It darkened several times, and we saw the castle on the horizon in the distance. That's Hizen's territory. We decided to go straight through the Bungo Suido and take the shortest route to Sakai Port!

All the way to the west, our fleet was full of sails, and the whole journey was smooth, almost at the limit speed of seventeen knots.

It has to be said that the shipbuilding level of the Ming Dynasty was the most advanced in the world, and these are all documentary.

Zheng He, that is, the Three Treasure Eunuchs recorded in the history books, the Zheng He treasure ship he rode on was first-class in the world in terms of volume, tonnage, armament, speed, endurance, and wave resistance. In the same era in the West, except for Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and other individual countries whose shipbuilding level can be basically equal, it is difficult for other countries to look forward to the Ming Dynasty.

In those years, the Three Treasure Eunuchs went to the Western Ocean several times with a huge fleet, although they also had gains, but in fact they did not have any constructive effect on the Ming Dynasty itself. And in the same era, Columbus found the New World with a few broken sampans, which has to be said to be extremely ironic.

In essence, the Ming Dynasty was at the top of the world at that time, with a vast land and abundant resources, prosperity and wealth, from any point of view, there was no more need for external expansion.

The Western European countries, on the other hand, have a small territory and have been greatly damaged by the continuous attacks on each other, and they have an urgent need for expansion, so they colonize foreign countries, or discover or build new continents, in fact, they are forced to survive.

This is actually an enlarged version of the law of the jungle. Tigers don't have to be flies, foxes need to be terrified, and so is the country.

With a question mark in my head, our ship is about to be sent to Sakai Port. All are ready for battle, because everything is uncontrollable, except for ourselves.

The agreement with Mochichi Santai was that we would wait for him at Sakai Port No. 4 Pier until the night of the 12th. It was about four days, enough time for him to ride two horses from Iga in Nara. Even walking is enough.

As soon as he landed, Moma, who was waiting at the docks, boarded the ship, and his men were always back and forth between Sakai and Iga, delivering the latest information at all times. When I arrived, they brought me news from this morning.

In the past ten days, Momochi Santaifu led all the middle and lower shinobi and residents of Iga to fight to the death against Oda Nobunaga's army! Both sides are fighting for every inch of land, and in the land of Iga, both sides are trying their best to harvest every drop of each other's blood! Fought for nearly fifteen days, and there were no prisoners!

There were no prisoners......

This is an impossible situation in the era of cold weapons, unless the two sides have an inextricable mortal enmity! And this time, Oda Nobunaga and the Iga ninjas have indeed reached a situation where there is no one for you!

It is also said that Oda Nobunaga completely lost the support of the Iga ninja because of this strangulation known as the "Iga Rebellion", so when he was besieged and killed by Akechi Mitsuhide in Honnoji, in fact, the scattered Iga ninja got the news before, but in order to retaliate for Oda Nobunaga's atrocities, they refused to send the letter, which indirectly led to Oda Nobunaga's death.

After the death of Oda Nobunaga, the Oda family split into two halves: the Toyonari Hideyoshi faction, which was still called Hashiba Hideyoshi at the time and later became the Toei Sekihaku, and the Shibata Katsuke faction, which opposed it.

The remnants of Iga hibernate until Hideyoshi eliminated Shibata and completely opposed Tokugawa Ieyasu, a fierce tiger that had quietly grown up behind him, took refuge in Tokugawa Ieyasu as a whole, and made great contributions to the successful establishment of the Tokugawa shogunate.

Therefore, what Oda Nobunaga did today planted a seed for the complete demise of the Oda clan in the future.

It is said that an iron nail is missing, and a horseshoe is missing; lost a horseshoe and lame a war horse; lame a war horse, lost a piece of information; Lost a piece of information, lost a battle; Lost a battle, lost a country. The eventual defeat of the Oda clan must have something to do with today's atrocities.

What we need to do now is to wait, because our forces are weak, and they are definitely not enough to support a charge of the enemy after landing, but the ship is at sea, we can attack, retreat and defend, and we can use our mobility to maneuver around the enemy, so that we are almost invincible, unless we ......

Hopefully that won't happen.

We are waiting, but the three Taifu of Hyakchi in front of him are fighting bloodily, he knows that he will eventually lose, but as the leader of the Iga ninjas, he has his own persistence and determination. The tens of thousands of soldiers and residents under his command are not willing to become lost dogs in this way, just like this, and let people run around like rabbits, they also have their own beliefs!

So these days, this mourning army will not retreat! Burst out with extremely powerful and amazing power! Inflicted a very heavy blow on the Oda Army!

An enshrinement temple that was taken by the Oda army during the day, and then by the elusive Iga ninja at night, and the next day by the Oda army, and then at night. On the same inch of land, countless blood of yours or ours has been shed.

But what is irreversible is that in the general situation, the weak Iga army is constantly retreating, and the strategic space is getting smaller and smaller, and these are not things that can be changed by relying on fighting spirit.

On the morning of the third day, news came from Mo that Kashiwahara Castle, the last stronghold of the Iga army, had been captured, and all the 1,700 defenders in the city had been wiped out, and no one had survived, and the Iga army had completely collapsed!

The routed Iga ninja and the inhabitants began to flee in all directions, seemingly in a planned escape, of course. They disguised themselves or hid in the mountains, doing everything they could to preserve the last spark for the Iga ninjas. This tragic war, known as the "Iga War", finally ended in the complete defeat of the weaker side.

In this way, the third wife of the hundred places should also be maneuvering in our direction! According to his footsteps, he should be able to get here in a day at most.

So I asked the Nine Demons to take the rest of the ninjas to be on guard around the clock and release sentry detectives thirty miles ahead. At the same time, Jean Lan and Chen Kui will drive all the ten small boats they have purchased in advance, side by side with our three large boats, ready to set off at any time.

Time passed minute by minute, from the beginning of the sun, to noon, and then to the sun sinking in the west, and finally the moon rose, there was still no figure of the three husbands of the hundred places. I was a little anxious, because the appointed time was coming soon, and if we exceeded that time, we might be blocked from the sea! So I can't help but be in a hurry.

I called out to the Nine Ghosts and asked him to step up the detective, but the target did not appear, and no matter how strict the investigation was, it would be useless.

Finally, at about twelve o'clock in the night, the sentry post in front returned! At the same time, he also brought the bloodstained Hyakchi Santai, the blind Ishikawa Goemon, and the other thirty-five middle ninjas and lower ninja who swore to the death.

The third wife of Baidi was in his fifties, and his height was between 1.68 and 1.7 meters, which was already a very tall figure in Dongying at that time. Wearing long gray hair, sharp eyes, covered in blood, when he saw me, he stood still one and a half meters apart, bowed to me, and said in a hoarse voice: "Qi Lanjun!" Thank you for your help! The old man is grateful! ”

I hurriedly stepped forward and bowed as well: "Leader of the Hundred Lands, it is not appropriate to stay here and now for a long time, get on the boat first, and we will talk slowly!" ”

The third Taifu of Hyakchi nodded and waved his hand back, and the ninjas who followed him boarded the ship separately with the receiver I arranged, and boarded the three warships.

Although Ishikawa Goemon was blind in one eye, the rest of his eyes were still shining, and he took my hand and said, "Suzuki-kun, after a few months, your martial arts have improved again!" Thank you for the reminder at the time, otherwise it would have been ...... today We're afraid we won't be able to escape this! ”

I took the hand of this warrior who had tried to assassinate and flatter Hideyoshi in history, felt his heroic spirit, just nodded, but couldn't speak for a long time, and finally decided to pull him on the boat first and walk up!

However, at this moment, among the last few shinobi who were evacuated, two people suddenly fell from arrows! Seeing this, the remnants of our Iga people shouted: The pursuers are coming! The pursuers are coming!

I looked up through the moonlight and saw a team of ninjas in black ninja suits! Ishikawa Goemon spat out a mouthful of saliva and scolded, "Damn! It's the Koga ninja under Takigawa Kazuki! They still haven't given up! ”

This group of ninjas numbered about 100 people, armed with bows and arrows and hooks and sickles, rushed towards us, and it was clear that their purpose was to delay our departure and buy time for the follow-up troops!

I shouted, "Burn! ”

Scorching took his musket team, divided into three groups, and went to the deck. Looking at the Koga ninja rushing towards him, he shouted, "One hundred and fifty steps! Elevation angle five fingers, put! ”

The musketeers of the first platoon got down on one knee and fired a volley! With a roar, several ninjas fell to the ground in blood! The latter still caught up without hesitation!

"One hundred and thirty-five steps!" Four fingers in elevation, put! ”

The first row of musketeers retreated to reload, and the second row of musketeers moved forward to shoot on their knees! It's another round of blood!

The third time he called: "One hundred and ten steps!" Elevation angle two fingers, put! ”

The third and second groups repeated the same moves, but received better results than the first two rounds because they were closer.

And the enemy, who had come close to us within a hundred paces, shouted: "Shoot flat!" Triple hit! Put! ”

Three groups of musketeers begin to fire in a loop, dealing a lot of damage to the enemy. Wait until the enemy army is about sixty paces in, and the rest of the people start shooting with bows and arrows!

By the time the remaining Koga people were about forty steps closer to the dock, eighty percent of the ninjas had been wiped out on the way!

I pulled out my mechanical crossbow and aimed my shot at a Koga ninja who was pulling out his bow and arrows and trying to attack our sailor who was untying the cable, and with a "poof" sound, he was shot in the chest by an arrow from me, and immediately the whole person fell to the ground and began to struggle violently!

The other Koga ninjas who were close to the ship were also attacked by our fire, and they fell to the ground and died violently! The cable is untied! The boat slowly started, and three large boats, as well as ten small boats with water ghost ninjas, were ready to leave Sakai Port and head out for the sea!

The small boat is tied to the big boat with a cable, so you don't have to worry about getting lost, and the sail brings much more speed to the small boat than the big boat.

At this moment, the last two Koga ninjas finally approached our ship along the railing of the dock! Fly up while running, try to jump onto the boat, and cause chaos!

One of them came straight at me, and just as he was about two meters away from me and his body was still in the air, I suddenly leaned forward! Push the knife! Draw the knife! Swing the knife! The Koga ninja was still in the air, and he flew out with blood spurting! The other was also jumped up by the Nine Ghosts and was cut into two pieces with one sword! The problem is finally solved!

As I was stabbing our sword, our ship set sail slowly and began to leave Sakai Harbor, when suddenly a violent gunshot rang out, and several bullets whistled past our ship! One of the bullets hit the side of the ship, stirring up pieces of debris!

It's Takigawa Kazuyi's mounted iron artillery team that has arrived! It's a pity you're late!

I asked them to give them some parting gifts, and the musketeers immediately fired a salvo at the shore, and several of the mounted gunners on the opposite side died instantly! That kind of truncated iron cannon still can't compete with the authentic goods with long barrels at a long distance!

The port of Sakai is getting farther and farther away from our sight, and it's all over. I stood at the stern of the boat with the third wife of Hyakji, looking at the torches gathering more and more on the shore, and my heart was infinitely emotional.

The only fly in the ointment was that the westerly wind, which had been a good wind when it came, became a headwind when it returned, and the speed of the ship dropped greatly, and the diagonal spinnaker could only reach a speed of about eleven knots. Forget it, the will of heaven cannot be violated, as long as you leave, you are lucky!