Rule over Ming Dynasty

"I'm here, rush in and kill them all!" Masachika Otomo said confidently when he heard the footsteps of his retainers who had arrived outside the courtyard gate.

Although this elite team possesses the feared fire blunderbuss, the shortcoming of the fire blunderbuss is obvious, that is, it needs to ignite the fire line to produce a shot.

The dark clouds had dispersed, and the mercury-like moonlight fell in the courtyard, and time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

When Shuisheng pulled the trigger, the mechanical operation inside the short-fire gun started.

As the hammer fell, a dazzling spark was produced between the flint and the steel. This small mechanical ignition breaks the limitation of traditional firecrackers being ignited by an open flame, thereby achieving absolute innovation in technology.

This small spark is like the light of technology.

call!

When the sparks shot out, they quickly ignited the gunpowder filled in the firearm, causing a deafening bang.

boom!

The short-fire gun showed its fangs at this moment, and a stream of smoke spurted out from the muzzle, and a lead bullet shot at Otomo Masachika at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.

No...absolutely impossible!

When Otomo Masachika heard the sound of the gunfire, he saw a lead bullet rapidly enlarging in the pupil of his eye, and it had already reached the center of his eyebrows while he was breathing.

At this moment, doubts, surprise, fear and other emotions came to my mind.

puff!

Otomo Masachika really hoped that everything was just a dream, that the lead bullets in front of him would stop, but he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, and his whole body was tilted back by inertia.

He didn't understand why the short-fire gun didn't need to be ignited, and he also understood why the short-fire gun had such power, and he didn't understand how he could die here in a daze.

At this moment, he suddenly regretted in his heart. If he had known that the Ming Dynasty was so unpredictable, he should not have allowed his son to become an enemy of the Ming Dynasty.

Homeowner?

The old head of the family?

Otomo's retainers rushed to the gate of the courtyard with their men and couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the bodies of Otomo Giyou and his son lying in a pool of blood.

Both their family head, Otomo Giyou, and their old family head, Otomo Masaichika, have now fallen into a pool of blood, turning into two cold corpses.

Shuisheng was very satisfied with his shooting accuracy. While putting down the short fire gun in his hand, he also turned to look at the few retainers who had already arrived.

boom! boom! boom!

This well-trained elite team each held a short-fire gun. As they raised the short-fire gun and aimed it, the crisp sound of the gun sounded again.

puff!puff!puff!

Japanese retainers were not in the habit of wearing armor. A few of them had just rushed over from their sleep, and they were unable to stop the lead bullets fired at them.

Lead bullets hit the flesh and blood bodies one after another, and blood flowers bloomed on their bodies immediately, and streaks of blood dyed the floor in front of the courtyard gate red.

The retainers who had just arrived had no time to grieve for the death of their two family heads, but death came to them, and they fell into a pool of blood one after another.

Tonight at the Otomo family's mansion is destined to be a night filled with the smell of blood.

"Let's retreat!"

Shuisheng led the elite team out of the courtyard and did not choose to stay here.

Under the leadership of Zhao Jia, this elite team responsible for beheading quickly left the scene according to the evacuation route, and then disappeared into the vast night.

This beheading operation ends here.

Early the next morning, a fleet slowly sailed into Beppu Bay.

Masachika Otomo was indeed a head of the family with considerable leadership ability. He was already aware of Ming Dynasty's plan when he was assassinated by Ming Dynasty's elite team.

The reason why this beheading operation was taken was naturally not just to get rid of Otomo Masachika and Otomo Giyou, but the ultimate goal of Ming Dynasty was to annex the territory of the Otomo family.

Compared with the Ouchi family, the location of the Ouchi family is more superior, and it is located in the central and eastern part of Kyushu Island, which is more conducive to Ming's establishment of a base.

The morning sun was rising, and the golden sunlight shone on the ancient city wall. The originally peaceful castle was now shrouded in a chilling atmosphere.

"Our family leader just died, and the Ming army came?"

"Who is the new head of the family? He... can he lead us to resist the Ming army?"

"Can anyone tell me what happened? How come so many things happened in one night?"

……

Fu Nei City is a square earth city, and many people live here. However, they suddenly received so many messages, causing the scene to become very chaotic.

If the assassination of the head of the family is still acceptable, after all, Japan is now full of strife and encountering various accidents is quite normal. It just made them confused as to why the Ming army appeared and why they wanted to attack their inner city.

"Maybe this matter has something to do with those Ming merchants?"

"How do you say this? Those Ming businessmen look so handsome!"

"I heard that those female weavers were all deceived, so everyone in the Ming Dynasty called for war!"

……

However, some well-informed people quickly thought of the group of female weavers in the Jiangnan weaving factory outside the city, but pointed the finger at Zheng Jie and other members of the Jiangnan firm.

"Didn't you say we were attacking Ouchi's house? Why did you come to Ouchi's house? Damn it!" Zheng Jie had already settled in Fu Nei City. When he heard the news that Ming Dynasty was attacking Fu Nei City, he got up in surprise and said angrily.

The reason why he was so angry was that on the one hand, Ming Dynasty did not follow the routine, on the other hand, his Jiangnan Weaving Factory was located outside the city. More importantly, his smug lobbying yesterday actually assisted the Ming Dynasty army.

Now that the Ouchi family has sent out five thousand elites, this small earth city cannot be defended at all, and he may really become a prisoner of the Ming Dynasty.

But before Zheng Jie could walk out of the room, the door was kicked open by Otomo's retainer Tahara Chizhi.

Amidst the screams of the bare-butt Japanese woman next to him, Zheng Jie, a tall and thin young man who looked like a chicken, was carried out by a Japanese samurai.

"Tahara Chinao, what do you mean by this?" Zheng Jie asked loudly, looking ashamed and angry when he saw that he was being treated like this.

Tahara Michinao is a retainer of the Otomo family, a middle-aged Japanese samurai with a full beard.

Now both Otomo Giyu and his son are dead. Since Otomo Giyu currently has no heirs, there is no absolute heir to the orthodox line of the Otomo family.

And because Otomo Giyuu is an only son, the most ideal successor now is Otomo Chiuji, but Otomo Chiuji has just led five thousand elites northward to support the Ouchi family.

Unexpectedly, the Otomoin clan of the same clan is eyeing the position of the head of the Otomo family, and now has the idea of ​​taking advantage of Otomo's personal rule to seize the position of the head of the family.

Fortunately, Tahara Chinao had a high reputation in the Ouchi family, so he temporarily suppressed the Otomoin clan and temporarily presided over this chaos as a retainer.

Knowing that everything was caused by the young master of the Ming Dynasty in front of him, Tahara's confidant said with a sullen face: "How dare you ask me what I mean? If you weren't loyal to your emperor, how could the Ming army have come here? How could I, the Otomo clan, have come here?" Is there any disaster today?"

Although the young master in front of him was generous, he looked down on the disloyal person in front of him from the bottom of his heart.

He knew clearly that the Ming Emperor wanted to ban silver, but he came to mine silver mines with their Dayou family. Knowing that the Ming Emperor prohibited the export of flying shuttle looms, he not only brought flying shuttle looms, but also deceived a large number of outstanding female weavers. Even though they knew that the Ming Emperor was going to ban the sale of grain to Kyushu Island, the young man in front of him was still trying every possible means to transport grain there.

He had always been proud of his loyalty to the Otomo family, and when faced with such a disloyal person, his heart was full of contempt. Fu Nei Castle is located on the plain. It is a small-scale earth city.

If faced with other Japanese forces, I am afraid there is nothing that can be done, or it may be easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is simply child's play against China, which has a history of thousands of years of siege warfare.

Rows of soldiers stood tall, their spears like a forest, and their flags covering the sky.

The soldiers of this Eastern Expedition were all wearing armor, and under the sunlight above their heads, they were shining with a cold light, like a torrent of steel.

They held the weapons in their hands tightly, their eyes were firm and decisive, showing a fighting spirit without fear of life or death. And in the square formation in the center, there is actually a firecracker in each hand.

In front of the array, a tall general rode a tall horse. The armor on his body looked even more exquisite, and he was scanning the city gate in front of him with a burning gaze.

He did not rush to order an attack, but waited until a team brought two heavy cannons from behind, which would be their siege weapon this time.

"What do you mean?"

"Why do you want to enter the territory of our Dayou family?"

"The Ming Dynasty is a country of etiquette. Is it appropriate for you to do this?"

"I have arrested you traitors of the Ming Dynasty. I can hand them over to you!"

……

Otomo's retainer Tian Yuanqin faced the invading Ming army directly. He knew that they were empty here and were no match for the Ming army. He immediately put a high hat on Ming and voluntarily handed over Zheng Jie as a sign of goodwill.

"The Governor's Office of the East China Sea has warned you a long time ago, but now that the soldiers have come to the city, I realize that I regret it. It's already too late! Whether you want to fight or surrender, just tell me!" The person who responded to Tahara was a tall general, who seemed to be He expressed his stance very boldly.

Tahara glanced at Zheng Jie fiercely, but he knew that everything was caused by this self-righteous young man in front of him, but now it had no effect at all.

It's just that the Ming Dynasty has already reached the city, and it is really impossible for them to retreat just because they hand over Zheng Jie.

Tahara Kaminao still wanted to solve the problem through negotiation, so he asked, "I wonder where Xu Shiying is?"

"You seem to have made a mistake. We are not... not affiliated with the East China Sea Governor's Mansion!" The tall general said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, looking proud.

Huh?

Zheng Jie actually noticed that the phalanx in front was a bit strange, and those people gave him the feeling that they did not belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Tahara Kaminao also did not expect that Ming Dynasty sent two groups of people, so he asked seriously: "Who are you from, and who is the person behind your words?"

While they were talking, a young man in Chinese clothes came out patting his horse.

He was wearing a luxurious bullfight suit, the texture of silk shimmering in the sun, and a sapphire inlaid on the brim of the hat exuded a charming light, highlighting his extraordinary status.

Although his face was slightly pale, he could not hide his noble temperament, and there was a strong sense of confidence in his movements. His eyes were deep and sharp, as if he could see through all hypocrisy and lies.

When he came to the military formation, the air around him seemed to have solidified, and all the soldiers did not dare to breathe heavily.

His eyes were full of majesty and domineering, but he looked at the people on the top of the city and said: "The humble name of the Za family is Wang Zhi, and he is the Eastern Expedition Supervisor conferred by His Majesty!"

After a few years, he Wang Zhi is bound to make a comeback, and he also wants to return to the court through military exploits.

"Wang Zhi? How come?"

Zheng Jie met Wang Zhi in Nanjing and stared in disbelief in surprise.

Although there were many powerful eunuchs in the Ming Dynasty, it was very rare to be able to achieve the level of Wang Zhi, and there were too many legends about Wang Zhi.

During the Chenghua period, Wang Zhi served as the commander of the West Factory, which caused panic among the entire civil servant group.

Although he was squeezed out by the civil service group and Wynn to serve at the border, Wang Zhi went to the border many times to fight against the Jurchens in Jianzhou, showing extremely high military attainments.

During his tenure as governor of Liaodong, he won a great victory at Heishiya and stabilized the border defense. The combination of Datong and General Wang Yue also achieved a great victory in Weininghai.

Although Wang Zhiyin was defeated in the political struggle and was demoted to Nanjing by Emperor Chenghua.

However, after Emperor Hongzhi ascended the throne, Wang Zhi was reused again. He and Wang Yue staged a one-day massacre of hundreds of officials in Yangzhou, and then achieved great results in the conquest of Annan.

However, Wang Zhi's good luck came to an end, because he used a fire to force Liu Daxia to reveal the location of Annan's files. As a result, Liu Daxia watched his family being buried in a sea of ​​​​fire and kept the secret tightly, which led to Wang Zhi being frantically impeached by the Ministry of Education.

After the Ming Dynasty sent troops to the Indochina Peninsula to maintain law and order, Emperor Hongzhi protectively arranged for Wang Zhi to hold official positions in the Indochina Peninsula.

I originally thought that this person would no longer be active in the political arena of the Ming Dynasty, but I didn't expect that this time he would be transferred to Kyushu by the emperor to preside over this conquest against the Dayou family.

"I haven't heard of it! It's just that Lord Supervisor, you, the Ming Dynasty, are so bully. Aren't you afraid that all the countries will attack together?" Tahara Chinao didn't know who Wang Zhi was, but he used the situation to threaten.

Wang Zhi smiled contemptuously, but in his heart he wished that these small countries that overestimated their capabilities could challenge the Ming Dynasty: "Then stop talking nonsense! Raising an army for a thousand days can only be used in one moment! No matter what means you use, Zajia, what you do after entering the city, but today must be Take it!”

"Take this city!"

"Take this city!"

"Take this city!"

……

Although this army was mixed with mercenaries from North Vietnam, Champa State and South Vietnam, they had been trained by Wang Zhi to be very docile, but they responded loudly.

Wang Zhi was very satisfied with the high fighting spirit of this army and waved his hand.

Following the order, the war drums beat, and the first to attack were two heavy artillery pieces.

Boom!

Lead bullets weighing as much as fifteen kilograms hit the city gate. After all, it was a Japanese-style shoddy project. After just a few rounds of shelling, the city gate collapsed.

The soldiers were like tigers descending from the mountain, rushing towards the city gate shouting and killing.

Although the friendly forces in the city resisted heroically, they gradually became powerless in the face of such a fierce offensive. There were flashes of swords and shadows on the city walls, flesh and blood flying everywhere, and people kept falling.

boom! boom! boom!

The firecrackers worked very well on this battlefield, helping the Ming army unilaterally slaughter the friendly forces.

Otomo's army originally retreated into the city and wanted to engage in street fighting, turning the streets into a new battlefield. It's just that the Ming army took out their flintlock rifles without any moral ethics and harvested these fresh lives in the narrow alleys.

In the afternoon, the flag of the Ming Dynasty was raised on the city wall.

Wang Zhi ordered his men to take over the city. When he saw Zheng Jie hiding in the corner and shivering, the smile on his face became even stronger.

After all, Jiangnan needed bloodshed, and Zheng Jie, a traitor, could give the emperor enough reason to cleanse Jiangnan with blood. He was actually looking forward to seeing how many people in Jiangnan would be executed by the emperor this time. (End of chapter)