Ming Zuo

Chapter 902 The Battle of Tsushima Sea (2)

"How about Ma Zong?"

Although it can be called a strong army at the moment, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu is still not satisfied.

The person who should have come did not come.

That is Tsushima Fan.

If you want to conquer North Korea, the Tsushima Fan is absolutely indispensable.

Who told this island to be in the middle of North Korea and Japan?

During the Imjin Japanese Invasion, Toyotomi Hideyoshi used Tsushima Island as a transshipment base for materials, so the initial attack went smoothly.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu fully absorbed the experience of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and originally planned to do the same.

However, the person sent to contact Tsushima Fan returned empty-handed.

"Say to Lord Ma, everything depends on General Da'ao."

This answer made all the big names present very dissatisfied.Everyone could tell that Zong Yicheng was playing tricks.

"Have you ever told Lord Tsushima that Date's family is also here for this campaign?"

The envoy quickly said: "I have said everything. However, Lord Tsushima repeatedly asked General Dayao's order, and there is nothing I can do."

Dongying Elementary School, no matter what happened, it was obviously difficult to hide from the eyes of those who cared.

Zong Yicheng has already noticed that these people are planning to do something wrong, and in order to preserve his suzerain vassal, he doesn't want to mix with them.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu was extremely angry at Ma Fan's slickness, but he was also helpless.

If it was more than [-] years ago, he would definitely have sent his army northward to calm down Mafan first.

That chaotic era was really the best stage for careerists.

However, the Tokugawa shogunate is now deeply entrenched, ordering the world, and no one dares not to obey, so that weak forces such as the Tsushima Fan can live happily.

Kato Tadahiro comforted: "North Korea is in a mess now, even if we don't help Ma Fan, we can achieve what we want. As long as we occupy Busan, General Ooku will naturally come forward later."

These words somewhat reduced Shimadzu Mitsuhisa's anger.

After all, the purpose of their trip, the most important thing is to drag the Tokugawa shogunate into the water, and they don't really have the ambition to annex North Korea.Otherwise, the troops they have assembled so far are definitely not enough.

Date Hidemune was obviously a representative sent by Tokugawa Iemitsu, and he began to care about the specific situation.

"What is the strength of Xia Guo's navy? Could it block our soldiers' front?"

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu can not say much.

"The Satsuma clan tried several times, but they were unable to break into the coastal waters of Busan. Therefore, it is still impossible to make an effective judgment on the strength of the Xia Kingdom's navy. But as far as we have seen so far, the Xia Kingdom's navy has no more than a few dozen warships at most. Our number It is more than fifty times that, we will win this battle."

Maori Guangguang is not so confident.

"Xia's navy must be the same as that of Ming. Don't forget the lessons learned from the Qingchang Battle (the Japanese name for the Imchen Japanese Insurrection in Dongying)."

Speaking of this, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa smiled.

"Such a big lesson, how can I not engrave it in my heart? To be honest, I have made complete preparations to deal with Xia Guo's navy this time."

Others asked again, but Mitsuhisa Shimadzu didn't say anything, obviously intending to sell this matter to the end.

The rapid and shrill sound of the horn suddenly resounded in the port, startling all the big names who were discussing.

Mitsuhisa Shimadzu's triumph was interrupted and he was very angry.

"What happened?"

Ise Sadaki rushed in.

"Lord, the Xia people's boat has come running over and is now chasing after it."

Hearing that Xia Guo's boats were running in front of him, all the big names changed their colors one after another, Shimadzu Mitsuhisa felt a burning pain on his face.

"As the order continues, these ants must be crushed, and those who are not on guard must be beheaded to show the public."

The port is now full of troops, so it should be well-prepared.But under such circumstances, it is undoubtedly a huge dereliction of duty to be touched by Xia Guo's ship.

Having lost such a big face in front of other daimyos, Mitsuhisa Shimadzu had to vent his anger.

At this time, on the sea, a Cangshan boat was full of sails and fled desperately.

Behind him, countless small morning boats swarmed like a swarm of locusts.

On the Cangshan boat, all the officers and soldiers of the Xia army were sweating, and they tried all their strength to make the boat run faster.

"Captain, the Japanese boat is faster than ours, what should we do?"

There are [-] officers and soldiers on a Cangshan ship, with a captain and a lieutenant in charge of command.

The captain of this Cangshan ship is named Liu Shizhong.

Originally a small flag of the Denglai Navy, after joining the new army, he became the captain of a Cangshan ship because of his hard work.

This time when he received the order to investigate the movements of the Dongying people, Liu Shizhong was so bold that he went around the sea, bypassing the defense lines of the Dongying people, ran to the vicinity of the port, and took a thorough look at the situation inside.

Although he got the information, it was like stabbing a hornet's nest.

The Dongying people lost face, and they will take revenge no matter what.Therefore, all the Clippers were dispatched, vowing to kill Liu Shizhong and others.

This is the base camp of Dongying, and I don't know how many people there are.As long as a mere Cangshan boat is caught, there is absolutely no possibility of survival.

Escaping became the only option.

But when he really ran, Liu Shizhong realized that there was a big problem.

They tried to sail westward, but because of the headwind, the speed of the boat could not be increased at all.In desperation, the only way to increase power is by paddling.

However, compared with Dongying's small morning boats, the Cangshan boat has too few oars, and the power provided is far from enough.

The Dongying people unloaded all the sails on Xiaozao's boat, and only relied on manpower to row. Even in the headwind, the speed was very fast, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

After a while, some Dongying people opened fire here.

Amidst the banging of the firecrackers, blind bullets whizzed through the air.Everyone tried their best to avoid the danger, but there was nothing they could do about the Dongying people approaching.

During the crisis, Liu Shizhong finally became ruthless.

"Turn the bow and run southwest."

The deputy was taken aback.

"If you go southwest, you can't go back to the base camp."

Liu Shizhong had already run over and adjusted the angle of the sail with the sailors.

"Let's talk about it after surviving."

The deputy also thought about it, if he was caught by the Dongying people, then everything would be closed.As long as you can survive, you have to take risks.

Following Liu Shizhong's order, the sails on the Cangshan ship began to deflect.

When the direction of the bow changed from due west to southwest, it happened to take advantage of the sea breeze blowing from the north.

I saw the sails were fully bulging, the boat under my feet jumped up suddenly, and the surrounding waves began to recede rapidly.

Going to see the small morning boats of the Dongying people, they were immediately separated.

Seeing that the Cangshan boat had changed its direction and reached its extreme speed, Dongying's popularity was screaming and trying to catch up even more.

But this time the Cangshan boat completely borrowed the power of the wind, and it was simply not comparable to the small morning boat with its sails down.

The distance between the two sides is getting wider and wider.

In the end, in the eyes of the Dongying people, the Cangshan boat has become a black spot in the distant sky.

(End of this chapter)