In the popular Japanese family crest culture, each prominent family has its own family crest, which is used to mark identity and industry.

These family crests are varied, such as the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum pattern of the Japanese Emperor, the bamboo finch pattern of the Uesugi family, and the Sanada family, which is relatively short of money, and directly took six Yongle Tongbao to make a family crest.

Each family crest represents a side of Japan's power, and the average Japanese may not remember it all, let alone the Ming Dynasty, which did not care about the outside world.

Fortunately, in order to go to Japan, Qian Bingrup did some understanding and was able to identify some.

When Xu Junsheng heard that he was from the Tokugawa shogunate, he also breathed a sigh of relief and said to the soldiers below: "It's okay for the time being, keep the speed forward." ”

When it comes to Japan, the first thing that the people of the Ming Dynasty think of is the Uko, and they feel very frightened, but the fact is that the Uko is not a state act of the Japanese shogunate, and the leader of the Uko is Chinese pirates and smugglers, and the main component is the Chinese, only because there are many failed daimyo and samurai who are hired by the Chinese to act as thugs, so they are called Uko by the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, Japan was not a demon, and the army of the shogunate was not pirates, so it was much more joyful to meet them than to meet pirates.

The soldiers on the ship listened to Xu Junsheng's words and immediately began their respective work, and the two ships continued to sail in the direction of Nagasaki.

Although it was a ship of the Tokugawa shogunate, the fleet did not change direction and went to say hello to the shogunate's naval forces, but sailed to the port of Nagasaki in the northeast according to the original plan.

"General! The ships of the Wa Kingdom changed direction, as if they wanted to intercept us! ”

Xu Junsheng and Qian Bingjian were about to return to the shipyard when the soldiers on the bucket suddenly shouted.

Xu Junsheng picked up the clairvoyant mirror when he heard this, looked at it like a Japanese ship, and saw that ten Ataka boats were swinging oars, rowing road ripples, changing directions, and indeed seemed to intercept them.

"My lord, you can't use us as a smuggling ship!" Xu Junsheng put down the clairvoyant, "Don't the Japanese even have a clairglass?" ”

Qian Bingrup listened, pursed his lips and said: "Since it is the ship of the Tokugawa shogunate, they can stop it if they want to, and when they get closer, they will show their identity!" ”

"It's okay, keep going!" Xu Junsheng heard this, he didn't have any opinions, he really didn't care about this kind of ship in Japan.

In the distance, ten Ataka ships are sailing through the waves, which are undoubtedly outdated compared to this era. When Japan conquered Korea, the main force of the water war was this kind of house ship.

This kind of ship is rarely equipped with artillery, so when facing the warships of the Ming Dynasty, it is basically a dish.

At this time, on the deck of an Ataka ship led by him, a Japanese general in gorgeous armor was staring at the Fukubune in the distance.

The armor of the Japanese is very distinctive, mostly made of bamboo, leather and hemp rope, and the pursuit of ornificence, especially the costume in front of the samurai helmet, which is almost the same in all parts, and is the only one in the world.

The walls of the ten Ataku ships and the flags attached to the samurai's backs are all printed with the "Mitsuha Aoi pattern", but the fleet was not owned by the Tokugawa shogunate, but belonged to the Shimazu clan, a daimyo of the outer name.

Under the persuasion of Tagawa Shichizaemon, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the second lord of the Shimazu clan, considered the interests of the Satsuma clan and finally decided to agree to Tagawa Shichizaemon's request, intercept the Ming envoys, and disturb the connection between the Ming Dynasty and the Tokugawa shogunate.

The date of the departure of the Ming Dynasty fleet from Nanjing had already been reported to the Satsuma Domain, and after the fleet anchored in the Ryukyus, the Shimazu clan further found out the traces of the Ming Dynasty mission.

In order to intercept the Ming Dynasty mission, Shimazu Mitsuhisa immediately ordered his younger brother Shimazu Tadaro to lead ten Ataka ships with more than 1,000 horses, under the banner of the Tokugawa shogunate, to intercept the sea area through which the mission would pass.

The samurai at the head was the third son of the first lord of the Shimazu family, Shimazu Tadaro, who was dressed in a large kai, and wore a gorgeous cardigan with the Shimazu family's Marun no cross pattern on it, and his helmet was also gorgeous and covered with animal fur.

Beside him, several retainers with back flags, wearing bamboo armor, with knives and ribs stuck in their waists, and a long knife in one hand, stood at the side. On the deck, with hats and light feet with iron cannons, they all stood by the board wall of the Ataka ship, looking very elite.

"Full speed force, welcome the Ming country!" Shimazu Tadaro used a clairvoyant mirror to look at the two lucky ships of the Ming Dynasty, and ordered loudly, "みんなabsolute 対せるとこまで明国の船!" ”

"大卌令、スピードレース進!"

"一の速い漕いだ!"

As soon as Shimazu Tadaro gave the order, a series of Japanese words were remembered in the Ataka ship, and the sailors at the bottom of the ship listened to the urging, and desperately shook the oars, raising the speed of the Ataka ship to the highest speed, and rushed out in the direction that the Ming Dynasty Fufu ship was going to pass.

The two fleets approached quickly, and after a while, the non-commissioned officer in charge of the lookout could already see the Japanese non-commissioned officer running on the Ataka ship.

Ten Ataku ships, with wooden planks on the top of the hull to enclose the city with a rectangular board wall, each of the four corners of a feudal flag, and a shooting hole in the board wall for iron cannon fire, they broke the waves, gradually blocking the way of the Fufufu, trying to force the Fufufu to stop.

At this time, Xu Junsheng wrinkled slightly, the advantage of the lucky boat is that it has sails, it travels by the wind, and the speed is very fast, but if it stops, it is not as flexible as the oars.

Seeing that the Japanese ship had no intention of getting out of the way, and that if the Fukufu ship moved forward with full sails, it was very likely to crash into the Japanese ship, so he hurriedly turned around and called an interpreter who was proficient in Japanese and had run past the Japanese trade to communicate with the Japanese ship in flags.

Japan's Ataka ships are similar to the warships of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the means of communication are also stuck in the Tang and Song dynasties.

"General, the other party said that the shogunate has a lock-off order, let us lower the sails for inspection!"

The interpreter climbed up to Wangdou, drew the flag pen for a while, and shouted downward.

"Didn't you tell them that we were the envoys of the Ming Dynasty?"

"The lowly officials have been informed, but the other party said that they have not received orders from the shogunate, and all ships must be inspected!"

At present, Japan is not a vassal of China, and when Chinese ships enter Japan, the navy of other people asks for inspections as reasonable and moral as the Ming Dynasty sailors want to strictly investigate Chinese ships, but the boss empire is indeed a little unaccustomed, and there is a little bit of a visit from the Heavenly Dynasty in my heart, which is to give you face, and you still want to check my feelings.

"My lord, do it!" Xu Junsheng has the arrogance of a soldier and doesn't want to be inspected, but after all, he is on an envoy to Japan and is here for friendly trade, so he can't overturn the Japanese ship, and he is a little entangled in his heart.

Qian Bingjian sighed in his nose and was silent for a while, he has been an envoy to Nanyang, and he has eaten deflated in Champa and the Sultanate of Malacca, these small countries do not take the Ming Dynasty into account, and now Japan wants to check, his shelf can still be put down, "Come according to their requirements!"

Seeing Qian Bingjian say this, Xu Junsheng was not entangled in his heart, and ordered the fleet to lower the sails.

The soldiers on the deck, with a burst of running, untied the sail ropes on the wooden stakes, and several bamboo sails were lowered at the same time, and as they flipped and landed, the ship lost its wind and gradually slowed down.

At this time, ten Ataka ships sailing side by side, Shimazu Tadaro held the katana pestle in front of him with both hands, and when he saw Ming Bune lowering the sails, an expression of "Yo Sai" leaked on his face, and he ordered loudly: "Left and right の両翼を廻れ, 明国の船を抜け出さないように." ”

"Hey! 小職はすぐ行動! One of the retainers nodded immediately.

Ten Ataka boats, a moment of movement, Shimazu Tadaro's boat and the other front to meet the Fukubune, four ships on the left and right, began to accelerate towards the two wings, trying to surround the two Fukubune.

The Ataka boat rowed on the oars, and the movements were adjusted more dexterously, and immediately formed a "U" shaped pocket array, trying to load the two fortune boats into the mouth.

Xu Junsheng's face was cold when he saw this, he had already lowered the sails, and for Fuchuan, he said that he had no malicious intentions, and was willing to accept the interrogation of the Japanese side and show his credentials, but the Japanese side outflanked him, but he obviously lacked goodwill.

As a general in the army, after fighting on the battlefield, he gradually formed a habit, that is, when facing anyone, he likes to put himself in a safe position and can react quickly, which is the instinct of a battlefield general.

"Cheer up, everyone to their roots!" Xu Junsheng suddenly commanded.

The army had been in battle for a long time, and could feel that they were already in a disadvantageous position, and the soldiers immediately ran back to their respective posts when they heard the news.

"What's going on?" Qian Bingrup didn't understand military affairs, didn't understand Xu Junsheng's instinctive vigilance, and couldn't help but be a little surprised when he gave the order.

Xu Junsheng didn't turn his head, he looked at the house boat that had arrived in front of him, "The lowly position is just a little uneasy, I hope the lowly position thinks too much!" ”

Qian Bingji's heart tightened when he said it, and at this time, the two oncoming houses had already reached about twenty zhang in front of the fortune boat.

The two Fukubunes are both large ships with nearly 2,000 materials, each with a tonnage of more than 600 yuan, while the Japanese Ataka ships, each of which is about two or three hundred tons, are half smaller than Fukufu, and they are not as tall as Fukufu.

The ship is surrounded by a wall like a small fortress, but the building of the Fukubune is much higher than the ship, and you can look down on the deck of the ship.

Soon the distance between the two sides continued to close, Qian Bingjian saw the light foot with the hat on the Ataku boat, suddenly a wolf howl, more than ten claws flew out of the Ataku boat at the same time and landed on the Fu boat, the Japanese light foot pulled hard, the flying claw hooked the side of the Fu boat, and the two ships quickly approached under the action of the pull.

At this moment, Qian Bingrup saw a Japanese general wearing gorgeous armor with a katana on the Ataka ship.

At that moment, he sent a god to come to the clairvoyant mirror to look at the general, but his face immediately showed a look of shock, in the circular vision of the clairvoyant, the general's armor, wearing a gorgeous cardigan, two vertical stripes in front of him, a few "pill cross" patterns were printed in a row.

Qian Binglu's face turned pale for a moment, "It's not good, it's the Shimazu family!" ”

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