On the plains southeast of the Hirado Fan, the gradual northwest wind brought a little chill. In mid-October, most of the plants and trees of Kyushu Island were deserted, and the tens of thousands of troops in the two armies lined up to face each other, which brought a strong sense of solemnity to the originally bleak late autumn.

Those who are in the battle are all in front of each other.

Japan, which was deeply influenced by the Han and Tang cultures, followed the traditions of Chinese civilization everywhere, and was also very rigorous and particular about dispatching troops.

Under the guidance of their respective flags, the 40,000 shogunate warriors arranged in a number of neat square formations to the east according to the weapons they used and their positions after the battle. Each formation was equipped with samurai leaders dressed in extremely gorgeous styles, made of iron, leather, and bamboo and wood. The entire army was silent, bringing people a strong sense of oppression.

The 7,000 expeditionary forces of the Ming Dynasty confronted the shogunate army.

After spending a whole day to complete the landing, after a night of renovation, the official army lined up from the landing site and was forced to come from the landing site for more than fifty miles away. Unconsciously, the shogunate army marched forward and arrived ten miles outside the shogunate army in the afternoon of the dark that day.

As the main general, Li Dingguo, after asking Zhu Ciyang for instructions, did not adopt the tactic of sending a horse team to raid the shogunate army. Instead, while the army set up camp, he sent a team of brave men who drove straight to the shogunate camp. Under the stunned gaze of the shogunate soldiers, Yaowu tied the letter of war to an arrow and shot it into the camp, and invited the other party to form a decisive battle in two days.

With Japan's familiarity with Han culture, the Ming army was not worried that the other party would not understand the war book.

This is indeed the case.

The first reaction of the shogunate commander Yoshihiro Yoshihiro after receiving the news was not to think about how to fight the enemy tomorrow, but to the divine general who was shocked by the Ming Dynasty's official army.

After urgent discussions with the main generals who were also surprised and inconclusive, he came to the most correct conclusion: the rebels must have led the wolf into the house. As for what the Ming Dynasty would ultimately achieve when sending troops to intervene in the Japanese civil war, although it is unknown now, it is definitely very unfavorable to the shogunate.

This sudden accident made the main figures of the shogunate army led by Ichiro Yoshihiro suddenly feel a lot of pressure.

Although Japan's contact with the outside world was almost completely cut off due to the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of closing the country, due to the existence of Zheng and the Dutch, the top Japanese people are not unfamiliar with the world outside the island. The strong neighbor of the Ming Empire has regained its vitality and showed a stronger attitude than before. This is no longer new.

More importantly, the high-quality ordnance used by this Anti-Shi Alliance was provided by the Ming Kingdom, which has been verified several times from the prisoners.

The sharpness of the Daming muskets, spears and long bows has caused significant damage to the shogunate army. Fortunately, the number of advanced Ming armies equipped by the rebels is not large. Otherwise, it would be hard for Yoshihichi Ichiro to imagine what the battle between the two armies would be like now.

Now the rebels, mainly composed of Hirado samurai, have been suppressed by the shogunate army in a flat and narrow area. Judging from the current progress of the war, the shogunate army will annihilate all the rebels in about ten days.

But at this critical moment, the Ming army suddenly appeared on Kyushu Island and issued a letter of war, forcing the shogunate army to turn around and use all their energy to deal with this unknown, mysterious and powerful enemy. This situation is both infuriating and uneasy.

The main reason for the uneasiness is that he knows nothing about the Ming army.

I don’t know how many Ming troops landed this time, nor did I know the weapons used by the Ming army, nor did I understand the tactics of the Ming army. Once the two sides fight, victory or defeat is really unpredictable.

But since the Ming army had issued a letter of war openly, the shogunate army was afraid of avoiding war. Yoshihiro and others believed that as long as the Ming army was not large, even if the firearms were sharp, the shogunate army could push forward with its advantage in numbers and could win a big victory.

After agreeing on the tactical arrangements of tomorrow, Ichiro Yoshihiro immediately wrote a quick letter, writing the news of the Ming army's landing in Japan and his own analysis of the matter into the letter, and then sent a team of elite samurai to the north with the letter paper.

The samurai team will ride a horse from north to east to take a detour to Monshi Port, and then take a boat to cross the Guanmen Strait to Kyoto, reporting the current situation to Tokugawa Ieyasu so that he can predict and respond early.

Yoshihiro thought about it very carefully, but unfortunately, Yoshihiro didn't know that the other Ming army had already taken a boat to the north along the Japanese Sea. They would pass through the Guanmen Strait and turn eastward, then land on the ground near Osaka, and then launch a raid on the Kyoto Shogunate. It is still unknown whether Tokugawa Ieyasu can see this group of messengers alive.

As the spies sent out reported one after another, before nightfall, the general situation of the Ming army opposite was transmitted back to the shogunate camp in turn.

After the spies climbed up to the heights and looked into the distance, they found that judging from the formation of the Ming army camp, the number of people should be around 10,000, and there were no large cavalry figures, so the weapons used were not clearly visible.

The small group of cavalrymen on the outer patrol of the Ming army did not expel the shogunate spies, but looked at them with a curious expression, and bursts of laughter bursts after whispering from time to time, with unknown laughter.

After hearing that the Ming army was not large, Songheiichiro and others were relieved.

Although the Warring States Period of Japan has long ended, the inertial cognition developed over the past few hundred years has made everyone believe that the war is still a large number of people who can win the final victory.

Take the rebels in front of you as an example. Even though the weapons they used were sharper, they were still defeated by the shogunate army, which had the advantage in numbers.

However, the Ming army of ten thousand had lost its mysterious veil. In the battle of tomorrow, the balance of victory was tilting towards the shogunate army.

After leaving five thousand men to continue monitoring the few rebels, Songhei Ichiro gave the order, the next day, the 40,000 army's rear team changed to the front team and began to move to the camp and prepare to fight the decisive battle with the Ming army that had never confronted him.

The reason why Li Dingguo did not adopt the strategy of night war raids to attack the morale of the shogunate was to test the real combat power of the shogunate from the front battlefield, and to think that all the armed forces on this island country will accumulate experience in the future.

Judging from the intelligence information summarized from various channels, although I don’t know the strength of the Japanese army, its usual way of using large array battles and confrontation is still quite commendable.

Since that's the case, I will defeat you with a dignified formation and make you convinced.

Zhu Cixuan was very grateful to Li Dingguo, and even Zhang Qingyuan nodded frequently to say yes, so he made the decision to leave the shogunate army for two days to change direction.
Chapter completed!