However, just as Jiannu did not list Dongjiang Town as one of the major border troubles, Yang Wenli did not list Zheng Zhilong as an opponent, he is strong on the sea, but also limited by the sea, Zheng Zhilong's soldiers, the land combat power is a scum, and the Ming army can't beat it, and it is nothing compared to the strong land armies like Jiannu and the Black Armor Army.

Still on the ship that was going to the Japanese fleet, Yang Yiteng opened his mouth wide in surprise and shouted: "He is so powerful!" Isn't that even stronger than our Black Armor Army? ”

Seeing this, a shipowner surnamed Zhou smiled, stroked his long beard with his hand and said as if Zhuge was alive: "Not necessarily, it depends on what occasion, if there is a fierce battle at sea, it will be difficult for our Black Armor Army to win, and if there is a decisive battle on land, then our Black Armor Army can crush them." ”

After following the Black Armor Army for a long time, he still doesn't know the strength of the Black Armor Army? Even if it is Jiannu, I am afraid it will be slightly inferior by three points, it is really the elite of the elite, with iron discipline, strict hierarchical relationship, a fair promotion system, self-contained, and an unlimited future, otherwise I thought he would follow the black armor army that was obviously a thief so easily, and come to Liaodong, the land of the four wars?

In ancient times, there was an allusion to Lü Buwei's strange goods, and now there is the story of Zhou Shiji following the commander of Yang in his early years, and he will not leave his name through the ages.

From dozens of shipowners, who can break the axe and sink the boat, and move their families to Liaodong, a bitter cold land, it can be seen that their courage is extraordinary, they are propertied class, and ordinary promises cannot impress them.

Several shipowners chatted with Yang Yiteng and talked about the destination they were going to this time: Hirado. Hirado was the city of Hirado in Nagasaki Prefecture, which was the domain of the Matsuura Domain at this time, and it was passed down to the third Hizen Mamoru Matsuura Takanobu as the lord of the country.

The Matsuura clan was synonymous with the Wako, and during the Ashikaga Shogunate period, the shogunate referred to all Japanese pirates as the Matsuura Party, which shows that the Matsuura clan was already a leading figure among the Wakos.

Since the Matsuura clan served as Hizen Mamoru, their piracy activities were not the main entry, they opened up a trade port in Hirado, which was the main port for trade between China and Westerners at that time, and most of the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty also had properties in Hirado, among which the representative figure was Li Dan, Li Dan was a man of the hour who also stole and traded, and left a strong mark in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Dutch also opened a trading house in Hirado, which was responsible for trade with Japan, and also mainly engaged in trade between China and Japan. At this time, the Netherlands was the hegemon of the Far Eastern seas, driving the former maritime hegemons from Japan, the Portuguese and the Spaniards.

Therefore, when I went to Japan, the main thing to guard against was Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch, and ordinary Japanese were not the opponents of Yang Yiteng's fleet.

After several days of sailing, the fleet reached Jeju Island, the largest island in North Korea, and then went straight to Nagasaki, Japan, along the Korean Strait in the middle of Jeju Island and the Korean Peninsula.

When we arrived near the waters of Japan, it was very different, ships could be seen everywhere at sea, and Japan was not closed off to the rest of the country at this time, and the maritime trade was very strong.

The reason why the warship is called a warship is that the hull is sturdy, protected by a female wall, and it is a ship designed for combat, equipped with two rows of large oars, which can not be affected by the wind and fight flexibly.

The second is that the warship is not suitable for transporting goods, and it can be judged from the depth of the draft whether this fleet has transported goods, but the combat effectiveness of the warship is very strong, and if you want to seize the ship, you will definitely swallow off a few front teeth, and no one will be stupid to find a fleet of as many as five warships to snort.

Most importantly, in the Korean Strait, only the maritime merchant fleets of Korea and Japan avoided the sphere of influence of Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch, the two pirate leaders.

There are always accidents in everything, there are always pirates who are not afraid of death who want to seize these five large warships, the Japanese ships are smaller, and it is normal for pirates to want to fight big ships, but this is also a matter of the fleet sailing to the waters of Kyushu Island, obviously after the pirate ships reconnoitred and gathered the ships to come.

"Report to the master, a large number of widows have been found ahead." When Yang Yiteng was drinking tea and chatting with several shipowners in the cabin, his slaves came in to report.

"Wolver? Hehe! A group of things that don't know whether they are alive or dead, a few shipowners ask to go to the bottom warehouse for a while, and let a certain family go to meet the widows. Yang Yiteng, a little white, learned about the strength of several pirates from several ship owners, so as soon as he heard that it was a widow, he didn't think so.

After Yang Yiteng finished speaking, he got up and walked out, and when he came to the bow of the boat, he saw that the sea area in front of him was indeed faintly dotted with black spots, which was because of the distance and the small size of the Japanese ships.

"Telescope" Yang Yiteng didn't reply, stretched out his right hand and commanded the personal slave soldier.

Due to the special needs of the fleet, Yang Wenli pulled out four pairs of binoculars from the only 20 pairs of binoculars for the fleet, so not only the lookout soldiers had a telescope, but he also had a pair of special telescopes, which were kept by the personal slaves.

With the assistance of the telescope, Yang Yiteng really found that the ships in front of him were a group of widows dressed in strange costumes and shaved with strange hairstyles, and some of the leading ones were wearing long katanas at their waists, which was not proportional to their short stature, which was very funny.

"All armored, ready for battle." Yang Yiteng immediately gave an order.

"All armored, ready for battle......

The slave soldier in charge of the order spread his order all over the ship, and some of the slave soldiers waved the command flag and passed the order to other ships of his own side through the flag.

With the exception of a few shipowners, the rest of the combatants and shipwrights and sailors were armoured, and the shipwrights and sailors wore armor to protect their own safety, they did not have to participate in the battle, and they would only participate in the battle if the Japanese attacked the warship.

With a few lessons, the armor was placed in an easily accessible position in the cabin, and within a few minutes of his order, all the men were ready for battle with armor and shields, including himself, with the assistance of the slaves.

The two sides walked in the opposite direction, and soon, the figure on the ship could be seen only with the naked eye, and based on experience, Yang Yiteng estimated that the distance between the two parties was about two miles, so he gave another order: "The ballista is ready to be fired"

At this time, the ballista also happened to be ready for fire, and the ballista was easy to assemble, and the so-called preparation was mainly to make enough fireballs. Fire bombs are made of oil-soaked cotton rags wrapped in stone bullets, which can easily cause fires, so they must be made before the battle.

Observing through the binoculars, Yang Yiteng found that the Japanese did not have a few decent artillery, and he was immediately relieved, but it didn't take long for him to frown again, because he found that the Japanese were preparing to set fire to the boat.

Arson boats are the most used tactics in ancient naval warfare, consisting of two to four people rowing a small boat, the boat is full of flammable materials, there are large iron nails at the bow, and the rowers of their own side set fire to the enemy ship when they are close to the enemy's ship, nailing the arson boat to the enemy ship, causing the enemy ship to set fire to the ancient tactic.

However, he only frowned, and did not give the battle order, because it was not easy to row the arson ship in front of his own warship, and his own archers were not vegetarians.

…… To be continued