At the beginning, Yuan Laoba, Wang Sanbao and other pirates joined Satsuma and became an important part of the Satsuma Division, which supplemented the weak strength of the Satsuma Division.

In addition, over the past few days, the Satsuma thieves have not given up their hearts and still want to regain the actual control of the Ryukyu Kingdom, and they have been stepping up their efforts to invest in the water division, and the development of their water division is very good.

The two phases are superimposed, and now Satsuma once again has a team of 5,000 sailors, which is also an important factor for Shimazu Tadashi, the daimyo of Satsuma, to have such confidence to strangle the enemy from Hongmen.

Since the last time he vowed to fight to the death with the Hongmen Ryukyu Navy Division to avenge his years of hatred and defeat, Yuan Laoba's whole person collapsed.

It seems that Yuan Laoba thought about it, let go of the grievances and entanglements with Hongmen, and no longer regained the fighting spirit of developing his gang with high spirits, and now he is a little general in Samoto and shares the joy of family with his relatives.

As for the thousands of soldiers who survived under his command, although they did not let go, he also handed over the daily training and integration to the second master Li Jin and his military advisor Lao Yi.

However, thanks to the more than 1,000 elite soldiers in his hands, Yuan Laoba was able to stay quietly and peacefully in the territory of Samoto and live an idle life as a rich guy with peace of mind.

On the sea of Samosa, the Satsuma fleet almost poured into its nest, concentrating all the forces of the sailors at one point, looking for the Hongmen fleet that suddenly appeared in its own territory.

With more than 60 warships and a fleet of nearly 5,000 people, it is not a small amount to consume in a day, but after three or five days, not even a shadow of the Hongmen fleet has been seen.

On the contrary, the merchant ships belonging to Satsuma on the sea were intercepted and besieged by the Hongmen fleet from time to time, and the losses were not small, so that in the end, Shimazu Hisao had to send an alarm to the Satsuma merchants, asking them to temporarily stop trading activities on the sea and wait for the results of their naval battles.

Shimazu Hisao did not advise the orders given by the daimyo Shimazu Tadashi, but as a Satsuma general who had fought with Hongmen at sea, he never dared to underestimate Hongmen's strength at sea.

Not to mention the intelligence information that they arrived late, clearly telling him that the Hongmen fleet that invaded their Satsuma Sea this time was a fleet composed of ten powerful warships composed of ten powerful warships of the "Yang Fan type" imitation Western warships that had made their sailors suffer a lot.

Therefore, Shimazu Hisao did not dare to divide his troops, and divided the chips in his hands into two or several pieces, so that it was easier to search for traces of the Hongmen fleet, but it was easier for the other party to seize the opportunity and eat the chips in his hand one by one.

The daimyo Shimazu Tadashi became more and more irritable day by day, and the orders issued to his son and commander became more and more severe and dissatisfied. But even so, Shimazu Hisao still resisted his father's pressure, and according to the information obtained from the intelligence, he steadily moved forward step by step towards the sea area where the Hongmen fleet once appeared, and did not waver in his plan in the slightest.

Ten days later, the fleet led by Shimazu Hisao finally bit the tail of the Hongtang fleet, and there was no longer the situation of not knowing where the opponent was more than ten days ago.

The Satsuma Territory is located in the southwest of Kyushu in the Wa Kingdom, and its territory includes the Kagono Province, Osumi Province and part of the Hyuga Kingdom.

This is also the reason why Shimazu Hisao has always been unhurried, convinced that his sailors will be able to find and contain the Hongmen fleet.

Lu Yu's subordinates had already made a plan when they came, and this time they were discovered by the Satsuma Marines and followed closely behind them, and they did not expect it, since they came to trouble Samoto and make the other party succumb, then the battle with Satsuma Bo at sea was inevitable.

Except for the fact that it was a little unexpected to eat a small sea patrol force at the beginning, other tactics and strategies have always been under the control of Lu Yu.

Originally, Lu Yi came from afar, and he didn't even take a break if necessary, and he originally wanted to seize the opportunity of being caught off guard by Satsuma and eat a large-scale sailor of the opponent in advance, but who would have thought that they would encounter a sailor squad patrolling the sea as soon as they entered the waters of Samosa.

Regardless of whether they eat this Satsuma patrol or not, exposure is inevitable, so Lu Kui can only change his plan, first focus on guerrilla harassment, let his more than 2,000 soldiers rest and recuperate, recover the physical strength and energy consumed by the hurry, and prepare for the upcoming battle.

After more than ten days of circle on the sea with the Satsuma and Tibetan sailors, when Wu Shu came to join Lu Yu and them with the first batch of supplies, Shimazu Hisao discovered the traces of his fleet as Lu Yu and the others expected.

The performance advantage of the "Yang Fan-type" battleships is there, and if Lu Yu and the others do not want the other party to catch up with them and keep up with their own footsteps, it is really impossible for Shimazu Hisao's sixty or seventy warships to catch Lu Yu's fleet.

Of course, it is also true that Wu Shu's whale division slowed down Lu Yu's pace, and while the huge supply ships brought fresh water and other materials for Lu Yu's department for the next month or so, Shimazu Hisao also discovered the traces of the Hongmen fleet according to the map index.

Nearly seventy warships condensed into a sharp awl and thrust towards the position of the Hongmen fleet, Shimazu Hisao finally caught the trace of the Hongmen fleet, and no matter what, he could not let the other party disappear in front of him, otherwise it would be extremely difficult to find the other party again.

Not to mention, at this moment, the pressure on Shimazu Hisao has reached the maximum he can bear.

Shimazu Hisao was naturally aware of the strength of the Hongmen people at sea, but the Satsuma generals, including his father and daimyo Shimazu Tadashi, had only seen them defeat several times at the hands of the combined forces of the Hongmen and the Ryukyuans, and had not actually seen the strength of the Hongmen.

was bullied by the other party on his own territory, and the strength of Satsuma was among the best in the Japanese kingdom, how could he swallow this breath!

Kayama Hisataka knew the strength of Hongmen, but as a general of the defeated army, he finally gained the trust of the daimyo Shimazu Tadashi and returned to the core position of Satsuma, even if he knew that Shimazu Hisao was able to deal with it correctly, he didn't dare to say a word, lest he be said that he was afraid of war and could not be a samurai!

In this way, the pressure that Shimazu Hisao has been under these days can be imagined, and he has been able to persist until now, thanks to the aura of a wise general on his body over the years, as well as his status as a daimyo parent!

(End of chapter)