Chapter Ninety-Six

"Turn the rudder! Turn the rudder! After firing a shot, Nine Ghost Jialong saw that his ship had almost turned the rudder, and immediately ordered his ship to turn the rudder as well.

"Bang!" A cannonball whistled and shattered the planks on the ship's side, and the iron sheet attached to it was torn apart like paper.

The Nine Ghosts watched as the cannonball burrowed into the cabin beneath his feet, before he could recover from the shock. The deck beneath his feet was completely torn apart by flames and debris from the explosion, and the shattered deck and flying shrapnel were everywhere in front of him. The flames seemed to erupt from hell, devouring everything mercilessly.

I feel like I'm constantly pushing myself and looking down until I find out. The armor on his body had been punched out of many large holes, and blood was spurting outward one by one. Under the sun, the color of the blood beads is very bright.

Countless times I have seen other people's blood flying, and this is the first time that Nine Ghost Jialong has seen his own blood flying like this in the sun.

I don't know how many shrapnel I was hit, and I don't know how many deck fragments hit me. Nine Ghost Jialong just felt that his whole body had no strength, and his eyes were black for a while. Surprisingly, it didn't hurt at all. He couldn't understand why it didn't hurt when there were so many wounds on his body.

The sea water rushed onto the deck, and the Nine Ghosts Jialong wanted to move, but he couldn't. The only thing that seems to move is the eyelids, which are heavy and want to sleep. After struggling in vain, Nine Ghost Jialong still closed his eyes. A large shark bit his head, followed by another shark on his arm. More sharks gathered around and opened their bloody mouths to bite the Japanese warrior.

At this moment, the Great Bodhisattva of Hachiman fell limply into the salty seawater, soaked in blood.

"Amaterasu bless us!" Shimazu Yoshihiro witnessed the fall of Yoshitaka Kuki. After praying to the sky, he ordered his subordinate warships to sail towards the sea off Nagato.

"Second master! Do we chase or not? ”

"Chase the fart, we only have a few boats. Just consumed so much ammunition, you didn't look at how many ships the other side has? You've got water in your head! Return! Li Xiu slapped his helmsman and ordered his men to start sailing back.

As the terminator of the Warring States period, Tokugawa Ieyasu fought many battles in his life. There are victories and there are defeats. But Tokugawa Ieyasu had to admit that this time he suffered the worst defeat.

The news came from the navy that more than sixty ships had been sunk. More than a dozen were wounded, and the naval army lost no less than 3,000 people.

The losses on land were even heavier, and he never expected it. As a member of the Seven Guns of Cheap Mountain, Kato Kiyomasa is so vulnerable. Just a face, he was beaten to the point that the whole army collapsed. Pursued by the enemy's cavalry, only 5,000 remnants of the 20,000 horses returned.

The people sent out were still gathering manpower, but Tokugawa Ieyasu knew that this number would not increase significantly.

The atmosphere inside the tent was very solemn, and everyone was silent. Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was even more gloomy, almost dripping water!

"How's Kato-kun's injury?" Tokugawa Ieyasu, who had nothing to say, finally spoke.

"Hit in the chest, shrapnel remained inside the body. The priest said it was hard to survive the day! Shigeharu Takenaka sighed and said helplessly. Kato Kiyomasa has always been an important ally of Tokugawa Ieyasu, but he didn't expect to be injured like this in today's battle.

"Takenaka-kun! You fought this battle with Kato-kun, and you can tell me how the enemy army defeated you. "Wakisaka Yasuharu is a person who opposes the hasty dispatch of troops, and now that he has lost the battle, he is naturally very proud. Looking at Shigeji Takenaka's eyes, he was also very contemptuous, as if he was saying that if you don't listen to Lao Tzu, there will be times when you suffer.

"The enemy's iron cannons are powerful, and so are their firearms. Those cavalry moved like the wind, far more powerful than the Liaodong iron cavalry we encountered in Korea. We once organized a counterattack, only to be scattered by their cavalry. Later, the Maori cavalry also joined, and the counterattack became more and more impossible. "After losing the battle, Shigeharu Takenaka couldn't raise his head a little.

"That is to say, the enemy army is very powerful. How many of them are there? I've heard that they don't have a lot of people. "Wakisaka Yasuharu began to chase and fight.

"Their number should be less than two thousand." Shigeharu Takenaka replied honestly, looking like an angry little daughter-in-law.

Tokugawa Ieyasu blinked, and swallowed back the words in his throat.

Shigeharu Takenaka is known as the first wise general of the Japanese country, and there must be a problem with him being so honest. Others dare not say it, when it comes to playing with the eyes of the heart. Yasuharu Wakisaka is not an opponent of Shigeharu Takenaka.

"Oh, you mean your army of 20,000. Defeated by a mere 2,000 men? Wakisaka Yasuji laughed evilly, there are not many opportunities to have a chance to taunt Shigeharu Takenaka. Now that he has this opportunity, watching his old opponent eat deflated, Wakisaka Yasuji feels very comfortable.

"That's right!" Shigeharu Takenaka replied honestly.

"I didn't expect Kato-kun and you, Takenaka-kun, to be able to fight such a defeat. What an eye-opener! ”

"This is indeed our incompetence, and your talents are far higher than ours. This time to take revenge on Kato-kun, I have to ask you! After Shigeharu Takenaka finished speaking, he bowed his head deeply in the face of Wakisaka Yasuji.

"Uh......!" Yasuharu Wakisaka immediately blushed.

In good conscience, Kiyomasa Kato is not incompetent. He has achieved this virtue, and what benefit can he get from himself? But I just ridiculed others, and now people are holding themselves like this. Even if he wanted to step down, he didn't have a suitable ladder.

"Your artillery is sharp, and they are capable of fighting. Revenge for Kato-kun, please! Kato Yoshiaki also began to fall into the ground, and he had long been tired of seeing Wakisaka Yasuharu squeezing his old friend Shigeharu Takenaka. Now that he sees that Wakisaka Anzhi can't come too much, he naturally wants to help the field.

"Uh......!" Wakisaka Yasuharu had a bad feeling.

"Please go to war." Another daimyo stepped forward.

"That's right! Only Wakibanjun can fight with the Ming army. ”

"Wakiban-kun! Please! ”

"Wakiban-kun, don't shirk it!"

"Wakiban-kun! You can, you can! ”

“……!”

Sure enough, everyone seemed to have made an appointment. Propose together, and Yasuharu Wakisaka will continue to fight!

Yasuharu Wakisaka can't wait to slap both of his mouths now, so that you have nothing to do. The mouth is happy, but the body and mind are about to be severely damaged.

Shigeharu Takenaka glanced at Yasuharu Wakisaka, how could he do it without paying the price. He knew these daimyo too well, and they all came to the Maori house to get a vote. In fact, no one really thought about stumbling, just look at which samurai they brought.

The daimyo have left their well-known samurai at home. Most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. It's purely to deal with Tokugawa Ieyasu's head!

In this case, if you let them fight, it is better to go to the battlefield than Kato Kiyomasa. There are only people brought by Yasuharu Wakisaka, and it seems that they can fight. Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't speak, in fact, he just connived at himself to run out of Wakisaka Yasuharu to fight.

"Since it's ......! Since all the kings have said so, Your Excellency. I'm willing to fight! Speaking of which, Wakisaka Yasuharu also had to rush the ducks to the shelves, and asked Tokugawa Ieyasu to fight.

"Wakiban-kun, you must be careful not to follow Kato-kun's old path. Tomorrow I will give you more troops, and I will personally press for you. I will never let Kato-kun's tragedy repeat itself on you. Tokugawa Ieyasu smiled and encouraged Yasuharu Wakisaka.

Wakisaka Yasuji is bitter in his heart! Where the hell is the pressure array, it is obviously the supervision array. Shigeharu Takenaka can still run back, and it looks like he won't be able to run back tomorrow if he doesn't get it right. Even if he did run back, he would probably be forced to commit suicide by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

"Tomorrow, ten Franc cannons will also be handed over to you for command. Tomorrow's battle, please Wakiban-kun. Seeing that Yasuharu Wakisaka's face was not good, Tokugawa Ieyasu followed again.

When Yasuharu Wakisaka heard this, his heart calmed down a little. After all, there are ten Franc machine guns, and no matter how powerful the enemy's artillery fire is, he also has the strength to counterattack. If you don't believe it, you can't defeat the 2,000 Ming army.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's camp was gloomy and misty, and Li Xiao's camp was indeed full of jubilation. Numerous bonfires were lit outside Hagi Castle, and Mori Terumoto personally brought Mori Hidemoto and Mori Hidetada with gifts to reward Li Xiao's army.

Mori Terumoto could never have imagined that a team of only 2,000 people could easily defeat an army of 20,000 led by Kato Kiyomasa. And it has almost nothing to lose, which is shocking.

The losses on Li Xiao's side were indeed very limited, except for seven of Man Gui's men who died and wounded more than twenty. The others were completely unwound and wounded!

In fact, Li Xiao himself didn't expect it. Accurately grasp the fighter, there will be such a big gain. Along the way, at least 10,000 Japanese soldiers were hacked to death. The saber is indeed the most efficient killing weapon in the era of cold weapons.

Although Maori Terumoto showed the greatest sincerity, he really didn't have anything good in his hands.

The diet of the Japanese people was relatively light, and generally did not meet the taste of the soldiers of Phi Dao. Mori Terumoto sent a large amount of fish, as well as a variety of seafood. Quite a few rice dumplings were also delivered.

It can be seen that the Maori family is really down. Many samurai looked at the rice dumplings and swallowed their saliva. The samurai are all so virtuous, you can imagine what happened to the peasants in Nagato and Zhoubo.

When thousands of singers poured into the barracks, the scene suddenly became enthusiastic. Although Li Xiao recruits honest people, honest people are also men. The women of the Japanese country are quite active, and it is really unreasonable to say that nothing will happen to the dry firewood.

Maori Huiyuan was very excited to dance in person, and Li Xiao pouted so much that he had to clap his hands and applaud. Fuck an old man in his sixties, what's there to see. Look at the side, Man Gui has been pressed to the ground and rubbed by the two Japanese girls. The sound of the waves, Mr. Aoi, is beyond the reach of the dust.

Li Xiao did not stop it, after a big battle. Let the soldiers vent, the personality will be distorted after a long time. Li Xiao didn't want his subordinates to be psychopathic, and he followed him to fight to make money. By the way, having some fun in life is also a kind of benefit.

"Mr. Li! Thank you for helping our Maori family during this most crisis. I promise you on behalf of my father and the entire Yamaguchi Domain. As long as the Yamaguchi clan was alive, he was also a staunch ally of Mr. Lee. Our friend is not Da Ming, but you, Mr. Li. Maori Xiuzhong took Li Xiao's hand, snorted and tears, and said very sincerely.

"Mr. Li, Xiuyuan is your forever friend." Mori Hidemoto took Li Xiao's other hand.

Li Xiao never understood the relationship between these two goods!

Mori Xiuyuan is the adopted son of Maori Huiyuan, and this relationship seems to be called a godson in China. And Mori Hidetada is his own son, and he is definitely the next generation of lords of the Yamaguchi Domain.

If this is in China, it will definitely be inextricable. No one wants to be the boss by himself, and there is a godbrother who controls a lot of power by the side.

But it turns out that Mori Hidetada completely believes in Mori Hidemoto. Mori Hidemoto, on the other hand, seems to have decided that the position of the feudal lord did not belong to him. Not only that, but the two men are also closely united. There are pots to carry together, and some people to chop together, which is really enough buddy meaning.

"What did the two Gross Remri Men say, since the covenant had been concluded. I, Li Xiao, must speak and count! Although I dare not say that I will help you defeat the Edo Shogunate, I will definitely help you get back your lost fiefdom. Because you are my friends of Li Xiao! ”

Looking at the sincere Li Xiao, Ai Husheng translated his words with difficulty. If not for the sake of the Japanese market, would you be sincere to the Maori family? Of course, the Nine Ghosts Jialong snatched the 30,000 taels of gold, which was another reason why Li Xiao became sincere.

After a long period of contact, the smart Ai Husheng has almost become a roundworm in Li Xiao's stomach. He knew that this big boss actually hated the Japanese people in his bones, and it could be seen from the tone of his voice to the Japanese people.

It seems that Li Xiao has hatred for every Japanese people, he has no doubt. If there is a chance, Li Xiao will start killing in the Wa Kingdom.

This can be seen from Li Xiao's attitude towards the Japanese people, as long as the Japanese women are over 60 years old. They will be driven from their homes and left to fend for themselves in the mountains. When you are kicked out of the house, people with good conditions will give you a rice ball. People with poor conditions will also be given a wild vegetable dumpling.

Li Xiao and Ai Husheng once saw an old lady in the Japanese country with tears. He stuffed a wild vegetable dumpling into the hands of the youngest child in the family, and then resolutely walked into the mountains. As soon as he reached the edge of the forest, he was pounced on the grass by a pack of wolves. The heart-rending screams are sad to listen to.

If this was in Daming, Li Xiao would definitely stop the old woman. After leaving them some money or food, they will leave with tears in their eyes.

But in the Wa Kingdom, Li Xiao saw such a sad scene. There was even some schadenfreude!

Ai Husheng didn't understand very much, what did the Japanese people do to make Li Xiao so disgusted?