Yoshikawa Motoharu's remnants hid in Moji Castle on the front foot, and Tachibana Michiyuki's pursuers arrived on the back foot. This Kyushu military god originally planned to take advantage of the situation to take the gateway to Kyushu and completely drive the Maori family back to Honshu.

However, Moji Castle is located on a hill nearly 200 meters high in the ancient city, surrounded by cliffs on three sides, and is only connected to the plain by a dangerous mountain road, which is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. And in addition to the main castle at the top of the hill, there are five small forts around it as a defensive fulcrum. Any enemy army that wants to reach the main city must first conquer these outer forts one by one.

Ever since the Mori family occupied Moji Castle, they have been carefully managing this bridgehead for attacking Kyushu. Not only did it re-strengthen the city defenses, but it also hoarded a large amount of ordnance, grain and grass in the city as a transit point for the front line. Of course, the most important thing is that the two banners of 'Maori and Liangchuan' are in Moji Castle at the moment, how can the defenders lose the will to fight?

As a result, the Great Friendly Army attacked and was beaten by the condescending Maori Army. Tachibana Michiyuki knew that he couldn't take the opportunity to take the city, so he had to leave thousands of corpses and withdraw his troops.

Then he ordered to set up a flag camp at the foot of the ancient city mountain, making a gesture of long-term siege. On the one hand, cooperate with the Celestial Fleet to receive prisoners in the fjord. He worked until midnight before he escorted all the more than 5,000 captives ashore. In the end, hundreds of captured boats and pontoon bridges were burned......

A fire burned down so many ships, and Tachibana Michiyuki was very distressed. If these ships were left behind and counterattacked Honshu in the future, the cost of rebuilding ships would be saved. But the lord had already strictly ordered him to follow the instructions of the prince of the Celestial Empire, and the other party asked him not to leave a piece of the board, and he could only do it.

At this time, after the two Ming Dynasty fleets converged, they had already left the Guanmen Strait and anchored in Nodaura, which was four miles east of Moji Castle and the sea was relatively calm.

In the 101 stern commander's room, Zhao Gongzi was eating minced meat porridge in the skylight outside, with a circle of gauze wrapped around his head.

This was caused by the earlier flagship's ramming of the Ataka ship, even though the frigates had already managed to protect him...... He was even tied to a chair, but when people were unlucky, they couldn't be prevented, and the violent impact actually shattered the glass window.

Although it was reinforced with tic-tac-toe sticks, most of the glass did not fall off, and a splash the size of a fingernail came from his forehead. At that time, the blood was bleeding, and he almost scared his big brother to death.

Gao Wu thought he was going to finish, so he hurriedly flew to find the ship doctor, but fortunately it was only a skin injury......

Speaking of which, it is also self-inflicted, if Zhao Gongzi didn't show off his glass and honestly used window paper on the ship, wouldn't there be no catastrophe?

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The north wind sent a burst of pine scent, which was emitted when the Japanese ship burned, and it smelled good.

"It's a pity that seven or eight hundred boats, big and small, burned down like this." The eldest nephew was snoring and eating porridge with a look of regret.

"Alas, Shizhen's words are wrong." Zheng Ruozeng held the tea in his hand and said with a smile. Today, the old gentleman was bumpy enough, and he couldn't eat a mouthful of porridge, but his spirit was very good. "The workmanship and materials of those Japanese ships are too poor, and if they are barely used, the cost of repairing the ship in the future is probably higher than building a new ship."

"Yes, they can only sail inshore, they can't withstand wind and waves, and they can't add sails." Zhao Gongzi nodded and said: "The most disgusting thing is that if you look at how many oarsmen are needed for a boat, the money we spend on raising oarsmen is more than building a new boat." ”

"Burn it well, burn all the boats of the Japanese and keep them out of the sea!" Gao Jie, who had been eating porridge with his head bored, suddenly interjected.

"Zhongcheng is high." Everyone looked at them in surprise when they heard this, since he went to sea, Lao Zhongcheng's state has been getting better day by day, and after this big battle, he feels almost like a normal person.

"Hey, hey, hey." This can make Gao Jie proud, sticking to the gruel's beard, and cocking to the sky.

Yes, we have to continue to recover......

As he spoke, Jinke came.

"Come, sit down and eat porridge together." Zhao Hao smiled and beckoned him to sit down, and the guards hurriedly added a bowl of porridge to him.

"Brother Jin has worked hard all the way, today is really a divine soldier descending from heaven, beating the little devil and crying dad and calling mother." Zhao Hao sandwiched a chopstick, tempeh, and fish into Jinke's porridge bowl. The jars and jars in the small kitchen were also smashed to pieces, and it was difficult for Qiaoqiao and Qiao Qiao to cook without rice, so she could only eat the big stove with the soldiers tonight.

"How can subordinates be absent from such a big scene? As soon as he received the order from the childe, he immediately took the brothers and set off. "Jin Ke actually drank two bowls before he came, but Gongzi didn't dare to quit, so he had to continue to eat with a look of enjoyment." Hurried along the way, fortunately, I was lucky, just in time for the opening of the banquet, and I had a meal and drink. ”

"That's not eating and drinking, you have enough firepower." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "A hundred cannons are fired together, and the momentum is shocking." Completely scared the little devil out of his guts. ”

"Actually, it was a good luck, first, the two Western galleons had just been repaired before they set off, and the sailors and gunners were prisoners. Just in time for the fleet to send supplies this month, I was asked to bring ten Daifuku ships together. He also installed all the 100 cannons sent this time. There were not enough gunners, and they were called from those prisoners. Jinke was very excited, Wang Rulong came out with the fleet for nearly two months, swept Kyushu, and the good news was frequent, which tickled his heart.

In fact, the Karak galleon, the Governor of Goa, was not repaired at all. In order to catch up with the final decisive battle, Jinke asked the boatmen to bring materials onto the ship and repair the ship while rushing to the road, so there was no delay.

"The captives are obedient?" Zheng Ruozeng asked curiously.

"Mr. Kaiyang didn't know that although the two galleons were in the sequence of the Francophone army, in addition to the captain and dozens of dignitaries, in fact, ninety percent of the crew members were hired by the Franco. As long as the money is in place, they will do the same for whomever they want. Jin Ke explained with a smile: "But for the sake of safety, I still arranged for the coast guard members to be closely monitored one-on-one, and so far, they have behaved quite well." This seems to have something to do with the fact that Childe became the protector of the East of the Chezhi Dan Sect. ”

"That's just giving them a reason to convince themselves." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "The Taixi people regard sailors as consumables,

Their status is very low, their treatment is extremely poor, and half of them die on every voyage. Loyal? Inexistent. It's all the guys who have milk and are mothers. ”

"After directing the gunners to finish firing, Mr. Ping said to me, "Look, how powerful is a multi-deck salvo!" If it hadn't been a shameful sneak attack and a dignified decisive battle, it would not have been certain who would have lost and who won. Jinke laughed again.

"How did you get him?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"The subordinates are honest with him, sorry for Mr. Ping, and left you with lifelong regrets." Jin Ke replied seriously.

"Hahaha!" Everyone laughed loudly, Zheng Ruozeng almost squirted out a mouthful of porridge, wiped his tears and couldn't help laughing.

"Well said, winning is winning, where are so many ifs?" Zhao Gongzi gave a thumbs up and approved. Just as he was about to continue talking, he saw Ma Yinglong walk in with a serious expression.

"The casualties are out?" The smile on Zhao Gongzi's face froze, and it was the moment he was most unwilling to face.

"Yes." Ma Yinglong nodded.

"Read it." Zhao Hao didn't want to see it.

"In terms of personnel. A total of 43 people were killed and 15 were missing. 50 people were seriously injured and 201 were slightly injured. Ma Yinglong sighed and said: "The combat effectiveness of the Maori Navy is really not comparable to the stinky fish and rotten shrimp in Kyushu. ”

More than 3,500 enemies were killed and more than 4,000 were taken prisoner, but behind the brilliant results was the tremendous sacrifice of the coast guard officers. The Maori army's waves of deadly assaults and rough sea conditions cost the soldiers dearly. At the height of the battle, even Zhao Hao's guards were used as reserves, and it was reasonable that the number of casualties had surged.

In the past two months, only 12 sailors were killed in more than ten battles, and the number of deaths due to disease and accidents was not as high. The casualties in this battle were more than five times greater than before...... With the current level of medical care, it is thankful that half of the seriously injured soldiers survived.

How can it not be heart-wrenching?

"Childe, this is an indispensable quenching for the coast guard force, if you can't bear the sacrifice, you can't exercise true courage!" Jin Ke was busy comforting Zhao Hao.

"Yes, Childe, the sacrifice is not terrible, what is terrible is that the soldiers have lost the courage to fight with white edges." Ma Yinglong also hurriedly responded.

"I know." Zhao Hao waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be persuaded.

The great powers of the Age of Discovery all regarded white-knuckle warfare as the most important means of destroying the enemy. Although the Dutch had the best ships and cannons, their main tactics in the battles with Spain and England were still broadside and white-knuckled.

The British won the Battle of Trafalgar with bayonets on their cannons, and at Nelson's death, prevented Napoleon from landing in Britain.

In a situation where the battleship could not destroy the battleship, the ancient and brutal broadside battle was absolutely inevitable. It was precisely because he knew this truth that he agreed to Wang Rulong's battle plan to break into the fjord.

He understands the truth, but it is still difficult to get used to emotionally, and for his so-called 'grand plan', hundreds of good men have been killed and injured.

After a while, Zhao Hao suppressed the discomfort in his chest and continued to listen to Ma Yinglong's report:

"In addition, our warships are all damaged to varying degrees, and eight warships such as 101, 201, and 203 are showing signs of water leakage, although they cannot be sunk, they are already unbearable to fight again, and they must be returned to the base for overhaul immediately. Moreover, 13 of our artillery guns were blown up, and half of the guns were deformed, and more than 30% of them were seriously deformed, and they could no longer be fired. The ammunition is also basically exhausted, there are still dozens of rockets left, grapeslet shells are gone, shotguns are basically gone, and only more than 500 solid bullets remain. ”

"There's really not a drop left." Zhao Gongzi smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, if you don't want to collect troops now, you have to collect troops." ”