Warring States Eagle

Tianwen 14th year, [-] AD, spring.

This day is the third day just after the new year.There was light rain in the sky, and although there was no strong wind on the sea, it seemed a bit cold. Going to sea in such weather was indeed not a good thing.

And on a small island near the Goto waters, Sasaburo and several of his subordinates just woke up from their sleep.Sasaburo is a businessman in Sakaimachi. He often travels between Tsushima Island and Sakaimachi. This time he has just done a business in Tsushima Island, and then he is going to go to Tsushima Island, Iki Island, and Hirado Island, Goto, and Tosa return to Sakaimachi by sea.

The reason why he chose this seaway was mainly because he hoped to buy some goods from the Ming Dynasty and even the Nanban on Hirado Island.These goods may not necessarily be available elsewhere, and even if they are available, they will be much more expensive than here.Speaking of this Hirado Island, it is really a good place. Apart from paying a certain parking fee, you don’t even have to pay commercial tax. There are so many goods on the island, no wonder it can attract so many merchants to deliberately detour.

Speaking of those guys called "Southern Barbarians" by the Luo family farmers and soldiers who maintained order on the island, Sasaburo was really taken aback.The last time he came to Hirado Island, he heard people on the island talking about these strange people. He was very curious at the time, but he had no chance to see those so-called "Southern Barbarians".This time, he happened to meet one, but when he saw the real person, he was almost scared away.The appearance of those people is really scary, and their height is like giants. No wonder many people call them "ghost people" in private. [

It was a little late when he left Hirado yesterday due to business talks on the island. When his fleet arrived near the Goto Islands, it was already evening, so he went to a small island outside the Goto Islands. The island landed on the spot and rested overnight.

"Boss, you've been thinking so much these past few days. What's the matter?" This is, the trainee in the commercial house who was sorting the goods next to him asked.

"Left again. You don't know, is there a peasant riot in Kyushu recently? Let's go directly from the sea today, and don't dock when we pass the harbor of Satsuma Shimazu's house." Sasaburo ordered.

"Boss, you didn't plan to go ashore to rest directly after reaching Tosa's bay, did you?" the trainee asked immediately.Sailing at sea for a long time is not a comfortable thing.Of course he didn't want to.

"To be on the safe side, that's the only way to go. Otherwise, it would be a trivial matter if the goods were robbed, and we are afraid that those rioting peasants would not let us go!" Said Sasaburo.He had seen the riots of Yixiangzong believers near Kyoto.It was a horrible scene.

"Ah? Boss, look quickly, what's over there?" At this moment, another trainee from another merchant house on another boat next to him exclaimed in surprise.

Sasaburo looked suspiciously in the direction the trainee pointed.I saw a few small black spots looming on the sea surface in the east, and then, behind the initial small black spots, one after another appeared one after another.One, two, three... When Sasaburo saw clearly that the few small black spots in the front were ships, dozens of small black spots appeared at this time, and there seemed to be more small black spots behind him. appear one after another.

"Strange, there are so many ships in this sea area, and only the five islands sailors have them. It's just that when he went to pay the toll last night, he clearly saw the ships of the five islands sailors docked at the In the port. Could it be that they sailed overnight last night? After thinking about it, Sasaburo immediately denied this idea. There are absolutely no fools sailing at night in this season, and a large number of ships sailing at night at the same time, which is even more inconvenient. possible.

"Isn't it the boat of the Five Islands Marines? Then which boat is it? And there are so many at once?" Sasaburo asked suspiciously.

"Boss, those ships with white eagle flags are the sailors of the Luo family." At this moment, a sharp-eyed trainee shouted.

"What? The navy of the Luo family?" Sasaburo was taken aback.This is the sea area of ​​the five islands sailors, and not far behind him is the main island of the five islands sailors. Think about it and you will know what the Luo family's sailors are here for.

"Get on the boat. Hurry up!" The so-called battle between two giant whales at sea, they, the little shrimps who happen to be nearby, are likely to suffer, so Sasaburo gave the order to escape without hesitation.

"Go...where are you going?" The trainee beside him immediately asked.

"Hirado, go to Hirado Island." In desperation, Sasaburo decided to go to Hirado Island first to avoid the limelight.If you continue to stay here, you will definitely be regarded as a ship of the Five Islands Navy.

So, following Sasaburo's order.The two merchant ships immediately headed west towards Hirado Island.

"Boss, look!" When they walked the waterway less than a mile away, they saw another fleet appearing in front of them.Sasaburo opened his mouth when he saw it.This time they were closer to the fleet ahead.So he finally saw clearly the situation of the fleet ahead.

There are more than 200 ships, ranging from small early mornings to large ones, and they are really moving forward overwhelmingly.It's just too spectacular.And the flags of the Luo family were also hung on those ships.

"It seems that the waters of the Five Islands are about to change!" Seeing this situation, Sasaburo couldn't help sighing.

"Boss, instead of sighing, you should decide where we should go first. The other party has two Xiaozao ships coming towards us." The trainee beside him said anxiously. [

"Stop the boat!" Sasaburo said decisively.

"Huh?" Everyone on the two ships was taken aback by Sasaburo's decision.Doesn't stopping the ship mean that they are no longer running for their lives?

"Stop the boat, listen, no matter what the other party is doing, don't resist even if they rob us of our goods, and immediately show us the proof that we paid the parking fee on Hirado Island, as well as the special flag of the Five Islands Marines Hurry up and take it off the bow for me too." Sasaburo confirmed again.He was ready to be detained by the other party.But he was no longer panicked, because he was familiar with the businessman Amada Nobuyasu in the town, and Yutian Nobuyasu had a good relationship with the Luo family. Recently, he was even running the iron cannon of the Luo family. Just come out.

At the time when Luo's family's navy invaded, in a wooden house in Jiangchuan City, Yu Jiushengding, the leader of the five islands' navy, was eating meat with his arms around his maid.

Jiangchuan Castle was built on a mountain on the main island of Goto (the island was called Fukue Island in later generations).Because there are a few springs on the mountain, and a small stream called Jiangchuan is formed at the foot of the mountain, so the city got its name.Under Jiangchuan City, there is a relatively flat land. At this time, the families of the Wudao navy have opened up a lot of fields on the flat land.And on the flat ground close to the sea, there is an excellent seaport, on which the ships of the Five Islands Navy are moored.

At this time, Yu Jiusheng decided to wipe his shiny mouth, and his originally dark face became even darker and shiny with lard.He was tall and strong, wearing a new kimono, his body was hot from eating hot pork, his chest was half exposed, and his sleeves were rolled up, revealing a strong chest covered with black hair.At this moment, he looks like a judge with a sword and a pen in the Town God's Temple.

Big mouthfuls of meat and big cups of wine are Ujiu Shengding's life. Since he became the head of the family, the Goto navy has become more and more powerful under his leadership, almost occupying most of the sea area along the southern coast of Kyushu. It wasn't for the sudden appearance of the Luo family, he even sent troops to attack Hizen and won a piece of his own territory on the land of Kyushu Island.

Yu Jiusheng ate the meat in one bite, hugged the maid who poured wine for him, and rubbed her chest, talking and laughing dirty, and when he was about to kill the maid on the spot, a close The retainer ran in screaming.

"What's going on?" Yaxing was disturbed, and Yu Jiushengding was naturally very unhappy.

"Master...My lord, Luo... Luo's family." The retainer seemed incoherent due to excessive panic.

"How is the Luo family? Did you send money and food to my family?" Yu Jiusheng asked with a smile.Thinking of personally leading troops to threaten Luo's family's territorial waters before, Yu Jiushengding felt very energetic.

"No... No, it was the Luo family's navy that came to kill them." The retainer finally told the truth.

"Impossible!" Yu Jiusheng's first reaction was to reject the retainer's report.Not long ago, he just sent envoys to Luo's family to repair the matter that he led troops to threaten the territorial waters of Luo's family. The two parties even reached a grain trading agreement. He thought the Luo family's food had been delivered.

Besides, the rumors from the Luo family earlier seemed to be trying their best to quell the peasant riots in their territory, just like other tycoons in Kyushu. How could the Luo family be able to spare troops to deal with him at this time?You must know that even if it is as strong as Otomo's family, it is still in the process of quelling the civil riots in the territory at this time.How could the Luo family, whose strength was similar to that of Dayou's family, put down the riot so quickly?

In the end, it was just after the new year, and almost all the wealthy families would stop fighting each other at this time.Moreover, such cold weather is even more unsuitable for fighting at sea.You know, if you fall into the sea at this time, even if you don't need to be attacked by others, if you soak in the sea for a long time, you will even be frozen to death directly.Even if you can climb back to the boat, you will be seriously ill afterwards.Such cold weather is really not suitable for sea combat.It was also for this reason that he transferred most of the ships back to the port to dock, and only sent a small number of ships to guard the periphery. In fact, it was mainly to collect the tolls of passing merchant ships.

At this moment, when he suddenly received a report that the Luo family's navy was invading, his first reaction was naturally not to believe it.But when he heard the shouts of killing outside, he felt a "thump" in his heart, and exclaimed, "This...how is this possible?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote, Monthly ticket, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to read.)