Chapter 611: Sending Troops to the Wa Kingdom
On October 7, with the issuance of the holy decree of the conquest of the Wa Kingdom, the Daming East China Sea Fleet and the South China Sea Fleet combined, almost pouring out, and 30 Shenwu-class and 50 Shenwei-class warships were dispatched to kill the coast of the Wa Kingdom.
The battleship braved the wind and waves, sailed continuously for two days, and finally reached the coast of the Wa Kingdom.
Edo, also known as Tokyo, was the seat of the Tokugawa Shogunate and the seat of the Emperor of the Wakoku Kingdom, and was the capital of the Wakoku Kingdom.
"Curtain Master, I just got the news that the Ming Dynasty is going to start attacking my Great Japan today!" A Japanese general came to meet Tokugawa Iemitsu, the master of the shogunate.
As early as the defeat of Korea, the shogunate major general Tokugawa Iegang was killed in battle, and 150,000 shogunate elites were buried, the Japanese began to guard against the retaliation of the Ming Dynasty and sent a large number of spies to listen to the information.
After learning that the Ming had dispatched a large number of supplies to Busan, Korea, and that a large number of troops had been gathered, Tokugawa Iemitsu speculated that the Ming might attack their Great Japan.
"Now that the country of Annan has been destroyed by the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty has destroyed Korea and Annan, and has prepared a large number of materials and heavy troops in Korea, I am afraid that it is also ready to destroy our Great Japan!" Tokugawa Iemitsu gritted his teeth and looked gloomy.
"The Ming Dynasty is arrogant, my Japan is facing the sea on all sides, the Yuan Dynasty was defeated in two attacks that year, how can the Ming Dynasty be able to do this, and dare to do so, why should the master worry!" The general of the Japanese army said.
Since the establishment of the country, more than a thousand years, because surrounded by the sea, in addition to the civil war, has never suffered from foreign invasion, except for the Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shizu twice sent troops to conquer, but also failed, so although the country of the Japanese is faintly panicked, but not desperate.
Although the shogunate lost 150,000 elites in Korea, in the past two months, it has organized hundreds of thousands of troops, but it is not without confidence to resist the attack of the Ming army.
"I can't imagine that the current Ming army is so strong, stronger than in the Wanli years, and sure enough, when the Han people are strong, we can't provoke it, and we regret not being at the beginning!" Tokugawa Iemitsu regretted it.
When he decided to send troops to support North Korea, he also thought that the Ming Dynasty would inevitably lose his vitality for decades of civil strife, and his strength would not be much stronger than in the Wanli period, he saw the opportunity and thought that he could defeat the Ming army, but he didn't expect that the Ming army at this time was even stronger than the Wanli period, and it destroyed Korea in more than a month, and destroyed the Annam Kingdom in less than a month, because of miscalculation, Japan not only lost 150,000 elite soldiers in Korea, but even his son Tokugawa Jiagang died in Korea.
Now it has also provoked the retaliation of the Ming army, I am afraid that the Ming army is like the destruction of Korea and Annam, with the idea of destroying the country, although it is confident that Japan has the protection of the sea and the sea, and hundreds of thousands of troops are in hand, the Ming Dynasty will not necessarily succeed, but after this battle, it will eventually make the vitality of Japan greatly damaged.
"Regret not being at the beginning! You really shouldn't provoke the Han people when you don't know the situation of the Han people, you should confirm whether the Han people are weak before deciding whether to send troops or not! Tokugawa Iemitsu sighed.
"Has the person sent to hear the news returned?" Tokugawa Iemitsu asked again.
As early as when he learned that the Ming army might launch a war of annihilation against Japan, Tokugawa Iemitsu secretly sent a large number of spies to land in Korea to find out the specific situation of the Ming army, but in the past two months, no news has been transmitted at all.
"Back to the curtain master, the Ming army sent a large number of gunboats to block the strait, and none of the spies sent out could not come back, so they couldn't get specific news!" The general shook his head and said.
Tokugawa Iemitsu gritted his teeth, surrounded by water to limit the Ming Dynasty, and also limited them to Japan, he was shocked by the strength of the Ming army's navy, not that he did not send the navy warships to the Korean Strait to regain sea control, but unfortunately the warships sent out failed to come back, which reminded him of the strength of the Ming army.
Although Tokugawa Iemitsu said that he was confident in preserving the survival of their Great Japan, because he was impressed by the strength of the Ming navy, he was under great pressure in his heart, and he also knew that Great Japan, which could not control the sea, was to let the Ming army attack.
Off the coast of Edo-Tokyo Bay, above sea level.
Eighty huge Ming warships sailed here.
On a Shenwei-class flagship, Admiral Shen Jingchao of the East China Sea Fleet and Admiral Zheng Sen of the South China Sea Fleet observed the situation in Tokyo Bay through telescopes.
"Hehe, I'm afraid there are at least thousands of Japanese ships in Tokyo Bay, which should be all the Japanese navy, and the Japanese have all their own naval forces in one place, so I can wait to catch them all!" Shen Jingchao put down the telescope in his hand and said.
"The lion fights the rabbit, still do your best, don't be careless!" Zheng Sen is still so steady, although he doesn't pay much attention to the sparse gunboats, but he is not careless, and specially reminds Shen Jingchao.
Shen Jingchao gave up, he was not as good as Zheng Sen in terms of stability, but he was not a fool either.
"Order, go full speed, pay attention to the blockade of the bay mouth, and make sure that not a single Japanese ship escapes from the sea!" Shen Jingchao said to the Ling Qibing on the side.
At present, it is less than 5,000 meters away from Tokyo Bay, and there are Japanese ships guarding the mouth of the bay, and I am afraid that they have already been discovered.
As the commander waved the flag, the 80 warships of the Ming Combined Fleet lined up and pressed towards Tokyo Bay with great momentum.
In Tokyo Bay, the Wako Navy was led by a high-ranking member of the Tokugawa family, Tokugawa Hachiro.
Tokugawa Hachiro and the master of the shogunate, Tokugawa Iemitsu, are the same generation, is a famous naval general of the Wa Kingdom, extremely good at naval warfare, the current existential crisis of the Wa Kingdom, Tokugawa Iemitsu handed over all the naval army to him, hoping that he can defend the Ming army against the open sea.
Tokugawa Hachiro also had a telescope that he had purchased at a high price from a foreigner.
Through the telescope in his hand, Tokugawa Hachiro also saw the huge, Ming warship rushing on the sea.
"Baga, the Daming Navy is all gunboats!" Tokugawa Hachiro's face was very ugly, as the supreme general of the Japanese naval army, he knew very well the power of gunboats, and one gunboat could be worth at least a dozen ordinary warships.
The Ming Dynasty actually came with eighty gunboats, and the Japanese navy did not even have ten gunboats, how could Tokugawa Hachiro not be under pressure.
"Order, meet the Ming Navy warship!" No matter how much pressure there is, at this time, Tokugawa Hachiro can only face the scalp!