Chapter 161: Xinzheng Returns Home
When Yamauchi Nobumasa boarded the Jeju Port wharf, he saw a dilapidated small morning boat parked at the wharf, and looking at the family crest on the ship, Yamauchi Nobumasa understood that the Tsushima family had been defeated.
It is normal that when he boarded the ship from Xiaoshanzi Island and set off, Yamauchi Nobumasa was overwhelmed by a huge fleet of more than 40 Xiyi sea ships and Daming sea ships. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Not because of the number of ships, but because of the size of the ships, the smallest of which was more than 100 tons, and the large Yamauchi Nobumasa did not know its tonnage, but only knew that it stood like a small mountain, and there were two of them.
The winding fleet of more than ten miles brought Yamauchi Nobumasa's curiosity about this Akito power, and this was the first time he had set foot on a small island after two years of imprisonment.
He greedily watched the landscape of the sea and enjoyed the taste of freedom. At first, the tall Ming general hung his appetite and disappeared, making him entangled for days, but he endured it, and he firmly believed that this general would not keep him in captivity in vain.
In his days on the small island, he still boiled his body, practiced martial arts, and waited for the day when he returned home, and he was convinced that Akito would let him go home for some purpose.
Half a year later, several groups of more than 1,000 Nanban people were detained on the island, some of whom were extremely dignified and lived in simple houses.
Yamauchi understood that this Ming general had robbed the ships and even the fleet of the Nanban, which made him very impressed, as the commander of the Choshu Domain, Yamauchi was no stranger to the Nanban warships, and had many contacts in Nagasaki.
Of course, he understood that the Nanban sea ships were strong and powerful, and it was not easy to rob them, which was also the reason why the Nanban could enter and leave this sea area alone with a single sea ship. If he had led the naval army of the Choshu Domain, he would definitely not have been able to do it. If it's a ship, it's still possible. There are no doors in the fleet.
And this Ming general was able to rob the Nanban fleet, which made him even more interested in this Ming general. Therefore, when he saw many Nanban warships, he would be surprised, could it be that this Ming general looted them, this is also too surprising, how did he do it.
Yamauchi was on a fortune boat, and he found that many ships in the same fleet were carrying many Ming people, but. Just by looking at their clothes, you can tell that they are refugees, and as long as the weather is good, they go to the deck in large numbers to watch the wind.
Most people still talk and laugh, the first thing that comes to Yamauchi's mind is immigration, as a party to the power of Dingkou is the cornerstone, without Dingkou's wealth, the army has no way to get it, then, what makes him most curious is where these Dingkou are transported, where Ming will establish a new force. What does this have to do with him being released? Everything tickled him.
Then the strong northwest wind blowing from the mainland in winter took the fleet to reach Jeju Island in just over six days. Yamauchi also judged that this was about Jeju Island based on his many years of sailing experience.
In the outer harbor, Yamauchi Nobumasa saw several ships flying the flag of the Broken Prisoners cruising in this area, and when he approached the port of Jeju, he found that more than ten miles along the coast had been transformed into a huge harbor, and at the same time a strong fortress, six huge fortresses looked at the bay, and Yamauchi understood that this was a huge fort.
In a corner of the harbor faintly moored some Nanban warships, after the fleet entered the port, the first docked were two hill-like Nanban ships, from the ship one after another down is a large number of Ming people, after the large group of Ming people disembarked, there are hundreds of horses ashore.
In the end, Yamauchi Nobuyashi was allowed to land, and after landing in the port, Yamauchi Nobuyashi was escorted by ten soldiers into a carriage and drove south, and when he entered Jeju City, Yamauchi lamented that even Jeju Island had been taken by him, and this power was really expanding rapidly.
After a day of waiting in one of the larger four-entry mansions in the city, he was taken to a larger hall after dinner, and after two years he saw the tall and swarthy general again, but this time the young general was dressed in civilian clothes, and his hair was simply tied in a bun. He looked at Nobumasa Yamauchi with a slight smile on his face.
"Why did the adults teach me?" Yamauchi Shin knelt on the ground and bowed, with a respectful attitude, not at all slacking off at all because Zhao Lie was young.
"Sit." Zhao Lie sat upright and helped Uchiyama Shinmasa.
Nobumasa Yamauchi stubbornly prostrated himself.
Zhao Lie is really accustomed to the stubbornness of the Japanese, but he is also deeply vigilant against their stubbornness, he is really a serious, stubborn, forbearant and tyrannical and bloodthirsty people.
"Without him, just because I want to dominate this place, occupy Jeju, Tsushima, and Ezo, so I will fight with the Japanese general, and if the general is defeated, or if the general is defeated one after another, what will be the situation in Japan." Zhao Lie spoke bluntly to smart people, saving many twists and turns.
Yamauchi Nobumasa raised his head and looked at Zhao Lie in surprise. He sincerely admired the expansion of this young general, but he was sincerely not optimistic about the Tokugawa family of the Japanese Lord, the Great Nayan, and the Great General of the Expedition, who was the actual master of the Japanese kingdom with more than 4 million stones, more than 10 million stones, and more than 80,000 banners, and indirectly controlled hundreds of thousands of military forces of the daimyo in various places, the Matsudaira Tokugawa family.
"The shogun is joking, although Tokugawa Iemitsu has not been in battle, but His Royal Highness the Great Imperial Palace who lives in Nishimaru is still alive and has real power, he has personally experienced the battle of Sekigahara and the battle of Osaka with more than 100,000 people, and he has personally fought in battle, and the head of the family is cautious and cautious, and he is invincible." Yamauchi Nobumasa was extremely unoptimistic, and also expressed it, in his opinion, this Ming general may be too proud because he is too smooth.
"No, Bensho didn't despise Tokugawa Hidetada, if Tokugawa Ieyasu was the one who founded the Tokugawa shogunate, Tokugawa Hidetada was the one who laid a solid foundation, and he had experienced great battles, although he was not a famous general, but the experience that came from it would also prevent him from making fatal mistakes." Zhao Lie did not despise Tokugawa Hidetada.
"The Tokugawa shogunate's banner and the conscription of major retainers can gather hundreds of thousands of troops, which cannot be defeated, but the biggest weakness of the shogunate is its naval army, if it fights with me, it will be the naval army to carry and attack our army, as for the shogunate naval army... Zhao Lie shook his head.
The monarchs of East Asia were all land kingdoms and despised the sea, and even the island country of Japan in this era also favored the infantry army, cavalry army, and naval army, and most of them were just tools to carry soldiers and baggage.
Yamauchi Nobumasa's eyes lit up, indeed, as a member of the Maori Navy, the largest naval army in the Warring States Period, he naturally knew the power of Zhao Lie's water division, compared to it, the shogunate naval army had a numerical advantage, but the strength was still very different, but he believed that this Ming general would have a countermeasure.
"The superiority of our army's naval division means that when our army wants to fight a decisive battle with the enemy, the enemy can get the opportunity to fight a decisive battle." When Zhao Lie said this, Yamauchi immediately understood the plan of this Ming general.
The Tokugawa shogunate was strong, but it was only possible to assemble a large army during a major battle, otherwise the frequent summoning would impoverish the daimyo and lead to dissatisfaction, you must know that the daimyo was subordinate to the expedition, and most of the baggage and food were responsible for themselves, and the shogunate only gave symbolic compensation, the problem was that when the shogunate gathered heavy troops and wanted to fight the enemy, it found it very difficult to find the enemy, and in addition, the transportation of the navy was also a problem.
In terms of the main force of the shogunate's naval army, the Ataku ships, but they carried more than 100 infantry troops, and if it was a cavalry army, they could only be more than 20 horsemen, so that most of the sea ships of the daimyo of all Japan gathered in one place, but there were only more than 200 Ataku ships, more than 400 customs ships, and nearly a thousand small mornings.
However, it is impossible for all ships to be gathered in one place, and many places require sea ships to transport people and baggage and crusade against water thieves to settle places, so it is good to have most of the ships gathered together.
In this way, there will be 150 ships of the house, more than 300 ships of the house, and 500 or 600 ships. Among them, 50 Antaku ships, 100 Seki ships, 200 Kozao as warships, and the remaining 100 Ataka ships, 200 Seki ships, and 200 Kozao as transport ships can only send 15,000 infantry troops, 2,000 cavalry troops and baggage to Jeju for a decisive battle.
Although it is still huge, it is really different from the hundreds of thousands of cavalry troops. Besides, there will be fierce encounters at sea, and if you sink some ships at sea, it would be nice to have 10,000 cavalry troops arrive.
That's the opportunity. This small account is very good at calculating for Yamauchi, who is pursued by Maori ships, and it is very professional, and the conclusion is that if the Akito defeats the Tokugawa shogunate even once, the authority and control of the shogunate will be shaken, if it is twice...
Yamauchi didn't dare to think that if there were two or three times, it would not be impossible for the Maori family to reclaim the fertile plains of central China.
But the risks here... , Yamachi's heart is galloping, and his face is changing, this entanglement is really a lifetime of entanglements here.
"Don't worry," Zhao Lie couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw Yamauchi Nobuya's struggle, "Yamauchi has made an oath that he will not let you or your family master leave any words, you just have to wait, wait for things to happen." If it happens, you know what to do, and if things don't happen, the Maori family has nothing to lose. So if you haven't seen the general, you will return to the Choshu Domain in the near future. ”
Yamauchi Nobumasa is like thousands of divine beasts running over in his heart, Nima, just as if I haven't seen you, wouldn't I have lost it in vain for two years, and also, if I haven't heard of this plan, of course I don't care, with this opportunity that may make the shogunate horse stumble, can my Maori family not care? Well, what is that that got me back.
When Yamauchi Shinmasa came back to his senses, Zhao Lie had already left.
Yamauchi Nobumasa scolded in his heart, Baga, it has always been said that you can come and go, but you can tell me more about it.
Zhao Lie really doesn't have that idle time, in his opinion, he has said enough, no matter how much he says, it is better to defeat the shogunate once, and the Changzhou Domain still doesn't know how to do it, and he is really mentally retarded.
Even if the Choshu Domain doesn't do this, there are really not too many smart people among the Japanese daimyos. As for the foreshadowing in the Choshu Domain, it was only because the Choshu Domain was the main force of the Western Army in the Battle of Sekigahara that year, and Mori Terumoto was still the general of the Western Army who fought against the Tokugawa family.
Lost in his soul, he returned to his lodgings, and a day later, in the early hours of the morning, he was taken to a vermilion ship, where he found that all the men were imprisoned subordinates, which meant that he could once again command a sea ship.
Escorted by two clippers and the Huo Quai, the Vermilion Seal sailed with full sails, and then the strong northwest winds blowing from the mainland in winter sailed towards the Choshu Domain on the west coast of Honshu in southeastern Japan. (To be continued.) )