At Hirado Port and the Matsuura family's naval army were rushing towards Zheng Zhilong's fleet. They were riding on various warships, but they were basically traditional wooden ships, and many were sailboats.

The Matsuura navy was very brave. They were not afraid of the four-masted sailboat with a 74-cannon double-cannon deck that was a behemoth of them.

Unfortunately, this kind of courage is just stupid in Zheng Zhilong's eyes. The Zheng family fleet, which could have crossed the sea with some lucky ships and defeated the Dutch deck ships, now has giant ships and cannons, so naturally they will not be afraid of these people's suicide charges.

The rumbling sound of cannons continued, and the Zheng family's fleet lined up in lines, unfolded on the side, opened the cannon window, and a long cannon was constantly bombarding the Japanese ships rushing up.

One Japanese wooden ship after another was hit. Under the intensive bombardment of hundreds of cannons, the small boats rushed up on their own initiative, which was almost no different from dying.

Liu Jun's fleet was parked outside the port, several miles away from the Zheng family's fleet. Holding a thousand-mile mirror, Liu Jun looked at this spectacular scene and couldn't help but exclaim, "The Japanese slaves are indeed brave enough."

"It's better not to be so brave." Several European consultants shook their heads, and they couldn't understand this behavior.

On the other side, Zhang Wan and a group of North Korean officers were stunned. These North Korean generals were inspecting Liu Jun's ship, and they had been too surprised these days. But when they saw Zheng Zhilong coming to meet with hundreds of ships, they were shocked again.

When they saw Zheng Zhilong, the Ming naval admiral, who had declared war against Japan and directly entered the port, they were shocked again. When they saw Zheng Zhilong's Ming fleet, smashing Japanese ships with powerful artillery fire and sank them to the bottom of the sea, they were already a little numb.

The artillery battle at the port was over in less than half an hour, and dozens of Japanese ships were sunk.

Then the Zheng family fleet landed on the dock and bombarded the Japanese troops on the shore again. After hundreds of shellings, the soldiers on the Zheng family ship disembarked and landed.

The Zheng family's Marines were equipped with Chu army's flintlock muskets and cold weapons. They were even wearing iron armor instead of cotton armor.

The equipment of the Zheng family's infantry made Liu Jun shake his head. It was simply an explosive household equipment. A soldier was equipped with two sets of hot and cold weapons, and was equipped with heavy iron armor.

Although the Zheng family's infantry were equipped with exaggerated equipment, the effect was still good. After they got ashore, they directly shot rows of muskets, causing heavy casualties and injuries to the Japanese. There were only a few hundred Japanese soldiers transferred in a hurry, which could not stop the Zheng family's attack.

Moreover, the power of the Zheng family's muskets also amazed the Japanese.

Decades ago, during the Battle of Korea, Japan's iron cannons were far stronger than the Ming army, and the Ming army was good at cannons. The Japanese iron cannons, that is, muskets, had fewer cannons. However, the iron cannons were made quite well and were even at the world's leading level at that time. But now, their iron cannons are still mesmerized guns, and the Zheng family's muskets are already flintlock muskets produced by Jiutou.

Faster loading shooting speed, longer range, and stronger power.

The power of the soldiers of the Matsuura family was much behind that of the Zheng family and were outnumbered. They were beaten to death and wounded. They retreated all the way to Hirado City. The vassal lord Matsuura Zhen Nobu is still a little unbelievable. The Ming Dynasty actually sent troops to attack and directly came to his Matsuura family first.

When Zheng Zhilong rode his horse to the city, the soldiers of the Zheng family had already surrounded Hirado Castle.

"Push the cannon up and blast the city gate."

Zheng Zhilong said bluntly. The Zheng family transported the carrier-based cannon to the shore and dragged it to the city.

More than ten naval guns arrived at more than 200 places under the city and began to bombard the city gate continuously. After several rounds of artillery bombardment, the city gate collapsed, revealing a huge gap.

"Take Hirado Castle and dare to resist. Kill it on the spot!"

Zheng Zhibao waved his sword and shouted, and rushed into the city first.

On Liu Jun's flagship, Zhang Wan only heard the rumbling of cannons on Hirado Island, and his heart was full of worry, "Don't the Duke of Chu sends troops to reinforce the battle?"

"It's enough to have Admiral Zheng in a small island of Japanese slaves. Marshal Zhang please rest assured, and good news will come soon."

About an hour later, Zheng Zhilong sent people to report that he had captured Hirado Castle. The Hirado lord Matsuura Shinnobu had been captured alive, and the rest surrendered.

"Has it been taken?" Zhang Wan took a cold breath. A famous vassal lord was captured alive in just half a day.

Liu Jun was not surprised at all. The Hirado family was just a small vassal, and the Matsuura Shinnobu's vassal was very small, and the Ishinobu was only more than 60,000. According to Japan's mobilization ability at this time, 10,000 shi could mobilize about two to three hundred soldiers, while the Matsuura family had only about two thousand soldiers.

Moreover, this requires time to mobilize. When the Ming army suddenly arrived, they could use only a few hundred troops. Zheng Zhilong came with more than 10,000 people this time, with giant ships and cannons. In a small city like Hirado, it could not be resisted.

Hirado vassal was originally a foreign daimyo, not trusted by the shogunate, and was on the frontier and had a small territory. Their family became daimyo for only four generations. It was only after the development of trade with various countries that had increased their strength, but compared with those daimyos with more than one million or hundreds of thousands, their strength was still too weak.

"We will also get off the boat and go for a walk." Liu Jun smiled and said to Zhang Wan and others. The warships entered the port and the ships docked. Liu Jun and others disembarked and rode to Hirado Castle. The Japanese ships in the port were sunk, and most of the remaining were merchant ships of the Ming East India Company, as well as a small number of Chinese merchant ships. These merchant ships actually violated the exclusive trade rights of the Ming East India Company with Japan. Liu Jun was not polite to them, confiscated the cargo on the ship and seized the ship.

This piece of Japanese fat meat cannot be shared.

Hirado Castle was not seriously damaged, only one gate was collapsed, and several fires in the city were quickly extinguished. Hirado Castle is indeed a very prosperous city, and because it is a free port, the merchant ship trade between various countries over the years has led to various styles of buildings in the city, including Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, various foreign churches, and shops on the streets, which are also marked with various characters.

"Start build a fort on the island immediately, strengthen Hirado Castle, and build a fortress outside the city." Liu Jun turned it around and explained to Zheng Zhilong.

"What should we do next?" Zheng Zhilong asked.

"Send a fleet to sweep Iki and Goshima Islands. Everyone on the island was arrested, and they sent them to Hirado to build a castle, and then sent them to Taiwan. Then send someone to Edo to see if Tokugawa Iemitsu would like to talk now."

Edo.

Because it was once a residence hall of the Edo family, it was named. In the 18th year of Tensho, after the Battle of Odawara, which attacked Hojo, Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Kanto, and Edo was used as the residence city, and Edo Castle began to flourish. In the eighth year of Keicho (1603), Tokugawa Ieyasu opened the Tokugawa Shogunate in Edo. From then on, as the national political and economic center, Edo Castle developed greatly and eventually formed the later Tokyo capital.

Early in the first and first days of September, the third-generation general Tokugawa Iemitsu got up and received an emergency report.

"The Ming Dynasty invaded and captured Tyrannosaurus, Iki, Hirado, Nagasaki, Goshima, and Hiraki, all over the coast were attacked by Ming fleets, and countless people were plundered."

Tokugawa Ieki initially thought this was a joke.

But soon, urgent reports came one after another, confirming that the Ming army was attacking in large numbers, hundreds of warships carrying countless cannons, and the Hirado family was even captured in just half a day.

Soon, the Ming army sent an envoy, Hirado Matsuura's retainer Tagawa Shizuemon.

Takawa Qizaemon was a retainer of Matsuura Shinnobu. His daughter had married Zheng Yiguan, a Ming merchant, and gave birth to two sons. Now one of the main generals of the Ming army who attacked Himeshi was Zheng Zhilong, who was Zheng Yiguan back then.

Tagawa Qizaemon presented a letter from the Ming army.

"Who is Zhu Ciye?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked angrily.

"He was the adopted son of the Emperor of Tang, and was granted the title of Duke of Chu. He was appointed as the Admiral of Huguang, the General of Hubei and the Control of the Beiyang Navy. He commanded 100,000 elite troops."

"I heard that Zheng Yiguan is now an official in the Tang Kingdom? Who is he?"

"Officer Zheng is now called Zheng Zhilong. He is the admiral of the Tang Navy and the general of Taiwan."

"Why did the Tang Kingdom invade my Japan?"

Takawa replied, "Duke of Chu of Tang and Chu said that in those days, our country first invaded the coast of Ming Dynasty, burned, killed, and looted all evil systems, and then invaded the Ming Dynasty twice. Today, we led our army to attack and hold accountable."

"Dears have passed since then, why should we mention it again?"

"Return to the general, North Korea ascended the throne not long ago. The new king had married his daughter, Princess Jingshu, to the Duke of Chu, and leased Danluo and Geoji two islands in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army who took over Geoji Island recently discovered that pirates plundered Geoji Island. They investigated and found that the plundered pirates were the Japanese from Tsuma, Iki and Hirado Island."

"If this is true, then we will find out and hand over these pirates to the Ming Dynasty for disposal, why did we not declare war and seize our Japanese territory?"

Tagawa Qizaemon replied truthfully, "Duke Chu insisted on sending troops himself. Now Duke Chu proposed that if the general can meet his requirements, he would stop attacking Japan. Otherwise, he would lead a fleet to carry tens of thousands of elite Ming troops to attack Edo directly."

Tokugawa Iemitsu gritted his teeth and asked coldly, "What is his request?"

"Japan was vassal to the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese Emperor changed his name to the King of Japan. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty issued an edict to enthrone the seal and granted it to the King of Japan. In the future, before the new Japanese king ascended the throne, he must first request the Emperor of Ming to enthrone the title and then ascend the throne."

"What else?"

"Japan ceded the country of Homama and Tsushima, Iki Island and Daming."

"Japan opens trade with the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has obtained exclusive trade rights with Japan."

Tokugawa Ie-Kiu refused, "This is impossible!"

Tagawa Qizaemon said helplessly, "If the general refuses, then the two countries will officially start a full-scale war, and all the results will be decided on the battlefield." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!