Everyone cheered immediately after hearing Liu Haojia's instructions! It should be noted that drinking is prohibited when the army is on an expedition, but how can a man at sea live without strong alcohol! After many days of sailing at sea, the wine bug in my stomach has long been unbearable. Today, the Marquis opened his mouth and naturally drank to his heart's content!
That night all the ships gathered together, and their respective cooks showed off their skills and cooked out all the edible things! All the wine stored in each ship was also taken out and drank freely! Everyone knows that we are only a day's journey from the Civil Service, and we are not afraid of drinking all the wine on this ship. As long as you log in, you will naturally have wine!
So there was no need to persuade everyone to drink, everyone was already half drunk! Fortunately, everyone knew that a war was coming, so they didn't go overboard and stopped while they were half drunk. So this banquet at sea did not end until the full moon was in the sky, and the officers left the night watchmen to sleep.
By the time the three-pole fleet sailed slowly on the second day, after slowing down its speed and sailing for a day and a half, it had approached the civilian coastline. The city harbor could be seen in front, and their destination was here!
When the ship approached the port, everyone found that there was no ship on the sea! Not even a fishing boat has appeared here. It seems that the Shimazu family knew that the navy was useless, so they deliberately avoided it.
Liu Haojia raised his telescope and looked toward the shore, and saw a large number of troops slowly forming formation. Then I moved the telescope to the distant city wall and saw a large group of people dressed as warriors pointing directly at this place at the top of the city. From time to time, some people took orders to leave. It seems that the Shimazu family has assembled troops on land to prevent them from landing.
Finally, Liu Haojia looked at the pier carefully, curled his lips and put away the telescope. Because he found that the Shimazu family didn't seem to know how to counter-land. Because they deployed a large number of soldiers on the dock without any obstruction! In Liu Haojia's opinion, these people are destined to die! "
However, at this time, the exploring ship reported that there were many logs nailed into the water next to the pier. As long as the ship was close, the logs would puncture the bottom of the ship! Moreover, they also deployed a large number of archers and iron cannon ashigaru on the dock, and prepared long-gun ashigaru at the rear. It seemed that they were preparing to use long-range firepower to cause damage when Liu Haojia approached, and then use reserve forces to counterattack.
Later, several other exploring ships sent news that several easy landing places were also watched by people sent to the Shimazu family, and wooden stakes were nailed into the water. It seems that the Shimadzu family has put their best efforts into it!
Liu Haojia asked for the news and said, "When will the tide start to recede here?"
The officer who came to report the news said: "I guess there are still two hours."
After some calculation, Liu Haojia said: "We will force the landing from the dock! First send people to clear the wooden piles and prepare other ships to dock."
Then the officer sent people to lower the boats. There were four rowers, four sword and shield soldiers, and two water ghosts on these boats!
As soon as these boats fell into the sea, the oarsmen inserted the oars into the water and paddled hard, and the boats headed towards the dock. Seeing this situation, the Japanese reacted immediately. Those iron cannon ashigaru moved forward to prepare for the battle. But they were also very surprised. If the other party wanted to land on the beach, it would be impossible for them to just send dozens of small boats!
When the small boats came closer, they calculated that the distance was still outside the effective range of the iron cannon, and the officers ordered the soldiers not to act rashly. When I was wondering, I saw two people jumping into the water in each small boat, but they seemed to have ropes or something like that tied around their waists.
Liu Haojia then smiled and said to everyone: "These Japanese people have a biased understanding of the art of war! So if the navy can't win, will all the navy have to withdraw? If we leave some small boats as a disturbance at this time, how can our people get close to the dock so easily!" "
At this time, Li Wenliang stepped forward and said: "Master Hou, having said that, we still have to worry about the Japanese counterattack!"
Liu Haojia nodded and said, "Yes, that's the truth! Li Wenliang, Zhang Zhiyong, each of you will send half of the fleet to the left and right to prevent the Japanese navy from raiding."
Li Wenliang and Zhang Zhiyong took the order and left, and then many ships were separated from the fleet to patrol around. The boat in front was still busy. I saw the water ghost put the iron claws in his hands on the wooden piles after entering the water, and then the boat moved the oars like flying, pulling out the wooden piles in the sea one by one.
The Japanese were impatient when they saw this, but the boat was far away
Out of the range of bows and arrows and iron cannons, they could only watch.
Time flies so fast, two hours are about to pass in the blink of an eye, and the sea begins to slowly ebb. When the tide recedes, the wooden piles in the sea can be seen more clearly, making it easier for the water ghosts to pull them out.
Less than two moments later, the wooden piles around the pier had been cleared away. When the boats searched again and confirmed that there were no more wooden stakes, they waved the red flag. The fleet suddenly burst into cheers, knowing that the attack was about to begin! It's just that there are quite a lot of Japanese people on the pier, so it might be difficult to rush up! .
Just as the soldiers were gearing up to kill people and make meritorious deeds, they saw three cruisers raising their sails and slowly approaching the dock. Upon seeing this, the Japanese on the dock took action one after another. Under the command of the samurai, they began to form a dense formation, preparing to meet the enemy with iron cannons, bows and arrows!
At this moment, the warriors watching the battle on the tower finally reacted. The four people clustered in the middle are the brothers Shimazu Yoshihisa, the contemporary governor of the Shimazu family.
When you kick the Shimazu family, you can't avoid Shimazu Yoshihisa and the three brothers! They are Shimazu Yoshihiro, Shimazu Sukihisa and Shimazu Iehisa. The four brothers did not have any fights among the big families. Instead, they worked together and almost unified Kyushu! This earned the Shimazu family the title of "The Strongest Satsuma Samurai of the Warring States Period"! But I haven’t gotten this title yet!
Shimazu Yoshihisa then put down his telescope and asked the people around him: "Are those three ships large Western ships?"
He had no choice but to ask because the city wall was too far away from the pier, and the telescope was too poor to see clearly. Iehisa Shimazu took the telescope and looked at it carefully, and then said: "It is indeed a large Western ship."
Shimazu Yoshihisa nodded and said: "It is said that there are many artillery pieces on this ship, but it doesn't look like there are many artillery pieces on the deck. Could it be that the navy lied about the military situation yesterday?"
It's not surprising that Shimazu Yoshihisa asked this, because he has never seen this new type of gunboat. This new type of gunboat has the same purpose as a Western warship. However, he has never seen a Western ship, so he can only rely on guessing.
Moreover, the ships that came to Asia at this time were all merchant ships, and most of the artillery was arranged on the deck. There was no dedicated artillery deck for warships, so they relied on the news sent back by overseas wanderers and did not understand the actual situation at all.
