The emperor was just a name and a symbol among the people, but when the emperor stood in front of him, everyone present trembled, and they did not dare to question the emperor's words at all, and their loyalty to the Hosokawa clan began to waver.

The Emperor continued: "Since the beginning of the Onin Rebellion, the imperial power has been sidelined, and traitors have been frequent, and now that I want to put things right and restore the majesty of the royal family, if you claim to be loyal and brave, will you help me destroy all the forces that dare to defy the imperial power?" For example, the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan...... I am the master of this country, and I want to get my things back! Do you have the guts? Do you have the ability to do this? Do you have a loyal heart to die for the royal family? ”

At the instigation of the Emperor, the people below shouted: "Yes! Yes! Yes! We are all His Majesty's people, we are willing to be loyal to Your Majesty, we are willing to die for Your Majesty, and kill all enemies who dare to oppose Your Majesty! ”

The king of Hou Nara said with satisfaction: "Very good, I am very pleased, it seems that there are still many loyal and brave people in Japan, I know that there are still people who are worried, worried that our strength will not be able to deal with those traitors, but you can rest assured, I have drafted a letter of state as early as two months ago and sent it to the Ming Dynasty, the real purpose of the Ming envoys to visit our country is to eliminate all traitors for the side of the Qing monarch, and now, I invite the envoys of the Ming Dynasty to defend the country Duan Fei!" ”

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Five thousand warriors who were stimulated by the serial speeches howled and rushed out of the port of Hotsu and rushed to Taiheiji, the main city of the local daimyo Shimazu Shiku......

He asked Duan Fei, "Duke Wei Guo, these five thousand people are only afraid that they are not Hosokawa Gaogong's opponents, right?" I don't know what else Wei Guogong has to do? ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Yes, these five thousand people can defeat Shimazu Shijiu, and when they can defeat the Otomo clan, they will definitely not be able to defeat Hosokawa Gaogong, not even Kyushu, let alone cross the sea to fight......"

The king of Hou Nara listened in wonder, only to see Duan Fei continue: "But with the help of the Ming army and people, it will be easy for them to destroy any enemy......"

Duan Fei made a gesture, a loud military horn sounded, and a group of soldiers rushed out of Fangjin Port, these people were obviously much better than the five thousand people just now, both in terms of equipment and training, this group of people rushed out of Fangjin Port without hesitation, and followed behind those people just now.

Hou Nara King frowned and said, "It turns out that Wei Guogong still has so many people in Fangjin Port......

Duan Fei said with a smile: "Great King, the envoy only brought a total of 5,000 Jinyi Guard musketeers from the Ming Dynasty, and successively sent two batches of a total of 4,000 people to help Hosokawa Gaogong fight the Ouchi clan, and only 1,000 people were guarding the port. ”

Only then did the king of Nara come to his senses, and he suddenly said: "Wei Guogong is really a last resort, so I just need to stay in Fangjin Port and wait for the good news ahead?" ”

Duan Fei smiled and shook his head: "Doesn't the king want to take the Ming Dynasty's warship to the sea to relax, and by the way, see how the Ming Dynasty's naval guns flattened the walls of the Taiping Temple?" ”

Hou Nara King really never went out to sea by boat, of course, he was sent to Fangjin Port by sea in a coma is not counted, he hurriedly agreed, so under the guidance of Duan Fei, Hou Nara King stepped on the flagship of the Daming Navy Division North Sea Fleet Jianyi, and then nearly half of the North Sea Fleet left Fangjin Port and sailed north along the coastline.

After 'taking the ship for the first time', King Nara vomited, but his spirits were invigorated, and sitting on a huge ship like the Perseverance, he saw something completely different from the past, and looked at the endless sea, and his mood was much more comfortable and cheerful.

Riding a boat is faster than walking on foot in any case, and when the battleship arrived at the Taiping Temple, Duan Fei estimated that the 5,000 men were still fighting with Shimazu Shijiu's men in Iji.

Taiping Temple was not built on the seaside, it was built on the side of a river, such a super fortune ship like the Perseverance could not drive in, at the mouth of this river, Duan Fei and the king of Nara transferred to a small gunboat and sailed into this small river, the sky is as people wish, under the push of the west wind, the advance of several small gunboats is very smooth, and after a while, the city of Taiping Temple will enter Duan Fei's field of vision.

"How long does it take for the king to collapse the walls of the Taiping Temple?" Duan Fei asked casually when he handed the telescope to the King of Hou Nara.

King Nara also saw the castle of Taiheiji Temple through a telescope, and he muttered for a moment and said, "Although the walls of Taiheiji Temple are far inferior to those of Kyoto, it should take about half an hour just to bombard, right?" ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "The king underestimates the power of our artillery, right?" If one cannon can't knock down the wall of the Taiping Temple, I will take all the soldiers out of Japan immediately after sweeping away all the rebellions for the king, otherwise the king will let the Ming station in Japan double the number of soldiers and horses? ”

Hou Nara King hesitated, Duan Fei urged repeatedly, Hou Nara King shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It is necessary for the Ming Dynasty to garrison troops in Japan, and there is not much difference between one thousand and two thousand, this gamble is really meaningless, just don't gamble." ”

Duan Fei said with a smile: "It seems that the king is very optimistic about our cannons, little ones, have you heard it, prepare the artillery well, and be sure to collapse the city wall in front of you with one shot, otherwise I will pick your skin when I go back!" ”

The gunners agreed loudly, Duan Fei ordered someone to raise the banner of the king of Nara, and the five small gunboats gradually approached the Taiping Temple City, only to see that this city was built on the mountain, if there was no artillery, it was really difficult to attack, but now the situation is different.

There is a small wharf by the river outside the Taiping Temple, and there are many women who are washing their laundry with wooden sticks next to the wharf, and when they see five boats slowly approaching, these women don't know what's going on, thinking that they are merchant ships that are here to do business, and they don't pay much attention to it.

The boats slowly docked near the dock, lined up, and the women who were doing the laundry began to become a little alert, and suddenly, with a shout, one of the five gunboats suddenly opened fire, only one.

King Go-Nara, who was on the ship preparing to observe the power of the cannon, was shocked, Duan Fei quickly held him up, smiled and said something to him, Go-Nara King didn't hear it at all, because his ears were still rumbling.

This cannon not only bombarded the king of Go-Nara to the point of almost falling, but the women who were washing clothes by the river were also frightened, and two of them fell into the river with the sound of the cannon, causing a lot of waves.

After the king of Nara stood firm, he didn't have time to thank Duan Fei, and he looked intently at the Taiping Temple......

I saw a black shadow disappear in the distance, and after a while, the city wall of Taiping Temple was suddenly hit by a huge impact, and the city wall rippled like the surface of the water, and the stone chips in the center of the ripples were flying, and a big hole had been blasted open.

After a few seconds, a muffled bang came from afar, and the wall of the Taiping Temple shook a few times, but it stabilized, and although it was pierced through a big hole, it did not collapse immediately.

Duan Fei rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile: "It seems that I overestimated the power of the cannon...... Fortunately, the king didn't bet with me...... Anyway, everyone bombarded the damn, no matter how many cannons he had, he would flatten this bird city! ”

Duan Fei gave an order, and the naval guns roared continuously, and the cannonballs flew towards the Taiping Temple City in a queue, and at this time, the King of Later Nara had not recovered from the shock, and the greater shock was destroying his fragile nerves.

Under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Shu army, the wall of the Taiping Temple only lasted less than a second before collapsing in pieces, from the telescope, the king of Nara clearly saw the desperate eyes of the soldiers standing on the city wall, and the shock on the faces of the people on the street after the collapse of the city wall, the king of Nara believed that his face was not much better than these people, and the power of the cannons of the army was so terrifying!

Duan Fei wanted exactly this effect, he shouted: "Little ones, aim the cannon at those buildings in the high part of the mountain city, change it to a flower bomb, whoever bombards the civilians below I will stuff him into the cannon hole, and rest after the fucking round, and prepare for the fire!" ”

The gunners of the army obeyed the order to adjust the muzzle of the cannon, and then fired another shot, only to see the buildings on the high part of the mountain city blooming everywhere, and the buildings collapsed and the rocks flew everywhere, and after a round of shelling, there was no complete building on the high part of the hillside, and the king of Nara could see clearly in the telescope that under the bombardment of the cannons, the strongest stone houses were vulnerable, not to mention the people on the mountain? This round of shelling was enough to cause huge casualties, but I don't know if Shimazu Shijiu was killed in this round of shelling.

After the bombardment, Duan Fei ordered one of Song Suqing's subordinates to hold high the banners of the Emperor and the Ming Dynasty and ride towards the Taiping Temple City, this knight rushed all the way into the Taiping Temple City, no one dared to stop him, he rushed until he was halfway up the mountain in front of the ruins, then stopped the horses and shouted loudly.

"Is Shikuchi Shimazu dead? Who is in charge here now? Sasaki looked at the ruins in front of him and was shocked, but correspondingly, his spine was also straight and full of confidence.

"My name is Uto Naikawa, and I am a general under the head of the Shimazu family, who are you? Why are you attacking our mountain town? A dusty-faced bearded man stepped forward and asked Sasaki.

Sasaki said uncomfortably, "Don't you have eyes?" I'm holding the Emperor's Dragon Banner in my hand! The Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan conspired to rebel, the emperor ordered the world to suppress it, your head is a vassal of the Hosokawa clan, today the emperor will use you to sacrifice the flag, spread the emperor's edict, you just surrender obediently, otherwise you will be blown up with thunder! ”

Udo Nagawa was shocked: "Emperor? ”

"Yes, this is indeed the Emperor's banner." An old man walked out tremblingly, looked at the other flag suspiciously, and asked, "Which daimyo's flag is that?" ”