Chapter 293: Battle of the Yellow Sea

On the vast sea, hundreds of warships were heading towards Pyongyang in order, and a young general stood on the main ship, staring at the sea level in the distance with a pair of eyes.

His eyes are deep, and his body is full of sharpness, because he has been in a high position for a long time, he exudes the aura of a superior person between his gestures, and he is not angry and arrogant, so that people dare not look at him.

The young general was none other than Zhang Yun, who had set off from Qingdao, and at the moment he was thinking about how to minimize the losses as much as possible, and how to squeeze oil and water out of him after defeating Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

"Stepping on the ......" Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps behind him, interrupting his thoughts, Zhang Yun frowned, turned his head away, and saw Zhang Long walking towards him with an anxious face.

"What happened?"

Zhang Long didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported: "According to the report of the spies ahead, a group of Japanese robbers have set off from Jeju Island, and it seems that they should be coming for us. ”

When Zhang Yun heard this, he asked softly, "How many people are there?" ”

He also knew that Toyosei Hideyoshi still held the power of the sea, and although Fujido Takatora had folded for a while, the impact on the entire battle situation was not very great.

It is not like North Korea has been advocating sea domination since then.

Of course, this victory is also important, but it is more of a mental boost.

Because, not to mention that the troops of Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakei were not damaged, Toyotomi Hideyoshi himself still controlled two complete armies.

They were the Eighth Army: Ukita Hideya, 11,000 men.

Ninth Army: Yuchai Hidekatsu, 12,000 men.

Both of them were adopted sons of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and they were still quite loyal to him.

At the same time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi's other naval force, commanded by Kuki Yoshitaka, was larger than Fujido Takatora's navy.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Long said bluntly: "The scale is comparable to ours, but their warships are not as big as ours. ”

After hearing this, Zhang Yun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his warships were all smashed out at a great cost, and even the cannons on them were carefully selected, and they were armed to the teeth.

Now it's finally coming in handy.

"Tell the brothers to go down and get the brothers ready for battle at any time."

"Yes!" Zhang Long responded, and immediately went to convey Zhang Yun's military order.

In the 14th year of Wanli, the 14th day of May, the Yellow Sea, the location of the Maori Huiyuan fleet.

On the warship, Mori Terumoto put his hands on the railing of the bow of the ship and looked at the blue ocean in front of him with a leisurely expression.

At the moment, the sea ahead is calm and cloudless, and if there is no damn war, it is a suitable weather to go out and play.

"Huiyuan." A soft cry behind him interrupted Maori Huiyuan's thoughts, he turned his head away, and immediately smiled at the man and said, "Uncle! ”

Mori Terumoto still respects his third uncle, if it weren't for Kobayakawa Takaki and Yoshikawa Motoharu to assist, he would have been annexed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi a long time ago.

After the Honnoji Incident, Toyotomi Hideyoshi began to take power, and Kobayakawa Takakei made an early bet, which avoided the fate of the Mori family being divided. Otherwise, the fate of the Mori family would be the same as that of the Shimazu family.

Takashi Kobayakawa nodded, his serious face became kind: "Have a good rest, we will encounter the Ming army soon." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard someone report: "Governor, fifty nautical miles ahead, the traces of the Ming army's warships have been found." ”

"Yo Xi!" A smile appeared on Maori Terumen's face. "Uncle, let's hurry up and urge the warship to speed up."

After speaking, he waved his hand and began to chase after the Ming army.

......

Zhang Yun set up a position, and all the guns were aimed at the Maori family behind him, rather than fighting in a hurry, it was better to wait for the rabbit.

After doing everything, Zhang Yun called Zhang Long and asked with a smile, "How is it?" Are you sure? ”

"Don't worry, Master Hou, I have selected hundreds of dead soldiers from the army, if the war is unfavorable, they will drive small boats and carry explosives to fight for their lives." In order to reassure Zhang Yun, he revealed his hole cards.

He spent a lot of money on these hundreds of people, so he raised them, and once the war was unfavorable, he immediately committed suicide attacks.

After Zhang Yun heard this, his brows frowned: "Is it voluntary?" ”

Zhang Long was slightly stunned, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by a wave of his hand: "Forget it, if they are killed, give them more comfort."

You don't have to send them unless you have to. ”

"Yes."

The sun is getting higher and higher, and the scorching sun is shining brightly, piercing people who can't open their eyes, Zhang Yun wiped the sweat from his forehead, and stared at the sea level not far away.

The air froze a little in an instant, and everyone held their breath and stared, not daring to make a single movement.

After a long time, a sail peeked out of the sea.

"Ready!" Zhang Yun yelled behind him. Immediately afterward, more and more warships were revealed.

"Cannon !!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

On the surface of the sea, countless cannonballs flew towards Mori Terumoto's fleet, and the shells landed on the warship, bursting into brilliant fireworks.

In an instant, smoke rose from his fleet, and splinters of wood flew everywhere, igniting a raging fire.

"Baga presses, hurry up and shoot me back, fight back." Maori looked at his troops and shouted hoarsely.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Plop, plop." When the Japanese army heard the movement, they immediately fired at Zhang Yun's fleet, but the result was that his jaw dropped in shock.

Their shells fell directly into the water a few hundred meters away from the Ming fleet, and immediately set off a wave of spray.

At this time, all the Japanese troops were stunned, and in the interval of being stunned, the Ming army attacked another round of artillery fire, and the Maori family's warships were immediately seriously damaged.

"Yaga, Yaga." Maori was in a state of flux, and kept roaring.

The artillery of the Ming army is more advanced than theirs, and most of their artillery is still smuggled from the Ming Dynasty during the Jiajing period, but as everyone knows, the technology of the Ming army has long been innovated in the past few decades.

Zhang Yun spent a lot of money to let the Ordnance Bureau develop it, and now the maximum range of the Ming army's artillery has been increased to 2.5 kilometers, but the Japanese artillery is estimated to be more than 1,000 meters.

Unwilling to accept defeat, Maori withstood the artillery fire of the Ming army and moved the warship forward. Just five hundred meters forward, 40 of the hundreds of warships have been lost.

"Ahh The fire spread to the Japanese on the ship, and they let out screams of joy and ran back and forth on the ship, as a result of which the fire grew bigger and bigger.

After a while, the air was filled with the smell of burnt barbecue, and many people chose to jump into the sea in order to survive.

Suddenly, human heads floated on the sea, and the whole thing looked like purgatory on earth.

Seeing this, Zhang Yun ordered: "After two rounds of salvos, the whole army will press on and deal with the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Hu was gearing up and was about to show off his skills.

Two more volleys, the Japanese finally reached a position where they could hit the Ming army, and before Maori Terugen could rejoice, the Ming warship approached him.

Immediately, I saw countless fierce and vicious Ming soldiers, put down the pedals, and rushed towards him with a roar.

"Kill, !!" Zhao Hu took two steps across the pedal and swung his knife at a widow, the knife fell, and the head fell to the ground.

"Zizi ......" blood splashed his face.

Maori Terumoto on the side was instantly frightened, trembling and unable to even stand steadily, but fortunately, Kobayakawa Takakei was still commanding the Yiming army to fight.

For a time, fierce fighting was raging on the warship, and the sound of screams and metal collisions could be seen everywhere.

Kobayakawa Takakei fought with the Ming army on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was looking for Mori Terumoto.

After finding it, he roared, stabbed the Ming army in front of him in the chest, kicked it away with the last kick, and quickly leaned towards Maori Terumen.

"Huiyuan, let's go, the artillery of the Ming army is too powerful,"

"Oh, good, good." When Maori saw his uncle, he felt a little relieved and nodded repeatedly.

But where are they headed now? There are Ming warships everywhere, and they just abandon the ship, which is also a dead end.

There were fewer and fewer Japanese troops on the ship, and they all approached Mori Terumoto and Kobayakawa Takakei, forming a circle and surrounding them.

The Ming army on the warship also saw that the two people were extraordinary, and felt that they must be a big fish, so they surrounded the two of them.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." Zhao Hu squeezed out of the crowd with a big grin and appeared in the sight of Mao Li and others.

At this time, Maori's face was frightened, and he was not calm at all when he went to sea.

His succession to the governor of the family has been smooth, he has always had the help of two uncles, and the number of times he has been on the battlefield is only a handful, and now it is the first time he feels the threat of death.

Zhao Hu twisted his neck and pointed at the two widows, who roared and rushed towards him, he directly split one in half with a knife, and the other person was instantly frightened and retreated in horror.

"Phew, bastard!" Zhao Hu snorted and was about to continue to work.

"Wait!" Suddenly, a sound stopped Zhao Hu, and everyone followed the sound to look at it, only to see that Zhang Yun had already arrived.

Everyone hurriedly made way for him, Zhang Yun walked quickly to Zhao Hu, and then began to look at the two in front of him.

I saw one person about twenty-seven or eighteen years old, with a well-defined silhouette and a slender figure, who could be regarded as a beautiful man among the Japanese, and the other person was about forty years old and had a good temperament.

"Ask them what their names are."

As soon as the words fell, the translator immediately asked, "My lord asks, what is your name?" ”

Kobayakawa Takakei turned his head away, and did not speak, but it was Maori Terugen, and immediately replied flatteringly: "Ou Leiwa, Maori Terumoto, this is my uncle, Kobayakawa Takakei." ”

When the translator heard this, he translated the words to Zhang Yun: "My lord, one of them is called Maori Terumoto, and the other is called Kobayakawa Takakei." ”

"Ahem......" Zhang Yun almost choked to death with saliva, he didn't expect these two people to be so big, and now they will make a lot of money.

"Take them with me, and then go to the front line in Seoul together, and I want to see how stubborn the defenders of the city are."