Ashikaga Yoshimitsu gave an order, and the Japanese soldiers in the Shili Alliance camp on the seaside began to pack up, break camp and prepare to cross the sea.
Three thousand warships of the Northern Dynasty Navy also received orders to sail from their respective anchorages to transport troops across the sea.
With a total of 100,000 troops, as well as war horses and baggage, such a large-scale sea crossing operation would be a huge project even in later generations. Let alone Japan in this era.
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and his ministers completely underestimated the difficulty of crossing the sea. Originally, the plan was to start the crossing at dawn and strive to send most of the troops across the strait before dusk.
In their opinion, the two sides of the strait are so close that they can row the boat to the opposite side in just a few seconds.
He has so many ships. Three thousand ships can transport a hundred thousand troops at once.
So the plan goes through.
But when we actually started to cross the sea, the situation was completely different from what we imagined.
First of all, the beach where boats can board is only a few miles wide, and it is full with hundreds of boats. The boats behind can wait on the sea, but they block the way of the boat in front.
It wouldn't matter if you put it elsewhere. Which river crossing is not messy and everything is not over in the end? After all, the advantage of Japanese ships is their flexibility, but they are just a little less efficient.
But here is the Kanmon Strait. The wide sea surface suddenly becomes as thin as a throat here, making the ocean current very turbulent and the ship cannot stay still at all. The sailors tried their best to control it, but the ship still drifted uncontrollably.
Those boats full of people were even more cumbersome and difficult to control. When the two sides met, a collision was inevitable. The boats next to them wanted to avoid the situation, but there were boats in front, behind, left and right, making it impossible to turn.
Even if the two sides wanted to avoid it, they had no choice but to encounter each other helplessly.
Anyone who has experienced traffic jams knows that as long as there is an accident, the entire road will be blocked, and then the line will become a plane, and the blockage will become a block.
If there is no traffic policeman to direct the traffic, it can even turn into a city-wide traffic jam.
The Northern Dynasty army encountered this situation in the Kanmon Strait. Naturally, there were no traffic police to help them direct traffic. Moreover, the seven or eight navies were not under each other, and no one could command the other. The result was that the ship in front could not get out, and the ship behind it could not get out.
More and more ships were gathering together, and three thousand ships filled the narrow Kanmon Strait to the brim.
Half a day passed before the Communists transported a few sailors. Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was so angry that he yelled on the shore: "You idiots, why are you so crowded? Now it's better, no one can move!"
"People have been sent to pass the order. The other naval forces will evacuate the ferry first and wait for orders at both ends of the strait. First, the navy family on the island will transport the troops." General Siboyi said with sweat on his head.
"Then why is it still like this?!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu spread his hands and looked at Shiba Yishou.
"Because they are crowded together, like a mess, and it takes time to separate." Si Boyi wiped his sweat and said.
"A bunch of idiots!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu cursed helplessly: "If there is an enemy attack, none of them will be able to escape!"
I don’t know if his mouth opened or something, but suddenly the beacon at the southernmost end of the strait lit up the beacon.
"The general has hostile intentions!" the servant surnamed hurriedly reminded the general.
"I saw it!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu calmed down, and it must be the navy of the Ming army who came at this time.
But he was not too panicked, because he had already sent the shogunate naval force directly under him to set up defenses around Ganliu Island at the end of the strait in order to guard against sneak attacks by the Ming Dynasty navy.
Moreover, with the Kyushu navy to contain it, it is impossible for the main force of the Ming navy to leave Hakata Bay. What comes is at best a squadron, and the shogunate navy can definitely stop them!
"Tell the situation to those wastes at sea, maybe in a more serious tone, so that they can stop dawdling!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said with a dark face.
"Yes!" Si Bo Yijiang quickly responded and left.
But all the people stuck in the traffic jam are also in a hurry, but the more urgent the traffic becomes, the more the traffic jam becomes, and the more the traffic jam becomes, the more urgent it becomes... There is no use in being anxious. At this time, we have to clear the road bit by bit.
The same principle applies to solving the current ship jam. We have to start from the outermost ship and move away layer by layer, and only when one layer is far away can the other layer start to move. Just like peeling a cabbage, peel off layer by layer, and finally you can
Done.
What is needed at this time is patience, meticulousness, and unified command. The general's urging will only make each ship more impatient. The sea is filled with all kinds of vulgar shouts and curses, which not only fails to solve the problem, but intensifies the ship jam.
To make matters worse, the westerly wind picked up again at this time, making it increasingly difficult to control the ship. After a long time, the situation did not improve much.
At this time, there was another rapid sound of horse hooves from the west, and a scout rushed over, kneeling down to report: "The general is in trouble, our navy has been defeated, and the Ming army's warships are approaching at full speed!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could no longer pretend to be calm and jumped to his feet: "That is the most elite naval force in Japan. How long did it take for them to be defeated?!"
Calculate the time from the discovery of the enemy at the beacon tower to the present, deducting the time for contacting the enemy and reporting the message, which is just one meal. The Ming army had no time to defeat his direct navy!
"Yes, it's too fast. Could it be that the Ming army has some magic tricks?" General Sibo also found it unbelievable.
"It's not magic. The Ming army just went on a rampage and knocked open the two lines of defense of our army." The scout also said with shock on his face: "Their ship is big and strong, and our ship will break if it touches it, and it can't resist at all.
Can’t stop!”
"How big is their ship?" General Spey asked.
"Every ship is as tall as the Xiaguan Tower." The scout pointed to the tall towers nearby that were specially built to subdue Kyushu.
"..." Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Shiba Yishang looked at each other. Of course they knew that the scout could not lie about the military situation.
The strength of the Ming Dynasty's navy was indeed beyond their imagination.
Although Japan is an island country, it is not a country that relies on the ocean for its livelihood. It is a closed farming civilization. The shoguns on Honshu Island only pay attention to the local situation and are indifferent to overseas affairs.
Only the daimyo of the barren and mountainous island of Kyushu had to finance Japanese pirates' raids at sea to maintain the expenses of the war. Therefore, the daimyo of Kyushu Island understood the strength of the Ming navy, and the Northern Dynasty had no contact with it at all.
concept.
Since the Southern Dynasty did not communicate with them, they would naturally feel that "800,000 versus 100,000 from the mainland, I have the advantage."
"Why is there no mention of any of this in Nijo Kageyori's letter?!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu completely tore off his disguise and roared.
"Yeah, he only said that the Chinese Army was powerful, but didn't mention the Navy Army at all. It's really disgusting." General Sibo also said angrily: "He must be worried that we will not dare to cross the sea if we know the truth!"
"Damn it!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu drew out his sword, smashed the dessert plate on the table in front of him, and said angrily: "I'm going to cut them into pieces!"
