Rewind to a day ago, March 11th.

According to Yoshimitsu's order, the first batch of reinforcements drawn from Anyun and Zhoufang rushed to Shimonoseki and prepared to cross the strait by boat to reinforce Kyushu.

It was a sunny morning, the sea breeze was warm, the strait was calm and the visibility was so good that people with good eyesight were able to cross the strait and see the movements of the people on the other side.

The soldiers were dressed up, chanted, lined up to board the boats, and then sat down with their weapons in their hands, waiting for the order to travel.

When the ships carrying the first soldiers left Shimonoseki and headed for Kyushu, deafening cheers erupted from both sides of the strait almost simultaneously.

But at this moment of national jubilation, a rapid gong sounded, accompanied by a mournful voice: "Alarm! Discover the Ming fleet! Discover the Ming fleet! ”

"What?"

The face of the An Yun Daimyo Yamana Manshi who led the team suddenly turned pale, he immediately turned around, ran to the nearby lookout post, looked north, and then immediately turned around and shouted down: "The fleet will return immediately!" Return immediately! Give up reinforcements! Give up reinforcements! ”

His subordinate soldiers hurriedly shouted, passing on the order of the mountain name Man, everyone was in an uproar, and they ran to a high place to look, and when they saw the Ming fleet coming in the wind and waves, they didn't know who said: "Run!" "The crowd was immediately in chaos, some running up, some running down, trampled in the confusion, and countless others were pushed into the sea.

At the same time, there was also a problem with the troop carriers in the sea, there were dozens of troop carriers on the sea at that time, and they quickly understood their situation, looking at the Ming fleet that was getting closer and closer, the troop carriers of the Japanese country naturally fell into chaos, some wanted to move forward, some wanted to turn back, and some were hit by the ships behind when they turned the bow, and the soldiers on the boat fell into the water one after another, and the soldiers on the bed hurriedly stopped the boat to save people, so the scene was even more chaotic, like a pot of porridge.

The mountain name man on the high platform took in all this, and his heart was like a knife, but he had no choice but to watch the Ming army's Haicang ship rush straight over.

"Captain, how about we crash into it?"

"Bump, of course you have to bump, haha, such a good opportunity, how can you miss it? Fast! Fast! Kill them! ”

Following the order of the captain Liu Zhizhong, the "Shark" Haicang ship rushed into a pond like a giant beast, dividing the chaotic Japanese fleet into two halves, and the ships blocking its path capsized one after another, and the soldiers on board fell into the water one after another.

"Quick, you can't let that kid Liu Zhizhong take advantage of it!"

Not to be outdone, the two Haicang ships behind the "Shark" rushed into the fleet of the Japanese kingdom.

It was followed by three more, and then two......

Under the frightened gaze of the soldiers and civilians on both sides of the strait, their fleet was ravaged by the fleet of the Ming army like a lamb, and it was only a stick of incense before and after, and all the soldiers fell into the water, and some of them wanted to swim across the strait because of their good water quality, but they were discovered by the Haicang boat, and they were crushed by the trend, and then, there was no more.

At this time, five gunboats of the Ming army finally arrived, led by Hu Zhengyuan, the commander of the Korean naval division, who ignored the wailing Japanese soldiers in the strait, but stared at the panicked soldiers on the dock of Shimonoseki.

"Order, get close to Shimonoseki, indiscriminate shelling!"

"Yes!"

Following the order, the Ming gunboats adjusted their direction and headed towards Xiaguan.

At the same time as the Ming gunboat turned, Yamana Mitsushi immediately realized what was going to happen, and he only said: "Run!" He ran to the east regardless of it.

Sure enough, before Yamana could run out, there were "rumbling" cannons and explosions behind him, as well as the screams of crying father and mother, but Yamana Manshi didn't look back, all he could do was run desperately.....

Seeing the tragic situation of Shimonoseki, the officials and people on the Kyushu side did not wait for the gunboats to fire, and immediately scattered like birds and beasts, and the officials passed through the village one after another and fled to the interior of Kyushu, and some of the people ran with the officials, some fled home, and ran with their wives and children, and some hid at home, closed their doors, and prayed for the blessing of Amaterasu......

After that, the matter was simple, the Ming army rescued the Japanese soldiers in the water, ordered them to collect the Japanese ships in the strait, sailed all to the Kyushu side, and then ordered the Japanese soldiers to burn the ships.

Looking at the burning ships, some of the soldiers were crying, some were secretly wiping tears, and some looked blank, but they all knew that they would never go back.

After the landing of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Marine Brigade, together with the remaining villagers, they built fortifications to block reinforcements from the interior of Kyushu......

The Yamana Manshi, who fled to safety, counted the remaining subordinates, and immediately wailed, three thousand elite soldiers, only less than a thousand remained, and all of them were wounded, looking frightened, I am afraid that they will not be able to recover in the short term.

Yamana Mitsushi hesitated again and again, asked the shogunate to report the situation, and then led the remnants of the army back to the territory, he made up his mind that he would never come out again and reinforce Kyushu? Whoever wants to go will go!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, who was full of ambition and dispatched troops, was shocked when he heard the report, and he immediately ordered people to go to the Shimonoseki Strait to inquire about the detailed situation, and at the same time summoned Hosokawa Yorimoto, Hatakeyama Mitsuya, Shiba Yoshijun, Uesugi Kenjo and others to discuss countermeasures together.

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Reinforcing the county and opening up the main road to the main island was an impossible task in Imagawa's view.

Imagawa Sadayo, who has fought all his life, has faced countless desperate situations, when he only came to Kyushu with 300 people, after a lot of hardships, to win over allies, one by one to attack the enemy, and finally unify Kyushu, what did he rely on? It depends on persistence, not giving up, and waiting for a turnaround. Imagawa believes that even if the turnaround doesn't come in the end, the wait is worth it because you're holding on.

Imagawa Sadayo believed that the Ming people were only making a feint attack at Shimonoseki, and that their main direction of attack must be Hakata Bay. Hakata Bay is a natural harbor, the water is deep, the waves are small, the port is wide, the Ming navy can drive directly to the shore, the soldiers do not need sampan boats, as long as they take the planks to land, so as long as the planning is right, in a morning, the Ming army can send tens of thousands of troops to the land of Kyushu; In addition, Imagawa estimated that the base camp of the Ming army should be on Tsushima Island and Iki Island, which are close to Hakata Bay, and the transportation of food and soldiers is very convenient, so Hakata Bay must be the main direction of attack of the Ming army.

Therefore, Imagawa Sadayo did not waver in his thoughts, but General Spo Yoshinori and Ashikaga Yoshinori did not agree with this, they felt that Hakata Bay was so well defended that the Ming army was likely to avoid the real attack and land from somewhere else.

Therefore, after Ashikaga Yoshimori transferred Ouchi Morimi and Ouchi Hiroshige, he transferred Yoshimi Kanyori to the inevitable Satsuma and Osumi, leaving only 20,000 people to Imagawa Sadayo, Imagawa Sadayo strongly opposed, but his arms still couldn't twist his thighs.

It's a pity that Imagawa Sadayo guessed the beginning correctly, but did not guess the ending correctly.

On March 12, the ninth year of Jianwen, the Ming fleet suddenly appeared in Hakata Bay, and after hearing the news, Imagawa Sadayo immediately ordered all the troops to enter the stone fortress defense line and stand by.

Under the gaze of Imagawa Sadayo, the Ming army unhurriedly sent people to land on Genkai Island, Shiga Island and Noko Island, and quickly leveled the Japanese army on the island, and more than 100 cavalry on Shiga Island quickly disappeared under the blow of artillery and platoon guns, and the feudal lord Yoshio Yamaguchi was killed in battle, and the other two islands were quickly wiped out by the Ming army.

At the same time, Qu Neng sent more than a dozen Haicang boats to clean up the nearby fishing boats, which was the same as the treatment method in Xiaguan, as long as it was found, it would be burned immediately.

Looking at the white smoke burning from ships near and far, Imagawa Sadashi felt a little apprehensive in his heart, the Ming army seemed to be different from what he imagined!