"Boom..."

A deafening sound sounded suddenly, followed by a puff of dust, and then both the trench and the earthen fort were hit hard in the first place.

The dust and smoke raised made the soldiers of the small Japanese kingdom like blind men who could not see anything, and the deafening sound of the cannon made them feel like they were deaf and could not hear anything.

The general could not see the battle situation, the soldiers could not hear the orders of their superiors, and the soldiers of the small Japanese country guarding the sea were in confusion for a while. Taking this opportunity, Gan Ning had already waved his hand, and at the moment, the large manned ships began to dock, and then countless Celestial Empire soldiers wearing black armor rushed to the shore like a tide.

"Kill..."

The shouting of killing was like shaking the sky, and the tide-like army of the Celestial Empire was moving forward while firing arrows, completely disrupting the coastline defense formation of the soldiers of the small Japanese country.

"What's that? How can it be so powerful? Standing two miles away from the shore, Kimura Momota had a look of panic on his face, the situation in front of him was something he had never thought of at all, and it could be said that everything that was happening now completely disrupted his mind and made him begin to doubt his life a little.

"Retreat, General. The enemy has already rushed forward, and our line of defense is coming to an end before it can be used. Seeing that the enemy was rushing ashore like a tide, a general knew that the general situation was going and immediately spoke out to dissuade Kimura Momota.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat to Kumamoto Prefecture, defend the castle." Kimura Momota's mind quickly returned to reality, and after knowing that the defense line could not be held, he knew that his mission had failed, and now he had to prepare for the worst.

That is, Kimura Momota saw the opportunity quickly, and hurriedly retreated as soon as he saw that the situation was not good, so that his losses were minimized. And when he led the army to rush ashore in Ganning, and even saw the vanguard army rushing into Oita County, but only killed less than 3,000 enemies, he couldn't help but scold angrily, "What are we doing to eat, can we only do something at sea, not on land?" Tell you, give me a pursuit, and in any case, kill as many enemies as you want. ”

Although the landing was very smooth, the number of enemies killed was too small, which made Gan Ning, who had been full of confidence before, a little disappointed, he thought that this result could not be handed over to the emperor at all, so he couldn't help but be angry and let the navy be the army to pursue.

But in any case, the landing of the Celestial Empire's naval army was still very smooth, and it also achieved the expected shocking effect, so that the Yamato army was caught off guard. When Kimura Momota was very embarrassed and led the army to Kumamoto Prefecture, no one laughed at him, and everyone was completely shocked by the power of the Celestial Empire's artillery.

When the news came back, the five kings who were waiting for the good news ahead on Tongdao were even more shocked that their jaws almost dropped, and just after the incident, he still said in a little panic, "The Celestial Empire army has such a powerful weapon, how can we be enemies?" How is this good, how is it good? ”

Faced with the question of the five kings, none of the generals answered, and finally Cao Ang took the initiative to stand up and said: "The king doesn't have to worry, as far as I know, the cannon is very heavy, not easy to carry, and it is even more problematic to put it into the ship, so I conclude that they should not have, even if there is, it is a small amount, there is no need to worry, now we only need to take advantage of the geographical advantage to deal with it, they come from afar, the grain and grass will not be too much, only need to fight a protracted war, and the victory will definitely belong to us." ”

Cao Ang's proposal still has some truth, at least the five kings of the Wu listened to it. "Okay, that's the case, then order the army to resist step by step, once you find that the opponent is attacking too fiercely, don't entangle with it, retreat is, in short, to preserve strength, but also let them pay the price in the process of advancing."

The landing battle in Oita Prefecture made the Celestial Empire army famous for a while, and in the subsequent attack on Kumamoto Prefecture, the imposing Celestial Empire army captured the castle only three days later and achieved the result of destroying 10,000 enemies.

However, after the capture of Kumamoto Prefecture, in the process of advancing, there were many obstacles.

The history of the Yamato Kingdom is too short, so that on their homeland, there are many mountains and forests, and it is this natural environment that makes it possible to hide troops everywhere, and if one is not guarded, the advancing Celestial Empire naval army will be attacked.

After only twenty miles, he encountered more than thirty sneak attacks, and many soldiers were wounded.

Originally, I thought that with the power of artillery and the strong morale of the naval army, I could capture several big cities in one go to improve the prestige of the army, but I never thought that there were enemies everywhere. And the commander of the Ganning Army, who didn't know anything about the environment here, immediately suffered a lot of losses.

"Set fire to the forest." When Gan Ning was a little at a loss and didn't know how much loss he would have if he continued like this, his military advisor Jia Xu came up with a plan.

Setting fire to the forest is a good way to do it. However, this also has a great negative effect, for example, if the fire is not controlled, it may destroy everything around it, which can cause serious disasters.

Zhang Chao will never allow such a method, because war is war, to put it bluntly, it is two ideas that cannot be discussed in one way, and they should not hurt ordinary people.

But Jia Xu still proposed this method, precisely because he had insight into the emperor's thoughts.

The bandits disguised as soldiers of the Xiaowei Kingdom before gave a lot of trauma to the hinterland of Jiangdong, and even Cheng Pu, a veteran of Jiangdong, died in the war. For these opponents, there is no need to think about any impact and what they are afraid of. Jia Xu believed that the emperor's hatred for the small Wa Kingdom was not small, and even if it was set on fire and other things, the loss would only be the local government and the people, and it had nothing to do with the Celestial Empire.

Not to mention, Jia Xu saw it very accurately, at least after Gan Ning conveyed the battle order to the bottom according to the opinions he put forward, sure enough, the emperor in the army did not put forward any dissenting opinions, so he knew the emperor's thoughts.

Originally, Gan Ning wanted to report this tactic to Zhang Chao, but Jia Xu stopped him. He said that the emperor may not object to such an approach, but it is impossible to agree to it without the emperor's knowledge.

The emperor is the Son of Heaven, to put it bluntly, he is the Son of Heaven.

Such a person is destined to be the master of the people, and cannot do anything that is harmful to the people or harms heaven and peace. Then you reported the idea of burning the forest with fire, so what should the emperor do?

Agreed? It is obviously contrary to the emperor's mission, even if it is spread out, it will hurt the majesty of the Son of Heaven.

Don't agree? So where could there be a better way now?

This is tantamount to embarrassing the emperor in disguise. Even so, it's better to do it yourself, in this way, success or not has nothing to do with the emperor. Even if Zhang Chao disagrees, he will arrange for someone to stop this order.

Gan Ning couldn't think of this, but he believed in the military advisor Jia Xu, so he did it. Sure enough, Zhang Chao did not object, which is equivalent to support. Immediately the fire began to burn along the forest by the roadside.

At this time, it was September and October, and the leaves in the forest were a little yellow and falling, which was the time when it was flammable, so as soon as I saw Mars, where was the reason why the fire could still be controlled, it immediately spread out.

As soon as the fire burned, many Yamato generals who were hiding here were affected, and they did not want to be burned to death, so they had to quickly and embarrassed to withdraw from the forest.

But the fire did not stop because of the withdrawal of these people, on the contrary, it did intensify, and continued to burn, and began to go to the farmland and the nearby villages.

As Jia Xu analyzed, if such a thing happened in the land of China, Zhang Chao would never allow it, and he would not do something that affected so many people for the victory of a war. But this is a small Japanese country, so it's a different matter, what they did before is destined for them to pay the price.

The fire does not go out, it continues to burn, and even bigger and stronger. With such intensity, the losses of the Yamato Kingdom are simply incalculable.

In the middle of the island, the five kings of the Japanese stood on top of the castle tower, and they could see half of the fiery red sky ignited by the fire in the distance. He didn't expect that the Celestial Empire would do this, which was clearly a way to kill them.

Cao Ang was standing beside the five kings, and he was also shocked to look at all this in front of him.

Judging from Cao Ang's analysis of Zhang Chao, this person is still very disciplined, and even a rare king who puts the people's livelihood in a high position, but why did he do such a thing that hurts the peace of heaven after coming to Yamato? This doesn't look like his usual style at all.

It's just that he can't understand it, and Cao Ang really has no way to do anything about what is happening in front of him.

"Gongzi Cao, do you have any good countermeasures?" Seeing that the situation of the fire was getting closer and closer to the place where he was, the five kings who had no choice set their eyes on Cao Ang on the side.

"Your Majesty, let me think about this." Cao Ang pretended to be still pensive.

"Okay, then give you three days, if you still can't think of it, don't blame me for being polite." The Five Kings snorted coldly and then walked away, deciding to pour his anger on Cao Ang's body.

Cao Ang did nodded, and respectfully sent away the five kings, but after not seeing the other party's back, he also left in a hurry.

After leaving, Cao Ang, as soon as he returned to his tent, he hurriedly found Cheng Yu and asked him to quickly pack up his things and prepare to leave.

"Prince, why are you leaving, hasn't the army of the Celestial Empire not yet been attacked?" Cheng Yu asked puzzled.