Chapter 147 The first battle against the Japanese!Bombard Tsushima! !
After completing the food purchase, Chen Han returned to the place where he met Mu Ying and the others.
After boarding Mu Ying's command warship, Mu Ying asked directly: "How are you, Mr. Chen? How much grain is purchased this time?"
Chen Han looked at Mu Ying and replied: "Based on our current expedition team of more than 2 people, this batch of food will only be enough for one month at most."
In addition to the 1 combat troops, there were also [-] logistics supply troops in this expedition.
In addition to purchasing a large amount of grain from Ningbo Prefecture, this time they also purchased 200 million kilograms of grain from Hepu Port in North Korea.
Taken together, it is estimated that it can support 35 days of food and grass.
This is indeed a big challenge for the expeditionary force.
Mu Ying patted Chen Han on the shoulder, "It's pretty good. I didn't expect these guys from North Korea to be quite cooperative."
Chen Han smiled and said, "No, 20 pieces of cotton clothes were sold to them so cheaply, and they were very happy.
I listened to people chatting at the port, and they all said that this winter is getting colder, and they need to continue to purchase cotton clothes from Daming.
Anyway, we now have Jenny spinning machines and flying shuttle looms, and our efficiency has been greatly improved, and we can cope with any order challenge.
In addition, we had already started purchasing large amounts of food before we left, so the people made a lot of money this time. "
Mu Ying smiled and said, "I heard that Your Majesty said that this time he deliberately raised the price of grain purchases. Will that have any impact on the lives of the people in the future?"
Chen Han shook his head, "This is a special matter, and notices have been posted. The reason why food prices are raised this time is to subsidize the people.
Common people all know that the price of selling to the court can be so high, but private transactions will not be so high.
Of course, there will definitely be some big businessmen hoarding grain and trying to sell it to the court at a high price. The court will not do such a stupid thing.
I heard that His Majesty has asked the Tax Inspection Department to conduct strict inspections. Each grain store can only sell 20 kilograms of grain at most.
This kind of policy to benefit the people will never make some people who are just cheating get rich. "
Mu Ying laughed and said, "Otherwise, you bunch of scheming people are much more cunning than us in fighting."
Chen Han also laughed loudly: "No."
Then Chen Han asked: "What is Mu Shuai's attack plan this time?"
Mu Ying took out the map of the entire Wonu Kingdom that Chen Han had drawn from the world map before, as well as the location of Tsushima Island.
Although it cannot be accurate to every city, with such a map, we can already take the initiative.
Mu Ying pointed to Tsushima Island between Korea and Japan: "In the past few months, we have investigated clearly.
There are no common people on Tsushima Island, or in other words, those who are are just kidnapped by Japanese pirates to do hard work for them.
The Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island are all thugs raised by the Ouchi clan of the Japanese slaves in the Northern Dynasties.
They usually trade with smugglers from overseas countries, including the Ming Dynasty. If the negotiated price is suitable, they will trade.
If that didn't work, they would send out Japanese pirates to attack the enemy. "
Chen Han took a breath, good guy, I didn't expect it to be so dark.
No wonder the Ouchi clan was so prosperous throughout the Northern Dynasties that even Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the general of the Muromachi shogunate, was very envious of such dividends.
That's right, it's basically a half-robbing, half-trading business, and many times it's a no-cost sale.
Then Muying said, "This Ouchi clan and their Muromachi shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu can't handle it.
The Ouchi clan occupies six guardian daimyo including Iwami Kingdom, Shu Fang Kingdom, and Nagato Kingdom, and is quite powerful.
The so-called standing army alone has as many as [-] troops. Adding in his [-] Japanese pirate troops on Tsushima Island, there are a total of [-] troops.
Among the warlords in the entire Japanese Nu Northern Dynasty, they were considered a powerful force.
When he claimed that he had an army of [-], he was bragging, but it was still okay to say that he could produce an army of [-].
This time we caught him off guard and captured Tsushima Island directly.
After monopolizing the maritime trade between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, this guy used North Korea as a springboard to export large quantities of sulfur, fans, tortoise shells, and samurai swords to our Ming Dynasty, in exchange for a large amount of porcelain, tea, silk and other precious products. goods.
In the entire Northern Dynasties and even the entire Japanese slaves, they were quite wealthy.
But just because of this, there is a big gap between this guy and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.
In this way, when we attack Ouchi Yoshihiro, it is estimated that they will not get much help. "
Mu Ying spoke eloquently.
"Furthermore, when the two thousand musketeers went to support Zhao Shenyan, they had already brought orders. They will attack the cities and territories of the Northern Dynasty in large numbers to coordinate our action this time."
It was true as Mu Ying said, the two thousand musketeers had arrived in the Tuzuo Kingdom where Zhao Shenyan was located a month earlier.
With these two thousand musketeers and a large number of cotton-padded clothes, firearms, and ammunition supplemented, Zhao Shenyan can say that his troops are strong.
Therefore, in accordance with the instructions of the imperial court, we immediately began to attack the major cities of the Japanese slaves in the Northern Dynasties.
After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu received the news, he could only passively send a large number of elite troops to attack the south of the embankment.
But he never thought that the greater crisis would come from the north.
After Chen Han and Mu Ying reunited, the army marched to Tsushima Island that night.
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Tsushima Island.
It was night on the sixth day of December in the 24th year of Hongwu.
At this time, the three thousand Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island were receiving the envoy of Ouchi Yoshihiro from Zhou Fang Kingdom.
As the benefactor of the Japanese pirates, or the direct master.
The daily food supplies, ammunition and medicines for these three thousand Japanese pirates were all provided by Ouchi Yoshihiro.
Without the provision of Ouchi Yoshihiro, they would become a group of soft-legged shrimps.
Although Ouchi Yoshihiro often claimed credit from North Korea in the name of the so-called suppression of Japanese pirates.
But in fact it's all just staged.
The cooperation between the Japanese pirates and Ouchi Yoshihiro can be said to be quite seamless.
Ouchi Yoshihiro's envoy Yamaguchi came to the Japanese pirate camp on Tsushima Island.
Directly found the leader of the Japanese pirates, Inoue Inujiro.
In the camp.
Inoue Inujiro warmly received Yamaguchi Kazuki.
This time, Kazuki Yamaguchi really found Inoue Inujiro with Ouchi Yoshihiro's secret letter.
"General, this time the master gave an order. I heard that maritime trade has started again between China and North Korea.
A full fifty or sixty ships of cargo were hauled, including a large number of cotton clothes and quilts, and some food.
This is a huge temptation for us.
The master's intention is to first send some people to negotiate with the envoys sent by North Korea and Ming Dynasty. If they agree, then normal trade can be carried out.
We exported sulfur, fans, tortoise shells, and samurai swords in exchange for their cotton clothes.
You can even exchange for their silk and tea leaves. "
When Yamaguchi Kazuki said this, Inoue Inujiro's eyes were already shining.
These things are the favorites of the best people among the Japanese slaves. If they can be sold at very high prices, they can also get a lot of them.
This is their largest smuggling transaction on the sea every year.
When Inoue Inujiro heard this, he was immediately unconvinced: "Yamaguchi-sama, you can just reply to the master and let us go and grab a wave. Why do you still have to do business? It's troublesome." Yamaguchi Kazuki waved his hand, "Oh, this No, after all, the Ming Dynasty had strong soldiers and horses, and no one dared to confront them head-on.
Even though they are so far away, if someone sends a large army to attack, no one can stop them.
Besides, being able to negotiate is not the best thing to be able to do business? What our master is best at is doing business, and you are the last resort we have to use.
Again, if the negotiations fail, then we should go to North Korea first to inquire about the news.
Then you will intercept and rob on the sea. Isn’t this killing two birds with one stone? We have done this kind of thing a lot before. "
When Inoue Inujiro heard this, he chuckled, "That's true, we are very comfortable doing this kind of thing.
In the past, we often robbed the so-called tribute trade merchant ships sent by the Ming Dynasty. We robbed a lot of things, killed people, and robbed many women. But what can they do to us? Hahaha... So what if you call us Japanese pirates? Ordering the Joseon State and the Japanese Muromachi Shogunate to exterminate us, isn’t that just a step away?
The master has plenty of ways to deal with the Muromachi Shogunate's army. "
Yamaguchi Kazuki laughed loudly after hearing this: "That's true, so you don't need to worry."
Then Yamaguchi Kazuki added, "In view of the fact that this time the Ming Dynasty suddenly opened up the sea trade.
The master intends to use the name of suppressing Japanese pirates to claim credit from North Korea so that North Korea can continue to relax cooperation with us.
In the past, the king of Korea only wanted to do a passing business and let us be second-hand dealers.
They brought a large amount of porcelain and tea from the Ming Dynasty and sold it to us.
But it's different now. When trade increases, their acting as intermediaries will cause us too much loss.
So see if you can rob one or two of their fishing boats within the jurisdiction of the Muromachi shogunate, capture hundreds of fishermen, or cut off the heads of the Muromachi shogunate's coastal defense troops and give them to the king of Korea.
Let them know that the master is increasing his efforts to fight against Japanese pirates. "
After hearing this, the two Inoue dogs laughed again, "It seems that the master still wants to play the same tricks as before, okay, that's no problem.
Why don't you just give those heads to the Ming Dynasty? I have already dealt with them. These people are very hypocritical.
They like to listen to those false claims, especially those who prepare for the Japanese army. They are very happy to give it to them.
At that time, we might not need to trade with North Korea, but trade directly with Ming Dynasty. This is not the best. "
After hearing this, Yamaguchi Kazuki chuckled: "Okay, I will convey your opinion to the master.
If he passes, of course it would be best.
I have brought the letter. If you read it and nothing happens, I will go back home immediately to explain it to the owner. "
boom boom boom...
Suddenly there was a loud thunder-like noise on the sea.
clap la la...
A large amount of dust fell from the wooden house above them.
While Yamaguchi Kazuki and Inoue Inu were discussing how to rob the trade ship between the Ming Dynasty and North Korea this time.
Suddenly there was a boom of artillery.
"What's going on? What's going on?" Inoue Inujiro asked in surprise.
Yamaguchi Kazuki was so frightened that he was shaking all over and his face turned pale.
Someone outside came in in panic.
"Oh no, Commander, the enemy is attacking the enemy!"
Inoue Inujiro cursed: "Who are they? The shogunate army?"
The subordinate replied: "I don't know, and I don't know what happened. Big rocks fell from the top. It's so scary!!"
"Asshole! Fight back!" Inoue Inujiro yelled.
The subordinates were crying and said: "Commander, the enemy can't be seen anywhere, how can we fight back!!"
"Run, handsome!"
Yamaguchi Kazuki also shouted: "Run!"
Several people had no choice but to run away in a hurry.
This time Mu Ying split the warship into two, and he and his lieutenant jointly commanded to attack directly from the south bank of Tsushima Island.
At first, Chen Han also wondered why he didn't immediately issue an order to attack from the north bank.
This way there is no need to go around a day to the south.
But what Mu Ying said was to catch them off guard if they wanted to fight, so that all the Japanese pirates on Tsushima Island would not even have a chance to escape.
Just as Mu Ying expected, the Japanese pirates' base camps were all concentrated on the south coast of Tsushima Island.
This place is more convenient for receiving grain ship supplies from the Wonu Ouchi clan.
The ship of the envoy sent by Ouchi Yoshihiro this time was also parked in the port.
This time they were all destroyed by the ships led by Mu Ying.
At this time, the so-called warships that the Japanese pirates were riding on were small sampans in front of the Ming army's Fuchuan and 20-meter-long warships. They were all sunk by shelling.
This time Mu Ying was determined not to hit him, but once he hit her, it would be a fatal blow.
All the ships were sunk, leaving them no chance to escape and they could only stay on Tsushima Island.
But Tsushima Island is an uninhabited island. In addition to fishing for a living, there is basically nothing to eat or drink on the island.
Without the food supplies coming from the Ouchi clan's territory, they would become turtles in a urn.
Mu Ying ordered three rounds of artillery fire to blow up the Japanese slaves' base camp, as well as the people and ships on the shore.
After three rounds, it not only killed more than 1000 Japanese pirates on the spot, but also destroyed all the Japanese pirates' confidence.
They have never tasted this. No army of any country has ever fired artillery like the Ming army.
They still use weapons like bows and arrows.
Yamaguchi Kazuki and Inoue Inujiro fled from the base camp to the mountain in panic. Before they could take a breath, they saw flames rising from the bottom of the mountain.
On the sea not far away, more than 100 warships docked on the shore, and a large number of landing boats had already landed.
Then they heard the sound of muskets like firecrackers, and from a distance saw their own troops rushing forward like desperadoes to fight others.
But he was knocked down from three to four meters away.
Chen Han looked at the landing battle with a telescope from the warship. It was not so much a battle as a one-sided massacre.
Mu Ying commanded the army in good order and with high morale.
After several rounds of shelling, they found that there were not many Japanese pirates on the shore who could resist.
Therefore, they never wanted to give up this rare opportunity to make meritorious deeds, so everyone logged in directly.
They massacred the Japanese pirates who were panicking and didn't know what to do after they had already been bombarded.
Chen Han stood on the deck and patted the railing happily.
Although he knows that war is cruel, if the cruelty of war is faced by that group of beasts, it will be a kind of enjoyment.
Mu Ying, like Chen Han, was on the command ship, looking at the shore a thousand meters away with a telescope.
Tiaojiao cursed: "These bastards were not injured in the battle with the enemy. Many of them got stuck in the mud on the beach and couldn't get out. They must be taught a lesson next time."
It turned out that many soldiers were eager to perform meritorious service, but they did not see clearly that after the tide receded, a large amount of mud appeared.
There were many soldiers who were stuck on the beach with their muskets. They could only scream and watch their brothers surpass them and then go to perform meritorious deeds...
(End of this chapter)