"What did you say?" Shimazu Tadashi, the lord of the Satsuma domain, lost his dignity and asked, holding a messenger.

The messenger trembled and said, "The Ming people loot the population everywhere, loot the villages, and spare nothing!" ”

He called out the names of a large number of villages in one breath, and Shimazu pushed the messenger away with all his might, and slumped back to his seat.

Depend on!

I have to say that the influence of Chinese culture, the word "by" in the southeast province was transmitted to Wajima, and it was clearly confided by Shimazu Tadashi.

The current situation in the Satsuma Domain is very unfavorable, is this Ming still a Ming man? Why didn't they fight heroically, and the generals actually retreated! Aren't you afraid of losing the face of the heavens and the kingdom?

While attacking the coast and ships with artillery, they landed and plundered!

To open a cannon is to open on the side, not to engage in a hard battle with the Japanese ship, and the Japanese ship is in an embarrassing situation where he can beat you (damn it is still very accurate), and you can't hit him.

They bombarded the city's harbor and sank the ships, while the larger ships were forced by their firearms to become their prisoners.

The Ming people moved so fast, and the cities and towns along the coast were as miserable as if they had been skinned, and nothing was spared, including people, supplies, livestock, etc., and before leaving, they set fire to them, poured oil on them, and set the houses on fire.

The Japanese villages on those islands are even more miserable, and there is nowhere to run, it is simply the Ming people crossing the border, swept away like locusts!

Smoke everywhere, crying everywhere!

When the Ming people caught the Japanese people, they didn't invite them as guests, and they were all taken away as slaves!

On the island at the entrance to Kagoer Bay, the Ming set up a supply base to supply the warships with fresh water, slaughtered the livestock and poultry to feed their own troops, and the water and bones were used to make soup for the slaves.

Several large ships returned to Taipei with slaves, well, what if there were more people and fewer ships?

Chief of Staff Storm solved the problem with ease, teaching the use of wooden planks (the back-up and looted door panels, timber and self-felled wood panels on his own transport ship) and spent some time renovating the cabin, dividing the original space into several layers in height, less than half a meter high.

Then the Japanese slaves went to bathe first, and after washing, they were "stuffed" into the cabin of the medium-seeded ship, and each person's territory was no more, no less, just enough to sit down and move their hands and feet slightly, and they couldn't straighten up, so they could only bend over, and they climbed in to get in.

It's really reasonable, eating, urinating, ventilation and other issues have been arranged in advance, and everyone is crowded, and everyone is finally packed, but looking at this small and crowded scene, Yan Dashao always feels a little familiar, in what movie has this special M been seen?

Asked about Storm, proved his idea, it turned out to be the method of the red hair fan slave trade, Storm has done this business in Africa, has a lot of experience in the slave trade, about how to make a boat carry more people is extremely experienced, back to the old business is naturally familiar.

"If there is an old man in the family, it is a treasure!" Yan Dashao praised.

Seeing the slave ship leaving, he was very happy to think that the output of the gold mine would soon be increased, but Shimazu Tadashi was depressed, and the Ming officer surnamed Hong actually had the face to come to protest, saying that we will not declare war, and it is unjust!

Then Shimazu Tadashi had a famous saying from the southeast in his mind: "Get cheap and sell well!" ”

The face of the Ming people was handsome at first, but now it is indescribably hateful, and the Japanese Shimazu Tadashi had an impulse to shout: "Come on, come on the knife and axe, pull this guy out and cut it down!" ”

Finally suppressed his emotions, the smile on Shimazu Tadashi's face disappeared, his face darkened, and he asked Hong Xiguan to leave, but he still gave him an explanation: wait for the Edo shogunate to make a decision.

I really have to ask the Edo shogunate for instructions on what to do.

Up to now, the Satsuma clan had a difficult horse, and they had forts in the city, but the Ming people did not fight the city at all (or left immediately after being artilliated), but plundered the coastal areas everywhere, and it was impossible for the Satsuma clan to defend all places.

Even if it is a land battle, Shimazu Tadashi is afraid!

He knew that the other party's equipment was all iron cannons (muskets) or flintlock-type kinds, so Shimazu Tadashi took a heart and deliberately did not let his land troops fight with the Akito landers!

The victory was useless, the main force of the people was the navy, the defeat of the marines did not lose their skin, and the defeat of the Japanese suffered losses, and the Edo shogunate may send people to the Ming people to work the army, praising them for fighting the Satsuma domain well.

As the saying goes, if you go outside, you must first settle inside, and Shimazu Tadashi is more wary of Edo shogun's heart than that of the Ming people.

The situation is very clear, the Ming people will not rob him of his territory, but the Edo shokudo has the intention of eliminating him.

As for naval battles, forget it,

At present, they can't give in, for fear that people will say that they had the opportunity to negotiate before and did not negotiate, and they only negotiated after being beaten, so it is not shameless.

I'm afraid that people will raise the price.

So, Shimazu Tadashi became a turtle!

He sent out men to move the people along the coast into the interior and set up defenses in large cities.

There was no more fighting, and even the larger ships were dragged ashore and concealed to prevent the Ming from destroying or robbing them.

He sent an envoy to Edo early, and he waited for the shogunate's instructions with the stars and the moon.

Before the news arrived, in the early morning, he had just woken up when he heard the roar of cannons, and the Ming ship attacked his main city!

"Target coastal artillery group, 1200 meters from the impact point, 24-pounder cannon burst!" Yan Donglai shouted.

The gun deck was filled with a tense battle atmosphere, with the rumbling cannons, dazzling flames, and choking gunsmoke, every gun commander behind the bronze cannon eagerly stared at the landing point of his cannonballs, and on the open deck was a large row of telescopes, and the admiral, chief of staff, and observation posts all watched the coastline with monoculars.

The long-distance attack of the guns of the two large ships made the Japanese shore guns busy, and they opened fire one after another, and the fire formed a wall of fire almost a kilometer away, and the two sides bombarded each other, flashing with fire.

The Satsuma Domain also had heavy artillery, which came from the Red Hair Fan who traded on Wajima, and the Satsuma Domain had a premonition that it would be invaded by sea, so it bought some cannons to defend, and there were as many as 24 guns.

However, their forts were relatively rudimentary, and they built an earthen fence on the shore and erected cannons on them.

At this time, the patrol ships of the Southeast Province joined the battle group, and they fired at the coastal batteries at close range only 300 meters from the shore.

The Kaohsiung No. 1 ship commanded by Siresma was particularly brave, he rushed to a hundred meters from the shore and opened fire, immediately provoking a fierce counterattack from the other side.

Although the Japanese are not good at shooting, if they can't hit at such a close distance, they will be beheaded by the feudal lord!!

A heavy cannon with a caliber of almost forty pounds emitted dazzling flames, and the shells fired hit the Kaohsiung No. 1 hard, and the earth-shattering hit made the entire Kaohsiung No. 1 ship jump up!

Then another shot was eaten, and Kaohsiung No. 1 was rumbled, and another shot was fired, and the shell passed through the ship's mast and flew over the entire deck, cutting several cables and knocking down the helmsman hard!

It's a ridiculous scene, but the rope with the thickness of the arm is smashed down from a high place, and the strength is overwhelming.

He was incapacitated on the spot, and he was dragged away to call for a spare helmsman, who took over the helm himself before he arrived.

Kaohsiung No. 1 was nailed to the front line as a target, and was shot one after another, causing wood chips, wood chips and sawdust to fly everywhere, and the number of dead and wounded continued to increase.

But its role was not in vain, another Kaohsiung ship approached, opened fire one after another, accurate artillery fire, and dumbed down the gun emplacements on the nearby shore!