The shogunate issued the final lockdown decree in Kanei 16 and moved the Dutch trading house in Hirado to Nagasaki. In the same year, the shogunate ordered the Fukuoka Kuroda family to build two places at Tomachi at the entrance to Nagasaki Port and Nishimari on the other side of the river, and garrison them. The following year, the Saga Nabeshima family came to replace them, and the two feudal clans continued to alternate once a year, taking turns to garrison Nagasaki.

Because they are located at the port of Nagasaki Port, they are called Oki Ryobansho, and because the soldiers of the two feudal clans stationed in Nagasaki are 1,000 people, it is also known as "Senjin Bansho".

With only a thousand soldiers, even if you add the ronins and wild samurai in Nagasaki, that bit of manpower is also a piece of cake for the Zheng army's fleet.

After hearing the news of the defeat, and seeing that the ships of the Zheng family sailors easily flattened the forts on Yakika Island and Takahoko Island, and then the sailors went straight into the depths of Nagasaki Bay, Matsuura Zhenxin's trip seemed to have no effect at all, and the forehead of Nabeshima Katsushige finally oozed bright sweat.

Now it's really a big deal.

His first reaction was to grab Tagawa's mother and son to threaten Jung Jiryu, but Toshishige Baba and Masanobu Yamazaki stopped Nabeshima's madness.

These two pursuers who were not taken seriously by Nabeshima Katsushige did not dare to say a word to Nabeshima Katsushige earlier, because the difference in status between the two sides was too great. Even if they are the flags of the Tokugawa family, it depends on who Katsushige Nabeshima is?

But now it's different, Nabeshima Katsushige's adventure is doomed, and he has already fallen into a catastrophe.

This time, Nabeshima Katsushige himself is going to be finished, and even the Nabeshima family will be affected.

As for Nabeshima Katsushige, he had already sent an urgent call to the Saga Domain, summoning the feudal soldiers to come to help, but it was impossible for the earliest Isahaya Domain soldiers to arrive immediately.

"Look for the Dutch!" Baba shouted heavily. The Dutch had always wanted to expand the area of the Dejima Merchant House, but Nagasaki had never agreed to it, and this time as long as they made a deal with it, the Dutch would definitely be willing to do it.

A group of people who have already burned their eyebrows don't think about whether the Dutch would like to see Zheng Zhilong and the Japanese make enemies? This is not to quench thirst by drinking, but to fight fires with land.

Snitke, the curator of the Dejima Dutch Merchant House, who received a notice from the Japanese, agreed, and then took the high-ranking business Jacob to the dock on a small boat to the destination.

Because they are surrounded by Japanese, the two of them rarely talk when they talk. On the contrary, Snitke talked a lot with the Japanese general who led him.

When he knew the size of Zheng Zhilong's fleet that had come to Japan, Snitke couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "Oh, God above, what did you do?" To make Zheng so angry, this is his main fleet. ”

If all of a sudden it were to be lost in Japan, the Dutch would be able to laugh in their dreams. However, Snitke could never have dreamed of such beauty. As far as the surface strength of the Japanese is concerned, it is not that Snittek looks down on them, it is impossible to wipe out so many large sail warships. Unless there are two more kamikazes.

However, the Dutch still had a lot of trust in the strength of the Japanese army.

There are many samurai here, just like the knights of Europe in the early days, who are arrogant and rude, but also very brave. There is also a large population, they also make muskets and artillery, and have a strong war potential. This made the Dutch sure that even if they had defeated the Japanese at sea, they would not be able to defeat such a powerful country from land.

Therefore, from the Portuguese at the beginning to the Dutch, Europeans have always put commerce and trade first in Japan. Not even called proselytizing, the Dutch agreed. They are not Portugal.

"With all due respect, the hostage-taking methods are not very glamorous. I can understand the anger of His Excellency the Marquis, but I also hope that you will calm down and think about it, Japan is a powerful country, and if you provoke a war, I don't think you can win. ”

Zheng Zhilong understands Dutch, so Snitke directly communicated with Zheng Zhilong in Dutch, and the two of them kept talking, not only failed to calm Zheng Zhilong's persuasion, but made him angry.

Snitke has a grudge against the Japanese, and has been using Japan to pressure Zheng Zhilong, isn't this adding fuel to the fire? But this was what Snitke was going to do, and the Japanese were stopped.

Zheng Zhilong's mouth burst out, but his heart was as cold as ice. He thought of the Japanese outside, and he should really let them in and let them take a good look at the ugly faces of the helpers he had hired.

At critical moments, Europeans must be reliable, and pigs can fly.

Zheng Zhilong looked at the back of Snitke and Jacob leaving, and only thought of the mediation in history again and again, and the time and time again to control his grandmother's mouth.

"Father, this Dutchman has an enmity with the Japanese, right?" Zheng Sen is now very disgusted with Japan, and Nabeshima Katsushige obstructed the return of Tagawa's mother and son, which smashed the good impression of Japan in his heart.

But no matter how angry he is with Japan and Snitke's actions to add fuel to the fire, it can also be seen.

"Of course the Dutch want us to fight Japan. In this way, the pressure on Batavia will be reduced? Moreover, along with this war, the Japanese will rely on them even more. ”

Zheng Sen nodded yes, this reason is very simple and clear at a glance.

"You go and lead the troops to Nagasaki and take it. Wait a few more days, and when the Japanese reinforcements arrive, let's fight them again, and then we will go to Edo. "Just like against the Tartars, if you have the absolute strategic initiative, then this war will be cool.

Zheng Zhilong had a feeling that he was about to fly. This kind of refreshing feeling of beating Little Japan is absolutely incomprehensible to the Chinese of this era in the hearts of the traversers. Although the people of the southern kingdom will grit their teeth with hatred when they mention the Japanese Koulai, this hatred is too small compared to later generations.

Zheng Zhilong, who flew up in a happy mood, completely ignored the disastrous impact of his order on the port of Nagasaki.

When several bird ships and blacktail boats sailed into the deepest part of Nagasaki Port and cleared the last bit of Japanese defense, the old lock ships began to carry a boatload of infantry to land.

From the bayonet-wielding musketeers to the iron-clad Iron Men poured into Nagasaki like a tidal wave, and everywhere they went, there was no resistance.

Nagasaki, which does not occupy a large area, is not ordinarily rich. It has only been a few decades since the Portuguese discovered it, and Nagasaki has become one of the most prosperous places on the island.

A large number of merchants gathered here. Every year, one or two hundred trading ships dock here. These ships were loaded with silk, sugar, and porcelain from the Ming Dynasty, as well as cotton cloth, stationery, books, lacquerware, traditional Chinese medicine, handicrafts, and even cosmetics, or they were loaded with rare items from the West, bringing an endless supply of supplies to the Japanese. Of course, they also took away the gold and silver they had worked so hard to mine.

You must know that in today's Japan, there is not much else, but gold and silver. Just Sado Island can make the shogunate live a luxurious life. Not to mention the Iwami Silver Mountain, Kai Gold Mountain, Izu Gold Mountain and so on.

Japan, which came from the Warring States period when the gold and silver mountains were used as the foundation for war, is now a veritable 'Treasure Island'.

Therefore, in just a few decades, Nagasaki has gathered a small 100,000 inhabitants, and in Japan, with a population of nearly 20 million, such a population is not extremely large, but it is already a real big city.

Because there were too many vendors, and because of the lack of long-term planning for the city formed by trade, or because of habit, the roads in Nagasaki Castle were narrow and the buildings were one after the other.

Because of the abundance of wealthy merchants, the city is now the only window in Japan to the outside world, and the city is full of elegantly decorated shops – and if you look closely, the décor and environment of the pubs, restaurants, and inns are higher than those in other cities. Even the average can surpass Edo. It's because there are so many rich people here.

On the castle tower, Baba Toshishige and Masanobu Yamazaki looked at the large number of Zheng soldiers pouring into Nagasaki Castle Town, their eyes full of despair.

"Nagasaki is finished, and we are finished......" Yamazaki Masanobu couldn't stop crying, he didn't want to die. In the prime of his life, he obviously has a great future, and you must know that Nagasaki's status is very high, and even if he is recalled to Edo in two years, he will have a good future.

But what about now? Nagasaki was captured by Zheng Jun, and he and Baba Toshishige had to apologize and only cut their stomachs to keep their family's reputation from being tarnished and ensure that their children and grandchildren could go out smoothly.

"It's our bad luck. I actually bumped into Nabeshima Katsushige's horseman......," said Baba Rishi with hatred.

The era of the Warring States period is gone, the influential figures of the year have long been sick, and the shogunate inheritance is already the third generation. But it was just that Toshishige Baba and Masanobu Yamazaki bumped into Katsushige Nabeshima. If it was Tadayuki Kuroda of the Fukuoka Domain, they would still have some say. But in the face of the powerful Nabeshima Katsushige, the two of them could only watch Nabeshima Katsushige dominate everything.

Of course, none of them raised their voices against it, and Nabeshima Katsushige did what he wanted, which is not one of the reasons why Nagasaki has fallen to the point where it is now.

But anyway, at this point, Nabeshima Katsushige seppuku or not they can't manage it, but Masanobu Yamazaki and Toshishige Baba are definitely going to die.

"I don't cut my stomach, even if I am killed by an iron cannon, I don't cut my stomach." Seeing that Masanobu Yamazaki pulled out the ribs, Baba Toshishige shook his head, seppuku was too painful, even if someone made a mistake, Baba Toshishige was unwilling to endure it.

Compared with cutting his stomach with a knife, he felt that it was better to be beaten to death by others.

Without looking back, he ran down the castle tower.

Masanobu Yamazaki looked at the distant Baba Toshige in shock, and he still wanted to ask him to cut off someone's head for himself. "Yaga, Yaga, you coward, big bastard, big bastard."

Venting the anger in his heart fiercely, Masanobu Yamazaki thought of Katsushige Nabeshima, but then he dismissed the idea. Instead of humiliating himself, he put away his ribs, returned to the castle tower, and drank the sake prepared on the table. Then he went downstairs with a knife.

"Die, die, and when you are clean, your sins will be clean."

For the panicked maids who ran by, Masanobu Yamazaki didn't look at them, let alone ignore them. He carried a knife and stood guard in front of the main gate of Honmaru.

With a few gunshots and screams, as footsteps approached and closer, Masanobu Yamazaki knew that his last time had come. He'd already heard the screams of Toshige Baba just now, and now it's his turn, isn't it?

In the backyard of Honmaru, Nabeshima Katsushige was looking at an oil lamp in a daze, surrounded by nervous attendants and a Tang Tongshi.

There was a smell of grease in the room, not only in the room, but also in the entire back house, and even on many houses......