"Thank you uncle! If my uncle hadn't come in time, the consequences would have been disastrous! My nephew made a big mistake, which almost led to the annihilation of the entire Iyo army and the ruin of the Miyoshi family! My nephew is willing to accept all punishment!" After being picked up on the ship,
After seeing Anzhai Dongkang, Miyoshi Yixing, who was so ashamed, knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly to apologize.
"Good nephew, you don't have to be like this. Victory or defeat is a normal thing for a military officer." Fuyoshi Anzai smiled twice and lovingly helped Miyoshi Yixing. As the fleet weighed anchor again, they had slowly sailed away from Sakai Port, and the people on the shore
Yu Qiujun could only watch and sigh. "Didn't your second uncle suffer a defeat and be captured not long ago? I, my third uncle, have suffered defeats too. As long as I reflect on it afterwards and improve, it will be good."
"What my uncle said is that my nephew needs to improve a lot. My uncle can see through the plan at a glance, but my nephew is completely kept in the dark. If it was my uncle who was on the front line yesterday, I'm afraid it wouldn't be like this.
Well." Miyoshi Yoshihiro shook his head guiltily and said, "Sure enough, it is too early to let me take charge of a country."
"Nephew, you don't have to belittle yourself. To be honest, even if I were in your position, I wouldn't be able to see through Yuqiu Hongye's scheme." Anzhai Dongkang smiled bitterly twice, patted Miyoshi Yoshihiro on the shoulder and said, "
If I could see Uaki Momiji's plan, why wouldn't I take countermeasures? I just took a foolproof strategy and personally led the Awaji Navy to Sakai Port to assist, and the remaining troops immediately returned to Kishiwada Castle to defend."
"Underestimating the enemy, counterattacking, ambushing, and attacking with fire are all linked together. There must be capable people in the Yuqiu family."
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At this moment, in the castle town to the north of Sakai Town, the merchants of the House of Commons were also paying close attention to the development of the battle. After it was confirmed that the victory of the Yuqiu family had been determined, many of them cheered excitedly. A few days ago, Zheng
It was Yu Qiuping who came to Sakai Town in person and proposed this plan to the merchants in the House of Commons to trick the Miyoshi family into attacking. Their House of Commons deliberated for a whole day and finally voted to agree to Yu Qiuping's plan - because
Apart from this strategy, they could not think of any other way to defeat the Three Good Army. It was better to fight to the death than to sit back and watch the Yuqiu family be defeated.
They acted according to the Yuqiu family's plan and moved the treasury, precious goods, money and grain to the castle town near the sea in the north, and parked it with the fleet so that they could retreat at any time. In the treasury, only straw, cotton and sulfur were left.
.The hostage Yu Qiuyou was also secretly removed and a substitute was left there. In this way, they could avoid the risk of Yu Qiuping pretending to be a real person - really looting Sakai Town. Even so, in their hearts
They were still worried. Now that the plan was successful, Yu Qiuping didn't have the slightest thought about Sakai Town. They were relieved and they naturally celebrated each other.
However, there were other people who looked solemn at this moment, without the slightest hint of joy. Among them were wealthy businessmen such as Imai Munehisa, Tsuda Muneki, and Sueyoshi Sonshiro.
"Did you see it? This is the strength of the Yuqiu Army." Imai Munehisa looked at the Yuqiu Army that defeated Miyoshi Yoshihiro, but all that came to mind were scenes from the night. The military formation was as neat as tofu cubes, even if it was
During the run, the formation was almost seamless and uniform. The execution was extremely high. Even if they had to enter the various neighborhoods and the treasury of Sakai Town separately, there was no confusion at all. Everyone performed the task step by step. It was almost perfect.
In just one hour, the entire Sakai Town was completely occupied.
"What if His Highness Jibu didn't notify us, but just took action, just like last night." Imai Munehisa laughed twice, and his face, which always had a businessman-like professional smile, looked a little stiff, "Do you think we escaped?"
Do you have to drop it?"
No one answered Imai Munehisa's words, and no one knew how to answer.
"We must be more careful in future defense, whether it is the national treasury or the place where Mr. Yuqiu is under house arrest." Imai Munehisa sighed and said helplessly in a low voice, "That Judge Crow is so powerful. His Crow has actually penetrated so deeply.
place. As long as he wants, he can even kidnap Mr. Yuqiu immediately and even take our lives."
"Those are all battle-hardened ninjas, and there are also many plainclothes lurking in our caravans or shops." Tsuda Soki also added in a low voice with some fear, "I have been trying to investigate in the past few days, but I am afraid
It puts everyone in danger, so we have to give up."
"This is not the most important issue. The question is what should we do with sea trade now?" Sonshiro Sueyoshi interrupted anxiously, "Originally, the Miyoshi family and Honganji were at odds with each other. After our Ishiyama merchants joined the Diet, the trade of Ishiyama
The ships have already been made trouble. The Miyoshi family's ships in the Seto Inland Sea are often hijacked for no apparent reason and require inspection. In the end, they have to pay some favors to get through. Now you Sakai Town and the He Yuqiu family have defrauded the Miyoshi family. What if the Miyoshi family
In anger, the family broke the previous agreement with the Yuqiu family, blocked the port and banned our trade, and even let the Awaji navy rush into the port and loot it, what should we do?"
"There is no other way but to let His Highness Jibu establish a naval force that can compete with His Highness Anzai as soon as possible." Tsuda Soji spread his hands, shook his head and said, "Before that, try to be patient as much as possible.
Although the blockade of the port is tiring, it is still acceptable. What I am most worried about now is that the Awaji navy will directly rush into Sakai Port and plunder, burn and seize our merchant ships, and then everything will be over."
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Yu Qiuping is also worried about what the businessmen in the House of Commons are worried about.
Miyoshi Yoshihiro's unit was defeated by Yu Qiupei, and there were widespread surrenders. The morale of the troops could no longer be saved. Miyoshi Yoshihiro was unable to fight anymore, and at the request of Miyoshi Nagakei, he led his troops back to Iyo for liquidation and rectification.
As Miyoshi Yoshihiro's troops withdrew from Hanoi and Izumi, the Miyoshi Army's strength advantage over the Oda Army also disappeared. In addition, it was already close to spring plowing, and it was difficult for the Miyoshi Army without a strength advantage to make any major progress before spring plowing.
The war situation between Miyoshi Nagakei, Sakuma Nobumori, and Honganji Temple was still tense, without any breakthrough. Under such a situation, Miyoshi Nagakei ordered the withdrawal of troops, Tokawa Ichino led his troops back to Shikoku, while Anzai Fuyasu
Continue to garrison Kishiwada Castle. After the crisis was resolved, Ikeda Tsuneaki and Takigawa Kazumasu also led their troops back, and the situation of the Yuqiu family temporarily stabilized.
Although the situation on the road has been stabilized for the time being, the situation at sea is worrying. The Awaji naval army that comes and goes freely has left a huge psychological shadow on Yu Qiuping - he could have wiped out Miyoshi Yixing - but that was
A total of 3,000 soldiers. Moreover, this was an annihilation of the entire establishment, and there was no way to rebuild the army. With so many wealthy families in the Iyo country suddenly missing, the Miyoshi family's rule in Iyo will also have big problems, and a large number of Iyo attacks may break out, or even
It can directly cause the Miyoshi family's front lines in Shikoku, Kinki, and Sanyo to collapse due to lack of troops. And if Yu Qiuping captures the young master of the Miyoshi family, he can do whatever he wants at the negotiation table.
As a result, such a good situation was disrupted by Anzhai Dongkang's navy, and all the Iyo people were rescued. In fact, not many people were killed in a night of melee, probably less than 500. The Iyo people were scattered
As long as everyone calms down and rectifies, they can regain their fighting strength in a few months. However, the Yuqiu family itself has suffered due to the destruction of Sakai Town.
If it breaks, you will have to pay a lot of repair costs, and you won't make much money.
Fighting along the Seto Inland Sea, if there is no way to defeat Azaya Fuyayasu's navy, then as long as the Miyoshi family's troops retreat to the shore and wait for the Awaji navy to arrive for support when they fail, they can retreat safely without the rain of the navy.
Qiuping had nothing to do with them, and the Miyoshi family was in an invincible position. What worried Yu Qiuping even more was that this time Sakai and Yu Qiuping cooperated to deceive the Miyoshi family, and they were at odds with each other.
The Awaji navy no longer abides by the previous agreement and brazenly attacks Sakai Port. How can Yu Qiupei defend without a navy?
There was no way he could think of it, so Yu Qiuping suddenly remembered that there was a naval expert in his family - Itami Yasukiyo who had returned from Europe. In the past few years, since Yu Qiuping had no navy, he had no place to use it.
I have been doing some internal affairs work with Sena Ujiyoshi and Naoe Tadayei. Although I didn't complain, it was obvious that I was frustrated.
Yu Qiuping immediately found Yasuki Itami and asked him if he had enough funds to help him train a navy to compete with the Awaji navy.
"With all due respect, Momiji, this is no different from dreaming." Itami Yasukichi hesitated for a moment, then whispered bluntly.
"What? Why?" Yu Qiuping had already prepared a budget application to Congress, but was choked back by Itami Yasukichi's words.
"There are too many difficulties, Momiji." Yasuki Itami shook his head, paused and then said: "First of all, a navy requires a large number of personnel. Although the dozens of brothers I brought back from Europe are all
He has been walking on the sea for several years and is qualified to play the role of captain. But sailors cannot be transformed out of thin air! If His Highness wants to be able to compete with the Awaji navy with more than 800 ships, he will need at least thousands of sailors. These
It all needs to be practiced step by step, how can it be achieved day by day?"
"To take a step back, regardless of personnel, building a ship requires a process. Generally, wood needs to be dried for three years before being launched into the water, otherwise it will gradually deform after being launched into the water. Your Highness will have to wait for three years before building a ship along the coast.
The shipyard has started building ships. However, we do not have the ability to control the sea area, and Awaji is leaving Izumi at dawn and dusk. The Awaji naval army can directly attack our shipyard and prevent us from building a single ship."
"Then what can we do? As long as the control of the Seto Inland Sea is controlled by the Awaji Navy, we will have no safe shipyards and will never be able to build ships? Let alone train the navy!"
Upon hearing this, Yu Qiuping also realized the dilemma of the situation and hurriedly asked.
"There are not no ways. The Southern Barbarians in Europe have ways to defend their shipyards, but the cost is quite high." After Yasukyo Itami lowered his head and pondered for a while, he threw out a simple answer to Yu Qiuping: "Okay.
Make your own artillery, which is called a big cannon in Japan. Then build a fort along the coast and place the big cannon in the fort. The range of the big cannon is farther than that of baked bombs, iron cannons, and bows and arrows, and it is very powerful. If the cannonballs fired by the big cannon can hit the ship,
The small boat probably capsized immediately, and the Kanship and Anzha ships were not able to catch a few hits. Moreover, the accuracy of the navy's shooting on the bumpy ship was very poor, which was completely incomparable with the forts set up on the road. As long as the forts can be set up, it would be fine.
It can cover the shipyard and also defend Sakai Port from intrusion by the Awaji Navy."
"What a great idea!" Yu Qiuping clapped his hands excitedly after hearing this, "Since you came back, I have asked Hanamaru to start studying the cannon-casting drawings you brought back! I have forgotten it for so long, maybe he