jan 1, 922 - Hidegaris Iegusa attempts to break deadlock

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-[Kozakura] Hidegaris Iegusa attempts to break the deadlock in the Southern War by invading the Dai plain from the sea. The regent, Honda no Mototsune, launches a force onto the Inland Sea. In the midst of a great storm raised by Mototsune's sorcerers, the two navies meet. For two days a fierce hand-to-hand battle rages across the decks of over 300 ships. In the end, his ship ablaze and most of his men dead, Iegusa refuses to surrender or leave his ship. With Iegusa dead and his army broken Mototsune begins the recapture of the occupied southern provinces.

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