When Zhao Guoliang heard Yang Shilong say a long list of names, his head was said to have risen. Unexpectedly, Japan was so big that it was so big that it made so many vassal lords and daimyos. Just like this Fukujiang vassal, I heard that the stone is 12,000 stones high, and it is still a mid-range in the country. It seems that Japan is not rich either!

Nowadays, Japan is somewhat like the feudal system of China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The emperor stayed honestly in Kyoto as the nominal head of state, and the people of the whole country were under the control of the general and the "daname" of various territories.

The Tokugawa shogunate in Edo had a direct-government territory with income of one-quarter of the country's rented rice, and part of it was divided into possessions to the samurai who were directly under his retainers, "Qimamoto" and "Immortal family members", which was called "Qizhi", and the rest were under the control of the general clan.

In addition to the territory directly under the general, about 70% of the land was granted to 270 Daming nations, each of which had 10,000 to 1.2 million shi. They distributed the annual tribute in the territory to their ministers, who also granted the "family elders" a salary to rice. Daming was controlled by the general and had political, economic and military obligations to the shogunate, but they were the highest autocratic monarchs in their own territory, with financial, military, judicial and administrative powers.

The generals and samurai class formed a relationship between the monarch and ministers and subordinates through the division of territory and the lord. Daming, the qinman and the Imperial family had heavy public service and military service to the general, and they swear loyalty. The accompanying ministers, samurai, the family elders also had to serve loyally to the generals and their respective "masters". The entire ruling class was composed of generals, daimyo and all the "masters". In order to control Daimyo, the shogunate placed the relatives and genealogies in Kanto, Kinki and the East China Sea, and Daming, the outside world, and the remote areas such as China (Shanyin and Shanyang), Kyushu, and other areas of the vassal states were intertwined to obtain the effect of restraining each other.

Zhao Guoliang was so angry that he heard Yang Shilong's explanation that he quickly interrupted and said, "Okay! How many vassal lords are there around Nagasaki?"

"Sir Hui, there are a total of twenty-one great names on Kyushu Island, and there are three national lords!"

"That's good. After a few days of repairing, go to Nagasaki to grab it first!"

Nagasaki is less than 200 miles away from Fukue Island. After Zhao Guoliang was repaired on Fukue Island, he boarded a boat to Nagasaki on September 15th.

Nagasaki Port was part of the country in ancient times, and it was just a poor seaside place at that time. In 1550, the Portuguese ship boarded Hirado for the first time. In 1570, Nagasaki Port, which opened its port in 1570, became a trading port for Portugal, so a large amount of Western culture flowed into Nagasaki. Later, Dutch and Chinese merchants also came to Nagasaki to trade.

As the Portuguese and Spaniards arrived in Japan one after another, Catholicism spread rapidly in Japan. By the 1680s, the number of churches reached more than 200, with about 150,000 believers.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu founded the Edo Shogunate, facing the increasingly powerful Catholic forces, Tokugawa Ieyasu felt threatened and ordered a "ban on religion". At this time, the Shimahara vassal lord on Kyushu Island was appointed by Matsukura Shimasato, who carried out cruel and bloody suppression of the Catholics. After Matsukura Shimasato's death in 1630, his son Matsukura Katsuya succeeded as a vassal lord, which was even more brutal. In the Kawatsubashi, the neighbor of Shimahara's vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal vassal

After the Shimahara Rebellion was finally put down, Tokugawa Ieyasu saw that it was threatening his rule if Catholicism was spreading, so in 1641, the "Closing State Order" was issued. The Tokugawa shogunate clearly prohibited the Japanese from going abroad and prohibited the return of Japanese abroad. It also stipulated that foreign trade relations were only allowed in Nagasaki, and the targets were limited to China and the Netherlands. In addition, some local vassal lords would trade with specific countries, including trade with the So-sen clan of the Ma clan and North Korea, the Satsuma clan Shimazu clan and the Ryukyu country.

Nagasaki is Japan's only trading port, with dense merchants and dense population, so it is naturally the imprisonment of Katsushima, the Hibizaki Fan. In order to protect his own interests, the Hibizaki Fan stationed 1,000 soldiers in Nagasaki. At the same time, the navy was equipped with five main warships, Anzai Ship, twelve shutdown ships, and more than a dozen other small early ships.

The Anzhai Ship is somewhat like the Ming Dynasty building ship. There are armor protections made of plaques from the bow to the stern of the ship. There are holes for shooting arrows and guns on it, and there are no dead spots for shooting front, back, left and right. When approaching the enemy ship, the plaques can also be folded down to the outside and become bridges to the enemy ship. There is also a waterproof partition design at the bottom of the ship, so that even if part of the ship is in water, the ship will not sink.

At that time, the power of the ship was mainly man-made paddles. The large Anzhai boat even required one hundred people to row. The boat could be equipped with cannons and had extremely high attack and defense capabilities, which could be called a sea castle. The Guan Ship is a small Anzhai boat, but the tonnage is much smaller. Anzhai boat is a large flat-bottomed boat with shallow draft. The huge hull and so many loads caused by the result that the Anzhai boat was very slow.

It has been more than 40 years since the Battle of Sekihara. The generals who passed through the Warring States Period were almost dead. Inexperienced sailors and backward ships, they are worried about the Ming army's sea ships!

From Nagasaki Port, a group of sea boats appeared on the sea from afar. No one had such a large ship except the Dutch in the East Asian sea. But now the Dutch are driven away by Zheng Chenggong, where did these ships come from?

The navy of Nagasaki Port was led by the general and went out to meet the enemy. Zhao Guodong looked at the strange-shaped Anzhai Ship and said to Li Tinglong: "Old Li, the naval war is left to you. Such a few broken ships can be sunk even if they hit!"

"Sir, just take a look!"

Li Tinglong cheered up. This was the second serious naval battle after the Battle of Luzon. The navy that had fought against the Qing Dynasty was bullying. The five large ships in front of the Japanese navy on the opposite side each had four or five hundred tons, which was much stronger than the sand ships of the Qing Dynasty!

"Come, give orders, and all combat ships follow the flagship! Notify the lower deck to prepare for combat!"

The naval training in the Ming Dynasty was all done by the Spanish, so naturally it would surpass the Japanese. After the sailors on the second and third floor artillery decks received the order from the pipe belt, they ordered the gunners to open the gun door and lift the gunpowder pack from the lowest ammunition depot to the deck. At the same time, the deck was covered with fine sand to prevent anyone from getting injured. Blood flowing on the deck could easily cause people to slide. You should know that the artillery deck was either gunpowder or fire. If you accidentally play together.

The Ming army's five first-class warships and six second-class warships formed a column and headed towards the Japanese navy more than ten miles away.

The Japanese navy still retained the tradition of jumping gangs to fight, so the deck was filled with a large number of people. The fleet was centered on five Anzhai ships, and the other ships were in a circular formation, heading straight towards the Ming Navy.

The navies on both sides were getting closer and closer. One mile away, Li Tinglong issued an order, and all the ships followed the flagship left rudder. The eleven ships of the Ming army swung a large circumference in front of the Japanese navy, snatching the T-head.

The Japanese naval generals didn't know what was going on, but the Ming warship on the opposite side had fired.

The hull of the Ming warship was like fireworks set off in later generations. It was covered with smoke from gunpowder, and hundreds of solid lead bullets were shot out. However, the distance between the two sides is still one mile away. Is it really impossible to guarantee that the first time the volley fire was only a dozen shells hit the opponent's Anzhai ship.

At this time, the defense ability of the Anzhai ship was reflected. Several of them were completely fine if they were hit by the shells. The slabs on the side of the ship were not penetrated, but one of the silo ships was in trouble. They were hit by two 21-pound cannon shells. The 21-pound cannon was on the third deck, with a low ballistic trajectory and hit the waterline of the silo ship. The silo ship, which had two big holes, quickly sank.

The Japanese naval general did not expect that the Ming naval army's artillery range was so long that his own artillery would have to enter a hundred steps before it could be fired. He looked at the sunken ship and issued an order to ask a small morning ship to rescue the sailor who fell into the water. All other ships should speed up and must rely on the Ming naval ship.

As the Japanese paddlers rowed hard, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer. At a distance of 300 meters, Li Tinglong ordered everyone to replace the shotgun and the lowermost heavy cannon was replaced with the sad and crazy chain bullet.

The distance of 300 meters is the best range of shotguns. Even steel plates cannot stop the shotguns, let alone the wooden boards of the Japanese navy. During the first volley, half of the hundreds of soldiers who were preparing to jump gangs on Anzhai were killed. The shotguns used by the navy were the size of eggs, and when they hit the body, they were a hole as big as a bowl. Anzhai's ship immediately wailed.

The chain bombs of the lower heavy artillery were even more heartbroken. This special bomb used to hit the mast was used to hit the hull. The thin wooden board was immediately penetrated by the chain bomb, and the potential energy remained unabated and all the sailors paddling in the cabin were interrupted in the waist. The powerless Anzhai ship immediately crossed the sea.

When Li Tinglong saw that there was a bargain, he ordered the firepower to attack the lost power of the Anzhai ship. Under Li Tinglong's order, there were no living people on the Anzhai ship when they fired twice.

This was the case with the past naval battles. If it weren't for the unlucky nature of being hit below the waterline, it would be difficult to sink a ship. Of course, the sunken shutdown ship was really a little back.

Under the control of skilled sailors, the Ming army warships were circling around the Japanese fleet like swimming fish. Soon the slow Anzhai ships were beaten to lose power, and there were only three left in the shutdown ships. I saw that it was not the opponent of the Ming army fleet turning around and fleeing to Nagasaki Port.

This was the first time Zhao Guoliang saw a naval battle of this scale. He laughed and said, "Old Li, it's very good! I will remember you for the first time!"

Li Tinglong knew that his military achievements were extremely important, so he quickly thanked Zhao Guoliang with a smile.

"Okay! Old Li! Your Navy is in the limelight, and the next step is to our army!"
Chapter completed!