Chapter 1071 The Tang Navy never explained to the barbarians!
Zidao Manjiu stood among the crowd with a depressed look on his face, with deep fear in his depression!
As a direct descendant of the Zidao family, although he is not the eldest son and will inherit the family business in the future, he is still considered an important figure in the family. Life has been smooth for the past twenty years.
Although his life as a child was not as elegant as that of the daimyo's children on big islands such as Kyushu, he was a serious member of the ruling class in a small place like Tanegashima.
He couldn't count on having plenty of food and fish every day, but he could still eat enough. Based on this, he didn't know how many times he was stronger than those ordinary people.
But these two days have been the saddest days in his life of more than 20 years!
Yesterday, he was enjoying the geisha's performance in a tavern, but his entourage suddenly broke in and told him that the head of the family had summoned his children and said that there was an enemy attack.
Is there an enemy attack?
When he heard this, he was still a little confused at first. Could it be that the Kanfu family or the Shimazu family on the peninsula came over? Or was it an attack for some reason?
Although the Zijima clan is also a ruling class, the place they rule is just a small Tanegashima, with a total area of only a hundred square kilometers. Although the area is not small, if it is placed on Kyushu Island, then it can be
The Kojima clan is enough to become a mid-level daimyo, but where is Tanegashima?
This is an island isolated overseas. Although this island is not mountainous like Yakushima, but mostly plains, if it is developed, it can feed a lot of people. However, the agricultural development of this year is different from that of later generations. They
The Zidao family has been operating seeds for so many years, but now they only have thousands of people and only a few dozen warriors in the family.
In the past few decades, he has gradually made his fortune and accumulated some wealth through maritime trade. In recent years, he has relied on the convenience of overseas trade to come into contact with firearms, and then began to make his own guns. He didn't think much about it at first.
I just want to equip the warriors.
But in recent years, they have also been pirates from Fuso. Maritime merchants have gradually learned that even farmers can master guns and cannons proficiently and go to the battlefield after simple training.
It was precisely because of the guns and the advanced experience of the Tang Dynasty that the Zidao clan's military power gradually developed.
Speaking of which, I am afraid that the Zidao family is also the first family in Fuso to carry out modern military reforms. This kind of reform has never happened in the original historical time and space. In this time and space, due to the rise of the Tang Dynasty,
After the rise of the Tang Dynasty, it had a huge impact on the entire East Asia, even the entire Asia and even the world.
With the rise of the Tang Dynasty, some of their advanced experiences will inevitably be learned by the surrounding indigenous people. This is not a special case. The surrounding indigenous people have been learning from China for thousands of years, and they are the descendants of Chinese culture.
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Although there was no complete textbook guidance, relying on some rumors, the Zidao clan started their military reforms. They began to recruit farmers for training and then equipped them with guns and cannons.
In the process of equipping guns and cannons, they found that the muskets they made were far inferior to the matchlocks made in the Tang Dynasty brought by the merchants. Later, they simply stopped making them themselves and instead purchased muskets from the Tang Dynasty.
Of course, they themselves did not stop making guns. The guns they made were not used by themselves, but they were sold to Kyushu Island. The famous families on Kyushu Island such as the Kanfu family and the Shimazu family were all their customers.
Woolen cloth.
It is precisely because of the army composed of hundreds of farmers that the Zidao clan has been able to survive the increasingly serious pirate attacks in the Fuso Sea in recent years!
Those pirates are not good people. In addition to robbing merchant ships, they will also go ashore and loot some port cities if they have the opportunity.
However, the pirates are not stupid. They know that although the Kojima clan of Tanegashima has a small population, they have hundreds of troops equipped with guns and cannons, and also have a small fleet of more than ten ships.
Of course, the more important reason is that the Kojima clan does not object to doing business with these pirates. It can provide them with supplies and channels for selling stolen goods. Even the pirate den on Yakushima, which is more than 20 kilometers away, they
It’s also like turning a blind eye and closing one eye.
Under this circumstance, Tanegashima has not suffered large-scale attacks in the increasingly fierce pirate attacks in recent years. Instead, it has taken the opportunity to grow. During the development of the Zijima clan, Zijima Manku also gained
The advantage is that by virtue of his status as a direct descendant of the family, he has obtained a high-level position in the family's army, and is also called a general by everyone in front of him and behind him.
When we heard that someone was attacking yesterday, our General Mitsuhisa Kojima's first reaction was that either pirates were attacking, or the Kanfu family or the Shimazu family were jealous of their family's trade and gun manufacturing business.
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But when he hurriedly gathered the ashigaru composed of hundreds of farmers under his command, he realized that the ones who were fighting were not pirates at all, nor any other daimyo on Kyushu Island, but
The King of the Tang Dynasty is so famous that just hearing his name is enough to make them despair!
No matter what era the Central Chinese Dynasty was in, as long as it was completely unified and remained normal, it would be a behemoth to the surrounding indigenous countries.
In addition, the Tang Dynasty has vigorously developed maritime trade in recent years. Many merchant ships from the Tang Dynasty frequently traveled to Fuso. Even the warships of the Tang Navy occasionally appeared in the western waters of Fuso. This made Zidao Manjiu realize even more
The greatness of the Tang Dynasty!
Not to mention the entire empire, even the Ryukyu Squadron on the Ryukyu Islands and the garrison on the islands are said to have thousands of people. Such military power can sweep almost any daimyo on Kyushu Island.
Zidao Manjiu didn't know why the Tang navy came to fight them. Anyway, Feng Qirong didn't explain to them that he was here to suppress bandits. Feng Qirong felt that he didn't need to explain to the natives.
When the Tang Dynasty Navy handles affairs in a dignified manner, do they need to explain it to the natives like you?
So the Ryukyu Squadron of the Tang Dynasty Navy came over and landed. To be honest, the Zijia family still didn’t know why they came over.
As a result, Zidao Manjiu witnessed the rapid collapse of the fleet that his family was proud of at the port, and then retreated to the port in defeat. Then, he led his troops and several other armies to prepare to intercept the Tang Marine Corps.
After landing, they were beaten by other people's artillery fire and were unable to fight back. Even the leader of the army, the head of the family and the eldest son were killed in the Tang Army's artillery fire. In the end, he had no choice but to bear the responsibility of his son Dao Manjiu.
He got up and took command, and then led the army to retreat.
After retreating to the northern part of the island, he felt that stubborn resistance was not feasible, so he prepared to cross the sea and flee north to the Osumi Peninsula. Although it was said that after running to the Osumi Peninsula, his family would lose its territory and he and his subordinates would become wandering samurai, but he
There is still a glimmer of hope in his heart. With these hundreds of troops equipped with guns and artillery, he can completely establish himself in the Osumi Peninsula or other places. He has no territory. At most, he can just fight a war and snatch the territories of other small-scale daimyo.
When the time comes, Zidao Manjiu, as the last direct descendant of the Zidao clan, will naturally inherit the family business, become the family governor, and finally lead the family to conquer Kyushu.
In this way, it is even better than before.
But there was no room for this perfect plan to be implemented, because as soon as they found enough ships and were about to board the ship to cross the sea and escape, they were intercepted by the warships of the Tang Navy. In the end, they had no choice but to give up crossing the sea.
Thoughts of escape.
Later, they ushered in an even more desperate moment, when Zhang Linong's landing troops arrived and launched a fierce bombardment!
Zidao Manjiu is a knowledgeable person. Just by looking at the estimate of the bombardment, he knew that his more than 500 troops could not resist it. There were more than a dozen artillery pieces, and the power of the bombardment was beyond their ability to withstand.
After thinking about it for a moment, he felt that he could not die under the bombs of the Tang Dynasty King like his father and elder brother. He wanted to live, and he wanted to leave blood for the Zidao family.
Therefore, he resolutely chose to surrender!
He had thought about it. After surrendering, he planned to have a good talk with the Tang Dynasty people. They wanted the territory. At the worst, he could give them half of Tanegashima, or even all of it. It would be easy to discuss compensation or ransom, as long as they could keep it.
He couldn't care so much about his life.
However, after surrendering, he discovered something even more tragic. He wanted to talk, but no one talked to him at all. Those Tang people didn't even care who he was, even if he shouted clearly, "I
He is the sole heir of the Zidao clan. I want to negotiate an armistice with you, but there is still no one to criticize him.
Well, in fact, there was an interpreter in the landing force. The interpreter clearly heard what Zidao Manjiu said and reported it to him. However, when the news reached Zhang Linong, Zhang Linong reprimanded him with a straight face: "You are my own person."
The second lieutenant of the Tang Dynasty navy must always maintain the dignity of a Tang Dynasty official, but it's just a few shouts from barbarians, do you take it seriously? Don't take these natives seriously."
"Besides, these barbarians are all pirates. When have you ever seen our Tang Navy negotiating with pirates?"
After hearing this, the young navy ensign turned pale and quickly confessed!
A young naval lieutenant who was a translator felt very depressed when he was reprimanded like this, so he turned around and whipped Zi Dao Manjiu twice hard for causing him to be scolded.
Zhang Linong's thoughts were not just personal thoughts, but actually the thoughts of the entire Tang Dynasty navy and even the officials from top to bottom of the empire.
If you want to negotiate with the empire, it doesn’t depend on your strength. There are not many countries and forces that can be treated seriously by the empire and negotiate with it. If you are full of calculations, you have negotiated with the empire and signed various agreements.
There are actually very few countries or forces that have similar agreements: the Tatars count as one, then the Portuguese count as one, the Spanish as one, and the Oara and Tubo as well, a total of five, no more, no less, just one slap in the face!
And these countries or forces all have one thing in common, that is, they are all in contact with the Tang Dynasty King, but the Datang King will not be able to defeat them for a while!
As for the other indigenous peoples in Goryeo, Fusang, Annan, Luzon, Myanmar and other places, the empire has never even looked at them!
This is true for the entire Fuso, let alone a mere Zidao clan. If you want to negotiate? Get as far away as you can!