I am the savior, do you have any objection?

But Kerry waved his hand.

"It's nothing. I just thought that I specifically asked General Qi to lead the army this time. The military officers in the court heard that there was a lot of silver hidden in the palace and they were all eager to try it out."

Not quite understanding what Kerry said, but not wanting to lose face, Genichirō nodded slightly.

"I see."

After Kerry came back, Genichirō urgently mobilized the entire Ashina defense force, and the two went to Kerry's world to exchange silver for some supplies.

Genichirō felt so happy that he could exchange one piece of silver for hundreds of packs of cheap instant noodles.

The newly-established public-private joint venture food processing unit in Kerry was also very happy to receive such orders from another world. Although the number of people in Ashina was not even enough to keep three assembly lines running for a day, the amount was still considerable when combined with the supplies prepared for the Ming army.

In the end, the Imperial Household already had troops stationed near Ashina, and with rapid mobilization from the mainland, the Imperial Household soon began a tentative siege.

Bronze cannons were moved to the vicinity of the Ashina Mountains.

And the legendary samurai Honda Heihachiro also appeared on the battlefield.

He wore his iconic deer horn helmet on his head, carried a large flag of the inner court behind him, and was surrounded by a huge army like a torrent...a total of 2000 people in the small army!

In fact, it is a bit of a stereotype that Japan's Warring States period was all about armed fights between hundreds of village chiefs.

It has to be said that the Japanese are more daring to have children when times are turbulent. If other places had been like this with the nobles killing each other, the male population would have been depleted long ago. But now the population of the entire inner court is almost one-sixth of that of the Ming Dynasty, and the population of Japan is also over 1000 million.

Normally, a small daimyo can engage in a fight with thousands of people. The total strength of the inner court is also over 100,000 because it is a wartime. If you want to increase the number of troops, you can still do so. After all, increasing the number of troops means directly capturing farmers and bringing them to the battlefield.

Ashina had also made defensive preparations long ago. Hundreds of old, weak, sick and disabled people were guarding under the Ote Gate with attacking fire bull zombies and artillery.

Because this was a formal war, there was bound to be shouting and cursing between the two armies.

First, the person in charge of the inner court came out and made a statement.

It is said that Ashina is a small place, but ten years ago, there was a rebellion and they did not respect the emperor or the imperial court. They must be punished and the entire Ashina clan must wash their necks and wait to be made into ritual tools.

During the Warring States Period in Japan, people were particularly fond of performing strange rituals on enemy soldiers and generals.

And Genichirō was not willing to be outdone.

"We, Ashina, are already a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty. We have the ability to govern independently! I advise you not to offend the power of the Celestial Empire!"

Hearing what Genichirō said, the soldiers around him straightened their backs one by one.

A look of pride.

"Hmph, Ming? Even if you're telling the truth, didn't Ming have to sign a peace agreement with Toyotomi over ten years ago? I heard that your ancestors were also known as sword masters, and I had high hopes for you. But now I see that you're just a kid. I guess Ashina Isshin is just so-so. He still feels honored to be treated like a dog!

㈡How can the fire of your creeping grass compare to the sun of the sky? "

The other party's words could be said to be extremely harsh, and he was almost insulting the two generations of Ashina monarchs together.

4 After hearing this, both sides finally couldn't help it. The attacking artillery began to adjust the striking position and the cavalry began to charge.

０At this time, Kerry was watching the battle in the sky above Ashina. He casually flicked his fingers, and the cannons of the entire Imperial Army exploded directly.

si "Bang!"

When General Honda heard the noise from behind, he looked back and found that his own artillery position was on fire. He knew that something bad was going to happen.

5 was greatly alarmed and immediately turned his horse back and ordered an orderly withdrawal.

In fact, the Sixth Century Middle Ages was no longer a battle between spears and lances.

⑷ In this era, cannons are very important in wars. It might be said that this was the case in Europe in the early years. The reason why the village girl Joan of Arc was so powerful was because she had an artillery formation ability that was called a genius, which made the British flee in panic.

Honda discovered that there was a problem with his own cannon, so he immediately ordered the front-row musketeers to withdraw and see what the situation would be.

Although the inner court has many warriors who can charge under artillery fire, this is just a test battle and there is no need to be so hasty.

But this time, Ashina Genichirō will not let them go, and the artillery fire from the mountain on the Ashina side began.

As the saying goes, high hits low and stupid hits.

The rolling artillery fire blew up pieces of flesh and blood among the enemy troops, and the Imperial Household Army retreated even more quickly.

However, Genichirō knew that he could not chase them. If he chased them out of the artillery coverage of his own side, he would be finished.

After about an hour of engagement, the first day's offensive was barely stopped.

There were casualties on both sides of the Imperial Palace and Ashina.

However, since the equipment of the Inner Court was indeed more advanced than that of the Ashina, even after being attacked like this, they did not suffer much damage.

There were only a few new musketeers armed with guns brought from Kerry, and when they opened their mouths with machine guns, they scared the people in the palace.

Seeing that thing directly knock down dozens of people who were running away in one minute, the soldiers of the inner court began to wonder if the Ming Dynasty really regarded Ashina as a dog? And isn't your Ming Dynasty a little outrageous?

When the report of the first battle was sent back to Nijo Castle in Kyoto, Shogun Tokugawa was extremely furious.

Because he is not young anymore, he is very concerned about this matter and even listens to the instructions from Ashina side at the first opportunity.

When he heard that he had suffered a defeat in the first battle, he immediately ordered additional manpower.

"Even if we have to pile up corpses into a mountain, we must step on the mountain of corpses to enter Ashina!"

This is his order.

Just at this moment, a subordinate civil servant ran into the general's mansion in a panic.

"General...something happened to the general!"

"What's the matter?" General Tokugawa frowned. Although the inner court was fighting on multiple fronts, now that the emperor recognized him, no one could cause trouble for him except the descendants of the Toyotomi clan.

"That... is an envoy from the Ming Dynasty. The news has not yet reached your majesty. Let's bring the news to the general first."

"Ming Dynasty?" General Tokugawa was stunned. The Ming Dynasty had very little correspondence with them. A hundred years ago, Zheng He's voyages to the West successfully made them pay tribute, but Japan soon treated the contract as waste paper and attacked the Ming Dynasty's ports, but was quickly driven back.

"Yes." The subordinate wiped the cold sweat from his head and handed over the letter.

General Tokugawa took the letter and asked the translator to read it to him.

However, the more I listened, the weirder Tokugawa's expression became.

What do you mean, the small Imperial Household dares to attack our Ming Dynasty’s loyal vassal state?

What do you mean, the emperor has already sent a hundred thousand soldiers and is advising you to surrender early, otherwise the emperor's soldiers will arrive at the palace the next day and destroy you in a snap?

What does it mean that if we don’t surrender and pay tribute, the Yamato imperial family will be built into a castle?

General Tokugawa really didn't expect that what Ashina said about being a dog of the Ming Dynasty was true.

If it was just a mine, he wouldn't mind giving Daming some face, but this matter was about the elixir of immortality!

Even the emperor of the Celestial Empire cannot snatch your immortality!

Tokugawa Ieyasu slammed the table and started making bold statements before the game.

He just didn't believe that the Ming Dynasty could really send people across the sea.

The number of people sent would probably be only a few thousand, not a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers. He didn't believe in such childish talk.

And even if it was true, he was not afraid. In recent decades, Yamato and Ming had fought against each other and had not suffered any major losses.

"Tell the envoy that the Yamato Kingdom is not to be arbitrarily bullied! This is an internal affair of our country. If the Ming Dynasty dares to interfere, they will never return!"

Chapter 159: Inner Court: Huh???

Although the Tokugawa people nicknamed him "Old Turtle", it is not a real turtle.

As a politician, he saw things very clearly and felt that even if the Ming royal family was tempted by immortality, they would not necessarily be his opponents.

Fighting overseas without supplies is not that easy.

Except for the situation of fighting for the elixir of immortality, war is usually just a continuation of politics and there is nothing to be afraid of.

It can be said that this Tokugawa Shogun was quite capable in both civil and military affairs.

Not only did they learn from the feudal dynasty the unique skill of starving the people to death if they could not, they also severely humiliated the peasants and forced them to hand over all the food except the grain they grew, and they also severely exploited all social classes.

The feudal lords believed that if the people did not work today, they would starve to death tomorrow, and in this way they would continue to produce surplus value for themselves. This was their usual thinking, and they created a lot of good jobs for the oppressors.

When it comes to constraining domestic affairs, they are no match for them. They will divide if they can and seize power if they can.

And now facing this new challenge, although he said so, he has also made full preparations for defense.

Immediately order multiple ports to enter combat readiness and speed up the front line.

General Honda at the front line also quickly received news from his sorcerer.

Ashina is really a dog of the Ming Dynasty, and we must fight quickly and decisively before the Ming Dynasty arrives.

Against this backdrop, the siege lasted for a while. Finally, at the cost of a hundred people, they finally broke through Ashina's first line of defense and faced the demon of resentment.

The Ghost of Resentment was transformed from a Ninja Monkey. When he was young, the Monkey lost his trace after his friend, with whom he had feelings for, was killed by a Lion Monkey. He began to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Eventually, one of his hands was cut off by Ashina Isshin, which temporarily suppressed his anger. So he carved Buddha statues day and night in a dilapidated temple at the entrance of Ashina Castle to bring peace to his heart.

Now that he is old, and facing the invasion of his homeland, he simply gives up suppressing his anger and transforms into a Shura ghost, starting to massacre the soldiers in the palace.

Of course, with the presence of machine gun positions, the mountain gate could still be breached. It was obvious that this was Genichirō's conspiracy.

Genichirō always felt that the Buddha sculptor was a hidden danger, so he decided to use the inner court to get rid of him.

The Red-armed Army and the Resentful Demons fought for several nights in a row. Hundreds of Red-armed Army were killed or wounded, and finally the Resentful Demons fell from the wounds of bullets and the sword of Honda Heihachiro. However, the battle had just ended and soon the Ashina began to counterattack, drove out the exhausted Imperial Army, and set up machine gun positions again.

This really made Honda Heihachiro very angry.

General Tokugawa was also furious when he received the news. In the Warring States Period, generals would not be asked the reason for their failure, but would be punished for failure. So he immediately appointed other people to take over the battle and asked old man Honda to obey his orders.

At this time, the defenders of Nagasaki Port were receiving goods from Portugal while gazing at the sea.

This place was still a small fishing village decades ago, but now due to merchant ships from various countries it has become one of the best ports in the world.

The naval commander Murakami had heard about the possibility of war early on and had also sent out reconnaissance ships to patrol day and night.

Suddenly, fireworks with loud noises were heard in the distance.

The general knew that this was news that an enemy ship had been discovered.

He immediately organized a fleet and prepared for battle.

The coastal merchants' fleets of patrol boats were temporarily used for defense.

Murakami immediately attacked with a fleet of looting ships equipped with artillery fire.

Even now that the Ming Dynasty is in decline, under the leadership of General Qi, the Ming Navy once severely damaged the Japanese fleet decades ago, and directly defeated the Portuguese colonists who wanted to colonize Australia. They even managed to penetrate into Taiwan controlled by the Dutch when the country was on the verge of destruction.

This kind of record was terrifying to others, but Murakami attacked without hesitation, because this was not the first time he faced the Ming Navy. In fact, most of the time, the Japanese Navy was either defending or acting as pirates everywhere, and the Ming Dynasty was the hardest hit area for them.

Although the frequent signals now mean that the enemy has a lot of warships, the enemy has also traveled across the ocean and has not even established a stronghold at sea. If we attack now, we may be able to use the high maneuverability of the ships to deal a heavy blow to the enemy.

Having made up his mind, he led his fleet straight forward.

Half an hour later, the fleet began a frantic retreat.

Murakami, standing at the stern, stared blankly at the huge fleet in the distance that was almost covering the sea level, unable to speak.

Under the protection of a number of small shuttle boats, the world-famous Fu ship came to the front of the formation because of the change of formation.

Tower ships, Mengchong ships, fighting ships, sea eagles, boats, yachts, all kinds of warships appeared on the sea surface composed of warships as if to let him experience the vastness of the world.

Huge and majestic treasure ships, small and extremely fast guerrilla ships, and transport ships specially designed for transporting troops and supplies.

The various types of ships are like the roar of the sea itself. If it were on land, it would be like hundreds of Tyrannosaurus Rex walking towards you at the same time.

This is a fleet that can force the European maritime hegemons to pay francs even decades later, and it is truly the number one fleet in contemporary Asia.

Even if you just look at them, at those shiny decks, at those smoke spouts and black gun barrels, at those warships that are larger than the largest ships you have ever seen in your own country, actually lined up in a row.

As a general who had experienced many years of naval battles, Murakami’s only thought now was to run.

This was not because he was cowardly, but the best way for him to show his loyalty was to go back as soon as possible to tell his general about the current situation.

On the deck of the command ship, which was the center of all the warships, General Qi stroked his beard with a smile on his face as he listened to the sailor's report.

This was the first time that he did not try to make money on his own, but was paid by his superiors to fight. Moreover, as long as this war was won, there would no longer be so many coastal residents being harassed by pirates for no reason.

"Order all units to prepare for war. They must land in the harbor and establish a land base as soon as possible."

The commanders scattered in the front row received the news and immediately began to command their sailors according to their assigned tasks.

The port was close to the coast. At first, some foreign fleets heard about the war and wanted to see what was going on to see who was ruining their way of making money.

Oh, it’s the Ming Dynasty Navy, let’s go.

All the merchant ships that could run away ran away.

Murakami and his fleet were unable to retreat in time and were soon caught by the pursuing fleet.

Rockets and cannons were aimed directly at him, and he even wanted to show his determination to fight to the death by sailing his boat and exploding with the others.