Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 813
Matsupan Jiro's words dispelled the doubts in the hearts of most people present.

It is well known that the Zheng family has a close relationship with the Hirado clan. Tianchuan Yuhuang is Zheng Zhilong's father-in-law in name, and after Zheng Zhilong became prosperous, the Hirado clan followed suit.

However, most people think that it is the Zheng family, not the Ming court, who are behind the Hirado clan's downfall this time. Perhaps the shogunate offended Zheng Yiguan in the handling of a certain matter, so the Zheng family has The idea of ​​using the hands of others to deal with the shogunate.

"Mr. Songpan, if the Ming Dynasty supports the fall of the curtain, what is their purpose? What measures are there to prove it? What role does His Excellency Zheng Yiguan play in it? If the fall of the curtain succeeds, what will we get? If it fails?"

The Patriarch of the Todo Clan, Fujido Torago, asked. This series of questions also aroused the resonance of other people, and everyone's eyes were once again focused on Matsupan Jiro.

"You don't have to worry too much, the reason why the Ming Kingdom supports us to collapse is because we value our goodwill with the Ming Kingdom."

Matsupan Jiro briefly described the fact that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty promulgated the vassal state regulations, but did not receive any response from the shogunate. Only then did everyone present understand that the shogunate had offended the Emperor Ming on this matter. The soldiers came to attack Japan, but they could use other means to get rid of the bad breath.

"The purpose of the Ming Dynasty is to overthrow the secluded shogunate, support a regime that is friendly to it, and build a common prosperity circle of Chinese civilization. If we succeed in overthrowing the curtain, then the whole of Japan will benefit from it, and the lords and families here are naturally honored. Plus, do I need to say more about the benefits?
As for failure, that is impossible!With such a strong backing as the Ming Kingdom, we will never fail!
You just need to think about how sweet the fruit of victory is!Why not do such a good thing?
His Excellency Zheng Zhilong, Marquis of Jinghai, is already the favored minister of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. The Zheng family is mainly responsible for liaising with them, and timely reporting the progress of the situation to the high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty, so that they can give us the necessary assistance at critical moments.

In order to boost the morale of the gentlemen, I have decided that the Hirado clan will provide you with military support. Each family will receive [-] iron cannons, [-] rounds of pellets, [-] pieces of armor, [-] shields, and [-] spears. , what do you guys think? "

Matsupan Jiro was ambiguous about the aid measures proposed by Fujido Toraka, and instead directly threw out the pie of the Hirado Clan. , and turned to ignore the matter of Daming's assistance.

Matsupan Jiro and several of his retainers had already discussed that since they had the excellent equipment aided by Ming Dynasty, if they did not provide some real materials to others, then even if this small coalition was established, it would be like a mess. To succeed, the Hirado clan must have the bearing to be a leader, which will be more conducive to the Hirado clan giving orders.

There are less than 400 samurai in the Matsupan clan, including 450 iron gunners. Because of the [-] fire guns aided by Ming Dynasty, Matsupan Jiro decided to expand the iron gun team by adding [-] iron gunners. [-] large fire guns were left behind, and the remaining [-] were given to the Ikeda family who had the closest relationship, and the iron cannons that were removed were given to other daimyos.

The same goes for other equipment.

Except for the powerful firecrackers, the other ordnance presented by Daming this time is not a bit stronger than the daily equipment of the Hirado warriors.

The long spears more than one foot long are made of high-quality white wax rods, and the heads of the spears are all made of spot steel, which are specially designed to break armor. The front of the gun head is like paper paste, and it will penetrate once you pierce it.

However, the Japanese spears used by the samurai did not pose any threat to the Daming Zhajia, and they could not penetrate at all. This made the Japanese samurai extremely happy.

Because the shogunate army who will fight against them in the future will use the same long spears as they are using now. As long as they wear Daming armor, it means that the survival rate on the battlefield will be greatly improved. Who doesn't like this kind of baby?
It's just a pity that the Ming armor was too big, and most of the Japanese samurai with an average height of more than 1.5 meters could not wear it. Matsupan Jiro ordered the selection of the tallest samurai to wear the armor, and finally only selected less than There were 200 people. In the end, Tianchuan Yuhuang came up with an idea. He proposed to modify the rest of the armor, and strive to allow more samurai of the Hirado Domain to wear armor as soon as possible.

In the comparison of bows and arrows, the standard step bow used by the Ming Dynasty has an absolute advantage compared with the short-tipped bow used by Japanese samurai, but this kind of step bow that is nearly one stone requires a strong archer to draw. After the final selection, the Hirado Domain There are only about [-] archers who can pull this kind of longbow, and Matsupan Jiro will also take out the remaining one hundred or so bows this time, and distribute them to various daimyos, which can also earn a favor.

The arrows used in the step bows used by the Ming Dynasty are all three-edged long arrows, and the pointed steel arrowheads are very effective in piercing armor. After checking these ordnance one by one, the confidence of the Hirado clan has greatly increased.

With so many sharp weapons in hand, it would be a great humiliation if he was as frustrated as before.

The Japanese, who advocate the spirit of bushido, place great importance on reputation. In order to maintain this honor, many samurai did not hesitate to sacrifice their lives.

"When the princes leave the Hirado Domain, I will arrange manpower and vehicles to secretly send the weapons to the princes' domain, but before the incident, I hope that the princes will strictly keep the secrets and don't disclose them to outsiders!"

This is also the meaning of the question, and everyone nodded in response.

"Jiro, how do you plan to do something? This matter is no small matter. Once you move forward, there is no way out. You must plan carefully!"

Ikeda Teruma, who has always been cautious, reminded again.

"Ki Masa-kun, don't worry, this action will start from Kyushu, and I, the Hirado Domain, will take the lead in the uprising. The target is Kyushu Island's few relatives and genealogy daimyos!

Mr. Tian Chuan, please explain it to everyone! "

After Matsupan Jiro smiled and responded to Ikeda Teruma, he ordered Tagawa Yuhuang to come forward and explain the strategy of Hirado's downfall to everyone.

In this plan, the Hirado clan will take the lead in launching an attack, beheading the resident patrol envoys, eye pay and entourage, while the daimyo who attended the meeting today will stand still.

After the news spreads, the shogunate will definitely send Kyushu's pro-fans and genealogy daimyos to form a coalition army to suppress it. When the time comes when the rear of the pro-vassals and genera daimyos who formed the coalition army is empty, the daimyos who participated in the uprising will send troops immediately Raiding its lair, and quickly spreading the news to the fighting front, the coalition forces who heard the news would definitely be in a panic. The Hirado clan samurai, who had an absolute advantage in equipment, only needed a fierce attack, and victory was within easy reach.

"Matsupan-kun, is the Hirado domain sure to be undefeated against the Allied forces?"

(End of this chapter)