Yoshikawa Motoharu's remaining soldiers hid in Menshi Castle, and Tachibana Suki's pursuers arrived. The Kyushu military god originally planned to take advantage of the situation to take over the Kyushu's portal and completely drive the Maori family back to Honshu.

However, Mensi City is located on the ancient city mountain nearly 200 meters high. It is surrounded by cliffs on three sides. Only dangerous mountain roads connect to the plains, making it extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, in addition to the main city located at the top of the hill, there are five small fortresses around as defensive fulcrums. If any enemy wants to reach the main city, they must first conquer these outer fortresses one by one.

Since the Maori family occupied the Monji Castle, they have been working hard to manage this bridgehead for attacking Kyushu. Not only has the city defense been re-strengthening, but they have also stocked up a large amount of military equipment and food in the city as a transit station for supplying the front line. Of course, the most important thing is that the two banners of the Maori and the Sichuan are now in the Monji Castle. How could the defenders lose their will to fight?

As a result, Otoyo's army attacked fiercely and was beaten to the top of the condescending Maori army. Knowing that he could not take the opportunity to seize the city, he had to leave behind thousands of corpses and withdraw his troops.

Then, while ordering to set up flag camps at the foot of the ancient city mountain, he acted as a long-term siege. While cooperating with the Tian Dynasty fleet to receive the prisoners in the fjord, he worked until midnight before escorting all 5,000 prisoners ashore. Finally, he burned the hundreds of captive ships and pontoon bridges...

With so many ships burning out in a fire, Rika Daoxue felt very distressed. If these ships were kept and counterattacked the state in the future, it would save the cost of rebuilding the ship. However, the lord had already ordered him to obey the instructions of the prince of the Celestial Empire. The other party asked him not to keep the board, so he had to do so.

At this time, after the two Ming Dynasty fleets merged, they had left Guanmen Strait and four miles east of Monji Castle, the sea was relatively calm.

Inside the 101th ship stern, Mr. Zhao was eating minced meat porridge with the fire outside, with a circle of gauze wrapped around his head.

This was caused by the flagship hitting the Anzhai ship earlier. Although the frigates had tried every means to protect him... they even tied him to a chair, but they were unlucky when they were unlucky, and the violent impact actually shattered the glass window.

Although it was reinforced by tic toe wooden strips, most of the glass had not fallen off, and a piece of fingernails splattered, hitting his forehead. It was bloody at that time, almost scaring his tall brother to death.

Gao Wu thought he was going to finish, so he quickly flew to find a boat doctor, but fortunately it was just a skin injury...

It’s just a matter of self-inflicting. If Mr. Zhao didn’t show off his glass and used window paper honestly on the boat, wouldn’t this disaster be gone?

The north wind brought a scent of pine wood, which was emitted when the Japanese ship burned and smelled quite nice.

"It's a pity that seven or eight hundred boats are big and small, they just burned like this." The eldest nephew snored and ate porridge while looking regretful.

"Oh, Shizhen's words are wrong." Zheng Ruozeng said with a smile. Today, the old man was very bumpy and he couldn't eat a bite of porridge, but he was very energetic. "The workmanship and materials of those Japanese ships were too poor. If they were barely used, the expense of repairing ships in the future would be higher than building new ships."

"Yes, they can only sail near the sea, cannot withstand the wind and waves, or install sails." Mr. Zhao nodded and said, "The most disgusting thing is, look at how many oarsmen a boat requires. The money we raise oarsmen is more than building a new boat."

"It's good to burn all the Japanese pirates' ships so that they can't get into the sea!" Gao Jie, who had been eating porridge all the time, suddenly interrupted.

"See you, Zhongcheng." Everyone looked at him in surprise. Since going to sea, the old Zhongcheng's condition has improved day by day. After this battle, it feels like it is almost the same as a normal person.

"Hi, Hi, Hi." This made Gao Jie feel so proud that he was sticking to the porridge-like beard and raised to the sky.

Have to continue to recover...

While talking, Jin Ke came.

"Come on, sit down and have porridge together." Zhao Hao smiled and called him to sit down, and the guard quickly added a bowl of porridge to him.

"Brother Jin has worked hard all the way. Today, the magic weapon fell from the sky. I beat the Japanese and cried and called me." Zhao Hao picked up chopsticks and fished in Jinke's porridge bowl. The jars and jars in the kitchen were also smashed into pieces. Qiaoqiao and Qiaofu couldn't cook without rice. Tonight, he could only eat the big stove with the soldiers.

"How can my subordinates be absent in such a big scene? As soon as they received the order from the young master, they immediately took their brothers away." Jin Ke had actually drank two bowls before coming, but the young master did not dare to refuse, so he had to continue to eat with pleasure. "Hurry up all the way, but fortunately, I was lucky. I was about to catch up and had a meal and had a meal."

"That's not just eating and drinking, you have strong firepower." Zhao Hao smiled and said, "The sound of hundreds of cannons is blowing, and the sound is shocking. It completely scared the Japanese."

"Actually, I'm lucky. As soon as the two Western sailboats were repaired before they set off, the sailors and gunners were both prisoners. They happened to catch up with the fleet that sent supplies this month, and I brought them all the 100 cannons sent this time. The gunners were not enough, so they were called from those prisoners." Jin Ke was very excited. Wang Rulong led the fleet out for nearly two months and swept across Jiuzhou. The news of good news spread frequently, which made him feel itchy.

In fact, the Karak Sailboat, the Governor of Goa, was not repaired at all. In order to catch up with the final battle, Jinke asked the ship workers to bring the materials on the boat and repair the boat while rushing to the road, so that it did not delay the trouble.

"Those prisoners are obedient?" Zheng Ruozeng asked curiously.

"Mr. Kaiyang doesn't know that although the two large sailboats are in the sequence of the Folangji army, except for the captain and dozens of important members, 90% of the crew members are actually hired by the Folangji people. As long as the money is given, they will do the same for anyone they give." Jin Ke explained with a smile: "But for safety reasons, I will arrange for the coast guards to monitor one-on-one. So far, their performance is quite well-behaved. This seems to have something to do with the young master becoming the Eastern Protector of the Chezhi Dan Sect."

"That's just giving them a reason to convince themselves." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "The Thais regard sailors as consumables,

They have a very low status and extremely poor treatment. They can die half of them every time they voyage. Loyalty? Nothing exists. They are all guys who have milk and are mothers."

"After commanding the gunners to fire the guns, Mr. Ping also said to me, "Look, how powerful is the multi-deck volley! If it weren't for being a shameful sneak attack and a decisive battle in a dignified manner, it wouldn't be sure who lost and who won." Jin Ke smiled again.

"Why did you go back to him?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"I said to him seriously, I'm sorry, Mr. Ping, I've left you with a lifetime regret." Jin Ke replied seriously.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into laughter. Zheng Ruozeng almost squirted out a mouthful of porridge, wiping his tears and laughing.

"Well said, if you win, you win, where are you so many ifs?" Mr. Zhao picked up his thumbs up and praised. Just as he was about to continue speaking, he saw Ma Yinglong walking in with a serious expression.

"Has the casualties been counted?" Mr. Zhao's smile froze, and it was the moment he was most reluctant to face.

"Yes." Ma Yinglong nodded.

"Read it." Zhao Hao didn't want to see it.

"In terms of personnel, a total of 43 people were killed in each ship in this battle, 15 were missing. 50 people were seriously injured and 201 were slightly injured." Ma Yinglong sighed and said, "The combat effectiveness of the Maori Navy is indeed not comparable to the smelly fish and rotten shrimps in Kyushu."

This battle killed more than 3,500 enemies and captured more than 4,000 prisoners, but behind the brilliant results was the huge sacrifice of the coast guard soldiers. The Maori army's waves of life-devoting assaults and turbulent sea conditions all cost the soldiers a heavy price. When the war was at its most intense, even Zhao Hao's guards were used as reserves, and it was reasonable to see the surge in casualties.

In the past two months, more than ten major battles were killed, and 12 sailors died in battle. The number of people who died unexpectedly was not as good as illness. The casualties in this battle were more than five times higher than before... With the current medical level, thank God for half of the seriously injured soldiers who survived.

How can it not make people feel heartbroken?

"Young Master, this is an indispensable tempering for the coast guard forces. If you cannot bear sacrifice, you will not be able to train your true courage!" Jin Ke hurriedly comforted Zhao Hao.

"Yes, young master, sacrifice is not scary. What's scary is that the soldiers have lost the courage to fight hand-to-hand combat." Ma Yinglong also responded quickly.

"I know." Zhao Hao waved his hand and signaled that they didn't need to persuade him.

The powerful people in the Age of Discovery all regarded hand-to-hand combat as the most important means of annihilation of the enemy. Although the Dutch had the best warships and cannons, their main tactics were still the straits of the battles with Spain and England.

The British even won the Battle of Trafalgar with bayonets, and with Nelson's sacrifice, Napoleon prevented the landing of Britain.

When the battleship cannot destroy the battleship, ancient and cruel battles on the shore are absolutely inevitable. It is precisely because of knowing this truth that he agreed to Wang Rulong's combat plan to break into the fjord.

He understood the truth, but it was still difficult to get used to it emotionally. For his so-called grand aspirations, hundreds of good men were injured and killed.

After a while, Zhao Hao suppressed the discomfort in his chest and continued to listen to Ma Yinglong's report:

"In addition, all our warships were damaged to varying degrees. Eight warships including 101, 201, 203 showed signs of water leakage. Although they could not sink, they were already unable to fight again and they had to return to the base for overhaul. Moreover, our guns exploded 13 bores, half of which were deformed, and more than 30% were deformed, so they could not fire again. The ammunition was basically exhausted, and dozens of rockets were left, and the shotgun was basically exhausted, with only more than 500 solid bullets left."

"It's really not a drop left." Mr. Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Okay, if you don't want to withdraw your troops now, you have to withdraw your troops."
Chapter completed!