Chapter 48                                                       

Shimazu Yoshihisa, who was bitten by someone at this moment, was actually not Shimazu Yoshihiro, but Shimazu Yoshihiro, who is Shimazu Yoshihisa's younger brother and younger brother.

At this moment, he was wearing his elder brother's armor and covered in blood. He was also very skillful when he was fighting.

On the one hand, we must let everyone in the Otomo family see hope and hope to capture Shimazu Yoshihisa alive. On the other hand, we must maintain combat effectiveness and lead the enemy to places where they need to reach.

This is the tactic of Shimazu family becoming famous, fishing for wild fu.

In fact, to the point familiar to Chinese people, it is the pocket array.

The pocket array seems simple, but requires extremely high execution ability. Not to mention anything else, the army that leads the enemy into the pocket will definitely suffer heavy casualties.

This seemingly very simple task actually requires huge casualties, and no one who is not brave and loyal. However, this army cannot be held by soldiers who are not brave and loyal, because once a person is caught by the enemy and secrets are revealed, all his efforts will be wasted.

This is why, a small army of more than a thousand people requires the head of the family to command. Everyone knows that this is the most dangerous position. If one is not good at operating, it is the difference between the body and the head.

It is because it is too critical that we must not make any mistakes. We must make the head of the family closest and trusted people. Moreover, in an army of more than a thousand people, more than half of the surname Shimazu were the ones surnamed Shimazu.

You should know that the Japanese in this era do not have surnames, and anyone with surnames is a samurai.

It is precisely because of this that the Shimazu family can play fishing in the wilderness. And it has been tried and done many times.

Just when Otomo Sorin saw the grass through a telescope that he bought from the Ming army, it seemed that there was an ambush. It was when Shimazu Yoshihiro introduced the enemy into the ambush circle.

Suddenly, countless muskets slowly ejected from the grass, and a little bit of Mars appeared and disappeared in the grass, light and dark.

This is actually the reason for the mezzanine, because the mezzanine is outside and once it is ignited, it will be very conspicuous and difficult to cover it.

However, it is not necessary at this time.

At this moment, Japan still has a lot of wasteland, and the Oyo army, who were eager to pursue Shimazu Yoshihiro, did not find anyone in these grass. Almost as Shimazu Yoshihiro's troops passed by, thousands of iron cannons fired together.

In an instant, the Otomo family chased several troops that were offended, and killed and injured, and fell down a thousand people.

Oto was shocked by the troops.

At this time, the samurai of the Shimazu family threw the iron cannon on the ground, pulled out the samurai sword and roared, and killed it from all directions.

Shimazu was the place where the Japanese family first used iron cannons, and as mentioned earlier, Seed Island is actually a Japanese iron cannon production base. Therefore, the number of iron cannons held by the Shimazu family is also the largest.

However, even so, you can only take out thousands of shots at a time.

However, the power of thousands of fire guns was also very shocking. The iron cannons roared, and the warriors of the Otomo army were cut down in pieces like crops. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers of the Otomo family, even Otomo Sori himself was shocked.

In an instant, Ototo Sorin had only one feeling: "I lost." And he lost miserably. As for how to recover the situation, how to recover the losses, or turn defeat into victory. Ototo Sorin didn't think about it at all, or didn't know what to do?

During this critical time, Ototo Sorin was actually silent.

His silence also made the Otomo family lose the last little chance of victory.

In fact, being ambushed is not the most terrifying thing, because being ambushed may not necessarily fail. However, at this critical moment, when the front-line generals were at a loss and a large number of soldiers were at a loss, Ototo Sorin did not have a single order for the most critical period. I don’t know, I thought Ototo Sorin’s command was taken over.

And it was Otomo Sorin's most critical mistake in the past few minutes that made a big defeat.

Shimazu's use of firearms is still relatively primitive, and there is no three-stage strike tactics. It's just an ambush, sticking to the opponent and robbing it. Then draw out the samurai sword and fight.

This time, the Shimazu family also put most of its troops into this battle. This time, more than 20,000 people were ambushed. The Otomo family's army was rushed into several sections, forming a situation where they fought each other.

It has to be said that the Shimazu family is often called Shimazu Barbarians by others. There is a reason for this nickname, because many of the people on Shimazu were not Japanese, but Hayato. Later, they gradually integrated into the Japanese. They were more like Wu Yue people in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The best way to commit suicide is to death.

Judging from the number of people participating in World War I, the Otomo family was obviously more than the Shimazu family, but Shimazu had been planning for a long time. The Otomo family rushed to the front line.

In short, Shimazu gained the upper hand in this battle. The Otomo family suffered heavy losses, and it began to collapse without the orders of Otomo Sorin. Shimazu pursued him even more relentlessly and almost drove the Otomo family to kill him.

Fortunately, the Otomo family is not without talent.

Faced with the counterattack of the Shimazu family, Toji Jianlian was prepared. He arranged three thousand soldiers under his command outside the city, and asked someone to command these defeated troops to retreat from both sides and enter the Takashi Castle to repair.

As soon as the Shimazu army arrived, Toji Kinlian returned the iron cannon first. As a very famous general in the Warring States Period in Japan, Toji Kinlian had no research on the iron cannons. He was also a general who liked to use iron cannons. After a bombardment of iron cannons, the soldiers under Toji took out short guns and threw them out. Then, under the leadership of Toji, they attacked violently and fought with the Shimazu family.

The force of Toji Jianlian is also quite high. There is a legend about his force, which is to kill thunder. One day, he was sleeping under a tree, and suddenly a thunder fell. In the midst of lightning, Toji Jianlian drew his sword and slashed at the thunder, blocking the attack.

I won’t say whether it is true or false. After all, many legends are true or false. However, from this point of view, it can be seen how powerful the combat power of Toji Jianlian is.

As the general of the Otomo family, he fought with the pursuers of the Shimazu family for half an hour, gathered all the defeated soldiers of the Otomo family into the city, and then slowly broke off the battle with the Shimazu family.

Shimazu Yoshihiro was a little dissatisfied and wanted to continue to attack the city.

Shimazu Yoshihiro is the head of the Shimazu family. Shimazu Yoshihiro's brother said, "No need, this battle is already brilliant enough. We have exceeded 20,000 and killed and captured more than 10,000 people. After this battle, the Otomo family will definitely be severely damaged and even unable to shock the wealthy families under our command. It is impossible for them to recover in a few years. Otomo Sorin dares to go south again at this time."

Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "When you don't take advantage of his illness and take his life, you will attack Fengfeng in one fell swoop. Isn't it just right? When the Otomo family recovers, it will be difficult to deal with it."

Shimazu Yoshihisa looked at Xiang Takashi in front of him, sighed and said, "Forget it, although the Otomo family is our enemy, it is not our biggest enemy. Our biggest enemy is the Ming thief. We should not have too much consumption in the battle. Send someone to persuade Otomo Sorin to withdraw his troops."

To be honest, if it weren't for the sea trade that was too important to Shimazu. Shimazu wouldn't think of this method today, which seems very good. The shamans and Osumi, where the Shimazu family is located, are both very poor and poor places. There are many mountains and less food, and life is very difficult, let alone supplying Shimazu family to expand externally. In recent years, Shimazu has been better than one day of prosperity and has the ability to go north to fight with the Otomo family and other daimyos. Behind it is the wealth of Sino-Japanese trade. If there is no source of wealth, the Shimazu family can only maintain it and don't think about expansion.

In the Warring States Period, what would happen to Daming who did not want to expand?

You know without asking.

Therefore, even if Shancai is hard to give up, even if he knows that the Ming Dynasty opposite is terrible, the Shimazu family can only choose this path, so the first thing he has to do is to let the Otomo family withdraw from the war, and then the Shimazu family will be able to continue to get entangled with the Ming Dynasty for a long time.

Yes, in Shimazu's view, the only chance of winning that they can defeat the Ming Dynasty is time. They bet that the Ming Dynasty cannot stay in Japan for a long time, and they do not seem to have the intention to stay in Japan for a long time.
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