Several dirt roads in the mountains converge into one place, and there stands an archway. Armored warriors on horseback ran past the torii, followed by large groups of light-footed men. The dirt road was dusty, and the battle was not small. A military general roared with great anger, and all the troops shouted in unison: "Huh! The cry echoed in the mountains and forests, and the echo did not stop for a long time.

Yang Gon looked at it, and felt that before he saw it with his own eyes, he was a little prejudiced and despised his army. Judging from the morale of the battle alone, Yang Gon thinks that he is more bloody and brave than the Koreans!

On each road, people and horses came to converge one after another, and a military general stepped forward, dismounted first, and then bowed and said loudly: "The last general, Shinozuka Hide, meets Ono-kun!" ”

Ono Yoshiko rode on the horse with a solemn expression, and leaned forward: "You should move forward bravely, don't disgrace His Majesty the Emperor!" ”

Shinozuka said generously: "The imperial court finally dares to start a war against the Xu army and thieves, we should work hard to protect the country!" ”

Ono nodded slightly.

Yang Gon stayed by Ono Yoshiko's side, as a foreigner, he didn't say anything, just carefully observed the lineup of the Yue army.

It is said that the soldiers of the country are relatively short, except for the warriors who have more formal armor, the light foot equipment is simple, but they wear the same cool hats, and the armor is also similar, they look neat, and the equipment is higher than that of the Xiazhou party members. What interests Yang Gon the most is the longbowmen, the long-range weapons on the battle array are very important, and they are equipped with a large number of longbows, which makes Yang Gon overestimate their combat power a lot.

Ono Yoshigu took the initiative to talk: "Sun Tzu's Art of War is surrounded by ten." This time, our troops will mobilize more than 5,000 troops! With the momentum of victory, besiege the Xu army fortress with all your might! ”

Yang Gon said: "I wish Ono-kun a victory. ”

…… The army avoided the mountains and forests to the east and approached Iwami Fort along the flatter part of the coast.

The Xu army scouts had spotted a large number of enemy activities early, and the wolf smoke had risen in many places on the eastern mountains. The drums and trumpets in Iwami Fort sounded in unison, and the whole army entered a state of readiness. The military flags embroidered with tiger shapes on the six corners of the earthen fort were raised one after another, adding a lot of color to the gray earthen fort.

Zhang Jiankui, the supreme military general here, and Zan Jurun, the squire of the Ministry of Works, came to the battlefield to inspect the defense of various places again.

The most sophisticated ordnance and equipment of the Great Xu Dynasty are almost all available here! The earthen fort is equipped with more than 40 state-of-the-art copper field guns, each of which is solid and protruding from the wall, there are seven to eight cannons, and the guns weighing thousands of pounds show a hideous metallic luster in the bunker fortifications.

In the infantry fortifications on the half-waist of the city wall, most of the infantry soldiers behind the female wall are elite soldiers of the Tiger Ben Army, wearing the standard plate leather armor and plate chain mail of the armor workshop. They were equipped with a full set of weapons, the main weapons were the latest made arquebuses, as well as cherry guns, barrier knives, pike guns, bows and arrows, and hard crossbows.

Daxu fought countless battles in the south and north, and thus constantly equipped the weapons of the army, all of which were equipped with the defenders of this earthen fort.

There are three deep ditches around the perimeter of the earthen fort, which have been flooded (to prevent it from being used as cover by enemy troops), and from a distance, it looks like three jade belts surround the earthen fort, flashing in the sunlight.

The last few scouts rode their horses from the drawbridge into the fort, and the drawbridge slowly rose. And at this time, the smoke in the north is heavy, and the people and horses are faintly visible, and the time to come is finally here!

Zhang Jiankui and the others came to the north wall, shielded the sun with their palms, and carefully watched the movement in the distance.

The artillery on the six corners on both sides was reloaded and ready for battle. The soldiers inside the wall also had their arquebuses ready, and everyone was watching the scene in the distance.

The army stopped a mile away, and the various divisions spread out to both sides one after another, forming an arc-shaped circle to the north of the earthen fort.

"Huh?" Zhang Jiankui felt a little surprised.

He said to Zan Jurun: "Usually in the battle, they will be lined up within hundreds of paces, and even nearly a hundred paces will rely on bows and arrows to shoot the formation. This army has never fought with me, so how can I know the range of artillery? ”

Zan Jurun guessed: "Or maybe the Liao people have colluded with their own country." ”

The two of them were surprised, but unexpectedly, they saw most of the army slowly approaching...... Zhang Jiankui smiled: "It seems that we are too worried." ”

A large group of men and horses were getting closer and closer, mostly infantry, and were already within range of the Xu army's artillery. But there was no movement on the earthen fort, and Zhang Jiankui was still waiting.

After a while, I saw a horse out of the formation and rushed towards the north wall of the earthen fort.

The man was sturdy, riding a small warhorse, carrying a long weapon in his hand, and stood still outside the outermost trench, only a few dozen steps away from the wall!

"Wow wow...... the guy stepped forward and began to yell.

Zhang Jiankui frowned and shouted: "Who knows bird language? ”

After a while, a scribe ran over and hurriedly said: "He probably said that he was calling whoever he was, it was the general under the imperial court senator Ono Yoshiko, who was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor to come to crusade against our thieves, and asked the general of your army to go out to compete......"

"He's a mother!" Zhang Jiankui scolded loudly, and when he saw that most of the army was within the range of artillery, he ordered: "Fire!" ”

After a while, the military musicians in the fortress beat the big drums. Then there was a loud bang, white smoke rose from the earthen fort, the fire flickered, and then the huge roar of "boom, boom, boom ......" suddenly shook the heavens and the earth.

The entire earthen fort was covered with white smoke, shining ** light, like lightning in the clouds!

The iron ball whizzed away from the sky. The general's mount on the edge of the ditch neighed and ran away in fright, and the guy on the horse was even more stunned, stunned by the deafening sound.

At this time, there was an explosion of "crackling ......". The man screamed, his body trembled, blood splattered on his torso, and the men and horses fell together beside the ditch.

In the distance, the infantry array was still in a dense formation, and the artillery that had already been prepared to adjust the height had already been prepared, and the shells flew straight into the crowd!

Swift and merciless iron balls bounced through the crowd and then rolled on the ground. In an instant, the crowd was in chaos, and the shouts of terror suddenly became noisy.

"Bang!" With a thud of iron balls crashing straight into a samurai on horseback, his armor could not save him, and he was knocked off his horse, blood spurting out of the seven orifices and flying into the air.

The large group of men and horses of the army have not yet come to their senses. "Boom, boom, boom......" Immediately another dense sound came from a distance, and even the artillery from other directions of the castle opened fire to the north!

Countless people were like a thunderbolt from the sky, and in an instant, the situation on the battlefield changed abruptly! The banners in the camp also fell, and the samurai who did not die could not control their horses and ran around. The crowd even threw away their armor, and this situation made people panic and chaos in an instant.

Some people shouted and retreated, and the army was defeated without a single stick of incense.

The rebels ran long on the dry land, but because there were no pursuers, they gradually stopped fleeing. One by one, they were stunned and gasped for breath.

"What's wrong?" Someone is asking loudly.

The main general, Ono Yoshigu, strangled the war horse, and was also dumbfounded. He's never fought like this before! Just before he was ready to start, he was directly defeated by the thunderbolt, and at this time he didn't even see what the enemy army looked like!

At this time, Yang Gon's voice said: "I have already reminded Ono-kun to be vigilant against artillery, but you don't believe it. ”

Ono was stunned there, and after a while, he said angrily: "It's so rude! Ben Jiang originally respected the state of etiquette in the Central Plains, but they actually shot straight to the general of the challenge of death! ”

Yang Gon said helplessly: "On the battle array, there are still rules and etiquette? This kind of situation is obviously shot directly into a hornet's nest. ”

He glanced back and said, "Ono-kun doesn't have to worry, Xu Jun is such a big fortress, with a maximum of a few hundred people, and he can't pursue it." Ono-kun hurriedly packed up his men and fought again. ”

Ono has no other way, the facts are in front of him and he has to accept them, and he is defeated when he reacts!

After a while, the army fled a lot, and the men and horses were chaotic and demoralized...... Ono Yoshiko felt that at least today there was no way to fight again, so he had to withdraw his troops to Omori first, and then make plans.

Ono Yoshiko gradually calmed down from the strange battle formations he had never seen before, and gradually paid more attention to Yang Gon. Before this battle, although Ono Yoshigu did not reject Yang Gon, he did have a lot of reservations and suspicions; At this time, he slowly felt that Yang Gon was indeed not talking about it!

Back in Dasen, Yang Gon couldn't help but say: "Fortunately, your country is lonely in the East China Sea, and it is difficult for the Xu army to move the army eastward for a while. If the main force of the Xu army and the main force of the Yue army are decisive today, Ono-kun's men and horses will probably be lost by more than half, and the country will be destroyed in a battle. ”

Ono was stunned: "I'm afraid General Yang's words are alarmist. ”

Yang Gon said lightly: "The battle of Pingxia, Ono-kun should have heard of it. More than 100,000 people in the Khitan of the party and 40,000 people in the forbidden army of the Xu army fought a decisive battle, and the first battle was killed and wounded, and the Xiazhou regime died, and it has now become the Pingxia Province of the Xu State. ”

Ono was worried for a while: "When did the Central Plains become so strong?" ”

Yang Gon said: "The former fought before and after the Five Dynasties, and after Guo Shao, the military general of the Zhou Dynasty, established the State of Xu, the Central Plains became stronger and stronger, fighting all over the countries, and there was no country that had not suffered defeat in front of the Xu army, and most of the countries had been destroyed. ”

Ono Yoshigu muttered: "Those things have already been heard, but today's battle is really shocking......"

Yang Gon said quietly: "The matter has come to this point, and Ono-kun can't change his political opinions." ”

Ono Haogu shook his head and said: "Ben will naturally not change, no matter how strong Xu Jun is, there are only a few hundred people!" ”

He observed the soldiers around him, one by one, their heads were downcast, many were untidy, and many wounded soldiers were helped into the walled city of Omori; The troops were defeated in the first battle, and no general could boost their morale, and Ono Yoshiko had nothing to do. This scene seems to have gone through a fierce battle...... Who can believe it, but in the blink of an eye!

Ono Yoshiko frowned and said: "Previously, there would have been some shortcomings in the enemy, but this matter must not be given up. Ben will immediately write a letter, asking the imperial court to increase troops, and he will raze Iwami Fort to the ground! ”

Yang Gon pressed his hand to his chest: "As long as Ono-kun can use it, I am willing to do my best to fight side by side with the Japanese warriors." ”