There was a bang, and the sound of porcelain shattering was the eighth time in a day.

The house slaves all had experience, and with brooms in their hands, they waited for the general to vent enough, and then went in to clean up. Sure enough, after about half an hour, there was no sound in the room, and they quietly opened the sliding door, and lowered their heads to collect the fragments all over the ground, and the general's favorite porcelain was broken into pieces, which made people look shocked and frightened.

Tokugawa Ihikari leaned against the window, his chest heaving violently, gasping for air. He had never been so angry that his retainer told him that the Satsuma clan had been damned, and the Tokugawa family didn't believe it at all, and scolded the retainer for being a bloody dog. But then news kept coming, and it became more and more mysterious, and some people even said that the Yaki Orochi was angry, spewed hellfire, and burned the Shimazu family to the ground.

Apparently Tokugawa Iemitsu would not believe this nonsense, and as the news grew, he roughly guessed the situation. The so-called fire-breathing and thunder are probably caused by firearms, which means that a well-equipped army attacked the Satsuma Domain and defeated it quickly, so there was no time to transmit the message.

And where did the troops with firearms come from?

Tokugawa Iemitsu thought of the Netherlands for the first time, as for the Ming Dynasty, I'm sorry, the general of Zhengyi really didn't think about it, after all, the Japanese invaders were so bad at the beginning, and the Ming Dynasty didn't send troops to the Japanese island, and there was no reason at the moment, how could the Ming army make a move!

Tokugawa Iemitsu summoned his retainers and discussed them carefully, and they all agreed with Iemitsu's judgment, and the retainers who were familiar with the West said that the Western countries were far away from thousands of mountains and rivers, and they could not afford to send a large army to come, only one or two thousand people at most. As long as you concentrate your forces, you will definitely be able to win the battle.

For this proposal, Tokugawa Iemitsu was very interested, the Satsuma Domain was strong, and it had long been a big problem for the shogunate, if he could help the Satsuma Domain restore order. The prestige of the shogunate is bound to rise, and the benefits are numerous.

Thinking of this, he gave an order to concentrate 500 ships of various types, carrying 5,000 samurai and military supplies, and slaughter them towards Kyushu Island.

The shogunate was not slow to move this time, but there was a group of people who were faster than them, and that was the fleet led by Ming Ruxin. After the capture of Tsurumaru Castle, the battle was already a soldier of the army, and the ships that were transported by Ming Ruxin were left behind. He led fifty large warships north.

The goal is clear: to cut off the connection between the main island and the island of Kyushu, and to divide and eat Japan.

As the Ming fleet wandered along Wajima, the two clippers lost their way and ran into the waters off Edo, where they encountered a staggering number of Japanese navies.

After a struggle, three Japanese ships were sunk and two were rammed to the bottom of the sea. The other party retreated.

The short firefight finally made the Japanese see clearly, it turned out that the other party was holding the dragon flag of the Ming Dynasty, and there were also the words of Jinzhou Sailor on it.

The people sent by the Heavenly Empire, why is this!

Tokugawa Iemitsu became more and more hysterical. Wasn't the Ming Dynasty full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and didn't it pay attention to being famous? How could they suddenly attack the Wa Kingdom? There must be something wrong inside, maybe it was those daring pirates who came to fight the autumn wind in disguise as Ming Dynasty sailors.

You might be able to take advantage of this opportunity. Pressure was put on the Ming to agree to the shogunate's tribute. It's too much of a loss to deal with the merchants of Liaodong, and the Ming court is still stupid after all, and it's easy to deal with......

Daydreams are short-lived. Tokugawa Iemitsu had a good idea, but just two days later, the main force of the Ming navy went north and blocked the shogunate army that was still preparing in the bay.

Japan's shipbuilding technology is not good in the first place, and in recent years, Japan has pursued a closed country, and its maritime power has even shrunk. Not to mention competing with the Golden State Sailors, even if it is a big pirate like Li Dan, he may not be able to take advantage.

However, this time it was still a raid, and most of the sailors of the Japanese Kingdom were still resting on land.

The battle was a one-sided slaughter from the very beginning, and the artillery and rockets of the Ming army fell on the heads of the Japanese fleet as if they did not want money, and due to their dense formation, almost every blow the ships were wounded and sunk.

The Japanese concentrated their few battleships and returned fire with artillery.

It's a pity that they don't have more than twenty guns on one ship, while the largest warships of the Ming army have a hundred.

The two sides were like two boxers of disparity in size, and in a few rounds, the Japanese ships were hit by several shells, huge holes, and sea water poured into a frenzy.

I have to say that the Japanese sailors were quite loyal, they tried everything they could, desperately plugged the holes, and watched the ships sink little by little, and they were still desperately fighting back.

Click!

With a loud bang, the battleship was disconnected, the people on it were thrown into the sea, and the broken ship sank rapidly, and in a short time only a whirlpool was left on the sea, and then it disappeared.

The battle continued, bang, a cannonball hit the side of the boat, Ming Ruxin's body shook, hurriedly grabbed the mast, and was almost thrown below, two soldiers were not as lucky as him, and they had already fallen.

Ming Ruxin was so angry that he jumped like thunder, and shouted at the top of his voice: "How is the ship?" ”

"Lord Qiyu, I pierced a deck, wounded two brothers, and a cannon that couldn't be used."

"Damn! Hit me hard! Send all the pirates to the bottom of the sea, or Lao Tzu will tell you not to go home for three years! ”

It's too ruthless, the soldiers adrift at sea are most looking forward to going home, being able to hug their wives and make love, relieving their fatigue to the extreme, if they don't go home for three years, they won't suffocate to death!

I didn't dare to reason with adults, so let's vent it, everyone struggled to load the artillery, correct the shooting angle, and little by little everyone entered a state of selflessness.

"Shoot!"

Rumble!

A cannonball crossed the beautiful parabola and smashed right on the bow of the ship, and suddenly sawdust flew all over the sky, and the wolf ghost screamed and fell into the sea, pierced by the sawdust like a hornet's nest.

The wound on the bow of the ship was more than two meters, and the sea water poured in, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, the ship brought the Japanese on it and delivered a large meal of fish and shrimp.

The battle lasted more than an hour, and all the gunboats of the shogunate were sunk, and the remaining boats were toys.

Ming Ruxin seemed to see a lion with countless prey, greedy and bloodthirsty.

"Hang the flag, reduce the cannons, and sink the Japanese ships."

Crashes of sail warships were commonplace, and the ships of the Ming army were equipped with fine iron bows, and the impact force was amazing. I watched as the ships of the Japanese were destroyed and crushed one after another, and only whirlpools remained on the sea.

The battle reached dusk, Ming Ruxin was satisfied and withdrew, and when he left, he also poured a lot of oil into the sea and lit a fire.

Most of the unsunken warships fell into the fire, and the struggling Japanese who were struggling on the surface of the sea were simply frightened, and they tried desperately to escape, but soon they lost their strength, and were either swallowed up by the flames, or they were exhausted and sank into the sea.

The whole of Edo Bay was like a big pot of boiling soup, burning human lives, and more than 400 ships, plus more than 2,000 sailors, only a few escaped, and many more died in the naval battle just now.

Before the battle was over, the retainer in charge of the navy had already committed suicide by disembowelment, and no one even stopped him. Everyone was stupefied, the strength of the other party was beyond their imagination.

Dense and ferocious artillery, sharp and cunning firearms, even the bravest sailors will be killed before they can rush in front of each other. The warships are like monsters spitting flames, leaving an indelible and terrifying impression on the hearts of the Japanese......

The Meirushin attack led to the collapse of the shogunate's attempt to move south, and with it, Japan fell into an unprecedented panic, and Tokugawa Iemitsu had to pacify the various feudal states while concentrating his forces in preparation for a desperate battle with the Ming Dynasty.

The preparation process was relatively long, and the news of the successive victories of the Ming army had already arrived, and the first to hear the news was the Ryukyus.

Now the king of the Ryukyus is called Shang Feng, and in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, he was only a prince, and he and the then prince Shoning, together with more than 100 Ryukyu royal families, were kidnapped by Kayama Hisadaka of the Satsuma Domain to the Wa Kingdom, and signed a humiliating alliance under the castle.

The Ryukyu monarchs had to swear eternal allegiance to the Shimazu family, and they became the servants of shameful minions, and after returning home, it was not long before Shoning fell ill and died.

When he was dying, because he did not have the face to meet his ancestors and ancestors, he was not buried in the original royal tomb.

The unforgettable shame remained in the hearts of the Ryukyu monarchs, but they also knew that the weak Ryukyu was no match for Japan at all, and that huge neighbor seemed to have stopped caring about the sea for a long time, and poor Ryukyu could only become a necklace around the neck of the Wakoku.

Just when Shang Feng was about to be appointed, the great news came out of thin air, the sailors of the Celestial Empire sent troops to the Wa Kingdom, defeated the Satsuma Domain in the first battle, seized Tsurumaru Castle, and sank hundreds of Japanese ships in another battle, and the shogunate was beaten to the ground.

"Oh my God, I finally opened my eyes!"

Shang Feng confirmed the news again and again, and as if he was crazy, he grabbed a sword and rushed out of the palace. The attendants were all stupid, and hurriedly followed, rushing all the way to Tennoji Temple opposite the palace.

There lived a monk named Kikukure, who was the regent of the Ryukyu Kingdom sent by the Shimazu family, and was the true Emperor.

Shang Feng rushed all the way to the ashram at the back of the temple, and anyone who dared to stop him turned into corpses. When he carried the bloody sword and arrived in front of Ju Yin, the old guy showed a frightened look for the first time.

That look made Shang Feng extremely comfortable.

"Hahaha, the Heavenly Empire has sent troops, old thing, go die!"

A sword stabbed Kikuin in the chest, and Shang Feng swung the sword like crazy, and Kikuin's chest was stabbed.

"You, are you alright?"

The subordinates looked at Shang Feng, who was sitting on the ground panting, and asked with concern.

"Hahaha, it's okay, this king has never been so comfortable, it's really enjoyable!"

Shang Feng stood up crookedly, walked a few steps, and suddenly said: "Spread the will of King Gu, immediately prepare tribute, arrange three, no, five big ships, this king wants to pay tribute to the Heavenly Empire, thank the heavens." (To be continued......)