The confrontation on the island plain continued, and Liu Jingming's fleet was far away from the shore, quietly stopping directly north of the Guanmen Strait.

The large fleet did not move, and the small fleet quietly touched the past, verified the water situation and other aspects, and collected intelligence on both sides of the strait.

The Kanmon Strait is a very important strait, not only connecting the island of Korea and Kukoku, but also an important waterway for Shikoku Island to go from south to north.

Although the Ming Dynasty's fleet was out by day and night, it was so frequent that it aroused the alarm of the Japanese people, and then it was learned by the Chikugo Domain, which had been looking for the traces of the Ming Dynasty fleet, and immediately reported it to Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna listened to the news, but he still didn't believe it, and looked at Miyake Shigetoshi and said, "Ming people want to occupy the Kanmon Strait?" Cut us off? ”

Although the Wa Kingdom is an island country, it is used to fighting on land, blockading a place, and cutting off people on the road, and now the Ming people want to cut it off directly at sea?

Miyake Shigeri was also a little inexplicable, and said, "Palace, according to my calculations, the Ming people's fleet will last at sea for a month at most, plus back and forth, so they will stay in the Guanmen Strait for half a month at most, and their purpose is to really block the Guanmen Strait and cut off our back road?" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna had a preconceived idea that the Ming Dynasty fleet would go to Edo to demonstrate, and now the Ming Dynasty fleet had an obvious purpose of blocking the Kanmen Strait, which made him unable to recover for a while.

He picked up the teacup and drank it silently, still wondering in his heart.

For a long time, Miyake Shigetoshi saw that Matsudaira Nobutsuna didn't speak, and said, "Temple, Mingren is acting a little strangely, should we send someone to close the strait as soon as possible to prevent them from really cutting off our back road?" ”

The Kanmon Strait is the only place where Kyukoku Island can be connected to the home island, and if it is cut off, they will lose all news of Edo, and without support and orders, they will be a group of wanderers, and they will collapse and disperse without being attacked.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's expression was unprecedentedly serious, and for the Ming Dynasty, which had not been in his eyes, he said in a deep voice: "I will go in person, take 30,000 people, I want to see where the conspiracy of the Ming Dynasty is!" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was uneasy, and the source of his uneasiness was that his faith was constantly eroding, and he was in control of the overall situation, but now he found that it was not in his hands all along, and he was terrified.

Shigeri Miyake thought for a moment and nodded. If you don't see it with your own eyes, you will definitely not be able to feel at ease. Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the Shimabara Rebellion is no longer important, and it is not much of a problem to hand it over to Itakura Shigemasa.

"Yes, I'll talk to Chongchang Palace." Miyake Shigetoshi stood up and said.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said again: "Wait, send a letter to the public side again, the threat of the Ming people can't be taken lightly, they obviously have a detailed plan, the purpose is to annex our country, not just to put pressure and take advantage of it." ”

"Yes." Miyake Shigerotomichi. It is clear that Matsudaira Nobutsuna had a new judgment on Akito's behavior, which was important to the shogunate.

Itakura Shigemasa said to Matsudaira Shingang to go to Chikugo Domain, and he was so happy that he wanted to jump up and sing, but he was still reluctant to say: "Shinzuna Palace, the matter of the original castle is already in front of you, should I let me go?" ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna knew Itakura Shigemasa very well, ignored his hypocrisy, and said directly, "Chongchang Palace, I hope you can take the original city within ten days, we have wasted too much time, the threat of the Ming people is in front of us, and we can't relax in the slightest." ”

"Yes!" Itakura Shigemasa said very decisively. He didn't pretend to be polite anymore, the original city was his place of life, no one could take it away, and he wouldn't leave.

After Matsudaira Nobutsuna explained, he took 30,000 troops and hurried to the Chikugo Domain to go to the Kanmon Strait.

By the time Matsudaira Nobutsuna set out, Liu Jingming's fleet of fifty ships had already sailed for the Guanmen Strait.

Chen Zhiyang stood at the bow of the boat and said to Liu Jingming: "My lord, let's stay in the narrowest place first, they have the most facilities on both sides of the strait, and a burst of artillery can be burned!" ”

The Japanese people had the most wooden buildings, and the cannons of the Ming Dynasty contained incendiary bombs, and as long as they burned, they were not so easy to stop.

But this is also the most dangerous, if it is surrounded by the ships of the Japanese state, it will be a fight that cannot be retreated, and the advantage of the Ming Dynasty's firearms will be completely lost.

Liu Jingming groaned and said, "No, just go through, and then go north while laying mines, and finally give the artillery saturation blow in the narrowest place." ”

When Chen Zhiyang heard this, he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

The fleet of fifty ships set sail, and it was still quite vast on the sea, and the sails were rustling, and the murderous aura was permeating.

Chikugo Domain knew for a long time, but they did not have any troops to stop them, so they could only send people to monitor the shore, and when they saw the captain of the fleet driving straight in, they were shocked, retreated one after another, withdrew from the attack range of the Ming artillery, and then waited for the battle.

Liu Jingming's fleet passed through without any obstruction, and occasionally caught some fishermen and tortured some cross-strait situations.

After the fleet completely passed through the strait, Liu Jingming also learned an unexpected news.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna has already brought someone over and is expected to arrive soon.

Chen Zhiyang squinted, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and said: "My lord, this is a good opportunity, if Matsudaira Nobutsuna really wants to have a naval battle, we may be able to solve him here." ”

Liu Jingming was more calm, and said: "It's not that simple, grasp the mines, we must be more intensive, prevent them from disarming bombs, pay attention to the flow of water, and it must work." ”

Mines have been in the Ming Dynasty for some years, at least a hundred years, but there is no record of real large-scale use, although many experiments have been done in recent years, but there are still many problems, and they need to be used carefully.

"Rest assured, my lord, the engineers in the mines have all undergone more than a year of rigorous training, and there is absolutely no problem." Chen Zhiyang patted his chest and said that he was responsible for these things.

Liu Jingming still had more trust in Chen Zhiyang's ability, and ordered all the Chinese ships to stop, and the small ships began to lay mines from south to north.

Mines float on the surface of the sea, densely packed and gently undulating in the water.

All the ships are cautious, constantly moving north, and tens of thousands of mines are falling into the water little by little.

The Chinese ship opened the way in front and slowly crossed the Guanmen Strait again.

The people on both sides of the strait did not make any rash moves, but only monitored the movements of the fleet and kept reporting it.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna also received a lot of letters along the way, and by the time he arrived, the huge fleet of the Ming Dynasty was already in the middle of the strait.

Despite his exhaustion, he stood on a high hill, holding a telescope, and observed from afar.

"What did they put in the water?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna was puzzled and turned his head to look at Shigeri Miyake.

Miyake Shigerori naturally didn't know the mines, shook his head and said, "I've already found someone to investigate, and there will be news soon." ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna nodded and said, "Has the ship been transferred?" ”

"It's already hidden in a bend, not far from the Guanmen Strait, and it can be called at any time." Miyake Shigerotomichi.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face was cold, and he said: "All transfer over, block the exit of the Guanmen Strait, I want to let their fleet sink here!" ”

"Yes!" Miyake Shigeri said without hesitation. This is what Matsudaira Nobutsuna has been preparing for a long time, and in this Kanmon Strait, the location is better and more suitable for fighting!

At the same time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna also ordered his 30,000 men to be ready to cross the sea and attack the Akito fleet at any time.

With only 7,000 people, why dare they be so arrogant on his territory and tease him three times and twice?

Matsudaira Nobutsuna quickly arranged, treated the Guanmen Strait as a big pocket, opened his mouth, and waited for the Ming fleet to drill into it.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna's movements could not be concealed at all, although he couldn't see through the specifics, but Liu Jingming and others knew that there must be an ambush.

Chen Zhiyang sneered and said, "My lord, why don't I lead ten warships to open the way first, lure them out, and then join forces inside and outside, and defeat Matsudaira Nobutsuna in one fell swoop!" ”

Liu Jingming was steady, the telescope in his hand kept observing in front of him, and said, "Don't worry about them, let's continue to lay mines, until the narrowest point, they won't do it, don't waste these time." ”

"Yes!" Chen Zhiyang responded and immediately urged all warships to speed up as soon as possible and complete the mine-laying task.

Both sides were speeding up, rushing for time, and at the same time, as the fleet moved north, silent tension permeated both sides of the Guanmen Strait.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna had long recruited more than 1670 ships, large and small, crowded at the northern exit of the Kanmon Strait, all of them were murderous samurai with swords and iron cannons.

On both sides of the strait, the wind and grass are blowing, and no one knows where people are hiding, waiting for the Ming Dynasty's fleet to enter the pocket.

The Ming Dynasty fleet slowly moved north, Chen Zhiyang felt the oncoming cold wind, and said, "My lord, the arrangement is almost complete, just the last section of the strait." ”

Liu Jingming held a telescope in his hand, constantly observing, and did not speak.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna is not a simple person, they need to be cautious.

Chen Zhiyang thought for a while and said, "My lord, we're a little risky this time, for the sake of safety, let's go and test it first, right?" ”

Liu Jingming shook his head and said with a faint gaze: "Testing combat capability is also one of the purposes of our coming out this time, and I also want to see how much combat power a fleet that has been trained for so long can exert in the face of a group of rabble!" ”

Chen Zhiyang's heart sank and said, "Yes! ”

"Change the umbrella formation, the small ships are interspersed with the left and right, cannons, arrows, and muskets are prepared, and accelerate to the north!" Liu Jingming said in a deep voice.

"Yes!" The four lieutenants, including Chen Zhiyang, responded in unison.

With Liu Jingming's order, the fifty fleets of the Ming Dynasty accelerated northward, and all weapons and people moved, and a killing machine surged on both sides of the Guanmen Strait.

Almost at the same time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna ordered all those who were prepared to be on standby, waiting for his orders.

More than 100 large and small ships from the north entrance of the strait swarmed into the Guanmen Strait, and the samurai in ambush on both sides of the strait also showed their heads, and the drums gradually rose.

To the north is a narrow sea lane, which is completely blocked by Japanese ships inside and out.

To the south is the fleet of the Ming Dynasty, more than fifty ships, which cannot turn around in this channel, and there is still a minefield behind!

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