Tokushima City is only a small city with a population of less than 20,000, and there are only a few hundred soldiers stationed there, but only recently in order to deal with the possible arrival of the Ming people, more than 1,500 more people were transferred from other regions, and 2,000 soldiers were gathered.

But these soldiers, who only had swords, faced the Ming soldiers with new firearms in their hands, had no ability to resist at all, and they were defeated.

Seeing that the city was already burning, Zhu Zhanji did not believe that they still had the strength to resist. This is not the focus of the attack, and even if it is to be cleared, it will have to wait until the Ming army burns down Osaka Prefecture.

The soldiers were fast, burned down Osaka Prefecture, and even directly attacked Kyoto, and it was the right thing to seize Ashikaga Yoshinori.

And, of course, there is the abdicated Emperor Go-Komatsu, the father of the legendary monk Ikyu. and Emperor Seko, who is now being put on the status of a puppet, they are all natural theocracies of the so-called eternal gods.

In Zhu Zhanji's view, physically and physically eliminating them is the main means to truly break Dongying's stable rule.

In addition to the Ming Dynasty, no one in the world will be able to call the emperor anymore, which is the most important thing for the Ming Dynasty.

The army left behind 4,000 soldiers guarding the rear road and continued its march towards Osaka.

More than 200 ships, lined up in two rows, entered Osaka Bay, and then, according to the predetermined plan, formed an attack formation on the sea nearly five miles from Osaka.

And by this time, the entire Osaka Bay was already boiling.

The shogunate also had its own defensive front in Osaka Bay, and from the moment the Ming fleet entered the bay, their beacon had already transmitted information to Osaka Prefecture.

The luck they had in their hearts completely disappeared after seeing the mighty and majestic Ming fleet.

In terms of ships, Dongying can also put together a fleet, but most of them are cargo ships and clippers of 400 to 1,000 stones, which are completely different from warships specially designed for war, such as the Ming fleet.

Even if they used all the power of Dongying's desolation, they couldn't muster such a large fleet.

Most of the people of Dongying began to flee inland, and with such a large formation of the Ming fleet, no one believed that relying on a few thousand warriors and tens of thousands of grass-headed soldiers here alone could stop them.

Those samurai are easy to say, and most of the grass soldiers, they don't even have a weapon, and those who can have a kitchen knife are already considered elite.

On the flagship, Liu Wan laid out a row of seats along the guardrail on the deck. Zhu Zhanji sat in the middle position, sitting on his left hand was Zheng He, the deputy marshal of the army, and on his right hand was Jin Chun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Civil Mission.

On the left side of their flagship, the envoys of the envoys of various countries were all terrified when they saw the majesty of the Ming fleet.

In today's world, only Daming can have such strength and put on such a huge army. It is difficult for their countries, not to mention the navy, even the army, to put on such a big formation at once.

There are even some countries where even 100,000 men cannot be found.

Da Ming's move was to let them know that even if they were thousands of miles away, as long as Da Ming wanted to deal with them, they couldn't escape.

If the Ming Dynasty wants to formulate a new world order, it is not enough to rely on entrapment, but also to deter it.

Zhu Zhanji leaned back in the wide seat, and on the table at hand, there were still fresh melons and fruits. The blue sea and blue sky, the spring breeze is blowing, and the sun is shining, which makes it feel like a leisurely vacation.

The only difference is that his two wives stayed in the room and did not come out, so they could not add fragrance to their red sleeves and let him enjoy the service of warm nephrite.

Before this big war, they didn't dare to go on deck at all, and in the war of this era, there was still a great taboo against women.

If this war is won, it is better to say, if it is lost, I am afraid that everyone will put most of the blame on them.

Aside from the leisurely coaches, everyone's nerves are actually tense. Especially those heralds, who always kept an eye on Zhu Zhanji's expressions and words, and would not miss a word.

At this time, there are actually not too many things about Zhu Zhanji and them, and their existence, in addition to boosting morale, is mainly to give everyone a clear command system.

However, at this time, the real operation still needs to rely on the on-the-spot performance of all fleets and landing forces.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, as the fleets were ready, all kinds of information were gathered and gathered on the flagship through flags and herald camps.

On the sand table in front of Zhu Zhanji, Zheng He laid out the battle formation and the layout of each army, and the current arrangement is basically in line with the plan before the battle.

Zhu Zhanji paid attention to a trivial matter at this time. "Has the army eaten?"

"I have already eaten at the time, and before the battle, eating will affect my physical strength. They carry a day's ration with them and don't go hungry. ”

Zhu Zhanji nodded, looked at the sun and asked, "When is it?" ”

"Three o'clock in the afternoon."

"Then give the order, according to the predetermined plan, before the time is right, to start the artillery bombardment, and then, to dispatch the firearms battalion."

At this time, Liu Sheng took the lead in standing up, clasped his fists and said, "Your Highness, the last general is willing to be the vanguard and fight for the position of the army." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said with a smile: "Marquis An Yuan, don't be impatient, the navy is not comparable to the army." And let the navy athletes give some greeting gifts to the Dongying people to strengthen the prestige of our country. ”

Liu Sheng's automatic invitation was just a statement, this time the Ming fleet went out with superior forces, and all of them were firearms battalions, where was the use of him, the marquis.

If it really comes to that time, it will also be the time when the Ming army has suffered defeat.

Although there is still some confusion in the command system of various departments today, with Zhu Zhanji's flagship in charge of the overall situation, even if there are some deviations, they will be automatically corrected.

With Zhu Zhanji's order, the Ming fleet began to attack from the easternmost downwind, and all the warships anchored and sailed towards Osaka.

About a mile from Osaka, the ships formed a long line, and all the gun emplacements on the side were exposed, and the attack began.

The artillery speed of this era was very low, but each ship was connected from head to tail, forming a parallel line with Osaka, and the shelling began without pause.

With such a dense artillery bombardment, they didn't care about the target of the attack, everyone had only one goal, and that was to destroy every building within the range of the cannons.

Looking over from the flagship, the originally clear Toei Osaka was completely obscured by smoke. Each ship, after the shot, sailed west around the coastline, circled back to the rear of the fleet, and then stopped in its original position.

Zhu Zhanji took a sip of hot tea, and there was an indescribable sense of satisfaction all over his body.

After that humiliating era, no one knows how excited he was.

In the original history, it was only in the 19th century that Dongying experienced the Black Ship Incident and suffered its first invasion.

But then they began the Meiji Restoration, which became one of the world's greatest powers. And they inflicted the Black Ship incident on other countries, and they are proud of it.

Until the era when Zhu Zhanji traveled, although his motherland had surpassed Dongying in terms of overall strength, there was still more than one level difference between him and Dongying people in the people.

No one knew that Dongying would become a vicious wolf in the future, a poisonous snake that fought back, a bad neighbor who didn't remember the old kindness at all, and in turn bit his country, but didn't admit his mistake at all.

Not to mention this era, even six hundred years later, although the world has been endowed with a lot of peaceful colors, it still implements the law of the jungle where the strong are respected.

The daimyo now has such a great advantage that if he can't determine a social law that suits his own interests, then his crossing is meaningless.

Other generals may be unbearable, or they may be excited by military exploits, but he only has a simple pleasure, a pleasure from the heart.

Nearly a hundred gunboats were dispatched, and it took nearly an hour for each ship to shell once.

When the roaring cannon finally stopped, the fleet returned to its original position, and the thick smoke in the bay gradually cleared, revealing a ruined port city in front of everyone.

The ancient city built in the Tang Dynasty has been half destroyed, and a city wall near the sea has been completely destroyed.

Zhu Zhanji put down the binoculars and said with some regret: "The power of today's cannonballs is still a little small, but this is a full 2,000 cannons, but the blow caused to this big city is still too small. ”

Liu Sheng said with some doubts: "Your Highness, this kind of power is already rare, I don't believe that anyone's weapon can be more powerful than our Daming." ”

Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said: "If this kind of stone bomb is replaced with explosives, it will only explode or burn when it hits the target, do you think that Osaka will still exist now?" ”

Liu Sheng paused, groaned for a while and said: "What His Royal Highness said is always deafening, Sheng has been ordered to supervise firearms all these years, but he has never thought so, and these are all possible to be realized." ”

Although the firearms battalion of the Ming Dynasty did not have incendiary bombs and explosive bombs, there were tests in this regard in the siege camp.

Whether it is to attack the enemy with gold juice or to burn the enemy camp with rockets, this attack method is only technically different from firearms, and the principle is actually the same.

Now it is only because firearms are powered by explosives, except for stone shells, there are still some technical problems that have not been solved in other shells, but as long as this aspect is developed, no one dares to say that these technologies cannot be realized in the future.

Zhu Zhanji comforted in turn and said: "An Yuanhou is busy with official business, so naturally he doesn't have much time for technical research and development, and I do have a lot of leisure time, so I like to think nonsense." ”

He glanced at the warships on both sides, and asked again: "I am willing to be the vanguard of His Highness and take this city." ”

Zhu Zhanji still shook his head and said: "It's not that I don't want An Yuanhou to fight, it's just that I, Daming, occupy the right time and place, at this time, there is no need for An Yuanhou to go into battle in person, and let us wait for good news." ”

He raised his left arm and said loudly: "The landing ship will go on the expedition, and the auxiliary ship will then test the water depth, and the whole army will approach." ”

With the third mast raised on a large red flag on Zhu Zhanji's flagship, everyone understood that the landing operation would now be carried out in accordance with the predetermined third set of plans.

At this time, the army firearms battalion of 20,000 accompanying the army was the most excited, because they would be the first to land on Osaka soil in this battle, and if nothing else, the first merit would definitely belong to them.

In the last battle, Zhu Zhanji's Yu Linwei blocked the counterattack of tens of thousands of Japanese invaders with 2,000 soldiers, killing and wounding thousands of people and capturing thousands of people.

The commander at that time, Zhao Yongliang, became famous in one fell swoop because of this battle and was directly crowned Bo. The course of this battle was also carefully studied by almost all firearms battalions, and the advanced experience was learned.

Half a year later, the soldiers now have more advanced muskets in their hands than they did half a year ago, with a faster rate of fire and a larger number of people, and they are confident that they will face more enemies.

However, the landing of the Ming fleet was not all smooth sailing, and when the Ming fleet landed, countless Dongying warriors and more civilians rushed out of the ruins.

They held long knives and short knives, and in order to protect their homeland and take revenge, they rushed to the Ming soldiers who landed desperately.

Since last year, the pattern of war has changed, and their attacks have been stopped with muskets by the Ming soldiers who are still on the ship.

The densely populated Dongying people originally wanted to rely on the advantage of numbers to give the Ming people a dismount, but they couldn't rush the rain of bullets composed of scattered bullets.

Under the cover of these soldiers, the other Ming soldiers did not even face any pressure at all, and formed an attack formation of shield troops in front and musketeers in the back on the dock.

When they were on their feet, they began to move forward step by step to the rhythm of the drums.

In the face of such a long-distance attack, the Dongying people did not have any means of resistance at all, and the more people they rushed up, the more people fell.

The collision between this kind of cold weapon and hot weapon, the gap between the weapons, made Dongying's people have no power to fight back at all.

They could only retreat at a faster pace, and the screams of their colleagues made everyone lose the courage to fight the enemy.

On the low hill of Tennoji Temple in Osaka Prefecture, General Nanba, who was stationed here, had completely lost his claim, and although this battle would leave him with nothing, he also had no determination to fight the Ming army at this time.

Beside him was a young shogun, the younger brother of Ashikaga Yoshinori, the fourth shogun of the current shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshitori, who was only in his early twenties this year, and originally thought that with the unity of the Toei people, he could make the Ming people return in disgrace.

However, he simply could not understand such a war.

Courage and force are no longer decisive forces, but without these, how could the samurai class of Toei still be above the common people!

All these changes are not only the victory or loss of the war, but also the digging of buried graves for the entire Dongying.

At this time, he already knew that his brother had done something wrong, and he should not offend the fierce lion of Daming in order to entrap the radical forces.

In the past, they could still take advantage of the battle with Daming, but now, they can only be beaten passively.

Before he has the ability to solve this problem, what Dongying should do is to lie down and learn from the experience of the Ming Dynasty.

However, it seems to be too late.

(This book will definitely not be a eunuch, I know that the update is not effective during this time, and I will definitely add more to it when I get home.) ）

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