Chapter 100 The Last Warrior

"Boom boom boom", the artillery fire roared, and the streams that ran across the battlefield gradually dyed a shocking red.

The first large-scale armed conflict between China and Japan, known in history as the "Haimaki Joint War", broke out on the Shimahara Peninsula where the Hachimaki Island Castle is located. The people gathered more than 20,000 troops from the southwest vassals. After receiving information about the Chinese attack on Shimahara Castle, Tadaoyi, the nominal commander of the coalition forces, made a decision to attack the Chinese immediately. Because the Chinese in Nagasaki Port not only had fleet artillery support, they also transported more than a dozen steel artillery pieces, and gradually built a complete fortification. The coalition forces suffered heavy losses in several tentative attacks. When they heard that the Chinese were out of the stronghold, Tadaoyi Touzu immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The Maori Keiki of the Choshu family and the Shimazu Tadaoyi of the Satsuma family were the most powerful daimyo among the king-respecting factions, and the military strength of the Choshu family and the Satsuma family were the leaders of the various vassals.

This time, Koki Mori did not come in person, but sent a musket team to support him, and Tozu Tadaoyi naturally became the commander of the coalition forces.

The Totsu family has always been the overlord of Kyushu, and the Satsuma Warriors are even more brave. The Kagoshima heroes are full of talents. Totsu Tadaoyuki inherits the courage of his ancestors. Although he is less than twenty years old, he is already known as the "Kyushu's Fierce Horse". His riding and sword skills are superb and he is extremely brave.

But unfortunately, the power of the Chinese guns was far beyond their imagination. The coalition forces of various vassals, even the Changzhou Musketeers, were mostly equipped with muskets and smoothbore guns produced by domestic workshops, which was essentially different from the rear-loaded rifled guns used by the Chinese with metal bullets.

What's worse is that the strongest right wing of the Changzhou Musketeer team, the elite who was regarded as a barrier by Tadaotsuki Toritsu, was defeated by an infantry group of less than a thousand people in just half an hour. It is said that the number of the Chinese infantry group was "Flying Tiger".

The sudden collapse of the right wing completely exposed the coalition forces to the attack range of the Chinese. From maple forest to Xiaoqueshan, there were the sounds of Chinese horns and gunshots everywhere. The unique grass-green ocean of the Chinese naval infantry was shuttled through the dense forest mounds with a force of four or five thousand people.

The unique sound of the Chinese horn is long and far away, and it has a solemn atmosphere, but on this battlefield, it is so harsh, it is simply a torture to people's spirit, because every time the sound of the horn sounds, it represents a rain of bullets and bloody attacks from the Chinese bayonets, representing the murder of dozens or hundreds of warriors.

On the mound, Pei Tianqing, the general of the Navy Infantry Regiment, held a thousand-mile mirror and silently observed the battlefield situation where the beacon fire broke out. The mound was close to the mound, and more than a dozen guards stood in sternly.

Pei Tianqing is one of the senior generals in Pingyuan's army who was fortunate to be able to spend many days with the Regent. In the past, I don't know how many people in the army envied him when he went to Vietnam with the Regent.

Now the chief leader of the Yongbo naval army has become the highest commander of the Pingyuan Naval Army Infantry Regiment, a second-rank military officer, and one of the few powerful generals in the navy who are second only to Admiral Ma Dayong.

"The news from the military gate and Nagasaki cannot beat the *** people too hard." The staff officer next to him reminded with kindness.

Pei Tianqing didn't say anything, but from the curve tightly pursed from the corner of his mouth, he could see that he was not satisfied with this order and was not satisfied with Zhang Youcun, who was commanding remotely.

"Send the order, keep Xiaoqueshan for me!" Pei Tianqing's resolute face, like a stone carving, had no expression on his face. He finally lured the *** people into the jail. He was determined to swallow the *** coalition forces and the bones.

The staff officer was stunned for a moment and had no choice but to whisper to the messenger beside him.

...

Xiaoque Mountain is a mound. In the woods at the foot of the mountain, hundreds of warriors lie on them, each with white cloth strips on them, shooting at the Chinese rifle soldiers on the mound.

This is the group of samurai Shigeo of Tozu Tadyi. He believes in the "Ministry" by Shigeo Shigeo of the Eighth-generation vassal of the Satsuma clan, and advocates orchid studies, respects the king and expels the barbarians.

Next to a small tree, there was a famous middle-aged samurai with a cold face. He called Ryuuemon (Idizhi Masaji), a young name, Ryuuko. He was called "Shenshi Prodigy" by the village at the age of three. However, he later suffered a serious illness, which caused his eye and one foot to be disabled. Later, he learned the swordsmanship of the pills from Yemaru Kenyi, and learned the art of communicating with the art of war under Fakangyu Zuoemon, and learned the secret of the art of war. Soon he became a professor at the Satsuma School School. He was a master of the art of war in the Satsuma clan. This time, he followed the coalition forces.

According to the historical trajectory, this highly praised military strategist in the country made great achievements during the Saying War and the Wuchen War. He even defeated the 2,500 elite shogunate troops equipped with Western muskets in the Battle of Baihekou with 700 troops, shocking the world.

At this moment, his face was covered with clouds, with more than 20,000 coalition forces. Although many soldiers were temporarily recruited, the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Chinese still surprised him and even more frightened him. The neighboring country separated by water became so powerful, which was undoubtedly a disaster for the *** country.

Ryuuemon was more aware that this model of forming a coalition forces of various vassals was completely out of place in real wars. If the command was not effective, the order would be inconvenient, and each of them would fight on their own. It would be a mess. When encountering a disciplined infantry regiment like the Chinese, let alone 20,000 people, with this tactic, even if an army of 100,000 and 200,000 would be easily defeated by thousands of Chinese infantry.

There were about a hundred Chinese infantrymen on Xiaoque Mountain ahead. I heard that according to the Chinese system, this was a whistle, but this whistle was nailed firmly at the throat of the battlefield like a nail, cutting off the retreating path of the coalition forces. Under the mound, bloody corpses were everywhere, and hundreds of warriors were killed under the fierce shooting of the Chinese.

Looking at the black muzzles on the mound, Ryuuemon slowly pulled out his samurai sword and pointed ahead and asked loudly: "Is Shimahara Island the place where people are or Chinese?"

"It's the place where the *** people are! Lord Longyou!" Several samurai warriors also jumped up, clenched their fists and looked at the mound not far away, and answered loudly.

"Then let's drive the Chinese to the Chinese! Do you have the courage?!" Ryuuemon took a step forward!

More warriors jumped up, tied the white cloth belt on their heads, and shouted loudly: "We follow you! Lord Longyou!"

Therefore, in the later radical ethnic groups called "The Scream of Lord Longyou", hundreds of Sammo's loyal samurai warriors waved their long swords and shouted "Trust the savage" in the blood and fire, rushing towards the mound with a crazy and fearless aura. As a result, more infantry soldiers rushed up fearlessly.

The one stationed in Xiaoqueshan was the second post of the third battalion of the Pingyuan Naval Army Infantry Regiment. The sentry officer Nie Shicheng was originally an old subordinate of Yuan Jiasan Green Camp. The green camp was reorganized. Nie Shicheng was incorporated into the navy and was brave in combat. Pei Tianqing was also known for his reputation.

"Blow me hard!" Seeing the *** man rushing up like crazy, one after another, Nie Shicheng seemed to be stepped on with a cat's tail, his slightly fat and burly figure rose up very high. Nie Shicheng is quite literary and literary, and he is more gentle than many low-level officers in Pingyuan Army. He never opens his mouth and shuts up grandpa, but when he comes up, he is also a desperate person.

The *** people's charge was very successful. Although large corpses fell down like straw, the warriors wrapped in white cloth still howled and approached the mound, and even their blood-red eyes were clearly visible.

Nie Shicheng killed two warriors who rushed in front of him with a pistol, shouting loudly: "Go——bayonet!"

Amid the clear and overwhelming roars, rows of shining bayonets rushed out from behind the tree-dirt slopes, colliding with the *** samurai at high speed. The bayonet array that had been practiced tens of thousands of times was like a huge hedgehog array, shining with cold light, impacting the already scattered *** samurai to pieces.

He is cruel, I am even crueler than him! This is the soul of Pingyuan Army, and the invincible hostility created by thousands of Pingyuan Army martyrs with their loyal souls.

Nie Shicheng waved his machete, but his eyes suddenly stared at a lame warrior. Intuition, he knew that this was a terrible opponent.

"Pu Pu" The lame warrior cut down two rifle soldiers, and was stabbed one after another by bayonets and slowly fell to the ground.

In fact, under the crossfire power formed by the second post of the third battalion of the Tumoth and the third post in the dense forest next to it, the first post of the Fourth Battalion, there were only a hundred warriors in the Jingzhong group who rushed to the Tumoth. After several rounds of bayonet fighting, the winner immediately appeared. The warriors with white belts wrapped in their heads turned into blood holes. When the goodbye Army went to the ground, the other miscellaneous soldiers immediately defeated and retreated like a swarm.

Nie Shicheng looked around and was startled. In just a quarter of an hour, the subordinates injured by the *** samurai sword were either killed or injured. There were always thirty or forty people. Even from the beginning of the blocking battle to the present few hours, the casualties of this post were only single digits, and only one person died.

Nie Shicheng's face was as heavy as water, so he naturally didn't know that he was facing the Satsuma Seika Group, who was the elite among the Totsu Samurai Warriors.

The bayonet began to stab the ***er who was still alive to death one by one. Nie Shicheng slowly walked to the front of Longyou. Longyouemon was not breathing yet, and he looked at him with his godless eyes.

"What's your name?" Nie Shicheng stared at Ryuuemon. He wanted to know who this dying enemy was.

"I... die, you won't last long..." Ryuuemon said his last words in this world with difficulty, slowly closing his eyes.

Nie Shicheng looked at him coldly and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Turn the Chinese to the Chinese!"

"The Scream of Lord Longyou" has since become the highest precept and supreme creed for the populist armed groups such as the Reinforced Mingcheng Team, the Yudun Team, the Zhangyi Team, the White Tiger Team, the Chengzhong Team, the Crow Team, the Xinmeng Team, and other ***.

In October 1859, 4,500 Chinese soldiers fought against 26,000 vassal coalition forces in the vassal states and ended in a crushing defeat of the vassal states. The casualties of Chinese soldiers were only more than 100. If it weren't for the hand-to-hand combat of Xiaoqueshan, it would be possible that the death toll of the Chinese would not exceed fifty. The vassal states were shot dead and nearly ten thousand were captured. Two vassal lords committed suicide by seducing the stomach. Tadaoyi Tozu escaped from the dense forest under the escaping guards' desperate escort, and his clothes were cut by thorns. He was so embarrassed that he was unable to be more embarrassed.

The shocking defeat was actually normal in the historical community of later generations. Not to mention the combat power of the Pingyuan Army, the military equipment of the coalition forces were backward due to generation differences, and the strategies and tactics were even more persistent in the Warring States Period, challenging the Chinese people in the form of a coalition of vassals and daimyos. In the military history community of later generations, they could only think that this was a joke, but the reform of the military system caused by this was not known whether it was a blessing or a disaster for it.

When the results of the Hokkimaki War reached Nagasaki, Zhang Youcunzheng drank tea with Dutch Consul in Edo.

Seeing the Pingyuan army's war report, Zhang Youcun was a little helpless. Although this move would soon lead to peace talks with the people, from then on, the seeds of hatred were planted in the hearts of the people. This is not a good thing. After all, the Chinese came to do business, to make money and reduce resources, rather than to invade and occupy it.

However, everything must have advantages and disadvantages. This big victory will have its own benefits. However, from now on, how to appease the *** people is to ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to come up with the charter. This will be the focus of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' consular work in the future, and it will not make anti-China the mainstream idea of ​​the people.

Zhang Youcun handed the battle report to Bowkenneed. Bowkenneed glanced at him a few times, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.

Bokennet was the actual ruler of the ***, and the shogunate master Ii Naohime came to mediate. China invaded Naosaki by force. The two countries where there was a consul in Edo were stationed in, and the Americans remained silent, but the Dutch hoped to gain benefits in this conflict, so naturally they came to mediate.

But looking at the war report, Bowkenneed knew that the development of the situation was far beyond his estimate and was not something he could influence.

Zhang Youcun smiled and said, "Mr. Bowkennett, please tell Lord Ii Naoki that I look forward to meeting him."

Bowkenneed shrugged and nodded in understanding.

...

Just as Zhang Youcun and Bao Kennedy met, Ye Zhao was also very happy in Xiyin Academy. Naturally, he would not receive the news of "Fat Fighting for the Fatty Front" so soon, but there were two happy events.

The first thing was that the Ryukyu Kingdom sent an envoy to Nanjing to express his tribute to the Southern Dynasty and accepted the conditions proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From then on, the tribute relations with the Northern Dynasties and *** countries were cut off, and only paid tribute to the Southern Dynasties.

Deputy Prime Minister Li Jianchen met the envoy of Ryukyu, and naturally made the envoy of Ryukyu very grateful. He also wrote a poem praising the importance of the Celestial Empire to Ryukyu.

There are two more names in Ryukyu, one is the name of the Tang Dynasty and the other is the name of the harmony. The tribute envoy came to China, so he naturally used the name of the Tang Dynasty and called Shangguan De. It is the practice of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and it was from the second-rank official.

Ye Zhao also wondered whether to hold a banquet to entertain him to show his grace.

The second happy event was that the Taiwanese prefect Chen Maolie led the Taiwanese military and civilians to write a letter of surrender, which was what happened after intimidating the two gunboats from the Taiwan port to the ***. I think the news that the Southern Dynasties occupied Nagasaki also spread to Taiwan. The Southern Dynasties tolerate Taiwan in every way and did not raise a war. The navy was powerful in foreign lands. The Taiwanese military and civilians must be admired, fearing that even if Chen Maolie was reluctant, he could no longer control the situation, so there was a saying that he would surrender.

It can also be said that it is a loss and a harvest.

Ye Zhao was thinking about whether to set up Taiwan Province to govern it now, and Yuan Jiasan asked for a visit and reported something.

Now Ye Zhao is much more relaxed. He has a political discussion meeting for small matters, and they will also come up with regulations in advance for matters that require one's own decisions. Many times, it is more thorough than Ye Zhao thinks about.

Ye Zhao also knew that his thoughts were a bit ahead of time and they were able to check them. It was also very good. In the past, he made a decision by himself, but now he first looked at their constitution. Therefore, many things they dare not say before are now able to say, which is also an enlightenment to him.

Yuan Jiasan's face was solemn when he handed over the note, and then he stepped aside.

Ye Zhao opened and looked at it for a few seconds before smiling. This was a memorial in Yuan Jiasan's own name, and none of the ministers of the government signed the letter.

In the memorial, the regent asked the regent to come to Nanjing. After all, the empress dowagers of the two palaces still have the responsibility to obey the government, and they have lost the way of governing the country for a long time in Guangzhou.

In fact, Ye Zhao also knew that his ambition to usurp the throne was not the intention of Sima Zhao among his trusted ministers, but most of them were already faintly illuminated. Only Yuan Jiasan dared to submit such a comment.

In the memorial, it is also said that although there is no palace in Nanjing, the Gan Palace is currently under renovation. The East Palace and the Nangong rear end of the Gan Palace can be transformed into palaces where the empress dowager and the emperor live. It is also said that the size of the Gan Palace is really too unruly. I heard that the prince even wanted to name the new palace as the Gan Palace, which is extremely inappropriate. Now the palace is divided and then the Gan Palace is changed. This is how the subjects in the world admire the subjects and do not think that the prince is arrogant because of his great achievements.

Yuan Jiasan's memorial not only solved the residences of the two palaces, but also made this excuse not an excuse, but also criticized the recent arrogant intention of King Gan, which was extremely bold.

Since the regent, Ye Zhao has never seen any comments that dare to criticize himself like this, let alone the great prestige of the Southeast now that he has suppressed the bandits.

In fact, Ye Zhao is so arrogant? If he had no intention of usurping the throne, he would have to be grateful to Yuan Jiasan's loyal words, but the problem is that Ye Zhao's intention to plan for the country is becoming more and more firm.

Looking at Yuan Jiasan, although Yuan Jiasan's eyes were low, his face was calm and he was not afraid at all.

"You go down and let me think about it." Ye Zhao said lightly.

Yuan Jiasan kowtowed and left.

Looking at the old man's figure, Ye Zhao also sighed softly. He had worked hard. Unfortunately, when he met himself, a "treacherous", he would not become the country's stronghold he hoped for.

I also thought about not planning the country, but if I don’t plan, I am better in the world. What if I am not here? What will China do? After all, a true constitutional monarchy is difficult to achieve under the current conditions. Even if it is made, the king will still have great power. When the young prince grows up and takes power, he can suppress it. What if he is not here? Will he restore it to his original country and put everything he has done to the end?

Pursuing the throne by the dynasty can not only solve many problems, but also save disasters from their families. Otherwise, I would have to take my offspring across the ocean and live in seclusion a hundred years ago. If I stay in China, I will inevitably suffer disaster.

However, if you plan a country, you don’t know how much it is. If you trigger another civil war, it would be quite worthwhile. Think about it, even if the admirals in each town have one that they are not sure about, that is, the God Guardian. It is really unknown whether he will go down the road with him.

But we have to plan carefully. Before China unifies, we must step by step to put down chess pieces. We must be cautious and cautious in this matter.

My thoughts floated to Guangzhou without realizing it. What are you thinking about in Guanyin Mountain?

When he went to pick up Zhu Sisi in the afternoon, Ye Zhao put aside his thoughts and forced Zhu Sisi to get on the car, saying that he was going to see the house. Zhu Sisi was helpless. Fortunately, she rarely had a rest on the day of rest, so she went back to the police room and got on Ye Zhao's carriage.

These days, Ye Zhao and Zhu Sisi lived a happy life together, but they were really inseparable. Although Zhu Sisi was obviously on the passive side, she always let Ye Zhao make trouble without saying a word, and was bullied reluctantly. There was no way. She often blinked her clear big eyes, but Ye Zhao loved her so much that she could not bear it.

Sitting in the carriage, holding Zhu Sisi's snow-white little hands, looking at the graceful curves that Zhu Sisi's black police pants showed because of the tight sitting posture, I couldn't help but think of her youthful and energetic legs, and her soft ankles wrapped in white socks faintly on the black leather shoes and trousers. Ye Zhao also made her miss her fat-like little feet to death, and she couldn't help laughing.
To be continued...