Seeing that he had made up his mind, the people stopped persuading him and began to discuss the details of the withdrawal.

The Mori family had an army of 50,000 in Kitakyushu, and there were almost 100,000 civilian servants with the army, as well as various baggage, and it was not so easy to withdraw at once.

The first is the time of the retreat, since the retreat has been decided, of course, the sooner the better. In the event that the Kanmon Strait was captured by the Ming fleet one day, the Maori army would have to stay in Kitakyushu for the New Year. At that time, there was a strong enemy outside, there was no way back, and supplies could not be sent, so the army had no choice but to surrender.

But you can't retreat hastily, if you don't plan well, leak the itinerary, and be pursued by the tail of the Otomo army, attacked by sea and land, the Maori army, which has no intention of fighting, will also suffer very heavy losses.

Discussions have come and gone, and it is clear that the most important thing is to hold the Guanmen Strait. Mao Liyuan ordered in a deep voice: "Send an order to Murakami Yoshimitsu and order him to lead the island naval army to contain the Ming Dynasty fleet, and be sure to keep track of their whereabouts at all times." ”

"Hey." The retainers hurriedly responded in a deep voice.

"Send an order to Jinglong, let him hand over the command of the army to Yuan Chun, quickly return to Mensi City and take full command of all the naval forces, be sure to block the enemy ships outside the Guanmen Strait, and organize the safe retreat of our army."

"Hey."

"Send an order to Yuan Chun, and ask him to organize the retreat of our army, be sure to be cautious and fast, and strive to withdraw to the Guanmen Strait before the enemy notices." Mao Liyuan coughed twice and said, "I feel that the weather is going to change in the past few days, let him find a rainy day to retreat." ”

Although in this way, the muskets of the Maori family and even the baking of Murakami's navy will not be used, but the terrifying firearms advantage of the Ming Dynasty will also disappear. Once their guns are silent, they will be like toothless tigers, and there is nothing to fear.

"At that time, if the Ming Dynasty fleet still dared to show up, let the Mishima Navy attack them on both sides and make them pay a heavy price!" Mao Liyuan slapped the low table heavily, and instantly regained the domineering spirit of his youth.

"So that they don't dare to meddle in the affairs of my Maori family again!"

"Hey!" The retainers were enthusiastic and immediately went down separately to give the order.

When there was no one else in the house, Mao Liyuan was like a deflated ball, and he fell down all of a sudden. With the support of his eldest grandson, Longyuan, he slowly lay back on the mattress. When he turned his head, watching the dead leaves of the maple tree in the courtyard being swept away by the west wind, Yuan Chenggong shed muddy tears again.

This time, it's for myself.

He knew that his time was numbered, and no matter what the final outcome of this battle was, he had no hope of getting involved in Kyushu again in this life.

"Alas......" Mao Liyuan let out a long sigh.

Sixteen-year-old Long Yuan was puzzled and asked, "Oh, why is Ji Yi-chan crying again?" ”

"Grandfather, I feel that I was born too early, and I can't fight against the heroes of the world, so I have to take a curtain call first." Mao Li Yuan smiled self-deprecatingly, held Long Yuan's hand, and said eagerly: "You have to learn from the two uncles, take on the heavy responsibility as soon as possible, and one day you must take the Mao Li family back to Kyushu!" ”

"Hey, oh chicken sauce." Long Yuan hurriedly responded in a deep voice, his eyes were full of eager longing. He believes that he will be better than the blue!

Unfortunately, there is an old Chinese saying that 'an eagle gives birth to a night owl - one generation is not as good as the next'......

~~

Moto's order soon passed through the Kanmon Strait and reached the Maori army camp at Hakata Tachibanayama.

After Yoshikawa Motoharu received the report, he was frowning and thinking about it, and his little brother Kobayakawa Takakei came.

Although neither of them has the surname Maori, they are both the sons of Maori Yuan. It's like Arima Harumi passed his son to the Omura family to achieve the purpose of integrating the Omura family. In order to enhance the strength of his family, Mori Yuan also passed on his second son to his brother-in-law, the Yoshikawa family, as an adopted son. He passed his third son to his niece's son-in-law's family, the Kobayakawa family, as an adopted son.

When the two became the governors of the two families, the strength of the Maori family suddenly increased greatly, and the brothers were both wise and brave, brave and good at fighting, and they were the two most shining banners of the Maori army, known as the 'Maori two rivers'!

What's even more rare is that under Yuan Zuo's teaching, the brothers are harmonious and united. The famous 'Three Arrows Training' is an allusion to Maori Moto's teaching of their brothers.

"Ani, did you get your father's order?" Kobayakawa asked.

"Well, Oodoudou." Yuan Chun nodded, and said with a gloomy expression: "Although I know that it is inevitable, it is really a pity to withdraw the troops like this." And I can't explain to them the Jianzhong mulberry and the actual mulberry. ”

"I can only be sorry for them." Kobayakawa was not as emotional as the second brother, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm here to say goodbye to you, I'm about to retreat to Moji Castle, please take care of my subordinates." ”

"Don't worry, I will arrange for them to withdraw first, and I will personally lead the headquarters and the queen." Yuan Chun nodded, adjusted a smile and said, "Oudoudou, don't be so serious, as if you are parting from life and death." ”

"I want to annihilate the fleet of the Ming Dynasty." Kobayakawa suddenly said: "This time they deceived people too much, if they don't teach them a painful lesson, they will be even more blind to the coast in the future." ”

"Nani?" Yuan Chun was stunned for a moment when he heard this: "Father means that if the Ming Dynasty people take the initiative to attack, they will be taught a lesson." And it doesn't let you take the initiative. ”

"I'm not going to take the initiative." Kobayakawa shook his head slowly and said, "I want to sell a flaw, please enter the urn." This is not a disobedience to his father's orders. ”

"What are you going to do?" Yuan Chun hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice.

"I'm going to build a pontoon bridge on the west side of Moji Castle, and such a big movement will definitely not be able to hide from the ninjas of the Otomo family." Kobayakawa and Motoharu walked over to the map and drew a short line on it with a charcoal stick.

"The Otomo family will definitely ask the fleet of the Ming Dynasty to help them destroy the pontoon bridge." Kobayakawa continued: "When the Ming Dynasty attack, I will first let the Kobayakawa Navy and the Kurishima Navy form a formation at Tannourakou to block it. In the morning, he ordered the Kobayakawa naval army to meet the enemy, and after the feint, he fought and retreated, attracting them to Tannoura. ”

"The fleet of the Ming Dynasty must have been suspicious when they saw the narrowing of the fjord ahead, but the turbulent tide at noon will change from east to west, sucking their ships into the altar......" Kobayakawa said in a low voice: "I heard that the people of the Ming Dynasty did not use oars to drive their boats, they all relied on wind and waves, and the sudden change of tide would definitely make them helpless, so that they would be in chaos!" ”

Saying that, he used a charcoal stick to touch the Ganzhu Island at the end of Tanzhipu and said: "At that time, I will let the Innoshima naval army ambush here, and kill it as soon as the tide changes, and attack the Ming Dynasty's fleet on both sides, and annihilate them all in Tanzhipu at all costs!" ”

Kobayakawa sneered and said, "It's a pity that they don't know the story of 'Heichi Sheng's anchor throwing into the sea', and when they tied their leader to the anchor and threw it into the sea, they lost some flavor." ”

"How sure are you?" Yoshikawa asked.

"The Ming Dynasty only has dozens of ships, and my strength is ten times that of theirs, and the advantage is mine!" Kobayakawa said confidently: "If we can't defeat a Ming Dynasty fleet in this area, then what's the point of us fighting for hegemony, it's just a joke to fight for hegemony." ”

"Hmm......" Yuan Chun was somewhat persuaded by him, and asked again: "What about the west side of the strait?" ”

"I will arrange for the Noh Island Navy to guard the west side, in short, it will not affect the safe retreat of your army." Kobayakawa nodded at the bottom of the 'V' and said, "Besides, I have confirmed through the people of the Uku family that the Ming Dynasty fleet is all in the east, and they can't fly back to the west even if they put on their wings." ”

After a pause, he looked at his second brother apologetically and said, "The only problem is that my side is luring the enemy with great fanfare, which will cause trouble for your quiet retreat." ”

"It's okay." Yuan Chun smiled generously: "Nearly 100,000 people retreated, it is impossible to hide from the other party." I'll have a little more people on my side. ”

"Thank you Odoudou, I won't shame the Maori family!" Kobayakawa finally had a smile on his face, hugged his brother goodbye, and whispered, "You always remember to protect yourself, I can't afford to lose another brother." ”

"You selfish fellow." Yuan Chun patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said with a smile: "I wish you a long martial arts, Oudoudou!" ”

"Good luck for you, Ani."

~~

The Maori army was well-trained and fought all year round, and it took only three days to be ready for action. And has quietly withdrawn part of the army from the front line of Tachibanayama, let them transport baggage, disguise themselves as a team transporting grain and grass, and quietly withdraw to Monji Castle.

On the first day of the winter month, the sky is covered with misty sleet, and the wind and snow are blurry, and the vision becomes very poor.

This is the best chance to retreat. That night, Motoharu Yoshikawa ordered the camp to be opened, the lights in the camp were brightened, and many straw men wearing armor were placed on the watchtower, so that the ninjas of the Great Friendly Army did not dare to get too close, so as not to detect any abnormalities in the camp.

A group of troops quietly withdrew from the camp that had been held for half a year, and in order to reduce the movement, they were tied to their horses and hooves, and only the leading samurai led the way with a lantern. The people behind could only look at the white cloth sewn on the back of the person in front of them, and followed closely behind to prevent them from falling behind.

In fact, Yuan Chun knew that it was not very useful to do so. Because his younger brother has been building pontoon bridges with great fanfare these days, it is likely that the big friendly army has already guessed that they are going to retreat.

However, the deception that should be there must not be sloppy - the big friendly army will not know when they will withdraw their troops, as long as they fool around for a night, they can avoid a lot of unnecessary losses.

Yoshikawa Motoharu really did what he said, and he set off from His Royal Highness. Most of the generals had already led their troops away, which made him seem a little alone. The Kitakyushu daimyo who flattered him to the sky were all left in Tachibana Castle and did not come out to see him off.

Although in order to apologize, Yoshikawa ordered his retainers to lead thousands of volunteers and horses to stay behind to help them defend the city. But everyone knows that they were abandoned by the Maori family......

"My lord, it's time for us to go." The samurai of the Yoshikawa family moved his war horse, and Yoshikawa Motoharu sighed, turned on his horse, followed the people of the headquarters behind the palace, and silently walked out of the brightly lit camp.

ps. Tonight's wife dinner, one person with two babies, and write another chapter.