Chapter 773: Desperate Sasajiro
"It seems to be Zheng He? I remember Zhongmou was very close to him for a period of time." Sun Ce scratched the back of his head. After he got married, he didn't really care about his younger brother. He just remembered some general things.
Just before leaving, he remembered to take Sun Quan with him to achieve great things.
In Sun Ce's opinion, this operation was basically safe. The fleet dispatched could directly start an imperial war with Japan, and it would be easy to eliminate some pirates on the sea.
Their mission was only to help Goryeo deal with the enemies along the coast. As for matters like fighting with Japan, of course Goryeo would organize its own fleet.
Well, during this process, the Han Dynasty would of course generously lend some ships to the other side.
Xu Sheng and his men had pretty good ships. They were setting up defenses along the coast anyway, so it didn't matter if they directly lent the ships to the old nobles of Goryeo.
As for the losses? Of course, these old nobles paid for it.
Do we have to let the Han masters pay for their own men to help them fight?
What a joke, the Han master can come here because this is his territory.
If you want to fight Japan, you have to go by yourselves. The Han Dynasty will not get involved.
"Zheng He?" Zhou Yu nodded. He knew this person.
In this large-scale military operation, Sun Ce and Sun Jian were each the governor of a fleet. Their main mission was to attract the attention of Japan and create opportunities for the main army to strike directly at Huanglong.
Zheng He was the governor of the main fleet and would be responsible for all matters related to the attack.
"Zheng He? I haven't had much contact with him. It seems that it will be necessary to discuss with him in the future!" A thought flashed through Zhou Yu's mind and then he suppressed it. Those are things for the future. He should solve the trouble near Goryeo first.
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"Baga! Where on earth did these fleets come from? How could the Koreans have such powerful helpers?!"
Sasajiro secretly cursed Goryeo for being a piece of shit. Their regular army detachment disguised as pirates was actually directly defeated by a fleet of unknown origin, forcing him to return to Japan for repairs.
The loss was so huge that he didn't know how to explain it to his superiors.
"Sir, could it be that they were sent from there? I heard that Goryeo is their vassal state. Did they ask for help?" His subordinate Song Mu Ikawa speculated cautiously.
"Over there? Are you talking about the Han Empire?" Sasajiro's gloomy face suddenly brightened up.
It’s not that our army is incompetent, but that the enemy is too strong.
If he fails against Goryeo, he will be held accountable, but if he fails against the Han Dynasty, he will not have failed and will have a chance to start over.
"Well done, Songmu-kun, your analysis makes a lot of sense!"
"Yes, that's right, it was the Han Empire. Goryeo was so shameless that it directly asked for help from the suzerain country." Sasa Jiro became more and more excited as he spoke, and directly threw the blame away.
Sasajiro didn't care at all. When he was exposed anyway, he would just push his subordinates out as scapegoats. It wasn't him who said that, so he wouldn't take the blame.
"Okay, there is an island ahead, let's go and rest!" Sasajiro couldn't help but say when he suddenly saw the outline of the land in the distance. After his previous embarrassing escape, there are now many holes in the boat. If they are not repaired quickly, they may not be able to return to Japan.
"Woooooooooo~" The damaged fleet was discovered by the lookout on the island, who immediately sounded the alarm.
"Pfft~ What did you say?" Sun Quan jumped up, somewhat unsure about the messenger's news.
"There is a fleet approaching from the northwest. It looks like they have just been defeated in the battle and are coming to the island to rest!" the messenger repeated quickly.
"What should I do?" Sun Quan was so anxious that he was turning around.
"Wait!" He suddenly thought of something. "Are you saying that the other side is a remnant of the army?"
"Yes, the enemy only has two ships, and there are holes in the hulls from the attacks!"
"The remnants of the army are good, the remnants of the army are good!" A sneer appeared on Sun Quan's lips.
"Let everyone retreat into the woods! Wait for my order before charging out again!"
"At the same time, let the fleet avoid the enemy," Sun Quan issued orders one after another.
The island where Sun Quan was located was not small, so under Sun Quan's order, the fleet moved quickly to both sides and then hid behind the island.
"Hehe! I'm so lucky today. This can be considered a credit!" Sun Quan laughed, then ran into the woods with his troops waiting for the enemy to approach.
"Something's wrong! Something's wrong! This place is dangerous! Retreat, retreat immediately!" Sasajiro sensed the crisis, and without saying a word, he ordered a retreat.
He had complete faith in his intuition, and it was this intuition that helped him escape before. Even when the ship was in bad condition, he chose to retreat without hesitation.
The two ships quickly turned around and prepared to change direction, which directly angered Sun Quan.
Sun Quan could not bear the fact that the duck that had been in his mouth was about to fly away .
"Get on board, get on board, we must kill them today!" Sun Quan ordered angrily.
It’s not that he was crazy, but the two broken ships really could not compete with their intact ship in speed . As long as they didn’t lose track of them, they would catch up with them in no time.
"Prepare the legion's cloud and stones, just smash them down!" Sun Quan leaned against the slow-moving ship in front, a sneer on his face.
The biggest difference between naval warfare and land warfare is that once defeated and scattered, it is difficult to reorganize the formation.
Moreover, once a ship is damaged, it will be difficult to escape to land as easily. Once a naval battle is lost, it is likely that everyone will die at sea.
"Give me full speed attack!"
Following Sun Quan's order, the twenty-five ships activated their stored clouds, their speed suddenly increased, and they rushed towards the enemy like arrows.
"Run in separate directions!"
Facing Sun Quan's pursuit, Sasa Jiro said nothing and directly ordered his ships to flee separately. The twenty-five ships on the opposite side were intact and looked more advanced than theirs. He did not intend to try to fight back at all.
The two boats stirred up the clouds, and then flew to the left and right.
"Send ten ships to the left wing and make sure to sink the enemy and leave no one alive. Just leave one piece of evidence behind!" Sun Quan sneered and split up to run. Where can they go with only two ships?
"Baga! Damn it!" Sasajiro looked at the remaining fifteen ships chasing him in almost despair, and his whole body was filled with despair.
"Send a distress signal! Send it quickly!" Sasajiro shouted frantically, and the whole ship was filled with an atmosphere of despair.
"Damn it~" Sasajiro took out a statue from his arms with a painful look on his face.
"Almighty Susano, grant me the power to control the ocean!"
"allow!"
Sasajiro had a gloomy face. He was originally a believer and subordinate of Amaterasu, but he couldn't care about so many things at this time. He could only survive first and face the subsequent judgment!
