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On November 18, the 50th year of Kangxi, at three o'clock, the first snow in the Kanto region finally fell, not big, just some snow particles, it fell for half an hour, but it was just a little white on the ground, but the temperature was suddenly reduced by the old and the young, at this time to branch the army, it is undoubtedly a drudgery, but there is a pressure from the top, but the nearly 100,000 Kwantung army did not dare to complain, but honestly along the muddy avenue silently forward, and then forward, It's just that the speed of the march is really not fast, since the attack on Edo, this has been more than two days, only to enter the Kofu, the day travel is only more than 30 miles. 【】

On a hill on the side of the army, a middle-aged general who was nearly forty years old rode his horse and stood, but saw that he was dressed in gorgeous armor, wearing a crown of cupola, and a solemn expression on his face with a national character, although he was speechless, but he was not angry and arrogant, this person was the current shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune, originally the fourth son of Tokugawa Mitsusada, the lord of the Kii domain, because the former shogun Tokugawa family had no successor, with the support of many family elders, he was able to enter the shogunate, and was the eighth general of the Tokugawa shogunate. As a result, the society presented a stable situation, and the people gave him the nickname of "Rice Shogun", and he was called the most talented hero since the Tokugawa shogunate took power.

The sound of the friction of the armor continued, and half of the nearly 100,000 troops had passed through the hill where Tokugawa Yoshimune was standing, just when Tokugawa Yoshimune was about to ride his horse down the mountain, he saw a cavalryman frantically beating his horse and galloping along the avenue towards the hill, Tokugawa Yoshimune's brows couldn't help frowning, but the hand holding the reins of the horse was loosened, so he dispelled the idea of going down the mountain, and silently waited for the arrival of the cavalry.

"Report, Lord Shogun, Kyoto is in an emergency, the artillery fire of the Shina army is sharp, the urn city in the east has been dilapidated and undefendable, the right minister of Tokugawa has led his troops to retreat to the inner city gate, Kyoto is in danger, I ask the general to send troops to rescue as soon as possible."

The galloping cavalry rushed up the hill, and at a distance of less than ten paces from Tokugawa Yoshimune, he reined in the galloping war horse, dismounted with a neat saddle, and kneel in front of Tokugawa Yoshimune's horse.

"Hmmm......"

In addition, this time, since the day before the fight, it has been the thirteenth time that Kyoto has been in an emergency, and the tone of the first time is more urgent than the first, and Tokugawa Yoshimune's already slightly chaotic heart can't help but be a little more annoyed, but he didn't say anything, just said noncommittally.

Tokugawa Yoshimune is known as the most outstanding British lord in the history of the Tokugawa shogunate, naturally not an idle person, the Qing army besieged Kyoto without fighting the posture, he has seen through the Qing army's encirclement of the reinforcement of the calculation road, for this reason, Tokugawa Yoshimune did not make a little-for-tat strategic deployment, withstood the pressure of the Kyoto side of the emergency, insisted on completing the general mobilization of the war in Edo and the surrounding domains, gathered nearly 100,000 troops, and ordered the feudal clans along the way not to enter the army without authorization, must wait until their own army arrives, can go out with the army, In order to be able to raise the strength of the whole country and the Qing army to the decisive battle, but never expected that the Qing army, which had always been immobile, suddenly launched a ferocious offensive, it was only two days, the urn city has been lost, not to mention, the defenders in the city were killed and wounded under the artillery of the Qing army, if the Qing army really put into the general attack, the destruction of Kyoto City is just an overnight matter, such a sudden change is obviously a bit unexpected by Tokugawa Yoshimune, how to deal with it, it has become a hurdle in front of Tokugawa Yoshimune.

"Order: All units immediately speed up the march, and be sure to rush to Iida today! In addition, there must be no mistake in the encyclical that the feudal domains of Echizen, Mino, and Iga will immediately send troops to join our army at Nakatsugawa! ”

Tokugawa Yoshimune thought about it repeatedly for a long time, and at the end he still didn't dare to take the risk of Kyoto being breached, no side, although the emperor was just a puppet, but after all, it was a symbol of the country, if it really fell into the hands of the Qing army, the consequences were really not easy to play, not to mention much, the emperor issued an edict down, the feudal lords were bound to retreat, and even he Tokugawa Yoshimune was afraid that he would inevitably have concerns about throwing rats, it was obvious that such a risk was beyond the tolerance of Tokugawa Yoshimune, even if he knew that the Qing army was forcing his own side to march in a hurry, Tokugawa Yoshimune didn't have a choice, besides, in his opinion, he had now gathered nearly 100,000 troops, and if the troops of the various domains along the way were added, it would be enough to make up a large army of more than 130,000, and he could completely eat the Qing army that was alone in one bite.

"The general has an order, all departments march in a hurry, and be sure to rush to Iida before dark!"

"The general has an order, all departments speed up the march, and be sure to rush to Iida before nightfall!"

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Tokugawa Yoshimune had already given the order, and several heralds who followed him answered the promise, and while galloping wildly, while shouting loudly, Tokugawa Yoshimune's order was transmitted to all parts of the army......

"What the hell is this place, it's winter, it's still foggy, grandma is a bear, it's really a wild place!"

On the sea surface of Yuanzhou Beach, the fog was churning, it was already four quarters, and the fog had not yet dissipated, and the captain Wang Changgeng, who was standing on the tall bridge of the "Zhenyuan", couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

"Who says it's not, the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and the whole ghost land!"

Wang Changgeng scolded like this, and Sun Chengxi, the first deputy who was standing beside him, felt the same way, and then echoed the words.

"Hmmm......"

Wang Changgeng actually doesn't particularly care about the fog or not, it's just that he is holding a fire in his heart, no side, the army expedition to Dongying has already fought several battles, but Wang Changgeng has not been able to catch it once, so far, he has not even let go of a cannon - since the time of the expedition, Wang Changgeng's "Zhenyuan" has always been the car of his own master Hongqing, not only that, but the detachment he commanded is also the main escort force of the troop transport fleet, whether it is the battle of encircling and annihilating the Osaka Naval Division of Dongying, Or the bombardment of the battle of Osaka City, Wang Changgeng only had to watch the excitement, which made Wang Changgeng, who was bent on meritorious service, have nowhere to go, but fortunately, in this surprise attack on Edo, Wang Changgeng finally begged for nothing from the fleet admiral Sun Mingxu to grind to the heavy responsibility of the vanguard fleet, and he couldn't wait to kill Edo quickly, so as to make a great contribution, but when he encountered such a foggy day, the speed of the ship was not fast, and Wang Changgeng was not free to scold his mother.

"Alert, a large number of Japanese ships have been found ten miles ahead, suspected to be enemy fleets, the number is unknown!"

didn't wait for Wang Changgeng's cold snort to stop, but he heard the lookout post on the tall main mast suddenly shouting.

"Huh?"

As soon as he heard the lookout post shouting like this, Wang Changgeng immediately came to his senses, hurriedly picked up the monocular hanging from his waist, and glanced at the front, but unfortunately although the fog was almost dissipated, it was still blurry in the distance, coupled with the limitation of the angle, even with the help of the telescope, Wang Changgeng could only vaguely see some sail shadows and some vague flags, but in any case, there would be such a large fleet at this time, and it could only be the sailor of the Wa Kingdom.

"Quick, Admiral Sun, a large number of Japanese warships have been found ahead, and our department requests to be the first to engage the enemy!"

This discovery of the fleet of the Japanese Navy Division, Wang Changgeng not only did not panic, but became excited, grinding his teeth fiercely, waving his hand, and shouting a word.

"General Wang, Admiral Sun has an order, the forward fleet must not act without authorization, stand by in place, and wait for the main fleet to arrive, and then encircle and annihilate the enemy fleet!"

Hearing Wang Changgeng's order, the lookout post on the tall main mast did not dare to slack off a little, and hurriedly waved the two small flags in his hand to pass the news to the rear.

"Order all ships to drop half sails, fill the rudder on the left, seize the T-shape, and form a battle line configuration!"

Wang Changgeng's subordinates have a large number of three and four warships with extremely strong firepower, and he does not think much of the Japanese fleet without too much artillery in his eyes, even if the warships of the Japanese fleet may be more than ten times that of the Qing army's vanguard fleet, but in Wang Changgeng's view, they are just some local chickens and dogs, and they are not worth mentioning at all.

"Six miles ahead, I found the fleet of the Chinese people, one large and three small, a total of four warships!"

Just when the Qing army's vanguard fleet had just arranged the array line, the lookout post on the Japanese country's vanguard warship had already discovered the Qing army's vanguard fleet that was waiting for it, and they immediately exclaimed.

The Japanese fleet also communicated in the flag language, although the meaning of the signal was different from that of the Qing army, but it had the same effect, with the transmission of the flag, it was not long before the enemy information had been sent to the Japanese Edo Naval Division commander Sakata Yokosan.

"Yo Xi, order all ships to rush forward immediately and destroy the people!"

Sakata Yokozo is one of the elders of the Tokugawa shogunate, although he is only forty years old, but he is already the first person in the Japanese navy, in the past, there are no less pirates who commanded the fleet to sweep through the Edo Bay, and he has repeatedly exterminated the disobedient daimyo of the water, and is an absolute warlike person in the top of the shogunate, this time he received the order of Tokugawa Yoshimune to go south, in order to divide the Qing fleet with a superior, in order to block the waterway of the Qing army's retreat, he thought that he had more than 400 warships, and he would not put the four warships of the Qing Dynasty in his eyes, As soon as he heard the message sent back by the forward fleet, he didn't even think about it, and he had already given the order to attack in a loud voice.

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