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Part One: The Storm in Penghu Chapter 374: Diao Yefu

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    The death of more than 300 Huashan family retainers and their families in Abe Castle was known as the "Abu Massacre" in history.

    What is more surprising is that the Japanese did not blame Ding Yunyi, who single-handedly led this drama, for this debt, but all the blame was placed on Taro Matsumoto.

    This is a bit strange.

    The successful capture of Abe Castle gave the right army a full respite.

    This crusade, which was mainly composed of pirates, stayed in Abe Castle for three full days before embarking on the journey again.

    ??Yisuke stayed very reluctantly. He would rather join the large army in attacking Tsurumaru Castle than stay with the Japanese.

    However, Ding Yunyi promised him that these are temporary, and he will soon send someone to take his place

    On the day they left Abu City, an uninvited guest caught up with Ding Yunyi¡¯s team:

    Zheng Zhifeng!

    Zheng Zhifeng was waiting hard for news about Ding Yunyi in Taiwan, but instead of receiving no news from Ding Yunyi, the Huben Guards began to mobilize on a large scale.

    Zheng Zhifeng had no idea what was going on. A few days later, news of the Tiger Guards' large-scale landing on Satsuma Domain finally reached his ears.  Zheng Zhifeng was shocked. His eldest brother had been monopolizing trade with Japan. Did Ding Yunyi want to interfere?

    "Master Zheng." Facing Zheng Zhifeng's doubts, Ding Yunyi smiled: "Why is Master Zheng so suspicious? Ding Yunyi has absolutely no intention of intervening in Japanese trade"

    "Then what is the boss doing?" Zheng Zhifeng asked with a gloomy face.

    Ding Yunyi's face also darkened: "Didn't Mr. Zheng want me to find out the news about the missing people of the Zheng family? Now I can tell you, they are all in Tsurumaru City!"

    "What?" Zheng Zhifeng was shocked.

    "Do I dare to talk nonsense about this kind of thing?" Ding Yunyi sneered: "To help you find out for the Zheng family. One of my brothers has already lost his life in Tsurumaru City, and even I almost didn't make it out. I'll fight with the elite tiger guards  , The first reason is to avenge my brothers, and the second most important reason is to rescue your Zheng family members!"

    Zheng Zhifeng looked at each other blankly.

    He actually believed Ding Yunyi's words in his heart. No matter how courageous Ding Yunyi was, he would not dare to joke about such a thingwithout the permission of the court.  Using troops privately is a criminal offense

    "Using troops privately without the permission of the imperial court. That's a crime of losing one's head" Ding Yunyi helped Zheng Zhifeng say what was in his mind: "How many heads do I, Ding Yunyi, have? I won't use troops this time."  I know how to end it, if it gets to the court, I'm afraid it will make the court furious"

    "Don't worry, the general town!" Zheng Zhifeng said hurriedly: "The general town sent troops out of anger for my Zheng family. Our Zheng family is grateful to the general town. If the court blames us, we always have something to say. The Japanese kidnapped them first, and we are waiting to save them.  What's the crime? It's just that the Zheng family is willing to take this risk. I really don't know what to say. I'll go back and explain this to my brother. Hehe, the Japanese pirates are so brave.  Dare you touch my Zheng family¡¯s mind? Are all our Zheng family navy masters useless?¡±

    Ding Yunyi is afraid of this.

    The reason why the Tiger Guards were so eager to send troops was to eliminate Tsurumaru Castle and stabilize the situation in the Satsuma Domain before the Zheng family navy joined.

    It¡¯s just such a small amount of meat, and it won¡¯t be enough for two tigers to share it.  Especially when Ding Yunyi is obsessed with breaking the Zheng family's monopoly on Japanese trade, he absolutely cannot allow the Zheng family navy to send troops.

    But how can we hold back the Zheng family?

    Ding Yunyi blinked his eyes there: "Why is Mr. Zheng so anxious? To deal with a small Satsuma clan and to work the Zheng family navy, isn't that killing a chicken with a sledgehammer? Why doesn't Mr. Zheng be in my army?  Come with me to attack Tsurumaru City and watch me rescue the Zheng family?"

    Zheng Zhifeng guessed Ding Yunyi¡¯s thoughts immediately.

    He keeps saying that he wants to save people, but in fact he just wants to use this as an excuse to get a share of the Zheng family's huge trading empire.

    But what can I do to stop it now?

    The Huben Guards deployed troops in large numbers.  How can we easily retreat without gaining some benefits at the expense of our troops and money?  Moreover, considering Ding Yunyi's character, he would never let this opportunity pass him by.

    And now, if Tagawa Yuki and Tagawa Shichizaemon are really as Ding Yunyi said, they are still in the hands of the Shimazu family in Tsurumaru City. One day of delay will increase the risk of one day.

    The only reliance is Ding Yunyi

    Thinking of it, Zheng Zhilong gritted his teeth and said, "The Zheng family will always remember Gao En in their hearts, and there will always be repayment in the future."Chance.  Zheng Zhilong fought a bloody battle against the enemy with the headquarters last time and defeated the four-nation combined fleet. This time he wanted to see the glory of the headquarters on the Japanese island with his own eyes.  "

    Ding Yunyi looked up to the sky and laughed

    Zheng Zhifeng joined Ding Yunyi's team inexplicably.  But this also has an advantage. The Zheng family has been trading with Japan all year round, and Zheng Zhifeng is responsible for a large part of it. Therefore, Zheng Zhifeng knows Japan better than anyone else, especially the Satsuma clan, which is very close to the Ming Dynasty.

    The ancestor of the Shimazu family was the retainer of the Konoe family, Tadahisa Minamoto. Minamoto no Yoritomo appointed Tadahisa as the head of the Hyuga Shimazu village. Soon after, he was appointed as the guardian of the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga. His surname was changed from the village name to Shimazu.  .

    ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Shimazu Takahisa, the son of Tadayoshi Shimazu of Igaha, succeeded the family as governor. Later, the original governor of the family, Katsuhisa, wanted to regain power, but was defeated by Takahisa and fled to Bungo.

    In the fifth year of Nihon Astronomy, Takahisa recaptured Ijuin Castle from Minoru of the Sashu family, another branch of the Shimazu family. He defeated Minoru in the battle of Kasada Castle and unified Satsuma, laying the foundation for the Shimazu family of the Warring States Period.

    After unifying Satsuma, Takahisa moved his residence to the inner city and devoted himself to the recovery of Osumi and Hyuga.  The extension of the Shimadzu family's power to Hyuga attracted the attention of Otomo Sorin, the governor of the Bungo Otomo family, the largest power in Kyushu at the time. After Ito Yoshisuke, who was married to the Otomo family, asked Sorin to restore the Hyuga territory, Sorin began to take action.  Invasion of Hinata.  Of course he just wanted to annex Hinata.  In the sixth year of Japan's Tensho period, Zong Lin led an army of 40,000 troops to march into Hyuga and arrived at Takayama Castle. Yamada Yunobu, the lord of Takayama Castle, was a wise and courageous general. He also received reinforcements from Shimazu Iehisa, and the garrison force reached 3,000. Otomo's army surrounded Takayama Castle.  The two sides launched a desperate offensive and defensive battle. Later, Shimazu Yoshihisa led Shimazu's main force to come to the rescue.  The two sides fought fiercely outside the city. Yoshihiro attacked from the side in a roundabout way, and Otomo's forward collapsed.  Generals Saeki and Tianbei were killed. Iehisa and Yamada Arinobu opened the city and attacked from three sides. Otomo's army was defeated. It was known as the "Battle of Otomo" in history. From then on, Otomo's family gradually declined to the west.

    After the Battle of Ogawa, the Sagara family of Higo surrendered.  Shimazu's unification of Kyushu was advancing northward, and when the Otomo family declined, the Ryuzoji family of Hizen in Kitakyushu took advantage of the situation. The family governor, Takanobu, was a fierce general known as the "Bear of Hizen".  The Shimabara lord Arima Harunobu rebelled against the Ryuzoji family and turned to the Shimadzu family. Takanobu led an army of 30,000 people to crusade. The Arima family asked for help from the Shimazu family. The Shimazu family brought 3,000 elite troops to help. Together with the Arima army,  Six thousand people ambushed the Ryuzoji army in the swampy Okita border.  The Ryuzoji army was defeated, many generals were killed, and Takanobu was even killed. In October of the same year, the Ryuzoji family surrendered to the Shimazu family.

    After the Battle of Okitaki, the Shimadzu family sent troops to Otomo's Chikuzen, the Bungo Kingdom, and the Otomo family in Kyushu were unable to fight against Shimadzu alone. Zonglin went east to seek asylum from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the Shimadzu family refused to surrender to Hideyoshi, so  The Toyotomi family sent troops to conquer Kyushu.  After the arrival of the Toyotomi Army's Maori Army and the Fourth Army, the Kitakyushu forces broke away from the Shimazu family. The Shimazu Army, which was severely frustrated by the deadly battle of Takahashi, the famous general of the Otomo family, had to retreat from Chikuzen and Bungo.

    The Shimazu Iehisa led an army of 18,000 to directly attack the inner city of the Otomo family's main castle. The Shimazu army, Otomo, and the four-nation allied force of 10,000 fought fiercely at the Hutsugawa River under Toshiko Castle, and the coalition forces were defeated.  However, this was only a local victory. Toyotomi Hidenaga led 200,000 troops, and Shimadzu's army was no longer able to fight. After the defeat of Hyuga Gen Shirasaka, Shimazu Yoshihisa asked Hideyoshi to surrender, and his territory was reduced to Satsuma and Osumi.  and Hinata's part.  Hideyoshi, who unified Japan after the Second World War, attacked North Korea. Yoshihiro participated in the battle with the army, but was defeated and returned.

    After the Sekigahara War began, Yoshihiro privately led 1,500 troops to join the Western Army to confront Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern Army. When the Western Army was defeated and retreated, the Shimazu Army once again became famous for its bravery, and Yoshihiro emerged victorious in a bloody battle.

    After the war, the Shimazu family ran around and took a defensive posture to deal with the post-war settlement. Naomasa Ii, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Tokugawa family, also tried his best to excuse himself, and Ieyasu had to give up punishing the Shimazu family.  The Shimazu family still maintained its status as a powerful feudal lord in the southwest.

    After saying this, Zheng Zhifeng sighed:

    "Among the heroes of the Warring States Period in Japan, they also faced powerful local separatists. The Uesugi and Takeda families, known as the Dragon Tigers, spent many years fighting without results; Oda and Tokugawa also repeatedly got into trouble when Ry¨­tora was alive; and  During the process of marching westward, even the Oda family, which had already taken control of central Japan, struggled for more than ten years to face the Maori family in its heyday, and it was extremely difficult Only the Shimazu family in a remote corner, under the influence of father and son,  In two generations, he rose up strongly surrounded by heroes, repeatedly defeated the strong, defeated two powerful opponents in his heyday, and almost unified Kyushu. In the subsequent conquest of Kyushu, Hideyoshi swept through bloody battles.  Kyushu. Faced with an enemy that was far superior to him, Shimazu's performance was also remarkable. Later, during the Battle of Sekigahara, he accidentally sneaked into the Western Army. Under the impact of the Shimadzu Army's frontal retreat and decisive breakthrough,  Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu, who defeated General Naomasa Ii, was shocked by the fighting power of the Shimadzu family, but he did not dare to do anything. The Shimazu family still regarded him as the emperor?

    Ding Yunyi frowned when he heard this. He looked down on these Japanese from the bottom of his heart, but at the same time, he would not ignore this important information because of this.

    Zheng Zhifeng continued: "Compared with other powerful daimyo at that time, the Shimazu family, whose combat power was astonishing, seemed a bit inexplicably strong. They had commendable unique resources, no special legal system, and no outstanding generals.  The so-called 'Satsuma's strongest army in the world' is a name created by the Shimadzu family over the past few decades. This term has not been used before. The only one that is more distinctive is the 'Diao Ye Fushi' which is incompatible with the traditional Japanese warfare method  "

    "What is Diaoyefu?" Ding Yunyi was a little curious.

    Zheng Zhilong said carefully: "The so-called fishing field ambush, which sounds mysterious, is actually an ambush pocket formation, which is the most famous tactic of the Shimadzu family. Due to the numerous battles, the Shimadzu army was at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, so since Shimazu Tadayoshi  Since the Isaku Conquest in E7, this tactic has been used in almost every large-scale battle. It has been tried and tested in many battles such as the Kizakihara Battle, the Ogawa Battle, the Okita-Han Battle, and the Totsugawa Battle.  The specific method is to first use the forward to attract the enemy troops to go deep, then ambush the two flanks and fire with muskets, and finally cooperate with the main force in the rear to surround and annihilate the enemy troops. However, the troops used as bait must be flexible and tenacious, not only to attract the enemy troops, but also to preserve them.  To have the strength to counterattack, we must also be ready to make a heroic sacrifice at any time"

    He paused briefly there: "Using the tactic of fishing for wild ambushes is not as simple and dogmatic as imagined. It is not an easy task to lure the enemy to follow the bait into the ambush circle honestly. As a bait soldier, you must  Be prepared to be besieged and sacrificed by heavy enemy forces at any time. The two teams of Kitago Hisamori and Honda Taiji, who served as bait soldiers to lure the enemy during the Battle of Ogawa, fought bravely with the determination to die. On the other hand, as a  For an ambush, you need to grasp the timing of sending troops and coordinate with other ambush units. The closeness of the four Shimazu brothers and the unity of the retainers make such coordination relatively easy"

    Ding Yunyi nodded slowly.

    In the Battle of Ergawa, the Shimazu Army had a decoy force of 300 people and an ambush force of about 3,000 people on both wings. General Shimazu Yoshihiro was at the rear.  At noon the next day, the decoy troops made a surprise attack on a moving friendly force, and then defeated hundreds of reinforcements.  Sensing that the situation was not good, Tahara Chiken sent General Tabei Zhenzhou to lead the counterattack. Shimazu's decoy troops retreated backwards, and Tahara fought until he was in front of Shimazu Yoshihiro.

    Seeing that the time was right, Yoshihiro ordered the muskets from both wings to fire, first disrupting the formation of the friendly troops, and then all the warriors threw their guns and drew their swords and rushed forward.  Dayou's army was in chaos, and was soon divided and surrounded, and annihilated one by one. Tian Bei Zhen Zhou died in battle.  At this time, Shimazu Iehisa and Yamada Yunobu, who were defending Takagi, also rushed out of the city and attacked from both sides. Otomo's main formation collapsed instantly.

    In the Battle of Erchuan, the Dayi Army lost thousands of lives and suffered countless injuries.  Shimazu took the opportunity to completely annex the Hyuga Kingdom and looked for opportunities to continue heading north. However, the dazzling aura hanging over Otomo Sorin's head has since dimmed.

    The strange name "Diao Yefu" is firmly imprinted in Ding Yunyi's mind.

    Ding Yunyi began to believe that the Shimazu family would still use such tactics in the attack on Tsurumaru Castle.

    The question before you is how to defeat the enemy's seemingly vicious tactic!  (To be continued: Gone with the Sky. Registered members of literature recommend this work.
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