"What's the sound?" Shimazu Kokusa asked his subordinates in surprise.

Listening to the movement, it seemed like the sound of gunfire, but this is the Satsuma family, how could there be gunfire?

His men were not sure, and hurried out to verify the situation.

But as soon as I arrived at the door, I ran into my arms with another man who was in a hurry and almost fell down.

"Not good, Ming army is coming!"

Hearing this, Shimazu Kokusa was stunned for a moment, then he realized and asked back in a bit incredible way: "What? The Ming army is here, where did the Ming army come from?"

After asking this, he immediately remembered that it was the Ming army on Ryukyu, right? Apart from that, there was no other Ming army!

But didn’t the Ming army of Ryukyu escape by looking at the wind? How could it be that it could come to the Satsuma vassal?

"How is this possible!" Shimazu Kokusa came back to his senses and shouted with a little ugly expression.

But at this time, the sound became clearer and more like the sound of gunfire.

So Shimazu Kokusa quickly stood up, stopped asking his subordinates, and ran outside to see the situation.

Originally, the vassal lord's mansion was in the inner city, far away from the sea! However, at this time, he had moved out of the inner city because Shimazu Kokusa was not satisfied with the inner city.

If he developed according to the original history, he would also build a new mansion by the sea, which is the Xianyan Garden, a tourist check-in point in later generations.

Soon, he stood on a high place and saw the sea in the distance. Sure enough, he saw many ships driving towards this side.

There were several cannons on the shore firing, and they heard the sound of cannons sporadically, just like they didn't "eat" and felt weak.

The sound of muskets was mixed with, and it was also visible from the point where the gun smoke came out. At this time, it was impossible to shoot so far, but it showed the panic of the Japanese on the shore.

It is actually not surprising that such weak defensive combat power would be on the shore.

Shimazu family belongs to wild daimyo, which is a poor mountain and water land in the border area, a poor place in Japan. It is very poor and looked down upon by other daimyos. However, the first two generations of Shimazu family were still very powerful. They were invincible at the beginning and had ambitions to compete for the entire Japan.

However, in the end, he was defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi and was restricted. He then followed Toyotomi Hideyoshi's order to participate in the war against North Korea and the Ming Dynasty.

Afterwards, Tokugawa Ieyasu rose, and the Shimazu family's heroic leader suddenly died. After that, there were no more heroes in Shimazu family and they had always surrendered to the Tokugawa shogunate and did whatever they asked to do. This was the case with Shimazu Kokusa's generation.

At this time, after three generations of rule, the Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan very strongly. In other words, there has been no war in the country of Japan for decades, and the only time was to suppress the Shimahara Rebellion in Kyushu.

The Shimahara Rebellion also exposed how weak the combat effectiveness of the army was after the Japanese state was calm and the Tokugawa shogunate deliberately weakened the Daming in various places.

The rebel army of less than 40,000 people, including women and children, but the Tokugawa shogunate mobilized 18 vassals and 120,000 troops, and it took four or five months to suppress the rebel army.

If the original historical development was developed, the Shimazu vassal later began to liberate the mind, cultivate lower-level samurai, and develop the economy, and eventually became the most powerful local vassal in the late Tokugawa Shogunate, becoming the advance and main force of the inversion of the shogunate.

But at this time, the Satsuma clan was still in peace. There was no war in the country, and they were the only ones who bullied Ryukyu and did not have foreign enemies. Therefore, although the Satsuma clan was near the sea, there was no saying of sea defense at all.

The sporadic sound of cannons was still the first time the cannons left in the Warring States Period. It was natural that there were very few cannons, and it was not surprising.

Not to mention, the Satsuma family's permanent army, even ordinary army, were gathered together, and Shimazu Kuto took the Ming army to fight Ryukyu. Therefore, on its land, they were all military soldiers like crooked and no elite troops at all.

At this time, Shimazu Kokuha saw many Ming army warships coming and preparing to land forcibly. He knew that Shimazu Kuto was already finished, otherwise the Ming army would not have appeared here.

He couldn't understand why the war in Ryukyu had such a big reversal in such a short period of time, and there was not even a single person to report the news, so the Ming army came over.

"Bag, Kutsuki harmed me!" Shimazu Konoha said with a hatred, and then ignored everything else, then quickly rode the horse he led to and fled to the inner city.

He still has this little vision. He knows that the mansion by the sea will never be able to defend it, so he will run first.

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On the Ming army, warships were covering and transport ships docked one after another. Ming army soldiers rushed down in groups and immediately launched an attack on Kagoshima.

Among them was also mixed with Ryukyu troops. However, Ryukyu troops did not have firearms, they were all cold weapons, and they did not fight, but just followed the Ming army and shouted to the Japanese, asking them to put down their weapons and surrender.

Whenever the Ming army soldiers saw Japanese people holding weapons but did not surrender, they would shoot and kill them.

Originally, the Satsuma family had not prepared much at all, let alone their troops had already gone to sea. After being attacked by the superior enemy, several more people dared to take up weapons and seek death.

It can be said that the Ming army's raid was very successful and quickly captured the coastal area of ​​Kagoshima. Moreover, Sun Yingyuan personally led his troops and, under the leadership of the Ryukyu guide, pursued the inner city of the Satsuma clan.

By the time he chased to the inner city, Shimazu Kokusa had already escaped here, closed the gate, and was busy organizing defense.

In order to gain time, he sent someone to shout on the top of the city in the Ming Dynasty: "I have no grievances and no grudges with you, Ming Kingdom, why do you come to attack my Satsuma vassal?"

On Sun Yingyuan's side, although he saw that the inner city wall was not high, he did not bring siege equipment. He needed to wait for the soldiers from behind to transport the red barbarian cannons, so he asked the soldiers to siege the city while resting. However, he did not use the Ming Dynasty's official language, but asked the Ryukyu people to sing in Japanese language.

"You Japanese attacked North Korea and planned to plot against our Ming Dynasty, and said there was no injustice or revenge?"

Seeing that the Ming army did not attack the city, Shimazu Kokuha asked his subordinates to organize the defense quickly and distribute the weapons. If there is no weapons, they should take cold weapons. Anyway, they should defend quickly. On the other hand, he continued to shout out, "That is the problem of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Our Satsuma clan is just doing things on orders. It has been so many years since then, why do you still hold on to this?"

"It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years! How can this revenge be settled?" Sun Yingyuan also shouted loudly, "Now, your Satsuma vassal invaded the Ryukyu Kingdom. My Ming Dynasty received a blood letter from the King of Ryukyu, and asked my Ming Dynasty to send troops to help the Ryukyu Kingdom expel you Japanese pirates. After arriving at Ryukyu, there was a second blood letter from the King of Ryukyu, accusing you of the brutal crimes of the Satsuma vassal! Unexpectedly, before you settle the accounts with you, you dare to send troops to attack my Daming Heavenly Soldiers. Now, the new and old accounts are settled together!"

Shimazu Kokusa was a little stunned when he heard this. That Shangxian did not repent and wrote another blood book. And when he heard this, it seemed that he was still dead?

The dialogue between the two sides can naturally be heard by others.

The Chinese people are all famous for their troops. Now Sun Yingyuan shouted out the reasons for attacking the Satsuma vassal one by one, and the morale of the Ming army suddenly became higher, including the Ryukyu people. Because the Ming army sent troops as a righteous army, they came to take revenge!

When the Japanese in the inner city of Satsuma were heard, they unconsciously lowered their heads.

If it was stated that the army was just to settle the old accounts for the past when they attacked North Korea, they might not have been like this. But the more important reason now is that the King of Ryukyu wrote a blood letter to the Ming Dynasty, and they were here to avenge them. Such things, even in the Japanese terms, are just a matter of righteousness.

Not to mention, they had gathered so many people before, and they ran to Ryukyu to attack the Ming army. As a result, they probably couldn't beat them, so they immediately recruited the Ming army to attack the Satsuma clan.

Look at this, they are all their own Daming who is seeking death, so they go and provoke Ming Jun first!

Most Japanese people, after hearing the shouts from both sides, their morale fell sharply.

Even Shimazu Kokusa felt that it was a disadvantage. Of course, the most important thing was that his fists were not hard enough, otherwise, he would destroy the Ming army directly in Ryukyu, so how could there be so many things!

But at this moment, the Ming army had already reached the doorstep of his house. He would definitely not surrender. He just wanted to defend himself and then hoped that the envoys he sent could invite reinforcements from Daming around him.

However, his idea was not optimistic for long.

About half a day later, Li Dingguo led the remaining army to arrive, and accompanied the army and brought ten red cannons.

Seeing that it was getting late, after Li Dingguo learned about the early situation of Sun Yingyuan, he adjusted his deployment, surrounded three and one, and only shot the main gate.

The most important thing for artillery in the solid bomb era is to siege the city. The target is large and it cannot move. If you aim at it, it will have strong destructive power.

"Boom boom boom..."

For the first time, the artillery of the Ming Dynasty roared on the Japanese land.

The red cannons gathered together bombarded, and while the smoke of gunpowder rose into the air, iron bullets roared at the Japanese city wall.

Although the city gate was thick, it could not resist the bombardment of the Red Barbarian cannons, and it was instantly bombarded.

The low battlements were also smashed by iron bullets to pieces, and many places collapsed.

With just three rounds of artillery bombardment, the wall under the front cannon could no longer stand. In the dust, even the Ming army outside the city heard the painful screams of the Japanese in the city.

Obviously, many Japanese people were caught off guard and were hit by blocks of soil and stones from iron bullets, and even unlucky ones were hit directly by iron bullets.
Chapter completed!