In the morning sun, the sea swayed slightly, making a gentle sound, and the gorgeous morning glow was reflected on the vast sea, like the red glow cut by the fairy, decorating the sea with extraordinary beauty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The waves rolled in from the horizon, and they hit the reef, splashing like jade. The splash of water, looking from afar like clusters of white plums, falls like a light rain, and the deep blue sea stretches towards the infinite distance, making people truly understand what it means to be boundless.

It was supposed to be an ordinary day, the sea rising and falling at the same pace as before, and it seemed that it would never stop, but under this blue sky, some dark shadows gradually came from the distant sea level

At first, there were black dots, and then they slowly rose up until they finally revealed their original appearance - they were the masts of a sea ship.

Then there were huge white sails, which were swollen by the sea breeze, and from a distance they looked like huge white towers standing on the sea, and in the mast, the blue-black warships were also on display.

These warships were of various sizes, ranging from large warships that were several feet tall to small ships that were small and fast, and in the center around them were a large group of low transport ships, which were very tightly formed and large, covering a large area of the sea under black pressure.

This is the essence of the entire maritime power of the Han Dynasty, and what they are going to carry out this time is also the largest naval operation of the Han Dynasty since the founding of the country, and they will uphold the will of the Han Emperor and sweep away the most important choke point of the Japanese shogunate, so that the shogunate has to submit to the will of the Han Dynasty.

In the sea breeze of hunting, on the deck of the Songshan, the flagship of this fleet, Zhao Song, the commander of the Japanese army and the great Han Xingyang Bo, looked at the land in the distance with a telescope, his face was very calm, and he could not see any fluctuations, as if he was just traveling on a sea ship now.

However, the group of people around him did not have this ease.

"Zhao Shuai, we are now outside Suruga Bay in the Kanto region." The commander of this fleet, Marshal Langya Hou Cai De, looked at the opposite side with a telescope while carefully comparing the charts, "Now we can get close to the coast and find a place where we can land as soon as possible." ”

Zhao Song didn't answer, didn't even move his gaze, just nodded lightly.

Cai De immediately turned back and began to order his men, and with his order, the entire fleet began to slowly turn, and one ship after another made a clean wave on the sea, like the claw marks left by giants.

The map used by Cai De was a map of Japan drawn by Western missionaries more than ten years ago, and it can be imagined that the quality is not high, but the general coastline and terrain are still drawn.

Japan's coastline is long and winding, so there are several natural bays, and Edo Castle is hidden in the deepest part of Edo Bay, and Edo Bay is connected to the outer sea only by a small Uraga waterway, and only when you enter Sagami Bay can you directly insert into Edo Bay through the Uraga waterway.

After the war between the Han and the shogunate, although the Han had absolute superiority at sea, the shogunate, which was closed off from the country and bound by itself, could not compete with the Han at sea, but in order to protect the transportation at sea, the Han navy did not invade the Kanto Sea on a large scale, let alone directly invade the open sea of Edo Castle. And now, the situation is different, the Han army has decided to fight a decisive battle with the shogunate, and the navy, of course, will not have any reservations.

Just a few days earlier, the main force of the Japanese army under the command of Zhao Song had boarded the ships, then pulled anchor and attacked the throat of the shogunate, and after Nagasaki, they headed northeast, along the coastline of Japan, directly around the island of Shikoku, then around the peninsula of Kii Province, and finally came to the outer waters of Kanto, and now, their sea journey was about to come to an end.

According to Zhao Song's plan, this fleet will directly enter Edo Bay, and then pour its own Han army onto Japanese land, and then this army will march directly to Edo, forcing the shogunate Tokugawa Iemitsu to fight a decisive battle with the Han army, and when the army advances, the naval fleet will divide its forces to attack and harass everywhere, directly bombarding all parts of Japan with merciless artillery fire, containing the shogunate's power, and at the same time causing panic everywhere.

"Zhao Shuai, now our army is about to go to the land and fight a decisive battle with the shogunate, and the soldiers are very enthusiastic, hoping to be able to fight bravely and make meritorious contributions." Yan Guang, the chief senator accepted by Zhao Song, also spoke beside Zhao Song at this time, "However, Kanto is the fundamental place of the shogunate, and their army must be gathered everywhere, and when our army lands on the sea, we must be extremely careful, and we must not give them a chance to attack halfway." ”

Since the war between the two sides, the shogunate has been massing large forces in the Kanto region, and it is conceivable that as soon as the Han navy enters Edo Bay, it will cause a great shock to the enemy army, and then the enemy army will desperately assemble in the landing area. As a division of a hundred battles, the Han army was not afraid of engaging the shogunate army head-on, but if it was intercepted by the enemy during the landing, I am afraid that it would be a little troublesome.

"Brethren of the Army, naturally there will be our Navy to defend you." Of course, Cai De knew that Yan Guang's words were actually to him, "Please rest assured, as long as our navy still has a warship floating on the sea, we will never let the brothers of the army suffer, once our army begins to land, we will directly send a fleet to respond, and no one will approach you." ”

For the Han army, the ideal landing site should be able to land the army as soon as possible, and it is convenient to guard against enemy counterattacks, in order to achieve this seemingly difficult condition, after careful selection, Zhao Song and his senators finally chose the landing site in Yokosuka.

Yokosuka is located at the end of the Miura Peninsula, and it was originally a seaport, and the terrain was flat, which made it easy for large armies to land nearby, and because it was located on the peninsula, even if the shogunate wanted to resist, it could only be reinforced through the narrow isthmus, and it was very inconvenient to transfer troops.

At the same time, Yokosuka was also located in Edo Bay, and as long as the landing in Yokosuka was successful, the Han army could advance along the sea surface of Edo Bay and directly attack Edo, and at that time, the shogunate would fall into great passivity.

While the two of them were talking, the fleet had already begun to sail along the sea into the Uraga waterway, because this waterway was relatively narrow, so the Han fleet began to change its formation, from the rectangular array of battleships around the transport ship at the beginning, to a long snake formation, and the transport ship was still sandwiched in the center.

At the beginning is the main battleship of the Han Navy, these tall battleships have now entered a state of imminent battle, the windows on the side have been opened one by one, and the cannons of one door have stretched out from the portholes, and the dense muzzles make the originally beautiful lines of the battleship suddenly want to become a steel hedgehog.

The inhabitants on both sides of the waterway had apparently seen the arrival of the fleet, and there was clearly a commotion, for the coastline was so close that the people on the ships could clearly see that many of them were screaming and fleeing on the shore, as if they had seen evil spirits.

Since they had already arrived here, the Han Navy had no intention of continuing to keep their whereabouts secret, but in order to achieve the suddenness of the battle, the shogunate army did not have time to mobilize, so these ships ignored the inhabitants on both sides of the strait, and rushed directly into Edo Bay.

Once in Edo Bay, the fleet began to regroup, then began to turn to the left, and finally came to a halt off the coast of Yokosuka.

It is a small port city with few inhabitants, no defenses common on the Dahan coast, and no coastal defense forts. However, after the Great Han began to wage war with the Shogunate, the inhabitants of the Kanto Coast began to set up various obstacles on the beach, such as stones and stalagmites, because they were afraid that the Han ships would be strong, so the inhabitants of the Kanto Coast began to set up various obstacles on the beach, such as stones and stalagmites, which looked like fangs growing from the ground from the sea.

The large warships of the Han fleet stopped in the open sea because of the deep draft, and some medium and small warships began to escort several transports towards the land, and did not stop until they were close to the distance of running aground.

Since there were no weapons on the shore to defend against these ships, the warships were very calm, and they began to set up in accordance with the rules of the navy, and then stopped, and then the navy of the Han began to launch artillery bombardments on the opposite shore.

A loud bang suddenly sounded on the sea, and with the roaring sound, the waves became more turbulent, and the sound of artillery bombardment spread everywhere, and the rising smoke and water columns also drifted into the air, and the battleship also shook slightly on the sea surface during the bombardment.

And just when the Han Navy was shelling, these transport ships put down some small landing boats, these small landing ships were moved by human oars, and they were full of Han soldiers in red military uniforms, they turned their backs to the sun that had risen into the sky, and slowly rowed towards them, and the golden sunlight dyed the copper buttons on their bodies more brilliantly.

Because it was difficult to carry out a large-scale landing on the coast, the Han army decided to send a small force ashore before landing, then seize the port of Yokosuka, and then use the port to allow the whole army to start the landing.

Therefore, this is a very high demand on the first batch of sergeants who landed, and today's group of officers and men who rushed to land on the beach were carefully selected from the Liaodong Regiment of the Japanese Army of the Han Dynasty.

Even in the battle-hardened Liaodong Army, these people can be called elite, very experienced in combat, and very brave, so they will be selected to carry out such a mission.

Because of the artillery support, these Han troops did not suffer any threatening attacks before approaching the coast, although there were some sporadic gunshots and bowstrings on the opposite shore from time to time, but they could not do much damage.

Soon, the boats were rowed to the beach, and the big men disembarked at once, and then began to regroup on the beach, and then immediately began to advance inland along the coast. They had a lot of experience and a clear goal - they had to capture the entire city of Yokosuka.

After the initial assembly was completed, these officers and soldiers immediately began to advance towards the city not far from the start, and this group of red arrays pressed forward step by step.

And when they came to the edge of the city, a group of men with weapons suddenly rushed towards them.

Their equipment was very rudimentary, they had no armor or good weapons, and some of them even had farm tools in their hands, and it was obvious that they had assembled in a hurry, unprepared for the sudden landing of the Han army.

Because of the contempt for the opposite side of the attack, the pace of the Han army's advance did not slow down, and they did not even line up to prepare to meet the attack, but when the distance between the two sides shrank to a very short time, the first soldiers began to bombard the opposite side with muskets, and the not dense shooting did not cause many casualties to the opposite side, but it frightened their courage, and when they saw someone falling in a pool of blood, the group of people immediately held their feet, and then ran back with a howl.

The Han army did not pursue them, but continued to advance, and they soon came to the castle of Yokosuka.

At this time, the city was already crying and screaming, many people were howling, and then frantically running for their lives in the opposite direction of the Han army's march, whether it was men, women, old or young, they fled while crying, and some of them were so frightened that they even fell to the ground, but soon they got up and ran again, as if they were being chased by evil spirits.

Naturally, these Han officers and soldiers were not interested in chasing down these civilians, they soon penetrated deep into the city, and then took control of the entire harbor.

As they signaled after taking the city, the warships and transports of the Han Navy in the depths of the coast began to advance towards the harbor, where they would occupy the entire city and then turn it into a base for the Han army to attack Edo.

Seeing that the first attack was so smooth, the top brass of the entire Han Expeditionary Force on the Songshan were a little cheering and relieved.

"This castle can be easily breached, which shows that the shogunate is defenseless against our army!" Yan Guang looked at Zhao Song excitedly, "Zhao Shuai, we can expect a great success!" ”

"Japan's coastline is so long, even if they want to fortify everywhere, they can't do it, our army's maritime superiority is so obvious, if you want to cross Edo, it's just a snap of your fingers." Cai De was also quite complacent, "Wait a minute, I'll go straight to Edo, and let that little boy from Tokugawa Iemitsu see the power of our Han Navy!" ”

"It's just a surprise to the shogunate, and it's too early to rejoice." Seeing that the two generals under his command were a little complacent, Zhao Song interrupted them coldly, "There is still a tough battle to be fought next, and if you want to despise the enemy army, you have to wait until the final victory is won!" ”

"Yes!" Yan Guang and Cai De immediately stood solemnly.

Under Zhao Song's gaze, one by one the transport ships began to float towards the coast, and after they docked, they would send the Han army they were carrying to Honshu Island, which was also the first time they set foot in the heart of the Japanese shogunate.

And this army will be under his command, straight to the throat of the shogunate, and I don't know if this line of work is a blessing or a curse?

No matter what, as the commander-in-chief, he bears the safety and dignity of the whole army, and no matter whether the situation is good or bad, he cannot be moved by it, and he must not relax.

He looked up at Edo's defensive line, and although the blue sea stretched as far as the eye could see, he could see the outline of Edo Castle faintly.

There were enemy troops, shoguns of the shogunate, the most important battle of his life to date, and the reward of a marquis......

"Let's go ashore too." He looked at Yan Guang, "The chaos on the shore must end in the fastest time, and then immediately stick to the occupied territory and prepare to meet the shogunate army!" ”

Before Yan Guang could agree, he looked at Cai De. "Marquis Langya, after I go ashore, all the affairs of the sea will be handed over to you, and please cooperate with us and others, and don't stick to the view of the door...... Whether it is the army or the navy, everyone is a robe and a brother, and they should support each other. ”

"Zhao Shuai, please rest assured, as long as I, Cai De, am alive, I will never suffer the brothers of the army!" Cai De assured Zhao Song again, "After the war, please also ask Zhao Shuai to toast me two glasses!" ”

"Good! We'll get drunk when the time comes! Zhao Song laughed, and then boarded the small boat on the Songshan with Yan Guang and a group of his senators, and rushed towards the land of Honshu Island with many robes.

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It's night, and the lights are still bright in the Honmaru in Edo Castle.

In the main hall of the Honmaru, the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu was sitting in the middle of the hall, looking at the documents with an expressionless face, and the people near him also stood respectfully and solemnly, with very solemn faces.

On a normal day, Tokugawa Iemitsu would have gone to Okunai to enjoy the service of his concubines and the pleasures of drinking, but since the Han invasion of Japan a few months ago, this ordinary life has become a luxury, and Tokugawa Iemitsu often has to listen to reports from all sides, review documents, and fall asleep late.

Since the beginning of the war, his temper had become so violent that few people dared to speak in front of him, and he enjoyed the silence because it relieved him of the pain in front of him.

As the war progressed, the Great Han began to advance step by step, defeating his army many times and occupying large swaths of land, and each bad news made this pain a little more painful.

However, in order to encourage his subordinates, he could not reveal this pain, but could only endure it forcibly, and hoped that things would turn around.

Recently, he sent his number one auxiliary minister, the shogunate elder Ii Naotaka, out to let him come to meet the Han Kou, and he had been hoping that he would be able to pass on the good news to him, but after waiting for so long, the good news has never come.

The protracted war also brought huge expenses, and when looking at the reports of requests for money and food from various places, Tokugawa Iemitsu only felt an incomparable headache.

To alleviate the pain, he picked up the glass next to him—he had been relying on spirits to keep his spirits up lately.

However, just when the wine glass just came to the lips.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang that resounded throughout the temple, and then a great light shone brightly, causing his glass to fall to the floor. (To be continued.) )