The night is about to end, and the morning light is about to rise. After a night's rest, the mental condition of the third wife of Baiji seems to be much better, and he is no longer as numb as when he first came, but has regained some vitality.

Sitting in the captain's room of the flagship, the third wife of Baidi drank tea, sighed slightly, looked at me and said: "In the decades of life, there are many ups and downs, but they are just landscapes." ”

I put down the tea bowl and smiled, "It's really gratifying that the leader of the hundred lands can have such a state of mind. I wonder what your plans are for the future? ”

The third wife of Baidi smiled: "I believe that Qilan Xiaoyou has already made a suitable arrangement!" ”

I laughed and clapped my palms a few times and said, "The leader of the hundred lands is really as wise as a torch!" ”

The third wife of the hundred lands smiled bitterly: "There is no leader of the hundred lands for a long time!" Since I have left Fuso, it means that I have given up the management of the Iga family, and I will leave the rest to the children! As he spoke, he picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, looked at me and smiled: "Now I am just a homeless old man." ”

This sentence made my heart surge, because I suddenly remembered my father, back then, my father Sun Zheheng took me across the ocean and smuggled me over in a stuffy tank boat, isn't it also such a mentality? I suddenly became short of breath, and the third wife of Baiji looked at me very strangely.

I stabilized my mood and smiled, "It's nothing." I just remembered some people, some things. ”

The third wife of Baidi smiled and said: "Qilan Xiaoyou is not very old, but his mind is very heavy. ”

He could see sadness in my eyes, so when he said this, his tone was much softer.

He continued: "Actually, as the old saying goes, the past is like smoke. Qilan Xiaoyou, your life is still very long, you should look forward more! ”

This sentence struck a chord in my heart. Ever since I came into this world, I have been thinking about the previous world, and I wonder who my father met. Why is Uncle Suzuki so scared? The agreement of the year...... What was the agreement back then? What is the so-called 50-year retribution? My mind is always in a mess, but objectively speaking, it seems useless to think about it.

As the third wife of Baidi said, I should look forward more, cherish the present, cherish the existing, at least, I am not dead, I am alive again, I have the opportunity to be reincarnated, why not cherish it?

Thinking of this, my eyes lit up again. The third wife of Baidi looked at me and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Qilan Xiaoyou, you have figured out the long-entangled problem!" ”

I arched my hand towards the third wife of the hundred lands and said, "The predecessors of the hundred places! Thank you very much for that! ”

The third wife of Baidi waved his hand and said, "It's up to you to figure it out!" External forces, after all, are external forces. ”

I nodded, he has been up and down all his life, and he must have seen more clearly than me, so I don't talk much. He just arched his hand at him again. smiled: "Regarding the place where the predecessors of the hundred lands went, I still have a good place......

Before the words fell, the nine ghosts Zhengxiao and Lan rushed in together, what happened?

The Nine Ghosts didn't have time to salute, and said urgently: "Sir, the enemy is catching up!" ”

I and the third wife of Baidi exclaimed at the same time: "How is it possible! ”

Arashi said, "It's the Kumano Water Army of Nine Ghost Yoshitaka!" ”

My head buzzed suddenly, what is this really afraid of, what is coming. If I have any concerns about this trip to the East, it is the brother of the Nine Ghosts Masataka, the half-brother, and the elder brother of the family - the Kumano Water Army of the Nine Ghosts Yoshitaka.

It should be said that Dongying's naval army has not developed much for hundreds of years, mainly used to transport food and troops, and at most to suppress the surrounding pirates. By the 16th century, the Toei naval army was basically at the same level as in the Heian period and the Genhei war. However, after entering the Warring States period, due to the needs of the war, the daimyo of Toei began to actively imitate the ships of the Ming Dynasty, and it was already possible to imitate medium-sized warships such as "shading ships" on a small scale.

But objectively speaking, since the daimyo of Toei, or the daimyo who had the need for naval forces, they were all facing some pirates, or daimyo with the same strength as themselves, so even if there were naval battles, or more appropriately called water battles, they were mostly in the inland sea, or at most in the coastal sea, so they did not pay attention to the long-range navigation ability and stability of the ships.

In the construction of ships, they were all nailed to wooden planks, without keels, and covered with thick bamboo, wood, and even iron armor. However, for the sake of attack, the ship's well tower is higher and higher, so their ship is not suitable for long-distance sailing, let alone naval warfare.

But the Kumano Suijun is an exception. Owari's Great Fool, the Sixth Heavenly Demon King, Yoshiboshi, Saburo, Kamiso Mamoru, Kamisosuke, Right General, and Right House, no matter what you call him, but the owner of these names, Oda Nobunaga, is indeed one step ahead of the development of the water army.

The Kumano Naval Force, to which the Oda family belonged, developed over the past 100 years to become a force to be reckoned with in the seas of East Asia. In addition to the Kozafune, Sekibune, and Ataka Ship, which are common to the Toei Naval Army, there is also its own unique type of ship, the Makumano Ship, which is a light sea ship, a hyena of the sea, and a terminator of other small ships.

In addition, the Kumano Navy also studied the ironclad ship that shook the East on the basis of the Ataka ship. This was also the main equipment of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who inherited the mantle of Oda Nobunaga, when he attacked Goryeo a few years later.

And we followed the Nine Ghosts Masataka and Arashi to the wheelhouse to watch from afar, and the number of fleets following behind was really a lot!

Roughly speaking, there are about ten small morning boats, this kind of small sampan is not a cause for concern, and the dozen or so seki ships and Ataka ships behind are not enough to worry about, and the more head-scratching ones are the six or seven real Kumano boats, and the three ironclad ships that faintly follow the last!

Not only did I secretly gasp! This lineup is enough to fight a medium-sized naval battle, and they actually used it to chase us three boats? That's too much to look up to!

I turned my head to look at the Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao, snorted and said, "Zhengxiao, your brother is really giving face!" ”

Nine Ghost Zhengxiao arched his hand and said: "He has always been like this, and the tiger and the rabbit have to do their best, so the big battle can't run!" Mr! ”

I nodded, looked at Lan, glanced at Chen Kui again, and asked, "How long will it be before the enemy can catch up with us?" ”

Chen Kui was obviously more experienced, and he said in a deep voice: "We are all headwinds, so the speed will not be too fast. They are at a disadvantage, it should be said that they are weak, but the number is too large, so our counter-raid is suicide. And most of their ships are used for slurry, and our ships can only rely on the wind, so they must be faster than us in the headwind state. As for the time to catch up......"

Chen Kui looked up at the sun before continuing: "It is currently noon, and judging from our speed and wind direction, it is estimated that it may take three hours for them to catch up with us, that is, when the sun is about to set." ”

I nodded and asked, "Last time I told you to plan a plan, the one that was specifically designed to deal with this situation. I agree with the plan you said yesterday, and now I ask you, how sure are you? ”

Lan bit her lower lip tightly and said for a while: "If there can be a fog at night, I am eighty percent sure!" If there is no fog, I have fifty percent! But if it rains......"

She glanced at me and said worriedly, "There are only three over there!" ”

Before I could speak, Chen Kui said categorically: "There will definitely be no rain!" But there can be fog! ”

We are extremely impressed by Chen Kui's experience at sea, and he said that if there is no rain, then there will be no rain nine times out of ten. As for whether there is fog or not, it depends on the will of God!

So we were at ease. Let Lan and Chen Kui discuss the plan again. I took the three husbands of Hyakuchi and the others to prepare to return to the cabin.

I also called the Nine Ghosts Masataka. I'd like to hear from him what kind of person his elder brother, Kuki Yoshitaka, the "Pirate Daimyo" who was used to holding tall the white banner of "Hachiman Daisama", was really a person.

Nine Ghost Zhengxiao preached, "Nine Ghosts" is a relatively rare Miao character. The Kuki clan is one of the Kumano Hachishoji clans and belongs to the Shingu clan of the Kumano Sanzan clan. Since he has lived in Kukipo in Mulou County, Kii Province for generations, he has made Jiuki his family name.

The Kuki clan was originally a wealthy clan in the Kii region. In the generation of Takara, the son of Takashi Kuki, the Kuki clan entered the village of Poche in Shima Province, and this is the Shima Kuki clan. Takara Kuki is an ambitious figure, he led his cronies the Kuki Party, and in a short period of time, repeatedly attacked the bays of the Shima region, driving out the local original indigenous tyrants known as the "Shima Seven Islands" and becoming a local tyrant.

The Nine Oni had been known for their ability to maneuver ships, and the Nine Oni, who had entered the Shima region and obtained a good seaside camp, "inevitably" became pirates.

Nine Ghost Jialong is the second son of the five generations of the Lord Nine Ghost Dinglong after the Longliang generation, and he was born in the eleventh year of astronomy, and the Nine Ghosts Zhengxiao is the third son, and the concubine. At that time, the Shima Kuki clan controlled the entire Shima country. But before they drove away the "Shima Seven Islands" and hit back again, the Nine Ghost Clan suffered a heavy blow, his father died in battle, and his brother died of illness, so Nine Ghost Yoshitaka became the head of the Nine Ghost Family.

And the Nine Ghosts Masataka has always suspected that he and the Nine Ghosts Jialong's brother, the Nine Ghosts Chenglong, were killed by the second brother Jialong, so the brothers separated and attacked each other. The weak, young, and concubine, the nine ghosts with a low status in the family were defeated by their brothers, escaped from the Kumano Water Army, and found their mother's family, the Iga clan, and after years of hard work, they finally became a member of the Iga ninjas, a ninja who specializes in commanding battles.

Later, the nine demons Yoshitaka, who regained the territory, took refuge in the increasingly powerful Oda Nobunaga, but the nine demons Masataka went further and further on the road of the Oda family's sworn enemies, the Iga people, so the two brothers were destined to fight to the end in this life.

From his language, I could tell that Nine Ghost Jialong was a calm, ruthless, witty, and ambitious person. Such a person is the most difficult to deal with, but I have no choice, from the moment I got on the line with Iga Zhong and promised the three husbands of Hyakchi, we were destined to become friends.

So let him come!

The sun is gradually sinking in the west, and the shadow that is tracking behind it is getting closer and closer, and it seems that a big battle is tonight!