My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 346 The Battle of Hirado
Kikuchi Kanae returned to his residence full of vigor, just now he and Matsuura Hironobu had another quarrel.

Hirado is the territory of Matsuura Hironobu. Since the last defeat, the navy of each family suffered heavy losses, and they all stationed around Hirado Island to rest.

However, Matsuura Hiroshi assigned the worst port to the Kikuchi family. The port here has a shallow draft, and there are hidden reefs under the water. .

So Kikuchi Kane was angry, and ran to have a big fight with Matsuura Hironobu, but unfortunately he couldn't relieve his anger, and couldn't solve any problems.

"Too deceiving!"

Hironobu Matsuura returned to his residence, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

In the previous naval battle with Daming, Matsuura Hironobu put the Kikuchi family's navy at the forefront, obviously using them as cannon fodder.

Fortunately, Kikuchi Kantomo ordered the retreat in time, because they retreated in time, so they were not overtaken by the Ming army, so the final loss was the smallest of each family. In contrast, Otomo and Matsuura Hiroshi lost more than half of their losses navy.

But it was precisely because of this that after Matsuura's return, Hironobu targeted Kikuchi Kancho everywhere. During this period of time, they discussed strategies to deal with the Ming army.

"If you force me like this again, believe it or not, I will leave immediately!"

At this moment, Kikuchi Kentomo said with hatred.

Of course, he only dared to say so. If he really quit at this time, he might become the public enemy of the entire Kyushu. In the future, after the Ming army retreats, their Juchi family might be squeezed out by everyone. The foothold of their family.

After being angry for a long time, Kikuchi Kaneto didn't even eat dinner, and finally lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

Since he couldn't sleep, Kikuchi Kanetomo thought about the current situation carefully.

Since the defeat of the navy, all the big names in Hirado have known that it is impossible for the Ming army to be at sea, and it will be a matter of time before the Ming army enters Kyushu.

But in this way, Hirado's position is very embarrassing. First of all, Hirado is an island, and it is also a famous seaport. If the Ming army wants to invade Kyushu, it will definitely clean up the peripheral forces first.

In other words, Hirado Island will definitely be attacked by Ming, and Hironobu Matsuura is unwilling to give up his lair, and Otomo’s relatives also support Hironobu Matsuura, hoping to win over the Matsuura Domain. Hold fast in Hirado.

However, Kikuchi Kantomo is not optimistic about Hirado, even if there is no personal grievance with Matsuura Hironobu, he still wants to give up Hirado, withdraw the army to Kyushu Island, and then fight the Ming army on land.

After the failure of the naval battle, the next thing that can determine the direction of the war is the decisive battle on land. For this, Kikuchi Kaneto and the others still have some confidence.

Kikuchi Kanto collected some information about Daming through Zong Zhensheng of Tsushima Island. According to Zong Zhensheng, the strength of the Ming army is not very good. Although the weapons and equipment are better than theirs, some Japanese pirates with poor equipment, All of them can wreak havoc along the coast of Daming, so we can know what the army of Daming is like.

It’s just that Kikuchi Kanchao didn’t know that most of the Ming information collected by Zong Zhensheng was provided by Ge Chengerlang and other Japanese pirates active in the southern coast of Daming. Before that, he led the soldiers of Zhenhaiwei to eliminate the Japanese pirates.

As for the coastal garrison in the north, they are even more powerful. The two thousand Japanese pirates sent out by Zong Zhensheng were wiped out by Liu Rong's army. Unfortunately, Zong Zhensheng and Ge Chengerlang fell to Zhu Zhanhe before the news came back to the Japanese country. hand.

The other daimyos were also similar to Kikuchi Kanto. After all, most of them collected information about Ming through Japanese pirates, and had a serious misjudgment of the strength of Ming's army. Therefore, many people tended to fight the Ming army on land.

It’s just that each daimyo has different views on the location of the decisive battle. For example, Kikuchi Kantomo tends to give up Hirado and return to Kyushu to fight the decisive battle with Ming Dynasty, which can better utilize the strength of the Japanese army.

But Matsuura Hironobu was unwilling. He wanted to launch a port attack and defense battle with the Ming army in Hirado. After all, he had been in Hirado for many years, and Hirado's defense was also very complete, so he was confident that the Ming army would be blocked in Hirado. outside.

"Stupid Matsuura Hironobu, it seems that the Mongols taught them a lesson too lightly!"

Thinking of this, Kikuchi Kaneto whispered to himself.

When the Mongol army came, Hirado was the first to bear the brunt. The Mongols invaded Hirado, which caused heavy losses to the Matsuura Domain and was almost slaughtered by the Mongols.

Thinking about the current situation in his head, Kikuchi Kentomo stayed up until the middle of the night, and finally fell asleep in a daze without knowing why.

However, just as Juchi was sleeping, he suddenly heard a commotion outside, and then a servant ran in in a panic and shouted: "The Patriarch is not good, the Ming army has come to kill him!"

"what!"

Kikuchi Kanemo jumped up when he heard the words, put on his clothes and went outside the door.

I saw that the sky outside was slightly bright, and the sea was still a little dark, but I could still see a huge fleet of murderous ships approaching on the distant sea, and it was about to enter the sea area of ​​Hirado.

"Come on, meet the enemy!"

Kikuchi Kenzo roared, and immediately conveyed the order.

The entire Juchi Clan's residence immediately became noisy, and many Japanese people who were sleeping were awakened and rushed to the boat to prepare for the Ming army's attack.

However, what Kikuchi Kantomo did not expect was that after entering the waters of Hirado, the fleet of the Ming army split into two, one part headed for the port north of Hirado, and the other part headed for the east port, but no one paid any attention to Kikuchi. This remote place where the family is stationed.

Kikuchi Kanemaka was in a daze for a moment, but soon understood.

There are two most important ports in Hirado Castle. One is the port on the north side of Hirado Castle, which is facing the direction of North Korea and Ming Dynasty. Many ships will stop there. It is the largest and most important port in Hirado Castle. It is usually called Hirado Port refers to that port.

In addition to the port on the west side, Hirado Castle also has a port on the east side. This port faces Kyushu, and there is only a narrow strait separated from Kyushu. The narrowest part is only about one mile.

Hirado is an island. The output on the island is limited, and many materials need to be transported from Kyushu. Therefore, there is a port in the north. A part of the navy is usually stationed in the port to prevent someone from controlling the strait and cutting off Hirado and Kyushu. contact.

Obviously, Da Ming had been prepared for a long time, and sent troops to hit Hirado's two most important ports. As long as these two ports were captured, Hirado would become an isolated island, and the people on the island would also become Da Ming's shackles.

(End of this chapter)