Boom! Boom! Boom!
Repeating gun uses a multi-barrel device that can fire multiple shells in a short period of time, greatly increasing the artillery's rate of fire and lethality.
Firelight flickered in the dark cave entrance.
Before the intercepting Japanese warship had time to resist, it was instantly beaten to pieces and sank, and then several bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.
The Ming Dynasty Navy won a complete victory in the first naval battle, ending the battle in a devastating manner.
"Nothing."
Zhu Gaoxu stood on the bow of the ship, looking at the power of the artillery, and he was very happy.
Although Li Xiao had invited Zhu Gaoxu to watch the cannon test two years ago, the cannon was fired into the open space at that time, which was far less shocking than this time.
"Xiaolang, you are right. The improvement of science and technology has greatly changed the situation of war. Whether it is large ships or artillery, they have formed a crushing force."
Zhu Ningyun stood at the bow of the ship, watching this scene and feeling extremely happy.
Over the years, my husband has been so busy that he often fell into bed and fell asleep. His work was really not in vain, everything was prepared for today.
"Yes, in future wars, the advancement of weapons will account for most of the factors."
Li Xiao pointed to the place where the warship sank and said: "If you think about it from our perspective, if that small ship is ours and this big ship is the enemy's, no matter how many conspiracies we have, no matter how brave the soldiers fight, it will not help. .”
Everyone nodded in approval.
"The Ming army is mighty! The Han king is mighty!"
"The Ming army is mighty! Duke Yongle is mighty!"
The soldiers on the ship shouted loudly, rejoicing at their first victory.
"keep going!"
Following Li Xiao's order.
The big ship headed towards the Japanese country, and encountered several Japanese warships along the way, and sank them easily. It sailed towards Fukui of the Japanese country, intending to disembark from there and go directly to the Kyoto of the Japanese country.
Today's Japan is in the early Muromachi period, and the political and cultural center is Kyoto.
Kyoto was one of the most important cities in Japan during this period, serving as the capital of the Muromachi shogunate and the residence of the imperial family, as well as a cultural, artistic and economic center.
It is currently in the 11th year of Shohei in the Muromachi period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The person in power is Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. Li Xiao plans to directly hold this person down and control the political power of the Japanese country.
Soon, the Ming Dynasty treasure ship was about to dock. There were actually defensive troops on the shore, but after a round of artillery bombardment, they were defeated.
The ship docked, and Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, Yongle Duke Li Xiao, Yong'an Princess Zhu Ningyun, Zhang Wu, Zhang Fu, and others landed with three thousand cavalry.
Because it was a long journey and we had to bring horses, we didn't bring many soldiers.
There were more than 4,000 people in total, more than 500 of whom were sailors and civilian husbands on the ship.
There were only 3,500 real soldiers, leaving 500 people stationed on the ship, and the rest all disembarked.
After disembarking from the ship, the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield and perform last-ditch operations.
A group of generals sat cross-legged on the ground and began to discuss the next plan.
"How about attacking the next city first and using it as a base to rest and recuperate?"
Zhu Gaoxu took the map of the Japanese country and pointed to one of the counties, saying: "The front is Fukui County. If this map is correct, then we only need to use Fukui County as the base and continue to attack Maemachi, Nishi Asai, and along the way. In the past, this high island here was supposed to be an important military town. If you break it, you can go straight to Kyoto, and you can station it in Kusatsu to attack the city."
Of course Li Xiao's map is correct. The full high-definition world map produced by the system is in line with the current situation. However, after Li Xiao copied it himself, the drawing is relatively crude, saying that it was bought from Japanese pirates.
After a while, the generals were discussing everything.
"Report——"
At this time, a scout came to report on horseback and said: "There is a group of infantry approaching from the front, but it seems unorganized and does not look like an army."
"Not like an army?"
Zhu Gaoxu frowned slightly: "Don't be careless and prepare for battle!"
Then, everyone led their cavalry and headed in the direction of the group of infantry.
Along the way, there were many farmers farming on the road, but after seeing the troops, they fled after hearing the news.
Soon the two sides met in an open space, and Li Xiao discovered that the other party was indeed unorganized, just a group of ronin.
These ronin wore wooden clogs, carried samurai swords on their waists, and wore forehead protectors on their heads, but they did not have armor on them. Some of them wearing samurai shirts held bright silver pieces in their hands, which shone brightly in the sun and kept reflecting. Gives an eye-catching light.
They walked with a swagger and looked extremely arrogant. They had a sense of hysteria when they spoke, and they always showed that unruly smile. From time to time, they even attracted a group of people to laugh wildly.
Such a scene left Zhu Gaoxu and others a little confused.
Zhu Gaoxu said strangely: "When the army fights, they try every means to hide themselves, and these people seem to be afraid that we won't find them. This army is so ostentatious, shouldn't it have some powerful killing moves?"
Zhang Fu also prepared himself carefully and said: "Be careful, these people don't seem to take us seriously at all. They are so arrogant. There must be something special about them, so we have to be on guard."
Zhang Wu pondered: "There are almost five hundred people, and they seem to have seen us. With such a suppressed force, why don't they escape?"
At this time, the leaders of the ronin walked out in a swaggering manner, with their samurai shirts untied and their arms open, and they shouted: "He's a man of words, he's a warrior, he's a warrior, and he's a warrior."い."
Zhu Gaoxu was confused and looked at Li Xiao.
Li Xiao translated: "The Ming Dynasty's army, leave quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being rude."
Zhu Gaoxu chuckled and said: "Tell him, what if we don't leave? Let them surrender quickly, otherwise don't blame us for being cruel."
Li Xiao looked at the group of ronin and translated Zhu Gaoxu's words in Japanese.
The words fell.
The group of ronin suddenly burst into laughter together. The leader swaggered hundreds of meters away, pointed at Zhu Gaoxu with his samurai sword and said: "あなたたちは死んで、Who is the generalで、privateと一丝に出てきYou can only choose one person!"
Li Xiao translated again: "The man said: You are dead. Who is the general? Come out and fight with me."
"Single challenge??"
Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand and said, "Bring me my bow."
The cavalryman on the side handed the bow to Zhu Gaoxu, and then Zhu Gaoxu drew the bow and nocked an arrow, aiming at the leading ronin.
When China fought wars in the past, such as during the Three Kingdoms period, those who could go to the battlefield at that time were nobles, and they were more abiding by the rules. Indeed, there were often situations where generals fought in single combat.
But that era has long passed, and one-on-one combat is no longer popular now.
At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's bow and arrow were already aimed at the leader of the ronin.
"Baga. Don't these people abide by the spirit of Bushido? They are cowards, cowards! I have proposed a duel, but he doesn't dare!"
Seeing that the other party ignored him, the leader of the ronin turned around and ran away.
call out--
But just after escaping a few steps, an arrow accurately penetrated the head of the Ronin leader. This man's arrogant face frozen this moment forever, and he lay on the ground, bleeding.
"Kojiro was killed, we fought with them!"
"Kill them and avenge Lord Kojiro!"
"Come on, kill these outsiders and let them know how powerful our warriors are!"
This group of ronin was furious in an instant. They all raised their samurai swords high and rushed towards Li Xiao's army.
In addition to warriors, they also have archers and ronin with blunderbuss.
But there was obviously no organization, just a group of people rushing over.
"Fire the arrow!"
Zhu Gaoxu did not send anyone to charge, but fired arrows first.
Because he found that this group of people didn't even have shields, let alone armor. A hail of arrows was enough for them to drink a pot.
Boo hoo hoo——
Arrows were fired at the ronin like a barrage of arrows.
"ah"
"Ah! Ah!!"
"idiot!"
Soon, these rogues were hit, and arrows fell like raindrops, and they also fell to the ground.
Sure enough, this group of people are not immortal, but they are so arrogant. Zhu Gaoxu and others thought they had something powerful, but the result... is this?
However, it is worth mentioning that these people seem to have some martial arts skills.
Some people are agile in body skills and can evade arrows, and some people can block arrows with their katana. It seems that they have practiced it since childhood, but that's it.
In Zhu Gaoxu's view, this group of unorganized troops, even if their personal martial arts skills were stronger, was of little use and they fought in a disorganized manner.
The most important thing is that this group of people doesn't seem to be afraid of death. If they were ordinary troops, they would probably run away if they hit here. Each of these people's eyes were as wide as bells and they rushed towards them like crazy.
"Gunners, prepare!"
Zhu Gaoxu ordered again, and the troops alternated. The sharpshooter team walked in front and pointed their guns at those people. He waved again and shouted: "Shoot!"
Bang bang bang! ! !
Gunshots continued to sound, and those who rushed over from the arrows were instantly faced with a round of musket fire.
Different from the current three-eyed blunderbuss of the Ming Dynasty, this is a new type of musket called a flintlock gun.
Flintlock muskets used a flint stone called flint to ignite the gunpowder, which propelled the lead shot or bullet out of the barrel.
The Ming Dynasty's current three-eyed gun fires extremely slowly. It needs to be filled with gunpowder and ignited to fire a shot. If the gunpowder is wet, it will often misfire.
This flintlock gun is different.
When using it, the gunner needs to put a bullet into the gun chamber, then pull the bolt to bring the flint lock into contact with the gunpowder barrel to generate sparks, thereby detonating the gunpowder and pushing the bullet out.
Two hundred sharpshooters alternated forward and backward, shooting very quickly.
Soon, before the group of warriors rushed in front of Zhu Gaoxu's army, there were only a hundred people left.
"Run away quickly, these people have no martial ethics and won't fight with us at all!"
"Damn it, what's wrong with their muskets? How can they shoot so fast?"
"Run away quickly. Don't worry about it. General Imagawa is afraid that he will use us as cannon fodder to consume these people's strength."
"Yes, yes, we were taken advantage of. This group of people is not very weak at all as General Imagawa said. On the contrary, they are too strong."
When the rogues saw that something was wrong, they dropped their weapons and ran away.
Even if you're not afraid of death, if you can't rush through, it's not worth dying.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu asked someone to fire another round of muskets, killing about fifty people, and the remaining people escaped from the range of the muskets.
"The general will send someone to chase him!" Zhang Fu walked out with his hands in hand.
"No, these people don't even have horses and are wearing wooden shoes. How far can they run?" Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and said with a smile: "We followed slowly behind us and let them lead the way. We just found their lair."
That's it.
Zhu Gaoxu first swept the battlefield, recharged the rogues, killed them all, and collected the spoils.
There is nothing good, except for some Japanese copper coins, the most valuable ones are the samurai swords.
Someone discovered that the samurai swords were of excellent quality, so they also put away the samurai swords.
Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu led the large army and slowly followed the group of fleeing ronin.
Along the way, everyone discovered that there were many farmers and women wearing strange clothes in this place. They were all civilians. Zhu Gaoxu's troops were strictly disciplined, and no one would kill these civilians casually.
Soon, they arrived at Fukui, a dilapidated city.
The city wall is even as high as the county wall of the Ming Dynasty, and it seems to be made of mud. For such a city, it can be easily broken by just bringing in cannons to attack.
"Let us in quickly, these people are demons."
"We are no match for them."
"The Ming Dynasty is too powerful. They have muskets that can fire continuously."
Now, the city gates were firmly closed, and the rogues kept crying, wanting to enter the city.
The soldiers on the city wall are all wearing black armor. It can be seen that those are the real soldiers of the Japanese country.
The ronin are a group of warriors from the Japanese country. They have practiced martial arts since childhood and are not engaged in production. However, they will not be ordinary soldiers. They usually hang out behind the big families. These people are generally arrogant and are used by the big families to control them. Used by the people below.
And those ronin just now were all released as cannon fodder.
The general named Imagawa on the city wall had no intention of opening the city.
He held the binoculars and could see behind Ronin that the Ming army had come over. Looking at the flag fluttering in the wind, his expression changed.
The well-equipped Ming cavalry and the warriors just now were shouting about the magical muskets. He also got news about what happened at the port, the extremely powerful artillery.
I am no match for these Ming armies.
Since you can't beat me, then join
Why not use them to deal with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi Shogunate who is already firmly established?
It turned out that the war in Japan had just ended at this time, and the princes from all over the country were not united. This man named Jinchuan was the controller of a large family and was one of the defeated princes of the Southern Dynasties.
He has always been dissatisfied with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's rule.
However, he is not strong enough, so he can only obey.
Now seems to be the opportunity
"Haha, there is an old saying in China, where misfortune lies and where fortune lies, and where fortune lies where misfortune lies. This is an opportunity for my Jinchuan family!"
General Jinchuan murmured to himself, and after thinking for a moment, he made up his mind.
He ordered: "Shoot all the ronin below to express our sincerity to the Ming army."
Give an order.
The arrows were shot towards the ronin below, killing them all in a short time.
These ronin never dreamed that not only would they be used as spearmen, but they would also be abandoned.
General Jinchuan himself also had a white flag erected on the city wall.
He shouted at Li Xiao and others: "The army of the Ming Dynasty, friends who have come from afar, the rogues in my city have just invaded you. I apologize. Can we sit down and talk?"
distance.
Zhu Gaoxu and others were a little confused.
As soon as he arrived, the other party put up a white flag, as if he was about to surrender.
Hey, is this rebellion?
Li Xiao was also a little surprised and translated to Zhu Gaoxu and others: "They are about to surrender and want to talk to us."
"Let's talk? There won't be any fraud, right?"
Zhu Gaoxu thought about it and said, "Brother-in-law, ask them to open the city gate and ask the general to drop his weapon and talk."
Afterwards, Li Xiao rode over and started a friendly exchange.
After some exchanges, Li Xiao probably learned that this was what the other party meant: The enemy of the enemy is a friend. We are willing to follow you and unify the Japanese country.
"I see."
Li Xiao suddenly realized, and suddenly thought that in history, during the Jiajing period, there was a great Japanese pirate leader named Wang Zhi. This man was from the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty version of the Pirate King.
He led his cavalry to beat up all the princes of the Japanese country, subdued many princes for his own use, and almost occupied the Japanese country directly.
At that time, Wang Zhi couldn't even defeat the Ming Dynasty general Yu Dayou and defeated the Japanese country. However, when he came to the Japanese country, he suddenly became like a fish in water. He found that the Japanese people were too easy to bully.
In the Japanese country at that time, the melee between princes such as Oda Nobunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Toyotomi Hideyoshi reached a fever pitch.
Wang Zhi obtained huge profits by selling arms, recruited troops from the Japanese country, dominated the eastern seas, rampaged the warring states princes, and separatized the Japanese Kyushu Island Hirado Songjinpu.
Established a country, named Song Dynasty, known as King Hui in history, and established a court.
The deployment of his subordinates is based on the establishment of official positions and titles according to the system, and they have jurisdiction over the residents and pirates on the thirty-six large and small islands including Ryukyu.
In this regard, Wang Zhi became the first and only Chinese in history to seize the Japanese territory, be looked up to by all the Japanese princes, and establish his own country on the Japanese territory.
However, Wang Zhi was eventually destroyed by Hu Zongxian.
Wang Zhi, who couldn't even do it to Hu Zongxian, was able to dominate the Japanese country. You can imagine how weak the Japanese country is now.
Li Xiao looked at his current configuration. The generals include Zhu Gaoxu, Zhang Wu, Zhang Fu and others. They are much better than Hu Zongxian. Their weapons are also more advanced than at that time. This is the Japanese country that just ended the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It is simply a shame. ah.
Thinking of this, Li Xiao negotiated and asked Jinchuan to come down by himself, otherwise the attack would begin.
That Jinchuan was also an honest man. He immediately opened the city gate and ran over on horseback with several people with a flattering look on his face.
"You, including your army, surrender to the King of Han, and we will capture Kyoto and share the country!" Li Xiao said seductively.
Zhu Gaoxu whispered from the side: "Brother-in-law, do you need to pay attention to these trash? Now it seems that this group of people is simply vulnerable."
After two battles, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly discovered that the fighting ability of these Japanese people was really worrying and he didn't take them seriously at all.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It's good to have such a group of people serving as cannon fodder at the front. They can reduce our damage. In addition, they are familiar with the terrain and can provide us with information. Why not? As for sharing the country, we will also need it. The loser helps control this place, why not find a puppet now? I think this Jinchuan is quite good, it surrendered very quickly, and looks like a traitor."
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment that this was still the case, and laughed and said: "Brother-in-law is still thoughtful, so let's do it this way, but we still have to be more careful after entering the city."
Li Xiao and Li Xiao were talking face to face, but Jinchuan couldn't understand Chinese at all and thought they were discussing. He was complacent and admired his own strategy.
"I am willing to surrender!"
Jinchuan said: "But to share the country, we have to sign an agreement."
"no problem."
Zhu Gaoxu agreed to this small request. The agreement these days is of no use.
That's it.
The army entered Fukui Castle in a big way.
Zhu Gaoxu asked the soldiers to be more vigilant and be careful of deception.
But after staying there for a few days, I found that this group of people seemed to have really surrendered.
When General Jinchuan saw Zhu Gaoxu, he nodded and bowed.
Whenever Zhu Gaoxu ordered anything, General Jinchuan would stand straight, bow at ninety degrees, and then shout with all his strength: "Hi! Han Wang Sang, my subordinates will definitely handle it."
The Jinchuan family has ten thousand soldiers.
Zhu Gaoxu spent a few days to integrate them into the Ming Dynasty's army.
He found that the combat effectiveness of this army was really worrying, but it was still very good as cannon fodder.
After organizing the army, Zhu Gaoxu asked: "Brother-in-law, what should I call this army?"
Li Xiao thought for a while and said: "They are not worthy of being our army of the Ming Dynasty, why not call them puppet troops."
The words are divided into two parts.
Zhu Yuanzhang on the other side, when he first arrived in Peiping to buy melons on the road, fainted when he learned that the military household had been cancelled.
"Master Huang, Master Huang!"
Erhu was so worried that he was sweating profusely and was ready to get into the car and call the doctor for diagnosis and treatment.
"It's okay, it's just that the weather was too hot and I got a heat stroke."
The melon buyer immediately took out a small bottle from his pocket and was about to pour it into Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth.
"What are you doing?"
Erhu stopped him immediately.
This is no joke. Can you pour anything into His Majesty’s mouth?
"This is Huoxiang Zhengqi water, specially designed to relieve heat stroke. I think this old man is suffering from heat stroke. He will be cured after drinking it."
The young man was a little unhappy when he saw the obstruction, but he still explained.
Erhu frowned and said, "You are a melon seller, how can you still cure diseases?"
The young man said angrily: "These minor ailments have been publicized in newspapers. To solve some minor problems, you don't need to go to a doctor. If you don't want to, just go to a doctor yourself. This place is far away from Peking City. I think it's dark for you." We can’t even reach the city!”
Hearing this, Erhu looked a little helpless and had no choice but to ask: "Is this the recipe written in the newspaper?"
Erhu knew in his heart that the newspaper was published by Li Xiao, and Li Xiao was a miracle doctor, so he might actually be able to do it, but he was a little surprised that a melon seller could still use medical skills.
The young man said: "Yes, it is written in the newspaper that Fengyoujing can be used for mosquito bites, Huoxiang Zhengqi water can be used for heatstroke, and Xieliting can be used for diarrhea. These are things that people in Peiping are so familiar with that they are no longer familiar with them. For minor illnesses and pains, There is no need to find a doctor at all."
Erhu frowned and said, "Why do you always carry medicine with you?"
The young man frowned and said, "Because it's hot here and I'm afraid that the guests will suffer from heatstroke. Isn't it normal to carry it with you?"
"I'm sorry just now, can you show me. Thanks"
Erhu took the young man's medicine bottle, drank some of it himself, waited for a moment, and then poured it into Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth after he felt it was no longer poisonous.
"The heart of a villain."
The young man was a little unhappy and snatched the Huoxiang Zhengqi water back.
I thought to myself, the melons haven’t been sold today, so I’ve lost money on Huoxiang Zhengqi Water.
Erhu was about to say something when he suddenly found that Zhu Yuanzhang had really opened his eyes.
Zhu Yuanzhang did indeed suffer from heatstroke. He was so out of breath that he fainted. Now that he had Huoxiang Zhengqi Water, he quickly woke up.
"You are a melon seller, but you can also treat diseases?"
After Zhu Yuanzhang woke up and learned the whole story from Erhu's mouth, he looked at the young man in surprise.
"Don't buy melons with your mouth open and sell melons with your mouth closed. We also have tempers, okay?"
The young man said unhappily: "Do you want to buy these melons or not? After selling this batch, I can go to the farmer's market to buy a new batch of melons."
"Buy, buy."
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand: "The two tigers took out the money."
Suddenly, Zhu Yuanzhang noticed something and asked, "Huh? Didn't you grow this melon at home?"
The young man smiled and said, "All the land in Peiping has been taken away. We have no land, so what can we grow? The land has been contracted to big households. This is what we buy from the farmer's market."
What! !
Zhu Yuanzhang felt dizzy again.
Li Xiao actually took away all the people's land? ?
The people even lost their land?
Can you only be reduced to selling melons? ? ?
How unreasonable! ! !
Zhu Yuanzhang's beard stood up again.
But this time he didn't faint. Erhu put the watermelon in his mouth, and Zhu Yuanzhang took a big bite to quench his thirst in the heat.
(End of chapter)
