Itakura Shigemasa's expression changed, at this time, how could the Ming people suddenly appear here and intervene, shouldn't they go to the north?
But if you think about it carefully, Akito has been making a fuss about Shimabara, so it seems that it is not surprising that he came here, and it should be expected.
But Akito's sudden appearance disrupts his plans, and this is his only chance to save his life!
Boom, boom, boom At this moment, a deafening explosion suddenly sounded, followed by a flash of fire and billowing smoke, followed by a tremor like an earthquake.
"Chongchang Palace, what are Ming people going to do?"
The retainers of the Kuroda family looked in the direction of the shore with a look of surprise and confusion.
Itakura Shigemasa listened to the louder and louder explosions, and the ground trembled even more under his feet, and his face was gloomy and dripping.
Didn't I tell you what the Ming people were going to do?
Itakura Shigemasa was roaring in his heart, his eyes were fierce, but in the end, he still pressed it down, and his eyes looked at the original castle that seemed to be close at hand and would be bulldozed at any time, and he wanted to go crazy with hatred in his heart.
Itakura Shigemasa suppressed the fury in his heart, gritted his teeth and said, "Xinli Palace, Jiushan Palace, you bring people to resist the Ming people ashore, and I will go to see Xingang Palace." ” These daimyo had to nod, and at this time, they could only listen to Itakura Shigemasa, even if they were suspicious of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty.
Itakura Shigemasa divided his army in two, one side to resist the possible landing of the Ming Dynasty, and the other side stared at the original castle from afar.
When Itakura Shigemasa retreated his army, Amakusa Shiro from the original castle also saw the smoke on the shore and the billowing sound of cannonballs.
Heizaburo stood beside him and said excitedly: "Angel, this is the cannon sound of the Ming Kingdom, they have been entrusted by the bishop to save us, this is God's guidance!"
” Amakusa Shiro's eyes were straight, his heart was very stable, and he said loudly: "Okay!
With the help of the Ming Kingdom, we will surely be able to defeat the evil shogunate, and our god will not abandon us!
” Amakusa Shiro's voice fell, and the entire original castle cheered.
In their opinion, the arrival of the Ming Dynasty was the favor of their God, and they would be safe and would not be attacked by the shogunate again.
Amakusa Shiro watched the shogunate's troops retreat to a safe distance, and then he went downstairs with confidence, and before he reached his room, Heizaburo, who had disappeared for a while, suddenly appeared, pulled Amakusa Shiro into a no-man's corner, took out a letter, and said in a low voice: "Angel, a letter from the Satsuma Domain, their assistance will be docked tonight, I hope we will go to the shore to receive it, they can't go ashore." ” Amakusa Shiro snatched the letter violently, and it simply listed the list of support items, as well as the time, place, and so on.
Amakusa Shiro's eyes widened, excited, and said patiently: "Okay, look at this, the shogunate will not attack today, while they haven't besieged the city yet, hurry up and transport things in."
With these weapons, we are more able to resist Itakura Shigemasa, by the way, what else is there besides weapons?
” Heizaburo said, "There will be food next time, and next time, if our situation deteriorates, they will send people to support us."
But this is a last resort, and the Satsuma clan can't tear up its face with the Tokugawa family, otherwise it will ......"
"I know, I know......," Amakusa Shiro said repeatedly, although the Satsuma Domain was the most remote domain from Edo, but if it provoked Edo to turn around, it would be another big war, and the Satsuma Domain would not want to do this.
Amakusa Shiro was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his immature face had a more mature and resolute look than ordinary people, he took the letter, full of ambition, and said: "This news is known to the two of us, and at night, you personally order people and take them out of the city, and don't tell them the purpose, and talk about it when you arrive." ” "Yes!"
Heizaburo said.
He was very excited, the bishop did not abandon them, as long as they were not blocked at sea and the Ming Dynasty continued to aid them, their chances of defeating the shogunate would be great, and there would be no problem at all if they supported until the beginning of spring!
Here in the original castle, itakura Shigemasa was excited to withdraw his troops, and when they were once again victorious, Itakura Shigemasa quickly came to Matsudaira Nobutsuna and told him the news.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna stood under the eaves, holding his hands, looking to the south as if he could see the sea.
"I felt the ground tremble, and I vaguely heard the sound," Matsudaira Nobutsuna clasped his hands in front of him, and said expressionlessly: "Their artillery is very powerful, I heard that there is a landslide and a sea of fire, which is even more terrifying than what His Highness Taiko saw a few decades ago......"
As soon as Itabura Shigemasa heard it, he knew that Matsudaira Nobutsuna had received the news in advance, and it was a matter of whether he had a caesarean section, where did he have the heart to remember the bittersweet memories with Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and immediately said, "What should we do now?"
I didn't expect the Ming people to go south directly, and now the momentum on the original city side is booming, and the Ming people will go ashore at any time......"
Under the original castle, Itakura Shigemasa has been defeated several times, and he knows the strength of the original castle, if he adds the more unpredictable Ming people, their chances of victory are shrinking rapidly, and the Shimabara Rebellion is likely to be reversed, affecting the entire Kyukoku Island, if the Ming people use Amakusa Shiro to burn the war across the Kanmon Strait and extend their lives to their own island, then he is not the only one who has a disembowelment, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna will not be able to run!
Matsudaira Nobutsuna knew that Itakura Shigemasa was afraid of death, so he raised his head slightly, looked at the south with a cold expression, the plank under his feet trembled more and more violently, he didn't move, and said lightly, "The sudden appearance of Akito was beyond my expectations."
It was ordered that all coastal areas should pay close attention to the movements of the sea, and that the movements of the Ming fleet should be reported immediately.
The order was issued that the attack on the original castle was temporarily stopped, and the major names were on standby and not to move.
The herald ordered that no attack should be made against the army of the Ming Dynasty, and every move must be reported to me......
Also, Chongchang Palace, I want to invite you to go to the fleet of the Ming people, and we want to touch the reality of the Ming people. ” Itakura Shigemasa listened to Matsudaira Nobutsuna's series of arrangements, his brows furrowed, as soon as the attack on the original city stopped, morale and other aspects were all about losing the other, and if you wanted to take it again, you would have to pay more price!
But now that Akito suddenly intervened, they had to respond temporarily, nodding and saying, "Okay, I'll go now, but we still have to be just in case!"
” Matsudaira Nobutsuna put down his hand, turned around and went back to the house, and said, "Matsushima and other daimyo have crossed the Kanmon Strait today, and there will be more than 10,000 people, enough for us to use as temporary backup to deal with it." ” Itakura Shigemasa was relieved and said, "Yes." ” Itakura Shigemasa turned around and came to the Shimabara Peninsula again, and then went straight to the sea, beckoning people, and preparing to send a signal to the sea.
Not long after Itakura Shigemasa left, Miyake Shigeyoshi appeared behind Matsudaira Nobutsuna, bowed down and said: "Temple, in this way, the purpose of the Ming people coming is to interfere with Shimahara, and there is no intention of invading Kyukoku Island, and there should be no such strength." ” Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face turned blue and said, "I guessed too, but we can't tear our faces with the Akito, they are more powerful than those Xiyi people at sea, and if we attract more Akito, the Shimabara Rebellion will no longer be able to be contained." ” Miyake Shigemori thought for a while and said, "Dian, do you want to make peace with the Akito?"
The Tokugawa temple will definitely not agree, and it may be questioned. ” Matsudaira Nobutsuna shook his head and said, "I'm not trying to negotiate peace, I'm trying to delay time, the Akito can't stay on the sea for long, and I'm also mobilizing ships, if they don't retreat, I'm sure to leave them on the sea!"
” After all, the Wa Kingdom is an island country, although it does not have a formal navy, but it is too easy to collect ships, even if the Ming warships are larger and stronger, but they can use hornet tactics to send these warships to the bottom of the sea!
Miyake Shigetoshi understood and said, "Yes."
That's over there......
Now their morale is getting higher and higher, and they think that the shogunate will not be able to defeat them, and it will be very bad for us to continue like this. ” Matsudaira Nobutsuna laughed, his face was indifferent, and said: "Don't worry, the original city is a lonely city, when we settle the Ming people, I just need to surround it, and in less than a month, I will be able to put down the Shimabara Rebellion!"
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” Miyake Shigeori listened to Matsudaira Nobutsuna's confident voice and nodded slightly, he knew that Matsudaira Nobutsuna must have a complete plan, so he didn't have to worry about it.
On the other side, the shelling of the Ming Dynasty warships has stopped, the cannons are returning to their positions, Liu Jingming, Chen Zhiyang and others are holding binoculars and are observing every move on the shore.
The smoke on the shore did not subside, and the fire grew stronger, apparently burning some woods.
Itakura Shigema's appearance appeared in a very conspicuous position, and Liu Jingming and others quickly found out, holding a telescope, observing Itakura Shigema's three other people.
Chen Zhiyang looked left and right, and said, "My lord, the Japanese seem to want to see us?"
” "Well, come and test us."
Liu Jingming said without thinking, the telescope was still looking around, and he was wondering where they would land from if they had to do so.
Chen Zhiyang didn't think about it so much, and when he heard the person behind him say that it might be Itakura Chongchang, he suddenly moved in his heart and said to Liu Jingming: "My lord, why don't we fire a few more shots and blow up this Itakura Chongchang."
The last shogun heard that he was also a close confidant of Tokugawa Iemitsu, and if he died, Tokugawa Iemitsu would definitely be angry and put in more money. ” Liu Jingming's expression moved slightly, and he suddenly felt a little excited in his heart, and immediately shook his head and said: "Our purpose is to drag down Matsudaira Nobutsuna's movements, not to force him to die and break the net."
Let's do it, send a signal, let Itakura Shigemasa come up, we'll let him see the cannon, and then let the small ship put on a show for them. ” Chen Zhiyang suddenly understood and said, "Yes." ” On the mast, the flag commander waved the flag and signaled to the shore.
Itakura Shigemasa and the others looked up, they actually couldn't understand the flag language of the Ming Dynasty, but they could roughly understand that this was the Ming people's agreement with them.
Itakura Shigemasa felt relieved, and while letting people push the boat into the sea, he thought about how to convince Akito.
Itakura Shigemasa sat in a small boat and swayed towards the fleet of the Ming Dynasty.
At first he didn't care, but as he got closer, his brow furrowed.
These warships of the Ming Dynasty were larger and stronger than he expected, and the muzzles of the black holes were even more formidable.
Some of the small boats were quite nimble, and there were three or so of them that surrounded him and 'escorted' him there.
When he arrived at the leading ship, Itakura Shigemasa looked up, his intuition was tall and majestic, and his heart became more and more worried.
"Welcome to my warship, Admiral Itakura."
Liu Jingming was very polite and held his fist.
Itakura Shigemasa raised his fist a little unnaturally, and said, "General Liu is fortunate to meet, I am here to express the peace of my country and the idea of ending disputes." ” These were simultaneous translations of the samurai behind him, and Shigemasa Itakura couldn't speak Chinese fluently, even if he could read kanji.