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Oda Junichiro has been a fisherman under Suqikan for more than thirty years. Although Matsumae's taxes are not light, the previous feudal lords are quite wise, and they, the common people, can barely get by.

He got married more than ten years ago and now has a son and a daughter, both in their teens.

The daughter does other work with his wife at home, while the son goes fishing with him at sea.

Zhouqi Pavilion is right on the seaside, so there are naturally ships coming and going.

But generally speaking, it’s good to have one ship every ten and a half days.

Most of them came from Fushan City. No matter how many ships came, they were not too big.

However, the ships he saw now were all huge!

Oda Junichiro stared blankly for a while before coming back to his senses. He only felt that those large ships made him feel inexplicably heartbroken, and he quickly called to his son.

"Quickly close the net and row the boat! Go back to the shore!"

Although his son Taro Oda was very curious about those big ships, he still collected the nets and rowed the boat obediently.

Other fishermen on the beach also discovered the large fleet coming from the east and rowed to the shore one after another.

There is a wooden watchtower built near the port of Zhouqi Pavilion.

The soldier on the watchtower was dozing off, but the fishermen on the shore woke him up, and then he saw the fleet only a few miles away from the coast.

Although this soldier had good eyesight, he could not read and had no more knowledge than the fishermen.

He could only tell that those large ships were neither from Fukuyama Castle or Hakodate, nor were they pirates who occasionally came here to harass and plunder. Whether it was the former or the latter, the ships were much smaller than these ships. .

Shocked, he quickly found an old gong and struck it hard.

"Big ships! There are many big ships coming!"

The soldier beat the gong and shouted loudly, and ran towards the Zhouqiguan Walled City, which was more than three miles away.

In the most "luxurious" courtyard in the walled city.

The mayor of the city, Kawasaki Masamitsu, was sitting on a recliner, enjoying the service of two young maids, and he was so comfortable that he hummed.

He was about to fall asleep with his eyes squinted, but suddenly he heard the sound of gongs ringing outside.

Not long after, someone shouted outside the door: "City Lord! Something big has happened!"

"What's the big deal?"

Kawasaki Masamitsu responded impatiently.

If Matsumae is a remote place in Japan, then Kaminokuni (referring to the west of Toshima Peninsula) is Matsumae's remote place. It is not an exaggeration to say that a bird has no shit.

In this kind of place, except for the occasional small group of pirates who come over to plunder, or the small group of Ezo people who come over to kill, there is nothing else at all.

But whether they are pirates, Ezo people, or at most the fishermen and farmers outside grabbing guns, they are absolutely no threat to the Zhouqi Pavilion.

Therefore, he really couldn't understand why his subordinates were so panicked.

With the help of the maid, he stood up and left the room.

The leader of the group, Nakano Yoshihiro, was waiting anxiously in the yard. When he saw Kawasaki Masamitsu coming out, he hurriedly saluted and said: "City Lord, the seaside sentry came to report that there are more than ten large ships coming!"

Kawasaki Masamitsu was surprised and confused after hearing this, "More than a dozen big ships? How big are they? How are they compared to the feudal lord's warships?"

Nakano Yoshihiro said awkwardly, "My subordinates didn't see it with their own eyes either. They heard it from the whistleblower."

Kawasaki Masamitsu was speechless.

Immediately summon the messenger ashigaru who reported the news.

It turned out that this ashigaru could only gesture with his hands and said "it's so big". When asked how far it was from the coast and how big the ship was, he couldn't tell clearly.

Fortunately, he still gave an important message, "It is definitely bigger than the merchant ship from Fushan City!"

Kawasaki Masamitsu thought for a moment.

I feel that a small and remote place like theirs is not worthy of being plundered by large groups of pirates. But similarly, it doesn't seem worth it for a large fleet of merchant ships to come over to do business.

After all, he, the city lord, had been on the "battlefield" and had made two military exploits in establishing the country.

Just in case, after thinking about it, he still ordered: "Lianghiro, immediately summon the standing ashigaru and prepare to defend the city."

"Let Koshiba Ichiro send people to a village to recruit young men and bring weapons to the city to help defend the city!"

"Hayi!"

Nakano Yoshihiro responded and ran outside. Kawasaki Masamitsu, as the lord of Suqikan, raised five groups of standing ashigaru.

Among them, there are one group each of iron cannon ashigaru, bow and arrow ashigaru, and sword ashigaru, and two groups of spear ashigaru, with ten people in each group.

That is fifty professional soldiers.

However, if there is a real battle, he can recruit young men from various villages affiliated with Suqikan to serve as temporary ashigaru and form a team of hundreds of people.

Well, that’s all the forces Masami Kawasaki can muster.

However, on the other side of the river, Katsuyamakan, which was more than ten miles away from Suqikan, could mobilize one or two hundred more troops than him - because the Ezo people posed a greater threat to Katsuyamakan.

Kawasaki Masamitsu went back to the house and changed into a suit of armor, then led a few guards up the city wall and looked out to the sea.

Although it was more than three miles away, he could still see some of the sea conditions because there was no cover.

I saw a large shadow of sail approaching the pier.

Seeing this, Kawasaki Masamitsu looked around at the several guards around him.

"Who dares to go to the dock to check out the reality of these big ships?"

"I!"

A guard who looked very lean responded.

"Yoshi, Jiro Kameda, you are indeed a warrior! Go quickly, as soon as you find out who they are, come back immediately, and I will reward you greatly!"

"Hayi!"

Kameda Erlang excitedly climbed off the city wall and ran towards the seaside.

Kawada Masamitsu waited left and right.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I saw a figure appearing in the east.

That's right, it's just one piece.

As the figure got closer and closer, Kawasaki Masamitsu, the guards on the city wall, and the ashigaru couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Kawasaki Masamitsu felt even more thirsty, and his heart suddenly hung up.

There were at least a thousand people in this crowd!
And everyone was wearing armor - the armor seemed to be the Ming cotton armor that he had seen several times from the feudal lord, and it was by no means much worse than the iron armor he was wearing.

Although these soldiers who came from unknown places were not neatly arranged, they showed a heart-stopping ferocity and brutality as they marched neither fast nor slowly.

'Oh my god, where did this army come from? '

'North Korea?' It doesn’t look like it either. '

'How can we defend this city with so many enemies? '

For a moment, Kawasaki Masamitsu lost the courage to resist.

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Out of caution, Geng Jimao led his men to the small town a few miles away.

He didn't go far, and when he was about two miles away from the small town, he gave the order to stop.

And without him having to say anything, the team split into groups and spread out widely.

These are the lessons gained in exchange for blood in the battles with the Yi army over the past few years.

Although Geng Jimao didn't think that such a small town could have cannons, he had to guard against them.

Fortunately, after they stopped, there was no movement at all in the small town.

Moreover, from this distance, Geng Jimao could barely see that there seemed to be no muzzle at the top of the city.

This made him relax and wait quietly for the Hongyi Cannon behind him.

This is also learned from the Ming and Yi armies. Whether it is a field battle or a city siege, a cannon blast should be used before starting a battle. Even if it cannot kill many enemies, it can greatly damage the local morale.

Most of the mules and horses on the ship had no food, so the red barbarians were pulled off the ship and brought over by people.

Fortunately, the Hongyi cannon was much lighter than the Hongyi cannon and was not far away from them, so it didn't take long for twenty Hongyi cannons to be pushed over.

In the past few years, the gunners of the Qing army have become more sophisticated. In a short time, twenty red cannons were placed and loaded with ammunition.

Seeing this, Geng Jimao became excited and shouted: "Fire for me! Fire three fucking rounds first!" (End of Chapter)