Chapter 497: The Kyoto Fleet

After Di Ye Qingyun brought Ye Mo's conditions back to Kumamoto Castle, those family masters only discussed it for a while before agreeing.

Although the connection between the island countries and the Han is not close at this time, it is precisely because of this that the Han is like a higher-level world existence in the eyes of these island people.

Even if the island country at this time, under the leadership of Oda Nobunaga, regarded the occupation of the territory of the Han Dynasty as the biggest goal of the development of the island country, there was still no way to stop the admiration of the Han by those families of the island country who did not have great power but had a little money.

Kumamoto Castle is not on Honshu Island, the most prosperous island in the island country, and if it weren't for the fact that there is a coast near Kumamoto that is suitable for the construction of a harbor, Kumamoto would not be what it is today.

In the same way, it is precisely because Kumamoto Castle started with the development of the seafaring industry that the families of Kumamoto Castle know more about the prosperity of the Han Dynasty than people in other parts of the island country. Therefore, after Di Ye Qingyun came back to talk about Ye Mo's conditions, those people really had no reason to refuse.

Of course, the main reason is that if they don't agree, their lives will be gone. In that case, then what is there to hesitate about?

The heads of those families agreed to Ye Mo's request, and Di Ye Qingyun also went out of the city again to tell Ye Mo the opinions of those family heads. At the same time, in order to show the sincerity of those families, they all sent their descendants to join Di Ye Qingyun, which can be regarded as hostages.

With those people pledged, Ye Mo also indifferently went to Kumamoto City with Di Ye Qingyun.

After entering Kumamoto Castle and making peace with the heads of those families, Ye Mo did not reveal his identity. It's just that he is a person who has lived in Dahan for a while.

Anyway. No matter what Ye Mo said. Those people can't doubt it, and even if they do, it's useless, isn't it?

In short, after some discussion, Ye Mo supported Di Ye Qingyun to temporarily exercise the duties of the city lord and appease the people of the city. And the heads of other families can also temporarily take a position in Kumamoto Castle. However, their office is not hereditary. If their juniors do not recognize the Chinese language, then their positions should be replaced by others.

This side of Kumamoto Castle. Ye Mo didn't expect to be able to take it. And at this time, even if those family heads were willing to sacrifice the city, Ye Mo did not plan to take charge of Kumamoto himself. Before the civilization of the system island country was not developed, it was impossible for Ye Mo to put himself on the table.

At sea, the fleet led by Zhou Tai and them finally encountered the main fleet of the island country.

The main fleet of the island nation is not the one that Zhou Tai and they encountered before. The navies of the island countries that Zhou Tai and the others had seen before were just the local naval forces of the island countries, and the real main force was still the batch trained by Oda Nobunaga himself.

The appearance of Zhou Tai and them this time also made the island country feel a certain threat. So. It has always been the main fleet of the island nation stationed near Honshu Island, and it has also directly dispatched one of the three Kyoto fleets.

Meantime. This fleet was a large local fleet, and the number of warships in it was probably no less than five hundred.

The two armies met, although Zhou Tai used a telescope to first spot the island nation's fleet. However, the number of warships in the fleet led by Zhou Tai also reached more than 100, even if Zhou Tai wanted to avoid the enemy's edge, it was impossible to do it.

Since he couldn't avoid the enemy's edge, Zhou Tai would not be afraid of the island country's navy.

Taking advantage of the advantage of discovering the enemy first, Zhou Tai let the ten gunboats fire first, which caught the island navy by surprise. It's just that before Zhou Tai could be happy, he found through the telescope that dozens of large iron balls also flew out of the island country's naval fleet.

"It's not good, disperse quickly!" Looking at the iron balls flying out of the opponent's fleet, Zhou Tai didn't know what it was. It's just that Zhou Tai's face changed abruptly The order had just been issued, and those shells also fell into the formation of Zhou Tai's fleet.

Fortunately, they are separated from each other on this sea. Moreover, at the forefront of all the fleets were the twenty turtle ships, which with their turtle-like defenses, could carry a round of attacks here.

Seeing that it would not be possible to take advantage of the naval bombardment of the island country, Zhou Tai also made a quick decision and ordered the turtle ship and the fire-breathing ship to rush directly towards the enemy's fleet. As for the 20 demolition ships, they took advantage of the small size and fast speed of the ships to go around directly from the flanks, waiting for the opportunity to blow up the enemy's flagship or gunboat.

The main fleet of the island navy had not fought with Zhou Tai and them, so at this time, when they saw Zhou Tai and them rushing over, not only did they not have the slightest worry, but they thought that this was Zhou Tai's behavior of jumping over the wall in a hurry.

Those local fleets had fought with Zhou Tai and them once, but at this time, seeing that the main fleet came up, they forced Zhou Tai and them to give up the gunboat bombardment, and could only rush up to fight in close combat. In addition, the Kyoto fleet did not have any thoughts at this time, so they could be regarded as having a backbone in their hearts.

However, some things are not what they think they will do.

Twenty turtle ships rushed into the fleet of the island army, and there were no ships that could stop it. What's more, the turtle ship was also equipped with artillery, but under the heavy plate armor, the range of those guns became shorter.

And because the turtle ship has heavy plate armor, the turtle ship was born for close combat. Coupled with the artillery it is equipped with, it will only make it even more of a nightmare for the enemy.

If there were only these twenty turtle ships, then it would be fine, but after these twenty turtle ships, there were thirty flamethrowers. Thirty fiery dragons flew in the fleet of the island nation, and what was startled was not a shoal of gulls and herons, but a group of dead souls.

In order to prevent corrosion and wetting of seawater, the planks of the shipbuilding need to be soaked in tung oil for a long time. Especially if the sails are wet by the sea, it is easy to cause the center of gravity of the ship to be too high, which will cause the ship to capsize. As a result, the sails were almost fished out of the oil.

At this time, a little spark was stained, and the fire on those sea ships immediately spread rapidly.

After the warships of those island nations caught fire, there were two different reactions. Among them, the first thing that comes to mind after the ships of the fleets in various places catch fire is to start fighting the fire and fleeing for their lives.

And the ships of the Kyoto fleet, which were on fire, did not go to fight the fire, but took the initiative to crash into Zhou Tai's fleet.

Many of the firefighters could not dodge, but they collided with the burning island fleet, and finally turned into a huge spark at sea, and finally fell into the sea.

Zhou Tai stood on the warship outside the battlefield, looking at the tragic battle situation in the battlefield, Zhou Tai couldn't help but feel a palpitation. The fleet of the island nation is indeed not as simple as it seemed before.

However, at this time, Zhou Tai couldn't help but be happy. If it weren't for the island country's navy underestimating the enemy, with the island country's navy's more than 500 ships, it would be no problem to send Zhou Tai and them all into the sea.

At this time, because of the light enemy of the island country Kyoto fleet, it not only allowed Zhou Tai and their supervision to escape, but also made the island country's team have to accept this defeat that would have been won.

"Order, all warships, all press, don't give the enemy a chance to breathe!" Looking at the scorching battle on the battlefield, Zhou Tai also saw the opportunity and led fifty warships to rush towards the island country's fleet.

Zhou Tai did this, and he could also see that there were some ships in the fleet of the island country, which were different from other ships. Zhou Tai didn't want to let go of any of those ships. (To be continued......)