On the sixth day of April in the thirteenth year of Hongji, after almost a month of sailing, the expedition army finally arrived in the waters near Kyushu Island of Japan. At this time, it was located in the Tsushima Strait between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
"Yang Hou, we are waiting for you in Kyoto."
On top of Huo Qu's hospital, Liu Jin was bidding farewell to Poluhou Yang Yun. The army was divided into three groups. The 10,000 troops who had gone to Shimane County to attack Ouchi's family had to continue walking north here, directly entering the Waguo Sea, and then heading towards
The Ouchi family attacks.
The remaining two armies are going to move around Kyushu Island and march towards the Seto Inland Sea and Kanto region of Japan. The final meeting place of the three armies is still Kyoto and Muromachi, the core of the Muromachi shogunate.
Kyoto was the seat of the Japanese king of Japan, and the core of Muromachi was also located in Muromachi, which is not far from Kyoto. The Kyoto area was also the core of Japan.
"Well, I will sweep over from west to east as soon as possible."
Yang Yun, who was in armor, clasped his fists and said that this time he was commanding an army of 10,000 men alone, which was a bit stressful. After all, he was a small soldier before. Last time, he was lucky enough to kill the little prince of the prairie, so he was awarded the title of Poluhou.
When it comes to charging into battle, he is a good player, but when it comes to commanding large armies in battle, he is also a novice.
There is no way. The Ming Dynasty in this era really did not have any good generals. Because for a long time, civil servants dominated military affairs, and the civil service group suppressed military generals and nobles. Therefore, there were no famous generals at all. After all, the commanders of the army were all
It was in the hands of civil servants and eunuchs.
Since there are no famous generals, we can only choose generals from the short ones, so there is a strange combination like Zhang Mao, Yang Yun, and Liu Jin.
I have to say that this is also sad.
Throughout the dynasties, famous generals have emerged in large numbers. However, in the Ming Dynasty, except for some famous generals at the founding of the country, there have never been any famous generals since. Even if there were, they were all civil servants and not real generals.
of military commanders.
After all, Yang Yun was very brave, and he was also a serious military commander. It was reasonable for him to lead the army.
"Take care~"
Liu Jin said solemnly, and then Yang Yun quickly boarded a small boat, and the small boat quickly rowed towards another large boat.
Then the huge fleet was divided into two, continuing to sail all the way to the north, and all the way to the east. It was so majestic that it covered the sky and the sun, like thousands of armies. The momentum was amazing. There were some passing ships in the surrounding sea area.
They were all frightened by this huge army and quickly ran away.
"This is Kyushu Island?"
On Huo Qubing's bed, Zhang Mao looked at the land above the sea with a telescope and said to Liu Jin beside him.
"Yes, this is Kyushu Island. The Japanese country is mainly divided into three parts, Honshu Island, Kyushu Island and Shikoku Island. This Kyushu Island is the only place our Ming Dynasty merchant ships must pass when traveling to the Japanese country. Now the most important families on Kyushu Island are Shikoku Island.
There are three families: the Tsu family, the Otomo family, and the Ito family.”
"In addition, some areas in the north of Kyushu Island are occupied by the Ouchi family. Among the Japanese pirates near Kyushu Island, we currently have two main suspects. One is the Ouchi family, and the other is the Ouchi family."
Liu Jin nodded, and then explained the division of forces on Kyushu Island.
"Ouchi, Otomo?"
After listening to this, Zhang Mao silently remembered these two families.
In the past two years, the Ouchi family and the Otomo family have been rising rapidly, which is related to the rise of sea trade. The Ouchi family and the Ouchi family have relied on their geographical advantages on the shipping routes to vigorously develop trade with the Ming Dynasty.
Sea trade.
Many times, merchants from the Ming Dynasty only need to transport goods to Kyushu Island and sell the goods to Japanese merchants here on Kyushu Island. The Japanese merchants here on Kyushu Island will then resell the goods and transport them to Honshu Island and make a profit.
earned a lot.
But this cannot satisfy the appetites of the Ouchi family and the Otomo family. These two families have huge appetites and are also ambitious.
Because of the weakening of the Muromachi shogunate, the control over the daimyo of various places was reduced. The following offenses became the characteristics of the Japanese country in this era. The daimyo of various places also rose up one after another, all trying to replace the Muromachi shogunate and become the actual ruler of the Japanese country.
Especially for this Ouchi family, the current family governor Ouchi Yoshiki is very ambitious. He is trying his best to expand his power. At the same time, he is also quietly supporting the deposed Muromachi shogunate general Ashikaga Yoshisai. He wants to use Ashikaga Yoshisai to
Making a fuss is a bit like Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, who wanted to coerce the emperor and order the princes.
Historically, it was also in June of 1500, the thirteenth year of Hongji, that the deposed general Ashikaga Yoshisai successfully escaped from Kyoto to the land controlled by the Ouchi family with the help of the Ouchi family.
Later, with the help of the Ouchi family, he successfully returned to the Kyoto area and became the shogun again. This is somewhat similar to Zhu Qizhen, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. However, after the death of Ashikaga Yoshisai, the position of the shogun was passed on again.
To the son of Ashikaga Yosumi.
Of course, by that time, it was already the end of the Muromachi shogunate's rule, and the subsequent shoguns were all puppets, and their positions no longer mattered.
"Didn't we just pass by Kyushu Island?"
"How about we give this Otomo family a hard lesson here on Kyushu Island first?"
Wang Shouren on the side thought for a while and suggested.
"Yes, the main place controlled by the Otomo family is Higo Country (later known as Kumamoto Prefecture). Higo Country is right on the seaside. We will send an army of 10,000 people up there to practice and repair the Otomo family."
Liu Jin thought for a while and nodded to express his support. On the surface, it's okay to make money, but secretly, he colluded with Japanese pirates to plunder Ming Dynasty's merchant ships. How can it be done without taking action on you?
"Okay, let's try the knife on this Dayou family first."
Zhang Mao smiled and said indifferently, this time he came to the Japanese country to teach the Japanese people a lesson. In short, he wanted to kill the chickens and scare the monkeys.
This kind of family that dares to support Japanese pirates in looting Ming Dynasty merchant ships must be destroyed.
The mighty fleet continued eastward, bypassing the southernmost part of Kyushu Island, and then headed north along the coastline of Kyushu Island. In just one day, the army had already reached the waters east of Higo Province.
Such a huge fleet sailing around Kyushu Island had already been issued by the Japanese people on Kyushu Island. The Japanese people on Kyushu Island were also confused about what happened for a while.
Ships from the Ming Dynasty are not uncommon. Merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty arrive here on Kyushu Island every now and then. However, such a large fleet has never been seen before.
The entire sea surface was shrouded by this huge fleet, and its momentum was so amazing that even Japan's own small boats did not dare to approach this huge fleet.
The Otomo family of Higo Province and the family governor Otomo Masachika are calculating their recent profits. Since the heavy tax was imposed on Ming Dynasty merchant ships, the Otomo family's financial income has skyrocketed.
Coupled with the resale and collusion with Japanese pirates to plunder the Ming Dynasty merchant ships, the Dayou family is now very rich.
"The Ming Dynasty is really rich. I heard that a fleet came back from that Golden Continent last year and brought back wealth worth thirty million taels of silver. If there is a chance, we must organize a fleet to visit the Golden Continent. This Golden Continent is in
To the east of our Japanese country, we didn’t know anything about it before, but it was the Ming people who knew about it first.”
Things about Huanghuangzhou have also spread to the Japanese country. After all, trade exchanges are very frequent now, and what happened in the Ming Dynasty will soon spread to the Japanese country.
"Something bad is going to happen~ Something going bad is going to happen~"
Just at this moment, someone hurried over and shouted.
"How unbecoming is it to be in such a hurry~"
Seeing the person coming, Otomo Masachika frowned slightly. The person coming was his son Otomo Yoshie. He was quite dissatisfied with this son. Otomo Masachika and Ouchi Yoshiki both wanted to support the deposed Ashikaga Yoshika.
, and his son Otomo Yoshie opposed and supported the deposed Ashikaga Yoshisai.
An extremely serious conflict occurred between the two people, which is currently the biggest hidden danger within the Dayou family.
"Yes~"
Otomo Yiyou nodded quickly.
"What happened?"
Seeing Otomo Yiyou's appearance, Otomo Masachika nodded with satisfaction and then asked.
"The Ming Dynasty's army landed in our Feihou~"
Otomo Gisei said anxiously.
"The Ming Dynasty's army?"
When Masaki Otomo heard this, his eyes widened with disbelief on his face.
"Yes, it is the Ming Dynasty's army. Now on the sea, there are all Ming Dynasty warships. There are hundreds of them, all of them are large ships. Our port has been occupied by the Ming Dynasty army."
Otomo Yiyou quickly reported the situation in detail.
"Let's go and have a look~"
When Otomo Masaki heard this, he was immediately frightened. The Ming Dynasty actually sent a large army to the Japanese country, and they chose to land at Otomo's house.
As they walked outside, Otomo Masachika also asked: "How many are there?"
"According to reports, there are at least 10,000 troops landed on the ground so far, and there should be tens of thousands more on the sea."
Otomo Gisei said.
"An army of tens of thousands?"
When Masachika Otomo heard this, he was completely panicked.
In the Japanese country, although the daimyo in various places are princes and kings, each has its own army, but generally there are not many. Even if a powerful daimyo can have tens of thousands of people in his hands, it is still too many, and they are usually at the level of thousands.
of.
Therefore, the wars in the Japanese and Warring States Periods were basically battles between hundreds of people, and a few battles could reach thousands of people. As for the battles with tens of thousands of people, there were very few.
There was no way. The Japanese country had too little land and poor resources. There was no way to support too many people. Naturally, these daimyo would not have too many troops.
It's okay now. When he heard that Ming's army came with tens of thousands of people, he was so frightened that his face turned pale. All the troops, warriors, etc. of his Dayou family totaled less than 2,000 people, which was not enough to serve as a side dish for the other party.
Eating.
"Could it be that they knew about our looting of Ming Dynasty merchant ships?"
As Otomo Masachika walked, sweat poured out from his forehead. The army of the Ming Dynasty would not come to the Japanese country for no reason, and they would not land in the Higo country of Otomo's family for no reason.
"We don't know yet, but the Ming Dynasty is the suzerain state of our Japanese country. This is the first time that their Ming Dynasty has come to my country. Maybe this time it may be a mission sent by His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to come to our Japanese country. It's hard to say."
Otomo Gisei thought for a while and said.
"Well, I can't rule out this possibility."
Hearing this, Otomo Masachika also breathed a sigh of relief and prayed silently in his heart.
Higo Country is not big. It is said to be a country, but in fact it is the size of a county, very small.
At this time, at the small pier on the east coast of Higo Kingdom, large ships were slowly moored at the small pier. The Japanese people in the small port were already scared to death, looking at the mighty ships on the sea.
Team, let’s take a look at the ships anchored here in the port.
From the ships here, groups of Ming soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp swords quickly disembarked, and then quickly took control of the entire dock.
"Finally set foot on the land of Japan~"
Liu Jin followed the army to Kyushu Island, stepped on the land of Kyushu Island, and looked at the low houses at the port. Liu Jin suddenly felt that conquering Japan did not seem to have much sense of achievement.
The Japanese state of this era is not comparable to the Ming Dynasty in any aspect. What's more, after the efforts of Liu Jin in the past few years, capitalism has also developed rapidly in the Ming Dynasty.
Looking at Tianjin Port and then here, Liu Jin also shook his head slightly.
"Destroy this Otomo family as soon as possible, and go straight to Kyoto, the core of the Japanese country, to see what Kyoto is like. There are many Japanese people on Douyin in later generations who have turned Japan into a paradise on earth. I wish I could die there."
Soon, Liu Jin also remembered some situations before he traveled through time. In the later generations of Japan, it was a developed country in the world, with a very strong economy, technology, culture and other aspects.
Many people make all kinds of boasts after visiting the Japanese country once. Little do they know that the Japanese country can develop so well without knocking the bones and sucking the marrow out of the Chinese dragon next to it. Not to mention anything else, the compensation from the Sino-Japanese War of 1898-1889 alone will make the Japanese country in later generations a lot of money.
He ate and became fat.
The landing army quickly got busy, taking control of the port, unloading the cannons, war horses, supplies, etc. on the ship, and then quickly organized the army to prepare to attack the capital of Higo Kingdom, the core of the Otomo family.
To destroy the Otomo family, you do not need to actually kill everyone in the Otomo family. You only need to eliminate the samurai power of the Otomo family, and then the Otomo family will be destroyed naturally.
The Shimadzu family, the Ito family and the Otomo family on Kyushu Island had a feud. Historically, the Otomo family was destroyed by the Shimazu family.
As long as the Otomo family's army and samurai are destroyed, other families on Kyushu Island will naturally be uprooted by the Otomo family.
Attacking a small county town is not difficult at all for the 10,000 Ming army armed to the teeth, not to mention the powerful Miyun cannon.
