"What's the sound?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa asked his subordinates in surprise.
The sound sounded like the sound of gunfire, but this was the Satsuma Domain, how could there be the sound of gunfire?
His men were not sure and hurriedly went out to verify the situation.
But as soon as he reached the door, he bumped into another subordinate who rushed in, and almost fell down.
"Oh no, the Ming army is coming to kill us!"
Hearing this, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted and asked incredulously: "What? The Ming army came to kill them. Where did the Ming army come from?"
After asking this question, he immediately remembered, could it be the Ming army from Ryukyu? Apart from this, there are no other Ming armies!
However, didn’t the Ming army in Ryukyu flee in despair? How could it be possible to kill Satsuma Domain?
"How is this possible!" Shimazu Mitsuhisa came back to his senses and shouted with a somewhat ugly expression.
But at this time, the sound became clearer and clearer, and it sounded more like the sound of gunfire.
So, Shimazu Mitsuhisa quickly stood up, without asking his subordinates, and ran directly outside to see the situation.
Originally, the feudal lord's residence was in the inner city, far away from the seaside! But at this time, he had moved out of the inner city because Shimazu Mitsuhisa was not satisfied with the inner city.
If the original historical development is followed, he will also build a new mansion on the seaside, which will be Xianyan Garden as a tourist check-in spot for future generations.
Soon, he stood on a high place and saw the sea in the distance. Sure enough, he saw many ships heading here.
There are several artillery forts firing on the shore. I hear the sound of cannons sporadically, as if I haven't "eated", and I feel weak.
Mixed with the sound of muskets, it was also shooting from the shore, which could be seen from the points where the smoke came out. It was impossible to shoot that far when shooting at this time. Instead, it showed the panic of the Japanese on the shore.
It is actually not surprising at all that there would be such a weak defensive force on the shore.
The Shimazu clan belongs to the wild daimyo, which is a borderland, a land of barren mountains and rivers belonging to the Japanese country. They are very poor and are looked down upon by other daimyo. However, the first two generations of the Shimazu clan were still very powerful. They were invincible at the beginning and had the ambition to conquer the entire Japanese kingdom.
However, he was eventually defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was restrained. Later, he followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's orders and participated in the invasion of Korea and the war with the Ming Dynasty.
Afterwards, Tokugawa Ieyasu rose to prominence, and the outstanding leader of the Shimazu clan suddenly died suddenly. From then on, the Shimazu clan had no heroes anymore and had always surrendered to the Tokugawa shogunate, doing whatever they asked. This is the case including Shimazu Mitsuhisa's generation.
At this time, after three generations of rule by the Tokugawa shogunate, it can be said that the rule of the Japanese country has been very strong. In other words, there has been no war within Japan for decades. The only time it happened was to suppress the Shimabara Rebellion in Kyushu.
This Shimabara Rebellion also exposed at once how weak the combat effectiveness of the army was after the Japanese Empire was peaceful and the Tokugawa shogunate deliberately weakened the daimyo of various places.
The rebel army numbered less than 40,000, including women and children, but the Tokugawa shogunate mobilized 120,000 troops from 18 feudal lords and fought for four to five months before suppressing the rebel army.
If the original historical development is followed, the Shimazu clan later began to emancipate its mind, train lower-level samurai, and develop the economy, and finally became the most powerful local clan at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate, becoming the vanguard and main force in the fall of the Tokugawa shogunate.
But at this time, the Satsuma Domain was still at peace, with no war at home, and they were the only ones bullying Ryukyu without external enemies. Therefore, although the Satsuma Domain was close to the sea, there was no such thing as coastal defense.
The sporadic sound of cannons was still fired from the forts left over from the Warring States Period, so it was natural that they were so few and it was not surprising.
Not to mention, the standing army of Satsuma Domain, and even the ordinary army, were assembled and led by Shimazu Hisamichi to fight the Ryukyu Ming army. Therefore, in its homeland, they were all crooked soldiers. , there is no elite at all.
At this time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa saw many Ming army warships approaching, preparing to force a landing. He knew that Shimazu Mitsuhisa's side was finished, otherwise, the Ming army would not be able to appear here.
He couldn't understand why the war in Ryukyu took such a big turn in such a short period of time. The Ming army came over without even a messenger.
"Bag, Jiutong harmed me!" Shimazu Mitsuru said in a bitter voice, and then without caring about anything else, he quickly mounted the horse brought by his subordinates and fled to the inner city.
He still had some sharp eyesight and knew that the mansion on the seaside could never be defended, so it was better to run away first.
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On the Ming army's side, warships provided cover and transport ships docked one after another. Ming army soldiers swarmed down one after another and immediately launched an attack on Kagoshima.
Among them were the Ryukyu troops. However, the Ryukyu army did not have firearms, they were all cold weapons, and they did not fight. They just followed the Ming army and shouted to the Japanese, asking them to put down their weapons and surrender.
As for the Ming army officers and soldiers, as long as they saw any Japanese holding weapons and refusing to surrender, they would shoot them.
Originally, the incident happened suddenly, and the Satsuma clan had little preparation at all, not to mention that their troops had already gone to sea. Suddenly attacked by a superior enemy, a few people dared to take up arms and seek death.
It can be said that this raid by the Ming army was very successful and they quickly captured the coastal area of Kagoshima. Moreover, Sun Yingyuan personally led the troops, and under the leadership of Ryukyu guides, pursued towards the inner city of Satsuma Domain.
By the time he chased him to the inner city, Shimazu Mitsuhisa had already fled here, closed the gate, and was hurriedly organizing defenses.
In order to buy time, he sent someone to shout in Ming Dynasty Mandarin on the top of the city: "I have no enmity with your Ming Dynasty, why do you want to attack my Satsuma Domain?"
On Sun Yingyuan's side, although he saw that the wall of the inner city was not high, he did not bring any siege equipment. He needed to wait for the soldiers from behind to bring the Hongyi cannon, so he asked the soldiers to besiege the city and rest while also having people shout to the city. However, instead of using Ming Dynasty Mandarin, the Ryukyuan people spoke in Japanese.
"You Japanese invaded North Korea and plotted against our Ming Dynasty, and you still say that you have no grievances or enmities?"
Seeing that the Ming army did not attack the city, Shimazu Mitsuhisa asked his men to quickly organize a defense and distribute ordnance. If there was no ordnance, they would use cold weapons. Anyway, hurry up and defend. On the other side, he continued to shout: "That is Toyotomi Hideyoshi's problem. We, the Satsuma Domain, are just following orders. After so many years, why are we still holding on to this?"
"Ten years are never too late for a gentleman to take revenge! How can we say that this revenge will be settled!" Sun Yingyuan also shouted loudly, "Now you, the Satsuma clan, have invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom. I, the Ming Dynasty, have received a blood letter from the Ryukyu King, begging me The Ming Dynasty sent troops to help the Ryukyu Kingdom expel you Japanese pirates. After arriving in Ryukyu, there was a second deathbed blood letter from the Ryukyu King, accusing you of the brutal crimes of the Satsuma clan! Unexpectedly, before I even settled the score with you, you actually dared to send troops to attack me. Tomorrow’s soldiers. Now, it’s time to settle old and new accounts together!”
Shimazu Mitsuhisa was a little dumbfounded. That Shangxian refused to repent and wrote another blood letter? And it sounds like he's already dead?
Naturally, other people can hear the conversation between the two sides.
What the Chinese value is that teachers are famous. Now that Sun Yingyuan has shouted out the reasons for attacking Satsuma Domain, the morale of the Ming army has suddenly become higher, including the Ryukyu people. Because the Ming army sent troops as righteous troops and came to take revenge!
When the Japanese in the inner city of Satsuma heard this, they unconsciously became shorter.
If the Ming Dynasty was just settling old scores over the past attack on North Korea, then they might not be like this. But the more important reason now is that the King of Ryukyu wrote a letter in blood to the Ming Dynasty, and he came to take revenge. This kind of thing, even from the perspective of the Japanese, is a justified thing.
Not to mention, it turned out that their daimyo had gathered so many troops to go to Ryukyu to attack the Ming army. They seemed to be unable to defeat them, so they immediately summoned the Ming army to attack Satsuma Domain.
Look at this, it’s all their own names who are seeking death, and they provoked the Ming army first!
Most of the Japanese people's morale plummeted after hearing the shouts from both sides.
Even Shimazu Mitsuhisa felt that he was in the wrong. Of course, the most important thing was that his fists were not strong enough. Otherwise, the Ming army would have been wiped out directly in Ryukyu. How could there be so much nonsense!
But at this moment, the Ming army had already reached his doorstep, and he would definitely not surrender. He just wanted to hold on and hope that the envoys he sent could invite reinforcements from the surrounding daimyo.
However, his optimism did not last long.
About half a day later, Li Dingguo arrived with the rest of the army, and he also brought ten Hongyi cannons with him.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Dingguo adjusted his deployment after understanding the early situation on Sun Yingyuan's side, surrounding three groups and attacking only the main entrance.
Artillery in the solid bomb period was best at siege. The target is large and cannot move. If it is aimed and struck, the destructive power is also strong.
"Boom boom boom..."
For the first time, Ming Dynasty's artillery roared in the land of the Japanese.
The concentrated Hongyi artillery bombarded them. As smoke rose into the sky, iron bullets roared and hit the Japanese city wall.
Although the city gate was thick, it could not withstand the bombardment of the Hongyi cannon, and it was blown to pieces in one fell swoop.
The low battlements were also hit one after another by iron bullets, and many places collapsed.
After only three rounds of shelling, the section of city wall under the frontal artillery was no longer able to stand. Amidst the dust, even the Ming army outside the city heard the painful screams of the Japanese in the city.
Obviously, many Japanese were caught off guard and were hit by clods of earth and rocks thrown up by iron bullets, and some were even unlucky enough to be hit directly by iron bullets.
Li Dingguo was completely indifferent to this, and even ordered his subordinates: "Throw ten thousand enemies!"
