When Li Zhi woke up the next day, he found Shimazu Chinatsu curled up on his arm.
Li Zhi looked at this beautiful Japanese girl with some emotion.
This is the second woman he has met since he traveled to this era. Of course, compared to Cui He, who was warm and friendly to him when he was poor, Shimazu Chinatsu seems very ordinary. In Li Zhi's heart, Shimazu Chinatsu's status may be
Not one percent as good as Cui He.
In fact, Li Zhi regarded this woman as a trophy for conquering Japan. That's why he acted forcefully regardless of the girl's feelings yesterday.
This is an era where men are superior to women. If the superior has only one woman, he will be regarded as a monster by other men. In this era, the status of concubines other than wives is very low. And Li Zhi did not even give a wedding to Shimazu Chinatsu. Strictly speaking, Shimazu Chinatsu
It's not even Li Zhi's side room.
So Li Zhi didn't feel any guilt towards Cui He because he had an extra woman.
But when Li Zhi really took possession of this Japanese girl, he developed love and affection for her. Li Zhi regarded her as his own woman, hoping to protect her and let him have a good life.
Let her gradually forget her cousin.
Li Zhi thought about it and suddenly felt that Osaka Castle might be a good place to live. If Osaka could be taken down at once, Chinatsu Shimazu could always live here.
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On November 26, the second batch of 10,000 Tiger Soldiers arrived in Osaka.
When Zhong Feng got off the boat, he stretched out his head and looked around on the pier, as if he wanted to see something strange. If Zheng Kaicheng and Li Laosi hadn't pulled him and asked her to quickly enter the castle to see Li Zhi, he would have really wanted to go around Osaka.
Don't stop until you see it clearly.
However, Osaka Castle was empty, which disappointed Zhong Feng.
When they entered the Osaka Castle Castle and saw Li Zhi, the three regiment leaders saluted. Zhong Feng stood up straight and said, "Sir, why is Osaka so deserted and everyone is gone?"
Li Zhi took a breath and said: "Since we occupied Osaka, Japanese citizens and farmers have abandoned the city and fled and have never come back. The Japanese seem to regard us as invaders and are unwilling to live under the rule of invaders.
"
"Some time ago, more than a hundred Japanese were captured from a remote village to work as laborers, and they agreed to give them three taels of silver a month. However, the soldiers who were in charge of the laborers were a little careless, and the laborers dispersed in a hurry.
"
Zheng Kaicheng was stunned for a moment and said, "This is quite tricky. This way, there will be no need for labor."
Li Laosi said: "So, it is very dangerous to transport baggage and other things inland far away from the coast? The Japanese are so hostile to us, they will definitely report our every move to the local Japanese army?"
Li Zhi nodded and said, "That's true. I'm afraid it will take a long time for the Japanese to accept an outsider like us ruling Japan's land."
Everyone was silent, and Li Zhi added: "But the good news is: the big cities in Japan are not far from the sea. Our fleet can attack most Japanese cities. And since we occupied Osaka, several Japanese
The princes have all raised their flags against the Tokugawa Shogunate!"
Zheng Kaida, who was sitting at the bottom, said loudly: "Yesterday's news, the Hizen Domain Nabeshima family also raised the flag of justice to respond to the Shimadzu family and began to attack the feudal towns in Kyushu that were still loyal to the shogunate."
Li Zhi said with a smile: "More and more vassal towns are beginning to collapse, and the inland areas that we cannot reach can be handed over to these princes. In this way, the Tokugawa family can only surrender to us in the end."
The generals felt relieved after hearing Li Zhi's analysis.
Li Zhi looked at the map, pointed to the location of Edo and said, "Let's sail to the port of Edo City and bomb it first to see how the Tokugawa family reacts."
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At the southern end of the Izu Peninsula, Li Zhi's fleet encountered the Tokugawa navy.
Edo Bay is the base camp of the Tokugawa navy. When Li Zhi reached the Izu Peninsula in the south of Edo Bay, the Tokugawa navy received the beacon warning from the warning boat and attacked, setting up a battle formation to prevent Li Zhi from continuing.
go ahead.
The Tokugawa Navy had more than a hundred Azaya ships. The Azaya ships were a fortress-type warship. The upper part of the hull was wrapped with wooden boards, and it looked like a huge box was placed on top of the sea ship. Among these
There are many shooting holes arranged on the "box", and many archers and iron gunners are arranged inside.
This kind of Anzha ship has a relatively high center of gravity and cannot adapt to rough oceans. It is only suitable for offshore operations near the Japanese land. However, for Japan, which does not have any cannons, this kind of Anzha ship wrapped in layers of wooden boards has considerable defensive power.
It was invulnerable and therefore became the main equipment of the Japanese Navy.
Li Zhi stood on the ironclad ship Yangwei and observed the Tokugawa navy with a telescope. Li Zhi estimated that the displacement of those Anzha ships was about two hundred tons, and each ship could hold one or two hundred people. One
There were more than a hundred residential boats and more than 10,000 sailors.
Among the smaller anzakus, there are more than a dozen larger ones, which are almost the size of medium-sized fubune. These large anzakus seem to be equipped with three or four cannons, and they are the main force of the Shimadzu family.
Although Japan is an island country, it has never developed an ocean-going navy. It has no maritime tradition, and its navy's equipment is relatively backward.
Although more than a hundred Anzha boats also have sails, in real sea battles these boats are still driven by oars. Compared with sails, rowing with oars is more flexible and faster. Each boat is driven by dozens of oarsmen.
Rowing, let the Anzhai ship rush towards Li Zhi's fleet at a high speed of seven or eight knots.
The Tokugawa navy had not seen Li Zhi's fleet and did not know what a big cannon ship was. Their tactics were still in the last century. They hoped to rush close to the steamship and shoot with iron cannons and bows and arrows.
Kill the sailors on Li Zhi's ship.
Li Zhi sneered, waved his hand and said: "The entire fleet rushed in and used broadside cannons to bombard the Japanese fleet at close range!"
The flag order soldiers hung the flag on the flagpole of the Yangwei, and ten armored ships and sixty-three steamers rushed towards the Japanese ship Anzha.
Li Zhi's ironclads were of course powerful maritime warships, but in fact, Li Zhi's steamships were also highly armed merchant ships. Each steamer had at least twenty 18-pound guns, nine on each port and starboard side.
For the Anzha ships of the Japanese navy, these cannons were also rare and powerful weapons.
The two fleets gradually approached, and the distance increased from three miles to two miles, to one mile. In the end, the distance in front of the two fleets was no more than 200 meters.
Seventy-three ships turned around and aimed their broadsides at the approaching Japanese navy.
The gunners adjusted the gun carriage for the last time and fired the cannon.
"boom!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Hundreds of heavy cannons from dozens of ships in the front row aimed at the swaying Anzha ship, spitting out angry tongues of fire.
