Chapter 487 The demise of the Hojo clan
The Izu Kingdom in the southwest of Edo Bay is Hojo Saiyun's sphere of influence. Hojo Saiyun is not well-known in the history of the Warring States Period in Japan, but his son is the famous Hojo family. Now Hojo Saiyun is in his twilight years.
But Hojo's clan was only thirty years old. If Hojo Saiyun would pass on the position of family governor to his son Hojo's clan, then Hojo's clan promoted the Hojo's clan and even occupied the entire Kanto region in one fell swoop
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However, after the Ming army occupied Edo Bay, the expansion process of the Hojo clan was completely interrupted. First, the Ming Dynasty occupied Musashi and Sagami, blocking the Hojo clan's outward expansion path, and then the Ming Dynasty's navy began
Frequently traveling around the waters near Edo Bay, Izu unfortunately happened to be on this route. Sometimes some Ming ships would come to moor. Although these Ming ships brought a lot of new things to Izu,
It also caused a lot of friction.
This was normal at first. After all, the customs and habits of the Ming Dynasty and Japan are different, and some problems are inevitable during the transaction process. As long as the two parties mediate and spend some time to get through, these problems will always be solved. But unfortunately, the Ming Dynasty
People have always been used to being strong at sea, especially the Ming navy is very protective, so as long as there is friction, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, the Ming Dynasty requires the Hojo family to safeguard the interests of the Ming people, otherwise the Ming Dynasty will use cannons to protect its own interests.
Hojo and his son could tolerate such arrogant behavior as the Ming Dynasty at first, but what were the same? This made both of them feel greatly insulted, so for the honor of their family and for the sake of no more in the future.
Being bullied by the Ming Dynasty, Hojo's clan took advantage of the opportunity of Hojo's maiyun being ill and led his army to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and even put forward the slogan to drive the Ming people out of Japan.
But unfortunately, although Hojo Tsuna is also a hero in Japan, he is still a little young and has some impulsive work. His desperate opposition to the Ming Dynasty this time is actually equivalent to verdicting his death.
Under absolute power, no strategy can be used.
Hojo's army was defeated by Lee Andra, who was left in Edo Bay, in Sagami, and led the Japanese minion army to the army. Then the Ming Navy in Edo Bay also began to dispatch and frequently attacked the coastal areas of Izu, but in the end, it was only two.
Within a month, the Izu Kingdom was captured by the Ming army, and the coastal areas were completely lost. The originally vibrant Hojo clan also became half-dead, and the entire Izu was completely swallowed up by the war.
Hojo Saiyun was already in her eighties and her health was not as good as she was when she was young. As a result, when he heard his son rise up and rebel against the Ming Dynasty when he was sick, he was almost angry to death. Later, Hojo Tsun was defeated.
The foundation he had accumulated through hard work for a lifetime was about to be completely destroyed by the Ming army. As a result, Hojo Saiyun did not come up in one breath and died directly on the bed. This was better for his order. He did not see the demise of the Hojo clan.
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In March of the 12th year of Zhengde, the 50,000 servants led by Li Anliang landed from both east and west directions on the Izu Peninsula, and then attacked in both directions. Finally, they finally met under the Bishan Castle, the old nest of the Hojo clan, and surrounded the entire Bishan Castle.
Hojo Tsuna and his last army were trapped in this city.
The Maishan Castle was the old nest that Hojo Saiyun had just captured the Izu Kingdom. They were able to fight from Izu to Sagami thanks to the support of the Maishan Castle. It can be said that this city is not only tall and sturdy, but also has a large number of storage in the city.
Even if the food and food resources are besieged, Hojo Tsun can still stick to the last year with the supplies in the city.
But for the generals of the Ming Dynasty, there is no unbreakable city in this world. Everything depends on whether the amount of gunpowder in your hands is enough? Lee Anliang is in the Edo Bay in Japan, although it is not of much use here yet.
This is the bridgehead for the Ming Dynasty to enter America in the future, so the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to it. Not only did it station a large number of troops, but it also had a lot of military supplies. Gunpowder was the top priority.
It is precisely because of this that after half a month after besieging Bishancheng, Li Anliang asked someone to dig an authentic tunnel from the underground to the bottom of the city wall, then stuffed it into gunpowder and detonated it. As a result, the solid wall of Bishancheng was shocked.
After a long period of collapse, the city wall was relatively strong. It was already very strong for the Japanese, but for the Ming people who were best at building cities in the world, it was simply vulnerable.
The city of bribery was broken, and the Japanese servants under Li Anliang's men let out wild beasts howls, and rushed towards the gap in the city wall without fear of death. Even though they were hit by several arrows, no one of these servants retreated.
Even if they climb, they would climb into the bandit mountain city and die again, because the rewards of the servants were unique, and the pensions for siege outside the city and the pensions for siege were completely different, so it caused the city to be siege.
At that time, the more injured the person is, the more fierce the charge will be. After all, their parents and wives are still living in Edo Castle. If they want to live a happy life there, they need to use their own lives to fight for it.
Standing behind Li Anliang looked at his extremely brave Japanese servants, and his mouth was filled with a hint of satisfaction. He devoted a lot of effort to this servant army, and all servants chose those who had the same choice.
The Japanese men from the family then moved their families to Edo Castle to live. In this way, they can solve the worries of the soldiers of the servants and maintain the loyalty of these soldiers. After all, except for a very small number of people, it is impossible for ordinary people to completely
Rebellion regardless of his family.
In addition, after the formation of the vassal army, Li Anliang has been leading this army to fight in Japan. In fact, some wars are meaningless at all. It’s just that Li Anliang wants to form a strong army, and Zhou Chong only gave it to him.
After a few years, training alone would definitely not work, so he could only train with war and use war to polish an army into elite troops that are battle-bound.
Li Anliang is now looking at the servant army in front of him. Although their equipment is only the standard equipment of the Ming army and is not the best among the Ming army, the military spirit of the entire army has been polished out by him.
The army is now like a murderous sword. As long as it is drawn, it will be bloody. Any enemy blocking their way forward will be crushed by this army. And no matter who the enemy is, as long as the commander's order is
If issued, they will turn into inhuman beasts, and even if their enemies are women and children, they will not show mercy.
With the explosion of the Bid Mountain City Wall, the first one to rush in was an elite army of servants. After they entered the city through the gap, they immediately defended the place. After the army behind rushed in, they began to move into the city.
Promotion. After several years of war, most of the first batch of servant soldiers were eliminated, but after the weak were eliminated, stronger people would be added immediately. In addition, the servants were given a generous pension for the death of the battle.
Therefore, the soldiers in the army have always been fearless.
In contrast, Hojo Tsun has been defeated continuously during this period, and the morale of the army has dropped to the bottom. Naturally, it cannot be compared with the high morale Ming vassal army. At the beginning, they were able to resist the servants with their familiarity with the terrain.
However, as more and more servants rushed into the city, coupled with these servants' fierce fighting style, the Hojo army retreated and defeated one after another, and finally formed a collapse. Finally, Hojo
The family's house was also broken. When the Hojo family was defeated, he finally committed suicide. Before his death, he set a fire and burned down the entire Hojo family's inner house.
After the servants completely wiped out the remaining forces of the Hojo clan in the Bishan City, Li Anliang then brought a group of Ming generals into the city. However, they did not enter through the main gate, but exploded from the city wall.
The gap entered because Li Anliang had to see the attack route of the minion army with his own eyes to find out the shortcomings of the army during the attack so as to facilitate the next improvement.
At this time, there was no time to clean the city of Bid Mountain. There were soldiers who died in battle, including soldiers from the minion army, but more were soldiers from the Hojo family. The dead soldiers had strange postures and were short of heads and arms.
It is even more common, with internal organs and blood everywhere. Coupled with the sulphur smell of gunpowder, the smell in Feishan City is very strange, making people feel nauseous.
However, Li Anliang has long been used to the smell on the battlefield. Especially after defeating, he not only did not feel that the smell was bad, but he also enjoyed it very much. Sometimes he even thought, if it was this smell,
How charming would it be if it appeared not in Japan, but in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty?
Intoxicated by this pleasure of victory, Li Anliang walked very slowly in the Bid Mountain City. When he arrived outside the Hojo family's house, he found that the proportion of corpses of the servants here increased significantly. It was obvious that they encountered tenacious resistance here.
That's why so many servants died in battle, and many servants died with each other. In addition, the Hojo soldiers who died in battle were obviously much more well-equipped. I believe these soldiers should be the most elite soldiers of the Hojo family.
It is also their most powerful resistance.
"All the soldiers who died in battle here have been increased by one level, and the pension has been increased by 30%!" Li Anliang looked at the corpses of the servants on the ground and ordered the officers behind him without looking back. In order to enhance the competitiveness within the servants' army, he said.
All servants are divided into ten levels. If you want to improve your level, you can only use military achievements. Moreover, the pensions you receive after soldiers of each level die in battle, so everyone wants to improve their level.
Chapter completed!