Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 765

[Chapter 765]

Yuqian Fan, Andong City.

Feudal Lord’s Mansion.

Hojo Chuankei and his son Hojokura are checking the accounts of the Uzen clan, preparing to send this year’s taxes to Edo Castle.

After checking the accounts, Hojokura complained: “The battle against Goryeo, the construction of sailing warships, the shogunate will show off the expenses to the various feudal clans, and the taxes paid this year have increased by 30%. The north is bitterly cold, and it is already poor. Fate.”

Hojo Chuankei frowned upon hearing this.

Thirty years ago, the Watanabe case brought an army with guns and artillery from south to north.

The northern vassals who were still holding swords and armor at that time were frightened, and they all surrendered one by one.

He was young and vigorous at the time, and Yuqian Fan was a great northern fan, so he was naturally very unconvinced, and led 30,000 people from Yuqian Fan to fight.

At that time, the Watanabe case only sent 20,000 people to fight him.

But his 30,000 people couldn’t hold on, and he was finally defeated by the firearms of the Watanabe case.

After that, he handed over the military power like other feudal lords, and was only in charge of Yuqian Fan as a civil servant.

But since then, Yuqianfan’s life has become worse year after year.

The reason lies in the part of the taxes that the vassals have to pay to the shogunate every year.

Previously, the taxes they collected were kept for their own use.

Now, these taxes have reached the shogunate, but they have been used by the Watanabe case to build the South to cater to the Western natives.

This naturally makes the South richer and the North poorer.

For this reason, many northern feudal lords complained.

Especially in the past two years, the Watanabe case spent a lot of wealth in order to stir up civil strife in Dasong.

But the money paid out eventually fell on their heads.

“Don’t say these things outside, so as not to cause trouble.” Hojo Chuankei glared at Hojo Kura.

There are many people who are dissatisfied, but they can only be suppressed in their hearts.

The war that year broke the backs of many people, including him.

Now, they can only submit to the Watanabe case, pledge allegiance to the Watanabe case, and work for it.

While the two were talking, suddenly there was a rush of horseshoes sounding in front of the feudal lord’s mansion.

A cavalryman came in a hurry with an anxious expression on his face, “My lord, it’s too bad, there is a huge fleet on the sea, and the ships in front of this fleet are still smoking.”

“What!” Hearing this, Chuanqing Beijo almost jumped up .

The news of the Edo naval battle had just reached Yuqian Fan.

The Japanese fleet and the British fleet were wiped out.

At this time, there is no other fleet that can appear in Dongpu except King Yan’s fleet.

Moreover, the smoking ship in the mouth of the soldiers echoes the image of the British steam ship very much.

It is said that during the Edo naval battle, King Yan’s fleet also had steam ships.

Therefore, the soldiers did not know what the smoking ship was, but he did.

“What are they doing here? There’s not much oil and water in the north.” Hojokura felt chills all over his body.

Beijo Chuanqing said: “We don’t know anything about the situation in the south now. Maybe the whole south has fallen, and King Yan’s army has arrived here.”

Speaking of this, the father and son looked at each other, even more frightened.

After being silent for a while, Hojo Chuankei calmed down first. After all, he was also a person who had experienced war.

He said: “Close the city gate immediately, and mobilize soldiers and horses to climb the city wall.”

After a pause, he continued: “Send another team of cavalry to the coast and continue to observe.”

Hearing this, Hojo Cang sighed.

There are only five thousand Japanese soldiers and six artillery pieces in Andong City.

King Yan’s army really came, and it was impossible for him to resist.

The father and son waited anxiously in the city, and then the news kept coming.

King Yan’s fleet docked at the dock of Andong City, and more than 20,000 soldiers landed in Andong City and came to Andong City.

At this time, they boarded the city wall, and sure enough, they saw King Yan’s army appearing in their field of vision.

Just looking at King Yan’s army, the hearts of the father and son fell to the bottom.

These King Yan soldiers wore uniform dark green military uniforms, and their military appearance was neat.

Everyone carried a well-crafted musket on their backs, and a sheathed dagger seemed to hang from their waists.

They don’t know the bayonet, so they can only guess like this.

In addition, there are some soldiers pushing field guns and a similar but different artillery.

“Your Highness, this is Andong City.”

When Hojo and his son were terrified, Zhou Yi pointed to the city ahead and said to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu nodded.

From south to north, the naked eye can see that Dongying is rich in the south and poor in the north.

This is in line with the information provided by the Fourth Court.

There should be no mistakes in the strategy derived from this information.

“The Watanabe case doesn’t seem to pay much attention to the north. The Andong City and the Dongying City in the north must be under-prepared. During this period of time, let’s grab him first and turn the world upside down.” Zhao Xu said.

From Zhao Xu’s point of view, Mu Qiang, a Dongying native, won’t be convinced if they don’t give him a beating.

Therefore, this battle is inevitable.

After the fight is over, let the northern feudal lords seriously think about whether to surrender to Da Song.

In this way, the situation in Japan can be controlled at the lowest cost.

Zhao Xu’s words basically amounted to an order to attack.

Zhou Yi gave Pan Chang a look, and Pan Chang immediately ordered an attack on Andong City.

There are only 5,000 soldiers in Anton City, and only a thousand soldiers can be divided into each of the four walls.

More than 20,000 marines surrounded it, but each side had 6,000 soldiers.

The number of people and weapons were all at a disadvantage, and Hojo and his son all swallowed their saliva.

If this battle is fought, I am afraid that none of the five thousand Japanese soldiers will want to live.

But if they don’t fight, they probably won’t be able to make the decision.

The generals in charge of the city are loyal to the Watanabe case, not the Hojo family.

This is how the Watanabe case controlled Yuqian.

It’s just that they think too much.

The key to the war is not in their hands.

King Yan’s army surrounded the city, and immediately sent soldiers in loose formation to approach the city wall.

“Boom boom boom…” The six cannons on the city wall opened fire immediately.

But the shells couldn’t focus on the soldiers of King Yan who were widely spaced.

But within two hundred steps, these soldiers raised their guns and fired, and the Japanese soldiers on the city wall fell down.

In particular, the artillery was shot and killed immediately, and the artillery misfired.

At the same time, more soldiers approached the city wall.

Because they were so overwhelmed by the opponent’s shooting that they couldn’t lift their heads up, the Japanese soldiers couldn’t defend themselves at all.

At this moment, grenades were thrown onto the city wall.

“Boom!” Amidst the bangs, Dongpu soldiers suffered heavy losses.

The Japanese soldiers on one wall died suddenly.

In just half an hour, Anton City was broken.

The soldiers of King Yan who climbed up the city wall occupied the city wall and opened the city gate. A large number of soldiers poured into Andong City.

Compared with Changqi, Andong City is a small city, with only 100,000 people living in the city.

The soldiers of the Marine Corps easily controlled Andong City, and at the same time cleared out the stubborn Dongying people, and firmly controlled Andong City.

When Zhao Xu and Zhou Yi entered Andong City, Pan Chang escorted Hojo and his son to the two of them.

The city wall fell, and the father and son fled back to the secret room of the feudal lord’s mansion, but they were still found.

Zhao Xu looked at the two of them with deep eyes.

His plan is about to unfold.

(end of this chapter)