Chapter 594: The Determination to Die

In the simple concept of right and wrong of the common people, the first thing is to hate the invaders, and then they will think, what made the Ming Dynasty come to fight Japan across the sea? The poor people in this country can't afford to eat, what attracted the Ming army to rob it? A group of impoverished people soon heard that the Nima army ate rice, and gave the fishermen some delicious dry food.

It shows that Daming is very rich, and Japan, a poor neighbor, has no one to look up to. Soon there was a legend among the people that the Japanese government killed the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people came to take revenge. Since he is here for revenge, it is normal for the means to be a little more vicious.

Of course, not everyone thinks so, it's just a person. Others plant the seeds of hatred in your heart because of your fear. Of course, these people are mainly concentrated in people who have loved ones killed at sea or burned by fire.

Or let's put it this way, if there are traitors, there will be traitors, especially in this era, the concept of national democracy is weak.

Sakai Tadakatsu quickly became numb, and from the mouth of the interpreter, he learned what the two officers who were talking to, the two young staff officers, were talking about a recent incident in Xinghai Castle (Batavia), where the local natives and the Ming people clashed, and it was said that a young police officer from one of the three major families had caused a local indigenous woman.

According to the materials sent by Nanyang, the police officer was premeditated by more than a dozen local aborigines, dragged down and tortured in a woods outside the city. The head and limbs were cut off and hung on trees in demonstration. This incident sparked the anger of the local garrison, and the local natives were strictly ordered to hand over the murderer within a time limit. There was a riot in the local natives, who killed their employers, destroyed plantations, and tens of thousands of natives came to the fore under the leadership of a local chief. Siege of the city of Khinghai (Batavia). Governor Lin Ya urgently mobilized thirty warships to block the nearby sea, and at the same time dispatched troops to suppress it. Judging by the time of the transmission of information, the clipper ship took about fifteen days. In other words, this happened fifteen days ago, and perhaps the crackdown is over.

Where is Nanyang? Sakai Tadashi definitely didn't know, but it didn't prevent him from making a judgment that the strength of the Great Ming Naval Division was far more than these warships here. Last night, it was said that the elite of the Ming Dynasty poured out of the nest, which was really self-deception.

Chen Xie still attached great importance to what happened in Xinghai City, and immediately sent someone to send a reply letter, just one sentence: division and disintegration, brutal suppression. What does that mean? This kind of thing must not be softly handled. It must be resolutely suppressed. But as for those natives, they are not of the same mind, and they should be divided and disintegrated, and one group should be co-opted to fight the other. When the army is suppressed, the means may as well be cruel, they dare not make trouble when the Dutch are here, and the Ming army dares to do this, so what is there to be polite? Do you really think that the Ming army is a good person? Go with a gun. Can it be the good guys who beat the Dutch away?

Boarding the Liaodong, Sakai Tadakatsu saw a Ming soldier sitting on the foredeck blowing the sea breeze. A coffee table, a chair, and four women stood on either side, waiting for him at any time. What is infuriating is that when he hears the movement, this person just turns his head to look. Then continue to look at the Wen Jiàn and something like that in his hand.

Su Haochen walked forward, five steps away to let Sakai Tadashi stop, stepped forward and whispered, Chen Xie showed an impatient expression and said, "Why didn't Tokugawa Iemitsu personally come to apologize?" Is there any sincerity in sending a subordinate? Send him back. Concentrate your forces and give me an attack on Edo. By the way, let the North Korean army start landing. ”

Sakai Tadakatsu, who heard this, was really scared, and this guy didn't plan to talk to you, this is going to attack Edo, maybe it's a fire that will be burned to the ground again. Sakai Tadashi was excited to step forward, but was stopped by two guards, so he had to shout: "Your Excellency, please listen to my explanation, please listen to my explanation." ”

When Chen Xie heard this, he frowned and looked at him silently, and only nodded for a while before signaling to let him go. After Sakai Tadakatsu stepped forward, he knelt on the ground without saying a word: "Sakai Tadakatsu, under the command of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of Zhengyi, has seen the general of the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Shut up, this is the Marquis of Xinghai of the Ming Empire, the Shangshu of the Military Department, and the scholar of the Dongge University, not a general." The one who scolded Sakai Tadashi was actually Lee Young-hee, who temporarily played the maid next to Chen Xie, and this woman actually knew Japanese, which was really unexpected. North Korea is similar to the Ming Dynasty, noble and martial, so it is called Chen Xie a general, and Li Yingji thinks it is an insult.

Chen Xie didn't care what she meant, but after listening to the translation, he looked at Sakai Tadashi and said: "A general with the effect of a foreign domain, he actually dares to say anything about the general of Zhengyi in front of me, close the door and play by himself, there is no tiger and monkey in the mountains to call the king, but that's it." In front of me, what kind of general do you dare to call it, it seems that the so-called country not to be conquered by the old man Taizu is really blind. Okay, you go back, I don't want to hear your explanation, before dark, Tokugawa Iemitsu can't bind himself to board the ship to apologize, and I'll bloody Edo. ”

Before Sakai Tadakatsu could speak, the two guards had already dragged him away, and Sakai Tadakatsu shouted loudly: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, I just made a slip of the tongue, please don't mind, all the mistakes are my fault, and it is not the matter of General Tokugawa." ”

Sakai Tadashi took the boat, Chen Xie glanced in that direction lightly, and said to Su Haochen beside him: "Start attacking, the little devil won't shed tears if he doesn't see the coffin." ”

As soon as Sakai Tadakatsu got on his horse, he heard the sound of trumpets behind him, followed by the sound of dense drums, and a group of soldiers, shouting the trumpet, were running the whole team, and you didn't need to look at it to know that this was the rhythm of the battle. At this time, what will you do over there? There are more than 10,000 troops, and many of them were frightened yesterday. On the main road leading to Edo, there were some simple fortifications and reinforcements that arrived last night. We must hurry back and stop this war from continuing.

Sakai Tadashi quickly whipped his horse and galloped back with his entourage, and saw Tokugawa Iemitsu standing at the gate of the camp at the intersection in front of him from a distance, turned over and dismounted, and climbed forward with a roll: "General, the big thing is not good, the Ming army is coming." ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of drums came from afar, and the shogunate soldiers behind the wooden fence were panicked one by one, looking at the approaching neat team, to say that they were not afraid of being fake. Yesterday's battle went crazy among the soldiers, the kind of iron cannon that can kill a person in 200 steps, the intensive artillery bombardment, and so on. Eight thousand elites went out, and less than five thousand came back, so this is a little more effort?

The drums got closer and closer, and when they came to an abrupt end, the formation of the Ming army in front stopped advancing. One by one, the cannons were pushed out, and looking at these cannons, they were not the same as yesterday's, they were obviously one size bigger. This is a six-pounder gun, and the artillery team of the A-shaped battalion has come ashore, and this will withdraw naturally not to fire a salute.

The Ming army lined up in an orderly manner, and the artillery was less than 800 meters away, packed with sacks of sand, and set up a position. Preparations for the attack were carried out in an intense and orderly manner, and the rest of the soldiers sat on the ground to rest and wait. Su Haochen stood on the edge of the artillery position, observed the Japanese camp with a telescope, and found that there seemed to be no intention of taking the initiative to attack.

Twelve six-pounder guns were ready, waiting for the order to open fire. At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu and his subordinates had not yet achieved a result, and Tokugawa Iemitsu had to go on his own to meet Chen Xie's request. But his subordinates unanimously "opposed", and the only one who did not speak out was Sakai Tadakatsu. In the end, Tokugawa Iemitsu still didn't give up, and felt that he would fight again. Otherwise, with his current power, what role can his subordinates play by speaking?

"Fire!" As soon as the red flag waved, there was a violent shock on the artillery position, and the sound of the boom was deafening. At the same time, in the open space a little behind, on the improvised rocket launcher, one rocket after another rose into the air.

After only a few minutes, Tokugawa Iemitsu's hopes were dashed, and the shells lightly pierced the wooden fence, and the rockets fell all over the camp, and one by one there were fires without incident. The whole camp was in chaos, shouting everywhere, running, fighting fires, dodging shells, and being blown over by explosive rockets. Various voices, mixed together, some of the soldiers have already begun to run away.

The artillery fire lasted for half an hour, and the rockets also covered for half an hour, and after firing 5,000 rockets in one go, the Japanese camp in front of it had turned into a sea of fire. Just when everyone thought that this was another easy victory, a group of people rushed out of the sea of fire, there were only a few dozen at first, and then there were people who kept rushing out, these people were carrying war knives, they didn't know what to shout, and they kept trotting forward. And there are more and more of these people, and when the scale becomes hundreds, Su Haochen's expression is grim.

In fact, these people didn't have a chance to hurt a single hair of the Ming army, but they still came without hesitation. Some people were running, and there were hundreds of people riding dwarf horses, desperately whipping the war horses, and soon rushed to the front.

Seeing this scene, Su Haochen remembered what Chen Xie said, don't underestimate this nation, they have enough tenacity and beast-like nature. Now they are weak, and if they are given a strong chance, they will bite the country around them hard.

Crackling, the guns rang out as the sabers fell, and those who were rushing forward were knocked down one by one, but none of them flinched. Those in front fell, and those behind continued to rush forward. Dense rows of guns, bursts of shots, orderly killings. In the continuous splash of blood, there were fewer and fewer people who launched a decisive charge, and behind them was a burning camp, and a team was walking out of the camp, holding a white flag.

These people, in fact, were a group of samurai who were unwilling to surrender, and when they learned of Tokugawa Ieyasu's decision to surrender, they were determined to stop his actions with their own deaths. They had the will to die, but Tokugawa Iemitsu did not have the will to continue fighting. (To be continued......)