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No matter how shameless a war is, there will be a plausible excuse, just like the excuse when Japan invaded the three northeastern provinces. This time, Zhang Yiheng did the same thing, but this time it was even more outrageous. He caught a Japanese on the way, dressed him in Ming Dynasty clothes, and then beat the guy to death with fists and kicks. Later, Zhang Yiheng and his gang rushed to Lu'er City in a rage, wanting to seek justice for the Ming Dynasty merchant who was supposedly beaten to death by the Japanese.
Shimazu Matsudaira was very depressed. He originally wanted to organize an army to fight against the Ming army, but he didn't expect that the Ming army came to him first. What made Shimazu Matsudaira even more depressed was that he had 10,000 reinforcements led by Tokugawa Iemitsu. These were real elite Japanese troops, but the Ming army had only more than a thousand people, and they dared to show off their power under his own city of Kagoshima.
Besides being depressed, Shimazu Matsudaira was also very angry, because he had seen the body of the so-called Ming Dynasty merchant, and it was clearly a Japanese with Japanese characteristics. This poor Japanese not only died unjustly at the hands of the Ming Dynasty army, but was also used by the Ming Dynasty army as a reason to start a war.
Shimazu Matsudaira certainly didn't know that three hundred years later, the descendants of their country would resort to such shameless tactics. Tang Tong learned all this from those shameless Japanese guys.
"Damn it, this is too much. I want to protest to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This Tang general from the Ming Dynasty is purely trying to provoke a war between the two countries." Shimazu Matsudaira looked at the more than 1,000 Ming Dynasty troops under the city and hesitated for a long time, not knowing whether he should go out of the city to fight. Before the Ming Dynasty army appeared, Shimazu Matsudaira was still thinking about teaching these Ming Dynasty troops a lesson, but when the Ming Dynasty army appeared under the city of Luer in a show of force, Shimazu Matsudaira became timid again.
"Sir, let my subordinates take people to teach these arrogant guys a lesson and let them know that the Satsuma clan is not to be trifled with." Ogawa Shitaro jumped out and said. There are now 10,000 regular troops in Kago City, not those temporary peasant armies. The army from the Ming Dynasty in front of him has only more than a thousand people, and Ogawa Shitaro really did not take it seriously.
"Sir, this is absolutely not possible. Although the number of troops from the Ming Dynasty is small, they have those extremely powerful muskets. If we go to war with them, not to mention what other foreign countries will do to us after your troops are consumed, if the troops under General Tokugawa suffer heavy losses, we will not be able to complain to General Tokugawa." Yamamoto Jiro is pro-Ming Dynasty and also a person who advocates peace. From the standpoint of the Satsuma tribe, his words are undoubtedly right, because after going to war with the Ming Dynasty army, the strength of the Satsuma tribe will definitely be seriously consumed. Even if they defeat these Ming Dynasty troops, the Satsuma tribe with greatly weakened strength will eventually be swallowed up by other foreign countries.
"Sir, these people from the Ming Dynasty are really going too far. If we don't have a fight with them, they will only become more arrogant. So, Sir, Ogawa Shitaro solemnly challenges you to a fight." Ogawa Shitaro knelt on one knee and said.
Shimazu Matsudaira ignored the argument between Ogawa Shitaro and Yamamoto Jiro, weighing the pros and cons of fighting or not. However, the Ming army seemed impatient. Zhang Yiheng glanced at Shimazu Matsudaira through his telescope and saw that he seemed hesitant. He snorted softly, thinking that if he didn't show them some strength, they might not be so obedient. He said to Zhao Yapeng and Hei Pi standing beside him, "Prepare for the attack."
This time the operation was led by Zhang Yiheng. After hearing Zhang Yiheng's decision, Zhao Yapeng and Heipi responded and returned to their respective teams to command the battle. First, Zhao Yapeng led his 500 men and divided them into three rows to approach the city gate. When they were 180 steps away from the city gate, Zhao Yapeng shouted "Shoot for me", and then three rows of guns fired at the top of the city in turn, killing dozens of Japanese who were stupid enough to stand there and didn't know how to hide.
Shimazu Matsudaira and Yamamoto Jiro were smarter. When they saw the other side raised the black muzzle of the gun, they knew something was wrong and hid behind the city wall early. Ogawa Shitaro reacted slowly, but was lucky and was only shot in the shoulder. Then Hei Pi took advantage of the other side's confusion and commanded his 500 men to move forward. When they were 150 steps away from the city, they divided into five teams and fired at the top of the city wall in turn. These men were originally an army composed of gangsters. The guns in their hands were eliminated by the regular army under Tang Tong. Their performance was slightly worse than that of the regular army, so they had to get closer to the city wall than Zhao Yapeng and his men.
While Zhao Yapeng and the black-skinned soldiers were suppressing the city with fire, several people carrying ammunition bags on their backs quickly ran towards the city gate. There were some Japanese standing in the corners of the city wall where the fire could not be suppressed. They saw some people running towards the city gate with things on their backs. Although they didn't understand what these people were going to do, they knew it was not a good thing, so they shot arrows at these people in vain. However, the Japanese arrows were far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty, and they fell far away from those people.
The men successfully reached the city gate, propped up the explosive packs on it, and ignited them all. Then, they quickly ran back, and after a few dozen meters, they all lay down together. The Japanese on the corner of the wall saw them running back and suddenly lying down, and they felt a little puzzled, wondering what these Ming people were doing. Suddenly, there was a deafening roar, and the Lu'er City wall, which was already weak, collapsed more than ten meters from the city gate. Nearly a hundred Japanese hiding in that section were killed or wounded.
Looking at the collapsed city wall, Shimazu Matsudaira's face turned pale, partly because he was frightened by the huge sound of the explosion, and the other part because he finally understood why the Ming army with only more than a thousand people dared to show off their power so much. Ogawa Shitaro was stunned. He thought that with an army of 10,000 samurai on his side, he could definitely destroy the more than 1,000 Ming army. But now he found that this battle could not be fought. The other side collapsed the city wall at the first sight, and the other side was not hurt at all, but almost two hundred people on his side had died.
"Mr. Shimazu, make a decision quickly. The Ming Dynasty is a benevolent and righteous country. As long as we surrender, they will not do anything to us. Otherwise, if the fighting continues, we will suffer too much losses." Yamazu Jiro was the first to wake up from his shock and shouted to Shimazu Matsudaira.
"Hey, my lord, I think we should surrender. The weapons of the Ming Dynasty are too powerful." Teng Yuanjing said tremblingly while lying on the ground. He had seen artillery before, but artillery was far from having such explosive power. Just now, a small piece of flying stone hit his head and almost scared him to death.
"No, we are Satsuma warriors, how can we surrender like this? Hyoyouwei, where is Hyoyouwei? Gather everyone, let's fight these Ming people." Ogawa Shitaro shouted loudly.
"You, you, you are going to make us, the Satsuma native warriors, make meaningless sacrifices..." Yamamoto Jiro pointed at Ogawa Shitaro, and was so angry that he could hardly speak.
On the other side, Zhang Yiheng and others did not wait for Ogawa Shitaro to gather his troops. Fifteen hundred people approached the collapsed city wall in an orderly manner. The three teams covered each other, leaving the Japanese no chance to fight back. Anyone who dared to stand up and fight back would be beaten into a hornet's nest immediately. At this time, most of the Japanese had lost their morale. Seeing that the Ming army was getting closer and closer, the reinforcements belonging to Tokugawa Iemitsu collapsed first, and they quickly turned from a fleeing group to fleeing in groups. Their escape also affected the soldiers under Shimazu Matsudaira, because the arrows in their hands had a shorter range than the enemy's muskets, and not everyone had arrows in their hands. They could only take the beatings from the enemy. The smart ones knew that if they didn't escape, they would only die.
"Don't run away..." Seeing everyone running away, Shitaro Ogawa wanted to stand up to stop them. Unfortunately, before he could finish his words, more than a dozen bullets exploded in his body. One of the bullets opened his head. Lying on the ground, Yamamoto Jiro saw Shitaro Ogawa die in front of him, and his death was so tragic that he almost cried out.
"Surrender." Shimazu Matsudaira said weakly with a pale face as he looked at the Ming army that was getting closer and closer.
"Okay, okay..." Yamamoto Benjiro and Teng Yuanjing quickly took off their clothes. One of them put a white underwear on the spear, and the other put a pair of whitish pants on the tip of the spear. The two of them waved their weapons desperately towards Zhang Yiheng and the others.
Although they saw the Japanese raising the small white flag, Zhang Yiheng and his men did not dare to take it lightly. Tang Tong had repeatedly told Zhang Yiheng and his men that the Japanese were the most fickle guys who would bite back at anyone at any time and place. Only after they controlled Shimazu Matsudaira, Yamamoto Jiro and other Satsuma leaders did Zhang Yiheng stop the attack.
At this time, Tang Tong didn't know that Zhang Yiheng and his men had captured Luer City so easily. In Tang Tong's imagination, the Japanese were all monsters from evil cults, and they generally didn't know what death meant, so Tang Tong thought that Zhang Yiheng and his men might have to fight a bloody battle.
At this time, Tang Tong was stunned looking at the Japanese team brought by Liu Beisaburo, who were carrying children and girls.
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