On the evening of the second day, in the room of the Military Intelligence Division in the backyard of the government office, under the dim oil lamp, Yamauchi Nobu was being brought in. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As soon as he entered the room, Yamauchi Nobumasa immediately knelt on the ground, "Lord Ming is above, and the villain Yamauchi Nobumasa has something important to report, I hope that Lord Yamauchi will save my Maori family." ”

He knew very well that this trip was important, and without the help of Lord Mingguo, the Maori family would definitely suffer heavy losses this time, so his posture was extremely low, and he asked for help at the beginning.

"Oh," Zhao Lie calmly looked at the back of Yamauchi's head who was kneeling on the ground, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yamauchi is exaggerating, at this moment, the shogunate is about to conquer Jeju, how can he damage his own arms to eradicate the Maori clan." ”

"My lord doesn't know, the shogunate shogun ordered the Choshu Domain and other foreign daimyo as the main force to go out on the expedition, the shogunate only sent a few soldiers and horses, but the villain knows the power of the adult fleet, if the Choshu Domain and other soldiers immediately sail to the sea, I'm afraid that if I don't see the coast of Jeju and sink into the sea, ah, my lord, now only adults can save my Choshu Domain, and the head of the family, Mori Hide, will bow to him, hoping that the lord will help." Shin Yamauchi is kowtowing like pounding garlic.

"Ben Jiang is not an immortal, how can he influence the shogunate, and how to go out of battle is a matter for this great man," Zhao Lie said unhurriedly.

Zhao Lie was pleased, just this piece of news would not be in vain for Yamauchi to return to the Changzhou Domain, not to mention that the Changzhou Domain would be of great use in the future, and sure enough, the fortresses were breached from within.

Nobuyobu Yamauchi was extremely anxious below, and he didn't dare to get up.

"But," Zhao Lie paused with a smile, and Yamauchi's body was stunned, this is a door, "You can contact Zongheng later, all the foreign daimyos are making a fuss, hehe." The shogunate also had to weigh it. ”

Nobumasa Yamauchi was stunned and thought deeply. It's doable. It's just that the risk is also big, but I'm afraid that the shogunate is also watching whether the foreign daimyo is colluding.

"Ben can only say that as long as the Japanese sailors go to sea, our navy will let them return with a big defeat, and most of the ships will be lost." Zhao Lie waved his hand, came in and the guards took Yamauchi Nobumasa out, Yamauchi Nobumasa was so aggrieved, every time you said it in a hurry. That's it, I can't figure it out.

On the return boat, Yamauchi had only one thought, saying that he could not give way to the cavalry on board, and the Ming army general had already said it very clearly, but he was ruthless when he got to the sea.

Yamauchi has been walking on the sea for a long time, and he knows the power of the Nanban giant ship, although there are many shogunate ships, I am afraid that he will not be able to escape.

The bay of Shimonoseki is crowded with Japanese-style warships with their own family crests fluttering, and there are Ataka boats. The most common one is the small morning boat. Among them, the small morning boat is the most, densely spread all over the bay, and even spread to the open sea, as far as the eye can see, a sea of sails.

The camp on the shore expanded from the port to the surrounding flats, and it was busy with new soldiers coming ashore to join the pace of building camp on the shore, and the retainers of the Choshu Domain were busy in the dark.

This master is really not easy to do, and the old Fukuhara Jun of the old Changzhou Domain's pen head family is even more dizzy and busy, and he hasn't worked so hard for many years.

In the barracks on the shore of the port, nearly 100 military generals gathered together, and dozens of family crest flags of various daimyo families were erected outside the camp tent, and the colors were mixed and chaotic, showing that the daimyo military forces from all over Japan gathered here.

The general of the Tokugawa shogunate, Doi Toshikatsu, and the general of the Funejo administration, Mukai Tadakatsu, were at the top, and the other generals were at the top of the house, and of course, the Kii Tokugawa family, the Mito Tokugawa family, the Owari Tokugawa family, and the Maeda clan of the Junichi clan were at the top, which was a manifestation of their status.

The general of the pedigree dai daimyo is in the middle, the general of the outer daimyo is at the end, and although the Mori family is the outer daimyo, because it is the host, the general Shimizu Keiji is in the middle of the seat.

It seems that the front row and the general in the middle are majestic and imposing, but in fact, they are all soy sauce.

This time, the navy was dominated by the shogunate, the Satsuma navy, the Date family, the Choshu domain, the Tosa domain, and other foreign daimyo navy, and even the Tsushima and Matsumae domains also came to participate in the battle.

The reason is very simple, most of the foreign daimyo live in barren places near the sea, and they have more or less naval armies. As for the infantry cavalry, between the Jeju Ming army infantry cavalry was only a few thousand, and the transportation capacity of sea ships, it was mainly based on the Choju domain, Satsuma domain, Date family, Hosokawa family and other domains, each family contributed two or three thousand troops, and the other least daimyo only sent dozens of people just to order a few dozen people to see the excitement.

The Tokugawa banner was only dispatched more than 1,000 foot troops, as well as a reserve of cavalry, a total of 35,000 troops, this expedition consumed more than 300,000 foreign daimyo strength The purpose is obvious, and the other external daimyo is incidental consumption, and the rest of the subordinates of the imperial three families and genealogy daimyo are of course gloating, and the outer daimyo is a rabbit dead fox sorrow.

At the beginning of the assessment meeting, Doi Toshikatsu set the tone, using 50 Ataku ships, 100 Guan ships and 200 Xiaozao ships to meet the Ming army in front, the remaining 100 Ataku ships, 300 Guan ships and more than 400 Xiaozao ships to transport 15,000 infantry troops, and 3,000 cavalry to land behind, and the rest of the army to wait for the fleet to return to transport.

However, the 15,000 infantry troops and 3,000 cavalry of the Choshu Domain, the 2,000 infantry of the Satsuma Domain, the 1,000 cavalry, the 1,000 cavalry, and the 1,000 cavalry of the Daimyo of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Imperial Three Clans, and even the army of the Daimyo of the Sakatsu Dynasty.

As soon as Doi Toshikatsu's voice fell, the noise in the back row was everywhere, and the meaning of making the Daimyo as cannon fodder was too obvious, and the general of the Daimyo who came here this time was either a member of the Daimyo, or the old man of the Daimyo's pen family, and his net worth was tied to the Daimyo, such an arrangement caused the General Generals to express their dissatisfaction one after another, and the venue was in chaos.

Doi Toshikatsu inspected the venue with angry eyes, and the retainers of the daimyo in the back row saw Doi's hideous face before remembering that Doi Toshikatsu had also participated in the Battle of Osaka, beheading nearly a hundred fierce generals, and his voice dissipated.

Doi Toshikatsu was also surprised, as an outsider daimyo must have the consciousness of becoming cannon fodder, the marginal forces of the main family were driven to consume the strength of the opponent, and the army of the main family rushed from behind to defeat the opponent, this is a common practice since the Warring States period, no exception, why dare to oppose it so much this time.

There is a misconception here. Toshikatsu Doi had never experienced a naval battle. I don't know much about the Nanban warships. However, the retainers of the Daimyo who had been in the coastal area all the year round were well aware of the power of the Nanban warships.

If the land attack fails, it is a big deal to retreat, at least not the whole army can be annihilated, as long as the shogunate does its best, it can't be too strong, but in a naval battle, it is indeed possible to destroy the entire army if the enemy ships enter the transport fleet, and it is a suffocated and powerless to resist and die in the sea. The two are completely different.

Mukai Tadashi is from his father, Mukai Masatsuna, has experienced large and small naval battles, and even fought fiercely with the Maori family and the Satsuma family's naval army. I also know a little about the Nanban warship, and I have even seen Japan's first self-built Galen sea ship, the Date Village, and I have also boarded the Xiyi sea ship, which can be said to be rich in experience, and I also have an understanding of the concerns of a number of famous retainers.

Xiang Jing Tadashi whispered to Doi Toshikatsu next to him.

At this moment, Shimazu Hisanobu, the general of the Satsuma Domain, stepped forward to pay homage and said, "General Doi, my Shimazu family has been ordered to go on an expedition, and there are more than 100 warships. The number of troops is thousands, showing that the Shimazu family is His Majesty the Emperor. His Royal Highness the General is determined to fight, but the Southern Barbarian warships are strong and artillery, the naval army cannot defeat the enemy fleet, and the situation of the rear soldiers and ships is dangerous, and our infantry and cavalry cannot easily be buried in the sea. ”

"The Shimazu family is at peace for a moment, this matter is being discussed." Doi Toshikatsu looked at Shimazu Hisanobu with dissatisfaction, the Shimazu family is a thorn, if it was in Honshu, the Tokugawa family would have not hesitated to reduce it and transfer it.

The general of the Choshu domain, Shimizu Keiji, was overjoyed, he really came to the pillow as soon as he fell asleep, and the head of the house ordered him to never bring the foot cavalry on the boat, and he was trying his best to think about how to complete the trust of the head of the family, and Shimazu Hisanobu of the Shimazu family really cooperated.

Shimizu Keiji put on his armor and stepped forward to salute, "General General, my Maori family is also fighting with all their might, but the enemy fleet is fierce, and it is really worrying that our army will swim across rashly." ”

After Doi Toshikatsu dealt with the retainers of the Satsuma Domain, he knew that the Choshu Domain would not be honest, and sure enough, the Choshu Domain came out immediately, and it was really worthy of being the main force of the Western Army back then.

Doi Toshikatsu smiled, "Why, the Maori family is planning to do it on their own." ”

This sentence is very heart-wrenching, however, Doi Toshikatsu thinks that he knows the thoughts of the Tokugawa family, and he is worried that there is no good excuse to go crazy and continue to reduce the Choshu Domain, and now it is that words that stimulate you, you bite me, if there is a conflict, the Tokugawa family will only be overjoyed.

Yaga, old bastard, Shimizu Keiji scolded in his heart, his face was indeed righteous and awe-inspiring, "My Maori family has always been a loyal minister of His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness the General, this time my family is mainly worried about the military situation of the great masters and the safety of the sea, if the naval army can take the lead in defeating the Ming fleet, my Maori family is willing to be the pioneer of the army, attack Jeju, and not win." ”

This is said very tactfully, pull all the foreign daimyo up, look, my Maori family is interceding for the big guys, this is also very serious, as long as the enemy fleet is defeated, the Maori family is willing to be the forerunner.

Everyone here understood that if the Mori clan was the vanguard, the Mori clan would be able to win and not be defeated, and that the shogunate would be able to find things such as being rude, disobedient, and taking the enemy lightly, and so on, which the shogunate could use to further reduce the number of feudal feudal domains.

The general of the Maori family said this, but he was also extremely sincere, the so-called killing is not too much, and the Tokugawa family can't be pressed step by step, but there are many daimyo onlookers around. Some of the surrounding daimyo retainers came out again at this time.

Doi Toshikatsu glared at Shimizu Keiji hatefully, "The Maori family will stand back for the time being, and let me and others discuss." ”

Doi Toshikatsu, Mukai Tadakatsu, and the general of the Imperial Three Family, the general of the Maeda family, discussed and felt that some actions should not be too obvious, after all, it was a cross-sea operation, and finally decided that three days later, 150 Ataka ships, 300 Seki ships, and 500 small morning ships were dispatched to seek an opportunity to annihilate the main force of the Jeju Ming army.

After this military order was issued, all the retainers of the famous names finally quieted down, Shimazu Hisanobu and Shimizu Keiji were even more smiling, and Doi Toshikatsu hated it in his heart, but he was old and sophisticated, and he was secretly attached to his heart, and the war was long-term, and he would report it later.

In the next two days, all the naval armies in Xiaguan were refurbished and prepared for war, preparing for artillery, gunpowder, iron artillery, rockets, oil, and fireships. (To be continued.) )