In the Seto Inland Sea, a huge fleet appeared on the sea surface of Hyogo-nozu Port, and hundreds of large ships cruised on the sea, like thousands of troops, and the Daming Dragon Banner pennant hanging on the mast hunted in the wind.

"Bell~Bell~"

Inside the port, the Wakoku people sounded the alarm, and the entire Hyogo Nozu was in chaos.

It has long been rumored that the army of the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty, has been killed to the Japanese and is coming towards Hyogo no Tsu, and everyone didn't believe it at first, after all, the Ming Dynasty has always been very good to the Japanese country.

Every time the Wa Kingdom went to the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute, the Ming Dynasty would give it several times, so that the Wa people would return with a full load.

The Ming Dynasty is the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the state of etiquette, and it is absolutely impossible to send troops to the vassal state.

When the shogunate issued an edict asking the daimyo from all over the country to send troops, everyone thought it was a conspiracy of the shogunate, but now when they see the mighty fleet on the sea, everyone finally believes it.

The Ming Dynasty used force against the Wa Kingdom.

All of this is caused by those damn greedy daimyo, it is they who levied heavy taxes on the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, it was they who ransacked the Ming merchant ships and killed the Ming merchants, so they were subjected to the thunderous wrath of the Ming Dynasty.

That's right, that's what the Japanese people who know the news think.

The Ming Dynasty will not be good to use force against the Japanese State, and the Ming Dynasty, the State of Etiquette and the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, has always been kind to the following sweet potato countries.

Whether it is Korea or the Wa Kingdom, or Annam, Siam, or many countries in the Nanyang region, the Ming Dynasty is very good to the following vassal states.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wa Kingdom had gone too far, the Ming Kingdom would not have raised the teacher to ask for guilt.

In the impression of the Japanese people, the Ming people are humble and courteous gentlemen, who value reputation and reputation, and this is especially true of the Ming court.

There is no way, the image that Daming has always erected is like this, the image of a good man.

Therefore, even if they have already killed the core of the Wa Kingdom, the Wa people also believe that they must have done something sorry for the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not treat their vassal country like this.

Hyogo no Tsu was in chaos.

Because the shogunate was determined to fight with the Ming army, it had already arranged heavy troops in Hyogo in advance.

The location of Hyogo is so important, it is the gateway to the Kyoto area, and it is the largest port in the Kyoto area, once this place is defended, the Ming army can drive straight into Kyoto and Muromachi quickly.

The Muromachi Shogunate gathered half of the Shogunate's current strength here in the shortest possible time, with almost 5,000 troops, which is the largest force that the Shogunate can directly mobilize now, and the remaining half is placed in the Kyoto and Muromachi areas.

There is no way to do it, the current shogunate has been declining, and it has lost control of the daimyo in various places, and both financial resources and military strength have dropped sharply, and with 10,000 troops, this is still a thin camel bigger than a horse.

On the Huo Qu Sick Ship, Liu Jin and Zhang Mao looked at Hyogo Notsu with binoculars and looked at the largest port in the Japanese Kingdom in this era.

"It seems that the shogunate is planning to fight with us a few times, and it is constantly obedient."

Zhang Mao looked at the groups of Japanese soldiers holding spears in the port, and then looked at the samurai in charge of command, and the temporary fortifications in the port, he knew that the Japanese shogunate would not be obedient.

"Zhang Gong, the character of the Japanese people is like this, if you don't teach them a hard lesson, they won't be afraid of you."

Liu Jin on the side smiled and said: "That's okay, anyway, we came here this time and planned to teach them a hard lesson, if they didn't want to fight us, they hit the cotton with their fists, which made people uncomfortable." ”

"I've received news from my side that the shogunate has issued an order to the daimyo in various places to conquer the generals, requiring the daimyo to send troops to jointly resist the invasion of our Ming people."

Liu Jinna wished that the Japanese would come to fight with him, and if the shogunate was obedient, he would only be able to clean up those disobedient names, and he would not be able to teach the Japanese a hard lesson.

Now that they are united against themselves, that is the best result, so that they can save themselves from running around, and directly come to a decisive battle, and break the bones of the Japanese kingdom in a battle.

"How many troops can all the daimyo of the entire Wa country be combined?"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately became a little worried, thought about it and said.

"The entire Wa Kingdom claims to have 66 countries, and there are dozens of large and small daimyos, each Ming has almost one or two thousand troops, and the powerful Ming may have thousands or even tens of thousands of troops."

"Therefore, if the troops of the entire Wa Kingdom can be gathered together, there are still tens of thousands of troops."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said.

"Tens of thousands of troops?"

When Zhang Mao heard this, he immediately frowned, he only had a total of 50,000 troops, and his troops were divided into three routes, which didn't seem to have an advantage in terms of numbers.

"Zhang Gong, don't worry~"

Liu Jin saw Zhang Mao's concern, smiled and said: "The appeal of the shogunate is limited, and it is estimated that there are not many daimyo who will send troops, and the maximum number of deaths will not exceed 50,000. ”

"What's more, the transportation here in the Wa Province is inconvenient, and there are too many islands, so if the soldiers and horses of Kyushu and Shikoku want to reach the Kyoto area from here in the Seto Inland Sea, how will our warships let them go?" sweet potato

"The reason why the Wa Kingdom has formed the current situation is actually largely because of the inconvenient transportation of the Wa State, and the daimyo in various places have been divided from one side for a long time, and eventually they have become the princes of one side."

"Now the daimyo everywhere are ambitious, who would be stupid to really send troops over to send them to death at this time, and we are not really here to invade the Wa Kingdom, but just come to take revenge, as long as it does not involve their own interests, most of these daimyo will stand by and watch."

Liu Jin judged very confidently.

Among them, there are already big names who have sent people to contact Liu Jin, and they are to report to Liu Jin's side, and they are asking Liu Jin if there is still a shortage of food and grass here.

There are traitors and treacherous people in that country, and there are people in that country.

"Then I'll be relieved~"

After hearing this, Zhang Mao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, if he really faced the entire army of the Japanese Kingdom, it seemed that he was still a little cowardly.

"The news has come from Yang Yun, they have taken Iwami Province, they are building a port, and they will directly attack the center of the Ouchi family, Zhou Fangguo."

"Wang Shouren has also received news from here, and they have almost arrived in the Tokyo metropolitan area, preparing to attack the Uesugi family."

Liu Jin told the news of the other two road armies, everything is going well, and now he looks at the middle road army here.

"What are we going to do now?"

Zhang Mao nodded, and then looked at Hyogo Nozu, the Japanese people here seemed to be ready, waiting for him, a little embarrassed.

"It's very simple, no matter what three-seven-twenty-one, let them taste our Miyun cannon first, if there is anything that can't be solved by one shelling, let's have two~"

Liu Jin also took the binoculars, carefully looked at the situation in Hyogo-no-Tsu, and said with a smile.

There is no need for powerful artillery, Liu Jin is not a fool, as for money, this is no longer in Liu Jin's consideration at all, anyway, it is also to burn Emperor Hongzhi's money, he is not heartbroken at all.

"Well, the herald, shelling Hyogo no Tsu~"

Zhang Mao nodded, seeing the power of the Miyun cannon, he is now also obsessed with this kind of powerful artillery, and with a burst of artillery bombardment, the enemy is basically almost finished.

As Zhang Mao's order was conveyed, the warships on the sea began to let out bursts of roars.

"Knock~"

The dull sound of shelling was deafening and resounded through the sky.

The rising white smoke enveloped the sea and lasted for a long time.

The cannonballs flew towards the port of Hyogo with great precision, and soon there were countless wails in the port.

"Boom~"

Inside the harbor, under the intensive shelling, the wooden houses were completely vulnerable and collapsed, and at the same time, the fire began to burn and spread rapidly.

The shogunate army stationed here was in mourning, and the artillery was terrible.

It can be attacked from such a distance, and what makes people feel even more terrifying is that these cannons seem to have eyes, and they will fall wherever there are many people.

Throughout the port, flesh and blood flowed.

Even if the swordsmanship of the samurai is excellent, it is impossible to say that they are flying and rushing over; No matter how long the spear of the ashigaru is, it is impossible for it to stab the Ming army from a distance of several hundred meters.

I could only watch countless shells fall on my head, scurrying around like headless flies, and I was terrified.

"Fire~Fire~Counterattack~Counterattack~"

Motohide Uehara was the guardian of the shogunate army here in Hyogo-no-Tsu, and was responsible for commanding the 5,000-strong army.

Feeling the dense shells like rain, Uehara Motohide was also frightened and bloodless, how many artillery did the Ming army bring?

At the same time, he also ordered urgently, here in Hyogo-no-Tsu, the shogunate also mobilized some artillery, after all, to deal with the warships of the Ming Dynasty, it is impossible to do without artillery.

However, he soon learned that Hyogo-nozu's artillery had been taken care of by the Ming army, and it was already submerged under the Ming army's artillery cover without firing a single shot.

"Boom~"

The intense artillery attacks seemed to have no intention of stopping, wave after wave, as if they were endless.

The small Hyogo no Tsu suffered the pain it did not deserve, and the once prosperous port was reduced to ruins in an instant, and all the houses were destroyed in the blink of an eye.

The few that were not destroyed were soon attacked by more artillery, and in the blink of an eye, they also fell with a bang, and at the same time, the entire harbor was also ablaze.

The army of the shogunate was terrified, and there were soldiers and samurai who were constantly fleeing for their lives, and no one could calmly deal with such a terrible shelling, and the unlucky Uehara Motohide was hit by a cannonball, which left the entire port leaderless.