Around the 5th century, East Asian culture from the Korean Peninsula began to spread in Toei, and Osaka became the political and cultural center of Japan. Known as the "City of Water", Osaka has frequent exchanges with Japan, Chinese mainland, and the Korean Peninsula due to its interfluence between rivers and seas.

In the 7th century, Japan's first capital city to imitate the ancient Chinese capital was established in Osaka. Although the capital moved to neighboring Nara and Kyoto, Osaka has always flourished and served as a gateway to Japanese culture and trade.

After the end of the 12th century, the government fell into the hands of the samurai, and the situation was in turmoil. Sakai City, on the other hand, developed into a liberal city, just like medieval Italy.

Today, there is only one external port, the Port of Nagasaki. However, Osaka is still the largest port in Toei due to its abundant products and its proximity to Kyoto.

But since the beginning of this year, this prosperous port has withered. The countless samurai who made a living here had no choice but to leave their homeland and leave here.

At the beginning of the year, Kitsuna led the Ming Navy to set a fire, because Osaka was not as unprepared as Nagasaki, so the losses were not heavy.

However, because the fleet of the Ming Navy blocked the entire sea area, all merchant ships would be attacked by the Ming fleet if they wanted to go to sea, so it caused the current withering situation.

The samurai of Dongying were not without the idea of revenge, they once gathered thousands of samurai and took a four-hundred-stone clipper to attack the Ming fleet.

However, they did not have cannons on their ships, and the Ming fleet did not engage them in broadside battles. Move quickly and use only the ship's artillery against them. In the face of the artillery attack of the Ming fleet, they did not have any means of counterattack at all.

After losing several boats and hundreds of people to the bottom of the sea, they had to be honest.

Nowadays, they can only use the original sea transportation to land transportation, which has also caused the price of goods to skyrocket in today's Dongying.

After the shogunate rejected the request of the Ming delegation to enter the Eastern Ei, now the Daimyo of the Eastern Ying have lost the opportunity to talk to the Great Ming. This kind of blockade, which does not distinguish between the enemy and us, allows every Dongying person to deeply understand the cruelty and hardship of war.

Ananda is an ordinary fisherman in Osaka Prefecture, with a three-zhang boat of his own, and two fishing nets, which is considered a good group of people in Osaka Prefecture.

Before the blockade, he went to the sea once a day, and then he could catch hundreds of catties of various aquatic products and send them to restaurants in the city.

Although this is a bit hard, in addition to paying the tax to the samurai lord every month, you can also leave a lot of silver taels.

But when Osaka Prefecture was locked down, life became even more difficult. When several ships that went to sea were blown up and sunk by the Ming fleet, no one dared to go to sea again.

But he was forced to make a living, and he couldn't stop his fishing career. If he doesn't fish, his two wives and a bunch of children will have nothing to eat.

He observed for a long time, and finally determined that as long as the ship did not leave the bay and the waters of Awaji Island, it would not be attacked.

Therefore, every day before dawn, he took his eldest son out to sea and cast a net in the bay, although this harvest was far less than that outside the bay, but at least there was some gain.

With fish comes income, and Osaka is not a food producer, and it does not have the abundance of the Kanto Plain. After the lockdown, prices skyrocketed, the price of these fish became higher and higher, and in the first few months, his income was higher than before.

But the good days soon passed, and the prolonged lockdown made the high food prices simply unaffordable for ordinary people in Osaka Prefecture, and those connected fled to other places.

In the past, the samurai lords had an income every day, so they didn't care about spending a little more, but now that they have no income, they have to find another livelihood.

Many people formed convoys to transport supplies by land to other areas and left Osaka Prefecture. More people stay here, but they can't afford to spend.

Most of the restaurants in the city are also closed, and Ananda is just fishing, and most of them are also robbed.

But as long as the boat was still there, the family wouldn't be hungry. In order to protect his family's boat, he and his eldest son slept on the boat every day, and parked the boat on the sea not far from the shore, for fear that when they woke up one day, their boat would be gone.

Early that morning, when the sky was dark, he and his eldest son woke up from the boat and began to pack their nets again, ready to catch two nets.

Although he could not sell his fish every day, the samurai lords also allowed him to pay fish to offset his taxes, and only by honestly paying half a boatload of fish a day could they continue to enjoy their protection.

Suddenly, his eldest son, Abe, screamed in horror. "Father, look!"

Ananda raised his head, and saw a fleet of people in the distance on the sea like a forest on the sea.

Unlike in the past, when there were only two or three ships, there are two or three hundred ships on the surface today.

Ananda was shocked and muttered, "Has this day finally arrived?" The fleet of the Ming Dynasty is here! ”

He didn't care about packing up the nets anymore, and began to hoist the sails vigorously, and commanded: "Don't clean up, I'll drive the boat to the shore at once, you go and pick up your mother and younger siblings, and we'll hide for the time being." ”

Abe still didn't come back to his senses, and sighed, "Where to hide?" Where can we hide? ”

Ananda, who has more experience in life, said: "Anyway, you must not go ashore, the big war is together, and the end of those warriors and lords will come, I am afraid that it will be more vicious than the Ming army!" ”

Osaka Prefecture is located on the northern side of the bay in the southwestern part of Honshu Island, and Shikoku Island forms a natural barrier with Wakayama to the south of Osaka Prefecture.

Between Shikoku Island and Wakayama, there is another small island, Awaji Island, two islands and a mountain, which hold the throat of Osaka Prefecture.

The Ming fleet used to operate in this water, blocking all the ships that were going to sea in the bay.

But today, the Ming fleet officially entered Osaka Bay.

Not only did Ananda and his son flee in a hurry, but the farmers on the outer side of the bay, seeing the mighty Ming fleet, also panicked and packed up, preparing to flee into the mountains for refuge.

For these people, Zhu Zhanji didn't care, and he didn't even care if there were spies who found their traces.

When the first rays of sunlight passed through the sea, casting a golden light on the world, the two landing teams of the Ming Dynasty also started the first battle of the day.

Eight landing ships, each with 500 soldiers on board, landed on the land of Wakayama and Tokushima City, and these 4,000 soldiers were divided into two routes to take the guard posts in both places.

The Toei soldiers in the direction of Wakayama almost did not resist, and took the initiative to give up the guard post and fled into the mountains.

However, in Tokushima City, the soldiers who landed met with resolute resistance.

Tokushima City, the prefecture of Tokushima Prefecture, guards the entrance to Osaka Bay, and there are many fishermen in the area, who sail small boats in small boats in a vain attempt to neutralize the attack of the Ming fleet with morale.

However, the pattern of warfare has shifted, and in the past, naval warfare required two ships to come close together and then engage in broadside battles. At this time, the morale of the soldiers, including combat effectiveness, will play a great decisive role.

But now, before the Japanese people approached in the small boats, the roaring cannons, like the harvesters of death, blew up most of the larger ships directly, and countless samurai fell into the sea and struggled desperately.

Located in the middle of the fleet, Zhu Zhanji stood on the deck of his flagship, and there was a large circle of people around him, and all the generals and ministers who did not participate in the direct battle plan gathered around him.

The task of seizing the guard post did not delay the journey of the army, and the fleet continued to enter Osaka Bay at a steady pace.

Looking at the Dongying soldiers who were struggling in the sea, Jin Chun said with a trace of unbearability: "When the war is over, we should rescue them too, after all, it is also a human life." ”

Although Zhu Zhanji did not agree with his benevolence, he also followed his words and said: "Yes, the lives of the Japanese people are also their lives, and keeping their lives can bring more benefits to the Ming Dynasty." ”

Jin Chun shook his head and said, "A gentleman's words are righteous, how can you speak lightly!" ”

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said: "Jin Shangshu's words are bad, the meaning of words cannot be sustained, and words and profits are long-term plans." The management of a country, if it relies only on words, is the harbinger of collapse. ”

In this regard, Jin Chun did not refute it, words and interests and words are just the difference between spiritual pursuit and real life, of course, we must pay attention to ethics, but of course we cannot rely on ethics to manage a country, but to rely on the system.

The formulation of the system must have a quantitative standard, which is naturally based on profit.

Jin Chun is talking about things from a personal point of view, but Zhu Zhanji is talking about things from the perspective of the country, so there is nothing wrong with either of them.

In Tokushima City, 2,000 soldiers successfully boarded the docks, and although they encountered resolute resistance from the Japanese people, all the Japanese soldiers were directly stunned by the appearance of muskets.

Before the two armies could take over, the people around them fell to the ground one by one screaming, the power of the spear was even more powerful than the short gun, those who were killed by one shot were still lucky, and the soldiers who were seriously wounded and did not die had to suffer irrepressible pain before they died.

The impact on the morale of these people was enormous, and most of them lost the courage to resist. They can't face such a battle, they can't hit each other, but the other side can hit them.

This kind of battle is so unfair!

Of course, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were not without casualties. This kind of street fighting, the enemy's short bow, can also cause casualties to the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. It's just that the power of the short bow is too small compared to the firebolt, and the damage it does is limited.

Every fallen Ming soldier was quickly transferred to the rear by the reserves, and their guns and ammunition were re-equipped by the reserves, so that not a single gun was left on the battlefield.

For today's Daming, although the cost of a gun has dropped from a dozen taels of silver to about eight taels, the actual value is not high.

However, because Zhu Zhanji strictly ordered this kind of flintlock pistol to go out, every gun in any team must be registered according to the number, and the chief officer must be held accountable for any less gun, so even if it is a bad gun, he will not dare to leave a single gun.

When the vanguard of the Ming Dynasty drove the Japanese out of the port area, the offensive was temporarily halted.

Another ship slowly docked to the dock, and round barrels were hoisted to the pier by the ship's hammock. Hundreds of Ming soldiers wearing red jackets skillfully loaded the handles on the wooden barrels, tried to press the wooden handles a few times, and sprayed black oil from an outlet under the barrel.

Then they carried the barrels behind them, and scattered briskly forward, following behind the musketeers, and began to spray oil on the houses on either side.

This team was specially trained by the Ming Dynasty's envoys in Sumatra, and their weapons were not knives and guns, but fire oil from Sumatra.

Because the number of people is still small, there is only an establishment of 500 people, but Zhu Zhanji personally named them the Fire Dragon Army.

At this time, the army of the Ming Dynasty had been divided into three levels, the first layer was the shield army, the second layer was the musketeers, and the fire dragon army was followed behind.

They dispersed after the group, and began to press the handle hard and spew black oil at the upwind of each house.

And after the Ming attack camp lasted for a while, they began to retreat, retreating back into the port area, and as their troops retreated, one by one the flames were ignited, and the entire Tokushima City quickly began to burn.

For Zhu Zhanji, there was no Geneva Accords or humanitarian spirit in this era, and war was a life-and-death struggle.

He has no mercy for Dongying talents, in order to preserve his strength and save the lives of Ming soldiers, he doesn't care about implicating those innocent people at all.

Due to the earthquakes, there are very few brick and stone houses here, and most of the houses are wooden houses.

The fire began to burn with the help of the wind, and countless people who were hiding in the house were burned out. They had already been frightened by the Ming army, and they desperately began to rush towards the other side.

Although he felt that it hurt Tianhe, at this time, none of the ministers standing beside Zhu Zhanji questioned Zhu Zhanji's decision.

For any Ming people, even if they have pity, they also cherish the lives of Ming soldiers more.

It's better to let the Dongying people cry than to let the Ming people cry.

In the same way, this is also a deterrent, deterring all Dongying people, as long as they dare to resist, they will face the most cruel punishment of the Ming army.

This is just the beginning, because in order to deter the Dongying people, there will be more fire oil will be used in Osaka, in Zhu Zhanji's plan, this city will disappear from the map, so that all the Dongying people are worthwhile, and against the Ming Dynasty, there is only a dead end.

Seeing that the entire city of Tokushima was caught in flames, even the wind wrapped in the fire, and even the port area was set on fire.

The Ming soldiers in the port area had to retreat into the ships in the sea to temporarily escape the fire.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji finally ordered: "Let's go, go to Osaka." ”