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In the 21st year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty and the 30th year of Yingying in Japan, on the evening of May [-], Hirado Port was bombarded and destroyed as white land!

Whether it is the official historical records of the Ming Dynasty or the unofficial historical records of the Ming Dynasty, they all faithfully recorded what happened at that time.It's not that Japan doesn't want to remember this period of history. It didn't take long for Japan to disappear.

Hirado Town, the only external port located in Kitakyushu, Japan, was subjected to punitive bombardment by the United Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty on that day.The number of houses destroyed was as high as 680, and the number of deaths was between [-] and [-].

The flames caused by the gunfire continued to burn until the sudden rainstorm seven days later. The entire port and surrounding towns were burned, and no one was able to escape from Hirado Town.

A total of 390 merchant ships, fishing boats, and warships docked in Hirado were all reduced to ashes after the bombardment that day; the Matsuura family’s army stationed in Hirado totaled 760 people, including the current head of the family, Matsuura Ryunao, who were all counted at that time. killed.Plane Travel Guide 1464

None of the remaining ordnance, food, materials, etc. survived.Even the main city of the Matsuura family in Hirado Port was destroyed by shelling and then turned into scorched earth under the fire.

According to the situation on that day in the historical records of the Ming Army, the temporary joint fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty opened fire for a total of 4 minutes, firing a total of 3456 rounds of different types of shells, including 2592 rounds of incendiary shells.

Since Japan's living habits at that time were mainly wooden houses, most of the deaths were caused by raging fires.At most 3% of the personnel were killed by shells on the spot, and the remaining 7% died of suffocation, high temperature and burning.

With Hirado Port as the center of the circle, people and animals within a diameter of tens of miles can feel the obvious shock, and the thick smoke and flames rising into the sky can be seen nearly a hundred miles away. It is said that the entire Kitakyushu night was even burned. Bright as day.

The combined fleet of the Royal Navy of Ming Dynasty, which had caused all the accidents at the scene, then drifted away without leaving any reminders.

Various daimyos, nicknames, and nobles around Matsuura County, Hizen Country, Kitakyushu, Japanese Archipelago, sent people to investigate in the following period, but found nothing.The investigators couldn't believe what they saw with their own eyes, and thought they had come from the world to the underground purgatory.There was scorched earth everywhere, and the heat from the soaring flames forced everyone to be unable to approach.

It turned out to be the most prosperous port city in Japan, surrounded by raging flames for 7 consecutive days and nights.

The nearby garrison retainers of the Matsuura family led a team and tried to organize people to put out the fire, but found that the fire was too big, and they didn't know what magic power was contained in it. Even pouring water on it could only slightly weaken the fire.

As long as the watering rate and speed are slightly slowed down, the fire that has just subsided will grow again with a "boom".

Matsuura Nobunao, the younger brother of the contemporary Patriarch Matsuura Ryūnao, rushed back to Hirado Port two days later, but the result was that Hirado town was gradually reduced to ashes in the flames.

With more and more interested people, it was found that the Matsuura family organization was not good enough to fight the fire, and news began to spread in Kitakyushu that Matsuura's family had offended Thor for a lot of evil, so they were punished by God.

As the fire at Hirado Port failed to be extinguished repeatedly, this rumor began to gradually spread outward.Later, after witnessing this scene, another monk clasped his hands together in silence for a long time, and then claimed that the high-level officials in the country had offended the heavens, and only then did the disaster punishment come down!

At the same time, another news began to spread slowly from Sanyo Road, that is, the emperor of Ming Dynasty sent envoys to Japan after the Japanese pirates attacked the location of the Shibosi in Ninghai Town, Daming, but the shogunate refused. fact.

It is said that because of this incident, the government and the public in the Ming Dynasty were moved after hearing the news, and even presented a ten-thousand-word letter to the emperor directly stating the advantages and disadvantages of sending troops to Japan to sweep up the Japanese pirates.As a result, the world of the Ming Dynasty fell into a wide-ranging discussion, the core of which was the war against Japan.

"This is the anger of the people! The anger of the Chinese people finally alarmed the gods of the heavens, which caused a disaster. God's punishment was sent down to punish those who don't know the so-called!"

Who in Kitakyushu doesn't know that the Matsuura family is the main backstage of Japanese pirates along the southeast sea coast. Dozens of large and small pirates sell stolen goods in Hirado Port, and also pay dividends to the Matsuura family.

Even the navy of the Matsuura family would turn into Japanese pirates from time to time and go to the Ming Dynasty or the coast of North Korea to privately plunder.The contemporary general of the shogunate, Ashikaga Yoshichi, even married his younger sister to the eldest son of Matsuura Ryunao, and the two became related by marriage and shared weal and woe.

Now that such news is coming out, the target it refers to is already clear.And with the continuous spread of interested people, even the common people know about this rumor.

Recently, the number of believers who went to the temple to fulfill their vows not only became more and more pious, they asked the eminent monks how to avoid this natural disaster.Plane Travel Guide 1464

The shogunate had an ambiguous attitude after learning of the incident, and did not make any decision on disposal until the fire in Hirado Port was extinguished.It is said that Beijing and China's handling of this matter is also very chaotic and complicated. Several bigwigs and generals in the shogunate have their own ideas, and even the royal family and ministers have revealed various conflicts. Views.

As for the investigation of the cause of the Hirado Port disaster, various groups have almost acquiesced in the statement of natural disaster punishment.Some temples in Kyoto even plan to send eminent monks to the original site of Hirado Port in Hizen to comfort the spirits in heaven.

However, regarding the follow-up of the Matsuura family, the forces of all parties have been involved in a short period of time, and no effective unified attitude has yet been formed.

For as long as half a month, neither the shogunate nor the royal family have been able to introduce any effective measures to deal with follow-up matters.

During this period of time, Kitakyushu was undercurrents. Many families had received orders from somewhere and began to secretly mobilize their military forces, preparing to mobilize the ashigaru in their collars after the autumn harvest.

On the other hand, Sanyo-do and Sanin/do had frequent diplomatic contacts semi-openly, and the Ouchi family began to send envoys to communicate with the surrounding daimyo and wealthy families, exchange news and hoard military supplies.

Several wealthy merchants even began to purchase large quantities of various weapons and food, and even recruited wandering warriors.

The merchants in Kyushu have recently discovered a new situation. The number of pirates that they often encounter on the sea road seems to be greatly reduced. Some people have not encountered any accidents in the whole process of paying the road money.

You must know that the pirates who roamed along the coast of the East China Sea not only plundered the coasts of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, but also never treated domestic merchants kindly for the sake of their compatriots.There has been no news recently, which is really strange!

At the same time, it seems that nine thick clouds of war are hanging over the land including Sanyo Road, Sanin/Do and Kyushu, and the terrible pressure is almost breathless.

At this time, a businessman in Jie Town was hijacked by an unknown group when he was going to sea, and then the terrified businessman returned regardless of the loss of property, and hurriedly handed an ultimatum to Kyoto: Disband the domestic "government" and punish the innocent Minister of Li, ceded Kyushu and Shikoku two islands to compensate for the loss.Otherwise, meet in arms!

The inscription was actually Tang Shaozhe, the commander-in-chief of the United Fleet of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty, the executive deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion, and the national teacher!

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