When a red sun rose from the sea level, Li Xiao's ship came to the Nagato Inland Sea smoothly. In fact, the two places are not far apart, and they are only tens of kilometers away. But the ship was too slow these days, and it took most of the night to run to Nagato.

The Maori family started by water, and there was absolutely no shortage of generals on the water. Li Xiao can be sure that Jiangzuo Xinyouemon is one of the outstanding talents.

This guy is very familiar with the Nagato Inland Sea, and he knows exactly where there are undercurrents and reefs. Even on the eve of dark dawn, this guy can escape the turbulent undercurrent with the faint light of the sky.

After a night's journey, when there were still more than ten miles from the port of Changmen, Li Xiao ordered to prepare for battle. This time, we must kill this dangerous guy Huang Taiji!

I don't know why, Li Xiao thought of Yuan An. I don't know what the scene will be if this Yuan Dagongzi is alive.

The deck was full of musketeers, and five mortars were padded with sandbags and iron plates ready underneath. The gunners are on guard, and the accuracy of the mortar is actually not very good. The rate of fire in this year and month is definitely one of the best.

The menacing ship rushed into Nagato Port with murderous violation, but the port was empty.

Li Xiao drove for a night, but he was still late. Last night, Huang Taiji's boat had already left. As for whether to go to Yokohama or Tokyo, only God knows.

"Fuck it!" See an empty harbor with only a few broken fishing boats. Li Xiao slapped on the side of the ship!

There is no shadow of the Emperor Taiji warship on the sea at all, and now I don't know where to chase even if I want to chase it.

"Don't worry, Chief Officer, I'll ask the person in charge of supply. They had been in contact with the people on the ship and probably knew where they were going. The people of Houjin will not be familiar with the environment of our Wa domestic sea, they need a guide. Jiang Zuo Xinyouemon came to Li Xiao's side and said in Jiang Chaozong's vigilant eyes.

"Why don't you go soon?" Li Xiao's nose is almost crooked, if you still waste a yarn at this time.

Nagato is the land of the Maori family, and Ezo Shinyuemon also has friends here. The guy just went ashore and walked around, and soon came back in a dinghy.

"Your Excellency, their destination is Tokyo. I just set off in the early hours of this morning, so I shouldn't have gone far by now. And their flat-headed boats are not very fast. If we had hoisted up our sails and gone at full speed, we would probably catch up with them at noon or afternoon today.

I know a route, I can take a shortcut. ”

"Drive the boat, now you are with Liu Lao Liu." Li Xiao immediately ordered, and Ezuku Shinyouemon was responsible for commanding the whole ship.

The ship turned around as fast as it could, and made a graceful arc out of Nagato Port in the harbor.

"Big brother! If you kill Huang Taiji, is this considered a military feat? Li Hubiao came to Li Xiao's side in a huff, completely ignoring Li Xiao's bad mood.

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The whole morning was spent anxiously waiting. As soon as he thought that he was chasing and killing a legendary character like Huang Taiji, Li Xiao felt that the blood in his body was burning.

If he succeeds this time, he will rewrite history.

It has to be said that the maritime trade of the Wa Kingdom was far more developed than that of the Ming Dynasty. After the ship entered the Japanese domestic sea, a fleet of merchant ships could be spotted from time to time. The number ranges from a dozen to dozens!

Each merchant fleet was surrounded by wings of armed ships. Seeing Li Xiao, a ship sailing with full sails, all the boats were vigilantly looking at this guy with thorns all over his body.

Those armed ships were even more nervous. On several ships, there were big men with arquebuses looking this way.

Jiang Zuo Shinyouemon completely ignored these people, before the rise of the Nine Ghosts Jialong. The Maori family is a well-deserved sea giant! Almost all the guys who float on the water have to live on the nose of the Maori family.

Although the Maori family is no longer good, as a retainer of the Maori family, he still has that momentum in his bones.

Li Xiao's ship rushed past the side of the fleet arrogantly, and those big men were so nervous that they almost let go of their guns.

Fortunately, there were no violent clashes. Otherwise, a fight with these guys will seriously affect the speed. Now Li Xiao is thinking about it, and he wants to kill the flag master Huang Taiji of the white flag.

"Chief Officer, the one that appeared in front of me was the Kumano family's fleet. Among them was a ship, much like the Houjin warship they described. Jiang Zuo Xinyouemon hurriedly ran out of the cockpit and came to Li Xiao to report.

The cockpit of the ship on Phi Island has a huge and heavy glass, which makes Ezo Shinyuemon very envious. The helmsman can drive in an enclosed space without being exposed to the elements. Especially on a rainy day, it can make Ezuzo Shinyouemon envious to death.

"The fleet of the Kumano family, Nine Ghost Yoshitaka?" Li Xiao looked at the fleet in the distance, there were thirty or forty of them. Even if you rely on the power of mortars, you may not be able to say that the other side will not have artillery.

Thirty or forty ships came together, in case there were two ships with artillery in between. You can't cope with it anyway, you must know that your musket has a long shooting distance. But the warships of the Japanese Kingdom are not without the slightest power to fight back!

In these years, arquebuses have become a common equipment for Japanese soldiers. After getting close to a certain distance, it can still cause damage to the Li Xiao warship.

Li Xiao doesn't speak, and neither do others. Everyone is waiting for Li Xiao's order!

"Closer! The mortar watched the aim and readiness, and immediately fired five rapid shots at a distance of 2,000 paces. Li Xiao gritted his teeth and thought for a while, and immediately made a decision.

Whether it succeeds or not, it depends on these five rapid fires. If God let Huang Taiji die, then one of these twenty-five shells must belong to him. If God doesn't let Huang Taiji die, then ...... That's all the fuck is retreat.

Anyway, Li Xiao is ready to fight and run, waiting for Kumano Shuijun to react. Having turned around on its own, the spinnaker can provide good power. Far from being comparable to those bulky Japanese ships!

Hearing Li Xiao's order, the observers nervously began to watch. Although each of them had fired thousands of shells, shooting at this shaky sea was not the same thing as shooting on land.

Li Xiao also stretched his arms straight, and his thumb was raised high. Nervously watching the distance between the enemy and the enemy!

It's close! It's closer! Two thousand three hundred steps, two thousand one hundred steps ......!

The Kumano Navy has spotted the unidentified ship, which looks like a cargo ship. But the dense barrels sticking out of the deck showed that this was not a warship.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

As soon as the warship had entered two thousand paces, the observers were loudly announcing the shooting of Zhu Yuan. The gunners had just adjusted the angle of the mortar according to the firing element, and the shell came out of the chamber with one shot.

Brilliant sparks exploded on enemy ships in an instant, and only one of the five shells hit the first shot. In the rough sea, this kind of hit rate is already very rare.

The mortar is estimated to be the fastest rate of fire in the month, after the first shot. The gunners simply adjusted the angle, and the second shell was discharged.

The rate of fire was so fast that it did not even give the Houjin warship the slightest time to turn the rudder.

Shells fell one after another, although the hit rate was not high. But six or seven shells still smashed on Houjin's ship!

Cannonballs fell on the deck, and flying shrapnel killed and injured the people on the deck with impunity. A large hole was blown open in the pine deck, and a cannonball with a whistle smashed down the hole.

The explosion shattered the wood at the bottom of the ship, and the sea water poured in through the hole. As the water pressure increased, a hole the size of a fist was quickly torn to the size of a human head, and there was a tendency to continue to expand.

As for the people in the cabin at the bottom, it can only be described as bloody and miserable.

Kiyomasa Kato was holding a wine glass and clinking glasses with Huang Taiji. They saw that Huang Taiji's ship exploded violently, and they could even see the people on the boat being blown up and flying. The shattered fragments of the ship's hull even splashed on the warship a hundred and ten paces away next to it, causing water to splash on the sea.

Everyone was stunned, wondering what had caused such a big explosion. You know, the unidentified ship is still more than two thousand steps away from its own warship.

"Nani?" It was Kiyomasa Kato who spoke, and he didn't believe that anyone would dare to do anything in front of his Kumamoto water army.

"Sony!" Seeing that his boat was sinking after the violent explosion, the corners of Huang Taiji's eyes were about to open.

Ao Bai also looked at the boat that was being swallowed by the sea in a daze, if he didn't want to protect the Wing Emperor Taiji today, I am afraid he would not be able to escape death.

After firing five rapid shots from the mortar, Li Xiao's boat rowed through a large arc, turned its bow and ran. Li Xiao didn't even have time to see the results of the battle, and several warships of the Kumano Navy had already pounced.

Looking in the direction of the stern, the flat-headed boat was already emitting puffs of smoke. From afar, the ship could be seen sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Li Xiao smiled with satisfaction, if Huang Taiji was on the boat, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die now. This kind of pine boat was fired seven or eight times in a row by mortar guns. Not only was the ship wrecked, but the people on board were definitely not any better. The power of nitrocellulose is different from black powder.

"Not good! The big boss, the warships of the Japanese people caught up. They are warships, and they are faster than ours. ”

"Keep up the speed and let the monkey cubs fight well. The moving target at sea is not easy to hit, and I will reward fifty taels of silver for one shot. Li Xiao saw that there were only five or six enemy warships chasing after him.

Thirty or forty warships Li Xiao can't be defeated, but five or six are absolutely fine. Mortars, grenades, plus mini rifles with a range far superior to that of the enemy. Last time, more than a dozen ships of Shimazu Yoshihiro failed to take advantage of the slightest advantage. At that time, there were no mortars on Li Xiao's ship.

Hearing that there was a reward for the hit, the gunners and observers were also excited. One hard look, the rest of the effort to adjust the angle of the mortar.

The Kumano Navy was very wild, and many of the Japanese were already stripped naked. With a knife in his mouth, he was ready to jump into the gang to fight.

Mortars proved to be difficult to hit moving ships, but the artillerymen used salvo fire to try to increase the hit rate. After a few rounds, you can always get a shot or two.

Although the hit rate is low, Li Xiao feels that it is still much better than the Buddhist breech cannon. If that thing wants to hit the enemy ship, it really needs some fate.

Li Xiao felt that it was nothing, but the Japanese people were already shocked. The deck was littered with stumps and broken arms, as well as people who had been hit by shrapnel and could not die for a while. The people who were shouting just now are now rolling on the deck with their wounds covered, and the screaming is miserable.

Blood stained the deck red, and even trickled down the drain into the sea. Sharks with quick reflexes are already in sight, and those who are thrown into the sea by the blast of the air wave are expected to soon become a meal in the shark's mouth.

Although two ships were wrecked, the Kumano Naval Army was indeed wild. Braving the constant falling shells from mortars, the remaining three ships were stunned to fight their way out. Approaching Li Xiao's boat frantically, the Kumamoto samurai on the ship is already eager to jump into the gang!

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang" ......! Just as the Kumano Navy was making its final preparations for the battle, rows of bullets came at a distance of 200 paces.

The arquebusiers of the Japanese people were stupid, they had never seen a musket fired so far and so powerful.

The people on deck were swept down, and those who were shot screamed and clutched their wounds. The screaming sound sounded like that of a cat with its tail chopped off. They grinned in pain, and all they saw were big white teeth stained with blood.

Seeing that the Kumano naval army did not retreat, the deck was stained red with blood, and they still carried the ship and charged wildly. Li Xiao also had to sigh, the devil is really a fucking tendon.

It was only a few rows of guns that were fired, and one of the warships of the Kumano Navy lost its combat effectiveness.

However, the remaining two boats took the opportunity to quickly approach Li Xiao's boat. When the distance was less than a hundred paces, the arquebuses on the Japanese ships rang out.

Li Xiao had already learned the lessons of the last naval battle, when the Japanese warships approached the range of the arquebus. His own soldiers had long been lying on the deck, and although it was more troublesome to reload like this, they were able to save their lives. On the battlefield, it is the most important thing to be alive, and everything else is floating clouds.

As for the battlefield where it is ugly and ugly, and bullets are flying around, the ghost cares about that.

The mortar has been adjusted to the maximum angle, and accuracy at this distance is no longer important. Five volleys, it's harder to miss than to hit.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom" ......! It was just a salvo, and the warship at the front had already reverted to a state of parts.

The broken wooden planks even splashed on Li Xiao's boat, and Li Xiao picked it up to find that it was still smoking.

There was no time to adjust the angle of the gun, and the other ship had already approached with no death. Countless flying claws landed on the side of the ship, and those who were naked and stripped up and down began to climb towards Li Xiao's boat along the rope.

"Grenades!" Li Xiao shouted, and one by one the black bumps emitting green smoke greeted the Japanese boat.