Governor, I would like to greet you on behalf of Uesugi Daimei." A merchant arrived in Edo, and Yang Rang, who had originally planned to transport people to the extreme north, stayed with Tokugawa Tsunayoshi. Here, 30,000 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's military guards and 10,000 naval marines were preparing. When the time came, they could immediately go north to suppress the rebellion. The rest of the military guards had already set sail with 10,000 Japanese troops.

Yang Rang narrowed his eyes, drank the fragrant tea made from tea transported from Jiangnan, and nodded calmly: "What? Do Takenobu Uesugi want to surrender?"

The merchant seemed extremely calm and said in a skillful Chinese language: "Governor General, I have a gift for you on behalf of Uesugi Daiming. Please give it to you."

The merchant said, taking out an exquisite box. The box was opened by the mechanism, and a map lay flat inside. The merchant expanded the map, and in the center of the map, a pitch-black mark appeared in front of Yang Rang. The merchant pointed to the position of the black dot and said, "This is a newly discovered gold mine in Echigo's vassal. It's a little bit. Please be sure to accept Uesugi Daming's kindness."

Yang Rang looked contemptuous and took another sip of tea: "What? What does Uesugi Daming mean?"

"Daming hopes that the Governor can remain neutral." The merchant said, staring at Yang Rang's expression.

Yang Rang smiled, for him, what does a gold mine count? What the Ming Dynasty needs is the entire Japanese island. Can these Uesugi Dainames be given?

"You go back and tell Uesugi that within half a month, this governor will go to get Echigo. Of course, he must also offer his head and take your map down."

The merchant did not turn back immediately. He bit his lower lip and wandered for a long time, and finally said, "Why do you need to kill all of you? If Uesugi Daming is like Tokugawa and follows the leader of the Ming Dynasty, can the Ming Dynasty give Uesugi Daming a way out?"

Yang Rang sneered, raised his hand, and several Ming soldiers rushed in, and the merchant retreated in disappointment.

Uesugi Takenobu still doesn't understand the situation. If the Ming Dynasty wanted to control the entire Japan, then Yang Rang would very likely agree to the Uesugi Terrestrial conditions. However, the Ming Dynasty's land was not Japan, but Japan's island. The difference between them was. The former included the Japanese in the mainland, while the latter needed an island without a man. In a few years, a large number of Han immigrants would move here. Japan would also legitimately become the Japanese province in the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Rang closed his eyes and smiled complacently. He was worried that the Japanese population was too overwhelming and that the shipping was inconvenient. Isn’t this a great opportunity to reduce the population now?

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The siege army officially set off from Edo and arrived at Shinno Castle ten days later. When Shinno Daimeng Daimeng Dazen heard the news, they immediately opened the castle to welcome him. Shinno was also one of the northern vastige and bordered the Echigo vastige. Since the vassal lord Tokugawa Tokugawa Hayato was a relative vassal Daimei, the first target of Uesugi Takeno was Shinno. Now the rebels have retreated. Tokugawa Hayato finally breathed a sigh of relief. When he heard that the siege army arrived, he was naturally happy and left the city to greet him.

After Tokugawa Hayato saluted, he began to talk about the deployment of rebel forces in the Daming Mansion. The three rebel forces had about 30,000 troops, including 12,000 Echigo cavalry. These forces were concentrated in Kasugiyama Castle. Uesugi Takenoji's wishful thinking was based on the strong defense of Kasugiyama Castle and waiting for the opportunity.

"Your Highness, Governor, Spy Reward. The Guardians of Kasugayama Castle are divided into two parts. One part is the Echigo cavalry patrolling outside the Yama Castle. The Echigo cavalry has amazing strength. If your Highness wants to suppress the rebellion, he must first fight against the Echigo cavalry in the wild. The other part is nearly 20,000 local guards. Kasugayama Castle is built on the top of Kasugayama. Many fortifications have been established from the foot of the mountain to the hillside. Twenty thousand guards rely on fortifications to protect. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

Kasugayama Castle is one of the most solid fortresses on the island of Japan. The builders used the mountain to build a natural barrier. Because the mountaintops were built by the mountain, ordinary artillery could not be bombarded at an angle, and countless fortifications entrenched at the foot of the mountain and the hillside were also the biggest obstacle to going up the mountain. Therefore, Tokugawa Hayatoshi's opinion was to siege the mountain. After all, the mountain city was not big, and the stored food could not make the 20,000 defenders and people in the city persist for a year and a half. As long as the various passages of the mountain were blocked, once the food on the mountain was finished, the fortress could be captured without any effort.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi set his eyes on Yang Rang, and Yang Rang coughed and said, "The war must not be delayed for a long time. Once the rebels cannot be wiped out for a long time, the Dainames that are waiting and watching in various places are likely to respond in groups. Once this happens, there will be wars everywhere in the entire Japanese island, and it will be impossible to suppress them. The plan to migrate your country to the Kingdom of God will not be implemented as scheduled.

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Tokugawa Tsunayoshi said: "So what is the Governor's opinion?"

"We have no time. If we send orders, the whole army will set off immediately and must be taken down within one month.

head."

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In the vast wilderness, a cavalry holding a spear was looking at their enemies with a vigilant support, Kasuhiyama behind them. In the sun, the tip of the spear emitted a cold light. Echizen did not expect that the shogunate and the Ming Dynasty had reacted so quickly. In just half a month, it appeared. However, the Echizen cavalry did not show any panic. In Japan, the Echizen cavalry was definitely one of the most elite troops. During the Warring States Period of Japan, this cavalry team swept across northern Japan and was prominent for a while. During the Battle of Sekigahara, the Echizen vassal lord swore allegiance to the Tokugawa family and led the cavalry team to a large number of enemies, dispersing one team after another of the exoteric vassals.

At this moment, they finally challenged the Tokugawa family. Several miles ahead of them, the Ming army and the shogunate army began to develop a defensive formation. In front of the cavalry, the infantry was always in a defensive position. Yang Rang carefully observed the Echigo cavalry with a monocular telescope, and finally put down his eyes and curled his lips to the worried Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, who was beside him, said: "But that, compared with the Manchu and Mongolian cavalry, the so-called Echigo cavalry is just a mob. He sent an order to first let the navy and marines resist the first wave of cavalry attacks, and then let your troops cover up and end the battle before dark."

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi trusted Yang Jun very much. Hearing his disdain for the Echigo cavalry, he also increased his confidence.

"Kill them all." After a brief confrontation, the cavalry captain of the Echizen Cavalry team raised his spear impatiently. He was full of energy. Although it was a little hoarse, everyone could hear it clearly. His morale was instantly mobilized by his words. The Echizen Cavalry kept raising their swords and shouting, "Stop, rush up, fight!! Go to fight!!"

For a moment, everyone's eyes were red. They were one of the few elites on the Japanese island, so they naturally had their pride. The enemy in front of them had already formed a formation in front of them. Their self-esteem could not tolerate the enemy being so arrogant in front of them. Now they are about to attack.

Facing the Ming army holding the fire, the sprinting Echigo cavalry had already dispersed tacitly, and the dense team quickly opened the distance in the impact, and the shouts of killing penetrated the sky.

Boom boom boom... Soon, this earth-shaking shouting was drowned by the rumbling cannons. Hundreds of artillery began to fire in the rear formation of the Ming army. For a moment, many of the Echigo cavalry caught off guard could not help but pause. Some of the unlucky ones were directly hit by the cannons, and the bombing people turned over.

"Kill.

"The cavalryman dancer spear roared.

The Echigo cavalry, whose morale has dropped sharply, was energetic again and continued to urge the war horses to attack. They could not retreat. Once they retreated, even if they saved their lives, they would not be able to raise their heads for life. What's more, Uesugi Daimei took out an extremely generous reward in Kasugayama Castle and waited for them to go back to collect it. For the sake of money and fields, they also wanted to fight for their lives.

Boom boom boom... The sound of the artillery has not stopped. More and more Echigo cavalry that have hit the rain of bullets have been overturned by the artillery, and the originally scattered cavalry team has become even more scattered.

"Check the fire, ahead of the target!"

Yang Rangping held the monocular lens. Every word, drum sound and flag bearer made corresponding actions. The musketeers were all focused at this time and were executed silence on every order given by Yang Rang.

Seeing that the cavalry on the opposite side was almost at the range, Yang Rang had put down his monocular lens and shouted: "Prepare!"

"preparation!"

"preparation!"

"preparation!"

The messengers and the flag bearers began to convey orders to the firefighters, and officers at all levels also began to shout loudly.

The Ming soldiers fired muskets and pointed them in front of them. The Echizen cavalry ran into the range. Zhao Neng almost wanted to yell out all the air in his lungs with this command: "Shoot!!!"

"shooting!!!!"

"shooting!!!!"

The first row of muskets fired, which was when the Echigo cavalry entered the edge of the maximum range of the continuous musket.

Many Echigo cavalry thought they would be safe and sound, because the Ming army fired too early, and bird guns had already been popularized on the Japanese island. Echigo cavalry had also encountered the defense of the bird gun team countless times. Often, the maximum range of the bird gun should be around fifty to one hundred steps to achieve the greatest effect, while the distance between the Ming army and them was 300 steps.
Chapter completed!