Xu Chaoguang asked disdainfully: "What the hell is the treaty?"

Chongwen said: "For example, if two companies buy and sell, even if there is a Chinese person as a guarantee, they must be written in black and white, and the contract must be relied on. The treaty is this contract, except that the seller and the buyer are larger, and it is us and the shogunate. How much silver do we want, why bother to rob and occupy it ourselves, and if we have conquered them, wouldn't it be better for him to give it to us?

This is the difference between an army and a bandit. Now that you are an army, you have to look like an army, robbing those poor people, what can you leave behind? Brothers, who have robbed sex, where is there discipline at all, and you cannot do what you order, and you fight a bird war, and in the end you are harming others and yourselves. So, when I arrived in, the first military order I gave was: no looting, no arson, no bullying of women. ”

Hong Dizhen glared at Chongwen and said: "Join the mother, we are pirates, pirates fight and kill people and still have to eat themselves, which is the truth." ”

Chongwen looked at the fiery sunset outside the big tent and said slowly: "Yes, how can there be a reason to eat yourself." We're not going to eat ourselves anytime soon, and it's almost time to settle the ledger. After a pause, he turned to Danzaemon and said, "Yano, send a message to your nearby friends who say we need cattle and horses, especially horses, and we will buy them at a high price." ”

The next morning, Chongwen sat in the big tent of the Chinese army, and constantly received information sent by the cannon, and gradually understood the enemy's situation. The shogunate surrounded Sakai Castle from the north, east, and south, and to the west was Sakai Port, which was sealed by sunken ships, and Yoshihiro Ouchi prevented 30,000 shogunate sailors from landing, but also cut off the possibility of escaping from the sea.

Sakai Castle was south of the Suminojiang River, and the two long moats and the Suminoe River formed the outer defense of the city.

There are a total of 18 towns in the largest shopping mall in the country, and 5 outside the moat, 4 of which became camps for the shogunate army.

Teraji Town in the south of Sakai Castle is stationed in the Kyogoku Takatsubu of the Sasaki family, Akamatsu Yoshinoribu and the Rokupola Detective Army are stationed in Kaizancho in the north of the castle, Hatakeyama Manke is stationed in Ayanocho to the northeast, and Hosokawa Yorimoto and the Shogunate Mima Ukai are stationed in Yakuya-cho.

However, by this time, most of the shogunate troops had already broken into the city, scrambling to loot the merchants, and only a small number of the old, weak, sick and disabled remained in the camp outside the long trench. If the Shogunate launched a surprise attack and eliminated these camps from behind, the shogunate army would inevitably collapse.

However, Hosokawa Yorimoto received the news of the defeat of the shogunate's naval forces the day in advance, and after storming Sakaijo without completely succeeding, he withdrew his troops the next day and prepared to deal with the approaching army of pirates.

Hosokawa Yorimoto, on behalf of the shogunate deacon, ordered the Hatakeyama army, which had lost its general, and the 2,000 imperial horses, who had suffered no losses, to return to the long trench to prevent a possible counterattack by the Ouchi army. The main force of the shogunate army was assembled near the southern coastal road of Sakai Castle, about the time between Teraji Town and Nanshoji Temple, with a total strength of 9,000 men.

The Ouchi army was very tenacious under the disadvantage, and after nearly two months of fierce fighting, the shogunate army had more than 4,000 casualties, and the soldiers were very tired and their morale was really not high. Hosokawa Yorimoto is naturally clear, but the fat in his hand is lost like this, and he is very reluctant in his heart, and now that the Sakaijo reinforcements have arrived in front of him, whether to fight or go, his heart is uncertain.

The shogunate army scouts continued to move south, and the sentinel sped on the movement of the boat division of the bureau, and encountered the horses of the cannon department.

The pirate war horse was nearly a foot taller than the shogunate's Kiso horse, and he was immediately a good man who could ride and shoot well, which was a killing technique that the servants had never seen before. After a few rounds of confrontation, the shogunate army suffered a heavy loss, and was shot dead by the cannon of the Shogun Division, killing more than 30 people, and also capturing a few prisoners.

When a large number of shogunate cavalry caught up, more than 60 people with cannons had already run away, and where could the horses catch up, they could only jump and curse.

In the vast wilderness of Izumi Province, the artillery and shogunate scouts kept going around in circles, but the shogunate army could not catch up, and they were never able to approach the Waita camp on the shore, and they knew nothing about the enemy's situation. The shogunate army was ten times stronger than him, but because of the natural disadvantage, there was no cavalry in the boat, and those small samurai couldn't help but be depressed.

Chongwen kept receiving news from the cannons, and the enemy's deployment was well understood. He was not afraid that the shogunate army would fight him in the plains and wilderness, and the villages and towns of the servants were all wooden houses, which could not stop the guns of the boat division. What he was afraid of was that the shogunate army relied on the long trench and forced the boat division and the shogunate army to fight inside and outside the trench, and he didn't have so much cannon fodder to fight with the shogunate army.

However, since Hosokawa Yorimoto Chenheiji Jimachi is trying to block the Marina Road, it will be easy to do. It seems that the guy still doesn't know how to deal with firearms, Chongwen put his mind at ease, and according to the original plan, let the boat master rest in peace, eat and drink enough, and then clean up the shogunate army.

Danzaemon knelt in the tent of the Chinese army, and strongly demanded that more than 800 filthy people who led him be the vanguard of the army. Chongwen was reluctant to send him to take the lead, as he had no firearms, few long blades, and no archers, so he was only suitable for close combat. Once surrounded by enemy cavalry, wouldn't it be sent to death? However, the desire to fight was very strong, and Chongwen had no choice but to nod his head and agree.

Chongwen shouted: "Ant Ayu and Abaowei, you two have two big guns, Liang 12 and Liang 13, you two have two teams of turtledove horn guns. The four of you are the vanguard of the army together with Danzaemon, listen to the unified command of the cannon, search and advance in the direction of Teraji Town, and fight in the face of the enemy, and I personally lead the main force of the 2 Sentinel Boat Division to meet you in the rear 5 li. ”

The generals bowed down together to agree, this is the head of Longwang Island's own firearms team, and there is naturally no suffocation when mobilized.

In the team of the boat division, it is these servants who really support and believe in Chongwen, the Fangjin Water Army, the Kumano Water Army and these Yan Guo are filthy. Those big Kang Qidong were unruly one by one, which caused a lot of trouble to Chongwen, and of course made him clean up a lot. In the long run, the contradictions will only get deeper and deeper, and his position in the bureau will really be shaken.

He is willing to support these servants to make war exploits, which is the best way to suppress the Dakang gang. As the merit of the servants increases, the situation in which they have no voice will improve, and the more these supporters have a voice, the more stable Chongwen's position will be.

The night battle of Oshimaao made Chongwen see that the hearts of the many troops were available, and he didn't want to lose this force easily. At the most critical moment, he sent a powerful artillery team on Longwang Island, believing that with the command of the cannon Li Qiqian, this outpost battle would not disappoint him.

At noon on the 6th of June, the army marched in the direction of Sakaijo. 30 miles of thoroughfare, if it is a normal march, it is about a day's foot, but this pirate army is almost not old and weak, except for cannons and medicines, there is almost no need to carry baggage, and there are a large number of vehicles and large animals in the army, and the marching speed is naturally much faster.

This is the beauty of Kishiwada, which is a forward base, and the boatman can move forward lightly.

Since then, the shouting and killing from the north has not stopped. Near noon, the officers and men of the Boat Division faintly heard the roar of a volley of firearms, mixed with the loud sound of two and a half pounds of guns, like a rolling thunderstorm in the distance. However, for the sea battle three days ago, this kind of firepower is really pediatric, and the pirates do not change their faces, they should eat and drink.

Chongwen was not idle, in addition to listening to the battle report from the front, he was also mobilizing troops and preparing to give Hosokawa Yoshimoto an unexpected surprise. He spent the morning planning how to capture the trenches on the outskirts of Sakai Castle, fearing that the shogunate army would be behind the trenches and that he would join forces with General Spoyoshi to the east.

At noon, the army set off on time, with Xu Hai in front, Chongwen's Chinese army in the center, and Wu Ping in the back. Chongwen rode on the snowflake skull of the divine horse, surrounded by more than 10 personal guard knights, all of whom were fierce and brave heroes in the army, and on the side was a huge drum cart pulled by 8 oxen, and the flag of the sea dragon king rolled by Zhangba.

When the expedition from Hirado was made, there were always 1,000 people at a sentry. The Battle of Oshima suffered heavy casualties, and there were only more than 800 people left in the first post led by Chongwen, only more than 2,000 people in the 3rd outpost, and 9,000 shogunate troops in the town of Teramachi 30 miles away.

However, Chongwen does not see himself as at a disadvantage. He has thousands of firecrackers in his hands, 8 guns of 2 and a half catties, 14 guns of 1 catty, 11 guns of bowls, 10,000 catties of ** and countless iron bullets, which is better than thousands of troops and horses.

Flags were unfurled, smoke and dust were rising, and teams of black-clothed pirates and oxen towed artillery trucks rolled forward like black dragons. On the left side of the road, there is the blue sea, and on the right is the endless fields of Izumi Province. In the middle of summer, when the rice fields were lush and the cicadas were blazing, the army passed by, but it was a dead silence, not even birds and birds, only the miscellaneous footsteps and the rumbling sound of wheels.

Because of Chongwen's strict orders, no one glanced at the villages on both sides of the road, and in less than an hour, the pirates crossed the stone bridge over Izumi-Otsu. The dead men and horses of the shogunate army appeared on the ground, some were shot with horned bows, some were torn apart by cannons, the intestines of the horses flowed all over the ground, and there was still a faint smell of gunpowder smoke left on the battlefield.

Chongwen had already received the battle report, in order to block the advance of the shogunate cavalry, the cannon Li Qiqian once guarded this small bridge, and then Danzaemon and Ant Ayu and others arrived, and the cannonballs rained down and scattered the shogunate cavalry.

Chongwen ordered expressionlessly: "Yizheng, pass on Ah Hai and order him to speed up." ”

Kayama Yoshimasa replied loudly, "Wow!" The pirate boy waved his hand, and a herald ordered the horse to gallop along the avenue.

Chongwen's personal guards are all first-class heroes in the army, how can they obey a 15-year-old fart child. However, Birshan's Yoshimasa casually showed his sword skills, and he subdued the heroes, and the strong in the army were respected, and everyone bowed to Birshan's Yoshimasa from then on.

As for the Fortune Ox, it is enough to look at his big axe, and even the fierce pirates have to honestly stick out their fingers in front of him. It was a tiger on the sea, and the warriors in the army called the first, that is, the two went to sea, the sea was green, and the cannon was three people who had to admire the courage of the cattle who came to Cai.

The corpses of the enemy are the indicators of the army, but there are also wounded pirates along the way, some of them are filthy, and there are also two cannons under the command of the horse. This made the boatman realize that even with the advantage of artillery fire, there would still be casualties, and this was war, and there was no victory without paying a price.