Chapter 392 Edo flowers, this time in full bloom, extra glamour and eye-catching--
When Liang Pengfei's fleet arrived at Edo Bay, that is, the Tokyo Bay of later generations, it happened to be noon. When the red and black warships with the height of the mast were dozens of meters above sea level showed their arrogant and strong bodies from the sea level, all the Japanese were deeply and completely shocked. The sense of powerlessness that shakes and can't be resisted.
The people of Edo Castle ran in a hurry, and the patrol soldiers on the shore also shouted in panic. If these tall warships appeared in Nagasaki, although they would cause a certain stir, they would never be like Edo, like ants that blew up nests.
Because after the Tokugawa shogunate to the closed country, only one Nagasaki port was opened, and at least there would be ships from the Netherlands and the Qing Kingdom to trade there, and the tall Western warships could occasionally see their traces.
But Edo is different. Edo is the place of the Tokugawa shogunate. Their policy of locking up the country is not to see any foreign people and those novel things to affect their rule of the country. But today, the fleet led by Liang Pengfei suddenly appears, and these warships are tall. Yu Qiangheng has exceeded the people and soldiers of Edo's knowledge of warships.
Some people and soldiers were even stunned by fear, thinking that Tianzhao God was coming to the world in the divine boat.
However, not all Edo people have become fools. The shogunate sailors who patrolled the port of Edo immediately became nervous. Although they were greatly scared by these huge things, the soldiers who maintained the safety of the shogunate still summoned up their courage to drive their boats and catch up with the river towards those great shores. The warship of Tianshou Pavilion in the city rushed up.
When their small sangpan, which could carry 20 or 30 soldiers, was still a mile away from the warships, the flag warrior on the small sang board ordered to open fire with the small cannon in the bow to warn the other party that they could not approach. The small cannon, which belongs to a three-pounder gun at most, has no killing effect on these giants at all.
However, when the flag warrior ordered to fire, he did not know that he had made an extremely serious mistake.
"How dare they fire?" Liang Pengfei shouted with excitement, which made all the people around him confused. They all stared at Master Liang, who was so excited that he danced quickly.
"Open fire and blow them all up for me. Don't let them taste it. Don't they still think that my fleet is paper? I'm your grandma's!"
With the order of Master Liang, soon, the artillery at the head of the ship aimed at the small slams that were rushing towards this side...
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When Makino Tadashi, who was in charge of the defense of Osaka Castle, led 2,000 elite shogunate soldiers to the port of Edo, when he saw the fleet moored three miles away from the port, Makino Tadashi took a deep breath.
When the flag warrior who swam back to the shore cried and reported to Makino Zhongjing what had just happened, Makino Zhongjing took a deep breath again. Baga, you bastards, you just failed like this. Why don't you die?! Fortunately, you are still a warrior. Show the spirit of the warrior.
Just as Makino Zhongjing waved the back of his knife and knocked on the mouth of these defeated sailors who escaped, Tokugawa Jiaqi had already stood in the Tianshou Pavilion with straight eyes. Yes, the height of the Tianshou Pavilion in Edo Castle is extremely high, so he can use those southern barbarians in this Tianshou Pavilion with a good vision. The thousand-mile mirror saw the harbor, but when he saw the majestic and tall warships from the thousand-mile mirror, Tokugawa felt a little scared.
Yes, he was really afraid. He had never seen such a tall warship, and there were so many. Yes, he never knew that the small number of thirty warships made him feel so huge at this moment.
Think about it, when Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked North Korea, 700 warships were dispatched, but compared with the 50 warships in front of him, Tokugawa Jiaqi felt that even if the number of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's warships was doubled, it would never be able to defeat these sea fortresses.
"God of Tianzhao..." Tokugawa Jiaqi couldn't help closing his eyes, almost unable to hold the weightless thousand-mile mirror. Behind him, Nobuaki Matsudaira knelt on the floor sweating heavily. General, please make a quick decision.
"Decision, what is the decision?" Tokugawa Jiaqi turned his face and looked at the middle-aged man. He couldn't wait to kick him to death. If he hadn't told himself that there were only 30 warships in the Qing fleet that were about to arrive in Japan, would he be so careless?
If this guy hadn't made it clear that the warship of the Qing Dynasty was so huge and armed to the teeth, would he have so easily rejected the conditions of those Qing envoys called Ling Longyu?
"General, I think I should invite the envoys of the Qing Dynasty to come ashore as soon as possible. Why did the Qing warships break into Edo Bay and open fire on our warships?" Nobuaki Matsudaira quickly touched his head on the floor and answered loudly.
He didn't know the general's resentment about himself, but who could have thought that the Qing warship would be so huge? The Qing envoy was really not a thing, and he didn't make this clear to himself.
Now, the other party has actually entered Edo Bay, and more than a dozen warships were sank rudely. The great earthquake captured the shogunate and the people of Edo. Now, I can't hide it from the people.
"The envoy?" Tokugawa Jiaqi walked back to his position and sat down. Do you mean that the purpose of the Qing people here is to force our shogunate to sign the treaty with the Qing Dynasty?
Nobu Matsudaira replied loudly. Exactly, so I think that no matter how the general responds, the first thing to do is to delay the time. As long as our shogunate recruits troops in time to arrange them, no matter how powerful those warships are, they will be helpless to my Edo.
The Tokugawa family narrowed their eyes, and the folding fan in their hands kept hitting their thighs. After a long time, the Tokugawa family slowly said, "Tell the Qing people that we are willing to negotiate with them, and you, Matsudaira Jun, you are the first middle-aged and old in my Tokugawa shogunate. One of the negotiations should be the affairs, and you are fully responsible for it. I hope Don't let me down."
Hearing Tokugawa Jiaqi's words, Matsudaira Nobuaki scolded his mother repeatedly in his heart. Didn't he take himself as cannon fodder? No, although I am a courtier, I can't resist at all.
"General, I think we should wait for the news from Makinojun to be confirmed before making a final order." Matsudaira's head soon came up with a good excuse.
"Baga, this old fox." Tokugawa Jiaqi scolded secretly in his heart, but he couldn't come up with a better opinion, so he had to wait. Soon, Makino Zhongjing had rushed to the general's mansion.
"General, the Qing people asked us to explain the hostile acts of shelling the Qing fleet. Second, we asked our shogunate to give a satisfactory answer on whether the last treaty was signed..." Makino Tadayuki looked at Nobuaki Matsudaira, bowed to the ground and reported to the somewhat restless Tokugawa family. Tao.
"Baga, these damn Qing people are clearly taking the opportunity to extort!" Tokugawa Ieqi couldn't help throwing the folding fan in his hand on the ground and roared angrily. How can I let them humiliate me? Mu Yejun, gather the soldiers and horses, declare war on those Qing people, and let them know that the style of our martial arts family cannot be shaken by anyone.
"General, our naval division can't get close to the other party's warship at all, but please rest assured that I will never let the Qing people set foot on the land of Edo." Makino Zhongjing took the order and turned around and walked out of the cabinet that day. Although he made a promise as a general, Makino Zhongjing's heart was very uneasy, because those warships had exceeded his knowledge, and he really could not predict what the consequences of the confrontation would be.
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In less than half an hour, nearly 10,000 shogunate soldiers gathered in the port of Edo. The area of the port was full of long guns and murderous, and the Makino Zhongjing, who was dressed up again, was very satisfied with the momentum shown by his subordinates. Moreover, he also made a very inflammatory speech to improve the morale of the soldiers.
On the one hand, a flag warrior was sent to the Qing Dynasty fleet with a white flag, warning those Qing people to leave Edo Bay as soon as possible, otherwise, they would bear all the consequences.
Soon, Makino Tadashi got a very clear answer from the other party. Five of the 30 warships moved forward for more than a hundred steps, then crossed the hull to face the port and opened their guns. Before Makino and his brave men responded correctly, a burst of cannons fell on their heads.
With the deafening explosion, a ball of fire appeared in the port of Edo. The elite shogunate army was torn to pieces by those terrible artillery fire in an instant. There were flying shrapnel everywhere, easily cutting off the bamboo armor of the soldiers and harvesting fresh lives.
After a group of flames flashed with a roar, it turned into a thick smoke, forming a lovely little mushroom, leaving only ferocious craters, and the fragments near the bullet point proved the terrible lethality of the cannonballs.
After five warships and more than 100 artillery fired only one round, the whole Edo Port turned into a sea of fire. The destructive power caused by those flowering bombs was absolutely shocking. Many of the elites of the nearly 10,000 shogunate who originally stood in the port were directly killed by artillery fire, and the surviving soldiers had fled the port for a long time. .
And his face was covered with dust, and his armor was also missing several places. Makino Zhongjing gasped heavily. His twisted face was full of panic, and the pupils of his eyes reflected the sparks of the port bear, which seemed to be desperate and helpless
From the generals to the poor, they all looked at the Edo port with frightened eyes, as if it was the red lotus fire that could destroy everything in the world. Edo flowers are gorgeous and eye-catching in full bloom this time...
(to be continued)