The news that made Tokugawa Taiyasu even more excited was that according to the secret report, Yan Qi did not participate in the battle to siege Jiuzhou Island.
Because, in the waters around Ryukyu Island, there are many informants disguised as fishing boats.
The warships of Dahua are tall, big, powerful and domineering, more majestic than the warships of Japan. It is very easy to distinguish them at a glance.
If Yan Qi sends out a large army to attack Jiuzhou Island, then it will definitely be very eye-catching and easy to spot.
But the actual intelligence is that only Takeda Yoshitomo's warship set off to attack Kyushu Island, but the Dahua navy did not go out.
Tokugawa Taiyasu had already foreseen this.
Because, if Yan Qi attacks Jiuzhou Island, there will be pros and cons.
There are advantages in the short term and disadvantages in the long term.
The good thing is that if Yan Qihui and Takeda Yoshitomo attack Jiuzhou Island together, the offensive will be rapid and unstoppable, putting great pressure on Jiuzhou Island's defense.
However, the downside is that Yoshitomo Takeda will be labeled as colluding with foreign enemies to invade.
Tokugawa Taiyasu knew very well that if Yoshitomo Takeda could be firmly labeled as colluding with other places and invading Japan, then the Takeda family would not be able to gain power.
Because the name is not correct and the words are not correct.
If Takeda Yoshitomo really pulls Yan Qi to attack the Japanese country, although it will be beneficial in the short term, in the long run, the gains will not be worth the losses, and he will regret it for life.
Tokugawa Yasuyasu wanted Takeda to do just that.
In this way, although they are faced with a massive attack by Yan Qi in the short term, as long as they can withstand this wave and label Yoshitomo Takeda as a traitor, a foreign liaison, and a traitor, the Takeda family will have no hope of ascending to power.
However, Tokugawa Taiyasu made some miscalculations.
He did not expect that Yan Qi could hold back and did not attack Jiuzhou Island.
In this way, Tokugawa Taiyasu was not worried at all that Kyushu Island would miss.
Because the general who defended Kyushu Island was Tokugawa Kotaishi.
The level of Tokugawa Kotai's land warfare was unparalleled not only in Japan, but also in the countries surrounding the South China Sea.
In fact, Tokugawa Taiyasu often compared Tokugawa Kotaei to the great general Leng Wanshan of the Great Hua Shangzhu Kingdom.
Moreover, Tokugawa Kotai still has 300,000 troops in his hands.
That's 300,000 elite soldiers and generals.
Tokugawa Taiyasu has great confidence in Tokugawa Kotaishi.
It would be impossible for Yoshitomo Takeda's navy to conquer Kyushu Island even if he was given a year.
However, Tokugawa Kotaishi is the king of land warfare after all. If Yoshitomo Takeda gives up the attack and withdraws his troops from the sea, there is nothing he can do to stop him.
There was no way Tokugawa Taiyasu would let the cooked duck fly.
He immediately decided to lead 500,000 naval troops to intercept Takeda Yoshitomo from behind.
He wanted to work with Tokugawa Kotaishi, one behind the other, to outflank Takeda Yoshitomo.
Tokugawa Taiyasu immediately gathered an army of 300,000 troops, with Tokugawa Ishiaki as the general, and marched towards Kyushu Island in a mighty manner.
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Half a month later, Tokugawa Taikang sailed into the Koryo Strait.
This is the only way to get to Jiuzhou Island.
Tokugawa Taiyasu was in high spirits. He was counting the time. He would reach Kyushu Island in about seven days of travel, and then he would make dumplings for Takeda Yoshitomo.
While he was thinking about good things, he saw Tokugawa Ishiaki running past in a hurry, with a serious face and unable to hide his nervousness and anxiety between his brows.
Tokugawa Taiyasu knew something was wrong at a glance: "What happened?"
Tokugawa Ishiaki was nervous: "Sir, something bad has happened. A warship of the Dahua Navy was discovered ahead."
"Oh? A warship of the Dahua Navy?"
Tokugawa Taiyasu's eyes suddenly widened. Not only was he not afraid, but he became excited: "Have the warships of the Dahua Navy raised a big flag? How many people are there?"
Tokugawa Shiming said: "There are about 300,000 people in total. The battle flag has not been erected, so I don't know who is the leader."
Tokugawa Taiyasu's eyes were excited: "Only 300,000 people? The opportunity is just right, let's go and destroy him."
Tokugawa Shiming suddenly became worried: "What if it's Yan Qi?"
Tokugawa Taiyasu grinned: "What if it's Yan Qi? I'm quite disappointed if it's not him. Yan Qi is just fine! We have 500,000 people, and they are only 300,000. Even if it's Yan Qi, We can also overwhelmingly kill him. Opportunities are hard to come by, prepare quickly and catch him off guard."
"yes!"
Tokugawa Ishiaki was originally afraid of Yan Qi, but seeing Tokugawa Taiyasu's confidence, he also took reassurance and immediately ordered an offensive formation, rushing forward in a mighty manner, hoping to catch the Dahua navy by surprise.
Yan Qi had a flying eagle and a high-power telescope from the Dahua Academy of Sciences. Of course, he had already discovered Tokugawa Taikang's army.
He also deliberately put away the battle flag of the United Fleet and carried out military exercises as usual.
He didn't care about Tokugawa Taiyasu's attack.
He just ordered the sentry in a routine manner, waving the war flag to Tokugawa Taiyasu, indicating that the other party should take a detour.
Tokugawa Taiyasu was very excited: "Shoot, hit him by surprise."
Tokugawa Ishiaki immediately fired.
Boom boom boom!
The iron bullet shattered and exploded violently around the South China Sea Combined Fleet.
The ship was sunk.
The outermost one is the warship of Annan Kingdom, and the sailors fell into the water.
Yan Qi had already prepared it.
Just wait for Tokugawa Taiyasu to launch the attack first.
Tokugawa Taiyasu fired his cannon and hit Yan Qi's arms.
He immediately ordered Xu Tianhu to save people, and then fired cannons.
Boom boom boom!
The Dahua warship is equipped with artillery with a longer range.
Several shells were fired and sank the Japanese warship rushing in front.
The Japanese warships hurriedly avoided Yan Qi's sharp edge.
Tokugawa Taikang immediately discovered that this was the Dahua Navy led by Yan Qi.
Because the warship is equipped with artillery.
Only Yan Qi's direct naval forces are qualified to be equipped with artillery.
"Kill, Yan Qi is here, kill!"
Tokugawa Taiyasu was so excited that he ordered Tokugawa Ishiaki to launch a large army and rush towards the Dahua navy regardless of casualties.
This is exactly what Yan Qi wants.
While he launched artillery fire to destroy the invading enemy, he ordered Xu Tianhu: "Raise the battle flag."
The battle flag slowly rose.
When Tokugawa Taiyasu saw the battle flag, he was surprised and said: "No, stop attacking, stop attacking."
Tokugawa Ishiaki was going all out, but how could he stop so quickly? He was tossing and turning in the fire: "Sir, why did you stop attacking? We are already infinitely close to Yan Qi. We have a chance to kill him."
"idiot!"
Tokugawa Taiyasu angrily yelled: "You can't control that much. We have been fooled. Quick, stop the attack. Stop immediately."
"Hi!"
Tokugawa Ishiaki had no choice but to stop the attack immediately.
Although they stopped firing artillery, Dahua did not stop the artillery fire.
Boom boom boom.
The artillery fire was flying, and several warships of Tokugawa Ishiaki were destroyed.
Tokugawa Ishiaki hurriedly ordered the army to retreat a hundred meters.
Yan Qiyi soared into the sky, standing on the battle flag fluttering in the wind, and pointed at Tokugawa Taiyasu angrily: "What a bold pirate, dare to attack the South China Sea United Fleet? Bomb them to death."
Tokugawa Taiyasu's face was miserable: "Master Yan, don't do anything. We are not pirates. We are not pirates. Don't do it. Don't do it."
