In the early morning of June 26th, just as Zhu Youjian's 40,000 Ming army uniformly marched out of Banshishan Camp and headed for the battlefield at Qinghekou, while moving on the Jinzhou Peninsula, an army suddenly appeared outside Qingniwa Bay. The scale can be called a huge naval fleet!
This is a fleet composed of sixty-eight Spanish-style armed galenic ships of various sizes. Among them, there are sixty-six Japanese warships flying the plaster flag (Hinomaru) and the three-leaf Aoi flag. There are two Spanish galleons flying the "Red Cross" flag, a total of sixty-eight ships.
The naval officer of the Japanese shogunate who commanded this fleet was the lord of the Mikawa Fukugou Domain, named Itakura Shigemasa. Yes, it was Itakura Shigemasa who commanded an army of 120,000 to quell the Shimabara Uprising in history. As a result, he was shot in the head outside Shimabara Castle because he took the lead.
But in this life, he was very lucky and became the beneficiary of the butterfly effect fanned out by Emperor Chongzhen's big butterfly.
Because after the Battle of Luzon, the relationship between Japan and Spain improved rapidly, turning from enemies to friends. Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate relaxed its oppression of Catholics. At the same time, it also recruited a large number of Kyushu ronin to join the Korean Expeditionary Force because of the Korean Expedition. In order to kill two birds with one stone, Tokugawa Iemitsu also focused on recruiting "Kiroshidan" from Kyushu Island. Ronin" (that is, a Catholic Ronin) enlisted in the army. As a result, most of the ronin who were supposed to revolt on Shimabara Island (mainly former ministers of the Arima and Konishi families) were recruited by Iemitsu into the Korean Expeditionary Force, and some even joined the Shogunate Navy.
As a result, the Shimabara Uprising did not occur, and Itakura Shigemasa certainly saved his life. And those who survive a catastrophe usually have some luck.
As the 15,000-koku feudal lord of Mikawa Fukura, Itakura Shigemasa's future fortune was quite great - even though the Fukura Itakura family's fiefdom was small, only 15,000 koku, they were the confidants of the shogunate.
Itakura Shigemasa served as the pen-writer of Ruonen Jizhong many times. Although his status is not as good as that of Lao Zhong, he is still the shogunate official second only to Lao Zhong. And Itakura Shigemasa also had a cousin named Itakura Shigemune who was even more powerful. He was the acting governor of Kyoto!
The Kyoto Shojidai is the shogun's representative in Kyoto. Responsible for the negotiation between the shogunate and the imperial court, and conveying the shogunate's instructions to the imperial court; at the same time, he also supervises the imperial court, public nobles, and major figures in the Kansai region.
In addition, the Kyoto Sheriff is also responsible for public security in Kyoto, adjudicating lawsuits in the Kinki area, and managing the town administration in Kyoto, Fushimi, and Nara.
Moreover, the Itakura family had not just one Kyoto shogunate in history, but three Kyoto shogunate, and the third Kyoto shogunate, Itakura Shigeyuki, was the son of Itakura Shigemasa, and this Itakura Shigekuri He also served as a senior middle school student in the shogunate twice.
One can imagine how trusted the Itakura family was during the era of the four Tokugawa shoguns: Ieyasu, Hidetada, Iemitsu, and Ietsuna.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the post of the Shogunate Navy fell into the hands of Itakura Shigemasa.
But when Shigemasa Itakura, who was "fierce as hell" when he attacked Shimabara Castle in his previous life, led the "Six-Sixth Fleet" to the open entrance of Aoniwa Bay, he was scared to death, his face was pale, and his head and face were full of worry. All in cold sweat.
This time the enemy is Ming Dynasty!
The Ming Dynasty has three "Six-Six Fleets", and the warships of the Ming Dynasty's "Six-Six Fleets" are more powerful than the Japanese "Six-Six Fleets"...The 1,000-ton battleships they have can easily overwhelm the largest shogunate navy. The 700-ton battleship was sieved!
On the 700-ton armed Galen ship Musashi Maru, Itakura Shigemasa was looking around with a telescope. There was no ship in Aoniwa Bay!
There are no warships leaving the port in the direction of Lushunkou!
this means......
"Father, the surprise attack is successful!" Itakura Shigemasa's son Itakura Shigeki is also on the Musashi Maru armed galen ship. This is the first time for this young samurai in his thirties to participate in actual combat, but he is calmer than his father. Much more, just a little weak in the legs.
"The navy follows the rules and Qingniwa Bay is empty and unprepared. This is our opportunity to launch a surprise landing attack!"
The one who is speaking now is Matsukura Shigeharu, the feudal lord of the Shimabara clan and the leader of the Korean Expeditionary Force. He is the feudal lord of the Shimabara clan. He was unlucky in his last life. He was beheaded by the shogunate on the grounds of failure to govern the territory due to the Shimabara uprising.
And in this life, I also saved my life because of the butterfly effect of Chongzhen sending troops to conquer Luzon. Not only did he save his life, but he was also appointed as a follower of the Korean Expeditionary Force by Tokugawa Iemitsu because he was responsible for recruiting Kyushu rogues.
But what he didn't expect was that Tokugawa Iemitsu had a sudden idea that day, danced a "fan dance" and sang a piece of "Atsheng", and he, a North Korean soldier who had never been to North Korea, would be unlucky... ...He was entrusted with an important task by the high-spirited Tokugawa Iemitsu to attack the Ming Dynasty's homeland on behalf of Tokugawa Iemitsu!
And they are still planning to sneak attack Zhu Youjian's retreat when the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian and the Qing army are fighting fiercely in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula.
This mission looks dangerous!
Because the current Ming Emperor is very powerful in fighting, almost as good as Tang Taizong Li Shimin... Anyone with a brain can imagine how dangerous it would be to attack him secretly. But the problem is that both Matsukura Shigeharu and his late father Matsukura Shigemasa loved to brag, and they also liked to brag about the art of war, and they boasted so eloquently that Tokugawa Iemitsu regarded them as rare generals. After Iamitsu entered New Nagoya Castle, he summoned Matsukura Shigeharu to his side and asked him to serve as a military officer and serve as the leader of the Korean Expeditionary Force.
Most of Shigeharu's plans were successful, so Iemitsu began to trust him more and more... This time, he was entrusted with an important task. It can be said that the hope of the entire Japan to remain independent was pinned on him. .
If he fails, then don't go back to Japan and commit seppuku on the land of Ming Dynasty!
Itakura Shigemasa heard that Matsukura Shigeharu was going to land immediately, and he quickly agreed: "Okay... we will enter Qingniwa Bay immediately, and then put down the sampan to send the expedition force ashore. After the landing is completed, the fleet will immediately go to sea , to find the Ming Dynasty’s decisive battle with the Beiyang Fleet!”
The fleet goes to sea immediately...is it going to run away immediately? Matsukura Shigeharu didn't understand Itakura Shigemasa's thoughts. He was afraid that the Ming Dynasty's fleet would come back, so he put down the landing force and withdrew.
This is putting the 10,000 Korean expeditionary troops who landed to death! Whether it can be the next generation, only God knows!
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"Lovely, you've come to the wrong place... I've already retired from office, why are you so confused?"
This morning, Mao Wenlong, who had just gotten up and was waiting for breakfast at his Xunzhuang in Lushunkou, suddenly saw his adopted grandson Shang Keai coming out of breath... Seeing this man in his thirties and still tall Mao Kawaii has a baby face and is always clueless when doing things, while Mao Wenlong is a bit dumbfounded.
He has already retired. The reason why he has not left Lushun now is entirely because Long Live Lord has not left.
But this Mao Keai actually forgot and came to Xunzhuang Yingmao early in the morning (Mao Wenlong sometimes works in his own village)... When he was on duty, he went to the wrong Yamen, and there was no one else!
Mao Keai stamped her feet, "Grandpa, my grandson is here to see you... something big has happened!"
"If you don't listen... go talk to Cheng Zuo." Mao Wenlong waved his hands repeatedly, "If you retreat, you will retreat... I don't care about worldly affairs now."
Mao Wenlong retired very "comfortably" this time. His daughter was a noble concubine, he was a marquis, and his godson Mao Chengzuo became a deputy general. So he didn't want to cause trouble anymore, so he wanted to return to Hangzhou as soon as possible to retire.
"Grandpa, please listen to me first...the Japanese pirates are coming!"
"Who is here?" Mao Wenlong was stunned.
"Japanese pirates!" Mao Keai said.
"How many are here?" Mao Wenlong asked.
Mr. Mao still doesn’t understand what happened!
Mao Kaitai said: "Dozens of ships of Japanese pirates have arrived, perhaps tens of thousands... They are now clearing the mud pit and landing. The lieutenant general has already become confused, so he sent me to you to ask you to go out and take charge of the fight against the Japanese pirates!"
"Ten thousand!?" Mao Wenlong lost his composure now and jumped up, "Damn it, the Japanese pirates are joining forces with the slave thieves to steal the retreat of Lord Long Live!"
