My father Yong Le Emperor, you let me keep a low profile

Chapter 73: Ma Ta Hirado Enjoys Cherry Blossoms.

"Liangzi, let's hurry up. Today is the planting day. Whether you can have children depends on today."

On the shore of the Hirado coast, two women were fishing, chattering about how to rob people.

After the wars between the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the previous generation of the shogunate, a large number of Japanese men were killed or injured.

As a result, in many villages, the ratio of men to women is seriously out of balance.

Even in some villages, almost all of them are women.

The shogunate was very troubled by this. In order to increase the population, it regularly laid down every month, and one day was the planting day, so that the samurai under the name went to the villages to work hard for the population increase.

Even this tradition has been passed down, and it was not until the Warring States period that those daimyo were given rich military strength.

However, this kind of thing also caused a bad result.

The people at the bottom of the Japanese pirates did not have surnames. As a result, when the emperor asked them to take their own surnames, they didn't know what to call them.

In desperation, the women decided to name the child wherever they were born.

So Panasonic, Tianjian, etc., a lot of weird surnames came out.

The above is still normal.

It's called Inoue, what kind of surname is the puppy, it makes people think.

Such a thing is very happy for any man.

But in truth, the warriors were not so happy.

It's not how noble they are, but they can't accept those country women.

Since men have been fighting outside all year round, all the work falls on women.

Under the wind and sun, these women's skin is very rough, coupled with malnutrition, a 20-year-old looks like a 60-[-]-year-old.

Coupled with the short stature, appearance has nothing to do with beauty.

One by one is like a monkey becoming a spirit, as ugly as it is.

The samurai would like to pick young ones, but the problem is, those old barks won't do it.

Every time they went to the village, they were robbed crazily, leaving them no chance to choose.

"I don't know if Taro will come. I was with him last month. He is so strong."

The woman named Ryoko couldn't help falling into a nympho when she thought of the beauty of the planting day last month.

"Should come."

The woman who called her couldn't help fantasizing for a while, and finally whispered: "Ryoko, I also want Taro, how about we go together tonight?"

Hearing the good sister's request, Ryoko hesitated a little, but looking at the pleading eyes of the other party, thinking of the relationship between the two of them, he reluctantly gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Hee hee, Liangzi, you are the best."

"Give this fish to you, it's my treat for you..."

The woman who was about to thank her good sister didn't know what she saw, her body froze instantly, and the fish in her hand slipped into the cabin without knowing it.

"Meizi, what's wrong..."

Liangzi asked with some doubts, and followed the good sister's gaze.

Seeing this, she also froze in place.

At some point, a large black spot appeared on the endless sea surface, and as time passed, these black spots gradually enlarged.

When Meizi saw it, she could already see the whole picture of those black spots clearly.

"It's so big... so many..."

Looking at the warship that covered the sky and covered the sun, Ryoko opened his mouth wide in shock.

"No, Ryoko, go away, they may be enemies."

Meizi, who was a little older beside her, was also surprised by the huge battleship group.

But after all, she is older and has more life experiences than Ryoko.

After being shocked for a moment, he came back to his senses and hurriedly called for Ryoko to leave quickly.

Liangzi who was woken up by the call came back to her senses, and without thinking about collecting the fishing net, she picked up the oar and started paddling vigorously.

But how could the small boat of the two of them compare with the speed of the fast sailing warship.

In addition, the two had only eaten a little after fishing for a day, and their strength was almost exhausted.

The two boats rowed less than [-] meters before they were chased up by the battleships.

A quarter of an hour later, the two women were taken aboard.

Their bodies trembled because of fear, but their eyes were shining brightly when they looked at the strong soldiers around them.

"So strong, so tall..."

Seeing the tall, armored, heroic and strong Ming soldier compared with the short and stubby Taro, the two women were filled with disgust.

"These two are women, they look really ugly."

A soldier who was a bit chilled by the two women couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

"It should be a woman. The little pumpkin man's head has to be shaved bald. These two don't have it. It should be a woman."

The partner who seemed to be looking at something rare at the side nodded in affirmation.

"Good guy, I thought my sister-in-law was ugly enough, but I didn't expect there to be women uglier than my sister-in-law. I've opened my eyes."

The soldiers around looked at the speaker in shock, with sympathy and curiosity in their eyes.

Pity the hard life of the soldier's brother, and wonder how ugly the other's sister-in-law is.

"Your Highness, I have already asked you clearly. You can reach Hirado Wharf twenty miles to the right."

On the flagship, Zuo Jun reported the results of the interrogation.

It was said to be an interrogation, but in fact there was no sentence at all.

As soon as the interrogators spoke, Liangzi and Meizi made a request.

Said that as long as their requirements are met, they will tell everything they know.

At the beginning, the interrogators thought that the other party was going to make some excessive demands?

Then after the two women finished speaking, he was full of astonishment.

Because the request of the two women is to hope that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty can bring them a child.

For such an unreasonable request, the interrogators intend to refuse.

I can't help it, it's too ugly, I can't speak.

But in order to get information from Baihu, he directly waved his hand and sold a fool in Baihu.

In this way, Da Ming got the information he wanted by relying on the beauty trick.

Of course, it is only the situation of the location area.

These two girls are just ordinary people after all, so they naturally don't know those high-level secrets.

In ancient times, there was no navigation and positioning. Experienced navigators can reach the desired area, but it is only an approximate direction. It is still difficult to accurately locate a certain area.

Zhu Gaoyu, who was observing the situation with a binoculars, nodded, and said, "Let the gangster squad lead a team of thousands of households to set off, and tell them that when I arrive, I don't want to see the flag of a Japanese pirate family on the port."

"Yes."

Zuo Jun turned around and quickly conveyed the order.

Soon, several warships, with their attached transport ships, headed for Hirado Matsu Harbor.

In the late Ming Dynasty, Hirado was able to become an international port city, and its port was naturally very good.

And here, Iki Island, Tsushima Island, and North Korea are just in a line.

Occupying the three major islands, Zhu Gaoyu can directly cut off the pirates' route to the northwest.

Without worrying about the future and logistical problems, Zhu Gaoyu can slowly clean up these little nests.

In the last shogunate era, due to the war between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a large number of warriors who lost their lands gathered here and became Japanese pirates.

80% of the Japanese pirate forces that attacked North Korea and Ming Dynasty started from here.

Later, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took control of the Wa Kingdom, and in order to make friends with Daming, he conducted a strict investigation on this place.

But some things are only forbidden on the surface.

The shogunate did not allow the samurai to rob, and there was no interest to settle down, so the samurai naturally quit.

On the surface, they were not allowed to be robbed, so they went to sea in the name of commerce, and when they got to sea, the shogunate had no control over what they were doing.

The successor Ashikaga Yoshichi, internal problems are enough for him to have a headache, so naturally he can't control Hirado.

Without the control of the shogunate, the pirates gradually became active again.

In the past, it was still in the name of going overseas to do business, but now it doesn't even cover up.

In such an area with frequent sea trade, it is reasonable to say that they can find such a large fleet of Ming Dynasty approaching.

But who let today be the planting day.

Although those old barks are hard to swallow, there are also tender ones.

In order to enjoy the Japanese pirates, they didn't go to sea at all these days, they parked their boats at the pier, and went to Xiacun in groups with wretched faces to offer condolences.

Because of this, not only were there no sailing ships on the sea, but even few people guarded the pier.

As a result, the boats of the Dangkou squad have all sailed into the dock, and there is still no response from the shore
This made the unit commander who led the team very nervous, thinking that there was an ambush.

In order to prevent accidents from being ambushed, he also sent a centurion to explore.

As a result, what was waiting was not the sudden appearance of the enemy, but the flag of Ming Dynasty raised on the pier.

When he received the reply, the squad commander's expression was dumbfounded.

Is that what he did?

One person occupied the pier without any loss, and got more than a hundred ships for nothing.

These ships are incomparable to Ming's warships, but no matter how small a mosquito's legs are, they are still meat.

Seeing the Japanese pirates left behind who were driven off by the soldiers, the officers of the detachment grinned to the back of their heads.

It's so cool to get credit for nothing.

When Zhu Gaoyu knew about it, he was also speechless.

Sure enough, the brain circuits of Xiaotian are different, and such absurd things can only happen to them.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good!"

Although there are not many small pumpkins on the pier, there are still people after all.

A few little pumpkins who came back from the nearby village saw that the flag on the pier suddenly changed, and it was the Ming flag they were more familiar with.

Brains are buzzing.

The Ming soldiers who rushed out from the pier to arrest them scared them even more.

A group of guys didn't even care about why Daming's army appeared here, so Sa Yazi turned around and ran away.

Some unlucky ones were caught, or were knocked down by an arrow, and some lucky ones ran out.

These escaped Japanese pirates immediately went to Hirado Castle and reported to the Matsuura family, the master here.

I also went to several specially designated villages around to condolences to the ancestors of the Matsuura family who had just returned.

I was lazily lying on a chair to recover my strength, thinking about solving the population problem, and decided to work hard at night.

"What happened? Could it be that some villages didn't get samurai, and there was a commotion."

Patriarch Matsuura, who was resting with squinted eyes, asked without raising his eyelids.

On this day of every month, several villages would make trouble to divide the warriors.

There is no way, he has only so few people under his command, and there are so many villages that need condolences. He, the head of the family, has ended up in person, which is not enough.

"No...not..." The warrior who ran in shook his head again and again, pointed at the pier in horror and said, "Da Ming's army, many Da Ming's troops, they occupied the pier."

"what!"

Disapproving, Matsuura jumped up from the chair and stared at the samurai.

"Did you blow your mind out during the condolences? How could there be Daming's army here?"

The samurai cried and explained quickly: "My lord, I really didn't lie to you. It's really the Ming army. Several of our partners who went back together were shot and captured by them."

"idiot!"

Having been affirmed again, Matsuura cursed angrily, kicked over the reporting samurai, rushed out the door and roared: "Go and inform all the condolence samurai, come back immediately, there is an enemy invasion."

"Clang clang clang..."

However, as soon as his roar fell, a hasty gong sounded from the guard post on the city wall.

"Baga, it's late."

Matsuura's eyes went dark, he didn't care about summoning the samurai anymore, he roared angrily, asking people to gather all those who can fight in the city.

Soon, Matsuura led the people to the city wall.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a city wall, but it is actually a wooden fence.

Due to frequent earthquakes in Japan, most of their buildings are made of wood in order to reduce damage.

Even their city walls are surrounded by wooden fences.

In order to strengthen the defensive structure, they built a fence at the front and back, and filled the middle with earth and stones, thus forming a simple city wall.

In addition to this crude defense, a huge trench was dug outside the city wall, and sharpened wood and bamboo were inserted in it.

"Baga, where are there so many enemies?"

Matsuura, who climbed up the city wall, looked at the Ming army formation slowly approaching in the distance, and then looked at the two or three big cats and kittens on the city wall, feeling desperate in his heart.

"What about the owner?"

The little dog on duty today was also trembling with fright when the Ming army approached from afar.

"What else can I do, first defend the city wall, and notify the samurai in the lower village to come back quickly."

After Matsuura finished speaking, his expression was slightly taken aback, and then he grabbed the puppy beside him.

"Xiaogou, the owner of this family needs to gather warriors to repel the enemies who invaded us, but our city cannot be lost."

Under Xiaogou's bewildered expression, Matsuura solemnly said: "Now I entrust you with the task of guarding the city. As long as you complete the task, I will adopt you as an adopted son, give you the surname Matsuura, and I will marry my daughter to you."

"You know, I don't have a son."

"You are not defending the city for me, but for yourself, for a better future, fight, my heroic son-in-law, Matsuura puppy."

Before the puppy could answer, Matsuura hurried to the other side of the city wall.

"Baga, damn Matsuura, the devil wants your surname."

Looking at the back that was almost running and running, the little dog couldn't help but curse.

But he did not abandon the city after all.

Matsuura has a good relationship with the Shibukawa family. Unless he becomes a wandering samurai, no family will take him in at all.

Thinking of the miserable life of the wandering samurai, and the beautiful daughter of that old guy in Matsuura, Xiaogou decided to take a gamble.

The person responsible for the attack this time was the first guard of the Hujiao Battalion.

The establishment of Zhu Gaoyu's troops is similar to that of the imperial court

Set up a team of ten people, with one officer Xiaoqi as the leader.

Headquarters under the jurisdiction of five teams.

Then there are hundreds of households and thousands of households.

Five thousand households set up one guard, and the commander was set up as a school lieutenant.

In Zhu Gaoyu's plan, the Hujiao Camp must have at least five guards to meet his initial requirements.

It's a pity that the preparation time is a bit short, and only one and a half have been set up so far.

The guard in charge of attacking was the only full-staffed guard in the Hujiao Battalion.

"Report to the captain, the troops have been deployed, whether to start attacking."

An officer quickly ran to a middle-aged man and loudly reported the preparations of the troops.

Wu Shan, one of the commanders of the Ocean Treasure Ship.

Participated in Jingnan, the encirclement and suppression of the pirate Chen Zuyi, the Battle of Mount Ceylon, and also played Japanese pirates in Manga.

When he was selected as the first lieutenant of the Hujiao Battalion, he stood out from his previous achievements with excellent grades.

He was appointed by Zhu Gaoyu as the first lieutenant of Hujiao Battalion and the First Guard Battalion.

"There are not many enemy defenders, and the artillery team is ordered to fire into the enemy's city to create chaos."

"Order the Zuo Qianhu team to launch an attack and blow up the city gate with explosives."

Holding the binoculars borrowed from Wang Jin, Wu Shan calmly looked at the opposite side and gave the battle order.

For him who has experienced many battles, a small city with thousands of people does not interest him at all.

"Snapped!"

"Damn little dwarf, hurry up, I will kill you if you dare to make a fuss."

On the artillery position, a whip in the hand of an artilleryman was slammed on a Japanese pirate.

The Japanese pirate who was being beaten, who was moving the stone, fell to the ground and screamed loudly.

The Japanese pirates who were working hard around were trembling with fright at this scene, gritted their teeth, and exhausted all their strength to move stones and mud to build artillery positions.

Artillery Qianhu, who was preparing the artillery, didn't even look at it, and said something coldly.

"Don't beat him to death, or you will come to work."

The artilleryman, who was about to whip a few more whips, grinned.

"It's okay to take down the city, and some people are working."

The artilleryman Qianhu gave him a cold look, the soldier smiled awkwardly, and kicked the Japanese pirate who hadn't gotten up yet.

"He's still pretending to be dead, hurry up and work for me."

"Liu Qianhu, are you ready? The captain ordered the artillery to fire immediately."

The officer who reported to Wu Shan just now ran over and urged the artillery to fire quickly.

Artillery Qianhu, who was calculating the shooting angle, replied impatiently: "It will be ready soon, damn it, I asked you to help me with such a heavy cannon just now, but if you didn't help, now I know I need to hurry up."

Artillery Qianhu is now as angry as his artillery.

Damn, it's a very troublesome thing to transport the artillery to this shabby place.

In order to fiddle with these more than 20 artillery pieces, everyone from his thousand households to ordinary artillerymen was exhausted and sweaty.

The officer who came to notify him unexpectedly came to pass an order, and without saying anything, he was stunned.

Pointing to the artilleryman Qianhu angrily, "I gave you all the captives, but you still want me to send someone to help you lift such a heavy guy. You have already lifted the artillery for you. How can you have the strength to fight?"

"Okay, hurry up, His Highness is still waiting at the pier."

Qianhu, the artillery soldier who was about to reply, immediately straightened his expression when he heard Zhu Gaoyu mentioned.

"I know that His Highness will suppress me, and when you need artillery support later, don't beg me, kid."

After finishing speaking, ignoring the other party's helpless eyes, he got up, picked up the small flag, and shouted loudly to the artillerymen:
"Attention all guns, listen to my password, the city opposite the target is 330 steps away, fire!" (About 1.5 meters next step)
As the command flag was waved down, the gunners did not hesitate to put the torch on the fuse.

"呲呲呲..."

The lead burns quickly, blinking into the cannon.

(End of this chapter)