Due to his own negligence, the Sea Spirit was severely damaged. Mai Dahai blushed and lowered his head in shame: "This, this, the Sea Spirit arrived at the port the night before yesterday. Our patrol fleet was damaged due to scraping on the sea. The wind was strong, so there was no guard outside the port, allowing the enemy to sneak in,"
"Then the coast guard post is not deployed. Why can the enemy's broken ships sneak into the mountains and rivers in the wind and waves? Underestimating the enemy, underestimating the enemy. You think that the Japanese pirates have no warships that can compete with us, so you underestimate the enemy," Yin Feng said to Haihun The damage to the "Sea Spirit" was very heartbreaking; this quasi-clipper ship was his hard work, and it cost countless money and labor. In fact, due to the high quality requirements, the "Sea Spirit" was reworked several times. Because of this kind of The construction quality of the flying shear ship was uncertain. After the completion of the Sea Spirit, Yin Feng never started construction of the second quasi-flying shear ship.
Yin Feng calmed down for a moment and felt that his attitude was a bit rude. He shook his head and sighed: "Okay, that's it. When you go back, you will report the details to Zeng Rui to supervise the military department, and who are the enemies who came to attack. ,"
"According to the results of our Japanese general's interrogation, they are part of the Murakami navy,"
"What, where did the Murakami Navy come from?" Yin Feng was startled: "Murakami Navy, is there still Murakami Navy? The Japanese pirate navy has been disintegrated. Didn't Murakami's gang have become Mori Terumoto? Are they his subordinates? Could it be that reinforcements from other daimyo have come to support the Shimazu family?"
Yin Feng turned his attention to Luo Aquan, and Luo Aquan, who was in charge of battlefield reconnaissance, immediately replied: "No big names in Kyushu have made any movement. Our people have not found any Japanese pirate troops dispatched in northern Kyushu."
"Okay, Aquan, quickly send out all your brothers from the special battalion, closely monitor every move of the Kitakyushu daimyo, bring along those locals who are willing to cooperate with us, and pay attention to safety,"
Yin Feng turned back and looked at the uneasy naval officers. He smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "Most of you are brothers who have been following me since Yazhou. I have led you to fight so many victorious battles. I have also experienced the escape under the city of Manila, and I don’t want to say anything more. I am also responsible for Mai Dahai’s negligence. I have always emphasized that our navy is invincible on the Japanese sea, but we have all forgotten how cunning the Japanese pirates are. , what are you going to do,"
Mai Dahai thought for a while and said: "The result of our interrogation is that the attacker is a partner of the Shimanzi family navy of Satsuma Domain. They are all pirates who travel between our country and the Japanese country. Their base is in Changzhou. It is said that they are in In the west of Honshu Island, if we dispatch the main force of the navy to destroy their base, we will definitely be able to frighten the enemy,"
Yin Feng's mind was shocked: "Changzhou, Changzhou Fan,"
During the Meiji Restoration, the "Sachō Alliance" that opposed the rule of the shogunate was well-known in the era before Yin Feng crossed over. The largest pirate king in history in Japan, the Murakami Navy, disintegrated after Toyotomi Hideyoshi promulgated the "Pirate Prohibition Order". Most of them defected to Kobayakawa Takakage. As the captain of the Mouri clan, Motoki Motoki was deprived of his fiefdom after the Battle of Sekigahara and was transferred to a remote place called Hagi in Choshu. The leader of the Murakami navy, Takechi Murakami, , Jingqin was awarded the salary of Zhoufang Oshima County and moved there.
These naval forces and Japanese pirates from Kyushu Satsuma and other places have frequently attacked the coastal areas of mainland China for more than a hundred years. Now due to the reduction of Maori Yuanhui fiefdoms and the reduction of harvests, the people of Changshu have less land and lack of strength, so the Maori clan has to After reducing the number of retainers and many of the people under his command, the Murakami navy lost the financial support of their master's family, so they had to return to their old line of work and wanted to do some capital-free business on the coast of mainland China to improve their lives.
Several of the sailors captured by the Chinese army knew a little bit of Chinese and were "real Japanese" who had been to the coasts of Fujian and Guangdong. With the help of the agents of the Ministry of Military Intelligence (these agents had been trained by Lin Xiao's yamen team leader), they were able to He is very good at this kind of torture method), Mai Dahai and others figured out the ins and outs of this group of people.
It turns out that it was purely a coincidence that the Murakami Navy and the Satsuma Navy were mixed together. When the Chinese army occupied Yamakawa Port that day, several Satsuma Navy ships cruising on the east coast of Kagoshima Bay sneaked away. They were in the sea east of the Oi Peninsula. Encountering a group of Murakami sailors, the Satsuma people persuaded the Murakami sailors to come together to attack Yamamura Port. Unfortunately, the Japanese pirates' armored ships and scout ships lacked firearms, so they relied on manpower to fight in gangs. The consequences of seizing the ship and conducting a sneak attack can be imagined.
Yin Feng asked: "Are these people originally planning to go to the coast of our Ming Dynasty? Very good. We have left behind a few sailors and needle masters who know how to sail. They are familiar with various sea routes in Japan and will be retained to guide us in the future. Just deal with the rest as you like, by the way, what news did the Sea Spirit bring?"
"The army led by Ji Zai of Ryukyu Island fought successfully and has basically recovered the southern part of Ryukyu Island. The Japanese pirate leader Kawasama Hisaka took the captured Ryukyu Kingdom Lord Shoning King and others to retreat to Nakijin Castle in the north and built a mountain castle. , seems to be planning to fight for a long time, and the second batch of fleet has arrived at Ryukyu Naha Port and will arrive here soon. Several Western ships are coming with them, saying they are going to Nagasaki to file a complaint..." Mai Dahai said calmly As he said that, he was the leader of the group of Danmin sailors who were most loyal to Yin Feng in the navy, so he was still regretting his mistakes: "Shipowner, the actions against the Changshu Domain..."
Yin Feng patted him on the shoulder, shook his head and said: "Don't be anxious. The action to attack the Changshu clan will depend on the situation. We will wait until the action of Nagasaki's complaint begins..."
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Ten days later, with the help of strong southerly winds, the second fleet arrived at Yamakawa Port on the Satsuma Peninsula. Hundreds of ships of various types entered the port in a mighty manner. For a time, Yamakawa Port could not accommodate so many ships, so half of them had to be divided. The ship continued north and anchored at Kagoshima Port.
This time the fleet mainly transported logistical supplies, a large amount of food and ammunition, and also transported dozens of heavily armored knights from the cavalry regiment. The cheering Chinese army officers and soldiers drove a large number of local Japanese laborers to the port to seize the time to unload the goods. .
These days, the Chinese army has swept through the entire Satsuma Peninsula, consolidated its military rule on the peninsula, and established a series of defensive positions in the northern part of the Satsuma Peninsula. The elimination of the characters in various parts of Satsuma was mainly carried out by Mai De's second regiment and Taiwanese indigenous soldiers. Mad's legions have been stationed throughout Taiwan for many years, quelling Taiwanese indigenous rebellions and harassment. They are familiar with the battle to quell the situation in Satsuma. Moreover, during the Warring States Period, Japan implemented a complete separation of soldiers and peasants. The peasants only farmed the land to support their families and had no right to participate in politics. The samurai class had the power of life and death over them. In this era, there were constant wars. The peasants had long been used to having their masters come and go like a revolving door, and Japan was not affected by it at the moment. Because of the influence of nationalism, as long as the Chinese army kills the samurai leader in a certain area, the ordinary people will express their submission very obediently. The Japanese people will express their obedience to all the actions of the Chinese army. It can be said that they are completely obedient. The Chinese army generals below De Yin Feng were too embarrassed to bully them.
At first, Mai De personally led a team to capture the castle where the Shimazu samurai lived, but soon discovered that once the leading samurai were killed, the average Japanese soldiers and people would immediately show good obedience. Compared to Mai De The "people's war" scenes encountered in Taiwan, in which all residents of indigenous villages and communities joined the army, were much easier for the people of the Satsuma Peninsula to deal with.
So Luo Aquan and his sharpshooters were invited to carry out what Yin Feng called a "beheading operation."
Generally, the situation is like this: hundreds of people from the Chinese army surround a small samurai family's estate, launch some feint attacks, and then let the prisoners or general officers call out the samurai master of the family, and then Luo Aquan's The sharpshooters can deal with it; or they can find out where the leader is in the melee, and then let the sharpshooters solve the problem. Generally, as long as the leader is finished, the resistance in this place will end; sometimes the farmers who surrendered to the Chinese army will be asked to lead the way and conduct a sneak attack. In the hiding places of the warriors, first get rid of the warrior leaders, and the remaining people will scatter like birds and beasts.
In Kajiki Castle in Osumi Shira County, several generations of the heads of the Shimazu family looked sad and anxious all day long. The messengers sent to various daimyo and the Tokugawa shogunate for help had been out for twenty days, but except for the daimyo in northern Kyushu, there was no response. In addition, the shogunate showed no attitude when they went there. Nobuoka Castle, Takahashi and the fertile Ito family even tended to take advantage of the fire to rob them. Only the Kato family of the Kumamoto clan sent an envoy to clearly report that they would send troops to assist. It was obvious that everyone They are all waiting for the shogunate's reaction.
These days, people such as wandering monks, monkey musicians and vendors are heading to Kagoshima Castle in Satsuma Domain. These people are actually ninjas and spies sent by various Ming Dynasties to find out the news.
The names of the Chinese Army and the Taiwanese Maritime Merchants have spread throughout Kyushu. The Satsuma Shimazu Army, known as the strongest infantry in Japan, killed more than 2,000 people in just one battle. The elite Satsuma Samurai Corps suffered most of their casualties. Such a record is This never happened during Toyotomi Hideyoshi's "Kyushu Conquest".
How powerful was the China United Company that could defeat the Samurai warriors so badly? This was a question that all the daimyo and samurai were racking their brains in astonishment.
At this moment, another major event shocked the Tokugawa shogunate and all the great names in Japan.
The Nagasaki governor received a petition jointly submitted to the Tokugawa shogunate by businessmen from the Ming Dynasty of China, the Dutch East India Company, Portugal, Britain, Siam and other countries; he sued the Shimazu family of Satsuma and the Date family of Sendai for massacring businessmen from various countries in Taiwan and burning them to the ground for no reason. Countless goods are shipped to Japan from various countries.
At this stage, the Tokugawa shogunate has not yet completely controlled all of Japan, and the Toyotomi family in Osaka Castle is still preparing to make a move; Tokugawa Ieyasu needs overseas commodity trade to provide him with funds, and foreigners need to sell cannons to him. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu is now It is absolutely impossible to cut off contacts with overseas countries. Moreover, the matter also involves Ming Dynasty maritime merchants. This matter might lead to political conflict between Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Ming Dynasty, although Tokugawa Ieyasu did not think that the Ming Dynasty emperor would Stand up for businessmen and fishermen, but there is no doubt that the Taiwan incident will affect the enthusiasm of Chinese businessmen to trade in Japan.