Baekje, Southwest.

On the bank of the Rongshan River, the county seat of Beaxi.

The half-brother of the regent prince of the Wa Kingdom, the prince of the country, led 10,000 troops as the vanguard, and under the transportation of more than 300 Wa ships, he arrived all the way to the hundred.

"I never thought I would be able to ascend to the land of Baekje."

The prince of Laimu was wearing a set of Mingguang armor imported from the Great Qin of the Central Plains, this set of armor was deeply loved by him, and it cost three hundred taels of gold, but he felt that it was worth it. Compared with the kind of leather armor produced by the Japanese people, the defense is not known how many times it is improved, although it is a little heavier, it can be worn on the body and is both strong and majestic.

Coupled with the equipment such as the ring-headed horizontal sword, the horse sword, the horse lance, and the strong bow purchased from the Central Plains, it was really majestic.

The only drawback is that it is too expensive, these Qin people's equipment is really good, but it is also really expensive.

He spent five hundred taels of gold on his whole body, not counting the beloved war horses, which cost another five hundred taels of gold.

But he thinks it's expensive, but it's worth it.

After all, the equipment of the Wa Kingdom is still too far behind, the armor is only leather armor, the iron armor is very rare, and the defense performance is poor. Even leather armor is not something that all Japanese soldiers can equip with.

As for knives, the common use of the Wa Kingdom is still similar to the kind of straight knives and iron knives of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, compared with the steel horizontal knives of the Qin people, the performance is too far apart.

The straight iron knife of the Japanese people is generally less than five feet, light and thin, the armor-piercing ability is not strong, and the hardness is not enough.

As for the bow, it is even worse, at this time the Japanese mainly use bamboo bows, which are extremely weak. In addition, the Japanese army generally used flat shooting, and when the two armies were fighting, they often had to get closer to five or six paces before they began to shoot at each other.

And there were almost no real cavalry on the Wake.

Because their horses were too short, only three or four feet tall, they were only suitable for plowing the land or carrying them, and the heads of the horses were strange, not high, the necks were relatively straight, they looked short and fat but not mighty, and the legs were thick and short, suitable for mountain life.

It's also slow.

Compared with the war horses of the Central Plains, it is too far away, and even the horses of the Goguryeo people can't compare, let alone other better horse breeds such as Hequ horses.

Without good horses, there will naturally be no cavalry.

There was no decent real cavalry among the Japanese people, and some horses were imported from Baekje or Qin every year, but basically all they could buy were castrated stallions.

The stallion is taller and more powerful, suitable for cavalry horses, but if the stallion is not castrated, it will also be in trouble. Of course, the Japanese also wanted to buy some horses that had not been castrated to improve their horse breeds, but the Qin people resolutely refused to sell them.

Standing on the head of the city, looking at the company camp outside the city, and the white sails in the river outside the city, the prince was very excited.

The Baekje people said that the Qin people were unable to increase their troops on the peninsula, and now there were only 12,000 troops on the peninsula, which made him feel that this time they would win by sending troops.

Although the Qin people are strong and strong, they are beyond the reach of the whip.

"When the Qin people are defeated this time, we must give Baekje more of the captured Qin army's weapons and armor equipment, especially the war horses, to Yamato."

As soon as he thought about the equipment of the Qin people, he couldn't help but sigh again and again, envious and jealous.

The armor of the Qin people, the bows and crossbows of the Qin people, the war horses of the Qin people, the horse lances and spears of the Qin people, etc., if their Yamato army also has such equipment, with the bravery of the Yamato warriors, they will definitely be able to crush those Qin people.

They Yamato still can't even make a qualified spear, although they have also learned the production technology of bronze spears from the Han people in the Central Plains, but now, the bronze spear has long been backward and impractical.

But they can make iron straight swords, but they can't make good spears, so the Yamato army has not seen any official spearmen until now.

Three hundred miles away.

Dongtu Island.

Wei Zhongxian was listening to his subordinates' reports.

"The Japanese people have entered the mouth of the Yeongsan River and are stationed in the county town of Beaxi, and the local Baekje officials are supplying them with food and grass."

'Don't be ay, what's this name?' Isn't this Baekje known as Little China? I have been studying the Confucian culture of the Central Plains for 300 years, and I have learned such a result, and I can't even choose a place name. ”

Deputy envoy Cheng Mingzhen said with a smile, "Please also ask your father-in-law to take one, anyway, this city will be our Daqin's soon." ”

"Don't be axi, it's better to change your name and be safe, and be peaceful."

"Okay, this name is good, father-in-law is talented."

A group of people clapped their asses together.

As a royal trade fleet, the Bohai Fleet has a strong escort team, but it is relatively special, and it is not a real imperial army.

Therefore, in this fleet, the commercial envoy headed by the merchant is a eunuch from the palace, of course, the four thousand elite guards are naturally commanded by the generals in the original forbidden army.

Cheng Mingzhen was also an old subordinate of the emperor when he fought Liaodong, when the emperor moved to the south of the Yalu River, he was guarding Daxing City with Song Laosheng, and he was also ordered to squat on Jiangkou Island for a long time.

The qualifications are still old, but Cheng Mingzhen made a mistake when he was in the forbidden army, and it was not a big mistake, but there were some economic and life style problems, so he finally withdrew from the active service of the forbidden army and was arranged to serve as a deputy envoy in the Bohai Fleet to assist the eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

He is in the fleet, and he is mainly responsible for the war, and nothing else.

The 4,000 elites under his command are all under his command.

"Deputy Envoy Cheng, you said that if we attack the mouth of the Rongshan River directly, will it be a little too light for the enemy. After all, there are 10,000 Japanese people, and there are still many Baekje people, and they occupy the river according to the city, so we are inferior to each other in terms of number and location. Wei Zhongxian was a little cautious.

After all, the emperor handed over this fleet to him, and in the past, it was all for trade, and there was no mistake, but now that he has to fight, this is not his strength.

"Father-in-law, don't say 10,000 people, don't worry about another 10,000 or 20,000, they are still old-fashioned hard sailing ships, and they are all relatively small hard sailing ships, although there are many boats, what is the use? As for Mu'an City, don't worry, defeat the Japanese and Baekje people, and this city will naturally be ours. ”

"Please rest assured, father-in-law, with my Lao Cheng and the four thousand tigers here, this battle will be won."

Cheng Mingzhen's style of life is disorderly, but if he wants to say that he is a good hand in this war, otherwise the emperor would not have let him be the deputy envoy of the fleet and give him 4,000 retired forbidden troops.

"Do you want to stop thinking about it? Tell me about the saints? Wei Zhongxian asked again.

"Father-in-law, on the battlefield, make a decision immediately. Since Your Majesty has given us a will, how to do it well is our business, and if you ask Your Majesty about everything, won't it seem that we are incompetent? My father-in-law only needs to sit on Dongtu Island, and Lao Cheng and I will personally lead the fleet to beg for capture. ”

Wei Zhongxian saw that Cheng Mingzhen was so confident, thinking that his words also made sense, asking the emperor for everything, wouldn't it seem that he Wei Zhongxian was too incompetent, and wouldn't it be bad if the emperor sent another person to take over the fleet.

"Okay, him. However, this envoy and Vice Envoy Cheng led the fleet together to fight together! ”

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