Toei, Shimane Castle.

"My lord, we just got a message from Nagasaki Castle that the Dutch fleet attacked Nagasaki, and we couldn't ...... Failed to ...... the lady and child," a dusty herald staggered over to report.

Zheng Lin stood at the head of the city in Ming-style armor, his young and handsome face under the helmet was bronzed by gunsmoke, his brows were furrowed, and his right hand holding the war knife seemed to be trying his best to restrain himself.

Zheng Lin had been under pressure like never before for months, and Liu Hong was leaving with only ten snipers and a thousand Praetorian Guards, and he needed to hold on to his existing territory in the chaos of Dongying.

At the same time, it was necessary to ensure the output of Iwami's silver mines and the training of the Japanese soldiers, and in addition to these things, they had to mediate with the Saito coalition forces all day long.

Because according to Liu Hongji's previous instructions, the garrison of Shimane-Nagasaki was only allowed to defend during the time he did not return, and the Iwami silver mine in Shimane was the key defense object.

This led to the defeat of the Saito coalition army under the joint attack of the Dutch and the shogunate, and after another heavy defeat five days ago, the more than 5,000 troops of the Saito coalition army retreated into the outer city of Shimane, and Zheng Lin Li decided to keep them in the outer city to assist in the defense.

This is also something that can't be helped, the sea off the coast of Daming has been blocked by the Dutch before, and he has no fleet in his hands, so he has always been fighting alone.

In addition to the 1,000 soldiers of the Praetorian Guard, the 10,000 soldiers recruited from Dongying have not yet been trained, and most of the weapons in the hands of the soldiers are of inferior local quality.

Now that Nagasaki Castle has also been lost, not only has the task given to him by His Royal Highness the King of the Prefecture not been completed, but even his wife and infant child are gone, and he is only a young man who has just turned twenty!

"Adult-adult-someone! The adults fainted! ”

On the city wall, Zheng Lin's tall body suddenly fell backwards softly, and the guards standing on the side immediately supported him and shouted loudly to the others.

The sound of artillery was still roaring, and the Dutch and shogunate forces outside Shimane Castle were in full battle.

"Barov-kun, why don't you attack the rear of Shimane Castle with your fleet?"

Inside the camp tent, Tokugawa Kamematsu, the lord of the Tokugawa shogunate, asked kindly, he could make his tone appear less unfriendly.

At least for now, the Dutch soldiers were indeed stronger than the soldiers in his hands, and more importantly, the Dutch provided their warships.

It was precisely because the Dutch warships suddenly attacked the Saito family's Tottori Castle that they were able to defeat the Saito coalition army in just six or seven months.

As soon as Tokugawa Kamematsu finished speaking, an interpreter translated his words to Count Barov, the commander of the army directly under the Dutch East India Company.

"Lord Tokugawa, although the rear of Shimane Castle is close to the sea, there are two artillery batteries, and it is very unwise to attack the batteries with naval guns!" Barov had a messy beard and a messy beard when he spoke.

And this is indeed the case, after all, Zheng Lin has his back to the big tree of Liu Hongji, and when Liu Honggradually left, he did not leave behind the artillery on the ship, and not only got a large batch of grenades from somewhere.

Coupled with the Japanese artillery collected by Zheng Lin in the surrounding small cities, the number of artillery pieces in the two batteries was at least forty or fifty.

But Barov was not thinking about this, he was only an army general directly under the East India Company, and the commander of the Batavia Detachment of the Dutch East India Company was in charge of transporting troops, Viscount Bernard.

The Dutch East India Company had a large system and internal disharmony, which was manifested militarily in the fact that the army and navy had always been at odds.

The General Staff gave Viscount Bernard the task of transporting Barov's army units to Dongying, without specifying that he would cooperate with the latter in the war.

So Barov knew in his heart that Bernard would not help him attack Shimane Castle, and he would not lower his status to beg Bernard because of this.

"In that case, will we just have to wait here for the artillery to blow down the walls?" Tokugawa Kamematsu still felt that it was more beneficial for the fleet to attack Shimane Castle from both sides at this time, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Or I suggest you send your troops to continue the siege." Barov glanced at Tokugawa Kamematsu and then cut the freshly grilled steak from his men.

Not to mention, Barov felt that the Japanese beef was of better quality than any steak he had in Batavia, and even made him nostalgic for his distant hometown of Amsterdam.

"No, the Tagawa clan in the city has a lot of firearms in their hands, as well as those marksmen...... The casualties are too great! Tokugawa Kamematsu vetoed.

Especially those marksmen, it seems that there are not many of them, but these guys are extremely accurate in marksmanship, and they always focus on shooting the generals among the soldiers, so that it does not take long for the siege of the soldiers to panic because of the loss of their generals.

"Hmph, let's talk about it, when this city is breached, all the materials in the city will belong to my Dutch country." Barov snorted.

The headquarters sent him to Dongying, which made Barov very reluctant, after all, the Dutch state has been operating in Batavia for hundreds of years, and it is still very comfortable there, but the military order is difficult to disobey.

In order to make up for the losses of the fleet in the waters off the coast of Daming for more than half a year, the headquarters decided to take advantage of the chaos in Dongying to control a piece of land for colonization, and the first choice must be Shimane, where the Iwami Silver Mine is located.

The arrival of the Dutch was a great reward for the already overstretched Tokugawa shogunate, and the Dutch demanded too much, only to pay a military fee after the war and to hand over Shimane Castle to the Dutch.

The Tokugawa shogunate only thought about it for one day and agreed, Mo said that the Iwami silver mine was not controlled by the shogunate in the first place, and the shogunate's current request was very simple, to defeat the Saito rebels and maintain their rule.

As for Shimane Castle, the Dutch only talked about governance but not sovereignty, and the young Tokugawa Kamematsu did not pay much attention to it, believing that as long as the rule was secured, the shogunate could settle accounts after the fall.

But what he didn't expect was that the East India Company also thought the same way, and the Dutch needed a reason to intervene in the war in the East, as long as they got the land and silver mines, everything was no longer important.

Because in the eyes of the strong, it doesn't matter whether they have the right to govern the land or all the sovereignty, as long as they have it, it's enough.

Barov didn't care, after all, the land and silver mines belonged to the company, but what he cared about was the sharpshooters in the city, the mysterious firearms in the hands of the marksmen to be exact.

As far as he knew, the Dutch had dealt with the Ming several times, and almost every time they were defeated by the opponent's firearms, especially those in the hands of the marksmen.

During the days of the battle, Barov had seen his guards being hit with mysterious firearms, and at a distance of four or five hundred yards from the city, his guards had been pierced through the chests by the firearms.

He needed the muskets, and Barov told himself that the company's targets were silver mines and land, and that his targets were the mysterious muskets that would make him stronger and higher in the company.

"Of course, the people of Dongying have always been the same, Lord Barov." Tokugawa Kamematsu said with a smile.

"This wall will be breached in a day at most, Tokugawa-sama, your wish will soon be granted." Barov quickly finished a whole steak, picked up a towel from the table, and said as he wiped his hands.

"Oh, they have no way back, maybe Your Excellency should go and persuade them to surrender." Barov suggested.

After all, Barov's identity as a guest army is not easy to come forward, and the news that has just arrived from the headquarters that the prince of the Ming Dynasty has slaughtered the Rakshasa in a year and has returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

This news shocked the high-level of the Batavia headquarters, and it was rumored that the ruling Prince of Orange wanted to cease war with the Ming Dynasty, and the lifting of the blockade of the Ming Sea was just an act of goodwill.

Therefore, he must act as soon as possible, and before the domestic order is issued, he will take the silver mine in Dongying for the company, and by the way, he can also rise one more liter.

"It's impossible for the Tagawa clan to surrender, Your Excellency, we don't have to work in vain." Tokugawa Kamematsu's eyelids fell down and said nonchalantly.

After the capture of Nagasaki Castle, Tokugawa Kamematsu not only ordered the slaughter of the entire Tagawa Shichizaemon clan, but also ordered his wife to write about the various pressures that the Tokugawa shogunate had encountered in recent years.

Nanazaemon's young children were killed by a direct fall from the castle, and his wife was eventually stripped of her clothes and hung on the walls of Nagasaki Castle, where her body was exposed for three days to insult Shichizaemon in Shimane Castle.

And counting the time, the news should have reached Shimane Castle.

……

"Your Excellency! Your Excellency is awake, and the medical officer is here! ”

In the Shimane City Lord's Mansion, Zheng Lin opened his tired eyes, his hair was messy, his lips were cracked, and his eyes were staring at the roof, as if he was remembering something.

"No need, Wen Biao, how is the war under the city?" Zheng Lin was shouted by the shouts of his subordinates, and struggled to do it.

"Don't worry, my lord, the city is still in our hands, and the Dutch can't attack it for the time being." Wen Biao, the official of the hundred households of the Praetorian Guard, stepped forward and said while supporting Zheng Lin.

After Zheng Lin fell ill, the command of the city was temporarily commanded by Du Yongan, who had been promoted to guerrilla in the Praetorian Guard, and the city was still fighting.

As a guerrilla of the Praetorian Guard, Du Yongan has always looked down on the Japanese people, and specially sent Wen Biao to guard him in case of accidents.

At this time, a Japanese soldier brought a bowl of hot porridge from outside, Wen Biao took it and tasted it and handed it to Zheng Lin, Zheng Lin was slightly relieved when he heard that Shimane Castle was still in Daming's hands, and then took the bowl and drank it in small sips.

"It's just the few Japanese generals who came to us a few days ago...... Adults should be careful of them! Wen Biao whispered as he glanced at the other widows in the room, but remembered that these widows couldn't understand what they were saying, and then relieved himself.

In the Battle of Nagano, the Dutch united with the Tokugawa shogunate and defeated the 90,000 allied forces of Saito and several other daimyo with 50,000 troops, and pursued the Saito coalition army all the way, not intending to give the Saito coalition army any chance.

Several daimyo such as Saito Chikei, Samki Yokoryu, and Nishimoto Taro fled southwest in a hurry, and fled to Shimane Castle with thousands of defeated troops along the way to seek refuge under Shimane Castle.

Zheng Lin knew that after the collapse of the Saito coalition army, Shimane Castle would definitely bear the brunt, but there were only 1,000 daimyo janissaries in Shimane Castle, and the remaining 10,000 Japanese soldiers were also recruits who had just been formed half a year ago, so he accommodated them.

Due to the common enemy, for a month, Saito and several other down-and-out daimyo got along fairly well with Zheng Lin's headquarters, and Saito even asked for help in defending the castle.

But at this time, since Nagasaki Castle was breached by the Dutch, the area controlled by Zheng Lin was repeatedly compressed, and by this time only a corner of Shimane Castle remained.

Saito Chikage and several other daimyo naturally refused to wait for death in the city, and the ten AKM snipers left behind by Liu Hongjian were all trained in reconnaissance, and soon discovered the instability of this group of people and informed Du Yongan, the commander of the Praetorian Guard.

"Help me to the wall!" When Zheng Lin heard this, he put the bowl in his hand on the table and was about to stand up.

"My lord, you haven't closed your eyes for two days, and you're still ......" Wen Biao couldn't bear to say.

"The official has already rested just now, and the prince handed over Dongying to the official, and I just desperately want to defend this Shimagen City." After speaking, Zheng Lin stood up and pointed to the armor on the wooden frame.

A Japanese general hurriedly took the armor, Wen Biao immediately dodged the armor and glared at the Japanese man vigilantly, and went to help Zheng Lin put on the armor himself.

"Wen Biao doesn't have to be like this, this official grew up in Dongying since he was a child, these Japanese people have been with me for ten years, although the name of Dongying is mostly treacherous, but Dongying's samurai have always been loyal." Zheng Lin said while putting on his armor.

Arriving at the top of the walls of Tokushimane Castle, the Praetorian Guard Senhu Du Yongan was running around the city wall with a roar.

As a thousand households, he has always been accustomed to listening to the command of Shangguan, and he has no experience in defending the city alone, and most of the people on the city wall are still Japanese, so he has already shouted in a hoarse voice.

"My lord! You're finally here, the Dutch artillery is so dense that the walls don't think they can hold for long! Du Yongan was overjoyed when he saw Zheng Lin coming, and then sighed again.

The good thing is that he can finally relieve the burden of defending the city, and the worry is that even if Zheng Lin comes, it will be difficult to stop the artillery of the Dutch.

"My lord, Saito's gang has been guarding the city in the west city, and an hour ago they suddenly refused to defend the city, and led the troops down the city wall, saying that the troops needed to repair the city for two days, and they had sent someone to monitor them!"

Du Yongan saw that Zheng Lin was expressionless, silent, and walked to Zheng Lin's side in a low voice.

"What about Feng Kuan? Please come and see me! Zheng Lin said suddenly.

Feng Kuannai is the squad leader of the AKM shooter left by Liu Hongji, although he has received the official position of Baihu, but because he has been following Liu Hongjian as a personal guard, and the special identity of the AKM marksman, Zheng Lin has always been very polite to them.

In fact, in the past six months, only 10 AKM shooters have made a name for themselves in Toei.

When the Saito coalition was still fighting with the shogunate, once it could not support it or encountered a tricky commander, he would ask Zheng Lin for help, and Zheng Lin also knew in his heart that once the Saito coalition army was wiped out, Shimane Castle would become the first to bear the brunt.

However, when Liu Hong gradually left Dongying, he was strictly ordered not to leave the city, and the Japanese recruits had indeed not been trained, so Zheng Lin sent snipers led by Feng Kuan in order to balance the battlefield.

Feng Kuan and other ten snipers not only had good marksmanship and dexterity, but also were very good at concealment, and many middle and low-ranking officers of the Tokugawa family were killed at the hands of ten people.

So much so that before the start of each later war, Tokugawa Kamematsu had to send a large number of sentinels to the surrounding area to investigate whether there were snipers.

It is precisely because of this that Saito and other daimyo have always been able to tolerate the Tagawa family never sending troops, except that Zheng Lin said before that he would not intervene in the war between Saito and the Tokugawa family, it is because Zheng Lin secretly supported the ten snipers of the Saito coalition army.

However, the addition of the Dutch broke this balance, and the Dutch marines defeated the Saito coalition army in only one battle of Nagano, and the situation in Toei was instantly unbalanced.

It's like two six-year-olds fighting, one of them has a ten-year-old helper standing behind him, occasionally helping him with a slingshot, and then a fifteen-year-old guy comes and slaps the helper to death.

Now the kid who won the battle hugged the thigh of his fifteen-year-old brother to seek revenge, and he blocked the gate with great momentum.

"I've seen Master Zheng!" Feng Kuan carried the AK and saluted Zheng Lin.

After getting along for more than half a year, now the Praetorian Guards and the guards of the prince of Anguo County represented by Feng Kuan have recognized the Zheng Lin in front of them, who is younger than them, and they prefer to call Lord Zheng than the soldiers of the Japanese recruits who call Tian Chuanjun.

They already regarded Zheng Lin as a general of the Ming Dynasty and a Han Chinese in China.

"Annoyed Feng Baihu with a marksman to keep an eye on Saito Chikagei and Sammu Hengliu, the official allowed them to repair for another hour, and after an hour they were all ready to defend the city, but if they did not obey the order, the official ordered you...... Shoot them all! Zheng Lin said coldly.

"Yes, sir, but ...... We are running out of ammunition. Feng Kuan immediately received the order.

As a special unit, when they were ordered to stay in Dongying, Liu Hongjian only left them less than 3,000 rounds of ammunition, although the shooter team tried to use it sparingly, but it had been consumed for more than half a year.

"Isn't there a substitute for ordinary rifle bullets?" Zheng Lin frowned and said.

"No, my lord, our muskets and ammunition are all distributed by adults, and as far as I know, the bullets of this gun are specially made, and only the lord of the county has them." Feng Kuan explained.

At this time, the news that Liu Hongjian was promoted to the king of Qin had not yet reached Dongying, so that Dongying's subordinates still called Liu Hongjian the king of Anguo.

"Du Qianhu, then I will have to ask the Praetorian Guards to help." Zheng Lin said to Du Yongan, a thousand-household official of the Praetorian Guard.

"But my lord, what about the city? I'll go down, if those widows ......"

"Don't worry, you guys go down!" Zheng Lin waved his hand.

The Praetorian Guard soldiers from the Ming Dynasty were full of distrust of Zheng Lin's new 10,000 Japanese recruits, which had always caused Zheng Lin a headache.

But the enmity between the Ming Dynasty and the Japanese has lasted for nearly two hundred years, and Zheng Lin, as an intermediary, does not know how to deal with it.

In Zheng Lin's opinion, Du Yongan and others did not know the Japanese people very well, especially the Japanese warriors.

Liu Hongji, who had been to Dongying once, still studied this slightly, and Liu Hongjian liked the spirit of bushido, of course, this was limited to Dongying.

In Liu Hongchuan's words, the spirit of bushido is brainwashing in two words, and it is to admit death in three words.

Bushido originated in the Kamakura shogunate of Japan and was formed during the Edo period by absorbing the ideas of Confucianism and Buddhism.

In the beginning, Bushido advocated the same loyalty and reputation as medieval chivalry, but as a product of the feudal shogunate era, Bushido absorbed only superficial things from Confucianism and Buddhism - the ruler could not really make his soldiers really believe in Confucianism, otherwise there would be no one to fight for them.

So what Confucianism and Buddhism could not meet the needs of the ruling class, Shintoism provided for it.

Following the wishes of the ruling class, the so-called bushido spirit, which blended the ideas of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shintoism, was born.

The basis of their beliefs is that they do not distinguish between right and wrong, they are arrogant and inferior, they believe in Buddhism but are murderous, they pay attention to etiquette but are barbaric and brutal, they pursue science but insist on superstition, and they oppress the weak and obey the strong.

The samurai want to "die simply", and if you want you to commit suicide, you have to commit suicide by seppuku, which is a tradition since the time of the Kamakura samurai in Japan.

Of course, Zheng Lin didn't know these profound things, he only knew that these Japanese recruits were loyal, willing to fight for him and didn't care who the enemy was, and that was enough.

Most of these Japanese recruits were refugees from Shimane Castle, who had lost their land and relatives during the war, and were penniless and hungry.

Zheng Lin took them in and gave them food, and selected the strong ones to be samurai.

The war between Saito and the shogunate cost them everything, and Zheng Lin promised to help them win it back, and they were willing to fight for Zheng Lin, even if it was to give everything.

"General, the artillery of the Dutch is constantly bombarding, the battlements of the southern wall are destroyed and there are several cracks, and the city wall will soon collapse! (Toei)"

More than half an hour later, a Japanese military attache trotted over to report to Zheng Lin.

"Order, the defenders of the southern city withdraw to the city and immediately deploy defense!" Zheng Lin did not hesitate at all, and immediately decided to give up Nancheng.

After receiving the order, the Japanese soldiers immediately rushed towards the southern city, while Zheng Lin looked up at the sky.

"Lord Wang, I have done my best, and I am willing to repay you with this life." After muttering a few words in a voice that only he could hear, Zheng Lin also headed towards Nancheng.

Shimane Castle was filled with less than 20,000 soldiers, including 10,000 Japanese recruits formed half a year earlier, 1,000 daimyo janissaries, and the defeated troops of daimyo such as the Saito coalition army, totaling more than 5,000 soldiers.

There were at least 60,000 or 70,000 enemies besieging the city, and the Dutch and Tokugawa Kamematsu had a clear purpose, and they did not even persuade them to surrender once, which made several daimyo such as Saito Chikage frustrated.

After the defeat in the Battle of Nagano, the desperate Saito Senkei coalition took refuge with Zheng Lin of Shimane Castle.

They thought that the Tagawa family was very strong, after all, ten people could influence the situation of a battle, but what they didn't know was that Nanazaemon only had these ten AKMs.

Now Shimane Castle seems to be difficult to hold, and Saito Chikage and several other daimyo have already had other ideas, just because they want to survive.

"The Tagawa family can't support it anymore, so Tagawa-kun wants to live and die with this city, we can't sit still, what do you think?"

Inside the camp, Saito Chikage glanced at the surroundings and whispered to the other daimyos.

"Saito-kun is right, our family has survived hardships for more than a year, and we can't ruin our good future because of the Tagawa family!" The cross-flow of ginseng has always been only Saito's thousand views of the horse, and when he saw Saito say this, he immediately expressed his attitude.

"But our family is controlled by the Tagawa family, what can we do?" Nishimoto Taro scratched his head, which had few hairs, and talked about his breath.

"Nishimoto-kun, as long as you can save our lives, are you still afraid that you won't have children?" Saito seemed to have made up his mind, and chuckled.

"Saito-kun is right, Nishimoto-kun, you are just over forty, and you still have a chance." Yoshiyo Nagashima glanced at Taro Nishimoto and smiled lewdly.

"I've always listened to Saito-kun, Saito-kun, you just tell me how to do it!" Seeing that several people had no opinions, Sammu Hengliu immediately urged.

"Nancheng can't hold out for long, look at the meaning of Na Tian Chuanjun, it must be a fight to the death, I just need to take advantage of the Tokugawa family to attack in, take the east gate, if we can escape, we will flee, if it can't work, go to Na Tokugawa, at least we can save our lives!"

Saito saw that it was almost over, and immediately expressed his opinion.

As long as you can capture a city gate, run away and jump by the natural sea, and if you can't run away, you will say that you are to meet the king, after all, open the city gate Tokugawa's family can fight on both sides and kill many soldiers, and this credit can always save their lives.

This plan is really treacherous, and everyone present has to nod and agree, at worst, it is still serving the Tokugawa family, who wants to accompany the Tagawa family here and wait for death?

"Then it's settled, hurry up and inform your men, and listen to my orders later!" After Saito finished speaking, he looked around again, turned back to the other daimyo and said:

"Everyone be careful, there seems to be someone watching us on the city wall!"

Saito followed first, followed by Samgi, Nishimoto, and Nagashima, and only Sakuragi Hisakumi, who was sitting in the corner, did not move, and he seemed to sigh softly and stood up.

At this time, Sensho Sawai Miao, who had been following Zheng Lin's side, trotted over, stopped about ten steps away from Saito and said:

"Saito-kun, you have been repairing for more than two hours, and the general ordered you to go to Nancheng immediately to assist in the defense!"

"Hey! I'll get ready later, and I'll be right away! Saito frowned, but there was no pause in his mouth.

Sawai nodded slightly towards the city wall after explaining, and then quickly left the Saito army camp.

Sakuragi Hisakuri walked out from behind and walked towards his subordinates.

Boom - Boom –

At this time, the devastated southern wall could no longer support it, and the sound of the wall collapsing startled Saito and others, who were not far away.

"Sakuragi-kun, what are you going to do?" Saito saw that Sakuragi Kumi didn't even say hello and frowned.

"The general said that I should wait to defend Nancheng, and I will take the order." After Sakuragi finished speaking, he trotted and ran towards his own people, and then almost without any pause, he led hundreds of his subordinates towards Nancheng.

There are just too few of them.

"Yaga!" Ginki Yokoru pointed to the direction where Sakuragi Kumi was leaving, gritting his teeth and scolding.

"Humph! There is a road in heaven that he doesn't go, no matter what he does, the southern city wall has collapsed, and he doesn't have time to ventilate and report the news, so we will immediately go and seize the east city gate! Saito immediately decided.

The four daimyo then returned to their respective quarters, and it wasn't long before the five thousand men had converged.

"Go straight to the East Gate, take the Gate, and we'll be ......alive," Saito shouted with his arms raised.

Bang - With a gunshot rang out, Saito Chikage's voice came to an abrupt halt.

A small bloody hole appeared in the center of Saito's forehead, and he fell back straight with wide eyes, and the ginseng tree Yokoru standing behind him was stunned, and his face was sprayed with a mixture of blood and brain.

At the same time as Saito fell, Samki clearly saw a palm-sized hole in the back of his head!

Bang - Bang -

There were several more gunshots on the city wall, and the stunned Samki Yokoru and Nishimoto Taro were shot and killed one after another, and Yoshiyo Nagashima was lucky enough to be shot in the arm.

At this moment, a lot of smoking things were suddenly thrown on the city wall, and Nagashima Ishiyo looked at the eyes that fell at his feet full of despair.

呲呲——呲——呲呲呲——

"It's a grenade, run—(Toei)" one of the Japanese soldiers howled and was about to run into the distance.

Boom - Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom T

……

Almost at the same time, a tragic scene began to be staged under the southern city.

After the Dutch destroyed the city walls, Tokugawa Kamematsu immediately ordered his infantry to start storming the city, and it was Zheng Linzheng's 5,000 recruits who were responsible for defending the city.

Due to the blockade of the Ming Coast before, these recruits have not even been able to wear the standard armor of the Ming Dynasty until now, but fortunately, there is no shortage of silver in the silver mine, and the outfits of these Japanese soldiers have been unified into the light armor of Dongying.

Half of the muskets they used were old-fashioned arquebuses, and the other half had a batch of firing guns supported by Liu Hongji, about 3,000 pieces, and the other were hand grenades, which hollowed out Liu Hongji's ring at that time.

Although the city wall collapsed, the ground was uneven, and the Tokugawa family's infantry did not advance quickly, and it was precisely because the broken wall hindered the cavalry charge that Zheng Lin decided to block the enemy behind the city wall.

"Sawai-kun, open fire!" Zheng Lin saw that the enemy's vanguard had gathered, and immediately gave an order to Sawai Miao, who was on the side.

"Hey!" Sawai yelled and ordered his men to light the arquebuses of the artillery.

Boom - boom boom - boom -

With a loud bang, five small copper cannons spewed out fury, and the cannonballs almost only needed a slight correction at such a close distance to accurately charge into the Tokugawa family's infantry.

The five shells cut five blood grooves in the middle of the enemy as if they had rushed into a no-man's land, and the enemy soldiers in the front row were directly hit through the body by the shells, and at least sixty or seventy people were killed under the five shells.

But that's all, this old style of small copper cannon was cumbersome to load, and the distance between the two sides was simply too late for a second reload, and after a round of shelling, Sawai Miaoo immediately ordered the artillery to retreat.

The five guns were temporarily removed from the northern city wall, beyond which was the sea, and the artillery on the wall had to be prepared for a naval attack by the Dutch at any time.

After the bombardment, the Tokugawa army was not only not frightened, but rushed towards it with a scream and a frenzied rush, and it was not long before the two armies began to hear a chaotic gunfire.

Due to the backward equipment, neither Tokugawa nor Zheng Lin's armies had yet to use musket phalanxes, and after each round of firing, they drew their swords and began to fight with knives.

But there are also quick hands to take advantage of the free time to reload, while dodging the enemy's attack, and then put cold guns in the crowd, and the two sides fell into a melee for a while.

More enemies poured in from outside the city walls, and slowly the situation began to turn unfavorable to the defenders of Shimane Castle, and although the Japanese recruits trained by Zheng Lin were not afraid of death, the casualties began to gradually increase due to lack of actual combat experience.

"Sakuragi-kun, please send your men to support the left flank immediately! (Dongying language)" Zheng Lin glanced at Sakuragi and said.

He was very surprised by the actions of this daimyo in his early thirties, Saito Chikei, Samki Yokoru, Nishimoto Taro and Nagashima Yoshiyo all defected, but this down-and-out daimyo with only more than 500 people chose to fight side by side with him.

But Zheng Lin didn't have time to think about this, the enemy's fierce offensive on the left flank was almost unsupportable, and he had to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

"Hey!" Sakuragi didn't say much, and immediately rushed forward with his subordinates.

"Lord Zheng, don't use grenades, or I'll take my people to rush." Janissaries thousand households Du Yongan Road.

Saito and several other daimyo who defected had been killed by the Praetorian Guards and snipers, and Du Yongan had just arrived from the camp, but seeing that the situation was so deadlocked, he couldn't help but suggest.

The Praetorian Guards have always been very disdainful of the combat power of the Japanese people, and the firearms of the Japanese people have lagged behind the Ming Dynasty, all relying on a ruthless fight for knives, which Liu Hong gradually hates, and Liu Hong gradually rarely orders them to fight knives.

And the 1,000 soldiers of the Praetorian Guard are all carefully selected from the hundreds of thousands of soldiers when Liu Hong gradually came to Dongying last time.

So much so that in Du Yongan's view, the melee between the Japanese is a bit low-end, and he only needs one grenade covering attack and a few rounds of musket salvos, which is enough to solve the current dilemma.

"Dare to ask Lord Du, how much ammunition and grenades do you still have in your hands?" Zheng Lin asked Du Yongan expressionlessly.

"There are about 100 rounds of paper shells per person, and more than 2,000 grenades, so I should be able to continue fighting for at least an hour." Du Yongan said with a little weakness.

"Yes, you know you're running out of ammunition, but the Dutch haven't started attacking yet!" After Zheng Lin finished speaking, he no longer talked to Du Yongan, and rejected his proposal.

In fact, Zheng Lin also had a headache, because the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were very unfriendly and distrustful of the Japanese generals under him.

The Praetorian Guard is very powerful, but if there are no muskets and grenades, how much more powerful can they be than the Japanese people?

This is like the chain of contempt in later generations, where the white people despise the yellow race, and the yellow people despise the black people, the Yulin army despises the tiger army, the tiger army despises the Janissake, and the Praetorian Guard despises the border army, and then they despise all the foreign armies together, including the Japanese soldiers.

After about a quarter of an hour, due to the continuous increase of the Tokugawa army, the defense within the city wall finally could not be supported, Du Yongan asked for battle again, and Zheng Lin agreed to fight.

The Praetorian Guard was brave enough to bombard indiscriminately with 500 grenades, and then the musket phalanx of 1,000 men was almost impenetrable, and the Tokugawa army launched two rounds of attacks in succession in the city failed.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Tokugawa army's first siege failed, leaving behind more than 3,000 corpses and retreating, while at least 2,000 Japanese recruits on Zheng Lin's side bid farewell to this world forever.

"General Barov, the Tagawa family has a unit with very powerful firearms, my subordinates have suffered too many casualties, you must send your troops to battle immediately!" After listening to the casualty report of his subordinates, Tokugawa Kamematsu walked towards Barov Road.

Tokugawa Kamematsu knew that if he refused to speak, Barov would not take the initiative to send troops to attack.

"Don't worry, Lord Tokugawa, the battle has just begun!" Barov was still eating fried steak, he was not tall but weighed at least twice as much as Tokugawa Kamematsu.

In fact, he wished that the Tokugawa family and the Tagawa family in the castle were all dead, so that Toei would be the company, so that he would no longer have to worry about the problem of troops.

Shimane Castle was besieged on three sides, and outside the northern castle was the sea, it was impossible for Tagawa to escape from the sea without warships, and Barov saw this as an opportunity to drain the strength of the Tokugawa shogunate.

"But General Barov, the prince of the Ming Dynasty has triumphed from the Rakshasa Kingdom, are you sure that we will continue to drag it on?"

Tokugawa Kamematsu understood in the end, he knew in his heart why the Dutch were unwilling to take the initiative to help, but at the same time he also knew how to make this Dutch fat man help.

Sure enough, Barov froze on the spot when he heard the knife and fork in his hand, and then Barov threw the knife and fork on the plate, wiped his hands indiscriminately, and stood up.

"Then let Tagawa see the power of the Netherlands!"

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In Shimane Castle, Zheng Lin is urgently dispatching manpower to rotate the Japanese soldiers who had been injured in the previous battle to the rear to maintain order, and pull the remaining 5,000 Japanese soldiers back into the city wall line.

Although Shimane Castle is not large, the refugees who have been ravaged by the Shogunate and Saito coalition forces for more than half a year have fled all the way to the west, and the combined number of Shimane Castle soldiers and civilians has exceeded an unprecedented 100,000 at the most.

Unaware of the impending disaster, Sawai Miyo organized Japanese civilians to dig a trench in the center of the castle to hinder a possible cavalry offensive by the Tokugawa family.

There was no inner city in Shimane Castle, so Zheng Lin ordered most of the houses in the city to be demolished, and a simple second line of defense was formed with moats, stones, and beams.

Zheng Lin didn't think about abandoning the city and fleeing, but where could he flee to?

After the loss of Nagasaki, the Tagawa clan was slaughtered, and even the merchant fleet was wiped out, and there was at least a base in Shimane, and there was almost no way to escape without 10,000 Japanese soldiers in Toei without warships.

"General, His Majesty the Emperor inquired about the war, and he had prepared five wagons full of silver nuggets, and he wanted to leave Shimane Castle. (Toei language)" Sawai Miyo came to report.

Sawai Miao's tone was already very contemptuous when he said that the emperor had enjoyed himself in the palace they had built for half a year, and now he was about to flee as soon as the war came, which made Sawai Miyo very disappointed.

"Tell your Majesty that the Emperor should be with his people and send fifty soldiers to protect them." Zheng Lin said.

He ignored Sawai Miao's accusation, it was Liu Hongji's intention to keep such a drag oil bottle, but at that time, Liu Hongjian left in a hurry and did not explain how to deal with the emperor, so Zheng Lin has not been sorry for the emperor's family, of course, it is impossible to let them escape.

"Lord Zheng, the enemy is attacking again!" The Janissaries trotted to report Wen Biao.

"Prepare for battle!" When Zheng Lin heard this, he immediately put on his helmet and headed towards Nancheng.

The corpses of the soldiers killed in the previous bloody war in Nancheng had not yet had time to be cleaned up, and the severed limbs that could be seen everywhere were mixed with the disgusting smell of blood.

"It's Dutch! General, you should be careful with their throwing firearms! Sakuragi Kuami squinted his eyes and saw the enemy's outfit from afar, he had been fighting the shogunate and the Dutch for half a year, so he naturally recognized the enemy at a glance.

After the battle just now, the number of Japanese soldiers who were still behind Sakuragi Hisarumi was sharply reduced from more than 500 to more than 300, but Sakuragi Kurumi also won Zheng Lin's recognition and trust because of this.

"Sakuragi-kun, I'm curious why you didn't run away with Saito, but I don't care about that now, Shimane Castle is already in danger, and we will fight side by side, even if my two brothers who died in the battle will definitely avenge us."

Zheng Lin said to Sakuragi with a tired expression, but still calm and serious.

There were too many enemies, and after the bloody battle just now, his total strength was less than 10,000, and he had no chance of winning after the Dutch army joined in.

"General, if you are going to fight after all, why do you care who the enemy is?" Sakuragi saw that the blood stains on his face had dried up, his eyes were cloudy and looked more tired than Zheng Lin, and after speaking, he carried his sword and headed towards the battlefield.

His family was not in the camp of Zheng Lin, and they had all been killed in the previous battle with the Dutch, including the infant children.

"Samurai, the time has come to test your loyalty, let General Ben see your determination and kill the invaders! (Dongying language)" Zheng Lin took out his sword and said to the Japanese warriors in the array.

"Broken jade! Jade shattered! Jade shattered! "Some of the Japanese samurai held swords in their hands, and some held old-fashioned muskets, but all of them had fierce expressions and screams.

At this moment, Du Yongan, Wen Biao and others finally saw the courage of the Japanese people, because the emotion of seeing death as home could not be pretended, and the thousand Praetorian Guard soldiers also clenched the grenade in their hands.

"It's coming! Du Qianhu grenade ready! Zheng Lin's eyes were like torches, staring closely at the distance between the enemy and the position.

"Throw!" Zheng Lin shouted.

Almost at the same time, the Dutch throwers also threw grenades at them, and the grenades on both sides even collided in the air, and suddenly bursts of black smoke rose from the positions.

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

After a barrage of bombardment, the visual distance between the positions was less than three paces, and at least hundreds of the Japanese warriors in the front row fell, and the Dutch were also damaged.

"Charge! (Dongying language)" Zheng Lin ordered the Japanese samurai.

After receiving the order, the 5,000 Japanese warriors did not hesitate to brave the still exploding artillery fire towards the Dutch infantry phalanx in the thick smoke.

It was a good opportunity, and although the damage on the attacking side would be worse, the smoke was good cover, and the Japanese warriors quickly rushed to the edge of the Dutch infantry phalanx.

Bang bang bang bang - bang bang -

"Change the bayonet! (Dutch)"

The Dutch officer in charge of commanding the infantry phalanx had only time to fire a single volley before the Japanese warriors were charged in the face, and he had to urgently order the musketeers to meet the enemy with their bayonet swords.

However, the Janissaries and the Dutch throwers were still engaged in a grenade battle, and Du Yongan had to stop the rest of the Dutch from encircling the Japanese warriors.

"Hell! Where did the Japanese get the grenades? Barov put down his binoculars and frowned, although this statement was very substandard, but this group of fierce widows who were not afraid of death did make him very angry.

Although the walls had collapsed, the artillery could not be transported to the city, and the situation was now either that the Dutch and the defending Japanese fought with bayonets, or that they had to brave the grenades of the defenders to encircle and suppress the Japanese people.

But the cost of encirclement was too great, at least for Count Barov, whose legion was only fifteen thousand men, and it was difficult to replenish it.

"Your Excellency Tokugawa, please immediately send your army to encircle and suppress this group of Japanese people!" Barov said to Tokugawa Kamematsu, who was holding a telescope on the side.

The number of troops in his hand means how many chips he has after the war, and Barov has a lot of plots, and if the damage in the final battle is too great, it will be difficult to support Toei's layout, so he must force Tokugawa to send troops, even if it is to withdraw from the battle as a threat.

"That's fine, Barov-kun, I'll order it right away."

Not only did Tokugawa Kamematsu not refute in order to preserve his strength, but immediately ordered his subordinates to start entering the city with 10,000 Japanese people to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Although Tokugawa Kamematsu has only 50,000 soldiers at the moment, the 40,000 recruits in Edo are training intensively.

If he wanted to, he could call up tens of thousands more Japanese at any time, and as long as he won this war, everything would be back under his control.

There was no doubt that Tokugawa Kamematsu now needed the Dutch, and their artillery fire was needed to remove this last obstacle.

The addition of 10,000 shogunate troops was undoubtedly a catastrophe for the Japanese people defending the city, and almost less than half an hour later, the waves set off by 5,000 Japanese soldiers were quickly drowned.

"My lord, the front can't hold up, and the grenades are running out!" Du Yongan trotted to ask Zheng Lin in person.

There are too many enemies, with 10,000 against 60,000, it is impossible to win unless it is a divine soldier descending from heaven, but now the defenders have lost all the opportunities to break through.

"Retreat to the City Lord's Mansion!" Zheng Lin had to give the order to retreat.

Located in the north of the center of Shimane Castle, the Castle Lord's Mansion is also a refuge for the civilians of Shimane Castle.

Moreover, tens of thousands of civilians in Shimane City are likely to suffer as well, but Zheng Lin can't care about it now, and it is Zheng Lin's rule not to give up until the last moment.

At least 1,000 more fell during the retreat, so that when he retreated to the City Lord's Mansion, Zheng Lin had less than 3,000 people left on his side, including more than 700 Praetorian Guards, 10 AKM shooters, and about 2,000 wounded Japanese soldiers.

Kusakuragi miraculously survived, sitting on a stone with his bleeding calf bandaged, and there were only two guards standing beside him.

Everyone knew what was to come, with Shimane Castle revolting fiercely and the traditional Tokugawa as the shogunate slaughtering the defenders of the castle.

"My lord, they're coming, and artillery." Du Yongan hung his head and said.

The Praetorian Guards have been rampant in the Ming Dynasty for many years, and he has been beaten so badly, Du Yongan even thought that if Liu Hongjian was here, he would definitely not let them fall into such a situation.

But he knew that this was a bit irresponsible, Zheng Lin did not make any mistakes in commanding the operation, if he really wanted to say it, he could only blame the recruits for too little training time and outdated equipment.

However, Zheng Lin strictly obeyed Liu Hongji's orders, and almost turned a deaf ear to other battles except for Shimane Castle and Iwami Silver Mine, and also managed to be in the city.

"Panic what! When you hand over Shimane Castle to us, you should do your duty, and even if you die, you will not be able to live up to your dignity. Zheng Lin said angrily.

At the same time, Zheng Lin knew in his heart that once they died here, the million-strong division of the Ming Dynasty would no longer be unknown, and sooner or later his two brothers would bring thousands of troops and horses to ride a mountain of warships to avenge them.

"Yes, my lord, shame on me!" Du Yongan was awakened by Zheng Lin's words and said in a low voice.

Anyway, there is no escape, since you are going to die, you naturally have to die to stand up to the sky, crying and crying not only will not make the enemy soft-hearted, but will make people laugh.

"How much ammunition is left?" Zheng Lin said.

"Lord Hui, there are less than ten grenades left, and there are about ten paper shells in each flintlock gun, and I heard Feng Baihu say that the sharpshooter team is only twenty rounds per person......"

Speaking of this, Du Yong was bitter in his heart, if there was enough ammunition, even if 12,000 men could not win the battle, they would at least be able to inflict heavy losses on the shogunate and the Dutch.

What is hateful is that the imperial court has not sent any supplies for half a year, and they seem to have been abandoned by the imperial court in Shimane Castle.

Du Yongan also knew that Liu Hongjian was leading a large army to expedition against Rakshasa, and it was precisely because of this that the soldiers of the Praetorian Guard firmly believed that only by following Liu Hongjian could they really live a good life.

"Order all soldiers to aim and fight, don't waste ammunition!" Zheng Lin put down the binoculars and said.

Du Yongan had the order to leave, but before he could take two steps, he was stopped by Zheng Lin.

"Du Qianhu, someone should send a grenade." Zheng Lin said calmly and gently, as if he was not an order but a discussion.

Du Yongan was stunned for a moment before he understood Zheng Lin's determination.

"Yes, sir! I wish you all the best luck! Du Yongan gave a military salute to Zheng Lin as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

On the other side, all the members of the AKM team led by Feng Kuan are also making final preparations.

Feng Kuan gathered all the AKM bullets together, and only twenty-one or two rounds were evenly distributed to each person, and he couldn't even fill a magazine.

"Finally, there has never been a precedent for the Guards to be captured, and if the Dutch invade, they know what to do, right?" After Feng Kuan finished distributing the bullets, his gaze swept over the nine robes one by one.

"Don't worry, captain, we all know how to do it, it's a pity for our guns......" Deputy Baihu Ma Zhong stroked the blackened AKM in his hand and said reluctantly.

"Look at your little bit of breath!" Feng Kuan glared at Ma Zhong.

"The prince said that the guns in our hands must not fall into the hands of the enemy, if they really come to that point, they must all be destroyed!" Feng Kuan said solemnly.

Boom - Boom -

As he spoke, the Dutchman's artillery began to fire.

"Go to the high ground immediately and remember what I just said!" Feng Kuanteng stood up with a bang, and went to meet the enemy with AKM since ancient times.

The courtyard wall of the city lord's mansion was only two people high, where could it withstand the artillery of the Dutch, and the brick wall about a foot thick was torn apart in an instant like rice paper, overwhelming the Japanese soldiers behind the courtyard wall.

Tokugawa ordered his Japanese to start slaughtering the civilians, while the Dutch artillery turned their guns to the wooden houses behind the courtyard walls.

At the same time, more Japanese and Dutch people swarmed in through the gap in the courtyard wall, grenades and Japanese knives dominated everything, and it was not long before the city lord's mansion became a sea of fire outside the main building.

"Farewell, big brother." Zheng Lin's hair was messy and his face was withered, and he said to Nan Nan in the southwest.

It's all over, and the only regret is that I didn't return to Daming after all, and I didn't see my eldest brother who had been absent for many years.

"Farewell, lord, my subordinates are ashamed of your respect." After Zheng Lin finished speaking, he took out the grenade from his waist.

This is a wooden-handled grenade filled with fine iron, the safety cover of the grenade has been unscrewed, and the pull ring is hanging under the wooden handle, Zheng Lin put a finger in the pull ring and closed his eyes......

Boom –

Boom Boom Boom Boom Boom

Boom Boom Boom –

A monstrous loud noise suddenly came from a distance, and its sound was different from the solid cannonballs of the Dutch, and Zheng Lin's brow jumped.

"My lord! The sound of artillery came from outside the city, and it is possible that ...... It's reinforcements! Du Yongan trotted excitedly.

At the same time, he was not sure, Du Yongan Mo said that he had not even seen supplies after defending the city for half a year, and in addition to the Saito coalition army, who else would rush to support?

Zheng Lin stuffed the grenade into his waist again, walked to the window in three steps and two steps, and looked out of the city with a telescope.

But seeing the smoke and dust billowing outside the city, there was a hidden banner display, Zheng Lin squinted his eyes and carefully probed and saw that there was a Liu character.

"Big brother......" Zheng Lin's tears couldn't help but welled up from his eyes.

……

"Two stunned! If you dare to be stingy with shells, Lao Tzu will collapse you! Boom me!

Lu Haibo and Kuoduan, if you two can't finish the encirclement, prepare to get the board at night!

Limhe! Musketeers press on! Mo Jiao ran away alone! ”

Outside the southern city, Liu Hong gradually became like a big rooster jumping on his feet, and sent all the troops out at one time.

In addition to the more than 1,000 guards around him, Liu Hongjian did not even leave a reserve, which shows Liu Hongchuan's confidence in this army.

After learning the news of Dongying from Quanzhou, it only took 26 days, and it was not unpleasant to go from the transfer of troops to the arrival of the battlefield in 26 days.

The soldiers were still the original members of the Janissaries, and most of them participated in the expedition of the Rakshasa Kingdom.

After sending pigeons from Quanzhou to Shanghai, Huang Daozhou changed pigeons to Weihai, Shandong Province for three days after receiving the letter.

After receiving Liu Hongji's urgent military order, the Beiyang Navy Division immediately flew pigeons to the palace and sent a message to the palace, and at the same time, it only took one day to assemble the troop transport ships that Liu Hongjian needed.

The troop transport ship went all the way north to the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin, and at this time, under the pressure of Zhu Cihong, the 30,000 Praetorian Guards had been waiting for a long time.

Liu Hongjian crossed the strait directly from Quanzhou to Taiwan, and together with Zheng Sen, the commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, he led half of the warships to Dongying.

Because the troop carrier carried howitzers, if you want to put into the battlefield as soon as possible, you must land as close to Shimane as possible, but the Dutch warship stayed in the open sea north of Shimane Castle, and Liu Hongjian did not intend to fight the Dutch navy in a hurry, and after some reconnaissance, Liu Hongjian finally chose to land in Hamada, which is two hundred miles away from Shimane Castle.

Five days later, the troop transport ship of the Beiyang Naval Division finally arrived, and the 30,000 Praetorian Guards were all the strength of Liu Hongji's rescue in the east.

However, the Praetorian Guard at this time was no longer the Praetorian Guard who lacked ammunition supplies during the expedition to the Rakshasas.

Since the expeditionary force began to triumph from Moscow to the present, the ordnance station has been working overtime for more than half a year, and howitzers, mortars, all kinds of artillery shells, and metal bullets have long been piled up in the armory.

Liu Honggradually no longer had to use firearms with his fingers, but the second stunned man in the artillery battalion who was used to frugality was not used to it for a while, and was reprimanded by Liu Hong repeatedly.

30,000 against 60,000, no general in the traditional war model dares to guarantee victory, except for Liu Hongji.

Fifty howitzers bombarded the rear of the Dutch and shogunate coalition camps non-stop, and the cavalry battalion of the Praetorian Guard, led by Lu Haibo and Koduan, frantically threw grenades at the shogunate soldiers who broke through.

On both sides of the bolt-action rifle camp led by Lin He, there are 100 small mortars each, and after the baptism of the Rakshasa expedition, the Praetorian Guard is enough to make the world's armies tremble.

"Major General, the enemy is attacking from the rear, their army is very fierce, we ...... We're surrounded! A herald staggered to Barov's side and answered his questions.

"What? How many of them are there? Who will the Lord be? Barov was shocked when he heard this.

There were more than 60,000 coalition troops, and if you wanted to surround them, you would have to at least triple the number of troops, but Toei was such a large place, and Barov and the shogunate fought almost from northwest to southeast, where would there be an enemy with such a force.

"My lord, there are not many people, according to Captain Carlin, it should not exceed 40,000, and the interpreter says that the enemy's flag is surnamed Liu, and it is the flag of the Ming Dynasty.

Their firearms are so powerful, their guns have a longer range than ours, and they explode violently when they land, their musketeers are not suitable for infantry formations, but the rate of fire is several times faster than ours......"

The herald came all the way from the rear, and really saw the terrifying lethality of the firearm, so much so that at the end of the day, his eyes widened.

"It's that person! That guy is back! Barov Nannan said.

"Your Excellency Tokugawa, we must immediately stop the offensive and start breaking through." Barov saw that Tokugawa Kamematsu was also in a hurry, and said directly.

"Barov-kun, we are already surrounded, my cavalry has tried to break through twice, but failed!" Tokugawa Kamematsu was also shocked.

The two immediately decided to withdraw from Shimane Castle after deliberating, but the situation was completely out of their control.

The enemy's line was very thin, with only a few thousand men on each side, but no matter how Tokugawa Kamematsu's cavalry charged, no one could rush into the enemy's side except for the corpses left behind.

Barov's artillery was hit first by Kong Erzi of the Praetorian Guard, all the ammunition had already been blown up into the sky, and his soldiers continued to lose every second, but he was helpless in the face of the fierce offensive, Barov was anxious, and he felt a deep sense of fear and powerlessness for the first time.

"Send someone! Go to them and negotiate and ask for a truce! In front of Tokugawa Kamematsu, Barov almost yelled.

He did not know when this force had landed, and the damned Bernard, the enemy had landed without notifying him.

He wanted to question, but the premise was to survive, and we heard from the person above that the unit under that man had amazing firearms, but he didn't expect that the first time he saw it would become the last time.

"Barov-kun, why did the Ming army invade my Dongying?" Tokugawa Kamematsu asked.

Dongying and the Ming Dynasty have not interacted with each other for decades, and since the Great War between Dongying and Korea, the shogunate has cut off tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

But over the years, the shogunate has been doing business with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, and there has not been much contradiction and friction, which makes Tokugawa Kamematsu very puzzled.

"Humph! Remember the successive assassinations a year ago? Now it seems that it was the one from Da Ming who did it!

And this Shimane Castle, it is estimated that it is also the bureau that the person set up behind his back! Barov said hatefully.

Sure enough, he was still young, and there was no excuse for the guilt he wanted, but Barov didn't bother to explain to Tokugawa Kamematsu, he only cared about his regiment now.

If his legion suffers a heavy blow in Dongying, his position will be dealt a fatal blow, and even if he returns to Batavia, it is estimated that what awaits him will only be the criticism of the company's board of directors.

"Major General, the Ming army refuses to negotiate, they are gradually reducing the encirclement!"

After a quarter of an hour, Barov finally waited for the messenger to reply.

"Barov-kun, I think we must gather all our forces and organize another breakout, otherwise we won't be able to escape!" Tokugawa Kamematsu said anxiously.

Knowing that the person who came was the Ming prince who killed his brother and father, Tokugawa Kamematsu's face turned pale.

Tokugawa Kamematsu didn't want to avenge his brother and father at all after learning the truth, he just wanted to escape from the encirclement as soon as possible.

"Good! You take your people to break through from the right flank, I am from the left, whether you can escape and ascend to heaven depends on this time, I wish your Excellency Tokugawa good luck! Barov said in a deep voice.

In less than an hour, at least half of his legion was dead, and there was really no way to drag it out.

But even in this situation, Barov still kept an eye on it, and at this time to break through, whoever launched first would have to bear a greater fire attack, and Barov decided to wait.

When the Japanese attracted more firepower, Barov delivered another fatal blow.

However, will Liu Honggradually give him this opportunity?

"Lord Wang, the enemy on the left flank has rushed up on all fronts, as if they want to break through! Lord Lu said that he was sure that he would fight the enemy back. "A sentry rode a horse to report it.

"Tell Lu Haibo that before the grenade runs out, say in advance, what we have is enough!" Liu Hong gradually squinted his eyes and stared at the battlefield in front of him, revealing a strange smile.

For six years, the Netherlands has been entrenched in the head of Daming like a dark cloud, and after six years, Liu Honggradually finally had the confidence to beat the Dutch down on the frontal battlefield.

Half an hour later, the breakthrough of Tokugawa Kamematsu and Barov was repulsed again, this time the losses on both sides were extremely heavy, the total number of troops was already less than 20,000, Barov decisively sent people to ask for surrender, although 20,000 to 30,000 to ask for surrender made him feel ashamed, but he thought that the preservation of strength was the most important thing.

The company would not tolerate the loss of his legion, and would redeem it even at a large cost, because it would be too expensive to rebuild one.

Liu Honggradually accepted their surrender, collected their weapons, drove them to the beach north of Shimane Castle, and then secretly executed 20,000 soldiers, including Barov and Tokugawa Kamematsu, despite the dissuasion of his subordinates.

The placement of prisoners was too troublesome, he didn't need prisoners, and his subordinates were worried that no one would dare to surrender to Daming after the news of this matter came out, but Liu Hong gradually disagreed.

Not every surrendered unit has a chance of surviving, and if it does not surrender despite its demands, then a bombardment will be a draw.

After disposing of the captives, it was already completely dark, and Liu Honggradually ordered the corpses of the Dutch and the shogunate army to be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks.

It was also on the same night that Liu Hongjian saw the tattered Tagawa Shichizaemon again, oh, it should be called Zheng Lin at this time.

"Lord Wang, the humble duty failed to hold Shimane Castle, resulting in the death and injury of most of the 10,000 recruits, resulting in the death of tens of thousands of civilians in Shimane Castle. Zheng Lin lifted his armor and threw himself on his knees in front of Liu Hongji.

Later, Du Yongan and Wen Biao of the Praetorian Guard, Feng Kuan, who stayed behind in the personal guard battalion, and Sawai Miao, who commanded the Japanese recruits, also fell to their knees.

"Hehe, get up, you all do your best, this king doesn't blame you, and, Zheng Lin, your brother Zheng Sen is also here, let's go with this king tomorrow!" Liu Hong gradually smiled and helped Zheng Lin who was in tears, and then raised his arm to signal the others to get up too.

At this time, Feng Kuan of the guard battalion had already told Liu Hongjian about Zheng Lin's grenade, and he still attached great importance to Liu Hongji, a young man from the Zheng family.

The defenders of Shimane Castle suffered heavy casualties, and to the last 10,000 Japanese recruits were able to stand, and more than half of the Praetorian Guards were wounded.

Zheng Lin wiped his eyes and introduced Liu Hongjian to the Japanese subordinates behind him, and focused on the deeds of Sakuragi Hisakumi.

The Japanese recruits encountered this difficulty was no longer enough to support the defense of Shimane Castle, and it was impossible to continue to recruit soldiers, in Zheng Lin's opinion, Sakuragi Hisarumi was a qualified Japanese general, and Liu Hong should gradually reuse.

But Liu Hongji's words made Zheng Lin a little puzzled.

"No one can be reused, unless he has passed the king's test." Liu Hong frowned slightly.

"But the prince, it is difficult for the Japanese soldiers to train, and it is not enough for the Japanese to train, if it is ......"

"Who said they were going to use Japanese soldiers? Alas, if you don't mention this beforehand, you'll understand in a few days. Liu Hong gradually waved his hand to stop the conversation.

The next day, Zheng Sen arrived at the port north of Shimane City with the troop carriers of the Nanyang Naval Division and the Beiyang Naval Division.

After that, Liu Honggradually convened a meeting of all the generals except the Japanese people, and the generals still had to explain the war arrangements.

"This king wants to build a country in Dongying, and the country name is Qin, which is why this king says that the Japanese people are not credible, and everyone can say what they think." Liu Hong said calmly.

Previously, Liu Hong's layout of supporting Dongying under the guise of Tian Chuan's family was really helpless, but now that the Rakshasa Kingdom has been destroyed, there are no strong neighbors around the Ming Dynasty, and this layer of pretense is no longer necessary.

Xiao Zhu promoted him to the prince and the fief was in Dongying, according to the etiquette he can build a state, and his feudal country is a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and he can be called the king within the feudal country, that is, the king, but not the emperor.

In the past three hundred years, the Ming Dynasty has chosen the prince's fief overseas for the first time, and this overseas enclave is not the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The prince is about to stand on his own.

This was the first thought in everyone's hearts, and Zheng Lin was also pondering, as if he was thinking about the position.

And several generals of Liu Hong's personal guard battalion were so happy that they couldn't keep their mouths together, although they stayed in the personal guard camp and had a high status, the full strength of the personal guard battalion was only 2,000 people, and the highest was only 1,000 households.

Although Liu Hong's military salary was not paid according to the actual military position, who doesn't want to climb higher?

It would be different if Liu Honggradually had the feudal state, they would all be the backbone of the generals in the feudal country, which is really good news.

The generals of the Praetorian Guard, Lu Haibo, Lin He and others also had different expressions, Lu Haibo wanted to follow Liu Hongji, he was worried that if Liu Hongjian really left the Ming Dynasty, Wu would be jointly suppressed by the civil officials and the imperial court again.

Lin He was very hesitant, he was not as heartless as Lu Haibo, and he had a greater sense of belonging to Daming than Dongying.

"I said, what do you all want? One by one, the king told you, pay attention to your identity, you are the generals of the Ming Dynasty, this king brought you here is not elopement!"

Liu Hongjian has been running around with this group of generals for several years, how can he not understand what these people are thinking? After saying a few words, the generals present all blushed.

"This king repeats, you are all generals of the Ming Dynasty, receiving His Majesty's salary, and I am here to help the king plow the land in Dongying and eradicate all the Japanese who dare to resist the king, and then you still have to return to the Ming Dynasty and return to the camp of the Praetorian Guard."

Liu Hong gradually glared at Lu Haibo and Lin Daodao.

"Hehe, the prince is serious, we don't have any other ideas at all, let's listen to you, we will beat whoever you ask us to beat, and we will go wherever you let us go."

Lu Haibo smiled and expressed his will in a few words, but he didn't completely say it.

"! Horse meat can't stop your stinky mouth! Liu Hong gradually ignored Lu Haibo's disguised allegiance.

Although Dongying has experienced several wars, there are at least 8 million Japanese people, which can be regarded as an interesting story about the Warring States period in Dongying.

During the Warring States Period, the population of China was negative, and during the Three Kingdoms period, the population of the country also declined sharply due to wars and various famines.

And the so-called Warring States of Dongying has fought for dozens or hundreds of years, and the population has grown from several million to 12 million, which can be regarded as a bull break.

"This king is called Qin, and he will inevitably be resisted by the Japanese people, and your task is to kill all the Japanese people who resist!" Liu Hong gradually picked up a glass of Japanese sake and took a sip.

Liu Honggradually liked the place of Dongying, but he didn't like the people of Dongying, or their culture.

For this reason, Liu Honggradually formulated the 'ploughing plan', although the name is rough, but in the past few months, Liu Honggradually has repeatedly considered it and still feels that it is most appropriate to use the plough.

First of all, culturally, the Dongying script must be abolished, and the relatively equivalent Dongying language must also be abolished, and all Dongying books will also be abolished.

It is difficult to change a nation, but that is only in later generations, culture is the foundation of a nation, and in this year, Liu Hongjian can be simpler and more rude.

He will require all Dongying people to learn the Ming language, Ming language, and culture, and will also hire more down-and-out talents from the interior of the Ming Dynasty to give lectures.

From clothing to hairstyles, from speech to manners, what you can see, hear, and learn will all be sinicized.

This is his fiefdom, he is the king of this land, while he still holds the military power of the Ming Dynasty, he is completely sure that he will assimilate this sworn enemy of the Han people three hundred years later.

"The Ming Dynasty will continue to bring all kinds of supplies to Dongying, including weapons, ammunition, food, books, teachings, and production tools.

There is a long road ahead, and I hope you will pay more attention! Liu Hong gradually finished speaking, and raised his wine glass.

After hearing about Liu Hongji's plan, some of the people became preoccupied, and some were excited, but they all raised their wine glasses.

Liu Hongjian did not directly attack the only more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers in Shimane Castle, these soldiers had fought for Shimane Castle, and Liu Hongjian decided to give them a chance to choose.

Liu Honggradually told them the news of the founding of the country, and even told them their future plans, asking them to choose their own belonging.

There is nothing to keep secret about this plan, and it is better to cut through the mess quickly than to become a hidden danger when they learn about it later.

Sure enough, after hearing Liu Hongji's words, most of the Japanese soldiers chose to leave, but there were still about 300 people who chose to stay, including Sakuragi Hisakumi, who lost everything.

"Why?" Liu Hong gradually looked at Sakuragi Jiu's eyes, as if he wanted to find the answer.

"Dongying is sick, I think the general can cure this disease, for this, I am willing to contribute my strength." Sakuragi said after a moment of silence.

He thought of the infant child, the dead family, and the various melee experienced by the Dongying people in the previous hundred years.

At this point, Liu Honggradually understood that if it was explained in a book he had read in later generations, this Sakuragi Hisakumi was probably a salvationist, while the Dutch were adventists.

It's just that Liu Hongjian still can't trust Sakuragi Hisarumi very much, he promoted Sakuragi Hisakumi to the commander of the three hundred Japanese soldiers, and kept his promise to release the people who chose to leave out of Shimane Castle.

But only half an hour later, the first order was issued to Sakuragi Hisakumi, killing all the Japanese soldiers who had just left the city.

Naturally, all the weapons of the Japanese soldiers who left the city were confiscated, and the three hundred Japanese soldiers were equipped with an old-fashioned flintlock pistol in addition to the Japanese knives.

Sakuragi Kurumi accepted the order and led people to chase him out overnight, and the next morning, more than 200 Japanese people, led by Sakuragi Hisakuri, appeared under Shimane Castle with more than 1,000 heads.

Two days later, Liu Hongji, who had integrated his troops, ordered Zheng Lin to garrison Shimane Castle with 5,000 Praetorian Guards, while he himself marched east with 25,000 men and went straight to Edo, the old nest of the Tokugawa shogunate.

At the end of July, the 25,000-strong army arrived in Uenohara, and the shogunate led 40,000 recruits to meet it, and only one of the 40,000 recruits was defeated.

On the second day of the eighth month, under the indiscriminate bombardment of 100 howitzers, the not-so-majestic Edo Castle Wall was breached, and the shogunate was declared to have fallen.

The next day, Liu Hongjian announced the change of hands in Edo Castle and officially announced that a new state would be established in Dongying, with the name of Qin.

Suddenly there was chaos in the east, and rebels sprung up from all over the country, most of them were the old Tokugawa shogunate, but there were also old rebels such as Saito.

Since the rebels had not yet united, Liu Hongjian had to divide his more than 20,000 troops into three forces, with Edo Castle as the center, and began to quell the rebellion in three directions: north, west, and south.

According to Liu's plan, the rebellion would continue in the next year to two, but he was well prepared.

Because this will be his second home.

But just after the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiao Zhu's holy decree disrupted all of Liu Hongji's plans.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said:

There are people in the west of the Netherlands, repeatedly intruding on the border of the Ming Dynasty, causing the lives along the coast of the Ming Dynasty to be ruined, damaging the national prestige of the Ming Dynasty, which is really a hidden danger of the Ming Dynasty.

I am not to be cut off.

Liu Hongchuan, the king of Qin, has repeatedly defeated strong enemies since he was ordained, and is the pillar stone of the Ming Dynasty.

The king of Qin led the two sailors of Beiyang and Nanyang to level Batavia and raise the prestige of our Ming dynasty.

Chinchi! ”

"His Royal Highness King Qin, will you take the order?"

The person who came turned out to be the master of ceremonies Bingbi Da Hai, and Da Da Hai knew that the person in front of him couldn't be provoked, so his tone was very respectful, and seeing that Liu Hong was gradually stunned, he said gently.

", Xiao Zhu is really in a hurry!" Liu Hong was gradually urged by the huge sea, and subconsciously said what was in his heart.

"Oh, does the emperor have a secret letter to bring?" It seemed that he felt that the huge sea was beside him, and Liu Hong gradually changed his words.

"Your Highness is clever, the emperor does have a secret message." The corner of Da Hai's mouth twitched twice, and he took a wooden box from his subordinates and handed it to Liu Hongji.

There was still a seal attached to the outside of the wooden box to prove that it had not been opened without permission, and Liu Hong gradually tore off the seal on the wooden box and opened the secret letter.

'Liu Qinghuijian:

When I said goodbye in midsummer, I missed it very much, but the state affairs and wars were frequent, so that I and Qing gathered less and separated more. ’

Liu Hong gradually smiled when he saw this, your uncle's gathering is less and leaving more, and my wives and I are gathering less and leaving more.

'In the Rakshasa War, the prestige of the Ming Dynasty was in full swing, but the Dutch still occupied the entire South Seas, so that the Ming merchant ships were not allowed to go south, and the courtiers had piled up like a mountain, all of whom suggested that I order the opening of the Nanyang trade route.

I Zhiqing had already planned this, and when I heard that General Qi's Beiyang Naval Division had trained new warships, he issued an edict on his own initiative and ordered an attack on Nanyang.

'Qing is the commander of the two sailors, and when he goes to Nanyang, he should put his personal safety first, and he must not take risks.

I am in the capital, waiting for good news. ’

After reading the secret letter, Liu Hong gradually said in his heart, "Your uncle, how can you order the generals to put their personal safety first?

Besides, since it is a war, it must be extremely dangerous, and it is a naval battle, so even if you want to, you may not be able to run.

"What a hypocrisy!" Liu Hong gradually said in a low voice.

At the same time, he also knew in his heart that the maritime trade had given the imperial court a taste of sweetness, and the maritime merchants along the coast were also eager for the imperial court to open the shipping routes of the South Seas.

The imperial court needed these maritime merchants and foreign merchants to pay tariffs, and although Zhu Cihong was so tactful, he also vaguely made Liu Hong feel the necessity of the Nanyang route.

It's just that Dongying hasn't stabilized yet, which makes Liu Hong's heart a little unstable.

"Is Your Highness worried about Dongying, the emperor sympathizes with His Highness, in addition to the sailors, the Beiyang Navy Division also transported 50,000 Janissaries from the army this time, and the emperor said that one of these 50,000 soldiers can be left in the Dongying Gang to stabilize the situation, and the rest will be transferred to Nanyang with the army." Huge sea said with a shy face.

"The emperor is really sympathetic to his subordinates!" Liu Hong gradually snorted lightly, and said in his heart that this Xiao Zhu was quite thoughtful.

At this time, the Qi brothers Qi Yuangong, Qi Yuanfu, and Qi Yuanbi walked quickly with a smile on their faces.

"I've seen the prince in my humble position!"