By the end of the afternoon, the Bungo Otomo Navy, the Kurushima Murakami and Kono Navy, and the Shimotsui Navy, surrendered. The battlefield shifted to the sea area from Oshima to Muqi, which was only 8 li wide and very narrow. The pirates let go of the two Australian ports of Muqi and Oshima, and allowed some of the ships on the two wings of the shogunate navy to hide in these two Australian ports and become turtles in the urn themselves.

The small hayones in the rear of the shogunate navy had already been strangled in the tug-of-war, and the rest either surrendered or fled in search of the gaps, and more than 100 ships were lost.

Hosokawa Yoritoyo no longer has the idea of victory, he just wants to escape from the battlefield at night, if he can bring the remaining nearly 300 ships back to Osaka Bay, there is still the possibility of blocking the Kitam Strait and stopping the pirates outside Osaka Bay.

The shogunate army has already broken into the castle, and as long as the reinforcements of the Tokai merchant group cannot reach Sakai, I believe that Yoshihiro Ouchi will not be able to hold out for a few days. At that time, the general trend of the Kamakura public was gone, and the landing of the East China Sea merchant group in was meaningless, and they could only retreat without a fight.

Unfortunately, that was just his fantasy.

After this battle, except for the Awaji Naval Army and the Hosokawa Imperial Army, all the Shogunate Allied forces were chilled.

Although there are few of these pirates, they are too capable of fighting, and no navy can withstand this kind of loss, not to mention that even if they fight out, they can't win, so why bother. Except for Hosokawa Yorito, all the sailors understood that they were facing a new form of warfare, far beyond the knowledge of the navy army.

When the clouds cleared and a remnant sun set in the mountains of Shikoku, the Shogunate dropped sail and dropped anchor, as the remnants of the shogunate army were driven into the dangerous sea and were struggling in the changing waters.

The turbulent currents stir up, forming strange whirlpools that remind people of the abode of the demons of the sea. Even large ships such as Ataka are difficult to control, and there are constantly ships crashing into the bright and dark reefs and being swept into the abyss at the bottom of the sea by the violent waves.

Chongwen looked at those dying creatures, and ordered expressionlessly: "Yizheng, pass the order, and order Xu Haishao to block Dadaoao, and Baijie to blockade Muqiao." Let them drop anchor outside the harbor to guard against clashes with enemy ships, and they don't have to risk attacking in the dark. Tomorrow, drive the surrendered shogunate navy to open the way, and destroy the remnants of the enemy in Aokou, you don't have to wait for my order. ”

Biryama Yoshimasa bowed and replied, "Yes!"

Chongwen pondered for a moment and continued to order: "Order the remaining 4 sentinels to be deployed between Oshima and Muqi, and the ships will anchor underground at intervals of 10 zhang to monitor the enemies of Otsujima." The whole army lit the lanterns of the ships, and when there were enemy ships clashing at night, they would fight, and those who surrendered let them drop their sails and anchor a hundred paces away from our army, and they would fight without collecting the oars, and they would send people to receive them in the morning. ”

"Yes!"

Kayama Yoshimasa turned around to leave, but Chongwen stopped him and continued to order: "Ordered the second to go to sea and take Liu Huaide to the sea, search for the whereabouts of the cannon, Danzaemon and Kuki Takara, and after finding them, occupy Hi and Saura overnight." After dawn, he ordered the artillery to investigate the enemy situation from Cape Ikuta to Ishima, and the main forces of the two seas waited to join us in Japan and Saura. ”

"Yes! Lord Huaide is seriously injured, and I am afraid that he will not be able to command the whole ship. ”

Chongwen leaned his hands on the balcony daughter's wall, feeling endless exhaustion and sadness for a while. After a while, he strengthened his spirit and continued: "Acting Captain Chen... In addition, I arranged another boat and went to the Ten Cities overnight to give an order to the catfish boy, ordering him to rush here with the Fangjin Water Army to join me. ”

"Yes, but the shogunate killed so many of us, what else do we need to take prisoners?" the pirate boy looked annoyed, not at all aware of the same servant.

Da Chuhai said that as long as he has the courage to pursue fairness and justice, he is a Kang person, and he is also a Kang person. In his young heart, he still distinguishes between good and evil and enemies, and the country has never had a tradition of not killing prisoners, and the lackeys of the shogunate are the enemies of the good people, and they should be killed.

Chongwen let out a long sigh and said, "We are merchants, not butchers, and it is ominous to kill and surrender." The two armies are fighting, each for its own master, and it is not them who are guilty, but those cannibals behind them. After a pause, he stared at him and shouted: "If you want to kill the mother, kill the big man, and kill the poor worm who lays down his weapon!"

When night falls, darkness covers the sea, and there are no islands and coasts around it, no stars and moonlight in the sky, only a chain of light composed of ship lights, which stretches into the endless distance.

The boiling noise fell silent, and occasionally there was the sporadic sound of cannons, with striking muzzle flames. It was the boatmen of the bureau intercepting the fleeing enemy ships, and farther south in the seas, desperate cries came along the south wind, and it was thousands of people dying in the devil's sea.

With such a tight lockdown, the possibility of escape is basically equal to none.

The thrilling battle drained the passion of the sailors, and no one cheered for this epic victory. The sailors of the bureau gathered on the upper deck, silently munching on the cured meat, freezing into the cold water, not even bothering to glance at the enemy in the dark, and some fell asleep holding the water bladder, and only the familiar sound of oars came to them that they suddenly opened their eyes.

Sometimes there was a rude shout in the distant darkness, followed by a cannon roar, and the sailors turned their heads at most to look indifferently in that direction, and then continued to deal with the food in their hands.

Everyone's heart felt strange, as if the days of happy robbery in the past were gone, some reluctant, and a little dazed. Everyone who entered the mother didn't understand how their hearts were heavy after an unprecedented victory.

The Anointing Blood Bird Boat, the sea breeze swept across the terrace, and Chongwen's personal soldiers sat around to worship the Five Organs Temple. Chongwen ** wore his upper body, the old helmsman was wrapping his wounds, the bow was not strong, he was wearing armor made in Longwang Island, wrought iron helmets, wild boar skin body armor, and the arrows were only half an inch into the flesh.

Silence pervades the same here.

He got on the sea crab and wrapped up his wounds, and some of his own soldiers took a black military robe and put it on him. The firehead on the ship took the salted meat and water and put it in the corner of the drum platform, and the two sat down to eat.

After a long time, Chongwen put down the water bladder and said depressedly: "The mother, I finally won a big battle, how can I not be happy." ”

The old sailor said lightly: "It's like this after every big battle, it's not surprising. ”

Chongwen asked, "Why is that?"

Chief Bingshun said while gnawing on the meat: "Why else, I killed so many people, I don't know how many unjust souls under the sea can make you live in peace? ”

Chongwenqi said: "Then aren't you afraid?"

The chief soldier laughed smoothly: "Those who enter the mother, the living are not afraid, and they are afraid of the dead." ”

Chongwen nodded and said, "Yes, the living are terrible, only the living come to kill us with knives and guns... I'm worried about how the brothers will go to Sakai Castle and fight the shogunate army. ”

Chief Bingshun said: "It's okay, it's good when the day dawns, there is hope when there is the sun, and the gods and ghosts will not invade." ”

was chatting, only to hear someone shouting, after a period of disturbance, Haili Qinglin Yanghao climbed onto the terrace with Huashan Yoshimasa, and the two sat opposite Chongwen. The pirate warlord said, "I've patrolled all the ships and posts, and I'm just right to return to you now." ”

Chongwen said: "If you are not busy for a while, you can talk while eating." ”

Hai Liqing said while chewing: "We have almost wiped out the shogunate's naval army today, sinking more than 300 large and small ships, and surrendering more than 400, I gathered them near Shamihama, and the big and small leaders were imprisoned on the boats.

There are about 300 boats trapped in the waters of Oshima O, Muqiao and Otsushima, all of which are closed ships and Anzhai boats, and less than 11 have escaped. ”

Chongwen frowned and asked, "How much do we lose?"

Hai Liqing said: "There is no news from the guerrillas side, and the main force has sunk 28 sea boats at each outpost, killing and wounding more than 1,700 people. Among them, Ningbo helped Wang Yaliu and Hong Donggang die, Zhangzhou helped Shen Nanshan die, Wang Qingxi was seriously injured, Shexian helped Xu Weixue was seriously injured, and Rao Ping helped Shen Men seriously injured.

Our Longwang Island died 7 old brothers, all of them were the leaders of the artillery teams, Xu Yi Sentinel injured one eye, Wang Shishi Sentinel was stabbed in the abdomen, and his intestines came out, Liu Huaide Sentry was cut off by a knife, and the rest were slightly injured. ”

Chief Bingshun scolded in a low voice: "The one who enters the mother must kill Hosokawa Laifeng." ”

Chongwen asked, "Where is the body of the Dragon King Island brothers?"

Hai Liqing sighed: "Most of the ships trapped in the Servants' Formation caught fire and sank, and there were no bones left. Only two boats were rescued, only about 10 were alive, and the dead were all blurred with flesh and blood, and they couldn't recognize people at all, and they couldn't be found. There's really no way, I sorted out their clothes and blades, and those who can go back to Longyan in Nanshan on Longwang Island are all these things. ”

For a while, everyone was a little sad, didn't want to speak, and silently gnawed on the cured meat.

After a long time, Hai Liqing said: "After the battle, the soldiers are tired, and the morale of the boat division is not high, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to enter Sakai Castle these days." ”

Chongwen said in a deep voice: "We have fought so hard, what are we doing here? It's not to kill these shogunate sailors, they are just blocking our way." We are going to enter Kyoto, plunder the gold and silver of the shogunate, and establish our country.

Now that the Kii Suido and Osaka Bay have opened their doors to us, Yoshihiro Ouchi is still stubbornly resisting in Sakai Castle, and he will not take advantage of the victory, but when will he wait. Those Qidong friends of ours are not fools, farmers water and hoe weeds, work hard for many years, and when it comes to harvesting rice, who will be tired?"

Hai Liqing said: "I am a little worried, our casualties are too large, and the actual strength is less than 5,000. There were at least 15,000 shogunate troops outside Sakai Castle, and the 20,000 Kwantung Army led by General Spoyoshi may have joined forces with the Sakai Shogunate Army, so they could have more than 30,000 troops, and we had little chance of winning. ”

Chongwen disagreed, and he said fiercely: "Who said that we have less than 5,000 soldiers, and there are many sentry posts that play the Left Gate, and the 2,000 Kumano Naval Army of Nine Ghosts Takara are all vegetarians? Now that we have so many captives, there's no need for those guys in Minami Kyushu to be coolies. ”

Hai Liqing said with a suspicious face: "Servants, I always feel that those guys are unreliable, if the first rain of arrows runs away without a shadow, then it is better not to use them." ”

Chongwen shook his head and said: "We have fought with the Kumano Naval Army, aren't they heroic? Last night, they played the left emon for the first time in their lives, but they were brave and tenacious, much stronger than those of Wang Ruxian's family.

It's not that they can't fight, it's just that they can't see hope, and their equipment is poor, so they don't have a strong fighting spirit. But they saw the power of our firearms, and they also saw us destroy the shogunate's more than 30,000 sailors, and we were already in sight of victory. ”

Hai Liqing thought for a while and said, "If we go to sea and trust those servants, our troops will not be weak. In this case, why waste the army here, Sakai Castle has actually been broken, and there can be no delay for a moment, Nonghime... ”

Chongwen's eyes suddenly brightened, and he said loudly: "What you said is extremely true, why didn't I think of it for a while." In the morning, I took Wu Pingshao, Xu Haishao and Xu Yi Whistle to pull anchor and set sail, and they joined up with the two who went to sea and went straight to Sakai Castle. You arrived here with the rest of the fleet to meet the Shogunate, and after destroying the remnants of the shogunate's navy, you immediately rushed to Sakai Castle to join me. ”

Hai Liqing said: "Ayi and Shi are both seriously injured, who should take over?"

Chongwen said: "He Dayan replaces the stone, and Zhu Nandao replaces Ayi." After a pause, he continued: "After the arrival of Shikhara Kayama, let him send all our more than 1,000 wounded to the Ten Cities, as well as prisoners and booty. ”

Hai Liqing responded: "Oh!"

Chongwen stopped talking, looked at the dark and dreary night, and thought silently in his heart, Nong Ji, don't be alive, waiting for me.

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