"My lord, what's the matter?"

After seeing that he was greeted by Ishida and asked him to pass, the military commander in black armor and about forty years old was very puzzled and came in front of Ishida.

"Tanaka, you want to find a way to approach those strangers from the sea, and I want to send you to make contact with them. Maybe there was some misunderstanding between the other side and the bombardment of Osaka, so if I could, I would like to avoid a head-on confrontation with them, after all, we don't have ships at sea, and it would be very disadvantageous for us to fight the other side. ”

Actually, to put it bluntly, Ishida Aido didn't want to fight, but he wouldn't say that.

Who wouldn't say something pretty, Ishida made an excuse around the bush.

And, that excuse doesn't sound too bad.

The military commander named Tanaka nodded, and then took the order.

As Japanese military generals in this era, they had no way to refute the orders of their superiors.

Even if the order is extremely unreasonable, they have to carry it out.

After Tanaka left, he muttered in his heart.

"Really, if you let me find a boat to approach those strangers from the sea, aren't you worried that I will be killed by the other party as an attacker?" Tanaka's tone was a little aggrieved.

Since the bombardment of Osaka Commercial Town, these generals have paid close attention to Zhao Hongyu.

The power and spectacle of the battleship's artillery salvo had already brought them extreme shock.

They could not imagine that fighting at sea with such a fleet would have any way for them to defeat each other.

If nothing else, the dense artillery alone was enough for them to drink a pot.

It has only been 10 minutes since the shelling, but the bustling commercial town of Osaka has been turned into a living purgatory under the devastation of the shelling.

In this era, most of the buildings in Japan were made of wood.

Therefore. Under the bombardment of fiery shells, it is very easy to ignite.

As a result, there were already a few puffs of black smoke coming out of the Osaka Commercial Town, and it seemed that it was already on fire.

It's just that because there is too much time, those flames have not yet formed on a large scale.

But anyone who understands will see that as time passes, Osaka's commercial town will definitely be engulfed in flames.

It would be a lie to say that Ishida Aido is not distressed, after all, a large part of his lord's food and drink expenses depend on the Osaka Commercial Town to provide him.

Even. Some new and new gadgets were also purchased from the Osaka Commercial Town and delivered to him.

If Osaka's commercial town is destroyed, won't he have no enjoyment in a short time?

But the problem is that Ishida Hedao saw the power of the artillery bombardment of Zhao Hongyu's fleet on the high-rise building in Osaka Castle, so he didn't have the courage to go to Zhao Hongyu for trouble.

The reason why he gathered the soldiers was just to put on a show in front of his men.

In this way, it can be proven. He's a more qualified lord.

Otherwise, he would have shown his subordinates that the lord's territory had been bombed like this, and he would still be indifferent.

So. What will these men think of him?

It is reasonable for him to stand up at this time and shout some slogans.

But in fact, Ishida's heart doesn't want to conflict with those strangers.

So. He would find Tanaka and ask him to figure out a way to see if he could get in touch with those strangers, and everyone would sit down and solve all the problems.

Of course. Tanaka had one more thing to do, and that was to inquire if the other party had been instigated by the Tokugawa remnants.

If there was nothing to do with the Tokugawa remnants, then everything would be fine.

This is the truest thought in Ishida's heart.

Tanaka knows this.

However, Tanaka was also distressed.

Because in the current situation, the other side has already begun shelling Osaka.

Well, there must be irreconcilable things in this.

In this situation of unknown circumstances, will he be able to complete the task given to him by Ishida?

Alas, what a great suffering.

But in any case, the order has been given to him, and he has complied with it.

So, let's do it as much as you can.

Although the Japanese have such and such shortcomings, they are even very obscene.

But I have to admit that the Japanese also have their advantages.

That is, they have a high degree of execution of orders, and even if they die, they will think about completing the tasks assigned to them by the leader.

It was not until later generations were affected by Western culture that some changes occurred.

However, there are not many such changes, and at least among the large Japanese companies in later generations, this concept continues.

Tanaka, with fifty of his men, rode fast horses in the direction of Osaka's commercial town.

Along the way, they saw a lot of people who had come out of the commercial town.

"Listen up!"

Seeing these fleeing people, Tanaka wondered if he could get some useful news from these people.

Thinking of this, he grabbed the reins and shouted loudly.

When the panicked people saw the samurai lord on a tall horse blocking the way and asking him to stop, these people obediently stopped and looked at Tanaka at a loss.

They didn't know what the samurai master was going to do.

In this era, the samurai were absolutely superior to the common people, so people were a little panicked and uneasy when they were ordered to stop.

The faces of these people were full of dust, dazed and frightened.

What happened to the commercial town was so sudden, so sudden that they weren't prepared at all.

The cannonballs like jade fell, and the people around them couldn't stop crying.

What was once a bustling commercial town suddenly turned into a hellish world.

"Did you escape from the commercial town?"

Tanaka sat on his war horse, looking down condescendingly at the people and asked loudly.

The people knelt on either side of the road with their heads bowed, not daring to look up at Tanaka at all.

It is important to know that in Japan in the 17th century until the end of the Edo period, there was a law that the common people could not look down on the samurai and nobles.

If any of them dared to look up at the samurai and nobles, it would be a great disrespect.

When the time comes. Samurai and nobles can draw their swords and kill those people on the spot, without breaking the slightest bit of law.

It was precisely because of this law that after these people were ordered to stop by Tanaka, they all knelt on both sides of the street honestly and deformally, waiting for the samurai lord to ask questions.

"Yes, Master Samurai, we all escaped from the commercial town."

When Tanaka asked a question, an old man in the crowd with his head bowed opened his mouth to answer.

Even when answering. The old man also lowered his head and did not raise it.

He didn't want to die for no reason, God knows what this samurai master is going to do, maybe he wants to be angry in his heart.

Well, you can't touch such a mold.

"Who of you knows what's going on over there in Commercial Town!"

Tanaka sat down on his horse and continued to ask.

The war horse under its crotch kept snorting, and its front legs were 'pimple' on the ground.

"Back to the words of the samurai master. We don't know what to do. ”

It was the old man who answered Tanaka's question.

"At that time, we were still talking to people in the shop, but I don't know how to do it, and the foreign warship at sea opened fire. Then the town was caught in a sea of shells, and everything was ruined. My shop was destroyed, and many people lost their families. ”

Woooooooooooooooo

As soon as the old man said this, the people kneeling on both sides of the road began to weep in low voices.

For these people. Tanaka has little sympathy.

In his eyes, these people are just some sluts.

Their life and death have nothing to do with him, and the most important thing for him is the most important thing. Hurry up and find out some information to complete the task given to you by Lord Ishida.

"Don't cry, I want to know what those foreigners are shooting for!"

Tanaka was a little impatient by the whispered sobs of the men, and he scolded.

Not!

The people who were originally sobbing in a low voice, were scolded by Tanaka like this, and immediately put back their tears and snot, but there was really no sound on the spot.

You need to admit that the island people have a great cheapness in their bones.

Otherwise, the later generations of Japanese people would not have sublimated a certain art and promoted it to the whole world.

These people really don't know why foreigners are firing guns.

After all, how could Takeuchi ask for bribes and speak harshly to foreigners.

And the foreigners gave Takeuchi a chance, and Takeuchi didn't grasp it.

That's why it's the way it is now.

Except for Takeuchi and those around him, this matter is still unknown to outsiders for the time being.

Therefore, Tanaka is destined to have no useful information from these people.

And even if Tanaka knows the whole story, he will definitely hurt when he thinks about it.

Without him, it's just because of such a trivial matter as asking for bribes, but those foreigners have made such a big battle, and it is obvious that the other party is not easy to deal with.

If Tanaka really knew about these situations, he would definitely not have the idea of contacting Zhao Hongyu and them.

Because it can be seen from this incident that a foreigner who is angry and makes a big fuss because of the bribery can be easy to deal with.

In fact, everyone didn't know that Zhao Hongyu did it on purpose.

He just wants to make a big fuss, that is, to bring disaster to the people.

Don't say that there is no Takeuchi Ren, even if there is no him, after Zhao Hongyu comes to Japan, he will find an opportunity to make a little bit of a big situation.

Tanaka did not get the information he hoped for here, so he led his men and continued in the direction of Osaka Shocho.

The more you go there, the more miserable people there are.

Gradually, there were even disabled teams.

However, Tanaka couldn't take care of these things.

"Watanabe!"

Seeing the outline of the commercial town, Tanaka had no choice but to stop.

With his shout, a cavalryman in flag armor came to his side.

"You take someone around and look around, we need a boat. And don't forget, find a larger white cloth. ”

Oh!

A samurai named Watanabe took the order and took his five companions with him.

Tanaka took the rest of the Qimoto soldiers and found a place to turn over and dismount to rest.

I'm really annoyed that I didn't get any useful information after asking so many people.

Could it be that those foreigners shelled Osaka's commercial town for no reason?

Tanaka thought hatefully in his heart.

He absolutely didn't believe it, because no one would do such a thing for no reason.

Come to think of it, those foreigners must have encountered some unfair situation on the Osaka side, which is why they were annoyed and fired at Osaka.

Actually, Tanaka, a foreigner, doesn't care much either.

Because in his opinion, those foreigners have already provoked the shogunate by doing so.

I think it won't be long before what happened here in Osaka will reach Edo, and the shogun will also know about it.

The general would certainly be furious at the bombardment of Osaka, which challenged the Japanese government.

Needless to say, the consequences of the general's wrath will be said to be the gathering of the army to clean up these foreigners.

Although the warships of foreigners are very powerful, this is Japan after all, and it is their territory.

No matter how strong you are as a foreigner, you will not have an advantage here.

When the time comes, the army will be able to deal with these foreigners.

It's just that now his lord doesn't want to clash with these foreigners, and he also gave him an order to contact the other party, which is a bit of a headache for Tanaka.

Although he complained about this order in his heart, as a samurai, he really had no way to refuse this order, so he could only do his best to complete it.

…… Dividing line ......

"Your Highness, we have been shelling Osaka Merchant Town for ten minutes now, and a quarter of the buildings in Osaka Merchant Town have been destroyed, and fire has begun to erupt in the town, and it will not be long before Merchant Town will be engulfed in flames."

Unlike the Japanese people who had a headache, on the deck of the Sea King, Zhao Hongyu was very comfortable lying on the recliner with a graceful appearance.

Wang Fuzi and Liu Da Scar, as well as Emma and Sara, all sat around him.

At this point, Master Wang has nothing to say, anyway, it is like this now.

Liu Dascar was excited, and he couldn't stop picking up the monocular and looking at the situation in the commercial town.

Emma, on the other hand, would clapped her hands and shouted with a smile every time the cannon was fired, looking very excited.

On the other hand, the two people, Wang Fuzi and Sara, looked worried, as if they were very worried about something.

In the end, it was Master Wang who couldn't hold back, and he spoke again: "My Royal Highness the Crown Prince, it's still too late to leave." When the Japanese people react and the army gathers, we will be unlucky. ”

It turned out that Wang Fuzi was worried about what would happen after the bombardment, and persuaded Zhao Hongyu to lead the fleet to leave here now.

The king still knows the speed of the fleet, so in his opinion, as long as they leave now, then the Japanese will not catch up with them.

That way, there will be no danger to them.

But the question is, will Zhao Hongyu leave? (To be continued......)