The next morning, Liu Pei led the fleet to rush towards Yokohama Port with great momentum. Before entering Yokohama Port, Liu Pei felt something was wrong! Because the port was lifeless and looked like a port of a city at all.

When Liu Pei led his army into the harbor, he found that there were many ships parked in the harbor. However, whether it was the two small turrets in the harbor or dozens of ships parked, they felt that they had no reaction when facing Liu Pei! Even the dock was quiet, which made Liu Pei very confused.

Out of caution, Liu Pei sent someone to search on the boat and on the dock. The searching soldiers came back and reported that no one found it!

At this time, Liu Pei realized that the Japanese in Yokohama Port were frightened by the failure of yesterday's naval battle and had already escaped, leaving only an empty port. Moreover, those ships were barely fled back to Yokohama after being injured in the naval battle yesterday, and none of them were complete.

At this time, another team of soldiers who were investigating reported that there was no one in the city at the shore. However, the rooms were very messy and there were still many things that had not been moved away. It seemed that the Japanese people had evacuated in a hurry last night. Moreover, the Tianshou Pavilion walls of Yokohama City were full of people. It seemed that the people had retreated to the Tianshou Pavilion to defend the city.

Liu Pei and Wu Yizhou looked at each other and laughed. Wu Yizhou said: "It seems that the general's infamy can stop the child from crying at night!"

Liu Pei smiled and said, "If this reputation is targeted at a foreign race, then I will be very happy to accept it. But I still like my people to praise me."

After saying that, Liu Pei directly ordered Wu Yizhou and said, "Persevere and send someone to inform the army that it can land in Yokohama. In addition, you leave some ships to guard the port, and the other ships penetrate deep into the bay and sink all the floating things!"

Wu Yizhou took the order and set off. Liu Pei then ordered the officers to take all the Japanese prisoners over to search the entire city to collect materials and build defense lines.

The officers took the orders and left. Wu Yizhou also led the fleet to sail to the depths of the bay. He wanted to sink all the ships that could cause danger before the army landed and sweep the entire bay.

After a day

With the efforts, the Xiating in Heng Penang was cleaned up and the useful materials inside were taken back to the port. The craftsmen of the army used the collected materials to recast a lot of shells, made a lot of gunpowder, and supplemented the gap in some combat materials.

At the same time, Liu Pei also sent troops to search the distant villages, caught some Japanese people as laborers, and obtained a large amount of food, vegetables and other materials. These materials greatly enriched the army's food.

The next morning, the soldiers drove the Japanese people to start building defensive fortifications. Liu Pei planned to build eight simple fortresses and two low walls to completely protect the Yokohama Port. These Japanese showed absolute obedience and worked very hard. So the entire project was progressing rapidly.

At noon on the fourth day, a long fleet of fleets came to Yokohama Port. A large number of soldiers came down from the ship. Most of these soldiers could still walk staggeringly after landing, and a small number of soldiers simply carried them down from the ship.

The ships transported all Army soldiers in this fleet, and once they arrived at the sea, they were tortured and distorted. They had to rest in Yokohama for a few days before they could plan to attack Edo. During the whole process, the Yokohama defenders did not move. They just observed the opponent's actions on the wall of the Tianshou Pavilion.

Two days later, Edo received news that a large number of army landed in Yokohama. Tokugawa Ieki held another meeting. The last meeting was two days ago. That meeting was held because of the news of the defeat in the Battle of Yokohama.

However, Tokugawa Iemitsu was not furious. After carefully discussing the gains and losses of this naval battle with the important officials, he confirmed that the responsibility for defeat was not Miura Masaji. Twenty enemies were indeed very powerful! This cast a shadow on the entire meeting.

The samurai who came to deliver the letter knelt on the floor in dust. Because the sea was cut off, he could only arrive at Edo by land to report the situation. He knelt on the floor, lowered his head, and described everything he saw in the Tianshou Pavilion in detail, and then retreated.

After a moment of silence in the room, Masato Hirota said, "General, it seems that your expectations are correct. A big battle is inevitable."

Tadashi Sakai

"According to the estimates of the Yokohama defenders, there are about 5,000 to 6,000 enemies there. But now we have mobilized an army of more than 40,000 people and have an absolute advantage in troops. Do we still need to draw troops from all over the place?"

Sakai Shigeyi agreed and said, "Yes, I think we already have enough advantages. Of course, if they can attack Yokohama's city, we can have a specific assessment of the enemy's combat effectiveness."

Abe Mid-Autumn said: "They will not attack Yokohama Castle because it is meaningless. And there are so many cities along the way that they have not even shown up in the army, which shows that their ultimate goal is Edo."

If Masaka Hirota said, "Yes, their purpose must be Edo. And their combat effectiveness will not be low! Otherwise, the pirate would not be confident and sent only a few thousand people to attack Edo, that would be too stupid!"

Speaking of this, everyone looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu. He felt everyone's eyes but still didn't say anything. Sakai Tadari said slowly: "Does he think one of his soldiers can deal with our five soldiers? This is too arrogant, right?"

Nobuzumatsu Matsuhira shook his head and said seriously: "You guys, I want to remind everyone to pay attention to one thing. When he was in Nagasaki, this Dragon King put out 10 big tubes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the room was silent for a moment. Everyone recalled this information. Tadao Abe sighed and said, "The power of the big tube is really great! It is not something that can be stopped by flesh and blood! If he really had more than 10 doors of big tubes to Edo, he would probably need more than 40,000 soldiers. But I think the big tubes in his hand must have 10 more than 10 doors!"

At this time, everyone looked at Tokugawa Iemitsu again. It was time for the general to make a decision. Tokugawa Iemitsu was silent for a moment before saying, "Continue to draw soldiers, the more, the better. In addition, what will happen after the order to recruit soldiers to the surrounding Daming soldiers is issued? How many soldiers have come?"
Chapter completed!