Chapter 779 Envoy to the Wa Kingdom

If an envoy to another country leads not a mission, but a powerful armed fleet, is that envoy a diplomatic ambassador or a commander in chief? Anyway, at this time, Xu Jin was carrying the edict of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty to reprimand the Japanese emperor, and he was followed by a Ming fleet armed to the teeth.

This Ming fleet is composed of 500 large ships with more than 3 masts, with a total strength of more than 10,000, equipped with 500 Franc machine guns, 500 traditional artillery, 3,000 flintlock guns, 2,000 Western arquebuses, 5,000 old-fashioned firearms, and almost all firearms. In addition, it was carrying a thousand war horses, which was suffocatingly powerful.

The strength of the fleet consisted of 500 battalions, wolf soldiers, and Dinghaiwei (Wang Zhibu). It is worth mentioning here that today's 500 battalions have been expanded to 3,000 people, and officially renamed the Shenji Battalion, which is still commanded by Wang Lin'er, Xie Erjian, and Qi Jingtong.

The fleet set out from the mouth of the Yangtze River in late August, and while the north wind had not yet blown, it crossed the East China Sea and headed straight for Kyushu Island in southern Japan.

At this moment, the sun is rising in the east, the sky is shining in the sky, and the mighty Ming fleet appears in the southwest sea of Osumi Island, facing the rising sun, and the sail shadow flag covers the sky and the sun. The people of Osumi Island were stunned, and fear spread like a plague, and people fled in all directions, or closed their doors and windows, hid in their houses and shivered, and prayed for the blessing of the god of sunshine.

Osumi Island owner Xin Taro is also frightened at the moment, he borrowed money to lend a boat to Xu Hai for revenge, and also sent his younger brother Xin Wulang to assist Xu Hai, at the beginning did taste the sweetness, his younger brother Xin Goro from the Ming coast looted from the resources of the continuous transport back, the result of the good situation did not last long, in less than half a year, Xu Hai was wiped out by the Ming army, and even his younger brother Xin Goro was killed by the Ming army. At this moment, Daming's fleet actually appeared in the sea near Osumi Island, how could Shintaro not be afraid?

But is it useful to be afraid? To put it mildly, why did you go earlier? When you provoke someone, you have to be prepared to be fucked!

As soon as Xu Jin gave the order, the Ming fleet spread out in battle formation on the sea near Osumi Island, and the fierce artillery fire immediately poured down on the island, blowing up the fortifications of the port and the ships in just half an hour. Encountering almost no decent resistance, the Ming army successfully landed.

The Ming army, fully armed with muskets, was desperately strong, and the armed ranks of Osumi Island were almost crushed at the touch of a button, and the Japanese samurai were either shot to death, or they threw down their weapons and fled for their lives.

Soon, the island owner's mansion was captured, and Shintaro, the owner of Osumi Island, was tied up by the five flowers and thrown in front of Xu Jin like a dead dog.

It was already late autumn in September, and the weather was getting cooler, Xu Jin was dressed as a scholar in a jade-colored robe, and hunted in the wind with a scarlet cloak, looking at Xin Taro condescendingly.

"Kneel, this is my envoy of the Great Ming Dynasty, Lord Jinghai Marquis Xu Jinxu." Mao Haifeng shouted.

Mao Haifeng is Wang Zhi's righteous son, after accepting Zhao'an, he is now the commander of Dinghaiwei, as mentioned before, this son has lived in Japan for a long time, and is a "returnee" who is proficient in Japanese and Portuguese. Because of this, Xu Jin deliberately brought Mao Haifeng, a Japanese expert, with him on his mission to Japan this time.

When Xin Taro heard that this young man with red lips and white teeth and elegant temperament turned out to be the famous "Ming God of War" Xu Jin, his face turned a little pale with fright, and he hurriedly fell to his knees with his head on the ground, and said in a trembling voice in stiff Chinese: "Shintaro, the owner of Osumi Island, knocks on Lord Xu!" ”

Xu Jin served as the governor of Zhejiang last year, led the Ming army to wipe out the thieves, and killed the Japanese invaders, Ouchi Soshi, Hosokawa Takeshu, Ori Nobu Miko, etc. were all planted in his hands, and only Ori Nobu Miko led the remnants to escape back to Japan. Therefore, now Xu Jin can be described as a "fierce name" in the Wa Kingdom, and he is also named the Ming God of War.

Xu Jin shouted coldly: "Xin Taro, are you guilty?" ”

Xin Taro touched the ground with his forehead, his buttocks pouted high, like an ostrich with his head buried in the sand, and said tremblingly: "Xin Taro is guilty, and here I ask the Celestial Empire for guilt, and I ask Lord Xu for guilt!" ”

Xu Jin said in a solemn voice: "Since you are convicted, come here, and correct the law on the spot!" ”

One of the soldiers of the Divine Machine Battalion immediately stepped forward, drew his waist knife and kicked Shintaro over, and the latter shouted in horror: "My lord, spare your life! ”

Click......

But seeing the sword light swinging down like a match, Shintaro was in a different place on the spot, with five steps of blood, and died.

Taishi Gong said: Those who are Yidi, birds and beasts, are afraid of power but not virtue. This sentence is most appropriate for the Japanese people, who are undoubtedly a wolf nation, the more you talk to him about benevolence, righteousness and morality, the more he feels that you are weak and can be bullied, on the contrary, if you beat him and are afraid, he will bow down to you and obey. You don't see that during World War II, the rice country threw two nuclear bombs at the Japanese country, and the Japanese country has been obediently a dog for more than half a century, and it is still the first country of the United States.

As a traverser, Xu Jin saw the essence of this nation too thoroughly, so as soon as he arrived in the Japanese country, he slaughtered an island owner Liwei without mercy, so as to teach those Japanese people to know that the Ming Dynasty is not easy to provoke, and those who commit strong will be punished even if they are far away!

After Xu Jin slaughtered Xin Taro, he immediately ordered to occupy the whole island, collect materials, rebuild fortifications, and claim that this island is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese people are not allowed to land on the island without permission, otherwise they will be killed. It is clear that Xu Jin wanted to make Osumi Island a base for the Ming army, as a bridgehead for controlling the Japanese kingdom in the future.

While stepping up the construction of the fortifications of Osumi Island, Xu Jin sent envoys to convey the word to Kyushu Island, ordering the daimyo of the countries of Kyushu Island to rush to Osumi Island within ten days to meet the envoys of the Celestial Empire, and at the same time ordered the heads of the Ouchi clan, the Hosokawa clan, and the Orishin clan to rush to Osumi Island within half a month to ask the Ming Dynasty for their guilt, and in addition, he also ordered the Japanese emperor and shogun to rush to Osumi Island within one month to meet the Heavenly Pilgrimage Decree, otherwise the Ming fleet would be in Tokyo.

As soon as Xu Jin's order came out, the whole country of Japan was shocked.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Wa Kingdom is currently in the Warring States Period, and the local daimyo have completely lost control of the country, and the local samurai group is unprecedentedly powerful.

However, the arrival of Xu Jin's Ming fleet soon caused changes in the situation in Japan, for example, the local daimyo on the island of Kyushu quickly reached an alliance and prepared to unite against the Ming army.

And the shogun Yoshiharu also took the opportunity to take back some of his power, calling on the whole country to unite to fight for the emperor and honor, and go all out to drive out the Ming invaders.

Among the many local warlords in the Wa Kingdom, the most nervous were naturally the Ouchi clan, the Hosokawa clan, and the Orinobu clan, after all, Xu Jin asked the heads of these three families to go to Osumi Island to confess their crimes.

On the eighth day of the ninth month of the third year of Jiajing, it was after my flowers bloomed that the allied forces of the Kyushu Island, which was closest to Osumi Island, took the lead in launching an attack on the Ming army on Osumi Island.

It is worth mentioning here that the Wakoku Kingdom is roughly divided into three parts: Kyushu Island in the south, Honshu Island in the middle, Hokkaido Island in the north, and Kyoto is located on Honshu Island.

Let's say that the Kyushu Island coalition army this time has more than 30,000 troops, known as 100,000 troops to the outside world, led by the Ouchi clan and the Hosokawa clan, and slaughtered Osumi Island in a mighty manner.

A big war is on the horizon!