Steel Dynasty - Chapter 502

[Chapter 502 Yamada Nobunaga]

“General, it’s not that we are greedy for life and death, but the firearms of King Qi are not much different from the firearms of the Dutch. This is the real reason for our failure…”

In the almost stagnant atmosphere, Sakai Nervously explaining the details of what happened on the battlefield.

“In addition to flintlocks, King Qi’s army also had a large number of artillery. Our soldiers were killed and injured in large numbers during the process.” Makino Haruaki also explained.

Sakai then said: “General, this is the flintlock gun we snatched back from King Qi’s soldiers as proof.”

Sitting cross-legged in the middle of the Daming Mansion was a majestic man, about fifty years old. The man is wearing a full feathered fabric, a black wind-folded black hat on his head, and a pair of tiger eyes under his thick eyebrows.

He was Yamada Nobunaga, who conquered the barbarians and shocked the army. After ten years of conquest, he unified the country and made many daimyo surrender under his feet.

In order to control the country, he ordered the construction of Yamada Castle. Today, Yamada Castle is a large city with a population of half a million.

His general’s residence is in Yamada Castle.

Taking the flintlock gun from Sakai, Yamada Nobunaga fell down and took a closer look.

“This is indeed not a Dutch flintlock gun. You are not lying.” Yamada Nobunaga slowly put down the flintlock gun and frowned. “This King Qi is too unusual. How much do you know about him?”

Sakai said .

When he was working as a mercenary for the Dutch, he got information about the King of Qi from the Dutch. He said: “General, this King of Qi is the seventh prince of the Chongqing Kingdom. He was just an ordinary prince three years ago. , but after a serious illness three years ago, the prince’s personality suddenly changed drastically, and he continued to adopt various strange policies and techniques. It was also relying on him that the Chongqing Kingdom drove the Golden Horde Khanate from outside Cangzhou City to outside Shanhaiguan. His territory is just west of Nobori Province, which is exactly where we plan to land,” Sakai said.

“He was able to arm such a huge musket army in three years?” Yamada Nobunaga said in disbelief.

Sakai nodded, “The emperor of Dayu also questioned it, but the King of Qi said that he once studied with a missionary from the West.”

“How is it possible? We also have missionaries in our country, why can’t they give it to us? “

Have we brought about such a big change?”

Sakai shook his head, “We don’t know, but the Dutch and the general thought the same thing. They didn’t believe that the King of Qi could make it in a short time just with the help of missionaries. It took three years to develop the feudal country to this extent, but we have to believe the facts before our eyes.”

Yamada Nobunaga closed his eyes, seeming to be thinking about a very profound question. After a long time, he opened his eyes and said: ” This King of Qi will definitely be a serious problem for us in the future. If so, we have to change our original plan. Now we want to occupy Goryeo first.”

“Goryeo?” After hearing this, other famous people started talking, and one person said: “General, It’s just that Goryeo is now a vassal state of the Golden Horde. If we attack Goryeo, we will definitely arouse the anger of the Golden Horde.”

“Yes, the Golden Horde is much stronger than the Chongqing Kingdom,” said another daimyo. .

After hearing this, Yamada Nobunaga suddenly raised his hand to stop the discussion of other daimyo. He said: “The Golden Horde of today is not the Golden Horde of the past. The most important enemy of the Golden Horde now is the great enemy. Chongqing, facing the threat of this King of Qi, will not fight on both sides, so we can take this opportunity to occupy part of Goryeo’s territory. I think that the Golden Horde will definitely have to admit this fact. “

Paused. After a while, he continued: “Moreover, Goryeo is very mountainous and is not very suitable for cavalry warfare. The Golden Horde lost to King Qi’s musketeers, so infantry may not be able to defeat us.” After hearing this

, all the famous people nodded. Yamada What Nobunaga said makes sense.

Showing a domineering smile, Yamada Nobunaga continued: “As long as we can occupy Goryeo, we can slowly deal with the Great Chongqing, and the entire Great Chongqing is just the king of Qi who has excellent firearms troops, don’t forget our soldiers But they are all equipped with matchlock guns. “

” Just the general, this King of Qi is equipped with a flintlock gun. The range and reloading speed of this kind of musket are not comparable to that of our matchlock gun.” Sakai reminded.

Makino Haruaki also echoed: “Yes, General, we have fallen out with the Dutch now. It is impossible for them to teach us how to make flintlock guns. How about we directly imitate the flintlock guns of the Chongqing Kingdom.”

Mentioning this, Yamada Nobunaga’s face suddenly turned ugly, and he said: “Do you think we craftsmen really can’t make flintlock guns? Although we don’t have the kind of machine the Dutch talked about, we can still make it relying on the number of craftsmen, but we don’t have the ability to make it at all. There is no flint.”

Sakai and Makino Haruaki lowered their heads when they heard this. They finally understood why they had been producing matchlocks even though they had the ability to make flintlocks.

After talking about the flintlock gun, Yamada Nobunaga changed the topic and his eyes became sharp. He said to Sakai and Makino Haruaki: “Even so, your defeat is still a shame for the samurai, but I still have some use for you. Every time Leave a finger alone.”

Sakai and Makino Haruaki were overjoyed. They thought they would die, but now Yamada Nobunaga gave them a chance to survive.

“Thank you, General, for not killing me.”

Sakai and Makino Haruaki drew out the daggers from their waists at the same time. Facing a group of daimyo, they cut off their fingers without hesitation.

Blood flowed down the fingers, Sakai and Makino Haruaki gritted their teeth.

Yamada Nobunaga glanced at the two fingers that fell on the ground, and said: “The sea route is now occupied by the Dutch and the King of Qi of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and this should belong to us. Even if we fail in Ryukyu, we cannot Make it so easy for them. From now on, you can attack any merchant ships belonging to the Great Chongqing Kingdom and the Netherlands.”

“Yes, General Sakai and Makino Haruaki responded.

With a wave of his hand, Yamada Nobunaga asked Sakai and Makino Haruaki to leave.

At this time, a big name asked in confusion: “General, why do we have to conquer Dayu?”

Yamada Nobunaga then looked at the world map hanging in the main hall, which was a gift from the Dutch. He pointed at the map and said: “Our country is surrounded by sea and has a very long and narrow territory. When I saw this map I always feel that one day our country will sink to the bottom of the sea. We are an excellent nation and should not live here. What we need is the land of Dayu, and the humble Dayu people are not worthy of living in that rich land. “They only deserve to be enslaved by us.”

(End of chapter)