Town of Wucheng, the Governor's Office of the East.

Taichang and a group of civil servants and military generals stood around a huge sand table model, frowned and pondering.

This is a model of the Kyushu Island sand table based on the map bought by Zheng Zhilong.

Among them, the territory of the Satsuma clerk in the south was almost spyed by the Jinyiwei scouts and the navy clutch. There were already various marked small flags on it, while the rest were blank and there were no marked ones.

This is a battle to destroy the country, and the Ming Dynasty had to cross the sea for nearly two thousand miles, so naturally we should be extra careful.

Taichang stared at the sand table model for a long time, then said solemnly: "It seems that the reason why the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty failed to conquer Japan was not without a reason. The terrain on this Jiuzhou Island is too complicated, with mountains everywhere. If you rush in rashly, you will probably get lost."

Indeed, there are too many mountains on Kyushu Island. It can be said that there are mountains everywhere, and there is no flat plain at all, especially in the central and southern part of Kyushu Island, which is covered with mountains.

This complex terrain with mountains and hills is not suitable for cavalry combat at all. The Mongolian Yuan, known for its cavalry rushing forward, will naturally suffer a great loss when they run here.

Because I am not familiar with the terrain here, I may run into the deep mountains and forests while running, and I don’t know how I can get out!

Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty did not have only cavalry.

Yuan Keli frowned and pondered for a while, then said carefully: "Master, we should not go deeper into this terrain rashly. We can use naval warships to transfer it, first take down the coastal port terminals and cities, and then slowly clear it into the interior."

This idea is good.

When Taichang heard this, he couldn't help but nodded slightly.

The terrain of Kyushu Island is like a maze for those who are not familiar with it, and it is indeed impossible to go deeper.

Fortunately, Kyushu Island is surrounded by sea, and there is no obstacle to navigating the naval warships. Moreover, the strongest Satsuma navy in Japan has been killed by them. Kyushu Island has basically nothing to threaten the existence of the Dongyang Navy and Beiyang Navy.

They could use naval warships to transfer infantry to any place and land on the battlefield.

This tactic should be most suitable for use in complex mountainous terrains such as Kyushu Island.

Unexpectedly, some people had different opinions.

Qin Minping looked at the other generals, then looked at Taichang carefully, and then couldn't help but suggest, "Your Majesty, why not transfer the Baigang soldiers to come here? The mountains here are far worse than those in Shuixi, and there are even more mountains here than those in our stone pillars. If the Baigang soldiers can be transferred here, it will definitely be no problem to sweep across the entire Jiuzhou Island."

Uh, OK.

The mountains here are indeed nothing compared to those in Bashu and Yunnan and Guizhou.

If the White Rod Soldiers could be transferred here, they would indeed be able to sweep across the entire Kyushu Island.

The white-rod soldiers are not very powerful in fighting in the mountains.

If the number is similar, Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp probably cannot beat the White Rod Soldiers in the mountains!

However, it took too much time to transfer the white-rod soldiers to come.

After all, Bai Gan Bing is still guarding the Shuixi Mountain District at this time, and I don’t know how long it will take to walk out.

Taichang thought about it, but shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it, let's use naval warships to transfer it. This speed is faster. It takes too much time to transfer the white-rod soldiers to come. You are familiar with the battles in the mountains and can take your men and horses to clean up the mountains in the middle."

When the civil and military officials heard this, all nodded slightly.

Mountain combat is indeed too time-consuming. It is estimated that it will take at least ten days and half a month to advance hundreds of miles. The navy warships will be transported differently. A few hundred miles are just a few hours.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiangsheng asked again: "Master, should we take a full attack and take down the entire Kyushu Island in one go? Or should we be more sane and take down the Satsuma Domain first?"

Are you still safe?

The Satsuma family has a land of the Three Kingdoms.

However, these Three Kingdoms were not the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Three Kingdoms on Jiuzhou Island were just equivalent to the three larger prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty.

It is not impossible to take down the Satsuma, Osumi and Hinata, which belonged to the Satsuma tribe in one fell swoop.

Taichang discussed with Lu Xiangsheng and Yuan Keli for a while again, and then said decisively: "Okay, let's go forward together by land and water, attack in full swing, and take down the Satsuma Kingdom in one fell swoop, Osumi Kingdom and Hinata Kingdom, and destroy the Satsuma Kingdom first!"

When all the generals heard this, they all looked excited.

Because they had been holding it in for too long, it has been more than two months since they vowed to go to war, so they have taken down the town of Wu City, and then they have continuously built ports, docks and city fortresses, and constantly hoarded supplies.

To be honest, this kind of work is not very exciting, and they want to expand their territory even more.

Because expanding territory is the dream of every military general!

Now that the emperor finally spoke and started to do it!

The three states are just the three states. It is good to use these three states to enjoy the appetizer first.

Taichang stared at the sand table model for a while, and then said solemnly: "Wenzhao, according to the spy of the Jinyiwei scout, all the Satsuma infantry guarding Tsurumaru City retreated to Satsuma County in the north. There were no cities there, and there were major roads connecting this side. You lead your 20,000 cavalry to destroy them and take Satsuma County!"

This is a top priority!

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he couldn't help but bowed excitedly and said, "I will obey the order."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said, "General Qi, Tosahara in Miyazaki County of Hyuga Country is the largest city in Hyuga Country and the largest city in the Satsuma Domain. You lead your 20,000 main force of the Shenji Camp to take the Beiyang Navy's warship, first take Tosahara, and then take Miyazaki County."

This is to let us chew on tough problems!

When Qi Jin heard this, he couldn't help but bow excitedly and said, "I will obey the order."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said to Cao Bianjiao: "Bianjiao, this liver-affiliated county is the largest county in Osumi Country and the largest basin plain in the Satsuma vassal state. There is no city in the middle. You lead your 20,000 cavalry to take over the warship of the Dongyang Navy and take down this liver-affiliated county."

What a large area!

Upon hearing this, Cao Bianjiao couldn't help but bow excitedly and said, "I will obey the order."

Taichang then pointed to the sand table model and said to Qin Minping: "Minping, this Izo County is the intersection of the three kingdoms of the Satsuma Francisco, and it is also the key pass to the north of the Satsuma Francisco Island. You lead your 20,000 main force of the Shenji Camp to capture Izo County and block the main road to the north. Don't let the Shimazu family run away."

This is an important task!

When Qin Minping heard this, he couldn't help but bow excitedly and said, "I will obey the order."

Although the Satsuma, Osumi and Hinata, which belong to the Satsuma clan, are only as big as three prefectures and counties, they are divided into more than 20 counties of all sizes. In addition to the Kagoshima County they captured, there are several counties on the island, so there are no need to worry about it.

In this way, the twenty generals of Shenji Camp and Shenwu Camp were all divided into one county.

Of course, these counties were not fiefdoms distributed to them, but were places where they led their troops to attack.

The Shimazu clan should be unlucky. They robbed for more than a hundred years before they saved the land of the Three Kingdoms of Satsuma, but they were greedy and wanted to attack the Ming Dynasty's vassal state Ryukyu.

As a result, it became the target of Taichang's use of swords and flag sacrifice.

More than 400,000 large army of water and land emerged in the Ming Dynasty, which was simply lightning!

Before Shimazu's response could be realized, the big counties and small counties of the Satsuma Kingdom, Osumi Kingdom and Hyuga Kingdom fell into the hands of the Ming army.

They really didn't react.

Because the Ming army's actions were too strange.

After the Ming army took down their main city, Tsurumara City, it stopped there and stopped moving, and it took more than two months.

Because Taichang sent scouts to strictly block the news around Zhenwucheng, they didn't know that the Ming Dynasty was crazily transporting troops here.

They only knew that the Ming Dynasty ran over to fight a war and then stopped moving.

Therefore, they were similar to the Tokugawa shogunate’s judgment. The Ming Dynasty did not really want to destroy Japan. His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty came to extort money!

It’s easy to say that this extortion of money. Anyway, it’s not extortion of their money, but the Tokugawa shogunate.

After more than a month of trembling and tight defense, Shimazu slowly relaxed. They finished this relaxation for no reason.

Of course, it would be useless even if they kept defending closely or even fought desperately.

Because they can gather at most 40,000 to 50,000 people, while the Ming Dynasty has 400,000 to 500,000 people!

Moreover, the Ming army's weapons and equipment were much better than theirs, and they had no power to fight back.

As a result, in less than three days, the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi and Hinata, which belonged to the Satsuma clan, were all captured by the Ming Dynasty. Shimazu Ikuha, Shimazu Rikuha and Shimazu Toyoki's unlucky brothers did not escape, and all the Ming army was captured!

In addition, the money and food that Shimazu stolen in recent years were also taken into full pocket by Taichang.
Chapter completed!