The Ming Dynasty began from Sarhu

Chapter 259 Grudge

At the moment of death, Miyamoto Musashi pulled the trigger.

The pistol shot out slanting tail flames, like falling cherry blossoms.

The brilliant life of the Western samurai ended here.

The secret to victory by combining dual swords with a hand cannon for a sneak attack was lost from then on.

What a pity.

My younger brother Lu Jianxing stepped forward to protect Shen Lian.

"Brother Shen, let's go!"

He helped his elder brother up and retreated.

Hit in the back of the neck by a lead bullet.

Blood splattered.

It spread all over Shen Lian's body.

The Japanese musketeers lurking on the red seal ship suddenly raised their guns and fired. Lead bullets fell on the deck of the Fu ship like raindrops, and several sailors around Shen Lian were shot.

"go!"

Wu Xiao dropped his bow and arrow, raised his round shield, jumped forward, pulled up the dazed Shen Lian, and fled towards the cabin without looking back.

Shen Lian was dragged forward, and the Fujian ship sailors shot at the Japanese pirates with bird guns.

The crackling sound of musketry could be heard all around, thick white fog rose on the deck, and there were several horrific howls. The shot sailors rolled on the ground, their limbs broken by lead bullets, but they were not dead yet.

"Go! Are you still going to retire from the world?!"

Wu Xiao roared at Shen Lian.

The round shield was hit by a stray bullet, and a lead bullet flew past Wu Xiao's cheek, leaving a bloody cut on the handsome face of the Sanyuan knight.

"Kill! Kill! Revenge!"

Shen Lian was awakened by a stray bullet. He pushed Wu Xiao away, swung the bloodstained goose feather knife, and prepared to go back for revenge.

"I've already lost my life, what's the point of seeking revenge!"

Wu Xiao roared angrily.

The wound under Shen Lian's ribs burst, and the fish scale armor was soaked with blood. Dark red blood flowed out of the wound.

Like a mad beast, he rushed towards the red seal ship with his sword dragging, facing the flying lead bullets.

"Your mother was hit by a cannonball. Go down quickly and see her for the last time."

After Wu Xiao finished speaking, he walked forward and pulled Shen Lian towards the stairs without saying anything.

Shen Lian's eyes went dark, as if all his strength was suddenly exhausted.

"go!"

He let Wu Xiao drag him down from the cabin.

The Fu ship sailors were lying in ambush behind the cabin baffle. When Han Dongjia saw the two men coming, he looked up at Shen Lian with a complicated expression.

In the end, there were less than ten sailors left, each holding a sword and a short axe, quietly waiting for the Japanese pirates to attack them.

The final battle.

Wu Xiao supported Shen Lian and walked forward. After just a few steps, they met Pei Dahu who came out of the cabin holding a knife.

"The ship is sinking. We have thirteen dead and five wounded. All our horses have been killed by cannonballs. Have you seen Yang Jinglie?"

Pei Dahu said it all in one breath without even raising his head, and then he saw Shen Lian next to Wu Xiao.

Wu Xiao said coldly:
"No, he has Wei Zhao to protect him, we can take care of ourselves."

Pei Dahu sighed, walked up and patted Shen Lian on the shoulder, his expression gloomy, not knowing what to say.

He said to Wu Xiao:
"There are too many Japanese pirates, they have sophisticated firearms and large bows, the Mandarin Duck Formation can't stop them."

Wu Xiao's veins bulged: "I'll die if I want to. I'm not afraid of anyone!"

Pei Dahu said with a heroic look:

"Yes, let's fight them. Wu Xiao, after settling Brother Shen, take the brothers to the deck! The Kaiyuan soldiers will only advance and never retreat. If they die, we'll take a few of them with us!"

Wu Xiao nodded without saying anything else, and helped Shen Lian walk to the bottom of the cabin.

Blood flowed down the armor of the two men and dripped onto the soaked floor.

The light in the cabin was dim. The lanterns on the cabin wall were extinguished by the several rounds of artillery fire from the red seal ship.

The surroundings were cold and eerie.

A few rays of sunlight shone in through the holes made by the shells.

Dust motes danced in the light.

With the help of the bowl-sized light, the tragic scene around was in full view.

The bottom of the cabin was a mess, and the seawater pouring in had already submerged the calves and was still rising.

"Damn it, I'm going to die here today anyway!"

The warhorse hit by the iron bullet was stiff and had already died. The groans of the wounded could still be heard in the distance.

"Over there, hurry up!"

Wu Xiao covered his mouth and nose, trying hard not to let the strong smell of blood disturb his mind.

When Yang Hao set out from Tianjin, he not only robbed Lü Tongzhi of a large quantity of southern goods but also seized over 200,000 taels of silver from the canal docks. Furthermore, he was planning to take 20 fine horses to Kaiyuan. Yang Jinglie wished he could move all of Tianjin to his son-in-law. Unfortunately, not only was his money and goods about to be lost, but the life of this good father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty was also in danger.

Wu Xiao supported Shen Lian and walked forward quickly. Suddenly, he felt something under his feet. When he looked down, he saw a broken horseshoe hooked on a wooden board, floating on the water.

He pushed the horse's hooves aside with his scabbard knife.

Low moans were heard all around.

The light grew dimmer. Shen Lian took a few steps forward when his fingers suddenly bumped into an arm. He felt it and found the body had already frozen solid.

"The dead bodies were piled up in the hatches, and the water was pouring in and floating everywhere."

As soon as Wu Xiao finished speaking, a flash of light appeared before his eyes.

The three injured sailors and the guard leaned against the large wooden box and groaned softly. The cold sea water continued to rise along the box and was about to drown them.

Wu Xiao reached out and probed the nostril of a wounded soldier.

"Can't survive."

Shen Lian walked past these people with an expressionless face.

Wu Xiao took a coconut ladle filled with wine from his belt and threw it to a servant who was still breathing, asking him to drink it to relieve the pain.

After walking a few steps forward, a creepy laugh came from the darkness.

Wu Xiao held Shen Lian with one hand and held up the fire starter with the other, stumbling and groping in the freezing sea water.

"Your mother is just ahead..."

Wu Xiao didn't finish his words.

A woman's face suddenly appeared in front of me.

Pale as a paper man.

"You are a man or a ghost!"

Wu Xiao took two steps back and sat down in the water in fright.

Shen Lian raised his bloody arm and stretched it tremblingly towards the face.

"Miaoqing, where is my mother?"

Zuo Guangdou's crazy daughter stood in front of the two of them, with a blood mark on her cheek, still smiling foolishly.

"There you are, you were just talking to me."

She pointed behind her.

Shen Lian staggered.

There was a stiff corpse floating in the water, its left leg missing, and it looked like it had been dead for a long time.

Wu Xiao sighed, drew out his Miao Dao, waded through the accumulated water, and turned to head towards the deck.

Several wounded soldiers had stopped groaning and died in the icy sea water.

Only Shen Lian and the crazy woman were left around.

"Cai Lian is dead, Lu Jianxing is dead, and mother, you are dead too."

Shen Lian knelt in the cold sea water, looking at the mutilated corpse in the water.

"Mother, I only wanted you to enjoy happiness. I was tired of killing. I only wanted to be an ordinary citizen. Why did it become like this? Why!"

"Mom, please speak!"

A shrill howl echoed through the cabin.

"mother!"

Zuo Miaoqing, with disheveled hair, was like a ghost possessed, jumping up and down on the large box filled with southern goods. Across the cold sea water, she looked down at Shen Lian and laughed:

"Hehe, Captain, you've wiped out countless families in the East Factory. This time, you've also tasted the bitterness of your own family being torn apart."

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A few reckless Japanese ronin rushed into the cabin, and as soon as they walked down the stairs, they were beheaded by Pei Dahu and others who were ambushing on both sides.

A Japanese sailor rushed forward holding the ash bottle, screaming wildly, as if he was about to throw the ash bottle into the bottom of the cabin.

He had just run a few steps when he heard a loud bang on the second deck. The Japanese sailor fell to the ground with a thumb-sized bloody hole in his chest.

A group of warriors followed the sound and looked towards the second floor.

When the white mist dissipated, Yang Hao, with gray hair and beard, slowly put down his bird gun, glared at the Japanese pirates, and left calmly under the protection of Wei Zhao.

The Hosokawa clan's elder, accompanied by a group of samurai, came to the deck of the Fukufune:

"Who are you? Tell me your names! Killing Miyamoto Musashi means you are an enemy of the Hosokawa clan! Being an enemy of my lord means you are an enemy of the Shogun!"

Pei Dahu, who was lying behind the baffle, replied:

"I am the captain of the central army guard under the command of Marquis Ping Liao. You Japanese pirates, how dare you rob Kai Yuan's ship! How dare you kill Marquis Ping Liao's men! I don't care who you are, you will all pay with your lives today!"

When the family elder heard the words "Kaiyuan Pingliao Hou", his expression changed slightly and he waved his hand to call over a Korean interpreter.

The Korean interpreter looked at the dilapidated Ming ship in front of him with a complicated expression, moved closer to the elder and whispered something to him.

When the Hosokawa family elder looked up again, his eyes were filled with anger.

"What a narrow road for enemies! Our lord's fur business in Korea suffered a huge loss last year, and it was all caused by you, the original bandits! The Hosokawa clan wants to kill you! The Shogun wants to kill you too!"

A group of Japanese ronin rushed up with strange cries, wanting to avenge Miyamoto Musashi. The family elder said in a deep voice:

"The Ming are already trapped. There's no need to waste your life fighting them. Return to the red seal ship first and sink the Fu ship with cannons! Let them go down to feed the fish!"

(End of this chapter)