After Sakurako Mochizuki left Nagato, she went to Hizen and guarded the attic of the mansion, and Masako Asakura met Sakurako Mochizuki.

"Masako-sama, this is a letter from the young master of my family."

Masako Asakura took the letter and looked at it, and Xiumei frowned: "Lord Ngee An asked me to pretend to be sick?" I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from Fujiwara Yoshigeru. ”

"Masako-sama doesn't have to worry." Sakurako Mochizuki took out a small bottle: "This is the medicine prepared by the divine doctor of the Wu Kingdom, you will have fever symptoms after taking it, even if Fujiwara Yoshigeru asks his doctors to check it, he will only think that you are really sick." ”

Masako Asakura hesitated for a moment and said, "I understand." ”

Sakurako Mochizuki handed over the porcelain bottle: "The red pill will have a fever if you eat it, and the white one is the antidote, which is effective within a month, and there are five red and white pills each." ”

Masako Asakura took the porcelain bottle and directly ate a red pill.

"I don't feel anything at all." She frowned.

"It takes an hour for the effect to appear."

Masako Asakura nodded and asked, "Is Lord Nguian okay in Middle-earth?" ”

"The young master is very good, he has been in contact with various forces in Japan recently, and the Kohayada family of Nagato Province has formed an alliance with the young master."

"If you say I go to him, will it cause him trouble?" Masako Asakura said, grabbing the corner of her clothes.

"How so? When the young master saw Masako-sama, it was too late to be happy. ”

Masako Asakura smiled sweetly and buried her head in her thoughts.

"By the way, Masako-sama, do you know the situation over there with Fujiwara Yoshishige? I wonder when they are going to attack the Central Plains? Sakurako Mochizuki asked.

"They've been on their way for three or four days."

Sakurako Mochizuki was shocked in her heart, saying this, the naval army of Heiankyo might have already started a war with the Wu State.

……

East China Sea.

On the flagship of the Fourth Army, on the Flying Dragon Ship, Zhang Fen stood behind Yu Xun, looked at the hundreds of small ships in the distance, and sneered: "It's really self-defeating, even this kind of broken ship wants to fight with us." ”

"Zhang Fen, you don't have to participate in this battle."

Hearing Yu Xun's words, Zhang Fen's smiling face froze.

Bi Jun was secretly amused and asked Yu Xun: "General, there is something I don't understand. ”

"Say."

"You've always liked to use surprise attacks, why did you choose to engage the enemy directly this time?"

"Who can answer him." Although Yu Xun was talking to his subordinates, his eyes were firmly fixed on every move of the enemy fleet.

Li Hong, who was the same general as Zhang Fen and Bi Jun, raised his voice and said: "The enemy is strong and I am weak, win by surprise, the enemy is weak and I am strong, and sweep thousands of troops!" ”

"Li Hong, you go to command the right flank fleet, go now." Yu Xun ordered.

"Yes." Li Hong got off the big boat and took a few officers in a small boat to a flying tiger boat on the right.

Yu Xun looked at the enemy fleet and said slowly: "The enemy army is about to attack, who wants to command the left flank fleet?" ”

"The last will go!" Xiao Shilang and a black-faced general spoke at the same time.

"Tong Yi, you command the left wing."

The black-faced general took the order and left.

Yu Xun looked at Xiao Shilang: "You are in the middle of the command." ”

After saying that, he took a few steps back and gave way to the command position.

"Yes." Xiao Shilang nodded, acting very calmly.

"General, Shi Chongxin's department hasn't arrived yet, aren't we waiting for them?" Bi Jun asked.

"Those idiots, you might be lost at sea!" Zhang Fen muttered.

Yu Xun didn't speak, and looked at Xiao Shilang.

Xiao Shilang looked at the formation of the Japanese naval army in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "The enemy army is about to attack, there is no time to wait for them, the whole army is ready for battle, and the left and right flanks are ordered, and the fish scale array is used to meet the enemy and advance slowly." ”

The herald used the flag to convey the order, and not long after, the Wu army fleet moved.

At the same time, on the Japanese fleet, Fujiwara Yoshishige drew his sword, stood on the bow of the ship and shouted: "Attack!" ”

The Japanese fleet used both large and medium-sized ships, and small ships were not conducive to fighting in the open seas and were prone to capsizing. So the number of ships in the fleet is not large, only a few hundred ships.

This made Fujiwara Yoshishige a little dissatisfied, and he was best at winning by quantity, using the number of bird boats and using the tactics of swarm fish to surround and sink the enemy's large ships.

Fortunately, the enemy army only had a few dozen warships, and the Japanese army's hundreds of warships had a great advantage in numbers, and they could still use the tactics of fish schools, Fujiwara Yoshige thought to himself.

As the two armies approached, the two armies began to shoot at each other on the ship at the forefront, but the result was one-sided, the Japanese navy suffered a large number of casualties, but the Wu navy suffered almost no damage.

The height of the large ship and the low size of the boat, combined with the great power of the cloud crossbow, led to this result, and the soldiers of the Japanese navy rushing to the front of the warship suffered heavy losses, and most of the people on board died under the repeater.

However, the Japanese showed tenacious perseverance and courage, and the follow-up fleet continued to move forward fearlessly, and soon, a Japanese small boat approached the big ship of Wu Guo, threw out the hook, and wanted to climb onto the big ship.

On the largest Karasuma ship in Japan, a Japanese general reported: "General, there are soldiers on the left flank of our army who have climbed onto the enemy warship. ”

"Yo Xi, what about the right wing?" Fujiwara Yoshigeru said proudly.

The general hesitated for a moment and said: "The soldiers on the right wing are still trying their best to climb, but the losses are very large, and I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed." ”

"Baga, why can the left wing do it, but the right wing can't do it?"

"Lord Yoshigeru, the enemy troops on the right are too cunning, they keep a distance of a hundred meters from each boat, cover each other and shoot, and the soldiers who climb on the enemy ship are all shot dead by the adjacent enemy ships, and they can't climb up at all."

Fujiwara Yoshige was furious: "Pass the order, let them die, and climb up for me!" ”

At the same time, on the Flying Dragon Ship, Xiao Shilang heard the report and said in a deep voice: "Bi Du, you bring five Flying Leopard Ships over to support General Li Hong on the right wing, and tell him how General Tong is coping." ”

Bi Jun took the order and left.

Fujiwara Yoshige panicked, and just now his men reported that not only could the right flank not be able to board the enemy ship, but even the left flank began to be unable to board the enemy ship, and the losses of his own fleet were extremely heavy.

"With rockets, set their ship on fire!" Fujiwara Yoshishige lost his mind and roared.

"My lord, there are cowhides and iron plates on the outside of the enemy ship, and you can't see it from below!" Said a mustachioed Japanese general.

"Then use the suicide fireboat and crash into it!"

"It's a north wind, and you can't burn them with a fireboat!" Said the mustache. At this time, the Japanese fleet was located to the east and the Kure fleet was located to the west, and the wind direction was fair to both sides.

"That, that......"

Just when Fujiwara Yoshige was at a loss, a general rushed to the bow of the ship and said urgently: "Lord Yoshigeru, there is an enemy fleet in the rear!" ”

"How can this be ......"

With a snap, Fujiwara Yoshishige's sword fell on the board.

……

In March 953 AD, the Japanese navy and the Wu navy fought in the East China Sea, the number of Japanese soldiers participating in the war was more than 30,000, and the Wu army was about 30,000.

When Sakurako Mochizuki got the news, she immediately returned to the Hizen Guardianship and told Masako Asakura the news.

"I already know." Masako Asakura smiled and said, "But I don't plan to return your medicine, maybe it will be useful in the future." ”

"You laughed, this was originally given to you by the young master."

Masako Asakura walked to the door and beckoned, "Sakurako, come with me, my father wants to see you." ”

Originally, Mochizuki Sakurako was just a general, and he would not meet her as Naokaka Asakura, but this victory of the Wu State showed great strength, and Minamoto Yoshiyasu, as an official of the Wu State, increased the weight in the heart of Naokaka Asakura, and even Sakura Mochizuki rose with him.

The two of them walked through several indoor corridors to a Japanese-style room, where Naotaka Asakura sat cross-legged, and when he heard footsteps and the sound of the door opening, he pointed to a cushion without raising his head.

"Sit."

Sakurako Mochizuki knelt on the mat and bowed slightly, lest she be taller than the master next to her.

"I would like to ask specifically, what kind of official position does Ngee An hold in Wu now?" Naokaka Asakura's question was more direct.

"Among the officials in charge of commerce in the Ministry of Wu Guohu, the young master ranks third." Tied for third, she added in her heart.

"Oh, oh." Naokaka Asakura picked up the teacup and took a slow sip of tea.

"I can't imagine that Ngee An can come to such a point in a foreign country, it's amazing, it's amazing." Looking up again, a smile appeared on the straight and majestic old face.

"You have won the prize, the young master is now one of the several officials who manage the arms sales of the Wu Kingdom, and he asked me to tell you that if you need to buy weapons, he can help you think of a way."

"Really?" Asakura Naotaka said eagerly.

"Yes, under the persuasion of the young master of my family, the lord of the state of Wu has agreed to sell the weapons, armor and cloud crossbow of the Kohayata family to Nagato."

"What? Ngee An, this kid, why don't you look for me first if you have such a good thing? Nahoraka complained loudly.

"Don't blame the young master, it was the Kohayata family who took the initiative to find the young master of my family and proposed an alliance to us, and the young master agreed."

"I even promised my daughter to marry him, isn't it as good as forming an alliance?"

Sakurako Mochizuki smiled and said nothing, thinking that Masako-sama hadn't married the young master after all.

Asakura Naotaka smiled and said: "Masako, pour a cup of tea for Sakura, Sakurako and Yi'an will be our own family in the future, so we can't be lazy." ”

"Okay." Masako Asakura slowly picked up the teapot and poured a cup with her sleeve on her back.

"Thank you, Masako-sama." Sakurako Mochizuki said with her head down.

Taking advantage of her tea, Asakura Naolaka spoke: "Sakurako, the cloud crossbow you just talked about shouldn't be the kind of weapon that can fire bows and arrows continuously on the Wu Navy ship, right?" ”

"You've heard of that too?" Sakurako Mochizuki was slightly surprised.

"The soldiers who returned from the defeat mentioned it, and the officials of Dazaifu asked the merchants about it, and then they learned the name of this thing."