Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1047 Tang Ship Incident ([-])

The home town of the Shimadzu family, Tororjumaru, was built on a flat-topped mountain not far from Kagoshima Bay. The terrain is dangerous and difficult to attack, but the scenery is also magnificent.

The castle tower is a unique building in Japan. It is the highest existence among Japanese castles. It is a symbol of power and also plays an important military role. It can play the functions of observation and command.

As the residence of the Shimadzu family, Tiger Jujumaru naturally has a keep.Of course, the castle of the Shimadzu family cannot compare with Toyotomi Hideyoshi's luxurious and magnificent Osaka castle, nor can it compare with the six-story castle of the Tokugawa family in Edo.

Under normal circumstances, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu lives in the residence hall of Honmaru, and rarely enters the castle tower. However, since early morning today, the second generation of Satsuma has been standing in the castle tower, overlooking Kagoshima in the distance. Bay, as if expecting something to appear from the sea.

Judging from the news delivered by Tadakatsu Sakai, the fleet of the Ming Dynasty should have arrived at the Osumi Strait, so the Satsuma Navy must have exchanged fire with the fleet of the Ming Dynasty.

This time the Satsuma navy came out in full force. Although Mitsuhisa Shimadzu felt that he would be able to defeat the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, he still felt a little uneasy because there was no definite news. So he stood on the castle tower and looked at the sea, hoping to see the island. Jin Zhonglang led the fleet and returned victorious.

"Guard Your Excellency, the Satsuma clan dispatched all the naval forces this time. As long as they are undefeated and the Ming army has no choice but to do anything, the Satsuma clan will be considered a winner!" Tagawa Nanazawamon said while looking at the sea.

If the Ming army could not defeat Satsuma during the expedition, there was no way to take Satsuma. Once the supplies were exhausted, they could only return to Daming. In the end, they had to acquiesce in the current state and give up sanctions on Satsuma.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu nodded, feeling a little relieved in his heart, "Victorious or undefeated, I, Satsuma, can get through this time."

As he spoke, he stopped for a while, and then said to himself, "It's time, the fleet should have news back."

"Lord, look!" While the two were talking, a retainer of Shimadzu who was looking out over the sea suddenly exclaimed.

Hearing the sound, the two looked towards the direction he was pointing at, and there were several black spots on the sea in the distance, and they were driving towards Hu Shou Wan unsteadily.

And at this moment, behind the black spot, bursts of rumbling gunfire came, and Mitsuhisa Shimadzu and the others immediately changed their expressions.

"Go to the pier!" The Satsuma navy had no guns, and the movement could only be made by an open ship. Mitsuhisa Shimadzu felt ominous in his heart, and hurriedly got off the castle tower with a wave of his hand.

Not long after everyone arrived at the pier, three small morning boats in the distance finally arrived at the pier.

This kind of ship is small in size and poor in defense, but it is maneuverable and flexible, and was able to escape from the strangulation of the Ming army's gunboat.

Looking at the miserable appearance of the Satsuma warriors on the three small morning boats, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's wood-carved face has changed color, as if convulsed by a toothache, and the facial muscles are twitching non-stop.

"What's going on?" Shimadzu Mitsuhisa asked angrily.

The three Xiaozao ships were damaged to varying degrees. As soon as they approached the pier and listened to Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's questioning, several light feet hurriedly helped a general Satsuma whose leg was injured by sawdust.

"Lord, the Satsuma water army is all over. Of the 150 warships, we are the only ones escaping back, and the Ming army fleet is behind." On the pier, he knelt down on one knee with several light feet in front of Mitsuhisa Shimadzu.

"What?" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was startled when he heard the words, his face turned pale, and he couldn't help but backed away. Several retainers hurriedly reached out to support him, so that he didn't fall backwards.

What does it mean that the 150 warships of the Shimadzu family have been accumulated by generations?
The Satsuma domain is known for its navy. There are more than 1 people in the entire domain, and the most elite of them is the 150 Satsuma navy. Now, after listening to the retainers, 40 warships, three small boats and [-] sailors came back. There were only three NO.[-] left, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu almost fainted.

"Where's Tadaro Shimadzu?" Shimadzu Mitsuhisa pushed away the samurai who was supporting him, and raised the injured retainer, roaring with a distorted face.

"Lord, my subordinates only saw Toranomaru being captured by the Ming ship, and they don't know anything else!" The retainer's face was full of horror.

"Baga!" Mitsuhisa Shimadzu roared angrily, and threw the retainer who had mentioned it back to the ground.

Tagawa Shichizaemon, who came with him, did not expect this to happen. In his opinion, the Satsuma navy came out in full force and chose the relatively narrow Osumi Strait to block it. Even if they couldn't win, they probably wouldn't lose It's too miserable, but I didn't expect the Satsuma navy to fight like this, to the point where the entire army was almost wiped out.

Tagawa Nanazawaemon lived in Japan all his life and did not understand the changes of Ming ships. Although the Zheng family had three three-masted cannon ships, they never came to Japan, so Tagawa Nanachiemon only heard about Ming warships. It's very powerful, but how powerful it is, he doesn't know.

Satsuma's 150 warships were almost wiped out, and the Shimadzu family was finished, and it was impossible to compete with the Ming army. Tagawa Shichizaemon heard the bursts of gunfire from the distant sea, and his face immediately showed panic. .

He must not fall into the hands of the Ming army, otherwise the Zheng family's participation in this matter, and even the fact that the two kings Tang and Lu have constrained the court will be exposed.

Thinking of this, Tagawa Shichizaemon saw that Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was in anger and didn't notice him behind him, so he couldn't help taking a few steps back and forth, then turned and fled the pier quickly.

The battle in Osumi Bay has ended. Of the 150 Satsuma warships, only more than 50 were sunk, and most of them were just beaten to the point of losing their ability to move.

This is because after all, the shells at this time are all solid shells, which cannot explode or ignite the ship. In most cases, they can only destroy the part of the ship leaking on the sea surface, and rarely have a chance to penetrate the underwater hull, so Thirty percent of the Satsuma warships sank, mostly because the oars in the cabin were broken, because the oarsmen and the samurai on it were all killed and injured, and lost power.

When Man Dazhuang rushed aboard the Toranomaru, he originally wanted to capture the chief general of the Satsuma navy and exchange it with Satsuma, but he didn't expect that not only Shimadzu Tadaro had already cut his belly, but even the Shimadzu family Most of the important retainers and warriors were dead, and the deck was almost covered in blood.

The Satsuma navy has been completely subdued by the Ming navy. The Japanese have a characteristic, that is, they will submit to whoever is strong. When the Ming army captured the Satsuma warriors on the ships, there was no resistance.

After the whole battle, the Ming army lost very little, only one of the auxiliary masts of the Guangjia was broken, and more than 40 people were killed in the gunfire. There was no other damage, but the result they got was Almost all the Satsuma navy was wiped out. Of the 3000 Satsuma warriors, only thirty or forty escaped, leaving more than 1000 people killed and more than [-] captured. This can be called a great victory.

At the entrance of Kagoshima Bay, ten gunboats lined up at a time, with more than 200 artillery pieces sideways, pouring firepower at the fort of the Satsuma army. Countless shells hit the fort, covering the fort with smoke and dust.

Under the fort, just as the gunboats of the Ming army were bombarding, a lucky boat approached the shore, and more than 200 soldiers waded ashore with self-generated gunboats.

As soon as the gunboats of the Ming army stopped, two hundred Ming soldiers roared up to the battered fort. The Satsuma warriors inside were all captured by the Ming army before they had time to react.

(End of this chapter)