In the case that the naval vessels that the Luo family is about to attack are already several times the number of their own naval vessels, and then fighting with the Luo family's naval army is tantamount to sending food to the Luo family, so that the Luo family can take the opportunity to annex their own naval army and increase the strength of its naval army.

Under such circumstances, after receiving the advice of the important minister Sasu Shengen, the governor of the Tsushima clan, Somatsu Yoshicho, behaved quite ruthlessly and decisively, directly disbanding his own navy, and then selling the ships of his own navy to the merchants of Tsushima Island, or simply burning them.

There are three reasons why Zong Yituo did this, one is to prevent these ships from falling into the hands of the Luo family's naval army; the second is to raise cage materials through buying and selling; The third is to pull all the personnel of the naval army into the city of Jinshi as the force to defend the city.

It's just that to Zongyi's surprise, the merchants who came to buy his ships were actually merchants who secretly came to buy them under the orders of the Luo family's Hosaku lurking on Tsushima Island, and in fact, these ships would eventually go into the hands of the Luo family's naval army.

What was even more unexpected to Zong Yi Diao was that the mighty Luo family navy went around the periphery of Tsushima Island, and by the way, after taking over the naval ship that Zong Yi had just sold, he directly drew an arc on the sea surface and went east.

Zong Yituo, who was originally preparing for a fierce cage battle, stood on the castle tower of Jinshi City like this, looking at the Luo family's naval fleet that gradually disappeared from sight, and finally suddenly cried, "My naval army!" Then he spurted blood and passed out.

Masayo, who was in the fleet, naturally didn't know that such a thing would happen in Jinshi City after he left, and at this time his thoughts were completely focused on the bloody battle on Itsukushima.

This time against Itsukushima. On the part of the water army. The first, second, and third standing teams of the navy are the main forces. Among them, the chief of the first standing naval army will be Murakami solemn, and the deputy generals will be Sun Goro, Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamitsuura Tanekyo, Ariura Town, and Kusano, with a standing reserve of 1,000 people, a temporary naval army of 3,000 people, 200 small ships, 31 troop carriers, 100 seki ships, and 1 small fortune boat.

The second standing naval corps. The main general is Kunatsu, and the deputy generals are Fukuda Kanji, Kamitsuura Shigesada, and Kagoshiki Zhenyou, with a standing reserve of 600 men, a temporary naval army of 3,500 people, 200 Xiaozao, 35 troop carriers, and 70 Guan ships.

The fourth standing naval army team, the main will be Murakami Takeyoshi, and the deputy will be Uku Junding, Hatataka, and Uto Yukko, with a standing reserve of 600 people. There are 2,000 temporary sailors, and 100 ships are early. There are 30 troop carriers and 50 customs ships.

In terms of the navy alone, there are 2,200 standing troops, a temporary navy of more than 8,500 people, and more than 800 ships.

In addition to the navy, the troop carriers in the navy also carried many generals and soldiers of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th standing ashigaru teams that were preparing to be the main force of the landing operation.

Among them, the first standing ashigaru team, the main commander is Kinoshita Masanao, the deputy generals are Kubun Shigetada, Watanabe Tsuri, Tetsunosuke, Inudo Ryan, and Cold Spring Takatoyo, and the military head is Luo Masahide, with a standing of 500 people and 4,000 temporary peasant soldiers.

The second standing ashigaru team, the main commander is Yoshida Shigemasa, the deputy generals are Takeuchi Hisamori, Kamiyo Katsuri, Ueda Shinji, Kuroki Minori, and Zhanbu Shoji, and the military head is the one-eyed dragon of the Luo family, Luo Shimasamune, with a standing reserve of 500 people and 4,000 temporary peasant soldiers.

The fifth standing ashigaru team, the main general executed the kind of kan, the deputy generals Akaike Nagato, Marumme Yorumi, Uemura Hontsuna, Kankinaki, Inochi Fufang, and the military head Fu Luo Shingoro, standing 500 people, 4,000 temporary peasant soldiers.

As the general general, Masahiro's side is mainly in charge of the huge fortune ship with Li Huamei as the captain, followed by Andel, Irita Yoshimi, Kato Duanzo, Takahashi Shaoyun, Sagara Takeren, and Aokei Takashi, in addition to the small surnames Shimazu Yoshihiro, Ouchi Yoshizun, Naritomi Shigean, Yamanaka Yukimori, Esaguchi Nobutsune, Hyakumi Kenkane, Narimatsu Nobukatsu and others also participated in the battle with the ship. The 600-strong Iron Cannon Squadron, the 100-man Cloak Squadron, and the 400-man Samurai Squadron were also dispersed into each fleet according to their respective divisions.

With a total of more than 15,000 troops, after combining them with the navy, the strength of the Luo family has exceeded 26,000 this time. In addition to this part of the army that has been carried in the warship and has been out of battle, the Luo family has also gathered tens of thousands of second-line troops in the coastal areas of Nagato and Fengzen countries and hundreds of various talents who have just graduated from the Luo Academy this year, these people are ready to support the first-line troops at any time, and are mainly responsible for the reception of the newly occupied territory of the Luo family. Clearly, Masashi is determined to win the Itsukushima strategy this time.

After evacuating from the Tsushima Strait, the fleet of the Luo family passed through the Kanmen Strait between Bunzen Province and Nagato Province at a very fast speed, and then entered the sea area of Zhoufangtan. Due to the temporary sea ban policy implemented by the Luo family in the name of going to war on Tsushima Island, and the naval forces of the Ouchi family and the Mori family were preparing to fight in the Seto Inland Sea during this period, they encountered almost no other ships such as merchant ships along the way, except for their own reconnaissance ships that were responsible for monitoring the situation near Itsukushima, which made the Luo family's naval fleet never be discovered.

However, on the afternoon of the 30th, when the fleet was about to enter the waters of the Seto Inland Sea, a storm was blowing on the sea, and for the sake of safety, Masarashi had to temporarily order the army to dock on Yashiro Island near the coast of Zhou Fangguo. It's just that this stop was discovered by the Ouchi guards of Shendai Castle on the shore near Zhou Fangguo, so they immediately rode to Gumi Castle in Iwakuni overnight to report the news.

However, the road on land was too rugged and winding, and when the soldiers in charge of reporting the news rushed to Gumi Castle on horseback on the afternoon of October 1 to report the warning, the army of the Luo family led by Masato had already entered the waters near Itsukushima along Aki Beach, and ran into the Tao family navy that was fleeing and the Maori family coalition that was pursuing from behind. More than 800 ships appeared in front of the two naval armies.

"Tell those Tao family's sailors that we are here to support them, and let them cooperate with our attack." After seeing that the Tao family's fleeing navy on the opposite side seemed to be in a panic because of the sudden discovery of the Luo family's sailor army, Masahiro, who was standing on the deck of the huge fortune ship, immediately ordered.

Why was Zhengliang so sure that those Tao family sailors would take the initiative to surrender to the Luo family and cooperate with the actions of the Luo family's navy? There are two reasons for this. One is that they are desperate at this point. In the rear, the Maori joint naval army is attacking desperately. And the Luo family threw out an olive branch at the right time, if they don't take refuge in the Luo family, who will they turn to?

The second reason, but this is the main reason. Before going out of the battle, Masara had already confessed that Sagara Takeren, Qingjing Takashi, Leng Quan Takatoshi, Ouchi Yoshizun and other former ministers and sisters-in-law of Ouchi Yoshitaka would come forward at this time to help the Luo family recruit the Tao family's naval army. Although Yoshitaka Ouchi, the governor of the clan family, has been killed, many people in the Tao family's naval army at this time have served the Ouchi family for several generations, and they still have deep feelings for the Ouchi family. Unlike the imposter Yoshinaga Ouchi. Ouchi Yoshizun is the biological son of Ouchi Yoshitaka, and with Ouchi Yoshizun, who is almost a surrender artifact, those who are grateful to the Ouchi family will inevitably take the initiative to surrender at this time.

And in fact, just as Masayo expected, after receiving the news of the Luo family's surrender, and later confirming that Ouchi Yoshizun was in the Luo family's fleet, these Tao family sailors who were fleeing for their lives suddenly joined the Luo family's camp as if they had picked up a life-saving straw. As a result, the Luo family's navy, which originally had more than 800 ships, joined the Tao family's navy with more than 400 ships (there were already more than 100 warships that had been pursued or sunk or captured in the previous ones). A huge naval army that swelled into 1,200 ships in an instant.

And the Maori family united sailor, who was originally fiercely pursuing the Tao family's rout navy behind, saw the Luo family's navy that suddenly appeared, especially after seeing the huge lucky ship that Zhengliang was riding. I knew that things were not good, so at this time, they had already begun to retreat, especially the Mishima Murakami water army and the Kono family's water army, after all, they just came to help the Maori family this time, and there was no need to fight to the death for the Maori family.

"Beat the drums, give orders, and let the fleets plan according to the previous plan." After seeing the actions of the Maori family's joint water army, and the fact that the family's water army had almost controlled the Tao family's water army that had surrendered, Zhengliang immediately ordered.

Zhengliang's next goal is very simple, that is, to govern others the way they do. At the beginning, Maori Yuan defeated the Tao family's naval army, and then trapped the Tao family's land army on Itsukushima, and then eliminated them one by one, so Masahiro was also ready to defeat or even destroy the Maori family's naval army, and the Maori family's land army was also besieged on Itsukushima, and then the Luo family united the Tao family's remnants on the island to deal with the Maori army.

"Knock, knock, knock......" After receiving the order from Masayo, the sound of taiko drums immediately sounded on the huge fortune boat.

"Kill!" Murakami's fleet, Kunatong, and Murakami Takeyoshi immediately split into three routes, each with their warships and the Tao family warships that had just been assigned, and rushed towards the Maori family joint sailors who had begun to turn their bows and prepare to retreat.

The main generals of the three fleets of the Luo family all have blood feuds with some of the families in the previous Maori family united naval army.

Murakami Takeyoshi, Murakami Takeyoshi's father Yoshitada, who was the governor of the Noshima Murakami Water Army, died early, resulting in Murakami Takeyoshi, who was still a child at the time, already involved in the battle with his half-brother Murakami Yoshiyoshi's family governor, and was defeated and escaped. This time, the enemy was very red when they met, and from the very beginning, Murakami and Murakami Takeyoshi resisted the Mishima Murakami Naval Army, which was the main force of the Maori family's united water army. According to Masaliang's previous promise, as long as this battle is won, the territory of the Mishima Navy will be directly rewarded to the two of them.

And the last of the fleets, Kunatong, also has a blood feud with the Kono family navy in the Maori family's combined naval army. At the beginning, due to the conspiracy, the family's territory was confiscated, and in the flight, he was separated from his father and brother, and he had to take his mother and sister to Hakata in Kyushu, and almost starved to death on the streets, but fortunately he was rescued by Masayo, who happened to visit Hakata for the first time, and the family survived, and this time he had to destroy the Kono family's navy here.

In the waters near Itsukushima, the Maori family, who had been a hunter in the sea, became prey in an instant. And the Tao family navy, which followed the Luo family's navy to a hunter from the prey role, was like a chicken blood at this time, shouting and killing, and following the Luo family's navy to rush forward.

Since the side of the Luo family was located in a downwind position, and it was closer to the direction to the Mishima Navy and the Kono family water base, with the help of the sea breeze, the joint water army of the Luo family and the Tao family first blocked the escape path of the Maori family joint water army, and then forced them into the Ohno Seto Strait.

As the escape space continued to shrink, the two naval armies finally came into contact. At this time, the Mishima Murakami Naval Army had just researched the Burning Jade, so they immediately launched it on the side of the Luo family. However, compared to the Mishima Murakami Army, the jade on the side of the Luo family is more convenient to use and more powerful. Coupled with the help of the longer-range bow and tire bows, iron cannons, Spitfire meteors, and even two Fu ships loaded with a total of five large cylinders, the Maori family united naval army was unable to raise its head to the Luo family's naval army at once. (To be continued......)