Chapter One Thousand Four Hundred and Ninety-Six: Skyfire and sunset, a desperate assault!
"Ah? Master Priest, these are fire arrows for igniting fire. Some use expensive gunpowder, and some use cheap sulfur... Well, the Tiantai Sect is really rich! These whistling fire arrows are all made of gunpowder. It is estimated that one
Arrows cost dozens of pennies!"
"Hong! I'm asking, does your country actually have gunpowder?..."
"Eh?! This is a question...Master Priest, both Tang Dynasty and Korea have been using gunpowder for hundreds of years. When the Yuan invaders invaded, there were even those roaring stone cannons...Of course He Di will learn from Tang Di, of course
There is also gunpowder. However, there is very little natural saltpeter. It is only produced in the mountains of Kyushu and Settsu in Honshu. It is said that there is also an artificial way to make saltpeter, but few samurai know about it, and I have only heard of it.
…”
"What?! You mean, hundreds of years ago, the Ming Alliance in the west would use divine gunpowder?"
"Ah? Sir...hundreds of years ago, there was no Ming Dynasty at that time. The people who invented the 'Shenqi Gunpowder' were probably either the Tang Dynasty or the Song Dynasty, and then they were passed on to the Yuan invaders..."
"?...So, the Ryuzoji family doesn't have a source of gunpowder, and neither does the Uyizaki clan, but the Tendai sect temple does? Does the kingdom have to go through the Tendai sect temple to get gunpowder?..."
"...Sir, look at the rain of fire roaring all over the sky! It's obvious, it's obvious!"
The north was blowing cold, and the sky was filled with rain of fire. It roared down from the sky and could burn even on the soil. Faced with this unprecedented "fire rain spell", the soldiers of the Deer and Unanga tribes screamed in panic.
, very frightened. Fortunately, the kingdom warriors who serve as the backbone are no strangers to this kind of gunpowder arrows and know how to deal with them.
"Quick! Use mud bags! Use mud to extinguish the fire! ... The one hit by the arrow will get off the boat rampart and roll on the mud! Press it down and it will be extinguished! ..."
"Wow! Wow!..."
"Bang!…"
"puff…"
For a time, more than ten or twenty Kingdom soldiers who were on fire jumped from the ship barrier and rolled crazily in the mud on the seaside, like peccaries squirming in the mud. Although this method is embarrassing,
But it is indeed simple and effective. And the mud bags that had been prepared for a long time finally came in handy. A large pile of sand was dumped on the burning place of the ship's rampart, and the burning flames were quickly extinguished before the ship burned!
"God bless you! This damn Kazuto Temple fleet actually wants to burn our ship? It's so vicious, it's like an insidious smoke mirror!..."
The warrior leader Tamicao was cursing, covered in mud, and his face was blackened by the flames. Although he did not expect that the Tiantai Sect fleet would have gunpowder arrows, the kingdom's water battles always loved to use fire. He used himself to save others and guessed
The opponent will have means of arson, such as throwing flaming
Burning clay pots filled with oil. Therefore, in order to protect the few precious ships in the kingdom, a large number of bags of soil and straw were piled on each ship in advance. This is also the cheapest and most convenient way to extinguish fires on land. And if it is water
If you encounter a battle, it may be really dangerous...
"Damn it! If it weren't for the Kingdom's fleet, the gunpowder was dampened... We would have pushed up the main god's artillery and smashed this fleet of the Temple of Harmony into a sieve!... Well, at the head priest of Lathander, although
Most of the gunpowder has gone damp, but two barrels are still preserved. It will make you look good when you wait..."
“Whoosh whoosh!…”
"Huh? What's the sound? Damn it! The enemy's bows and arrows are coming again! Quick! Raise your shield and hide behind the side of the ship! Don't poke your head to fight back, shoot them, they can't break the shield!..."
“Whoosh whoosh!…”
The rooftop fleet at sea fired a round of fire arrows, and then fired several rounds of iron cluster arrows. Then, the roaring fire came, another fire arrow, and then several rounds of iron cluster arrows. Until the third round of fire arrows was released, the beach
The boat ramparts on the side were burned black, and there was moist, black mud everywhere.
However, even so, with the fire extinguishing by the ship rampart warriors, the six large ships in the mud were still not set alight by the rooftop fleet. Instead, a large area of the animal skin tents in the shore camp was set on fire, surrounded by the golden treasure tree.
, burned into a ring of fire.
"Master Priest! The tent, the tent is on fire! Is this... putting out the fire?..."
"Jiahong, someone is already rescuing him."
Ryuzoji Iehiro's face was filled with pain as he watched the valuable deer skins, bear skins and even red fox skins being burned into a bonfire under the flames. The smell of burnt paste lingered in the wind. If they were transported to Kinki
, Kyushu, this is all
It's money! But right now, there are only thirty Ezo sailors sparsely putting out the fire in the camp. They can't even talk about putting out the fire. They just drag the unlit tents behind and ignore the lit ones and let them burn.
.
"Sir! These few manpower...we have in the woods..."
"Hmm?! I said, let it burn!"
Zuwaro stared at Ryuzoji Iehiro with stern eyes. Ryuzoji Iehiro shrunk his neck and could not say anything. The two of them just squatted on the hillock and looked at the people stationed on the ship barrier.
Two to three hundred kingdom warriors and mountain warriors allowed the fire in the camp to burn. When the few animal skins were burned, the fire gradually became smaller. It only made the golden tree in the middle more eye-catching and shining.
, like a divine treasure born out of fire!
"Whoosh...whoosh..."
After three rounds of gunpowder arrows were fired, the Shantao tribe on the shore was still calm, and only a dozen people were injured at most. At this time, the bows and arrows of the Tiantai fleet became weak. They shot forward and backward.
These many rounds of arrows, shot from morning to afternoon, indeed consumed too much physical energy.
However, the Shantar people even have only twenty or thirty weak soldiers to put out the fire in the camp. This really means that the opponent only has three hundred people. Five hundred versus three hundred, the advantage is mine!
"Woo...Woo...Buzz!..."
The sun began to set in the west, and the elongated sound of the conch sounded from the flagship "Fahua Maru", along with the flag pointing to the rear. The ten seki ships stagnated slightly, then turned their bows again and began to retreat into the bay behind.
After retreating hundreds of steps, the fleet stopped together again, no one knew what they were doing, and they stopped for a quarter of an hour.
"Jiahong! What tricks are these temple fleets up to to withdraw so far in one go?..."
"Sir! In the water battle of the fleet, there are only three types of arrows: 'bow arrow', 'crossbow arrow', and 'fire arrow'. Now the Taitai fleet is 'attacking the land with water' and using all three types of arrows. The long-range
They have tried all the methods of archery. Next, they will either send monk soldiers to attack from the land...or they will have no choice but to retreat!..."
Ryuzoji Iehiro closed one eye and looked at the long goggles with the other eye, staring intently at the "Hokke Maru". Although it was a bit far away and could not see the specific faces, the two people from the bow of the boat
The identity of the other party can still be clearly identified through the monk's robe and armor.
"Lord God! This situation...this situation? It seems that Spurbo is about to retreat? Oh no! This general of the martial arts family who has been fighting for a long time does not want to go ashore! ...Yes! If he does, it must be done by him as a general himself.
It’s too dangerous to lead a team! One
Once he loses the battle, he probably won't be able to go back. And the benefits of winning the battle basically belong to the great monk Juehui, and not much falls on him. This veteran of the Wu family is not that stupid, and he is not willing to do it for the great monk.
The monk fooled people into chanting sutras and risked his own life!…”
"Tsk tsk! He must be trying his best to persuade the great monk Juehui. Maybe he is still trying to scare him, talking about the trap of the Shantar people, or the ambush in the forest... Uh! This doesn't seem to be a scare... Priest, we have to
Think of some way to get the great monk at the gambling table to gamble with his last remaining capital!…”
“?…”
Zuwaro raised his brows, looked at Ryuzoji Iehiro and whispered a few words. After a few breaths, Zuwaro looked surprised and glanced at Ryuzoji Iehiro, who smiled and nodded. These "
"The tricks of the Kazuto Warriors", Zuwaro could really see it. Compared with the simple and brave Jurchen tribe, it was like another world.
"Jiahong, if you want to lay bait, is twenty kilograms of gold enough?..."
"Eh? Master Priest, this is a big sum of two thousand guan. No one can be tempted... Although the possibility is unlikely, it would be a big loss if the great monk ran away directly after giving too much!..."
"You, you are still too petty! You have reached this last step, and you are still reluctant to part with this little gold! You have to provide enough bait. As long as you can catch this big fish and a little gold, you will give it up... Five times, five times
!…”
Zuwaro stretched out his five fingers, doubled them, and then stretched out his hand to call out a sailor from the Ainu tribe. Then, Ryuzoji Iehiro took a charcoal pencil and pulled out a piece of light-colored animal skin.
Write down two big Chinese characters for "free from war".
"Remember it! If you can speak Japanese, just say it to Kazuto on the ship!"
"Our Shantao Golden Clan is an ally of the Uyizaki Clan, and we are also on good terms with Morino Kiyoshi's fleet... We, the Golden Clan, value our friends. Although there is a misunderstanding between the two families, we are willing to take a step back and offer a hundred catties of gold in exchange for you.
The fleet retreats!"
"If you don't retreat, when our Shantao army comes back from the north tomorrow after transporting supplies, we will definitely gather thousands of warriors, cut your heart out and sacrifice them all to the Lord God! Not only that, we will also gather a large army and go south.
Kazuto, wipe out the whole clan of the rebel Oyizaki clan!..."
"Do you understand everything?..."
"I understand, Chief! We won't fight today. We are not ready for your sneak attack. We will give you a pile of gold and stones. If you want to fight, fight tomorrow. When we are all here, we will fight again! Wait until tomorrow, and we will not only kill you."
You guys also beat Kazuto from the south to death!…”
"Aha!"
The Ainu sailor replied naively, Zuwaro's face froze, and Ryuzoji Iehiro laughed out loud. Zuwaro was about to teach him again, but Ryuzoji Iehiro shook his head and said with a smile.
"Master Priest! That's all right, that's all right! Those great monks think they're smart and send a clever person over, but it's hard to believe them... That's good, that's good!"
"...God bless you! Go!"
Soon, an Ainu canoe, under the banner of "no war", rowed staggeringly towards the stationed rooftop fleet.
Zuvarro took the goggles and looked at them carefully for a long time. The naive Ainu sailor, despite all his efforts, could not carry the straw bag containing one hundred kilograms of gold onto the ship of "Fahua Maru"
.The two monk soldiers jumped out of the boat and carried the straw bags onto the big ship, but the heavy gold crushed the straw bags and scattered the shining gold charms on the deck, everywhere...
“Boom!…Woo!…Buzz!!”
What followed was an intense debate on the Tendai Sect's flagship. But three-quarters of an hour later, the deep and heavy sound of the conch resounded through the Ezo Sea again. Then, ten Kazuto ships were locked in a water battle,
Finally, we made our way to the coast a few miles to the west and landed on a tidal flat far away from the Shantao camp.
“Boom!…Woo!…Buzz!!”
"Exterminate demons, defend the Tao, and protect the righteous Dharma!"
"Resist Shan Tao and charge to the death!"
"All the gold seized will be dedicated to the Buddha!"
Under the setting sun, a military commander wearing large armor with a heavy expression and a solemn look on his shoulder, holding a sword and a commanding conch, jumped off the shore from the "Fahua Maru". And hundreds of Tiantai Sect members
Monk soldiers mostly have morale
Enthusiastically, they jumped off the docking ship. While shouting and chanting Buddha's name, they began to put on armor one after another. A desperate fight of "eliminating demons and defending the way, advancing or retreating" will finally arrive before sunset.