Chapter 607: Dispute

After returning to Kagoshima, Jianglang wrote a memorial overnight and sent someone to send it back to the capital overnight. However, it took a lot of time to arrive in the capital. After all, there was no phone call at this time. If you have to send the memorial back, you have to go back to the capital by sea and then by land. At the earliest, it will take nearly half a month.

During this period, Jianglang began to consolidate Kitakyushu Island. First, he began to attack those cities of the Komu Army that had not yet been attacked. When using force, Jianglang did not forget to use benevolent government. Any people who were willing to surrender could return to their distant residence. If the house was damaged, the Ming Dynasty would be allocated houses. At the same time, all taxes were exempted for three years and enjoy the same treatment of the Ming people. Another, for those who were unwilling to surrender, the Ming Dynasty would be punished very severely. Of course, the biggest one was to behead them. Second, it was to strictly monitor the movements of the Komu Army, especially at sea. Now the Komu Army had to transport troops, and to a large extent it had to be transported by sea. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty now had to completely control the sea surface and completely obtain the sea control power. The third point was to consolidate the cities they were now occupied, which was to strengthen city defense, increase artillery, etc.

As for whether to attack the island opposite the Koumu Army immediately, Jiang Lang has no intention of fighting. The Ming Dynasty’s current purpose is to consolidate its combat results. If the front line is too long, it will be quite unfavorable to the Ming Dynasty.

The fierce Ming Dynasty did not continue to attack, which undoubtedly gave the Komu Army a great chance to breathe. In order to deal with the Ming Dynasty, the Komu Army began to do its best to build ships, with the purpose of traveling across the sea. At the same time, the Komu Army had lost hundreds of thousands of people in the battle of Kitakyushu, which was indeed a lot of blow for Yama Nakaki-shi. It was not very easy to re-collect hundreds of thousands of troops to confront the Ming Dynasty, and the other point was that these people had to be trained, which was even more difficult.

However, the arrival of the Ming Dynasty was so fierce that the Komu Army had shocked the court and the people, especially Yama Nakaki Shifeng's continuous defeats, which even shocked the Komu Army.

However, the Ming Dynasty suddenly stopped attacking, and the government and the people of the Zeranguchi Army were somewhat surprised. At the shogunate's office, Ashikaga Yoshimasato summoned Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Shinto.

Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamana Shimoto are both daimyos. They took advantage of Ashikaga Yoshimasa's obsession with wine and sex and began to crazily expand their snobbery. No one of them would like to see each other, but they still maintained their superficial harmony in front of Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

He looked at Hosokawa Katsumoto and Yamanatoki who were sitting in his lower heads indifferently. Ashikaga Yoshimasaki then said: "The Ming Dynasty army came in a fierce momentum and quickly captured Kitakyushu Island, but now there are no other actions. You two, don't know what your opinion!"

Hosokawa Katsumoto looked relaxed and said, "I don't know this. After all, the place where the Ming Dynasty attacked was not within the scope of my territory. I think Yama Naka should be very clear!"

Yama Nakakichito snorted coldly and said, "You can remind you of this. Of course I know that according to the spies' reward, the Ming Dynasty's army has begun to consolidate its city defense and then attack our people and soldiers on the island. It is estimated that they want to establish a solid rear and then send troops. Moreover, their navy has also increased recently. They use Kitakyushu and Oita as bases to control the sea surface. My navy suffered serious losses and has not yet had the ability to compete with them, so I am asking people to build ships immediately to strive to destroy the navy that could reach the Ming Dynasty."

"Destroy?"

Hosokawa Katsumoto smiled slightly, with a hint of mocking, then said: "But I heard that your transport fleet met the Ming navy on the sea and was defeated. Not only did the warships lose almost the same amount, but even the transport ship was destroyed almost the same. Even the Ming army actually disguised as your soldiers' armor, and then used this guise to enter Oita. The originally unbreakable Oita Castle was easily broken!"

The anger flashed across Yamai Shinto's face and said, "Hmph, however, this has happened, but I also know that a few years ago, your navy was defeated by the navy of the Ming Dynasty, and the equipment of their fleet was not as good as that at that time!"

"you……!"

Anger suddenly appeared on Hosokawa Katsumoto's face, and he stared at Yamashita Shitomoto.

"alright!"

Ashikaga Yoshimasaki finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he stopped him, picked up the teacup beside him, took a sip, and said, "What we are discussing now is how to drive these Ming people out. And now it is obvious that the other party is stronger than us. They are not the army of the Yuan Dynasty a hundred years ago!"

"That's true!"

Yama Nakaki nodded at this time, frowned slightly, and said, "This time our enemies are very powerful, especially their weapons. We have no way to compare with them. This is a big disadvantage for us. So, I was thinking that we will first figure out their weapons and then make them during this period. In this way, we will not be inferior to them in weapons!"

"So do you have any eyebrows now?"

Ashikaga Yoshimasa asked quickly.

Yamaki Chifeng shook his head, with a look of dejected expression, and said, "At present, we have not mastered their weapons yet, but at least we understand that their ammunition is divided into three types. The first is that it can explode, the second is that it can cause a raging fire after the explosion, and the third is that it is poisonous after the explosion, and their artillery is the key to causing our casualties. It is a large number, long range, and fast firing rate. Every time we go, the artillery must open the way first and firmly suppress us, which makes us have no power to fight back at all, and their warships are also equipped with this kind of ammunition. Their warships are very hard, and our shells cannot cause great harm to them in repeated battles, but their artillery is a great threat to our warships. The other is their muskets. From the information returned from the battlefield, it can be seen that their muskets were shot very far away and had very good accuracy. The most important point is that they did not use the front loadings like our muskets. When the speed was far beyond us, they could often easily suppress the attack of more than 3,000 people. My soldiers risked their lives to grab one, but it was already damaged!"

After saying that, he clapped his hands and immediately someone presented a plate with a barrel inside it.

Ashikaga Yoshimasato picked it up curiously, looked carefully, and then said, "This should be the barrel of a musket?"

Yama Nakaki nodded and said, "Yes, it's the barrel of their musket, but general, please see, this barrel is very different from the barrel we use!"

Ashikaga Yoshimasaki looked carefully and immediately noticed the difference, saying, "There are some marks inside this musket!"

"I think this is the key!"

Yamae Shitotsu said, then turned his head to look at Hosokawa Katsumoto and said, "I think Hosokawa Daimei should also know the power of this musket. A few years ago, they used this musket to easily take down one of your islands. At that time, this incident shocked the government and the public!"

Hosokawa Katsumoto snorted coldly and did not answer. The things that happened in the past few years were indeed a shame for him, and he also had a very full understanding of the strength of the Ming Dynasty that time. He also sent someone to investigate the situation of these weapons in detail. Unfortunately, he had a very strict grasp of these intelligences. Otherwise, he probably had mastered these technologies now, so what kind of contract would be signed with the Ming Dynasty? He could easily defeat his opponents with his own army.

"That's what it means!"

Ashikaga Yoshimasa nodded and said, "But the biggest problem now is how to master these technologies, otherwise we will always be inferior to them!"

Yama Nakaki Shifeng immediately said: "I have sent someone to study these immediately. I believe that it will be discovered in a few days!"

"I guess the people who are waiting for your research will be made. The people from the Ming Dynasty have already been called!"

Hosokawa Katsumoto said, "My suggestion is that we will send troops together and fight across the sea!"

"I haven't fallen to the point where I need help from others. Thank you for your kindness!"

Yama Nakaki Chifeng said lightly, "I have started recruiting troops now. It won't take long to form an army of hundreds of thousands. I will naturally fight across the sea again and regain the mountains and rivers!"

"Forget it if you don't appreciate it!"

Hosokawa Katsumoto said, "I also hope to see you hit the sea! I hope I won't let me down!"

'you!"

Yama Nakaki Chifeng couldn't help but say angrily,
Chapter completed!