Hattori Kizo saw that Zhao Hongyu asked the question of the sailors of Kyushu, so he thought for a while before replying: "The sailors of Kyushu are very scattered, and the thirteen daimyo basically have dozens of warships under their command. However, these warships are far inferior to ironclad ships. ”

As soon as Hattori Kizo's words fell, Wang Fuzi, who had not been very active recently, spoke.

"Your Highness, if you want to talk about the situation of the sailors over there in Kyushu, I can talk about it." , Wang Fuzi has been very low-key during this period, because he really has no way to play a role in the war against Osaka. But now that he asked about the matter in Kyushu, he felt that he could come in handy.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by him, which made Wang Fuzi feel a little proud in his heart.

At the same time, Wang Fuzi was also thinking in his heart that he must not be robbed of the limelight by the Japanese people.

Judging from the performance of the Japanese people in the recent period, as well as His Royal Highness's bottom-study, it seems that he has some importance for the Japanese people.

You must know that Master Wang, a former pirate member, has always looked down on Japanese pirates in their hearts.

That is, because Hattori Ghost is a special ninja in the Wa Kingdom, so the prince gave them a little bit of a good face.

In other words, it was people like Yuji Riverside, and they didn't see it with their eyes at all.

"Oh, Master, do you know the situation in Kyushu very well?" , Zhao Hongyu immediately came to the spiritual head.

Wang Fuzi nodded and replied, "Don't dare to say anything else, I'm too familiar with this place in Kyushu." The little old man smiled and showed a little pride, "When we were not taken away by the Dutch, Kyushu was the place where we replenished supplies, and our big leader Li Xiang had a good relationship with those daimyo in Kyushu, and there were many Japanese people who would join us if they couldn't survive." So for Kyushu. I'm just too familiar. ”

When Master Wang said this, Zhao Hongyu completely understood.

It turned out that that place in Kyushu was the material replenishment base of the great pirate Li Xiang.

If it's not good, Li Xiang doesn't necessarily have a secret base in Kyushu.

Therefore, Wang Fuzi and Liu Da Scar, they must have lived in Kyushu for a long time. Therefore, it is not surprising that Wang Fuzi said to himself that he is very familiar with Kyushu.

"In that case, let's talk about the situation of the sailors in Kyushu."

Zhao Hongyu asked.

Hattori Kizo, on the other hand, sat there quietly and did not speak again.

Although he knows some about the situation in Kyushu. But compared to the master of the former pirate leader Wang Fuzi, Hattori's Ghost Hideo is not very detailed.

Therefore, it is best to leave this question to Master Wang to answer and explain.

Master Wang nodded and said, "As Onizo said just now, the strength of the sailors in Kyushu is not a concern at all. With just a few broken ships, there is no way to fight against us. Even if the daimyo of the thirteen regions of Kyushu gathered all the warships, they would not be able to compete with us at sea. ”

Wang Fuzi was quite disdainful of the strength of the Kyushu sailors.

It can be seen that the sea power of the Kyushu boundary is strong. It's really weak.

"Your Highness, has the Japanese Ironclad Sailor been defeated?" , Master Wang suddenly asked about this. Zhao Hongyu was stunned by the sudden question, because he really didn't know how to answer.

At the beginning, the shogunate sent sailors to cooperate with the army's encirclement and suppression. He had assigned Emma and Sara to deal with it.

So, he had no choice but to look at Sarah.

Sara understood what Zhao Hongyu meant, and then said, "Yes, the water master of the Japanese people. We have defeated and all the ironclad ships have been destroyed. ”

Sara is talking about destroying them all, which is completely different from defeating them all.

When Master Wang heard Sarah's answer, the smile on his face couldn't help but bloom.

"Ha Lu Ha. The Japanese have even destroyed the ironclad sailors, and those broken ships in Kyushu cannot pose a threat to us at all. Our fleet is very powerful, and we don't have to worry about danger from the sea. So, Your Highness, just be aware of the threat coming from the way of the Japanese people. ”

For Master Wang, what can make him pay attention to it is only the ironclad fleet of the Japanese people.

After all, this kind of battleship, inlaid with thick iron sheets, large hulls, and able to carry a large number of soldiers, was still terrifying in this era.

But as long as this kind of battleship is gilded, hand-to-hand combat basically has no way to run.

Unlike Europe, many naval battles here in the East are dominated by hand-to-hand combat at sea.

Therefore, this ironclad fleet of the Japanese people is still full of deterrence.

It's just that what the Japanese people didn't expect was that the iron fleet they were proud of was actually destroyed by the fleet under Zhao Hongyu's command in a battle, and none of them were sunk in a single battle.

It can be seen from this that such maritime tactics are destined to be eliminated.

Even more tragic, the warships of Zhao Hongyu encountered by the Japanese were still the kind that would only appear more than a hundred years later, and under the cover of their shipboard guns and shells, the ironclad ships of the Japanese were not vulnerable at all.

"Even so, we have to be careful, as the so-called careful sailing of the ship of ten thousand years, isn't it." , Although he saw that Wang Fuzi was very calm, Zhao Hongyu still felt that he should be cautious.

It is important to know that naval warfare and land warfare are completely different.

Because the battlefield is on the ocean, if you are destroyed or captured, you will have nowhere to run.

It's not like in a land battle, if you can't fight it, you can retreat, you can surrender or something. and the use of a variety of tactics, or stratagems.

But fighting at sea, it's not very realistic.

Although it is possible to retreat, it depends on the speed of the opponent and your side, as well as the direction of the wind.

A lot of things are not as easy as land warfare.

Zhao Hongyu said well, Wang Fuzi nodded.

For this highness's caution, he still agrees with it from the bottom of his heart.

No one is infallible, but if you are cautious, you won't make a big mistake. Even if there is a big mistake, it can be made up in time.

It's better than those stunned greens, rushing forward and not wanting anything.

"If the daimyo of the Kyushu realm are combined, they can almost have more than 600 small fighting ships. More than fifty medium-sized sea vessels. However, none of these ships are loaded with artillery, so we can rest assured. ”

At Zhao Hongyu's request, Wang Fuzi named the number of water combat vessels that Kyushu now has.

When Zhao Hongyu heard this, he was immediately happy.

Because he couldn't have imagined that the strength of the sailors in Kyushu was so poor.

Since this is the case, it is really as Master Wang said, there is no need to worry about it at all.

Zhao Hongyu knew what the Dao Fighting Boat was, it was just a boat that was a little stronger than a small fishing boat. Most of the time, these ships are used to stack combustibles and then launch an assault on the enemy.

That is, the so-called cannon fodder ship.

And medium-sized sea vessels. It's just a larger fishing boat, and at most it's just a small single-story loft.

For such a maritime military strength, Zhao Hongyu doesn't have to pay attention to it at all.

Kyushu, for him, is now like a girl with her thighs split and her body naked, just waiting for him to lead the fleet to make the Kyushu people feel refreshed.

What's more, this is still the strength of the water masters gathered by the thirteen daimyos in the land of Kyushu, which means that if they are dispersed, they will be weaker.

"The strength of the sailors here in Kyushu, how can it be so weak. I'm really worried about it. In the future, I will have frequent trade with the daimyo in Kyushu, so I must have a strong maritime force. Zhao Hongyu said to Master Wang with some tears and laughter.

It's not just Zhao Hongyu, even Sara and Emma. and Tokugawa Kayo, they all thought it was a little strange.

Wang Fuzi smiled and said proudly: "Actually, the sailors here in Kyushu were still very powerful. It's just that my former big boss, Li Xiang, the Sea Dragon King, took his brothers to get it a few times. Destroyed a lot of their sailors, that's why they became weaker like this. ”

Wang Fuzi said the reason for the weakness of the Kyushu sailors.

"No, even so. Wouldn't the Japanese have rebuilt ships? What's more, they trade with the Ming Dynasty and the southern barbarians on the Taiwan side, they should be very rich. Zhao Hongyu smiled and saw a little problem. I don't believe it, if you have money in hand, you are afraid that there will be no boat? ”

As Zhao Hongyu's words landed, Sara also nodded.

Emma didn't quite understand this, so she just blinked her eyes and didn't speak.

Tokugawa Kayo, Hattori Chizuru and Hattori Hidezo, also quietly waited for Wang Fuzi's next explanation, in fact, the three of them also had some doubts about this issue.

"Ha Lu Ha! My Highness, this is because after the great masters eliminated the Kyushu Naval Division, the daimyo of Kyushu were no longer allowed to have large warships. But if they had a large ship, we would have either robbed it for us to be our own, or they would have been sunk. Wang Fuzi finally said the reason.

I'll give it a damn thing, this Li Xiang is still such a good pen.

To be able to play the people of Kyushu to such an extent, he is really a cow.

"Then these daimyo in Kyushu can endure it?" , Zhao Hongyu leaned sideways, made himself comfortable, and then looked at Wang Fuzi and asked. Wang Fuzi replied with a wicked smile: "Of course I won't bear it, so I fought a few more battles with us at sea, and we attacked some villages along the coast, and then we began to attack the merchant ships of the Japanese people, causing them heavy losses, and finally had to accept our request." After all, they don't look like us, we are pirates, we can attack Kyushu at any time, and if we rob them, they can't help us. ”

Well, this can be regarded as letting the Japanese know in advance what guerrilla warfare is.

Zhao Hongyu silently complained in his heart.

"The daimyo of Kyushu couldn't bear the loss, so they agreed to the request of the original boss and opened their dock so that we could move in. And if the merchant ships of the Japanese people want to trade at sea, then they must plant the banner of our Sea Dragon King in this sea. ”

Speaking of this, not only Wang Fuzi himself, but even Liu Dascar, who was sitting next to him, showed a proud look on his face.

"It's a pity that there is a Zheng Zhilong now. Therefore, the power of our former big bosses has begun to weaken a little. As he spoke, Master Wang sighed.

"Find an opportunity to introduce me, I want to meet this Li Xiang. After all, what's so good about being a pirate leader, it's better to submit to me and give him a general. Zhao Hongyu felt that he could support this Li Xiang and make him a nail on the eastern coast.

Of course, Zhao Hongyu's support is not unlimited.

He kept the balance between Li Xiang and Zheng Zhilong and didn't let them be eliminated by the other party.

In other words, he wants to ensure the chaos of the sea and frontier here in the East, and he is still fishing in troubled waters.

At this time, Zheng Zhilong had already taken refuge in the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, with the help of the imperial court, the Dutch in Taiwan and the Japanese Spaniards, he began to weaken Li Xiang.

In normal history, if nothing else, Li Xiang will be destroyed in a few years.

At that time, the entire eastern sea area will be monopolized by Zheng Zhilong.

You must know that the future Zheng Zhilong's family is very rich. And this money relies on monopolizing the trade in the eastern seas, which shows the huge profits of it.

For Zhao Hongyu, he doesn't want to conflict with Zheng Zhilong for the time being, and he doesn't have the spirit to conflict with him.

Therefore, it is the best policy to support a person to get up and confront Zheng Zhilong.

After all, it is not a good thing for this side of the Eastern Sea to be monopolized by one person.

Now he nominally owned Kyushu, and politically handed over to Tokugawa Yoshiyo, while giving him control of the army of Mantei. The remaining seventy percent of the army can be handed over to Yuji Kawabe and Zazo Iguchi, so that the three of them can balance each other.

And the strength of the sea can support Li Xiang, and at the same time give him the position of Admiral of the Kyushu Navy.

The Ming Dynasty gave Zheng Zhilong the position of the chief military officer of the Fujian Naval Division, so he could give Li Xiang a Kyushu Naval Commander to do.

Zheng Zhilong can rely on the trade of Fujian and Taiwan, so Li Xiang can monopolize the trade between Kyushu and the Wa Kingdom and even Goryeo.

In this way, neither side is bad.

Besides, didn't he also ask Li Xiang to send a batch of seized Spanish warships.

With these warships, I think Li Xiang's strength can be increased a lot.

To be honest, the main reason why Li Xiang was defeated by Zheng Zhilong in history was because Li Xiang had too few warships on hand. It's not like Zheng Zhilong, who has a lot of European warships on hand.

At the same time, Zheng Zhilong can also buy the Dutch to fight with them.

But now with Zhao Hongyu, a little butterfly, everything is starting to be different.

Zhao Hongyu said this, but his meaning was obvious.

This made Wang Fuzi and Liu Da's eyes brighten...... (To be continued......)