On August 2, the Red Leaf Fleet and their small boats, the baggage ships carrying building materials needed for the city, merchant ships transporting grain, and craftsmen, and more than a hundred ships left Kishiwada Port. They first headed west, heading directly to the south of Awaji Island
Sailing away, they pretended to be approaching the main castle of Suzhou. The Kumano navy of Kuki Yoshitaka also arrived at Wakaura Bay in the south of the Kitan Strait, where they acted as suspects and attracted the attention of the Awaji navy.
The feint of the Uakiu Army did confuse the Awaji Navy a little. They thought that the Momiji Fleet would go straight to the north of Awaji Island to rescue Hashiba Hideyoshi who was trapped in the northern mountainous area. Therefore, more than 300 soldiers on the east side of Awaji Island
The Awaji naval force slowly shrank southward to the waters northeast of Sumoto Castle, and the Akashi Strait to the north of Awaji Island was exposed - all of this was clearly visible under the telescope of the Momiji Fleet.
"The Awaji navy has moved, and our opportunity has come." Yu Qiupei rotated the lens barrel of the telescope, adjusted the focus, and ordered to Itami Yasukiyo, "Sail north! Head to Akashi Strait at full speed!"
At the same time, on the Sumoto Castle Castle Tower, Fuyuyasu Anzai was looking down at the situation on the sea.
"The Momiji Fleet is about to head north." After receiving the information, Anzhai Fuyayasu nodded slightly, "Send an order to Nobuyasu, who is on standby to the west of Awaji Island, and ask him to immediately lead the more than 300 fleets in the west to the Akashi Strait in the northeast.
Move forward. Wait until the Momiji Fleet anchors at Iwaya Port and Hideyoshi Hashiba begins boarding before launching an attack!"
"I then sent an order to Tatsunaga, asking him to take the more than 300 fleets east of Awaji Island to wander around Tomojima Oki. After letting all the Momiji fleet pass, he moved closer to the northeast, cut off their return route, and sealed them off.
"In the Akashi Strait"
"The remaining more than 400 ships are on standby as a reserve force on the south side of Awaji Island. We will wait until the situation develops further before making any plans."
After receiving the order, the Awaji navy slowly moved into action. It was like a giant crab, slowly waving its pincers, waiting for the prey to pounce into the center of the two pincers - Akashi Strait.
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Yu Qiupei stood on the bridge of the Kawachi Maru, looking at the mighty fleet flying the red leaf flag behind him. All their warships were different from the Japanese "coffin ships", but Western mast sailing ships.
This fleet has been planned for nearly ten years and is finally nearing completion.
The sails of the fleet were fully opened in the sea breeze. Its huge arc told the fierceness of the sea wind and also commented on the incredible speed of the fleet. Those baggage ships, small boats, and merchant ships were all dragged behind the warships, and some could not even withstand the wind and waves.
, from time to time, sea water rolled up and hit the deck.
On the sparkling sea, the mixed colors of the water create a magnificent seascape. The lush trees and undulating mountains on the mainland in the distance seem to accompany the sound of the waves. From time to time, water birds fly across the sea, but
However, Yu Qiuping discovered that there was a water bird flying at the same speed as the Kawachi Maru. Yu Qiuping was able to watch him for a long time. However, after a while, the water bird seemed to be tired of the big guys next to it, and it fluttered its wings.
Then it flew away from the fleet and towards the high sky. Yu Qiuping's eyes followed the tail of the bird, and the background of the bird kept changing. It slowly rose from the blue sea to the dim continent in front, and then to
In the blue sky, the birds kept rising, flying towards the bright morning sun, and then swooped across the sea, splashing the sunshine into the sea wantonly.
"It's so beautiful..." Ye Gusuizi beside her couldn't help but admire. Yu Qiuping turned around to look, and found that she had brought the easel, drawing board, brushes and drawing paper at some point, and was putting the beauty that Yu Qiuping was amazed at just now.
After describing it on the painting, Yu Qiuping felt a little dazed for a moment, and even felt that this beautiful ocean was also a masterpiece of nature.
"It's a pity that this body of water will be dyed red with blood soon." Yasukyo Itami sighed, smiled at Yu Qiuping and shook his head, "Don't worry, Your Highness, I'm not tired of the war, I'm just sighing."
"This kind of life won't last long..." Yu Qiuping patted Itami Yasuki on the shoulder and pulled him to his side, "Do you remember? It's been almost twenty years. I promised you at that time,
We want to restore peace to the entire sea area."
"Now, let's make it happen together."
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The speed of the Red Leaf Fleet at full speed can reach forty miles per hour when there is a tailwind. It only takes more than an hour to travel at full speed from Kishiwada Port to Akashi Strait. On the morning of August 2, the Red Leaf Army's fleet has already arrived.
Akashi Strait.
"It's too fast, it's too fast..." The small morning boat of the Anzhai family who stayed near the Akashi Strait to supervise the situation saw the Hongye Army's speed and couldn't help but shook its head, "The young master's boat will not arrive until at least tonight, and there is no time to stop Yu Shiba
The troops are on board."
"Hurry up and light a bonfire and tell His Highness." A scout on the small morning boat ordered. A moment later, under the cover of bushes, the small morning boat quickly lit a bonfire on a hill in the northeast of Awaji Island.
A large bonfire dedicated to the navy, the thick black smoke can be seen from Sumoto Castle dozens of miles away.
"So fast..." Anzhai Toyasu was also surprised after seeing the speed of the Hongye Fleet. In his impression, not long after he had just given the order, the Hongye Fleet had already arrived.
"Does the plan need to be changed?" An elder of the Anzhai family asked worriedly.
"There is no need, and there is no way to change it." Anzhai Fuyang tapped the railing with his hand, "If the Red Leaf Fleet is traveling so fast, all my orders will fall behind. My orders will be sent to Shinkansu and Da
From there, the Red Leaf Fleet has changed places so many times."
"Let them do it easily." Anzhai Fuyayasu finally made up his mind, "At the same time, let people gather troops from the territory. The situation is that the Momiji Fleet is too fast, and the Awaji Navy may not be able to protect the entire island, in case it is landed.
, they will be in trouble if they copy my fourth brother’s path.”
"Do you want to assemble the troops now?" the old man asked in surprise, "It's still the autumn harvest! We don't have much food left now, and Hideyoshi Hideyoshi has robbed a lot of rice fields. We can no longer withstand such a torment!"
"If you can't help it, let's send a request for help to my eldest brother and the Maori family." Anzhai Dongkang held down the railing and turned around to look, "Don't pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon. Give up what you should give up. Red leaves
The army is mobilized, and the troops going to Harima from the north may go south and land on Awaji at any time. I'm afraid that they will not only take away Hideyoshi Hashiba, but also counterattack."
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"Akashi Strait has arrived." Yu Qiupei looked at the narrow water area in front of him that was gradually shrinking in width and sandwiched between two pieces of land - that is the Akashi Strait. Its southern mainland is the protruding Iwaya Port on the north side of Awaji Island. And its northern side
On the mainland, there is Akashi Castle - the flags of Rakihara Bei and Shoshu Bei are already flying at the top of the city. They have arrived in the evening of August 1st. Iwaya Port is empty at the moment. The defenders are obviously aware that
After being outnumbered, they withdrew.
"Your Majesty Hashiba gave us enough space as agreed." Uchiha Aooka, who had just taken great risks to bring back information from Awaji Island, reported to Amakihei, "They are still in Sano, 25 miles south of Iwaya Port.
The mountainous area is holding on, but Sano Castle has been captured by Shiga Icun a few days ago. Their situation is not very good, but they are still resisting reluctantly."
"It's not easy to achieve this with 5,000 people." Yu Qiuping looked at the mountainous area in the distance where Yu Chai's army was fighting, and nodded gratefully, "Teng Yoshiro did a good job this time."
"Let's start work quickly!" Yu Qiuping said hello, and asked Itami Yasaki, Sena Uji Yoshi and Naoe Tadahira who came across the sea with their entourage to take command separately. "Kangqing, take the people to guard both sides of the strait to prevent
The Awaji Navy raided, and then notified Yu Nan to take Rakihara Bei and Shoshu Bei to hold on to Akashi to ensure that we can retreat to the mainland. I will be responsible for commanding Hosiri Bei to land, secure the beachhead and support His Highness Hashiba. Yoshihei, you
Bring those skilled workers to land first and plan where to build the city. Quickly choose a site, and then tell the Chibei to transport the workers and building materials up. After you have completed everything, let the Hanbei take the
The consultant came to me, and we linearly planned and designed the fastest construction plan, just like Sumama One Night Castle, build Iwaya Castle quickly!"
"Yes!" Everyone took the order to leave, and the Hongye Fleet immediately began to mobilize in an orderly manner. The warships were separated on both sides of the port to alert the Awaji navy that might appear. The baggage ships, merchant ships, and small boats brought by the Hongye Fleet were
Traveling between the fleet and the beach, they quickly began to move goods, personnel, ordnance, and baggage.
Uji Sena used his rich experience in city building to quickly decide on a site - the place was located on the official road on the east coast of Awaji Island, two hundred meters south of Iwaya Port, with a hill behind it to the west and a hill to the east.
Facing the sea. Once the castle is built, the official road can be completely cut off. The west side of the castle is connected to the mountainous area, and the east side is built to the seaside, separating Iwaya Port from the main body of Awaji Island. If the army from the south of Awaji Island wants to attack Iwaya Port, either
You have to climb through the mountainous area that is difficult to travel, or you can only take the water route. The place chosen by Senaji is also very high in altitude, so several forts can be set up to protect the ships in Iwaya Port from a high position.
After Sena chose the address, Naoe Tadayei immediately moved the workers and building materials to land there. A large number of small boats almost covered the entire sea area, and they moved things ashore like ants. The first group of people to land first,
A simple pier began to be built on the beach to facilitate the subsequent large ships to transport more building materials to the shore. Not long after, a tidal flat position had taken shape. Hosoragi Bei, under the leadership of Yu Qiupei, had already landed in the Iwaya Port area.
, were heading south quickly to support Hashiba Hideyoshi's troops. After commanding the landing, Yu Qiupei immediately rushed to the location of the city, and obtained preliminary information from the first batch of workers on the city's length, width and height, design drawings, material usage and terrain.
After measuring the parameters, we began to work with Takenaka Shigeharu’s staff to specify plans on site.
Chapter completed!