Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1046 Tang Ship Incident ([-])

When Tadaro Shimadzu stood up, Hiroko had already taken advantage of the timing of Toranomaru being hit one after another, cut off the flying hook, and distanced himself from Toranomaru.

Several samurai supported Shimadzu Tadaro, the third son of the Shimadzu family's lord, already very embarrassed, his gorgeous helmet had already fallen off, revealing the unique bun of Japanese samurai.

This kind of bun is bald on both sides, with a bunch of hair left in the middle. It is not very beautiful to pull down the back of the head first, and then pull it back. The samurai shave this hairstyle mainly for the convenience of wearing a helmet.

Shimadzu Tadaro's leg was hit by a piece of flying sawdust at some point, and his thigh was already wet with blood.

The artillery fire around Toranomaru suddenly became violent, and from time to time there were splashes of water splashing into the sky, like a rainstorm pouring down, soaking the light feet and deck of the ship.

Shells hit Toranomaru from time to time, the [-]-pounder smashed the iron plate into shape, and the [-]-pounder directly tore the iron plate, sweeping across the Satsuma warriors on the deck.

Only then did Tadaro Shimadzu discover that the left and right flanks had more than 40 warships, half of which had sunk, and most of them were paralyzed, and the rest were desperately fleeing to Kagoshima Bay.

Of the ten three-masted gunboats of the Ming army, two chased the fleeing Satsuma warship, and the two continued to bombard the paralyzed warship in a circle. The remaining six all came round and came from behind.

The huge main gun of the Yingyuan was bombarded, and the forward Satsuma warships suffered a devastating blow immediately, one after another was bombarded to pieces by the shells.

Seeing this, Tadaro Shimadzu was extremely angry. Looking at the current situation, there was no suspense about the failure of the Satsuma navy, but he was angry in his heart, "150 warships! Not even a single Ming warship was brought down. It is an unprecedented shame for the Satsuma Navy!"

"General は今どうするのですか. Private たちは抱撃された! (General, what should we do now? We are pinched!)"

The samurai on the Toranomaru also realized that the situation was dangerous. Six Ming gunboats rolled up from behind, and they had already lost their chance.

The number of cannons of the six-footed three-masted gunboat is several times that of the ten Fuchuan, and more than ten times that of the Satsuma warship. The two sides are not opponents of the same magnitude at all.

When the samurai asked, facing the dense artillery, the remaining more than 40 Satsuma warships had begun to scatter, and the plank wall of the Toranomaru also collapsed suddenly under the continuous bombardment of the artillery, and the side of the plank wall was still standing. The light foot that was firing from the iron cannon was suddenly crushed by the falling board wall, and the wailing sounded in groups.

As soon as the iron plate-wrapped wall fell, the artillery of the Ming army directly bombarded the deck of Toranomaru. As soon as several fallen Qingzu stood up, they were hit by an iron bullet weighing more than ten kilograms, and their limbs were splattered. A cloud of blood sprayed all over the deck, and the power of the shell remained undiminished. It hit the unfallen wall on the other side, and was bounced back, sweeping down several light feet along the way, and then fell into the sea.

Tadaro Shimadzu looked around in a daze, Toranomaru was already in a mess, and a large house nearby was also battered and tilted seriously. Other warships were either sunk or injured, or fled to the two wings. The Shimadzu family dominated Kyushu Your navy is finished!

None of the warships of the Ming Dynasty were sunk or even injured. This is the shame of Satsuma, and also the shame of Shimadzu Tadaro.

"Kametaro, private daisukeren を作ってください!" (Kametaro, please be my guarantor!) Tadaro Shimadzu pushed away the samurai who supported him. His thigh hurt and he took advantage of the situation to kneel down On the blood-stained deck, he tore off the armor on his body suddenly, and said heavily to a retainer beside him.

"General!" Seeing this, the surrounding samurai exclaimed and knelt around Shimadzu Tadaro.

"战战をこのように, 秦は必ず1死そのため戦の负责は, 私が死んた后, あなたはすぐ解, あるいはsurrender!" (The war is like this, I have to die and be responsible for this war, after I die , you immediately break through, or surrender!) Shimadzu Tadaro said in a deep voice, then looked at one of the samurai, and said unquestionably: "Kametaro, お望いします! (Kametaro, please!)"

The Japanese have a tradition of defeating seppuku. In Japanese martial arts culture, this is an honorable thing. It is considered shameful to survive a defeat. Therefore, Tadaro Shimadzu wanted to do seppuku. Although the surrounding samurai couldn't bear it, no one Come out and stop.

After Taduro Shimadzu finished speaking, he immediately took off the armor on his upper body. He tied a turban on top of his head, then found a white cloth to wrap tightly around the part to be cut into seppuku, and finally picked up the handbag that he carried with him. helper.

The samurai entrusted by Tadaro Shimadzu stood behind Tadaro Shimadzu, drew out the long knife with a heavy face, then raised the long knife high, waiting for the moment when Tadaro Shimadzu would cut his belly, and immediately struck Have his head cut off so that his suffering can be ended quickly.

Suicide by abdominal dissection is a very cruel and painful thing. The seppuku first stabs his own abdomen, and then holds the handle of the knife and cuts from left to right. Even if the intestines flow all over the ground, sometimes he will not die. Therefore, a person is needed to end the pain of the seppuku, and this person is the wrong person.

The seppuku practitioners usually ask their trustworthy people and close comrades-in-arms to intervene, and they are generally masters of swordsmanship, so as to end the pain of the seppuku victims as soon as possible.If the samurai is defeated but honorably defeated, the opponent may, out of respect for his courage, voluntarily act as a mediator, if there is no mediator.

It is undoubtedly a lucky thing for the hara-kiri to have these people act as intermediaries, because these confidantes, comrades-in-arms, or opponents who respect him generally do not bear the pain of the hara-kiri. Just stabbed into the abdomen, or used a wooden knife or fan to make a show, and was beheaded by the wrong person, ending the pain.

It is a very painful thing to find the wrong person and it is unreliable. Yukio Mishima's seppuku is an example.

In 1970, Yukio Mishima launched a coup and kidnapped the head of the Eastern Division of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force as a hostage. The guards became a real army, used to defend the emperor and Japanese traditions, but no one responded.

Yukio Mishima had no choice but to commit seppuku. He tied a headscarf with the words "Seven Lives Serving the Country" on his forehead, wrapped the area to be seppuku tightly with a white cloth, and took the short knife to himself. The abdomen was stabbed, and a large wound was cut, and the intestines flowed out of the wound.

Morita Bikatsu, one of the two shield members who came with him, intervened for Yukio Mishima with the famous sword "Sekisohiro", but failed to cut off his head even after several times.

Yukio Mishima's intestines flowed all over the place, but he couldn't die. Under the unbearable pain, he wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself, but he was unsuccessful. In the end, Koga Koyasu, another shield member who had studied Iaido, performed the intervention. It was finally successful.

Several knives did not kill the seppuku, the pain of the seppuku can be imagined.

Not everyone can make this mistake, but Shimadzu Tadaro does not have this kind of worry. The person he chose to make the mistake is a confidant of the Shimadzu family and a famous sword master in the Satsuma domain. his pain.

At this time, shells were flying all around, and water jets would startle up around Toranomaru from time to time. Shimadzu Tadaro solemnly pulled out the assistant, hesitated for a moment, and then stabbed the abdomen with a knife, and the white cloth around the waist was immediately soaked in blood. , Tadaro Shimadzu's face became distorted due to the pain. He mustered up his courage, gripped the handle of the knife tightly with both hands, and was about to open his abdomen from left to right, but Kametaro who was standing behind suddenly yelled, and put his hand The long knife swung down and cut off Tadaro Shimadzu's head.

Kametaro is worthy of being a master of swordsmanship. He slashed with a knife, and a stream of blood spurted out immediately, staining the front deck scarlet. However, Shimadzu Tadaro's head fell, but it did not fall on the ground, but was connected by a trace of flesh. , Hanging on the chest, making people creepy.

After Shimadzu Tadaro's death, several other retainers on the Toranomaru also chose to cut seppuku. A samurai died in the hands of a pawn or was beaten to death by a gunball. That is a shameful act, and it is a dog's death!

Kametaro was entrusted by them to be the intermediary, and he was about to intervene with his family sword, when suddenly there was a "bang", the hull of the Toranomaru shook violently a few times, and Kame, holding the samurai sword aloft, Taro was unsteady and hurriedly inserted the knife on the deck to stabilize his body. After a while, the ship stabilized again, and then the sky-shattering shouts of killing sounded, and Man Dazhuang rushed down from the gunboat with hundreds of Ming troops , Seeing a lot of people dead on the deck, he was suddenly taken aback.

(Thanks to dack119 for the 500, Jin Ye for the 999, ohhhhhhh, thank you for your support.)
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