Ming Zuo

Chapter 1070 Fiery Fire
In Europe in the Age of Discovery, medieval elements still dominate.

Religious issues are above all else and affect the decision-making of various countries and peoples.

In the original history, the Dutch chose to help the Tokugawa shogunate and dispatched gunboats to deal with the uprising Catholics.

It can be said that the Dutch played a rather disgraceful role in the failure of the Shimabara Uprising.

But in the original history, the Dutch had no other choice.

As a relatively closed country, Japan has weak geography with surrounding areas.Even if you want to exert influence, there are not many ways and means.

In order to maintain trade and interests in Japan, the Dutch could only comply with the requirements of the Tokugawa shogunate.

But in this life, everything is different.

Xia Guo is here!

And decided to strongly intervene in the Shimabara Uprising.

Xia Guo's goal was very clear from the very beginning.

That is the whole of Japan.

Xia Guo absolutely does not allow threats on the first island chain, and absolutely does not allow any forces to prevent the Chinese nation from going to the stars and the sea.

The navy that defeated the Satsuma clan before was tantamount to stretching out its hands and feet to Japan.

But these are not enough.

The interior of Dongying is still very strong, and it is not at the point where Xia Guo can pick the fruit.

Now that the Shimabara Uprising broke out, Xia Guo saw new opportunities.

This uprising was not only a just battle for the people of Kyushu to resist the oppression of feudal lords, but also a god-sent opportunity to weaken the national power of Dongying.

After learning from Skrtel that Sakaki's original job was to deal with Han merchants who transported and sold religious supplies, Shen Tingyang paid more attention.

He asked Guo Zheng to investigate and quickly discovered that Kyushu was about to erupt like a volcano.

Shen Tingyang quickly conveyed the situation here to Jeju Island.

On Jeju Island, there is the hub of the Xia State Intelligence Department.

In view of the urgency of the situation and the opportunity not to be missed, the Ministry of Intelligence issued instructions to Shen Tingyang before it even had time to report to the country.

Let him take immediate action to make the Shimabara uprising as big as possible.

Shen Tingyang was authorized, and quickly contacted Busan to ask for all the flintlock guns and bronze artillery.

Considering the war situation in North Korea, Xia Guo built the North Korean army and distributed a large number of flintlock guns and bronze artillery.

Now that the North Korean army has been cancelled, it has been completely incorporated into the Xia army system, and its weapons and equipment have also been fully upgraded.

The military doesn't know what to do with these obsolete flintlock guns and bronze cannons.

It is really good to be able to continue to shine and glow now.

In addition to preparing weapons urgently, Shen Tingyang also asked the military to dispatch capable officers.

The peasants of Shimabara did not have much military knowledge, and they could only be regarded as mobs when fighting.To produce greater destructive power, they must be trained to a certain extent.

What's more, Shen Tingyang must reach an agreement with Scott.

Let the Dutch understand what this chaos means.

"The weaker the Tokugawa shogunate, the greater our hope of exerting influence on Japan. I believe that the East India Company is also willing to see a fully open Japan, do you think so?"

Skrtel had come out of shock.

Since he is a representative of the East India Company, he is naturally an experienced businessman.

And when it comes to benefits, no one knows better than a businessman.

What Protestants, Catholics, what pagans...

Compared with the benefits, what is it?
Once the Japanese market is fully opened, Scott can't understand what it means to the East India Company.

He is very sure that once this goal can be achieved, perhaps in the near future, he will be the governor of the East India Company in Batavia.

Skrtel, who had figured it out thoroughly, unleashed his full potential.

He even took the initiative to send a Dutch merchant ship to help Shen Tingyang deliver weapons.

Ever since Satsuma's navy was defeated by Xia's navy, Dongpu's sea power has become extremely weak.

Almost everyone who walks in this sea area can feel that the environment is much more relaxed than before.

But if you want to avoid the Japanese search and successfully deliver the weapon to Amakusa Tokisada, the Dutch Galen ship is better.

On the vast sea, even if they were discovered by the Dongpu people, they would not be able to catch up.

This way, there is no risk of exposure.

At this time, Amakusa Tokisada had returned to Amakusa Island.

His return immediately gave everyone a backbone.

After understanding the situation in detail, Amakusa Tokisada immediately made arrangements.

"Youemon, go to Shimabara immediately and contact the church members who are in trouble. Only when we unite can we fight against the evil feudal lord."

One of his subordinates left immediately, crossed the strait by boat, and got in touch with the Shimabara uprising people who were at a loss.

Finally got the news of Amakusa Tokisada, which completely rejoiced the people of Shimabara.

On Amakusa Island, Amakusa Tokisada quickly mobilized everyone.

After wiping out the vassal officials on Amakusa Island, Tianzaoshi Zhenming collected all the ships.Taking advantage of the darkness, he crossed the strait to support Shimabara's operations.

After learning that the villagers in Kotsu Village and Arima Village had rioted, Matsukura Katsuya didn't take it seriously.

In his opinion, these unarmed, cowardly and cowardly lambs will not threaten his rule at all.

He hastily sent soldiers to suppress it.

The Shimabara rebels formed a formation outside the village entrance of Arima Village to meet the attacking feudal soldiers.

The leading generals of the Tang Jin Fan were particularly underestimating the enemy. Seeing that the rebels had only farm tools in their hands, and could not even see a pair of armor, they immediately swung their entire army, planning to have a happy massacre.

However, the Shimahara Rebels were united in the same hatred, and they blocked the attack of the vassal soldiers.

When the battle was stalemate, Amakusa's rebel army led by Amakusa Tokisada suddenly rushed out from behind.

Fan soldiers were flanked by front and back, and immediately fell into chaos and collapsed on the spot.

Amakusa Tokisada wielded a saber, her tall figure was particularly eye-catching.

His bravery gave the rebels unparalleled confidence.

The two rebels joined forces in one place, and defeated the Fan soldiers.

Amakusa Tokisada took the lead and led the rebel army to pursue Shimabara Castle.

Only then did Matsukura Katsuya realize that the matter was serious, and while organizing troops to defend, he hurriedly sent a message to the shogunate for help.

Although in the field battle, the rebel army easily defeated the fan soldiers.

But facing the fortified Shimabara Castle now, the rebel army attacked several times in succession, but apart from heavy casualties, they did not make any progress.

Looking at the flag still flying on Shimabara Castle, Amakusa Tokisada's eyes turned red.

At this moment, he finally understood the importance of weapons.

"The Tokugawa shogunate will definitely not sit back and watch you make trouble. The endless army will definitely come one after another. Without weapons, you can't last long."

On the Dutch merchant ship off the coast of Shimabara, Shen Tingyang demonstrated the power of flintlock guns and bronze artillery for Amakusa Tokisada.

Amakusa Tokisada and the samurai looked at the shattered target hundreds of meters away, and their hearts beat uncontrollably.

With these weapons, Shimabara Castle will no longer be an obstacle in front of them.

The situation is better than people.

Amakusa Tokisada, who thoroughly recognized the reality, signed an agreement with Shen Tingyang and formally accepted Xia Guo's funding.

Then two thousand flintlock guns, fifty bronze cannons, and twenty Xia army instructors were transferred to the small boat.Taking advantage of the twilight sky in the east, I returned to Shimabara Castle.

(End of this chapter)