Three days later, in the morning, the sixth child was woken up by the cheers of the soldiers.

He was dressed under the service of the little eunuch and went out of the cabin to check. Seeing that Wang Bi was already outside, he told him excitedly: "Your Highness, Japan has arrived." ”

"Haven't you arrived yet?" The sixth man calculated the time, and the distance was not enough.

"Those are the five islands off the coast of Japan, and the crew calls them Gopeak, and seeing them means that they are not far from Japan." Yu Tongyuan seemed to be on the stern forever, guarding his fleet.

"Wufeng, ah......" Lao Liu's thoughts were hooked two hundred years later, the owner of the Wufeng ship named Wang Zhi was washed here by the ocean current when the ship was wrecked, and as a result, he established a short-lived maritime empire.

and Zheng Zhilong a few decades later, the sea power in the late Ming Dynasty was all supported by pirates, and if the fourth brother and Zheng He knew about it, the coffin board would not be able to hold it down.

~~

According to intelligence, the Goto archipelago is now under the rule of the Uku clan.

The Uhisa clan is a famous naval family, and their Goto naval army has been active in this area since the Genpei War, and they are typical of Japan's coastal powers, and they have always been there in the 'Japanese Woko' that gradually emerged from the Yuan Dynasty.

According to the predetermined combat plan, the Wudao naval army and its old nest should be annihilated as much as possible, with the goal of eliminating their mobility ability, and they should not land for battle.

Because such a cunning and cunning wolf will never be tough, and when the army lands, he will hide in the mountains and will not fight you head-on. Moreover, under the feudal system of Japan, there were so many military leaders that it was a waste to throw too many troops into them.

So Yu Tongyuan sent a detachment of 400 small warships to find the Wudao naval army to fight. However, searching the coast of the five islands, no enemy ships were found, only a few rudimentary wharves and some fishing boats docked at the wharves.

In the fishing village next to the pier, there was no one quietly.

The soldiers threw down the oil canisters, ignited them with rockets, and burned down the docks and fishing boats. Observing that the buildings of the fishing villages were basically wooden houses, the soldiers fired some rockets at the small fishing villages, and the northwest wind dried in the first month, which worked surprisingly well, and soon set the houses on fire, and then the whole village burned into a sea of fire.

It's a pity that there are no people in the village, not a single poultry or livestock.

Eventually, the squadron found a slightly more decent camp in the northern harbor of Ukushima, the second largest island.

"This should be the lair of the Goto Navy." Yu Tongjiang put down the telescope and said to Liao Dingguo on the side:

"Didn't you say that the Wudao Navy is an old Japanese bandit, why can't you even build a city?"

"Building a city is a big project, not only do you have to have money, you also have to have people." Liao Dingguo was responsible for collecting military intelligence and knew a lot about the situation in Japan.

"The men of this Yujiu family are all working as widows at sea, and there are thousands of old and weak women and children left, what can they do to repair the city?"

Since it is not a stone castle, but a wooden barracks, there is nothing polite about it. The Ming army fired a canister of fire oil with a stone-thrower, ignited it with a rocket, and set the camp of the Yujiu family on fire......

There was still no movement.

"Are all people dead?" Yu Tongjiang said strangely.

"It is estimated that I got the news and hid in the mountains," Liao Dingguo said in a deep voice: "But we can't take it lightly, their Zhengxi General's Mansion has already issued a 'Foreign Police Mobilization Order', and it is estimated that the Wudao Navy has gone to sea to hide in advance under the unified command of Prince Huailiang, waiting for the opportunity to bite us." ”

"Hmm." Yu Tongjiang agreed with Liao Dingguo's judgment. During the pre-war training, the combat characteristics of the Japanese naval forces were introduced, and although their ships were small, they were able to sprint at a considerable speed in a short time because of the combined use of oars and sails.

Therefore, when they attack the big with a small one, they will choose to sneak as close to the enemy ship as quietly as possible at night or in foggy weather with low visibility, and then suddenly sprint to the side and cover the death squad with bows and arrows for gang jumping.

Therefore, even if there is a huge difference in the strength of the enemy and our naval army, once you take it lightly, you may still suffer a loss.

~~

After the fire on the Goto Islands, the Japanese fleet continued northward with the current, and the Japanese mainland soon came into view.

It is actually wrong to say that the mainland is true. After pre-war training, even Wang Bi now knows that Japan is a pure island country. There are three large islands, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku.

In front of us is the main target of this expedition, Kyushu Island.

According to intelligence, the power of Japan's Southern Dynasties had completely shrunk to the island of Kyushu, and even their emperor, under the strong pressure of the Northern Shogunate, had no choice but to leave the Yoshino Palace in Nara, and took a boat to cross the sea to the west, and visited Dazaifu in Kyushu.

The so-called Western Tour, in fact, is to escape, worthy of being a good son of the Celestial Empire, China's stinky problems have declined, and they have all learned......

Dazaifu is Japan's so-called Western Capital, a city established specifically for trade with China and Korea. It has always been the political and economic center of Kyushu Island, and Prince Huailiang's Seisai General's Mansion was also set up here.

Therefore, the minimum goal of the Japanese army was undoubtedly to capture Dazaifu. This is something that both sides know well.

The high status of Dazaifu in Kyushu determined that if it was lost, whether it was the Seishi Shogun's Mansion or the Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, it would completely lose its authority and its rule would collapse overnight.

Therefore, the Japanese must defend Dazaifu with all their might, which is also well known to both sides.

So Hakata Bay, where Dazaifu is located, is the main battlefield of this battle.

In fact, the main battlefield of the two previous Yuan Dynasty attacks on Japan was also in Hakata Bay, but they didn't even see the walls of Dazaifu......

~~

The fleet sailed two hundred and fifty miles northwest along the coast of Kyushu, and Hakata Bay was in sight.

Along the way, there was no resistance from any Japanese naval forces, not even a shadow of the Japanese fleet. Only a few clippers were watching from a distance, and as soon as the Ming warden approached, they fled at full speed......

"It seems that Huailiang has completely abandoned the outer defense and is ready to complete the battle in Hakata Bay." The sixth looked at Hakata Bay in front of him with an open embrace, and said in a deep voice.

"The two times before they fought against the Yuan army, they were all like this." Yu Tongyuan was not surprised. "It looks like they're going to have to take the medicine as prescribed this time."

"That's right, the Japanese slave is a notoriously tendon." Lao Liu smiled: "It will definitely go all the way to the dark." ”

For the sake of prudence, Yu Tongyuan ordered the fleet to stop in the waters off Hakata Bay, and then sent a detachment to enter the harbor first to investigate.

It was Yu Tongjiang who carried out the task, and he led four 400-material fast ships to sail in from the mouth of the bay ten miles wide, and a natural harbor thirty miles wide appeared in front of him.

The dense buildings in the port stretch for miles, and the number of trestle bridges exceeds 100, which can be seen to be prosperous here on weekdays. In fact, it was already the largest and most prosperous port in Japan in this era.

At this moment, in the port of Hakata, as in the place where the Ming army had arrived before, there was still a dead silence, and there were some fishing boats scattered on the dock, but there was still no trace of any army.

But the soldiers of the Ming army could not take it lightly, and they clearly felt that the enemy was hiding not far away, and was peeking at them viciously.

(End of chapter)