The North Sea Fleet withdrew about five miles west along the coastline, and then took up a position and waited for the enemy ships to approach, but saw that many ships gradually appeared in the distance on the eastern sea, although they were numerous, but their quality was not very good.

These ships were of different shapes, large and small, and there was no formation between them, so they rushed over in such a chaotic manner, and they obviously came closer to discover the existence of the fleet, they slowed down the ship, and even stopped, as if they discussed for a while, before slowly dispersed, and rushed towards the North Sea Fleet in a fan.

Not only did the Hosokawa clan fly the flags of the Hosokawa clan on the other side's ships, but many of them were hung with the flags of the Ouchi clan and the shogun, and a small number of them were hung with the flags of other daimyos, which was a typical mixed formation.

Now that both sides have made their posture clear, there is nothing to say, strength is the key to everything, so as soon as the two sides meet, they immediately go to war.

The army supported the king of Nara, and the slogan was that the Qing monarch was a traitor, and the Hosokawa clan was not willing to fail, and they united the power of the Hosokawa family, the Ouchi family and the shogunate, claiming that the emperor was held hostage by the Ming mission, and he was already involuntarily, so the emperor's edict or something naturally did not need to be ignored.

The fleet of more than one hundred and fifty ships is really very powerful, compared to the fact that the army only has five Daifuku ships and more than ten frigates, and the rest are supply ships, as well as merchant ships that come to fish for oil and water, the total number of ships does not exceed fifty, and in terms of quantity, the army is completely at an extreme disadvantage.

However, the current Shu army has long passed the era of naval battles that need to rely on people to fight, and the Shu army, which has strong ships and guns, does not pay much attention to these broken boats in front of them, according to the intelligence, the Hosokawa family and the Ouchi clan, their ships will not have more than fifty cannons, and the latest Franco cannons in these fifty cannons account for only a few, and more are all kinds of earthen cannons, including outdated cannons purchased or snatched from the Ming Dynasty.

Although the enemy was pouring in fans, the fleet did not panic at all, they only slightly changed the formation in a straight line to an arc formation, and waited for the arrival of the enemy.

The combined fleet of the Japanese did not cooperate, and many of the ships moved first before many of them went around the distance, and as a result, the fan formed by the Japanese ships was irregular, and some of the ships had already entered the range of the army, while some of the ships were still in the distance and ready to turn around.

"Stay in formation, fire freely, and be careful to conserve ammunition." The captain of the Fortitude shouted: "There are still many places to be bombarded in the back!" ”

Everyone agreed in unison, each looking for a target, locking the muzzle of the gun onto the target, and when the enemy came into range, they did not hesitate to fire one after another.

In the middle of the telescope, Duan Fei saw very clearly, the Japanese boat was like paper paste under the bombardment of the cannon, and it couldn't help but hit at all, the slightly smaller boat could be flattened with one shot, and the slightly larger one attracted many gunners to lock, and the result was that it was hit with a thousand holes as soon as it entered the firing range, and it didn't sink yet, and it fell apart first.

There were also many Japanese ships that accidentally bumped into other ships while dodging the ships that capsized in front, causing chaos, and Duan Fei showed a scornful smile on the corner of his mouth, could such a fleet threaten his ironclad fleet?

'Boom, boom, boom, ......'

As the enemy ships swarmed closer, the cannons of the Shu army continued to play the sound of death, and the pieces of the Japanese ships pierced holes and rolled under the bombardment of the cannons, and after firing a cannon, the Japanese ships began to move, and after making a circle, they aimed the other side of the naval guns at the Japanese invaders, and there was a series of shelling 'bang bang bang', so that the slightly approaching Japanese ships sank countless ships again.

Just when the Japanese on those ships began to despair, on their other side, the roar of cannons was heard on the land, and the guns on the land aimed more accurately, and several ships were overturned in just one round of shelling, and the Japanese on board could not see any hope of victory, and their fighting spirit from top to bottom collapsed in an instant.

The remaining Japanese ships began to turn around and flee, and the fleet began to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and in the end, two of the Japanese ships that were able to escape were relatively fast in the coastal waters, and the rest became broken planks floating on the sea, or became prisoners of the Shu army.

In addition to the floating planks, there were many corpses and Japanese people who had fallen into the water, and the fleet of the Shu army gathered up and drove all these Japanese to the shore, and all of them became prisoners of the Shu army who were guarding the shore to catch piglets.

There were too many prisoners, and the merchant ships couldn't transport so many back to sell for a while, Duan Fei ordered people to select a few of the captives who were more timid and had a more promising future of Japanese traitors, gave them some simple weapons, and drove them to open the way for the Shu army in the territory of the Hosokawa family.

The two ships that escaped brought back the news of the annihilation of the combined fleet, and Hosokawa Takagong sat on the ground with weak legs after hearing the bad news, and Ouchi Yoshiyuki's face was also gloomy, and they finally saw the power of the army's cannons again.

Ashikaga Yoshiharu comforted: "The two of you don't have to worry so much, the army is raging at most at sea, do they dare to go inland?" This can be seen in the fleeing musketeers. ”

It is true that there are not many musketeers who have entered the interior, as long as they are not careful, they can all be wiped out by an ambush on a rainy day, but the Shu army is not so stupid, and the two thousand musketeers who sneaked up on Hosokawa Gaogong from behind slipped away with oil on the soles of their feet, so fast that even the Hosokawa family troops who were chasing after them did not know where they got on the boat and left.

Hosokawa Takagong and Ouchi Yoshiko are both smart people, they both know very well that the truth is by no means as simple as Ashikaga Yoshiharu said, they glanced at each other almost at the same time, and a thought came to their hearts at the same time: "If you can't beat it, should you make peace with the Ming people as soon as possible?" It is impossible for the Ming people to stay in Japan all the time, as long as they are a little dormant, and after the Ming people leave, Japan is not our final say? It's just that this obstacle ...... in front of you."

Ouchi Yoshiko and Hosokawa Takagong both seemed to see a cold light in each other's eyes, and their eyes immediately moved elsewhere, but the murderous intent in their hearts was already alive and could no longer be suppressed.

Duan Fei plundered the Hosokawa family's territory, and on this day he left Jinzhang and was rushing to the next big city when a boat with the Hosokawa family's flag suddenly appeared in front of him, and strangely enough, there was a white flag hanging next to the Hosokawa family's flag.

The ship did not run away after seeing Daming's fleet, but directly met it, Duan Fei sent a frigate to stop the ship, and after a while, a Japanese came up to the flagship of the Perseverance, and he was brought to Duan Fei.

The envoy saluted Duan Fei and said, "My name is Tanba Ohara, and I am here to negotiate with Wei Guogong on behalf of the head of the Hosokawa family. ”

"What else is Hosokawa Takagong to say? Does he want to surrender? Duan Fei asked indifferently.

Tanba Ohara said: "The head of the family just wants to discuss the matter of cooperation with Lord Wei Guogong, after all, the head of the family and Lord Wei Guo originally had a cooperative relationship, but because of some misunderstandings, it became an antagonistic relationship, as long as the adult ignores the past suspicions, the head of the family said, we can talk about anything." ”

Duan Fei said: "There is no evidence, how can I trust you to replace your family master?" ”

Tanba Ohara said: "The villain brought a box, please send someone to bring it over, and when the adult sees the contents of it, he will know the identity of the villain and the sincerity of the head of the family." ”

Duan Feiyang raised his chin, someone brought the box up, the box had been opened and checked, Jiang Hui reported to Duan Feiyu: "My lord, there are two heads in the box, pickled in lime. ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "The national prince started with a murder case, and he has never seen it, so he presented the box." ”

The box finally came to Duan Fei, there were two heads side by side in the box, both of them were angry and their faces were distorted, and it had been a few days since they died, and they were so salted with lime that they couldn't see their original appearances, but Song Suqing on the side exclaimed: "It's them...... Kokuko-sama, these two heads are Ouchi Yoshiko and Ashikaga Yoshiharu...... That is, the head of the Ashikaga shogun. ”

"Oh?" Duan Fei was finally a little moved, and he said: "Hosokawa Gaogong's capital this time is really not light, come on, take this box and give it to King Hou Nara to see, he must be very happy." ”

"King Go-Nara?" Tanba Ohara blurted out in surprise, and Duan Fei said indifferently: "Yes, in order to borrow troops from the Ming Dynasty to fight the rebellion, the King of Later Nara has decided to declare himself a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, Japan will always be a subject country of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor will naturally be demoted to a vassal king." ”

Tanba Ohara suddenly said, "I see...... It's just a title...... I wonder what else the emperor has talked about with your country? ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "When Japan is calmed down, when the king of Nara takes power, he will inform the world, aren't you here to talk to me about cooperation?" How did you talk about the emperor? Say, Hosokawa Takagong has done such a big thing, what does he want to tell me? ”

Tanba Xiaoyuan said: "Lord Guo, my master is willing to change his past wrongs, send troops to eradicate all traitors who refuse to belong to the king, my lord hopes that when the king ascends the throne and takes power, he can crown my lord as Guan Bai, and share the worries for the regent of the queen Nara, and my lord will have a heavy gift, and will obey the words of the lord from now on, and from then on Japan will be similar to a province of the Ming Dynasty, I don't know what the lord thinks?" ”

This Tanba Ohara is a talent, he just heard that the emperor was a vassal to the Ming Dynasty, so he immediately demoted Japan to another level, becoming a province in the form of the Ming Dynasty, and the ability to adapt to the situation is really good, but he is afraid that there are many things that the emperor promised to the Ming Dynasty.

Duan Fei pondered for a moment and said, "What is Guan Bai's official position?" Can you act as regent for the emperor? ”

Tanba Ohara said: "Lord Kuniko, Guan Bai is a bit similar to the prime minister of Japan, as long as he holds the military power, he can overthrow the emperor and take the country." ”

Duan Fei smiled and said: "I see, Tanbo Xiaoyuan, the national government sees you as a talent, are you interested in doing this?" ”