Hu Hai and the others are also veterans of battle, and after hearing a simple explanation, they understood the reason, and they all nodded in agreement at the moment, and then the Ming army temporarily stationed here.

The Persian general Watayama Mitsuya returned to Kyoto with a heavily lost army and hurriedly reported to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu learned about it, his mood was even more solemn.

Although he had long expected this result, he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard the combat strength of the Ming army described by the two generals of Persia.

He knew better about the war in Kyushu than the two Persian generals, and the most powerful place for these firearms of the Ming army was not the field battle, but the siege of the city.

The Ming army has some siege weapons, can he really hold this Kyoto?

"General, what are we going to do next?"

General Persian asked worriedly.

Ashikaga Yoshiman quietly ordered: "You immediately lead people to set up defenses, stick to Kyoto, and be sure to block the Ming army, I have already ordered Hosokawa Yoriyuki to lead the troops back to help, we only need to support for a few days, and we can annihilate these Ming troops together with the army brought back by Hosokawa Yoriyuki!" ”

When the Persian righteous general heard this, he felt a little at ease.

After fighting the Ming army once, he had no confidence in the less than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and now waiting for Hosokawa Yoriyuki to return was their only hope of victory.

"Yes, my subordinates will arrange it!"

The Persian general respectfully retreated.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu waited for him to leave, but his face was full of worry, and his eyes were uncertain.

He sent a message to Hosokawa Yoriyuki, but Kyushu is so far away from Kyoto, and Hosokawa Yoriyuki will definitely not be able to return for more than ten days.

It's only to blame that he was greedy at the beginning, and he wanted to control Kyushu in one fell swoop, and he secretly ordered Hosokawa Yoriyuki to expel the Ming army and didn't have to rush back to the division, but now it's too late to regret it.

"Looks like we're going to have to get ready."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu took a deep breath and muttered softly.

The Persian general and the family of Tayama nervously led people to consolidate the city defense, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu secretly plotted a way out, and the three of them were busy with their own lives.

In addition to them, there is another very important figure in Kyoto, that is, Emperor Go-Komatsu who was erected by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

According to the rules of the shogunate, in order to facilitate control, it was often the young sons of the imperial family who were about ten years old to ascend the throne, and when they were about twenty years old, they were asked to abdicate and replace others, and then Emperor Komatsu was only less than ten years old.

In order to ensure the so-called "one lineage for all generations", the imperial family insisted on intermarriage, resulting in many of the royal heirs dying young, and those who survived were also weak and sick.

While he was playing with toys with a somewhat dull expression, the minister of the Northern Dynasty hurriedly walked in, gave a perfunctory salute and said hurriedly:

"Your Majesty, the Ming army has come to us, and I heard that they have landed in Xiaohama, and they have also severely damaged the soldiers and horses led by the Persian generals, and I am afraid that it will take less than two days to attack Kyoto!"

Emperor Komatsu raised his head when he heard this, with a hint of grievance in his doubts: "I didn't agree to their conditions, why do they still beat me?" ”

"Ah......h

Nijo Liangji couldn't understand it for a while, in fact, according to their ideas, the Ming army really shouldn't have fought over.

But now it doesn't matter, what matters is what they do.

"Aiqing don't have to worry, Ashikaga General is resourceful and will definitely repel these Ming people."

Emperor Komatsu saw that he was silent and said softly with relief.

His relationship with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is still very good, otherwise Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would not have set him up.

Nijo Yoshiji frowned slightly when he heard this.

He was the emperor's close attendant, and in terms of official position, he was two ranks higher than Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's minister. But since the shogunate came to power, they, the ministers, along with the emperor, have become puppets, and they have to listen honestly to what people say, and the official rank has become a fictitious one.

In terms of inheritance, these public families look down on warriors like Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, but the situation is stronger than people, and even the emperor has to bow his head in the face of absolute force, let alone these courtiers.

It's just that this time they just bowed their heads, and they were still restless in their hearts, for example, this time, these Ming soldiers said that they came to clean up the rebels!

Of course, he also knew that the Ming people couldn't be so kind, but anyway, they were all puppets, and it was better to submit to the powerful Ming Empire than to succumb to these vulgar warriors.

And Da Ming is far away in the sky, and as soon as the Ming army leaves, maybe they will be able to grasp the power!

"Your Majesty, I think this is a rare opportunity for us, listen to me tell you......"

In the way of coaxing the child, Nijo Yoshiji gave this Emperor Komatsu a brief explanation of his plans, in short, he took this opportunity to use the power of the Ming army to break away from the control of the shogunate.

However, Emperor Gokomatsu frowned slightly when he heard this: "This is not good, General Ashikaga is very good to us." ”

"Why are you so ...... cough, Your Majesty, the Ming army is strong, I'm afraid that General Ashikaga can't defeat him, let's still know how to be a good man. ”

The two good chickens swallowed back the stupid words, and persuaded them patiently and with good words.

Relatively speaking, the relationship between the imperial family and the secretary of state is still much better than that of the martial family, and under his persuasion, Emperor Hou Komatsu finally nodded reluctantly: "Okay, it's all up to Aiqing to arrange." ”

Hearing this, Nijo Yoshiji finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After Emperor Komatsu agreed to his words, he bowed his head a little sullenly and continued to play with broken wood.

The Persian general and Tayama Manjia nervously dispatched troops to consolidate the city defense, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Nijo Yoshiki were also ready, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.

However, they waited for two days, but there was no trace of the Ming army.

On the third day, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't help but call the Persian generals and the family of Tianshan Manjia over and asked, "Is the Ming army coming?" ”

The two glanced at each other and shook their heads:

"No, the spies said that they saw them stationed near Xiaohama, and they still have no intention of pulling out the camp to attack after two days."

"Strange!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu frowned, puzzled in his heart.

It is said that such a good opportunity, the Ming army should fight quickly, why did it come to an end, but there was no movement, and the Persian righteous general and Tian Shan Manjia were also confused.

"Could they be out of ammo?" Tian Shan said tentatively.

The Persian general shook his head: "No, their artillery attack was very dense that day, and it didn't look like it was about to run out of ammunition." ”

Tian Shan Manjia thought about it and felt that it was too.

However, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes lit up: "Not necessarily, maybe they are really running out of ammunition, waiting for the people of Daming to send it to them!" ”

The Persian righteous general and the Tianshan family looked at him together, and their hearts were suspicious.

"In this way, you will immediately lead your troops to attack again! If they really run out of ammunition and have no advantage in firearms, we may not be able to defeat them! ”

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said coldly.

When the Persian generals heard this, they couldn't help but hesitate: "Then what if they don't run out?" ”

"Then you can withdraw again!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't care.

The Persian general thought about it and felt that it was the same, so he nodded and agreed: "Obey!" ”

"Well, let's go!"

Ashikaga Yoshihiro is full of the first way.

Bo Qiyi bowed to the family of Hetian Shan and turned to leave.

In the camp of the Ming army, Li Wei stood on the seashore and looked into the distance where the sea and the sky met, his brows tightened.

According to his calculations, Wang Jinghong should have arrived yesterday, but now that a day has passed, he still hasn't seen the slightest shadow of a ship on the sea.

Could it be that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't agree with his plan and didn't arrange someone to send the baggage?

No, it's all come to this extent, Zhu Yuanzhang is not a faint king, he definitely can't let him be buried in the country with this water master!

Just when Li Wei was a little uncertain in his heart, Lu Tang hurriedly walked over and said urgently: "Master Hou, it's not good, the scouts found out that the Japanese people have sent an army to attack again!" ”

Li Wei was startled, turned around and asked, "How far is it from us?" ”

"Twenty miles, it is estimated that we will come here around noon."

When Li Wei heard this, his face suddenly became solemn.

It seems that this Japanese man is not simple, first he expected him to attack Kyoto, and set up defenses on the coast in time, but now he has only stopped for two days, and it seems that the other party is tired of seeing it.

At this juncture, the baggage has not yet been delivered, and if they run out of ammunition during the battle with the Japanese people, then they will be in danger.

"Hey, let the soldiers board the ship first."

Li Wei said helplessly.

Now it is the safest way to let the army board the ship immediately, but this time it comes and goes, and the Japanese people occupy the coast, and the Ming army has to land again.

Half-crossing attacks were still very useful, and even if the Ming army had an advantage in firearms, casualties were inevitable.

"Yes!"

Lu Tang didn't think about it so much, and when he heard his words, he immediately gave up his hand and left.

After his order was passed down, the army began to retreat towards the ship, and Li Wei also returned to the ironclad ship with his men.

Standing at the bow of the ship, he was a little unwilling to use the telescope to look for the traces of the ship on the horizon over and over again, hoping that Wang Jinghong could arrive in time, but he was unable to do so.

Persian Yi led the two troops to the Ming army's garrison, and as they got closer and closer, their mood became tense.

"Do you mean that the army will really run out of ammunition as the general said?" Tian Shan asked.

"You'll find out when you try it." Persia is righteous.

Tian Shan looked at the samurai around him, and said in a low voice, "Have you found out?" The general asked us to bring out this time are all of us who guard the daimyo, and none of the soldiers and horses of the Ashikaga clan have come! ”

Persian Yi froze his body, looked left and right, and found that it was true.

"What do you think?" The Persian righteous general couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart, and approached him and asked.

"In my opinion, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also knows that he is invincible to the Ming army, so he sent us people out as cannon fodder, and he himself is to preserve his strength!"

When the Persian righteous general heard this, his eyes couldn't help but narrow slightly.

Although they were the backbone of the shogunate, it would be absolute nonsense to say how loyal they were to the shogun.

When Ashikaga Yoshimitsu first took over as shogun, the two of them besieged the shogunate and forced him to get rid of Hosokawa Yoriyuki.

It's just that this young shogun, although he heard that they dismissed Hosokawa Yoriyuki from his position, did not order him to be executed as they said, but let them form a containment with Hosokawa Yoriyuki.

After that, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gradually grew up and showed extraordinary resourcefulness, so he took the opportunity to strengthen himself and gradually took these daimyo into his hands.

This time, the Ming army was strong and the shogunate suffered heavy losses, and it was not ruled out that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu would deliberately take the opportunity to weaken them because he feared that they would pose a threat.

Thinking of this, General Persian immediately ordered the army to stop advancing and discussed it carefully with the Tianshan family.

If this is the case, then they will be able to protect themselves.

The Ming army wants to fight the shogunate, even if there is really the intention of encroaching on the Japanese state, it is everyone's business, they don't have to rush to the forefront......

Time passed, noon had passed, but the Ming army, which had retreated to the ship, did not see the Japanese attack, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised.

"Why didn't this man come?" Li Wei was also a little puzzled.

Lu Tang scratched his head, he didn't know what was going on.

"Why don't I send a scout to investigate again?"

Li Wei frowned slightly, thought about it and shook his head: "Forget it, you go and observe more with a telescope, and tell me as soon as you see the traces of the Japanese people." ”

"Yes!"

Lu Tang gave up his hand, turned around and went to the other side, staring at the situation on the coast.

Li Wei, on the other hand, was still concentrating on observing the sea, hoping to wait for the ships of the army.

Time passed minute by minute in anxious waiting, and the widows did not come, nor did Wang Jinghong.

"It's weird!"

Li Wei put down the binoculars and muttered softly.

Now that it was getting dark, and he was tired, he went back to the cabin first, and ordered a few of his own soldiers to take turns to continue the search.

In this strange situation, the Ming army and the Japanese led by the Persian righteous generals confronted each other for a day apart.

The next day, as soon as it was dark, Li Wei ordered people to continue to search for the traces of the ship, and Lu Tang was also on guard.

At noon, the soldier in charge of the search finally hurried into the cabin: "General, there is a fleet coming over the sea!" ”

Li Wei, who was resting, immediately woke up when he heard the sound, and hurriedly put on a robe and rushed out of the cabin.

"On which side?" Li Wei asked as he snatched the telescope from the hands of his own soldiers.

"There!"

The soldier stretched out his hand and pointed in one direction, and Li Wei immediately looked over with a telescope.

I saw that in the distant sea, many sails were gradually rising, and ships of all sizes were slowly rising, as if they were floating up from the water.

Li Wei stared and observed, and after a long time, he finally saw the flag on the ship vaguely.

"It's our ship!" Li Wei was pleasantly surprised, and immediately shouted: "Quick, let the soldiers get off the ship and line up!" ”

Now that the replenished ammunition has arrived, he has no worries, and he can land quickly while the Japanese have not yet come!

Lu Tang, who was on the other side, also reacted when he heard the sound, and hurriedly went to give the order.

Less than a day after the Ming army retreated to the ship, they rushed from the ship to the shore again, and quickly lined up to guard against the sudden attack of the Japanese under the urging of Li Wei.

However, his worries were superfluous, and until the Ming army was in complete formation, there was no shadow of the Japanese people.

Wang Jinghong's ship was getting closer and closer, and Li Wei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Now he is doomed! (End of chapter)