Where did Jiro Imai dare to stop for inspection, he threw away the torch and shouted, "Run." The sailors paddled desperately, and even Jiro Imai and others picked up the oars to help row.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the observation posts of the Tang army immediately raised an alarm, and at the same time signaled the ships on the perimeter with lights to inform them to intercept.

For a while, sirens sounded on the sea, patrols rushed in the direction indicated by searchlights, and the ships on the periphery also started to intercept the intruders.

When is the best time for people to exert their physical strength, it is when they are chased and run away.

When I was a child, I went to the vegetable field of the farm to steal cucumbers, and after being discovered, I ran away with my life.

Imai Jiro and the others paddled desperately, and they not only used their strength to eat, but also exerted their physical strength beyond the ordinary, and the frequency of paddling was extremely high, and the loach reconnaissance ship was moving like flying.

Finally, they crossed the cordon before the Tang army encircled.

However, three patrol yachts of the Don Army were in hot pursuit.

The loach scout boat has eight pairs of oars and is very fast. Tang Jun's yacht had 12 pairs of oars, which was faster, and at first, the two sides were able to keep their distance because the escapees worked harder. Gradually, the physical strength of Imai Jiro and the others could not maintain the original frequency, and the distance between the two sides became closer.

At a distance of less than two kilometers or so from the coast, the Tang army finally caught up with the loach reconnaissance ship of Jiro Imai and others.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Imai Jiro said, "This important information is related to the danger of the Yamato Kingdom, and I must report it to the Shogun." Cover me, please. ”

The soldiers, who were all close associates who usually followed him, were willing to die for him, and said, "My lord, go quickly, and we will stop the enemy." ”

Imai Jiro was very moved, and he said with tears in his eyes, "I will take care of your family." With that, he jumped into the sea.

The soldiers on the Loach reconnaissance ship stopped their boats, picked up swords, guns, bows and arrows and prepared to fight the Tang Dynasty.

The Tang army arrived, and their strong bows and crossbows were fired at the Japanese soldiers in unison.

The Tang army was well-equipped, the bows and crossbows in their hands were very powerful, and everyone had extremely protective armor, which gave them the upper hand.

Soon, in less than a stick of incense, without waiting for the close combat between the two sides, the Japanese slaves were basically killed and wounded. The Tang army came to the loach reconnaissance boat, grabbed the boat gang with a hook, jumped on it, and captured two wounded Japanese soldiers.

The officer led by the Tang Army was worried that these Japanese slaves had stolen some important information, so he had a lot of eyes, and while asking others to search for the Japanese slaves who had fallen into the water nearby, he took the two injured Japanese slaves to two boats for interrogation.

Soon after, the officers of the Tang Army learned that the leader of the Japanese slaves had fled.

The vicinity of the coast is the sphere of influence of the Japanese slaves, and it is very dangerous for the Tang army to get close to the shore. However, the officer of the Tang Army already knew that the Japanese slaves had obtained the information about the increase of troops in the Tang Army, and he would prevent this information from leaking out no matter what.

The Japanese slave people were brave, and the soldiers of the Tang Army were even more indomitable. He decided to continue the pursuit in the direction of the coast with his men.

After Jiro Imai dived, he swam hard in the direction of the coast, and he was very good at the water, and it didn't take long for him to get close to the shore.

On the coast, the Japanese had already arranged for the ships to meet them, and by this time he had already seen the shadows of his own ships.

At this moment, the Tang Dynasty had already caught up.

Jiro Imai paddled desperately, and finally came to the vicinity of the receiving boat. He shouted loudly, "I'm Jiro Imai, come and pick me up." ”

The officer of the Tang army saw the reinforcements of the Japanese slaves, and was about to give up, when he heard the shouts of Imai Jiro in the sea, and he immediately picked up his bow and arrows and shot them at the place where the shouts came.

In the vast night, he could not see his target, and all the arrows he stretched out fell into the sea.

The Japanese slaves saw the yacht of the Tang army and greeted them.

The officers of the Don Army, seeing that the enemy was too numerous, had no choice but to abandon the pursuit and intend to retreat.

Suddenly, he saw one of the Japanese slaves in the bow of a boat, and someone was shining a torch on the surface of the sea, and then he bent down and pulled a man up from the sea. He knew that this was the commander of the Japanese slave kingdom who had escaped.

He picked up his crossbow, aimed it at the man who was about to be pulled aboard, and said, "Don't mistake me, baby." Middle. With that, he pulled the trigger.

At this time, the Tang officer was only about a hundred paces away from Imai Jiro, and he watched as the arrow hit Imai Jiro in the back.

"Okay, that's it." He shouted excitedly.

"Oops." Then he screamed again, and he was struck in the shoulder by an arrow from the Japanese slaves, which, as it happened, hit the junction of the armor and almost pierced his shoulder blades.

"Retreat." He clutched his shoulders and shouted.

The Tang army withdrew, but the Japanese did not pursue, and they were in a hurry to visit Imai Jiro's wounds.

Imai Jiro was not wearing armor, and the arrow shot into his lungs from behind.

He first rowed desperately, then swam desperately, and was exhausted himself, and after being hit by an arrow, he immediately fainted.

The Japanese hurriedly rowed with him to the shore.

Soon after, the commander of the Uno Navy, Shi Supo, saw the unconscious Imai Jiro, and he knew that Imai Jiro had important information on him, and he ordered, "Come quickly! Be sure to wake him up. ”

Kumamoto Castle, the mansion of the Grand Marshal of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

At dawn, the magpie received a telegram from Fujiwara Kyo from Wang Xuance, and a telegram from Wang Jue, the deputy commander of the navy, from Osaka Bay, Japan, both of which were urgent telegrams, and she had to wake up Li You.

Li You finished reading the telegram, pondered for a moment, and said, "Record." ”

The magpie picked up a pen and paper and recorded the telegram dictated by Li You, and after a brief revision, she asked Li You to sign it, and then sent the telegram.

Fujiwara Kyo, guest house.

After Gao Henian and the others came back, they first went to see Wang Xuance, Wang Xuance quickly woke up Monobe Jiumiko, and after a brief discussion, they came to Monobe Yimu's bedroom together.

Kazuki Monobe was woken up from his sleep, and in this unusual situation, he immediately realized that Gao Henian and the others had brought bad news.

After listening to the information that his guards got from Monobe Akimoto, he really believed the information provided by Chiba.

His mood was extremely complicated, and he sat there in a daze for a while.