Natsume Yoshiaki calmly met the blade that Tokugawa Kihide slashed at the head, and suddenly made a move that surprised Tokugawa Kihide, reversing the short knife in his hand, "Flutter!" A stab into his abdomen, and he laughed miserably: "There is no need for the general to do it, there are no defeated samurai in the Yamato nation, and the subordinates should cut their own abdomen!" ……”

When I was a child, I watched those anti-Japanese movies, and I was very puzzled by the devils in them who committed suicide by caesarean section at every turn, if you die, why do you want to make it so bloody, evil or disgusting? Later, I went to check the origin of the Japanese samurai who like to cut their own stomachs, saying that there was a down-and-out ronin in Japan a long time ago, because the family was poor and often couldn't eat the belly, once a cow was lost in the village, everyone unanimously guessed that the down-and-out ronin stole the cow and ate it, so the down-and-out ronin was caught and sent to see the Daimyo, the down-and-out ronin was killed and did not admit that he stole the cow, but everyone said the same, and finally the Daimyo still judged the down-and-out ronin guilty, As a result, the down-and-out ronin made a move that shocked everyone present, he used a knife to cut open his stomach, dug out the internal organs, and let everyone see that there was no beef in it, so as to prove his innocence, of course, the down-and-out ronin also died, but his story was widely spread in Japan, so that later more and more Japanese samurai liked to use the disembowelment as a way to maintain their reputation, and once a samurai chose to commit suicide by disembowelment, then no matter how big a mistake he made before, the world will forgive him.

In particular, some fanatical extremists highly respect this method, regard it as the highest honor of the bushido spirit, and even hold a solemn ceremony to disembowel, including the knives used in caesarean dissection and the process procedures of caesarean dissection, which is a bit different. However, we also have to admit that this kind of courage to face death is not something that ordinary people can have.

Natsume Yoshiaki finally calmed down the angry Tokugawa Kihide in this tragic way, the sharp command knife hovered in front of Natsume Yoshiaki's forehead, the hand holding the knife trembled slightly, but his face was cloudy and uncertain, and he couldn't make up his mind. Natsume Yoshiaki saw that Tokugawa Muhide was still hesitant at this time, and laughed bitterly: "General, the Chinese have a good saying, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood, if the general doesn't make a decision, we can only collectively break the jade here, what other great cause?" ......", after saying the last paragraph, Natsume Yoshiaki could no longer support it and fell crooked on the deck.

Tokugawa Kihide looked at the dying Natsume Yoshiaki and was finally moved, Natsume Yoshiaki was his retainer and his childhood playmate, and his loyalty to him was undoubted, and said in a trembling voice: "Natsume-kun, I swear that I will avenge you!" ......" After speaking, he suddenly turned around and shouted at the surrounding guards who were stunned by this scene: "Order, withdraw the army!" ”

Xu Guangqi, who was watching the battle on the cliff, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the victory was decided, but he also noticed that the pirate's warships had begun to retreat, and the Zixin army couldn't chase because there were no warships, so he couldn't help but sigh with some regret: "General Shen, why haven't they arrived yet, if you let the Japanese warships escape, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles!" ……”

Guo Zhiyuan smiled confidently and said, "Sir, don't worry, have you forgotten that we still have Mr. Zhao's secret weapon?" Don't even think about running out of a ship! ......" said and turned his head to Zhao Shizhen on the side and chuckled: "Mr. Zhao, it's time for you to exert your power, hurry up and release your secret weapon!" ……”

Zhao Shizhen waited for Guo Zhiyuan's words for a long time, snatched the flag of the herald next to him and waved it violently, Xu Guangqi has always been curious about what Guo Zhiyuan said about the "secret weapon", and looked at the sea below with wide eyes in anticipation, but after looking at it for a while but didn't see anything, he couldn't help but turn his head in surprise and asked Zhao Shizhen: "Mr. Zhao, where is your secret weapon?" Where? ……”

Zhao Shizhen shook the telescope in his hand a little proudly, pointed to the sea in the distance, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, you have to use this!" Take a closer look? ……”

Xu Guangqi hurriedly picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of Zhao Shizhen's finger, and finally found that small black balls the size of watermelons floated on the sea surface at some point, if you look more carefully, you will find that these small black balls are connected with ropes, so that a certain distance can be maintained, so as not to be scattered by the fluctuations of the seawater, Xu Guangqi is still a little knowledgeable, and asked with some uncertainty: "This is ......**?" ”

In the impression of many people, ** is a weapon that only appeared in modern naval warfare, what we don't know is that the Ming Dynasty at this time has invented **, and equipped in the Ming Dynasty sailors, in history the Ming Dynasty sailors have sunk Japanese warships with **, which is also the first time that human beings have ** actual combat, which can also be seen that the Ming Dynasty's firearms research and development level at that time was also relatively leading in the world, far less backward than we think.

There must be readers who will ask, since the Ming Dynasty sailors already had such advanced weapons at this time, why didn't they assemble sailors on a large scale, and they didn't see the best play a role in laying the foundation for victory in several foreign naval battles? That's because at this time, the Ming Dynasty's ** is not the trigger type that we are familiar with in later generations**, it needs to be detonated by manually pulling the rope, in 1590 the Ming Dynasty also invented the "timing**", the thunder shell is made of ox belly, which is filled with black**, and uses a little incense to calculate the time detonation**, although it is already at the world's leading level at that time, but this ** has a fatal shortcoming, that is, it needs to be manually detonated, so that it loses its biggest hidden advantage, and is responsible for detonation** people need to risk their lives, and the probability of duds is also very high, which led to the fact that this world-leading black technology was not promoted in the Ming Dynasty at that time and played its role.

Guo Zhiyuan also made the spring when he built the four-wheeled carriage, Zhao Shizhen, as an expert in firearms, immediately touched the bypass, and thought that this invention could be used in the first place, so as to invent the trigger type, which has been tested many times before, and the power is amazing, so Guo Zhiyuan will use this "secret weapon" in this key battle with the pirate alliance!

When the pirate coalition first entered Chicken Coop Bay, these ** were fixed underwater with ropes by the excellent water-based "water ghosts" sent by Guo Zhiyuan, so they would not be triggered, and when the pirate coalition warships began to retreat, the "water ghosts" only needed to cut the rope that fixed **, ** would automatically float up, so as to achieve a surprise effect.

The panicked retreating pirate coalition warship naturally didn't notice the "black watermelons" that suddenly surfaced on the sea, and crashed into it in a panic, and suddenly there were rumbling explosions, and the originally unruly sea turned into a sea of death, pulling the pirate coalition army that had just escaped from death into the nightmare of death again!