The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 289 The massacre begins

Hyogojin.

Ten large Fukushima ships slowly sailed into the port. At this time, a large number of Japanese people had gathered in the port, and all of them were looking at the ten large Fukushima ships in the port.

Because in the minds of these Japanese, these ten ships are so big that the Japanese ships in the port appear very small. Even the large merchant ships from other daimyo still appear very small compared with these Fukusen.

Such large ships, and ten of them coming at once, naturally became the focus of the entire Hyogozu Port.

The Japanese were very curious about where these large ships came from and why they came to Hyogo-jin.

The Japanese were discussing enthusiastically, as if they were celebrating a festival.

Soon they found out that these large ships were merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty’s suzerain state!

After confirming this, all the Japanese burst into cheers.

The Ming Dynasty is too far away for ordinary people in Japan, so their impression of it is still in legend.

For example, this powerful suzerain state once sent out an invincible fleet that covered the sky and the sun, forcing the shogunate to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

For example, since then the shogunate has conducted trade with the Ming Dynasty. These Central Plains products such as raw silk, medicinal materials, calligraphy and paintings, and books from the Ming Dynasty were all hard currencies in Japan, and everyone was scrambling to buy them.

So when they confirmed that these ten large ships were actually merchant ships from the Ming Dynasty, all the Japanese cheered.

In their eyes, these large ships must be loaded with Ming Dynasty goods, and they can also make a profit from them!

While the Japanese were observing the Fuzhou ships, the Ming soldiers were also observing them.

"Isn't the hair of these Japanese people too ugly? They look exactly like those Japanese pirates!"

Tang Mu looked at Akamatsu Goro and others in the port and couldn't help but complain.

As the most eloquent general under the command of Marquis Zhongshan, he naturally shouldered a great responsibility at this moment. He pretended to conduct trade transactions with these Japanese on behalf of Marquis Zhongshan in order to stabilize them.

I saw that Akamatsu Goro and others had their heads shaved in the middle, with hair on both sides, and a white skull, which was a distinctive feature of Japanese pirates, known in history as "the head with a shaved head".

It is said that this topknot can effectively avoid the adverse effects of hair covering the eyes during battle, which is beneficial for samurai to fight, so it gradually became popular in Japan.

Generals such as Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao had seen Japanese pirates before, and they all had this kind of ugly hairstyle that looked neither human nor ghost.

As a result, no one expected that this was actually the common hairstyle of the Japanese.

In other words, those so-called Japanese pirates were really just Japanese people in disguise.

Thinking of this, the eyes of the Ming soldiers became sharp.

On the one hand, they were conducting trade with our Ming Dynasty, and on the other hand, they were secretly disguising themselves as Japanese pirates and plundering the coast of our Ming Dynasty!
You damn Japanese, you really have some good tricks!
"But look at these bastards, they are indeed too short."

In addition to this eye-catching hairstyle, Zuo Yidao quickly discovered that the Japanese people are really very short. Not only are they short in height, but the houses in the port are also very short.

It is normal to have one or two short people, but if most people are short and even the houses are short, this is not normal.

In fact, the Muromachi shogunate and the Japanese before it, because it was an island country, materials were extremely scarce. In addition, arable land was extremely scarce, and Japan had a very large population, so food was not abundant. As for meat, it was very scarce, just like in the Ming Dynasty.

Because they are short in stature and do not engage in production, these Japanese are energetic, aggressive, and as ferocious as jackals.

Soon, Akamatsu Goro came to Yuki and his group with a group of family warriors, bowed respectfully and said, "I am Akamatsu Goro, the Omi-no-kami of Hyogo-jin and the head of the Akamatsu family. I welcome the arrival of the Ming Dynasty merchant group."

As soon as he finished speaking, Akamatsu Goro led the samurai behind him and bowed deeply to Yuki and others again, and followed Akamatsumaru in bowing.

Goro Akamatsu was speaking the official language of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, because of a wave set off during the Yongle period, Japan went back to its old business, just like when they sent envoys to the Tang Dynasty to learn about the Tang culture. Everything in Japan was learned from the Ming Dynasty. The writing used was the Chinese characters of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also silk and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, etc., but those were things that only the nobles could enjoy.

The Akamatsu family is also a daimyo family here, and the surname Akamatsu is also a noble surname, so Japanese nobles such as Akamatsu Goro must receive education in all aspects since childhood, and Chinese characters are naturally a must-learn subject.

It's not just the Chinese characters, Chinese culture is also deeply ingrained in the Japanese people's bones. The Japanese love the Three Kingdoms, Su Shi's poems, and Li Bai's poems the most. Historically, many very famous calligraphers were born in Japan, and even some extremely outstanding poets and lyricists. In a sense, they also benefited from the Central Plains culture.

Tang Mu chuckled and looked at the lobes, feeling extremely disgusted.

However, he did not forget the instructions of Lord Zhongshan, so he put forward the request for trade with a blank expression.

This undoubtedly played into the hands of the Akamatsu family!

They were eager to catch the caravan of the Ming Dynasty's Zhongshan Marquis, so that they could, like the Ouchi clan, accumulate family wealth with the profits from the Kanko trade, and then lead the Akamatsu clan to rise completely!

Therefore, Goro Akamatsu did not think much about it and directly and respectfully invited the Ming merchant caravan to land and do business.

This port naturally has its own rules. Besides, most of the Japanese people near Hyogo are from the Akamatsu family, so doing business with them is actually doing business with the Akamatsu family.

But this is far from enough. Goro Akamatsu obviously wants to monopolize the business benefits.

So he respectfully asked if he could sell all the goods directly to the Akamatsu family.

After hearing this, Tang Mu just sneered.

"Each of these ten ships is loaded with Ming cargo. What can your Chisong family use to take them?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Japanese eyes turned red.

With ten Fujian ships in total, how much raw silk, porcelain and tea could they produce, and how much huge profit could they generate?
For a moment, a raging fire burned in Goro Akamatsu's heart.

He exchanged glances with his confidant and immediately made a decision.

The head of the Akamatsu family directly explained to Tang Mu the history of the rise of the Akamatsu family, and then emphasized the current strength of the Akamatsu family. If the strength of the entire thirty-six Akamatsu families were gathered, it might be possible to take over the Ming Dynasty goods in these ten blessed ships.

Hearing this, Tang Mu was amused by him.

What's going on? Is this buy one get thirty-five free?
Tang Mu keenly sensed that this was an opportunity, so he did not dare to agree immediately. Instead, he put on an arrogant attitude as if to see the sincerity of the Akamatsu family.

Goro Akamatsu didn't agree with this at all, instead he thought it was right.

After all, he is a powerful official of the Ming Dynasty, and the confidant of Marquis Zhongshan should have such an arrogant attitude.

The Japanese have a deep-rooted slave mentality. To put it nicely, they respect the strong, but to put it bluntly, they are slaves in their bones.

Therefore, Goro Akamatsu immediately invited the two fleet leaders, Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao, to go ashore, prepared to please and win them over at all costs.

At the same time, Akamatsu Goro immediately summoned the heads of the other branches of the Akamatsu Thirty-Six Families and rushed to curry favor with the two confidants of Zhongshan Hou.

As long as they can get in touch with the Ming Dynasty's Zhongshan Marquis, the Akamatsu family will definitely be able to rise again. The Ouchi family is the most vivid example.

Tang Mu used the excuse of changing clothes to report to Tang Hao who was hiding in the room.

After hearing these words, Tang Hao laughed uncontrollably. This was really interesting.

However, the night attack plan must be carried out immediately and no time can be delayed any further.

As for the heads of the Akamatsu family who have rushed over, all they have to do is leave a group of soldiers to guard the fleet, control Hyogozu, and wait for them to fall into their trap.

In this way, under the witness of a large number of Japanese, Ming soldiers began to land carrying boxes.

At first, the Akamatsu family was still worried and carefully checked the boxes in front. When they found that they were full of hard currency such as silk, porcelain and tea, they were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling and didn't bother to check again.

If we check each box one by one, we will probably anger the powerful officials of the Ming Dynasty. There is no need to take the risk.

Little did they know that the fleet originally brought these goods with the intention of trading with North Korea.

However, when Tang Hao left Jeju Island, he had a sudden idea and took some goods with him, trying to use them to open the door to Japan.

Now it seems that his temporary decision was extremely correct.

A grand banquet was held that night.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao were present, and the head of the family, Akamatsu Goro, was there in person. The banquet was filled with people toasting and drinking, and it was very lively.

There were also a large number of Japanese women dancing in the hall, their graceful figures were captivating.

The only flaw was that for some reason these Japanese women had their faces painted like ghosts, which abruptly extinguished the fire that had just risen in Tangmu's heart.

So much so that after the banquet, Akamatsu Goro still wanted to force a pairing, so he summoned the two Japanese women he liked the most and gave them to Yumu and Zuo Yidao.

Zuo Yidao refused sternly. Tang Mu also wanted to refuse, but when he noticed the strange looks from the people of the Akamatsu family, he could only give Zuo Yidao a look.

These Japanese women might also intend to monitor the two of them.

So Tang Mu left a message and asked them to wash them clean and send them to his room. Zuo Yidao had no choice but to agree.

After the two agreed, Goro Akamatsu finally smiled.

The banquet lasted until midnight. Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao also stayed temporarily in the Akamatsu mansion, accompanied by a Japanese woman.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Tang Mu couldn't help feeling a little worried.

I have to admit that this Japanese woman is still very beautiful after taking a shower, especially her virtuous nature. She will do whatever you ask her to do without any objection, which greatly satisfies a man's self-esteem.

But after all, he is a Japanese, and Tang Mu couldn't bring himself to say that.

So he took advantage of the moment when the Japanese woman turned around and knocked her to the ground with a single blow.

Hearing the scream from the Japanese woman in the room, Akamatsu Goro outside the house nodded with satisfaction, then turned and left.

How could he know that the woman was not screaming because of anything, but was screaming purely because of pain.

At the same time, on the Fu ship.

Tang Hao held the precious sword in his hand and looked coldly at the quiet Bingjinku in front of him.

"Do it!"

"Deal with all the samurai first, and ignore the Japanese."

"Remember one principle: anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"

Behind Marquis Zhongshan stood nearly ten thousand soldiers in armor and armed with sharp weapons. When they heard these words, they immediately felt murderous intent.

Lei Xiong could no longer hold back his anger. If one were to ask who among the soldiers hated the Japanese the most, besides Tang Hao, it would be him, Lei Xiong.

Therefore, Lei Xiong led the elite troops of the Zhanpei Camp and immediately landed on the eagle boat.

This eagle boat is a light warship with pointed ends, making it impossible to tell the front from the back. It can move forward and backward quickly and has strong maneuverability. It is covered with densely nailed thatched bamboos on all sides, with gun holes left between the bamboos. It often rushes into the enemy's formation and cooperates with the sand boat. It can accommodate ten to thirty people.

As the eagle ships approached the shore, the Akamatsu warriors on duty soon noticed something was wrong.

What do these Ming people want to do?
Aren't they here to do business?

However, before they could think more, or even sound the alarm, they saw bursts of fire coming out from the eagle ship, accompanied by muffled noises. Before the Akamatsu warriors on duty could react, they suddenly felt a sharp pain and fell in a pool of blood.

The biggest advantage of the Rumi gun over the Hongwu series of fire guns and the Yongle series of fire guns is that the Rumi gun is equipped with a front sight and a rear sight, so soldiers can aim and shoot with the Rumi gun.

Qiu Yue looked at the terrifying power of the Rumi gun, and the light in his eyes became even more fanatical.

After the last conversation, he was sure that Marquis Zhongshan was the savior of the Ming army. Marquis Zhongshan had not forgotten the soldiers and civilians of the Nine Borders who were wailing and struggling in the Nine Border Military Towns. It was only because of the obstruction of the civil officials and gentry that Marquis Zhongshan had to send troops to destroy Japan first, and then slowly attack the Northern Tartars!
Having witnessed the amazing results of these powerful firearms with his own eyes, Qiu Yue's heart was filled with confidence and pride!
One day, the Ming soldiers will definitely go out of the border again, chase the enemy to the north, and suppress the grassland!
"Come ashore!"

"All soldiers, form a formation and advance!"

Seeing that the armed forces on the dock had been disarmed, the landing commander An Guo immediately commanded the entire army to land and then form a formation to push forward.

One eagle ship after another quickly docked, and under the cover of the musketeers, the soldiers all landed safely. Then they drew their swords and formed a battle formation, heading towards the depths of the dock.

However, the dense sound of musketry was so harsh in the silent night sky that it quickly awakened a large number of Japanese.

Akamatsu Goro suddenly stood up, his face full of surprise and astonishment.

"Is this... a musket?"

"Why is there a sound of musketry?"

Goro Akamatsu received an aristocratic education, so he has some knowledge.

The first record of firearms in Japan was naturally the Yuan-Japan War. There are relevant records in Japanese documents, "The soldiers were wearing light helmets, riding horses, with brave morale and were invincible... The flying iron cannons flashed with fire and made a roar like thunder, which made people's livers and gallbladders break, their eyes were blurred and their ears were deafened, and they were at a loss." "The iron cannons shot out spherical projectiles, which went down the hillside like wheels. The sound was like thunder, and the light was like lightning. Two or three fire bombs could be fired at a time. Many Japanese soldiers were burned and killed. The warehouses on the city caught fire, which should have been extinguished, but there was no time to take care of it."

After these two battles with the Yuan army, the Japanese learned for the first time that people in the world were using firearms. After personally experiencing the horrific destructive power of firearms, the Japanese tried every means to understand and learn China's gunpowder and firearms manufacturing technology through Goryeo. After the Yuan Dynasty authorities learned of this, they ordered the coastal areas to strictly prevent the secret techniques of gunpowder and firearms manufacturing from being passed on to the Japanese, and banned the refining of saltpeter in coastal areas, completely cutting off the source of the Japanese learning to manufacture firearms.

However, during the turbulent period at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the political turmoil in Japan during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the loose rule of the Yuan Dynasty in China led to rampant Japanese pirates along the coast and frequent free private exchanges between the people. Therefore, sporadic firearms were still introduced into Japan. For example, there are records of the Japanese using flying cannons and muskets during the Onin War. However, these so-called "flying cannons" were most likely just catapults that threw gunpowder projectiles.

But no matter what, firearms are not popular in Japan now, but the Japanese nobles also know about this thing.

For example, Goro Akamatsu once had the opportunity to fire a musket himself, but he was scared to death because the noise was so loud that he still remembers it vividly.

But just now he clearly heard the sound of the musket being fired again!
Just as Akamatsu Goro was surprised and confused, another burst of dense, thunderous gunfire rang out.

At this moment, he was absolutely sure that this was the sound of a musket!

Where did the musket come from?

And there are so many of them?
This is simply impossible!
wrong……

Ming people!

Damn Ming people!
Goro Akamatsu had reacted, but it was too late.

Because the sound of muskets was getting closer and closer, until it came outside his room.

Tang Mu held a three-eye shotgun in his hand and kicked the door open.

Goro Akamatsu had just drawn his samurai sword, but before he could show his samurai spirit, he was shot into a sieve by Yumu's shotgun.

Well, it really has become a sieve.

How could Akamatsu Goro, who was only wearing underwear, resist the power of the three-barreled shotgun at such a close distance? The bullets shot from the three-barreled gun went straight through his body, leaving behind dense blood holes.

The most painful thing is that Goro Akamatsu did not die immediately, but was suffering from unimaginable pain and despair.

"W-why...why?"

"Because you are Japanese!"

Tang Mu sighed and drew the sword from his waist.

"To be honest, that Japanese girl is very sexy, but it's a pity that I'm not lucky enough to enjoy her."

"My master hates you Japanese to the core. If he knew that I slept with a Japanese girl, I would be doomed!"

After muttering for a while, Tang Mu swung his knife down, and Akamatsu Goro's dog head immediately rolled to the side.

After taking a reluctant look in the direction of his room, Tang Mu finally sighed, bent down, picked up Akamatsu Goro's head, and then led his soldiers away.

They needed to take control of Hyogozu as soon as possible and then march into Kyoto immediately.

Otherwise, Ma Yong and Deng Boyan’s two thousand brothers would be in danger.

So, there is no time to play with Japanese girls.

Even so, that Japanese woman is really sexy!
(End of this chapter)