Wu Sen took these two warships to the expedition class and the exploration class, and they were equipped with a total of more than 30 guns, so it was naturally easy to deal with these Japanese Hachiman ships on the shore. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info It was not that no one on the Japanese ships found themselves outflanked, but almost all of them landed to attack targets on the coast, and no one was wary of the sea at all, so they could only watch as the two ships approached and opened artillery bombardment.

Although the Hachiman ship was covered by a high plank on the side of the ship, this kind of cover could only block the bow and the slow musket lead bullet, but it was not much different from a piece of paper in front of the shell. After a round of shelling, the scattered fragments of the ship's planks became the best weapon to kill and injure the crew of the deck, and few of the Japanese who tried to hide behind the planks and resist with arquebuses were directly injured by the shells, and most of them were injured by the plank fragments. Fortunately, the target of the Haihan warship was near the waterline of the Hachiman ship, and for the purpose of paralyzing the enemy's ship's mobility, it did not concentrate its firepower on cleaning the deck, otherwise it would probably not have left any life at all.

When the cannon sounded, the Japanese on the shore remembered that the target of their trip should have been those Haihan ships, they originally thought that the Haihan people had hidden the ship in a hidden harbor, and then slowly interrogated after taking these people on the shore, but they didn't expect the Haihan sailboat to outflank their own back road, and they were equipped with such strong artillery, so it is really difficult to say who is looking for whom's trouble.

In front of it was the defense line of the Haihan camp that was difficult to break through, and behind it was the Haihan ship that was covering up and was bombarding its own sailboat with artillery.

Chen Yixin naturally would not miss such a great opportunity to counterattack, and immediately ordered an attack. After all, the Japanese are just a group of bullying bandits, not an army with a strong will to fight, and fighting against the wind is not a combat environment that they are good at, once they find that they have no hope of turning the tide of the war, they will immediately scatter and flee. Of course, escaping back to the ship at this time would be tantamount to suicide, so you can only flee along the coast of Sasebo Bay to the uninhabited interior.

Chen Yixin did not intend to spend more time and energy to completely annihilate this gang of Japanese bandits, but only ordered to close the formation and compress the one step that could not escape into the narrow area of the coast. These people also did not have the determination to fight to the death, and when they found that they had no way out, they quickly gave up resistance and chose to surrender to save their lives.

When the two ships under the command of Wu Mori on the sea found that the situation of the battle was under control, they stopped shelling further. However, by this time, several Yawata ships anchored on the coast had been bombed beyond recognition, and two of the ships had been flooded with too much water in their holds, and their hulls had already turned significantly.

The soldiers did a simple cleaning and counting of the battlefield, and found about fifty corpses of the Wakos. The vague figure of "approximately" is due to the fact that the shelling of the Haihan warship resulted in several broken corpses that could not be put back together. In addition, there were more than 70 Japanese prisoners, but judging from the results of preliminary interrogation, the leader of this group had escaped in the confusion just now.

But this is harmless, according to the confession of the captives, this group of people almost poured out, almost all the people who could participate in the battle are here, and only twenty or thirty people escaped just now, and they can't change the trend of the battle. Originally, they wanted to follow Haihan's fleet all the way to a secluded place, but obviously they didn't do enough homework beforehand, and they didn't know that Haihan's tiger's ass couldn't be touched. I think that so many armed forces on the southeast coast of the Ming Dynasty wanted to do something to Haihan, but in the end they were all planted in the hands of Haihan one by one, although the number of participants in this Japanese armed force was almost the same as that of Haihan fleet, but the actual combat effectiveness of the two sides was too far apart, and the battle situation was a one-sided situation from beginning to end.

For such an episode in the itinerary, Chen Yixin and others are actually mentally prepared. As the saying goes, wealth is not exposed, but their fleet not only showed their wealth in Nagasaki Port, but also was very high-profile, so it was only natural that they would be targeted. But after doing this, Chen Yixin can no longer take the risk of separating the team to carry out the investigation mission, this time it is lucky, only encountered a small group of Japanese bandits, if the next time he bumps into the Japanese gang in the Five Islands Islands area, the difference in strength is too much, Chen Yixin does not dare to guarantee that his group can still retreat.

Xu Ke, who accompanied the Xu family on behalf of the Xu family, seemed very calm about this sudden battle, he had already seen the strength of the Haihan militia in Zhoushan, and he had already vaguely had the concept of "the Haihan is invincible" in his heart, and the skirmish that occurred today only further confirmed his view. Although the expedition was only two or three hundred people, Xu Ke felt as if he was under the protection of thousands of troops, and there was nothing to worry about in terms of safety.

Amakusa Shiro gathered the captives together and had them dig a large pit in the shore and bury the corpses of the dead pirates. How to deal with the remaining pirates has become a thorny problem. Haihan did not have a base here, and it was impossible to hold such a large number of prisoners on board. But to execute all these captives on the spot seems a little too inhumane.

Amakusa Shiro had to ask Chen Yixin to hand over this problem to his boss. But Chen Yixin didn't feel embarrassed, the expedition schedule behind the fleet was still long, and it was impossible to take such a group of prisoners on the road, which would be inconvenient to manage, and would consume a lot of supplies, which would definitely outweigh the losses. After thinking about it, Chen Yixin could only order the release of these prisoners on the spot when the fleet left here.

Two days later, the Haihan fleet, having completed its expedition to Sasebo Bay, finally departed, releasing the Japanese prisoners who had been held on a broken Hachiman ship. The wouldn't be able to get out of here anytime soon, as only this one was left of the few ships they sailed in, and all the others were scuttled in the bay. The Haihan also damaged the ship's mast, sail and rudder, which is difficult to repair due to local environmental conditions.

The released Japanese captives all knelt on the shore and did not dare to raise their heads, and it was indeed their luck to be able to pick up a life, and some were even mentally prepared to be executed. However, the next few days will still be a great test for them, the Haihan people are not kind enough to leave them with any supplies and tools, and they still need to face the test of nature if they want to survive in this uninhabited bay.

After sailing out of Sasebo Bay, the Haihan fleet continued to sail north, which was only about 30 nautical miles away from the Goto Islands, where the Japanese were active, and the previous attack by the Japanese made Chen Yixin and Wu Sen very careful. The next stop of the fleet was Hirado, one of Japan's former foreign trade ports at the western tip of Kyushu Island, and the voyage was not long, arriving in one day.

Hirado Island is located in the west of the Matsuura Peninsula, about 10 kilometers wide from east to west and about 30 kilometers long from north to south.

Hirado Port is located on Hirado Island, a territory of the Hirado Domain, and the Matsuura family, who controlled this area, was a samurai group known for their naval forces for a long time. After Japan entered the Muromachi shogunate period, the three shoguns Ashikaga Yoshimitsu made overtures to the Ming Dynasty to develop exploration trade, and began to strictly ban piracy, and the Matsuura family began to focus on the development of trade.

Later, the prestige of the Muromachi shogunate gradually waned and their control over the local daimyo declined, and the Matsuura family returned to their old business and opened Hirado Castle to ******, allowing fleets from all over the world to enter and exit, and amassed a lot of wealth through smuggling and sea raids. In 1599, the 26th governor of the Matsuura clan, Matsuura Jinshin, built Hirado Castle on the basis of Hinogatake Castle in Kameokama, Hirado Island.

At one time, the volume of trade in this area surpassed that of the port of Nagasaki as a free trade port, but with the shogunate's policy of locking the country in recent years, Hirado inevitably went downhill. At present, the port of Hirado has been deprived of its official status as a foreign trade port, and the prosperity of the port city is gradually becoming a thing of the past. It is worth mentioning that the Dutch trade hall in Hirado still exists, and according to historical records, it was not until 1641 that it was moved from Hirado to Nagasaki.

However, in Haihan's view, the original history will definitely change, because of the appearance of Haihan, an uninvited guest, the Dutch's activity space in the Far East has suffered a serious compression, and at present, only Taiwan's Geranza City is barely maintaining normal operation, and the merchant house in Hirado has already faced the painful situation of not making ends meet, and it is only a matter of time before the establishment is abolished, and it is unlikely that it will last for another seven or eight years.

On August 1, the Kaihan fleet bypassed Minami-Ryuzaki at this location, where Hirado Ohashi was built in later generations, connecting Hirado Island with Kyushu Island. Once you get around this headland, you can see Hirado Castle on the east coast of Hirado Island. There is a bay on the north and south sides of Hirado Castle, and the famous Hirado Port is located. However, both bays are relatively small in size and the size of the wharf that can be developed is relatively limited, not to mention that compared to Sasebo Bay, even compared to the port of Nagasaki, it is no wonder that the shogunate moved Japan's foreign trade center to the port of Nagasaki, which is a little too small.

Chen Yixin was not worried about being denied entry to the port of Hirado, which had been crossed out of the list of foreign trade ports by the shogunate, but judging from the information Haihan had gathered before, it was still in operation, but it had shifted from open operation to semi-open underground trading. The Matsuura family did not want to confront the shogunate head-on, nor was they willing to give up their own way of making money for several generations, anyway, there were policies and countermeasures, and the Matsuura family supported the shogunate's decision on the surface, but in private they still did what to do. For the Matsuura family, the Haihan people, who are financially powerful and good at doing business, are undoubtedly an excellent business partner, and there is no reason to refuse such a good thing that comes to the door.

Perhaps considering the feelings of the Dutch, the principal of the Matsuura family did not personally come forward to meet the "Haihan Business Group" that came from afar, but only sent a young man named Matsuura Shinichi to receive Chen Yixin and others. However, this Matsuura Shinichi is not simple, and he speaks Chinese better than Shiro Amakusa, who has been a member of Haihan for several years, but saves the trouble of translation.

"In my early years, I went to Daming, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Ningbo and other places, and I learned the language of Daming at that time. Matsuura Shinichi seemed to see Chen Yixin's question, and took the initiative to explain to him the reason why he could speak Chinese: "There are many merchants from the Ming Dynasty in Hirado Port, and it is more convenient to talk to them after I go down to school. ”

Chen Yixin was also stunned when he heard this explanation, and dared to love that this little Japan had been to the Ming Dynasty, and it was no wonder that Chinese spoke with a taste of Jiangsu and Zhejiang dialects. Since the other party can understand it, it is much easier to communicate, and there is no need to worry about misunderstandings due to translation problems. Chen Yixin first explained to him his intention - to build a trade route from Zhoushan to Pingdo.

"Previously, there were also Ming merchants who trafficked a small amount of Haihan goods to sell here, and the prices were very high. This Matsuura Shinichi saw the essence of the problem at once.

Chen Yixin did not deny it, nodded and said: "After many understandings, we think that the Songpu family will be an excellent business partner, so I also want to take this opportunity to ask, is the Songpu family willing to cooperate with us?"

Shinichi Matsuura did not immediately respond to this question head-on, but asked rhetorically, "Can you take a look at your sample of your goods first?"

"Of course, that's no problem, in fact, I've prepared a sample, which I will give to Matsuura-kun as a gift. Chen Yixin clapped his hands twice, and immediately someone came in with a box.

Of course, Chen Yixin took out and gave it away, of course, it was not a sample, but a gift specially prepared by the Ministry of Commerce, simply put, it was a special customized version of various fist products, which could never be found on the market. Although the cost of this box of gifts is not too high, if you want to talk about the price of goods, it is certainly not a small amount. After seeing it, Matsuura Shinichi's expression relaxed a lot, and he praised Chen Yixin for being too polite, and said that he would try his best to meet the requirements put forward by Haihan, such as setting up a merchant hall in Hirado Port.

Chen Yixin didn't think about such a long-term thing, he is now thinking about how to complete his inspection task, as for whether to set up a commercial hall, it is a matter for the Ministry of Commerce, and it will not be decided by the military. (To be continued.) )