Takeuchi Nakamaro and Tachibana Ishazu stood on the watchtower, and saw the black lines in the distant sky spilling out one after another, and they didn't know how many ships there were in this fleet, until the legs and feet of the two of them were numb, but they still couldn't see the end of the fleet. At this time, the sun is still far west, the sky is chaotic and hazy, the blue sea and blue sky are confused, and it is difficult to distinguish one color. Looking out from the end of the sea to the shore of five miles from the shore, the high mast pole is far and near, and the white sails of Wupeng are innumerable, listening with bated breath, the sound of rare gongs and wooden drums in the gentle sea breeze rises and falls, big and small, and it is intermittent at first glance......

Looking at this huge fleet that far exceeded the limits of people's imagination, whether it was Takeuchi Nakamaro or Tachibana Ishizu, there was no longer any worry about the sword Yi entering the army. If the Daoyi people in the north could form such a fleet, Goryeo would have been beaten to pieces! Not to mention what sword Yi attacked and harassed Kyushu and plundered Shikoku. If the Daoyi people have such ability, Dazaifu will not mention what means of dealing with it, and Heian Castle, which is only a hundred miles away from the sea, will have to consider moving to Beijing first! As for the robbery of thieves such as Seto pirates, it is even more difficult to mention that if they have such a big boat, where do they need to do what pirates, no matter where they go ashore, landing is a strong party.

Seeing that the fleet was getting closer and closer to the shore, as if someone was commanding the order, the giant ship in the middle of the first row took the lead, and more than a dozen sea boats on the left and right began to drop sail one after another. It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the six large sails on the giant ship were lowered and five covers, the black lacquer canopy on the last mast was slowly lowering, and the two hanging sails in the bow were gradually retracted......

Orange Shizu opened his mouth, looked at the sails of the ship stupidly, and asked for a long time: "He, they ...... What are they doing? ”

"This ......," he asked coldly, and Takeuchi Nakamaro immediately opened his mouth, and his dull gaze wandered over the fleet in the distance for a long time before he said unconfidently, "...... They're supposed to be dropping the sails, right? ”

This was the same as not saying it, but Orange Stone Foot thought so, nodded and asked, "Why did they land their sails there?" It's still three miles from the shore of the dock, right? ”

"At least four miles ......away," Takeuchi Nakamaro said. Namba is one of the largest ports in the Eastern Wa, with at least 1,000 domestic ships traveling to and from this place every year, and it is not uncommon for the sea boats of Dazhao and Goryeo to be seen, and he has served in the commercial port tax office for fourteen or fifteen years. Mu stared at a pair of small eyes with a blank face for a while, and suddenly blessed his heart, and finally found the answer: the most frequent in Namba Port are the three ships and four ships of the Eastern Wa Kingdom, and five and a half ships are considered to be unbelievable big ships, but these five and a half ships can be compared to the leading giant ship in front of them? Even if he compares the big Zhao sea boat he has seen with the five and a half boats, it is the gap between the vast building and the thatched house. And this giant boat is only afraid that it is more than twice as big as the big Zhao Hai ship he has seen, even if it is still three miles away from the ship, he also perceives the majesty of this boat, its huge like a city, its majestic like a mountain, looking up, only to feel a reverence for the mountain that kneels and worships in his heart, and it is getting more and more intense......

At this time, the giant ship had anchored in the sea less than three miles offshore, but five or six seagoing ships on the left and right did not stop, and by inertia, they sailed forward again to a distance of one or two miles, until they covered the wharf at the mouth of the bay, and then gradually descended. Immediately, I heard the noisy voices of the people, and vaguely saw that there seemed to be people running back and forth on the side of several sea ships, and between the figures shaking and the crowds, several small boats tied to the side were put on the sea, and some sailors and boatmen climbed the rope ladder and pulled the ropes and began to disembark......

Wu Nei Zhongmaro stood up straight with the railing, glanced at Orange Stone, and said, "Let's take a look at the appearance one by one, this must be Da Zhao's fleet. Let's go down and meet it? ”

“…… Good. "The sound of Orange Foot seemed to come from the bottom of the deep well, bitter and hollow. But he didn't move his feet in his mouth, and finally squeezed out a wry smile at the corner of his mouth, and said with shame on his face, "Lord Takeuchi, you, you pull me...... My legs are so weak that I can't move......"

Takeuchi Nakamaro is also not two points better than him. The eldest brother of the two people does not say the second brother, no one should be ashamed of anyone, helping each other to remind him to slip down the watchtower, dragging his soft legs and feet to the dock, first pushing a few stupid stupid vendors to the side, and then pointing the three tax collectors who have not yet fled to throw away the short blades of the knives in their hands, standing in a row in a row, and then slapping the dust on their bodies and wearing their clothes, trying to restrain the two points of panic in their hearts, three points of fear, and five points of excitement, and standing solemnly on the dock to meet them.

The boats laid down on the sea boat are either six or eight, and the size is also different from the five and a half boats on the wharf, and several large oars are neatly turned up and down with the order, and the small boats go straight to the shore as if shuttling, and in an instant there are three ships to find berths, but they neither lower nor tie the ropes, nor set up the landing gangplank, and the boatmen who rock the oars on the side of the ship use the oars to press the stones on the pier, and the boats are not stable, and the people in the cabin are pouring out. These people who came ashore were obviously not ordinary sailors, their faces were full of fierce and murderous spirit, they wore leather helmets on their heads, leather armor on their bodies, thin-soled fast boots with cowhide under their feet, and some of them were either carrying knives or spears in their hands, and some of them were carrying quivers and longbows, and they jumped on the dock and ignored the idle people such as Takeuchi Zhongmaro and others, and after a few short orders, they dispersed, and five people worked in a team of ten people, and ran to the commercial port first. The three small boats were unloaded, and the long oars left the shore as soon as they straightened up, and then other boats approached, and without looking back, the three boats rocked to the big boats.

The people who got off the last two boats were very different from the others. These men were all wearing iron helmets, and wore not only leather armor, but also leather shoulder pads, leather arm guards, and leather skirts, and they also carried knives and guns in their hands, but they did not have the vigorous skills of the people who led them, and seven out of ten men threw their swords and guns when they landed on land, and then they lay on the rocks and vomited on the surface of the sea. There are also those who don't vomit, or dead dogs who lie on the ground on all fours, or sit on the ground with their knees and head down, or they are staggering when they walk with their feet in vain...... Among them was a man in unusual armor and clothing, who carried an iron spear and a cane, like a thief who steals chickens in the dark, and walked up and down among the people, stabbing this with the shaft of a spear, kicking that with his toes, smiling and embarrassed, and muttering incessantly......

Takeuchi Nakamaro and Tachibana Ishazu saw it all in their eyes. They felt that this person should be a big man, at least a very important leader. From the first batch of people to the present, at least half an hour has passed, but after several groups of soldiers passed, no one came to take care of Takeuchi Nakamaro and Tachibana Shizu, who stood in front of the dock respectfully and solemnly. It's not that they don't want to be close to the people who come up and down these fleets. But they want to be close, the question is, is there a chance to get close? Teach them to stop those Da Zhao people who look unusual, they don't have the guts. Seeing that some of the newly landed soldiers were probably resting and began to be rectified under the orders of several leaders, both of them felt that it would be too late to regret not taking action, but as soon as their feet moved, a few sharp eyes with a strong warning meaning immediately looked over.

Orange Stone Foot coughed lightly at first glance, took a step forward, and his action immediately attracted the attention of six or seven people, the three people closest to him immediately lowered the iron spear, and the others also held the hilt, and two people even raised the longbow with arrows, and one by one Orange Stone Foot was so shocked that his hair stood on end, and he suddenly had a whim, and raised his two arms high with a brush, and opened his hands to show that he did not carry any sharp weapons and iron weapons in his hands, and there was no trace of superfluous thoughts...... Fortunately, his actions were not misunderstood by those people, otherwise, no one knew what would happen in the next moment. Even so, the men stared at him up and down several times. To his luck, although these people did not have a good eye, in the end they did not treat him badly.

Orange Stone was so frightened that his heart was pounding, his front and back were cold, he raised his hands high, one foot in front and one foot in the back, and he didn't dare to act rashly for half a day.

With his experience and lessons, Takeuchi Nakamaro naturally did not dare to be reckless. He raised his palms forward and raised his hands high, and then shouted twice in a low voice: "That lord, my lord." One by one, the adults ......"

After screaming several times, a big man with a waist knife came over and scolded: "What's the name of the ghost?!" One by one, Lao Tzu is not dead, what are you crying about?! "There were a number of people laughing out loud when they were in the middle of the group, laughing and scolding:

"Hehe, Captain Xu is capable! Only then did he get off the boat and recognize a son. ”

"Ha, the people of the old Xu family do have the ability, they are still breastfeeding, and they have raised such a big son."

"Captain Xu, are you going to be a father?"

"Hey, kid of the Xu family, can that thing under you get hard? When I peed on the boat, I saw that the hair under you hadn't grown. It's only been a few days, but has it grown when it sees the sea breeze? ”

This sentence immediately drew a louder laugh.

Tang dialect has been popular in the Wa country for hundreds of years, and people with a little head and face are proud to be able to speak Tang dialect and write Chinese characters. Although these people spoke with a strong accent, Takeuchi Nakamaro could also understand five or six points. He raised his hands, turned a deaf ear to the nonsense words, and said to the young officer in front of him with a smile, "Captain Xu," and he heard the people call the young man. “…… Excuse me, are you from Da Zhao? Although he was already nine points sure in his heart, these people in front of him, even those who had entered the commercial port just now, were the officers and soldiers of Da Zhao, but he still wanted to confirm it.

The young man known as Xu Xiaowei was no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and he did not have a soft beard on his lips, but he was tall and sturdy, a head and a half taller than Wu Nei Zhongmalu. He looked down at Takeuchi Zhongmaro viciously, and there was a bit of childishness in his voice that had not yet changed his voice: "We are from Da Zhao." What do you want to say? ”

"This, Xiaguan...... No, under ...... Well, small, small......"

"Huh?" Captain Xu burst out of the dantian with a cold snort, looked at Takeuchi Zhongmaro with a smile, and asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

"This ...... Dare to ask, are you from Mingzhou in Dazhao? ”

Captain Xu sneered and said, "What's the matter, what's not the case?" ”

Takeuchi Nakamaro heard that there was a bit of suspicion in his words, and he hurriedly lowered his head and admitted his mistake to show his heart: "The little one doesn't dare to do anything, and he definitely doesn't dare to do anything!" The villain is just a small official of an overseas vassal country, and he is even more trembling and sweating in front of the prestige of the school captain, and he is full of mistakes and omissions when he speaks before and after, please don't mind the school captain. ”

Captain Xu sneered, the expression on his face was slightly relaxed, and he looked at Takeuchi Zhongmaro with a smile and said, "I thought you would tremble and sweat and dare not come out ......"

"The little ones don't dare." Takeuchi Zhongmaru's head was immediately buried lower, and he said tremblingly, "How dare the little one learn from that traitorous and traitorous Zhonghui?" ”

Captain Xu was amused by his words and smiled lightly, and his face was even more pleasant. He didn't expect that in this foreign vassal country thousands of miles away, he would actually meet a person who knew the allusion of "sweat dare not come out" as soon as he got off the boat. And this foreign vassal is also very interesting, he actually knows that Zhong Hui, the general of the Jin State who destroyed Shu Han, also knows that Zhong Hui did not end well after betraying Jin. He beckoned to Takeuchi Nakamaro and said, "Put your hand down." Let me ask you one by one, are you from Mingzhou here to do business, or are you from Mingzhou? ”

Takeuchi Nakamaro put down his two sore and swollen arms, and said carefully: "Don't dare to deceive the captain, the little one is a native of the Japanese country......"

Xu Xiaowei originally thought that he had met a fellow countryman, but when he heard that it was not like that, he lost interest when he landed, but he couldn't save face for a while, so he had to listen patiently to Wu Nei Zhongmalu's next words.

Takeuchi Nakamaro pretended not to see the change in his face, lowered his head and continued respectfully: "...... The name of the small one is Takeuchi Nakamaro. Although the little one is a Japanese citizen, he was lucky enough to get acquainted with a few distinguished guests from Mingzhou. Among these distinguished guests, there is a person surnamed Qin, who is the most close friend of me......"

"Qin Qi?" Captain Xu frowned and thought for a moment, "I seem to have heard this name from anyone." I'm sure I've heard of them one by one, but I can't remember who I heard for a while. Who is it listening to? You're standing here one by one, and I'm going to inquire. Don't move! After saying that, he left Takeuchi Nakamaro and walked away.

Takeuchi Zhongmalu watched Xu Xiaowei go over and find the Zhao Guoren who he thought was a big man, said a few words, and pointed to this side twice, Xu Xiaowei stared at Wuuchi Zhongmalu and waved his hand, meaning to call him over.

Takeuchi Nakamaro trotted over. He was still seven or eight steps away from a long fight, the back of his hand almost rubbed the ground, and his mouth said more respectfully: "Little Japanese people Wu Nei Zhongmaro, meet the general of the kingdom ......"

"I'm a captain!" The man, who was obviously a lot higher than Captain Xu's official position, did not hesitate to speak out to correct his mistake. The army is operating thousands of miles away, and it may be thrown into battle at any time, and the command sequence must not be mistaken, and a captain is a captain!

Takeuchi Nakamaro was so frightened by his sharp eyes and serious expression that his breath froze, his tongue curled, and he forgot all about the original typed draft, and he couldn't say a word with his mouth open.

The lieutenant asked bluntly, "You say, do you know Qin Qi?" ”

"Yes, the little one does know ...... Qin"

Before he finished his words, a soldier wearing an iron helmet ran over and gave a military salute and reported loudly: "Inform the battalion school: I have asked the subordinates, and the Mingzhou maritime merchant Qin Qi is not on the nine sea ships where the various departments are currently landing. ”

"And what ship is he on?"

"I don't know. Of these nine sea ships, there are three sailors, and the remaining six are all requisitioned from the maritime merchants surnamed Fang in Qinzhou; None of the ships requisitioned from the maritime merchants surnamed Qin in Mingzhou have landed on the shore at present. ”

At this time, a person sitting on the ground said, "Old Su, why don't we send someone to take a boat to find it?" "This man was wearing an iron helmet, and the leather armor on his body was also embedded with iron bars, and he was carrying a long sword with a sheath in his hand, which was obviously similar to the rank of lieutenant surnamed Su.

Su Po glanced back at the situation on the sea, thought for a moment and shook his head: "Forget it." At this moment, our own ships are not enough, where can we make time to find the one surnamed Qin? It's better to get everyone ashore as soon as possible! He glanced at Takeuchi Nakamaro, who didn't dare to say a word, and didn't shy away from anything, and continued to say to the person sitting on the ground, "I just looked carefully at the earthen castle over there on the sea boat, and estimated the radius of the city by looking at the height of the city wall, and at least more than 2,000 soldiers could be hoarded. The place where we went ashore is the largest port in Dongwa, and it is an important place no matter how it can be counted; It is also the barrier of Wakyo, only a hundred miles away from Heiankyo, and the garrison will be at least doubled. Even if the Japanese soldiers can't fight anymore, even a few thousand people in this earthen city will be enough to drive us into the sea......"

His analysis was the Tao, and Hou Ding, who was sitting on the ground, couldn't talk about it even if he wanted to. What's more, Su Po's words were also what he was worried about. He grabbed the scabbard and was silent for a long time, and spat and scolded for a long time: "Take his mother! When those guys in the military department formulated a strategy, they must have water in their heads! One by one light cavalry raid? It's been almost half a month since Mingzhou got on the ship, and my mother vomited ten times a day on the boat, and I walked shaking, how can I go to raid? Look at the new clothes and armor that I received before boarding the ship, these are two sizes bigger. Now sitting on the ground, I'm still shaking in front of me, what do you think is the difference between this and sitting on a boat? It's really better to die by throwing yourself into the sea! As he spoke, he slapped his backhand on the iron helmet on the head of a man sitting next to him. You're laughing fart! ”

The person who was slapped was not annoyed, reached out to straighten the crooked iron helmet, and said with a smile: "You complain to us about these hairy uses? If you have the ability, you can go to Zhenqian and talk about it. He was a soldier in the military department, and he sat in the yamen and patted his head to come up with such a bad idea, and as a result, our brothers were sent to Dongwei to suffer and suffer! ”

Su Po originally laughed a little when he heard Hou Ding's complaints, but when he saw that the topic was gradually climbing to the truth, he talked about the Dongwei strategy again, coughed and said, "It's useless to talk about this." Let's talk about it first, what next? ”

Hou Ding was silent for a moment, looked back at the sea where the boat was shuttling back and forth, and said with a frown: "Fighting on the shore, the sailors' people are unreliable. Those people in the Liyuan camp looked like they were majestic, majestic, majestic, and vicious, but there were not many who had actually seen blood. It's up to us to really talk about it. He had finished his words. But after swallowing two mouthfuls of saliva, he saw that several lieutenants were waiting for his "insight", so he had no choice but to add two more sentences. "It's a shame that there aren't many of our people who can walk without shaking now......" A lieutenant who had just come by boat heard half of the words, and interjected and said, "It's not much! I think that if you can go into battle immediately when you lift your sword, if you can get together a sentry, you should recite the Buddha. After speaking, he found that the surroundings were silent, everyone was staring at him, and his heart couldn't help but feel a little hairy. When he glanced around, his mouth grinned, "Uh...... Those who can fight are now ashore? But he couldn't pull these people lying and sitting in front of him with the Shangzhu State guard camp in his memory, so he had to swallow his breath and slip aside, looking at an acquaintance and quietly asking, "What's the matter?" ”

The acquaintance raised his chin: "See the Tucheng over there?" ”

"I've seen you sooner. How? ”

"There are 5,000 people stationed inside and outside the city."

The guy gasped at that time, and only puffed up his eyes for a while and asked, "...... It's true? ”

The acquaintance glanced at him and reminded him in a low voice: "How many soldiers are stationed in the Liyuan camp in Gongwei Shangjing?" Don't look at this earthen city is dilapidated and rotten, but it is also the gateway to the capital of Gyeonggi, and there are few 5,000 soldiers and horses. ”

The guy listened and bowed, obviously agreeing with the acquaintance's analysis. Between frequent nods, he caught a glimpse of Takeuchi Zhongmaro standing with his hands hanging down not far away, dressed like his own person, and there was a guy in the distance who didn't know what he was doing with his hands high, so he couldn't help but ask: "What about these two?" Is it a Japanese people? One by one, it is indeed short, worthy of the word '倭'. My woman's nephew is only fourteen years old this year, and I am afraid that he will be taller than him. Then he asked, "There are 5,000 soldiers and horses stationed in this place, is that what he said?" ”

"It's not." His acquaintance said, "It was calculated by Captain Su Ying." You see, this place is both Chongyao and Gyeonggi ......"

"I'm a!" The guy glared at the acquaintance. There are ready-made people who can inquire about the news, who will still calculate after they have survived? If this thing was reliable, Sun Zhongshan and Sun Huan's two stupid people would not have stayed in Mogan for a month. "Su Yingxiao, can you call those widows here and ask to see what the situation is in this place!"

It's not that Su Po hasn't had this idea. But the identity of this widow cannot be proven, and what he says is not credible......

The guy who came ashore was just a captain with the rank of Nine Ranks, and he respected Su Po, the battalion captain, but that was a face-saving effort. This guy is an old qualified Yan Shanwei, who followed Shang Cheng in Mogan in the summer of the 19th year of the Eastern Yuan Dynasty, and later followed Qian Laosan and Sun Zhongshan, so he is not very convinced of an officer like Su Po who has not won a few battles. Seeing that Su Po had committed the cautious mistake of a nerd leading the troops again, he smacked his lips and said, "Believe it or not." With so many widows, there are always people who are willing to tell the truth. ”

As soon as he said this, Su Po also understood, taught people to separate the widows for questioning, and brought Wu Nei Zhongmaru over for interrogation.

He was dumbfounded when asked. Namba is a port Oki, Kyoto is also the gateway to Kyoto, and the Enki town is still true, it is such a place that is both Oki and a gateway and an important town, and its garrison ...... Plague suffered, there is no garrison in this place?! No, it's not necessarily true to say that there is no garrison. But can these be considered garrisons? Listen to what Takeuchi Nakamaro has to say: Namba Castle's castle keeper courtier Masatsuna has more than a dozen samurai and more than 30 ashigaru, and he can temporarily recruit less than 150 ashigaru; As the largest wealthy clan in the Namba region, the courtier's family had to be loyal to the courtiers in the other dozen or so small clans, so in extraordinary times, the courtiers could gather thirty or forty samurai and four hundred to five hundred ashigaru in ten days; If people from other parts of Settsu come to help, maybe there will be 1,000 to 5,000 people. The speed at which these people come has nothing to do with the distance, and it depends on the relationship between the courtiers and these places, such as whether they are in-laws, whether they are the same clan, what their previous origins are, or what benefits the courtiers have promised them......

Speaking from the heart, the Dongwai man Takeuchi Zhongmalu really wanted to take refuge and wanted to entangle the vines of the Su family to the towering tree of Dazhao. But he did bad things with good intentions, in order to make Su Po believe that Namba was really an empty city, but he talked from his eyes to the Asuka era four hundred years ago, during which there were still dozens of large and small families in the four hundred years of grievances and hatreds, which made Su Po dizzy and dizzy, and had to make Takeuchi Zhongmaro, the reincarnation of the Eastern Widow, Su Qin's contemporary Zhang Yi shut up: "You say, how many soldiers are there in the city now?" ”

Takeuchi Nakamaro blinked his small eyes, and looked pitifully at Su Po, whose face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Didn't he say that the samurai in Namba City were ashigaru, and there were 200 of them......

Su Po compared this news with the confessions of other Japanese people, and felt that the news of the lack of troops in Namba City was credible. Since there are less than 300 soldiers in Namba City, what are you waiting for? Now there are nearly 400 officers and soldiers on land and water, and there are still 3 or 400 sailors available, so they simply don't wait for the follow-up, start a battle and attack the city directly!

Where else do they need to besiege the city. Here Su Po and they are still in the whole team, the gate of the earth city over there has been wide open, a monk is leading, seven or eight elders of the Hao clan in Namba place are five steps and one kneeling, ten steps and one knock come out to send a letter of surrender and dedicate the city by the way. As for Namba Castle's courtier, Masanuna, he had fled three hours earlier. It is said that he was afraid that the ox cart would be too slow, so the six castle guards changed their clothes and walked on foot......