Chapter 139: The First Arrival in the Wa Kingdom

After Chen Cao kicked away the corpse at his feet and drove the last Japanese soldier on deck into the sea, he saw a ray of sunlight shining through the cloudy sky.

"That's how the weather on the sea is..."

Lu Xiangsheng was soaking wet, and the steel knife in his hand had already been curled, but his mood was very good: "Happy, really happy..."

Chen Cao was about to speak, when Sun Chuanting, who was on the top deck, immediately shouted, "Master Hou, the enemy ship has retreated. ”

Chen Cao immediately took the Qianli tube from Zhao Xin's hand, observed it carefully, and then laughed and said, "Okay, Chen Mao has succeeded in repairing, hahaha..."

"Master Hou, what about these ships?"

Zhang Fengnian came with a knife, and his family Ding team suffered some serious losses this time.

Chen Cao glanced at the four unsunken ships, and then said: "All the alive are driven out of the sea, the boats are hung together, and they are towed away, and there will be no more naval forces in the future of the Satsuma Domain." ”

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Zhao Tianlin stood up with difficulty, his right shoulder and left abdomen were slashed by the Japanese knife, relying on the last perseverance to support all the Japanese soldiers on this ship, it was already the end of the strong crossbow, he was familiar with the Japanese language He clearly heard the Japanese army shouting that the rear was coming to the fleet, so he breathed a sigh of relief, they had won this battle.

"My lord," Zhao Wou-Ki stepped forward to support Zhao Tianlin: "The Japanese army has retreated." ”

The military doctor who accompanied the ship hurriedly bandaged Zhao Tianlin, and then put on some Jinchuang powder.

After Zhao Tianlin grinned, he said, "How many boats do we have?" ”

Zao Wou-Ki glanced at it: "When there are six warships available." ”

"Catch up with all of them and help Chen Maoxiu annihilate all this fleet."

"Yes..."

Even after the Meiji Restoration, there were rumors in Japan about Satsuma's navy and Chōshū's army, and the armies under the daimyo of the two feudal kingdoms were indeed first-class.

As Chen Cao said, in this battle, the naval army of the Satsuma Domain no longer existed.

"Except for one ship, the mast of the left wing battalion was broken, and the other ships were fine, and two hundred and twenty-seven men were wounded..."

"One of the warships of the right wing battalion sank, three were badly damaged and needed to be repaired at the port, and the rest of the ships had wounds and could repair themselves at sea;

366 soldiers were killed and 913 wounded, and the commander Zhao Tianlin was wounded in the shoulder and abdomen. ”

"Seventy ships were closed, twenty-two were sunk, forty-eight were captured, and they can be used after repairs..."

"According to the order, except for the main generals of the Japanese army, not a single person was captured."

Chen Cao took the summary of the report from Zhao Xin's hand, and then instructed: "Let the military doctor on the ship treat Commander Zhao well, and the clerk will write down Commander Zhao's merits and reward him in the future." ”

"Yes..."

Chen Cao received congratulations from the generals on the deck of the flagship, but all that was in front of him was the naval army that had annihilated the Satsuma Domain: "Our army's first step into the Wa Kingdom has been successful, and since then, the entire Wa Kingdom no longer has the ability to intercept the strength of our naval fleet at sea, although it can be unimpeded. ”

"Congratulations to the Hou Ye, congratulations to the Hou Ye, our family is good to report the success to His Majesty." Wu Chun smiled and took the report from Chen Cao's hand, and then said with a smile: "Our family has injured the enemy before, and we need to rest, and I will ask Master Hou to take care of the rest of the things." ”

Chen Cao was very satisfied with Wu Chun, then nodded with a smile, and then looked at the people on the deck: "All the captured ships will go to Lingang to stay, and the commanders of each ship will return to the ship, and after Satsuma lands, Benhou will be rewarded for meritorious deeds." ”

"Yes..."

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It was the only official outlet for large ships in the south of the Satsuma Domain, and it was the main route of maritime communication for the entire Satsuma Domain, as well as the lifeline of the Satsuma Domain's maritime economy.

The shogunate also has a residence here, and its most important role is to receive envoys from various countries, which is equivalent to the reception of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but there are few shogunate officials here, after all, it is on the territory of the Satsuma domain.

The director of the Satsuma Domain is named Kurata Heimasa, and although he is only staying in the Satsuma Domain, this guy is the intelligence head of the shogunate in the Satsuma Domain, and all the news of the Satsuma Domain is collected here, and then sent to Edo by sea.

"A few days ago, Tadahiro Shimazu Shohei left with the fleet, and it's been almost a month since a few days, what happened to the Ryukyus side?"

The deputy curator who had just returned from Edo, Ueyama Heiji, was a little puzzled: "I heard that even Osumi sent a fleet?" Is the red-haired ghost coming? ”

Kurata Heimasa shook his head, then picked up the teacup and began the tea ceremony, and only asked when the singer was almost singing, "Do you have any instructions from Lord Sekihaku?" ”

Kamiyama Heiji said: "Lord Sekihaku canonized Shimazu Shoyan as the governor of the lower Saemon from the fourth, which can be regarded as wooing him. ”

After hearing this, Kurata Heimasa sighed, "It's raining a little hard in Edo..."

After hearing this, Kamiyama Heiji smiled: "The strength of the outer daimyo is greater after all." ”

"Not necessarily..."Kurata Heimasa shook his head: "After so many years, I can't understand it, I still feel too cautious..."

"Be cautious...", Shangshan Heiji dissuaded.

Kurata stood up and looked at the heavy rain that had fallen: "The weather in Kagoshima is indeed worse than in Edo. ”

Hirata Zhaoichi was a down-and-out samurai, who was kicked out because he offended his master's family, and now he can only do some fishing for a living in the port, and from time to time tell those fools and fools about how beautiful he was when he was a mid-level samurai, but now he himself has to earn a living by going out to sea every day to fish.

"Father,"

Hirata Zhaoichi's son trotted in, and his greatest comfort was that although he was down, his family was still intact, and in addition to the annual taxes, the family still had some surplus.

picked up his son, quickly amused, and then took the sun-dried squid shreds in his arms to his son: "Go back quickly, the rain is getting heavier and heavier." ”

"Father, look at the shadow on the sea, is it what you often say?"

Looking in the direction of his son's finger, a large ship suddenly appeared on the distant sea, and at that height, I am afraid that only Bahu Mountain can compare: "This is..."

Hirata Zhaoichi rubbed his eyes vigorously, he felt that it was probably because of the rain that made him unable to see the sea clearly: "You go back first..."

After putting his son down and watching him run away, Hirata climbed onto his fishing boat, then climbed onto the mast and looked carefully into the distance.

"It's... This... Is this a god descending to earth? ”

If he hadn't encountered the storm storm group halfway, according to the guide's estimate, Chen Cao would have arrived at Fangjin at least three days earlier, and would not have arrived at the Satsuma domain until the end of October.

Fangjin has Zhao Tianlin's residence, not to mention that Chen Cao sent Liao Yaowen to the Wa Kingdom more than a year ago, as long as he goes ashore, he should be able to contact him.

"Master Hou, I'll be at Fangjin Port soon," Zhao Xin came to the cabin and stood outside the door and shouted quietly.

Chen Cao didn't get up very reluctantly, he found it very interesting to do business when the sea was stormy, and he could save a lot of effort.

Chen Cao smiled, and then got dressed with the help of Zhang Chunyao: "You two have a good rest, and then go ashore for a walk when it is safe." ”

Seeing Chen Cao open the door and come out, Zhao Xin hurriedly stood aside, he was very worried that he couldn't help but take a look at the cabin, if he saw something that shouldn't be seen, he was afraid that something would happen.

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After the ship docked, there were more and more onlookers, and for the sake of safety, Chen Cao asked all the fleets to accept all the flags, so that the people on the shore could not see their origin clearly.

Shimazu Zhangyan is the guard of Fangjin Qi, which means pass in the Wa Kingdom, but in Chen Cao's eyes, this so-called pass is a bit of a real bag, and the luxuriously decorated Japanese-style buildings look a little out of place surrounded by dense thatched houses.

"My lord," the retainer knelt outside the house, and hurriedly opened the sliding door halfway, "There are hundreds of ships docked in the harbor, and one of them is like a mountain of eight pots. ”

Shimazu Zhangyan sat up lazily, and the maid next to him helped him up: "Send someone to see what the hell is going on, is it Shimazu Zhanghei and they are back." ”

"Yes..."

Hirata Zhaoichi was at the front, although he was a down-and-out samurai, but he was also a leader in front of the flat-headed people, when the hatch of the troop carrier opened, and the first soldier carrying the banner of the word "Ming" walked up the wooden plank road of the port in the rain, Hirata Zhaoichi's teeth trembled.

"Ming people... The Ming Army... It's the Ming Army..."

His shout made those people look over, and the two soldiers on daily duty at the port heard Hirata Zhaoyi's shout, and they were so frightened that they hurriedly ran behind them.

Where the Yuan army never landed, hundreds of years later, the Ming people came, and this was the first time they saw the Ming army, and the people naturally didn't know what was going on, but the feudal soldiers of the Satsuma domain were clear.

Hirata Zhaoichi's body trembled in the rain, and then he took the initiative to get out of the way and let the Dingwu army pass.

Zhao Xin held an umbrella for Chen Cao, and when he saw that the Dingwu Army had begun to land, he said, "Open the cannon..."

"Yes..."

'Knock knock... Knock knock... Knock knock...'

Artillery sounded, and for a time, the port was in chaos ...