Chapter 166: From the Sea

The battle of the Kamiya River ended temporarily with the defeat of Tokugawa Yoribo, the former commander-in-chief of the Tokugawa Army, and before that, Chen Cao, who had boarded the naval warship, was rapidly advancing along the Shikoku Island Kaido in the Segami Sea towards Edo Castle in Musashi.

"Master Hou, the sentinel ship in front came to report that I saw the passing Japanese army sailor troops in the waterway of the Seto Inland Sea on Shikoku Island, and it was not much different from the investigation news, there should be more than three hundred, but most of them were small ships, and the number of closed ships was only twenty or thirty."

Chen Cao listened to Zhao Xin's report, and then wiped his handcuff and put it on the small table: "I don't know what happened to Boya and Jiandou, if the Japanese army did not encounter obstacles after they went ashore, I am afraid that the Feiqian Kingdom will form a situation of outflanking before and after." ”

Chen Cao stood up as he spoke, and Song Che on the deck also leaned over, looked at the map and said: "It has been four days since our army set off, if it is inferred by the Hou Ye, at least the battle has been engaged on the side of the Kamiya River, and I don't know how to win or lose." ”

Several of the staff officers accompanying the army were all civilian officials, and because they were engaged in a sneak attack, most of them did not speak, but Xia Yunyi opened his mouth at this moment: "Master Hou, according to the words of the guide and the investigation of the people of the Beizhen Fusi, if you sail so smoothly, you can arrive in Edo in three days at most, presumably the Edo port can't imagine that the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division will be defeated and retreat, right?" ”

Chen Cao raised his eyebrows, and then showed a sly smile: "It's all useless scholars, but I think these words are not suitable for scholars who work under me, you scholar is really cunning..."

Although the words were not good, Xia Yunyi could hear that Chen Cao's words were not mocking or scolding him, so he smiled: "After all, it is in the territory of another country, our army must preserve its strength, and the sneak attack must also have a sneak attack. ”

Chen Cao felt that what this kid said was quite reasonable, so he nodded: "Didn't you capture a lot of warships of the Japanese army when you were fighting on the sea?" ”

Chen Cao looked at Song Che: "Shi Xiu, you took a regiment to board the warship of the Japanese army, and after docking in Edo, they must think that something happened to their sailors, and they will definitely not suspect it, and they will control the port of Edo first." ”

"Yes..."

...

The port of Edo was later broken by the black steel ships of the United States, and the Meiji Restoration began its prelude at this time.

According to the fiefdom of the feudal daimyo, the port of Edo was under the jurisdiction of Naoji Ando's Oyama Castle, and Naoji Ando was the only remaining veteran of the Warring States, so he did not follow this expedition.

The development of Edo Port was not as good as that of later generations, and now only ships of the tonnage of the ship can be berthed, and if a ship of 5,000 materials like Chen Cao's came, it would only be grounded.

In addition, the prosperity of Edo Port is not as good as that of the Satsuma Domain, so there are only 1,000 people who have settled in Edo Port, and only Edo Town, where Oyama Castle is stationed in Edo Port to maintain law and order, and the people in the town also have sergeants who are responsible for security, and the number of people in the town is only a team of 100 people.

And the head of the town official is Kamio Ichiro, a retainer of Naoji Ando of Oyama Castle.

"Your Excellency..."

Gumi Ichiro was resting in the townhouse, and a subordinate walked into the townhouse quickly, knelt outside the door and whispered: "Lord Kaiyu, the sailor fleet has returned and is preparing to dock, do you need to go and greet you?" ”

Even if it is a naval division unit that sets off, the official positions above are all high-ranking officials from the five ranks, not to mention the daimyo of a feudal country at every turn, and Gumi Ichiro, as the mayor of Edo Town, naturally has the responsibility to greet these people.

"I don't know how these sailors did it, didn't they already equip the food utensils before leaving, really, come on, give me a change of clothes..."

Song Che stood at the bow of the ship, because it was a closed ship, all the soldiers and soldiers were transported by Bing Cao in the cabin, and there were only a few disguised Japanese soldiers standing on it, but the black plate armor on his body was indeed a little dazzling.

"Look, general, the garrison of the Japanese army port is coming..."

What the soldiers saw was not the garrison, but the presence of a certain official with the town's servants, and if Gumi Ichiro had a large object such as a thousand-mile cylinder in his hand, perhaps the town's garrison stationed in Edo Port had really come at this moment.

"The villain Edo town chief Kamio Ichiro greeted him, I don't know which general turned his head and came back, whether it was the material that fell behind, please make it clear..."

'Whoosh...'

An arrow roared through the air, and Kamio Ichiro bent down to salute with an arrow in the middle of his head, and this arrow was extremely powerful and pierced through Gumi Ichiro's head.

The townsman beside him was shocked, and before he could understand the situation, a flurry of arrows had already been fired, but the poor group of people was less than seven or eight people, and under the cover of a rain of arrows, all of them were now hedgehogs.

Although the Dingwu army did not practice bows and arrows, it was the officers and soldiers of the sailors who mastered the ship, they were all accustomed to bows and arrows, and they still gathered together to shoot these seven or eight people, and if one of them survived, it would be a loss of face for the sailors.

The people of Edo Port were not qualified to approach the port of the official family, not to mention that the mayor was taking a group of soldiers to greet the official warship returning from turning the bow of the ship from the sea, so when everyone including Gumi Ichiro and the others were killed, not a single citizen in the port knew about it.

Song Che personally took the advance regiment of the Dingwu Army to get off the ship, and then built a defensive position on the spot, according to the previous deployment, at this moment Song Che should go to occupy the town under the leadership of the secret agent of the North Town Fusi, and solve the town garrison next to the town first, in case the Japanese army reported a counterattack and was prepared.

"General, it is reported that the Japanese garrison in Edo Port is still in the barracks."

After Song Che received the news, he looked back at the giant ship on the sea in the distance, and then turned his head and said, "Send a signal to Hou Ye immediately, and the rest of the people, pack up and line up, and set off with Ben General." ”

When the Dingwu army walked out of the port shore with their guns on their shoulders, the people in the bazaar set up in the port looked at this group of strangely equipped soldiers in amazement.

"Which of the great names is this army, so imposing?"

"Hey, if you look at the armor and weapons on their bodies, you know that it must be the daimyo of the near domain within the three auxiliaries who have the strength to equip them."

"Is that an iron cannon?"

"It looks like, it doesn't seem to be, the iron artillery team of the Sangming Clan Honka family a few days ago is mighty, but looking at these people now, it seems to be even more powerful..."

"Which name is it? How did you get back? ”

"I didn't see the family crest flag..."

"Hey... Brother with a gun, which famous man are you..."

The military discipline of the Dingwu army passing by did not say, although they could not understand what these Japanese people said, but according to the practice of military drills, it was not allowed to talk to each other on the march was the most the instructor said, if he committed a crime, the whole squad would involve the entire company and platoon, and there would be no good fruit to eat.

"General, the Edo Town garrison camp is ahead."

Song Che followed the spy finger and looked, sure enough, it was similar to the pattern of Fangjin, thinking that although the Japanese kingdom was ruled by various vassal states, there was still not much difference in general, and it was the same as the Ming Dynasty.

"Fence up, shoot and kill..."

"Yes..."

.

'Bang bang bang.. Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang.... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Edo Port had never heard such a sound, and even if they had heard it, they were old people, and those who had survived the Warring States period had to be over fifty years old to know what this sound was.

In addition to the red fireworks that had just burst into the sky, the people of Edo Port looked in the direction of the town's garrison camp.

"That's the sound of iron cannons, right?"

"Who the hell were those people just now?"

"Isn't someone threatening the general?"

Just when the people were puzzled, from the port appeared another soldier wearing the same equipment as the group of soldiers just now, and the most surprising thing was that these people were all riding tall horses...

"These horses are not from our country, this is a Ming country's horse..."

A small merchant who often did business with the Ming pirates said: "I often see this kind of horse, we don't have such a high-headed horse in Japan, you see, there are two or three thousand..."

An old man said, "Even the relatives or generals in the land of the near auxiliary can't afford to raise so many cavalry..."

"Who the hell are these people..."

Chen Cao had heard earlier that the ninjas of the Wa Kingdom liked to impersonate the common people to carry out assassinations, especially in the Warring States Period, especially in the Hattori Hanzo of Iga-ryu, as long as the Hattori family inherited the family governor, it was called Hattori Hanzo, which was exactly the same as the 'Zhang Tianshi' line of the Ming Dynasty.

"Fortunately, they are not gods..."Chen Cao thought silently in his heart.

The battle ended quickly, and it was the same scene as the Satsuma clan soldiers who fought at the time of the battle at Fangzu last year, and the garrisons who were still confused did not react for the time being, and at the same time, they fired indiscriminately, even if there were 1,000 people, it was in vain.

The flintlock pistol is not ordinarily strong in combat, not to mention that the opponent is just a lamb to the slaughter who can only shout 'Eight Grid Tooth Road' with a cold weapon.

Song Che rode his horse over: "Master Hou, after the clearance, a prisoner was captured, the information is the same, Ando Naoji is in Oyama Castle, the actual distance from Oyama Castle to Edo is only ten miles away, and it is time to go to half a cup of tea quickly." ”

The corners of Chen Cao's mouth raised, and his heart couldn't stop trembling: "After the army action, I thought that we would fight a decisive battle in the territory of the Choshu Domain, and after taking Oyama Castle, we would take Ando Naoji's family emblem and go straight to Edo, and those old hats would definitely relax their vigilance, even if they were blocked, hehe... Ten miles away... Shi Xiu, the Shenwu Cannon can be done with one shot..."

"Order, leave a battalion of troops to garrison Edo Port with the naval division, and the rest of the soldiers all go ashore, equip their horses, and..."