Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1048 Tang Ship Incident ([-])

Man Dazhuang and Xu Junsheng stood on the podium of the Yingyuan, looked at the soldiers of the Ming army with binoculars, and rushed up to the fort of Satsuma under the cover of artillery. Two hundred soldiers planted the flag of the Ming army on the top of the mountain, and then raised it up one after another. The arms cheered in unison.

Man Dazhuang put down the binoculars, nodded in satisfaction, and turned to Xu Junsheng and said: "Since the imperial court recovered Nanjing, my navy has been useless. I can only investigate smuggling and fight pirates. I am really aggrieved."

As he said that, he handed the binoculars to Xu Junsheng, motioned him to take a look, and then continued, "Look, Dawang, our ship fired a cannon, and the infantry captured the fort with ease. Ben Du thinks this The method of warfare may be a way out for our navy. You said that the governor wrote to His Highness the King of Chu to equip our East China Sea Navy with a land division, not too many, just two to 3000 people to cooperate with the navy. How about attacking the enemy's coast?"

"Captain, I will agree to this idea!" Xu Junsheng thought for a while, then nodded and said: "Actually, the year before last, the imperial court attacked the coast of Shandong from North Korea to the north, and this method was used. I think that the imperial court will agree with the proposal of the governor."

Seeing that he also agreed, Man Dazhuang was a little happy, "Since Dawang also thinks it is feasible, after returning, the governor will immediately write a note, and then write a letter to His Highness. The imperial court has been ruthless in favor of Master Lu in the past two years." "If His Royal Highness didn't attach great importance to the navy, our navy might not be able to share any resources. If the navy can control an infantry, then we don't need to ask the infantry to cooperate in many things, and we can do it ourselves. This will definitely greatly improve our level. The division has the right to speak in the Ministry of War.”

Xu Junsheng was deeply convinced, "The imperial court has newly established the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and none of the five major governors is from the navy. The status of our navy is indeed too low."

Man Dazhuang nodded slightly, hoping in his heart that the court would pay attention to the navy, and only when the court paid attention to the navy, could he, the commander of the navy, make further progress.

While the two were talking, the self-made musketeers of the Ming army who attacked the fort had already pressed more than 100 Samoan soldiers and walked down from the fort. When they reached the mountainside, there was a loud noise on the fort, and a huge puff of smoke rose up. In the sky, it is estimated that the Ming army blew up the equipment on the fort.

Seeing that the soldiers had come down, Man Dazhuang immediately ordered: "Put the flag, the fleet will go straight to Hushouwan."

The fort at the entrance of Kagoshima Bay was destroyed by the Ming army, and the blessing boats behind were able to enter the bay calmly. Ten flute-shaped three-masted gunboats raised their sails together, and their slender hulls broke through the sea. There were white waves at the stern of the boat, leaving trails of trails towards Hushou Maru.

Alarm bells rang in Torashou Maru, and warriors from the Satsuma Domain were recruited into Honmaru Castle one after another to prepare for defense.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu stood inside the castle tower and saw thick smoke billowing in the distance, knowing that it was the Ming army that destroyed the fort of the Satsuma domain.

At sunset, the sun sank to the west, and the sea surface was shimmering, and the afterglow printed half of the sea in red.

In the afterglow, ten huge gunboats arrived at the surface of the sea near Hushou Maru. Mitsuhisa Shimadzu looked out to the sea from the top of the castle tower, with a look of horror on his face. Only then did he see clearly the appearance of the warships of the Ming Dynasty.

Such a huge hull is two to three times that of Da Anzhai, five to six times that of Guan Ship, and about ten times that of Xiao Zao. No wonder the 150 warships never returned.

On Yingyuan, Man Dazhuang and Xu Junsheng watched the Shimadzu family's residence, Hushoumaru. This city was built on a flat mountain, and it was very difficult to attack. Ordinary weapons could not attack the castle on the top of the mountain.

With such a design, the enemy can only climb up the mountain to attack, and the casualties will inevitably be huge. However, when the city was built, it certainly did not expect to be bombarded by artillery.

"Captain, should the general go to negotiate with Satsuma first, or what should we do?" Looking at Kagoshima Castle in the distance, Xu Junsheng asked with his fists clasped.

Man Dazhuang shook his head and said: "Although Japan has been transformed into the Tang Dynasty for thousands of years, they still have the characteristics of barbarians. They still don't listen to reason and righteousness. They have to see the strength of their fists before they will respect us. "

After Man Dazhuang finished speaking, he immediately said to the chess and card officer beside him: "Order, the fleet is lined up, and the target is Hushouwan. First, let the Shimadzu family know how powerful we are, and he will naturally obediently agree with us." We negotiate!"

Xu Junsheng didn't object. The Satsuma clan raided the envoy and nearly killed him. He didn't like the Satsuma clan or Japan. In his mind, it would be better if Torashou Maru could be razed to the ground.

At this time, on the Yingyuan, the command flag for bombarding Hushouwan was hoisted on the mainmast. Seeing this, other gunboats pushed open the gun windows one after another, and stretched out the dark muzzle.

Hushou Maru is located on a flat-topped mountain two miles away from the sea. In terms of Japan's situation, it is absolutely safe, because Japan does not have any artillery, and there are no gunboats bombarded from the sea like the Ming army.

Inside the castle tower, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was preparing to deliberately resist. He was observing the gunboats of the Ming army. Suddenly, the sides of ten gunboats of the Ming army lined up opened one by one. There is a pitch-black cannon sticking out.Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but his heart trembled. There were so many cannons, and his face was ashamed.

"Boom!" Suddenly there was a loud noise, and Ying Yuanhao spun a twelve-pound red cannon back suddenly, a black iron bullet flashed through the air, and hit the hillside under the city wall, shocking There was a cloud of smoke.

Immediately afterwards, the Canton also fired a shell, which hit the city wall of Torashou Maru. The city wall was immediately sunken, and the bricks and stones exploded. The stones and dust formed a white flower.

All the ships test-fired one or two shots, and then adjusted their hulls and positions in order to better bombard Hushouwan.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa was shocked when several shells hit the Tiger Shou Wan. He did not expect the shells of the Ming army to hit so far. At the same time, he finally knew why the Satsuma navy failed.

Just when he was astonished, there was a deafening sound of cannons on the sea, and thick white smoke covered the side of the Ming army's gunboats. The bullet rushed out of the muzzle and hit the city wall, dust was flying from the castle tower, and countless gravel rose into the air and then fell, hitting the Satsuma warrior squatting on the top of the city with a crackling sound, just like hailstorms.

On the surface of the sea, the gunboats of the Ming army could feel the shaking of the Hushouwan being hit, and the people of the Satsuma domain only thought that an earthquake had occurred.

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa ran out of the castle tower as if fleeing, and the sound of bricks and stones collapsing and the panic calls of the Satsuma warriors continued to be heard in his ears.In the face of the naval guns of the Ming army, the warrior's personal bravery and proud bushido are not worth mentioning at all.

As soon as Mitsuhisa Shimadzu ran out of the castle tower, there was a series of crackling explosions behind him. The castle tower cast by the Shimadzu family was hit by an [-]-pound cannon, and the entire tower trembled violently. It broke in half.

Tagawa Nanazawaemon slipped away, and Mitsuhisa Shimadzu knew that Satsuma had already lost, but he didn't want to lose too badly, so he summoned the samurai to guard Toranojumaru, trying to resist, but at this moment, he looked at the collapsed Tianshou, looking at the collapsed city wall and the panic-stricken Satsuma warriors, his stubborn heart burst.

Resistance with a chance of winning is meaningful, and resistance without a chance of winning will only shed the blood of Satsuma.

The strength gap between the two sides is too great. As a supporter of the Toyotomi family, the Shimadzu family can return to the Tokugawa family. Naturally, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu can see the current situation clearly and make a correct judgment.

After three rounds of bombardment, the naval guns were already glowing red and needed a brief cooling down. The artillery of the Ming army gunboats all stopped one by one.

"Dawang, let's go!" Man Dazhuang looked at the results of the shelling and was very satisfied.

"I'm going to meet Mitsuhisa Shimadzu right now!"

Xu Junsheng smiled slightly, clasped his fists together, walked to the stern and boarded a small boat hanging behind the big boat, and two soldiers followed him, rowed for him, and rowed towards Hushouwan.

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