The sea storm lasted all night.
When the storm at sea stopped, everyone felt like they had survived a disaster.
Only now did Zhao Liuliang fully understand how wise it was for Yun Zheng to keep Sanada Takeshi.
This bird island is not marked on the nautical chart at all!
If Takeshi Sanada was not familiar with the area and knew of such a place to shelter from the wind and waves, they would have suffered heavy losses this time.
"Order all departments to immediately count the damage to warships and personnel!"
"All crew members, immediately organize personnel to drain the water!"
As soon as the sky brightened, Yun Zheng quickly gave the order.
Just by looking at the devastated scene, you can tell that some warships and personnel must have been damaged in this storm.
"vomit……"
...
...
Not far behind Yun Zheng, Qin Pu, Lun Tai, Han Jin and others ran to the edge of the deck, holding onto the side of the boat and retching.
They also don't want others to see their miserable appearance.
But they were almost vomiting bile last night, and the cabin smelled terrible.
Not to mention them, even people like Yun Zheng and Qin Qihu who were already used to the bumps on the sea felt a little dizzy.
At this moment, Qinpu and others missed the land very much.
For a moment, Qinpu wanted Yun Zheng to abandon him on Bird Island and send someone to pick him up after he had recovered.
Yun Zheng glanced at the group of people and instructed Lin Ji: "Ask someone to give them some salt water to drink! While the wind and waves have subsided, ask someone to make some hot food for everyone! Don't bother, just make some meat porridge..."
Although it is possible to make a fire on the boat, no one dares to do so as long as the wind and waves are slightly strong.
These days, let alone others, even Yun Zheng and Jia Yao didn’t have much hot food to eat.
Most of the time, they still filled their stomachs with soaked dry food and pickled vegetables.
After about an hour, their losses were counted.
There were six warships that were severely damaged and could no longer sail, all of which were relatively small.
In addition, five people died, eleven people were missing, and more than one hundred people were seriously injured.
Most of the casualties came from the small warships that were badly damaged.
Some of them suffered fractures due to collisions with warships, while others were caused by collisions when their warships were damaged and fell into the sea.
Yun Zheng didn't know whether to be happy or curse about this result.
Even when they had a head-on encounter with the enemy, they did not suffer such heavy casualties.
A sudden storm caused them so much damage.
The only thing to be thankful for is that these casualties will basically not affect the fleet's combat effectiveness.
After exhaling a breath of foul air, Yun Zheng ordered his personal guards: "Send someone to tell Sanada Takeshi that I will record his great merit! In addition, give him my sword as a reward! I hope he can achieve more extraordinary merits!"
"ah?"
The guard was stunned, "Your Highness, this... is not good, right?"
The accompanying sword is equivalent to Yun Zheng’s token of love.
They all still remember that Yun Zheng once used Banbu's sword to severely trick Bei Huan.
What if Takeshi Sanada also uses the same trick on them?
"There's nothing wrong with that! You deserve a reward for your meritorious service!"
Yun Zheng waved his hand, "Okay, go do it!"
Of course he knew what the guards were worried about.
However, he was not worried at all.
Not to mention that Zhao Liuliang was with Sanada Takeshi, even if they were not, Sanada Takeshi would not be able to mobilize their army with his sword.
Takeshi Sanada is still very useful, we have to keep him stable!
Soon, Takeshi Sanada received the sword awarded by Yun Zheng.
Holding Yun Zheng's sword tightly, Sanada Takeshi was extremely excited and quickly expressed his gratitude.
Zhao Liuliang, who was standing aside, was looking at Takeshi Sanada with envy on his face.
After the messenger left, Zhao Liuliang stared at Sanada Takeshi's sword with envy: "We are fighting against a million troops, and you are the second person to receive a sword from His Highness!"
"The second one?"
Sanada Takeshi was surprised and asked curiously: "Who is the first one?"
"Du Guiyuan."
Zhao Liuliang replied: "You may not have heard of this person, but all the soldiers of the Northern Army know him! He is your highness's favorite general. If he had not died young, he would have been the deputy commander of the army long ago."
"I see."
Takeshi Sanada gently stroked the sword in his hand, his heart filled with excitement.
…
After a brief rest, the fleet left Bird Island and headed towards the northern bay of Yu Country again.
They were actually not far from the northern bay of Yu Country.
They must try to land quickly before the next sea storm arrives.
As long as you land, you don’t have to worry about encountering storms at sea.
For the next two days, everything went smoothly at sea.
They were only about a day's journey away from the northern bay of Yu Country.
As they got closer to the Northern Gulf, Yun Zheng ordered all units to be on high alert.
Minamoto Nagamasa would most likely not allow them to land with peace of mind.
But since the encounter a few days ago, Minamoto Nagamasa has been silent. It is unknown whether he is mobilizing troops or plotting a bigger conspiracy.
In the afternoon, the front army reported that they had found the enemy's patrol boats, but not the main force of the enemy. Zhao Liuliang had already sent out several patrol boats to search for the main force of the enemy.
But until it got dark, Yun Zheng did not receive any new reports.
It seems that Zhao Liuliang did not find the main force of the enemy.
"Will the enemy launch a night attack?"
As the sky gradually darkened, Qin Qihu approached Yun Zheng and asked.
"Well, you've really stumped me with your question!"
Yun Zheng rubbed his head.
He really didn't know much about naval warfare.
He also didn't know whether there was such a tactic as night attack at sea.
This is at sea after all.
I was running around in the dark, not knowing if I would go off the track.
In desperation, Yun Zheng had to send someone to ask Takeshi Sanada and Zhao Liuliang again.
Soon, he got a reply.
There may be a night attack, but this type of attack is relatively rare. It may occur when approaching the coast or port, but at a slightly farther distance, even Takeshi Sanada has never encountered a night attack at sea.
However, they would be prepared for a night attack by the enemy.
Since this situation is possible, Yun Zheng must be on guard.
At that moment, Yun Zheng ordered people to pass on orders to the rest of the troops, telling them to be on guard against the enemy's night attacks.
As night fell, Yun Zheng began to pay close attention to the movements around him.
However, a whole night passed without them being attacked at night.
When it was light, Yun Zheng was about to go to the deck when a soldier came to report: "Your Highness, fog suddenly appeared on the sea. Our army is shrouded in fog and cannot see the surrounding situation clearly."
It's getting foggy?
Yun Zheng rushed onto the deck.
At this moment, everything around was white.
Just looking over there, you can't see anything beyond ten feet.
"clairvoyance!"
Yun Zheng shouted.
Lin Ji quickly carried the Clairvoyance to Yun Zheng.
With the clairvoyance set up, Yun Zheng immediately looked around.
There was almost nothing but white all around them.
Even through this enlarged clairvoyance, he could only see the blurry silhouettes of the warships around him.
"Alert immediately!"
Yun Zheng's face changed and he yelled loudly.
Almost instantly, he thought that the enemy might take advantage of the fog to attack their fleet.
“Ding ding ding…”
As Yun Zheng's order was issued, several iron tiles on the command ship were knocked, making a crisp and rapid sound.
boom!
As the sound of iron tiles continued to spread, a cannon shot completely broke the silence...
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