Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 574 The Battle of Nagasaki
It is almost a replica of the last bombardment of Nagasaki, except that Zheng Zhilong's fleet was used as a shield last time, but this time, it actually bombarded the port. Merchant ships sank into the sea one after another like cotton covers slapped by the rainstorm. The Japanese warriors on the shore wanted to organize a counterattack and fought back into the sea with iron cannons and large cylinders.

It's a pity that this firepower is really negligible. In front of the imitation Armstrong cannon with a range of four to five kilometers, it can't even touch the hair. After shooting at each other for about three to ten minutes, the last Nanwa Navy was turned into a sea of ​​​​flames under the shelling At that time, the Japanese defenders on the shore also completely fled, discarding a lot of weapons and equipment and fleeing to the city.

This time, it was still the Zheng family's pirates who took the lead. With the departure of the Qihuo army warships, the pirate fleet as dense as clouds behind them came on stage again, and the oars scratched thousands of white scars on the sea. Zheng Jun pirates with western scimitars, Japanese swords and short guns and spears rushed to the shore howling ghosts and wolves.

Although there were casualties in the first battle, the looting was also the first wave. Besides, after a big victory last night, they didn’t actually get much money.

I have to admire these Japanese warriors for their tenacity. The shelling of the harbor for half an hour cost them at least 800 people. The samurai and the pirates fought together.

The samurai sword of later generations has almost become the symbol of Japanese samurai, but in this era, the real main weapons used by samurai are bows and arrows and a long-handled sword called naginata. Secondary weapons are used, these samurai warriors are quite strong in fighting power, and they crazily take turns with naginatas. The fresh blood flowed into the sea along the hull of the ship, and the sea water was dyed red.

However, there are many pirates in the Zheng family. After dozens of people were beheaded, more and more pirate ships swarmed up. The pirates with spears and scimitars quickly divided the group of warriors and killed them one by one on the beach. , After the fierce fighting, basically the resistance of the shogunate was wiped out, and the Zheng family pirates with blood stained their eyes became more fierce and roared into Nagasaki City. Black smoke filled the sky above the city, and the angry pirates walked along the bustling business district, kicking open doors from door to door, and swept the air immediately.

When Song Qingshu landed, most of Nagasaki had already fallen into the hands of the Ming army, and the streets were strewn with corpses, but Song Qingshu didn't have any sympathy for the Japanese. Why wouldn't Nanjing be littered with corpses?The mass graves all over North China, Shanxi, and Northeast China are full of dead bodies?In Changsha, Changde, and Zaoyi, after the Japanese army used poison gas bombs, isn’t there a lot of dead bodies?Under the ruins of Unit [-], isn't there a lot of corpses?

Not to mention, the Jiajing Dynasty experienced the ravages of the Japanese pirates, so why not there were many corpses?On the Wanli Korean battlefield, isn't there a lot of corpses?
It's just a tit for tat, but the time period of the cause and the effect of the Japanese is a bit reversed.

He is not interested in the Zheng family's looting in Nagasaki City. Song Qingshu is more interested in the weapons left by the Japanese army on the battlefield. He is not rare in the iron cannons of the Japanese army. For the casting method and mass production, Song Qingshu is already familiar with the iron cannon, but this is the first time Song Qingshu has seen this big cylinder.

Originally, he always thought that the big barrel was a cannon, but now he realized that the big barrel is a large matchlock gun. Indeed, the caliber has caught up with the Western eagle cannon, but the overall shape is still the shape of a matchlock gun, with a wooden handle behind it, and no cannon wheel. The cannon cart was carried by two Japanese men, and the trigger was fired. It was the large fireworks that bombarded William's two Galen ships last night.

Song Qingshu also saw this thing in the movie "Mingliang Sea Battle" filmed by Bangzi in later generations. He circled the big tubes a few times in amazement. Song Qingshu waved his hand immediately: "Put these things away and transport them back to Songjiang. Put it on the big square in Songjiang! As a souvenir!"

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To say that the Zheng family’s pirates are really professional, from the long island area of ​​the port to the inland water town area, all the shops and houses were looted, but except for the beginning, they didn’t kill many people. One, it’s not that the pirates are soft-hearted, but the national characteristics of the Japanese nation, they kneel and lick the strong almost unreservedly. In the battle of Datang and Shirakawa Eguchi, Liu Rengui killed the little Japanese corpses all over the field, and Japan bowed to China. Millennium, this time too, as soon as the Zheng family pirates kicked in the door, these Japanese slaves obediently offered piles of property, which made the pirates a little embarrassed to kill.

Fortunately, Song Qingshu didn't expect to make that kind of money. After the Zheng family pirates swept through, the Qihuo army just controlled the stronghold.

The battle for Nagasaki started at noon, and one lasted until three or four o'clock in the afternoon, occupying half of Nagasaki. Song Qingshu didn't bother to push forward, so he simply found a restaurant that hadn't been destroyed too much, and will be trembling with fear. The Japanese cooks were captured and cooked for themselves, while the first and second beggars who landed also found a place to get their own food.

Although he despises Little Japan, Song Qingshu still likes the Japanese cuisine of later generations. Unfortunately, he was full of expectations and kicked the chef into the kitchen. After half an hour of tinkering, what he got made Song Qingshu very disappointed. Grilled saury, rice, miso soup, nothing special left.

It’s no wonder that Japanese cuisine became more abundant in later generations after worshiping the father of the United States. What’s more, wagyu barbecue and Japanese beef rice bowl gradually increased. These days, the only sushi that is sold is fresh seafood. Where to get seafood, that's all.

Disappointed, Song Qingshu picked up the rice slowly, but unfortunately he hadn't finished the meal, but Zheng Sen came to the door anxiously.

Although a small half of the Zheng family's power is now in his hands, Zheng Sen obviously has self-knowledge. Seeing Song Qingshu is still the same etiquette as a subordinate to a superior, and bowed down.

"Marshal, if you encounter a difficult problem ahead, please lend a helping hand!"

"Are reinforcements from the Shimadzu family here?"

Song Qingshu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

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Hastily ate the rice balls in their hands, and the two divisions of the begging army who landed hurriedly continued to rush deep into Nagasaki City. It is still in the semi-firearms era. On this island of Kyushu, the Shimadzu family is still one of the powerful vassals. , so Song Qingshu was a little more careful, but when he got to the place, he was a little dumbfounded.

The main force in Nagasaki is the Japanese navy. Here, the shogunate also deployed more than 500 samurai, but they were wiped out by tens of thousands of pirates during the landing battle. As for those ashigaru, they were even more vulnerable. In the whole of Nagasaki, only the castle tower remained.

However, it was this castle tower that stopped the Zheng family pirates there. On the city wall that was only five meters high, Nagasaki Shimazubo's samurai retainers and the remaining samurai leaned on the city wall and kept moving towards the city. Bows and arrows and iron cannons were fired, and under the roaring iron cannons, all the Zheng family pirates died. The corpses were piled up on the ground, and more than a dozen pieces of bamboo ladders were scattered on the ground.

It is true that relying on the pirates, Zheng Zhilong is rampant in the South China Sea. Even the Dutch and the Spaniards have to give him face, but the Zheng family's pirate team is like a shark at sea, but dry fish on land. When it comes to siege field battles , Their experience is not much higher than that of the natives in Borneo. Even Zheng Zhilong's third team is only more daring than those natives in Southeast Asia.

"Is that what stumps you?"

The commander of the Qiyi Division who came with Song Qingshu, Zhou Yuji, the commander of the Qihuo Ten Division, shouted in amazement, after all, Zheng Sen also served as the commander of the Taiyi Division for a while, and the strength of the Qihuo Army made him feel very incredible .

After the battle ended like this, Zheng Sen also felt very embarrassed, and reluctantly argued for himself: "Return to Zhou Shuai, my department lacks cannons!"

"Even if there is no cannon, this small town should..."

"General Zhou, now is not the time to talk nonsense, Mr. Zheng, let your people back down! Beg the first division to enter the position and take down this Tianshou Pavilion!"

Interrupting Zhou Yuji's inquisition, looking at the towering Japanese castle, Song Qingshu said impatiently.

"The last will obey!"

Not talking nonsense, Zhou Yuji rushed down to the battalion as soon as he clasped his fists together.

There is no city wall in Nagasaki City, and the cannons of the landing division were not rushed up for a while, but it seems that in order to teach Zheng Sen what war is, Zhou Yuji didn't wait for the cannons to come, and directly ordered his subordinates to tear down dozens of door panels nearby, prying off the Japanese There were a lot of tatami mats, and it took more than 30 minutes to build a few barriers, and pushed them to the bottom of the Nagasaki Castle Tower. Relying on the barriers, the begging army started shooting at the city.

Under the fierce attack of firecrackers, most of the retainers and guarding warriors were attracted to the main gate. The remaining troops of the Qihuo First Division took advantage of the cover of the surrounding houses and went around to the back of the castle tower. After several ups and downs, they climbed easily with the rope Climbed to the city.

"Hey, idiots!"

The front was still buzzing, and a battalion of soldiers had already touched the back unexpectedly. The battalion commander Qiu Shuzi whistled contemptuously, and the Japanese warriors in full armor in front turned their heads in panic. Before they could raise their bows, the iron cannons turned Coming over, there was a burst of rapid fire from the ping-ping-pong-pong, and the Japanese warriors fell from the top of the city like dumplings.

If Japan was in the Warring States period, it is estimated that the samurai retainers would not surrender unless they fought to the last person, but the Edo shogunate has ruled for decades, and the peaceful years have also weakened the cruelty of the Japanese. About dozens of people were shot and killed. Nabeshima Nabeshima Kogoro, the head of the contemporary family, ordered to surrender to the begging army in embarrassment.

When they plundered Nagasaki, the Zheng family pirates didn't intend to share a share with their allies. This place was taken down by the beggar army. Song Qingshu also confidently took the castle tower into his pocket, and a dozen of his own soldiers guarded it, leaving two behind. Nabeshima Kogoro with a mustache and a bald head in the middle, with a face uglier than crying, led the way and opened He Zuofan's vault for Song Qingshu. Behind the steel gate, he still couldn't help but gasped.

"Nimma, these little Japanese are so rich!"

(End of this chapter)