Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 348
Zhenwa City, the Governor's Mansion of the East.

Taichang and a group of civil servants and generals stood around a huge sand table model, frowning in thought.

This is a sand table model of Kyushu Island based on the map bought by Zheng Zhilong.

Among them, the territory of the Satsuma clan in the south has almost been spied on by Jinyiwei scouts and navy clippers. It has been filled with various marked small flags, and other places are blank without any markings.

This is a battle to destroy the country, and Daming is still on an expedition of nearly two thousand miles across the sea, so he must be extra careful.

Taichang stared at the sand table model for a long time, and then said solemnly: "It seems that the reason why Meng Yuan's conquest of Dongying failed is not without reason. The terrain of Kyushu Island is too complicated, and there are mountains everywhere. , if you rush in rashly, you will get lost in all likelihood."

Indeed, there are too many mountains in Kyushu Island. It can be said that there are mountains everywhere, and there is no flat plain at all. Especially in the central and southern part of Kyushu Island, it is simply covered with mountains.

This kind of complex terrain interlaced with mountains and hills is not suitable for cavalry combat at all. Meng Yuan, who is famous for cavalry assault, will naturally suffer a lot when running here.

Because those who are not familiar with the terrain here may go to the deep mountains and old forests after running, and they don’t know how to get out!
However, fortunately, Daming did not only have cavalry.

Yuan Keli frowned and pondered for a while, and then said carefully: "Your Majesty, we really shouldn't rush into this kind of terrain. We can transfer it with naval warships, first take down the coastal ports and cities, and then slowly clear the interior."

This is a good idea.

Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but slightly nodded.

The terrain of Kyushu Island is like a maze to those who are not familiar with it, and it is true that it cannot be rashly penetrated.

However, fortunately, Kyushu Island is surrounded by sea, and there is no obstacle for naval warships to go around, and at the moment, the strongest Satsuma navy in Japan has been laid down by them, and Kyushu Island is basically fine. It can threaten the existence of the Eastern Navy and the Beiyang Navy.

They can use naval warships to transfer infantry to any place and land for combat.

This tactic should be most suitable for use in the intricate mountainous terrain of Kyushu Island.

Unexpectedly, there are people who have different opinions.

Qin Minping looked at the other generals, then looked at Taichang carefully, and then couldn't help but suggest: "Your Majesty, why don't you send white soldiers over here, the mountains here are far worse than those on the west side of the river?" , this side is even less mountainous than our stone pillar side, if the white-armed soldiers can be transferred here, it will definitely not be a problem to sweep the entire Kyushu Island."

Uh, okay.

The mountains here are really nothing compared to those in Bashu and Yunnan-Guizhou.

If the white-armed soldiers can be transferred, they can indeed sweep the entire Kyushu Island.

The white pole soldiers are not so powerful in fighting in the mountains.

If the numbers were the same, neither the Shenji Battalion nor the Shenwu Battalion would be able to handle white soldiers in the mountains!
However, it takes too much time to call in white soldiers.

After all, the white soldiers are still guarding the Shuixi mountain area at this moment, and they don't know how long it will take to get out.

Taichang thought for a while, then shook his head slightly and said: "Forget it, let's transfer it with a naval warship. This will be faster, and it will take too much time to bring white soldiers over. You are familiar with mountain warfare, and you can bring your men and horses to The mountains in the middle are responsible for clearing and suppressing."

All civil servants and military generals nodded slightly when they heard the words.

Fighting in the mountains is indeed too time-consuming. It is estimated that it will take at least ten days and a half months to advance a few hundred miles.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Your Majesty, shall we make an all-out attack and take down the entire Kyushu Island at once, or be safer and take down Satsuma first?"

Are you still safe?
The Satsuma domain is the land of the Three Kingdoms.

However, these Three Kingdoms are not the Three Kingdoms of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Three Kingdoms of Kyushu Island are equivalent to the three larger prefectures and counties of Ming Dynasty.

It is not impossible to win the Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga Three Kingdoms to which the Satsuma Domain belongs in one fell swoop.

Taichang discussed Shamo with Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Keli for a while, and then said decisively: "Then, we will advance both land and water, attack in an all-round way, and take down Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga in one fell swoop, and destroy the Satsuma first." Let's talk!"

When all the generals heard the words, they were all excited.

Because they have been holding back for too long, it has been more than two months since the swearing-in of the masters, and they also took down the town of Wocheng, and then they kept building ports, docks and city fortresses, and kept hoarding supplies.

To be honest, this kind of work is not very exciting, and they want to expand their territory.

Because expanding the territory is the dream of every general!
Now it's all right, the emperor has finally spoken, and it's time to start!

The land of the three states is the land of the three states. It is not bad to have an appetizer with the land of the three states.

Taichang stared at the sand table model for a while, and then said solemnly: "Wen Zhao, according to the news from Jin Yiwei's scouts, all the infantry of the Satsuma domain who guarded Tsurumaru Castle have retreated to the north of Satsuma County. There is nothing there. The city, and there is a road connecting here, you lead your [-] cavalry to destroy them, and take Summer County!"

This is a head start!

When Cao Wenzhao heard the words, he couldn't help but excitedly cupped his hands and said, "The general will obey."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said: "General Qi, Tosawara in Miyazaki County of Hyuga Kingdom is the largest city in Hyuga Kingdom, and it is also the largest city in the Satsuma Domain. The Navy's warships will go over and take Tosawara first, and then Miyazaki County."

This is for us to chew hard bones!

Hearing this, Qi Jin couldn't help clapping his hands excitedly and said: "The general will obey."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Bianjiao, this county is the largest county in the Dasumi Kingdom and the largest basin plain in the Satsuma Clan, and there is no city in the middle. The Navy's warships will go over and take this liver county."

What a big piece of land!

When Cao Bianjiao heard the words, he couldn't help but excitedly cupped his hands and said: "The general will obey."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said to Qin Minping: "Minping, this Izuo County is the place where the three kingdoms of the Satsuma clan meet, and it is also the gateway from the Satsuma clan to the north of Kyushu Island. You lead the [-] main force of the Shenji Battalion to get it." Go down to Isa County, block the main road leading to the north, and don't let Shimadzu's men escape."

This is a heavy responsibility!
When Qin Minping heard this, he couldn't help but cupped his hands excitedly and said, "The general will follow orders."

Although the Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga Three Kingdoms to which the Satsuma Domain belongs are only three prefectures and counties, they are divided into more than 20 counties, large and small. In addition to the Kagoshima County they won, there are several other counties on the island. On, don't need to worry about it for the time being.

Calculated in this way, each of the twenty generals of the Shenji Camp and the Shenwu Camp happened to be allocated one county.

Of course, these counties are not fiefdoms assigned to them, but places where they are allowed to lead their troops to attack.

The Shimadzu family should be unlucky too. It took more than a hundred years for them to keep the land of the Three Kingdoms of Satsuma, but they were not greedy enough and wanted to attack Ryukyu, a vassal state of Ming Dynasty.

As a result, it happened to be the target of Taichang's sacrificial flag.

More than [-] land and sea troops of the Ming Dynasty marched out together, it was as fast as lightning!
Before the Shimadzu could react, the large and small counties of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga fell into the hands of the Ming army.

They really didn't react.

Because the behavior of the Ming army is too strange.

After the Ming army captured their main city, Tsurumaru Castle, they stopped there for more than two months.

Because Taichang sent scouts to seal the news around Zhenwa City, they didn't know that Daming was frantically transporting troops here.

They only knew that Da Ming ran over aggressively and fought a battle, then stayed there and did not move.

Therefore, their judgment is similar to that of the Tokugawa shogunate. Daming didn't really want to destroy Japan, but His Majesty the Emperor of Ming came to extort money!

It's easy to talk about extorting money, anyway, it's not extorting their money, but extorting money from the Tokugawa shogunate.

After more than a month of trembling and strict defense, the Shimadzu slowly relaxed. This relaxation, they were inexplicably finished.

Of course, it's useless even if they keep guarding closely or even desperately.

Because they can gather 5 to 50 horses at most, and Daming has [-] horses!
Moreover, the weapons and equipment of the Ming army were much better than theirs, and they had nothing to fight back at all.

As a result, in less than three days, the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hyuga, which belonged to the Satsuma domain, were all captured by Ming Dynasty. None of the three unlucky brothers, Shimadzu Iehisa, Shimadzu Rikuhisa, and Shimadzu Toyohisa, escaped. All the Ming troops were captured!

In addition, the silver and hoarded food that Shimadzu had robbed over the years were all collected by Taichang.

This time Taichang really made a fortune!
(End of this chapter)