In the trading port cities of Pattani, Malacca, Johor, Siam, Cambodia, Annam and other places, Chinatowns and Japanese towns usually coexisted at the same time. After the attack on Taiwan spread, Chinese expatriates and immigrants took place in these immigration areas.
The fighting between Japanese expatriates. Officials from Siam, Annan and other countries suddenly discovered that the Chinese who had previously kept to themselves and tolerated the situation had all changed their gender. They became aggressive and brave. They looked for trouble everywhere and clashed with the Japanese expatriates in Japanese towns. Especially the King of Siam.
The Japanese and Chinese troops in the Home Guard even clashed in the military camp. The conflict between the Chinese and the Japanese in Annan State reached the point of using firearms, so that King Annan had to send troops to suppress it. Generally speaking, in China
Under the overall arrangement and command of the company, the Chinese won more often in conflicts throughout Southeast Asia.
In Aceh, Batavia and other Dutch cities, as well as Semarang and other places where the competition between the Chinese Company and the Huatian Company was intense, the Huatian Company used ruthless tactics. It contacted Nihonmachi and the Chinese Company to fight, causing many murders. Even the Netherlands
People and local indigenous kingdoms had to step in to maintain law and order.
In the coastal areas of East and West Borneo (Kalimantan) under the control of the Chinese Company, there are not many Japanese towns and the population is also small. Therefore, during the fierce conflicts between Chinese and Japanese businessmen and civilians that followed, these Japanese towns were basically protected by escorts.
The self-defense militia of the Chinese Company in the background were burned to death. In the Japanese town of Manila in the Luzon garrison, those Japanese immigrants who survived were only protected from the massacre by the Chinese army sent by Zeng Jingshan.
Generally speaking, the Japanese had a bad reputation in Southeast Asia during the Age of Discovery. Japanese pirates often went crazy suddenly and committed cruel acts. The King of Siam once publicly said: Japanese who do not abide by the law are not welcome. In contrast,
In other words, Chinese businessmen and immigrants have a much better reputation in their host countries. Therefore, in the Sino-Japanese conflicts in some places, most of the local indigenous people helped the Chinese to deflect the conflict, and some also used Taipingquan.
The Western powers that were gloating about their misfortune were initially in a mood to sit back and watch the fight between tigers and tigers. But as more details of the Taiwan attack were released, they found that many of their own businessmen, sailors, and expatriates were killed at the hands of the Japanese. Countries in various countries
Their own businessmen began to clamor for revenge internally. The colonial governments of the Netherlands, Portugal, and Britain could not sit still. They had to send people to Taiwan to prepare to go north to Japan with the Chinese company to file a complaint with the Tokugawa shogunate.
Among the second batch of northbound fleet organized by Li Lihua and Lu Shitou, there was a Portuguese merchant ship and two Dutch armed merchant ships. The Western merchants on these three ships went to Hirado and Nagasaki to file complaints with Xu Xinsu, the representative of the Chinese Company.
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Zeng Qi met them and issued an order from Yin Feng: from now on, all foreigners coming to Taiwan will still be able to land and live freely; however, Japanese are excepted. Japanese must undergo inspection and registration before they can obtain permission to land.
The permit period is 5 days. Extensions must be re-registered; and you must live in a designated port inn during the 5-day period; the Japanese town has been abolished. Taiwan Port will no longer accept long-term immigrants from Japan for the time being.
The most troublesome thing for Zeng Qi now is the replacement of the governor of Fujian. Chen Xingxue, the governor of Fujian, was recommended by the guard eunuch Gao Cai. Since he had only been in office for one year, he and Gao Cai made the whole province of Fujian angry and resentful, not only in the coastal ports.
The urban people's riots against the tax supervisors continued. The White Lotus Rebellion also broke out in the mountainous area of Western Fujian. So the gentry and bureaucrats in Fujian province complained to the court. They could not move Gao Cai. But Chen Xingxue was removed from power. The memorial of Nanjing Censor Dao was the key.
He was sent back to his hometown in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province and reduced his position to serve the people.
The newly appointed governor of Fujian is Chen Zizhen, a native of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Wanli Gengchen Jinshi. This new governor has been in office for more than a month. The new official took office with three goals. In the name of inspecting the scene of Taiwan being attacked by Japanese pirates, Xingquan troops were dispatched. Deputy envoy Beidao came to Taiwan.
No one can say for sure what the governor is planning. Xingquan Bingbei Road nominally has the power to supervise the border military affairs of the Taiwan Inspection Department belonging to Quanzhou Prefecture. If the new governor Chen Zizhen wants to take advantage of Yin Feng's main force to go north, he will attack Taiwan’s idea. Then Taiwan Port must immediately enter a state of alert.
After the board of directors held a meeting to discuss, Li Lihua, Lu Shitou, the Han family and others all believed that nip should be taken before it happened. Therefore, the deputy commander of the Chinese Army, Mai De, who stayed in Taiwan, issued a level 2 alert order.
The Li Xingbu of the Third Regiment is fully stationed in the Taiwan Port area. It is stationed in the city, port terminals and Anping Port on the south coast. The newly built Flying Eagle has returned to Taiwan Port to serve as a patrol. The Flying Wolf originally built in Cavite, Manila was planned to become It is the first giant ship of the Chinese army to carry more than 100 guns. However, because the original keel of the Flying Wolf has been laid, the skeleton constructed for the original Karak-type sailing ship cannot be changed into a Galen-type ship. Chinese and foreign shipbuilders After several twists and turns, I was forced to give up the Hundred Artillery Plan.
The "Flying Eagle" built by Taiwan's Singgang Shipyard became the first giant ship of the Chinese navy to carry more than 100 cannons. The "Flying Eagle" was originally designed to have 60 cannons. In the final stage of construction It was expanded to carry 100 cannons. Zeng Qi saw this giant ship like a moving maritime city with his own eyes at the launching ceremony of the Flying Eagle. Therefore, it was he who suggested to Yin Feng to keep this giant ship to defend Taiwan Port. .
At this moment, Yin Feng was looking at the Kaimondake volcano off the coast of Nagasakibana at the southernmost tip of the Satsuma Peninsula.
His ship Flying Tiger led the detachment of ten large three-masted ships and thirty two-masted ships. After leaving the coast of Ryukyu Urasoe Castle, they no longer struggled with the sporadic Shimazu troops. With the help of the strong southeastern force, The wind moved northward, leaving behind Tokunoshima and Amami Oshima. It came directly to the entrance of Kagoshima Bay, the southernmost tip of the Satsuma Peninsula.
After the two giant ships of the second echelon cleared all the ships along the coast of Nakijin Castle, they were commanded by Mai Dai. They led the large group of people and expected to arrive at the entrance of Kagoshima Bay one day later.
It was a hot morning. There was a weak northeasterly wind blowing on the sea, which was very unfavorable to the actions of Yin Feng's fleet.
Kaimondake, which is 922 meters above sea level, is also famous in Japan for the name Satsuma Fuji. It is the symbol of the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula. Kaimondake is located in the southwest corner of the Satsuma Peninsula. Because there are no other high mountains around, it can be seen from any location. Its independent and majestic appearance. It is said that on the top of the mountain, you can overlook Sata Cape to the east. If it is a clear day, you can also overlook Tanegashima, Yakushima and the smoky Iwo Jima.
Tanegashima is the southern outpost of the Shimadzu Army.
The person guarding Tanegashima is Tanegashima Nagahiro, the Shimazu family tree official. He, like Shimazu Tadashi, the former head of the Shimazu family, and Shimazu Yoshihiro, the previous head of the family who has retired, never imagined that there would be enemies from the south. The nightmare of the Mongol army in the Yuan Dynasty was a legend hundreds of years ago. In the overall planning of the Ryukyu campaign, all the samurai of the Shimadzu family never thought that the enemy would counterattack Satsuma from the southern sea. The territory of the feudal lord.
Three nights ago, Yin Feng's army, led by several Chinese businessmen who were familiar with sea routes and Portuguese missionary Lu Ruohan, raided Tanegashima and annihilated hundreds of samurai on Tanegashima. The owner of the island, Nagayu Tanegashima, was in his sleep. He woke up with a start. Before he could figure out where the enemy came from and who they were, Li Kuiqi's cannon had destroyed the gate of his city. He had to set fire to himself in the backyard.
When the Flying Tiger arrived at the southernmost tip of the Satsuma Peninsula, off the coast of Nagasaki, no one in the Satsuma Domain knew that the Chinese had arrived at their doorstep.
Yin Feng saw that the wind was weak and the fleet could not speed up. He ordered the twenty bird warships still equipped with oars to attack first. They bypassed Nagasaki and went straight to Yamakawa Port in the northeast. Yamakawa Port was the foreign trade center of Satsuma Domain. The port is also the main base of the Satsuma Shimazu navy. Just over three months ago, on March 24, the 37th year of Wanli (1609 AD, the 14th year of the Kechō year in Japan), the Shimazu army set off to Ryukyu. The main force of the army set out from Shanchuan Port.
Just outside Yamakawa Port is the sea at the southern end of Kagoshima Bay. Yin Feng's order was issued in a timely manner. Yamada Masaru, the Satsuma local civil affairs official in the Minami Kyushu region, happened to be wandering near Nagasakibana completely by chance. It happened that this morning an unidentified large fleet was discovered on the southern sea.
He took only one entourage and ran desperately towards Shanchuan Port. Unfortunately, the mountain road was rugged. When he arrived at Shanchuan Port, he happened to see the flames and gunpowder smoke rising from the direction of the port.
The ships of the Shimadzu Army and Navy, which were caught off guard, were all anchored in Yamakawa Port. Except for the ships that went out to Ryukyu, all the remaining ships of the Shimadzu Army and Navy were here.
This batch of bird ships were used as fire ships. They quickly formed a moving wall of fire at Yamakawa Port and crashed straight into the Shimadzu army and navy.
In just one morning, all the remaining 60 warships of the Shimadzu Army and Navy were destroyed. Yamakawa Port was occupied by sudden attackers.
Chiran Town, northwest of Ibusuki near Yamakawa Port, is the residence of the Shimadzu samurai. Yamada Masaru saw the destruction of Yamakawa Port. He hurriedly arrived at Chiran Town and summoned more than 300 Shimadzu samurai before the sun set in the afternoon. A counterattack was launched against the residence of Shanchuan Port.
The Satsuma people were called Satsuma Hayabusa by the Japanese during the Warring States Period. The British called them the "Japanese Spartans" because the Satsuma people were brave, aggressive, and disciplined. They respected the strong, advocated force, and looked down upon cowardice and cowardice. .Assume the disease is feces.
However, on the other hand, they also have the tendency to be easily excited and too reckless. Yamada Masaru did not scout out the enemy's situation in advance and recklessly led 300 samurai to attack Yamakawa Port. "This must be the work of Ryukyu pirates or ronin. We Just rush over and deal with them." Yamada Masato waved his long sword first and rushed towards the port along the road. These Shimazu samurai are mainly veterans who once directly belonged to Shimazu Yoshihiro. They cannot tolerate any opponents in their eyes. He followed Yamada Masaru and rushed over without thinking.
At this time, Yin Feng's main force was entering Shanchuan Port one after another under the leadership of Mai Dahai. 2,000 warriors from the Cyclonus Regiment and 500 indigenous auxiliary troops had already landed. Yan Siqi's Boy Scouts were in the process of landing.
At this time, 300 Shimazu samurai brandished Japanese swords and broke into a tight firepower network consisting of a total of 80 cannons from the three Hiji ships in the port and 2,000 Chinese fusiliers.