"Liangzi, we have to hurry up, today is the sowing day, whether we can have children depends on today."

On the shores of Hirado, two women were catching fish and chattering about how to rob people.

After the wars between the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the previous shogunate, a large number of men in the Wa Kingdom were killed and wounded.

As a result, in many villages, the ratio of men and women is seriously imbalanced.

Even in some villages, almost all women are there.

The shogunate was very troubled by this, and in order to increase the population, it was regularly ordered to send the samurai to each village every month, and one day was the sowing day, so that the samurai under their name could go to each village and work hard to increase the population.

Even this tradition has been passed down until the Warring States period, when the daimyo were given a rich army.

However, this kind of thing has also caused a bad result.

The people at the bottom of the Wako did not have a surname, and when the emperor asked them to take their own surnames, they did not know what to call them.

In desperation, the women decided to give birth to a child by name wherever and whatever it was.

So Panasonic, in the field, and so on a whole bunch of bizarre surnames came out.

The above is still normal.

It's called Inoue, what is the surname of the dog, it makes people think.

Something like this is a very happy thing for any man.

But in reality, the samurai were not so happy.

It's not that they are noble, it's that they can't accept it, those country women.

Since men have been fighting outside the home all the year round, all the work falls on the women.

Under the wind and sun, these women have rough skin, and in addition to malnutrition, they are one or twenty years old, and they look like they are fifty or sixty years old.

Coupled with his short stature, his appearance has nothing to do with beauty at all.

One by one, like a monkey becoming a sperm, how ugly and ugly it is.

The samurai wanted to pick the younger ones, but the problem was that the old barkers didn't do it.

Every time they go to the village, they are frantically snatched away, and they don't have the opportunity to choose.

"I don't know if Taro will come, I was with him last month, he's so strong."

The woman named Ryoko couldn't help but fall into a nymphomaniac when she thought of the beauty of the sowing day last month.

"I guess it's coming."

The woman who called her couldn't help but fantasize for a moment, and finally whispered, "Ryoko, I want Taro too, how about we be together at night." ”

Hearing the good sister's request, Liangzi was a little hesitant, but looking at the other party's pleading eyes, thinking of the relationship between the two on weekdays, she was a little reluctant to grit her teeth and agree.

"Hee-hee, Ryoko, you're the best."

"This fish is given to you, which is my ...... to you"

The woman, who was about to thank her good sister, didn't know what she saw, her body instantly stiffened, and the fish in her hand slipped into the cabin without realizing it.

"Meizi, what's wrong..."

Ryoko asked with some confusion, and also followed the good sister's gaze.

At this look, she was also stunned in place.

I don't know when, a large number of black spots appeared on the endless sea, and as time passed, these black spots gradually enlarged.

When Meizi saw it, she could already see the whole picture of those black spots.

"It's big... So much..."

Looking at the warship that covered the sky and the sun, Ryoko's mouth opened wide in shock.

"It's not good, Ryoko go quickly, they may be enemies."

Meizi, who was a little older next to her, was also surprised by the huge group of battleships.

But she is older after all, and her life experience is richer than that of Ryoko.

Just shocked for a moment, he came back to his senses and hurriedly shouted to Liangzi to leave quickly.

Ryoko, who was woken up, also came back to her senses, and didn't bother to collect the fishing nets, so she picked up the oars and rowed hard.

But how could the small boat of the two be compared to the speed of a fast-sailing battleship.

In addition, the two of them had only eaten a little bit of fish after a day's fishing, and their strength was almost consumed.

The boat of the two men rowed less than 100 meters before they were chased by the group of battleships.

A quarter of an hour later, the two women were taken aboard.

Their bodies trembled with fear, but their eyes shone brightly when they looked at the strong soldiers around them.

"So strong, so tall..."

Looking at the tall, armor-clad, heroic and strong Ming soldiers, and comparing them with the short and stubby Taro, the two women were full of disgust.

"These two are women, they're so ugly."

A soldier, who was a little chilled by the two women, couldn't help but mumble quietly.

"It should be a woman, the head of the little gourd man should be shaved bald, these two are not, it should be a woman."

The partner who seemed to be looking at some rare thing on the side nodded in affirmation.

"Good guy, I thought my sister-in-law was ugly enough, but I didn't expect that there were women who were uglier than my sister-in-law, I opened my eyes."

The surrounding soldiers instantly looked at the person who spoke in shock, their eyes full of sympathy and curiosity.

Sympathize with the hard life of this soldier's brother, and wonder how ugly the other party's sister-in-law is.

"Your Highness, I've already asked clearly, and you can reach Hirado Pier twenty miles to the right."

On the flagship, the left army reported the results of the interrogation.

said that it was an interrogation, but in fact there was no execution at all.

As soon as the interrogators spoke, Ryoko and Umeko made a request.

said that as long as they met their requirements, they would tell everything they knew.

At the beginning of the interrogators, did they think that the other party was going to make some excessive demands?

Then, when the two girls finished speaking, he listened with a face full of astonishment.

Because the request of the two women is to hope that the Ming soldiers can bring them a child.

The interrogators were intent on refusing such non-centrific requests.

I can't help it, it's too ugly to swallow.

But in order to get the information, he directly waved his hand and sold one of the foolish people in the hundred households.

In this way, Da Ming relied on the beautiful man's plan to get the information he wanted.

Of course, this is only the situation of the location area.

After all, these two girls are just ordinary people, and they naturally don't know about those high-level secrets.

In ancient times, there was no navigation and positioning, and experienced sailors could reach the area they wanted to go, but it was only a general direction, and it was still a little difficult to be accurate to a certain area.

Zhu Gaoyu, who was holding a telescope to observe the situation, nodded, and said, "Let the Dangkou detachment lead a thousand households to set off, and tell them that when I arrive, I don't want to see the flag of the Wako family on the port." ”

"Yes."

The left army turned around and quickly went to deliver the order.

Soon, several warships, with attached transport ships, headed for the port of Hirado Matsu.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Hirado was able to become an international port city, and its port was naturally very good.

Moreover, it is connected to Iki Island, Tsushima Island, and North Korea.

After occupying the three major islands, Zhu Gaoyu could directly cut off the route to the northwest of the Japanese Invaders.

Without worries and logistical problems, Zhu Gaoyu can slowly clean up these little nests.

During the last shogunate period, a large number of samurai who had lost their land due to the wars between the Northern and Southern Dynasties gathered here and became Wako.

Eighty percent of the Japanese forces that attacked Korea and the Ming Dynasty started from here.

Later, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took control of the Wa Kingdom, and in order to make friends with the Ming Dynasty, he strictly investigated this place.

But there are some things that are only forbidden on the surface.

The shogunate did not allow the samurai to rob, and there was no profit to settle down, so the samurai naturally did not do it.

On the surface, they were not allowed to rob, so they went to sea in the name of commerce, and when they got to sea, what they did, the shogunate could not control.

Ashikaga Yoshimochi, who took over, had enough internal problems for him to have a headache, and he naturally couldn't manage it here in Hirado.

Without the control of the shogunate, the Japanese invaders gradually became active again.

In the past, it was in the name of going to sea to do business, but now it is not even disguised.

In such an area with frequent sea trade, it stands to reason that such a large fleet of the Ming Dynasty is close to them, and they can find it.

But who made today the day of sowing.

Although the old bark is hard to eat, there are also tender ones.

In order to enjoy the Japanese invaders, they have not gone to sea at all in the past few days, parked the boat on the dock, and went to the village in groups with obscene faces.

Because of this, not only are there no ships sailing on the sea, but even there are few people on the docks to guard them.

As a result, the boats of the Dangkou detachment drove to the dock, and there was still no reaction from the shore

This made the commander of the detachment leading the team nervous, and thought that there was some ambush.

In order to prevent an ambush in case of an accident, he also sent a team of 100 people to test it.

As a result, what was waiting was not the sudden appearance of the enemy, but the raising of the banner of the Ming Dynasty on the dock.

When he received the reply, the detachment commander was confused.

That's how you made a meritorious service?

Without losing a single person, they occupied the wharf, and they also gained more than 100 sea ships for nothing.

These ships can't be compared with the warships of the Ming Dynasty, but no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat.

Looking at the left-behind Japanese who were driven down from the ship by the soldiers, the officers of the detachment grinned to the back of their heads.

The credit for this white pick is simply so cool.

When Zhu Gaoyu knew, he was also speechless.

Sure enough, the brain circuits of Xiao Ri are different, and this kind of ridiculous thing can only happen to them.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good!"

Although there are not a few small gourds on the dock, there are still people after all.

A few little gourds who came back from the nearby village saw that the dock suddenly changed its flag, and it was still the Daming flag they were more familiar with.

The brain is all buzzing.

The Ming soldiers who rushed out of the dock to arrest them scared them even more.

A group of guys couldn't think about how the Ming army could appear here, so the girl turned around and ran.

Some were unlucky enough to be caught, or put down by an arrow, and some were lucky enough to run out.

These escaped Japanese invaders went to Hirado Castle as soon as possible and reported to the Matsuura family, the lord here.

I also went to several designated villages around me to comfort the ancestors of the Matsuura family who had just returned.

He was lazily lying on a chair to recover his strength, thinking about the population problem, and decided to work hard at night.

"What's going on, isn't there a village that didn't get a samurai, and there was a commotion?"

The head of the Matsuura family, who was resting with his eyes squinted, asked without raising his eyelids.

On this day of the month, there are several villages that make trouble for the samurai.

There's no way, he has so many people under him, and there are so many villages in need of condolences, and he, the head of the family, has personally ended, and it's not enough to score.

"It's not... It's not..."The warrior who ran in shook his head again and again, pointed to the dock in horror and said: "The army of the Ming Dynasty, there are many army of the Ming Dynasty, they have occupied the dock. ”

"What!"

Matsuura, disapproving, bounced up from his chair and stared at the samurai.

"Did you spew out your brains when you condoled, how could there be a Ming army here."

The samurai cried with a sad face, and hurriedly explained: "My lord, I really didn't lie to you, it was really the Ming army, and several of our partners who went back together were shot and caught by them." ”

"Yaga!"

After being affirmed again, Matsuura scolded angrily, kicked over the reported samurai, rushed out of the door and roared: "Go and inform all the samurai who offer condolences, come back immediately, there is an enemy invasion." ”

"Bell Bell Bell ......"

However, as soon as his roar fell, a rapid gong sounded on the guard post of the city wall.

"Yaga, it's late."

Matsuura's eyes were dark, and he didn't care about gathering the samurai, so he roared angrily and asked everyone in the city to gather all the people who could fight.

Soon, Matsuura led the people to the city wall.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a city wall, but in fact it is a wooden fence.

Due to the frequent earthquakes in the Wa Kingdom, most of their buildings were wooden structures in order to mitigate the damage.

Even their walls were fenced with wooden fences.

In order to strengthen the defensive structure, they built a fence in the front and back, and filled it with earth and stones in the middle, so that a simple wall was formed.

In addition to this rudimentary defense, huge trenches were dug outside the walls, in which sharpened wood and bamboo were inserted.

"Yaga, where did you get so many enemies?"

Songpu, who climbed the city wall, looked at the distance slowly approaching the Ming army array, and then looked at the city wall, and two or three big cats and kittens who hurried over, and his heart was desperate.

"What about the head of the house?"

The little dog on duty today was also frightened and trembling by the Ming army who approached from afar.

"What else can I do, first hold the city wall, and then notify the samurai in the lower village to come back quickly."

After Matsuura finished speaking, his expression was slightly stunned, and then he grabbed the little dog next to him.

"Little dog, the head of the family needs to gather the samurai and repel the enemies who invaded us, but our city cannot be lost."

Under the little dog's bewildered expression, Matsuura said solemnly: "Now I have entrusted you with the task of guarding the city, as long as you complete the task, I will adopt you as an adopted son, give you the surname of Matsuura, and I will marry my daughter to you." ”

"You know, I don't have a son."

"You are not defending the city for me, but for yourself, for a better future, fight, my heroic son-in-law, Matsuura Inu."

Without waiting for the dog to answer, Matsuura hurried to the other side of the castle wall.

"Yaga, damn Matsuura, the ghost wants your surname."

Looking at the back of almost running away, the little dog couldn't help but curse.

But he didn't abandon the city after all.

Matsuura has a good relationship with the Shibukawa family, and unless he goes to become a wandering samurai, there will be no family to take him in at all.

Thinking of the misery of the days of the wandering samurai, and thinking of the beautiful daughter of the old guy in Matsuura, the little dog decided to take a gamble.

The one responsible for the attack this time was the first guard of the Tiger Jiao Battalion.

The establishment of Zhu Gaoyu's troops is similar to that of the imperial court

A team of ten people is set up, and the leading officer has a small flag.

The headquarters has five squads.

And then there are hundreds, thousands.

Five thousand households set up a guard, and the commander set up a position as a captain.

In Zhu Gaoyu's plan, the Tiger Jiao battalion had to set up at least five guards to meet his initial requirements.

It's a pity that the preparation time is a bit short, and only one and a half have been set up at present.

Responsible for attacking this guard, it is the only fully staffed guard battalion in the Tiger Jiao Battalion.

"Report to the captain, the troops have been deployed, whether to start the attack."

An officer quickly ran to a middle-aged man and loudly reported on the preparations of the troops.

Wu Shan, one of the commanders of the ocean-going treasure ships.

He participated in the Jingjing, the encirclement and suppression of the pirate Chen Zuyi, the battle of the mountain country of Ceylon, and also played the role of a Japanese in Mangara.

When choosing the first guard lieutenant of the Tiger Jiao Battalion, he stood out with excellent results and previous achievements.

He was appointed by Zhu Gaoyu as the first lieutenant of the Tiger Jiao Battalion and the First Guard Battalion.

"The enemy does not have many defenders in the city, so he ordered the artillery team to open fire on the enemy's city to create chaos."

"Order the Left Thousand Households to attack, and blow up the city gate with explosives packs."

Holding the telescope borrowed from Wang Jin, Wu Shan calmly looked at the other side and gave the battle order.

For him, who has experienced a lot of battles, a small city of a few thousand people makes him not interested at all.

"Smack!"

"Damn little man, hurry up for Lao Tzu, and if you dare to grind and chirp, I will cut you."

On the artillery position, the whip in the hand of an artilleryman was thrown fiercely on the body of a widow.

The robber, who was carrying stones, fell to the ground and screamed loudly.

The Japanese who were working hard around them trembled with fright from this scene, gritted their teeth, and used all their strength to carry stones and mud to build the artillery position.

Qianhe, an artilleryman who was preparing the artillery, didn't even look at it, and said coldly.

"Don't beat you to death, or you'll have to do the work."

The artilleryman, who was about to draw a few more whips, grinned.

"It's okay to have a head, and the city has been laid, and some of them are the people who work."

The artillery Qianhu glared at him coldly, and the soldier smiled awkwardly, and kicked the wolf who had not yet gotten up.

"Fuck you are still pretending to be dead, hurry up and work for Lao Tzu."

"Liu Qianhu, are you ready? The Captain ordered the cannon to be fired immediately. ”

The officer who had reported to Wu Shan just now ran over and urged the artillery to hurry up and open fire.

The artillery Qianhu, who was calculating the firing angle, replied impatiently: "It's okay right away, damn it, Lao Tzu is such a heavy cannon, let you help just now, you didn't help, now I know that I am in a hurry." ”

Artillery Qianhe is now like his artillery, and the fire is very strong.

Damn, this ground, the artillery is transported over, it's a very troublesome thing.

In order to fiddle with these more than 20 artillery pieces, up to his thousands of households, down to ordinary artillerymen, they were all tired and sweaty.

The officer who came to inform him didn't expect to come over to give an order, and he didn't say anything, but he was scolded.

He pointed to the artillery Qianhu angrily, "Lao Tzu gave you all the prisoners, and you still want Lao Tzu to send someone to help you carry such a heavy guy, and they all carry the artillery for you, how can you still have the strength to fight." ”

"Okay, hurry up, Your Highness is still waiting at the docks."

The artillery Qianhu, who was just about to reply, heard the other party mention Zhu Gaoyu, and his expression instantly corrected.

"I know that His Highness will press me, and when I need artillery support when I turn back, don't beg me."

After speaking, ignoring the helpless eyes of the other party, he got up and picked up the small flag, and shouted at the artillerymen:

"Attention all artillery, listen to my command, target the opposite city, 330 steps away, fire!" (about 1.5 meters in one step)

As the command flag waved, the gunners did not hesitate to put the torches on the lead.

"Whoa..."

The lead burned quickly and entered the cannon in the blink of an eye.

(End of chapter)