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Chapter 389 Breakdown
The battle was in full swing, and although the Matsuura family did not contribute much, they kept worrying about it.

This time, the Matsuura family was ashamed and mobilized [-] troops, led by Matsuura Takanobu's eldest son Shinnobu, sailing from Hirado to Matsuura County, claiming to regain their hometown.

Once upon a time, the Matsuura clan once ruled the entire territory of Matsuura County and could mobilize nearly ten thousand people. Even under the oppression of Ryuzoji Temple, retreating to Hirado, they could still hire pirates to fight for it... Before Li Dan went to the five islands, it was such a situation.

However, the Ming army came over and took down the thousands of Japanese pirates entrenched in the Goto area without any suspense. As a result, the Matsuura family could only gather more than a thousand troops and had to stay in the area. How could they mobilize more Ashgaru.

On the contrary, Chen Bazhi, who fought as a guest army, had a mighty army of tens of thousands, including Japanese pirates and banner troops, as well as two northern troops of [-] households. All of a sudden, they attacked Songpu County with great momentum.

Chen Bazhi's troops divided into two groups. The flag army bypassed Matsuura County by boat and went straight to Saga Port. On land, Li Ruzhang and Li Rumei led the army to sweep through Matsuura County with the Japanese pirates. Of course, Matsuura Zhenxin followed them and received Villages along the way.

It is called Matsuura County, but in fact there is not a single big city. The wealthy families in each village are somewhat armed, but most of them were once one of the Matsuura 48 Party. Seeing the attack led by Matsuura Zhenxin, they immediately defected to help maintain law and order.

Although there was some resistance, how could dozens of peasants and soldiers intercept the Jurchen Mongolian cavalry against the majesty of the Jurchen Mongolian cavalry? Everyone knelt down and begged for mercy.

This is not the first time the Li brothers have fought in battle, but it is the easiest battle in their life. The enemy is few and the road is close, and the soldiers are weak. Every game is a big victory without casualties. It is easier than hunting in their hometown.

Even sweeping the five villages, even the timid Korean soldiers became brave.

Li Ruzhang and Li Rumei were very happy. They almost ran away to kill Songpu Zhenxin and the Korean soldiers along the way. In just four days, the cavalry marched for [-] miles along the road near the sea, but the battlefields of the infantry were scattered all over the mountainous areas of Songpu County. In the forest, I ran back and forth for more than a hundred miles.

They didn't go deep into the county because the grain boats and gunboats were floating with them along the coast, of course not to protect the ships, and Chen Bazhi didn't need others to protect them, they were just to be able to eat hot food.

Liaodong iron cavalry is the most ferocious in training and the bravest on the battlefield, but the daily supply is also the most delicate. This group of people is Li Chengliang's servants who are carefully raised by Li Chengliang. When there is neither training nor war, this group of people is like uncles.

Regardless of whether the soldiers of the Chen family are well-equipped or powerful, they are all the same in terms of distribution of supplies, but this is not the case for the Li family in Liaodong. These arrogant soldiers all have their own fields and land in Liaodong. The elites who come out are supplemented by bows, knives, horses, and Xuanfu precision forged armor.

To be honest, whoever wears this suit of theirs will not be able to lower their combat power, let alone the athletes carefully selected by the veteran general Li Chengliang.

This kind of situation swept across Matsuura County all the way, and immediately the whole county re-suspended the Matsuura Kaji leaf pattern, and it was exhausting, but Matsuura Zhenxin was absolutely happy.This man shined brilliantly in assisting his father in developing the Hirado trade. He was very clever. He ran all the way until the soldiers came to Saga. There were still [-] soldiers under him, but they had already changed to another batch.

His cronies stayed in various villages, and his subordinates led an army composed of local wealthy families. He wanted to use the power of the Ming army and Japanese pirates to subdue this group of people and work hard for the Matsuura clan in the future.

On the fifth day of the dispatch of troops from Hirado, the troops arrived at Saga Port.

Chen's army marched unhappily, and sank two ships of Longzouji's family at sea. Moreover, the news of the Ming army's attack had already spread to Imari Castle along with the news of Naomi Naoshima's retreat. Hundreds of ashigaru retreated, and the local ashigaru was mobilized to encourage strong troops to defend the city, waiting for Naoshima Naoshige to return and mobilize the army to help.

"Cage City!"

"Within one month, this city must be conquered!"

Successive victories, with soldiers behind him, the morale of Jinshin who won the Matsuura battle was extraordinary, and he swept away a piece of woodland in the south of Imari Castle at a very fast speed, and cut wood as a fence to lay down the main formation.Looking at Imari Castle three miles away, he drew out his saber and shouted loudly to boost the morale of his side.

The same is true for more Japanese pirates accompanying the army. Seeing Songpu Zhenxin draw a knife and shout, it is also noisy. Although this kind of high morale fascinates Li Dan, who is regarded as the leader by all the Japanese pirates, he really can't understand what they are crazy about.

After boosting his morale, Matsuura Zhenxin led a few warriors back to the main battle with a bullish appearance, and was calling for people to serve sake, when he heard Xiao Xing whispered a few words, his expression changed drastically, and he cautiously faced the person sitting beside him. Li Dan asked: "Boss Li, how did the two generals lead the troops on board?"

Li Dan originally wanted to tell the whole plan to Matsuura Zhenxin, but seeing Zhenxin's eagerness and uncertainty, he didn't want to talk anymore, raised his second finger to Imari Castle with a chuckle, and joked: "Cavalry attack Can a horse run up the city? The wooden city has to be climbed!"

Li Dan looked carefully at Imari Castle with a telescope before the battle. Long Junxiong's Lian Dou went with him this time and told him that this type of city is a flat city. As the name implies, it is a city built on flat ground. If it weren't for a walled city in the form of a branch city, this city would be far more majestic.

Before Nobunaga built An Tucheng, most of Japan’s castles were made of wooden fortresses. Stone-structured cities were not common, and there were also no tall castle towers. The similar castle towers in this era were tall oars developed from watchtowers. Developed into a guardian.

In the whole of Japan, there is no daimyo who sleeps in the castle tower. Everyone sleeps in the imperial palace, and only enters the castle tower to take refuge in emergencies. Only Oda Nobunaga sleeps in the castle tower and lives daily.

Although Imari Castle is not a great city, in Li Dan's opinion, it is very strong. There are water diversions on the periphery to irrigate the wetland mainly made of mud. Give the defenders enough time.

But the problem is that this city is near the sea.

"If the enemy army can see us clearly in the city, the dispatch of the army must be known to the enemy. This will strengthen their determination to defend the city!"

For Matsuura Shinnobu, this battle is a fateful battle that must be won. They have never captured Imari Castle for many years. This time, with the help of a large army, Matsuura Shinnobu is bound to win. At this time, the second general of the Li family will withdraw his troops It is tantamount to disrupting the morale of the army, it is very rare for him to be able to endure without getting angry.

"I just heard that your Excellency will besiege the city for a month, or is it a way to boost morale?" Li Dan curled his lips, raised a finger, and said, "It's time to deliver the letter at this time, and let the city guards go out of the city for half an hour to offer their votes." After an hour, you should prepare for the final attack."

"storm?"

Li Dan's tactics are not incompatible with Matsuura Zhenxin's, they are completely nonsense. Even if they don't take human lives as their lives, their troops are not strong enough to directly attack the fortified city with thousands of defenders.

At this moment, a boom sounded from the coast far away, and when it reached the main formation, the sound was not loud but shocking. Matsuura Takanobu asked in surprise, "What is this?"

"General Chen's test shooting, the two generals Li are preparing to leave for the next city, brother Zhenxin, it's really time to prepare for a general attack."

As soon as Li Dan's words fell, the roar of artillery fire came from the coast, like thunder, and the massive bombardment seemed to make the whole city of Imari tremble.

Matsuura Shinnobu didn't answer, but stared at the north in a daze.

In the pupils, it reflected that the strong city was falling apart.

　early!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)