On March 27, the fourth year of Tensho (1576), the second Nobunaga siege began.
The Takeda family has been silent for three full years after Takeda Shingen died of illness. This time, the Takeda family's army, led by Takeda Katsuyori, once again embarked on a mighty journey to the west. Mikawa Etsuo's
After Tokugawa Ieyasu's experience last time, he no longer dared to go out to fight in the castle. He huddled all his troops in the strong city and asked Oda Nobunaga for reinforcements. Oda Nobunaga was also unambiguous and personally led the Oda family to stay.
Large armies from Owari, Mino, and Ise came to reinforce them.
At the same time, the Echigo Dragon of the North also showed hostility to the Oda family for the first time. Uesugi Kenshin personally led the army to leave Kasugayama Castle, crossed Etsuchu and Noto Province, and drove to the border of Kaga Province, vaguely intending to attack
The situation of relieving the siege of Oyama Gobo. The Oda family army led by Oda Nobutada has been surrounding Oyama Gobo for several months since the end of last year without being able to capture it, and its morale is quite low. Seeing the arrival of the Uesugi army, they had to lift the attack on Oyama Gobo.
surrounded and retreated to reorganize.
On the western front, Hashiba Hideyoshi, Araki Murashige and Akechi Mitsuhide have not made much progress in their attack on the Western Kingdom, and their troops cannot be mobilized. On Shikoku Island, the Miyoshi family once again planned a wave of attacks on the Chosougabe family.
It is said that the Awaji navy will also participate in the great offensive. The turbulent Chosogabu Motochichi once again sent the Kosogabu chantai to ask for help, and asked Yuqiupei to send troops across the sea to Tosa country for support - otherwise he really wouldn't
It must be able to be stopped.
However, the situation of the Yuqiu family is not very optimistic at the moment. The Oda family is fighting on multiple fronts, and Oda Nobunaga no longer has any spare reserves on hand, and it is impossible to support Yuqiupei. At this moment, the Yuqiu family has to beware of the approaching Honganji Temple in the north.
The attack was launched, and Kii in the south had just been pacified, and the military power in the hands of the people and temples had not been taken back. It didn't look like they could go all the way across the sea to support the Chosou family.
However, Oda Nobunaga secretly asked Amakihei not to show weakness. Now is the critical moment for the Oda family to establish their hegemony in the world. If they give up their allies, who else will be willing to form an alliance with the Oda family in the future? Even if they grit their teeth,
We need to recruit people to support Chosong Gabu Motochin. After all, Tosa is the thorn in the back of the Miyoshi family. If Tosa is suppressed by the Miyoshi family, the entire Shikoku will become the back garden of the Miyoshi family, and it will be difficult to log in.
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So, on April 11, the fourth year of Tensho (1576), a fleet from Kishiwada Port quietly set sail at dusk in the evening.
This fleet is part of the navy that Yu Qiupei and Itami Yasukiyo have planned for a long time. The Western warships designed and built according to Itami Yasukichi's mast sailing drawings are very different from Japanese ships in size and shape. Japanese small morning ships,
Both the Kanbune and the Anzha ships were called living coffins by Yasuki Itami. The Yuqiu family's ships are more similar to the Western streamlined ships that Yu Qiuping saw in games such as Age of Discovery. According to Yu Qiuping's
It is suggested that the Yuqiu family divide the naval ships built into three classes: destroyers, cruisers and battleships. It seems to correspond to the small morning ships, Kanbune ships and Anzabune ships of the traditional Japanese navy, but in fact the Yuqiu family's
The size of the destroyer is already comparable to that of the larger Kanshipun. It can carry 40 sailors and 60 soldiers (including 30 iron gunners), and is also equipped with one artillery. The size of the cruiser is equivalent to that of an house ship.
With 80 sailors and 1
20 soldiers (including 60 iron gunners), and are also equipped with bow guns and two broadside guns. The size of the three battleships under construction is even more unimaginable to the Japanese. So much so.
When those congressional businessmen occasionally visited Kishiwada Port, they had no idea what was being built in the shipyard. The two rows of gun windows reserved on the sides of the battleship hinted at what kind of firepower monster Yu Qiuping wanted to turn the battleship into.
Yu Qiuping and Itami Yasukiyo planned to build three battleships, ten cruisers and thirty destroyers first. However, due to the lack of shipbuilding skills and various emerging technical problems, the construction period seems to be extended a lot. Now
Only three cruisers and twelve destroyers were completed. However, Yasuki Itami was not in a hurry. As a samurai from a navy family, he understood that for a navy, the strength of ships and artillery was indeed important.
, but the more important thing is the people who operate the ship. If there are no experienced captains, sailors and sailors, no matter how many ships there are, it will be useless. And captains, sailors and sailors cannot be taught by talking on paper, only by letting them
Only by personally sailing a ship and going to sea and experiencing waves and sea battles can you grow. Therefore, the task of training captains, sailors and sailors should obviously be put on the agenda.
Therefore, when he learned that Yu Qiuping needed to cross the sea to support the Changzong family, Itami Yasukyo took the initiative to ask for his fleet of fifteen ships to escort Yu Qiuping's army.
"Your Highness, the old brothers I have brought here have not gone to sea for several years, and it is impossible for those new recruits to learn water warfare just sitting in the shipyard." Yasukyo Itami said to Yu Qiuping, "They must be allowed to go to sea to experience
Experience, otherwise even if His Highness's big ship is completed, a huge ship without soldiers will be nothing more than a magic weapon in the hands of a child."
So, the Caotai fleet set off from Kishiwada Port. In addition to three cruisers and twelve destroyers, there were also ten merchant ships bought by Yu Qiupei as transport ships for food, grass and personnel. They were led by Yu Qiupei and Itami.
Kang Qing personally led the army and led the newly formed army's Liaoyuan Bei, Yushu Bei and the cavalry company to support. Although Takenaka Shigeharu and others persuaded Yu Qiuping not to take such risks, what if the fleet encountered the main force of the Awaji Navy at sea?
It was troublesome, but Yu Qiuping was not that worried.
The Yuqiu family's masted sailing ship has a very strong carrying capacity, and it will not be like the situation where Jiuki Jialong's navy is too deep to fight a naval battle after carrying people. Therefore, the 3,000 land troops brought by the Yuqiu family can all be used in naval battles.
Those who fought on board the ship. That was an additional 900 iron cannons, adding up to more than 1,400 iron cannons. This kind of firepower was not something ordinary people could bear. And the astonishing speed of the masted sailing ship, let alone shutting down the ship, the living coffins of the Anzhai ship were more powerful than those of the Anzhai ship.
As long as Yu Qiuping wants to run away and runs to the open sea with his sails full, who can catch up?
"Even so, is His Highness really going without Tokiwabei, Minggabei, or Hosoyanagi Bei?" Takenaka Shigeharu was still a little worried and asked in a low voice, "Although according to our training and establishment methods, even the newly established Bei
The team will also recruit a large number of veterans as the backbone, and the combat effectiveness will not be much worse. However, after all, the Liaoyuan Bei and the Shoujiu Bei are newly established command systems, so it is really inappropriate to carry out such a dangerous mission."
"Don't forget, this trip is not only due to military considerations, but also political factors." Before leaving, Yu Qiuping told Takenaka Shigeharu who came to see him off, "
The strategic situation of the Yuqiu family is not very good now. Both the Honganji Temple in the north and Kii in the south may launch an attack. Once they know that I personally led nearly half of the troops to leave, they will definitely be ready to take action. That's why I asked Quanbingwei's Crow
They tried their best to block the news of my departure, so I took advantage of the evening to find a way to take a detour to Tosa to prevent the Miyoshi family's ninjas from discovering that the Yuqiu family's troops had left."
"We can't let the enemy know that the Yuqiu family has divided their troops to rescue Tosa. We have to make them think that all five of our reserve teams are stationed here. Only then can we convince Xiaoxiao." Yuqiuping paused and looked at Takenaka Shigeharu thoughtfully.
He glanced at it and said, "But paper can't cover the fire. Sooner or later, the news of my departure with the army will be known. By then, the enemy will definitely launch an attack on the Yuqiu family's territory. At that time, I can only rely on you to command the defense of the troops."
The country is home. Therefore, I leave the three most powerful reserve teams to you."
"In this case, why didn't His Highness arrange to go down to support Tosa, and His Highness personally lead the army to sit in Kinki? Wouldn't that be more convincing to Xiao Xiao?" Takenaka Shigeharu seemed to be aware of Yu Qiupei's deep meaning, and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, on the one hand,
He left elites in Hequan, Hanoi, in an attempt to subdue Xiaoxiao. On the other hand, he left in person, giving Xiaoxiao an opportunity. Such contradictory behavior is not His Highness's habit."
"If I'm not mistaken... His Highness must be..."
"Shh." Yu Qiuping made a silent gesture towards Takenaka Shigeharu, "It's not me, it's Kwon Bingwei's plan. When the situation really changes, Kwon Bingwei will come to communicate with you."
"Crow?" Takenaka Shigeharu sneered, "Then it's best not to change."
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The voyage on the sea was much smoother than Amakihei expected. After starting from Kishiwada Port, they followed the coastline all the way south, passed by Tomojima Oki, Wakaura Bay, and almost passed under the nose of Awaji Island (even Sumoto Castle of Awaji Island was
Faintly visible), but has not been intercepted by the Awaji Navy. After the fleet sailed into the Kii Channel, Umei Akiupei was completely relieved. As long as the fleet left the Seto Inland Sea from the Kii Channel and sailed into the open sea, it could set sail.
Speed ​​up, and even if the Awaji Marines find their trail, they won't be able to catch up.
"There's no reason why there are so many fleets carrying torches that they won't be discovered." Yu Qiuping couldn't help but muttered a little bit about the current too-smooth situation, "Could it be that the Miyoshi family mistakenly mistook our navy for a large-scale attack coming from Sakai Port?"
Merchant Marine?"
However, Yu Qiuping was obviously thinking too much. Almost at the same time as he was muttering, several figures on the Sumoto Castle castle tower were watching the fleet that was gradually retreating.
"Father, is there really no need to intercept?" Anzhai Nobuyasu's son, Anzhai Nobuyasu, watched the fleet leave and asked again with some reluctance.
"It's not necessary, and it can't be done." Anzhai Toyasu shook his head and said calmly, "Intercept them before they pass Tomojima Oki, and they will retreat to Kishiwada Port. It is impossible for us to storm a port defended by so many barrels. If
If we intercept them after passing through Friends Island, we won't be able to catch up with them at all. Their ship seems to be modeled after Nanman, and its speed is very fast."
"Even if you can stop it, don't intercept it." Yoshihide Miyoshi, who was standing behind Anzhai Fuyuyasu and Anzhai Nobuyasu, had now sat back at the desk and was sipping tea from his cup. "Otherwise, the plan will not be launched.
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Chapter completed!