Hyogotsu is a natural harbor that was later used as part of the Port of Kobe.

The westernmost valley of Ichinoya is a valley no more than a few tens of meters wide, and near the beach, the Japanese built a small castle called Ichinoya Castle.

The mountain near Ichinoya, called Hafushi Mountain, is more than 200 meters above sea level, the mountain is the headquarters of the Japanese army, the main general Hosokawa Yorimoto is here to command the battle, there is a wooden tower erected on the top of the mountain, and on the tower is a blue military flag, which is the flag of the Hosokawa family.

Mt. Bofu is the western starting point of a continuous mountain range, and its eastern part is Mt. Takatori, Mt. Chrysanthemum, and Mt. Kaohsiung, and at the foot of Mt. Kaohsiung is a forest, which is also the famous Ikuta Forest, where Hosokawa Yorimoto ambushed 3,000 elite soldiers, intending to carry out a surprise attack when the Ming army landed.

Between Mt. Takatori and Mt. Chrysanthemum, there is a gap about 1,000 meters wide, forming a valley about 3,000 meters deep, and the innermost part of the valley is a cliff, which the Japanese people call "Bulbul Yue", which means that only the Bulbul can cross it, describing it as steep.

On the west side of the Bulgy Valley, there is a narrow trail through which you can go around behind Mt. Takatori.

Hyogozu Beach is fan-shaped from west to east, with Ichinoya in the west being no more than a few dozen meters wide, Ikuta Forest in the east about 3,000 meters wide, and Cape Wada Beach facing Bulgye more than 5,000 meters wide.

Therefore, Hosokawa Yorimoto divided the army into three armies, left, center, and right, with a left army of 10,000 men, commanded by Oda Kainaga, and was responsible for the line from Ichinoya to Bulgoshi; The right army of 20,000 men, including 5,000 cavalry, was commanded by Shimoda Tadaharu; The right army of 10,000 men was ambushed near the Ikuta Forest under the command of his son Hosokawa Mitsumoto.

As for the direction of Osaka to the east of Ikuta Forest, it was in charge of the head of the Akamatsu family, Akamatsu Mitsusuke, and his father Akamatsu Yoshitsu was the commander of the Japanese army in the naval battle of Jeju Island, and finally attempted to ambush the Ming Emperor near the Liuhe Mountain of the Ming Dynasty, and was killed by the Ming army on the spot, so Akamatsu Mansuke and the Ming people did not share the sky, so he was sent to Osaka by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to serve as a defensive duty, and of course there was also the meaning of monitoring the Hosokawa family.

At the same time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also organized reinforcements in Kyoto, ready to reinforce the Osaka direction at any time.

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"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The sound of the Ming army's cannons easily suppressed the drums on the top of the mountain, but Hosokawa Yorimoto still ordered the drummers to continue beating, because he knew that the drums could stabilize the morale of the army under the mountain.

In fact, as Lai Yuan expected, hearing the continuous drumming on the top of the mountain, the soldiers in the fortifications built along the root of the mountain gradually settled down, and the artillery bombardment of the Ming army was not fierce, so the number of deaths was not much.

This fortification is completely made of earth, about two meters high, which can prevent the Ming army from climbing to some extent, every five meters away, there is a one-meter-wide gap, which can only be passed by one person, to show that after the attack, there is no life or death.

On the hillside of the fortification, there is also a fortification, the soldiers on it are more elite, they include archers, musketeers and samurai with knives, their duties are two, one is to supervise the battle, to prevent the soldiers of the first fortification from panicking and escaping, and the second is to carry out a counter-charge when the Ming army breaks through the first barrier, and fight with the Ming army.

In short, Hosokawa Yorimoto used all the methods he could think of, and he wanted to teach the Ming army a profound lesson here.

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There are more and more Ming troops on the shore, and the sound of artillery of the Ming army is becoming more and more sparse, there are two reasons for this, one is that the gunboats want to give way to the troop carriers, and the other is to avoid accidentally injuring their own people.

When the Ming army formed a defensive formation, Yasunaga Yamamoto in Ichinoya Castle, Oda Kaiei in the fortifications near Ichinoya, Tadaji Shimoda in the direction of Bulting, and Hosokawa Mimoto in Ikuta Forest all looked nervously at Mt. Hakufushi, waiting for the blue flag to wave.

Although they were far away, Hosokawa Yorimoto on the mountain could feel the eager gaze of his subordinates and felt their nervousness. He had a civilian telescope smuggled from the Ming Kingdom, and although the magnification was not high, he could still see the Ming army from Ichinoya to Cape Wada, as well as the giant ship behind him.

"Your Highness, should you order an attack?"

Saburo Koizumi, a close confidant beside him, said in a low voice.

"......" Hosokawa Yoshimoto hesitated, shook his head and said, "Wait." ”

"But ......"

I don't know why, Hosokawa Yoshimoto suddenly had a bad premonition, so far, all the actions of the Ming army have been expected by themselves, too smooth, and even a little unreal.

Could it be that the Ming army really intends to fight a bloody battle with our army on the beach? Is there something I didn't think of?

Hosokawa Yorimoto's palms were full of sweat, and he couldn't make up his mind.

Saburo Koizumi, who was beside him, sweated on his forehead anxiously, and walked to Hosokawa Yorimoto's side: "Your Highness, the gunboats of the Ming army have retreated, as long as our army attacks quickly and gets into an entangled battle with the Ming army, the artillery superiority of the Ming army will not be able to give full play, and our army will win." ”

Hosokawa Yorimoto froze, feeling that he might be thinking too much, he raised his hand and was about to give an order, but he heard a noise from the guards beside him: "Ah! Yes! So, what is that? ”

"What?" Hosokawa Yorimoto was stunned for a moment, quickly turned around and looked west, and was instantly stunned.

In the direction of Awaji Island to the west, more than a dozen spherical objects are floating in this direction.

Hosokawa Yorimoto couldn't believe his eyes, he rubbed his eyes, but found that everything was the same, he quickly took the telescope and looked up at the sky.

The ball was getting closer and closer, and he could see that there was a hanging basket under the ball, and there were some Ming people in the hanging basket, who seemed to be busy with something.

What is the Ming army going to do?

Hosokawa Yorimoto's uneasy premonition intensified.

In addition to the Japanese army in Ichinoya Castle, Oda Kainaga, Shimoda Tadaharu and others could not see the Ming army's flying ball because of the mountain barrier, so they were full of doubts and did not understand Hosokawa Yorimoto's delay in issuing the order to attack.

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Awaji Island is separated from the main island by the Akashi Strait, and the narrowest point is only seven or eight miles, so it didn't take long for the first flying ball to fly over Mt. Bofushi, and at this time, the Japanese people at the bottom of the mountain also saw the flying ball, and everyone fell into consternation almost at the same time.

"Send a signal and order the flying team to attack as planned!"

Sheng Yong looked at the flying ball in the air, let out a satisfied smile, gave an order, and a signal flare flew into the air.

"Good!"

Zheng Shanhe, the captain on the flying ball, ordered loudly: "Throw down the fire oil, we will have a roasted pig!" ”

"Yes!"

With Zheng Shanhe's order, wooden barrels fell from the sky one by one and landed around the blue flag marked by Hosokawa Yorimoto.

Finding that the flying ball could throw things down, the Japanese soldiers on the mountain were so frightened that they avoided it, but a few unlucky ghosts were still hit by the barrel and let out a scream.

"Run, Your Highness!"

Although he didn't understand what the Ming army was doing throwing these barrels, Koizumi Saburo instinctively knew that it was not good, so he rushed up and grabbed Hosokawa Yorimoto, and ran down the mountain.

"Stop, the flag of my Hosokawa family!"

"Your Highness, it's too late, it's too late if you don't leave!"

Looking at the scattered widows below, Zheng Shanhe laughed: "It's okay, throw down the explosive bag!" ”

"Yes!"

A large explosive bag weighing thirty pounds was thrown down.

There was a loud bang, the top of the mountain was splashed with gravel and flying sand, within a radius of more than ten meters, all the trees and people were almost swept away, and what was even worse was that the explosion ignited the fire oil that had been thrown before, and in an instant, the top of the mountain fell into a sea of fire, and the blue Hosokawa flag fell into the dust and quickly turned into ashes......

Before the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain could react, Ichinoya Castle was also plunged into an explosion, igniting a raging fire.

When the flying ball flew over the Japanese fortifications, the Japanese army immediately fell into a panic, this weapon beyond the imagination of the Japanese army instantly destroyed the morale of the Japanese army, the Japanese army fell into a panic, the most stable supervision team first appeared deserters, and a defensive line also showed signs of instability.

Oda Eiyong's hands trembled, his eyes were blood-red looking at the flying ball in the sky, the steel teeth in his mouth rattled, he raised his long knife and yelled at the sky: "Devil, I fuck your ancestors!" Here you go! Lao Tzu is not afraid of you! ”

After a brief period of venting his emotions, Oda picked up his sword, jumped out of the barricade, and shouted, "Brothers, kill! Only by killing can you live! ”

Although Oda Kainaga was brave, he could only affect the people around him, and the number of people who rushed out with him was less than a thousand, and the reaction of the others was completely different, they laid down their weapons and ran frantically in the direction of the Bul and Ikuta Forest......