The sea surface in the northwest of Hakata Bay is light wind and foggy.

In the early morning, the sun had not yet come out, and the gray sea was covered with white mist, like clouds floating on the sea. A Japanese warship was sailing and slowly moving on the water.

At this moment, a "clang" sound came from the bow of the ship. A sailor holding a black bowl turned the rice bowl to the ground and looked ahead in a daze. Several people were attracted by the attention and turned to watch.

In the fog, two large black shadows as big as cities slowly drove out, like monsters coming from the fog. After a moment, more shadows revealed the fog. People who saw this scene were stunned for a while.

Finally, a hissing sound came from the boat: "I'll touch the chicken!" Then the jingle sounded and the whole boat was filled with hustle and bustle. The leader on the boat waved his fans and kept ordering, asking everyone to go and fuck the oars immediately.

The wooden boats quickly began to turn around, and most young and strong grabbed the oars to make the boat move faster.

When the boat turned around and drove back, the leader on the boat looked back and his face changed drastically. The countless ships spread out on the sea were almost invisible to the edge, and the large scattered sails seemed to cover the entire sea surface there.

Although there have been various rumors recently that the Ming Knights will launch a large-scale attack on Japan, people suddenly saw the Ming army's fleet with their own eyes and were still very shocked. The scenes of the Yuan army more than a hundred years ago have long passed away. No Japanese at this time have seen such a magnificent and terrifying navy.

Two balls of fire suddenly lit up in the misty fog behind. When people heard the two "boom" sounds like thunder, white waves were already stirred up by shells on the sea not far away. At such a long distance, Mingko's shells were so fast that they arrived almost at the same time as the sound.

Soon, the Ming army had two medium-sized ships on each wing of the wings, leaving the huge formation and chasing them at a faster speed.

The Japanese crew members were rowing desperately without the leader shouting. The sound of people gasping for breathing around, and everyone who swung the oars worked very hard. However, the distance between the Ming army's warships was still gradually narrowing.

Behind you, you can already hear the water wheels on the Ming army ships, the "swinging" sounds when stirring the water surface, and even the noise of the gears and wood squeezing and friction. The hulls of those ships are slender, so that several water wheels can be equipped on both sides to quickly chase them; when the wind is low, ordinary wooden ships can't run away.

"Dead." A Japanese sailor said.

Unexpectedly, the sound of the rotation of the water wheels suddenly became smaller. Some Japanese were wondering, and only then did they find that there were two Japanese ships in the distance on the sea in the south, and they were also turning around to prepare to escape.

Seeing this, the leader breathed a sigh of relief, pointed to the friend boat in the distance and said, "Mingko just doesn't want us to go back to report the news, but it's no longer necessary."

People were still scared and continued to paddle hard and stay away from the Ming fleet.

To the east of this place is Kumaki Island, and to the south is Imazuki Village in Hakata.

More than a hundred years ago, the Japanese army fought against the Yuan Dynasty's "Yuan Kou's Defence" beach near Imatsu Village in the northwest; the Japanese army had deployed troops and wardrobes near the Yuan Kou's Defence, but no one knew why the people there did not find such a huge Ming Kou fleet passing by.

The Japanese ship decided to continue traveling south so that after reaching the coast of Hakata Bay as soon as possible, he would report to the generals on the land.

...The Japanese army has already made defensive arrangements near Hakata Bay.

Because of the long-term signs of the Ming army's activities in Tsuma Island on Iki Island, Muromachitan judged that the Ming army would attack from the Chikamashima country, and the judgment was obviously not wrong. The Ming army had no intention of concealing the direction of the attack.

Such an attack position seemed to be exactly the same as the Yuan army more than a hundred years ago. However, the Yuan army's navy did not go deep into Hakata Bay, but landed in Shima County, the northwest end of the Chiqian Kingdom. The Ming army chose another main attack direction and entered the depth of Hakata Bay. Their target coast was mostly between Itu County and Saera County (the West District of Fukuoka).

At this time, the Japanese troops near the Yuankou defense base in Shima County were already on high alert. In the Hakata Port area, tens of thousands of reinforcements were arriving at the battlefield one after another.

There are two main reinforcements from the Japanese army, and the main force has entered the country of Chuqian.

The commander of the North Road was the leader of Muromachi Temple, and Spora Yoshige, who was the general commander of Honshu Island and Kanto Kamakura Kyoka. The commander of the South Road was another commander of Honkawa Manmoto. In addition to the headquarters of the Namba Kyo (Osaka), he also had the coalition forces of the Shikoku Island and Kyushu Exploration Area.

On the mountain road north of Kasuya County, Chizumaki, a large number of people passed through a archway-like torii. The undulating road was filled with smoke and the crowd was like a dragon.

Warriors wearing helmets like cow's heads and their steep bamboo hats gathered in front and behind the colorful flags. In the midst of the military flags, the spears were like dense forests with leaves falling off.

Ouchi Morimi led a team of cavalry to meet the foot of the mountain. After a while, a small group of people riding horses in the army came towards him.

The visitor was Guan Yizhong, who was over thirty years old. This man's uncle, Spoel, was very powerful, and his strategy and force were very experienced, but he had passed away. Now, the new governor of the Spob family, Moriji Ouchi didn't know much about it.

There is also an acquaintance next to Spori Yoshihiro, who is Yamaname Toshihi.

A surprised expression immediately appeared on Ouchi Morimi's face.

The Yamai family and the leaders of Muromachi Temple are hard to resolve. At that time, Yamai family owned eleven countries and had a strong power of the "One Sixth Hall", which was comparable to the powerful forces of the Ouchi family. It was because of Muromachi Temple's incitement of conspiracy and quelling rebellion that Yamai family now only has the territory of the Three Kingdoms, which is even weaker than the Ouchi family.

Seeing that Ouchi Mori didn't say anything, he saw that Sibo Yoshige was approaching, so he bowed and bowed.

A servant knelt beside him, and Spoyichung stepped on the man's back and got off the horse. Then Spoyichung and Yamai both bowed to Ouchi Morijima to return the salute.

Sibo Yoshihiro seemed to see Ouchi Moriji's surprise and said, "We must fight against the enemy with all our hearts invasion."

Ouchi Murakami also had resentment towards Muromachi Temple. Like Yamae and others, they had suffered great pressure and weakening. However, because the territory of the Ouchi clan is now facing a catastrophe, the last time Ouchi Murakami met Mirara and met the general Ashikaga Yoshiji, he had already let go of his resentment.

Hearing Spo Yoshihiro's words, Ouchi Murakami was immediately excited and said seriously: "The deep affection for the rivers and mountains and the responsibility of protecting the country and the country, let us give up our past grudges."

After hearing this, Sibo Yige immediately bowed solemnly to Ouchi Matsuji. Ouchi Matsuji hurriedly also bent down. Sibo Yige's eyes were bright and raised his head to the southwest: "Go to the camp of Kasuya County."

Several people got back on their horses and continued to move forward with a mighty team.

The army reached the flat area of ​​Yaya County, and the population gradually increased. I met some common people along the way, and those common people were kneeling on the side of the road, with fear and alertness in their eyes. After all, samurai is really not easy to mess with.

Before he could set up a camp, Ouchi Mori urgently told Spoyi that some military information in the past two days had been discussed. It was roughly because the Ming Kou had arrived at the coast of Yitu County. Yitu County is located in the south of Shimo County.

"I have sent a messenger to order the defenders of Shima County to retreat south." Ouchi Mori said.

Spoyishige said: "There are mountains on the south side and the coast on the east side has been occupied by the Ming Kou. Will Shima army be unable to participate in the war?"

Ouchi Morimiya explained: "The Ming gang landed in Yitu County in the southeast. The Shima defenders would not retreat, otherwise they would be besieged there and become an isolated army and besieged and destroyed first.

What's more, there is a valley on the southern foot of Bofu Mountain, and they can take that road back to Yuwu County; but if they stay on the southern foot of Bofu Mountain, they can be responsible for defending the Ming Kou and going eastward along the path."

Spoy focused his attention and stopped talking.

Ouchi Morimi said again: "General Hosokawa arrives in Hakata, or two or three days later. I have some arrangements, and now I will report to the leader of the Spore first. When General Hosokawa arrives, I will talk again.

When I learned that Ming Kou had landed in Yitu County, I had sent heavy troops to the northeast of Bofu Mountain, Xiashanmen and other places to set up defenses and build defense fortifications.

In this way, the Shimo County garrison guarded the narrow valley on the southern foot of Bofu Mountain. Our army could defend the fortifications from the north of Bofu Mountain to the coastal mountains and occupy the advantage of the territory.

But at the same time, our army should monitor the Ming Dynasty fleet day and night to whether it crosses east of Xionggu Island. Once the Ming Kou lands again from the sea, he will detour the coast of Yaya County and threaten our army with the back and forth; our army should immediately retreat eastward, march towards the Dazaifu, and rebuild the defense line by relying on the terrain of the Dazaifu entrance."

Spoychichi said coldly: "Your strategy is too decadent. You are determined to be beaten by your back, so you can only be considered a one-man word."

Ouchi Moriji persuaded: "Although our army's strength is three or four times that of the Ming gang, there is still no chance of winning the decisive battle in an open area. The manager must be cautious."

Spoyishige said: "How about counterattack in the night battle?"

Ouchi Mori said, "The Ming army has a lot of troops. Even if our army successfully attacks, it will not hurt its muscles and bones. Instead, it will easily lose control over the overall situation due to small losses. I suggest that we make a decision when Hosokawa Guan arrives."

Spoyi snorted heavily, not saying anything.

Ouchi Moriji said again: "Night attacks may be used on water. On the coast of the sea route east of the Xiaguan Strait, our army should hide ships at the mouth of the river, fill them with tinder oil and diesel, and be ready to attack the naval warships that the Ming gang advanced eastward at any time."

Spoyishige thought for a while and said, "Mingko has landed in Hakata Bay. What are they going to go down to Kanto?"

Danai Mori said, "Break the water grain road of our army."

Spoyi frowned and pondered, as if he felt something was right, so he nodded slightly.

Ouchi Moriji said again: "If this battle is fought in an open area, our army will have no chance of winning. If we take advantage of the situation in Bofu Mountain, Dazaifu and other places, we will eventually fight for food and grass. Now, tens of thousands of troops have gathered in Hakata Bay, and the food in Buqian Kingdom, Fengqian Kingdom and other places will not last long."

He paused for a moment and immediately stepped up his tone and said again: "Military rations are about survival."
Chapter completed!