Man Dazhuang and Xu Junsheng stood on the command platform of the Ying Yuan, looked at the Ming soldiers with a clairvoyant mirror, and rushed to the Satsuma battery under the cover of artillery, and two hundred soldiers planted the Ming army flag on the mountain, and then raised their weapons and cheered in unison.

Man Dazhuang put down the clairvoyant mirror, nodded with satisfaction, turned back to Xu Junsheng and said: "Since the imperial court recovered Nanjing, my sailor has almost no use, and can only check smuggling and fight pirates, which is really aggrieved. ”

As he spoke, he handed the clairvoyant mirror to Xu Junsheng, motioned for him to take a look at it, and then continued: "Dawang look, our ship cannon bombarded, and the infantry stepped on the artillery fire, and easily captured the fort. You said that this governor wrote to His Royal Highness the King of Chu to give us a land division in the East China Sea Army, not too much, just two or three thousand people, used to cooperate with the naval division to attack the enemy's coast, what do you say? ”

"Governor, this idea will be approved by the general!" Xu Junsheng thought for a while, and said: "In fact, the year before last, the imperial court attacked the coastal area of the northeast of Shandong from the direction of North Korea, and this method was used, and the last general felt that the imperial court would agree with the governor's proposal. ”

Seeing that he also agreed, Man Dazhuang was a little happy in his heart, "Since Dawang also thinks it is feasible, then after going back, the governor will immediately write an excerpt, and then write a letter to His Highness." The imperial court has been ruthless in favoritism towards the Lu division in the past two years, if it weren't for His Royal Highness's attention to the water division, our water division might not be able to share any resources. If the naval division can master an infantry army, then we can do many things without asking the infantry army to cooperate, and we can do it ourselves, which will inevitably greatly enhance the voice of our naval division in the military department. ”

Xu Junsheng thought so, "The imperial court has newly set up the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and none of the five Governors are from the navy, and the status of our navy is indeed too low." ”

Man Dazhuang nodded slightly, hoping that the imperial court would attach importance to the naval army, and only if the imperial court attached importance to the naval army, could he, the governor of the naval division, go further.

As the two were talking, the Ming army who attacked the fort had already pressed more than 100 Ming Samo soldiers to walk down from the fort, and the men and horses walked to the mountainside, and there was a sudden loud bang on the fort, and a huge smoke rose into the sky, and it was estimated that the Ming army blew up the equipment on the fort.

Seeing that the soldiers had come down, Man Dazhuang immediately ordered: "Hang the flag, and the fleet will go straight to Hushou Maru." ”

The fort at the entrance of Kagoshima Bay was destroyed by the Ming army, and the Fubune behind it was able to calmly enter the bay, and ten flute-shaped three-masted gunboats raised their sails in unison, and the slender hull broke through the sea, and the sea water flowed through both sides of the hull, and the stern of the ship was flooded with white waves, leaving a trail of wake and sailing towards Torajumaru.

The alarm bell rang in Torajumaru, and the samurai of the Satsuma Domain were recruited into Honmaru Castle to prepare for defense.

Standing inside the castle tower, Shimazu Mitsuhisa saw smoke billowing in the distance, and knew that it was the Ming army that destroyed the fort of the Satsuma Domain.

At sunset, the sun sinks in the west, and the sea sparkles, and the afterglow prints half of the sea red.

In the afterglow, ten huge gunboats reached the sea near Torajumaru, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa looked out to sea from the top of the castle tower, and his face was horrified, and he saw the appearance of the Ming warship.

With such a huge hull being two to three times the size of Da'an Zhai, five to six times the size of the Guan ship, and about ten times that of Xiao Zao, it is no wonder that one hundred and fifty warships are gone.

On the Yingyuan, Man Dazhuang and Xu Junsheng watched the Shimazu family's home city, Torajumaru, which was built on a flat hill and was not easy to attack, and ordinary weapons could not attack the castle on the top of the mountain.

Such a design made the enemy only climb the mountain and attack, and the casualties were bound to be huge, but when this city was built, it was certainly not expected to be bombarded by artillery.

"Governor, should you let the last general negotiate with Satsuma first, or what should I do?" Looking at Kagoshima Castle in the distance, Xu Junsheng asked with his fists clenched.

Man Dazhuang shook his head and said: "Although Japan has been Tang for thousands of years, it still retains the characteristics of Yidi, just reasoning and righteousness, they still can't listen to it, they must let them see the power of their fists, and they will be in awe of us." ”

After Man Dazhuang finished speaking, he immediately said to the chess and card officials beside him: "Order, the fleet is lined up, the target is Hushou Maru, first shell three rounds, let the Shimazu family know that we are powerful, and he will naturally negotiate with us obediently!" ”

Xu Junsheng did not object, the Satsuma Domain raided the ship and almost killed him, he had no good feelings for the Satsuma Domain and Japan, in his heart, it was best to raze the Tiger Shoumaru to the ground.

At this time, on the Ying Yuan, the command flag for the shelling of the Tiger Shou Maru was hung on the mainmast, and the other gunboats saw this, and they pushed open the gun window one after another, sticking out the muzzle of the black hole.

Torajumaru is located on a flat-topped hill two miles from the sea, and in the case of Japan, it is absolutely safe, because Japan has no artillery, let alone gunboats like the Ming army that bombarded from the sea.

In the castle tower, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was preparing to deliberately resist, he was observing the Ming gunboats, and suddenly the side of ten Ming gunboats lined up opened one by one, and a pitch-black cannon sticked out from each of the gun windows. Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but tremble in his heart, there were so many cannons, and his face suddenly turned like ashes.

"Boom!" Suddenly, with a loud bang, Ying Yuan spun sideways and a twelve-pounder red-coated cannon slammed back, and a black iron bullet flashed through the air and smashed on the hillside under the city wall, stirring up a cloud of smoke and dust.

Immediately after that, a cannonball was fired on the Canton, hitting the wall of the Tiger Shou Maru, and the city wall suddenly sank, the masonry exploded, and the stones and dust formed a white flower, and the Satsuma samurai on the wall suddenly screamed loudly.

Each ship test-fired one or two cannons, and then adjusted the hull and running position in order to better bombard the Tiger Shou Maru.

Several shells bombarded the Tiger Shou Maru, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was full of shock, he didn't expect the Ming army's shells to hit so far, and at the same time, he finally knew why the Satsuma Navy failed.

Just when he was stunned, a deafening cannon sound suddenly broke out on the sea, thick white smoke covered the side of the Ming gunboats, the artillery mounts retreated, more than two hundred iron bullets of more than ten catties rushed out of the muzzle and smashed into the city wall, the castle tower was dusty, countless gravel rose into the air and then fell, crackling on the Satsuma samurai squatting at the head of the city, just like hail.

On the sea, the gunboats of the Ming army could feel the ground shaken by the beating of Torajumaru, and the people of the Satsuma Domain only thought that there had been an earthquake.

Mitsuhisa Shimazu ran out of the castle tower as if he were running away, and the sound of crumbling masonry and the panicked cries of the Satsuma samurai were constantly heard in his ears. In front of the guns of the Ming warships, the personal bravery of the samurai and the proud bushido are not worth mentioning at all.

As soon as Shimazu Mitsuhisa ran out of the castle tower, a series of crackling explosions were heard behind him, and the castle tower, which was heavily made of the Shimazu family's gold, was hit by an eighteen-pound cannon, and the entire castle tower shook violently, and the three-story castle tower immediately collapsed in half.

Tagawa Nanazaemon slipped away, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa knew that Satsuma had lost, but he didn't want to lose too ugly, so he summoned samurai to guard Torajumaru and wanted to resist stubbornly, but at this time, he looked at the collapsed castle tower, looked at the collapsed city wall, and the panicked Satsuma samurai, and his stubborn resistance was broken.

Resistance with a chance of victory is meaningful, and resistance without a chance of victory will only drain the blood of the Satsuma domain.

The difference in strength between the two sides is too great, and the Shimazu clan, as a supporter of the Toyotomi family, can surrender to the Tokugawa family, and Shimazu Mitsuhisa will naturally be able to see the current form clearly and make a correct judgment.

After three rounds of shelling, the ship's guns were already red and needed a short cooling, and the guns of the Ming gunboats stopped in turn.

"Dawang, you can go!" Man Dazhuang looked at the results of the shelling and was very satisfied.

"The last general is going to meet that Shimazu Mitsuhisa!"

Xu Junsheng smiled slightly, hugged his fists, and walked to the stern of the boat to get on a small boat hanging behind the big boat, and the two soldiers followed him, swinging for him and rowing towards the Tiger Shoumaru.

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