Domineering Daming

The fleet of the Ming Dynasty has disappeared for a day, and the Chikugo Domain sent ships to search for hundreds of miles out to sea, but they couldn't find them. Where did they go, and where could they go?What is the conspiracy?

This was like a thorn deeply pierced in Matsudaira Nobuzuna's heart, making him unable to vomit, but he couldn't vomit anything.

He has lost patience with Itakura Shigemashi, he just nodded lightly and said: "Okay, the original city will be handed over to the Chongchang Hall, I hope you can take the original city as soon as possible, and I will intercede for you on the public side."

"Yes. Thank you Nobutsuden!" Itakura Shigemasa bowed and said in a deep voice.

After Itakura Shigesho left, Matsudaira Nobutsuna took the map of the Japanese country, looked around, and slowly rowed along Tsushima Island, Hizen Domain, and Chikugo Domain from west to east with his fingers, paused at the Kanmon Strait, and continued to East, and finally the finger fell on the location of Edo.

"Do they want to go to Edo?" Matsudaira Nobuzuna whispered to himself, but his heart was startled by his thought.If Mingren's fleet goes to Edo, although it may not be able to do anything, as long as it appears near Edo, it will definitely cause violent shocks in the shogunate!

The more Nobutsuna Matsudaira thought about it, the more frightening he felt, his brows furrowed and his eyes flickered.

Japan has no fleet at sea. Even if it can recruit fishing boats, it cannot stop the Ming Dynasty at sea. The sea is too big, and it is really difficult to find unless they meet by chance.

Do you want to remind Tokugawa Iemitsu?No, if he is reminded, it means that he is incompetent. At the same time, even if he is reminded, Tokugawa Iemitsu can't do anything. He can't let the samurai fight with the Ming people in fishing boats dozens of miles and hundreds of miles overseas, right?

What's more, thousands of people from the Ming Dynasty could not go ashore, at most it was a deterrent.

Nobutsuna Matsudaira's heart turned like lightning, and finally put away the map silently, as if he hadn't thought of anything, didn't know anything, and then closed the door.

He hasn't slept well for several days and is going to sleep today.

Itakura Shigemasa is still continuing his strategy of exhausting the enemy. Amakusa Shiro on the original castle has calmed down. He is sure that Itakura Shigemasa will not attack by force for the time being, but he dare not be careless. delay.

On the other hand, Cao Bianjiao, who was in Tsushima Mansion, paid close attention to every move of Jiuguo Island, and all kinds of information quickly fell on his desk.

The people led by He Xilian continuously analyzed, deduced, and then reported to Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao shook his head secretly when he knew the situation on Jiuguo Island.There is no unfallen fortress in the world. Shigemasa Itakura used the wrong strategy before, and now he can only continue on the wrong move.

"Nobuzuna Matsudaira still has [-] to [-] troops. If this consumption continues, the shogunate army will not be able to sustain it, even if we don't block the Guanmen Strait." He Xilian said standing in front of Cao Bianjiao.

Cao Bianjiao nodded slightly, and immediately asked, "Where is Liu Jingming now?"

He Xilian calculated the time silently, and said: "We should arrive at the Guanmen Strait soon, but we need to do some investigation before we act. The narrowest part of the Guanmen Strait is less than 1000 meters, so we need to make a lot of preparations."

This is also Nobutsuna Matsudaira's ideological blind spot. How could such a "small river" be blocked after a few steps?

Cao Bianjiao thought about it, and said: "3000 people from North Korea, 1000 people from Ryukyu, and 1000 people from Mongolia have now arrived on Jeju Island and are training. Yinyin will bring them here at most half a month."

He Xilian naturally knew about this, but it was much faster than he expected, and he said with some surprise: "Great, with these 5000 people, we have more room to move."

Chapter 1154 The Battle Is Coming

The confrontation on Shimahara continued. Liu Jingming's fleet stayed away from the shore and quietly stopped just north of the Kanmen Strait.

The large fleet did not move, and the small fleet quietly touched it, verified the water regime and other aspects, and collected information on both sides of the strait.

The Kanmon Strait is a very important strait. It not only connects Honkoku Island and Kukoku Island, but also an important channel for Shikoku Island to go south and north. People come and go, and it is quite lively.

Although the fleet of the Ming Dynasty came out at night, it was so frequent that it aroused the vigilance of the Japanese people. Then it was learned of by the Chikugo Domain who had been looking for the traces of the Ming Dynasty fleet, and immediately reported it to Matsudaira Nobuzuna.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna listened to the report, but still didn't believe it, looked at Shigetoshi Miyake and said: "Ming people want to occupy the Kanmon Strait? Cut us all back?"

Although Japan is an island country, it is used to fighting on land, blocking a place, and cutting off people's backs on the road. Now the Ming people want to cut off directly at sea?

Shigetoshi Miyake was also a little baffled, and said: "Dian, according to my calculations, Mingren's fleet can last at most one month at sea, plus back and forth, so they can stay in the Kanmon Strait for at most half a month. Their purpose is to really block the Kanmon Strait. Break our way?"

Nobuzuna Matsudaira was preconceived, thinking that the Ming Dynasty fleet would go to Edo to demonstrate, and now the Ming Dynasty fleet's purpose is to block the Kanmon Strait, which made him unable to recover for a while.

He picked up the teacup and drank it silently, still thinking about it in his heart.

After a while, Shigetoshi Miyake saw that Matsudaira Nobutsuna was silent, and said, "Dian, Akira's behavior is a bit weird, should we send people to the Guanmen Strait as soon as possible to prevent them from really cutting off our back?"

The Kanmon Strait is the only place where Kyugoku Island can be connected with Honguku Island. If this is cut off, they will lose all news about Edo. Without support and instructions, they will be a group of wandering people who don't need others to attack , it will collapse on its own.

Nobuzuna Matsudaira looked more serious than ever. Regarding the Ming Dynasty, who had never been taken seriously, he said solemnly: "I will go there personally and bring 3 people. I want to see where the Ming Dynasty's conspiracy is!"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna was very disturbed. The source of the anxiety was that his confidence was constantly being lost. He was in control of the overall situation, but now he found that these were not in his hands from the beginning to the end, which made him feel terrified.

Shigetoshi Miyake thought for a while, then nodded.Nobu Matsudaira's outline can't be at ease unless he sees it with his own eyes.Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the Shimabara Rebellion is not important now, and it is not a big problem to hand it over to Shigemasa Itakura.

"Yes, I will speak to Shigeshoden." Miyake Shigetoshi stood up and said.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said again: "Wait, send a letter to the government again. Ming people's threats cannot be taken lightly. They obviously have a detailed plan. The purpose is to annex our Japanese country. It's not just about putting pressure on it, it's as simple as taking advantage."

"Yes." Shigetoshi Miyake said.Obviously, Matsudaira Nobutsuna has a new judgment on Mingren's behavior, which is very important to the shogunate.

Itakura Shigemasa told Matsudaira Nobuzuna that he was going to the Chikugo Domain, and he was so happy that he jumped up and sang, but he still said with a reluctant face: "Nobutsuna, the matter of Hara Castle is already in front of us, should I let it go?"

Matsudaira Nobuzuna knew Itakura Shigesho very well, ignored his hypocrisy, and said directly: "Shigesho-den, I hope you can win the Hara Castle within ten days, we have wasted too much time, Mingren's The threat is looming, and we cannot afford to relax."

"Yes!" Shigemasa Itakura said decisively.He did not pretend to be polite anymore, Yuancheng was his life-saving place, no one could take it away, and he would not leave either.

After Matsudaira Nobuzuna explained, he led an army of [-] troops and hurried to the Chikugo Domain to go to the Kanmon Strait.

When Matsudaira Nobuzuna dispatched, Liu Jingming's fifty fleet had already sailed to the Kanmon Strait.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Chen Zhiyang said to Liu Jingming, "My lord, let's stay in the narrowest place first. They have the most facilities on both sides of the strait, and a burst of cannons can burn them down!"

Japanese people had the most wooden buildings, and the cannons of the Ming Dynasty contained incendiary bombs. Once they were ignited, they were not so easy to stop.

But this is also the most dangerous. If you are surrounded by Japanese ships, it will be a fight without advance or retreat, and you will completely lose the advantage of the firearms of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jingming murmured, and said, "No, just pass through, then go north while laying mines, and finally give the artillery a saturation blow at the narrowest place."

Chen Zhiyang nodded and said, "Yes."

Fifty fleets set sail, it was still quite large in the sea, the flags and sails rustled, and there was a vague murderous aura permeating the air.

The Chikugo clan knew about it a long time ago, but they didn't have any troops to stop them. They could only send people to watch on the shore. Seeing the fleet driving straight in, they were shocked and retreated one after another. .

Liu Jingming's fleet passed by without any obstruction, and occasionally caught some fishermen, and was able to interrogate some of the situation on both sides of the strait.

After the fleet completely passed through the strait, Liu Jingming also learned an unexpected news.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna has brought people over and is expected to arrive soon.

Chen Zhiyang squinted his eyes, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "My lord, this is a good opportunity. If Matsudaira Nobuzuna really wants to have a naval battle, we might be able to finish him here."

Liu Jingming was more calm, and said: "It's not that simple, pay close attention to laying mines, must be denser, to prevent them from dismantling bombs with human flesh, pay attention to the flow of water, it must work."

Sea mines have been around for a long time in the Ming Dynasty, at least a hundred years old, but there is no record of their large-scale use. Although many experiments have been done in recent years, there are still many problems, and they need to be used with caution.

"Don't worry, my lord. Bray's engineers have all received rigorous training for more than a year, and there is absolutely no problem." Chen Zhiyang said, patting his chest. He was once responsible for these matters.

Liu Jingming still trusted Chen Zhiyang's ability, and ordered all the medium ships to stop, and the small ships began to lay mines from south to north.