Dazaifu is located in Kyushu, opposite Heian-kyo, Japan, and is the main institution of Heian-kyo to govern the country of Japan in the west.

"You're right, that thing is a crossbow."

"Sakurako, tell Ngee An that I want a cloud crossbow too!" Naokaka Asakura's eyes flashed with a scorching light.

"I'll talk to Ngee Ann, but the price of this thing is not low."

"Money isn't a problem, don't you think I'm not even a hillbilly from Kohayata's family, right?"

"Of course not, Sakurako knows that the wealth you have is far from comparable to other countries in Kyushu."

Naokaka Asakura was very satisfied, and said with a smile: "Then please." ”

The next day, the Asakura family took the initiative to send a warship and ten samurai to escort Sakurako Mochizuki back to Wu.

……

Shifu.

"!"

The three wine glasses clashed together, and a lot of wine spilled onto the table.

Lin Shu wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "It's really happy, in this way, Brother Shi is the same as Yu Xun, they are all in command, and in the future, who will dare to say that we are not as good as the Fourth Army." ”

Zhu Ji shook his head and said: "Brother Lin is too optimistic, the Fourth Army has annihilated Wu Yueguo's Yijin Army in Fuchun River, as long as there is this battle, in a short period of time, we will not be able to compare with the Fourth Army." ”

"That's nothing, I believe that if Brother Shi fights that battle, he can also win!"

Shi Chongxin smiled slightly, added a glass of wine to Lin Shu and said, "If my subordinates are all people like Brother Lin, no matter who I fight, I am confident that I can win!" ”

"Isn't it, Brother Lin jumped directly into an enemy ship, scaring those Japanese a lot!" Zhu Ji said with a smile.

"Hahaha, scare those bunnies to death." Lin Shu said proudly.

After a pause, he spoke: "Don't say it, I have a kid named Lin Renzhao under my command who is not bad, only fifteen years old, and he dares to jump down with me." ”

"Are you talking about Yu Xun's disciple?" Zhu Ji asked.

"It's him, but that kid has his own ideas, and he doesn't often talk about Yu Xun."

"Then you have to train people well." Zhu Ji said with a smile.

"That's nature." Lin Shu's face was slightly hot, in fact, after some contact, he found that in terms of fighting, he really had nothing to teach Lin Renzhao, but the other party could often give him some good ideas.

"By the way, I heard that in this battle, the Fourth Army was commanded by Xiao Shilang, the commander of the left." Lin Shu pulled away from the topic.

"Yes, that's why he was promoted to Marquis of Duyu." Shi Chongxin nodded and said, "However, Brother Zhu was also promoted to the right commander this time, and this time in terms of military exploits, we have more on our side." ”

"I heard that those civil officials in the DPRK and China are a little dissatisfied with the promotion of so many people this time?" Lin Shu said with a grin.

"During the war, civil officials are often dissatisfied with the speed of the promotion of military attachés, and it is inevitable throughout the ages, and we were able to capture Fujiwara Yoshigeru alive this time, all of which are the credit of Brother Zhu, as long as the king knows it in his heart."

"That's just as well." Lin Shu laughed.

……

When Lu Yuan used troops against Japan, two major events occurred in the world, one in the south and the other in the north.

The eyes of the world have noticed these two things, so that Lu Yuan's victory this time has not been paid much attention to, after all, for the Central Plains countries, Japan is just an uncivilized barbarian in the east.

North, Zhoukou, Yingzhou.

After Zhao Kuangyin led the army to Yingzhou, he selected 20,000 elite cavalry from the Zhen'an Army, the Zhongwu Army and the Wuning Army, and then formed a 50,000 iron cavalry with the 30,000 cavalry he brought.

Then he led the 50,000 troops to take the initiative to find the main force of the Tang army to fight, and when both sides intended to fight head-on, soon, the two armies met in Zhoukou.

The main force of the Tang army had a total of 150,000 people, while the Zhou army only had 50,000, and both sides were small-scale mutual tests at first, but five days later, the Zhou army seemed to suddenly become impatient with this situation, and raised an army of 50,000 to press the Tang army.

Liu Renzhan, the commander of the Tang Army, formed a formation in Hulu Valley, fifty miles southeast of Zhoukou, and waited for the Zhou army.

After the Zhou army detected the movement, he approached the gourd valley.

On the official road, the army of Zhou was like a long snake, slowly moving forward, and suddenly, a dense forest appeared on the left side of the official road, and Wang Xianqi, the deputy marshal of the army, waved his hand and signaled the army to stop.

He said to Zhao Pu beside him: "Zhao Zhangshu, the dense forest here is easy to ambush, do you want to send someone to investigate?" ”

Zhao Pu served as Zhao Kuangyin's secretary at this time, because Zhao Kuangyin trusted him, and he was often able to make strange plans, the generals in the army respected him very much.

Zhao Pu looked at the dense forest, pondered for a moment, and said: "In the spring season, the forest is so quiet, there must be ambushes, there is no need to investigate, you can directly send troops into the forest from the side to raid." ”

Wang Xianqi nodded, and sent the sergeant to the side into the dense forest, and soon, the sound of fighting came from the dense forest, and after a long time, the sound gradually disappeared.

An officer ran out of the dense forest with his soldiers, and said, "Deputy marshal, the enemy is fleeing in panic, and there is no enemy in the dense forest." ”

Wang Xianqi sneered: "This is the way to run, it seems that this ambush army should not want to ambush us, but to block our retreat when our army is defeated and flees." ”

Zhao Pu agreed with Wang Xianqi's judgment and smiled: "It seems that our opponent this time is very confident. ”

"It's just a matter of self-control." Wang Xianqi waved his hand, and the army continued to move forward.

After a short time, a small river appeared in front of me, and there was a meadow beside the river.

Wang Xianqi turned his head and said, "Zhao Zhangshu, it is better to rest here for a while, let the brothers and the war horses drink some water, and rest and recuperate." ”

"Wait." Zhao Pu's expression was serious.

"What, do you think there's something wrong?"

"Don't you think it's strange? This place is so close to the Hulu Valley, Liu Renzhan must have investigated the terrain here, he knows that there is water and grass here, so our army can get a rest, why should the battlefield be set in the Hulu Valley. ”

Wang Xianqi's expression turned cold, and he said loudly: "Send someone to check the water source!" ”

Zhao Pu was about to make a reminder, when a voice suddenly came from behind him: "It's better to check it in the grass too." ”

Turning his head to look, it was a young general who spoke, this person was called Cao Bin, Zhao Pu was very impressed by him, because he was young, he was quite strategic, and he was very loved by Zhao Kuangyin.

Wang Xianqi glanced at Cao Bin, nodded and said, "Send someone to inspect the grass as well." ”

Soon, the sergeant came to report.

"General, there is no problem with the water source, but there is such a thing in the meadow!" As he spoke, he held up a round gray object.

"It's Croton." Wang Xianqi said coldly, croton is a kind of medicinal material, and horses will have diarrhea if they eat too much, and anyone who loves horses knows this.

Cao Bin smiled slightly and said, "Deputy marshal, there will be a plan in the end." ”

……

On the flat ground of Hulu Valley, Liu Renzhan stood on the chariot, his eyes were firmly looking at the horizon in front of him, and his expression was serious.

With him as the center, hundreds of thousands of troops formed several square phalanxes, like iron buckets, waiting for the battle.

At this moment, the ground shook slightly, and a black cavalry covered the horizon like a tidal wave.

Liu Renzhan was expressionless, squinting at the enemy cavalry gathering and forming a team a thousand meters away in front of him.

The best charging distance for the cavalry is about 1,000 meters, and Liu Renzhan's subordinates are mainly infantry, and they are quite passive in the process of field battles with the cavalry, and can only wait for the enemy to decide the timing of the war.

There was no dialogue between the two armies, the cavalry assembled in formation, and the infantry stood in line.

Soon, the light cavalry of the Zhou army spread out from the two wings, and the heavy cavalry responsible for the charge in the middle was quite cautious, the speed at which the two wings were not spread quickly, and the whole army was like an eagle, slowly spreading its wings.

And the Tang army on the opposite side looked at them silently like this.

Time passed slowly, and the wind and dust rose up, bringing up a gust of wind and sand. Suddenly, there was confusion at a certain point in the formation of the Zhou army, many horses neighed and kicked their legs irritably, and the cavalry tried their best to appease them.

The chaos quickly spread, and Liu Renzhan was still expressionless, quietly observing the chaos of the enemy army, as if the chaos had nothing to do with him.

In the camp of the Zhou army, there were already horses that fell to the ground, panting violently, and the chaos of the Chinese army was getting more and more serious, but Liu Renzhan in the distance was still unmoved.

At this moment, the light cavalry on both flanks of the enemy suddenly moved closer to the center, protecting the middle flank.

Seeing this, Liu Renzhan slowly pulled out the long sword at his waist and pointed diagonally into the air.

This is a signal to take the initiative.

"Rush!"

The drums suddenly sounded, and under the leadership of several Tang army generals, the Tang army took the initiative to attack and killed the Zhou army.

Suddenly, an accident occurred, the two wings of the Zhou army staggered past each other, the left wing became the right wing, the right wing became the left wing, and the Chinese army in the middle was exposed again.

However, what is surprising is that the originally chaotic Chinese army actually set up a charging formation, without the slightest sign of chaos, Wang Xianqi pulled out his long sword and shouted: "Kill! ”

He took the lead, the three cavalry charged at the same time, roaring towards the enemy, Zhao Pu tightly controlled the horse, preventing his horse from rushing out with him, he was not good at fighting on the battlefield.

Not far behind him, a large number of horses were lying on the ground, foaming at the mouth, they did eat croton, otherwise they would not be able to deceive Liu Renzhan's eyes.

However, when the left and right flanks were blocked, they were quickly dragged to the rear, and the heavy cavalry that had already been prepared replaced the position.