Above the sea, the waves are undulating, and it seems to be unobstructed, but in fact, there is a hidden murderous opportunity.

This reminds me of Mr. Zhao Zhongxiang's famous line in "Animal World": The climate is gradually warming, and it is the season for animals to mate......

Well, it's hunting season again, for me. My prey is none other than the Shibata military logistics convoy that will sail from Dongying to Goryeo!

Suzu is rooted in Toei, and according to my request, he has sprinkled his power all over the four islands - thanks to the new Iga people developed by Ishikawa Goemon in Malacca, I have an almost endless supply of ninja resources.

The war in Goryeo was, in the final analysis, a war of logistical supply. Goryeo is a small country with few people, and in addition to its geographical location, it is a standard garbage area, and it is very difficult to resupply it on the spot.

In particular, the record-breaking hundreds of thousands of troops of the two armies of Dongying pressed the border, and it was even more difficult to rely on the grain supply of the Goryeo real estate, so transportation from the mainland by sea became the largest supply channel.

According to Suzu's information, Uesugi Keikatsu, who had taken refuge in the Shibata Katsu family, took on the function of transporting grain. In order to avoid the forces of Hashiba Hideyoshi, they transported the collected grain to Okazaki in its entirety, sailed from Tokugawa Ieyasu's domain, and made a circle south to Busan.

In the past, three successive food supplies had been transported in this mode, each of which was about enough to consume the front-line army for a month to forty days, and the fourth transportation was coming, and it was also the largest one so far.

It was still the height of summer when the two armies attacked Goryeo, but now it was winter, but the soldiers were still wearing summer combat attire, but with some civilian uniforms looted from Goryeo inside or outside.

It was unrealistic to rely on raiding to complete the supply, so this time the convoy was loaded with almost twice as many supplies as before—in addition to food and grass, winter clothing to meet the needs of two-thirds of the front-line troops.

However, Toei's shipping capacity is also very effective after all, and in addition, people who are good at water warfare, such as Kuki Yoshitaka, Chomune Ibu Motokin, and Shimazu Yoshihisa, all fell to Hashiba Hideyoshi, and the transportation capacity that Shibata Katsuya can draw is even more stretched.

Therefore, this time all the ships that can be mobilized are conquered, just to solve the big problem at once, and not to cut the meat with a soft knife again and again - although the sea freight is cheap, it is only relatively speaking, in fact, there is still a big cost.

According to intelligence, Uesugi Keikatsu's fleet consisted of about 150 ships, which sounds like a frightening number, but in fact it was all small ships, and medium-sized ships could be regarded as capital ships in his case.

In front of them, my new warship can be called a fortress on the sea, an aircraft carrier! To deal with these convoys, the two dozen ships and nearly half of the fleet I am currently carrying are enough!

Of course, no matter what I do, I pay special attention to grounding, so I asked Arashi to go to Dongying again, bought some second-hand Ataku boats, and simply made an arm. As for what to do, I have a reason.

My fleet was ambushed a hundred nautical miles north-east of Bushan, and it was the route through which Uesugi Gyeongkatsu passed. Many people don't understand that the sea is so big, why can't you sail casually and have to set up a route?

In fact, as I have said before, until the accurate method of longitude was discovered and solved by that lucky clockmaker in the eighteenth century, all navigators could only sail along a given course.

On the one hand, the hydrology, wind direction, reef and other conditions on the familiar route are more familiar, and the probability of problems is low, on the other hand, think about it, when you are on the endless sea, you only know where you are in the north-south direction, but you don't know where the east-west direction is, what a terrible thing!

Many people may not quite understand the joints in this, for example, "Robinson Crusoe" is familiar to many people, the protagonist of the book, Robinson was born in the middle class, and his father often taught him to be content with the status quo and not to go to sea.

But the overseas world tempted him like an irresistible attraction, and he was ambitious and determined to abandon the comfort and mediocrity of his life to sail away. The first time he went to sea, he almost drowned. The second time he went to sea, he was taken captive by pirates, and after escaping, he made a fortune in Africa. But he still did not give up, and at the suggestion of others, he set sail again, but was stranded on the island, and this stagnation was twenty-eight years.

So the question arises, what to do when the fleet encounters a storm or something like a storm at sea, and force majeure blows the ships far away from the course?

For example, your fleet sails from the Bismarck Islands in Papua New Guinea, sails through the Bismarck Sea, passes through Palau, and heads to Manila. Unfortunately, however, there was a storm.

As a result, it was dark for several days, and when you were pleasantly surprised to find that the rain had stopped and the wind had stopped, you were shocked to find that you no longer knew where you had been blown away—if you were blown to the waters near Guam at the same latitude, and you only knew the north and south latitudes, but did not know the east and west longitudes, where should you sail?

In other words, in this case, in addition to sailing in the direction of due east or perhaps a glimmer of life, to the north, to the south, to the west...... Well, in the end, I forgot to say the solution, and that is to pray!

This shows the importance of the route in this era, especially for a Daimyo like Uesugi Keikatsu, who is not known for his navigation, and holding the route to the death is the primary meaning of his safe mission, and the importance is far more than the protection of force!

So here, I'm sure I'll be able to wait until Uesugi Keikatsu!

The sentry ship was released twenty nautical miles, which was an hour's sea journey for my fleet, but Uesugi Keikatsu's fleet took at least three hours, and this is where I dared to ambush him in a big way on the sea!

This can't even be considered an ambush, it should be considered a robbery!

It's just the vast sea, the wait is always long, after all, the sea, TMD is full of water, and it's the same in any direction. Although the sunrise and sunset are beautiful, they are the same every day, and you will always get tired of watching too much, right?

On the afternoon of the fifth day, when Arashi arrived to join me in the designated area, the Sentinel finally returned to my main fleet at full speed and told me that the prey had bitten the hook!

It's like a numb nerve has been injected with a stimulant, and I suddenly come to my senses!

At my mercy, the fleet quickly formed several echelons - the first, directly in the direction of Uesugi Keikatsu was Arashi's Ataka fleet, and of course Arashi had returned to my flagship, commanding Frank Lampard and Joe Cole, who had been recruited in the first place.

After so many years of investigation, these two lads, well...... The old guy has earned my trust and is qualified to lead the fleet independently.

After the Ataka fleet, it was the large three-masted sailing fleet in the North Sea led by Hua Mei, which formed the second line of battle.

And hidden in the end was the large British Galen fleet that Adiken and I carried respectively. Farther away, the ship looks smaller, and at the same time you can't see it all - after all, the earth is round, isn't it?

According to the time it took for the sentinel ship to rush back, it took about an hour and a half for Uesugi Keikatsu to reach the sea in front of us, and I looked up at the sky, it was very dark in winter, and it must have been in a hazy state before nightfall.

Therefore, I made the three battle lines retreat ten nautical miles to the west, sailing in the same direction as Uesugi Keikatsu, which objectively increased the relative distance between us.

There is only one purpose, I want to attack Uesugi Keikatsu in a state of complete nightfall, not because I am afraid that I will attack him during the day and let him escape, but I have other and deeper purposes in it.

The fleet began to sail westward, and the evening, which had already been rising, seemed to be frozen in this moment, and did not change with the passage of time, at least temporarily.

Many people may have had such an experience, I remember another time in my previous life, I took a plane from Beijing to the northwest, took off at five o'clock, the sky has begun to darken, but when I landed in Jincheng on the Loess Plateau at seven o'clock, the sun was still high in the sky.

The situation was exactly the same, except that the speed of the ship was far less than that of an airplane, let alone the rotation of the earth, so soon after we reached the target position, we could only watch with pleasure as the sun sank all the way west, and finally landed on the horizon.

When the sky rose with magnificent fiery clouds, showing a purple-gold-orange-red color, the lookout above his head began to shout: "The enemy has been discovered due east!" Distance, six nautical miles!

What should come will always come, don't think about running if you want to. The sudden arrival of the battle caught Uesugi Keikatsu off guard, and he gave up after only twenty minutes of stubborn resistance.

There is no other reason - the team of Ataka ships in front of them is like a hanging! Obviously, everyone is about the same equipment, why is their firepower so strong?

At the first moment of receiving the fire, Uesugi Keikatsu made the "right choice" and ordered the fleet to seize the upper hand and strive for the advantage.

This would have been a problem, but under the stormy artillery of our side, Uesugi Keikatsu finally realized that this struggle was futile. At this time, his only hope is to scatter the fleet and flee, and pray to Amaterasu that the terrible "Ataka Ship" fleet behind him will not chase in his direction!

Of course, when Uesugi Keikatsu ordered the fleet to flee in all directions, he did not choose the safest direction due east to escape, but chose the second safest direction due north - as long as he could escape from here, he could land on any coastline in eastern Goryeo and fight for his life!

This is not cunning, but no matter how cunning he is, he will never think of my thoughts.

Reflected in the specific situation, that is, our pursuit was rough and sloppy, and there was no intention of searching for the main general, but simply and rudely sending his fleet to the bottom of the sea as much as possible, and letting those supplies and baggage feed the fish as much as possible.

It doesn't matter if Uesugi Keikatsu's heart is bleeding or not, or how he thinks about who we are, because he must need a rhetoric to make it happen — to survive. So I didn't put too much thought into him, but turned the bow of the ship and headed southwest, the target - Lushun, I need to resupply and get ready for the next battle.

On the way back, Hua Mei and a few people gathered next to me and asked a basket of questions.

For example, Hua Mei asked me why he only attacked the supply fleet of Shibata Katsuie, but not the supply fleet of Hideyoshi Hashiba.

For example, Lakshin asked me why I didn't wipe out all the enemies and let some go.

And so on, all sorts of questions, these guys asked a lot of questions, all of which they couldn't figure out. Adicon has also learned Chinese to a certain level, and he also stumbled to raise his doubts.

Seeing that everyone was "bullying" me together, Kite immediately pouted and jumped out, saying that as long as it was my decision, I didn't need to ask why, just implement it. This point of view has been fully supported by Unrepentant, which can be regarded as a brainless support for me, but others did not agree, and the angry Hua Mei used to pull the kite's face, and Lan added fuel to the fire, and several people made a mess.

I let them make trouble for a while, and when these guys all looked at me with blank eyes, I took the teacup and asked leisurely, "What is the purpose of our war, the ultimate goal?" ”

Hua Mei replied: "Naturally, I will destroy the Japanese and go home for the New Year!" ”

Her statement drew a burst of sneer, but she herself didn't care, and looked back with a big grin and asked, "What's wrong?" Isn't that right? ”

Another burst of laughter.

I smiled along, but stopped and continued: "There are hundreds of thousands of enemies ahead, and even if we eat more of their men and more supplies, they will have the strength to stand tall. Moreover, if I rob all the supplies on both sides and push these people to a dead end, will they be desperate to attack the Ming Dynasty? ”

My words made these guys fall into deep thought, and I simply didn't hide it, so I continued:

"There is a way that does not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, I only beat Shibata Katsuya, but I raise Yushiba Hideyoshi, and the original balance of power between them has been broken! Shibata Katsuie, who couldn't get winter clothes and food, saw what Hashiba Hideyoshi wanted next door, and his fleet happened to be attacked by a pair of Ataka ships at night......"

Kite's eyes lit up: "You want them to eat dogs?" ”

I laughed and said, "If the dog doesn't bite the dog, can it bite you?" ”

When the kite heard this, she didn't give up, and pounced on me and bit my arm, and I could only shout at the dog to bite the dog, don't bite anyone! There was a boiling in the cabin for a while.

Needless to say, I relaxed my nerves as much as I could, because I wasn't worried about Shibata Katsuya having other plans.

In this case, he will definitely be the first to look at the most attainable Hashiba Hideyoshi, and will try to calculate this fierce opponent in order to get what he wants - because this is human nature!