Daimyo such as Naoshige Nabeshima and Takanobu Matsuura, who were relatively fast, saw that Tachibana Michiyuki was killed in the back at this time, so they didn't dare to fight anymore and hurriedly withdrew in the direction of Hirado Castle.

At this time, Shimazu Yoshihiro had already taken the naval army back, and arranged a large number of iron cannons, and ambushed them on both sides of the mountain road to Hirado Castle, preparing to catch wild ambushes again when the Ming army pursued and defeated the retreating Nabeshima Naoshige and other Japanese invaders.

However, Wu Weizhong decisively issued an order not to chase the poor, but according to Qi Jiguang's instructions, he ordered the North Korean auxiliaries to build the city in situ, and let Yiding conduct sentinel and loot important materials nearby, while the main soldiers all rested and healed on the spot.

Shimazu Yoshihiro's Orino Fushi also went bankrupt again, so he had to escort Nabeshima Naoshige and others back to Hirado Castle after the break.

"The Tang General who came to fight this time is obviously a difficult guy to deal with, he is quite assertive in battle, resourceful, and very cautious!"

"No wonder the kamikaze didn't stop them!"

"What's more, their warships and firearms are very powerful, and the proportion of armor and stomach is very high, we are undoubtedly really in big trouble!"

Shimazu Yoshihiro also returned to Hirado Castle and said it to Naoshige Nabeshima and others with a calm face.

"After all, it is Qi Jiguang's general, and my Matsuura clan suffered a lot of losses from them in Tang Land back then."

Takanobu Matsuura spoke at this time.

Nabeshima Naoshige also said with a serious face: "The more difficult it is to deal with, the more you have to increase your forces while their foothold is not stable, and strive to eliminate them, or let them suffer heavy losses!" Otherwise, when they come with more and more troops, and even build fortified cities, it will be even more difficult for us to drive them out. ”

As he spoke, Naoshige Nabeshima said to Shimazu Yoshihiro and Takashi Matsuura: "You guys now need to put aside our old grudges more thoroughly, concentrate our forces, and destroy these Tang people together!" ”

Yoshihiro Shimazu and Takanobu Matsuura both nodded in agreement.

Shimazu Yoshihiro has always been a person with a sense of the overall situation, and during the Wanli Korean War in history, he did not hesitate to risk losing the main force of his Shimazu family's naval army and rescued Konishi Yukicho who was besieged by the Ming army in Suncheon Castle.

And Matsuura Takanobu, as the lord of the Hirado Domain, is one of the culprits who colluded with Wang Zhikou to plunder the southeast of the Ming Dynasty in history, and the Matsuura Peninsula where the Ming army is now landing is his territory, he wants to drive the Ming army out the most, so naturally he will not refuse.

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As a result, Naoshige Nabeshima and Yoshihiro Shimazu directly transferred all the troops of Hirado Castle, a total of 20,000 people, and killed Wu Weizhong's troops in Budian again.

Wu Weizhi had long expected that the Japanese would not give up, and overnight on the pretext of paying double wages, he asked the North Korean auxiliaries to dig trenches and screens all night.

The North Korean auxiliaries were already very willing to contribute to the generous Celestial Army, and when they heard that it was a double shift at night, they also actively dug up five trenches and board screens overnight to build a simple walled city.

In addition, the arrival of 3,000 troops led by Tong Ziming made the landing Ming army reach 6,000 regular soldiers in the land battle, and there were Yiding as sentry cavalry to send an alarm in time, so Shimazu Yoshihiro and other daimyo still failed to take advantage, and after paying a large number of casualties, they still failed to achieve the goal of driving away the landing Ming army.

Daimyo such as Yoshihiro Shimazu and Naoshige Nabeshima had to increase their troops again.

Especially Naoshige Nabeshima, he also personally returned to Saga Castle and Bungo Castle to meet with Ryuzoji Takanobu and Otomo Sorin, persuaded Ryuzoji Temple to add 10,000 troops to him, and also persuaded Otomo Soji to send more troops, with Tahara in-laws as the general and lead 20,000 troops to help.

As an important minister of Ryuzoji Temple, Nabeshima Naoshige's prestige is still very high, and he has always been far-sighted, so he actively instigated the two largest forces in the two northern Kyushu to increase troops to deal with the Ming army.

And Shimazu Yoshihiro also added 5,000 troops from his own Shimazu family.

As a result, the number of Japanese troops attacking the Ming army in Buta suddenly increased from the original base to 50,000 troops.

However, during this time, Ma Gui and Lou Nan also arrived in Buta three days later with the second batch of Ming troops and joined Wu Weizhong's troops, which increased the regular soldiers of the Ming army to tens of thousands.

The two sides entered the stage of refueling tactics.

But after the Japanese increased their troops, they still failed to eat the Ming army that landed, and they also broke their front teeth, and were ambushed by Ma Gui's pro-army guards, and suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese had no choice but to increase their troops again.

Daimyo such as Arima Harunobu, Aso Yumitsu, and Kumabe Kinaga, also realized that the Ming army that came was really terrible, and they had to let go of their thoughts of self-preservation, and they also sent their own soldiers.

All of a sudden, after another 10 days, the number of Japanese troops increased to more than 80,000.

At this time, Qi Jiguang also led 5,000 officers and soldiers to Putian, which increased the total strength of the Ming army by nearly 20,000.

After Qi Jiguang arrived, because the strength of the Ming army was enough not to worry about the large-scale encirclement and suppression of the Japanese slaves, he launched an attack on Hirado Castle and surrounded Hirado Castle.

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Nabeshima Naoshige, Arima Harunobu and other northern Kyushu daimyo had to come to the aid of Hirado Castle from Saga Castle.

But Qi Jiguang came to a siege point to help, relying on the fact that he was the senior commander of the Ming Empire, and because the 20,000 Ming troops in front of Fei were basically his old troops, and he could carry out his orders to the letter, so he ordered the dispatch of 15,000 southern soldiers from Hirado City, and ran long distances to the mountains between Hirado and Zuohe, which had already been passed through the Japanese guides who were familiar with the Japanese guides, and ambushed more than 80,000 Japanese slaves, making the Japanese slaves ambushed in their own territory and suffered heavy losses, and Arima Harunobu was captured alive. And the Tahara family, the chief general of the Otomo family, also took the initiative to choose seppuku because of his injury.

Once again, the Japanese were unable to drive out the Ming troops who had landed.

But by this time, it was impossible for the daimyo of Kyushu to draw more troops, because they were not the Ming Dynasty, and there were not so many troops, and it was already their limit to draw out 80,000 troops.

What's more, the Japanese daimyo are not absolutely centralized in their own territory, and there are many semi-independent small daimyo and powerful under them, and they need to have enough force to suppress them, otherwise these small daimyo and powerful will be directly independent.

Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihiro also suggested at this time: "Ask Hashiba Hideyoshi for help." ”

After hearing this, Matsuura Takashi hurriedly nodded: "That's all." ”

"What's the difference between that and luring a wolf in?"

Naoshige Nabeshima asked directly, and said: "What's more, he can't pull away now, he hasn't dealt with the problems caused by the change in Honnoji Temple!" ”

The so-called change of Honnoji refers to the fact that Oda Nobunaga, who wanted to end the chaos of the Wa Kingdom and unify the entire Wa Kingdom, was attacked and killed by his subordinates in June of the ninth year of Wanli.

And because of the sudden death of Oda Nobunaga, the major names who surrendered to Oda Nobunaga had to fight again to create a new overlord in the gladiatorial fight.

Therefore, Nabeshima Naoshige said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi couldn't pull away now, and said at this time: "I even have reason to suspect that Ming Guo deliberately sent troops after Honnoji Temple." ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "Then on the side of Kitakyushu, we can only hold on to the castle first, and wait for the chaos on Hideyoshi's side to end, according to the information provided by our friends among the Tang people, there will also be Tang people from Dinghai, and I have to go back to the Satsuma Domain to support first." ”

Naoshige Nabeshima and Takanobu Matsuura nodded their heads.

As a result, the daimyo of Kitakyushu did not attack the Ming army that had landed, but the Ming army took this opportunity to take Hirado Castle.

The detachment led by Yu Dayou and Chen Luan, with a total of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, did sail from Dinghai for seven days and arrived in Satsuma.

Shimazu Yoshihisa, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, gave up the tactics of stopping the Ming army through the navy because the navy basically let his younger brother Shimazu Yoshihiro take it to Kitakyushu, but took the initiative to shrink the strategy, set up an ambush in the mountains around Satsuma Castle, and sent an elite squad to the coastal inner city to lure the Ming army into the ambush circle, intending to defeat the Ming army by fishing no ambush.

This is also a helpless thing, the Japanese state is not as good as the Ming Dynasty, the comprehensive national strength is limited, and the scale of the naval army is difficult to put thousands of warships in two places at the same time.

However, the reason why the Shimazu family concentrated the naval army in Kitakyushu to resist the Ming army that landed from Korea was obviously that the intelligence work was good, and they learned from the Ming coastal gentry who colluded with them that the Ming army mainly came from the north and the naval division from Dinghai, so they chose to concentrate the naval army in Kitakyushu.

And Shimazu Yoshihisa's adoption of the method of luring the enemy deeper can be regarded as a wise decision.

The Shimazu family has always had the reputation of "the king of darkness", and they pay great attention to family education.

Takahisa Shimazu, who reunited the Shimazu family during the Warring States Period, commented on his three sons in this way, saying that Shimazu Yoshihisa was knowledgeable and decisive; Yoshihiro Shimazu; Shimazu has been strategizing for a long time; The Shimazu family has long known the art of war.

In fact, because the Wa Kingdom is now in the Warring States Period, the daimyo have been fighting for many years, and it is not easy for them to become a force.

What Tachibana Michiyuki and Nabeshima Naoshige were all famous in the Wa country at this time.

But the Ming Dynasty is now in a period of rising national strength, and the rulers are enlightened and brave in reform, and they only succeed in the examination, so the famous generals are also in the blowout period.

Therefore, even if there are many so-called capable people during this period of time, the generals of the Ming Dynasty who have come out of the tens of thousands of officials and generals in the country are not vegetarians, and the military experience in history that can be used for reference is not comparable to that of the Japanese people.

Therefore, Wu Weizhong and others were not fooled.

Yu Dayou and Chen Lan were naturally not fooled, and after the landing, they still followed the pre-arranged strategy of the Privy Council Fang Fengshi, Liu Xian and other famous ministers and veterans, and fought steadily and steadily, only digging trenches and setting up screens near Satsuma Inner City, which made Shimazu Yoshihisa unable to give full play to his geographical advantages, and finally Shimazu Yoshihisa had to withdraw the ambush.

Qi Jiguang had a conversation with the captured Arima Harunobu in Hirado Castle, and asked him to bring a letter to Shimazu, Otomo, and Ryuzoji, the three largest daimyo in Kyushu, saying that the Ming intended to negotiate with him, and said that if he did not negotiate, the Ming would continue to increase his troops, advance from north to south, and completely conquer Kyushu.