The Datang fleet encountered a Japanese small morning boat. Kohayada was a popular type of ship in Japan in the Middle Ages, because Japan entered the Tokugawa shogunate period, and there was little improvement in navigation technology. In fact, Japan has always lacked the ability to build large ocean-going ships, and the sea ships built by the Chinese in the Song Dynasty had the ability to sail to the Arabian Peninsula to do business, while the ships used by Japan in the Edo period during the Warring States period were still nearshore rocking boats mainly based on the Seki ship Kozafune Ataka ship.

This small early is called Hakuremaru, and it belongs to a group of shipwrights named Sakata Moritoki, which is actually a pirate when translated into Chinese. During the Warring States period, Japanese pirates often had official status, because it was difficult for Japanese daimyo to afford a sailor, so they often hired pirates as their own sea force to conduct battles at sea. Therefore, during the Warring States period, there were also pirate daimyo such as Nine Ghost Yoshitaka. After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan, the development of the shippers was somewhat restricted, and most of them were eliminated by the shogunate in the name of law and order, and only a small number of them remained.

Sakata was not a strong sailor, in fact he only owned two ships of small tonnage, with less than 300 men under his command, and he survived by relying on the Matsumae Domain of Japan, in fact he belonged to the Matsumae Domain. The Matsumae Domain was a daimyo without a stone high, and even the official position of the feudal lord was only from the fifth rank, so you can imagine what the situation would be like for Sakata Moritoki as a peripheral retainer who had no status at all.

In the second half of the 18th century, due to the continuous activities of Tsarist Russia in the Far East, the head of the Matsumae Domain and the Tokugawa shogunate knew that there was still a country in the world. Fearing that the expansion of Tsarist Russia would harm its own interests, the Matsumae clan gradually began to explore Ezo Island, which it normally did not have at all. And the main force of this exploration is Sakata Moritaki and his lowly shippers. However, the Matsumae Domain's financial situation has always been very poor, and it has little money, so the scale of this operation is very leisurely, and even if the Matsumae Domain has slowly expanded its knowledge of Ezo Island, its information is only a little.

Not long ago, the Ainu told the Matsumae clan that a group of foreigners had arrived in the western part of the island. They were dressed differently from the other tribesmen, they were outnumbered, and they also domesticated many "monsters", which were quite terrifying, because they were robbed of territory by these people, and some Ainu tried to resist, but they were defeated by these foreigners, and the Ainu had to migrate further inland to the mountains. Give way to flat land.

Of course, the Ainu had a worse perception of the Matsumae Domain. After all, the Matsumae clan had enslaved the Ainu for hundreds of years. The new arrivals were reasonable, and if it were not for their disadvantage, they would not have invaded the Ainu, or robbed the Ainu of their property, and even traded many important materials to the Ainu, such as food and textiles. Some of the Ainu even submitted to these foreigners.

The Ainu would never have asked the Matsumae clan for help, and the Ainu, who had actually been enslaved by the Matsumae clan, were brewing a riot. However, while trading mountain goods with the Ainu, some Ainu inadvertently revealed the matter to the Japanese. The businessman, who was sensitive to intelligence, informed the lord of the feudal lord again, so the head of the Matsumae Domain, Michihiro Matsumae, ordered the ship's captain, Sakusakata Moritoki, to take a ship to the west.

The weather was not good on this day, there was a layer of mist on the sea, so the visibility was not too high, and Sakata Moritoki sailed north along the coast with Shirakomaru and finally arrived at Ishikari Bay on this day. It is not the same as Sapporo in later generations. Sapporo, as the Tang people called it, was actually near the city of Ishikari in another area, near the coast, in the lower delta of the Ishikari River, where the Tang people built a port, large warehouses, and houses that could accommodate a large number of people.

When I got to Sakata Moritoki on the coast of Sapporo in a foggy day, I couldn't get a detailed idea of what kind of place was on the land over there. If he could, he would be surprised, because Sapporo was even larger than Matsumae Town, the largest town under the Matsumae Domain.

At the port on land, Sakata Motoki's subordinates suggested: "Lord Sakata, I don't know where people have set up a dock here, I'm afraid that there is indeed a village town on land, as the Ezo people say." This is a good opportunity for us, the Sakata family's finances have always been tight, and the head of the Matsumae family strictly forbids us to rob the civilians, but this is not the territory of any daimyo and we can rob it wantonly. ”

Sakata Moritoki was not stupid, he took a fan and slammed his subordinates on the head, "Yaga, did you want to rob before you figured out the situation?" You are such a fool, maybe this is occupied by some daimyo, or some foreigner, I heard that the Tsarists on the mainland continue to colonize the land, maybe it is the Tsarist Russians. ”

The subordinate covered his head and said, "But the land on Ezo Island still nominally belongs to the lord of Matsumae Domain, and we have every reason to attack them." ”

Sakata Moriti didn't bother to explain, if it was really like what the Ezo people said, the strength of these foreigners who came to the west of Ezo Island should be very strong, far from what his more than 100 sailors could deal with, although he also had two large barrels (artillery) on his ship, and his sailors also had some guns, but if it was really the Tsarist Russians, then the Tsarist Russians would have more powerful weapons.

When Sakata was struggling with how to get information without startling the snake, he had already been discovered by the Tang people on the shore.

"Commander, a Japanese ship has been found on the harbor shore defense, and it should be carrying weapons." The correspondent reported the situation to the commander of the LTTE, Ju Guochong, who was also the chief commander in charge of Sapporo's defense.

Ju Guochong was actually on the port, and he immediately went to find out the existence of the Egret Pill, so he said nonchalantly: "It's just a small broken boat with oars, what if there are cannons?" Don't we have a cannon here? Boom! ”

Ju Guochong is an officer of the Republic of China who was born in the artillery department, and although he has now become the regiment commander, his love for artillery is still persistent.

"But Commander, this fog affects the effect of our artillery bombardment, and Commander Bai's fleet will arrive in less than a few dozen minutes, do you want to hand it over to them to deal with?"

Ju Guochong glared at the staff officer beside him and said, "Commander Bai has to wipe our butts first when he arrives, where do you want Lao Tzu to put his face?" If you can't hit me, drive me a boat and sink that thing!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for the recommendation ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. )