Chapter 564: Pouring Out of the Nest
"There is a saying in the Han people, failure is the mother of success, Ichiro, do you know what you did wrong this time?" Without waiting for the Taira Kiyomori brothers and sisters to take a breath, Hirata Ohno changed his words and said slightly strictly.
"Ichiro doesn't know, so I ask my father to show me." After thinking about it for a long time, Ping Qingsheng didn't know what he was wrong about, so he could only say so.
"We Dongying people are a people who are good at learning, and we have learned a lot of good things from the Han people, but we have also neglected many things." Hirata Ohno said, "There is a very valuable quality in the Han people, which is scorned by us Dongying people, that is, humility. Humble people are low-key, and low-key will not attract attention, and it is easier to achieve their goals, Ichiro, do you understand? ”
"Father-sama means that Ichiro is too arrogant in Dayan?" Ping Kiyomori asked guessingly.
"Isn't it? You first offended the people of Dayan among the people, and then you didn't know how to restrain in the court, which offended the monarchs and ministers of Yan State, if you don't do this, Emperor Dayan will also order Qin Forget to attack us for the sake of our initiative to pay tribute. What's more, you would be stupid to attack that Qin Wangwen at the same time with the Khitans, Emperor Yan didn't dare to offend Cao Ziwen, didn't you dare to offend us Dongying? ”
"But Ichiro thinks that there is nothing in the country of Yan that deserves Ichiro's humility." Ping Qingsheng said slightly unconvinced, "Their country is so weak, any country in the Central Plains can bully it." Their people are so poor and weak that they don't even have enough to eat. Their army was so weak that it was almost like it was going to be sent. Ichiro thinks that just our Taira clan can destroy it in three months. ”
"Yaga!" Hirata Ohno suddenly became furious, "No matter how weak Yan Guo is, don't forget to have a Qin Forget." His 10,000 sailors are stationed on Kuya Island and can land from Osumi at any time, and what can be solved in a few words, why war? ”
"Hay!" Seeing that his father was angry, Ping Qingsheng hurriedly bowed his head and admitted his mistake.
"Father's anger is at ease." Chiyoko Heiqing interceded with Taira Qingsheng, "Father doesn't understand Qin Wang's character, even if their emperor orders him to stop attacking our Great Eastern Ying Kingdom, this person will not necessarily obey. Now that the Great Yan Water Master is in his hands, the Great Yan Emperor has nothing to do with him. ”
"Chiyoko, you have been very smart since you were a child, why didn't you remind your brother at a critical moment?" Hirata Ohno pointed the finger at Chiyoko Hirakiyo, "You are still stupid to assassinate him, if his kind of person could be assassinated casually, he would not have the status he has today, it is simply stupid." ”
"I'm sorry father, Chiyoko was wrong." Thinking that because Qin Forget let him be scolded by his father for the first time, Chiyoko Heiqing secretly hated it in his heart.
Looking at the pair of children who sincerely admitted their mistakes, Hirata Ohno sighed secretly, "How are you going to solve this matter." ”
"Qin Forget has already given their emperor a military order, guaranteeing that we and the Khitan State will not send troops, Ichiro has already discussed with the Khitan envoy Yelu Buhua, and immediately waved his army south to exert pressure on Emperor Dayan." Ping Kiyomori said softly.
This was also something that had been discussed before, and he thought his father would agree.
"It would have been a good idea, but now I'm afraid it won't work, Genji retreated." Unfortunately, his father told very bad news.
"What? Genji flinched? Ping Qingsheng exclaimed in surprise, "Didn't they always promise to deal with Qin Forget with us?" They also gave us support for 3,000 soldiers, why did they retreat? ”
Now that I think about it, we're in the middle of it. Hirata Ohno sighed, "The cooperation is fake, the three thousand soldiers are just bait, they deliberately let us escalate the war with Qin Wang, and they are good at profiting." ”
"Yaga! Genji, these villains who have rebelled, dog mongrels! Taira Kiyomori scolded angrily, "Don't they know that if our Taira clan is finished, they will be Genji next?" A bunch of! ”
"The problem is that they don't think that Qin Forget has the ability to defeat us completely, they think that it will be us who will win in the end, and they just want to use the Han people to consume our strength." Ohno Hirata said bitterly.
The brothers and sisters of Ping Qingsheng were speechless, this is really ironic.
"Father, can you ask to see His Majesty the Emperor? Let His Majesty order Genji to send troops? Chiyoko Heikiyo offered advice.
"It's useless, my father has tried it a long time ago, and Your Majesty said that I can't move them." Hirata Ohno shook his head, "You also know those people of Genji, if the fire doesn't reach them, they won't know that the situation is urgent. ”
"What do we do, father? Sue for peace? Thinking of the previous defeats, Ping Qingsheng asked a little weakly in his heart.
"What? Ping's invincible forest porcupine scared? Seeing the weakness of Taira Kiyomori's heart, Hirata Ono swept the bristles on Taira Kiyomori's helmet and said slightly mockingly.
"Father!" Ping Qingsheng seemed to have been greatly insulted, and his face was red with excitement, "Please don't say that, Ichiro will use the blood of the Han people to wash away the shame they brought me." ”
"Okay, your chance has come, three days later, the 20,000 troops of the Ping family will come out of the nest and fight to the death with the Han people, Ichiro, you come to fight the vanguard." Seeing that Taira Kiyomori had regained his confidence, Hirata Ohno stood up and said loudly.
"Hay!" The brothers and sisters agreed in unison.
Three days later, it was a very good day, the sky was clear, and there was only a small gust of wind over the sea.
Ping's 20,000 sailors poured out of the nest, and nearly 500 large and small warships stretched for more than ten miles, with masts like forests and white sails like clouds, almost covering the entire sea. The direction of the soldiers is Yakushima, where the Fire Dragon King is stationed. This fleet, consisting of fourteen Ataka ships, formed seven battle formations and pushed towards Yakushima.
The Ataka is a type of main battle ship of Toei, which is similar to the Seki ship, but is larger and has better defense. On either side of the house, there are ten ships each with enhanced defense. The front and back are surrounded by countless small mornings. A total of fourteen houses and one hundred and forty ships are already the largest strength of the Ping clan. There are also more than a dozen huge merchant ships of various types in the fleet, the merchant ships are huge, but the speed is like a turtle crawling compared to the warships, I don't know what the Dongying people are doing with them.
This time, the fleet of the Dongying people was different from what the Fire Dragon King had seen before, each ship was much more bloated and the speed was much slower. After the first few battles, the Dongying people learned wisely, and they also realized the shortcomings of their warships, and the small size of the ship was the biggest flaw. So this time they adopted corresponding measures, all the warships added a thick layer of wood, and wrapped a layer of cowhide on the outside, and the protective power went up, but the weight of the ship also increased, and the speed naturally slowed down.
At the same time, the Toei Sailor on Tanegashima and Eirabu Island also sharpened their knives, and when they waited for Taira Kiyomori to give an order, they would attack Yakushima from the other two sides. A full army of 30,000 against the 10,000 sailors of the Fire Dragon King, the people of Dongying were full of confidence.
Standing on the forward flagship, there was a resolute look in the eyes of Taira Kiyomori, his flagship was an elongated and enlarged version
of the house. According to the previous battles, Ping Qingsheng thought that he had a sufficient understanding of the tactics of the Han people, and this time he attacked with all his strength, and he came prepared, and his heart was full of confidence.
A horn sounded from the finch room, and Ping Qingsheng looked to the east, and after a while, a fleet appeared in his eyes, and his eyes were instantly filled with fanatical battle intent.
He couldn't be more familiar with that fleet, it was the Fire Dragon King's fleet that had made him suffer many times. The Fire Dragon King's fleet also changed a lot, and when he first engaged Taira Kiyomori, he only had a three-story ship as his flagship, and the other main ships were four or five sea falcon ships. Now his building ship has become a four-story ship, and there are as many as five three-story ships, and the sea eagles have added a dozen new ships. But the biggest change is that there are more than 200 tortoiseshell boats, which are tightly covered, and the outside is wrapped with a layer of iron plates, using roller oars, which are extremely fast, and in the previous wars, they have dealt heavy losses to the Dongying people.
Compared to the fleets of the Dongying people, the ships of the Fire Dragon King are generally much larger, but the number is much smaller. Only about a quarter of the number of Dongying warships. If you look at it from the air, the two sides are like a battle between a pack of wolves and a lion, and you don't know who will kill the deer.
"Daimyo, the Fire Dragon King is actually out with his whole army, Yakushima is not going to ask for it?" Seeing that the Fire Dragon King also poured out of the nest, Ping An asked strangely.
"This person is cunning, and he must not be underestimated, has there been any strange news about the sailors of Tanegashima and Eirabu Island." Seeing the Fire Dragon King pouring out of the nest, his behavior was really abnormal, Ping Qingsheng became suspicious and asked Ping An Tai.
"The Clippers just arrived, and there is nothing unusual about the two islands, they are already halfway there." Heian Tai replied, "Daimyo, does the last general think that the Fire Dragon King has won us a few times, and he is proud?" ”
"The proud soldier will be defeated, and he will pay the price for his pride." Ping Qingsheng sneered, "Heian Tai, attack." ”
"Hello!" Ping An nodded heavily, turned around, and hurriedly waved the order flag in his hand.
After receiving his signal, the horn sounded loudly for a while, and the Dongying people took the lead in attacking. The countless mornings in front of them suddenly accelerated, rushing towards the Fire Dragon King's fleet.
"Again?" Seeing countless small ships rushing straight towards his fleet, the Fire Dragon King sneered slightly in his heart.
The warships and tactics of the Dongying people are not very good, but they really don't want to die when they start fighting. They often sent hundreds of death squads at the beginning of the battle, driving vehicles loaded with flammable materials such as fire oil, sulfur, and hay to launch a desperate attack on the Fire Dragon King. Once these Xiaozao break through the defensive circle, those large warships such as building ships and sea falcons are in danger of being ignited, so the Fire Dragon King's response is to use a small boat to sink those Xiaozao with a newly equipped tortoiseshell ship.
He raised his hand slightly, and the herald understood it, and put a flag in his hand.
The Fire Dragon King's fleet also immediately rushed out of hundreds of tortoiseshell ships, crashing into the hundreds of Xiaozao of the Dongying people. Based on the Fire Dragon King's previous experience, a hundred faster, harder tortoiseshell ships would easily sink those three hundred Xiaozai.
But unexpectedly, just when the two sides were about to fight, Xiao Zao, who was from the east of the city, suddenly separated from both sides and avoided the impact of the tortoiseshell ship. The dozen or so large merchant ships behind them suddenly accelerated, crashing into more than a hundred tortoiseshell ships. Although it was a huge merchant ship, its speed was no less than those Xiaozao, and it was obviously refitted. The dozen or so tortoiseshell boats in front of them couldn't dodge and were smashed to pieces in an instant, and five or six more crashed into the air and smashed into the sea.