Liu Guan smiled and said: "You are too nervous, this is not like your usual you." ”

Chongwen said: "No, before every failure, there is some kind of clue, revealing ominous signs. On the night of the Ten Cities, I received news from Hirado that Sayuri had captured Hatakeyama Mitsukei's Hosaku, the Tenzhu monk Bata.

But the parrot died, which means I'll never know what happened at Mishimaya that day. Entering the mother, this news smells of danger, and I can't say why. ”

Er Chuhai looked at Chongwen in surprise, and exclaimed, "Do you suspect Sayuri?"

Chongwen shook his head and said, "I don't know, although everything is very reasonable, but there are too many coincidences, which is very ominous. ”

Li Qiqian, the cannon, said nonchalantly: "What can a fool do with us?"

Haili Qinglin Yanghao said: "Don't dare to underestimate anyone. ”

Chongwen said in a deep voice: "I have always had the biggest worry in my heart. The real advantage of our boat division lies in our sharp guns, and I don't want our enemies to know about this too soon.

Because firearms have great shortcomings, such as fighting in this weather, the wind will blow away the ignition in the fire door, and the heavy rain will make the ** tide scrapped, once the servants know our details, it is impossible for them not to use it.

The shogunate knew about our fleet and our troops, and this was not terrible, and it was impossible to hide it, and Hirado Castle did not know how many shogunates had done their work, but if they knew the shortcomings of our firearms, they might have taken advantage of the storm to fight. ”

The chief soldier said in a trembling voice: "Is the big sea because you are worried that the shogunate navy has learned the truth about us and will brave the rain to go south?"

Chongwen nodded silently and said, "I hope I'm worried." ”

Haili Qinglin Yanghiro said: "There is no need to worry too much about going to sea, even if the shogunate knows that our firearms are powerful, it is impossible for them to know our tactics, Fukue is not Hirado, it is impossible for Hosaku to infiltrate, be careful, we still have an advantage." If they do come, we'll dig a hole for them in advance and beat them up. ”

Chief Bingshun said: "What do you have in mind for this little ghost?"

Hai Liqing said: "Now we park the ship like this, the big ship is on both sides, the small boat is in front of the mouth of the Aokou, and the baggage boat is in the deepest part, this is to prevent the enemy from attacking with fire, but such heavy rain, the danger of fire attack does not exist, so there is no need to be so cautious."

After daybreak, we arranged the main force of the fleet along the coast on three sides, with one side facing the harbor and all the guns on the side facing the sea and Macao, leaving a channel for the port. At the same time, we sent clippers to search for the movement of enemy ships, and if Hosokawa Yoritoyo really braved the wind and rain to go south, we led them into the harbor and bombarded them on three sides with guns. ”

The chief soldier nodded and said, "It's a good idea, if the enemy ship doesn't take the bait, directly occupy Muqi Village, and attack us from the west to the east?"

Hai Liqing said: "Then we will fight a decisive battle with them, line up from north to south, and if they go out of the port desperately, we will press them between the turbulent currents and reefs between Tsushima, Ozu and Dewa Island, and let the sea kill them for us." They were all Seto Inland Sea troops, and they had never been to the open sea, so they were not familiar with the sea conditions in this area. ”

A thunderclap suddenly exploded over the fleet, shaking people's hearts, and the lightning tore through the dark sky, illuminating the mountains of the big island and the boatmaster fleet stationed in the mouth of the Aokou, like a silent herd of beasts, enduring the storm, quietly remembering the distant delicacy. The rain was pouring down, and the planks of the ship crackled.

After a series of thunders, Chongwen said: "There is another possibility, Hosokawa Laifeng knows that Qicheng will not be able to support it for a few days, and he will not move on Yidao, blocking the Kii waterway so that we cannot advance westward, and it will be consumed until Qicheng falls." As long as this wind and rain does not stop, we will not be able to go north for a decisive battle, and time will not be in our favor. ”

Lai Cainiu suddenly said: "In my hometown of Patagonia, there are no such big boats, only canoes. If we encounter bad weather at sea, we use thick piso to link multiple canoes together to resist strong winds and waves. ”

The eyes of everyone in the cabin lit up, and the cannon punched the chest of the wealthy cow, and shouted happily: "Bastard big stupid cow, why didn't you say it earlier if you have such a good idea?"

Laicai Niu didn't move at all, and his index finger hit the cannon on the door of the cannon's head fiercely, and said, "I just thought of it." The cannon clung to his head and cried out in pain, and the cabin burst into laughter.

In the midst of the storm, the desolate sea of the East Nationality Sea, the core figures of the pirate fleet discussed for most of the night, taking into account various circumstances, and then they dispersed to rest.

Chongwen had to admit that he was not a general, and he was out of breath from the anxiety before the battle. The weather was bad, the sea conditions were bad, the enemy situation was unknown, and there were many contradictions within the boatman, but he did not have absolute prestige, and relied on torture and profit to barely bring the gang together. And the situation is severe, time does not allow him to be fully prepared, and perhaps there is never a foolproof plan in war.

Everything is a disadvantage, but he has no way out, and once he is defeated, the consequences are unimaginable.

In the violently swaying cabin, listening to the wind and rain at sea, he could not sleep. Nohime's shadow kept flickering in front of him, and he could imagine Nohime's desperate heart, how she was anxiously looking forward to the rescue of the Dragon King Island, and his heart couldn't help but tingle.

Before yesterday, he was full of confidence in the fate of the country, and it seemed that the fat was already in his mouth, and he just swallowed it. But the ever-changing situation made it difficult for him to see clearly, and he was soberly aware that although he had waited for the most favorable situation and finally cobbled together a powerful sea force, he could still lose this battle of fate.

This made him tremble, he was not afraid of death, he was afraid of pushing countless people into the abyss again. He once ruined countless people's lives, it was just a number on the newspaper, but now it was different, when he was on the battlefield, he knew that these were all living people, he would meet them every day, maybe he couldn't name them, but he inevitably had feelings.

The thought of them screaming and dying at the bottom of the sea made him tremble with fear.

He confessed that he was scared, and that he was scared when it came. A dark thought always suddenly jumped into his heart, withdraw the troops, withdraw the troops, hide on the Dragon King Island, what eternal red face, what hegemony of the country, what sea empire, is not as important as these lives, nor as important as their own lives.

In the middle of the night, he got up in his cloak and walked into the cabin by the faint light of the ship's lamp. In the darkness, there was an alert voice from the birch mountain Yoshimasa: "Is it His Highness the Great Expedition?" Chongwen snorted heavily.

The incense in the cabin has never been broken, Chongwen lit a stick of incense, and respectfully offered incense to the third mother-in-law. Then he sat down cross-legged, silently gazing at the shadow of the god by the faint light of the ship's lamp outside the cabin.

The ship's lights swayed, and the faint light and shadow sometimes flashed on the face of the three goddesses, and sometimes they were completely hidden in the darkness. Chongwen's hand reached into his arms and slowly grasped the pair of seashells, but he didn't dare to take them out and throw them, he could feel his heartbeat, his heavy breathing, and he could even feel the fear emanating from his every pore.

A bolt of lightning pierced the dark curtain of the rainy night, illuminating the face of the god in an instant. Chongwen suddenly felt that the third woman was a little different from the past, she seemed to be alive, with a hint of a smile. The lightning flashed, and the god fell into darkness again, but Chongwen's heart brightened, and he was a mother, this is not a good omen, what is a good omen!

At this moment, a loud noise in the wind and rain interrupted all his worries and shattered all his thoughts of retreating.

It was the sound of cannons, followed by loud shouts.

Chongwen jumped up and strode out of the cabin, shouting: "Righteous government! Send someone to inquire immediately! Send out all the personal soldiers, and order all the posts not to move, not to lift anchors, not to light lamps, to guard the battle position, and to kill those who collide with each other!"

Someone in the darkness said yes!"

Chongwen rushed out of the cabin, ran up the balcony along the corridor of the stern, and looked in the direction of Aokou. The Bloodbird ship was already in disarray, and the sailors ran out of the cabin and onto deck, screaming in terror, but not knowing what had happened.

The fastest reaction was Lai Cainiu, who quickly ran up to the terrace with a big axe and stood behind Chongwen. The second went out to sea Liu Guan, the red head led the sentry Hai Liqing, and the nine ghosts Longliang also ran up and looked into the darkness together.

The chief soldier stood in the corridor of the stern tower and shouted and scolded to the upper deck: "Shut up all into the mother, are you crying and mourning when you die! ”

What was happening was simply not visible in the darkness. I could only hear the chaos in the direction of Aokou, the collision of giant trees, the resonance of gold and iron, mixed with the roar of birds and artillery, and the shouts turned over and rolled over in the wind and rain. On both sides of the Bloodbird ship, on the opposite side, in the darkness deep in the mouth of the whole Aokou, people shouted and neighed in a mess, and panic enveloped the entire fleet.

The wind blew everyone's clothes flying, and the people who were beaten by the heavy rain couldn't open their eyes at all, and the battle broke out suddenly in such bad weather. There was a scuffle ahead, and everyone didn't know the enemy's situation, which was also the situation Chongwen was most afraid of. Not long after his boat division was formed, he needed to give full play to his firepower advantage in an orderly manner, and he was most afraid of an orderly and chaotic battle, which would easily collapse.

But Chongwen can't do anything now, he doesn't know what's going on at all, and it's impossible to deploy it in a targeted manner.

War is a strange thing, and it will never unfold in an orderly manner as either side envisions. It is always shrouded in fog, there are always unexpected changes, all plans cannot keep up with the changes, but the commander-in-chief must make the right decisions immediately, or else it will be defeated.

Chongwen's face was pale, and he used the greatest perseverance to restrain the panic and helplessness in his heart. He knew that any weakness on his part would cause chaos on the Bloodanointing Bird Ship, and the chaos of the Bloodanointing Bird Ship would cause chaos in the whole army, that is, it would be a complete defeat and out of control.

He forced his boiling brain to quiet down and began to remember where the boatmaster had moored the ship.