Rule the Ming Dynasty Alone

In Qiushan City, the city gates are wide open, welcoming the Ming army into the city.

If Tosa Nanao saw this scene, he would probably vomit blood and die.

In order to resist the Ming army, they even spent all their wealth and did not even surrender to the Ming until their death. As a result, the Hosokawa family turned out to be lapdogs.

"The City Lord's Mansion has been vacated. Please check in with the Governor!" Hosokawa Takahiro led his troops to surrender and flattered the Ming army who came to take over the defense.

Huo Hai led his men to take over the defense of the city. He looked at Hosokawa Takaaki and said calmly: "My Lord Governor is not used to sleeping on tatami! The Governor has just given an order: all men in the city aged between sixteen and sixty should immediately go to Tosa Port. service!"

Since the Ming Dynasty has occupied this place, it is natural that there will be changes.

Tosa Port will be the key to connecting Kyushu Island and the Ming Dynasty, and now it is not only necessary to repair the place that was damaged by the shells, but also to expand it.

Although the war is not over yet, the port has become the highest priority project at the moment.

"Ah?" Hosokawa Takahiro was dumbfounded when he heard that he was going to serve.

Huo Hai held the knife on his waist and threatened coldly: "Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be killed without mercy!"

The Governor-General of the East China Sea has never been a believer. On Kyushu Island, prisoners were also used to build ports, so Kyushu Island now has nine major docks.

Now that Shikoku Island is about to be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it naturally needs a dock to connect to the Ming Dynasty, so as to facilitate the Ming Dynasty's governance.

If someone dared to disobey orders and prevent Ming Dynasty from building a seaport and dock, then they would naturally not mind wielding the butcher's knife.

"I will obey your order!" Faced with the threat of death, Hosokawa Takahiro hurriedly expressed his stance.

In fact, Akiyama Castle was devastated by the war in Kyoto. Now there are only more than 200 domestic soldiers left, and the number of men available for requisition in the entire city is only more than a thousand.

Now that they have surrendered, they will naturally accept Ming's arrangements.

Not to mention that this time the Ming Dynasty just asked them to build docks, even if the Ming Dynasty asked them to take up arms against their compatriots, they had to obey it.

Due to the arrangement, a large number of prisoners were taken to Tosa Port and put into the vast construction work.

As Huo Hai planted the flag of the Donghai Governor's Palace on the city wall, the Tosa Kingdom was included in the jurisdiction of the Donghai Governor's Palace and was included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

But this war is not over yet, the conquest of Tosa Kingdom is actually just the beginning!

Although the Ming army swept through the entire Tosa Kingdom with absolute crushing power, beating the Seven Heroes of Tosa to the ground, and the Hosokawa clan voluntarily surrendered and dedicated the city, the other forces in Shikoku Island were ultimately unwilling to give up the territory they had held for generations.

In fact, Ming Dynasty did take advantage of the emptiness of Tosa Kingdom and launched another blitzkrieg, so that it could swallow up Tosa Kingdom in one fell swoop.

Now that Ming Dynasty wants to annex Shikoku Island, since the other three countries will be fully prepared, they are destined to face new pressure.

"When the reinforcements arrive, they will kill all the Ming army!"

Different from the situation in Tosa Country, the guardians of Awa Country, Sanuki Country and Iyo Country were not local family forces, but they relied on the big clans on Honshu Island, and they immediately placed their hopes on the powerful big clans.

In terms of combat effectiveness, the Hosokawa clan is actually very strong. However, Tosa Kingdom was attacked by the Ming Dynasty, and the main force of the Hosokawa clan fighting in Kyoto was destined to be unable to come to the rescue. This gave the Ming army an "opportunity".

The guardians and clan forces of the other three countries have great confidence in resisting the Ming army because they have enough time to ask for help from Honshu Island.

When Tosa Kingdom was attacked by the Tokai Governor-General's Palace, the three countries asked for help from the affiliated forces on Honshu Island and made preparations to fight against the Ming army.

The first person to come to aid was the Yamana clan, and Masatoyo Yamana, the guardian of Bingo Kingdom, led his troops across the sea to Shikoku Island.

The Yamana clan had a glorious history and was once as famous as the Kyogoku clan. At its peak, the Yamana clan Kiyoshi once managed 11 of Japan's sixty-six countries.

Because he was feared by the then shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, Yamana Ujikiyoshi eventually died in a war provoked by political conspiracy.

Although the power of the Yamana clan was greatly weakened after the Qing Dynasty, it is still one of the major clans in Japan and now controls the guardianship of Bingo country.

Bingo Province is located in the southwest of Honshu Island, with Izumo Province to the north, Anyun Province to the west, and the Seto Inland Sea to the south, facing Shikoku Island across the sea.

After getting help from the Kono clan of Iyo Province, since the two families were related by marriage and it was a good time to intervene in Shikoku Island, Yamana Masatoyo led the army to support.

Four thousand troops were transported through dozens of warships, showing an invincible heroic appearance belonging to the Yamana clan.

"The Ming dynasty dares to invade Japan repeatedly. Do you really think that Japan has no one?" Masatoyo Yamana stood on the deck, looking at the Shikoku Island opposite and said angrily.

Masatoyo Yamana is dressed in standard Japanese daimyo attire, with a medium build and a brush beard. He looks like he is only thirty years old, at a high-spirited age.

Since the wind was sunny today and there was no wind in the Inland Sea, the command ship had arrived in the central area of ​​the Seto Inland Sea, but the people on the ship did not feel any bumps.

It only takes more than half an hour to drive to the Iyo Kuni Pier on Shikoku Island, and everything seems so smooth.

Faced with Yamana Masayo's arguments, Jiro Mouri, who was by his side, said flatteringly: "The Ming dynasty is a rat! If Japan were not in civil strife, we would kill them like chopping melons and vegetables!"

The current Mori clan is not the overlord of the Western Kingdom, nor is it the owner of the Iwami Silver Mine. It is just a nobleman of the Bingo Kingdom.

When Mourijiro learned that Yamana Masatoyo was going to send troops to help Iyo Country, he not only brought all his own soldiers with him, but also took the initiative to take on the task of transporting troops.

It was this hard work that successfully won the recognition of Yamana Masatoyo, and even took Mouri Jiro with him.

"The head of the Maori family is right! After this matter, I will go to Kyoto in person, and I will definitely persuade all families to stop the internal strife, and everyone will unite to fight against the ambitious Ming Dynasty!" Masahiro Yamana held the sword at his waist and said with high spirits.

Although the Yamana clan has declined, it still enjoys a high prestige in Kyoto, and Masatoyo Yamana is not content with being ordinary.

If the invasion of the Ming army is used as a political opportunity, he will become the person who connects the entire Japanese forces, and then unites everyone to fight against the Ming.

Regardless of the final result, he, the man who worked hard for the unity of Japan, will definitely leave a mark in history.

That's why he did not hesitate to lead four thousand coalition troops across the sea to help Iyo country this time. One was because the Kono family was his in-laws, and the other was that Tiantian wanted to use this as an opportunity to return to Japan's political stage.

A person who works hard to unite Japan will naturally leave a mark in the history books.

"The guardian does not care about personal gains and losses, but puts the country first. This is really a blessing for Japan!" Mouri Jiro's eyes flashed with shrewdness, and he immediately sent a rainbow fart.

It was this kind of public opinion that Yamana Masatoyo wanted, and he suddenly laughed as heartily as if he had eaten honey.

At this moment, the warship leading the battle suddenly rang loudly.

Generally speaking, communication between warships uses flags as signals, and only in emergencies will the bells be sounded directly.

"What's going on?" Masahiro Yamana's eyes were filled with confusion, and he asked loudly.

A retainer looked left and right, suddenly pointed to the right and said in horror: "Master, look quickly!"

Yamana Masatoyo and others looked in the direction pointed by the retainers, only to see a Ming fleet coming from the west, led by the Ming Yuan treasure ship known as the sea fortress.

At this moment, it was no less than walking on the road and suddenly encountering a tiger.

"No, it's Ming's fleet!"

"It's over, why did the Ming fleet appear here!"

"Stop talking, let's run away quickly, maybe we can still have a way to survive!"

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Facing the sudden appearance of the Ming Dynasty fleet, the soldiers of the Bingo Kingdom who had already known the reputation of the Ming Dynasty fleet immediately went into chaos. Some of the Yamana clan's retainers were even ready to order the warships to turn around and escape.

"What's going on? Hasn't a sentry ship been sent out for reconnaissance?" Masatoyo Yamana asked angrily, knowing that their warships could not compete with the Ming fleet at sea.

When the Yamana clan retainers heard these words, they immediately looked at Mouri Jiro angrily: "Moori clan master, you have to give us an explanation!"

Before crossing the sea this time, the Yamana clan was naturally wary of the Ming fleet entering the Seto Inland Sea. They were even more afraid that their team would encounter the Ming warship, so they sent out sentries in advance to explore the surrounding waters.

If they knew that the Ming Dynasty fleet had entered the Seto Inland Sea, or discovered traces of the Ming Dynasty warships in advance, then they would never dare to choose to cross the sea.

Maori Jiro took the initiative to take on this chore and sent out their Maori family's sentry ship, but the sentry ship reported to them that the Ming fleet had not entered the Seto Inland Sea.

It was based on this trust that the four thousand soldiers took a warship and sailed across the Seto Inland Sea. Who would have expected that the Ming fleet would suddenly appear.

"That's right! Mourijiro, your Mouri family is responsible for this, right?" Masatoyo Yamana seemed to be hindsight, so he questioned Mourijiro.

The eyes of the retainer of the Yamana family flashed with murderous intent, and he threatened Mourijiro: "There are not many islands in the Seto Inland Sea to hide the fleet. Have you already had an affair with the Ming Dynasty?"

puff!

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a dagger piercing flesh was heard.

Everyone looked over and saw that the retainer of the Yamana family who was about to raise an army to investigate the crime had been stabbed in the back, and he fell down full of reluctance.

The perpetrator was none other than Mourijiro's retainer, and he was surrounded by people brought by Mourijiro.

Yamana Masatoyo felt a chill coming from his feet, and looked at Mourijiro in great shock: "Asshole, you betrayed your country for glory, you really deserve to die!"

This time, Mourijiro was so actively involved in teaching the Kono clan of Iyo Province. He was not without doubts about Mourijiro's motives, but he never expected that he was an internal agent of the Ming Dynasty.

"You are wrong, I am not the Ming Dynasty's internal agent!" The corners of Maori Jiro's mouth raised slightly, but he pulled out the Japanese sword from his waist and said.

Yamana Masatoyo saw the murderous intent in Mourijiro's eyes and hurriedly prepared to draw his sword to protect himself: "Nonsense! If you hadn't concealed the whereabouts of the Ming fleet, why would our Yamana fleet be surrounded at sea!"

Boom!

The Mingyuan treasure ship and three-masted gunboat were the absolute hegemons at sea in this era. Facing the keelless Japanese warship, dozens of heavy cannons immediately fired shells.

When the shells hit the sea, they splashed water columns of more than ten meters. If they hit the Japanese warship, it would fall into pieces. Hundreds of Japanese soldiers on board fell into the sea like dumplings.

For a time, the Japanese fleet that was crossing the sea was in chaos, let alone organizing them to resist. Now many crew members were looking at the Mingyuan treasure ship that was crashing towards them in horror.

The Mingyuan treasure ship has been upgraded, the hull has been covered with a layer of iron, and the bow is like a sharp sword. With the height and strength of the hull itself, it has the ability to smash all sea ships.

boom!

As the Mingyuan treasure ship passed by, Japanese warships were like paper, disintegrating in the collision, or being directly overturned by the waves.

"You only have Ming Dynasty in your eyes, no wonder you can't protect the Bingo Kingdom!" Mouri Jiro looked at Yamana Masatoyo's less than standard sword-holding posture and said jokingly.

Yamana Masatoyo's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately stared and said, "What do you mean by this? Could it be... are you an internal agent of the Ouchi clan?"

Bingo Kingdom borders the Anyun Kingdom of the Ouchi clan. If the two sides were not in the Western Army camp and the shogun was the shogun, the Ouchi clan would have invaded Bingo Kingdom.

But now, the Ouchi clan has lost Kitakyushu, and now the only area of ​​expansion is the east, and the Bingo country under its control has naturally become the target of the Ouchi clan's expansion.

Originally he was on guard, but the Ouchi clan had not taken military action, so he was unprepared this time, but he didn't want the other party to trick him just through the Mouri clan.

The corners of Mourijiro's mouth raised, and he said in praise: "You are not too stupid, but you are still a straw bag after all. If the Yamana clan comes out, you are destined to die!"

"You're looking for death!" When Masatoyo Yamana was so insulted, he immediately rushed forward with a knife and gritted his teeth.

puff!

A cold light flashed, blood splashed, and Mouri Jiro had already sheathed his knife.

Yamana Masatoyo still maintained the posture of raising the knife to chop, but there was still Jiro Mouri's figure in his field of vision. He lowered his head and saw a large amount of blood pouring out of his belly, and then his vision went dark and he fell to the ground.

The Ming Dynasty's fleet was like a tiger rushing into a flock of sheep. More than 20 warships flying the Yamana clan's flag were sunk or rammed. As the Ming soldiers killed the Yamana clan soldiers who fell into the sea, the inland sea here quickly turned red. A big piece.

The most serious thing is that the four thousand soldiers are almost the entire family wealth of the Yamana clan. Even if Yamana Masatoyo survives, he is actually destined to disappear in the history of Japan's Warring States Period.

Early the next morning, Ouchi Yoshihiro led the troops of the Ouchi clan into Bingo country.

The Bingo Kingdom was never an opponent of the Ouchi Army. Now that Yamana Masatoyo is dead and the elite he brought with him died in the Seto Inland Sea, it is completely unable to stop the expansion of the Ouchi clan.

Two days later, the Kono clan of Iyo Kingdom was destroyed, and the head of the Kono clan committed seppuku. However, most of the clans in Iyo Kingdom wisely chose to surrender and help the Ming Dynasty build docks.

As for the Awa and Sanuki countries on Shikoku Island, the people they requested for help refused to send troops at all, not to mention that they did not dare to risk crossing the sea, and they were also afraid of the lessons learned by the Yamana clan of Bingo country.

After resting for three days, when the Ming Dynasty's army marched all the way to attack the Awa Kingdom, the Sanuki Kingdom unexpectedly sent a letter of surrender before the Awa Kingdom.