There was a gunshot, the sound was like ringing in his ears. The soldier from Yokozaki Town screamed "Oh my God" in fear, and no longer cared about the Lord Matsushita beside him, and ran backwards. Lord Matsushita Kunosuke was also frightened by the gunshot. He looked up and saw hundreds of people running out from the corner of the street. Those people were his subordinates, Matsushita Kunosuke. Not far from those people, a dozen people with muskets were chasing them wildly.
Just as Matsushita Kunosuke was about to shout to those people to obey his orders, he saw that the dozen or so people chasing him suddenly raised their guns and shot at him. Matsushita Kunosuke was frightened and felt that death was coming towards him. There was no place for him to hide on the street. After more than ten gunshots, poor Matsushita Kunosuke was hit by five bullets in a row and fell in a pool of blood.
The reason why those people were so determined to shoot at Matsukunosuke was that he was wearing good clothes, which made them know at a glance that he was a big fish. The military merit of killing a big fish is much greater than that of killing ten small fish. How could those people let him go? Besides, the military training of Tang Tong's subordinates had repeatedly emphasized the importance of stabbing the enemy commander. These subordinates of Xiaoquan Jiro were also veterans, so how could they not know it?
This was a massacre of backward cold weapons by advanced hot weapons. In addition, these half-farmers and half-soldiers were not well-trained at all. Jiro and his men killed their way here and hardly encountered any decent resistance. The other side had too many people, and thousands of them escaped from another city gate. In the end, Jiro's men looted Yokozaki Town and killed everyone under the age of 35. Even newborn babies became their slaves.
Not only did Koinu Jiro and his men leave triumphantly with their spoils, but the foreign lords were also shocked when they saw that a place like Yokozaki Town with 2,000 defenders was captured by an army of only 200 people. This made those smarter people understand how powerful the Prince of Tang would be with an army of over 100,000.
Faced with such a powerful opponent, these foreign lords had to think about what to do. They were in a different concession from Shimazu Tadatsune, who was in the territory of Satsuma. Shimazu Tadatsune could be said to be the one who knew the power of Tang Tong and his men best. At the same time, Satsuma had gained a lot from fighting with Tang Tong and his men over the years. Although Tang Tong and his men tried their best to plunder the resources of Japan, this plunder was actually passed on to other foreign countries through Satsuma.
Taking advantage of its geographical location, Satsuma not only collected a lot of agency fees, but also collected a lot of transit fees from the Japanese. In addition, Satsuma had a large population working for Tang Tong, which also brought huge amounts of financial income to Satsuma. It can be said that in the hearts of the people in Satsuma, Tang Tong, who brought them a good life, was far more popular with these people than Shimazu Tadatsune.
Even if Zhongheng wanted to fight against Tang Tong, he didn't have many people to follow him. The reason why Tang Tong used a large number of Japanese auxiliary troops in this operation against Japan was to test whether the brainwashing work on these Japanese over the years was effective. Tang Tong now has Mongolian auxiliary troops and Jurchen auxiliary troops, so he is not worried about the lack of manpower for the time being, so Tang Tong took this opportunity to try and see if these Japanese would completely obey his command.
After the restructuring of the army under Tang Tong, not only was the organization based on later generations, but ideological instructors were also placed in each company, and even the auxiliary troops were equipped with them. After the establishment of the Socialist Progressive Party, Tang Tong also recruited some activists from the auxiliary troops to become members of the Socialist Progressive Party. Tang Tong was very satisfied with Kounu Jiro's performance and specially approved him to join the Socialist Progressive Party. This move prompted more auxiliary soldiers to ask their superiors to fight.
The best strategy is to attack the enemy's enemy's strategy. Although Tang Tong had never led an army before, the internet in later generations also allowed Tang Tong to achieve his greatest goal at the lowest cost. With the current military force in Tang Tong's hands, it is not impossible to forcibly capture Japan. After all, there is a huge gap between advanced hot weapons and backward cold weapons. Although Japan has millions of young and strong men, there is still a limit to what they can do under the influence of muskets.
Tang Tong hoped to divide the Japanese to the greatest extent possible and make them serve him. In addition, in this era, the concept of nation-state in Asia was not very strong. If Tang Tong wanted to dominate Japan, the resistance he would encounter would not be as great as in later generations. For many people, it was nothing more than a change of master.
However, it is impossible to rely purely on negotiations. Without the threat of force, most Japanese will not cry until they see the coffin. Therefore, Tang Tong decided to find one of the foreign countries first to kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Of course, this foreign country must be the stronger one among the Japanese. After Tang Tong's subordinates received Tang Tong's order, the General Staff quickly formulated a combat plan.
Shimazu Tadatsune thought that Kounu Jiro and his men were crazy enough to attack a castle with 2,000 defenders with only 200 people. He thought they were crazy, but Shimazu Tadatsune knew that his life was precious, so he would not die with these people. He took his men and left first. He didn't expect that as soon as he returned to the Satsuma clan's territory, he received news that Kounu Jiro had actually captured Yokozaki Castle with only 200 people without suffering many casualties.
This news was delivered to Kokura Castle by a spy under Tang Tong via carrier pigeon, and then from Kokura Castle to Shimazu Tadatsune's territory. In fact, Tang Tong knew the news before Shimazu Tadatsune returned to Satsuma. After being stunned for a while, Shimazu Tadatsune could not help but feel fortunate that he had defected to Prince Tang for the right thing.
Therefore, Shimazu Tadashi did not care that he was exhausted from the journey, and without taking a rest in his own territory, he hurried to Kokura Castle to express his loyalty to Tang Tong again. This time, Shimazu Tadatsune found that the atmosphere in Kokura Castle was completely different from the last time. The last time he came, there was no battle order issued in Kokura Castle, so the army was stationed in their respective camps and did not come out. But this time, there were busy soldiers everywhere, and there were also civilian workers helping the army transport supplies.
Shimazu Tadatsune saw a scene that looked like it was about to start a war. He saw the neatly organized troops. This well-trained army made Shimazu Tadatsune envious, but at the same time, he felt a little fear in his heart. Then, Shimazu Tadatsune looked at the land combat artillery. The horse pulled the artillery. Shimazu Tadatsune didn't know how powerful it was. He pulled over a merchant who looked like a Han Chinese and asked, "Sir, you look like you are here to see these troops off?"
The merchant glanced back at Shimazu Tadatsune, and seeing that he was dressed in Japanese clothes, he said with some disdain, "What farewell? I'm about to follow these troops to the battlefield."
"What? You have to go to the battlefield too? Is it possible that Prince Tang has no more men?" Shimazu Tadatsune didn't understand why a businessman like him would go to the battlefield. Such a dangerous place is not a place to do business.
"Judging from your appearance, you're probably not a Japanese under the prince's command. The prince has a million soldiers under his command. How could he let a merchant like me go to fight? I wanted to follow these armies to the battlefield. After the prince's soldiers occupied some places, there would always be some people to help him clean up the battlefield. Some time ago, I followed the prince's army in the Mughal area and gained a lot of benefits. This time, the prince's men are going to fight again, and many merchants like me have come here specially from the Ming Dynasty. How much benefit I can get depends entirely on myself." The man glanced at Shimazu Tadatsune with a sense of pride. Anyway, this was not a confidential matter, so it might as well be brought out to brag about it.
"What benefits are these, sir? May I ask, sir? " When Shimazu Tadatsune heard about the benefits, his heart moved, and he wondered if he could also get involved.
"Haha, the prince has ordered that for any place that refuses to surrender, everyone is allowed to transport the property and population there. Forty percent of it will belong to the prince's subordinates, and the other ten percent will be personal income. Transportation, you know, means moving the property and population there to the rear, and then having Prince Tang's subordinates inspect them. Forty percent will be left to the prince's subordinates, and the other ten percent can be taken back home by yourself." The man smiled and looked at Shimazu Tadatsune as if he was looking at a fat sheep about to be robbed. Obviously, the man was thinking about the scene of looting those Japanese in his mind.
Shimazu Tadatsune didn't know what the other person's smile meant, but now he understood what the man meant. It turned out that these merchants were going to follow these troops to rob. To be honest, this was a very profitable business. Shimazu Tadatsune blinked his eyes, wondering whether he should send his men to follow Prince Tang's army to rob. He looked back and saw that the horses were pulling artillery, then he remembered what he wanted to ask.
Shimazu Tadatsune, smiling, pointed at the artillery pieces being pulled by horses and asked, "What are these? They look like artillery pieces. Do you know what they are?"
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