When Zhao Xin set out from Ishimatsu Port, Shimazu Shigeo was sitting on the boat back to Kagoshima. He regretted it so much that he had known why he had to wade through this muddy water. He and Matsupei Tatsushi made a lot of calculations, but who would have thought that the group of bastards in the Sendai vassal would get involved with Beihai Town!

"Ishikawamura is a greedy person who is afraid of death! If he had known that he was so shameless, he should have dealt with him and the Sentai Marquis!"

The Satsuma family's eldest son, Xiaomatsu Kiyoka, said, "Lord, what I am worried about now is whether Tsurumaru Castle can be defended. The giant boat of the North Navy..."

"It's okay, no matter how big the white ship is or how strong the artillery is, can it still be driven ashore?"

Having said that, Shimazu Shigeo was also worried at this moment. After Beihai Town bombarded Edo, he had gone out of the city to look at the big white ship, which shocked him to no avail. He was most afraid that Beihai Town would talk to him about Ryukyu, but he didn't expect that this day would come so soon. The most important thing now is to hurry back to Kagoshima Castle and gather troops to prepare. Nothing else matters!

In the conference room on the Thunder, Shibata Juezang was introducing the situation of the Satsuma clan to Zhao Xin, Wang Yuanfang and others. After disembarking at Ishizuo Port, Wang Yuanfang stayed in Shiqiubin to lead other troops to guard the garrison, and did not follow Zhao Xin to Aoye City.

In addition, the leader of the Sendai vassal siege is the fourth seat of the Ida family. The Ida family of Yuya is 9th generation. Ida family is 28 years old this year. The Ida family of Yuya has been chasing for three hundred years. In fact, he is the lord of the city of Mizunori Mizunori in the country. Since the Warring States Period, he has been an important official of the Ida family. In the 11th year of Keicho (1606), the concubine of the One-eyed Dragon Masamune, married the daughter of the Ida family and became a son-in-law and adopted son. After that, he inherited the Ida family and was given the surname "Ida".

As the secret probe of the Sendai family, Shibata Kiyozo made a lot of preparations for this operation. He took out all the information about the Satsuma family that he could find and explained it. After he introduced the situation of the Shimazu family, he also mentioned some information about the important retainers of the Shimazu family, and finally mentioned the population of the Satsuma family.

"From the sixth year of insurance, Youtokuen Temple (Eighth Dynasty Tokugawa Yoshizo) ordered Daming people around the world to conduct property surveys of various countries, and then it was counted again every six years. These survey results were recorded in the "Number of People in All Countries" in previous years."

Shibata Kiyozo said proudly. He put a lot of effort into getting this data from the shogunate - to put it bluntly, it was bribery.

Zhao Xin interrupted: "When was the last time?"

Shibata Kiyozo said: "It will be six years. Oh, that's last year."

Wang Yuanfang said: "How many people are there in the Satsuma clan?"

Shibata Kiyoshi looked through the booklet in his hand for a while and finally said, "More than 594,000."

Zhao Xin asked, "The number of people in Ryukyu is not counted?"

"No."

Zhao Xin looked up at the ceiling, thought for a while and said, "Including the children and the hidden population, there are about 650,000 people..."

Everyone saw him muttering to himself, but they didn't know what the person was thinking about. Wang Yuan asked Shibata Juezang, "How many samurai are there in the Satsuma clan?"

Shibata Juezang looked through the booklet twice and said, "There are more than 8,000 corporals in the city and more than 84,000 corporals in the village."

"So much!" Wang Yuanfang was startled.

Zhao Xin suddenly said, "Only more than 90,000 people?"

Liu Zheng, who was standing beside him, said in surprise: "Damn it! Brother, do you think there are more than 90,000 warriors?"

In front of outsiders, Zhao Xin could not explain. You should know that in the Maku-end period of another time and space, the maximum number of vassals in the Satsuma vassal was as high as more than 200,000, accounting for 26% of the total population. Now is the early stage of the Maku-end period, and of course more than 90,000 people are not too many.

Zhao Xin ignored Liu Zheng, but continued to ask Shibata Juezang: "How many are there in the Satsuma clan's foothills?"

Shibata Kiyozo said: "The latest number cannot be found, but the number for the 16th year of Kiyonaga is eighty-seven."

After hearing this, Zhao Xin rolled his eyes. These are all the data from 150 years ago, so you have the nerve to take it out!

Liu Zheng stayed in the island country for several months and did some research on the shogunate system. At this time, he asked in great surprise: "Is Lu Shenma?"

Zhao Xin said lightly: "Lu is not an east-west, nor can it be said to be a city, but a village-like armed stronghold..."

Next, Zhao Xin explained to Liu Zheng and Wang Yuanfang what "Lu" is.

It is said that the Satsuma clan of the Edo period was affiliated with the Western Army in the "Battle of Sekihara", so even after surrendering, they were always on guard against the Tokugawa shogunate. At that time, they faced the "one country, one city" order of the second generation of Tokugawa, and adopted a curved way to save the country. In addition to the castle Tsurumaru Castle, their subordinates were sent to important places in the vassal states. Under the old mountain castle ruins, a defense stronghold called "Lu" was built, forming a defense network spread throughout the vassal states.

In the center of these "foots", there is a "land house", which is the residence of the local lord, which is also used for temporary residences for the vassal lords during their "internship and explanation" and inspections. The surrounding areas of the land house are surrounded by the residences of rural scholars. Although these strongholds look like villages, their internal personnel structure and management are actually the same as those of the city.

These strongholds cover different areas according to the stone level of the "land" samurai. The exterior walls of the courtyards in the stronghold are made of thick stone walls, and lush trees are planted behind the walls; several streets called "horse farms" are formed between the courtyards, which are usually trained by vassal samurai. Once a war breaks out, this kind of street structure is very conducive to resisting foreign invasions.

Why is Zhao Xin so clear? Because the famous Ogawa drama "Atsuhime" in another time and space was filmed in the Outer Shuilu, Kumamoto Prefecture. At that time, Zhao Xin took a sightseeing ox cart and walked for 25 minutes! The Outer Shuilu covers an area of ​​46 hectares and is surrounded by a moat outside, which is simply a plain city.

Several people discussed for a long time, and the Ida Village of the Ida family of Yuya was often as deep as water and did not say a word. In fact, this person did not want to discuss, but had no way to interrupt. Although he was elected as the main general of the Ida family, Ida Village often came to him with a tough bullet; after all, the island country has been in peace for two hundred years, and there are few people who truly understand the way of battle formations.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Zhao Xin explained to Liu Zheng and Wang Yuanfang, and then said to everyone: "The eighty-seven were counted one hundred and fifty years ago. According to my estimate, there should be more than one hundred foothills in the Satsuma vassal now."

In fact, Zhao Xin still said that there were fewer one hundred and fifteen foothills in the Satsuma vassal area. There are thirteen foothills in the three counties of Isa and Rikikari. Because these foothills are stuck in the main transportation routes within the Satsuma vassal area, if the town wants to occupy these three counties, all of these thirteen foothills must be taken down.

At this time, Ida Village Chang finally spoke: "According to the meaning of King Zhao's Palace, this attack is not about the destruction of Tsurumara City. There are more than a hundred Lu to be defeated?"

Shibata Kinazo bowed to Ida Village and said, "The Toruri Detention Center said very much! If our army wants to completely defeat the Shimazu family, we must first capture these outer cities and cut off the Shimazu family's retreat route, otherwise we will have to pursue it relentlessly. In the end..."

Ida Village often said suddenly: "In the end, they waited for their hard work and led our army to run all over the mountains and fields until we were dragged down!"

Zhao Xin sneered: "It's not stopping yet. Once the reinforcements from Kyushu and even the shogunate arrive, we can only run away on the boat."

Mian Kyushu is not the Kanto Plain. It has a high terrain, mountains are running through, and it is rainy. At that time, the samurai of the Shimazu family retreats to the strongholds in the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare with you, and this battle will be dragged into a protracted war.

Although the Shimazu family owes a lot of debts that cannot be paid at all, and the finances are extremely difficult, it is still the second most popular daimyo in the world. Now that the Beihai Town and Sendai Basilica want to destroy the Satsuma family, they will continue to lose their assets even if they empty their assets! Because once the Shimazu family is finished, most of the nearly 100,000 vassal samurai warriors will become ronin.

So this is not a problem that cannot be beaten, but the Satsuma family will definitely try their best to fight with the Kitanami Town and the Sendai Basilica from top to bottom! At the same time, the Shimazu family will also try their best to survive and win time to ask for help everywhere. Don’t forget that Shimazu Shigeo is the father-in-law of the Tokugawa family. After all, the shogunate will mediate from it, and even order the surrounding vassals to send troops to support it.

(That is, those authors who always bombard Kagoshima Castle and then let the Shimazu family kneel down to surrender can take a shower and sleep. They really think that they are 100,000 vassals, and more than 100 armed strongholds are decorations! If Kagoshima Castle is captured, they commit suicide and surrender? They are stupid!)

After listening to Zhao Xin's translation, Wang Yuanfang pondered for a moment before slowly saying: "This is no longer a siege or field battle. This is a street fighting. Maybe the casualties will be very large. I think..."

He said halfway, and suddenly stopped talking. Liu Zheng had to continue asking questions, and Zhao Xin immediately changed the subject. He turned to Shibata Juezang and Ida Village and said, "The Sendai vassal must increase troops! This thousand people are not enough. People must be stationed in the trap of the captured Lu. These places will also be the reliance of the Sendai vassal to rule Nan Kyushu in the future."

Ida Village often said in surprise: "How much do you want to increase?"

Zhao Xin said: "At least five thousand! Ten thousand people are better!"

"so much!"

Shibata Juezang already knew that there was a "magic weapon" that could transmit thousands of miles to thousands of miles, called telegram. So he said to Zhao Xin: "Please discuss with Lord Gorari Shou. As for the matter of asking our family to increase troops, please ask Zhao Dian for help."

Zhao Xin nodded and said, "Yes, I ask Hirata to contact His Excellency Ishikawa first. After he arrives at the store in Tokihama, you can talk to him directly."

It was already noon after this time. Zhao Xin looked at the watch hanging on the wall and said, "Let's go here first in the morning. Let's have dinner first, and let's talk about other matters in the afternoon."

Zhao Xin and the others left the conference room first, leaving Shibata Juezang and Ida Village Chang to discuss. When the three of them went to the cafeteria to have dinner, Liu Zheng remembered Wang Yuanfang's words just now.

"Brother Wang, how to fight this street battle? You haven't finished it just now."

Wang Yuanfang smiled and looked at Zhao Xin: "Do you know what I want to say?"

Zhao Xin blinked, revealing his habitual cunning, and said, "Change weapons and tactics."

Wang Yuanfang nodded and said to Liu Zheng: "Do you understand?"

"I don't understand." Liu Zheng was confused. What's going on with this?

Wang Yuanfang explained: "Working street fighting is different from fighting field battles. Facing an opponent who can shoot cold arrows at himself, fire cold guns, and finally disappear without a trace, it is probably impossible to let all soldiers carry standard rifles. We must change our weapons."

Zhao Xin whispered: "Not only that, this time we will also have to weaken the troops of the Sendai vassal so that they can only surrender to us in the end."

Beihai Town has no armored vehicles or aircraft. There are only three D30s on the cannon on the Thunder, and no matter how far it is, it cannot reach the place like Shuilu. Therefore, revolvers, machine guns, grenades and even drones must all be used.

Of course, when the first attacks were to attack those few mortars, the Sammo Satsuma warriors would definitely panic and flee in a hurry. But the problem is that now the town of Kitanami and Sendai are going to occupy and divide. Can the Shimazu family still run to Edo and become an apartment house?

After lunch, Zhao Xin asked Pan Xiucheng and Hu Ji to call the battalion commanders below and the company and platoon-level officers to the restaurant for a meeting. Dozens of people sat in the restaurant full of the restaurant; the guard platoon stood guard in the aisle outside the door to prevent outsiders from eavesdropping.

Zhao Xin asked someone to find a whiteboard. Based on his memories of visiting Shuilu, he first explained the architectural characteristics and street structures of the armed strongholds of the Satsuma vassal states. Then, Wang Yuanfang, as a tactical instructor, gave the officers a detailed explanation of how to conduct street fighting and issues that should be paid attention to when conducting street fighting.

Wang Yuanfang's tactical intention was that when Beihai Town arrived at the periphery of the stronghold, it could not take risks to attack. It should first take drone reconnaissance, then gather mortars from each regiment together, implement high-density firepower projection in all parts of the stronghold, and finally let the troops of the Sendai vassal enter the stronghold to clear it out. During the battle, unless the Sendai vassal were killed or injured, Beihai Town would never send troops in.

During this period, each level of chief officer from top to bottom of each regiment must enter the site to observe on-site after each conquering the lower base, and be familiar with the structure of streets and courtyards. At the same time, the soldiers will be explained in units of platoons, so that every soldier can understand how to engage in street fighting.

The purpose of this is because the North Navy must fight the strongholds of the three counties in the north.

After talking about street wars, Wang Yuanfang once again explained the precautions and tactics of jungle wars and mountain wars in response to the geography, climate, hydrology and other situations of Nanjiuzhou.

Although the officials at all levels here are familiar with how to carry out mountain and jungle wars in the northeast, Nanjiuzhou, which has a subtropical monsoon climate, is completely different from the northeast in terms of terrain, vegetation, climate and biology. The high temperature, high humidity and high rainfall in the subtropical jungle will be a serious challenge to soldiers and weapons and equipment. The dense vegetation will greatly reduce the combat range and effectiveness of weapons and communication equipment, and the soldiers' endurance and weapon carrying capacity will be severely weakened.

In any jungle battle in history, heavy weapons are not the protagonists, and this is still the truth until later generations.

In dealing with jungle combat, it is hard to expect equipment. Not only can trees effectively block dense bullets, but they can also absorb explosive fragments. It is absolutely impossible to throw grenades at will when encountering enemies, otherwise the scene will be fun when you hit the dense branches and bounce back!

The biggest limit for light weapons is the distance. Even if the Northern Navy uses light weapons with a range of 50 meters, it will be difficult to locate and correct the indirect aiming firepower. Because once you are in a dense forest, soldiers will easily misjudgment the direction when the enemy's iron cannons or bows and arrows attack, causing them to move in the wrong direction, thus falling into a very dangerous situation.

In this time and space at the end of the 18th century, hiking would be the main mode of movement for the North Navy's jungle operations, and it would be very difficult; Wang Yuanfang estimated that in areas such as Asu Mountain and Grandmother Mountain, the daily marching speed would be even less than five kilometers.

In addition, it is also important to camp at night and find water sources. In the past, the ancients liked to do the most was to poison the water. Of course, it was impossible to pour poison. A few rotten animals were thrown upstream to pollute the water sources. If poisoning was not killed, it would make people feel diarrhea and sore.

The tactical explanation meeting was held until late at night. During this period, Zhao Xin contacted Hirata at Tokihama and asked him to go to Aoba Castle to meet Ishikawamura and take him to Tokihama.

Although the town of Kitakai and Sendai were sufficiently prepared for the pre-war period, it was precisely because of this that it delayed the attack on Mian Kyushu. During the days of waiting, Shimazu Kiyoshi Shimazu's current head of the Shimazu family received a letter from Edo.

Historically, the grandfather of Atsuhiko Tengzhangyuan was so scared that he was so scared that he sent people to quickly convene retainers from all over the city to attend a conference. At the same time, Kagoshima Castle and the surrounding armed strongholds also opened the arsenal, summoned the vassals in the city to rectify the military preparations.
Chapter completed!