The Shimazu family? Xu Junsheng's face changed, and he exclaimed: "Could it be that the Ryukyu side has leaked the news, and the Shimazu clan wants to trouble us?" ”

This was the first thing that came to Xu Junsheng's mind, and it was also the first thing that came to mind for Qian Bingji, who did not know that the Shimazu clan had colluded with the forces in the Ming Dynasty and decided to disturb the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the shogunate in order to maintain the smuggling trade between the Ming Dynasty.

"Slash the claws! Raise the sails! Without Qian Bingrup to make a judgment, Xu Junsheng grabbed the edge of the fence in one step, and immediately shouted, no matter what the Shimazu family wants to do, he can't be caught with his hands tied.

The sailors on the deck heard the order and immediately re-pulled the sail, but the bamboo sail was too heavy to be able to pull it up in a moment.

The soldiers were slightly stunned, and then they drew their knives one after another, and a hundred households ran to the side of the ship, pulled out their Miao knives, and slashed continuously, and a straight rope was cut off instantly.

On the Ataku boat, the light foot pulling the rope suddenly lost his balance and fell to the ground in an instant.

Shimazu Tadaro, who was holding a katana, saw that the ropes were cut one after another, and several strings of light feet flew upside down in succession and hit the board wall, his face changed, he did not expect this change, and hurriedly walked to the side of the boat to look, and cursed in his mouth: "Yaga! ”

Shimazu Tadaro didn't know that his identity was exposed because of the family crest on his body, seeing that the Ming army suddenly cut the rope and the sail was half pulled up, he was in a hurry, and he didn't understand the reason, so he immediately ordered: "Iron cannon explosion!" ”

A group of iron cannons armed with arquebuses lit the arquebus, rushed to the side of the wall, the muzzle of the gun stretched out of the shooting hole, and the outside of the wall instantly rose in a burst of "bang-bang" gunfire.

The hundred households with the knife cut two ropes in a row, and was about to raise the knife to cut again, but a projectile hit him in the chest.

At such a close distance, the projectile was enough to break through the armor, and the huge impact force made the Baihe battle knife get out of his hand, and his body flew out upside down, hit the stake, and then fell.

Struggle is the main theme of human society, and it includes both external and internal struggles.

From ancient times to the present, there is no era or country that does not face these two problems at the same time, and the difference is only a difference in degree.

In the Ming Dynasty, from the dispute over the sea to the opening of the sea in Longqing, the main force of the forces opposing the opening of the sea ban by the imperial court was the gentry who made a fortune by smuggling.

The same is true in Japan today, the Shimazu clan does not want the shogunate to engage in large-scale normal trade with the Ming Dynasty and cut off the interests of the Shimazu family's sea smuggling, so they collude with the domestic forces of the Ming Dynasty and want to dominate the Japanese market.

As long as the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and the shogunate is disrupted, the Shimazu clan will become one of the few daimyos among the many daimyos who can trade with the Ming Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, the maritime merchants and the Zheng family under King Lu were able to keep the small workshop owners who arose in the country out of the market and prevent them from entering Japan, while they monopolized the Japanese market through smuggling and formed a monopoly.

This thing is a good thing for both parties, so it hit it off.

In doing so, they suffered from the Ming court and the Tokugawa shogunate, both of which, to some extent, were cancers of their respective central governments.

At this time, Qian Bingrup and Xu Junsheng did not know that the Shimazu family was for smuggling, and they had another reason in mind, and this reason also made the Shimazu clan possible to act against the mission.

Under the control of the Shimazu clan, the streamers brought huge profits to the Shimazu clan every year, and the largest part of these benefits was the share of trade given by the Ming Dynasty to the Ryukyus.

When normal trade between Japan and the Ming Dynasty was prohibited, the Shimazu clan was able to accumulate a large amount of wealth through trade with the Ming Dynasty through the Ryukyus, in addition to smuggling.

Historically, the Manchu Qing Dynasty completely banned the sea, did not go to the sea, and the smuggling trade between China and Japan was completely cut off, but the Satsuma Domain deceived the Manchus for more than 200 years through the tribute of the Ryukyus, and accumulated a lot of wealth for the Satsuma Domain, making the Satsuma Domain the main force in the War of the Downfall.

At this time, the iron cannons on the Anzhai ship were fired together, and the Ming army was not in a hurry, and the soldiers who stood by the boat and waved the rope were knocked down by the iron cannons one after another.

Behind the board wall of the Ataka ship, many Japanese light feet took the opportunity to pull the flying hook rope that had not yet been cut, howling and exerting their strength in unison, and the distance between the Ataka ship and the Fukubune was violently narrowed to a distance of only one or two meters.

The light feet of the brigade rushed to the side close to Fukufune, only to hear a loud "bang" sound, and the Ataka and Fukufune collided together.

The two boats shook violently a few times, Xu Junsheng and Qian Bingrup hurriedly held on to the railing, and the soldiers on the boat shook one after another.

A moment later, the hull of the ship had just stabilized, but at this moment, there was another loud "bang", and another Ataka ship also crashed into the Fukubune.

The sergeant on the ship fell down in large numbers, and then quickly climbed up, and at the moment when the hull of the ship was stable, the board wall of the Ataka ship was knocked down one after another, and it directly became a boarding ladder, and the Japanese light foot with a hat in it held a weapon, roared angrily, and rushed towards the Fukubune.

As soon as the Shimazu family's big iron cannon fired, there was no need to say anything,

???“ Adults quickly enter the cabin to hide, most likely the Ryukyu King is not secretive, leaked the news, the Shimazu family is afraid that Daming will know, and will kill us! Xu Junsheng exclaimed.

Qian Binglu thought so, recognized Xu Junsheng's analysis, and secretly felt that the Ryukyu King was not enough to succeed, and at the same time, he was surprised that the Shimazu family was so bold and reckless, and he dared to do something to the envoy, he was frightened and angry.

"Shoot back!" Xu Junsheng stabilized his body, pushed Qian Bingrup into the cabin, immediately pulled out the matching knife, and shouted urgently.

The Fu ship and the Ataku ship were too close, the reaction time was too short, and the sail surface was lowered and lost speed, and they were immediately hit by the Ataku ship, and the superior artillery of the Ming army had no chance to play at all, so they fell into a situation of hand-to-hand combat.

Without Xu Junsheng's order, the Ming army had already attacked the light foot with a gun, a samurai leader wearing bamboo armor, waving the sword in his hand, just climbed onto the fortune boat, suddenly there was a bang, the blood on the leader's chest flashed, the roar in his mouth stopped abruptly, and the whole body flew out upside down as if it had been hit by a heavy hammer, and smashed the two climbing light feet back to the house boat.

"彼らを殺す!" On the Yataku boats on both sides of the Ming army, the samurai of the Shimazu family waved their swords and shouted.

The light feet shouted, climbed to the Fu boat, the Ming army rushed to the side of the side, with the Fu boat higher than the Azhai boat, with the spear to stab the light foot, but the Fu boat was sandwiched by the two Azhai boats, and the Ming army was insufficient in numbers, several warriors pulled out the short knife on their waists, and threw it directly, and the three Ming soldiers immediately fell to the ground, leaking a gap, and the Japanese soldiers swarmed up, rushed over the side of the ship together, and the Ming army on the deck melee.

On the deck, the two armies slashed each other, flesh and blood flew sideways, and from time to time there were clouds of blood mist, and blood flowed all over the deck, making it extremely slippery.

Xu Junsheng stood on the ship's tower and fired three arrows in succession, each arrow killing an Shimazu samurai who had just jumped on the ship, but his efforts could not save the defeat.

Shimazu Tadaro slashed his katana and killed two Ming soldiers in a row, and soon noticed Xu Junsheng and immediately rushed to the ship building with several samurai.

During the battle, another Ataka ship approached, and the Japanese soldiers on it swarmed aboard the Fukufu, speeding up the fall of the Fukufu.

Xu Junsheng saw that the deck was almost occupied by Japanese soldiers, and saw a Japanese army general commanding Japanese soldiers to kill him, and his heart was immediately anxious.

At this moment, a series of cannons suddenly sounded behind him, and the two sides of the Fu ship behind him fired continuously, and a thick smoke rose from both sides of the ship's side, and the cannonballs shot out rapidly, hitting an Anzhai ship approaching it, and immediately smashed the board wall.

The Ming army had two lucky boats, one in front of the other, and Xu Junsheng's boat was hit by an otaku boat, but the one behind was not.

"Quick, bring out Lord Qian! Put the sentinel ship down! Xu Junsheng immediately shouted, and at the same time, he knocked down another samurai with an arrow.

Hearing this, the soldiers hurriedly rushed to the cabin, but they were hacked to death by a samurai, and the brigade had already rushed up to the ship's building and killed them.

Xu Junsheng could only sigh when he saw this, hurriedly turned around and retreated to the stern of the boat with a few personal soldiers, climbed onto a small boat hanging by the rope, and cut the rope with a knife.

Shimazu Tadahiro ran to the stern of the boat with a knife and saw that the boat had raised a spinnaker and had left the ship more than ten feet away from the oars.

A team of iron cannons was light-footed, and immediately raised their guns to shoot, the projectiles splashed everywhere, and the Ming army who was rocking the oars was hit and fell into the water, and the other immediately took it and shook desperately, and the boat took advantage of the wind and the oars, and the speed was raised, and it was not long before it reached the side of the Fu boat behind.

The guns on the Fukukugawa ship are constantly roaring, and they are fighting with the seven Ataka ships.

Xu Junsheng was pulled onto the Fu boat, the boat had been raised to half sail, and the Fu boat, which had been stopped, began to move.

During the voyage, the ships should keep a distance to avoid collisions, and it is this distance that buys time for the lucky ships behind.

When the battle broke out, the former one was at the bottom of the "U" shape, and the latter had just entered, and if it was found late, then both fortune ships would have to be wrapped, but because it was discovered early, there was still a chance now.

"Left swing rudder! Hang the sails, turn to the northwest, and rush out! Xu Junsheng got on the Fu ship, and when he saw that there were seven house ships, coming to the Fu ship from all directions, he immediately took over the command and issued an order.

As the sails were all hoisted, the speed of the ship gradually increased. Originally, the sails were kept at an angle, and several sails cooperated to turn the southeast wind into a southwest wind, so that the ship drove to Nagasaki, Japan, in the northeast direction, but now Nagasaki is not able to go, and all the sails are hung upright, and the southeast wind suddenly increases the speed.

An Otaku boat rowed an oar, blocking the way of the Fukufune, but the Fukufune did not change direction, and the bow of the ship directly knocked the Ataka boat away.

The soldiers on the two ships fell down in pieces, and the light feet on the Ataka ship stood up and immediately threw dozens of flying hooks over, but before the ropes could be straightened, more than a dozen guns on the side of the Fuchu ship opened fire in turn.

The huge recoil force swept the ship away, and more than a dozen shells hit the board wall of the ship at close range, and the entire superstructure of the ship was smashed to pieces, and the soldiers on the deck wailed.

The lucky ship rushed through the blockade, the sail swelled, and immediately broke away in a northwesterly direction.

Seeing this, Shimazu Tadharo did not let the Ataka ship pursue, first, he couldn't catch up, and second, he didn't know that he was exposed, and the Shimazu family needed to let some people go back to pass on the news, and the shogunate's navy attacked the Ming Dynasty's envoy ship.

(End of chapter)