On November 18, 19th, 19th, the first snow in the Kanto area finally fell. It was not heavy, but only some snow particles. It took half an hour to fall, but it was just a little white. However, the temperature suddenly dropped. It was undoubtedly a chore. However, the marching was a desperate man. The nearly 100,000 Kanto troops did not dare to complain. They could only go forward silently along the muddy road and then move forward again, but the speed of the march was not fast. It had been more than two days since they attacked Edo, and they had only entered the Kofu, and had only been thirty miles a day.

A middle-aged general in his forties stood tall on a hill on the side of the army, but he saw him wearing gorgeous armor and a sky-summer, with a solemn expression on his face. Although he was speechless, he was not angry and powerful. This person was the current shogun Tokugawa Yoshizo. He was originally the fourth son of Tokugawa Mitsusaki, the lord of the Kii vassal. Because of his former general Tokugawa Izumi, he was able to join the shogunate with the support of many families. He was the eighth general of Tokugawa Shogunate. His literary and martial arts were excellent. He successfully stabilized the price of rice, thus making the society stable. The nickname "General Mi" given to him by the people was called the most talented hero since the Tokugawa Shogunate.

As the friction of armor continued, half of nearly 100,000 troops had passed the small hills standing by Tokugawa Yoshizo. Just as Tokugawa Yoshizo was about to go down the mountain, a cavalry was racing towards the mountain along the avenue. Tokugawa Yoshizo couldn't help but frowned, and his hand holding the reins tightly relaxed. He gave up the idea of ​​going down the mountain and waited silently for the arrival of the cavalry.

"Report, General, Kyoto is in a hurry. The Chinese army's artillery fire is sharp. The urchin in the east is broken and cannot be defended. Tokugawa Youchen has led his troops to retreat to defend the inner city gate. Kyoto is in danger. Please send troops to rescue as soon as possible."

The galloping cavalry rushed up the hill. Less than ten steps away from Tokugawa Yoshizo, they stopped the galloping war horse. They rolled off their horses neatly and knelt in front of Tokugawa Yoshizo's horse. They didn't even bother to breathe, and then they said breathlessly.

"Um……"

In addition, this time, since the day before yesterday, Kyoto was in a hurry, and the tone of one episode was more urgent than the other. Tokugawa Yoshizo's already slightly confused heart was a little more annoyed, but he did not make any statement, and just said lightly without objection.

Tokugawa Yoshizo is known as the most outstanding hero in the history of the Tokugawa shogunate, so he is naturally not an ordinary person. As soon as the Qing army sieges against Kyoto, he saw through the Qing army's ambition to surround the site and fight aid. For this reason, Tokugawa Yoshizo made many strategic arrangements in a tit-for-tat way, withstood the pressure of continuous emergencies on the other end of Kyoto, insisted on completing the war mobilization of Edo and surrounding vassals, assembled nearly 100,000 troops, and ordered the vassals along the way not to advance without authorization. They had to wait until their own army arrived before they could go out with the army. The purpose is to be able to mobilize the whole country to fight the Qing army to take a decisive battle, but he never expected that the Qing army, which had always been stationary, suddenly launched a fierce offensive. It was only two days before, and the urn castle was lost. The defenders in the city were even more injured by the artillery fire of the Qing army. If the Qing army really entered the general attack, the destruction of Kyoto Castle would be just a matter of time. This sudden change was obviously beyond the expectations of Tokugawa Yoshizun. How to deal with it would become an unavoidable hurdle in front of Tokugawa Yoshizun.

"Order: All units will speed up the marching speed immediately, and you must arrive at Iida today! In addition, the encyclical Echizen, Mino, and Iga countries will send troops immediately and meet with our army in Nakatsugawa, and there must be no mistakes!"

Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect thought about it for a long time, but at the end he still did not dare to take the risk of Kyoto being broken. There was no other way. Although the emperor was just a puppet, it was a symbol of the country. If it really fell into the hands of the Qing army, the consequences would be really not easy to play. Not to mention too much, the emperor issued an edict, and the vassal names would inevitably lose their power. Even Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect was afraid that he would have to be afraid of throwing a mouse. Obviously, this risk was already

It exceeded the tolerance range of Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect. Even though they knew that the Qing army was forcing their side to march in a hurry, Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect had no choice. Besides, in his opinion, they had gathered nearly 100,000 troops. If the various vassal troops along the way joined, they could make up more than 130,000 troops, and they could eat the Qing army that was alone in one bite. With this in mind, Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect no longer hesitated and issued two orders in succession.

"The general has an order, and all the troops march urgently. Be sure to arrive at Iida before dark!"

"The general has an order, and all units will accelerate their march and must arrive at Iida before nightfall!"

...

Since Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect had issued an order, several commanders following him followed him and left. While galloping on horseback, they shouted loudly, passing the orders of Tokugawa Yoshizo Sect to all the troops of the army. Not long after, the Edo army, which had been moving forward slowly, immediately mobilized. The entire army ran forward, and the march speed was suddenly more than twice as fast as before...

"What the hell is this place? It's still foggy in the middle of winter. Grandma, a bear, it's such a wild place!"

The fog was churning on the sea of ​​Yuanzhou Beach. It was already four o'clock, and the fog had not yet dissipated. The captain Wang Changgeng, who stood on the tall bridge of the "Zhenyuan", couldn't help but swear.

"Who said no, poor mountains and bad waters are coming out of troubled people, and they are ruined! "

When Wang Changgeng scolded this, the first mate Sun Chengxi, who was standing beside him, felt a great feeling of the same feeling, and then he echoed.

"Um……"

Wang Changgeng actually didn't care much about the fog or not, but he was just holding a fire in his heart. There was no other side. The army had fought several battles in the expedition to Japan, but Wang Changgeng failed to catch it once. So far, he never let go of a shot. Since the expedition, Wang Changgeng's "Zhenyuan" has always been the car of his master Hongqing. Not only that, the squadron he commanded was also the main escort force of the troop transport fleet, whether it was encircling and annihilation of Japan Osaka Water

In the battle of division or the battle of Osaka Castle, Wang Changgen had to watch the fun. This made Wang Changgen, who was determined to make contributions, and had no place to go. Fortunately, in the battle plan of the surprise attack on Edo, Wang Changgen finally got the important task of the vanguard fleet from the fleet admiral Sun Mingyu. He wanted to hurry to fight to Edo and make a huge contribution. But when he encountered such a foggy sky, the ship speed could not be fast, and Wang Changgen could not curse himself.

"Alarm, a large number of Japanese ships were found ten miles ahead, suspected to be enemy fleets, and the number is unknown!"

Before Wang Changgeng's cold snorting stopped, he heard the lookout whistle on the tall main mast suddenly shouting.

"Um?"

When Wang Changgeng heard the shouting of the whistle, he immediately became energetic. He quickly picked up the monocular telescope hanging around his waist and glanced in front of him. Unfortunately, although the fog had dissipated at this time, it was still blurred in the distance. With the limitation of angle, even with the help of the telescope, Wang Changgeng could only vaguely see some sail shadows and some vague flags. However, no matter what, a fleet of such a large number would appear at this time, and it was undoubtedly the Japanese navy.

"Hurry, report to Admiral Sun, a large number of Japanese warships were found in front of us, and our troops requested to take the lead in taking the enemy!"

Wang Changgeng was not only unhappy when he discovered the Japanese naval fleet, but instead became excited, grinded his teeth hard, waved his hand and shouted loudly.

"General Wang, Admiral Sun has an order that the vanguard fleet shall not act without authorization, stand by on standby, and wait until the main fleet arrives before encircling and annihilation of the enemy fleet!"

After hearing Wang Changgeng's order, the lookout on the tall main mast did not dare to be a little negligent. He quickly danced the two small flags in his hand and passed the message to the rear. After a while, the ships behind him successively used flags and sent Sun Mingxu's order to the "Zhenyuan".

"Then order each ship to fall half of the sail, the left rudder is on the spot, seize the T-shaped head, and the battle line configuration!"

Wang Changgen had a large number of three out of four extremely powerful warships. He did not take the Japanese fleet, which had too many artillery seriously. Even though the warships of the Japanese fleet may be more than ten times that of the Qing army's vanguard fleet, in Wang Changgen's view, they were all native chickens and dogs, and they were not worth mentioning at all. He had already made his heart to break into the enemy formation, but Sun Mingxu had already had an order. Wang Changgen did not dare to refuse to obey. He had no choice but to suppress the impulse in his heart and issued a loud order to prepare for the war.

"Six miles ahead, the Chinese fleet, one large and three small, and a total of four warships!"

The Japanese warships came by the wind and were not slow at all. Just as the Qing vanguard fleet had just arranged the array line, the lookout post on the Japanese vanguard warship had already discovered the Qing vanguard fleet, which was waiting for the troops, and immediately exclaimed.

The Japanese fleet also communicated in flag language. Although the meaning of the signal was different from that of the Qing army, it had the same effect. With the transmission of flag language, the enemy's intelligence was sent to Yokota, the commander of the Japanese Edo Navy.

"Yoxi, order all ships to rush forward immediately and destroy the Chinese people!"
Chapter completed!