On the main road leading from Matsuura Prefecture to Hirado Port, a large army is marching, and the Shimazu family's "Cross Maru" emblem is prominently displayed on the battle flag.

The army consisted of 3,000 ashigaru spear-wielding spears, 200 samurai armed with notai swords, 500 archers, 150 iron gunners, and even a small cavalry contingent of fifty diminutive horsemen on equally short horses, which looked as comical as monkeys riding donkeys, but which was a rare elite force on the Japanese island of Kyushu, where there were no good horses.

Shimazu Yoshihiro, the general known as the "Onishi Manzi" because of his wisdom, was surrounded by ten elite samurai, who were taller than ordinary Japanese, wearing scarlet flame armor, wielding a military fan, and riding a horse under his crotch that was stronger than other cavalrymen

- Well, it's not like a monkey riding a donkey, at least it's an orangutan straddle mule......

Shimazu Yoshihiro is the second brother of the Shimazu clan governor Yoshihisa, the best general in the Shimazu family, fierce and scheming, the battle of Iwaken Castle, the Osumi Raiders, the Kisakihara Battle, and the Ogawa Battle for the Shimazu clan to make great achievements, the Shimazu family was able to unify the three kingdoms of Satsuma, Osumi, and Hinata, and launched an ambitious strategy of hegemony in Kyushu, and he made great contributions.

In addition to the flag warrior, there was also a boy who was only twelve or thirteen years old next to him, and his black lacquered Nanban carcass was worn and swayed on his body, and it was very hard to ride on horseback.

Shimazu Yoshihiro shook the military fan lightly, and pretended to be affectionate: "Arima-kun, if you can make the Ming maritime merchants surrender this time, you have a lot of credit to the Ma family!" Yoshihisa-sama, the Governor of the family, will be very happy. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, it's all about the majesty of Yoshihisa-sama and Yoshihiro-sama," the young man nodded, his loose helmet flipped forward, and he hurriedly held it with both hands, and tightened the rope under his chin.

The boy was Harunobu Arima, a former maritime merchant daimyo of the Féi clan, but which had recently declined and was attached to the Ryuzoji clan.

Originally, on the island of Kyushu, Otomo, Ryuzoji, and Shimazu stood on three legs, and last year, Ogawa fought against the Shimazu family and broke the Otomo clan, and the shock of Kyushu, the dragon temple family governor Takashin became increasingly dim, and the deployment was centrifugal and detached, and only the Shimazu clan gradually sat down.

Seeing that the day when the Shimazu family would unify Kyushu was not far off, the Arima clan secretly took refuge.

Some time ago, the owner of the Wufeng ship, Jin Yingji, went to the Central Plains, and the trade was very profitable, and the Shimazu family was envious - after the Ming Dynasty pacified the southeast Japanese rebellion, Longqing opened the sea and carried out foreign trade in Yuegang, but there was a special stipulation: the Japanese were not allowed to come to trade!

Of course, the prevalence of smuggling activities allowed the Japanese to still do business with the Chinese, and as long as the Wufeng maritime merchants, Jiangsu and Zhejiang magnates went through the sī group or other large and small maritime merchants, the bulk of the profits certainly did not fall into the pockets of the Japanese.

Therefore, the Shimazu clan's envy, jealousy and hatred for the Wufeng maritime merchants are needless to say.

When the power was small, the Shimazu family could only obey the trade rules formulated by Wang Zhi, otherwise they would wait to go to the sea to feed Wang Ba; Now, the strength of the Wufeng maritime merchants is not as good as before, but the Shimazu family is getting stronger and stronger, why do they still stick to the rules of the past?

The Shimazu family, who had already annexed the Three Kingdoms and dominated Kyushu, did not mind adding another port of Hirado to the map, so they sent an envoy to the Gomine Maritime Merchants to demand submission.

But soon the two envoys came with bad news: Jin Yingji, the owner of the Wufeng ship, asked the Ming Kingdom to appease him, and the Ming Dynasty was very likely to intervene in the matter!

The Shimazu family must bring the Wufeng maritime merchants under their command before the Ming Dynasty appeases!

So Shimazu Yoshihiro quickly contacted the Arima family, the inner line of the flying front, and quickly dispatched troops with the cooperation of the Arima clan, hoping to force them to surrender by force before the Wufeng maritime merchants were appeased.

The Arima family sent their eldest son, Harunobu, with maps and soldiers, and Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't say that he was dissatisfied, but he looked down on these capricious people in his bones.

It seems to know that the general does not have a good impression of the Arima family, Arima Qingxin has been patting horses all the way, after the army passed through a small mountain village, Arima Qingxin was in good spirits: "General General, here is less than fifteen miles away from Hirado Port, although the Wufeng Maritime Merchants are fierce in naval battles, your army will go straight to Hirado Port, block them all on land, catch the old and weak, and the Wufeng Maritime Merchants can only surrender obediently!" ”

"Well, your cooperation with the Ma family is also very good!" Although Shimazu Yoshihiro looks down on the Arima clan, he will not be less than what he should do: "After subduing the Wufeng Maritime Merchant, there will be a large amount of money, except for the reward of the family governor Yoshihisa, Harunobu-kun can only put forward what he wants." ”,

The so-called subjugation, in fact, is a robbery, it didn't matter when the Wufeng maritime merchants were strong, and now they still have a lot of wealth after the decline, that is, they are innocent of their crimes.

However, Arima Qingxin's mind was not about money, he stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, and there was an evil on his young face that was not commensurate with his age: "I have seen the current Wufeng ship owner Jin Shi in Xia, and his person is really stunning, I only wish to get Jin as a concubine in Xia, and I also ask the general to fulfill it." ”

Yoshihiro Shimazu smiled dumbly, looked at Harunobu Arima, who was only thirteen years old, and didn't know what to say. As the wise general of the Shimazu clan, he naturally didn't take the NV color in his eyes, and nodded happily in agreement.

Ma Qing was so happy that the horse jumped on a low lying place, almost turning him off the horse.

As it got closer, it got closer and closer, and I could already see the rows of houses in Hirado Port, and the Chinese-style buildings with flying eaves and arches were a treasure trove full of wealth in the eyes of the Japanese.

Strangely, why is there no smoke in Hirado Port and no people can be seen on the streets until noon?

The samurai and ashigaru who were preparing to fight a big battle were all puzzled, and finally set their sights on their commander-in-chief.

Shimazu Yoshihiro's heart chuckled, and his voice sank: "Harunobu-kun, did you leak the news over there?" ”

Arima Qingxin was frightened and hurriedly defended Arima's family.

"The port, the ...... over the port" Tanma came back panting and reported: "All the old and young have boarded the ship, and all the Ming people in Hirado Castle have boarded the ship!" ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro could no longer maintain the demeanor of a wise general, and waved his military fan angrily: "Quick, catch up, catch up while they don't start the boat!" ”

Many family elders and priests led a large army to rush to the port, and the cavalry was the first to take the lead compared to the samurai and ashigaru on foot.

The tall building of the Dafu ship has set up a table of eight immortals with vermilion lacquer, on which there are all kinds of fruits and wines, Qin Lin and Jin Yingji sit and drink opposite each other for a long time, shìnv keeps pouring the warm Shaoxing nv erhong, and the golden cherry Ji Xiafei cheeks, starry eyes and autumn bō tactfully, charming and intoxicating.

"This is coming? There are really cavalry......" Qin Lin chin with a very disdainful expression. Before the introduction of modern horse breeds in Japan, their horses were not much larger than donkeys, and the so-called cavalry was a joke.

Jin Yingji drank all the wine in the cup, and the blush on the face of the melon seeds was more and more moving, and suddenly raised her hand and shouted: "Cut the cable!" ”

As soon as the Japanese cavalry rushed over, they saw that many ships had cut off the mooring cables, raised their sails, and slowly left the dock, just pounced on the air, and shouted in anger.

But there were several ships that did not hear the order, or for some other reason, and were tied to the docks, and the rich merchants on board were frightened, and they were talking to the sailors with a large amount of gold and silver treasures, as if begging them to hurry away.

The eyes of the cavalry and the samurai who came after them immediately turned red, and they rushed towards the ships.

Yoshihiro Shimazu, who was on the team, suddenly shouted: "Stand back, hurry back!" ”

It's late! Hundreds of people have already run onto the pier.

Qin Lin snapped his fingers in a dashing manner, and it was done!

A maid beside Jin Yingji took out the Wufeng flag and waved it down, and the portholes of the big ships immediately opened, revealing the muzzle of the black hole.

Those Japanese soldiers who rushed onto the trestle were so desperate that they only thought about robbing their property, but they forgot that the Wufeng maritime merchants also had guns and cannons, but they were not ordinary people who could be bullied at will!

At this time, it was too late to turn around and escape, the shotguns, the Franc machine, and the bowl on the ship exploded at the same time, spitting the flames of death, large and small gray-white huā flowers bloomed at the muzzle of the gun, the whistling projectiles hit like a storm, and the cavalry and samurai on the dock fell in pieces like cutting wheat!

The soldiers of the Shimazu family had never encountered such a blazing fire attack, and they were all stunned for a while, and when they came back to their senses, they quickly lay down on the dock, turned around and roared for support from the main formation.

"General, send iron gunners and archers!" Arima Qingxin pleaded eagerly, and when he saw the golden cherry blossom at the bow of the ship pouring wine for the envoy of the Ming Kingdom, he was jealous.

Watching the elite cavalry and samurai being knocked down in pieces, Shimazu Yoshihiro was so angry that he was angry, but he was worthy of being a first-class wise general in Kyushu and even the whole of Japan, and waved his hand to stop the elders and officials who were leaping and jumping: "No, the shotgun and the bow and arrow are not the opponents of the Wufeng Maritime Merchant!" The whole army retreats! ”

Archers and gunners in the open field of the beach, armed ships armed with firearms, face shè, and the result will speak for itself.

After Shimazu Yoshihiro pointed it out, the elders of the family immediately understood the reason, and had to retreat with their troops, completely abandoning the cavalry and samurai who remained on the docks.

Seeing that the formation was retreating, the cavalry and samurai screamed miserably, and they rushed the fastest and died the fastest.

Lying on the ground can certainly avoid some of the bullet rain, but the ships of the Wufeng maritime merchants are tall, and the sailors condescendingly use shotguns to kill all the Japanese soldiers;

There were also a few samurai who were lucky and ran back with a strange scream, but the Franc machine cannon had already prepared and blew them to pieces with great ease.

Some of the collapsed Japanese soldiers jumped into the icy sea, but unfortunately the shallow sea water along the coast did not provide sufficient protection, and the sailors of the Wufeng maritime merchants happily struck into the water, and after a while the water surface became dark red.

"Cheers!" Qin Lin smiled and clinked glasses with Jin Yingji, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

The screams of the little devils are the best appetizers......