The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 766

Seeing this, Huashan Jiushou had no choice but to suppress the idea of ​​complaining, and also knelt down to Li Lianzong with a smile on his face, "Commander Huashan Jiushou of the Shimadzu Army, pay homage to this lord!"

President Li Lian looked him up and down, and without an interpreter, he said in Japanese, "Shimadzu Army? Let me tell you, when we come to Daming, there are only the Ming Army and the enemy army. Which one are you?"

Huashan Jiushou was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "This... of course, it is the Ming army."

President Li Lian nodded slightly, and then his face darkened again, "As the chief general of an army, you led the team out of the ship but didn't immediately regroup the army, didn't count the weapons and supplies, and ran here without my call. It seems that I have to teach you the military discipline of the Ming army first!"

"Yes, yes, I'm going to organize the army now." Huashan Jiushou bowed again and again, retreating and leaving.

After a long time, he finally gathered [-] Japanese soldiers at the port, and saw the officer of the Ming Dynasty leading people forward.

"My name is Li Yezhi," the officer said loudly with his hands behind his back, "you will be organized into four battalions in the future, and I will be your commander-in-chief. During your stay in Ming Dynasty, you must obey my orders in every move. Shit, you have to get permission!"

Commanded by him? !Huashan Jiushou was taken aback for another moment, and hurriedly said: "Master Li, when you are fighting, you have ordered the last general to be there, you don't have to personally..."

"Rely on you?" Li Yezhi squinted at him, and snorted coldly, "Only these soldiers under your command, each of them stood up and down, and the team lined up crookedly. When you meet Jianlu, it's like sending you to death. Huashan has been guarding for a long time, right? , from now on, you will be my deputy general, and you are not allowed to issue military orders without authorization."

Then he said to several Ming army officers beside him: "Tao Cheng, the commander of the first battalion of the Japanese army. Cheng Lei, the commander of the second battalion of the Japanese army. Wang Xinji, the third battalion of the Japanese army... Niu Hong, the prime minister of the Japanese army Army logistics."

Several people saluted at the same time and said loudly: "Yes!"

Li Yezhi saw that Huashan stood by for a long time and stared at him without any response, so he couldn't help frowning: "Why? Not satisfied?" He pointed to the ship of the North Korean Navy, "If you are not satisfied, go back as soon as possible. You think I want to take you Japanese soldiers?"

Shimadzu Mitsuhisa repeatedly told Huashan that he must kill more Jin soldiers in Liaodong so that the Western Army could get more support from Ming Dynasty.If he really turned around and returned to Japan at this time, Master Mitsuhisa would not immediately ask him to apologize.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and bow his head: "Don't dare, it's all up to Mr. Li's orders." Then he watched a group of Ming military officers walk into Shimadzu's army, and began to reorganize the team with the cooperation of interpreters.

Half an hour later, these Japanese soldiers finally organized their team under the guidance of the new officer, and marched westward in single file with the sound of drums.

Leaving Laizhou Port and walking another three or four miles, Huashan Jiushou saw a military camp in front of him.

When he entered the camp under the leadership of Li Yezhi, he discovered that the soldiers in the camp were also Japanese.Looking at the attire, he seemed to be a soldier of Toyotomi's family, but it was also a Daming officer leading the team, which made him feel a little more balanced.

There is also a team of soldiers and horses in the camp, the number can be two to three thousand, and they speak Korean.Only later did he know that it was a soldier sent by the North Korean king Li Ji.

All the Korean soldiers looked enviously at the Ming officer in front of the Japanese army, as if it was a matter of great honor. It was not until more than a month later that Huashan Jiushou saw the commanding ability of the Ming army officer that he finally understood the reason for this.

The next day, a total of [-] members of the Shimadzu Army and Toyotomi Army, together with [-] North Korean soldiers led by Min Seung-hyo, broke out of the camp and headed northward to Beijing.

Along the way, Huashan Jiushou was an eye-opener!

First of all, he marveled at the excellence of Daming’s food—a meal of brown rice, fried potato shreds, and a meal of meat every other day!

The utensils used by people in the Ming Dynasty to pack meat are also very strange. It is a transparent jar. It is said that the meat in it is still fresh for half a year!There are also many types of meat. In addition to the common pigs and fish, there is actually a kind of meat called "kangaroo", which is said to be shipped from Australia thousands of miles away.

The soldiers under him originally thought that coming to Daming would be a hard job, but now they are all overjoyed. It is estimated that no one is willing to return to Japan even if they are chased away with a whip.

But looking at the North Korean soldiers who were traveling with them, they all looked sad.Due to the language barrier, he could not ask, so he had no way of knowing that more than 3000 Korean soldiers and more Korean civilian husbands died in Nanzhili.

In addition to food, Huashan Jiushu was also amazed by Daming's roads and vehicles.

Starting from Laizhou, there are wide official roads along the way, which are extremely smooth, making the marching speed [-] to [-] percent faster than in Japan.

The vehicles loaded with military weapons and supplies are also very strange, with four huge wheels wrapped in a black elastic material, which not only drives stably, but also saves horsepower.Two horses can drag a cart full of cans that is one and a half tall.

The most amazing thing is that this car will rise and fall on its own to reduce the vibration when encountering a ditch.He once looked under the car, and he knew that the wheels are all mounted on the springs, which are said to be called "shock springs", which were invented by Da Mingzi.

Huashan Jiushou thought that the shock of this trip was enough, but he didn't know until he arrived in Beijing that this was just the beginning.

Li Yezhi generously replaced all his men with new weapons and armor.What fine steel long spears, Japanese knives, and iron cannons are supplied almost unlimitedly. The most exaggerated thing is that the "cotton armor" lined with steel sheets is actually one piece per person!
Huashan Jiushou tried it. Although the defense of this thing against swords and spears is slightly inferior to his ancestral "red bamboo full" armor, it is far stronger than his own armor when used to resist arrows, iron cannons and the like.

He looked at these well-equipped, no, it should be said that they were luxuriously equipped soldiers, and secretly thought that if this team could be brought back to Japan, it would be a breeze to deal with any [-] Tokugawa army.

Two days later, more than 2000 soldiers from the Uesugi family and more than 300 soldiers sent by North Korean Li Ying came to Beijing.

After receiving new weapons and armor, these men and horses continued northward to Liaodong under the escort of three thousand Ming troops.

After leaving the temporary camp in the east of Beijing, Huashan Jiushou saw a large amount of grain, rice, clothing, shells and other materials piled up like a hill.

At the foot of the "hill", four smooth and straight thick "wooden strips" were built on the gravel, extending to the end of the field of vision.

On top of the wooden strips, there are rows of wide and tall carts, most of which are three or four connected end-to-end, dragged by six to ten horses, and move along the straight wooden strips.

He watched thousands of shaven-headed slaves in shackles—actually, shaved braids—driving bags and boxes of luggage into the cart under the whip, and he was very moved. Wondering—there is more than two thousand catties in each car, how do I move it?

However, what surprised him was that such a heavy cart could be easily pulled away by six horses even if three carts were connected together. Obviously, those carts were extremely labor-saving when driving on wooden slats.

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