▁har bour . ▁The ▁can n ons ▁in ▁the ▁Japanese ▁har bour ▁def enses ▁were ▁old ▁and ▁most ▁could ▁not ▁even ▁fire . ▁Con sequently , ▁the ▁me ager ▁Japanese ▁forces ▁in ▁Nag as aki ▁were ▁seriously ▁out - g unn ed ▁and ▁unable ▁to ▁interven e . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁S aga ▁cl an ' s ▁turn ▁to ▁u ph old ▁the ▁policy ▁of ▁Sak oku ▁and ▁to ▁protect ▁Nag as aki , ▁but ▁they ▁had ▁econom ized ▁by ▁station ing ▁only ▁ 1 0 0 ▁troops ▁there , ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 ▁officially ▁required ▁for ▁the ▁station . ▁The ▁Nag as aki ▁Mag istr ate , ▁, ▁immediately ▁ordered ▁troops ▁from ▁the ▁neighbour ing ▁areas ▁of ▁Ky ū sh ū ▁island . ▁The ▁Japanese ▁mobil ized ▁a ▁force ▁of ▁ 8 , 0 0 0 ▁sam ur ai ▁and ▁ 4 0 ▁ships ▁to ▁confront ▁the ▁Ph a eton , ▁but ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁arrive ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁days . ▁In ▁the ▁meant ime , ▁the ▁Nag as aki ▁Mag istr ate ▁decided ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁dem ands , ▁and ▁provided ▁supplies . ▁ ▁Ph a eton ▁left ▁two ▁days ▁later ▁on ▁ 7 ▁October , ▁before ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁Japanese ▁rein for c ements , ▁and ▁after ▁P elle w ▁had ▁learned ▁that ▁the ▁Dutch ▁trad ing ▁ships ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁coming ▁that ▁year . ▁He ▁left ▁behind ▁a ▁letter ▁for ▁the ▁Dutch ▁director ▁Hend rik