to the south to join forces with another Ryukyu division.

Zhu Dafu asked: "The family members have also been taken away?" ”

Lin Jingchong: "Not only my family, but all the valuable items have been moved, and it seems that I plan to live in the mountains and forests for a long time, and then come out when the Celestial Empire army leaves." “

"The island is full of mountains?" Zhu Dafu asked.

Lin Jingchong: "The coast around this island is arable land, and the middle is full of mountains and forests. ”

Zhu Dafu had a headache and said: "If the enemy is bent on hiding, this is not easy to fight, and you have to slowly search the mountains to find people." ”

The "difficult to fight" here refers to the inability to complete the battle within the predetermined time. This time, the navy and army dispatched together was not only as simple as recovering the Ryukyus, but also had to quickly solve the Ryukyu issue and go around Japan.

The Satsuma clan often played the role of pirates, plundering Chinese merchant ships, and this matter must be solved!

If you want to solve it, you can't do it with the Navy alone. By the time the Daido Navy was dispatched, the Japanese had already run away, turned into the Satsuma Domain Navy, and hid in the port of Kagoshima. In this case, the army must also send troops to directly ask for guilt.

Zhu Dafu instructed: "Carry a few bags of grain off the boat, and let a few more natives lead the way." Tell them that as long as they find their target, they will be rewarded with ten catties of white rice each! “

Fifteen miles east in the mountains and forests.

Shang Kun sat in the thatched hut, eating fresh fish caught in the mountain stream, and said worriedly: "Will these Tang soldiers really leave?" ”

Shang Hong: "They will definitely leave, they send a lot of troops and consume a lot of food every day." And we took all the grain with us, and the Tang soldiers would leave after eating the grain, and just hide in the mountains for a while. If the Tang soldiers come, they will fight in the woods, their big artillery will not be used, but our bows and arrows can kill. “

Hideo Yamamoto ate tea and rice, carefully picked Dong to be assassinated: "The army of the Tang Kingdom, I heard my father get up, and it doesn't know how to fight at all, it all depends on the number of people to dare to fight." I don't think I can keep dodging, send a small group of soldiers to lure them in, set up an ambush in the mountains and defeat them! No matter how big the warships of the Tang Kingdom are, can they still drive into the mountains? “

"It's better to be cautious." Shang Hong objected.

When the Satsuma clan first invaded the Ryukyus, Japanese soldiers burned, killed and looted, causing the people of Ryukyu to suffer from misery. At that time, the Ryukyu monarchs and ministers were very hostile to Japan, but in recent years, relations have eased.

First, under pressure from the Ming Dynasty, Japan gave up its annexation of the Ryukyus and gave more autonomy to the king and officials. The second is that the Ryukyu royal family must send young people to stay in Japan so as to cultivate more pro-Japanese factions.

Before he finished his lunch, a soldier suddenly came to report the news.

However, two Daido armies, one with 1,000 men and one with 800 men, on the east coast of Amami Oshima, were leading the way to their hiding place.

"Hurry up and go deeper into the mountains and forests!" Shang Hong hurried.

Hideo Yamamoto was reluctant, and said, "The enemy is divided into several shares, and the number of shares is not more than ours. Just set up an ambush to lure you, and first break them one by one. If we keep hiding, we will always be found, and when the Tang soldiers get together, we will definitely be defeated. “

Shang Kun nodded and said, "It also makes sense." ”

Shang Hong resolutely objected: "We can't beat Tang Bing, we must hide." “

Hideo Yamamoto asked, "How do you know if you can't beat if you don't fight?"

The three of them argued about this, after all, the samurai of the Satsuma Domain was the emperor, and the two Ryukyu royal families finally obeyed the order.

Hideo Yamamoto asked all the Japanese men on the island to take up arms, hoes and sticks. So he rebelled again,

Including the Ryukyu soldiers, the number of troops reached 1,300.

They asked their families to wait where they were, and took the initiative to approach the 800 Datong army in the southwest.

Set up an ambush in a mountain forest, Hideo Yamamoto sent dozens of people to lure him, and the only five musketeers were also sent out.

The general of this Datong Army is called Li Tang, who is only a battalion commander with 500 army troops under his command, and the other 300 are naval officers. They scattered into groups of thirty people, slowly searching the mountains and forests, narrowing down the scope little by little.

And the guide for Li Tang was a local chief.

The prefectural administrative unit of the Ryukyu Kingdom, also known as "Makiri", could only be ruled by the royal family.

The county-level units, called "Mula", are generally served by the clan as the lord, but there are also a few indigenous chiefs

In fact, it is the village chief.

These indigenous village chiefs hated the Japanese.

They were exploited by the Ryukyu royal family in the past, but after the Japanese came, they also developed a poll tax system, and they had to pay taxes twice a year, and villagers continued to starve to death.

A young man who looked like a hunter picked up the grass to look at the footprints, and found the broken branches, and quickly ran back:

"The bad guys went over there!"

The indigenous village chief's name is Du Bo, and he doesn't even have a surname, and he said to Yang Hao: "It's just in front." ”

Yang Hao is a Han native of Kume Island, and immediately translated to Li Tang: "General, there are traces of enemy troops in front. “

Li Tang said to the herald: "Order, advance cautiously, all departments will assemble nearby, and a mountain search team of sixty people."

"Bang!"

Before the military order could be fully conveyed, there was a sudden sound of gunfire two miles ahead, and a Datong soldier fell and was hit by the bullets of the Japanese "iron artillery." However, it was only an arm injury, and timely treatment would not be fatal, and this was also the first wounded person to go to Ryukyu.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

The mountain search team here has not yet been merged, and there are only thirty people. The wounded were ordered to return by the captain, and the rest of the soldiers were all in pursuit.

"Woohoo!"

During the pursuit, bows and arrows came from time to time, and the Datong soldiers raised their arms to block their necks and let the arrows shoot at their bodies.

It has a subtropical climate, and it is still winter, and the temperature is about 10 degrees Celsius, so you can still keep warm while wearing cotton armor. The bow and arrow of the natives are powerless when shot against cotton armor.

"Toot Toot Toot Toot Toot T

A burst of suona sounded, but it was a signal to suspend the pursuit, and Li Tang was afraid that the Soshan team would be ambushed.

When the squad heard the bugle, they immediately slowed down and waited for more friendly forces to converge.

Seeing this, the enemy troops even stopped, hid in the woods, and fired arrows from time to time

After 40 minutes, the Datong army completed its assembly, and the enemy was still stunned.

"There's an ambush ahead, and these are here to be bait." Li Tang saw through the enemy's plan at a glance.

"Put the platoon gun!"

Eight hundred Datong troops, all brushed and raised their guns, and shot into the dense forest ahead.

"Bang bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out, and smoke filled the air.

Dozens of enemy soldiers hiding in the dense forest were shot indiscriminately and four people were hit, and the rest were so frightened that they hurriedly fled.

"There's still one who hasn't died!"

Li Tang went over to check in person, but it was a Japanese lying on the ground, who had been held down by the Datong soldiers.

"Hey, and the firecracker," Li Tang asked, kicking the arquebus away, "where is your main force hiding?" ”

The accompanying businessman translated and immediately asked questions in Japanese.

The Japanese gunner closed his eyes and was silent, as if he had already determined to die.

Li Tang said: "Sharpen some wooden sticks and prick his thumbs first." “

The wooden skewer was quickly sharpened, and the two thumbs were pierced into it, and the Japanese soldier screamed in pain, and at the same time scolded Li Tang.

For this kind of stubborn people, we must learn a good lesson.

The wooden stick pierced his index finger again from between his fingernails, and the venerable Japanese dead soldier suddenly couldn't hold it anymore, and hurriedly shouted: "I, I!" “

Yes, Li Tang didn't dare to believe it completely.

He divided the 800 soldiers into three groups, and at the suggestion of the village chief, climbed the mountain from three directions to surround them.

Hideo Yamamoto soon discovered the movements of the Daido Army and knew that his plan had been leaked.

Shang Hong panicked: "Run away, the ambush can't be done." ”

Hideo Yamamoto drew his sword and shouted: "There are many of us, and Tang Bing is not terrible." And we are in the mountains, with terrain advantages. The Shimazu family and the Ryukyu warriors have all taken up arms and rushed down with me, and they will definitely be able to defeat the Tang soldiers! ”

Shang Hong wanted to speak and stopped, although he was a Ryukyu royal family, the Japanese were the emperor.

More than 1,300 miscellaneous soldiers took the initiative to kill in this way, rushed to the 300 Datong army in front of them, and the other 500 Datong army, and divided their troops to outflank them from the mountains on both sides.

The enemy army came with great momentum, and there were more than a thousand of them.

The three hundred fellow soldiers did not panic at all, but the indigenous village chief who led the way was frightened.

"Shoot the arrows, release the arrows!"

Hideo Yamamoto roared and ordered, and there were only a hundred archers under his command, and most of them were earthen bows used for hunting.

Because of their condescendingness, these bows and arrows were thrown indiscriminately, and they could be shot at the Datong army.

But the forest is very dense, and most of the arrows are blocked by the canopy when they fall.

"Kill with me!"

Hideo Yamamoto raised his katana and charged forward with a roar. The soldiers behind him were inspired by him and rushed down with strange screams.

The two sides approached quickly, and they could almost see each other's eyebrows clearly, Li Tangcai: "Blow the trumpet, let it go!" “

"Bang bang bang!"

Three hundred tunnel guns, divided into two rounds of fire.

Hideo Yamamoto was shot in the thigh during the first round of shots, fell to the ground and rolled down the hillside.

The smoke of the platoon has not yet cleared, and the enemy army has collapsed.

The enemy troops running in the middle were nearly half killed or wounded, and the enemy troops on both sides were so frightened that they turned around and ran.

Shang Hong and Shang Kun, the two Ryukyu royal families, stood on a higher mountain to watch the battle, and they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to run away, because this was an island, and sooner or later they would be discovered. He immediately returned to the hiding station, intending to surrender with his family, and even if he was escorted to Nanjing for trial, at least he had a chance to live.

Hideo Yamamoto was rolling on a hillside when he hit a rock and fell unconscious.

When he woke up, the wound on his thigh had been bandaged, and he found himself captive.

The next day, he was brought to Li Tang, surrounded by a large army with a full stomach, which made Hideo Yamamoto feel a burst of despair, and the elite soldiers of the lord of the domain could not defeat this kind of strong army.

Li Tang smiled and said, "You are the biggest official on this island, and you must know a lot of inside information. It's okay if you don't know, whatever you teach, you do. If you want, you can stay alive and come with us to Kagoshima. “

Kagoshima?

Tang Bing is going to fight the Satsuma Domain?

Hideo Yamamoto was terrified, how invincible he was before, and how scared he was now, nodded again and again:

"Yes, willing, the villain will be the general's loyal dog in the future!"

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