The unrest on the island of Kyushu has intensified beyond comprehension in just a few days.

Empty defense, in just two days, Hizen Province except for Nagasaki Castle, has been completely penetrated, the dignified 350,000 stone daimyo Nabeshima clan has become a lost dog, fled in a hurry, Kurume, Yanagawa and Lotus Pond The three small feudal domains are not even the opponents of the fierce Shimahara Ichikura and the East China Sea bandits with cannons and many firearms, the two domains were captured in one day, and the remaining Kuroda branch Akichi family fled directly to Fukuoka Castle, on the third day of the first month of March, the war has burned to Kumamoto Castle in Hizen Province inside Kyushu Island, The base camp of the Hosokawa family.

"Step on! Whoosh!"

Holding his sword high, a samurai at the level of a soldier roared like a chicken and led the charge, wearing a cross around his head, a samurai wearing a white robe, holding a spear, katana, a big bow and hoe, and all kinds of weapons, fearless of death to launch a charge towards the head of the city that was only more than three meters high

By now, the number of Shimabara Castle troops had reached 50,000, and as soon as you looked around, many rebel armies were frantically beating against the Kumamoto Castle Wall like a white sea, as if they were about to collapse the castle at any moment.

It's a pity that people are not sea water after all, so it is impossible to really flood down, and Kumamoto Castle is not a reef, just relying on the iron resistance of the head, a few days ago the Dongjiang musket and trench system shined, and this time it is the turn of the Japanese samurai's iron cannon.

"Death give!"

On the wall, it was the same language, the same katana, the same military commission, and in the loud shouting order, the iron cannon samurai carrying the neck flag behind his back put the muzzle of the gun out of the muzzle of the wooden gun, crackling a rain of bullets, and the Shimabara rebels in the charge seemed to be hit hard by a fist in the air, and the samurai in the lineup fell to the ground one after another.

This platoon retreated, and the next platoon rushed up, and more than 2,000 iron cannons were divided into three rows, causing astonishing casualties in a row.

However, the Shimabara rebels are not unable to fight back, just when the iron cannon at the head of the city is suppressed, a booming shot put ball just smashed on a wooden mound at the head of the city, and the cannonballs pushed the wood chips into the crowd in the roar, more than ten people screamed and fell directly into the city, and the one who died on the spot was lucky, a little samurai who was forced to go to the battlefield was less than twenty with a piece of wood inserted in his thigh, and the leg bones were obviously unnaturally drooping down, holding the leg dripping with blood, and the pig was killed and howled violently.

The biggest benefit this time is not even the Dongjiang Army, after all, Mao Jue's war dividend is still in the Kanto Plain, and the most advantageous is these East China Sea pirates.

The main force of the Japanese army in Kyushu was driven to Chikuzen by Mao Jue, this kind of high-intensity march had already made the troops of the Cold Weapon Era attrition greatly, from Chikuqian or by boat, or detour back to their own domain, even if they could go to the battlefield in time, people would be exhausted, and ten percent of the martial arts could not be played thirty percent.

And this time it's not the pirates themselves as cannon fodder, there are Shimahara and a group of people rushing forward as cannon fodder, they only need to fight in the back, and then pick up the cheap, these days even under the autumn moon city, Liuchuan City, Fuyue City and other famous cities, although the harvest and Hangzhou is impossible to compare, but it is also better than the past to rob the countryside ten million times, more heavy to the place to rob.

Seeing that the cannon hit, the Matsuura pirates who fired the cannon couldn't help but let out a monkey-like cheer, and with this gap, the island that was crowded under the city was crowded and climbed up like ants.

The Japanese army did not have bayonet skills at this time, and they were also hit by iron cannons under the city, and the Shimabara samurai who rushed to the front of them were ferocious, and they were killed and slashed more than a dozen in a row.

But after all, it was a samurai family who built their homes by force, and after a few whistles, those iron cannon samurai shrank back in unison, and were replaced by groups of spear samurai and sword samurai.

In hand-to-hand combat, the Dongjiang army that has undergone intensive training can fight two, and a group of three can fight ten Japanese people, but for an army composed of these farmers, the professional samurai still maintain a considerable advantage, just take the sword skills, seeing a few Shimahara soldiers roaring up, a member of the Hosokawa family black-armored samurai walked forward as if walking leisurely, the long knife in his hand was as elegant as a flower arrangement in the hand of a maid, eight steps later, six Shimabara rebels were slashed down by lightning, and the rest of the people also fled back in fear.

After fighting all morning, a few gaps were made, and 100 members of the Hosokawa family's retainers were killed, which was completely different from Hizen's momentum, leaving the corpses on the ground, and the imposing Shimabara rebel army had to retreat again.

But even so, looking at the collapsed city walls and the burning ginkgo trees, Hosokawa Tsunari, the lord of the Kumamoto Domain, who was only a teenager, still looked in a cold sweat, and kept waving his gold-plated military fan, shouting anxiously.

"Haven't the shogunate yet sent reinforcements?"

"Back to Your Highness, the messenger has been dispatched, and the news from the Fukuoka Domain is that Tang Kou has surrounded Fukuoka Castle, and His Excellency Matsudaira Nobutsuna, the general of the shogunate, did not dare to fight at all, and fled back to Zhoufang across the sea."

Just rushed back, the sweaty retainer Kato's words splashed on the head of the young man of the Hosokawa clan like cold water, listening to the rapid horn of the castle sounding again, those damn pirates also raised their cannon muzzles, and suddenly, this Hosokawa Tsunashi slapped the military fan in hand to the ground like an outbreak.

"Send someone directly to the Shimazu family for help, and tell Shimazu Mitsuhisa that the old bastard can't count on it, if he doesn't help me, as soon as the Kumamoto clan falls, when the time comes, there will be more than 100,000 people killed in his Satsuma domain, let him weigh it himself!"

"However, the "Laws of the Samurai" prescribed by the shogunate ......"

Still hesitated, but before he finished speaking, seeing that his family's daimyo had already reached out to find a knife, the chief retainer immediately knocked his head on the ground.

"Hello!"

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Unlike the Central Plains Shogun, the foundation of the shogunate's rule is martial arts, who is strong and who speaks hard, relying on strong wrists, the Tokugawa family suppressed the Warring States daimyo who rose up with jackals, but now, the shogunate behaved so badly, and the rule of the Tokugawa family in Kyushu began to decline slowly.

However, at such a price, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's strategic intentions were still not achieved.

The 30,000 shogunate troops retreated to Nagato Province on the island of Honshu, the domain of the Mori family, where the shogunate army gradually recovered, but in this battle, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was like a lion in a cage, and the roar was known for miles.

"If you don't go back to the teacher, it's over! Maori Tsunahiro, if you dare to stop the general, I will kill you!"

"Matsudaira-kun, this hall advises you, let's save some effort! I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, the one who asked my Maori family to stop you here is the old Nakaya Aoyama-sama, and in a few days, Tokugawa Sokei-sama will take over the military power of the Kyushu crusade team with reinforcements. ”

The relationship between the Daimyo and the Tokugawa clan is not very good, not to mention that the Maori family and the Tokugawa family are still a big feud, the nominal general of the Western Army in the Sekigahara War is the Maori Moto, after the war, the Tokugawa family cut the Maori family from 1.2 million stone daimyo to 370,000, and the sea ban policy also cut off the financial resources of the Maori family, and got the secret letter of the Kuroda family.

Who let him make a good Kyushu crusade inappropriate, and actually want to bring the Kyushu troops back to Edo, don't suspect who he suspects?

Listening to this Mori Tsunade triumphantly said, this Izu think tank twitched with both hands and wanted to strangle him directly, but after trembling for a while, Matsudaira Nobutsuna sat back in his chair and waved his hand weakly.

"Ben knows, please go down to the Maori family!"

Seeing Maori Tsunahiro flick his sleeves out with disdain, suddenly, this Matsudaira Nobutsuna seemed to explode again, lifted the table and smashed it directly on the ground.

This is the feeling that everyone is drunk and I am sober, and the huge Tokugawa family, only he Matsudaira Nobutsuna can see it alone.

In fact, if the Shimazu Hosokawa Kuroda family perished, it would only be good for the rule of the Tokugawa family, and since the Shimabara Rebellion had become a big one, let the Kyushu daimyo consume it, and the shogunate would be more comfortable to reap the benefits of the fishermen.

But Kanto Mikawa is the foundation of the Tokugawa family, a place where the retainers of the pro-clan Pudai are intertwined, if something goes wrong in this place, the Tokugawa family will have to become the same as the third prince of the dragon king who has been sucked out of the dragon tendons, half-dead, and the strength of the Tokugawa family has been damaged, will this daimyo from all over the country be so honest?

On the contrary, no one can see through this truth, in order to defend the irrelevant Kyushu Daimyo, he came with the power of Kanto, if he Matsudaira Nobutsuna is not mistaken, Mao Jue is no longer in Kyushu at this time, he wants to be like a vulture hovering in the air, ready to rush to the ground at any time, to scratch the head of the defenseless Tokugawa family.

It's a pity that it's useless to say anything at this time, the Tokugawa Sokei of the Mito Tokugawa family has already arrived with reinforcements, and the Tokugawa family's henchmen are also destined to encounter military disasters and wars.

In the decadence of Matsudaira Nobutsuna, the 110,000 Tokugawa shogunate crusading army hurriedly rushed into Ichiura-gun, Nagato Province.

And what he expected was really right, just when he was taken down by the new warrant and imprisoned, Mao Jue had already appeared in the middle of the entire Wa Kingdom, the Noh Kingdom of Beilu.

Compared to Kyushu, which has more contact with foreigners, it is obviously more closed, and the fishermen on the shore have never even seen such a galleon, and they all look at the towering figure of the Black Pearl like fools.

More than a dozen seabirds screamed violently, and seemed to feel this murderous aura, a tube of binoculars was slowly lowered, these days under the warmth of the huge sea honeysuckle, finally raised their voices, full of disdain, Mao Jue is sneer.

"Hehe, wall grass, the day before yesterday! It's just fat! ”

(End of chapter)