It didn't take long for a red flag to be erected on the high ground of Tsushima Island, plus a blue flag, fluttering in the wind and visible from a distance.

At the Busan observation post, they saw these two flags at the first time and immediately reported them to the Chinese army.

Hearing the news, Zheng Zhilong didn't speak, but Zheng Zhibao on the side said in surprise: "What? Only about 800 warships? ”

"There is a red flag and a blue flag on Tsushima Island, and that is about 800 warships." Zheng Zhilong turned his head and explained to his fifth brother.

Zheng Zhibao listened, but said with a suspicious face: "This is not normal, when I left Edo, Tokugawa Iemitsu had already gathered about 2,000 warships, not only used his old bottom, but also coerced and lured the daimyo in various places, much more ruthless than the previous Toyotomi Hideyoshi." How could it be that only 800 warships came? ”

In the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, in order to recruit enough warships, Toyotomi Hideyoshi prepared in advance, requiring two large ships per 100,000 koku to be prepared from Tokichi in the east, Shikoku and Kyushu through the South China Sea, and from Akita and Sakata to China in the north. There were 10 sailors for every 100 households in each seaport, and they rode on great ships built by the great names of various countries. In addition, the ships used by his own army were three large ships and five medium ships built by the daimyo of various countries per 100,000 stones. The cost of construction was allocated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi; The daimyo of each country will report the construction cost in a budget table, allocate half of it first, and pay it off after the ship is completed.

On Tokugawa Iemitsu's side, in addition to the first batch of warships using the collection method of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the collection of the second batch of warships is a bit shameless. The military orders given to various places are that if the daimyo in each region does not give food to the soldiers and ships, it is a conspiracy to rebel like Tokugawa Ieyasu, and if he fights such an idea during the national war, he Tokugawa Iemitsu will destroy the dissenting daimyo first. If all the major names were given according to their shares, or even more, the occupied Korean land would be divided according to the amount of effort.

It was in this way of coercion and temptation that Zheng Zhibao witnessed the warships and troops gathered by Tokugawa Iemitsu with his own eyes. But now Tsushima's Zong Yoshicheng said that only 800 ships came, and he didn't believe it.

After Zheng Zhilong listened to his fifth brother's detailed explanation, he frowned and remembered.

Seeing this, one of his subordinate generals guessed: "Could this be the vanguard of the Japanese Naval Division?" ”

"It's possible!" Zheng Zhilong listened, nodded and said, "Pass on the commander's order, and prepare for battle!" ”

"Yes!" When the generals heard this, they all clenched their fists and received their orders.

As soon as the military discussion was dispersed, Zheng Zhilong heard the guards say that Li Dingguo was visiting, so he hurriedly greeted him out.

"Zheng Dashuai, is the Japanese reinforcements coming?" The first thing Li Dingguo said when he saw Zheng Zhilong was to ask about the military situation.

"Hmm!" Zheng Zhilong nodded and replied while leading Li Dingguo to sit down and speak, "Just now, Zong Yicheng of Tsushima Island erected a red flag and a blue flag, and according to the agreement, there were about 800 warships of the Japanese Navy Division. ”

When Li Dingguo heard this, he frowned and said: "This Yicheng is a person from the Wa Kingdom, I'm afraid it is impossible for me to have the same heart as the Ming Dynasty, and I can't believe all his words!" ”

Zheng Zhilong listened to it and smiled: "This is natural, you must not be able to trust him completely." Let him pass on the news, it is nothing more than to be vigilant and prepare to fight with the Japanese sailors! ”

Hearing him say this, Li Dingguo was a lot relieved, so he stood up and hugged his fists and saluted: "Dashuai knows it, then I will rest assured." I also have to prepare for war on my side, and those Japanese prisoners must be taken to a farther place inland to prevent change. If there is a need on the marshal's side, just send someone to spread the word. ”

"Hehe, good!" When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he also stood up and said with a smile.

Li Dingguo turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly stopped again, and turned to Zheng Zhilong and said: "When the Japanese reinforcements come, they must learn the lessons of the first battle, and they will not think about losing the battle again, so it is estimated that they are fierce." Lu Dashuai's side, it is estimated that the search and suppression of the Japanese people is almost over, I will send him a letter immediately, and ask him to lead the army to come, in short, be prepared! ”

"Okay, good, so tired!" As soon as Zheng Zhilong heard that the reinforcement of the troops on land was his reliance, of course he was happy, and immediately agreed.

So, Li Dingguo hugged his fists again and saluted, and then prepared to leave.

But at this moment, a guard suddenly came to report, saying that the Tsushima Sect Yicheng had secretly sent someone to come, saying that he had something important to tell the marshal.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he was a little surprised, so he invited Li Dingguo to sit in on it to see if Zong Yicheng had any news to say.

The person who came, who was the older entourage next to Zong Yicheng, named Liu Bide, entered the big tent of the Chinese army, and immediately respectfully saluted according to the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and said: "Marshal Zheng, the lord of my family sent a villain to present the latest military information of the Japanese Navy Division. ”

After speaking, he took out a letter from his bosom and presented it with both hands.

Zheng Zhilong didn't have any expression, just took the letter from the hand of the personal guard who forwarded it and read it, then handed it to Li Dingguo, who was sitting next to him, and finally looked at Liu Bide and asked: "The Japanese sailors are hiding on Tsushima Island, a total of eight hundred and thirty-two warships of various colors?" ”

"Hui Dashuai, yes." Liu Bide hurriedly replied, "This is the vanguard of the Japanese Naval Division, and there are two thousand warships coming behind it. The meaning of my feudal lord is that it is best for the Ming Dynasty to take advantage of the arrival of the main force of the Wa State Naval Division to annihilate the vanguard of these Japanese Naval Divisions and deal a heavy blow to the Japanese Naval Division, so that this battle can be won! ”

"Oh!" Zheng Zhilong was noncommittal, but changed the topic and said, "Your lord is thinking about me for the sake of Daming, it shouldn't be a fraud, right?" ”

At this time, Li Dingguo had also finished reading the letter and looked up at the conversation that was going on.

"There!" When Liu Bide heard this, he hurriedly denied it, knelt and kowtowed and replied, "Dashuai Mingjian, I have been bullied by the Ma Fan for a long time, if the Ming Dynasty can defeat the Wei State, at least I can benefit the Ma Domain." The loyalty of my lord to the Ming Dynasty can be learned from heaven and earth! ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly added: "The Tsushima Domain is mountainous and the land is barren, so there is not much output at all. But the Japanese side forcibly requisitioned military rations, and I was miserable to the Ma Domain, and I really couldn't bear the forced conscription of the Japanese army, these were all clear words from the feudal lord to the villain. I have absolutely no bias towards the Wa Kingdom! ”

Zheng Zhilong listened, nodded, and accepted his explanation, and then began to ask about the details of the striker of the Wa Guo Naval Division. And Lyubid also answered one by one. Li Dingguo on the side didn't speak, just listened intently.

And Zheng Zhibao, who was standing behind Zheng Zhilong, wanted to interject several times, obviously saying something, but in the end he couldn't help but say nothing.

After a long time, Zheng Zhilong couldn't ask anything, so he said to Liu Bide with a smile: "Okay, you will repay your feudal lord, and say that Ben Shuai will remember his work in reporting the news this time!" ”

"That commander, do you need me to cooperate with the horse clan to sneak attack this Japanese naval division forward?" Lyubid listened and hurriedly reminded.

When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he immediately said lightly: "This matter still needs to be discussed again, if there is action, let your clan lord cooperate again!" ”

"Hey!" Hearing this, Lyubid hurriedly agreed, and then took his leave.

As soon as he left, Li Dingguo frowned and said to Zheng Zhilong: "Dashuai, this man's words cannot be trusted!" ”

"Yes, big brother!" Zheng Zhibao held back until now, and hurriedly interjected and reminded, "How could that Zong Yicheng help me Daming!" ”

Zheng Zhilong listened, looked at them with a smile and said: "The Japanese Navy Division is attacking in a big way, even if it is a striker, it is far more than our warships. Under such a huge offensive, he still wants to help me with Ma Fan, so he is not worried that my Daming will lose the battle, and he will be the first to suffer from Ma Fan and be slaughtered by the Japanese State? Hehe, I don't believe it either! ”

Hearing him say this, Li Dingguo and Zheng Zhibao glanced at each other, and they both had relieved expressions.

If you want to say that he is cunning, how could Zheng Zhilong be bad. In the past, he was mixed up in the pirate group, in the intrigues. Just from the perspective of human nature, I feel that this is unreliable for Ma Fan.

Zheng Zhibao was relieved, but also said something he had just heard, that Liu Bide's words were not true, in order to prove that Zheng Zhibao's guess was true. After finishing speaking, Zheng Zhibao showed a little vicious expression and said to his brother: "This Zong Yicheng still wants to come and deceive us, and when he turns around, he will be slaughtered!" ”

The Zheng family is a pirate, so naturally they will not be soft-hearted. This righteous formation deceived them, and naturally they wanted to take revenge.

In this regard, Zheng Zhilong nodded and said: "If you don't kill, it's not enough for them to know that Da Ming can't be bullied!" ”

As soon as he said this, it was equivalent to a state affair, and Li Dingguo, who was on the side, heard it, so he did not say anything against it. The morale of this post-autumn reckoning is settled.

After Zheng Zhilong and the three confirmed their conclusions, they discussed how to deal with the next battle.

According to the inference, this Japanese sailor is clearly setting a trap and letting this side sneak attack, so as to fall into an ambush.

In this case, this side must not let the Japanese sailors get their wish. So what can the Great Ming Water Master do to be the most beneficial?

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On the side of Tsushima Island, after Lyubid hurriedly returned, he immediately reported the situation to Zong Yicheng.

After Zong Yicheng heard this, he immediately took him and went to the port near the Japanese country to ask for a meeting with the commander of the Japanese army, Jing Yi Naotaka, after he personally reported the situation, as expected, Jing Yi Naoxiao was not at ease, so he asked Liu Bide to give Jing Yi Naoxiao a lecture, and answered some questions about the details of Jing Yi Naoxiao.

Until Jing Yi Naoxiao had no problem, Zong Yicheng said with a smile: "Big Boss, there must be such a good opportunity, then Zheng Yiguan will inevitably repeat his old tricks and come to attack the Great Japanese Water Division again." ”

Who knew that Naotaka Ii listened, but looked at him like a fool.

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