I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Cheng Shijie looked at the five armed merchant ships of the Dutch East India Company that had been seized. These five were armed merchant ships of about 1000 and [-] tons. They were placed on the sea and had strong combat effectiveness.

Cheng Shijie frowned slightly and said, "Since when did the Dutchman get together with Xiaozizi?"

Shen Shikui's nephew, the former guerrilla general of the Dongjiang Army, and now the deputy commander of the Ning Navy's naval strike fleet, Shen Zhiyong smiled wryly: "According to the confession of the captives, these armed merchant ships were hired by the lord of the Changzhou Domain, Mo Li Xiuyuan, to transport troops for the Changzhou Domain. and provisions!"

Cheng Shijie smiled faintly: "This is to give this commander a chance, and then let him beat them up!"

Shen Zhiyong said: "Is the commander-in-chief going to war with the Dutch?"

"Those Xiyi always remember to beat but not to eat. If there is a chance, it is enough to beat Xiyi severely. Some Xiyi are really cheap, and they will not cry when they see the coffin!"

While Cheng Shijie was talking to Shen Zhiyong, Kuroda Yuuji walked over quickly with a group of warriors.

There were more than 100 steps away from Cheng Shijie, and General Ning Haijun stopped Kuroda Yuuji.

"Disarm and remove the knife!"

Kuroda Yuuji asked the samurai under his command to stay where they were, while he took off his samurai sword and walked towards Cheng Shijie. He was a dozen steps away from Cheng Shijie, and bowed at ninety degrees: "Kuroda Yuuji, greeting Your Excellency General, Your Excellency Wanan."

"Free gift!"

"Your Excellency, General, congratulations to you for defeating the crowd with a few, and you have won a complete victory, and eliminated the Satsuma clan, which is a confidant!"

Cheng Shijie shook his head: "Fart's confidant has a serious problem, Satsuma Fan is not even a fart in the eyes of this commander!"

Kuroda Xinger said: "Your Excellency, you must have seized a lot of weapons, right?"

Cheng Shijie nodded and said: "There are quite a lot. There are [-] samurai swords alone, and more than [-] firecrackers and iron cannons. They are still in good condition."

Kuroda Yuuji said: "I have an unfeeling request, and I would like to ask Your Excellency the General to fulfill it."

"What do you think."

"General, you know that our Fukuoka Domain is a barren land, and it is very difficult to produce a batch of weapons with superior performance, so I want to buy those thousands of samurai swords while I have money on hand. Save it and spend a lot of manpower and material resources to build it!"

"That's right, why did I forget this? Kuroda-kun, you can't have all those weapons, I want half of them!"

Kuroda Yukiji said angrily: "Hosokawa-kun, your territory is rich in iron ore, and it is very convenient to forge weapons. Why do you have to fight with me!"

Hosokawa Tadori smiled and said, "Who doesn't want cheap things?"

In fact, he didn't want to buy weapons for cheap, but he just didn't want to see the Fukuoka clan acquire a large number of weapons and grow stronger.

You know, the fierceness and tenacity of the Fukuoka samurai ranks first in Kyushu. In the battle with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, they were extremely fierce. It is just that there are few soldiers and insufficient weapons, so they have not been able to grow. Things are certain, for Kumamoto Fan, this is tantamount to a disaster.

Cheng Shijie shook his head and said, "You two, stop arguing. I want to bring these weapons back to China as sacrifices to the Taimiao. I won't sell any of them. You should give up your mind!"

Seeing that Cheng Shijie was unwilling to sell these weapons, Kuroda and Hosokawa were very disappointed.

Kuroda Yukiji asked tentatively: "Your Excellency, General, we are willing to offer ten times the price!"

Hosokawa Tadori also said: "We are willing to..."

"You guys are really ignorant these days, and you actually look at these rags!"

Cheng Shijie waved his hand towards Li Dingguo and said, "Dingguo."

Li Dingguo agreed, took off his own knife, and handed it to Cheng Shijie.

Cheng Shijie took the horizontal knife from Li Dingguo's hand, pointed at the captured Xiaori spear and said, "Can you cut off this kind of spear with your samurai sword?"

"can!"

Kuroda Yuuji pulled out his samurai sword and quickly drew it out, cutting off a gun shaft made of miscellaneous wood with one blow.

Cheng Shijie smiled: "Bundle the five gun barrels together!"

Ning Haijun immediately tied the five gun barrels together and asked Kuroda Yuuji to chop them.

Kuroda's samurai sword slashed three times in a row, and the five spears barely cut off four of them, that's all.

Cheng Shijie asked Ning Haijun soldiers to tie five more long spears. As Ning Haijun soldiers had just set them up, Cheng Shijie yelled, smashed Huashan with a force, and cut down with the wind.

With a "crack", the barrels of the five long spears made of miscellaneous wood were cut off in unison!

Hosokawa Tadori's heart felt as if it had been gouged out by a knife, the pain was severe, ten long spears, worth a lot of money, they were cut like this, but the horizontal knife equipped by Ning Haijun is so sharp?

Kuroda Yuuji's eyes lit up: "General, your sword..."

"Your samurai sword looks good, but the armor-piercing ability is too weak!"

Cheng Shijie said unceremoniously: "Your samurai swords are too bad! I tried it just now. You can barely cut a spear with this kind of samurai sword. When you meet an armored soldier, you can't cut through it at all!"

Fearing that Kuroda and Hosokawa would not believe it, Cheng Shijie asked someone to set up a wooden man and put the armor on the Ning Navy officers and soldiers, and asked Kuroda and Hosokawa to slash with samurai swords and stab them with long spears.

Li Dingguo looked at this scene and said in a low voice: "Marshal, don't you worry that these equipments will be used against us in the future!"

"If they have the courage, I wish they could!"

"They have always been courageous!"

Li Dingguo said worriedly: "They..."

Cheng Shijie patted the pistol on his waist and said, "We will use this in the future!"

The Ning Navy has now phased out cold weapons. In the future, even spears and crossbows will not be equipped, and knives will become symbolic decorations. The real melee weapons are pistols and sapper shovels.Now the Ning Naval Gun Bureau has solved the rifle problem. Although the monthly production volume is only 450 rifles, the problem is that this long gun has a range of [-] meters and can shoot ten shots per minute under skilled conditions. to fifteen bullets.

Whether it is the shooting speed or the range, it has far surpassed the formation-breaking crossbow, which means that the formation-breaking crossbow has also lost the need for service.What's more, if the infantry attacked the Ning navy soldiers, it would be strange to be able to charge up after ten or fifteen rounds of shooting when they were fully armed.

What's more, the Ning Navy has also strengthened the research on squad machine guns, and has not yet made breakthrough progress. However, with the development of science and technology, it is only a matter of time before a breakthrough is made.

At the same time, Ning Haijun's artillery will continue to strengthen, and it is impossible for troops equipped with cold weapons to rush up.Moreover, the heavier the armor, the slower the movement speed, they can only become the targets of Ning Haijun soldiers.

Even the iron armor of Jiannu Baijia soldiers is like paper in front of Ning Haijun's muskets.

When Hosokawa Tadori and Kuroda Yuuji were exhausted and out of breath, they looked at the samurai swords that were already full of gaps, and had to admit that there was a huge gap between their swords and the Ming-style sabers.

"Do you understand now?"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the samurai's long spear and said, "Your long spears have a barrel as soft as tofu, and I can cut off five of them with one knife! You say, this kind of long spear can't kill people, and the barrel is as soft as tofu , What's the use of it!"

"Your Excellency, you mean to sell us this horizontal knife!"

"That's right, for the sake of our cooperation being so smooth, this is the knife casting technique from Datang. Each Tang Heng knife can be stabbed or chopped. Isn't 20 taels of silver expensive for a knife?"

Kuroda Yuuji said excitedly: "It's not expensive, our Kuroda family wants [-] handles!"

With the financial resources of the Kuroda family, it is very difficult to come up with 60 taels of silver, but the problem is that they have just robbed several cities of the Satsuma feudal lord, and they have gained a lot. 60 taels of silver can be taken out.

Hosokawa Tadori said, "We also want [-] handles!"

"Good talk, good talk!"

Ning Haijun has produced no less than 300 million horizontal knives. Basically every household in Liaodong has a horizontal knives, and some have more than one. The key is that there are more than 100 million in the hands of the troops. Cheng Shijie is very troubled by these equipment. How to deal with it.

Not to mention that the two of them need 60 handles, even if it is [-] handles, [-] handles is just a matter of working overtime in two shifts.

"bring here!"

Immediately, a Ning navy soldier handed over a long gun. The length of the gun barrel was one foot and two feet, which was [-] meters. The combined length of the gun blade and gun bottle was also one and a half feet.

The most unique thing is that its spear head is not the usual wheat awn shape, but a narrow and long sword shape, with deep blood grooves, and the sharp edge glows with a cold light.

Kuroda Yuuji, who understands Chinese history, whispered: "This is Ma Chan!"

"It's not a horse lance, it's barely a bu lance!"

Cheng Shijie continued: "Bring over your heavy shields!"

Kuroda Yuuji picked up a heavy shield from the pile of seized Xiaoyue weapons. This is Xiaoyue's heavy shield, weighing more than forty kilograms, and the outer layer is wrapped with raw cowhide and copper skin. In Xiaoyue's army, equipment Not many, just purely as equipment for guards.

When the shield was erected, Cheng Shijie handed the spear to Li Dingguo.

Piercing the shield with a long spear is a lot of strength. Although Cheng Shijie has confidence in his own strength, he has not trained during this period of time, and his body has suffered a lot since he came to Xiaotian.

Li Dingguo took the long spear, danced a beautiful spear flower casually, and stabbed it with a swipe of the spear. With a bang, the big shield was pierced through, and the tip of the spear protruded nearly half a foot from the inside.

Hosokawa Tadori took a breath for a moment: "This..."

"This is the standard equipment of our Ning Navy. Have you seen this gun barrel? Inside it is a steel bar that is as thick as a little finger, and then bamboo strips soaked in tung oil are put together layer by layer, and densely packed with beef tendon. Tighten it, then wrap it in Gebu, paint it with raw lacquer, and finally you’re done! See this gun head? It’s made of high-carbon steel, and its armor-piercing ability is very powerful!”

"how much is it?"

"The price is the same as Hengdao!"

Cheng Shijie laughed and said, "20 taels of silver per rod!"

"purchase……"

Kuroda Yuuji had a bitter face: "We can't afford it..."

"You can replace them with people!"

Cheng Shijie said with a smile all over his face: "Ten middle-aged men with a long knife, twenty middle-aged women... a gun."

"But, we... Satsuma Domain has no one left!"

"Kyushu is not the only Satsuma clan, don't you..."

Kuroda Yuuji and Hosokawa Tadori immediately understood.

……

Dicheng, the old nest of Changzhou Fan.

Li Zhixiang led thousands of elite soldiers to land on the pier without anyone noticing. After taking down the pier in one fell swoop, he began to attack the city. As a result, guns were fired on the city wall, and bullets were fired like rain. More than 200 people were killed or injured.

"Pull up the bazooka!"

The biggest advantage of the rocket launcher is its mobility and rapid launch.Hundreds of rocket launch tubes that have already been set up let out a terrifying roar, spraying out a large cloud of white smoke and flames, and the slender rocket launcher rushed out of it, pulling straight trails in the sky, and rushed towards Dicheng.

The defenders of Dicheng suddenly heard the ear-piercing scream, looked up, and their face turned pale all of a sudden!
It's too late to do anything now, let alone facing such a fierce shelling, they can't do anything!The meteor shower fell with the grinning grin of the god of death, the ground trembled violently, and the loud explosion sound, which was much more terrifying than a hundred thunders exploding at the same time, shook the walls of Dadi City.

The shock wave of the explosion blew the defenders of Dicheng to pieces. I don’t know how many people were blown to pieces in an instant. After the violent explosion, cries and shouts followed. The fire fell to the ground and let out a miserable howl.

The defenders of Dicheng had never witnessed such a horrific shelling, and they all fell silent, watching all this in horror, with surprisingly similar thoughts in their hearts... God's punishment!
If it wasn't God's punishment, how could such a terrifying thunder suddenly fall in the clear sky?

One of the great advantages of the rocket launcher is that it is convenient and quick to launch. Just plug the shell into the launch tube and ignite it along the fuze. It is more than ten times faster than the tragic rate of fire of the front-mounted smoothbore gun, so the second round of shelling is much faster. Faster than anyone imagined.

One after another, the fire dragons flew towards the city. The rocket shells exploded on the ground, and the sulfur burned violently and splashed everywhere. Wherever it splashed, it burned. save.

However, the rocket shells kept flying in and exploded, igniting the fires one by one. Soon, these unlucky firefighters found that even they themselves were surrounded by the big artillery.

Under the bombardment of cannons, the whole Dicheng city turned into a big furnace, with thick smoke billowing and flames soaring into the sky.

Then a landslide-like explosion almost collapsed the city wall. Tens of thousands of catties of black powder stored in the Dicheng firearms warehouse were detonated.
The soldiers and civilians in the city poured out from the gates frantically with expressions of fear, and there were countless casualties under the trample on each other. The dead almost blocked the gates...

However, even if they escaped from the big furnace, they would not be safe, so thousands of elite soldiers of the Ming army were waiting for them, either surrendering or being massacred.

After the fire was extinguished, the Ming army attacked again and took Dicheng without any effort, because there were not many living people in the city, and the dead would not take up swords and guns to resist.

Just when Li Zhixiang was harvesting the fruits of Dicheng, the coalition forces formed by the Fukuoka and Kumamoto domains set their sights on Nagasaki.Nagasaki is the main city of Hinoe Domain (later renamed Shimabara Domain).Nagasaki Port, located in the west of Kyushu Island, is the most prosperous port city in Xiaotian. Every day, a large number of fishing boats go out to sea and bring back boatloads of seafood. Every day, a large number of merchant ships carry fruits, rice, swords, and copper ingots produced in Japan. Cargo, sulfur, calico, swords and other goods sailed out of the port and sailed to North Korea, Zaiming, Vietnam, Nanyang and other countries. Similarly, a large number of ships from foreign countries entered the port every day.

The fleet from the Ming Dynasty brought silk, porcelain, and tea; the fleet from the West brought guns, cannons, and glass products. The pirates under Zheng Zhilong ran to Nagasaki City in groups to find flower girls. The Western missionaries were full of excitement. Go ashore, walk into the simple church and start preaching...

All in all, the entire Port of Nagasaki is an important base for cultural exchanges between the East and the West. In 1610, the Notre Dame incident broke out in Nagasaki, and a Portuguese merchant ship was burned by Arima Harunobu and other daimyo. Since 1616, the Edo government began to restrict ships from Europe to trade in Hirado and Nagasaki; since 1635, it has been more restricted Trade can only be carried out in Nagasaki Port, and Dejima was built as a place to restrict the residence of the Portuguese. In 1641, the Dutch business house was also moved to Dejima. The Edo government’s measures to lock the country have been completed. In the next 200 years, Nagasaki became Japan's only international trade port.

Of course, this prosperous land is not without an owner. How could the Tokugawa shogunate let this piece of fat overflowing with grease?From the day the Tokugawa shogunate was established, Nagasaki Port was firmly in their hands, and the customs tax collected every year made the shogunate eat a lot of fat.

After learning that the coalition forces of the Fukuoka and Kumamoto domains were heading straight to Nagasaki Port, Ning Haijun cooperated in the battle, and with a round of onslaught by the coalition forces, they took the commanding heights. When it smashed in, the whole city was shrouded in thick smoke and fire. Tens of thousands of people were burned to death or suffocated to death, and strategic reserves such as food, gunpowder, and weapons were burned.

In the battle to attack Nagasaki, a small unit performed very eye-catchingly. This is the small day equipment that the Shimadzu family sent Honda Yuei and Cheng Shijie to the Kuroda and Hosokawa families. As Cheng Shijie said, it must be transported back to China to offer victory.

In fact, these equipment were used to arm more than [-] Shimadzu samurai and ashigaru under Honda Yuei's command.After eating three meals of Ning Haijun's meals, the warriors feel that they are living like human beings these days.

They immediately swore allegiance to Cheng Shijie.Of course, in the eyes of Cheng Shijie, they are just cannon fodder. Cheng Shijie promised these more than [-] little warriors: "The whole family of those who climb the city can regain their freedom!"

Therefore, during the attack these days, the samurai behaved very bravely and extremely crazy.

As Nagasaki fell into a sea of ​​flames, the entire Kyushu Island was full of flames, like crazy.

Under such circumstances, the Tokugawa shogunate finally couldn't sit still. (end of this chapter)