Chikuzen Dazaifu was the political center of Kyushu and was the seat of officials sent by the shogunate or the emperor's administration.

Previously, Kyushu was occupied by the Southern Dynasty, and this was the Seishi Prefecture, which was governed by the Seishi General appointed by the Emperor, and Prince Huailiang, who replied to the Ming Dynasty, was actually the Seishi General appointed by the Emperor, not the King of the Wa Kingdom.

However, now, many of the daimyo in Kyushu have been ruled by the shogunate, and this place has become Dazaifu, and the governor who manages it is a Kyushu probe appointed by the shogunate.

This term of Kyushu exploration is the head of the Shao Er clan, Shao Er Puteng.

In a large hall in Dazaifu, the daimyo of Shoji Puton and various guardians of Kyushu gathered, including the old nobles Otomo and Ouchi, the newly rising Takagi clan, and the Shimazu clan, which occupied the three southeastern regions.

In addition to these relatively large guardian daimyo, there are also some other famous lords, such as Toji, Kikuchi, Harada, and so on.

As the Kyushu probe assigned by the shogunate, the young two Puten are in the main position, and several of the most powerful guardian daimyo such as the Shimazu clan and the Otomo clan are on both sides.

"Did all the samurai of the Shimazu clan cross the pontoon?"

Junior Puteng asked Shimazu Yoshihisa.

"Don't worry, my lord, the warriors of our clan have all crossed the pontoon bridge and ambushed in the periphery, just wait for the Ming army to arrive, they can launch a surprise attack, let them see the benefits and disadvantages of my Yamato warriors!"

Shimazu Yoshihisa said confidently.

Shaoer Puten nodded with satisfaction when he heard this.

For example, after receiving the information leaked by Lin Xian, the kiln owner immediately sent someone to inform these guardian daimyo in Kyushu, and while reporting to the shogunate, they were also ready to meet the enemy and gathered 100,000 troops in Dazaifu.

And when the Ming army landed, Lin Xian gave them a message, and they already knew the strategy of the Ming army to seize the Nacheon pontoon bridge at this time.

With Lin Xian's spy, they knew the movements of the Ming army well, and they felt that they had the chance to win, and they didn't take the Ming army in their eyes at all.

"Lord Tandi, the Ming army landed in Songpu, I'm afraid it will make you Shao Er clan suffer a lot of losses along the way, right?"

Yoshixing Ouchi, the head of the Ouchi clan, asked with a smile on his face.

Shao Er Pu Teng glanced at him unhappily, the Ouchi clan has been competing with them for the territory of Chikubefore and Chikugo, and saying this yin and yang weird words is nothing more than a joke to see him.

"Hmph, I'm sorry to disappoint you, I've already left garrisons in various cities, even if the Ming army wants to capture it, it will take a lot of effort, they are in a hurry to seize the Nagawa pontoon bridge, and they will not waste time on these cities!"

Shao Er Pu Teng snorted coldly.

When Ouchi heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Also disappointed is the Takagi clan, the Takagi clan is a newly rising daimyo, coincidentally, the Higo country where they are located turns out to be the territory of the Shaoji clan, and the two families naturally have to fight.

The Shaoji clan was originally the most powerful nobleman in Kyushu, but after a toss between the two of them, the territory was repeatedly robbed, and the strength was not as good as before.

"Alright, let's talk about the next battle!"

The Otomo clan's big clan Zonglin made a round of speech.

Shaoer Puten also took his eyes off Ouchi Yoshixing, glanced at everyone and said with a smile: "This time we have made full preparations, no matter whether the Ming army first seizes the pontoon bridge to block our support, or directly attacks Dazaifu, it will fall into the predicament of being attacked by us on both sides, since the Ming army has gone to the pontoon bridge, then let's prepare and send troops to the Nagawa pontoon!" ”

Everyone nodded when they heard this, and Ouchi Yoshiko and Takagi Takanobu also temporarily put aside their grievances and unanimously went to the outside world.

"Master, it's not good!"

While everyone was agreeing on a strategy, a samurai from the Shoji clan hurriedly ran in.

Shaoer Puten frowned and scolded: "What's the matter of panicking? ”

The samurai looked at the crowd and hesitated, but they all looked at him.

"It's all your own people, don't worry about it, say it quickly!" Shao Er Pu Teng urged unhappily.

"Yes!" The samurai arched his hand, "Family master, Songpu City has been broken by the Ming army, the young master has been captured, and the remaining soldiers and horses have been wiped out!" ”

Shaoer Puten was suddenly startled and shouted, "What? That's impossible! ”

"Haha...... Uh, that's unfortunate! ”

Ouchi Yoshixing didn't wait for him to ask clearly, he couldn't help laughing, and then felt that now that everyone was working together to defend against foreign enemies, it was not good to gloat like this, so he reluctantly put away his smile and made up for it, but the corners of his mouth that couldn't help shaking still betrayed his heart.

Takagi Takanobu also clenched his fists and covered his mouth, snickering secretly.

Shaoer Puten didn't care about these two guys who were watching jokes at this time, and eagerly asked the samurai, "What the hell is going on?" How did Matsuura Castle get breached so quickly? ”

He left 10,000 troops in the city, and even in the face of the 100,000 troops of the Ming army, he would not be defeated so quickly.

"This ......" the warrior looked embarrassed, and said stubbornly: "It was the young master who took the initiative to lead people out of the city to block the attack, but I didn't expect the Ming army's firearms to be so powerful, several times stronger than the previous Mengyuan firearms, and easily defeated our army, more than half of the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses died in the battle, and the young master fought bravely and refused to retreat, and was finally captured." ”

Shaoer Puten was stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "This rabbit cub is stupid for practicing martial arts, right?" Obviously he can't beat it and goes out to die! ”

"Ahem, you can't say that, the young master, he is loyal and brave!"

Takayuki Takagi coughed lightly and said "praise", and Yoshiyuki Ouchi couldn't help laughing again.

Although Shimazu Yoshihisa and Otomo Sobayashi did not gloat, they did not sympathize at all in their hearts, anyway, it was others who lost, and it had nothing to do with them.

The other little masters didn't dare to look at the jokes of the Shao Er clan, so they had to bow their heads and pretend that they didn't hear it.

Shaoer Puten scolded angrily, scolding his grandson bloody, without the slightest concern for the safety of his grandson.

Songpu is one of the main territories of their Shao Er clan, and this time it was looted by the Ming army, which can be described as a heavy loss! Relatively speaking, a grandson is nothing.

"Exploring the topic, my lord, the top priority is how to ambush the Ming army, and my lord must also focus on the overall situation!"

Otomo Zonglin opened his mouth and persuaded.

"Yes, adults should focus on the overall situation!" Ouchi Yoshixing followed the persuasion of yin and yang.

Shao Er Pu Teng gasped, and it took a long time for his emotions to calm down.

Shimazu Yoshihisa said in a deep voice with a serious face: "I didn't expect the Ming army to be so strong, we must not underestimate the enemy this time!" ”

Although according to this samurai, Shaoer Puyi was quickly annihilated when he went out of the city to meet the battle, but this also proves the strength of the Ming army, especially when he also mentioned firearms.

When the Meng Yuan attacked the Wa Kingdom, they relied on firearms to gain an advantage on the battlefield, which made the Wa people suffer a lot, if it didn't happen to be a storm, so that the Yuan army suffered heavy losses, I am afraid that the victory or defeat of the war is really not good.

Since those two wars, they have tried their best to get these firearms, but Meng Yuan is not stupid, and after learning of their intentions, he strictly controls firearms, so that they still can't get this kind of thing after a hundred years.

"Well, although we set up an ambush first, we can't be unguarded here in Dazaifu, I think it's better to leave some troops to garrison!"

Otomo Sorin followed and said.

Shaoer Puten was so distraught that he had no intention of discussing this with them anymore.

The Ming army did this, it really responded to Ouchi Yoshixing's dog mouth, even if this battle can be won, his Shao Er clan will suffer huge losses, and if this continues, even if the Ming army is defeated, it will not be a good result for their Shao Er clan, you must know that the battle between these daimyo is not softer than the war with the Ming people.

Tsushima Yoshihisa and Otomo Sobayashi set the deployment of the battle with one word, and the others occasionally spoke and discussed, and finally the young two Puten nodded a little perfunctorily, and then settled down first.

Under their arrangement, Dazaifu left 30,000 men to defend it, and the other 70,000 people gathered to march to the Nagawa pontoon, preparing to besiege the Ming army together with the men and horses of the Shimazu family who had already crossed the pontoon bridge and were ambushed in the surrounding area.

Tang He and Hu Hai led 40,000 soldiers and horses, while letting the scouts go out to explore the way, while marching rapidly to the Nagawa pontoon, but unfortunately they were not familiar with the place, coupled with the dense mountains and forests, although the scouts tried their best to explore, but they could not find any traces of the Japanese people, and everyone relaxed their vigilance.

Located in Chikushi Town, Chikugo Province, the Nagawa pontoon bridge spans the Chikugo River and connects the two banks, making it much easier for the three countries including Satsuma in southeastern Kyushu to travel with Chikuzen Hizen and other places.

But after all, this is only a pontoon bridge, and it is very difficult for the army to pass through, and it takes a long time to coordinate, as long as a small number of troops are stationed at the bridgehead, the opposing army can be helpless and unable to cross the river.

At this time, the west bank of the pontoon bridge was very quiet, not to mention the garrison, not even a single figure.

After three days of rapid travel, the army finally arrived at this dangerous place, and Hu Hai saw that this place was empty, and his heart was immediately happy.

"Great, the Japanese people really haven't reacted yet, we are stationed here, and we will be able to cut off the reinforcements of the Japanese people in the south, as long as the Jiangdu Hou side successfully captures Dazaifu, we will be able to annihilate the Japanese soldiers and horses on both sides one by one!"

Tang He smiled and said lightly, "Don't you think it's a little too quiet here?" ”

Hu Hai was stunned for a moment, then looked around carefully, and his heart suddenly sank.

He is also a veteran of years of war, with rich combat experience, and after Tang He's reminder, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"This ...... Is there an ambush? Hu Hai's face changed, and he hurriedly shouted: "Immediately set up a defense, quickly!" ”

However, Tang He raised his hand to stop: "No, we just need to force the pontoon bridge quickly, so that we can defend it in this natural danger, even if the Japanese people have an ambush, they can't help us in a short time!" ”

Hu Hai was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed: "Yes, the general's plan is very good!" ”

As soon as Hu Hai's words fell, before he could order the Ming army to cross the bridge, a Japanese man with a Japanese knife suddenly drilled out of the mountain forest next to him, and after seeing them, he shouted behind him, and then a large number of Japanese people came out of the mountain forest one after another, and turned around them left and right, and the Japanese people at the pontoon bridge were even denser.

There was no luck in Hu Hai's heart now, they were really ambushed!

Seeing this, Tang He's face was also slightly gloomy, and he immediately shouted: "Order, let the soldiers attack in the direction of the pontoon bridge!" ”

With his order, the Ming army began to move, and the Japanese also attacked!

Relying on the condescending advantage, the Japanese first shot a large number of arrows, and the Ming army was caught off guard, and many soldiers immediately fell to the ground with arrows.

"Kill!"

Shimazu Yoshihiro waved his sword and pointed at the Ming army under the mountain, shouting, and the Japanese people immediately swarmed down.

The Ming army did not show weakness, although they had time to line up in the future, but the soldiers skillfully cooperated with each other without commanding, the archers shot arrows and returned fire, the sword and shield hands moved forward to stop these rushing Japanese people, protect the archers behind, and some firecrackers also immediately lit the fuse.

It's just that these muskets are not of the same grade as those muskets in Li Wei's hands at all, and their power is also very limited, and the Japanese people suddenly came out of the mountains and forests, and they were already close at hand, and these long-range weapons were quickly disrupted by the melee before they could exert their power.

Hu Hai, He Fu, Sheng Yong and other generals took the lead and fought with these Japanese warriors with swords.

For a time, the sound of killing at the bridgehead shook the sky, and the flesh and blood flew sideways in close combat.

Tang He's face was calm, and he calmly commanded the army to charge towards the pontoon position, as if he had expected this situation.

Speaking of which, he is also very special as the founding hero, since the founding of the country, he has suffered many setbacks, and he has hardly fought any decent victories, not to mention compared with Xu Da Chang Yuchun, the number one hero, even Fu Youde, he can't compare.

And he is also a drunkard and murderous, except for a few sycophants, almost all of them are stained.

However, it is a person like him, but Zhu Yuanzhang just made him a duke, and he is also trustworthy.

At this time, his performance is obviously not mediocre and incompetent, which is quite intriguing!

Here, Shimazu Yoshihiro looked at the tragic battle under the mountain and sneered, the number of troops he led was only 30,000, even if the sneak attack was successful, it would not be so easy to defeat the Ming army.

But it doesn't matter, the reinforcements from Dazaifu's side will arrive soon, and when the time comes, they will be flanked back and forth, and these Ming troops will not be able to escape!

……

Li Wei held the secret letter given to him by Lu Tang in his hand, and his face became very ugly.

This was written by Chen Su to him, and it was Lin Xian who sent a message to the monks of the Japanese Kingdom, not only that, but Chen Su also stated the follow-up plan on it.

If Tang He's army is defeated and killed, then the position of general will naturally be taken over by him, so that he can smoothly control an army of 100,000 sailors.

And if Tang He escapes by luck, then Chen Su will contact the ministers in Beijing to impeach Tang He, and ask His Majesty to recall him for questioning, so that he will still take over the army.

All in all, Chen Su's arrangements were all to help him grasp the military power.

"Why didn't you bring it to me sooner?" Li Wei asked angrily.

Lu Tang hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "Please forgive Master Hou, when Chen Su handed over the secret letter to me, he said that he wanted me to find the best time to hand over this letter to Master Hou, and the last general thought that this was the best time!" ”

"What is the best time to do this? With Lin Xian's spy, the Japanese must have known the movements of our army, and they will definitely set up an ambush to wait for us, don't you understand such a simple thing? ”

Li Wei was furious.

Out of Lin Xian's spy, the Japanese people will inevitably be clear about their movements, and the army will fall into passivity all of a sudden!

"Don't worry, my lord, the Japanese only know that we decided to march to the pontoon, and the subsequent information has been stopped by me, and Lin Xian is also under the surveillance of our people, and there will be no other news!"

Lu Tang explained respectfully.

Li Wei was stunned, stared at him and asked, "So what?" ”

Lu Tang explained very quickly: "So when the Japanese get the news, they will definitely send troops to set up an ambush at the pontoon bridge, and Dazaifu must be empty here, so we can easily take it!" ”

"What about the pontoon?" Li Wei asked patiently. (End of chapter)