Huang Zhong held a long knife and stood firmly on the boat.
He was tall and strong, with armor on his body. Under the sunlight, his whole body shone with golden light, like a god. Coupled with his tall stature, compared with the Japanese, he looked like a true god.
Huang Zhong did not let the soldiers stop the Japanese from coming, and the other two warships were the same, and they all allowed the Japanese to come.
This is a tactic to lure the enemy.
When all the Japanese come, they can be slaughtered one by one.
While Huang Zhong was waiting, he suddenly turned his eyes and saw a Japanese man wearing armor coming to kill him.
It was Jiro Sakai.
Jiro Sakai's armor is the same as Tokugawa Ieyasu's armor, both of which are similar in style. For other Japanese soldiers, it would be great if they had leather armor on their bodies, and some of them didn't even have armor.
Huang Zhong saw Erlang Sakai leading his men to kill him, and Erlang Sakai was coming in his direction. Huang Zhong was not angry but happy.
Well come.
Come here to die.
Huang Zhong's eyes were sharp, he took one step forward, and the man quickly killed him.
Although the battleship was large, there were actually many people, so the space to move was not very large. In addition, Huang Zhong was fast. In the blink of an eye, Huang Zhong was in front of Jiro Sakai. He raised his long sword and slashed it down.
Sakai Jiro's face showed no fear, and he bravely faced him with his katana.
"clang!!"
The long sword slashed at Jiro Sakai's samurai sword, and the force like a great river struck down instantly. Sakai Jiro's samurai sword was swung away, revealing the empty door on his chest, and the long sword fell on Sakai Jiro's armor with force.
With one strike, the armor split.
The knife cut into the skin and created a wound on the body.
Blood flowed out, and Jiro Sakai screamed. He staggered back and looked at Huang Zhong, his eyes filled with panic and fear for a moment. If his katana hadn't blocked the opponent's strength just now, he would have been disemboweled.
Even so, his wound spread from his right shoulder to nearly half a foot long. Blood flowed out gurglingly, and he felt that his life was beginning to slip away, and his body was a little weak.
Sakai Jiro swallowed a mouthful of saliva in pain.
His face was extremely solemn.
To fight or not to fight?
Sakai Jiro hesitated for a moment, and the next moment, without any hesitation, turned around and prepared to evacuate. But he was faster, and Huang Zhong was even faster. Huang Zhong rushed behind Jiro Sakai in an instant and struck him with another knife.
Sakai Jiro had no choice but to turn around and block.
However, Jiro Sakai's speed was still a beat slower. Just as the samurai sword was raised, Huang Zhong's sword had already been lowered, and he suddenly changed his moves in the battle, turning his slashing into a horizontal slash. Sakai Jiro didn't expect it at all.
A cold light flashed across his neck.
puff!
Blood splattered.
Sakai Jiro's huge head spurted out with blood, and his body collapsed to the ground.
boom! !
Sakai Jiro's head fell to the ground, rolled a few times and then stopped on the deck. There was still panic and fear in those wide eyes. He really didn't expect that he would die as soon as he met him.
"General Sakai was killed."
The Japanese soldiers who boarded the deck together also roared loudly.
Groups of Japanese roared.
When the news spread, the Japanese around them all looked horrified. But when they were horrified, they suddenly discovered a fact. Not only was Jiro Sakai invincible, but actually all the Japanese were invincible.
The Japanese on the six ships boarded the Ming Dynasty's warship with the help of wooden planks. They were all suppressed, showing a one-sided crushing.
On the one hand, Jiro Sakai was killed and morale was damaged. On the other hand, the overall strength of the Japanese side is already weaker. Most of these Japanese were only over 150 centimeters tall, and the overall height was close to 170 centimeters. The Ming soldiers completely suppressed the Japanese.
Lu Xuan's soldiers are the best selected from the best, especially this time they go to sea to fight.
Ordinary soldiers have no chance to come out.
Under the huge disparity in strength, the Japanese soldiers were crushed. Even if they want to escape, they are fighting at close range and fighting at sea, so there is no way they can escape.
Some Japanese were fierce at heart and started to fight to the death, but were directly slaughtered.
There were also many Japanese who threw away their weapons and surrendered.
The fighting lasted for less than half an hour, and the fighting ended.
Huang Zhong asked people to count the results of the battle and began to dispose of the bodies. Compared with land, it is too easy to dispose of corpses at sea, just throw them into the sea.
After Huang Zhong finished handling everything, the army led by Lu Xuan had already followed.
Warships arrived one after another.
Lu Xuan's three-story flagship also arrived. Huang Zhong came to Lu Xuan's flagship and reported: "Your Majesty, we have won. The general took stock of the battle situation and also reviewed the situation."
"We killed 684 Japanese, and all the rest were captured, and none of them escaped."
"All the Japanese warships were captured, but they were all smashed. Two ships sank."
Huang Zhong said quickly: "In this battle, one hundred and eight people were killed in our battle, and the losses were not great. The Japanese naval commander Jiro Sakai has also been executed."
Lu Xuan looked approvingly and said: "Well done, pass on the order and continue on your way to Japan's Honshu Island."
"Here!"
Huang Zhong answered with clasped fists.
The army did not stop at sea and continued towards Honshu Island. Half a day later, Lu Xuan and his party were close to the port where they entered the sea, and they could see the land in the distance.
However, when Lu Xuan and his team approached the port waters, the Japanese boat responsible for inquiring about the news had already sent the news back to the troops stationed on the shore.
This is Tokugawa Ieyasu's military camp.
Tokugawa Ieyasu fled back with the remaining defeated generals, and he directly recruited the people to join the war.
With Tokugawa Ieyasu's prestige, and the fact that Honshu Island was an area he developed for more than ten years, especially Tokugawa Ieyasu's use of Shinto to control the people, the recruitment of troops was easily completed near the port.
In later generations, although Tokugawa Ieyasu founded a generation of shogunate and ended the troubled times, in fact, there were many local vassal forces. Although they respected him, Tokugawa Ieyasu was unable to truly centralize power.
These times are different.
Although it is more primitive, the local power is all in the areas conquered by Tokugawa Ieyasu. No vassal is controlled by his direct subordinates and can be controlled like an arm.
This is the foundation of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
In the military camp, there is a large tent of the Chinese army.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's face was serious, his eyes were gloomy, and he was deep in thought.
The army from the Central Plains is coming, which means that the two thousand naval officers and soldiers including Sakai Jiro who he arranged to be at sea have completely failed. The Central Plains people's army was already heading towards his base camp.
Once upon a time, Tokugawa Ieyasu's idea was to unify Japan first and then further engulf the Central Plains. Now, he has not yet implemented the plan, but the Central Plains people have taken the lead in killing the Japanese country, and have already reached his base camp.
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at Tsukauma Kazuo below and asked, "What do you think?"
Tsukama Kazuo was a little nervous.
Something is not right.
The people of the Central Plains are becoming more and more powerful and must be curbed, otherwise it will be difficult for the Japanese country to survive.
Tsukama Kazuo thought quickly, took it into consideration, and said, "Your Majesty, I have an idea."
Tokugawa Ieyasu said: "What do you think?"
Tsukaima Kazuo said seriously: "It's a very simple strategy. We shrink the boats in the coastal area and withdraw all our people at the same time. Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor does not set up defenses here and takes the initiative to retreat a certain distance."
After Tokugawa Ieyasu heard this, a gleam flashed across his eyes and he said: "What you mean is to allow the Central Plains troops to land. Then, we will attack on a large scale and use our troops to consume the opponent."
"At the same time, arrange for people to operate in the harbor and try to destroy all the warships of the Central Plains people."
"On the one hand, destroying the opponent's warships will cut off the Central Plains people's retreat. On the other hand, our large-scale attack will consume the Central Plains people's army and strength, and their food and grass will also be severely consumed."
"With a two-pronged approach, the people of the Central Plains will be defeated."
Tokugawa Ieyasu asked: "Is this your plan?"
"His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"
Tsukauma Kazuo nodded and said: "We are stationed in the area near the harbor. If we defeat the Central Plains army, they will not be able to go ashore at most and can evacuate at any time. However, if we bring them all ashore and destroy the warships, they will not be able to evacuate. . I remember that His Majesty the Emperor once explained that in the art of war there is a strategy of luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory, so we will lure the enemy deep into the enemy's territory and then encircle and annihilate them."
Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes lit up and he praised: "As expected of my emperor's mastermind, your suggestion is very good. Only in this way can we eradicate the root cause."
"His Majesty the Emperor is wise!"
Tsukama Kazuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked at the sentinel and ordered: "Send the order and order all the small boats near the coastal area to withdraw and let the Central Plains people come to kill them."
"Hi!"
The sentry turned and retreated.
Tokugawa Ieyasu then mobilized the re-recruited soldiers, quickly evacuated the current military camp, retreated twenty miles, and handed over all the harbor area at the entrance to the sea.
Today, Tokugawa Ieyasu is very confident.
He felt that with his own strength, he could completely fortify the wall and clear the country, ensuring that Lu Xuan did not get any food and that Lu Xuan did not have any supplies. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu is fighting wars now, unlike when he was tied up in Toyama Castle.
It was precisely because of this that Tokugawa Ieyasu dared to agree to Tsukama Kazuo's suggestion.
