After being hit by a lot of bullets, the Shimazu family's ironclad ship sank much faster than an ordinary ship - the outer iron sheet accelerated the sinking speed - and soon sank into the sea, and the remaining Japanese were dragged to the bottom of the sea by the whirlpool before they could call for help. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The harbor in front of Tsurumaru Castle was moored with a few merchant ships and fishing boats, and when they saw this, they were so frightened that they fled out of the harbor, and the fleet ignored these ships and went straight into the harbor, lined up not far from the pier. There were also one or two unmanned small Japanese ships in the port, which were rammed and sunk by the Qiongzhou battalion battleship, and there was no need to waste shells.

The fate of the ironclad ship was seen by the defenders in the city, and now the other party put on a posture of besieging the city from the sea, and did not dare to slack off, so he hurried to report to the feudal lord.

The lord of the feudal domain was none other than Shimazu Tadashi, who insisted on building Tsurumaru Castle on the coast, and he was also the first feudal lord of the Satsuma Domain in the Edo period, and he was also a famous figure in Kyushu when he was young. He liked martial arts when he was a child, and at the age of 14, he went to Korea with his father Shimazu Yoshihiro and participated in the Korean War during the Wanli period, and the first opponent was the famous general Li Rusong of the Ming Dynasty; In 1609, he sent his subordinate Kayama Hisataka to occupy the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was originally a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and included it in the territory of the Shimazu family, which created the conditions for the later annexation of Ryukyu by Japan. Later, in order to completely eliminate the Chinese stigma of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Japan abolished the feudal prefecture at the end of the 19th century and renamed Ryukyu Okinawa, and Okinawa also became the forward base of the United States to contain China in the future -- which can be regarded as a hero who helped Japan expand its territory.

At this time, Shimazu Tadashi was already a sick-ridden old man over sixty years old, and judging from the average life expectancy of ancient people, he was already in his last years and could not live long. In order to find a suitable successor, he began to focus on training future governors as early as a few years ago. Originally, the natural heir to the governor was the second son, Shimazu Mitsuhisa, but according to the regulations of the shogunate, each feudal kingdom had to send the highest-ranking son to Edo as a hostage for a few years to prevent the daimyo from rebelling. Shimazu Tadashi didn't know if his body could last until Shimazu Mitsuhisa returned, so in order to be prepared, he began to focus on cultivating his eldest daughter, Shimazu Chiyo.

To say that Shimazu Chiyo is also competitive, he doesn't regard himself as a woman at all, he is proficient in swordsmanship and iron cannons, and in terms of force value, he is still above his younger brother Shimazu Mitsuhisa, and his prestige within the Shimazu family is also very high. If Shimazu Mitsuhisa is a hostage for a few more years, the position of the governor will really fall on her head. It's a pity that a few months ago, Shimazu Mitsuhisa got permission from Tokugawa Iemitsu to return to Kagoshima, and everything was different.

After all, Japan is a feudal society where men are superior to women, and most people still don't want to be dictated by a woman if they have a choice. After Shimazu Mitsuhisa returned, some of the important ministers and senior samurai who were originally neutral began to waver and slowly fell to him, and Shimazu Tadashi, who had originally vowed to pass on the throne to his eldest daughter, suddenly never mentioned this matter, and Shimazu Chiyo's position gradually became embarrassing.

Perhaps feeling threatened, Shimazu Chiyo felt that something had to be done to improve his image and status in the Shimazu family and get more people to support him. It just so happened that she was in Nagasaki this time to purchase the iron materials needed for the Satsuma Domain to make iron cannons - the Satsuma Domain did not produce iron, and all iron materials had to be purchased from outside - she accidentally found the unique clipper ship of the Qiongzhou battalion at the dock, and learned that Xia Nan had come to Nagasaki again, so she made a bold plan - to assassinate Xia Nan.

The last holiday with Xia Nan was certainly one of the reasons for Shimazu Chiyo's action this time, but the most important reason that prompted her to invest in this plan regardless of blood was that she wanted to prove her strength by assassinating such a big man - now Xia Nan is not the small general she was at the beginning, but the lord of the four seas who replaced Zheng Zhilong, who is in the sky, and the shock caused by killing him is like bringing an earthquake to the whole of Japan.

She didn't think too much about it beforehand, but just regarded Xia Nan as a very heavy prey, a boss to brush up experience. It's a pity that Shimazu Chiyo didn't expect that he would miss, and he didn't think carefully about the political consequences of doing so, let alone that the other party would chase him to Kagoshima and put the cannon on the head of the Shimazu family.

When Shimazu Tadatsune, who was on the sickbed, heard the news that could not be worse, he immediately ordered the rest of his henchmen and retainers to be summoned to discuss how to deal with the enemy outside Tsurumaru Castle.

The oldest of the family, the elder Yijiin Zhongdong, proposed: "The enemy is menacing, and its huge ship is beyond the power of man, so it is better to send an envoy to find out the details and purpose of it." ”

Shimazu Tadashi felt justified and sent people out of the city to negotiate with the enemy.

Xia Nan was waiting for the other party to take the bait, and when he saw that a messenger had been sent from the city, he received the "Guangdong" number, reprimanded the other party with righteous words, and then handed him a handwritten letter and asked him to forward it to the feudal lord.

The letter was written in Chinese, but the elites of the Japanese upper class all knew Chinese, could listen, speak, and write, and read it directly to Shimazu Tadashi without being translated:

“…… Although the Satsuma clan sent people to assassinate me, although they did not succeed, many of my warriors were killed and wounded, and their henchmen were also wounded and dying. I now order you to hand over the murderer Shimazu Chiyo immediately and let me deal with it, otherwise I will bombard the city without mercy! ”

The retainers looked at each other, it turned out that this pot actually had to be carried by the eldest lady, and she broke down.

After hearing this, Shimazu Tadashi ordered someone to call the two sisters and brothers, Shimazu Chiyo and Shimazu Mitsuhisa, and questioned them face to face: "What the enemy's letter says, is it true?" ”

Shimazu Chiyo didn't expect the other party to chase all the way here, and while stunned, he admitted unequivocally: "Father, this matter was done by Chiyo, and Chiyo is willing to go out of the city to accept the guilt in exchange for the peace of Tsurumaru Castle." ”

"Confused!" Shimazu Zhongheng shouted angrily, "It doesn't matter if you don't think about it or not, but the people of the Shimazu family, things are done, how can there be a reason to hand over your own people in exchange for a chance to steal a living!" After all, he has been a feudal lord for decades, even if he is lying on the sickbed, Yu Wei is still there, and he sets the tone in one sentence.

The lord of the feudal lord spoke, and the retainers naturally knew what to do, and shouted one after another:

"The Satsuma clan will not be afraid of the threat of the Akito!"

"Mingren is extremely arrogant, I should give them some color!"

……

Although Shimazu Mitsuhisa longs for his sister to evaporate from the world immediately, so as to clear the obstacles on the road to inheriting the family governor, he still knows the importance of political correctness on this occasion, and shouts louder than everyone: "Sister is not wrong, Mitsuhisa supports you!" Ask your father to send Mitsuhisa out of the city to fight the enemy. ”

Shimazu Tadashi looked at everyone with satisfaction, at the critical moment, the Satsuma clan was still able to unite and unite with the outside world. He stretched out his hand to suppress it, signaled everyone to stop, and said: "Before it is time to go out of the city to face the battle, let the 'national collapse' at the head of the city open fire first, and give the enemy a dismount." ”