Domineering Daming

"Yes!" Itakura Shigemasa stood up excitedly, bowed and strode away.He couldn't wait any longer, he needed to level Shimabara before Tokugawa Iemitsu's men came and save his life!

Miyake Shigetoshi looked at Itakura Shigesho's back, frowned slightly, and said, "Den, is Shigesho-den pressed into a hurry?"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded, and then asked, "What's the matter with Akira?"

"According to the monitoring from various places, they went to the Tsushima domain." Miyake Shigetoshi said: "It seems to be resting now, and there is no specific movement of them at present."

"Where do you think they will go?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna asked Miyake Shigetoshi.

Shigetoshi Miyake thought for a while, and said: "Most of the Ming people wanted to take care of the Hara Castle. I think it was from the Chikugo Domain that we were attacked on both sides, and we couldn't take care of ourselves. Or, the last time was to explore the way, and they will come with heavy troops this time. Support Yuancheng."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna listened, looked away, looked outside, and said: "This should not be the strategy of the Ming people, they will not be involved in our war for the time being, and those rumors about occupying our country are just to put pressure on us , Their purpose is to take advantage of it."

Shigetoshi Miyake nodded silently. He didn't think that the Ming Dynasty was capable of occupying their country of Wa. Thousands of people were not enough to fit their teeth.

It is nothing more than wanting the Wa country to bow its head to Daming, pay tribute to them, and complete their Huayi order.

"Then, what is their purpose?" Shigetoshi Miyake asked suspiciously.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna has been thinking about this question. If Akira wanted them to bow their heads, they would definitely make the next move, but without absolute force, how could they submit?

"The main hall, the pigeons from the Iki clan passed the letter, and the fleet of the Ming Dynasty left the Tsushima clan and went straight to the Chikugo clan!" A samurai suddenly came in.

The Chikugo Domain is the northernmost domain of Kyukoku Island. It is far away from Shimabara, one south and one north. At the same time, the Chikugo Domain is close to the Kanmon Strait.

Chapter 1153

After the samurai finished speaking, Nobutsuna Matsudaira and Shigetoshi Miyake in the room fell silent for a while.

After a while, Shigetoshi Miyake said: "Dian, it's obvious that the Ming people just want to invade the Chikugo Domain, so that we can't look at each other from head to tail, and want to profit from the fisherman!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna lowered his head, picked up his teacup silently, and did not speak.

Although he knew of Mingren's movements, his purpose was still unclear.If it is the Chikugo clan, it is better to join forces with Amakusa Shiro in Shimabara and completely defeat him. Why do you want to go far?

Go to the Chikugo Domain, which is the first and most prosperous domain in Kyukoku Island. Why?

Matsudaira Nobutsuna sipped his teacup, his eyes flickering, thinking about Akito's purpose.

For a long time, he still couldn't figure it out, suddenly raised his head and asked the warrior, "How many people are there in the Ming Dynasty this time?"

The samurai recalled and said, "It is said that there are about 5000 people."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna frowned, what can 5000 people do?

Shigetoshi Miyake was also fooled this time, 5000 people may not be able to go ashore very far, what is the purpose of Mingren?

Nobutsuna Matsudaira was silent for a while, then turned to Shigetoshi Miyake and said, "Itakura Shigemasa's plan is available, but it's not enough. If I recruit again, how many more people will there be?"

Shigetoshi Miyake knew that the collection that Matsudaira Nobuzuna mentioned was not all of the Japanese kingdoms, but the range of the Kyugoku Islands. He thought for a while, and said: "I don't think there are many. The Chongshang Palace has already collected many times before. If there is another collection, I am afraid that the big names, the Patriarch It will be dissatisfied, and it will be difficult for the public side to explain."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna waved his hand to let the samurai outside the door leave, then sighed softly, and said: "Itakura Shigemasa's ability is too poor, I shouldn't trust him."

Shigetoshi Miyake shook his head, and said: "There is no other way for the Ming people to intervene. Now Chongchang Palace is a good strategy to exhaust the enemy. It must be able to take the original city faster, and then the palace can easily deal with the Ming Dynasty, and even Recover Tsushima."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked a little solemn, and said: "This matter is not that simple. There are only two things we have to do. The first thing is to eradicate the Shimabara chaos as soon as possible. The second thing is to keep an eye on Akito's movements , They will tell me every move they make, and also...notify the public.”

Shigetoshi Miyake looked at Nobutsuna Matsudaira, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Yes."

Reporting this matter directly to the shogunate is a kind of admission of failure, and the future credit book will be somewhat bleak.

While they were talking, Itakura Shigemasa assembled an army and pushed all the way under the original city, making a strong attack.

The original city was terrified, Amakusa Shiro and others all went up to the top of the city.

"What's going on, why are they here again?" Heisaburo was puzzled.The last time they lost fifty to sixty thousand casualties, they didn't take Yuancheng. Is this crazy?

Amakusa Shiro was also puzzled in his heart, but he still held it back, and said without moving his face: "No matter what schemes they play, we must not move like a mountain and defend the original city!"

"Yes!" Heizaburo and the others agreed immediately, with focused expressions, and they looked firmly at the shogunate army that was about to charge up.

Yuancheng is their last piece of land. According to the actions of the shogunate, if Yuancheng is destroyed, they will all be slaughtered, and there will be no one left!

Itakura Shigemashi suppressed the army and surrounded the original city. At the same time, the bells and drums rang together, making a full attack. The army continued to move forward from time to time, threatening the original city.

But they didn't enter Yuancheng's range of bows and arrows, they stopped at a certain distance, turned away quickly, and another group of people charged again.

There were twists and turns in the original city, everyone was nervous, holding their weapons tightly, staring at the shogunate army without daring to breathe.

"stop!"

Itakura Shigemasa ordered to withdraw the army, saying: "Come again in half an hour. Also, those who have ambushed are not allowed to move. I want to see how long Kushiro can last this day!"

"Yes!" A group of daimyos, Patriarchs agree with Shigemasa Itakura's method, it will not harm their people, but also deter Harajo.

Of course, many people are still complaining. If they used it earlier, why would they bother so many people and delay it so far.

Until late at night, the shogunate army had a great time playing, and even attacked the bow and arrow shooting range of Yuancheng several times, attracting a rain of arrows.

Itakura Shigemashi discovered this and made the army keep probing, consuming the number of bows and arrows in Yuancheng.

The sky was pitch black, but the bells and drums under the city were ringing, and the shouts of killing were loud, and they could hit the city from time to time, making Yuancheng restless.

Think about it, they still rush to the front from time to time, think about it, they are not really attacking the city.

Heisaburo has been wasted for a long time, and now he is quite exhausted mentally and physically, and he still tenses up from time to time. He turned his head to look at Amakusa Shiro, and said, "Angel, what should we do now? The shogunate clearly wants us to not be able to rest. If this continues, We're going to break ourselves."

Amakusa Shiro has long discovered that this is a tactic to exhaust the enemy, that is, to wear them down physically and mentally, and then take the Hara Castle without any effort.

Amakusa Shiro said with a cold face, "Divide the people into three groups, one wave and one wave take turns to defend the city, and rest. Remember, you can't be careless, and you can't relax at all. Itakura Shigemasa has been staring at us. Once we relax, it is a real attack. the city."

"Yes!" Heisaburo responded, and hurried to arrange.

Itakura Shigemasa has been observing the movement of Hara Castle. Seeing Amakusa Shiro's response, he can't help but frown. He has a bridge to cross the river, and Amakusa Shiro has a river ladder to cross the river. .

Two or three days later, Yuancheng was still as stable as Mount Tai. Although he looked tired, it didn't happen as he expected.

This made Itakura Shigemasa very anxious, wishing to launch another strong attack, finally held back, came to Matsudaira Nobutsuna's hall, bowed and said: "Nobuzuna, although the plan is effective, it still takes time, please give me more time." I have a moment."

Matsudaira Nobutsuna is very calm now, at least on the outside, he looked at Itakura Shigesho, and said indifferently: "Shigeshoden, you let me down."

Itakura Shigemasa knew that Matsudaira Nobutsuna would be able to take him down, bowed deeply again, and said: "Nobutsuna, Amakusa Shiro of Harajo Castle is quite cunning, and now he can only sleep in the city, and wait until they run out of food and grass, then we can There is no other way to break the city in one fell swoop."

Although there are so-called iron cannons in Japan, they are just castrated and enhanced matchlock guns. They don't pay much attention to cannons, and they don't use them much.

The method of besieging the city was a plan Matsudaira Nobuzuna had decided long ago, but the arrangement was interrupted by the successive appearances of the Ming Dynasty. It is already a helpless method to come back now.

Matsudaira Nobuzuna is not worried about Harajo now, after all, it is a battle of trapped beasts, and it is only a matter of time before it is eliminated, he is worried about the movements of Akira.