Chapter 309
Life is unpredictable, the large intestine wraps around the small intestine.
When they were young, the samurai fantasized that they would arrive on Kyushu Island, and with the Kamikaze protecting the country, the Ming fleet would be blown over by the kamikaze. They would be able to defeat Ming's landing force in one fell swoop, become famous all over the world, and become the strongest feudal lord of the Tokugawa shogunate.
However, they encountered the Fourth Fleet of the Ning Navy just after they set sail. The Fourth Fleet was waiting for work and had an absolute advantage in naval guns. In just half an hour of fighting, more than 200 troop transport ships of the Choshu Domain were destroyed. , in addition to the seventeen troop transports and five Dutch armed merchant ships that saw the situation go badly, a total of twenty-two ships, large and small, had time to surrender to the Fourth Squadron of the Ning Navy.
In the words of the captured Dutch East India Company commercial attaché Ned Land: “The Ming army used thousands of naval guns to fire at us at the same time, firing several tons of shells in one salvo. Even if God were to direct this battle, The ending is the same!"
Of course, Ning Haijun was very kind. After the battle, he sent four search and rescue ships to fish out the little warriors who fell into the water. However, after a Ning Haijun medic was injured by an angry little man, Ning Haijun was furious. You have to use a thunderbolt to shoot at the sea surface.
After half an hour of search and rescue, only more than 1,400 Japanese warriors survived. They and 22 transport ships surrendered to the Ning Navy's Fourth Fleet.
After sinking the Choshu Domain's troop transport fleet, the Ning Navy's Fourth Fleet detached more than 400 sailors and sank the small, worthless small troop carrier, and captured more than 1,400 small soldiers. Stuffed into five armed ships of the Dutch East India Company, these five merchant ships were actually equipped with food and supplies, and then crammed into more than 1,400 little Japanese warriors, it was very crowded. Fortunately, the little Japanese were too short in stature, otherwise It's really not easy to stuff it in.
Ogi Castle is located in today's Koni Yamaguchi Prefecture, surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is a transportation hub connecting Koni Honshu Island and the Korean Peninsula. It is extremely rich in aquatic products, and its rich pufferfish is very famous. It is extremely loved by the nobles of all Koni. Rare cuisine.
Relying on the sea, the life of the Choshu clan was pretty good. At least the nobles like the Mori family had seafood puffer fish to enjoy all the time, which was a feast for their mouths.
Huocheng Wharf is very busy now. A large number of cargo ships and fishing boats are parked at the port, loading and unloading goods. Workers who make a living carrying heavy goods are rushing on and off the ship. Some fishing boats start hawking as soon as they dock at the port, and the big ones sent by the hotel The chef had been waiting there early, and as soon as the fishery products got off the boat, they came up to pick and choose and bargain.
The pursuit of the "freshness" of seafood by the people in the early days is almost pathological. They believe that the seafood is the first freshness when it is still in the sea. After it is caught, it will be a little less fresh. When it reaches the shore, it will be a little bit fresher again, and when it is put at a stall to sell. , then wait again.
However, suddenly, in this bustling port, the fishermen and chefs who were quarreling with each other choked up, because they saw with horror that dozens of warships were heading towards the dock against the wind and waves!
Where did this fleet come from? Why is the scale so scary?
There was no time for them to think about it slowly. This huge fleet rushed in at high speed. In the strong sea wind, screams came one after another. The leading sixteen sea shark-class warships with the sun and moon flags roared and smoked. The flames soared, and thousands of fiery red meteors shot up diagonally, trailing white smoke and slamming towards the ships moored in the port and the densely populated piers. This terrifying scene made everyone stunned.
Amaterasu, how did we offend you? Why did we get such a demon fleet to attack us just because we disagreed?
Amaterasu did not answer, but watched sadly from the clouds as the rocket shells turned into dense rain of fire and covered the port and dock. In the roar of thunderous explosions, flames and flying sand rolled up and formed fiery red walls rising from the ground. People and all kinds of messy things were mixed together and blown to the horizon by the terrible deflagration hurricane. The entire port was a sea of fire...
Located in Kago Castle in Satsuma Domain, seeing that the kamikaze did not blow as usual, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, who was already in a food crisis, had to discuss with the Kyushu domain lords to send troops for a decisive battle. As a result, they had just fully assembled their troops, but Ning Haijun was rare. After leaving the camp, 196 six-unit rocket launchers fired more than 3,000 rocket launchers at Xiaori Camp.
The entire Kyushu Allied Forces camp was blown into a sea of flames. Seeing that the Ming army did not take the opportunity to cover up the attack, Shimazu Mitsuhisa calmly counted the losses. It was okay not to count them. This made their hearts hurt. The nine armies of the Kyushu Allied Forces Altogether, there are only more than 22,000 people left. In other words, the Ming army's fierce attack just now cost them 15,000 people. None of the Kyushu feudal lords have ever suffered such a heavy loss. .
Shimazu Mitsuhisa felt so sad that he knelt down in the blood and howled loudly. Kuroda Yuji roared like thunder, wielding his samurai sword and slashed at a wooden stake wildly. He looked like he was crazy, and everyone around him stayed away. , for fear that this lunatic would give him a knife.
At this time, a scene that Shimazu Mitsuhisa never imagined occurred. Kuroda Yuji led more than 4,000 soldiers of the Fukuoka Domain and raised their butcher knives at the Shimazu family samurai.
The soldiers of the Satsuma Domain who were caught off guard were killed by the soldiers of the Fukuoka Domain and retreated steadily, unable to form an effective resistance at all.
Shimazu Mitsuhisa howled like a wounded beast: "Kuroda! You will definitely regret it! I will kill you..."
Unfortunately, Kuroishi Xingji was not used to the soldiers of Lord Satsuma, and he killed them even more vigorously.
This scene fell into the eyes of Ning Haijun and made them unbelievable.
"Commander, why did you start fighting with me when you were little?"
Sun Kewang asked puzzledly.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "It's actually very simple. Kuroda Tadayuki, the governor of the Fukuoka Domain, sent someone to talk to me. I told Kuroda Tadayuki's envoy that our army's main purpose of sending troops to Japan this time was to punish Satsuma for invading the Ryukyu Islands for no reason. The feudal clan has nothing to do with them. After the Satsuma clan is eliminated, we will withdraw our troops, and the land and population of the Satsuma clan will belong to the Kuroda family!"
"They won't believe it easily, right?"
"Yes, so I used more than 3,000 rockets and shells to make them realize the reality and become enemies of our Ming Dynasty. They have no way out!"
"The handsome man is brilliant!"
"You're so clever. This is the favorite strategy of our ancestors. They have been playing it for thousands of years."
Sun Kewang said: "Commander, it's time for us to take action. If we don't take action, they will steal all the good things!"
Cheng Shijie asked in a deep voice: "What, your hands are itchy?"
Sun Kewang smiled awkwardly: "We used to rely on this to maintain morale."
This is the truth. Attacking a city has always been very difficult and cruel. As long as the defending side is strong enough, no matter how small the city is, the attacking side will pay a heavy price. Therefore, ancient armies often burned and looted everything after breaking the city. , Killing everyone is not only a way to vent anger, but also a way to boost morale. If the battle is so hard and the city is broken and it doesn't make people happy, who will be willing to attack the city in the future?
This kind of tragedy is full of history books, and even many righteous teachers are not exempt from it. For example, during the peasant uprising at the end of Qin Dynasty, the Han army led by Liu Bang, who was known for his benevolence and righteousness, committed several atrocities of massacre in the city, and military discipline was relatively poor. The Han army, which was much more disciplined, was still like this. It can be imagined that those armies whose military discipline was not as strict as the Han army. Many well-sighted generals knew that this would be unpopular with the people and tried their best to avoid it, but most of the time they were simply unable to do so. Stop it. If you stop it forcefully, the soldiers will no longer support them. This is the tragedy of the times.
Cheng Shijie said: "That was before. Now you don't have a family now, but you will have a family in the future, or you will get married and start a business soon. Do you still want to be a returning bandit and become a beast that kills everyone on sight?"
Sun Kewang was shocked.
Cheng Shijie said: "After this war is over, most of the people in the death camp can regain their freedom after returning to China. You will soon marry and have children. If I allow you to kill in the past, if your children ask about you in the future, How do you answer what you did here? Do you tell them how many unarmed civilians you massacred here and how many women you raped by strong women?"
Liu Wenxiu muttered: "They are burning and killing, why can't we?"
"If a dog eats shit, do you want to eat shit too?"
Liu Wenxiu did not dare to answer Cheng Shijie's words.
Cheng Shijie continued: "Because we are different from them. We may not be able to do what they can do. I don't want you to turn into beasts. Do you understand?"
Although Cheng Shijie was unwilling to let Ning Haijun, or the people of Ming Dynasty, turn into complete beasts, at the beginning, he actually had the intention of benefiting these reform-through-labor prisoners to prevent Ning Haijun from becoming beasts and losing the humanity and kindness in his heart.
However, after fighting for a small life, Cheng Shijie discovered that these labor reform prisoners were not hopeless. They could indeed carry out Ning Haijun's military orders very well, and their hands and feet were clean after eating and drinking.
Now the soldiers of the Death Battalion no longer need to do these dirty jobs. The Fukuoka Domain will definitely help them do it in their small days. Although the Ning Navy has occupied Kaoji Castle, the Shimazu clan is the strongest clan in the entire Kyushu. There is more than just Luer City.
As the Fukuoka Domain and Satsuma Domain officially started war, Kaoji Castle calmed down.
Because Cheng Shijie has handed over the dominance of the battlefield to Fukuoka Domain. Cheng Shijie promised the Fukuoka Domain that they would conquer the towns of the Satsuma Domain and all the captured territory would belong to the Fukuoka Domain.
At this time, seeing that the Fukuoka Domain had surrendered to Cheng Shijie, and that the Kumamoto Domain was also about to surrender, Cheng Shijie naturally agreed and let them go dog-eat-dog.
As Fukuoka Domain and Kumamoto Domain went to war against Satsuma Domain, even the Satsuma Domain in its heyday was unable to cope with the attacks of Fukuoka Domain and Kumamoto Domain. In a two-on-one situation, Satsuma Domain resisted the bloody battle for seven or eight days. The last castle of the Shimazu clan, Osumi Castle, was completely surrounded by the combined forces of Fukuoka Domain and Kumamoto Domain.
It is actually not easy for Fukuoka Domain and Kumamoto Domain to capture Osumi Castle, because Osumi Castle is different from Kaoji Castle. Kaoji Castle is close to the port and has good transportation. Ning Haijun's artillery can also be easily sent to the city. Even if the Shimazu clan refuses to retreat, it will not be difficult for Ning Haijun to capture Kaoer Castle.
However, this Dayu City is a mountain city, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is far away from the range of naval guns, especially the road up the mountain. On a small day, it is possible to take advantage of the terrain and use stones to cause damage to Ning Haijun.
Well now, with Fukuoka Domain here, Ning Haijun is very trouble-free.
Retreating to Osumi Castle, Shima Tsumitsu's mouth was full of blisters, and he didn't know whether he was thirsty or anxious.
The bloodstained Kitakou Tadora threw himself in front of Shimazu Mitsuhisa, hugged his legs and knelt down, crying: "General, let's surrender, let's surrender to the Ming army, otherwise..."
Under the leadership of Kitago Tadora, all the generals rushed over, knelt down to Shimazu Mitsuhisa, and begged repeatedly: "Let us surrender to the Ming army. At least this way we can save the lives of our families!"
Their last bit of fighting spirit has been ruthlessly dismantled. They are completely afraid and no longer dare to dream about defeating the Ming army and repeating the extraordinary feat of annihilating the Yuan invaders. They just want to save the lives of their families and themselves. They just want to save their families and themselves. Want to live.
However, the reality is very cruel. Even if they surrender to the Ming army now, they may not be able to save the lives of their families.
Because Fukuoka Clan and Kumamoto Clan have already started war against Satsuma Clan and have offended the Shimadzu family completely, why not just offend them more severely and eradicate them!
When the coalition forces of Kumamoto Domain and Fukuoka Domain saw the people of Satsuma Domain, they killed them and burned their houses. They vividly demonstrated the behavior of animals. In the entire area controlled by Satsuma Domain, whether in towns or villages, thick smoke billowed and flames shot into the sky. The screams and cries shook the earth, and the young samurai who still had some strength resisted desperately. The unarmed civilians cried and howled in the thick smoke and fire, trying to escape from the vicious Kumamoto and Fukuoka samurai, but No matter where they fled, there were people rushing towards them with knives...
Even Liu Wenxiu and Li Dingguo, who were both former bandits, couldn't bear to watch this scene.
Li Dingguo looked at Cheng Shijie and said, "Commander, these little dwarfs are too cruel to keep."
Cheng Shijie smiled faintly and said: "They have no chance!"
Sun Kewang also didn't understand what Cheng Shijie meant.
Cheng Shijie smiled and said: "Do you think the Tokugawa shogunate can accommodate them who eat everything in and out? The Tokugawa shogunate has 80,000 samurai, which is more than the Fukuoka and Kumamoto sects combined. What's more, the Tokugawa shogunate can form a coalition. , they will cry then!”
On October 21, the eighth year of Chongzhen's reign, the Battle of Kagoshima came to an end with crazy burning, killing and looting. The Japanese army mobilized nearly 60,000 horses in this battle, but the Ming army that actually fought them was only two people. In terms of equipment, except for artillery, the Ming army did not have much advantage. The Japanese army had thousands of gunmen, equipped with blunderbuss with superior performance in Asia, as well as tens of thousands of warriors with high martial arts skills and a lot of actual combat experience. Rich generals, and the typhoon that may strike at any time threaten the lifeline of the Ming army. No matter how you look at it, it is impossible to lose.
However, they lost, and they lost miserably. This ending was beyond everyone's expectation.
The Battle of Kagoshima was just the beginning of Cheng Shijie's days of conquest. It was a good beginning at best, but it was far from the end.
At this time, Cheng Shijie was frowning as he watched groups of prisoners being escorted out, feeling that the number was a bit small. After all, Satsuma Domain was also one of the largest cities in its small days, with an army of thirty to forty thousand people under its command, and millions of people under its rule. Why are there so few prisoners? Moreover, most of the people who were escorted out were men, and the number of women was pitifully small... The ability of those beasts to destroy women in their childhood was really extraordinary!
More than 3,000 young warriors from the Shimazu family laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Ming army. The expressions of these warriors were a bit complicated. Ordinarily, it was the Ming Army that defeated them and destroyed Kagoshima. They should hate the Ming Army. However, now it is the Ming Army that protected their families. They don't know whether they should hate the Ming Army or be grateful to the Ming Army.
Generals such as Shimazu Mitsuhisa, Kitago Tadora, Honda Chisada, Machida Kube, Miyahara Keizane, Yamada Ariei and other generals prostrate themselves at Cheng Shijie's feet, with their foreheads touching the ground, like death row prisoners waiting to be executed, and their faces were ashen.
According to the tradition of the small days, once the army is defeated, ordinary soldiers can still surrender and survive, but senior generals like them are certain to die. Those who have some guts will have their own caesarean section, and those who don't have the courage to do it will be beheaded. Anyway, they will inevitably die.
Cheng Shijie looked at them coldly and asked slowly: "What else do you have to say?"
Shimazu Mitsuhisa raised his head and said angrily: "I don't accept it!"
He speaks Chinese quite fluently, but there is nothing I can do about it. Chinese is a compulsory course for the aristocrats of North Korea and his younger days.
"What's your objection?"
Shimazu Mitsuhisa said angrily: "If the Hosokawa family and the Kuroda family hadn't suddenly switched sides, it would not have been so easy for you to defeat us!"
Cheng Shijie nodded seriously and said: "You're right. Without the help of these two families, I think it would really take some trouble to defeat you, but it's just a little trouble. For me, it's just a matter of time. As a result, Nothing will change. Have you finished what you want to say? Then get on the road, I will give you a decent way to die."
Shimazu Mitsuhisa's hands were trembling as he slowly pulled out the ribs, stared at the sharp blade, and showed a smile that was even uglier than crying. After a while, he sighed, took off his shirt, exposed his chest and back, held his waist with both hands, pointed the tip of the knife at his abdomen, and whispered: "Kuroda, Hosokawa, you will definitely regret it!"
After Shimazu Mitsuhisa finished speaking, he exerted force, and with a pop, the entire length of his ribs was stabbed into his abdomen. Then he slashed his abdomen horizontally, and blood spattered everywhere.
But even so, he still knelt on the ground and said nothing, he was really a tough guy.
Cheng Shijie drew out his horizontal sword and walked up behind him. He swung the sword down, splashing blood, and Douda's head rolled to the ground. Shimazu Mitsuhisa, the young and promising head of the family, ended his short life in this tragic way. .
Cheng Shijie took a piece of white silk, wiped off the personal dirt on the knife, and said to Sun Kewang: "Carry the body down, find someone with better skills to sew the head back, and give him a decent funeral. In any case, he is also a man." Tough guy, the funeral can’t be too shabby.”
Beixiang Zhonghu looked at Cheng Shijie and said: "Your Majesty General Cheng, I...I am willing to surrender! Please spare my life! I am willing to be your most loyal and obedient slave, the bravest warrior, to charge into battle for you, for you... …”
The sword flashed!
The horizontal knife that was as sharp as clay was swung by with a fierce wind. Beixiang Zhonghu only felt a chill on his neck. Before he understood what was going on, his head rolled to the ground, and a column of blood fell from the bowl-sized bowl on his neck. The wound spurted high. He knelt there upright, like a headless statue, and his eyes were wide open as he lost his vitality, as if he couldn't believe that death would come so quickly.
"Mom, I gave you a chance to protect your dignity, but you didn't want it. You're a typical shameless person!"
After Cheng Shijie dealt with the generals of the Satsuma Domain, it was time to divide the spoils.
Although most of the Shimazu family's money, with the exception of Kaoji Castle, was robbed by the Kumamoto and Fukuoka clans, there was no need to worry. They had to spit out the money they ate.
After more than a month of continuous sorting, the seizures in Guangluer City were also sorted out. Not counting antiques, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., there were as many as 2.6 million taels of silver, 460,000 taels of copper coins, and gold Sixty-two thousand taels, fifty-two buckets of pearls, more than 3,000 pieces of jade, and a lot of precious stones. If all these properties were converted into silver, their value would be more than 4.3 million taels.
Sun Kewang said: "Commander, I never thought that when I was so poor in my childhood, I could still get so much money!"
"Given a million people and 16 or 7 generations of business, you can still save so much money!"
What Cheng Shijie was thinking about was seeing the silver mountain in stone.
"It's a pity, there were so many good things to catch in those little days!"
"What's theirs belongs to us!"
Cheng Shijie waved his hand and said, "On behalf of me, go talk to them and ask them if they want our equipment!"
Sun Kewang finally understood that Cheng Shijie used this method to get the money from his childhood.
"Commander, this is too troublesome! Why not..."
Sun Kewang made a beheading gesture.
Cheng Shijie shook his head and said: "You can't play like this. I still need the Kumamoto clan and the Fukuoka clan. These two dogs are still useful for the time being!"
"Then the commander-in-chief is not afraid that they will bite the master in the future!"
"They must have this ability!"
With the invention of the steam engine in Liaodong, the industrialization process in Liaodong will accelerate. Whether it is rifles or machine guns, the world of hot weapons will be in the future.
Sell the steel armor and Hengdao to Xiaori. With such weapons and equipment, Xiaori will never be Cheng Shijie's opponent.
Sun Kewang asked: "What do warriors do these days?"
"Let them go to Liaodong to mine!"
At this moment, a messenger said: "Commander, the Navy has won a great victory!"
PS: It’s almost over, please be patient for a few more days.
(End of chapter)
