Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 336: Perform hara-kiri for me (revised)

Zhijia Island, stationed here is the acting guardian Zong Ziguo.

Zong Ziguo is just a small-time master, with only dozens of warriors under his command. It is because he is weak that he is sent to this inhospitable island. There are hundreds of people in the clan, and he mainly relies on him to lead the warriors out to sea to carry out robberies. They make a living by plundering, and these people are one of the Japanese pirates who often haunt the coast of the Ming Dynasty!

It's just that it's not easy to deal with Japanese pirates now. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not send troops to attack the Japanese country before, he established strict coastal defenses and set up many guard posts and cities along the coast to guard them, making the lives of these Japanese pirates even more difficult.

Just when the eldest son was worried about the food rations for hundreds of people in the clan, his warriors hurriedly came to report.

"Chief, there is a ship coming from the sea! A very big ship!" (The thoughtful author translated the Japanese into Chinese)

The warrior was gesticulating as he spoke, his expressions and movements were very exaggerated, and he even felt that opening his arms was not enough to describe the hugeness of the ship, so he jumped on the spot anxiously.

Zong Ziguo's expression changed. Although he didn't know how big the ship the warrior described was, he knew from his expression that it must be much larger than what he usually saw.

Most of what they usually see are small boats used by Japanese pirates who go to sea, and large ships are only available in the shogunate or the regular navy of the neighboring country Goryeo, and of course the Ming Dynasty which is further away.

"Hurry up and gather some people and come with me to have a look!"

Zong Ziguo screamed in horror, turned around and ran back.

After Li Wei finished the order, he looked at Tang He beside him and asked with a look of sudden realization: "General, what do you think?"

When the armored ship came within a mile, Zong Ziguo and others felt the terrifying oppression firsthand. They, usually fierce and heroic warriors, were like a few ants in front of this giant ship.

The samurai agreed and hurried to call for help.

"what!"

"Hurry up and tell the clan members to hide, and hurry up and report the news to Dazaifu, so that Lord Tanti can quickly gather troops and horses to resist!"

Hundreds of ships slowly approached, and Zong Ziguo and his warriors on Zhijia Island saw more and more clearly that this was obviously an extremely powerful regular navy, especially the giant ship in the lead, which seemed to be floating A small mountain on the sea was bigger than they imagined.

Tang He glanced at him: "You have already given the order, why do you still ask me?"

Zong Ziguo's face was pale, and he was shocked and frightened.

After a while, Lu Tang mobilized a team of soldiers to come to the deck and lined up in front of the ship's side to stand by.

Lu Tang took the order and turned around to leave.

"Yes!"

"That's it?" Li Wei made a disdainful sound and ordered: "Lu Tang, let the soldiers below come out and practice their guns!"

"It's a firecracker, run!"

"Humph, let's do it like this, but be careful to keep people alive. We have to find out about the situation in Japan first." Tang He snorted coldly.

The terrain on the shore was flat, and they had nowhere to hide. They had to flee back to the mountains to find a place to hide.

On the ship, Lu Tang gave an order, and then loud gunshots rang out. Zong Ziguo and the warriors on the shore were all shocked, and then they screamed a few times.

The island is not big, and soon dozens of warriors gathered together, holding Japanese swords and coming to the edge of the island with Zong Ziguo.

"Yes!"

Gunshots rang out one after another, and the hit rate of rifled muskets improved a lot, especially when they fired in formation. Several people fell to the ground after each gunshot.

Although it was far away, Zong Ziguo, as a Japanese pirate who traveled on the sea all year round, could easily judge the size of the ship. It was probably huge!
Zong Ziguo's eyes widened in shock, his face full of disbelief.

"it is good!"

Subsequently, hundreds of ships in the entire army adjusted their direction and sailed towards this small Zhijia Island.

On the distant sea, a huge figure slowly emerged, as if it were a ship emerging from the sea.

The other samurai were not so lucky. With their wives, children, and children on the island, they could not escape for a while. They had no way to retreat and could only watch nervously as this huge naval fleet slowly approached.

On the armored ship, after watching the island, Tang He made the same decision as Li Wei and ordered the fleet to slow down and approach the island.

The warriors reacted when they heard his cry, and ran up the mountain after him.

At this time, he didn't know that this giant ship was made of steel. If he knew, he would be even more horrified.

In just a few dozen steps from the shore to the mountain, nearly half of Zong Ziguo's dozens of warriors died.

bang bang bang...

Li Wei agreed softly.

"Yes!"

He knew that such a powerful naval fleet was definitely not something they could resist, and the top priority was to quickly report for help.

A giant ship made of all kinds of materials is simply unheard of!

Zong Ziguo stood up quickly and shouted quickly.

His warriors were also panicked and asked him anxiously:
"Leader, what should we do?"

Zong Ziguo, who was watching nervously, didn't know that they had already entered the musket range of the officers and men on the ship and became a living target!

The warrior who was lucky enough to report the news agreed and quickly turned around and left.

With such a powerful fleet, he knew without guessing that it must belong to the Ming Dynasty. Apart from the Ming Dynasty, other small countries could not have this strength.

"Well, if the general feels it is inappropriate, I will immediately withdraw the order."

On the bow of the armored ship, Li Wei and Tang He had already seen clearly through their telescopes the Japanese pirates who were watching nervously with knives.

Zong Ziguo and others who fled back to the mountain hid behind the rocks, their faces full of fear.

"Chief, what kind of fire gun is this? How can it hit so far!" The warrior next to him asked with a trembling body.

"How do I know? I have never seen this kind of firecracker!"

Zong Ziguo's face turned pale. Although there were no fire guns in Japan, they had seen them before when the Yuan Dynasty attacked them. However, the fire guns were completely different from the ones they encountered this time. Their range and power were far inferior. They just felt that they were far away from each other. He was not aware of the danger until he was far away and was caught off guard.

When Lu Tang ordered the shooting, Li Wei also stared at the Japanese pirates on the shore and frowned when he saw them hiding in the mountains.

Although there were only a few dozen Japanese pirates who appeared just now, no one knew if there were other large groups of soldiers ambushed on the island. If the army were to land hastily, they might be ambushed.

Tang He also saw this situation, and opened his mouth to give an order, but Li Wei suddenly shouted: "Send the order, let Lin Xian lead a team of troops to land, and capture these people for me!"

After saying that, he turned to look at Tang He: "General, what do you think?"

Tang He opened his mouth, but could only swallow back the order he was about to give, and glared at him displeased.

In fact, the order he wanted to give was similar to Li Wei's, which was to first let the small team go ashore for testing.

When the military order was issued, Lin Xian was used as a guide and led more than a hundred people to land first. Zong Ziguo's face was ugly. Due to the threat of the muskets on the ship, they did not dare to run out to stop these Ming troops. They could only watch them come ashore.

Lin Xian's face was equally ugly. Li Wei clearly wanted to use him as cannon fodder to test the enemy's strength by letting him be the vanguard. Although he was dissatisfied, he could only lead his troops ashore cautiously despite the heavy military orders.

Although he had contact with the Japanese, they were limited to a small amount of letters. He didn't know what arrangements the Japanese would make after getting the news. As for ordinary Japanese warriors, they didn't know him as an "undercover". No one would be polite in a fight.

Zong Ziguo hid behind a rock, and the warriors watched him, waiting for him to give the order to attack or escape.

After a moment of silence, Zong Ziguo gritted his teeth and said: "The Ming army is invading. Behind us are our families. No matter life or death, we must resist with all our might! When the Ming army approaches, you will fight out with me!"

The warriors looked at each other after hearing this, and then respectfully said yes.

The people of the Japanese country mainly practice the way of the warrior, and are absolutely loyal and fearless. Although they know that resistance will lead to death, but now that Zong Ziguo has given the order, their faces also show a look of perseverance.

Lin Xian led his men to surround them where they were hiding. When they got closer, Zong Ziguo took the lead and jumped out from behind the stone with a loud shout!
"kill!"

bang bang bang...

"what!"

Gunshots rang out, followed by screams. Zong Ziguo and these warriors held Japanese swords high, and they were extremely brave. However, they were killed and maimed by the muskets of the Ming army soldiers before they could get close.

Zong Ziguo himself was shot, and the Japanese sword fell to the ground.

Lin Xian waved his hand impatiently and asked people to catch these Japanese pirates who were lucky enough to survive, and then led the people to go deeper.

This Zhijia Island is not large. He quickly found the village where Zong Ziguo's tribe lived. However, the people in the village had already disappeared after getting the news. Lin Xian led a search and found no one. When I found it, I withdrew first.

On the ship, Lin Xian took Zong Ziguo and others aboard and returned his orders to Li Wei.

"Master Marquis, the island has been explored. In addition to these dozens of Japanese pirates, there are still some Japanese living there, but they must have gotten the news and hid. If we want to find them, we need to send more manpower. "

Lin Xian cupped his hands and said.

After Li Wei listened, he looked at the other generals around him. These generals also nodded slightly, and then Li Wei gave a faint hum.

Then he looked at Zong Ziguo and others. These people were still shouting after being escorted onto the boat. Li Wei couldn't understand their birdsong, so he said: "Go and ask the general officer to come over and interrogate these people."

"Yes!"

A subordinate took the order and left, and after a while he brought Tongtong over.

The general is the translator, and through his translator, Li Wei finally figured out what these people were shouting about.

"Master Marquis, they are accusing us of invading their home without reason and asking us to let them go."

Li Wei glanced at these people in surprise: "These Japanese pirates still have the nerve to accuse us?"

"Don't worry about this, ask him about the situation in Japan first!" Tang He said.

"Yes!"

The general followed Tang He's instructions and asked Zong Ziguo and others. However, they were just small figures and didn't know much about the situation in Japan. They only knew some of the guardian daimyo of the Kyushu region and the officials appointed by the shogunate to explore the matter. .

Tang He couldn't help but frown after hearing this. According to Zong Ziguo, the Japanese army had more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Kyushu alone. Although the Ming army had the advantage of firearms, they also had the advantage of home field. In this battle, I'm afraid it won't be easy.

Seeing that Tang He was silent, Li Wei asked, "General, have you finished asking?"

Tang He came to his senses and nodded: "Yes."

"That's good!"

Li Wei turned around and said to these Japanese pirates: "Don't you want me to let you go? Let's do this. You perform a little show for me. If the performance is good, I will let you go."

The general translated his words.

Zong Ziguo and others were overjoyed. If they could live, of course they would not want to die.

Zong Ziguo asked aloud: "What do you want us to perform?"

Li Wei said calmly: "Just perform hara-kiri for me."

Tongshi was stunned for a moment, and it took him a moment to react, and he translated the words to Zong Ziguo.

Zong Ziguo was dumbfounded and then yelled!

Co-author Li Wei had no intention of letting them go.

Li Wei curled his lips with a sneer. Seeing that they were unwilling to take the initiative to perform, he had to ask Lu Tang to help them and stabbed them one by one.

After dealing with these Japanese pirates, Li Wei did not send anyone to the island to search for the Japanese who were hiding. As the saying goes, soldiers are very fast. Now some Japanese have gone to Kyushu to report the news. If they wait for these Japanese troops to gather together, it will be even more difficult for them. Fight, instead of wasting time here, it is better to land in Kyushu quickly.

Tang He and Li Wei agreed and nodded when Li Wei asked "What do you think" after giving the order.

The army set off again and arrived at Matsuura half a day later, finding a suitable landing location and docking.

I don't know if the Japanese army has not yet reacted, or because they landed in a remote location and were not discovered. Until the army successfully moved all the heavy equipment, no trace of the Japanese army was seen.

After setting up camp, the three generals Tang He, Li Wei, and Hu Hai, as well as other generals, gathered to discuss matters.

"Everyone, your troops are very fast. Let's rest for one night and immediately march to Hizen tomorrow. Once Hizen is captured, we can quickly advance to Chiku, occupy the pontoon here, cut off the reinforcements of the Japanese army in the east, and capture Chiku in one fell swoop. Dazaifu!”

Tang He pointed at the rough map of Japan and said.

There are nine imperial kingdoms in the Kyushu of Japan, namely Hizen Higo, Chikuzen Chikugo, Bunzen Bungo, as well as Hyuga, Satsuma, and Ohsumi.

The Ming army is now landing at Hizen in the west, Chikuzen to the north, and Chikugo to the east.

If we follow Yuwa's idea of ​​occupying the floating bridge in Chikugo and cutting off the Japanese reinforcements in the east, we can directly take Chikuzen's Dazaifu!

Dazaifu is the most important political center of Kyushu, and it is in this Dazaifu that the shogunate sent to manage Kyushu.

If we take down Dazaifu and kill this Kyushu quest, then all the famous names in Kyushu will be like a piece of loose sand without a leader in Kowloon, and they can be defeated one by one.

"General, this is a good plan, I agree!"

Hu Hai nodded slightly after hearing this. This was indeed a good strategy.

Tang He's idea was to compete with the Japanese army for time. Whoever captured the pontoon first would be passive.

This time the Ming army dispatched troops quickly. The Japanese country should have just received the news at this time. According to his strategy, as long as the Ming army moves faster, they will definitely be able to seize the opportunity and divide the Japanese forces in Kyushu into two groups, east and west, and defeat each one. !

After two wars, Li Wei was no longer a military novice. After listening, he probably understood what they meant, so he nodded in agreement.

Lu Tang quietly glanced at Lin Xian, who was standing at the end of the generals like a follower, and then glanced at Li Wei, but hesitated to speak.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally did not speak.

(End of this chapter)