Beneath the lead-gray sky was a sea that could not be seen, and the blue sea had become a dark dark blue in this gloomy and gloomy weather, and it looked very heavy, and on this heavy sea, a huge fleet of ships was moving forward, as if it was not at all worried about the impending storm.

"General, do you think those Japanese have the courage to fight us on the sea?" On the largest flagship in the middle of the fleet, the fierce-looking Zhu Chong asked Lu Qing, who was studying the charts, with an eager expression on his face.

I saw that Lu Qing didn't look back and said: "Don't worry, those Japanese people have always been arrogant, last time we deliberately avoided the war, so that their arrogance was even stronger, even if they knew that we had destroyed Baekje, they would definitely not be afraid of us, so they would definitely wait for us in the Tsushima Strait!" ”

Hearing Lu Qing's words, Zhu Chong was even more excited, the previous war avoidance had already made him angry, and he had long wanted to fight with the Japanese people, so that they could know who was the overlord of the sea? It is precisely this kind of thinking that Zhu Chong is most worried about when the news of Baekje's demise reaches the Wa Kingdom, he will let the Wa Kingdom withdraw the 40,000 naval army, then he will not have to fight, and now after listening to Lu Qing's judgment, he finally let him relax.

The weather on the sea is fickle, originally in this gloomy and gloomy weather, many old crew members judged that there would be a heavy rainstorm, but unfortunately this time they were gone, and the rainstorm that was about to fall before it did not fall for a long time, and the dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed, it has been cloudy, and I don't know what God's idea is?

But it doesn't matter if it rains or not. Lu Qing and the others are not worried, after all, with the excellent performance of these warships under their feet now. As long as there are no major storms, there will be no major problems. And now that the harsh winter has just passed, it is obviously not the time for a storm, so there is nothing to worry about, and there are even many soldiers who are looking forward to the rain coming down soon, when they can receive more fresh water to stockpile, maybe they can also take a bath and rub the old mud on their bodies. However, Lu Qing didn't have the heart to care about these miscellaneous matters, and after directing the fleet to identify the direction, he rushed into the Tsushima Strait for the second time.

This time is the same as last time. Lu Qing's first stop was still Danluo, and after their entire army withdrew from the Tsushima Strait last time, Danluo was occupied by the Japanese navy. Lu Qing thought that he would meet the Japanese navy here, so he was ready for battle early, but when he arrived here, he found that the Japanese navy stationed here had already retreated.

"General, you're back, please don't leave again!" As soon as Lu Qing and the others landed on the island, the king of Danluo, Duluo, led people to cry to him. Duluo's appearance can be described as very miserable. The iconic cotton coat of the past was gone, and like the subjects behind him, he was surrounded only by a few burlap cloths, although the temperature on the island was not too low. But Duro, including the people around him, were all shivering, and it was obvious that the linen cloth on his body was not warm at all.

"How did you get this out?" Lu Qing asked with a frown, the last time they occupied Danluo. He once asked Dura to gather the island's residents to help build the port, and the other party was very cooperative. This made Lu Qing very satisfied, and his impression of Du Luo was also very good. Later, he also agreed to let the soldiers make some transactions with the inhabitants of the island, which greatly promoted the economic growth of Danluo, and even several nobles on the island who were second only to Dura wore cotton clothes, but now they see a group of Danluo nobles like Hanako.

"General, don't you know, those Japanese people are simply a group of brutes, who came to the island to grab food, clothing, and women, as long as we can move everything on the entire island, almost all of them have been robbed by them, and this is not bad, even the young women on the island have robbed a lot, and now they are all sent to Tsushima Island, please ask the general to call the shots for us!" Du Luo cried with a handful of snot and tears.

Their Danluo population is only in the early 10,000s, and they have no ability to protect themselves at all, they used to be attached to Baekje, and they surrendered to Lu Qing last time, but whether it is Baekje or Lu Qing, they just need the geographical location of Danluo, and they don't have much malice towards their country, but the Wa Kingdom is different, these short Wa people are very arrogant, what to rob when they see anything, and the islanders may lose their lives if they resist a little, in just a few days, their Dan Luo's food, clothing, etc. were almost robbed, Even young women were robbed of a lot, so the people on the island hated the Japanese people to the core.

After listening to Turala's words, Lu Qing was not surprised, the 10,000 soldiers sent to the battlefield of Baekje by the Japanese state at the beginning, didn't they also toss the Silla people enough, and later those Japanese people were surrounded by the Silla people, I heard that they were all chopped into meat paste by the Silla people, which shows how hateful those Japanese people are.

Although Lu Qing was a little unimpressed with the scourge of Danluo by the Japanese Kingdom, after all, this is not the Tang Dynasty, and Danluo is not their subject country, so naturally there is no protection to talk about, but out of the previous pleasant cooperation, coupled with some sympathy for Danluo by nature, Lu Qing still comforted the other party a few words, and assured the other party that if Tsushima Island is defeated, those Danluo women who were snatched away will be sent back.

Lu Qing and they originally came here to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese people, and Tsushima Island is one of the keys to controlling the people of the Tsushima Strait, so they will definitely fight it down in the future, if those Danluo women are really on the island, it will naturally not be difficult to send a favor to the water, and it can also let Danluo remember this kindness, maybe something will use them in the future.

Hearing that this General Lu of the Tang Dynasty really agreed to help, this made Du Luo grateful, and as for the next question Lu Qing asked, he naturally knew everything.

And Lu Qing learned from Duluo that there were originally 10,000 Japanese naval troops stationed on Danluo Island, and there were more than 200 boats, but most of them were small boats, and there was no comparison with their warships at all.

Originally, the 10,000 Japanese countries were stationed in Danluo, but two days ago, they suddenly seemed to receive some news, and then quickly retreated, at first Danluo was still suspecting what was going on, but now it seems that those Japanese people must have received the news of Lu Qing's return, so they retreated.

"Then do you know where these widows have retreated?" Lu Qing then asked.

"This ......" Du Luo recalled after hearing this, and then spoke, "General Qiyu, I don't know exactly where they went, but looking at the direction they left, it should be north, and it is estimated that they probably retreated to Tsushima Island." ”

Lu Qing nodded after hearing this, this is similar to what he guessed, the Tsushima Strait is the main road to the mainland of the Wa Kingdom, they will definitely not give up easily, since they have withdrawn from Danluo Island, then it is likely that they will shrink their forces and return to Tsushima Island, using this as a base to fight to the death with them.

Thinking of this, Lu Qing waved his hand to let Du Luo and the others go down, but he summoned all the generals and officers of the sea to a meeting to discuss the next strategy against the enemy, and all the generals agreed that they were far superior to the other party in terms of strength, so there was no need to play any tricks, just drive the ship to Tsushima Island to fight a decisive battle with the other party.

Lu Qing smiled slightly after hearing this, although he also had the idea of fighting, but he couldn't take it lightly at any time, even if he rushed over directly, there were still some skills to use.

Lu Qing and they rested in Danluo for two days, and then set sail along the strait to the north, aiming directly at Tsushima Island, although it is not yet certain whether the main fleet of the Japanese country is on the island, but this is the throat of the Tsushima Strait, so it must be in the hands of no matter what.

However, Lu Qing and the others did not directly rush to the island, but first stationed on a deserted island two or three hundred miles away from Tsushima Island, and then sent a small fleet to Tsushima Island, on the one hand, to check the current situation on the island, and on the other hand, to test the reaction of the Japanese people.

As a result, this small fleet successfully caught a patrol fleet sent from the island, and then learned from them that the Japanese people had indeed mobilized all the sailors to Tsushima Island, and it was not the previous 40,000 people, but another 10,000 sailors from the country, adding up to a total of 50,000 and thousands of warships, although they were all small boats, but if they surrounded Lu Qing and them, they would not be qualified to fight.

After inquiring about these circumstances, this small fleet did not kill the Japanese people they caught, but coerced the other party to let them lead the way, relying on the characteristics of their own ships to attack and harass the Japanese around Tsushima Island, and by the way, to understand the layout of the Japanese on Tsushima Island.

Originally, the commander of the Japanese army was still a relatively sober person, knowing that although there were many people on his side, the actual combat power was not superior, so he planned to wait for work and prepare to use the fortifications on Tsushima Island to offset the advantage of the Tang army's warships.

It's a pity that Lu Qing has already seen through the other party's plan, so he didn't take the initiative to attack at all, but after the small fleet sent to find out the situation on Tsushima Island, he immediately sent several small fleets to cruise around Tsushima Island.

For such an arrogant provocation of the Tang Navy, all the Japanese people on Tsushima were very angry, and many people were clamoring for a decisive battle with the Tang people, and this call became higher and higher, and finally even the commander of the Japanese naval army could not suppress the sound of the decisive battle at sea, and even the Japanese country also put pressure on him, and finally in desperation, the very sober commander of the naval army still did not resist the pressure, and had to order 50,000 troops to go to sea to find the decisive battle of the Tang army, and the first sea battle between the Central Plains Dynasty and the Japanese State finally came. (To be continued.) )