Chapter 64: Destroying the withered and decaying
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Mud Bombardment Hirado:
This was once the most important stronghold of Wang Zhi's Wufeng fleet, and Wang Zhi proclaimed himself King of Hui and established the seaport of the Song Kingdom here. Once because of the maritime trade of the Wang Zhi Group, it became unprecedentedly prosperous, countless ships and goods gathered here, and a large number of taverns and women's branches flourished here. Even if Wang Zhi was killed later and the Wufeng fleet declined, it was still one of the important strongholds of the Wufeng fleet, and it was also a place where a large number of Francophone maritime merchants and smugglers from the southeast of the Ming Dynasty gathered.
But today Hirado is shrouded in a strong murderous aura, the whole Hirado is quietly without a bit of the noise and prosperity of the past, every household closes the door, occasionally pokes out their heads to look outside, and then quickly shrinks back.
In the port of Hirado, Shimazu Yoshihiro personally led an army of three hundred samurai and two thousand ashigaru, and was sneering at the old and weak women and children of the hundreds of Wufeng fleets in front of him.
"Mr. Shimazu, my Wufeng fleet has always been good friends with your Shimazu family. Today, you brazenly sent troops into Hirado to kill my Wufeng fleet, are you worthy of Lord Wang Zhiwang who helped you back then? An old man stepped out of the crowd and pointed at Shimazu Yoshihiro's nose and cursed.
The former Shimazu family was just an extremely inconspicuous small family in 9 states, and later because of the separation with Wang Zhi, a large number of firearms, weapons, and armor were purchased from Wang Zhi, which gradually expanded its power until it almost dominates 9 states now.
When Wang Zhi was alive, Shimazu Yoshihiro was very respectful to Wang Zhi of the Wufeng fleet, and he would personally send gifts during the New Year's holidays and take the initiative to congratulate him. These samurai and the people who saw the Goho fleet at that time were also respectful.
He never thought that Shimazu Yoshihiro would be such an ungrateful white-eyed wolf, and as soon as Wang Zhi died, he began to covet Hirado and the Goho fleet, wanting to swallow the Goho fleet in one bite and turn it into his own source of wealth.
Shimazu Yoshihiro not only instigated a large number of Japanese and ronin to invade Hirado and seize the shops and land that originally belonged to Gomine's fleet. He himself also publicly declared that the Wufeng fleet was a foreign invader, and called on the people of the entire nine states to expel and kill all the invaders.
And Shimazu Yoshihiro, who had long coveted the richness of the Gomine fleet today, finally couldn't bear it anymore and personally led a large army to invade Hirado, wanting to exterminate the hundreds of Gomine fleet crews and their families here!
"Cut! Only the strongest in this world can survive! My respect for you was just a strategic necessity before, but now that I don't need to, I will naturally kill you all! Yoshihiro Shimazu took it for granted, as if this was the truth.
In the eyes of Shimazu Yoshihiro, or in the eyes of many mud bombards, there is no such thing as etiquette, righteousness and shame. When they see a strong man in their hearts, they do not hesitate to wag their tails and beg for mercy, and give their wives and daughters to others for entertainment, so as to obtain the benefits and benefits they want. When it is strong enough, it immediately bites the owner back, and does not hesitate to take everything from the master as his own. These are all natural things, without any ideological pressure, they will complacently call this kind of shameless bandit behavior "lower KE", and even think that this is the necessary condition for becoming a great man.
Therefore, Shimazu Yoshihiro did not have any psychological pressure to attack the Wufeng fleet today, but proudly thought about how he could use the wealth he obtained to expand his military strength and dominate the entire mud bombardment after killing all these old and weak women and children.
"Little ones! Do it, kill all the people, this daimyo allows you to burn and loot at will in Hirado for three days, you only need to hand over seventy percent of the things you have robbed! Thinking of the richest and rival wealth of the Wufeng fleet, Shimazu Yoshihiro got wet with excitement and gave an order to his subordinates.
Hearing this, these samurai and ashigaru suddenly turned red-eyed, panting and breathing heavily, and their eyes were full of light towards these old and weak women and children.
As long as you kill these Ming people, you can get a lot of property, and you can force women to women at will, which is simply an unimaginable life for these Ashigaru who usually rely on farming for a living.
The samurai, on the other hand, stared at blood-red eyes and howled like beasts, and after rigorous training and brainwashing education from childhood to adulthood, these people were out-and-out killing machines. They have been completely transformed into a bunch of beasts and beasts who can do anything barbaric and crazy for the sake of the lord's family and the daimyo, and abandon all manners, righteousness and shame.
"Boom!" Suddenly, a cannonball shot from the sea not far away, right in the center of the Shimazu family's team, accompanied by a loud noise, countless samurai and ashigaru fell in a pool of blood, screaming and wailing, and some were simply blown into meat sauce!
"What happened?" Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was sitting in the rear of the main formation, was surprised to see his vanguard being beaten and flesh flying, and it took a long time to come back to his senses, and he grabbed a small surname next to him and asked.
"Boom! Rumble! Before Koshi could reply, the rain of cannonballs completely enveloped the vanguard of the Shimazu family, and in less than a cup of tea, the vanguard of 500 ashigaru and 30 samurai was beaten to pulp. The rest of the luck was not dead, one by one they were so frightened that they were urinating, crying and turning their heads and running away.
"It's the Five Peaks fleet! Lots of giant ships! At this time, the soldiers of the Shimazu family saw clearly that on the sea not far away, several huge ships flying the flags of the Goho fleet were rapidly approaching the port.
When these huge ships were about to enter the port, they quickly turned their guns and sank all the ships with the flag of the Shimazu family moored in the harbor before slowly sailing into the port.
"Hehe, such a group of hysterical thugs and rioters also deserve to be called an army? I, Liaodong Iron Cavalry, a hundred people or three hundred Chiyan Legion, can kill this group of dwarf mules," Zhang Dingbian said while standing at the bow of the boat with his arms in his arms, looking at the surviving trembling Shimazu family.
When the giant ship docked, Zhang Dingbian didn't wait to put down the rope ladder, jumped up directly from the penetration, and landed on the dock steadily, carrying a large chopping sword, looking at the mud bombardment Ashigaru and the samurai not far away with great interest.
With the sonorous sound of the armor leaf, from several huge ships and cargo ships, the Liaodong Iron Knights, with a total of 100 people, walked over one by one with three-eyed firearms in their hands. They quickly and neatly stood behind Zhang Dingbian, forming an arrow-shaped assault formation, looking at the chaotic Toei Ashigaru and samurai not far in front of them with eyes like dead men.
"Uncle, you go to settle the people first, and by the way, see what is lacking and what is missing. I'm going to meet the ghost stone barbarian who will be bombarded with mud" Wearing an ordinary cotton armor inlaid with iron leaves, Li Rusong turned around and said hello to Mao Haifeng, and then took Monk Lingqin and walked to the battlefield with his huge horse chopping knife.
Behind Li Rusong there are also a thousand Mao Haifeng's command, the old sailors of the original Wufeng fleet, these guys are all about forty years old, and they are in the prime of life. Although they stood there scattered and had no formation at all, they were equipped with a large number of bird guns and excellent weapons of the Ming army, and they themselves practiced martial arts all year round and participated in sea battles, the strength of this army should not be underestimated.
"Line up! Brothers, these dwarf mules were about to kill your brothers, your wives and daughters, and rob you of your hard-earned wealth! Follow me, cut off their heads, and pour me wine!" Striding to the forefront of the team, Li Rusong slashed the saber and pointed at the mud bombardment in front of him, and shouted loudly.
Originally, when he saw the soldiers of the Shimazu family on the ship, who wanted to kill the old and weak women and children on his side, he was already furious, and he wanted to jump off the boat immediately and kill this group of white-eyed wolves of the Wufeng fleet sailors, and he was already furious at this moment.
Most of these old and infirm women and children living in the port of Hirado are orphans and family members of veteran sailors who died in battle. Those who are alive can't even protect the family of their dead companions, and they don't have the face to see the old guys below when they die!
There is no need for Li Rusong to say anything, this group of old sailors learned from the Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and quickly formed an arrow formation similar to the Liaodong Iron Cavalry. Staring at the red eyes, panting, clenching the weapon in his hand, staring closely at the mud bombardment ashigaru and the samurai troops in front of him.
"Kill!" At this time, Li Rusong had already seen clearly, the troops composed of these mud bombardment ashigaru and samurai in front of him were only equipped with a large number of cold weapons such as bamboo guns, katanas, cross guns, and bamboo bows, and there were no hot weapons such as firearms, so he decisively ordered an attack.
As for Shimazu Yoshihiro's old female cousin, how to solve this matter, Li Rusong is not in the mood to care, let's fight first!
"My Liaodong Iron Horse is invincible!"
"The Five Peaks fleet is crisscrossing the seas!"
With two thunderous shouts, the sailors of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Wufeng Fleet followed Li Rusong closely, staring at the Shimazu family's ashigaru troops with blood-red eyes.
These veteran sailors are all masters who have survived hardships and dangers, and all of them are proficient in combat skills. Before they could rush in front of the mud bombardment, these people invariably stopped, and shot at the mud bombardment.
"Ahh This group of mud bombards were still stunned, they couldn't figure out where the already declining Wufeng fleet came from such a powerful and terrifying fleet, and they were still waiting for the lord to pretend to be a grandson to save their lives!
In the first round of attacks, Ashigaru, who was standing at the front of the team, hundreds of people were killed and wounded, and only then did these cattle react: the people of the Wufeng fleet are going to take revenge!
"Ahh Run for your life! "There is no need to give an order, these guys who were originally ordinary people, who came for profit and money, were suddenly frightened by the terrible force of the Wufeng fleet, and they turned their heads and ran away one by one.
Ashigaru is the name given to the lowest class of infantry in ancient times, who were usually engaged in labor and became foot soldiers in wartime. During the Warring States period, they were trained in bows and arrows, guns, and artillery to form troops. DURING THE JIANGTO PERIOD, HE BECAME THE LOWEST SAMURAI AND MISCELLANEOUS SOLDIER. The word "ashigaru" does not mean that the soldier referred to must have been a farmer in the first place. At the beginning of the war-guo period, the line between the poor samurai and the wealthy peasants was not clear, and there was a gray area of "land servants" who were soldiers in wartime and farmers in peacetime, and their meager territories were particularly vulnerable to the expansion of the daimyo.
In normal times, when the princes led Ashigaru into battle, a certain number of samurai would be mixed in the ashigaru team to play the role of supervising the warband, and at the same time monitoring Ashigaru. But just now with a round of terrifying artillery fire, the entire team was in chaos, and a large number of ashigaru were mixed together, which made the formation of the ashigaru team chaotic. And the samurai were still trying to restore the establishment at this time, where did they have time to supervise Ashigaru.
It was precisely because of this large number of ashigaru that they could not stand the horror of the other party and began to flee frantically, and before the samurai had time to kill and establish their might, they were torn apart by the fleeing ashigaru and the ashigaru who were coerced by it, and it was impossible to organize enough of its numbers to stop the ashigaru troops from escaping.
At this time, a samurai army of 300 men quickly rushed towards the area, each of them wearing armor and holding a long sword, which was the reinforcement sent by Shimazu Yoshihiro to stop the rout of the troops.
Unfortunately, before this group of dwarf mules could approach the ashigaru team, the Liaodong Iron Cavalry pounced on these people like a gust of wind.
"Hahaha! Brothers, kill the Mongols, the Jurchen Tartars are tired of killing crooked, kill a few Japanese Bandits for a change of taste! Zhang Dingbian took the lead and led people to intercept this group of warriors.
The samurai who took the lead suddenly found himself in front of him with a group of tall, well-dressed armor and "iron hammers" in their hands. The perennial fighting made him feel this group of people, with an extremely terrifying murderous aura on their bodies, all of them were masters who crawled out of the pile of dead people!
The samurai who took the lead immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, and was preparing to line up to play hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, but the Liaodong Iron Cavalry took the lead!
Zhang Dingbian suddenly found that the enemy had stopped, and the distance he was standing at was exactly within the effective range of his own three-eyed firearms, how could he not take advantage of this kind of advantage?
The devils here are still preparing to charge in formation, relying on their sharp katana and kendo, playing hand-to-hand combat! He was bathed in a rain of fire, and more than 70 samurai were killed on the spot, and many of the rest were wounded.
"Hehe, these dwarf mules, you still want to fight with grandpa for knives? I don't pee and take care of myself! Brothers throw grenades! Zhang Dingbian didn't plan to let go of this group of mud bombardment mules like this, and after a round of firecrackers, he immediately ordered his subordinates to throw grenades.
After a period of development and research, with the help of a group of craftsmen hired a lot, the hand grenade of the dangerous mountain has become quite lethal and can be mass-produced. Under normal circumstances, every soldier of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry would carry seven or eight grenades with him.
Hearing Zhang Dingbian's order, these soldiers didn't even hesitate, they directly took out the grenade from their arms, lit the fuse and threw it into the pile of mud bombardment warriors who were in chaos.
"Is this the 6th Heavenly Demon King Oda, Nobunaga's companion?" Seeing that the "elite troops" under his command were defeated by more than 1,000 people from the other side, as if they were devastated, and when he saw that the other party began to harvest the heads of his subordinates, even if they were slightly injured, they were directly killed with a knife, and continued to harvest the terrifying scene, Shimazu Yoshihiro couldn't help but say with fear on his face.
What Shimazu Yoshihiro didn't know was that the one on the other side was a demon even more terrifying than Oda Nobunaga, Li Rusong, the king of Liaodong Yama!