534. Chapter 534 General Qian asked me to bring you a message
Compared to the joy in the city of Nagasaki, the camp of the Yagyu family and the Kobayashi family outside the city was filled with gloom and mist.
In the shelling of the Ming Dynasty fleet that day, it was not the two families who suffered the heaviest losses. The Gutian family suffered the heaviest losses. Even their head was scratched by a stray bullet. Now he is lying on the bed with breath coming out.
In these years of conquests, it was not like they had never seen big scenes. Even in the siege a few days ago, the Maori family's big cannon blasted at them. They originally thought that the soldiers under their command should have seen the use of firearms.
It's awesome. When facing a battle, you won't be panicked anymore. However, those big cannons on the top of Maori's city and the big cannons on the Ming Dynasty's fleet are not the same thing at all!
The Ming Dynasty fleet fired thousands of artillery pieces. The soldiers they mentioned were unlucky enough to die from the cannonballs. However, they were a minority after all. There were no explosive shells in this era. These cannonballs were just solid iron balls.
You have to connect an iron chain between two cannonballs to form a chain bomb or heat the cannonballs red before firing them. In addition to the terrifying sound, how much damage can such a cannonball do? Even if the cannonball falls within five steps of a person, you
If it hadn't blocked the way for the cannonball to bounce up after it hit the ground, it would probably have been a shock.
The problem is, even with this terrifying momentum, their soldiers can't stand it! As mentioned before, the basic combat effectiveness of Fuso and these daimyo's subordinates is supported by samurai, regardless of whether they are low-level samurai or high-level samurai.
In short, samurai are not peasant soldiers who can be recruited with a few rice balls. In Fuso, it is common for fifty people to defeat hundreds or even thousands. Although the opponent claims to come forward, there are only a dozen samurai.
The other peasant soldiers and soldiers basically dispersed as soon as the samurai died. The soldiers under the two men looked lively, but in fact, the real fighting power was only the two or three hundred samurai under them. Once the shells came, although the samurai were
There were casualties, but they could still be contained. However, those soldiers who were called "Ashigaru" were actually a group of peasant soldiers, so they were let go.
During the siege, the three families gathered a crowd of 5,000 people, claiming to be 30,000, but now, even 2,000 people are hanging by a thread. This is why they have no confidence at all in front of Qian Wubing and Qian Wubing's arrogance today. Of course,
If they were given time to slowly return to their closed territory, these dispersed peasants and soldiers might go home before them. When the time comes, they would be recruited again, and it would not be unusual for them to claim 350,000 soldiers.
The two looked at each other with sad faces for a long time. They both knew what each other was thinking, but neither of them wanted to speak first.
"My lord, my lord!" A samurai rushed in from outside and lay down at a distance: "The samurai and soldiers of the Gutian family have left the formation despite our obstruction!"
The two of them couldn't help but let out a breath. Fortunately, the boy from the Furutian family wasn't stupid enough yet. The two of us deliberately delayed for so long, which can be regarded as worthy of the Furutian family.
"Why don't you send someone to chase him!" the two of them yelled in unison, and when the warrior rolled out in a mess, they fell silent again.
"Yagyu-kun, what should we do next?" Kobayashi Konji looked melancholy: "Are we really going to prepare the army and go to war with the Furuta family?"
Yagyu Jingyun shook his head. He really didn't want to fight, but thinking about the ruthless female warriors beside the Ming general and the well-equipped and murderous Ming warriors, he really didn't dare to think about disobeying the Ming general.
consequences later.
"Perhaps, we can delay it for a while!" Listening to the vague groans outside the camp, Yagyu Jingyun said: "The Ming people's big guns have caused great damage to us. We need to replenish our troops and regroup."
Army, this takes time, this reason should be explained by the people of the Ming Dynasty!"
There seemed to be a sparkle in Xiao Lin's eyes: "You mean, when the Ming people leave, no one will care who we fight, whether we fight or not?"
"Mr. Xiaolin!" Yagyu Jingyun pointed outside: "The fleet of the Ming people is extremely huge, with eight armored ships. Do you think the Maori family has such a great reputation that they invited the Ming people to stand up for them? These fleets
How much would it cost to stay anchored on this sea for a day? I don’t think people from the Ming Dynasty would stay in Nagasaki for a long time!”
"You mean, they are passing by?" Kobayashi Konji was happy, but then worried: "But if they leave two armored ships and some warriors here like before, then where should we go?"
"Talking about this!" Yagyu Shizun's expression changed: "Kobayashi-kun, remember, the Furuta family who colluded with the Xiongdao family and pretended to be pirates to lure away the two armored ships was all done by the Furuta family. Our two families didn't know
This is what happened!”
"Of course!" Kobayashi Kinji laughed after hearing Yagyu Shizun's confession: "We were also deceived by the Furuta family!"
"As long as you remember this!" Yagyu Jingyun nodded: "Even if they leave the samurai and armored ships, as long as the large group of people leave, we won't worry anymore. Haven't you seen that Nagasaki is what they have always cared about?
, don’t they have any interest in other cities in Kyushu? Otherwise, if we beat the Maori family too hard this time, I’m afraid they won’t even look at the Maori family. The Maori family only relies on wealth.
You should have known this for a long time, right?”
"What is there in Nagasaki is nothing more than a port, a merchant ship, and the exit from Kyushu!" Yagyu Jingyun chuckled: "These Ming people, do you really think they care about our land and cities in Kyushu?"
"They just want to do business?" Kobayashi Konji came to his senses.
"Yes, in this case, who should we do it with? The Maori family just occupied a good place in Nagasaki, so we have a relationship with them. I have a vague guess in my heart. If we don't use weapons, I'm afraid that Nagasaki Castle will be destroyed."
If the owner changes, as long as it doesn’t affect the Ming people’s ability to do business and make money, I’m afraid they won’t even bother to look at us!”
"Yagyu-kun is really smart!" Kobayashi Konji said sincerely, "The Yagyu family is as strong as it is today. It's definitely not a fluke!"
"Xiao Lin-kun is not bad, but he is focused on the world's major events and has no time to worry about these small details!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Two adults, Miss Maori of the Maori family wants to see you!" The two of them discussed the countermeasures. Just as they were praising each other in their hearts, the samurai who just rolled out rolled in again.
"Mao Lilan?" The image of a woman whispering in the ears of the Ming Dynasty general emerged in their minds: "What is she here for?"
"Is she just a member of the Maori family, or is she with people from the Ming Kingdom?"
"I haven't seen anyone from the Ming Dynasty. Miss Maori's servants are all warriors of the Maori family!"
"I know, please come in!"
Mao Lilan walked into the tent and saw the heads of the Yagyu family and the Xiaolin family sitting there upright, with no intention of getting up to greet them. She stopped at the door and just looked at the two people.
Mao Lilan's identity may not be enough for the two family heads to stand up to greet them, but General Qian's woman's identity is worthy of it, especially when she comes this time to represent Qian Wubing. From this point of view,
Up, she refused to weaken her momentum.
Mao Lilan had no concept of how big an official position the acting commander of the Jinyi Guards was. However, Mu Siniang told her that there were nearly 100,000 warriors under the Jinyiwei alone. She was shocked at the time.
.Even if Fuso is far away in Kyoto, the general cannot have so many samurai under his command. From that moment on, the image of Qian Wubing directly overlaps with the image of the general in Kyoto. Her thoughts are very
Simple, if the general from Kyoto sent an envoy at this moment, would these two guys sit here so calmly and not move?
There was a silence for a while, and finally Xiaolin, who was relatively tactful, stood up: "Miss Maori, Quanzi once had a relationship with you in the past. If Quanzi sees Miss Maori's grace now, he will definitely admire her!"
The warrior behind Mao Lilan looked at Xiao Lin with some disdain: Who are the sons of your Xiao Lin family? How dare you admire our Miss Lan? Don't you know that Miss Lan is the wife of the Ming Dynasty general?
"There is no need for his admiration, we will meet soon!" Mao Lilan was angry when she saw Yagyu Jingyun sitting there and posing with ease. She had planned something good in her heart that took the two people's faces into consideration.
Obedient, I was saved immediately: "I came here under the orders of General Qian, the commander of the Ming Dynasty Jinyi Guards, to bring a request to the Yagyu and Xiaolin families!"
Hearing the request from General Mingguo, Yagyu Shizun could no longer sit still. If he continued to pose like this, it would not be the people of the Maori family who were being scorned, but the envoy of General Mingguo.
He stood up: "Miss Maori, didn't you tell me earlier, please, please come inside and sit and talk!"
"No, I'll leave as soon as I finish!" Mao Lilan felt even more angry when she saw him being arrogant in front and respectful in the back, so I refused to go in.
"General Qian asked me to give you two a message. The Yagyu and Kobayashi families understand the general situation and jointly raise troops to attack the Furuta family. General Qian is very happy. The weather has been pleasant recently. General Qian plans to visit around Nagasaki.
It would be great if the two of you could be accompanied by sons who know your temperament!"
After Mao Lilan finished speaking, he turned around and left without looking at their expressions: "General Qian, time and money are valuable. I hope to see the children of both families within seven days. You can take care of yourself!"
After a long while, the two slowly turned their heads and looked at each other. Not surprisingly, they both saw the same wry smile on the other's face that they had on their own.
"It seems that this kind of dragging out words will not work anymore. This Ming Dynasty general clearly wants our two families to send hostages!"
"No, if it's a hostage, this Mao Lilan won't use the word "sentimental". Is she hinting at something? Moreover, looking at her, she seems to be very unhappy!"
The two looked at each other, and suddenly an idea came to them, and they said in unison: "I understand!"