Chapter 1108: Unpredictable
On Qinhuangdao, Liu Jian and all the officials did not stop for a moment. When he learned that Zhu Houzhao had been found by Ye Chunqiu and boarded the ship, a big stone finally fell in his heart. No matter what, His Majesty is safe.
But now, when he saw the fleet starting to anchor Yang Fan, he finally let go of his heart, but he raised it up again.
Where is your Majesty planning to go?
While he was hesitating, the officials behind him whispered. They stood at the dock, not knowing what to do, suddenly, an alarm sounded from the watchtower.
The bell rang, first one, then two, three, and four.
Everyone on the entire Qinhuangdao put down their work and looked at the sea nervously.
At sea level, masts appear, like lotus leaves in a pond, revealing only a sharp corner.
Someone shouted: "Enemy attacks, enemy attacks..."
As soon as this said, the island suddenly became boiling. Liu Jian was startled and hurriedly took the officials to the watchtower. The watchtower was similar to the pagoda. Many people walked to the second, third and fourth floors...
When they reached the top of the tower, they could only accommodate six or seven people, but some people watched on the ninth floor, but at this moment, everyone was so shocked that their faces became bad.
They saw the ship, not one, but ten, but it actually looked like there were hundreds, or even more.
More and more ships of all sizes appeared. They were covered with stars in the ocean in the distance, rushing to come. They began to remove some canvas, as if they wanted to slow down some speed, but still with inertia and the remaining sails, the ships were like ghosts, coming from the depths of the ocean.
"What... what is this?" Liu Jian said anxiously as if he was looking like a mortal face: "Where is the ship?"
Everyone looked at each other, and only one accompanying him whispered: "It seems like a Japanese ship."
"A Japanese ship, is it a Japanese pirate?"
The faces of the officials were all stiff.
Everyone knows that the Japanese are good at ships, otherwise where would the Japanese pirates traverse the southeast come from? But they have never seen such a huge fleet before. Thinking of the cruelty of these Japanese pirates in my impression, looking at the Zhenguo Mansion fleet that was sailing out of the bay, I just felt that this fleet was huge, but now it is so small.
"It's over." Liu Jian's face was already pale, and he murmured: "Your Majesty is still on the boat."
This time one is not good, and it is very likely that someone will be taken down in one fell swoop.
Liu Jian felt that there would be no luck at all. He stared at the fleet heading towards the enemy ship, speechless for a moment.
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On the sea, there were countless Japanese ships, mixed with many smuggled merchant ships, shuttled under the cover of Japanese ships.
The Japanese ship was decorated with chrysanthemum emblems, so many nearby ships were guarding here.
The ship was obviously extraordinary, and more importantly, there was a very important figure on the ship. He had just come out of the cabin. He was wearing only a thin dress. Outside the low door outside the cabin, several warriors in full armor sat in front of the cabin and whispered something.
A woman's voice came from the cabin, and then the noble Japanese walked out of the cabin reluctantly.
His face looked a little pale, and he didn't even wear armor and came out of the cabin. He was just a silk silk dress from the Central Plains. His body was hollowed out by wine, giving people a dandy smell.
"General." Several warriors bowed their heads together.
There are not many people who call themselves generals in Japan, and Ashikaga Yoshikaga is definitely the most well-deserved one. He is the tenth general of the Muromachi Shogunate. However, at this time, the general of the Conquering Yi was inevitably a bit cheap. Ashikaga Yoshikaga was a microcosm of the Guardian of the entire Warring States Period. He had been the Conquering Yi, but he was soon deposed by the powerful ministers. After his brother became the general, it took not long before, because of internal strife, Ashikaga Yoshikaga returned to Kyoto with the support of the powerful minister Yoshiki Ouchi, deposed the usurped general and regained the Conquering Yi.
He seemed to know his status very well. This time he went to war, naturally, Yoshihiko Ouchi supported him. Yoshihiko Ouchi said he had to do whatever he should do. Yes, he was just a puppet, but in many cases, being a puppet is better than being a stray dog. At least... Yoshihiko Ouchi always satisfies himself with his beauty.
Although the expedition to Ming Dynasty was loud and loud in China, claiming to conquer the Ming Dynasty, Ashikaga Yoshikazu was very clear about what was going on. This was an agreement reached by Yoshihiro Ouchi and the private businessmen of the Ming Dynasty. And Yoshihiro Ouchi, who had just supported himself to become a general of the expedition and uphold the national affairs of the Japanese state, obviously also understood that his prestige was not enough to suppress the rebellious officials, so he chose this expedition wisely.
The purpose of the expedition is to establish prestige. Moreover, this time, the attack was not the inland of the Ming Dynasty, but an island of the Ming Dynasty, and the assistance of the Ming Dynasty's maritime merchants, which was a sure victory battle. At that time, Yoshihiro Ouchi brought the spoils to Kyoto with himself, and he would be at its peak.
Well, this seems to have nothing to do with Ashikaga Yoshikazu. He is just a captive general. He is now very content with the status quo. This time, his personal expedition of the general of the vassal was just a formality. This time, Yoshiki Okuno gathered many Daming ships, 13,000 soldiers, and many private ships from the Ming Dynasty. He just wanted to fight a beautiful battle.
Now, during the long voyage, Ashikaga Yoshitaki finally saw a little bit of his eyebrows. He saw more than 30 ships appearing alone in his eyes. Then, he smiled, with a little ridicule in his smile...
Then, Ashikaga Yoshitao quickly returned to the cabin and said, "Please take the lead in the battle. I'll watch it on the wall, and it's just a good show."
"Hi!" One of the samurai who knelt beside him was Yoshihiko Ouchi, the leader of the shogunate.
At this moment, Yoshihiko Ouchi had already risen up and said respectfully to Yoshitashi Ashikaga: "I'll ask the general to wait for the good news here."
After saying that, Ouchi Yoshikage hurried to the deck and saw more than thirty Ming ships not far away. An unfathomable smile appeared on his face.
Chapter completed!