Chapter 110: The Island Is Besieged
Mokdo, Gudao, and Gadeokdo are the natural barrier to the eastern part of Haksan Island, and they have always been the forward position of the Korean naval army, and they are highly valued by Yi Sunsin. Since Yuanjun took office, in the face of the menacing Japanese army, instead of strengthening the defense of Mishima, he has implemented a passive defense policy, narrowed the defensive line, withdrew the garrison, and handed over Mishima to the Japanese army.
The east gate of Xianshan Island is also the west gate of Busan, and the Japanese army obviously realized the importance of the three islands, so they hoarded heavy troops on each island, among which Gadeok Island was the stronghold of Shimazu Yoshihiro, with 7,000 troops stationed; Kijima is the stronghold of Shimazu Tadashi, with 3,000 garrisons; The isolated island is a Maori Xiubao stronghold, with 2,000 troops stationed. In this naval battle, Yoshihiro and his son led 3,000 people to Shadow Island, and the responsibility of defense naturally fell on Xiubao's shoulders.
Maori Xiubao, also known as Kobayakawa Xiubao and Ota Xiubao, was originally the ninth son of Maori Yuan, and at first passed to the Ota family and became the governor of the Ota family, so he was once renamed Ota Mototsuna; Shortly thereafter, because his mother was from Kobayakawa Shuliu, and Takashi had no children under his knees, he became the adopted son of his brother and changed his name to Kobayakawa Motozong; In the end, because Hideaki inherited the Kobayakawa family business, he had no choice but to restore his surname, and during this period, he was given the word by Hideyoshi, and finally changed to Maori Hidebo. Probably out of appeasement of Hidebo, Hideyoshi not only rewarded him with 75,000 stone after Chikugo, but also gave him the word "Yuchai" Miao, and soon after he asked for an official position as a "squire". Since the castle is located in Chikugo Kurume, it is known as the "Hashiba Kurume Attendant" and is one of the rising stars of the Maori family.
However, Xiubao is not very good at naval battles, otherwise Xiuqiu would not have arranged for Shimazu father and son to stay with him to defend Mishima. I have long heard that the North Korean navy is brave, and if it really goes to sea to intercept, even if there are 100 warships, it is not necessarily their opponent; But if you avoid fighting and don't fight, it will undoubtedly be disobeying the military order, and I can't pay the difference on Xiuqiu's side. After thinking about it, he decided to send his retainers to Yeongdo Island and asked Shimazu and his son to return to the island as soon as possible to help him stop the Korean naval army.
But at that time, the Shimazu family was participating in the siege of Cui Qi's main formation, and there was no way to withdraw back to defense, so he had to ask Xiaogao, hoping that he would come forward and invite Hideho to participate in the blocking of the remnants of the Korean navy.
Xiubao's original intention was just to pull out the nail of Xianshan Island, as for the North Korean navy, although they often harass Sacheon, their main target is Busan, especially since Yuan Jun came to power, he has almost reached a rapprochement with Xiubao, and aimed the spearhead at Xiuqiu, otherwise Xiubao's city defense plan will not be so easy to implement. Moreover, Xiubo's defense area is limited to the sea area of Sacheon, so there is really no need to make a thankless expedition to Busan, no matter whether he wins or loses this battle, he will not have any substantial gains, and it is completely a loss-making business.
However, "good people do it to the end and send the Buddha to the west", and considering that he could take this opportunity to have a good relationship with the daimyo of the western country, Hideho still instructed Gao Hu to march east and go to Gushan to reinforce Xiubao after ending the crusade on Xianshan Island.
Just as Gao Hu led the main force of the Southeast Navy to arrive at the isolated island, Ogasawara Sueyu's pursuing force encountered a counterattack by the right-wing Navy led by Shi Tianbai off the coast of Kijima.
As the so-called dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, not to mention that the last thing he is facing is not a dog, but a vicious wolf who is forced to be anxious. In fact, long before the pursuit, some generals persuaded the end reason, saying that it was poor and that the fleet was already a great loss of strength, and if the enemy reacted and attacked back, it would be impossible for the remaining 20 or so warships to withstand the attack of dozens of board house ships.
But where can he listen to it, he thinks that letting the enemy break through is completely caused by his own poor defense, and he must atone for his sins and save face for Xiuqiu, otherwise with his character, his position as an old family will not be guaranteed.
There was no way, since the general had spoken, the generals under his command had no choice but to be ordered to accompany him, so Moyu led more than 20 warships to chase the Korean naval army away from Yeongdo Island and headed towards the waters of Mishima. Needless to say, when they arrived in the waters of Mudao, the Korean sentinel ship reported that the Japanese army's pursuit force only had two Anzhai and 20 Guan boats, and the main fleet was engaged with Cui Qi's main formation, and it had not been chased out of Shadow Island for the time being.
After receiving this news, Shi Tianbai immediately decided to lead the right-wing fleet to counterattack, and the remaining ships followed Yan Mengqing to return to Xianshan Island first.
Although Shi Tianbai only had 18 warships under his command and suffered serious losses in the source of troops, as the so-called mourning soldiers were victorious, in the face of the aggressive Japanese troops who had to put them to death, every officer and soldier in this fleet rushed towards the end at full speed with the belief that they would die.
Moyou didn't expect the Xian army to take the initiative to attack, due to the lack of advantages in their own firearms, they were quickly suppressed by Shi Tianbai's department, and in less than two quarters of an hour, nearly half of the warships caught fire and sank, and Moyu's ship was also scarred, and there was a possibility of capsizing at any time. Seeing this situation, the defenders of Mudao immediately went to the isolated island for help, and under the consent of Hidebo, Gao Hu personally led the main force of the southeast and Mishima naval forces, a total of 300 warships, and sailed out of the isolated island water village, bypassing the wooden island, and attacking Shi Tianbai's left rear.
Shi Tianbai lost only one warship and completed the encirclement of the remnants of the eight ships of Moyu. Looking at the end of the encirclement, Shi Tianbai couldn't help laughing heartily: "You can't wait for yourself, and it's your own fault to end up like this, where is the general general?" If you are willing to cut your neck in public, you will be able to let the soldiers under your command live! ”
Listening to Shi Tianbai's conditions, Mo You's body couldn't help but be shocked, and after thinking for a while, he walked out of the crowd, came to the bow of the ship alone, and shouted to Shi Tianbai on the warship in front: "Your country Mu De Chengyi, has always regarded himself as a little China, contemptible people agree to your conditions, and are willing to exchange death for the soldiers under his command for a way of life, I believe that the general will also keep his word and will not go back on his word."
As soon as Mo Youfu finished speaking, all the soldiers ran forward and guarded him, saying nothing to let him kill himself. In particular, Suyu's sister-in-law, Ogasawara Tadashiyo, took away his sword, and would rather die for Suyu.
Seeing this scene, Shi Tianbai snorted coldly, and sneered: "It's all at this time, what kind of father and son filial piety are you doing, this general doesn't care about you, the last old man, while the general is still in a good mood, give a reply quickly, otherwise, I want you all to go down to give General Cui a funeral."
"Hehe, what a big breath." As he spoke, a sneer came from far and near, mixed with the sound of the waves, to Shi Tianbai's ears.
"Who is it? Don't want to live?! Shi Tianbai turned his head following the voice, and wanted to insult him, but when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't help but be shocked, trembling and taking a few steps back, and stammering: "Yes... It's a Japanese navy! ”
Hearing Shi Tianbai say this, whether it was the fresh soldiers or the Japanese army, they all looked in the northwest direction. I saw more than 300 warships of all kinds, under the leadership of the three Da'an house ships, set up three stacks of fish scale arrays, and sailed towards the battlefield from the northwest direction, riding the wind and waves along the way, the blue waves splashed everywhere, and the white sails covered the sky and the sun like huge waves, and attacked Shi Tianbai one after another.
"Father, do you see the family crest on the sail?" Chungcheong said excitedly, pointing to an otaku ship at the front.
"For my father to see it, this should be His Royal Highness Taige's Wuqitong! How did you end up here? Mo Yu rubbed his eyes vigorously, for fear of confusing Wuqitong and Wusantong.
"This must be Wuqitong," Zhongqing said firmly, "The child remembers that Wuqitong is the exclusive glory of the Toyotomi family, and this time Taiko did not attend the scene in person, so there is only one possibility." ”
"According to what you mean, this is not the navy army of Yamato?!" Moyu couldn't help but sigh.
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