It is a natural deep-water harbor with no dangerous light and dark reefs, and the central channel is about 8-9 feet deep and 30 feet wide for mooring ships to enter and exit. The flotilla posts were anchored on both sides of the central channel, with the bow facing the central channel, with the flagship Bloodbird in the innermost position, the starboard side being the main array of the fleet, and the port side being the baggage fleet protected by the Kumano Naval Force, which was also the deepest part of the harbor.

At the entrance of the Ao is the reconnaissance fleet of the cannon, and behind him are the 18 patrol clippers of the Zoemon patrol. These two outposts blocked the passage of the foreign enemy into the harbor, and now they must be engaged in a melee with the enemy attacking at night.

The greatest danger was that the enemy ships would break through the two posts of the cannon and the bullet left emon and rush straight into the depths of the boat division. In the dark, if the Kumano naval army does not defend the enemy and us, it will inevitably cause chaos, and the enemy may destroy the most precious baggage of the game.

The main forces of the flotilla were on both sides, and the movement of the enemy ships could not be seen in the dark, so they did not dare to move the ships to join the battlefield, nor did they dare to fire guns indiscriminately, which would injure their own people by mistake. can only wait for the enemy to jump on the boat and fight, it is really passively beaten.

The soldiers sent out to inquire about the battle had not yet returned, and without knowing anything, Chongwen gave the first order in the most firm tone: "Yang Hao, you go to the foredeck to command the bow of the ship, load the shotgun, and fire at the northeast Jiayin position!"

The kobold military master didn't think about it, and replied loudly, "Wow!" and ran down the stern and disappeared into the dark rain. Not far away, shouts began to be shouted, chains clanged, heavy wheels crushed and creaked on the foredeck, gunners adjusted the angle of fire, and someone was nervously reloading.

Because of Chongwen's arrangement, all guns have canopies above them, and even if the storm is raging, it will not affect the shooting. And the direction of the shooting was precisely the central channel, and there could not be boats on the ballistic path of Dafazi, and if there were, it must have been enemy ships that broke through the outpost. Of course, it could also be that the cannon or the two sentinels of the Zaemon retreated backwards, which could only be regarded as their bad luck, and retreating from the battle was a capital crime.

More importantly, he had to observe the battlefield through the muzzle flame, and also guide the entire fleet.

In a moment, there was a loud bang, and the whole ship shook, and four catties of iron bullets and dozens of iron bullets rushed out, whistling into the dark wind and rain.

Chongwen's luck was simply against the sky, under the favor of the three mothers-in-law, at least half of the guns swept past a few boats, and the screams came from the wind and rain, mixed with crying and scolding.

There was no flash of muzzle flames, but this moment was enough, Chongwen had already seen clearly, it was 2 closed boats, and there were a few small morning boats. He even saw the long oars that rowed desperately like centipede legs in the waves, and the pale faces that appeared on the deck shield wall, and the guns tore apart the shield wall and the servants behind the wall.

Obviously, a part of the shogunate's navy had already broken through the weak forward two outposts, and if it hadn't been for Chongwen's timely cannoning, the army would have rushed into the baggage fleet and destroyed the foundation on which the boat division depended.

Even if the servants didn't know that a hundred paces away was the boatmaster's baggage, as long as they rushed to the boatmaster's fleet on both sides of the channel, they could also seize the boat's ships and rampage in the ship's formation, and in the dark the boatmaster could not distinguish between the enemy and the enemy, which was also a very terrible situation.

Chongwen's shot saved the boat division.

The situation suddenly became clear, and Chongwen shouted an order: "All the sons and mothers and turtledoves should go to starboard with their mothers! Aim at the direction of the channel and fire! Let them eat a meal of iron rain before talking!"

Now the warships on Longwang Island have been reequipped with son-and-mother guns, and the rate of fire is fast, and the salvo of turtledove horns is also extremely sharp, which can easily tear through the shield wall of the ship. The ships located in the central channel were poured with blood mold, and this iron feast became a one-sided slaughter, and more importantly, the fierce fire of the Anointing Bird ships, the orange flames completely exposed the ships that broke into the harbor, and also indicated the targets for the other ships of the division.

The Xu Hai sentry on the opposite side opened fire first, and the two-and-a-half-pound gunpowder shells raged in the boat, and the rest of the sentry posts also began to bombard the central channel. The cries of the servants went from peak to decline, getting weaker and weaker, and finally were annihilated by the boundless sound of wind and rain.

At this moment, Yoshimasa Kayama, the follower who had been sent to herald, rushed onto the Bloodbird ship, wet like a chicken in soup in the dark, and carried a half-dead pirate in his hand.

He strode onto the terrace, threw the man in front of Chongwen, and said with a sigh of breath: "Your Highness's order has been passed to every warship, and the enemy is the Awa Navy, with more than 20 ships and some small mornings. I have taken a prisoner, and if Your Highness wants to ask about the enemy, ask him. ”

Chongwen didn't pay attention to the servants under his feet, and asked Kayama Yoshimasa loudly: "How is the battle situation ahead?"

Kayama Yoshimasa said: "When the enemy ships attacked, the cannon whistle was caught off guard, and there were many casualties. Danzaemon immediately pulled out the anchor to support, blocking the central channel layer by layer, and the situation was stabilized. However, Wang Wei's family pulled out the anchor and set sail without authorization, fired guns indiscriminately, wounded both the enemy and us, and also damaged the two ships of Wu Pingshao, and the two forward posts were in a big mess, and were washed into more than 20 enemy ships. ”

Erchuhai said coldly: "Those who rushed in have become dead people." ”

Chongwen calmly issued the second order: "Yizheng, you pass on my order, and order Bai Jie to fly on the side to pull the anchor and set sail to support the two sentinels of the forward." No guns and cannons, no bows and crossbows, and all soldiers are allowed to fight in close combat with white blades. ”

Kayama Yoshimasa bowed and replied, "Wow!" and turned around and strode into the darkness.

Chongwen turned around and shouted: "Come to Cainiu!"

"In!"

"I order you to arrest Wang Jun and bring him here immediately, and order Wang Jun, the brother of Wang Jun, to be the captain of the ship, and anchor underground. ”

"Whoa!" the giant turned and went down.

Liu Guan mentioned that the servant was watching, he was a guy with a short figure, his hair was scattered, his face was covered with blood, his eyes were closed, and he seemed to have been beaten lightly. The second went out to sea and opened the bow left and right, and slapped this guy a few times in a row, and the guy woke up slowly.

The second out of the altitude out of the net knife, a knife cut off a few fingers of the guy, the pig-like scream remembered, the second out of the sea shouted: "Wu that barbarian, good life to answer grandpa's question, a word is not true, you want your dog's life." ”

Haili Qinglin Yanghao laughed, the second out of the sea generally does not speak slang, it is actually not bad to say.

That servant was just a small role in the Awa Water Army, and when he was drunk by the fierce and tall man in front of him, his soul was frightened and flew away, but he couldn't stop nodding. The second went out to sea and shouted: "Who are you? How many ships and how many people have come?"

The servant replied tremblingly: "We are the Awa Navy, and there are more than 70 ships and about 2,000 people here. ”

"Where's that idiot Yoritomi Hosokawa?"

"In Hiwa Saura, more than 20 miles from here. ”

Chongwen was taken aback, Hosokawa Laifeng really did not wait for the rabbit on Ijima, but took the initiative to go south, and he had already killed in front of him, and he didn't know it in the wind and rain.

Hosokawa Yoritoshi would not do this for no reason, because it was a southwest wind at this time, and if he fought in the waters near Ishima, both sides would be able to eat half of the sail, and his strength advantage would be brought into play. If he went south to face the Boat Division, he would be in a headwind state, and the battle would be very unfavorable, why did he do this?

Chongwen stepped forward and asked, "When did you set sail from Yi Island, and why did you get here?"

The servant said, "We set out from Ijima yesterday and arrived at Hiwa Saura today. Hosokawa Yoritoyo ordered our Awa naval army to be the vanguard and occupy the village of Muqi first, and if the Tokai merchant group went north from Muqi, they would attack the baggage ships of the boat division with fireboats from behind. If the East China Sea merchant group attacks Muqi, let us hold there and wait for reinforcements. ”

Er went out to the sea and scolded: "Mother, didn't that thief and bird let you die, how did you come here again." ”

The servant said: "In the second half of the day, the weather suddenly changed, and we lost our course, and when it got dark, we ran into this place in a daze, and then we met your ambush. ”

The second went out to sea and was happy: "Whoever entered the mother wanted to ambush you, it was you who hit the grandfather's muzzle." ”

Haili Qinglin Yanghao said: "If you go further south, you will fall into the Tsushima undercurrent, then you will be good-looking." ”

The captive said: "We also know that this sea area is dangerous, we are afraid that when we go to Tsushima, we vaguely see a shadow here, I originally wanted to take shelter from the wind here, who knew that you have so many ships here." ”

Chief Bingshun suddenly asked, "In the shogunate navy, who else is familiar with this sea area besides you?"

The thief said: "They are all begging for a living on the Seto Inland Sea, and they are not very familiar with this place, and it is precisely because we are familiar with the East Sea that we have such an unfortunate errand." ”

Chongwen turned his head and glanced at Chief Bingshun, and asked hesitantly: "Ah Shun, what do you mean... ”

The chief soldier said: "Since the shogunate navy is not familiar with this sea, it is their shortcoming, why don't we take advantage of it?"

Chongwen wiped the rain from his face and said loudly: "You mean, lure them into the turbulence of Otsushima? But although they are not familiar with this place, they are also old pirates, they are not blind, and they will not drill into the turbulence by themselves,"

Chief Bingshun said: "Of course they will not go to death on their own, but we can drive them into the dead end." ”

Chongwen is also an old man who has gone to sea now, and he immediately understood the meaning of the general soldier. If you attack northward from the position of Oshima, it is a downwind direction, but with the treacherous sea area in your back, the large army has little room to retreat, which is a disadvantage. However, if the shogunate naval forces can be forced to fight with their backs to Otsushima, then they will not be far from destruction.

At this moment, he already knew the tactics of the shogunate navy, Chongwen's fear was gone, and his self-confidence returned to him, and the brave Dragon King Island went to sea again.

Chongwen pointed at the little thief and said, "We all know what we should know, throw this little barbarian into the sea and let him fend for himself." ”

Liu Guan laughed and lifted the guy up and threw him into the sea, the captive screamed in fear, but he fell helplessly, with a bang, the sea splashed, and the unlucky guy floated and sank in the sea, and soon floated into the darkness.