On a cool late summer day in August of the 10th year of Kanei, the docks on Kogi in the southwest of Sado Island were bustling with people. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Three ships were loading items into the ship, all of which were wrapped in large wooden crates of red lacquer, and the coolies carried one of them steadily onto the ship, and the requirement for them was to be stable, after all, the contents were too expensive.

As for what it is, of course, it is gold and silver, a souvenir of Sado Island.

The 500 foot light on the wharf was heavily guarded, and they surrounded the carriages they were carrying, and the distance from the carriage to the sea ship was also impenetrable.

Maeda Fukiyoshi, the general general of the Sado Commission, watched the entire shipment process attentively.

Although Maeda Fengyi is the same as the Miao character of the Maeda Domain, he has no connection with the million-stone daimyo Maeda family, and he is just the flag of the Tokugawa family, the Ashigaru general who was ordered to protect Sado.

He knew that no daimyo or pirate in this place would dare to attack Sado's gold mountain, and if he robbed Sado, it would be tantamount to declaring war with the shogunate, and he would die without a place to bury.

But every three months, when the gold and silver were shipped, he still had to be on full alert.

After all, this is his job, and the shogun sent him to do this, to protect Sado Castle, Aigawa Gold Mine, and Kogi Port, this rigorous posture must be there, and the duty must not be neglected.

When the last box of gold was delivered to the ship, Maeda was relieved that as long as the ship left the port, it had nothing to do with him, and it was the duty of the shogunate's sailors.

He looked at the two large Nanban warships behind him and the other ten Guan ships, well, there were more escort teams than before. It seems that the Ming people are making a lot of trouble in Ezo. The general was also not at ease.

In the past, it was only escorted by five customs ships.

Bang. When Maeda Fengyi heard the sound of the iron cannon, he couldn't help but be furious, who dared to fire indiscriminately at this time, didn't know that the treasure ship was about to leave the port.

He looked around at the smoke rising from the gunpowder that had no iron cannon at all, and the fifty iron cannon under his command were also patrolling around.

At this moment, another iron cannon sounded in the west, and Maeda Fengyi hurriedly looked west.

I saw that in the gap between the sea ships, two small morning boats were rowing frantically towards the shore, and the sailors on their ships were frantically waving their flags. And the flag turned out to be a dazzling black, alarm, especially an alarm.

Maeda rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and when he looked closely, yes, it was indeed the flag of the alarm.

Bang bang

"All teams on alert." Maeda shouted.

Fifty iron cannon ashigaru lined up in front, all the spear ashigaru three hundred men followed, and ashigaru with iron shield and long knife was at the end.

All the soldiers looked in the direction of the sea. Maeda Fengyi and they were all puzzled, who dared to attack the shogun's direct leader Sado Office so boldly.

They can stay put. But of course, the shogunate's navy guards could not do this, and all the ships began to anchor and hoist their sails, but fortunately they could sail after the gold and silver were loaded.

The two ships approached in the morning, and the people on board shouted loudly with the bow of the shogunate's sailors, and then a gate ship sounded the alarm cannon.

Maeda Fengyi's face turned pale, this is not a simple warning, it shows that the enemy that the fleet cannot resist has appeared, otherwise the ship will not be so alarmed, this is a warning to him and the entire Sado Commission.

The Nanban warship and the ten Guan ships switched formations to encircle the three ships carrying gold and silver.

At this moment, the guards beside him pulled Maeda Fengyi and pointed to the sea to the west.

I saw a little sail shadow appear at the corner of the northwest bay a few miles away, and it was the soft sail of the Nanban warship.

Mingren, it's Mingren who came, Maeda Fengyi's pupils shrank, no wonder he dared to come here to make trouble, it turned out to be the mortal enemy Jeju Mingren.

One after another, one after another, there were already more than ten Nanban warships rushing out in their sight, but there were still ships emerging.

Maeda knew that the shogunate sailors would definitely not be able to fight, so what to do with the gold and silver on the ship, it was impossible to unload it from the ship now, and it must not be unloaded in such a short time.

Maeda Fengyi gritted his teeth, anyway, he was under the escort of the sailor, even if there were some losses, it was not his business, he immediately ordered the soldiers to be on guard, the Ming people's ships could not go ashore, and when the Ming soldiers landed, he was going to attack halfway.

The two Nanban warships of the shogunate sailors came up with five ships, they had no choice, if they did not flee without a fight and lost gold and silver, then they would not end well even if they returned.

When they approached two miles with the incoming ship, Maeda Furyoshi was surprised to find that the shogunate Nanban Sea ship, which was very huge in his eyes, was half the size of several big ships of the other side, but he didn't know much about naval warfare, at least he knew that big ships ate small boats, and water battles seemed to be lost.

Boom, boom, the warships of the Nanban Naval Division opened fire first, and the ten guns on the side spewed out dense fog and projectiles, and the big tribe was empty, but there were still a few projectiles that hit the Ming warship on the opposite side.

But the Ming warships did not stop, continued to move forward, and after surviving another round of artillery bombardment, the two ships were less than a mile apart, and at this time, the small large cylinders on the decks of the five ships also opened fire, but unfortunately there were only two on each ship, and ten small cannons really did not pose a threat.

At this moment, large puffs of smoke erupted from the sides of the four huge Aketo warships in front, enveloping the entire hull.

At this time, a dull roar came, and this voice was much duller and more numerous than the large voice of the shogunate sailor.

Maeda Fengyi on the shore clearly saw that the mainsail of one shogunate Nanban warship was broken, and the mainsail of the other was undamaged, but a large number of broken planks soared in the air, even if Maeda Fengyi was a few miles away, he could still see it clearly.

Maeda Fengyi looked at this scene of naval battle dumbfounded, if the power of his own sailor's big barrel was what he expected, the power of the Aketo battleship's cannon was far beyond his understanding.

Next, the two sides fought again, and the shogunate sailor warships suffered a great loss, and the warships of the Ming sailors were almost undamaged.

At this time, the ten Ming warships in the back rushed into the battle formation, and immediately formed a battle situation of more than ten ships against seven warships, the problem is that the ships are made of soy sauce, and as soon as the party takes over, three ships are disemboweled, and they are paralyzed on the sea.

After another round of cannons, all five ships collapsed at sea, and some began to sink slowly.

The two Nanban warships were also heavily damaged, but they were still fighting back.

"Nasty flies." Qi Wei put down the binoculars in annoyance and shouted to the captain, "Tell the other ships to open fire with all your strength and scuttle them for me." ”

The sturdiness of the Dutch warships was beyond Qi Wei's expectations, and he had to give up the idea of capturing the two ships alive, and not delay the landing of the infantry army.

The next moment, under the bombardment of nearly 100 cannons, the two Nanban warships also completely lost the ability to resist, and the side of the ship facing the naval division of the Broken Army was opened with a lot of big holes, revealing the embarrassed artillery deck inside.

Many sailors who jumped off the Seki ship were swimming in the sea, and at this time, a large number of musketeers appeared on the Aketo warship, and they released a row of guns into the sea, and the screams immediately echoed in the bay, which made Maeda Bongyoshi stunned.

It's so ferocious.,This,This seems to be different from the legendary Ming people.,Ming people aren't so murderous.,Is the legendary Ming people a legend after all.,Originally, the Ming people were so murderous.。

Qi Wei ordered several patrol ships to clean up the mess, and he took five Tang-class battleships to meet the remaining eight shogunate naval ships.

The rest were all closed ships, and the combat power was really unbearable, but after two rounds, they were destroyed by the Tang-class battleships, and the three Zhuyin ships escaped with full sails, and were bombarded by the patrol ships for a while, and they were also paralyzed at sea.

At this time, the battle at sea was completely over, and Qi Wei ordered the ships to fire their trumpet guns and know the warships and merchant ships behind.

The Hongzehu and more than a dozen Jeju-built merchant ships began to move closer to the dock.

It's coming, it's finally here, although you are the king and hegemon on the sea, but when you get to the shore, let you know how powerful the shogunate flag is.

Maeda didn't expect the 500 men here to drive the Akito into the sea, but it was true that he rushed forward when the Akito landed on the shore by boat and did not set up a formation, and tried his best to kill and injure the Akito, so as to prepare for the later battle to defend the city.

Unfortunately, Maeda did not understand naval warfare at all, and he did not know much about the power of the cannons on the ships, and he soon paid for it.

The four cruisers of the Akito began to approach the dock with their side sides, and they had already noticed the formation of the Japanese on the shore.

Boom, boom, forty twelve-pound and eighteen-pounder cannons opened fire, firing hundreds of shotshots.

smashed open in the dense queue of ashigaru, for a time the Japanese army formation was torn apart, many people lay on the ground and wailed, they either had their hands and feet or their torsos were injured, and the thumb-sized iron pellets tore their flesh and skin, making the wounded roll in pain, but the people who were directly hit in the head and died were much easier, and the people died peacefully.

Maeda Fengyi was frightened and ran backwards, just now the hissing sound in his ears was like a talisman, at that time he could only ask the gods and Buddhas to bless him, maybe the Hachiman Buddha heard his cry for help, so that he was safe and sound, but the idea of killing and injuring Akito in front of the dock was not at all.

After surviving the next round of shelling, Maeda finally withdrew from the range safely.

He counted the remaining soldiers and found that there were only more than 100 people left, only two rounds, which made Maeda Fengyi want to cry without tears.

At this time, the sailors of Akito's patrol ship were using the probe to explore the depth of the water.

Maeda Fengyi had no choice at this time, leaving this place and going back to Sado to strengthen the city defense was the most important thing, as for the dock and the nearby more than a thousand people, they could only ask for more blessings. (To be continued.) )