"General, it's not that we are greedy for life and afraid of death, but that the firearms of the King of Qi are not much different from those of the Dutch, and this is the reason for our real failure......"

In an almost frozen atmosphere, Sakai nervously elaborated on the details of what happened on the battlefield. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"In addition to the flintlock guns, King Qi's army also has a large number of artillery, and our soldiers were killed and wounded in large numbers as they went." Haruaki Makino also explained.

Sakai then said: "General, this is the flintlock pistol that we snatched back from the soldiers of King Qi to prove it. ”

In the middle of the Daimyo's Mansion sat a majestic man of about fifty years of age, dressed in a hat-worri, with a black black hat on his head and a pair of tiger eyes under his thick eyebrows.

He was Yamada Nobunaga, who conquered the country after ten years of conquest and brought many daimyo to his feet.

In order to be able to control the country, he ordered the construction of Yamada Castle, which is now a large city with a population of 500,000.

His general's palace is in this Yamada Castle.

Taking the flintlock pistol from Sakai's hand, Yamada Nobunaga fell from above and took a closer look.

"It's true that this is not a Dutch flintlock pistol, and you are not lying." Yamada Nobunaga slowly lowered the flintlock pistol, his brows furrowed, "This King of Qi is too unusual, how much do you know about him." ”

Sakai had obtained information about the King of Qi from the Dutch when he was acting as a mercenary for the Dutch, and he said: "General, this King of Qi is the seventh prince of the Great Yu Kingdom, and three years ago he was just an ordinary prince, but after a serious illness three years ago, this prince's personality suddenly changed greatly, and all kinds of strange policies and skills continued, and it was also relied on him, the Great Yu Kingdom drove the Golden Horde from outside Cangzhou City to outside the Shanhai Pass, and his feudal state was just west of Dengzhou, which was the place where we planned to land." Sakai said.

"In three years he will be able to arm such a large army of muskets?" Yamada Nobunaga said in disbelief.

Sakai nodded, "The emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom has also questioned it, but this King of Qi said that he once studied with a missionary from the West. ”

"How is it possible, we also have missionaries in our country, why can't they bring us so much change?"

Sakai shook his head, "We don't know, but the Dutch and the general thought the same, they don't believe that this King of Qi can develop the feudal kingdom to this extent in just three years with the help of missionaries, but the facts are in front of us, and we have to believe it." ”

Yamada Nobunaga closed his eyes, as if thinking about a very deep question, and after a long time he opened his eyes, he said: "This King of Qi must be our henchman in the future, if this is the case, we must change our original plan, and now we will occupy Goryeo first." ”

"Goryeo?" When the other daimyo heard this, they all started to talk about it, and one of them said: "General, it's just that Goryeo is now a vassal state of the Golden Horde, and if we attack Goryeo, we will inevitably arouse the wrath of the Golden Horde." ”

"That's right, the Golden Horde is much stronger than the Great Chongqing State." Another daimyo said.

Hearing this, Yamada Nobunaga suddenly raised his hand to stop the other daimyos' discussions, and he said: "Today's Golden Horde is not the Golden Horde of the past, the most important enemy for the Golden Horde now is the Great Yu State, and in the face of the threat of this King of Qi, they will not fight on both sides, so we can take this opportunity to occupy part of the territory of Goryeo, I think that the Golden Horde will definitely have to admit this fact at that time." ”

After a pause, he continued: "Moreover, Goryeo is mountainous, which is not very suitable for cavalry combat, and the Golden Horde lost under the musket team of the King of Qi, and the infantry may not be able to defeat us. ”

The daimyo nodded their heads when they heard this, and Yamada Nobunaga's words were not unreasonable.

With a domineering smile, Yamada Nobunaga continued: "As long as we can occupy Goryeo, we will be able to slowly deal with the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the entire Great Chongqing Kingdom is just that this King of Qi has excellent firearms troops, don't forget that our soldiers are all equipped with arquebuses. ”

"It's just a general, this King of Qi is equipped with a flintlock pistol, and the range and reloading speed of this musket are not comparable to our arquebus." Sakai reminded.

Makino Chunming also echoed: "Yes, General, we have fallen out with the Dutch now, and it is impossible for them to teach us how to make flintlock pistols, so it is better for us to directly imitate the flintlock pistols of the Great Yu Kingdom." ”

At the mention of this, Yamada Nobunaga's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said, "Do you think that we craftsmen really can't make flintlock pistols?" Although we do not have the machines of the Dutch, we can make them by the number of craftsmen, but we do not have flint at all. ”

Sakai and Haruaki Makino bowed their heads when they heard this, and they finally understood why they had been producing arquebuses despite their ability to make flintlock pistols.

After saying the flintlock pistol, Yamada Nobunaga's words turned sharp, and his eyes became sharp, and he said to Sakai and Makino Haruaki: "Even so, your defeat is still a shame for the samurai, but there is still a little use for you, so let's leave a finger for each of you." ”

Sakai and Makino Haruaki were overjoyed, they thought they were going to die, but now Yamada Nobunaga has given them a chance to survive.

"General Xie for not killing."

Sakai and Haruaki Makino drew their short knives at the same time, and they cut off their fingers without hesitation in the face of a group of daimyos.

Blood flowed down his fingers, and Sakai and Haruaki Makino clenched their teeth.

Yamada Nobunaga glanced lightly at the fingers that the two of them had dropped on the ground, and he said: "Now the sea route is occupied by the Dutch and the King of Qi of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and this should belong to us, even if we fail in the Ryukyus, we can't make it so easy for them, from now on you can attack any merchant ships belonging to the Great Chongqing Kingdom and the Netherlands." “

"Yes, General." Sakai and Haruaki Makino responded.

With a wave of his hand, Yamada Nobunaga asked Sakai and Haruaki Makino to leave.

At this time, a daimyo asked puzzledly: "General, why do we have to conquer the Great Yu Kingdom?" “

Yamada Nobunaga looked at the world map hanging in the main hall at this time, this is still a gift from the Dutch, he pointed to the map and said: "Our country is surrounded by the sea, the territory is very narrow and long, when I see this map, I always feel that one day our country will sink to the bottom of the sea, we are an excellent nation, we should not live here, what we need is the land of the Great Chongqing Country, and the lowly people of the Great Chongqing Country are not worthy of living in that rich land at all, they only deserve to be enslaved by us." ”