During the first encounter, one side used catapults to throw exploding metal balls at the defenders and loosed clouds of arrows until Shoni Sukeyoshi's men were forced to retreat to Dazaifu.
It was the site of two battles fought within seven years of each other. During the first encounter, one side used catapults to throw exploding metal balls at the defenders and loosed clouds of arrows until Shoni Sukeyoshi's men were forced to retreat to Dazaifu. The second battle was fought mostly along the Shiga peninsula, at a weak spot along the newly built shoreline wall. While the first force was led by impressed Korean sailors, the second had at its disposal the navy of the recently defeated Sung dynasty. Yet both met their end at the hands of inclement weather during, FTP, what battles that saw the destruction of the Mongol fleets during attempts to invade Japan.
It was the site of two battles fought within seven years of each other.
{Hakata Bay} (prompt on Mongol Invasion of Japan)