Da Chuhai Chongwen glanced around at these fierce sea cowards, and said in a deep voice: "The enemy situation is unknown, the enemy is my guest, do you want to drill into other people's cages? The news was brought by the Nine Ghosts of Qidong Longliang of the Bureau, let him talk about it first, and you all listen honestly. ”

The generals agreed to the promise, and Chen Dong shouted viciously: "Wu Na man, let go of a fart quickly." ”

The Nine Demons Takara bowed and said, "After Shimohirado joined the group, the group meeting detailed the plan to defeat the shogunate, and I thought it was true. Because the Kumano Navy was closest to the Hosokawa Navy, the leading sentry and the leading shopkeeper Wu Gong repeatedly discussed with Zaixia, and decided to constantly spy on the Hosokawa Navy and go south to Tosa Bay.

When I returned to Kumano Nada, I sent some ships to occupy the old island of Sekisho and rebuilt the camp on the shore, and my Kumano Navy sentry ships were in groups of three or five, constantly haunting Awaji Island and the anchorage of Awa Province, and their every move was under my control.

Then I went south to Tosa Bay, repelled some sporadic pirates, and occupied ten cities, thinking that the future boat division would enter and exit the Daizhai of the Kii waterway. After arriving in the ten cities, I continued to build dock plank roads and repair roads. During this time, there was only one battle with the Bungo Naval Army, and the Otomo clan was afraid of my sharp guns, and gradually became unable to harass the ten cities, so I thought they were attacking the Matsuura Party, but later I found out that it was not.

I settled down the Ten Cities and came to the island in person, because this is the choke point connecting the Awa Navy and the Awaji Navy Army, and if I control this place, the convergence of the two roads will have to detour the Akashi Strait to the north, and at least 600 miles more sea route. ”

Er Chuhai said with a smile: "Then you will be attacked from the north and south." ”

Nine Ghost Takara said: "I'm not worried about the Awa Water Army, last time they were hit hard by us, and the general Iwaki Tongyi was killed in battle, and we have broken their courage and can't recover for a while." I'm worried about the Awaji Water Army, Yasuku Fuyuyasu was not badly injured last time, and he still has the strength to fight us.

I kept sending people to send sentry posts to spy on the movements of the Awaji Navy, and finally I noticed something unusual, they were dealing with the Yanbao Navy, and there were more and more ships anchored in the harbor, and there were more and more exchanges with Hanoi.

This shows that the shogunate deacon Hosokawa Yoriyuki is bribing the Seto Inland Sea naval forces in order to disadvantage our Tokai merchant group. I knew that sooner or later they would pull out the nail of the Jidao Guansho, so I transferred all the big guns in my hands to the Jijima and prepared to fight them well. ”

Li Qiqian, the cannon commander, asked: "How did you think of starting a war in the Jidan Strait? It is too narrow there, wouldn't his house ship be on a rampage? It is better to start a war in the sea off Yuliang Village, where the sea area is open, and you can operate the ship flexibly." ”

Nine Ghosts Takashi said: "I just lured his big ship to fight with me in the narrow sea area, secretly ambushed the big gun, and slammed the waterline of his house, if he sank one or two of his big ships, they would naturally retreat." ”

Haili Qinglin Yanghao laughed and said: "You are really treacherous, and if you are not careful, you really follow your way." ”

Nine Ghost Longliang shook his head and sighed: "People are not as good as heaven, we are investigating outside, but we can't get the truth." When the Hosokawa navy came from the direction of Qicheng and approached the Jijima Sekisho, I knew that they had more than a thousand ships coming, and the sea was endless, like dark clouds covering the sun... This is not the Hosokawa Naval Army, this is the Shogunate's Coalition Army!"

There was an uproar, and the generals of the boat division let out a burst of exclamation, "Thousands of boats!" Just coming from the sea, the situation was also terrifying.

Lin Daoqian's face turned pale, and he muttered: "Mother, how can the old dog of Hosokawa have so many boats." ”

Nine Ghost Takara said: "The flags we saw were the Awaji Water Army, the Awa Water Army, the Shio Hug Water Army, the Lai Island Murakami, the Ininjima Murakami, the Kono Water Army, the Bungo Otomo Water Army, and the Manabe Water Army in the preparation, but I didn't expect it... Eighty Seto Inland Sea troops all defected to the shogunate. ”

Chongwen said with a smile: "Do you still kill Hosokawa's bastard without leaving a piece of armor?"

Hong Dizhen said in a weird manner: "Entering the mother, the Xingshi is here, and then the gray and go-aways, see where some people's faces are placed." ”

Xu Chaoguang said coldly: "I think the days of some people showing off their martial arts are coming to an end, just a few of us birdmen, we still want to conquer big countries, it's ridiculous." ”

Chongwen also ignored those rumors, and motioned for the Nine Ghosts Takara to continue, and the leader of the Shogunate said with a solemn face: "The shogunate naval army is in such a battle, naturally it is impossible to fight, I can only burn the camp overnight and leave, abandon the Jidao Pass, and retreat to Yura Village." Overnight, he ordered the coastal villages in the southern part of Kii Province to retreat to the inland mountains, take all the grain with them, and not leave a grain of rice for the Hosokawa family.

I led the Kumano Navy to retreat to Ijima, and continued to stare at the Shogunate Army, which is the eastern gate of the Kii Suido, and I wanted to see what these guys were going to do. A few days later, the shogunate's navy continued to press over, and the momentum was huge, covering the sea and the sun, and I had no choice but to retreat to the ten cities.

These days, the shogunate navy is still in Ishima, searching for food everywhere, and there is no sign of going south, it seems that they are preparing to wait there for the main force of the bureau. However, in the small battle, I also captured a few of their prisoners, and learned that this naval army is the brother of Hosokawa Yoriyuki, the fierce general Hosokawa Yorito. ”

Hai Liqing said: "It seems that they are not rich in food, the shogunate has at least 30,000 people, and the castle is in the hands of Ouchi Yoshihiro, and they can't grab much food in the south of Kishu." If they only rely on Shikoku Island and Hanoi to supply so much military rations, they are afraid that they will not last long. ”

Wu Ping said: "What does the military advisor mean is to learn from Sima Yitun Wuzhangyuan and spend time with those thieves and birds?"

Hai Liqing stretched out his hands and said, "What else can we do? There are too many of them, and we have no chance of winning." ”

Chongwen waved his hand and said, "Shut up." Shimomura Ryoshi, let's talk about the situation in Qicheng. ”

Shimomura Ryoshi said, "About a month ago, when I returned to Yura Village after delivering a letter to Hirado, I heard rumors everywhere that the shogun, Yoshinori Kakune, had died of illness and that His Royal Highness Yoshimitsu Kakune was going to succeed him in Muromachi, Kyoto. It is also said that the Kanto Kamakura Principality opposed His Highness Yoshimitsu and raised an army against the shogunate, and the Kanto Governor General Spo Yoshinori was crusading against the Kamakura Principality.

This is all the news brought back by those guys who went to do business in Qicheng, and the village feels that troubled times are coming, and people are panicking. Fortunately, in these days, there are trade routes with Qicheng, and every household is hoarding food, and I think that I will definitely do something when I go to sea, and it is the time for me to serve my death.

But at that time, I couldn't do anything, so I had to wait for the letters from Kyoto or Sakai to reach me. I can't wait for the left or the right, I am very anxious, there is no accurate news, and it will be difficult to go to sea. ”

Chongwen said: "Yes, I have been waiting for news from Dongguo these days. ”

Ryoji Shimomura continued, "Until a few days ago, the retainer of the Ouchi family, Lord Tomita Shinji, came to Yura Village from Sakai Castle and told me about the battle in Sakai Castle. Because Sakai Castle was surrounded on three sides and there was no sea route, he risked his life to break out of the siege and probably fall into the hands of the shogunate, so he could not bring a letter out, but could only dictate it to me, and I would then relay it to the Great Sea.

He said that as early as the beginning of last month, his lord Yoshihiro Ouchi had received accurate news from Kyoto. The day after the shogunate issued the Imperial Decree to defeat the Kamakura Princess, General Yoshinori Kakune vomited blood and died of illness on the same day. The important ministers of the shogunate did not mourn, secretly mobilized troops, and prepared to support His Royal Highness Kakune Yoshimitsu to succeed to the shogun in one fell swoop.

Ouchi Yoshihiro believed that he must immediately march into Sakai Castle and start a war with the shogunate. He considered two aspects, first, if he did not immediately express his opposition to His Highness Yoshimitsu, the guardian of the world would think that Yoshimitsu was expected by all and His Highness would immediately succeed him. Only by immediately starting a war with the shogunate will the guardians of the kingdoms continue to wait and see, and will not immediately pledge their allegiance to Yoshimitsu.

The second reason is that the situation in the Kanto region is not good, and the Kamakura Gongfang is young and rash, and he takes the initiative to leave Kamakura in the case of inferior troops and fight a decisive battle with General Spoyoshi, which makes Yoshihiro Ouchi furious. He believed that the Kamakura army was dangerous, and if he did not attack from the west, the shogunate army from Kyoto would send troops to Kanto, and then the Kamakura army would be defeated, and the situation would be out of control.

If the Ouchi army attacked Sakaijo, the shogunate army on the Kyoto side would have to fight in the west, and the Kamakura Principality would not be caught between the east and the west. If he could defeat the shogunate army from Kyoto at Castle, General Spoyoshi would not be able to attack the Kamakura Princesses with all his might, and he might have to divide his forces to help Sakaijo. In this way, the Kamakura Dukes will not be defeated in one battle and will be out of control.

As long as the Kamakura Principality held out in the Kanto region, and when the Ouchi family's reinforcements from the western country arrived, they would first defeat the shogunate army in Sakaijo, occupy Kyoto, and put His Royal Highness Kakune Yoshimitsu under house arrest. Attack Kanto again, and at that time, General Spoyi will be a caged rat. ”

Erchuhai sighed: "I'm afraid this old bastard can't imagine that his son Ouchi will never come." ”

Shimomura Ryoshi said: "At that time, the Ouchi army of Wakayama Castle did not know, and everyone was full of confidence to go on the expedition, and in order to occupy Sakai Castle before the shogunate army, the Ouchi army marched 130 miles in two days and rushed to Sakai Port.

They were welcomed by the Sakaijo Kaiwako and merchants, and the Sakaijo police and the 800 monks of Shitennoji also joined the Ouchi army, and with the temporary recruitment of ronin, there were already 6,000 people under Ouchi Yoshihiro's command. On the one hand, Yoshihiro Ouchi sent people to summon reinforcements from Zhou's visit to the national capital, and on the other hand, he rushed to repair the fortifications.

Lord Tomita said that the deployment of the city's defense was very important, and he drew a rough map of the land and explained it to me in detail. I've been dreaming about the city defense map of Qicheng for the past few days, and I can't forget it. ”

Chongwen said to the generals: "This picture, Liangsi has already drawn it for me, and I will tell you about it." He took a piece of paper from his bosom and placed it on the deck, pressing his saber to the map with its sheath so as not to be blown away by the strong sea breeze. The generals gathered around and looked down together, and there was a map of the defense of the city of Qicheng painted on the paper.

Chongwen pointed to the map and said, "The Great Inner Army has arranged about three layers of defense lines. The first layer is the two long moats on the periphery, and 14 checkpoints through the city, which are mainly guarded by the ronin he recruited, plus 200 Iwami Kuni, 350 Bunzen Kuni, a total of 1,200 people. ”

The cannon smiled and said: "This guy doesn't know how to use soldiers, the trench is so long, how can he defend it with more than 1,000 people?"

Chongwen shouted: "Shut up, you are a fool, Yoshihiro Ouchi is a veteran of a hundred battles, how many battles have you fought?"

The cannon let out a long cry and stopped making a sound.