In the early morning of June 26th, just as Zhu Youjian's 40,000 Ming army marched out of the Banshishan camp and headed for the Qinghekou battlefield, while moving on the Jinzhou Peninsula, an army suddenly appeared outside Qingniwa Bay.

It’s a huge naval fleet!

This is a fleet of sixty-eight Spanish-style armed galenic ships of various sizes. Among them, there are sixty-six Japanese warships flying the plaster flag (Hinomaru) and the three-leaf Aoi flag.

There were two Spanish galleons flying the "Red Cross" flag, a total of sixty-eight ships.

The naval officer of the Japanese shogunate who commanded this fleet was the lord of the Mikawa Fukimou Domain, named Itakura Shigemasa. Yes, he commanded 120,000 troops to quell the Shimabara Uprising in his lifetime. As a result, he took the lead outside Shimabara Castle and made people think of him.

Shigemasa Itakura who was shot in the head with a gun.

However, he was very lucky in this life and became the beneficiary of the butterfly effect fanned out by Emperor Chongzhen's big butterfly.

Because after the Battle of Luzon, the relationship between Japan and Spain improved rapidly, turning from enemies to friends. Therefore, the Tokugawa shogunate relaxed its oppression of Catholics. At the same time, it also recruited a large number of Kyushu ronin to join Korea because of the Korean expedition.

Expeditionary Force - In order to kill two birds with one stone, Tokugawa Iemitsu also focused on recruiting "Kiroshidan ronin" (that is, Catholic ronin) from Kyushu Island to join the army. As a result, the ronin who were supposed to revolt on Shimabara Island (mainly the Arima family,

Former ministers of the Konishi family), most of them were recruited by Iemitsu into the Korean Expeditionary Force, and some even joined the Shogunate Navy.

As a result, the Shimabara Uprising did not occur, and Itakura Shigemasa certainly saved his life. And those who survive a catastrophe usually have some luck.

As the 15,000-kaku feudal lord of Mikawa Fukura, Itakura Shigemasa's future fortune was quite great—despite the fact that the Fukura Itakura family's fiefdom was small, only 15,000 koku, they were the confidants of the shogun.

Itakura Shigemasa served many times as the head of the Waka Nin Kyozhong. Although his status was not as good as that of Lao Chu, he was still the shogunate official second only to Lao Chu. And Itakura Shigemasa also had a cousin named Itakura Shigemune, who was even more powerful. He was the acting governor of Kyoto.

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The Kyoto Shodai is the representative of the shogun in Kyoto. He is responsible for the negotiations between the shogunate and the court, and conveys the shogunate's instructions to the court. He also supervises the court, the public nobles, and the major names in the Kansai region.

In addition, the Kyoto Sheriff is also responsible for public security in Kyoto, adjudicating lawsuits in the Kinki area, and managing the town administration in Kyoto, Fushimi, and Nara.

Moreover, the Itakura family has not only produced one Kyoto shogunate in history, but three Kyoto shogunate, and the third Kyoto shogunate, Itakura Shigeyuki, is the son of Itakura Shigemasa, and this Itakura Shigeyuki

He also served as a veteran of the shogunate twice.

You can imagine how trusted the Itakura family was during the era of the four Tokugawa shoguns including Ieyasu, Hidetada, Iemitsu, and Ietsuna.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the post of the Shogunate Navy fell into the hands of Itakura Shigemasa.

But when Shigemasa Itakura, who was "fierce as hell" when he attacked Shimabara Castle in his previous life, led the "Six-Sixth Fleet" to the open entrance of Aoniwa Bay, he was scared to death, his face was pale, and his face was covered with blood.

All in cold sweat.

This time the enemy is Ming Dynasty!

The Ming Dynasty has three "Six-Six Fleets", and the warships of the Ming Dynasty's "Six-Six Fleets" are more powerful than the Japanese "Six-Six Fleets"...The 1,000-ton battleships they have can easily overwhelm the largest shogunate navy.

The 700-ton battleship was sieved!

On the 700-ton armed Galen ship Musashi Maru, Itakura Shigemasa was looking around with his telescope, but there was no ship in Aoniwa Bay!

There are no warships leaving the port in the direction of Lushunkou!

This means...

"Father, the surprise attack was successful!" Itakura Shigemasa's son Itakura Shigeki was also on the Musashi Maru armed galen ship. This thirty-year-old samurai participated in actual combat for the first time, but he was calmer than his father.

Much more, just a little weak in the legs.

"The navy follows the rules and Qingniwa Bay is empty and unprepared. This is our opportunity to launch a surprise landing attack!"

The one who is speaking now is Matsukura Shigeharu, the feudal lord of the Shimabara clan and the leader of the Korean Expeditionary Force. He was the feudal lord of the Shimabara clan. He was quite unlucky in his last life. Because of the Shimabara uprising, he was beheaded by the shogunate on the pretext of failure to govern the territory.

And in this life, I also saved my life because of the butterfly effect of Chongzhen's troops to take Luzon. Not only did he save his life, but he was also appointed as a follower of the Korean Expeditionary Force by Tokugawa Iemitsu because he was responsible for recruiting Kyushu rogues.

But what he didn't expect was that Tokugawa Iemitsu had a sudden idea that day, danced a "fan dance" and sang a piece of "Atsheng", and he, a North Korean soldier who had never been to North Korea, would be unlucky...

...He was entrusted with the important task by the high-spirited Tokugawa Iemitsu to attack the Ming Dynasty's homeland on behalf of Tokugawa Iemitsu!

Moreover, when the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian and the Qing army were fighting fiercely in the northern part of the Liaodong Peninsula, they were planning to sneak attack Zhu Youjian's retreat.

This mission looks so dangerous!

Because the current Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is very powerful in fighting, almost as good as Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty... Anyone with a brain can imagine how dangerous it is to attack him secretly. But the problem is Matsukura Shigeharu and his late

His father, Matsukura Shigemasa, loved to brag and brag about the art of war, and he boasted so eloquently that Tokugawa Iemitsu regarded the father and son as rare generals. After Iemitsu settled in the new Nagoya Castle, Matsukura

Shigeharu called him to his side and asked him to serve as a military officer and serve as the leader of the Korean Expeditionary Force.

Most of Shigeharu's plans were successful, so Iemitsu began to trust him more and more... This time, he was entrusted with an important task. It can be said that the hope of the entire Japan to remain independent was pinned on him.

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If he fails, then don't go back to Japan and commit seppuku on the land of Ming Dynasty!

Itakura Shigemasa heard that Matsukura Shigeharu was going to land immediately, and he quickly agreed: "Okay... we will enter Qingniwa Bay immediately, and then put down the sampan to send the expedition force ashore. After the landing was completed, the fleet immediately went to sea

, to find the Ming Dynasty’s decisive battle with the Beiyang Fleet!”

The fleet immediately set out to sea...Does it mean to run away immediately? Matsukura Shigeharu didn't understand Itakura Shigemasa's thoughts. He was afraid that the Ming Dynasty's fleet would come back, so he put down the landing force and withdrew.

This is putting the 10,000 Korean expeditionary troops who landed on the ground to death! Whether they can survive or not, only God knows!

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"Lovely, you've come to the wrong place...I've already retired as an official, why are you so confused?"

This morning, Mao Wenlong, who had just gotten up and was waiting for breakfast in his Xunzhuang in Lushunkou, suddenly saw his adopted grandson Shang Keai coming out of breath... Seeing this man who was in his thirties and still tall

Mao Kawaii has a baby face and is always clueless when doing things, while Mao Wenlong is a bit dumbfounded.

He has already retired. The reason why he has not left Lushun now is entirely because Long live the Lord has not left.

But this cute Mao actually forgot and came to Xunzhuang Yingmao early in the morning (Mao Wenlong sometimes works in his own village)... When he was on duty, he went to the wrong Yamen, so there was no one else!

Mao Kawaii stamped her feet, "Grandpa, my grandson is here to see you... Something big has happened!"

"If you don't listen... go talk to Cheng Zuo." Mao Wenlong waved his hands repeatedly, "If you retreat, you will retreat... I don't care about worldly affairs now."

Mao Wenlong retired very "comfortably" this time. His daughter was a noble concubine, he was a marquis, and his godson Mao Chengzuo became a deputy general. So he didn't want to cause trouble anymore, so he wanted to return to Hangzhou as soon as possible to retire.

"Grandpa, please listen to me first...the Japanese pirates are coming!"

"Who is coming?" Mao Wenlong was stunned.

"Japanese pirates!" Mao Keai said.

"How many are here?" Mao Wenlong asked.

Mr. Mao still doesn’t understand what happened!

Mao Kaitai said: "Dozens of ships of Japanese pirates have arrived, perhaps tens of thousands... They are now clearing the mud pit and landing. The lieutenant general has already become confused, so he sent me to you to ask you to go out and take charge of the fight against the Japanese pirates!"
Chapter completed!