Outside Pyongyang City, there were nearly 50,000 Japanese soldiers, carrying long guns, lining up there.
Among them, there were 10,000 Jianlu cavalry and 5,000 Jianlu infantry, also lined up there.
On the river, there were densely packed warships docked, covering almost the entire river surface.
On the top of Pyongyang's city wall, on the Japanese side, were the daimyo from various places headed by Matsudaira Nobutsuna; on the Manchu and Qing side, were a group of people headed by Daishan, including Ying Erdai, Hong Chengchou, Aobai and others.
"According to the news, Zheng Yiguan and Wu Sangui are still on Pi Island!" Matsudaira Nobutsuna said to Dai Shan: "Now that the army has been assembled, we should use thunder to sweep away the holes and wipe out the Korean and Liaodong coastal areas in one fell swoop.
Ming army!"
With so many troops gathered, they didn't just want to capture Pi Island.
According to their prior agreement, on the Jianlu side, 10,000 cavalry troops and 20,000 Japanese musketeers were sent to sweep along the coast until they captured Lushun, which was captured by the Ming army.
As for the islands, the Japanese army assembled about 500 warships, preparing to defeat Zheng Yiguan's fleet, and then sent infantry and Japanese musketeers to the islands to seize the islands one after another.
At this time, after hearing what Matsudaira Nobutsuna said, Daishan nodded with a smile and said: "I heard that the reason why Zheng Yiguan was able to traverse the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty was mainly because of his large number of ships. But now Zheng Yiguan only has more than 200 ships.
We have more than twice as many warships as our allies, let’s see how he fights this time.”
The second generation lord of the Satsuma Domain, Shimazu Mitsuru, listened for a long time, but said in a cold voice: "Half of Zheng Yiguan's fleet is still a transport ship, not a warship, but the ones from our great Japanese country are all warships. Five compared to
The difference of one is not just twice as much!”
The people of the Qing Empire were tall, and there was invisible pressure to stand with them. This made Shimazu Mitsuhisa very dissatisfied. When he heard something was wrong, he would not give any face to him to offset the disadvantage of height.
When Dai Shan heard this, his old face turned red. He knew how subtle it was to be hit in person, but he couldn't get angry. Fortunately, he was thick-skinned, so he still said with a smile: "In this way, our allies have a greater advantage.
The battle must be decided in one battle!"
"It is our great Japanese country that has the greater advantage!" Kuroda Tadayuki, the second generation lord of the Fukuoka Domain, heard this, but he also retorted, "Where did you get the ships from the Qing Dynasty?"
Hearing that Prince Heshuoli was being scolded continuously by Japanese people, Aobai was furious. He immediately stepped over and looked down at the two dwarfs. Just when he was about to shout angrily, he heard Daishan say calmly: "Back off!"
He spoke in Manchu, which the Japanese could not understand, so naturally Oboi knew what he was saying to him.
He didn't dare not listen to Daishan's words, but he was not willing to just shrink back. He glanced at the large group of dwarfs behind Matsudaira Nobutsuna, sneered and said: "My defeated generals, come and fight anytime if you don't accept it!"
He spoke in the official language of the Ming Dynasty, and then retreated.
In the Japanese country, some daimyo did not actually know the Ming Dynasty Mandarin. Only the coastal daimyo who used to frequent sea trade could understand the Ming Dynasty Mandarin.
At this time, the arrogant Obai shouted angrily, and for a while, no one dared to answer the question.
But when I came back to my senses, they also wanted to lose face, so they took advantage of the large number of people and prepared to attack Ao Bai.
"Remember, we are allies with the Qing Dynasty, but we are enemies with the Ming Dynasty!" Seeing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately shouted angrily in Japanese and pushed them back.
Compared to other people, both Daiyoshi and Matsudaira Nobutsuna are considered smart people. They have already had troubles before, but now that they are working together sincerely, they don't want to have conflicts again.
No, after Matsudaira Nobutsuna finished speaking in Japanese, he switched to Ming Dynasty Mandarin and shouted sternly: "Whoever wants to hold anger in his heart, let it go to the people of Ming Dynasty!"
These words were spoken not only to his men, but also to Jianlu.
After finishing speaking, he turned to look at the group of daimyo behind him, and then loudly announced in Japanese: "The general has said that the land in northern Korea will be divided according to your military exploits!"
"Hi!" The big names, including Shimazu Mitsuhisa, didn't dare to talk back, so they all responded loudly.
Not only the warships, but also the troops, they had the upper hand, and the outcome was already known without a fight. All that was left was to grab the battle merit. Each of them, of course, spoke loudly.
Subsequently, Matsudaira Nobutsuna gave an order, and the warships set off, while the infantry took the land route to Dingzhou, which corresponds to Pi Island.
In North Korea, when these Japanese troops went north, they combined with the Japanese troops who had arrived before and raided from south to north. Except for the Koreans who hid in the mountains, all other Koreans were captured and became slaves of the Japanese country.
As of now, it is considered peaceful for the Japanese people. As long as the Ming army is wiped out, the Koreans hiding in the mountains will not be a concern.
For the Japanese, this battle was the last battle to completely seize North Korea.
Relatively speaking, the Japanese navy had to make a detour, first reaching the seaport and then heading north, so no troops on land would reach their destination first.
More than 60,000 troops were stationed along the coast from Dingzhou to Tieshan opposite Pi Island, waiting for the arrival of the navy.
Right under their noses, the Ming Dynasty's navy was sailing on the sea with arrogance. There were even some warships that were closer to the shore, and then shelled them, whether they were Japanese soldiers or Japanese soldiers, they had no choice but to
Retreat far away from the coastline.
Looking at the arrogant Ming army warships, Jianlu or Japanese soldiers, they all spat and cursed.
"Let you be arrogant, and when the navy comes up, I will make you look good!"
"I'm going to make you laugh now, but when we land on the island, we will tear you into pieces!"
"..."
Amidst the scoldings, after a few days, I finally saw the vanguard fleet of the Japanese Navy arriving.
About a hundred warships, mostly those from the Satsuma Domain, came north in a mighty manner.
When the Japanese troops on the shore saw them, they swarmed back to the coastline and all cheered, as if these Japanese warships were not here to fight, but had already finished the battle and returned home in triumph.
Just as they were cheering, they saw more than twenty Ming Dynasty No. 1 fortune ships approaching the vanguard of the Japanese navy from the north.
There are more than twenty ships versus more than a hundred ships. No need to look at it. These warships of the Ming Dynasty are really tough!
On the coastline, the Japanese soldiers all laughed at the Ming warships, laughing at their overestimation of their capabilities and laughing at their imminent demise.
However, on Jianlu's side, Daishan and others were also watching from the shore, but they were not so optimistic.
Although they do not understand naval warfare, their many years of fighting with the Ming Dynasty, especially the battles in recent years, have made them realize that the Ming warships will never fly into the flames.
Therefore, without understanding, Daishan, Ying Erdai and others looked at the sea with serious expressions.
On the side of the Japanese Navy, Shimazu Mitsuhisa laughed, and immediately ordered his warships to line up in a row, and press forward with a black mass. The momentum scared Zheng Yiguan to death!
However, the Ming Dynasty's twenty or so warships were lined up in a row and faced them with their sides.
"Huh?" Shimazu Mitsuhisa said a little strangely when he saw him, "Since when did Zheng Yiguan learn Xiyi's style of play?"
At least the pirate battles he learned about, or the naval battles of the Japanese, Korean and Ming Dynasties, were mostly based on close-up battles and jumping off the board. And firing from a distance with cannons was only done by the warships of the West.
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Did the Japanese warships have cannons?
Of course there are, but they are all based on Fran cannons!
The characteristic of the Fran cannon is that it has a fast rate of fire, but a short range and low power. It is just used for killing before close-range jumping battles.
In addition, the main weapon of the Japanese warships, whether they were Kanshuans or large Anzha ships, was actually the matchlock gun. For this reason, their ship sides were all equipped with baffles, and there were also baffles on the baffles.
There is a shooting hole to protect the arquebusier at the same time.
At this time, Shimazu Mitsuhisa was surprised and immediately took out the monocular telescope he bought from the Dutch and started observing.
The fleets on both sides were getting closer and closer. Shimazu Mitsuhisa could see clearly through the monocular telescope. He found that the Ming soldiers on the Nafu ship were already manipulating the ship's hard sails and seemed to be escaping.
?
This is wrong!
There is no reason to show off in front of him and then run away!
Just as he was thinking about it, he saw, as expected, that windows were exposed on the sides of the Ming Dynasty's warships, and then cannons were pushed out one by one.
"Huh? It seems... it's not a Fran cannon!" Mitsuhisa Shimazu stared at the muzzle of the cannon carefully. Suddenly, he was shocked and immediately lost his voice and said, "Quick, speed up, get closer, get closer!"
He could see clearly that based on the size of the muzzle, it was definitely not a Fran cannon, but a heavy cannon like the Dutch.
Compared to other daimyo, the Satsuma clan had more contact with the Dutch and the Portuguese before, so they knew the range of those heavy artillery very well.
The only way to fight is to jump up and fight.
The reason why Kansun is called Kansun is mainly because the Japanese set up checkpoints on the main navigation routes at sea and collected tolls from passing ships. Therefore, their boats were called Kansun. Some of them were even equipped with oarsmen, which can be regarded as faster.
A fast ship.
When the Japanese warship was preparing to speed up, suddenly, a huge noise was heard.
"Boom boom boom..."
The Ming warships ran away, and iron bullets roared towards the Japanese fleet. They either fell on the sea and threw up huge water columns, or hit the unlucky Japanese warships, causing wooden blocks to fly randomly.
, the Japanese pirates shouted loudly.
"Quick, quick, speed up, get closer, chase after me!" Mitsuhisa Shimazu shouted loudly, but he was surprised: When did Zheng Yiguan become so rich that he equipped so many heavy artillery?
He knew that Zheng Yiguan must have heavy artillery, but he did not expect that there were so many heavy artillery!
Naturally, Shimazu Mitsuhisa didn't know that with the help of Liu Weichao, Ming Dynasty's steelmaking had been greatly developed, the cost had been greatly reduced, and the Hongyi cannons were all made of steel cannons.
Originally, Zheng Zhilong's own Hongyi cannons had been refurbished long ago. Today's heavy artillery of the Denglai Navy were all equipped by the imperial court later!