Chapter 1595: Naval Battle Restarts

A few days later, the army led by Yun Zheng officially entered the Changyu area.

Thanks to the fact that Tanaka Nobuyuki and his men had cleared the area once, they were not attacked and were able to smoothly enter the first city they passed through in the Nagaha area.

Of course, with their momentum, ordinary people would not dare to attack them.

During the rest period, they requisitioned a lot of carts and mules and horses.

With the transportation of carts, mules and horses, their artillery was much easier to transport.

However, Yun Zheng only brought one hundred artillery pieces on this trip.

The remaining artillery pieces remained in Beixiang City and were used by Fan Xiong.

They had to defend Beixiang City while also protecting the integrity of the Northern Gulf to prevent the enemy from landing from behind in a place they did not know, entering the Northern Gulf by land, and burning their warships.

In addition, cleaning is also required around Beixiang City.

Yun Zheng still used iron-blooded and high-pressure methods. If anyone resisted in one place, everyone within a ten-mile radius would be slaughtered!

Not long after Yun Zheng entered the city, Lin Ji came to report: "Your Highness, Tanaka Nobu sent someone to send back the news that he has led his troops to capture Kurose Castle. His troops suffered more than 60 casualties, killed 600 enemies, and captured more than 2,000 people..."

This was the third city captured by Tanaka Nobuyuki and his troops in the Nagaha area.

Because Minamoto no Nagamasa transferred all his main forces to Susa Castle, the defenses of other castles were very weak.

Even though there are thousands of people guarding the city, in fact, these thousands of people are basically civilians who voluntarily obey the imperial edict.

These people don't even have standard weapons, let alone armor.

Their weapons are all varied and anything that can kill people can become their weapon.

Facing so many people, Tanaka Nobuyuki was also extremely brave. Wherever he passed, there were autumn winds sweeping away fallen leaves.

Now, the number of troops under Tanaka Nobuyuki's command is increasing, and he now has 12,000 men.

This is still the result of Tanaka Nobuyuki's pickyness.

If he didn't want old or short and skinny people, he would have more soldiers under his command.

"It's pretty fast."

Yun Zheng smiled and looked at Jia Yao again: "It's time for us to take some action! We can't just watch the fun."

Although using the Yu people to consume the Yu people is a good idea, they are the attacking party after all.

They also have to capture a few cities to let the people of Yu Kingdom see how powerful they are.

"Which direction do you want to attack?"

Jia Yao asked Yun Zheng with a smile.

"Tanaka Nobu is attacking to the northwest, let's attack to the west!"

Yunzheng smiled.

Jia Yao thought about the map silently for a while, and then asked: "Do you still plan to send a group of troops to infiltrate the flank of Tanaka Nobu's troops? If Minamoto Nagamasa dares to send troops to attack Tanaka Nobu's troops, this group of troops will attack from the flank?"

Tanaka Nobuyuki has another role.

Bait!

Yun Zheng doesn't care how many people in Tanaka Nobu's troops died.

He only cared about how many people Tanaka Nobu's troops could kill and how much impact they could have.

Minamoto Nagamasa probably didn't dare to attack their main force directly.

But Minamoto no Nagamasa probably hasn't taken Tanaka Nobuo seriously yet.

From the beginning to the end, Tanaka Nobuyuki and his troops were Yun Zheng's pawns.

Moreover, it is a chess piece that can be discarded at any time.

"..."

Yun Zheng looked at Jia Yao speechlessly and sighed pretentiously: "You make me feel so unfulfilled!"

"You're the one who taught me that, right?"

Jia Yao smiled and said, "Few people who follow you can learn anything good!"

But then again, if it were her, she would do the same.

It can not only consume the enemy's manpower, but also consume the war potential of the Yu State.

This is a double win.

Tanaka Nobuyuki would never know that Yun Zheng wanted him to lose.

If he lost, Yun Zheng would not only not blame him, he might even reward him.

Maybe, it will make Tanaka Nobuyuki grateful to tears.

What a bastard!

He thought of everything!

Yuan Changzheng probably doesn't know Yun Zheng's battle record.

If Minamoto no Nagamasa knew about this, he would have led his troops to flee overseas long ago.

……

maritime.

Zhao Liuliang and his men were leading their troops to march towards the west of Changyu.

In order to ensure the safety of the fleet, Zhao Liuliang also dispatched several patrol boats.

Along the way, Zhao Liuliang also specially ordered people to record the route as detailed as possible.

Although there is a route map provided by Takeshi Sanada, my own records are definitely more detailed and more credible.

Zhao Liuliang and Shen Kuan also gave enough face to Takeshi Sanada.

Along the way, the two men surrounded Takeshi Sanada and asked him about naval warfare. Both of them were very humble and even took a booklet to take notes.

The two people's humble requests for advice also made Takeshi Sanada feel a sense of accomplishment.

Just when Zhao Liuliang and Shen Kuan were discussing the combat principles of primitive naval warfare with Takeshi Sanada, news came from the patrol boat in the right front.

About seventy or eighty enemy warships were discovered in the right front of the fleet.

Upon hearing the news, the three of them were stunned at the same time.

After coming to his senses, Zhao Liuliang quickly gave orders and took Shen Kuan and Takeshi Sanada to the deck.

"Is this the entire army being mobilized?"

Shen Kuan was slightly surprised.

Before they led their troops away, they had already received accurate information from Genjiro.

Minamoto no Nagamasa sent forty warships to harass the coastal areas of Daqian.

Excluding the forty warships, this was the entire strength of Minamoto no Nagamasa's navy.

"Are they going to fight to the death?"

A disdainful smile appeared on Sanada Takeshi's face.

If you want to fight to the death, you have to have the strength to do it.

Although they only had a hundred warships, including many ramjet ships and whale-tooth ships, their combat power was far superior to that of Minamoto no Nagamasa's navy.

It would be great if Minamoto no Nagamasa’s navy really wanted to give it a try!

After annihilating the only remaining navy under Minamoto Nagamasa, they were able to quickly land and seize military merit.

"Whether they want to fight to the death or not, we should be careful!"

Shen Kuan reminded, "Although the enemy's navy only has this little strength left, we must also go all out."

Zhao Liuliang did not underestimate the enemy navy.

Even if you are sure of winning, you cannot take it lightly.

As His Highness often says, a lion needs to use all its strength to fight a rabbit.

On the battlefield, the worst thing to do is to underestimate the enemy.

"Dang Dang Dang..."

When we came to the deck, we could hear the sound of iron tiles hitting each other.

As the crisp sound of iron tiles quickly spread throughout the fleet, all warships entered combat readiness.

Sanada Takeshi quietly felt the wind direction and immediately gave his own judgment: "The enemy warships should be trying to go around to the direction of the wind, use the wind to push the warships, and quickly break into our fleet."

"should be!"

Zhao Liuliang and Shen Kuan both nodded in agreement.

"This is our chance!"

Sanada Takeshi's eyes flashed, "We have to show some flaws to the enemy, so that they think there is an opportunity to take advantage of us, thereby attracting the enemy to attack and destroy these enemy warships in one fell swoop!"

As long as these naval warships were destroyed, Minamoto no Nagamasa's navy would no longer be able to pose an effective threat to them.

Then, they can land at the shallow bay west of Changyu and head straight for Susanoo!

Zhao Liuliang and Shen Kuan looked at each other silently, and then nodded in agreement...