Edo, the location of the Tokugawa Shogunate, is Tokyo, the capital of Japan in later generations.

In historical books, the period when the Tokugawa Shogunate ruled Japan is also called the Edo Shogunate and the Edo period.

The demise of the Japanese navy made the Tokugawa shogunate unable to block the Ming army's advance from the sea

In early July of the seventh year of Tenmu, the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty rushed eastward, unobstructed along the way, and bypassed Kyushu Island and the four countries, and rushed towards Edo. The fleet sailed into Uraga and Kanagawa in Edo Bay on the seventh day.

Edo Bay is the seaside barrier of Edo Castle, with houses on both sides and houses surrounded by Miura Peninsular islands. The Uraga Waterway connects the outer ocean, with wide inside and narrow outside, and the narrowest part of the bay entrance is only eight kilometers.

After Tokugawa Ieyasu unified Japan and established the shogunate, a fort was built in the Yokosuka area of ​​the Miura Peninsula at the entrance of Edo Bay, and the first line of defense on the Edo Bay sea was built.

Later American military bases stationed in Japan were selected as Yokosuka Military Port, which guarded the throat of Tokyo Bay.

At this time, Yokosuka was just a small fishing village, silent. Half a month ago, all the villages along Yokosuka were empty, and there was not even a dog left.

In fact, neither the Tokugawa shogunate nor the local daimyo had issued war alerts to the coastal residents, nor did they organize evacuations to the residents.

The Japanese people all smelled the breath of war from the news and the increasing number of shogunate troops on the coast.

These rumors were denounced as rumor by the shogunate, but the Japanese people believed in this so-called rumor. The people had their own judgments. Generally, those declared as rumor by the shogunate were basically facts.

Therefore, the people made the decision to run away early.

At six o'clock in the morning on the seventh, when the sun gradually rose, the commander of the Ming army, Shen Shouchong, issued an order to destroy the Yokosuke Fort!

Thirty large and medium-sized warships of the Ming army lined up on the sea, aimed at Yokosuka's fortress, and launched a fierce bombardment.

A flowering bullet exploded in a temporary military camp behind the Japanese fortress. With a huge roar, the war horses in the camp struggled desperately in frightened, trying to get rid of the reins tied to the manger.

"The Ming army is attacking!"

Amid the explosion, the shogunate howls hysterically.

In the military camp and on the fort, the warning drums were knocked and the short shogunate troops were in chaos, and everyone was panicked to prepare for the war.

Soon, more shells roared and the violent explosions drowned the turret, and the bodies of the exploded horses and people flew around the turret.

The panicked soldiers were in a trance and were hiding aimlessly, no one knew where the next shell fell.

The Ming army launched not only flowering bullets, but also solid bullets and hundreds of Dongfeng rockets.

On the sea, smoke from the Ming army warships was everywhere, and the Japanese artillery on the other side was even shrouded in huge explosions and smoke.

The dense shells covered almost every corner of the turret. The shogunate soldiers who hid behind the cannons, together with the cannons, were blown into the sky, and their limbs and broken arms were spilled everywhere.

"Counterattack, use guns to counterattack and bang them!"

The old shogunate Tadao Abe shouted loudly in the smoke, and the commander's fort defenders fought back.

However, these forts arranged by the shogunate without coastal defense awareness are useless.

All countries have their own national conditions. The Ming Dynasty focused on heavy artillery and light fire guns, while Japan focused on heavy fire guns and light fire guns.

The Japanese bird guns in the 16th century were more advanced than those in the Ming Dynasty. The bird guns in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were imitations of Japanese bird guns.

Because of the large number of mountains, Japan hardly used artillery technology, so the artillery technology was very poor. After the Tokugawa Shogunate ended the Warring States Period, the development of firearms also stagnated. Even the muskets gradually lag behind the Ming Dynasty, and they were left eighty streets by the Tenwu Dynasty.

There were only twenty or thirty small artillery on the Yokosuka fort with a range of not far. Faced with the fierce attack of the Ming army's artillery fire, they had no power to fight back, and they could not fight back, so they could not reach them at all!

The shogunate army on the fort was completely destroyed by the bombing, with countless casualties and wounded. All the soldiers were running away, and it was useless to let the old middle-aged Tadao Abe shout out loud.

Under the cover of warship artillery fire, the Royal Ming Dynasty Marines began to land in the Yokosuka area, occupy the fort, build positions on the spot, and face the counterattack of the shogunate army.

Shen Shou Tsung ordered a squadron to stay on the coast of Yokosuka and cooperate with the ground forces to guard the entrance of Edo Bay. All the remaining warships rushed into Edo Bay and forced them to Edo Castle!

On the eighth day of July, the Ming army fleet appeared on the Edo Sea and bombarded the shogunate defense line along the coast.

When the rumbling cannon sounded, chaos had already occurred in Edo Castle, and a large number of Japanese residents fled outside the city.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu received the war report, he sent people to appease the people in the city, while mobilizing troops to station along the Edo coast, preparing to fight against the landing troops of the Ming army.

The Japanese people were talking in horror, looking for high ground to watch. Many people hesitate to leave or not, and some timid people hid home and closed the window, but did not dare to come out.

At the suggestion of the eldest son Tadao Sakai Tadao, Tokugawa Iemitsu personally led a group of important shogunate officials and daimyos who stayed in Edo to the Edo Castle Tenmo (the highest place in the Japanese castle).

Tianshou is tall and magnificent, with luxurious decoration. It has seven layers, all with gray tiles and white walls, with eaves and flying corners, and only the highest layer is golden pink tiles.

The city wall was covered with shogun soldiers, a large number of bows, arrows, muskets, stones and other weapons to guard the city were piled up on the city wall. In addition to a small number of cannons, there were actually some trenchers.

Tokugawa Iemitsu holding a monocular telescope was watching the Ming army fleet sailing from the sea.

The distance is very far, but it can be seen from the proportion of personnel on the warship that these warships are very large!

The shogunate ministers couldn't help but look down on each other. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that the Ming army would have such a huge warship!

Look at other people’s warships and then look at their own small boats. They are not of the same level at all!

Until now, Tokugawa Iemitsu has confirmed that the Japanese-Sheng-Jiang coalition was not wronged.

"Those bastards in the Satsuma family are harming me!"

Tokugawa's Mitsuki coughed repeatedly and almost couldn't come up and carry it over.

If he knew that the Ming Dynasty had become so powerful now, he would not offend anything and be a filial son honestly!

Maybe Ming Dad was happy and sent troops to drive away Qing Yao, return it to Kyushu Island, and reward Ryukyu to Japan!

Okay, it’s too late to say anything now. I’ve called me and I don’t want to negotiate friendly!

After the Battle of Shanchuan, the shogunate sent envoys to Kyushu Island half a month ago, hoping to reconcile with the Ming Dynasty.

However, the conditions given by Chen Shou Chong were very harsh. After talking about a lot of conditions, the main premise was that the Ming army entered Edo Castle and opened a military port in Edo Bay!

How could this be possible if you gave up your base to the Ming army and let the Ming army garrison beside your home?
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