The Ming fleet had arrived on Tsushima Island and consisted of more than 20 warships, large and small. In addition to the fifteen Ming warships, there were also a number of Korean ships accompanying them.

The two 2,000-level treasure ships of the Navy Division floated on the narrow sea surface of the "former port" of Tsushima Port, and the scale was extremely shocking, like two castles floating on the water.

The treasure ship "Yin" is the flagship of the fleet, and the eunuch Zhou Quan, the commander of the land division, Wan Liang, as well as the Jinshi civil officials and Jinyi Wei generals of the Jingshi Pedestrian Division, are on this ship, and there are more than 200 officers and soldiers of the land division.

Wan Liang was not in charge of the water battle, and when he walked to the bow deck and looked at the harbor sea, the water battle ahead was already fighting. Hearing this, the vanguard warships of the Explanation Army suddenly appeared in the harbor and blocked some of the Japanese ships that had not set sail in the bay, and then began to fight.

As a military general who commanded more than 500 soldiers of the land division, Wan Liang was not of high rank among the generals, and he was a thousand households before he set out on the expedition. However, Wan Liang is a military general in his twenties, and it is not easy to be able to do a thousand households at a young age. The reason why he was able to be a military attache of the five grades was because his father was a hundred households in the Sichuan Health Institute; Then he encountered the "Battle of Crime", and after being absorbed by the Han Dynasty's army, almost all the generals were promoted.

It's amazing to think about it, Wan Liang was indeed a naval commander before, but he was only active on the Tuojiang River and the Great River (Yangtze River), and this expedition was the first time he saw the sea in his life.

However, the water battle on the sea at this time looks similar to the battle on the river. The officers and men of the naval division first attacked with long-range weapons, and then boarded the ship to fight each other.

There was a miasma of smoke on the surface of the sea, and there was thick smoke everywhere, black smoke from the burning of ships, and white smoke from the burning of gunpowder. Countless fires flew in the air, like fireworks in a festival. The Divine Fire Flying Crow and all kinds of fire arrows all showed an arcing trajectory in the air, flying into the sky above the opposite Japanese ship.

The arrows screeched in the air, but most of them couldn't control their heads and flew everywhere, and only rockets that were close enough could hit enemy ships. After a Divine Fire Raven hit the enemy ship, the gunpowder exploded, emitting a dazzling glow in the smoke.

The noise of the sea breeze and waves, the sound of people's shouts and firecrackers, became hazy, and they all merged into the noisy wind and waves. In the distance, in the direction of the Monchong warship, rows of fires the size of beans flickered first, and after a while, a "crackling" sound like fried beans was faintly heard.

Most of the mainsails of the Yin Treasure Ship had been lowered, and at a very slow pace, it was gradually approaching the dock in the distance.

On the sea where the treasure ship sailed, Wan Liang saw a person who had fallen into the water on the water. They were screaming and screaming for help, some were swimming desperately, some were clinging to planks and shouting.

However, the Ming soldiers on the deck did not save those people. The sporadic sound of "bang" firecrackers and strings came one after another, and the soldiers were shooting and killing the people in the water as targets.

The eunuch Zhou Quan said: "Those ships are the ships of the Japanese invaders, and the ships are full of unpardonable Japanese criminals, who are engaged in all kinds of evil deeds of plundering the coast, and the Ming Dynasty and the soldiers and civilians of the Korean State hate them deeply. It is also a capital crime to save it, and it is the easiest thing to rectify the Fa on the spot. ”

Wan Liang nodded yes.

By the time the treasure ship got closer to the dock, the battle on the sea was basically over. A Monchong approached the flagship, set up a ladder, and brought up their prisoners in the broadside battle.

A group of captives were noisy and noisy, tied up with ropes

。 There are actually Chinese speakers inside, and they shout "adults spare their lives" there. Wan Liang has also heard people say that in the Japanese Bandits, there are not only Japanese and Ronin displaced people, but also a large number of Han fugitives, bandits, Koreans, etc., who have become pirates together.

There were a few naked women who got on the boat at the back. Their hair was disheveled, and they were all very frightened, and their skin was frozen white in the sea breeze.

"Amitabha ......" was one of the interpreters accompanying the ship, and a Korean monk hurriedly turned his back.

Zhou Quan, Wan Liang, the two pedestrian officials, and the sailor generals briefly discussed for a while, and quickly made a decision. Punishment is a capital offense, and direct execution can avoid the trouble of the guards and save fresh water and food; And most of those women were the women of the common people who had been plundered, and they should be acquitted.

After a while, under the orders of the general, several sergeants went up with felt blankets and gave them to the women to wrap their bodies.

Then a pedestrian (official position) and an interpreter walked over and announced in three languages: "According to the "Da Ming Law", you will be sentenced to death according to the law if you commit the crime of conspiracy, murder, robbery, adultery, adultery, and arson!" ”

The captives who had just boarded the ship struggled and shouted, but they could not break free from the ropes, and they were surrounded by stubborn soldiers, and they were in chaos. A group of Ming soldiers had already lined up and raised the loaded Chunhan light guns.

"Bang bang bang ......" There was a loud sound, and the screams were deafening. The woman's desperate screams hurt people's ears.

Then the soldiers with the cherry guns rushed forward and stabbed the wounded criminals who had fallen to the ground and were not dead. The shouting soon became quieter, and the criminals fell in pools of blood. The sergeants lifted the corpse and threw it into the sea. After a long time, several barrels of seawater washed onto the deck, and dark red blood flowed down the drain holes.

At this moment, a raging fire broke out on the pier by the sea, and several puffs of smoke rose into the sky. The Japanese on the shore burned the pier, and many were retreating in the direction of a town in the distance.

Everyone watched the scene on the shore, and a military general said: "The Japanese in Tsushima Port should have been deterred by our sailors and gave up the dock defense. ”

Wan Liang couldn't help but say: "It may also be that we killed the prisoners and were seen by them, and the Japanese army wanted to defend the town and resist stubbornly." ”

The eunuch Zhou Quandao: "The next capture of Tsushima City is a matter of thousands of households. However, Lu Shi was no longer able to land on the treasure ship, so he could only go on a sand boat. ”

Wan Liang said: "Wang Baihu, who ordered the treasure ship 'Yangzhou', to lead the army first and land on a sand boat. Wang Baihu should build a simple ditch wall fortification on the wharf, arrange a defensive line to guard against it, and the enemy counterattack; At the same time, scouts were sent to search for military intelligence in the vicinity. ”

A military general behind him said: "Get an order!" ”

Because the signal of the naval division can only transmit predetermined news such as attack, retreat, and formation, Wan Liang's military order just now is a little complicated, and the army can only send people to deliver the news. There were several slender and light sentinel ships around the flagship, and one of them received the order and sailed towards the treasure ship Yangzhou on the other side of the fleet.

The Japanese had completely abandoned the wharf, and no armed forces were found on the shore or on the "front hill" on the right. Because of the destruction of the dock facilities, the landing of the Ming army was a bit troublesome, but it was quite smooth.

In the evening of the same day, the Ming army built barracks and fortifications on the coast, and more and more soldiers landed on sand boats. Felt tents, grain, horses, and some artillery ammunition were also transported to the barracks. Thousands of households went ashore and were responsible for directing the marching formation of the land division, so that the eunuch Zhou Quan was still on the treasure ship.

There are only more than 500 people in the land division, and even if they rely on sand boats for transportation, most of the soldiers and baggage can go ashore within one day tomorrow. Only the "Tian" brand Hanwang cannon weighing thousands of catties will be very troublesome, and Wan Liang estimates that the landing will be completed within three days.

After Wan Liang went ashore, he quickly figured out the nearby terrain.

As far as the eye can see, Tsushima is full of mountains, and large areas do not look like inhabited forests. The port of Tsushima is located in the southwest of the island, and is divided into the front port in the south and the back port in the north. The place where the Ming army landed was in Qiangang.

The land between the former port and the back port bay, the eastern coast is a mountain range, and only a relatively flat land in the middle; To the west of the flat land are larger mountain ranges. The Walled Tsushima Castle was on the west side of that flat area.

In the mountains along the coast to the east, after the Ming scouts asked the local farmers, they learned that the name of the mountain in the south was "Qianshan", and the north was called Houshan. The burned docks and the Ming military camp are located at the foot of the west side of the "front mountain"; It is located in the southeast of the Walled City of Tsushima.

There is a spring water on the mountain in front of him, and after Wan Liang tasted it, he found that the taste was not very good; But compared to the salty and astringent seawater, everyone finally found a reliable source of fresh water.

The next day, after the Ming army occupied Qianshan, Wan Liang took more than ten horsemen and began to go north along the dirt road on the west side of Qianshan to observe the deployment of the Tsushima Walled City with his own eyes.

The weather was clear, and after more than a dozen rides walked through the dirt road, they left behind a dusty patch. The dirt road is a bay on the left and a front hill on the right. Wan Liang turned his head to look at the hillside on the right, and saw a Ming army flag on the mountain, and his heart was a lot more steady.

A chief flag chief beside him pointed to a wooden building on the mountain road to the west and said, "What kind of archway is that?" ”

At this time, the Korean monk said in Chinese: "General, that's not a torii, it's called a torii." According to the Japanese himself, as long as you cross the torii gate and go up the mountain, you will reach the territory of the gods. ”

Everyone listened and watched. The chief flag commander still muttered: "It looks too much like an archway." ”

Wan Liang also felt this way, and he had a strange feeling, the things here are a little familiar with the Ming Dynasty, but they mean something completely different.

The group rode over the front hill and arrived at the slightly flat open field. Scattered villages have come into view, as well as small patches of rice and vegetable fields. But the walled city is not in the open field, and is easily seen here, it is located on a hillside in the western mountain range; The walled city is backed by a mountain, and the road in front of it is uphill, and the location is very defensive.

As he got closer, Wan Liang saw clearly that the walls around the walled city were made of wood and mud. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This wall can't defend against artillery, and it is easy to capture the walled city." ”

The Korean monk reminded: "General Wan beware, most of the Japanese walled cities are still defended inside the outer walls. In addition to the winding inner wall lane, the taller house in the middle is also a fortification, called 'Honmaru'. ”

"Ben got it." Wan Liang nodded. He sat on horseback and watched from afar.

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