Doi Toshiki led the infantry and cavalry troops in Shimonoseki.
They conducted two formation trainings in the large open space that the Choshu Domain had already arranged.
The miscellaneous Ashigaru banners unified their orders and began to take shape.
When the fleet returns victoriously, they will board the ship and go to sea to conquer Jeju.
Five days after the fleet set off, the first batch of ships returned in a violent storm.
Doi was shocked by the bad news and rushed out of the tent.
I saw that the fleet that was so majestic and majestic when it set out was now returning in ruins.
More than half of the ships were damaged, and it could be said that their armor was crooked.
The key is that most of the boats that came back were small morning boats.
There were less than five Anzha boats and less than twenty Kanbune boats.
The others were nearly a hundred small morning boats.
Doi Toshikatsu's surprise and disbelief when he received the news of the defeat of the battle disappeared.
It must have been a big defeat.
It was just a question of how many sailors and ships returned.
Standing next to Doi Toshikatsu were the astonished generals of the Gosan family and the chief general of the Choshu clan, Fukuhara Arishun, and the generals, Shimizu Keiji.
The Gosan family was really shocked and heartbroken.
The loss was huge.
The retainers of the Choshu domain were surprised and happy.
What was surprising was that the Ming navy was powerful and the shogunate navy was defeated.
I don’t know how their own navy was.
They were so happy.
The infantry and cavalry army was saved this time, and its foundation was not lost.
In the next day, nearly a hundred Kansai ships and early morning boats of over two hundred returned, and less than twenty Anzhai ships returned.
Among them, Kaga Domain and Tosa Domain, the ship of the Date family was killed, and Tsushima was killed.
The ship captains of the feudal and Matsumae clan were seriously injured, and the ships of four other families including Satsuma did not return.
The most important thing was that the shogunate Anzai fleet led by Mukai Tadakatsu, the shogunate ship captain, did not return after being cut off.
If Tadakatsu Mukai is killed.
Everyone present had no luck.
After all, this was the death of an important minister of the Tokugawa Shogunate in battle.
But many other famous military generals returned safely, which was the reason for the shogunate's rage.
To this end, Doi Toshikatsu sent 20 Kanfune and 50 Kozaya ships out to sea to search for Mukai Tadakatsu.
The camp was filled with uneasiness.
Defeat, the disappearance of the general, and accountability after the war were all sources of uneasiness.
At the end of the second day, Satsuma feudal lord Shimazu Hisamichi returned with two Anzha ships and six Seki ships.
It's not the end of time.
Mukai Tadakatsu's ship finally returned under the escort of four Kanfune and more than ten Kozayas.
When everyone heard the news and came to the pier, they saw three dilapidated iron-clad anzha boats and two anzha boats with two oars removed, parked on the pier.
Many injured sailors got off the ships, including Mukai Tadakatsu, Mukai Zhongsheng was carried off the ship by his subordinates.
His legs were severely injured and he was in a coma.
The current situation is obvious.
It is not that the navy is cowardly but that it is defeated.
The numerous damaged warships that have returned show the fierceness of the battle.
It can only show that the naval force is powerful.
Doi Toshiki also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.
As long as he was not afraid of the enemy and fought timidly, even if he was not completely defeated, the shogunate would still have dignity. but.
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He soon realized that Akito had no intention of saving him any face.
At the end of noon on the third day, Xiao Zao, who was cruising in the outer sea, reported that the Ming navy was invading.
According to this, it was only thirty miles away.
Immediately, the warships in Shimonoseki Harbor were in chaos.
No one expected that the Ming warships would be so brazen.
Invade.
Due to the lack of finances in the domain, Xiaguan did not build any forts for protection at all, and could only rely on warships to defend it.
The navy commander was seriously injured and fell into coma.
Doi Toshikatsu immediately ordered the Satsuma clan ships led by Shimazu Hisamichi to defend against the invasion of the Akito fleet.
Shimazu Hisumi is still confident in the defense of Shimonoseki.
As for harbor defense, it is best to have forts and fleets to assist each other.
Nowadays, there is no need to think about the forts, but there is a fleet.
In the vast space of the ocean, the Akito fleet can use the speed of the ship and the huge cannon to guerrilla, and move back and forth with one strike.
But if Ming people want to attack Xiaguan Port, they can only attack by force.
At this time, the Kozao Fire Fleet can be of great use.
In the harbor that is six or seven miles deep, the Kozao Fire Fleet can control the enemy.
As many as possible will perish together.
Of course he was full of confidence.
Shimazu Hisumi mobilized the entire fleet of more than 70 fireboats and divided them into seven teams.
Four teams were widely deployed at the mouth of the bay, and the third team was hidden among the ships in the bay, waiting for the enemy.
Nearly thirty ships of Kansai attacked outside the harbor to resist, but were quickly defeated and led the Akito fleet into the harbor, where they set fire to the ships.
Just as Guan Feng arrived at the outer sea, the black Akito Galen battleship came menacingly.
After Zhao Lie's fleet headed west to escape the wind and rain, they spent another day sorting out the aftermath, including the broken sails and replacing the damaged mast deck boards.
Early the next morning, they held a funeral for the more than fifty sailors who died in the battle.
This was the largest one-time casualty of Zhao Lie's navy, but compared to the results of this battle and the enemy's casualties, it was nothing.
Zhao Lie convened a group of captains for discussion, and finally decided to let the more seriously damaged Peng Yue, Zhou Yafu, Li Guang, Chentang, Shanxiong Signal, and Cheng Zhijie return to Jeju Island for repairs, and the other thirty-one battleships to complete the fleet Going to Xiaguan, it is not polite to come and go, so Zhao Lie decided to maintain the tradition of a land of etiquette and reciprocate with courtesy.
"Boom, boom."
The thirty-six-pound cannon and the thirty-six-pound Tiago cannon on the starboard side of the Li Jing disemboweled a closed ship in one salvo.
The ship slowly sank into the bay, still swimming.
A sailor would lose body heat and die in less than twenty minutes in this frigid water.
This was already the fourteenth shogunate warship killed along the way.
All the ships that encountered Zhao Lie's fleet were shot again, and the resistance they encountered was weak.
These ships were all staggering after being seriously injured.
There was nothing left.
The ability to fight back.
When they arrived at the sea outside Xiaguan, dozens of Kanchuan vessels came up to fight.
After nearly an hour of artillery battle, the Kankan fleet retreated to Xiaguan, leaving the wreckage of more than ten Kanchuan vessels behind.
Near the mouth of the bay, according to the plan, the smaller tonnage Han-class warships lined up in a column, with their sides facing Xiaguan, and the Sui-Tang class warships lined up in a column behind them.
The mission of the Han-class battleship is very simple, which is to escort the Sui-Tang-class battleship behind.
The Sui-Tang-class battleship bombards Xiaguan with its thirty-six-pound and forty-eight-pound cannons.
Shimazu felt bad when he saw that Akito's fleet did not enter the bay, but he just thought that the fire attack plan had failed and Akito was too vigilant.
However, we are still confident about defending the bay. but.
When the Ming people sealed the mouth of the bay, two hundred cannons bombarded Xiaguan.
He immediately felt out of his wits.
There were nearly 40,000 water infantry in the camp near Xiaguan Pier.
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How many casualties would this cause.
The roar of two hundred cannons echoed in the bay, and the huge projectiles roared towards Xianguan Pier.
The camp with flags fluttering suddenly became a hell on earth.
Human bodies, horses, and tents leaped into the air, and dust rose as high as a tree.
There were screams and howls and the whine of the horses.
No one expected that the enemy's artillery could bombard here ten miles away, causing heavy casualties immediately.
The soldiers were running around, hoping to leave this hell, and no one wanted to just be beaten without getting started.
Doi Toshikatsu and others were pinned down by the guards and allowed the bullets flying around them to resign themselves to their fate.
After the first wave of shelling, nearly a hundred breaths passed.
The second wave of shelling began, but the dust from the first wave did not clear away.
Large plumes of smoke rose again, and cries echoed throughout the camps.
The majesty of the warrior was gone, only the fear and helplessness of seeing the power of firearms for the first time.
Shimazu Hisamichi's eyes were completely red and he could not let it go any longer.
If Doi Toshikatsu, Gosanjia and other big bosses were up to anything later, he would have no choice but to commit suicide by caesarean section.
Under his forced order, all the Kansai boats, Anzha boats, and Xiaozao boats in the harbor were started, and the oarsmen used all their strength.
The water splashed everywhere, rushing towards the mouth of the bay like a dragon boat race.
At a distance of three miles, nearly a hundred cannons of the Han-class warships opened fire.
In an instant, more than twenty shogunate warships were hit and shattered into pieces.
Other ships still swarmed forward.
When the distance was two miles, both sides fired almost simultaneously, and two lines of thick smoke appeared.
Almost every Han-class warship was hit, and fragments of planks and dust were scattered everywhere.
At the same time, the shogunate navy had more than 20 warships.
Hit.
When they reached one mile, the 18-pound and 24-pound Tiago guns of the Han-class battleships joined the bombardment.
At one time, more than ten shogunate warships were shattered and paralyzed.
The bombardment of the shogunate navy also caused the Han-class battleship Huo Qubing to be damaged.
The side of Geng Yan was damaged, and the forward mainmast of Huo Qubing was broken.
Almost every ship of the Han-class battleship had sailor casualties.
After all, this head-on attack was different from the previous attack.
The cabin of the Wei Qing was also hit hard by projectiles, but there was no major problem.
Zhao Lie used his binoculars to watch the tragic situation of the shogunate army at Xiaguan Pier, and felt very happy.
"Sir, the enemy has entered less than a mile."
Zhao Da shouted.
He had no choice but to roar from the roar and noise of the artillery around him.
Zhao Lie put down the telescope without saying anything, "Return."
Seeing the miserable condition of the place where the so-called Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed in the future, he was deeply satisfied.
What a wonderful word.
Under the dispatch of the drum flag, Galen's fleet evacuated to the open sea.
The nearest shogunate ship came more than a hundred steps away and even fired rockets, causing fire in some sails.
However, the power of their oarsmen was exhausted.
Akito's Galen fleet raised all sails, and its speed was not something Kanfune and Kozaya could match.
Besides, once they entered the open sea, the enemy would be driven away with another strike.
It would be difficult to lose the life of a person who had finally escaped, but the shogunate naval forces unanimously agreed.
They stopped paddling outside the bay and watched as Mingren Galen's fleet set sail and left in triumph.
Doi Toshiki's attendants helped Doi up.
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Doi Toshiki looked at a young samurai lying down more than ten steps away.
This was the third son of his old subordinate Asai.
Of course, he followed him for the sake of his future, but what about his head now?
After being scratched by the bullet, he lay bloody and dead on the ground.
There are two more such attendants here.
"Lord Doi," a changed tone of voice made Doi Toishi turn around, only to see Sakata, a retainer of the Mito family, approaching, with Yue's head hanging loose and covered with dust, "Mito General-in-Chief Shigetsuna Watanabe."
My left arm is broken and I’m unconscious.
Please send a doctor for treatment.”
Damn, Doi Toshikatsu was filled with hatred.
He was afraid of what would happen.
The general of the Mito Domain of the Gosan Family was seriously injured and fell into a coma.
Is there any news worse than this?
Just after sending people to rescue Watanabe, messengers arrived one after another.
General Yamamoto of the Kaga Domain, Deputy General Hisaki of the Satsuma Domain and more than ten generals were injured.
Two hours later, Doi Toishi received 436 infantry and cavalry killed and more than 1,330 injured, and more than 60 horses killed and more than 100 injured.
The navy fought against 132 Shen'anzhu ships, 227 Guanzhou ships, and more than 200 small boats.
The navy lost more than 5,000 people and suffered heavy losses.
Doi Toshikatsu stood by the dock, looking at the debris and corpses covering the bay without saying a word for a long time.
He knew that it was the last time he led the army on an expedition, and there would be no chance to wash away the shame in the future.
Doi Toshiki issued a confession that night and asked General Zheng Yi to punish him
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