open sea

Chapter 585
"gunboat?"

In Kyoto, Oda Nobunaga disbanded the troops of various countries assembled in response to the possible expansion of the war caused by the naval battle in Osaka Bay, and stayed in the imperial palace for several days to listen to the situation in the world.

In the Kinkakuji Temple, he listened to his retainer Takikawa Kazuyoshi's information on the naval battle in Osaka Bay.

Nobunaga did not personally participate in that battle. Although he assembled a large army, the battle was quickly won by the Takigawa Army before his various armies assembled towards Osaka Bay.

"It's a gunboat. That's how the Ming people called Chen Mujun's warships. Their warships are huge and equipped with a large number of large tanks called General Zhenshuo. They no longer rely on iron cannons and bows to win. The small haya boats are vulnerable." Takikawa Kazuyoshi looked on. He raised his head solemnly, and said: "This subordinate is incompetent. He won the land battle but lost Osaka Bay. The rumors of this battle are not true, and the Oda clan failed."

The first news that Oda Nobunaga heard was that his army had won the victory in Osaka Bay and expelled the enemy. Now it seems that it was just a lie released by Kazuyoshi Takikawa to stabilize the people of the country. Holding the battle report clearly stated that there was not a single warship belonging to the Oda clan in Osaka Bay until the Ming army retreated.

Before retreating, the open ship hidden in the bay of Awaji Country docked at Sumiyoshi Port adjacent to Ishiyama Honganji Temple without anyone there, unloaded a huge amount of grain and grass there, and took away a large amount of goods from Ishiyama Honganji Temple.

This is a transaction, and this transaction lasted for a whole night in the Gyeonggi area controlled by the Oda Clan, until dawn the next day, when the Ming Dynasty Navy landed on the ship, shutting down the ships that were docked on the shore and driving away. The ones that could not be driven away were burned, and when the large ship carrying the goods left, a dozen gunboats, surrounded by hundreds of closed ships, left the bay in a swaggering manner.

"A great shame!"

Takigawa Kazuyoshi tightly clenched his fist on his knee, gritted his teeth and said, "They obviously lost the battle!"

This was a battle that both sides thought they had lost. The Oda clan's water army was crushed to the inland river by a large number of enemy ships, and the Japanese pirates of Takatoshi Yubu's army were defeated by the Takigawa Army on land.

Kazuyoshi Takikawa failed to block the port, and Ryu Toshio's department also failed to plunder in Gyeonggi.

But they all fulfilled their missions to a certain extent. Takikawa Kazuyoshi defended Gyeonggi, and Ryu Toshio delivered supplies to Honganji Temple, which had been cut off from food.

"During the war, the Hongan Temple did not send troops. What did the monk think? How big is the gunboat of the Ming Dynasty?"

Oda Nobunaga did not sit on his knees. He himself was taller than most Japanese in this era. Sitting on the armchair offered by the missionaries of Nanban Temple at this time, he was half a body taller than the other people kneeling. Robust, but very fair complexion.

The cabinet next to the seat displays the Komatsushima teapot from Yakushi-in, and the mandarin flowers from Aburaya Changsuke. These are all world-renowned precious artifacts. At this time, the owner of the artifacts is frowning slightly. A thoughtful look.

When thinking, he would unconsciously pinch the shallow scar on the palm of his hand.

It was the scar left when the red-hot iron was held, and it has not been erased for many years. I am afraid that he will carry this mark all his life.

This scar originated from a lawsuit. In Japanese civil litigation, there is a ceremony called "fire up please". When people disagree, the public will burn a piece of soldering iron red. To prove my innocence.

At that time, the defendant was Nobunaga's breast-brother Ikeda Hengxing's officer-in-law, which means he was a close friend. He broke into the home of the plaintiff Jinbei at night and stole property. Jinbei was going to the city to pay tribute, and his wife was at home The scabbard met the enemy, repelled the defendant, and filed a lawsuit after Jinbei returned.

Jinhei held the soldering iron, and the defendant let go of the soldering iron, but Nobunaga's breast brother prevented the judge from judging the judge who was on fire.

Nobunaga found out about this and said that if he could hold the iron, he would convict the defendant, and the scar on his palm was left at that time.

"Twenty, twelve big ships, five are longer than twenty, seven are shorter than twenty, all have General Zhenshuo, the sound is like thunder from the sky, and usually can hit the shells beyond the five towns." Takikawa. As Yiyi said, his face became more serious, and he said: "When they retreated, a farmer picked up an iron cannonball half a mile away from the seashore."

A room, a town, and a ri are all units of length in Japan. A room is 1.6 meters, a town is sixty rooms, and a mile is nearly 4000 meters.

Nobunaga's eyes widened, his mouth was slightly open under his sparse beard, and he slowly gritted his teeth and swallowed his saliva, and asked with a frown, "So far away, how powerful is General Zhenshuo?"

Good question!Even if you asked Chen Mu this question, Chen Mu would not dare to say that his cannon could send shells four miles away!
"It is extremely powerful. When the monks and soldiers escorted the food and grass back to the city, our army's Marumo and Manabe teams all attacked the port. Only three or five artillery pieces broke up the general formation. Every shell would rampage in the formation. Our army can only Break the sails of open ships."

Nobunaga didn't speak, but slowly leaned his head back against the backrest, and sighed a long time: "Sure enough, it's the Ming country again, an ancient, traditional, powerful and conservative Ming country."

In the mind of the extremely intelligent Nobunaga, there was already a vague picture of the situation in East Asia. He once believed that the Ming Dynasty was old and weak, and the will of the world to deploy military force was realized, and Japan, which dominated the world by force, would be able to form a huge fleet to attack the world.

Now it seems that the Ming people feel the crisis because of the arrival of the Southern barbarians?

Nobunaga suddenly asked Fengxing beside him something that had nothing to do with the war: "Can merchants in Kyoto and Sakaimachi, Nanban merchants, still sell Nanban iron cannons?"

Feng Xing shook his head slowly, and was about to say something when Nobunaga got up and walked out of the side hall of the temple.

Standing in the courtyard of the temple, Hashiba Hideyoshi saw Nobunaga walking out quickly, and quickly fell down. He secretly watched every move of Nobunaga who was like a god in his heart. Seeing Nobunaga seemed a little unhappy, and pressed his forehead hard on the ground He asked in a low voice: "My lord seems unhappy! There is a monkey who can only dance waiting here!"

Nobunaga ignored it, walked into the courtyard and breathed in the air fiercely, only then felt the oppressive feeling in his heart slowly dissipate, turned his head and said to Hideyoshi who was still prostrating on the ground: "You are already a general No need to use these tricks to fool yourself—but monkey, do you know overseas?"

Hashiba Hideyoshi raised his head, his sparse and invisible beard was clung to his unremarkable face, and his short stature made him look like a jester. In fact, this guy who still thinks he is just a farmer is already the hottest member of the Oda family. General, he asked blankly: "Overseas, my lord means—Kyushu?"

Nobunaga laughed dumbfounded, and said: "It's not Kyushu, it's overseas, what's there overseas!"

"That's right, it's the sea, right across? There is a small Kyushu, a small North Korea, a small Ming country, a small Tianzhu, and a small hometown of the southern barbarians." Hideyoshi was asked by Nobunaga Some stammered, he licked his dry lips and said hesitantly: "My lord's unification of the world, doesn't it mean starting from Kyushu and unifying the world?"

"Hahaha!"

Oda Nobunaga raised his head and laughed loudly, his loud voice was heard far away through the temple courtyard wall, he swept away the depression in his heart, pointed to Hideyoshi who bowed down and said: "You are such a funny monkey, go get ready, you go Settsu builds the city, let Niwa Changhide build the city in Omi, we have to guard against the attack from the little Ming Kingdom from the sea!"

"There must be a way to defeat them!"

(End of this chapter)