Chongwen said coldly: "No matter how many people there are, can they have my ** guns?" I don't believe that people's heads are made of iron, and they can't be broken." The ship has no keel and no ribs, and can withstand the collision of my Dakang sea ship?"

Hong Dizhen said: "We have too few ships, less than 200 warships, if we are surrounded by their small boats and jump to the gang, we will still be outnumbered after all, I don't want to fold my ship and my people here." ”

The chief soldier scolded Shun: "Entering the mother, at this point, you are still afraid of wolves and tigers, and you still have a pair of eggs under your crotch! Even if you die, you have to swallow it, and if you don't eat it, you will still starve to death if you return to Hirado, and this stupid person still wants to withdraw from the army. ”

Takara Kukiri said: "Who said that there are less than 200 warships? Although my Kumano Navy is weak, there are 18 ships, 3 Kumanoi ships, 36 Kohaya ships, and 2,000 sailors, and I am willing to fight to the death with the shogunate." ”

Wu Ping also said: "The retreating soldiers must also fight and retreat, it is better to let people kill than to be scared to death, my gunboat will run away without firing, I am not reconciled." ”

Xu Weixue said ambiguously: "The thieves are powerful, and they should not be underestimated." ”

Zhangzhou Gang Xie He said: "Since there are different opinions on whether to fight or not, it is better to ask Mazu Niangniang before driving." ”

Chongwen finally stood up and said in a deep voice: "I am the elder of the East China Sea Merchant Group you selected, the leader of the Zhoushi Hall, I am still the chief treasurer of the Bureau, the commander of the Zhoushi, if everything is done, what do you want me to do?"

It's up to me whether to fight or retreat, unless you remove me now and choose another meritorious. There are 16 Qidong here, as long as 60% of Qidong tells me to get out, I will let Xian immediately, does anyone want to vote?"

Wang Wei, the son of Wang Ruxian, the son of Wang Ruxian, who helped from Shexian County, shouted: "Join the mother, you have brought us here, how can you change people?"

Chongwen looked at Hong Dizhen and shouted, "You?"

Hong Dizhen was silent for a long time, and finally sighed and said: "I really want to ask Mazu Niangniang for a regret medicine now, how can I gamble my life on the bastard, enter the mother, let it be fate, you can do whatever you say." ”

Chongwen shouted: "Okay! Then fight, kill all the idiots raised by the little mother on Yi Island, and retreat from the latter." ”

There was silence on the deck, and Chongwen shouted angrily: "Are you deaf in your mother!"

There was a sparse voice in the crowd: "Whoa." ”

"I didn't hear that!" Chongwen roared loudly.

"Whoa!"

"Are you stinky, haven't you eaten enough?" cried out hoarsely.

"Wow!" it seems that the whole bird boat is roaring, and the mountains and rivers are magnificent.

Chongwen glanced around at the generals and continued: "Tomorrow, we will make dinner on the fifth watch, and we will pull anchor and set sail in the morning, and the course is Yi Island in the Kii Waterway. Cannon, you lead the horseshoe crab foot rack forward 10 miles in front of my main formation, and spread out a horizontal formation, each ship separated by 1 mile. Search for the location of the shogunate's fleet. As soon as the enemy situation is discovered, report it immediately. ”

Li Qiqian, the cannon, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Oh!"

Chongwen Tie blushed and continued: "My main formation follows the forward after the striker. Takara, your Kumano Navy and my baggage ship are the rearguard, and they can't be more than 2 miles away from my main formation. ”

The generals bowed together and responded, "Wow!"

Chongwen said firmly: "If we encounter an enemy ship at sea, we will carry out the drill according to the tactics of the exercise. The enemy ships are large, and our firepower is unbalanced, and it is possible for the enemy ships to break through our fire chain. In the event that a ship is besieged by an enemy ship, his outpost must be rescued immediately, and the Kumano naval army must immediately come forward to support.

The sentinels behind him were to keep the battle line, spare the fighting ships, and continue to maneuver with the flagship, outflanking the enemy fleet.

and he that is caught up in wrestling shall not fight. The Kumano naval forces rushed into the enemy ship formation from behind, fought the enemy in close combat, and rescued the besieged ships. The outpost of the main front rescue must not get caught up in a struggle with the enemy ships, but must constantly swim and bombard the rear of the enemy ships with cannons, so as to prevent them from rushing up to the battlefield and cover the Kumano naval army to kill the enemy with white blades. ”

The generals nodded in unison.

Chongwen turned his head to look at the Nine Ghosts Takara and said, "To save people, you also need to talk about the tactics of war, concentrate your firecrackers on the high well of the Kumano ship, fire a salvo first, and then rush to the enemy ship."

Once our troops boarded the enemy ship, the musketeers were on the well floor in a group of 5 people, specifically targeting the enemy generals, waiting for the opportunity to snipe. Don't fight at the scuffle ship, you will injure our own people, and you must fight the enemy's back, so that the enemy will fight less and less.

If an enemy ship is approaching, kill the deck with shotguns. If the enemy ship did not dare to approach, he would hit the waterline with an iron bullet, because the enemy ship had no keel and could easily sink if the side side was broken. ”

Nine Ghost Takashi nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Chongwen glanced around at the generals and said, "In addition to my Longwang Island Sailor, there are less than a thousand pairs of armor in the Boat Division, and I will issue it now." Takashi, you are the main force in melee combat, and I will give you 300 pairs of carcass pill armor. This is the armor donated by Danzaemon to the Servant Bureau, and the Servant Bureau does not want your silver, and I hope that the Kumano Navy will not live up to the more than 100,000 filths of the Servant Country. ”

Nine Ghosts Long Liang said in a deep voice: "I have 2,000 subordinates, and all of them have the consciousness of death. ”

Chongwen shouted: "Okay! There are about 600 pairs of armor left, and they can only be divided equally among the remaining 25 Qidong. We don't have much armor, so you must ration it to the bravest warriors, and in the event of close combat, the armor is the heart of the battle. ”

Xu Chaoguang said dissatisfiedly: "We are human beings, we are not human beings, why give them so much armor." ”

Chongwen sneered: "Then you are in charge of melee combat, how about giving you your cannon and armor to Longliang?"

Xu Chaoguang said with a look of surprise: "That... How to make ... ”

Chongwen ignored him anymore, and said to the generals Senran: "Finally, I tell you that the battlefield is not a child's play, and the victory or defeat depends on the unity of the upper and lower levels. The whole army must absolutely obey the flagship battle flag, and all ships must also obey the sentry post absolutely, always keep an eye on the flag in front of you, act according to the flag, and change the flag in time to guide the ship behind.

I don't care which head you are or which Australian governor, if you don't obey the flag of the sentry, you can't get along with the General Administration of the country, and each sentry has the right to cut it in front of the battle. . . Understood. ”

The generals replied, "Oh." ”

Chongwen finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Only those who live and die together are brothers, and this battle is a verification." When I'm done talking, go back and pass on my word to every captain and every soldier. ”

The next day, the boatman of the bureau pulled the anchor and set sail according to Chongwen's deployment. The army left Ju City, slowly sailed away from Tosa Bay, turned to the northeast, and sailed along the east coast of Shikoku.

It was a strong southwest wind, a swell of 2 feet, good weather for sailing, and the large fleet rode the wind and waves, coming all over the sea, and the sail shadow obscured the sea. Sometimes you can see sporadic fishing boats from afar, patrolling the horizon for a while and then fleeing quickly, at first the cannon also caught a few servants to ask, they are all ignorant villagers, do not understand anything, and then they are too lazy to catch.

The speed of the ship was very fast, and it had already traveled 200 miles at the hour of Shen, but the wind direction suddenly became disordered, and an ominous cloud of fish scales appeared in the west. This heralded the end of fine weather, the arrival of strong winds and rains, and the heavy atmosphere of the fleet.

This is the east coast of Tosa Province, and there is a village called Muki, which was looted by the Kumano naval army, and it is very dilapidated, and there are no people in sight. The open sea is a series of reef desert islands, the largest of which is called Big Island, about 15 miles from the coast. There is a string of desolate islands and reefs in the southern part of the island, the locals call it Otsu Island and Ozu Island, this sea area is full of light and dark reefs, and there are many small whirlpools on the sea surface, forming a large turbulent current, which is very strange and dangerous.

On the big island, there is an Australian mouth, which is wide and suitable for the fleet to berth ships. Under the guidance of the chief soldier Shun and the nine ghosts Takashi, the fleet bypassed the reef area, entered the big island ao, anchored the ship to make food, and stopped here first. Chongwen didn't want to encounter the shogunate fleet in the wind and rain, this kind of ghost weather, the bowstring of the army was certainly relaxed, and it had a greater impact on his guns.

The fleet completed the berthing of the ship, arranged for the ship to be in charge of guarding, and called the nine ghosts Takashi to the captain's cabin. Because Long Liang was familiar with the sea conditions in this area, Chongwen asked him to assist the chief soldier in the compass cabin and guide the entire fleet

In the captain's cabin, several pirate leaders were deliberating, and Chongwen frowned and asked Nine Ghost Longliang, "How far is it from Yi Island?"

Nine Ghost Takara said: "There is about 70 miles of sea route. ”

Chongwen asked again: "If there is a strong wind and rain tomorrow, is it possible for the shogunate navy to take the initiative to go south to seek war?"

Nine Ghost Longliang thought for a while and said, "Our sailors, generally can't go out to sea on stormy days, and the ships are too fragile. However, as far as I know, Hosokawa Yoritoyo, the general of the enemy's navy, likes to take risks, and he will either win or lose a great battle in battle, and if the surge is not more than 5 feet tomorrow, they may come in the rain. ”

Chongwen shook his head and said, "The wind is not good. ”

Nine Ghost Takashi said: "Compared with the Kang boat, the boat is not so dependent on the wind, and we are better at using the canopy. Of course, it takes a lot of courage to go to sea in this kind of weather. ”

Chongwen nodded, turned to Birchama Yoshimasa, and said, "You go and send someone to order the sentry posts, so that they cannot burn the lights at night, and the patrol clippers keep guard on the periphery." Let them be careful** and not get wet in the rain. Each ship should immediately prepare tarpaulin, set up booths in each gun emplacement to shield from rain, and there should be someone on duty at the gun emplacement, which should be changed every two hours. ”

Kayama Yoshimasa bowed and replied, "Oh." ”

The sky was already dark, thunder was ringing, the sea was agitated, and the storm was coming.

Haili Qinglin Yanghao said worriedly: "If the rain doesn't stop, what should we do? Sakai Castle is afraid that it won't be able to support it for long." If the shogunate army has already captured Sakai, it will be difficult for us to storm the castle, and we must get there before Sakai Castle falls. ”

Chongwen said with a heavy heart: "I believe... Mazu Niangniang won't treat us like that. ”

The chief soldier looked at the wind and rain outside the cabin, and said gloomily: "I'm not worried that they will fight me in the wind and rain, I am worried that they will take advantage of the wind and rain to go south and occupy Muqi Village on the coast." In this way, when he attacks, he is downwind, and when he defends, he can rely on Aokou. What's more, there is a river in Muqi Village, which can be replenished with drinking water at any time, and he can hold on to us. ”

Liu Guan looked at Chongwen and asked, "But why did Hosokawa Laifeng go south in the wind and rain, isn't it too risky?"

Chongwen didn't speak for a long time, pacing back and forth in the cabin, and although the ship was tossed in the waves, Chongwen walked on the deck as if it were on land. Everyone looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking, and they didn't dare to interrupt him.

The wind and rain outside the cabin were getting stronger and stronger, and even the foredeck could not be seen clearly, and the iron anchor chain and the bow ring collided violently, making a sound of gold and iron. Lai Cainiu entered the cabin and lit the ship's lamp, which hung on the pillar, and the lamp jumped in everyone's eyes, looking very solemn.

Chongwen finally said: "In my life, I have had too many failures, and I am familiar with the taste before failure. The smell was all around me, in the cabin, in this wilderness, in the fleet, and it made me very uneasy. ”