Chapter 61: Abduction of the battleship

The morning in Edo was foggy, and the gates opened suddenly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

If Tokugawa Iemitsu had known about this scene, he would have been shocked to think that a mutiny had occurred. And in fact, it was indeed almost a mutiny.

Countless samurai, both professional and vagabond. At this moment, as if he had a magnet on his body, he headed towards the Nan Sect Dojo outside the city.

In the Nanpai dojo, there was a crowd of people, and bowls with the word "victory" written on them in different colors were tied to the top of the samurai's heads.

When Tokugawa Yoshinobu arrived with the crowd, at least 5,000 people had gathered in front of the Nanpai dojo. What's even more terrifying is that the number of people is rising. In the same way, Tokugawa Yoshinobu knew that this was by no means the only gathering point.

Although there were many samurai, they quickly found their place and found their superiors under the distinction of different colored bowls on their heads. Everything is so methodical, everything is so terrifyingly powerful.

Recalling the scene when he met Yui Masayuki last time, Tokugawa Yoritoku's heart tightened. He originally thought that the Nan Sect Dojo could only summon one or two thousand warriors at most. So, he overestimated his ability to control and agreed to stand on the platform for the Nan Sect Dojo.

Subsequently, countless samurai flocked to the Nanpai Dojo in an attempt to gain a way to seek wealth overseas in the shogunate.

It's a pity that when the news came out that the shogunate had rejected Lin Luoshan's first request, the samurai were boiling.

In less than half a month, a well-organized and resolute team appeared in front of the Nanpai Dojo on June 6.

Their eyes were resolute, and they shouted slogans, and the momentum shook the sky. Every shout seemed to hit Tokugawa Yorinobu's heart.

"Out to sea! For the future of the samurai! ”

"Rebel against the shogunate, no more wandering!"

"Long live Daming!"

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When he heard the last shout, Tokugawa Lai Xuan's eyes froze, and he looked back, wanting to find Li Yan, and questioned loudly. These extra tens of thousands of samurai are not Ming people playing ghosts.

That's right, he wanted to use the arrival of the Ming people to gain higher power in Japan.

But he would never have imagined that Yui Masayuki's power would get out of control so quickly!

Everything is out of Tokugawa Yorinobu's control, and he, obviously, can't stop it.

The shouts of cheers became more and more violent, and in the midst of the shouts of thousands of samurai, Tokugawa Yorino felt that he was extremely weak at the moment. He looked around and left, while sending people to gather all the people in his house, and on the other hand, he gathered the men and horses, quickly dodged the edge, and hid.

It wasn't until Tokugawa Yoshinobu finally found an unobtrusive cliff that he finally had time to observe the scene in front of him.

Masayuki Yui had already appeared, and he walked directly in front of all the teams, completing the whole team in a short period of time. Although there may be six or seven thousand people, they are neat and orderly behind Yui Masayuki.

They shouted slogans, and thousands of people quickly headed towards the Arakawa and Tama rivers in the southeastern corner of Edo.

Seeing this direction, Tokugawa Yoritoku's heart jumped: That...... Are you going to Edo Port?

When a rebellion broke out, he did not go to the heavily guarded shogunate's official residence, but instead opened the castle gate and ran towards Edo Port.

However, seeing thousands of people rushing towards him in full armor, and only a dozen or so guards by his side, Tokugawa Yoritobu felt empty. The idea of wanting to follow up and find out went up and down several times, but I couldn't make up my mind after all.

"That's it...... That's it......" Tokugawa Yoshinobu stomped his feet, reluctantly giving up the desire in his heart to find out.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu didn't keep up, but Yui Masayuki wouldn't stop.

At the moment, more and more people are discovering this team.

The merchants who were in a hurry hid in the woods and cliffs, and the peasants and civilians hurriedly avoided and even knelt on the ground for fear of causing trouble.

The busy road suddenly became very quiet.

At the same time, in the Urayasu Palace, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's bad premonition in his heart became heavier and heavier.

I had a long talk with Zhu Cihong last night until the evening, and the time to go back to Edo Castle has passed. Zhu Cihong politely stayed at Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and even specially arranged a room by the sea.

Zhu Cihong's palace decoration is very good, not only with Chinese charm, but also local materials, recruiting many Japanese craftsmen, many interior designs in the imperial history are still in Japanese style.

Nobutsuna Matsudaira slept very well, sleepless all night, and the quality was excellent.

He was as early as ever, even earlier than usual. He woke up at dawn, and by the time it was all silence, he had walked out of the bedroom and onto the balcony, and then could no longer walk.

The rooms by the sea are all decorated with sea views, and you can see the Pacific Ocean when you open the doors and windows.

I saw that on the sea at this moment, a total of more than a dozen warships were approaching the small peninsula of Urayasu. Seeing this scene, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was immediately shocked.

Zhu Cihong arrived in Japan with an accompanying fleet, and since the naval battle of the Japanese invasion had passed, they no longer dared to go far.

Originally, the Urayasu Palace was not completed, and the fleet could not take care of it. At this time, the construction of Urayasu Palace was completed, and it was natural that a fleet would patrol the peninsula on a regular basis.

All this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna knows.

But...... He also knew very well that no matter how much he patrolled, it was impossible for all sixteen warships to come out in total!

"Is this going to war?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna's whole body tensed.

But soon, listening to all these quiet voices, Matsudaira Nobutsuna quickly calmed down.

There was no artillery fire, and no heavily armed Ming soldiers rushed in and grabbed him and lowered him into the dungeon.

This is not war.

But the discovery that the entire fleet ran out instead of staying in the port of Edo, where it was supposed to be, still made Matsudaira Nobutsuna's chest feel as if he was blocked with a concrete wall, and he was both breathless and extremely heavy.

A man from the middle school came over, looked at Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and said, "Your Majesty, please ask Matsudaira Izu Mamoru to move to Guanlan Terrace." ”

Guanlan Terrace is a place to enjoy the sea view of Urayasu Haenggu Palace, which has a wide view, an excellent location, and a sea breeze, which is the most comfortable place to stay in the early summer morning.

Zhu Cihong beckoned Matsudaira Nobutsuna to use the morning, and then handed Matsudaira Nobutsuna a telescope.

"The telescope developed in small batches by the Jingshi Ordnance Institute seems to be called Claireye III. The name is dirty, but the performance is a little interesting. Zhu Cihong said casually.

The Jingshi Ordnance Institute is a research and development institution that gathers all the technical forces of the ordnance workshop, and some of the top weapons and military tools that cannot be mass-produced due to manual production are all developed by the internal institute. For example, this clairvoyant type 3 is one of the best, because it cannot be mass-produced but has extremely high precision, so it was paid tribute to senior generals. Zhu Cihong was naturally the first to receive it.

"Your Majesty Xie......" took the binoculars, Matsudaira Nobutsuna understood what Zhu Cihong meant, and hurriedly looked to the west.

At this moment, on Tokyo Bay, the Ming warships still did not fire, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna breathed a sigh of relief, at least these Ming warships were only guarding the Urayasu Palace, not on the way to attack.

When Zhu Cihong and Matsudaira Nobutsuna sat down, it didn't take long for the First Fleet of the Beiyang Naval Division to slowly look away.

It was only then that Nobutsuna Matsudaira finally realized what he should be concerned about.

A flash of black smoke rose into the sky, and the bad premonition in Matsudaira Nobutsuna's heart finally came true.

He pinched the barrel of the telescope, his hands trembled slightly, and after a long time, he spat out two words: "Mutiny......"

That's right, it was the mutiny.

At this moment, Matsudaira Nobutsuna finally understood why this entire fleet would leave the port. It turned out that Edo Port, the home port where the First Fleet was originally stationed, was already on fire at the moment, and black smoke was thick.

In the high-powered clear shots, one after another, groups of samurai rushed into it.

They slashed and slaughtered all the way, and even set fires all over the harbor with torches.

The only thing that made people breathe a sigh of relief was that the battleships that belonged to the shogunate were not set on fire.

Ever since it became known that the Ming Kingdom was becoming more powerful and the Zheng clan had arrived in Japan, the shogunate had followed suit.

Expand the port, expand the manpower, and buy warships. This gave the shogunate, which was not weak in the strength of the sailors, a more powerful force of sailors.

Thinking of this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna finally understood the purpose of this group of thugs.

"They...... Damn, the ship moved! Matsudaira Nobutsuna exclaimed.

Zhu Cihong also looked over and said with a smile: "These people have good control ability." ”

Zhu Cihong looked carefully, and the burning port site was a small shipyard and a ship repair yard in Edo Port. On the contrary, none of the Japanese naval warships in the entire port of Edo burned. Whether it was a 50-meter-long large Ataka ship or a warship of the Kozao and Japanese front models, none of them were on fire.

Wearing bowls of various colors, the men rushed to the battleships one after another. Immediately after, something happened that made Matsudaira Nobutsuna exclaim. All the warships were mobilized.

Throughout the port of Edo, more than 100 warships, large and small, left the port one after another.

At this time, Wei Yunshan walked slowly and whispered something in Zhu Cihong's ear.

Zhu Cihong laughed loudly.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna watched in a daze as the more than a hundred warships in front of him all sailed out of port, his mouth trembled, and he instantly understood that all this must have something to do with Akito.

He thought for a moment what all this meant, and suddenly sat down on the ground in a panic, his mood gloomy: "Shogunate...... It's over......"

At the same time, in another conference room at Guanlan Terrace, there were also ministers sent to Japan by the Ming Dynasty.

Chen Zhenhui, Wang Fuzhi, Li Yan and other representatives of various departments cheered heartily.

The happiest is Chen Zhenhui: "I didn't expect that Yui Zhengxue's ability is so great, and he abducted most of the Japanese naval divisions in one fell swoop." ”

Wang Fuzhi said with a smile: "I heard that another team of people has also set off, and the samurai from all over the country, especially those wandering samurai, are obedient to Yui Masayuki at this moment. It didn't take long for the ships of the daimyo from all over the world to be abducted as well. However, this time, these ships were able to drive away thanks to the great help of the expeditionary company. ”

Among the identities of everyone present, Chen Zhenhui has the highest status, Wang Fuzhi is in charge, and only Li Yan, although he is in the same ranks, has the lowest status. At this moment, he has made great achievements, but he still refrains from maintaining humility, and said with a smile: "It is the duty of a subject to serve the country." It is the honor of the grass people to contribute to His Majesty's great cause. ”

"Okay, okay, no sour words." Zhu Cihong walked in at some point, and said with a smile: "We haven't used up our hole cards yet." Next, it's up to the Japanese to react. ”

At this time, another person strode over, and it was Chen Jianhong, Wang Fuzhi's assistant.

Chen Jianhong's face was full of excitement, and he wanted to report to Wang Fuzhi. But at this moment, His Majesty is here, where will Wang Fuzhi let him report to him, he immediately stabbed his body and hurriedly looked at Zhu Cihong.

Chen Yanhong, who was excited, didn't notice that Zhu Cihong had already walked in, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty! Everything went well, and the three soldiers were divided into three routes, Yui Masayuki, Kanai Hanbei, and Maruhashi Tadaya all successfully completed their tasks! In addition to the completion of Edo Port by Imasayuki, the Port of Yokohama, twenty miles away from here, has been taken by Kanai Hanbei. In addition to the 169 warships of the shogunate army, there were also 69 daimyo ships. In particular, no matter which daimyo including the shogunate, all the big ships have been abducted by us! Because shipyards were destroyed everywhere, within a year, the Japanese would lose the ability to build a 20-sho Ataka ship! ”

"Good! Very good! All units acted closely, united and cooperated, and the tasks of the first stage can be said to have been successfully completed. This time, the wandering samurai mutinied and abducted all the Japanese sailors. Next, the entire coast of Japan will be our inland sea. You can be as horizontal as you want! Without the shogunate army of the water division, what else can resist the Ming Dynasty? Winning this game, Daming is already invincible! Zhu Cihong said that, and everyone cheered and shouted.

"Japan without a sailor is a hungry wolf without fangs!"

"Especially this time, the action has nothing to do with us at all, whether it is Yui Masayuki or Maruhashi Tadaya, they are both Japanese, and they can only be regarded as Japanese mutiny."

"I wonder what kind of expression Matsudaira Nobutsuna had when he went back? I just like the way I want to go crazy but can't, it's so funny! ”

"Hahaha......"

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live my emperor!"

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The crowd cheered and shouted.

Zhu Cihong was also in a good mood, but he quickly beckoned Chen Zhenhui and Wang Fuzhi to the inner room, and several people talked secretly.

Inside, Wei Yunshan had already put Yiying's information on the conference table.

Zhu Cihong ordered everyone to sit down and said, "The situation is already very clear now. We unleashed the wandering samurai to sweep the Japanese sailors, and the attitude of the shogunate would soon change. Japan, which has lost its sailor, is like a samurai without legs, no matter how much he wields a katana on his upper body. As long as we take a few steps back, they can't hurt us. Next, you can attack, and you can defend when you retreat. It's up to us to play the next step! Japan, I am determined to win! ”