Beiyang new warlord

"Don't worry, the general. They are just some people. They have punches but no plans. With our Tokugawa family's [-] Sanhe samurai, tomorrow evening at the latest, we will return the head of the traitor!"

Nobuzuna Matsudaira was not as confident as he looked like a confident brother. Looking at the Tokugawa samurai rushing forward in the dark night, the prince of the Yusan family shook his head with difficulty.

"The Tang rebels of the Ming Dynasty waited painstakingly for a month, just waiting for the Shimabara rebels. This rebellion is definitely not that simple, so you must be careful! Don't ask for too fast, if you can put down the rebellion within five days, even your Excellency First achievement! When your Excellency returns to the army, when the decisive battle with the Tang bandits, you will also use your Excellency as the vanguard!"

"The general will wait for the good news!"

Nobuzuna Matsudaira's words, it is estimated that the young and ignorant young man didn't listen to a word, he patted his chest full of conceit, pulled the rein of the donkey and horse, he trotted briskly, and disappeared into the night.

If possible, Matsudaira Nobuzuna really doesn't want to photograph this reckless man, but unfortunately, he has no choice. Like the increasingly warlord Ming Dynasty, the Japanese army's soldiers are more traditional. Itakura Shigesho leads.

Regardless of the 2 troops under his command, only about [-] actually belonged to the shogunate, [-] were conscripted from the territory of famous masters like the Suwa God Army, and the remaining [-] were all put together by Kyushu daimyo.

Both Shimabara and Amakusa turned against each other. The Nabeshima family samurai of He Safan was originally the best choice to counter the rebellion. He was not in a hurry when his house caught fire. However, He Safan has been defeated twice. It is time to be exhausted, and Matsudaira Xingang was also afraid that if there were hidden Catholics in the He Zufan army, the suppression of the rebellion would take a long time.

He can't afford it!

The rest of the feudal clans entered the Hizen samurai of the Kasa clan, and they meant to despise the Kasa clan. Even if Matsudaira Nobuzuna came from the Gosan family, he had to consider politics. How much is stronger.

It would be better to use your own peace of mind, the shogunate directly under the samurai to attack! The shogunate suppressed the rebellion for the daimyo under its command, which is also justified, and it will set a precedent for the shogunate to intervene in the daimyo's territory in the future.

So in front of politics, the military gave way!

On this side, Nobutsuna Matsudaira was still anxiously seeing off the Sanhe Legion, but he didn't notice that several sailboats were quietly lined up on the sea, and two bright eyes like sea monsters were greedily staring at the land.

Picking up a cup of tea and putting down the binoculars, Mao Jue took a sip comfortably, rubbed his warm stomach, and didn't bother to say a word.

Adelaine, on the other hand, kept watching excitedly, while showing off the wisdom of the Chinese ancestors she had just obtained.

"Sun Tzu's art of war says that if you don't know yourself but don't know your enemy, if you don't fight, you will be perilous! This short man Songping doesn't know how powerful Dongjiang is, and he doesn't even know how many brushes he has under his command. He is doomed!"

Amidst the high-spirited cheers of the red-haired girl, several sailboats rounded their sails, but they also slowly followed Itakura Shigemasa's team and drifted towards Shimabara Castle in the northwest

Chapter 2 Seventeen. The Demon Boy in White

Although a bit awkward, the way of forbearance of the samurai is still good these days. After marching for half the night in a hurry, the three rivers army blew the battle horn just after dawn.

Worthy of being the old foundation of the Tokugawa family, the soldiers, the entire Sanhe Legion is equipped with the strongest carcass armor in the Japanese country, holds the sharpest samurai swords, spears, and the whole army has two thousand iron cannons, but in the Japanese country, The penetration rate of cannons is really low. Even for the siege, Itakura Shigesho only brought five large cannons, which are smaller than the large cannons used to defend the Iki Island castle.

This thing doesn’t even need to be called a cannon, it’s almost the same as a musket, because this thing itself is an iron cannon magnified four or five times. It's quite scary, but you can let him and Mao Jue's [-]-pound gun confront each other?

However, correspondingly, the city defenses of the Wa country are a few meters taller than those of the Ming Dynasty, and the big city defenses are really simple. Just like the Shimabara Castle in front of you, it is a typical architectural form of the Guoping castle in the Wa country. It can really be called For the city, only the Honmaru where the lords and lords lived on the hill, and the petals on the plain below are connected to the Ninomaru, Sannomaru, and other buildings in the town. These places are where the real functions of the city are located, but many of them don’t even have city walls.

Just like Ninja Castle, which was known as the strongest city in the world back then, and let Ishida's 20 troops fall into the sand, it almost didn't even have a city wall. The city's strength lies in its geographical location, and the entire city is located in a swamp. On the hillside, surrounded by muddy paddy fields and swamps, surrounded by the moat, there are only a few narrow intersections to walk through. Let alone a [-]-strong army, a [-]-strong army will not be able to deploy there, so they can only go up in small groups. Just like what Zhao She, Ma Fujun of the State of Zhao, once said, the road is dangerous and the road is narrow, like two rats in a hole, the brave one wins!

As a result, this battle made Jia Feiji, who had only five hundred warriors but overwhelmed the man, famous all over the world.

Compared with Ninja Castle, the defense of Shimabara Castle is actually stronger. At least Ninomaru Sannomaru and other places are surrounded by wooden walls. Unfortunately, the geographical location here is much flatter than Ninomaru Castle. There is no danger at all. Preventing the enemy from approaching the city wall is why Itakura Shigemasa dared to go to the city for a day.

Although I have endured it for more than ten years, no one has a bloody anger in their hearts, but most of the rebels are indeed just tents. The appearance of the shogunate army is too sudden. It became chaotic, and seeing this scene, Itakura Shigemasa, who was personally stepped forward by the warlord, couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Bihai team holds the ladder first! Bandou team is suppressed by iron cannons, and the samurai will advance and never retreat! Anyone who dares to block will be killed. Before sunset today, I will take the head of the traitor Amakusa Tokisada!"

Although it is said that this guy is a young and ignorant young man, in fact Itakura Shigemasa is not young at all. He was already in his forties during this battle, and the only thing that is small is his reckless personality.

Moreover, his rich battle experience is enough to make him reckless. He participated in the last two battles between the Tokugawa family and the Toyotomi family in the Osaka winter battle and summer battle, and personally fought against Sanada, who is known as the world's number one soldier. Yukimura, really overwhelmed Toyotomi's old party. This man can be regarded as a real veteran on the battlefield, and he is really good at fighting.

On the wooden floor at the head of the city, a group of Catholics shot arrows down in a disorderly manner. The bows that were more than one meter long and the range of the bows were actually only tens of meters. Some fell in front of the Warriors, and even if a few unlucky ones who got close were shot, they were not seriously injured.

I have to say what kind of soldiers, a few arrow warriors pulled out their arrows fiercely, waved bloody arrows and continued to show off their bravery. Under the provocation of howling ghosts and foxes, even Mao Jue I felt terrified when I saw it, let alone some awnings that had just dropped their hoes. Although the priest continued to comfort them, the useless arrows shot down from the top of the city still flew down, covering an open space under the city. It shoots like a reed.

This is the reason why bows and arrows are replaced by muskets which are still in their original state! Drawing a bow is hard work. A well-trained archer shoots a dozen arrows in a row, and his arms are sore. It is difficult to draw the bow again and needs to rest. It takes a while to continue fighting. This is still a bow warrior. The patience of these people is even worse. After shooting seven or eight arrows in a row, I saw Shigemasa Itakura, who came to Ninomaru with a sword, suddenly let out a strange hum from his nose. .

"En~ah!"

The samurai and swordsmen who were still taking turns with knives and military fans and yelling provocatively just stepped aside suddenly, and the iron gunners of the Bandou team with muskets yelled and rushed seven or eight meters away.

The deterrence brought by the black muzzle of the gun can be imagined. Under the horror, some people in the city turned around and ran away. Hum, those iron cannons fired.

The iron cannons of the Japanese people, even the Ming army were discolored when they heard about it in the Battle of Bichiguan, and the casualties were heavy, not to mention these people, just listen to the bullets flying by, and there is a clatter on the wooden floor of the first layer of Shimabara Castle. There was a large bunch of bullet holes, and the Shimabara Kazukui people behind fell backward like dumplings.

"Team one accepts! Team two go!"

Under Banner's ugly order, the samurai who let go of the iron cannon squatted down, and immediately the iron gunners of the rear team raised their guns again. Among the roaring lead bullets, hundreds of Yikui fell, and the continuous shooting, the firepower on the wall It was suppressed like this.

Taking advantage of this kung fu approaching within ten meters, a group of swordsmen and warriors began to charge while holding up ladders amidst howling ghosts and howling wolves. A warrior was attached to the top of each ladder. A group of people with crosses embroidered on white cloth on their heads were still shouting and drawing their bows. Suddenly, a black shadow blocked his forehead, and he raised his head in horror. The next second, the fear from his heart forced him to shout crazily stand up.

click~

The blade waved, and the sound stopped abruptly as the head fell. Holding the head, the samurai rushing to the top of the city slashed left and right crazily. The Japanese warriors coming up the ladder were still rolling like ants, and finally the chaos turned into a complete defeat. Thousands of Shimabara Ichikui were defeated, crying and fleeing into the city.

With a puff, he stabbed a rebel soldier in the stomach, and he swung his knife and chopped it down. In the sound of clicking, and in the fearful and desperate eyes of the rebel soldier, Shigemasa Itakura removed his head and shoulders, and his bloody internal organs Jumping all over, he also inspired the bestiality of this old devil to the fullest, he actually leaned over and jumped off the wall more than three meters high, and chopped three or four people in a row, holding the blood-dripping sword, the old devil went crazy He raised his head and yelled like that.

Also like the pack of wolves, the Blue Sea Warriors who ascended the city were also bloodthirsty wolves howling and rushing forward.

In just one morning, Shimabara Castle Honmaru seemed to have fallen like this.

The gate of the city was dismantled, and a steady stream of warriors rushed in from there. The red-eyed warriors, regardless of men, women, or children, killed anyone they saw. Flowing.

Looking down from the height of the Honmaru, a Tai Chi seems to be clearly displayed at the bottom of the mountain, but it is completely different from the peace of Taoism. The larger white is swallowed madly, while the smaller black is showing its teeth and claws, moving forward fiercely. It has the meaning of beheading and killing.

"Tendo! The Matsumoto knights are defeated! Heretics are slaughtering the children of heaven!"

Seeing this scene, dozens of elders in white clothes and crosses on their heads were already sweating, but the one surrounded by them was only a ten-year-old child.

Although he is a child, this child is definitely different from the average kid who pisses and bleeds. Even though these adults are sweating in fear, he still keeps his eyes closed and recites the scriptures calmly. , until the cry of killing was almost in front of him, Tiantong, who finished reciting a piece of the Bible, slowly opened his eyes, stood up, and his robe fluttered with the strong wind.

"Suffering and bloodshed can only prove the pious heart of our Lord. These brothers directly ascended to the kingdom of heaven in pain and fear, and received the favor of the heavenly father. I envy them!"

He said in a very melancholy voice, the white-clothed Tendo's eyes darkened just now, looking at the shogunate army who had already killed the long bridge between Ninomaru and Honomaru, a particularly compelling murderous intent was in his pupils spontaneously born.

"However, the crazy and rebellious heretics should go to hell for their crimes. The great shepherd, order to release yellow and white things to confuse their hearts first!"

"Order!"

Yamashita Ninomaru is completely broken. In the last case, the Kui people were chased before the Honmaru mountain castle. On the narrow mountain road, with a human head in his left hand, Itakura Shigemasa was chasing and killing him crazily. He was completely stained with blood, and his face was covered in blood like a ghost. Seeing that the Honmaru city gate was in front of him, a ferocious smile couldn't help but burst out on his old face.

But at this moment, the pace of the Japanese army chasing and killing them was chaotic!

Boxes were opened one by one on the hillside, and the gold and silver money dug out by the Shimahara clan, women's jewels and rouge, and gorgeous silk cloth rolled down.

Gold and silver are extremely lethal to every army, even Mao Jue's Tieyi Town is the same, even Mao Jue can't stop the fight, so he can only delay the fight, just like Qi's army mandarin duck formation In that way, each formation has a dedicated swordsman who is responsible for turning over the corpses after the battle and cutting off the enemy's ears as credit records.

But even Tokugawa Ieyasu's Mikawa Corps children obviously took this precaution every time. Seeing the gleaming gold and silver falling, the lower-ranking warriors who had just fought bravely began to bend over and fight, and they became chaotic.

After beheading two or three people in a row, the chaos was not stopped, and Shigemasa Itakura's long face almost turned into a pig's liver with anger.

But the disaster he faced had only just begun.