Chapter 452: Fighting Devils with Sticks
The Hye family's deal with the Matsuura Party was only the first step, and as the news of Fukue Island's occupation by the North Koreans spread more and more, the port of Nagasaki, and even the entire province of Hizen, boiled. [No pop-up novel network]
Since ancient times, only the Japanese have bullied the Koreans, so how have you heard of the counterattack of the Koreans? The samurai, the ronin, and even some of the minor daimyo were all outraged.
Under the deliberate guidance of Matsuura Koshin, a large naval army in the Wa Kingdom was assembled, including many Hizen wealthy clans including Matsuura, Arima, and Ryuzoji Temple, followed by more ronin samurai, as well as fishermen and thieves, a total of 8,000 people.
Originally, the Songpu Party did not have such a high appeal, but with the demonstration of the Xie family's fleet, many Jiangnan maritime merchants more or less sold one or two ships, and what they got in exchange was, of course, the goods at a higher price than before.
So, after having enough ships, Matsuura Xingxin also released a rumor, saying that after recovering Fujiang Island, he would lead the people involved in the crusade to North Korea, and even go to Daming to cause trouble.
With a team of this size, it is enough to sweep through North Korea, and maybe it will be able to occupy a piece of land and make an overseas daimyo to be a big name.
After the army was assembled, Matsuura Xingxin did not hesitate, and with an order, thousands of sails raced, and the 8,000-strong army set sail west, heading straight for Fukue Island.
Although many of the maritime merchants have experienced naval battles, they have never seen such a large-scale naval battle, so they all follow them by boat, intending to see the excitement and see if they can pick up a cheap or something.
"Wang Hai, I heard that your Wang family's ships have all gone to Kai Town? Tsk, you let me tell me what you want to order? I don't have any eyes at all, and I don't know why the Wang family relies on you so much, North Korea and the Japanese Kingdom are fighting, it is the time for us to get rich, but you still stick to the old rules, so you don't know how to be flexible, how can you make money for your Wang family? ”
After completing the task delivered at home and making a lot of money, Xie Feng was in an extremely good mood, he just waited to see the excitement before returning home. Although the wind is not in a favorable direction now, it is just a delay of some time, but the information here should be reported back as soon as possible.
Korea and the Wa Kingdom are both non-conscripted countries of the Ming Dynasty, and if there is a major conflict between the two countries, it may also have some impact on the situation of the Ming Dynasty. The master is now planning for the revival of the hoe, and if he gets this kind of information, he may be able to help.
When the spring breeze was proud, he saw his old rival Wang Hai again, and when he remembered the other party's inappropriate behavior, he was amused in his heart, and couldn't help but ridicule Wang Hai.
"It's probably not that simple, and North Koreans aren't crazy, so how can they come here without some support? I asked the fleet to go to Kaimachi, if there is a case, it is better to have a response, but you are dedicated to helping the Matsuura party, are you not afraid of retaliation after the North Koreans win? Wang Hai sneered.
"Will the North Koreans win?" Xie Feng smiled evilly: "Haha, I'm laughing to death, if they win, then the pigs will fly!" You must know that this time the Japanese people made a big move, there were three Anzhai ships alone, plus more than a dozen lucky boats they bought, what did the North Koreans resist? ”
"Anyway, it's a bit weird here, so it's better to be careful." According to common sense, it is true that as Xie Feng said, Wang Hai has no way to refute it, but the world is impermanent, and if it is a normal situation, it is impossible for the Koreans to sneak attack the Japanese people.
"Whatever you want, the first batch of maritime goods to the country of the Japanese have been sold, and after watching this excitement, you will return with a full load, and when you go back, it depends on what your lord says, haha."
…… Among the Goto archipelago, Fukue Island is the largest, and there are many large islands that can live in people, and Arikawashima Island is the second largest.
Just when the Hizen coalition army left the port and all eyes were focused on Fukue Island, no one noticed that there was a port on Kawashima Island and a fleet stationed here.
"Brother Xie, the Japanese have made a lot of money, tsk, there are so many boats." Jiang Bin happily put his hand on the lotus canopy, pointed to the south and said.
"Master Hou, can the North Koreans alone win?" The monkey was a little worried.
Just when Xie Hong attacked Fujiang Island, the news of Hanyang had already reached Jeju Island, and after the king's will, the follow-up Korean naval forces also came over one after another. In addition to the navy, Jin Xiaai also detained two more banwu boats according to Xie Hong's order, and then transported them to Fujiang Island with the army.
With such support, everyone was quite sure, and judging from the information gathered, the mobilization capacity of the Matsuura Party was only 3,500 people, and the ships were mainly small boats.
Who would have thought that after those Jiangnan maritime merchants arrived, they sold a lot of ships to the Japanese people, causing the latter to pull out a fairly large army, and Xie Hong ordered the main fleet not to participate in the war, which made people have to worry.
"It should be fine." Scarface said in an uncertain tone: "Brother Xie said that in the army of the Japanese people, the proportion of that kind of warrior is not very high, and it is about the same as the family in the Ming army, although there are 8,000 people, but in fact, the combat effectiveness is not very strong, besides, the Korean army's water army is actually okay, but we are too strong, so it seems that they are useless." ”
"Brother Xie, what are you laughing at? Why do you have a golden glint in your eyes? ”
Ma Ang was much more attentive than Jiang Bin's two goods, and he found that Xie Hong didn't listen to the conversation between the two at all, but looked at the back of the Japanese fleet with a thief on his face, his eyes were full of greedy light, like a wolf that saw meat.
"Brother Ma, didn't I say that? You have to play a full set of acting, and if you don't have a good fight between the stick and the devil, how can you be worthy of so many audiences? You know, tickets are expensive, haha. Xie Hong smiled proudly: "Don't forget, we are pirates now, and for us, the fatter the sheep, the better." ”
"Huh?" Several people looked at each other, all at a loss.
"Don't talk about it yet, this is about to start, such a rare performance, let's enjoy it." Xie Hong raised his finger and pointed to Fujiang Island and prompted.
A few people looked up, but didn't they see that the Korean fleet, mainly four Itaya ships, had left Fukue Island and was attacking the Japanese army.
"It's rare that the North Koreans didn't run...... Scarface touched the back of his head, admiring the North Koreans' will to fight.
"Big brother, don't you know? Hou Ye warned them in advance, if they escaped, our warships would catch up and turn them into roast pigs, and if they surrendered, the Japanese would slice them into pieces. Therefore, they can't fight if they don't fight, and the water war is still the board house, if they are landed by the Japanese and then fight, they will only have a dead end. ”
The monkey said with admiration, feeling that his own Hou Ye was simply bad, this is driving sheep and devouring tigers! Who can swallow whom?
It's really hard to say about this, in terms of the number of ships, it must be that the Japanese have the advantage, and the combat effectiveness of the sailors is far superior to that of Korea. But when it comes to the quality of this ship, it is the North Koreans who have the advantage.
The Ataku boats of the Wa Kingdom are very similar to the Korean banya boats, both of which are driven by oars, and the hull is also a multi-layer structure.
In terms of appearance, the biggest difference between the two is that the Ataka ship has no sails, and it is one less layer than the Itaya ship; Essentially, it's a board house with a thicker deck and a larger hull.
The North Korean parliamentarians said that North Korea's good water and soil lead to good timber quality, but it is not pure bragging, the key is to see who to compare with, and it is not possible to compare with the Ming Dynasty, but compared with the Japanese country, it is indeed a winner.
Seeing the lineup of the Korean navy, the Japanese people were also amazed, and Matsuura Xingxin was even more secretly glad that he was fortunate to have bought a ship with the merchants of the Ming Kingdom, and encouraged other wealthy families in Hizen to come with him, otherwise he might not be able to win with his own navy alone.
At the same time, he also hated the insidious North Koreans, the banya boat was nothing more than a large house ship, which could only swing in the coastal sea, but the North Koreans actually worked tirelessly to get this thing to the Japanese country!
You know, even the nearest Jeju Island is hundreds of miles away, even if you are not afraid of encountering wind and waves, it will take several days for this ship to come, which shows how insidious the North Koreans are scheming, and they have even plotted against their own family, this revenge must be avenged!
"Surround it, kill all the Koreans, and snatch their big boat, whichever one grabs it, it is which, the one who boards the ship first, will be rewarded with one stone of rice, it is rice!" Matsuura Xingxin shook the small fan in his hand and shouted loudly.
"Rice, it's rice! Oh, oh, oh! Hearing such a heavy reward, the Japanese people were all excited, and they were ready to wait for the moment to come.
......, "Brother Xie, is the country really so poor?" Listening to Ma Ang's relay, Jiang Bin was dumbfounded, originally he thought that the border army was poor enough, but it would not be because of a stone of rice to boost morale, so he would have to get the whole bounty or something. can see the red faces of the Japanese sailors, but he can't be suspicious.
"Well, sort of." Seeing this situation, Xie Hong remembered an allusion, and he smiled: "This is the characteristics of the Wa Kingdom, I heard that there is one of the most powerful daimyo in the Kanto region of the Wa Kingdom, who is surnamed Hojo, before a fateful war, the Hojo family governor father and son, well, you can understand the daimyo as a prince." ”
"There is going to be a war tomorrow, and they have to eat, so the son of the Hojo family drank an extra bowl of rice porridge, that is, two bowls of porridge, but he got angry and scolded his son, saying that he didn't work just by eating, haha."
"Brother Xie, you're not making fun of so-and-so, are you?" Scarface is suspicious, who are you fooling? Our Lao Jiang is not stupid, the son of a prince can't even afford to eat two bowls of porridge? That can be called a prince? In our Ming Dynasty, the kind of people who can't afford to drink porridge are called military households.
Xie Hong spread his hands very innocently, "You have seen it yourself, that Songpu or something promised a stone of rice, and then the morale of the Japanese people was greatly boosted?" ”
"It's really strange, in such a poor place, why are there still people who come to do business and still make money?" The monkey interjected, he had been to Nagasaki twice, and had seen what that so-called prosperous place was like, so he also had this doubt.
"They lack food and clothing, but there is a lot of gold and silver, and it is the most suitable overseas market, haha." Xie Hong smiled, the Wa Island in this era is a veritable treasure island, Iwami Silver Mountain, and the gold mountain of Kai and Sado...... It is said that the silver mines in Iwami Silver Mountain are directly exposed, and when mining, you don't even need to dig a pit! The ability to pay is guaranteed, and there are many, many forces on this island, as well as a lot of people, who are messing around with each other all day long...... Is there an overseas market that is better than this one? From food to luxury goods, and finally to arms, all kinds of dumping can be carried out! How could Xie Hong's eyes not glow with golden light?
…… They were talking and laughing very easily, but the North Korean side was almost in a panic.
How have the sailors seen so many Japanese people, there are a thousand people who usually go to North Korea, and the government and the opposition have been shaken, and there are enough 8,000 here! The North Koreans were eager to turn the bow of the ship and run.
Of course, they can't run away, even if those terrible Ming Kingdom adults don't chase them, the Japanese people won't let them go, the heads of the two hundred and fifty samurai are placed on the island, and eighty percent will be counted on their own heads, and they can only fight hard at this time.
And they are not completely helpless, the so-called concept of the strongest in the world of banya ships is not groundless, the Korean naval army has only one object of combat, that is, the Japanese people; And their confidence in the Itaya ship was completely gained from the battle with the latter.
With full of grief and indignation, the four board house ships crashed head-on into the Japanese fleet, and the small sampans such as Xiao Zao fell apart when they collided, and the Japanese people on it screamed and fell into the sea.
Next up was the Fukufune. In fact, strictly speaking, Fufu ships are not warships, especially those used by maritime merchants. The battle between them was fine, but they were defeated by the Itaya ship at once.
You can't hit it; I want to take the side, but the other party's side is a little too high, and the three-story building structure is really not fun to look at, even if it is a real frog, it can't jump on it, let alone the fake ones of the Wa Kingdom.
In the case of long-range attacks, the bows and arrows of the Wa Kingdom are not suitable for use on ships, and they have no effect when used, and the armor of the Itaya ship is indeed a little thicker.
A group of Xiaozao and Fu boats fought around the four banwu boats, arrows flew sideways, and the sound of killing shook the sky, but after fighting for a long time, the Japanese people were stunned to find that the casualties were their own people.
The level of close combat of the Koreans is indeed very bad, but they can hide behind the cover and fire arrows, and they still have the ability to set fire, and the boats of the Japanese are surrounded in all directions, so just fight indiscriminately, one hit at a time.
After fighting for a while, the North Korean naval army discovered that the Japanese were not as strong as they imagined, at least in the water war.
At the same time, the leader of the Japanese Invaders, Matsuura Konobu, was dumbfounded, his Ataka ship was one size smaller than the Itaya ship, and what the Fukubune couldn't do, the Ataka ship couldn't do either, jumping from the second floor to the third floor was still a very difficult action, and it was useless to rush up.
"It's so powerful that the North Koreans have such sharp weapons." The master of the Matsuura family's Zhongxing is in a dazed and helpless situation.
(To be continued)