Whenever the history of China goes to a pass, or climbing, or falling, there is always a dog at the door of the house, even if we are brilliant, they do not forget to bark a few times, highlighting their own existence

Continue to brazenly beg for all kinds of tickets.

Listening to the faint sound of cannons coming from the sea, the rumbling bursts seemed to hit the hearts of the samurai.

However, the glory and dignity of the samurai required that they not show the slightest panic and fear, and all the samurai stood in their positions with their arms crossed, and looked into the distance with their eyes open, trying to see the situation of the naval battle where the sea and the sky met.

In the cabin, Captain Ono Gonzaemon or Daisuke Hisataka, who has white hair, or Daisuke Hisataka, who is already sixty-four years old.

This old and immortal guy, more than ten years ago, was sent by Shimazu Tadatsune, the lord of the Satsuma Domain, to lead 3,000 men and horses to attack the Ryukyus as the general general. More than 100 people, including the Ryukyu king Shoning, were captured and returned to Satsuma. He also has an even more notorious descendant in Chinese history, Shikiki Kayama. Commander of the Combined Fleet of the Japanese Navy and the first Governor of Taiwan.

"If the temple is like this, please use tea."

He picked up the folding fan that was placed between Mitsuhisa Shimazu and him, and said that the tea was brewed and ready to drink.

Hisashika Kashiyama held the tea bowl in both hands and respectfully handed it to Mitsuku, who was about the same age as his grandson.

"Thank you, Mamoru Mino." Guangjiu took the tea and took a small sip.

Two people with huge sailors, (well, at least in the eyes of the Shimazu family, huge.) Actually, it's just four boats. When I came to the waters of Annam, I didn't come to drink tea, but to continue the glory of more than ten years ago and expand the power and territory of the Shimazu family.

Tasting tea in his mouth, Guangjiu was a little distracted.

"Mino Mamoru Lord, I wonder how the war between Nanban and Annan Ming is going?"

Since more than ten years ago, under the instructions of the shogun, the Shimazu family sent 3,000 troops to seize the Ryukyus, and made endless profits for the Shimazu family.

However, since last year, the Ryukyuan people, who have been offering sugar cane grown in the fields and virgin cane sugar, have suddenly become less obedient. The amount of sugar cane and sucrose turned in is also insufficient. From the Ryukyuan population, who were inclined to the Shimazu family, they heard a shocking news.

"The king of the Ryukyus cooperated with the generals stationed in Annam of the Ming Kingdom to exchange sugar cane for rice!"

Birshan's long eyebrows trembled, and the beard was no longer gray, but now it was all white. If it weren't for the interests of his own family, he wouldn't have come from Kyushu Satsuma with the Southern Barbarians to attack the Ming people in Annam at the age of 64.

"If the palace is like this, in the classics of the Ming people's art of war, there are many tactics such as Bian Zhuang stabbing the tiger, and taking advantage of the fire to rob, etc., which is about judging the situation and investing their own troops at the most appropriate time to obtain the greatest benefits."

Although there are few words from Hisataka Kayama, they break through the way the Shimazu family has behaved for generations. Yes, at the most opportune time, choose to take sides to get the greatest benefit for yourself.

Starting from the beginning of the Kamakura period, step by step to the present, almost unifying the foreign daimyo of Kyushu, how many generations of painstaking management, is not it based on such a principle? In order to survive, develop, and grow in the troubled times of this Warring States?!

"We're just waiting here, waiting for news ahead."

Neither of them spoke, and continued to sip tea.

Neither Hisetaka Kayama nor Mitsuhisa Shimazu dared to throw these four ships lightly The situation is not yet clear, the two sides are in a bloody naval battle, this is a fleet loaded with 800 people, although most of them are conscripted peasant soldiers, with a spear in their hands, less than 10% of the iron artillery, and the samurai are even less pitiful, but dozens of people. However, there are also ten kokubans on each ship that were bought from the Portuguese, which are ten times more fierce than the large cylinders made by the Shimazu family themselves, and the real Nanban original goods.

In response to the collapse of the Forty Gates, the Shimazu family forced the natives in the Ryukyus to destroy the rice fields and plant sugar cane instead, using the harvested sugar cane to extract sugar to trade with the Portuguese. On the Amami Islands and the main island of the Ryukyus, I don't know how many natives died of starvation.

Similarly, if it weren't for the interests of the Shimazu family and his own family in the Ryukyus, why would he bother to come here?

If the palace is here by the order of the lord, it is just to open up territory and accumulate prestige, if there is a mistake, then how will he face the lord? I'm afraid that it can be reversed if it is not a seppuku apology.

"Mino Mamoru Lord! Mino Mamoru Lord! ”

The sound of hurried clogs, accompanied by the eager cries of the samurai who went to inquire about the news, finally relieved the two people in the room, there was news ahead! We can make a decision!

Ignoring the samurai who inquired about the news, he knelt down and saluted, and both of them hurried to get the information ahead from him.

"Quick! What about the casualties on both sides? ”

"Ruo Dian! Mino Mamoru Lord! The samurai who went to inquire about the situation on the battlefield wiped the sea water or sweat on his face, and his face was full of complicated expressions of excitement and confusion.

"It seems to the subordinates that they have been defeated! It's definitely a defeat! ”

The sea was already full of corpses, and the boats that tried to approach the Nanzhong army fleet, carrying out fire attacks and jumping, swayed helplessly under the caress of the sea.

Shouhan put away the clairvoyance in his hand, a little lonely, "Send a signal, press it all, the target, the Ruan family's big ship!" Turning back to his cabin, victory or defeat, at this time, is no longer a suspense. As a commander-in-chief, in this era of artillery bombardment, it seems that he doesn't have to take the lead in naval battles, so why should I waste time here to watch the battle? Rather than staying here and letting the people on the ship spend their minds and waste manpower to protect me, it is better to go back and do something else, and it can also make people feel like they are in ashes.

"Brothers, fight well! Let the monkeys of the Ruan family see how to fight a naval battle! Li Shouhan went back to fiddling with his drawings, Xu Huanshan breathed a sigh of relief, shouted loudly, and ordered the flag soldiers to signal and the whole army to turn the rudder and go to besiege the Ruan family's big ship.

It's like military training! After three rounds of shelling, the sailors' confidence was greatly increased! It turns out that dealing with monkeys is much easier than when training!

As long as you follow the action essentials and requirements of the exercise, under the command of the gun commander, complete the procedures of loading, aiming, firing, cleaning, resetting, etc., and then reload, ignite, and fire.

The Ruan family sailor who lost the dinghy was like a young woman from a good family without scissors in her hand, pitifully exposed to the obscenity of a group of sea hooligans, He Wen'e, the commander of the Ruan family's sailors, trembled all over, and from the clairvoyance, he saw the scene of the slaughter of the sailors in the dinghy clearly, and he was so shocked that his hands and feet were cold and at a loss.

"My lord! My lord! Franc machine man! O Franc Robot Ship! The officer next to him reminded him with a word, ah! Although we can't do it anymore, we would rather lose ourselves to the European knights than get on the ship of your Ming people!

"Quick! Ask the gunboats of the Franc machine to come to the rescue! ”

Faced with the obscenity of the villains on the sea, the young woman of the Ruan family pinned her hopes on the noble Portuguese knight to come forward and save the beauty with a version of the hero of Annam on the sea.

Even if it's a promise afterwards, oh no, you can add more gold, silver, pearls and jade in return!

As a result, more than 100 Ruanjia warships pitifully hid behind the two Portuguese gunboats, waiting for the Portuguese to show their might and repel the gunboats of the dozen or so sea villains in front of them.

However, a villain is a villain, without the slightest chivalry, and in the face of the awe-inspiring righteousness of the knights of the Spanish Empire, the naval division of the Nanzhong Army did not have the courage to face it head-on and face it squarely. Instead, they went around in circles from afar.

There was a flash of red light in the distance, and then there was a burst of white smoke, very faint and small, which was quickly dispersed by the sea breeze. The sailors knew that the largest ship in the middle of the flotilla fired a cannon at our flotilla, and this cannon, as if as a signal, all the guns of the South Central Army fleet facing us began to tilt shells and gunpowder at us. At that moment, it was as if a volcanic eruption in the Iberian Peninsula. I am grateful to the Virgin Mary for loving me with her light of mercy in the midst of artillery fire and keeping me out of harm's way. ”

In a letter to his family, Thiago, a sailor from the Portuguese gunboat Goddess, thanked the Virgin for her kindness. In the letter, he also stated that he was living well in the camp, and that the captured commanders were in contact with the monarch here, a young general, in an attempt to obtain his forgiveness.

The Nanzhong Army did not rush into the formation of the Ruan family and the Portuguese naval division, but circled around their formation from a distance, getting closer and closer, and then, under the unified order of the flagship, fired all the gunwales on the enemy's side. The shells that were pushed out of the chamber by the anger of the gunpowder were vented on the board of the ship that blocked its advance.

The wooden planks pierced by the shells, like sharp blades, flew everywhere in the small space of the cabin, acting as accomplices to the shells, and the sailors and gunners who were stabbed by these wooden knives clutched their wounds and screamed, and the smell of gunpowder and blood mixed was everywhere in the cabin.

Those gunners who were a little dark-hearted lowered the muzzle of the guns slightly, and after a dozen guns were discharged, they rushed straight to the waterline of the Portuguese gunboats! The unwelcome guest of the cannonball not only came uninvited, but also dragged the sea water into someone else's space.

However, the Portuguese were able to crisscross the sea for more than 100 years, becoming the first batch of maritime empires, and this maritime skill was not in vain, after the first cannon was discharged, the Portuguese commander also ordered, "Open the cannon!" As a result, the shells converged with each other in mid-air, leaving a trail in the air of a scorching trajectory that could be seen with the naked eye.

Under the siege of a dozen hooligans, the two Portuguese knights only lasted less than ten minutes, and they were very sad to find that their cabin was flooded! A Portuguese ship began to sink slowly.

Looking at the flaming sails, the masts that fell on the deck, the guns that were staggered by the dense shells, and the sailors who were moaning, as far as the eye could see, there was a mess everywhere, and the commander shook his head very gentlemanly, "Hang the white flag, drop the sails, and drop anchor." We surrender. ”

"Spineless thing!" Xu Huanshan, who was in the command position of the Fubo, pursed his lips and sneered twice, "Go to the Liangjia people, and control the people and ships for me!" ”

Chu Dalei, the captain of the Dingyuan ship, also frowned, and he looked at the flag from the Fubo, "Let's make way for the small boats behind us and let them go up to deal with the Ruan family's sailors?" Flag Slogan! Ask why?! The boys haven't had a good time yet! Why make way for the civilian boats behind?! ”

Having said that, however, the order had to be carried out, and the Dingyuan ship reluctantly moved out of the way, watching the civilian ships that were nearly half smaller than their own ship rush by.

"My lord! You see! The sharp-eyed gunner, pointing to a wooden frame covered with a huge canvas in the boat. Seems to be the same as ours! ”

"Damn it! Isn't there one on our ship! Lao Tzu has also been to Luzon with his lord, fiddling with this thing, isn't it as good as a group of fishing boats?! Flag Slogan! I'm going to find Xu Dahu, this dog thing, so I can tell the difference!"

He Wen'e watched the second-line warfleet in the south and central that was not much different from his own ships, under the cover of the wind ships and the wind hunters, slowly forming a formation under his nose, and that posture was like a child with the support of an adult preparing to throw a lot of dung into your yard.

"The South Central Army wants this group of ordinary people to deal with us? This is a little too contemptuous, right!? He Wen'e complained a little dissatisfiedly while searching the withered intestines to figure out what kind of tactic this was.

However, the officer next to him reminded him, "My lord, the Nanzhong Army has always been scheming and full of tricks, and we have already suffered a big loss, so beware of these civilian ships being cheated!" ”

A sentence woke up the dreamer, and later, in the ancestral hall of the He family, there has always been an anonymous Engong tablet next to He Wen'e to accept the incense offerings of the He family.

"Quick! Order the fleet, forward, and engage these enemy ships! We're us, we're going to go first! ”

What's going on? The Portuguese are suspicious? Obviously, these Chinese have an absolute advantage, why not use the big ships to take advantage of the victory to pursue and open artillery to send the Annamite to feed the fish? Could it be that the shells have run out? Not like it?

He Wen'e shouted loudly: "Give the order, just say that the big ship of the South China Army has run out of shells, and now it has to rely on the small boat." The children rushed forward and the reward was doubled! ”

When Hisaka, who was more than ten nautical miles away, heard this, he suddenly pulled out the sword at his waist and pointed at the samurai who was telling the military situation at his feet, "Cowardly in battle, lie about the military situation, and behead!" ”

Frightened, the samurai kowtowed again and again, "Mino Mamoru Lord, the subordinate did see it on the edge of the battlefield!" Those Ming pirate ships flying the big flag of Li have begun to retreat, and the Ruan family is indeed finished! ”

"Then you say! Akito, what's wrong? Obviously, the southern barbarians have surrendered, and it is right that they should use the big ship to pursue while they are victorious, why did the big ship stop and send a small boat forward? Could it be that the Ming people's country collapsed and there was no national collapse jade? That's not right, the old man's sword will cut you down immediately! ”

On the mat made of rushes, I don't know what kind of liquid slowly spreads around the samurai, "Mino Mamoru Lord, this is what the retainers saw. ”

Fire! A sea of fire!

He Wen'e, who was at the back of the fleet, only had this word in his mind to describe the scene in front of him.

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