Chapter 745: Chasing at Sea
The thick raindrops kept falling down, hitting the deck of the bow of the ship and making a louder sound. When the Luo family's fleet set sail, the rain on the sea became heavier and heavier.
Looking out through the gap of the straw raincoat that was blocking my eyes, the sky and the earth were like an extremely wide bead curtain hanging, a hazy piece. The rain fell on the straw raincoat worn by the guards beside me, splashing small splashes of water, like a layer of thin smoke covering the surroundings. The rainwater flowed down the eaves, and began to be like beads with broken lines, gradually connecting into a line. The water on the deck became more and more, gathering into streams, and then flowing into the sea.
Even with such heavy rain, the navy still carried out the orders. Although the sea surface that was almost impossible to see clearly within a mile, there is no problem in carrying out maritime combat in such weather.
"Discover the fleet ahead!" When the Luo family naval army sailed near a cape that was made Koyamazaki by locals, the sentry ship responsible for exploring the way forward conveyed a message through the flags. The fleet immediately formed an attack formation under the command of each general.
Soon, some small black dots gradually appeared in the distance ahead. As the distance between the two sides gradually narrowed, Zhengliang finally saw the other party's camp clearly. Looking at the flags hanging on the ship, it was indeed the Boduo family's naval army. However, the Boduo family's naval army did not seem to have many ships, which was far behind the nearly 200 warships on the Luo family's side. The other party also seemed to realize this problem, so after seeing the Luo family's naval army, the other party immediately drew an arc on the sea surface, and then quickly returned and began to escape.
"Chase!"
Since he encountered it, he would naturally not let it go. He just happened to deal with this fleet that seemed to be the main force of the Bodo naval army, and then took advantage of the situation to march towards Iki County. So Masayoshi immediately ordered.
There seem to be not many large ships in the other party's fleet, such as ship closing. In this kind of weather, it is more conducive to navigation. The Luo family not only accounts for nearly half of the fleet, but also maintains a certain formation during the navigation. Therefore, even if the Luo family's navy is chasing hard behind, it is just biting the other party's tail. The most annoying thing is that it is raining heavily on the sea, the range of the bow and arrow has been blocked, and the power of the long distance has decreased a lot.
Both sides walked forward for nearly two hours, chasing each other.
"Lord, after passing the island in front, you will enter the waters of Hadogami Iki County." At this moment, Nichitazi beside him pointed at an island in the distance and said. Masara looked in the direction Nichitazi pointed, and saw an island in the distance that was not large in size and a bit like a whale appeared in front of him in the misty rain.
"I didn't expect to chase so far in a row!" He had indeed been chasing for a long time, and he walked almost along the eastern coast of Iki Island. If it weren't for the wind at this time and both sides rowed the ships with all their might, it would have probably been so far away in such a period of time. Now Masayoshi was considering whether he would stop chasing, after all, the sailors were very tired at this time. If they suddenly encountered a large number of enemy naval ships, and the other party was waiting for it, then it would be troublesome.
"Master, look!"
Just when Zhengliang was about to order the pursuit to stop and rest on the spot, many black spots suddenly appeared from the rear of the island in front. At this time, the Boduo naval troops who were originally fleeing in front suddenly drew an arc on the sea again and turned to fight against the Luo family naval troops.
"Stop the ship, stop the ship immediately and set up the formation on site." Seeing this situation, Zhengliang first thought that there must be a fraud in front of him, so he quickly ordered the ship to stop and prepare to fight the enemy.
The Boduo navy, who turned to the Luo family's navy, saw that the Luo family suddenly stopped pursuing, and instead set up a formation on the spot, stopping more than 100 meters away from the Luo family's navy. Soon, when the Luo family had just set up their formation, the group of black dots in the distance also came to the formation of the Luo family's navy. At a glance, there were hundreds of warships, plus dozens of naval ships from the Bodu family's navy, which was equivalent to the Luo family's navy in terms of number of ships.
"Lord, that's a ship from Tsuma to the Zong family." Higashi Takashi, who was next to him, exclaimed at this time.
"What?" Masara was also surprised. Although it only takes about half a day to get from Tsushima Island to the Roh family's voyage, it only takes two days from arriving at the Iki Hitakaya Harbour and the Hitakaya Naval Army to completely capture the territory of many Nakama families in Ishida County. It is possible to get the Tsushima family's naval army to support it within two days (after all, if you suddenly ask for help, it will take a lot of time from the negotiations for the seeking aid to the preparation of the navy to the departure of the navy), it is obvious that the Tsushima family and the Tsushima family have colluded a long time ago.
"Did the Boduo naval army deliberately lure the Luo family's naval army here as bait, and then join forces with the Ma family's naval army to attack the Luo family's naval army?" Looking at the attack camp that the other party was setting up, Masayoshi couldn't help but think, "But even so, with such a number of ships and shape, it may not be possible to repel the naval army of our family..."
"Lord, a large number of ships are approaching quickly in the east." At this time, the flag soldiers on the ship ran over to report the report. The flag soldiers had obviously just received a warning from the side whistle ship.
"East? Oops!" Zhengliang suddenly turned around and looked east. At this time, because it was raining, Zhengliang could only see about a mile of scenery, so he did not see any shadows of the ship for the time being, but his own ship would not lie about military information.
At this time, in front of the Luo family, there was a joint camp between the Bodo family and the Ma family's naval army, and a group of ships came to the east (almost certainly enemy ships), and to the west was Iki Island. The other party obviously wanted to attack the Luo family's naval army.
"Lord, why not withdraw the troops, right?" Ritakazi next to him advised a little trembling at this time. I don't know if it was because he was scared when he heard the banner soldiers' reports just now, or because he felt cold after being soaked in rain, which caused his voice to tremble a little.
"No, send an order, prepare for the battle immediately!"
Zhengliang immediately made the decision to prepare for the battle. At this time, the Boduo family in front of him would definitely appear to hang up at the Ma family naval army. Even if they could escape their entanglement by chance, the sailors were already tired due to a long-distance pursuit battle, so they could not hold on for long. Once they were exhausted and the ships were slowed down, some ships would gradually fall behind, and then facing the Ma family and the fleets that were waiting to work in the east would tear the ships apart like hungry sharks. In this case, Zhengliang had to order the ships to stop to meet the enemy in the end. So it would be better to welcome the enemy on the spot.
Of course there is another way, which is to escape to Iki Island, but the other party is obviously prepared, and no one knows that there is any danger on the shore waiting for Masayoshi and others. And if they knew that Masayoshi, who is the governor of the Luo family, was also in the fleet, they would probably attack the Luo family's military force at all costs.
Even though Zhengliang finally escaped to the shore and avoided the danger on the shore, this place was someone else's territory after all. Now that the Boduo family has foreign aid, it is hard to imagine how Zhengliang can escape their search and pursuit, and how can he survive in the wild for a long time? Once Zhengliang disappears, the Luo family will probably fall into chaos, and the surrounding wealthy names will naturally have the chance to bite the Luo family. Even Zhengliang has thought that this is definitely a conspiracy against the Luo family.
"Quick, hurry, prepare for battle." Even though we learned that enemy ships appeared in the east, loud shouts still sounded on the various ships of the Luo family.
Suddenly, there were endless clanging sounds around him. The navy on each ship drew out bright swords, picked up long bows, erected spears, and some even placed a large number of arrows on the deck. As for the iron cannons and roasted jade, they were not taken out, because everyone knew that in such rainy weather, the power of these two weapons was limited.
"Dong, dong, dong..." Just as the Luo family's naval army was preparing to fight, there was a sound of drumbeats in the wind and rain in the east. Soon, the figures of a large group of ships emerged from the wind and rain. At a glance, there were at least more than a hundred ships in the place.
"It's the ship of the Da'ui family!" It's time to remind Higashi Takashi, who was already scared to kneel on the deck next to him. Masayoshi himself could see the pattern of the person's home.
"Lord, an unknown ship appears behind, ah? It's a giant ship!" The flag soldiers on the ship who had already stood beside Zhengliang at this time suddenly reported the report.
"What? There are ships behind? Is it impossible?"
Chapter completed!