Chapter 199: Maritime Crisis

After the sea area of Ikishima Island is the famous Tsushima Strait, and since the word Tsushima is known, this is the place of the Tsushima Fuchu Domain.

During the Edo Shogunate period, the feudal lords of each region were the gate lords and had absolute control over their own territory, so when the huge fleet of the Black Armor Army entered the Tsushima Strait, the only opponent was the Tsushima Fuchu Domain, and there was no need to worry about the hostility and attacks of other daimyo on Kyushu Island.

The current governor of the Tsushima Fuchu Domain was Yoshinari Mune, the eldest son of the first lord of the Tsushima Fuchu Domain, Yoshitomo So, who was not a belligerent man, but a qualified merchant.

The Tsushima Fuchu Domain was a feudal domain of the entire territory of Tsushima Province (Tsushima City, Nagasaki Prefecture) and Hizen Kunitashhiro (present-day Tosu City, Saga Prefecture and Kiyama Town) and Hamasaki (present-day Hamasaki, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture) during the Edo period. It is generally referred to as the Tsushima Domain. "Fuchu" is the name of the castle town from Ikuhara. The feudal office was originally located as Kinseshi Castle (present-day Itsukuhara-cho, Tsushima City), and then moved to Tabara Castle (present-day Tsushima-shi Itsuhara-cho Tahara).

The territory of the Tsushima Domain was barren, and the lord of the domain was only a daimyo with a height of only 10,000 koku, and its power was far worse than that of the Matsuura Domain.

Because of the special status of the Tsushima Domain, he was both a daimyo of Japan and a courtier of Korea, because both Japan and Korea declared sovereignty over Tsushima Island, and he was sandwiched between the two major powers, and his power was weak, so he simply regarded both sides as his lord, and the left and right sides were the source, which caused the unique existence of the Tsushima Domain.

The Tsushima clan was primarily responsible for trade and state relations between Japan and Korea.

He is equivalent to the Japanese ambassador to Korea, there is a merchant house in Seoul, North Korea, specializing in the trade between Japan and North Korea, although the land is barren, but the economy is also quite rich, of course, it is also under his rule, the personnel are scarce, the army is not much.

The arrival of nearly 200 warships of the Black Armor Army immediately knew about the arrival of the small sailors of the Tsushima Domain, but they were powerless to fight, in fact, they were powerless to fight against any force, so their methods of dealing with the world were also different, and they were very respectful to everyone.

The Tsushima Naval Division sent a small boat and headed straight for the fleet, and Yang Renri, who was in charge of guarding the fleet, ordered his ship to meet it in person.

There were only a few people on the boat, except for the soldiers who were rowing, only one stood on the bow of the boat, typical Japanese style, dressed in samurai attire, but as soon as he spoke, he spoke fluent Chinese and asked, "May I ask if it is the fleet of the upper country?" Why are you here? ”

"We are the people of China, and we are just passing through this place today, so don't panic, you can be safe." Yang Renri's slave soldiers, standing on the side of the ship, replied loudly. His tone was like that of a giant speaking to an ant, don't stand in the way, or you will be trampled to death, and you will not be able to complain about me.

Tsushima has always been accustomed to forbearance, and he has heard the most rude words, so the interpreter still smiled and said, "Since then, it has been the border of my Great Japan, please tell me where to go, and the villain can talk back to his superiors." ”

Of course, the interpreter also knew that such a large fleet could not have come to attack his small Tsushima Island, but since he was Japanese, he was worried that this powerful fleet would attack Edo, the seat of the shogunate, so he had to ask the boldness.

"Presumptuous, military affairs, how can you little widow know, dare to leave quickly, don't add to the disaster of destroying the country for your Tsushima domain." The slave soldier shouted at the Japanese interpreter, and his tone was full of threat.

“……”

The Japanese interpreter was speechless, blaming the strength of the Tsushima Domain for being too weak, so that he attracted such contempt, he had to order the sailor to turn around and go back to the order, although the trip was fruitless, but he at least knew that the other party would not destroy the Horse Domain.

The Tsushima Strait passed through the Tsushima Strait in such a strong way, and then no longer sailed along the coast of Japan, but headed for the middle of the Sea of Japan.

This is because with Yang Wenli's rudimentary map as the basis, the fleet is not afraid of losing course. In ancient times, as long as you leave the coastline to sail, you will basically not step on the ship again, unless it is a pirate who is quite familiar with the waters, but a fleet of as many as 200 ships, no pirate has such strength to dare to come to the tiger's whiskers, and in this way, the fleet entered a long voyage period of more than ten days.

The Sea of Japan is a relatively closed inland sea, so you don't have to worry about losing your course because you can reach land or islands in either direction.

However, the fleet avoided man-made risks, and it was inevitably threatened by nature, and the Tartars and Liaodong Han people, who had never been to sea on the ship, were all seriously seasick, and those with slightly worse physique were seriously ill.

The officers and men of the Black Armor Army are okay, they have been to sea several times, and their physical fitness is excellent, no one is seasick, and the situation on each boat is summarized here by Yang Wenli every day, and he makes the final decision, whether to dock quickly or continue to move forward.

Five days after entering the Sea of Japan, the old and young women in the fleet, who were in poor health, began to die one after another, and an atmosphere of sadness filled the fleet, and everyone did not know when they would die, and they would be thrown into the sea to feed the fish and shrimp, and the bones were left behind.

Immediately afterwards, the horses began to fall ill and die because they could not bear the long voyages, and even more fatally, there were not many fresh water resources, and the whole fleet was in danger.

The main reason is that Yang Wenli made a mistake in judgment at the beginning, he thought that the Sea of Japan was like the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, there were always islands in the sea, and there was no shortage of fresh water resources.

The Sea of Japan has a unique topography, and the sea near the Japanese archipelago is a shallow sea, with small islands in between, but there are few freshwater islands, and the northerly part of the middle of the Sea of Japan is the deep sea, and there is not even a single island along the way, which has caused the dangerous situation today.

After five days of sailing, the fleet had crossed the sea area between Japan's Oki Islands and Korea's Takeshima Island, and further north there were really no islands.

Therefore, the shipowner of Zhou proposed to him to sail closer to the coast of the Wa Kingdom, and Yang Wenli had to agree.

There is a way that the sky is endless, on the seventh day, the fleet stepped on the stormy weather, if usual, it would definitely be frightened, the sea voyage is most afraid of stormy weather, but now the fleet is short of water, but it is too good news to be good.

It was the hot season of July, and all the people on the ships rushed to the deck to get drenched in the rain, gulping down the rain, and everyone laughed uncontrollably, letting the torrential rain wash over their already stuffy bodies.

In the summer, when the southeast wind blows, most of the sails are lowered by the ship's hands, and the wind blows the ship northward, which is three days, and it is nearly twice as fast as the usual full sail, and the wind goes all the way to the northernmost point of Japan's main island of Honshu.

At this time, ten days have passed, and those who are going to die are almost dead, and the rest of the seasickness is gradually getting better, mainly because the heavy rain in the past few days has effectively alleviated the hot temperature, everyone is comfortable, and the body is naturally getting better, and with sufficient fresh water, Yang Wenli ordered the fleet to continue to move forward......