Chapter 523: The Crusade to Japan (2)

Chao Yong lay on the deck for a while, and accidentally fell asleep.

Wu Song waited for a while, seeing that Chao Yong had not woken up yet, so he had to whisper: "Prince." ”

Xu is surrounded by Chao Yong's henchmen, Chao Yong, who has always been very vigilant, slept soundly this time.

Wu Song shouted a few times, and Chao Yong opened his eyes, looked at the sun that was leaning to the west, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"They have been fighting for almost an hour, and they still can't force the Japanese back."

Chao Yong stood up, stretched, and motioned for his soldiers to bring a glass of orange juice, and picked up the binoculars while drinking.

Miserable, very tragic.

The coast was dyed red, and the vassals and the Japanese were still fighting on the shore.

Looking at the dense crowd of people on the shore to catch and kill, Chao Yong suddenly had the idea of ordering the frigate to come up with another round of shelling and return the world to a peaceful one.

Calm, calm.

Chao Yong suppressed his thoughts and said to Wu Song: "Then you lead your troops ashore, the Japanese are good at fighting alone, and try to let the soldiers fight in formation." ”

Wu Song hugged his fists and said: "Order, within an hour, the Japanese will definitely be repelled." ”

Sun An immediately said: "The last general is also willing to fight." ”

Shi Bao and Fang Jie also followed to ask for battle, they listened to it in front of Chao Yong's tent, and they didn't get any chance to fight in the war to destroy Jin and Goryeo, and they all held back their strength.

Chao Yong nodded and said: "Okay, after destroying Japan, I should also rest and rest, and I will arrange a ministry for you when I return to China, and it is estimated that there will not be many opportunities for such a fight in the future, so kill as much as you want, kill enough 100 Japanese and be promoted to general." ”

Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie have been listening to Chao Yong's tent, although the rank officials have all been promoted to deputy generals, but they have never had a real position. Hearing that Chao Yong was going to arrange a real job for them, he was also very excited, and nodded heavily and followed Wu Song off the boat. They all had the courage of ten thousand people, and it was only a matter of time before they killed one hundred and eighty Japanese.

"Wait a minute."

Seeing that the side of the boat where Wu Song and the four of them arrived slid towards the boat, Li Kui, who had been lying on the deck and was asleep, suddenly opened his eyes. When he saw that the four of them were about to get off the boat, he immediately got up and chased after them with a plate axe.

The five men slid from the Prince to the small boat below, and then approached the shore, followed by the sea ship carrying Wu Songbu.

When the five of them came ashore, they slaughtered the Japanese like tigers in the mountains.

Although the Japanese samurai have been practicing martial arts since childhood, few of them can survive Shihe against the five fierce generals of the Great Liang. And the five of them have been recuperating for a long time, but they have been fighting for nearly an hour, and many famous samurai want to block the five. As a result, they all fell at the feet of the five.

Wu Song was still thinking about the soldiers and horses behind him, just fighting on the coast, but Li Kui and the four of them were like four sharp knives sticking straight into the island.

After Wu Songbu came ashore, they formed a dense formation and advanced forward.

The Japanese samurai were good at fighting alone, and the steppe tribes and the Jurchens could only fight alone, so as soon as they came ashore, they fought with the Japanese, which just allowed the strengths of the Japanese samurai to be released.

However, the soldiers of the Great Liang were good at fighting in formation, and it was difficult for ordinary Japanese samurai to break through the formation of the Great Liang army, even if someone occasionally rushed into the formation. Faced with knives and guns from all sides, he was quickly killed.

Almost after coming ashore from Wu Songbu, the battlefield advanced inward, and the vassal army in the melee was also pushed forward by Wu Songbu to kill.

Chao Yong saw that as soon as Wu Songbu came ashore, he achieved obvious results. also waved his hand and said, "Go ashore." ”

When Chao Yong's four-clawed golden dragon flag fluttered on the coast, many crazy Japanese samurai rushed towards Chao Yong from both sides, and in front of him was Wu Songbu, and no Japanese samurai could break through the army formation of 10,000 people. What's more, there is also a double-sharp Wu Song pressing formation at the front.

"Fire and Thunder Attack."

Chao Yong was also not interested in playing melee combat with the Japanese samurai, so as not to stain his weapons.

The prince's own soldiers originally wanted to play and fight with the Japanese, but they heard the prince's order. I had no choice but to attack with fire and thunder.

After a burst of explosions, most of the Japanese who rushed on both wings were blown to pieces, and a few people relied on their footsteps and katana swords in their hands to block the fire and thunder, and they escaped death, and they were also shocked by the surrounding explosions, but these Japanese were not afraid of death and rushed forward to Chao Yong, wanting to capture the king first.

Seeing that he was about to rush to him, Chao Yong smiled and said, "Try the musket." ”

A platoon of pro-soldiers immediately drew muskets from their waists and opened fire on the rushing Japanese.

"Bang"

"Bang"

"Bang"

There was a burst of gunfire, and several Japanese who were lucky enough to rush over were beaten into a hornet's nest, and no one could dodge the bullets, and the iron armor could not protect them.

Chao Yong smiled: "The close-range lethality is good, but it's a pity that the range is not good." ”

It took more than two years for the Gun Bureau to produce not only artillery with a range of more than two miles, but also muskets, but the range was only about ten steps.

In the era of bows and arrows with a range of dozens of paces, a musket that could only shoot a dozen steps could be said to be completely chicken, although it was more powerful than a bow and arrow, but the archer could snipe the musketeer outside the range of the musket.

The Gun Bureau knew that the muskets they made were useless, and planned to give up this impractical weapon and concentrate on the powerful artillery, but Chao Yong knew the prospects of the future muskets, so he asked the Gun Bureau to produce some muskets in small batches, equipping some of the Imperial Forest Army and the prince's own soldiers, and at the same time letting the Gun Bureau continue to study muskets.

The sound of explosions and gunfire spread throughout the battlefield, and many Japanese people could not see the scene here, thinking that it was another warship firing cannons, and thinking that the stone walls on the seashore had been blown apart, they were all frightened, and they were afraid that the warships would fire at them.

When the vassal army heard the sound of fire and thunder, they knew that it was the Liang Zheng army that had gone out, and if there was divine help, the Japanese who had been killed would be defeated and retreated.

On a small hill on the coast, a group of Japanese samurai protects Sekihaku Fujiwara Tadamichi in the middle.

After the Dragon Banner of Prince Liang appeared on the shore, Fujiwara Tadashi kept holding a telescope and looked at Prince Liang and his party, hoping that a warrior who was not afraid of death would come to capture the king first, so as to defeat Daliang.

Japan is still very afraid of the beam, whether it is a spaceship, a telescope or gunpowder, are unimaginable to the Japanese, after the telescope was put on the market, some businessmen bought and sold it to Japan at a high price, and many Japanese nobles did not hesitate to buy a trick. The Japanese are also very afraid of Prince Liang, who invented these things.

After the spy on gunpowder was exposed, Emperor Shirakawa asked for a thorough investigation into the matter, but no one admitted to sending anyone to spy on the matter. Japan's domestic politics are complex. Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Toba, and the Fujiwara family, who once held power in Japan, are all suspicious, but there is no evidence.

Fujiwara Tadamichi is the eldest son of this generation of the Fujiwara family, only twenty-eight years old this year, and the original position of Sekihaku was the son of his father Fujiwara Loyalty, Fujiwara Faithful angered Emperor Shirakawa, so he inherited the throne of Sekihaku a few years ago. However, after Emperor Shirakawa implemented the imperial government system, Guan Bai's power was very small. If it weren't for his close relationship with Emperor Shirakawa, he wouldn't have been able to get the command this time.

Sekihaku is the family heirloom of the Fujiwara clan and is supposed to be a courtier of the emperor. But his father Fujiwara faithfully loved his younger brother Fujiwara Yoricho. If he wants to inherit the power of the Fujiwara family, he has to rely on external forces, and Emperor Toba is still practicing ninjutsu, so he can only take refuge in Emperor Shirakawa.

Fujiwara Tadamichi suspects that the person who spies on the gunpowder of the Great Liang should be Emperor Toba's people, Emperor Toba has been on the throne for more than ten years, and the power has been held by his grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa, and his own queen has to be slept with by his grandfather, and his burden of forbearance and humiliation can be seen in general. If he can steal the gunpowder recipe for the Great Liang, he will be able to overthrow the rule of Emperor Shirakawa.

Emperor Shirakawa and the Fujiwara family also have motives and strength. But none of them were as urgent as Emperor Toba.

Fujiwara Tadashi still had a lot of expectations when he saw many samurai rushing towards Prince Daliang, but after a thunderbolt bombardment, Daliang actually used a weapon he had never heard of. Punch out the blood holes in the samurai who rushed to you.

"Lord Guan Bai, those two Han people have been killed."

Da Liang's firearms were too powerful, and even the most powerful warriors couldn't rush forward with Da Liang's prince.

Fujiwara Tadamichi reluctantly put down his binoculars, seeing that the samurai who had just been sent out to surround the two fierce generals of the Great Liang who had killed him had fallen in a pool of blood. The two fierce generals rushed towards him with murderous intent again, and there were only about two dozen samurai left around him, not as many as the people sent out just now. He didn't dare to fight again, so he turned around and fled.

The samurai leader divided a few more people to send them to death, and the others escorted Fujiwara Tadashi to run.

After Shi Bao and Fang Jie entered the battle group, they stared at the Japanese generals who were watching the battle from the side and rear, and the two cooperated to kill all the way.

Shi Bao's wind splitting knife can be said to be invincible in the chaotic battle, although the Japanese knife is also excellent, but when it comes to the treasure knife-level wind splitting knife, it is basically a knife or two sections.

Fang Jie's Fang Tian painting halberd made the Japanese samurai who played with the knife cry bitterly, and they were knocked over by Fang Jie when they basically couldn't get close, and occasionally rushed closer, only to find that what was waiting for them was Shi Bao's wind splitting knife.

The two of them came out of the chaotic army formation, and if it weren't for the two of them fighting every day, I am afraid that they would be drowned in the dozens of elite samurai sent by Fujiwara Tadamichi.

Rao is like this, killing dozens of people, and both of them are gasping for breath, but when they saw Fujiwara Tadamichi about to run, they didn't care about resting, so they strode towards the hill and chased after them.

"Ahh

Several Japanese samurai who had been left behind to die rushed towards the two with Japanese swords and howling.

Fang Jie looked at the little man who rushed over with disdain, the Fang Tian painting halberd in his hand drew a semicircle in mid-air, except for a short man who shrank to the ground, the rest of the people were all cut throats by Fang Jie's move.

The dwarf who had shrunk to the ground rolled at the feet of the two men, and with a flash of his sword, he slashed at their ankles.

Fang Jie didn't dodge, but took a step forward, as if facing the dwarf's sword.

As soon as a hint of joy flashed on the dwarf's face, he felt a cold light flashing above his head, and knew that it was the big man on the side who made a move, and hurriedly stopped him with the knife in his hand.

"Knort"

There was a sound of gold and iron, and the dwarf was cut into two pieces with a knife.

Fang Jie knew that the result would be like this, and strode forward and said: "That guy seems to be a Japanese general, as soon as he leaves, the Japanese on the battlefield will begin to retreat." ”

Shi Bao looked back at the many Japanese fleeing towards this side behind him, nodded and said, "We chased after it, and taking that guy is also a great achievement." ”

Fujiwara Tadamichi didn't escape far, but the two chased after him again, and hurriedly sent the samurai around him to intercept him.

It's a pity that Shi Bao and Fang Jie's martial arts are too high, even if the Japanese samurai want to die together, they can't stop the two of them.

Seeing that he was about to flee to the location of the war horse, Shi Bao and Fang Jie had already caught up and slashed the samurai beside Fujiwara Tadamichi twice.

Fujiwara Zhongtong was just about to draw his sword to resist, Fang Jie's Fang Tian painting halberd was already placed on his neck, and the chill on the blade suddenly made Fujiwara Zhongtong shudder, and said in a trembling voice: "I...... Be...... Japan Sekihaku, don't kill me. ”

Fang Jie heard Fujiwara Zhong begging for mercy in Mandarin Chinese, and was stunned: "Guan Bai? ”

Shi Bao said: "The former prime minister, but after Emperor Baihe ascended the throne, he had no power. ”

Before Chao Yong sent out his troops. He collected a lot of information about Japan, and the general also had some understanding of the general situation in Japan.

Fang Jie thought that he had caught some general, but when he heard that it was Guan Bai, who had no power, he said in disappointment: "Then kill it." ”

When Fujiwara Tadashi heard this, he knelt on the ground and said, "The general spares his life, I am willing to serve Daliang." ”

Fang Jie saw that Fujiwara Zhongtong was so spineless, and he was even more disdainful, and said: "You have no power, and your martial arts are not as good as those Japanese samurai." What do we want you for? ”

Fujiwara Tadatsu looked at the Japanese samurai fleeing in the distance and said, "I can recruit those samurai for Daliang, I am familiar with the capital, and I can take you to the capital." ”

Shi Bao had already seen the retreating Japanese samurai, nodded and said: "Okay, then you can recruit samurai for us, the more people who follow you, the greater your value, maybe the crown prince will let you be the new king of Japan." ”

Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that he could still be emperor. Immediately, his eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Okay, I will do my best to serve the prince." ”

Fang Jie put away Fang Tian's painting halberd. Let Fujiwara Tadashi get up and say, "Then you recruit the samurai behind, if you want to see if your legs are fast, or my halberd is fast." You can try to escape. ”

When Fujiwara Tadashi heard this, he hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare." ”

The first wave of Japanese samurai who saw the retreat of Fujiwara Tadamichi had already rushed to the front. Fujiwara Tadashi began to recruit these warriors under the supervision of Shi Bao and Fang Jie.

Fang Jie and Shi Bao couldn't understand Japanese either, they could only hear their chattering and chattering, and then some samurai came this way, and more Japanese samurai were angry and fled to both sides, and some rushed to this side, but looking at their bloodthirsty appearance, they knew that they didn't have good intentions.

Shi Bao didn't dare to be careless, and shouted: "Let the surrendered people stop the others, and everyone is not allowed to come close." ”

Fujiwara Tadamichi was also afraid that the samurai who scolded him for treason would come and kill him, so he hurriedly asked the samurai who said he would stop those people.

After the two groups of samurai were killed, the Liang army chased after them, and the samurai who wanted to kill Fujiwara Tadamichi saw that they had no chance and turned around and fled.

The Japanese samurai who surrendered were afraid of being mistakenly killed by the Liang army behind, and they did not dare to pursue, so they all stood on Fujiwara Tadado's side.

Shi Bao shouted: "Those who surrender are on their knees. ”

The Japanese seemed to be very accustomed to kneeling, and as soon as Shi Bao spoke, Fujiwara Tadamichi knelt on the ground, shouting for the Japanese samurai who surrendered to kneel as well.

Shi Bao and Fang Jie also let the Liang army that rushed up bypass these surrendered Japanese samurai to chase and kill.

Pursued by the Great Liang army, more and more Japanese samurai knelt behind Fujiwara Tadamichi.

That night, the army camped on a high ground on the shore.

In this battle, more than 40,000 Japanese samurai and civilians were killed, more than 5,000 were captured, and more than 10,000 were surrendered, and less than half of the 100,000 samurai led by Fujiwara Tadamichi escaped. If it weren't for Fujiwara Tadamichi escaping, the Japanese soldiers and horses would not have been defeated immediately, and they could still fight with forty percent casualties, which shows the madness of the Japanese.

The Liang soldiers also lost more than 20,000 people, and the casualties were basically vassals.

In the big tent, Chao Yong sat on the main seat, on the left were Wu Song, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie, and on the right were the leaders of the major tribes of the vassal army, Marhusi and Hebule.

In today's battle, Li Kui didn't know how many people he killed, he was covered in blood, and he chased and killed for a while, and was bumped into by Sun An, and found that Li Kui also had a lot of injuries on his body, and dragged Li Kui back.

The military doctor examined Li Kui's whole body, and found more than a dozen minor injuries and two serious injuries on Li Kui's body.

Rao is like this, Li Kui is still howling to hunt down the Japanese.

How dare Chao Yong let Li Kui go into battle with his wounds, and let the warship send Li Kui and the prisoners of war who were unwilling to surrender back to the Central Plains overnight.

After Fujiwara Zhongtong followed Shi Bao and Fang Jie into the big tent, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said, "The Japanese criminal minister Fujiwara Zhongtong sees the prince of Daliang." ”

Chao Yong has received the news that Japan's Guan Bai has become a second devil, and he also led people to recruit Japanese samurai everywhere, and he is still counting on the Japanese to dig gold and silver mines for him, and he has not planned to kill them all for the time being, and said with a smile: "Get up, Japan actually dares to watch my big beam heavy weapon, I came with troops this time, ready to abolish your emperor, and re-crown a Japanese king." You are the first Japanese minister to submit to my Liang, and you are willing to be the king of Japan. ”

As soon as Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that he had the opportunity to be the king, he didn't care if he was the king of Japan or the king of Japan itself, so he just stood up and knelt down again, kowtowed, and said: "Thank you for the great grace of the prince, if Fujiwara Tadamichi is the king of Japan, he will be loyal to the Liang for generations, and if there is any betrayal, the descendants will be cut off." ”

Chao Yong nodded and said, "I will make you the king of Japan, and you will pay a tribute of 100,000 taels of gold, 1 million taels of silver, and 1 million catties of copper to Daliang every year." Is it possible? ”

Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that Chao Yong asked for so many tributes, and said in astonishment: "There are some gold and copper mines in Japan, but there are no silver mines, but I am afraid that there is not so much silver." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "There are a lot of silver mines in Japan, but you haven't found them, I will send someone to Japan to help you find mines." If you want to send someone to mine, can you do it? ”

Fujiwara Tadashi thought about it and said boldly: "There are few Japanese, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to dig so many mines." ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said: "There are a lot of people in Japan, if you think you can't do it, I can change people." ”

When Fujiwara Tadashi heard this, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he didn't know if Chao Yong just wanted to change people to be the king, or if he would kill him, an incompetent person, and hurriedly said: "I can do it, I can do it." (To be continued)