Chapter 103: Water War
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Abe Ichiro is the leader of this group of Japanese samurai, his ancestor Abe was once a Japanese envoy, for decades, the Abe family guò used to sell the production technology learned from the Central Plains to the Japanese country to fight for great benefits, before the Fujiwara family did not unify the Japanese government, the descendants of the first Sui envoy Abe controlled almost one-third of Japan's samurai.
The emerging Li Tang Dynasty has mastered too many indescribable technologies in a short period of time, among which gunpowder and water-steamer systems are the most coveted by Abe Ichiro, if these two technologies are mastered, the Abe family will unify the entire Wa Kingdom in a very short period of time, and even all the small countries on the southeast coast, for this purpose they used almost all the family's money in the Central Plains to move around in the high-level of the Tang Dynasty, but unfortunately the master craftsman who made these things was not moved by money at all, there was a waterwheel device system on the waterwheel cargo ship, and there were new firearms of the Tang people, Their spies followed all the way from Chang'an to here, and finally found an opportunity to attack near Yongqiu, but unfortunately, the rainstorm lasted too short to make the Tang people's firearms lose their power, and the Han water bandits they bought at Hongze Lake killed and injured more than 200 people in a short period of time, and the Han water bandits who took the lead seemed to have begun to be timid, firearms are indeed timid, and more than 300 people who can kill more than 300 people have no power to fight back, which also strengthens Abeichiro's determination to steal firearms technology.
"Flying Fish-kun, I beg you to make another move, this time our own warriors will also be dispatched, as long as you succeed in intercepting the water ships and firearms of the imperial court, I am willing to share these two technologies with you Hongze Water Village, and at the same time give you all the goods and money on board, think about it, when you also have firearms and water ships. The court will do even more with you, and we, with these two sharp weapons, will end the chaotic civil war in our country, and I think it will be worth it even if we pay some price for it. Abe Ichiro said earnestly to a young Chinese man dressed in a short beat.
The lunar calendar of the ancients in April has reached the current solar calendar around June, which is basically a hot day, Xie Feiyu as the third person in the eighteen water villages of Hongze Lake, but he is a ruthless foot, and the Japanese people took a large group of people to find Xie Jiazhai. It took a lot of money of 10,000 yuan to invite him to the mountain, naturally because his ability to live up to his reputation in the waves, and more than 200 strong Han men had the ability not to lose to the Japanese in his one-month training.
But the white strip in the waves also had a time when he was deflated on the water, and the continuous muskets completely surpassed the cognition of the water bandit, and the loud bang made his trained brothers lose their lives before they came to their senses, and the time under the rainstorm was too short, they had to choose to retreat after a gentle temptation, and half of the people died just a temptation, and Xie Feiyu felt that this deal was not so profitable. For the sake of the lives of these Han brothers, he felt that it was better not to provoke the imperial court, but the conditions offered by the Japanese were too tempting, and he was hesitating. The sky thundered again, this time the rain was much heavier than the previous two days, looking at the dark and oppressive dense clouds in the sky, it would not stop for a short time. The thunder drove away the hesitation in Xie Feiyu's heart, and it was not his own brother who died anyway.
"It's done." With a mouthful of spit, he shouted at his brothers who were not dead.
The happy Abe Ichiro quickly called someone to organize the boat. This method of digging wood into a boat is unique to the Japanese people, in order to show their sincerity to the Hongze Lake bandits, they shared this technique with them, the slender boat can only carry three or four people per boat, and all the people are pulpters, even in the Grand Canal in the wet season, they can also swim upstream, take advantage of the heavy rain, quickly approach the imperial court of the big ship is the key to their victory, as long as the people of the imperial court start hand-to-hand combat, by more than two hundred water bandits and more than a hundred of the top samurai of the Japanese kingdom composed of a team can at least take down at least one imperial cargo ship, And they only need to look at the power system structure of the hydroship once and get one or two firearms.
On the embankment in the mud, Li Chengqian was a little excited to hold the long knife in his hand, Chu Suiliang was really like a god, since the person who wanted to intercept the cargo ship was a Japanese national, then they would definitely take action when it rained next time, because their envoy to the Tang Dynasty had already understood the power and disadvantages of Shenwei cannon in the battle of Weishui River, and the envoy once asked the emperor to learn gunpowder technology, Jun was refused, if it weren't for the fact that the posture of the Japanese State all the way to the Tang Dynasty was deferential, Li Er is afraid that he would have driven them out of Datang a long time ago.
Ten Shenwei cannons equipped with steel ball bullets only need one round to blast the wooden boats within a radius of 100 meters above the canal into pieces, and now they want to use the robbery, so they can only choose this heavy rain and majestic weather, and they only need to arrange traps and wait for them to attack.
There are only thirty guards left by Yanglin on the Chengqian, they were arranged by Chu Suiliang in two groups in the cabin of the ship Chengqian and the cargo ship, there are thirty muskets in their hands to guard the cabin, anyone who enters will be plugged by them in an instant, this cargo ship on which the soldiers of the Song Prefecture are riding is the most likely target of the Japanese people, and will become a fatal temptation for them, Geng Huan's troops have already secretly dispersed and hidden in the surrounding waters of the cargo ship in accordance with Chu Suiliang's requirements. The generals who can lead troops to fight under Li Shuang are not fools, the reason why Geng Huan only brought 300 people is because these 300 people are the best in water and martial arts among the soldiers of Songzhou Prefecture, they only need a reed, they can hide underwater for two or three hours, with their storage, Geng Huan can ensure that the waterway of the Songzhou Canal section is unblocked.
When the water bandit gate came, there were more than 100 strange-shaped boats, about three or four hundred people, almost on the same level as Li Chengqian's side, and they didn't know what Li Chengqian's camp tent on the embankment was hiding, anyway, more than 100 chamberlains dressed in Chang'an-made equipment did not take these water bandits seriously.
"Prince, they're in range." Qi Erfan was a great eunuch with experience in water warfare, and naturally served as Li Chengqian's chief attendant on this trip, reporting to Li Chengqian.
They didn't set up a tent on the shore to get off the boat for sightseeing, the two small Shenwei cannons mounted on the cart had already been hoisted to the shore by the ship's boom truck, and this tent like a big umbrella was for this kind of small Shenwei cannon to shelter from the rain.
Li Chengqian's monoculars swept over the water behind the bandits, and the dense reed poles had been stretched into several lines on the canal, which proved that Geng Huan had successfully formed an encirclement of the bandits, and only waited for the bandits' boats to open a certain distance from the government soldiers behind, Li Chengqian pulled out the command knife on his waist, and the chamberlain immediately opened the curtain covering the front of the tent, and the muzzles of the two black holes appeared in the rain curtain.
"Heaven help me, as long as this heavy rain continues, the name of the Wa Kingdom will be changed because of this battle." Just as Abe Ichiro was excitedly rowing a thin boat to compete for the last distance.
"Bang, bang"
Two cannon shots rang out, and hundreds of tiny steel balls erupted from the dark muzzles and shot into the river.
"Ahh
The screams of the water bandits came, the radiation area of the steel ball bullet is no different from the gravel bullet, but the lethality is doubled, the small steel ball will penetrate the human body, directly take a person's life, only two shots, killed dozens of water bandits.
The suspicious Abe Ichiro quickly shouted at the moment when the Shenwei cannon was loaded with gunpowder and the team abandoned the ship and jumped into the water, the Shenwei cannon was a huge killing machine in front of these water bandits without armor, it turned out that the Tang army had already prepared, but it didn't matter, these water bandits would not attack like the last time, they would dive across the last distance and climb onto the Tang army's cargo ship, even if the Tang army had money, it would not fire at its own water steamer! Attacking the ship's warehouse, they are basically victorious, the ability to escape in the rolling canal, most of the Japanese warriors can master, as for the water bandits in Hongze Lake, they are used to withstand the wrath of the Tang Emperor, even if they don't die now, when the army of the imperial court arrives, they will also die.
"It's really a flock of water ducks, send a signal to the other side, strengthen the vigilance, and then look at the musket escort of Xiaolinzi." Li Chengqian's task assigned to the chamberlain was to guard the two sides of the strait, and not a single water bandit was allowed to go ashore, and the upstream section was guarded by soldiers led by the county lieutenant of Yongqiu, and the downstream section was guarded by Geng Huan with the soldiers of the Songzhou Prefecture, and unless the remnants of the water bandits could get into the mud and sand at the bottom of the Grand Canal, it would be impossible for them to escape the net laid by a wise man like Chu Suiliang.
Xie Feiyu's diving methods in the waves are really clever, the first to reach the body of the cargo ship, because there is no one on the deck of the cargo ship, Xie Feiyu climbed on the deck lightly, and then threw a rope tied around his waist into the river, in a moment there were many water bandits climbing the rope, and when Abe Ichiro, who was about to suffocate to death, came out of the water and saw the cargo ship full of water bandits, he was very excited, and the Tang Army on the shore really did not fire at his big ship, now what he has to do is to quickly rush to the inside of the cabin, watch, Even taking away the most critical part of the hydroship, even if you don't get the musket, getting the hydrosteamer power system is a victory.
Abe Ichiro's martial arts are also superb, with the rope borrowed three or two times to kick on the boat, seeing him rush into the cabin, Xie Feiyu is not far behind, shouting that the brother who is closer to the cabin will take the first step into the cabin to see what treasures are inside.
"Bang Bang Bang"
The roar of the musket reminded them of the picture of more than 300 people repelling more than 300 people a few days ago, needless to say, the two brothers who rushed over had already been shot by the Tang Army, Xie Feiyu regretted a little, but now is not the time to regret it, Abe Ichiro stopped his body, and at the same time began to summon those Japanese warriors who climbed onto the deck later, they erased a kind of four-cornered petal-shaped dart from their waists, in the Japanese country, this kind of dart is commonly known as boomerang, only by relying on such dense darts to open the way at the mouth of the shiphold, they have a chance to attack the shiphold. (To be continued......)