The Ming Navy achieved an unprecedented victory in its first battle since its establishment. Although there were still more than 20 warships left to the Japanese, the Japanese navy had already lost their courage. Even if there were still more than 20 warships left, there was absolutely no possibility of a comeback.
The next thing is that the Ming navy returns to its own waters, and then protects the soldiers who have gathered together and brings them all to the Japanese territory. What happens next depends on Zhao Min.
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Early in the morning, in the port of Japan, Hirohito Hiroichi had not slept for almost two days and two nights. He was waiting for the battle report from the front, and he was waiting for the news of the victory of the Japanese navy in completely annihilating the Ming navy.
He and Zhang Wuji had one thing in common, which was that they were both a little nervous, and he did the same thing as Zhang Wuji, which was that during this anxious wait, he hardly had any rest in these two days, and more than a dozen beautiful concubines kept coming in and out of his room.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, our fleet is back."
When Hirohito heard this, he didn't care that some things were just half done. He quickly put on his clothes and went to the forefront of the port.
Within the range of Hirohito Hiroshi's sight, more than twenty warships were sailing towards him at a rapid speed.
Those more than twenty warships were the ones that escaped the previous battle with King Inye.
Hirohito calmed himself down, took a few careful looks, and then said, "Yes, yes, these are my warships, but, why are there only about twenty of them?"
"Doesn't my fleet have more than 300 warships?"
A concubine who came with them said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this must be the fleet that came back first to announce the good news."
After hearing this, Hirohito nodded quickly and said, "Yes, that must be the case. It is impossible for my fleet to be defeated. The one who comes back first must be bringing good news."
Then, Hirohito looked at the officials accompanying him and said: "Hurry up, move quickly, welcome our triumphant warriors back."
At Hirohito's command, hundreds of geishas began a strange dance in the most conspicuous position of the port. It must be said that the cultural traditions of Japan are very different from those of the Ming Dynasty. Their dance looks like they are summoning souls, as if they are dancing for the dead. If this is accompanied by Qu Yuan's Chu Ci, with the line "Soul, come back", it would be particularly appropriate.
The gongs and drums were loud, the firecrackers were blasting, the red flags were waving, and the crowds of people were lining the beach.
Not only Hirohito Koichi thought Yamamoto won, almost all Japanese people thought Yamamoto won.
This emotion, which was almost about to explode, lasted until a quarter of an hour later, until the captain of a battleship came to Hirohito Koichi, crawling and crying.
When Hirohito saw this, he comforted her, "My dear, why do you have to cry for joy? Victory was within our expectations. Don't lose your composure."
The captain cried and said, "Your Majesty, we didn't win, we lost, a big defeat."
The captain's voice was very loud, but fortunately, at this moment, there were loud drums and firecrackers.
No one could hear it except Hirohito Kōichi, a few concubines around him, and a few Japanese ministers.
Hirohito was stunned on the spot, and after a long time he said: "What did you say? Say it again?"
The man wiped his tears, then burst into tears again and said, "To answer your Majesty's question, the Japanese navy was defeated, badly defeated. More than 200 warships led by Marshal Yamamoto were surrounded, and their lives or deaths are unknown now."
When Hirohito heard this, he was struck by lightning: "Baga, you, you are spreading rumors to confuse the people. We don't know whether Yamamoto is dead or alive, and the outcome of this battle is still unknown."
"Come here, quickly, quickly chop down this person who is spreading evil words to confuse the people, quickly, quickly..."
Hirohito chopped off the man's head without hesitation. Even if he was defeated, he could not say it so directly.
Wouldn't it be so devastating to hear such shouting and yelling that people's hearts would collapse in an instant?
However, Hirohito killed the commander of a battleship on the spot, which still caused quite a stir.
Therefore, the soldiers and civilians gathered at the harbor were also puzzled. They first wondered why only twenty or so warships from their own fleet had returned. Where had the rest gone? They also wondered why Hirohito Kōichi killed people. Hadn't they won the battle? If they had won, why would he treat the meritorious soldiers like this?
Everyone had a guess in their mind. They seemed to have guessed that the navy had been defeated, but who dared to speak out about this? Whoever spoke out would have his head chopped off by Hirohito Hongyi, unless Hirohito Hongyi himself recognized this fact.
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The sounds of gongs, drums and firecrackers are still there, and so are the hundreds of geishas dancing, but this time with the words "Soul, come back", it is more appropriate.
The twenty or so warships that escaped back first were considered lucky. Compared with them, there were some people who were even more unlucky.
Those people were the ones who were stripped naked by Zhang Wuji and stuffed onto the three ships. Because there were too many people, even the decks were filled with people.
This group of naked people, while feeling ashamed, were also glad that they were still alive. They only hoped that they could return to the territory of Japan as soon as possible, and then have a good sleep while hugging their wives.
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That afternoon, at Daming, Dahukou.
Zhou Zhiruo looked at the distant coastline and began to sob unconsciously.
Seeing this, Zhao Linger on the side hurriedly comforted her: "Don't cry, sister, the young master will be fine."
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