Domineering Daming

Zhu Xu looked at the eager little faces of the little guys again, smiled and got up and said: "Go, today the father will take you to resist the decree, regardless of your mother and queen."

The little fellows were overjoyed, cheered and yelled around Zhu Xu.

Cao Huachun also smiled and waved, and several guards followed up, staring at the highnesses one by one.

Zhu Xu took a few children to play in the water, regardless of the turmoil inside and outside the Ming court.

At this time, Wa Kingdom, Jiuguo Island, and Chikuzen Domain.

Li Dingguo's fleet has left Tsushima Island and entered the vicinity of Jiuguo Island, but has not landed.

On the deck of the front fleet, Li Dingguo looked ahead with a clear and calm expression.

There were five or six people standing beside him, all about 25 or [-] years old, and looked quite immature, wearing the uniform of a school lieutenant, holding a knife in their left hand, standing against the wind.

These people are all students of the Royal Military Academy. They have graduated for six or seven years, and they are now listening to Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo also stayed in the Royal Military Academy, he was much younger than these people, but no one showed dissatisfaction.

Li Dingguo is not only the closed disciple of Marshal Sun Chengzong of the Ming Dynasty, he has fought in the South and the North in recent years, especially in Guihua City, and suppressed the former Chahar tribe extremely fiercely, and he has made a lot of military achievements.If it weren't for his young age and the constraints of Sun Chengzong's relationship, he would have been qualified for the rank of deputy commander.

A captain looked at the looming land in front of him, and said, "My lord, we have been at sea for four days, why don't we go ashore?"

He is not the only one who has doubts in his heart, and everyone else is also looking at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo didn't look back, put down the binoculars in his hand, and said: "Qingshan Zhongjun has [-] or more people who are missing. Jiuguo Island is also a place of hundreds of battles. The people's customs are tough. Before you find out, you must go ashore carefully."

This reason, for the marchers, is simply nonsense.

Another lieutenant said: "My lord, according to the time, Dorgon's soldiers and horses have already arrived in Kagoshima. As long as they rest for two days, they will definitely make moves. If we drag on, we will miss the commander-in-chief." It's a plan, but it requires military law..."

Several other school lieutenants also spoke one after another, saying that there was really no delay and that something had to be done.

Li Dingguo turned his head and glanced at them, and said: "The Military Intelligence Department has always suspected that the Japanese nation is secretly forming a navy, and found some clues, but how many people, how many ships, how powerful is this navy, where is it, a little information None. Later, according to calculations, it was suspected that it was in the Seto area, but it was not found. The governor suspected that the Japanese navy was near Kyugoku Island."

The school captains immediately understood, and one of them said: "Your Excellency, you mean that we are the bait? The governor intends to catch the Japanese navy?"

Li Dingguo nodded, and said: "But now it seems that Wa Kingdom is still unwilling to use this trump card lightly. Get ready to go ashore tomorrow morning and notify Governor Cao."

"Yes!" All the school captains were full of confidence, and they all saluted in unison, their voices loud and clear.

Chapter 1349 Li Dingguo Landed

Li Dingguo carefully investigated the geography of the Chikuzen Domain, and with the cooperation of the Military Intelligence Department, he finally led his army ashore.

He has [-] elite soldiers brought out from Guihua City, and they have been battle-hardened.

He did nothing, dressed lightly, landed from Munakata County, and headed south all the way to Fukuoka Castle, the feudal city of the Chikuzen Clan.

To his surprise, there was almost no resistance. Even if there were hundreds of warriors in an ambush, they would be defeated in one blow and could not resist at all.

In just three days, he had already arrived at Fukuoka City, surrounded by a crowd.

Fukuoka Castle is not big, but it is rare that there are artillery behind the high walls of the city.

Li Dingguo had some information in his hand, but it was not detailed to this level. Looking at this city, he just shook his head secretly. Compared with the big city of Xiongguan in Ming Dynasty, this place is simply the head of a country town.

Seeing him shaking his head, the lieutenant general next to Li Dingguo misunderstood him, and quickly explained: "My lord, this Chikuzen Domain is a bit different. There is a Dazaifu here, which is a must-dispute on Jiuguo Island. Therefore, the city walls here are tall and there are artillery pieces. , is not surprising."

Li Dingguo nodded indifferently, and said, "Has Kuroda Tadyuki not responded yet?"

Although the Chikuzen Clan seems to be rich and has a stone height of 52, the disasters in Jiuguo Island have been raging and the civil unrest has continued. Especially the Shimabara Rebellion in the past few years has severely damaged the vitality of Jiuguo Island. .

And this Chikuzen Domain is also a special place, and the stories that happened are even more interesting.

"No." The deputy general also showed doubts, and said: "There is no one guarding the city."

Such a scene is very strange.

Li Dingguo turned to look at the others and said, "What do you think?"

A school lieutenant said: "My lord, this Kuroda Tadayuki is a well-known tyrant. He extorted violently and was bloodthirsty. He has long lost the popularity of the people. Although he has been emptied of all these years, the Chikuzen Domain has continued to fight among themselves, and its force has been weakened. Fukuoka Castle, I'm afraid there are not many troops."

Kuroda Tadayuki is the second generation of the Kuroda family. After Kuroda Tadayuki came to the throne, he committed too many atrocities. His brothers coveted his feudal lord, the position of house governor, and instigated his retainers to go to Edo to sue.

This is the famous "Kuroda Riot", which caused a huge shock in Edo. The final result was that this retainer was deemed by the shogunate to be insane, and each hit [-]. Kuroda Tadyuki "retained", but the power severely weakened.

For example, the last time the Kuroda family followed Itakura Shigemasa to conquer Shimabara Castle, although Kuroda Tadayuki led the team, those samurai only obeyed the orders of the retainer Kuroda Kazushige, and ignored Kuroda Tadashi.

Similarly, there are hardly many samurai in Fukuoka Castle, most of them were taken away by Kuroda Kazunari and followed by Tadatoshi Aoyama.

Li Dingguo looked at Fukuoka City, raised his whip sharply, and said coldly: "The archery book, tell Kuroda Tadashi to surrender within half an hour. If you don't surrender, you will be killed without mercy!"

"Yes!" The deputy general took the order and immediately arranged for people to go.

Inside Fukuoka Castle, the main hall.

Kuroda Tadyuki sat on the first seat, facing north and south, with his head down, as if he was asleep, his eyes squinted, motionless.

Below are several of his brothers, family elders, generals and other retainers, looking at each other, and looking at Kuroda Tadyuki.

Kuroda Takamasa and Kuroda Changxing are the two younger brothers of Kuroda Tadayuki, and now they have no intention of fighting for power and profit, their faces are gloomy, and they refuse to speak.

There are also some retainers below, including the so-called six of Kuroda's 24 riders, and some elders.

Everyone knew that the old, weak and remnant soldiers in their city could not resist the Ming people at all, and there were only two roads before them.

Either live, is to surrender; or die, is to defend the city.

At this time, a samurai ran in, handed a scroll letter to Komasa Kuroda, and said, "Dian, understand people's nature."

Kuroda Takamasa twitched his eyes, kicked it over, and said angrily, "The temple is up there."

Kuroda Takamasa had already taken over Kuroda Tadashi's position as family governor, and his behavior now stunned the samurai, but he quickly woke up, crawled to Kuroda Tadashi, and said, "Dian, Mingren's letter."

"hu~hu~"

At this time, Kuroda Tadyuki suddenly snored, which was very clear and loud in the quiet hall.

Naturally, Kuroda Takamasa would not let Kuroda Tadayuki be killed at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Don't pretend, you are the governor of the house. At this time, you should shoulder the responsibility!"

Kuroda Tadayuki was shocked, looked up sleepily, and said, "Is it over? Let's go."

As he said that, he got up, and in the eyes of a group of people, he turned to the rear of the palace as usual.

The two brothers and a group of retainers were dumbfounded, and Kuroda Tadyuki really left, as usual!

Does he not care about the life and death of Fukuoka City, or even his own life and death?