When the Navy was only five miles away from Tsushima Island, a row of enemy ships suddenly appeared on the sea.
The "Japanese Vermilion Seal Ships" quickly formed a line. The Japanese fleet used horizontal shelling and boarding battles that were common in East Asian naval battles in this era. They aimed the ship's bow Francon cannon at the approaching Ming navy, waiting for the enemy to enter the artillery range. Then launched a counterattack.
The Ming warships flying black skull flags and black dragon banners are like bloodthirsty ghosts.
The warships had a very deep draft, and the ship's floor was obviously lower than that of ordinary ships. Some even had the ship's floor removed.
In addition, the sails hung from the mast are obviously different from other East Asian sailing ships of this era.
This new type of warship, called a flat-armor ship by Liu Zhaosun, attracted everyone's attention when it first appeared.
The flagship Feilong suddenly beat the passionate war drums. After receiving the attack order, the commanders of each battalion immediately waved the blue flag and directed each ship to enter the battle formation.
Then, a jaw-dropping scene happened.
Before the two sides were about to enter the range of each other's artillery, the Ming Dynasty Navy actually abandoned the common artillery battle method of horizontal formations, and instead formed a group of five ships in a column on the sea, aiming the ship's side at the oncoming ships in preparation for the battle. Japanese red seal ship.
Accompanied by the sound of jingling iron chains, the lower window covers of the twenty-five flat-armored ships were opened, and a row of black gun muzzles emerged from the cabins.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The Ming Dynasty Navy had twenty-five flat-armored ships, each in a group of five. Only one warship fired at the Japanese Zhuyin Ship with broadside guns at a time, while the other four were busy loading ammunition. After the first ship fired, the second ship continued to fire, and so on alternately.
In an instant, the sound of intensive naval guns resounded throughout the Tsushima waters.
The Japanese "Shu Seal Ships" that were approaching rapidly a mile away were hit by artillery. Their masts were broken, the decks were flooded, and the hulls disintegrated and sank under the Black Dragon flag at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Ming fleet plowed through the floating Zhuyin ships on the sea, crushing all the ships in the way.
The Ming army archers hid behind the side of the ship and shot the "Japanese soldiers" who fell into the water to death one by one.
At this time, the fleet was only two miles away from Tsushima Island, and the sailors on the lookout pole could already see the long wall fortifications built by the Japanese soldiers among the rocks on the coast.
Suddenly hundreds of flying crows of divine fire rose from the deck. The rockets soared into the sky, dragging their long tail flames, roaring across the Sea of Japan, and landed on the coast of Tsushima like the judgment of the sun.
After the rockets washed the ground, the fleet continued to form a vertical battle formation, cruising in the sea more than a mile away from the coast and bombarding enemy positions.
The stone wall built by the Japanese soldiers on Tsushima Island was quickly shattered by a large iron ball weighing twelve kilograms, causing numerous cracks.
Accompanied by rapid bamboo whistles, more than a hundred bird boats were lowered from the flat-armored ships, loaded with boatloads of Kaiyuan soldiers, and crossed the smoke-filled sea to launch a landing operation.
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Half an hour later, a black dragon flag was erected on the "Tsushima High Platform". The soldiers of the First Guards Army climbed to the top of the mountain and waved the flag and shouted at the fleet anchored on the shore.
Flying Dragon Flagship.
On the deck, Liu Zhaosun put down his telescope with a satisfied look on his face.
He looked at Commander-in-Chief Wu Aheng standing beside him, stepped forward and patted the naval commander on the shoulder, smiling at Wu Aheng.
"Commander Wu, the navy has cooperated well. Let's practice like this. In a few days, we will bring the Second Army, the Third Army and other recruits on board to practice, so that these landlubbers can experience the Ghost of Tsushima."
Wu Aheng heard this and quickly accepted the order, but there was a look of embarrassment on his face.
He winked at Meng Jinbao who was standing behind him. Mr. Meng came close to Marquis Pinliao and whispered:
"Marquis Ping Liao, the Kaiyuan warrior brothers are indeed brave. They are so seasick that they can still rush to the top of the mountain in one breath. But those trackers who have just been recruited are worried. If they continue to practice like this Ghost of Tsushima, they are afraid I can’t stand it...”
Wu Aheng also added:
"Marquis Ping Liao, this is already the third live-fire shooting this month. Each ship has consumed tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder, and fifteen target ships have been sunk. I don't know how much it will cost. Ghost of Tsushima will It won’t be too expensive.”
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand and said indifferently:
"It's worth spending money. I have told you a long time ago that the army has to sweat more in peacetime and bleed less on the battlefield. The same goes for the navy. It is better to be seasick than to sink a ship! Besides, a few broken ships are nothing? Isn't it just a few? Ten thousand taels of silver? Just let the trading company earn a little more. Seasickness is common in amphibious operations. The soldiers will be fine if they vomit a few times. Don't worry, we still have two months, enough to prevent them from vomiting. ”
Meng Jinbao and Wu Aheng looked at each other with shock on their faces.
It should be noted that when the Liaodong Navy was built, the sailors had to train for half a year. Now Ping Liaohou only gave them two months. Is it really enough?
From June to August of the first year of Tianqi, the Kaiyuan Army completed the expansion of new troops in Beiyun. A total of 8,000 trackers were incorporated into the new army. They formed the 7th, 8th, and 9th Kaiyuan Guards Corps.
After more than a month of intensive training by Qi Jin, Zhu He and others, eight thousand trackers were transported to Weihaiwei in batches to participate in this unforgettable landing in Japan combat exercise.
Marquis Heirao called the exercise "The Ghost of Tsushima".
The landing site for the exercise was chosen to be Mazi Island, twenty miles northeast of Wendeng.
Mao Yuanyi and Qiao Yiqi determined that the hydrological topography of Mazi Island was basically the same as that of Tsushima Island based on the descriptions of more than a dozen Ming merchants who had been trading with Tsushima Island for many years.
In early August, Marquis Pingliao was still worried and personally took several Korean sailors to Mazi Island. After comparing the maps one by one, he finally determined that the island was the landing island for the exercise.
Before Ping Liaohou arrived in Shandong, in mid-July, Emperor Tianqi, together with the cabinet, ordered Taifu Liu to go out on behalf of the emperor and lead the army south to annihilate the Sichuan luxury bandit rebellion.
Just when Liu Zhaosun was surprised, the white-robed general Qin Jianxun, who had disappeared for a full year and a half, finally returned.
General Qin, whose face was full of vicissitudes of life, sat slumped in front of Zuo'anmen moat and cried, telling intermittently the whole process of the destruction of Shizhu Chieftain's white-armed soldiers.
Everyone who heard it was moved.
When Ping Liao Hou heard this, he lowered his feet and raised his chest. Only then did he know that She Chongming had been besieging Chengdu for more than two hundred days.
This important town in the southwest may be captured by rebels at any time.
Qiao Yiqi, Sun Chuanting and others quickly stepped forward to explain what wars the Kaiyuan Army had experienced from last summer to now.
From Huang Taiji's attack on Fushun to the Battle of Western Liaoning, Kaiyuan had been unable to breathe. Now the Japanese are massacring Kaiyuan merchants in Korea. Several powerful vassals want to take advantage of the chaos in the Ming Dynasty to march into Korea, threaten Liaodong, and redouble their efforts. Toyotomi Hideyoshi's dream.
Liu Zhaosun waved his hand to interrupt the explanations of several subordinates.
He helped Qin Jianxun up, turned around and ordered Wang Erhu and Qi Jin:
"Commander Wang and Commander Qi, go down immediately and prepare. Three days later, you will lead the Second Army and the Fourth Army of the Guards southward along the canal. After arriving at Yangzhou Port, you will then go up the Yangtze River and enter the southwest to join the local defenders. The army launched an attack on She Chongming. I will ask the civil affairs department and water transport officials from various places to cooperate with this operation."
After Marquis Ping Liao finished speaking, Wang Erhu and Qi Jin immediately took the order and left. At this time, Ma Shiying hurriedly came to Zuo'anmen Urn City with a man who looked like a businessman and whispered a few words in a low voice.
"What? Li Dan is willing to cooperate with Kaiyuan Army?"
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Busan, North Korea, the Japanese Museum of Tsushima.
After nightfall, North Korea's largest trading city is dimly lit, everywhere is as bright as daylight, and the sound of string singing is endless.
The gentle and plaintive shakuhachi sounded in the streets, and I dreamed back to Chang'an in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
In the center of the Japanese pavilion, a Japanese singer in exaggerated costumes was showing off her coquettishness and performing Noh drama.
Outside the entrance hall, there was a faint sound of footsteps, very light.
A group of short Japanese businessmen sat in front of the tatami, oblivious to what was going on in the room.
They were staring at the singer's swaying waist and chest, with obscene and greasy smiles on their faces.
Four Japanese warriors with shaved foreheads, leaning on Japanese swords, stood at the four corners of the tatami and yawned.
Lin Yu, who was wearing an iron armor and a bright helmet, nodded to Jin Yinghe, stretched out his arms like giant trees and made a charging gesture towards the group of soldiers behind him.
The five fully armed Kaiyuan warriors all held wooden branches in their mouths and tightly grasped the Yanling knives and short crossbows in their hands.
The next second, the giant jumped up and smashed against the gate of the Japanese pavilion like a boulder.
The two-page door and the bolt were knocked open by Lin Yu.
The Korean general immediately opened his big bow and shot two arrows into the house without taking aim. The two Japanese warriors who were facing him were directly carried away by the big arrows and died on the shrine behind the tatami.
"Avenge the brothers who died in the Chamber of Commerce and kill them all! Leave no one behind!"
Lin Yu roared, covered himself in armor, leaving only a pair of eyes outside, holding a twenty-kilogram mace, like a steel giant, broke into the low house, swinging the mace at all enemies with all his strength.
The tragic scene of shopkeeper Wang and six store clerks bleeding from their orifices as they were poisoned to death appeared before his eyes.
The two short Japanese who came face to face were directly beaten away by the mace.
The candles burning in the room suddenly went out, and the surroundings suddenly became dark.
"Be careful of the Japanese pirates' hidden swords."
Before Jin Yinghe could finish his words, there were muffled screams in the room, and several soldiers who rushed in were stabbed and fell to the ground.
Lin Yu held his breath and concentrated, only to feel the sudden sound of wind behind his head. He swung the mace and struck with a clanking sound, and the fangs and hidden swords sparked bursts of sparks.
Before he could stand firm, there was another sound of bow string vibrating from the left side. He couldn't dodge, and the heart guard on his chest was hit by a cluster of arrows, causing a sharp pain in his chest.
Before he could stand still, through the faint light from the entrance, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a Japanese sword chopping off his head.
"ah!"
Lin Yu flew up and kicked the opponent directly into the darkness.
"Brother Lin, break the wall open quickly, there is light outside!"
Jin Yinghe was also injured and struggled and shouted loudly.
Lin Yu roared again and again, and cross nails rained down on his armor, beating the giant back again and again.
Suddenly, he crashed into the dark red shrine opposite the entrance like a bear.
There was only a clicking sound, and a big hole was made in the wall by the giant beast, and large amounts of bright light shone in.
Several dark shadows flashed past, deceiving themselves and jumping onto the rafters, trying to hide themselves.
Lin Yu picked up a Japanese knife and stabbed the five Japanese assassins in blue on the beam to death one by one like chasing ducks.
The last assassin had no way to escape, so he swung his sharp gauntlet hook at Lin Yu's helmet, which was twice as tall as him.
After a false shot, he dropped the smoke ball and turned around to escape.
Lin Yu rushed forward like a hungry tiger, grabbed the assassin by the throat, and lifted him up with one hand.
The dwarf assassin kicked his feet wildly, with a look of horror in his eyes, and he kept uttering vague Japanese words in his mouth.
Guard Lin Yu turned slightly to Jin Yinghe, drawing his bow and arrow.
The North Korean general translated to him:
"He said that he is the jounin of the Kaga Domain, a leader among ninjas. This time, under the orders of Tokugawa Hidetada, he came to Korea to kill you Kaiyuan barbarians. The lord of the Kaga Domain will soon lead an army. coming····"
Lin Yu looked down at the corpses of his fallen warrior brothers on the ground, with deep hatred in his eyes. He looked at the dying ninja in mid-air and said:
"What a Kaga Jonin, a cock-crowing, dog-robber!"
With a little force from his iron-pincer-like hands, the dwarf assassin's neck was broken by him.
Lin Yu threw it hard, and the body of Jōnin Kaga hit the wall of the hall like a sandbag. With a bang, the body of Jōnin turned into a ball of bloody flesh.
"General Jin, it seems that our mission in North Korea has been completed. Do you dare to fight with me to Kaga and give these dwarves a surprise?
