Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 319 Surprise attack on Edo Bay (please subscribe!)

The Tokugawa shogunate is still ignorant of the Qingxiang movement that took place in the Hiroshima domain!
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi could barely bear with regard to Daming's actual control of the Satsuma Domain, but Daming didn't take any further actions anyway, and just endured it and passed.

However, the emergence of a large number of righteous men of the Zunming faction made Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, a dwarf, aware of the crisis.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi remembered the Amakusa Rebellion.

At that time, the Catholics were unbearable to the rule of the shogunate and triggered a big uprising. In order to suppress them, the shogunate has not slowed down yet.

Later, in order to prevent such a thing from happening again, the Tokugawa shogunate made the same choice as the Qing Dynasty, that is, to lock the country and fool the people.

Do your best to block trade with the West, strictly prohibit foreign ideas, and let the Japanese only know that they are filial to the shogunate.

As a result, these respectable people who are jumping up and down are now blatantly promoting the collapse of the curtain. This is simply a provocation to his Tokugawa family!
Fortunately, he has sent people to clean up Hiroshima to clean up these fleas.

But the instigator was in the Satsuma domain. If they were not resolved, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi would have trouble sleeping and eating.

After finding out that there were only more than [-] Ming troops (Watay's Manchurian soldiers) in the territory of Satsuma, and the rest were traitors and puppet troops (the Japanese Association Army), he immediately ordered a conquest against Satsuma, demanding Send money to send troops.

Of course, due to Daming's reputation becoming more and more famous recently, some daimyos worried that this move would offend Daming and bring disasters to Japan.

But Tokugawa Tsunayoshi completely ignored it.

The country of Wa has its own kamikaze protection, even if the Ming army sends troops to reinforce it, how much can it come?
Taking a step back, even if the Ming army really came to help, there are still tens of millions of people in his country.

At worst, there will be thousands of citizens and thousands of jade pieces!
He didn't believe it, so many people couldn't defeat the Ming army?

Edo Wharf is crowded with people.

Soldiers from various feudal clans, dressed in colorful armor, began to board the ship one after another with samurai swords on their waists and iron cannons on their shoulders.

They are all soldiers sent by daimyo around the Kanto region.

Although the order of the Tokugawa shogunate is not very binding on foreign daimyo in remote areas, it is still quite easy to use on Honshu Island.

And these Japanese pirate soldiers who were sent to fight with Tokugawa Tsunayoshi were also happy to do the job.

Many people even had happy smiles on their faces.

The reason is also similar to their Emperor Lingyuan, who can eat and eat well when serving as a soldier!

In the current period, although the country of Wa has begun to destroy mountains and reclaim fields to plant rice, it is still in its infancy.

The staple food for ordinary people's two meals a day is still buckwheat, black beans and a small amount of bad rice.

The dishes are salted radish and pickled radish.

The food is really similar to their emperor's.

And white rice is only afforded by the noble class.

Obviously, the samurai class among these soldiers is only a small part of them, and most of them are ashigaru recruited by civilians.

For them, things like white rice are delicacies that can only be eaten during the New Year and holidays, but now they can eat every meal.

Moreover, there is a chance to get spoils in battle. Maybe you are lucky enough to grab a valuable treasure and turn over in one fell swoop.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, dressed in bright armor, looked at the soldiers boarding the ship in an orderly manner, and he couldn't help feeling proud.

With nearly 3 warships and more than [-] soldiers, such a grand occasion even gave him the idea that the Sekigahara War was nothing more than that.

"Hmph! The Satsuma clan, this general can easily destroy it!"

Tsunakichi Tokugawa, who was full of self-confidence, let out a cold snort, and then led a group of retainers and generals to his imperial ship Tenji Maru.

This Tenji Maru is the largest warship in the entire Japanese navy after the Anzhai Maru was scrapped.

It is 34 meters long, 7.6 meters wide, equipped with 76 oars, and has a maximum speed of 6.8 knots.

Different from other plain and simple ships like Seki and Anzake around, the painting of Tenji Maru can be described as gaudy.

Its hull is painted bright red and decorated with gold trim, and the outer side of the upper deck is covered with blue feather cloth painted with the Tokugawa family crest.

Compared with all the boys around, Tenchi Maru is definitely the brightest boy in the port.

"Clang clang clang..."

At this moment, continuous warning bells suddenly sounded from the direction of the fort in the distant mountains.

"what happened?"

Tokugawa Tsunakichi looked puzzled.

Since the Japanese bought cannons from the Dutch, they made their own artillery, and then built these coastal defense forts.

But since the fort was built, it has never been used, and the bronze warning bell has never been used. Even Tokugawa Tsunayoshi forgot that he still has these forts.

So much so that everyone was a little confused when they heard the bell.

For a moment, the Japanese soldiers stopped and looked around curiously.

"Boats, there are so many boats on the sea!"

Finally, a Japanese soldier pointed to the sea and shouted loudly.

It is not surprising that there are ships on the sea, but it is not normal today.

In order to allow his navy to leave the port smoothly, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi had earlier ordered all fishing boats not to go to sea today.

So now under normal circumstances, there will be no ships on the sea.

Could it be a merchant ship of the Dutch?
"Bring General Ben's binoculars!" Tsunakichi Tokugawa said.

The men hurriedly handed over a single-eye telescope.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi raised his binoculars to take a look, and then his brows were tightly locked together.

"Ming army! Why is the Ming army here!"

He saw the big bright sun and moon flags hoisted on ships at sea.

Although Tokugawa Tsunakichi had no dealings with the Ming army, nor had he seen the flag of the new Ming Dynasty, this did not prevent him from recognizing the Sun and Moon flag.

Moreover, there were as many as a hundred warships flying the Great Tomorrow and Moon Flag on the sea.

what happened?Didn't it be agreed that he was going to sneak attack Satsuma?But why did the warships of the Ming army appear here now?Is it a coincidence?
Countless question marks popped up in Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's heart.

However, since the navy of the Ming army appeared here, it meant that his sneak attack plan was in vain, but Tokugawa Tsunayoshi didn't panic at all.

The navy of the Ming army dared to take the initiative to come to die, which saved him a lot of trouble. As long as this navy of the Ming army is wiped out, the Satsuma clan will already be in the bag.

Although the warships of the navy of the Ming army were huge, there were only a few dozen in number, while he had more than 500 warships under his command. With such a huge gap, he really did not expect that he would be defeated.

"Warriors of the Wa Kingdom, the stupid people of the Ming Dynasty dare to ask for death! Now everyone board the ship immediately and follow this general to crush these ridiculous Ming people to death!"

"Kill the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Kill the people of the Ming Dynasty!"

As Tokugawa Tsunayoshi raised his arms and shouted, it immediately aroused countless echoes.

Many howling Japanese pirate soldiers have even imagined in their minds where they will go to find treasures after boarding the Ming warship.

They heard that the generals of Ming Dynasty were all very rich!

"Morale is available, this battle must be won!"

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi nodded in satisfaction.

At the same time, Zhu Tiangui put down his binoculars on the second-tier battleship of the Minhai Fleet.

"These dwarfs probably didn't expect us to appear here!"

"Order, all ships are free to bombard! Short and heavy artillery, pay attention to the small sampans of the Japanese pirates, don't let them approach!"

Zhu Tiangui grinned ferociously.

If it was in the past, when the difference in the number of ships between the two sides was so large, it would be hard to say the outcome.

However, the Ming Navy has 68-pound short-heavy guns. In the past, the suicide boats that could pose a serious threat to sailing warships did not know how many ships would be sunk with a single 68-pound shell.

It is no exaggeration to say that they come and kill as many as they come!

(End of this chapter)