796 occupies the territory, and the shogunate is shaken

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"Phew, dare to use knives against Lao Tzu, look for death!"

Zhang was stunned and spat on the corpses of several Japanese soldiers who were killed, and said disdainfully.

The only one next to him who was not killed was the Japanese soldier who could speak Chinese, and he was also the only one who did not draw his sword and aimed it at Zhang Zhizi.

At this time, this Japanese soldier was already frightened, he didn't expect Zhang Suzi and Yu Lao Liu to really dare to shoot at them.

"Brothers, pick up the spoils of the ground, and now they are yours."

Yu Lao Liu casually put a small cloth bag next to the corpse of one of the Japanese soldiers, and found that it contained a lot of broken silver, as well as gold and silver jewelry, so he shouted at those white dragon soldiers.

"Hey, Yu Lao Liu, let's talk about it, the things left by these Japanese soldiers, our two troops will be divided equally.

Moreover, in case the general pursues the responsibility of this time afterwards, don't be cowardly, let's take responsibility together. ”

Zhang was stunned and said to Yu Lao Liu.

"No problem, things are divided equally, and the blame is shared together." Yu Lao Liu readily agreed.

"Bring your stuff and let's go!"

Immediately, after taking the valuables left by the dead Japanese soldiers into his pocket, Yu Lao Liu waved his hand and shouted.

Peng!

Before leaving, Zhang was stunned to select a small bag of several large bags of grain that the Japanese soldiers had stolen and threw it in front of the woman, and then left.

They also took the rest of the food with them, but Zhang was stunned and didn't leave all the big bags of grain to the woman, otherwise it would hurt her.

After dawn, the entire Saga Castle was controlled by the White Dragon Army, and Nabeshima Katsushige was also captured by the White Dragon Army.

Immediately, Luo Chao asked Yoshino to be in charge of the security of Saga City, after all, Yoshino Shuiichiro was a Japanese and it was more convenient than them.

Shuiichiro Yoshino sent his Japanese soldiers to patrol the streets and quickly stabilized order in Saga Castle.

From the evening of the 6th, when Li Zixiao led 10,000 White Dragon troops to land in Nagasaki, to the 10th, Luo Chao led the army to conquer Saga Castle, only four days.

In four days, the Hida Domain of the Nabeshima family, which was still not weak among the many vassals of the Wa Kingdom, was destroyed like this.

On the thirteenth, Li Zixiao arrived at Saga Castle with Quartz and others, and Luo Chao, Zhao Zilong, Yoshino Shuiichiro and others came out to greet him.

"You guys fought a good battle, Ben Hou is very satisfied."

Li Zixiao looked at Luo Chao and the others, with a bright smile on his face, and said.

"Master Hou, this is our list of battle losses and captures in this battle, please take a look."

After entering the city, Luo Chao summarized the losses and captures of this battle to Li Zixiao.

After Li Zixiao saw the piece handed over by Luo Chao, the smile on his face became even brighter, and he almost didn't laugh out loud.

This time, they destroyed the Hita Domain, and in addition to the losses of Yoshino Shuiichiro's men, the losses on the side of the White Dragon Army were almost negligible.

But their seizures were lucrative, which surprised Li Zixiao.

The White Dragon Army ransacked the entire Saga Castle, except for leaving thirty percent of the rewards for the soldiers, the remaining seventy percent were all handed over, which was more than five million taels of silver.

Not counting some other valuables such as jewelry, silk, jewelry, etc.

This is still just the White Dragon Army's 'carnival' for three hours, sparing most of the ordinary people in Saga Castle, otherwise the looted silver will be more.

After all, Saga Castle, as the residence of the Nabeshima family, has a population of more than 200,000 people, and a large number of officials, wealthy merchants, and landlords gathered.

Li Zixiao estimated that if he really squeezed the entire Saga City like scraping the ground, he would be able to squeeze out tens of millions of taels of silver.

After all, Japan was originally a prolific country of gold and silver.

"Murder and arson gold belt, this way to get money is really fast!"

Li Zixiao couldn't help but sigh.

"Deliver all the captured supplies to Nagasaki, and then let Hong Sheng use the fleet to transport them to Tamna Island, and then transport them back to his hometown.

In addition, the officers and men in the army can also register the bounties they have obtained, so that Hong Sheng can use the fleet and send them back to their families in advance. ”

Li Zixiao then instructed.

"Yoshino."

Immediately, Li Zixiao looked at Shuichiro Yoshino next to him and spoke.

"Master Hou." Shuiichiro Yoshino saluted respectfully.

"In this battle, your Japanese barracks have made the greatest contributions, and they have suffered the most losses.

From the loot captured this time, Ben Hou took out 200,000 taels of silver to reward you and your subordinates, hoping that you will make new contributions in the next war.

In addition, in view of the heavy losses of your men, Benhou chose to grant you special permission to recruit 20,000 new soldiers in Saga Castle and replenish them to your battalion.

The silver taels and equipment that are lacking in the recruitment of new recruits will be reported to you later, and Benhou will send someone to distribute them to you. ”

Li Zixiao looked at Shuiichiro Yoshino with a smile and said. 、

In this battle, Shuiichiro Yoshino's performance made Li Zixiao very satisfied, and now it was time for him to reward.

"Thank you, Master Hou!"

Shuiichiro Yoshino shouted excitedly and bowed.

The reason why Yoshino Shuiichiro fought so hard in this battle and directly disabled the only 8,000 soldiers and horses under his command was just to show Li Zixiao!

Prove his loyalty to Li Zixiao, and now his efforts have finally paid off.

But what he didn't expect was that Li Zixiao's reward for him would be so big, he didn't care about the 200,000 silver, what he cared about was the 20,000 horses.

Yoshino knew that in the White Dragon Army, these generals did not have the right to recruit troops privately, and they could only get Li Zixiao's authorization.

Before, before Li Zixiao landed in Nagasaki, he could still quietly expand his army.

But now, he is under Li Zixiao's nose, and without Li Zixiao's consent, he would not dare to recruit new soldiers.

Shuiichiro Yoshino was still thinking in his heart just now, if Li Zixiao could give him more than 7,000 this time, he would be satisfied.

But unexpectedly, Li Zixiao directly asked him to recruit 20,000 recruits, which was beyond his expectations.

In fact, the reason why Li Zixiao asked Shuichiro Yoshino to recruit so many recruits.

Mainly because they may face a counterattack from the Tokugawa shogunate next, and there will be a big war.

Li Zixiao needs more men to fight the next battle, and it is too troublesome to transfer troops from Daming, and he can't transfer too much.

After all, the Ming Dynasty is his lair, that is the fundamental, and he still needs Yoshino, the local Japanese soldiers, of course, the main force in the war.

Now, in this battle, Shuiichiro Yoshino, who helped them to destroy the Hida Domain, has completely lost the chance to reconcile with the Wakoku.

Shuiichiro Yoshino can only follow Li Zixiao wholeheartedly now, and in addition, the money, food, weapons and armor of Yoshino's army are all provided by the White Dragon Army.

It can be said that once Li Zixiao's support is lost, it will be a matter of time before Shuiichiro Yoshino falls.

In this case, Li Zixiao believes that Shuiichiro Yoshino is a smart man and will not betray him, otherwise he will be left with nothing, including his life.

"Okay, now that Saga Castle has been defeated by us, the Nabeshima family's Hita Domain has been destroyed.

Next, Benhou wants you to occupy all the territory of the Hida Domain within half a month.

After a month's wait, I estimate that the Tokugawa shogunate's side should react to our side, and there will be a new war at that time.

Within a month, Yoshino will have to recruit and train you. ”

Subsequently, Li Zixiao said again that this month's time was roughly judged by him.

After all, the Tokugawa shogunate was on the island of Honshu in the Wakuni Kingdom, and it was not only a long way from Saga Castle on the island of Kyushu, but also separated by a strait.

After the Tokugawa shogunate learned the news of the fall of the Hida Domain, they made a decision, raised grain and grass, gathered men and horses, and then sent troops and marched, and it was already considered fast to be able to fight within a month.

The rest of the matter doesn't need Li Zixiao to take care of, he stays in Saga City.

Luo Chao, Zhao Zilong, Peng Hao and other generals of the White Dragon Army, each led a group of men and horses, attacked in all directions, and occupied all the subordinate territories of the Feitian Domain.

With the annihilation of the main army of the Nabeshima family and the fall of Saga Castle, how can there be any Japanese soldiers in the other cities and villages of the Hida Domain who can resist the White Dragon Army!

Therefore, the next occupation operations of Luo Chao, Zhao Zilong and others also went very smoothly.

In just half a month, the territory of the Hitian Domain in the north of Kyushu Island, except for some islands in the sea to the north, all fell into the hands of the White Dragon Army.

At the same time, half a month later, a fleet landed in Nagasaki Port again, and a large number of civilian officials from Kaifeng, as well as 10,000 White Dragon soldiers and 20,000 soldiers of the city defense army, also landed in Nagasaki.

This is Li Zixiao's second batch of reinforcements, and with the arrival of this batch of reinforcements, Li Zixiao can be regarded as completely relieved.

On the other hand, the Tokugawa shogunate had already received a request for help from the Nabeshima family, and a group of children of the Nabeshima family had also fled to Edo Castle to ask the Tokugawa family for help.

After hearing the news, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the current head of the Tokugawa shogunate, was shocked and angry at the same time.

If it were in normal times, if the Nabeshima family of the Hida domain were destroyed, Tokugawa Iemitsu would even snicker in his heart.

After all, the Wakoku vassals on the island of Kyushu were all foreign daimyos, and they were all estranged from the Tokugawa shogunate, so they were assigned so far away.

The daimyo of Wakuni, which was close to the Tokugawa shogunate, were basically on the island of Honshu, around the territory of the Tokugawa shogunate.

The daimyo were estranged from the Tokugawa shogunate and had little control, and Tokugawa Iemitsu wished that their power would be weakened or destroyed.

But now, Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't laugh.

Because this time, it was the enemy from outside the Wa Kingdom who destroyed the Nabejima family of the Hida Domain, and it was the army of the Ming Dynasty.

The severity of this matter has even surpassed several rebellions of the Japanese state in the past.

Immediately, the current head of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Tokugawa Iemitsu, immediately convened his subordinates to discuss the matter.

At the meeting, the ministers of the Tokugawa family also had conflicting opinions.

The radicals believed that the shogunate should immediately organize a large army and go to Kyushu Island to defeat the White Dragon Army and drive it out.

Conservatives, on the other hand, believe that it is not advisable to immediately send a large army to the enemy without ascertaining the strength of the enemy.

The shogunate could have ordered that several other daimyo on Kyushu Island should first send troops to help the Hita Domain, recapture Saga Castle, and expel these Ming troops.

In doing so, not only can the Ming army be expelled, but it can also weaken the strength of several other foreign daimyo on Kyushu Island, killing two birds with one stone.

If, several other foreign daimyo on Kyushu Island could not drive out these Ming troops, then there would be shogunate armies to drive them out.

At that time, the strength of several vassals on Kyushu Island, which had already fought fiercely with the Ming army, was bound to lose a lot, and the Tokugawa shogunate would be able to strengthen its control over several foreign daimyos.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu finally heard the benefits of the conservatives, his eyes lit up and he agreed.

Immediately, Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered the Tokugawa shogunate to order several other daimyo on Kyushu Island at this time, asking them to send troops to Saga Castle, defeat the Ming army, and help the Nabeshima family regain their territory.

Among them, at this time, in addition to the Hida Domain of the Nabeshima family, there were two strong feudal clans on Kyushu Island, namely the Mosa Domain of the Shimazu clan of Kagoshima Castle and the Kumamoto Domain of the Hosokawa clan of Kumamoto Castle.

These two powerful feudal domains, together with the Hita Domain, were originally the three most powerful daimyo on the island of Kyushu, and they were all relatively high among the daimyo of the entire Wa Kingdom.

Of course, the Hida Domain was the weakest of the three powerful domains in Kyushu.

As for the island of Kyushu, there are some other small vassals, all of which cannot be compared with the three strong vassals, and they can be ignored.

In the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, in late January, in Kumamoto Castle in the middle of Kyushu Island in the Wakoku Kingdom, the Kumamoto Domain was already governed by the Hosokawa clan at this time.

Hosokawa Mitsusho, the second lord of the Kumamoto Domain, had just been in office for more than a year, and at this time they had also received orders from the Tokugawa shogunate.

Hosokawa Mitsusho had no choice but to immediately convene a meeting of his subordinates.

The Hosokawa family's Kumamoto Domain was adjacent to the Hita Domain, which was in the northernmost part of Kyushu Island, while the Kumamoto Domain was in the middle, and the Mosa Domain was bordered to the west.

Therefore, as early as half a month ago, after the White Dragon Army destroyed the Hita Domain, the Hosokawa family quickly knew.

Immediately, the Hosokawa family was on the verge of a great enemy, fearing that the White Dragon Army would also kill them, so Hosokawa Mitsusho immediately gathered men and horses to deploy defenses at the junction of the northern and Hitian domains.

However, Hosokawa Mitsusho did not send troops without authorization and attacked the White Dragon Army reactionarily.

After all, it would be so easy to deal with the people and horses of the Hitian Domain who could be wiped out in just a few days.

For the sake of prudence, Hosokawa Mitsusho had to send people to understand the specific situation first, and did not dare to send troops over, focusing on defense.

Even, the Hosokawa family took the initiative to send people to Saga Castle to contact Li Zixiao, wanting to know why they came and what they wanted to do.

And Li Zixiao directly fooled the envoy sent by the Hosokawa family, saying that the Feitian family sent troops privately to plunder the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty.

Now they were discovered by the Ming Emperor and sent them to take revenge on the Nabeshima family, and said that they would not attack other vassals.

After getting the news, the Hosokawa family was also skeptical, and their vigilance did not decrease in the slightest, but they did not take the initiative to send troops.

Fortunately, in the following half a month, the White Dragon Army only tossed around the territory of the Hitian Domain in the north, and did not enter the territory of the Kumamoto Domain.

This made the people of the Hosokawa family of the Kumamoto Domain think that what Li Zixiao might say was true.

When Li Zixiao said this, of course he was fooling Hosokawa Mitsushang.

Li Zixiao came this time to occupy the entire Kyushu Island, and the Feitian Domain was the first unlucky egg, and the next one was the turn of the other domains.

It's just that Li Zixiao also needs time to digest the territory of the Feitian Domain, let the soldiers rest, and wait for the second batch of reinforcements to arrive.

Just find an excuse to fool Hosokawa Mitsusao.