Chapter 50: How can I get a tiger's son if I don't enter the tiger's den

"Trouble." Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou sat opposite each other in the Kagoshima Tenshou Pavilion, with a little embarrassed expression.

Kagoshima Castle was easily taken down. But there was no one in Kagoshima Castle, it was empty like a ghost town.

The four words "Strengthen the walls and clear the world" are easy to say, but it is very difficult to do. Those who can do this prove their own abilities. Because organizational ability, no matter which aspect of organizational ability, represents combat effectiveness.

If you can strengthen your walls and clear the field, the combat effectiveness of the opponent's army will definitely not be too poor.

Moreover, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou both understood that Zhou Mengchen had differentiated and won over various behaviors, etc. It seemed very unpleasant, but there was a principle behind it, that is, to fight quickly and decide quickly. The Ming Dynasty was not ready to fight a protracted war with Japan. Before Zhou Mengchen set off, the deadline for the war was set for nine months. At most, by the summer of the 38th year of Jiajing, he would definitely withdraw his troops.

Is nine months long?

Actually not long.

It is normal for a siege to fight for several months.

Although Kyushu Island is not big and the Shimazu family's territory is smaller, this is also relative. The Qi family only has ten battalions and more than 50,000 people. It is also a very troublesome to find the main force of Shimazu in Satsuma and Hinata.

After all, the Shimazu family has been operating this land for countless generations. Even though the Ming Dynasty captured Kagoshima, it was not found a qualified leader-road party.

In the final battle, neither Yu Dayou nor Qi Jiguang will be afraid. But the final plan for the war is not just a decisive battle. There are too many ways.

Yu Dayou said: "I will lead the fleet to conquer all coastal areas first and see if I can find the main force of the Shimazu family."

Qi Jiguang shook his head slightly and said, "They don't guard Kagoshima, can they guard other places? Even if they can guard it, they don't know what the relationship between these local tyrants and the Shimazu family is. With them, they may not be able to lead the main force of the Shimazu family. I understand. The Shimazu family has people. They are determined to ambush our part with superior forces in places that leave the coast."

"This kind of formation is a dignified and open plot. There is no place to crack. Only if you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger's son?"

Qi Jiguang had to admit that the Shimazu family's seven-injury punch made both sides uncomfortable. The Ming army had to face the likely protracted security battle in Minami Kyushu. And Shimazu's losses were smaller? No, even bigger. After all, the Shimazu family was limited in size, and what they gave up was the essence of the entire Shimazu area.

It can be said that if it weren't, the Shimazu family gave the Oto family a ruthless one. Relieve the threat from the Oto family. Such a strategic plan cannot be implemented at all. After all, although the Oto family is not as good as the Ming army in all aspects, one thing is far better than the Ming army. The Oto family is a Japanese. Most of the Japanese did not have so much desire to participate in the war between them and the Shimazu family, and the Ming Dynasty was an outsider after all. It is impossible to deny whether it is good or bad. Countries with a history of more than a thousand years have their own civilization core and cohesion. They play a unique role when fighting against foreign enemies.

Facing the Otomo family, how the Shimazu family uses this style of play must fall apart.

Even if we reach this point, the Ming Dynasty withdrew its troops. Shimazu's strength will need to be restored for several years, which is the price of giving up Kagoshima.

Even Qi Jiguang didn't know how long the Shimazu family could hold on to such a posture, one year or two years. However, Qi Jiguang knew that the Ming Dynasty could not last for a year to maintain a large army of 100,000 people in Japan.

It is clearly a more difficult and difficult way to play.

Of course, although this method is difficult, Qi Jiguang is not unable to resolve it. But it all takes time. As Zhou Mengchen's disciple, Qi Jiguang is a confidant general who has labeled Zhou Mengchen in front of everyone, and even Qi Jiguang regards himself as such.

He is more politically sensitive than Yu Dayou and can better understand Zhou Mengchen's intentions.

I understand Zhou Mengchen's intention to fight quickly.

That's why, I gritted my teeth and felt that I was trying to use it. Since the Shimazu family wanted to ambush, let them ambush it. Anyway, the army was talking about swords and guns, no matter how good it was planned in advance, it was all about talking about war on paper. In the final victory, it was about bullets, steel and passion.

Yu Dayou looked a little ugly and said, "Yuan Jing, is it necessary?"

There is no need to mention Yu Dayou's military achievements. As soon as he heard Qi Jiguang's statement, he knew that this was an extremely tragic battle.

Why do you say so?

It's very simple. The Shimazu family actually understands that their strength is limited and they will definitely not fight in a strait, but must fight a war that they are confident of. In other words, unless the absolute advantage before the war is in the Shimazu family, the Shimazu family will not emerge from the hidden place and fight the Ming army to a decisive battle.

In this way, the comparison of troops between the two sides can be imagined?

Is it three to one, four to one, or five to one.

In the Southern Jiuzhou, the Ming Dynasty was not familiar with geography, so it was not easy to have a geographical advantage. The local Japanese would not be interested in the Ming Dynasty, and there was no one to do with each other. As for the generals so urgently, there was no time for the time, and they did not have the advantage in numbers, so that their soldiers would face several times the enemy.

Even though Yu Dayou felt that the Ming army would beat the Shimazu family, he knew that this was not an easy battle.

Yu Dayou instinctively didn't want to put the soldiers in such a desperate situation.

Qi Jiguang shook his head and said, "There is only one way. There is no other way."

It is better to say that Qi Jiguang is better than Yu Dayou's official fan or political sensitivity. However, when considering things, Qi Jiguang will not simply think from a military perspective, but also from a political perspective. This battle is an obvious political war. He will not hesitate to destroy an army and break up. Qi Jiguang must also fight this battle.

Ci is not in charge of soldiers. It is fully reflected in Qi Jiguang.

No matter how much Qi Jiguang loves soldiers like his sons on weekdays, at critical moments, he does not ask about the number of casualties or how many deaths he dies. He only asks about the determination and will to win.

Yu Dayou was silent for a while and sighed. He wanted to say something, then sighed and said, "This is your soldier, you can do whatever you want."

Yu Dayou actually wants to say that there are other ways.

Send people to alienate, bring the Korean soldiers here, let them go down to clear the countryside, etc. But Yu Dayou did not say it in the end, and agreed to Qi Jiguang's approach.

Qi Jiguang felt uncomfortable. He pondered for a moment and decided to send a battalion to pursue the north. He knew that the Shimazu family's army was between 20,000 and 30,000, so he was not clear about the specific details. If even a battalion in the Ming Dynasty dared to fight, how should the Shimazu family maintain the morale of the military? Moreover, as a tactical unit, a battalion is complete in all aspects. If there are fewer one, many of the advantages of the Ming army will not be able to be used.

However, this battalion must have outstanding combat effectiveness and must be able to fight.

The reason why the Shimazu family is powerful is that there are many samurai in the Shimazu family, and there are too many Shimazu samurai as basic officers. I dare not say that they can fight until one soldier and one soldier do not retreat. However, during the ambushing of the Otomo family, the army of the Otomo family suffered nearly half of the casualties and still insisted on fighting.

The Ming army must be stronger than the Shimazu family, more capable of fighting and more determined in their will.

Qi Jiguang suddenly missed the Datong Army. After repeated ties with the Tartars, Datong Army, who had almost fought for a hundred battles for the rest of his life, had this quality and combat effectiveness. However, as the Datong War was pacified, even gradually became richer and became the pearl on the frontier, many of Qi Jiguang's old friends complained about, but now they are all young masters and soldiers. They are too spoiled.

It seems that the tenacious style of the Datong soldiers in those days would disappear because of their group of Datong old men gradually retreating.

However, Qi Jiguang remembered another army with a very strong style.

Qi Jiguang said, "Call Wu Weizhong to see me."

A moment later, Wu Weizhong came to see Qi Jiguang.

What Qi Jiguang thought of was the Yiwu soldiers.

Unlike in history, Qi Jiguang started his military training in Yiwu. Therefore, the proportion of Yiwu soldiers in the army is very high, and there are also many generals from Yiwu. However, now Qi Jiguang is the general of Zhejiang as soon as he started. When he was training the new army, he was supported by Zhou Mengchen, which gave him more choices and did not have to be limited to Yiwu.
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