Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 392

"Red Deer Yelang, who are these people?" Gan Fu Jianlai shouted in horror at the door of the Enforcement Hall.

"My lord, it looks like I am Akito." A samurai bent down and said.

Gan Fu and Lai were both shocked and angry: "Akito, why did you appear in Ryukyu?"

This is actually what the Shimadzu family fears the most. Although Ming Dynasty has not paid much attention to Ryukyu, a small country, for a long time, it just regards it as part of the tributary system and doesn't take it seriously.But now the situation is different. Ming's merchant ships appear everywhere on the sea and go to different ports. Since Ming's merchant ships can frequently appear in Ryukyu, so can Ming's army.

What frightens Gan Fu Jianlai the most is that in theory, Japan is also a tributary state of Ming Dynasty, but the Satsuma clan has stolen the Ryukyu Kingdom as its own protectorate and has become one country with two vassals. This is a challenge to the order and majesty of Ming Dynasty's tributary .Not long ago, Daming had sent envoys to the shogunate to condemn the rebellious actions of the shogunate and Satsuma. Of course, the shogunate had no useful statement. The Shimadzu family was worried for a while, but they didn't see anything, so they breathed a sigh of relief. In the end it will be nothing.But today, the Ming army landed on Ryukyu as expected.

The Hojokan where Gan Fukukeneyori is located is actually a slightly fortified building, with a sentry tower built on the wall, guarded by the Ashgaru of the Satsuma domain.The Satsuma domain itself also produces firecrackers, so their ashigaru are equipped with a certain number of firecrackers.

The gate of the Enforcement Hall was closed, and there were Satsuma Soldier soldiers on the watchtower trying to fight back against the attacking Zheng family's private army with inaccurate matchlock guns.

Zheng Chenggong, who was sitting in command of the attack not far away, saw the clumsy Zheng family's private army helpless when facing the fortress, and suddenly felt a little unhappy.

"What are you waiting for, quickly bring the cannon out!"

The hundred or so members of the Zheng family's private army also brought a 75mm infantry cannon, which is a very common weapon in the Ming army and is a very useful weapon on the battlefield.Although the Ming military enterprise is already developing an 80mm mortar to replace the heavier 75mm infantry gun as a fire support role for infantry, the Ming Army's internal evaluation of the 1th infantry gun is extremely high, and it is believed that its role is even Larger than the M[-] rifle.

Zheng Jia's private army, who had undergone artillery training, immediately dragged out a [-] infantry gun, loaded it with ammunition, and aimed it at the sentry tower over there.Although the defense of the temple is not very strong, and the firepower density on the sentry tower is not bad, but Zheng's private army has no courage to climb the wall against the bullets, or break open the gate.

Seeing such Zheng's private army, Zheng Chenggong was also very helpless.These private troops of the Zheng family are basically the descendants and retainers of the Zheng family. When the Zheng family was absorbed into the main body of the Ming army, they were actually excluded.The really good seedlings were all picked out, then broken up and sent to different troops for use.Although the current Zheng Jia private army has received two or three months of military training and looks decent, it is basically the original pirate-born armed force without much faith and discipline.

Zheng Chenggong was used to seeing strong and courageous soldiers of the Ming army, and he was very disappointed to see the performance of Zheng's private army.

He has gradually accepted some new ideas from Bai Mingxiu, understood social development, and understood the trend.What the Zheng family did is indeed outdated, and it cannot meet the current needs of the country, but Zheng Chenggong is a very burdened person, and he doesn't want to see the powerful Zheng family disappear in his hands.

How to transform the Zheng family is a big test for him.

He wandered for a while, and the soldiers from Zheng's private army had already fired a shot from the [-]th Infantry Cannon.Although it was worse than the regular army of the Ming Dynasty, the private army of the Zheng family was also capable of fighting. They manipulated the infantry cannons and fired flatly, directly hitting the gate of the Fengxing Hall.Immediately, they turned their guns and knocked down the two sentry towers one after another.As soon as the biggest threat was gone, the Zheng family's private troops swarmed forward and rushed into the execution hall.

The battle in the hall really became fierce, and the Satsuma feudal lord did not give up resistance under such circumstances. At this time, Ganfu Jianlai tied a white belt on his head, and in the posture of a death squad, he was waving a samurai sword and preparing to fight against Zheng Jiasui. The army fought hard.

As soon as the Zheng family soldiers rushed into the enshrinement hall, they were met with a volley of guns from a dozen Satsuma feudal men holding firecrackers. This wave of guns actually hit several Zheng family soldiers.The impact of Zheng's private army even stagnated, but Zheng Chenggong's old general didn't want to lose face in front of Zheng Chenggong, and led the soldiers to rush in again.

At such a short distance, platooning guns was useless, and Gan Fu Jianlai led the Satsuma clan to fight with Zheng's private army.These Satsuma feudal lords are also considered professional samurai, and the level of using firecrackers and samurai swords is not bad.The firepower of Zheng's private army is an advantage, but after killing some people, it inevitably turned into a hand-to-hand fight with the Satsuma clan in a cramped environment.

After suffering 10 casualties, Zheng Jiasi's army finally completely defeated the Shimazu clan warriors led by Ganfu Kanyori.

When Zheng Chenggong walked into the Fengxing Hall, Gan Fujianlai had only one breath left. He was shot twice all over his body, and he was stabbed and wounded in many places with a bayonet. He was dying.

"Kill me!" Ganfu Jianlai said weakly to Zheng Chenggong.

Zheng Chenggong looked at the pirate coldly, and said in Japanese: "You have violated Daming's territory, offended Daming's majesty, and let you bleed to death slowly. It will be cheap for you."

Zheng Chenggong is of Japanese descent and was even born in Nagasaki. He has been able to speak Japanese since he was a child.Regarding Japan, Zheng Chenggong's emotions are very simple. He despises this part of his blood and thinks Japan is a country of barbarians. However, many of his more extreme personalities do have some Japanese heritage.

"Kill me!" Gan Fu Jianlai still yelled.

Zheng Chenggong said: "I want to hand you over to the King of Ryukyu, probably out of hatred for you. After torturing you to death, he will hang your body on the wall of Shuri for those Ryukyu people who hate Japan to vent their anger. By then, you probably won’t even find a piece of the whole body.”

The other soldiers stabbed the Satsuma samurai and ashigaru who were not yet dead with bayonets one by one. Zheng Chenggong had no interest in letting these guys live.

Within a day, all the Satsuma clan personnel in Shuri Castle, and even the Japanese from other places, were beheaded and killed by Zheng's private army.Ryukyu, which has been ravaged by Japan for so long from the 37th year of Wanli to the present, has finally gained new life.

(End of this chapter)