Five hundred and twentieth chapters Eastern Expedition to Japan II
Chao Yong lay on the deck for a while and accidentally fell asleep.
Wu Song waited for a while and saw that Chao Yong had not woken up yet, so he could only whisper: "Prince."
Xu was surrounded by Chao Yong's confidants. Chao Yong, who was always very vigilant, slept soundly this time.
Wu Song screamed a few times, and Chao Yong opened his eyes, looked at the sun that had tilted a little to the west, and said, "What's wrong?"
"They have been fighting for almost an hour, but they still can't force the Japanese back."
Chao Yong stood up, stretched, and motioned for the soldiers to bring him a glass of orange juice. He drank it and picked up the telescope.
Tragic, very tragic.
The coast was dyed red, and the vassal troops and the Japanese were still fighting on the shore.
Seeing the densely packed people fighting each other on the shore, Chao Yong suddenly had the idea of ordering the frigate to fire another round of bombardment to restore peace to the world.
Calm down, calm down.
Chao Yong suppressed his thoughts and said to Wu Song: "Then lead your troops ashore. The Japanese are good at fighting alone. Try to let the soldiers form formations to fight."
Wu Song cupped his fists and said, "I have the order, and we will definitely repel the Japanese within an hour."
Sun An immediately said: "The last general is also willing to fight."
Shi Bao and Fang Jie also followed suit and asked for a fight. They listened in front of Chao Yong's tent. The war to destroy Jin and Goryeo did not bring any opportunities for fighting, and they were all holding back their energy.
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Okay, after destroying Japan, it's time for me to rest. I'll arrange duties for you when I return home. There won't be many opportunities to fight like this in the future. Just kill as many as you want, as long as you kill a hundred Japanese."
Promoted to general."
Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie have been waiting in front of Chao Yong's account. Although they have been promoted to deputy generals, they have never had actual duties. When they heard that Chao Yong was going to arrange actual duties for them, they were very excited and nodded heavily.
Follow Wu Song off the ship. They are all brave enough to kill 180 Japanese. It is only a matter of time before they kill 180 Japanese.
"Wait for me."
Seeing Wu Song and the others sliding towards the boat when they arrived, Li Kui, who had been lying on the deck and sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes. Seeing that the four were about to get off the boat, he immediately got up and caught up with a wooden axe.
The five people slid from the Prince to the small boat below, and then headed towards the coast, followed by the ship carrying Wu Songbu.
The five people landed on the shore and started to kill the Japanese like tigers down the mountain.
Although the Japanese samurai have practiced martial arts hard since childhood, few of them can survive against the five powerful generals. Moreover, the five of them have been recharging their energy for a long time, but they have been fighting for nearly an hour.
The famous samurai tried to block the five men, but they all fell at their feet.
Wu Song was still worried about the soldiers and horses behind him, but they were fighting on the coast, while Li Kui and the four of them were like four sharp knives thrusting straight into the island.
After Wu Song's troops landed ashore, they formed a dense formation and pushed forward.
Japanese samurai are good at fighting alone, and the grassland tribes and Jurchens can only fight alone, so they started fighting with the Japanese as soon as they landed ashore, which just allowed the strengths of the Japanese samurai to be unleashed.
However, the Daliang soldiers were good at fighting in formations, and it was difficult for ordinary Japanese samurai to break through the Daliang army formation. Even if someone occasionally rushed into the formation, they would still face swords and guns from all directions, and they would be quickly killed.
Almost as soon as Wu Song's tribe came ashore, the battlefield advanced inwards, and the vassal troops fighting in the melee were also pushed forward by Wu Song's tribe to kill.
Chao Yong saw that Wu Songbu had achieved obvious results as soon as he landed. He also waved his hand and said: "Come ashore."
When Chao Yong's four-clawed golden dragon flag was flying on the coast, many crazy Japanese samurai rushed towards Chao Yong from both sides. Right in front was Wu Song's tribe. No Japanese samurai could break through the military formation of 10,000 people. What's more,
At the front was Wu Song, who was holding the formation with sharp swords.
"Fire and thunder attack."
Chao Yong was not interested in engaging in close combat with the Japanese samurai to avoid dirtying his weapons.
The prince's soldiers originally wanted to fight the Japanese for fun, but after hearing the prince's order, they had no choice but to attack with fire and thunder.
After a burst of explosions, most of the Japanese who rushed from both sides were blown to pieces. A few of them managed to escape death by blocking the fire thunder with their footsteps and samurai swords in their hands. They were also stunned by the explosions around them.
However, these Japanese rushed towards Chao Yong without fear of death, hoping to capture the thief first and capture the king first.
Just as he was about to rush forward, Chao Yong smiled and said, "Try the musket."
A row of soldiers immediately pulled out their muskets from their waists and fired at the charging Japanese.
"Bang"
"Bang"
"Bang"
There was a burst of gunfire, and the few Japanese who were lucky enough to rush over were beaten into a hornet's nest. No one could dodge the bullets, and the armor could not protect them.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "The damage at close range is good, but it's a pity that the range is not good."
The Guns and Artillery Bureau spent more than two years not only making artillery with a range of more than two miles, but also muskets, but the range was only about ten paces.
In the era of bows and arrows with a range of dozens of steps, muskets that could only shoot a dozen steps were completely useless. Although they were more powerful than bows and arrows, archers could snipe and kill musketeers outside the range of muskets.
The Guns and Artillery Bureau knew that the muskets they built were of little use, and planned to abandon this impractical weapon and concentrate on powerful artillery. However, Chao Yong knew the prospects of muskets in the future, so he asked the Guns and Artillery Bureau to produce small batches.
Some muskets were provided to some of the imperial guards and the prince's personal soldiers, while the Guns and Artillery Bureau continued to research muskets.
The explosions of fire and thunder and the sound of gunshots spread throughout the battlefield. Many Japanese could not see the scene here and thought it was a warship firing again. Thinking that the stone walls on the seaside had been blown to pieces, they were all frightened, fearing that the warship would attack.
They fired.
When the vassal army heard the sound of fire and thunder, they knew that it was the main army of Liang Dynasty that was on the move. With the help of God, the Japanese who were killed were retreating steadily.
On a small hill by the coast, a group of Japanese samurai protected Sekishiro Fujiwara Tadamichi in the middle.
After Prince Daliang's dragon flag appeared on the shore, Fujiwara Tadamichi kept looking at Prince Daliang and his party with a telescope, hoping that some warriors who were not afraid of death would capture the thief first and capture the king first, thereby defeating Daliang.
Japan is still very afraid of beams. Whether it is spaceships, telescopes or gunpowder, they are all beyond the imagination of the Japanese. After the telescopes came on the market, businessmen bought them at high prices and sold them to Japan. Many Japanese nobles did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy them for fun.
The Japanese are also very afraid of Prince Daliang who invented these things.
After the incident of spying on gunpowder was exposed, Emperor Shirakawa ordered people to investigate the matter thoroughly, but no one admitted to sending people to spy on the matter. Japan's domestic political forces are complex. Emperor Shirakawa, Emperor Toba, and the Fujiwara family who once controlled Japan
There are suspicions, but no evidence.
Fujiwara Tadashi is the eldest son of this generation of Fujiwara family. He is only twenty-eight years old this year. Originally, the position of Kanhaku was held by his father, Fujiwara Tadashi. Fujiwara Tadashi offended Emperor Shirakawa, so he inherited the position of Kanhaku a few years ago.
However, after Emperor Shirakawa implemented the council system, Guan Bai's power was very small. If he and Emperor Shirakawa had not been close, he would not have been able to obtain the command this time.
Kanshiro is a ancestral official of the Fujiwara clan, and he should also be a minister of the emperor. But his father Fujiwara's loyal love is his younger brother Fujiwara Nori Naga. If he wants to inherit the power of the Fujiwara family, he must rely on external forces, and Emperor Toba is still there
To practice ninjutsu, he could only seek refuge with the Emperor Shirakawa.
Fujiwara Tadamichi suspected that the person who spied on the gunpowder of the beam should be Emperor Toba. Emperor Toba has been on the throne for more than ten years, and his power has been controlled by his grandfather Shirakawa. His own queen was even slept with by his grandfather. It is obvious that he endures the humiliation. If he can steal
If you get the gunpowder formula from Daliang, you can overthrow the rule of Emperor Shirakawa.
Although Emperor Shirakawa and the Fujiwara family both had motives and strength, they were not as eager as Emperor Toba.
When he saw many samurai rushing towards Prince Daliang, Fujiwara Tadashi was quite looking forward to it. However, after a blast of fire and thunder, Daliang actually used a weapon he had never heard of. He beat the blood of the samurai who rushed towards him one by one.
Hole.
"Lord Guan Bai, those two Han people are coming to kill you."
Daliang's firearms were so powerful that even the most powerful warriors could not reach the prince of Daliang.
Fujiwara Tadamichi put down his telescope unwillingly and saw that the samurai who had just been sent out to surround the two strong generals who were coming towards him had fallen into a pool of blood. The two fierce generals rushed towards him again with murderous intent on their faces, and there was only one left beside him.
There were more than twenty warriors, not as many as the ones sent out just now. They did not dare to fight anymore, so they turned around and fled back.
The samurai leader divided a few more people to die, while the others protected Fujiwara Tadashi and ran away.
After Shi Bao and Fang Jie joined the battle group, they targeted the Japanese generals who were observing the formation from behind, and the two of them cooperated to fight their way over.
Shi Bao's Splitting Wind Saber can be said to be invincible in a chaotic battle. Although Japanese swords are also excellent, when faced with a treasure-level Wind Splitting Saber, they are basically one sword in two parts.
Fang Jie's Fangtian Painted Halberd made the sword-playing Japanese samurai complain endlessly. Fang Jie almost couldn't get close enough and was knocked over by Fang Jie. Occasionally he got close, only to find that what was waiting for them was Shi Bao's wind-splitting knife.
The two of them fought their way out of the rebel formation. If they hadn't been fighting hard every day, they would have been drowned among the dozens of elite warriors sent by Fujiwara Tadamichi.
Even so, dozens of people were killed, and both of them were gasping for air. However, when they saw Fujiwara Tadamichi was about to run, they didn't care about resting, so they chased him up the hill with long strides.
"ah"
Several Japanese samurai who were left to die rushed towards the two men with Japanese swords and howling.
Fang Jie looked disdainfully at the dwarf who rushed over. Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand drew a semicircle in the air. Except for one dwarf who shrank to the ground, all the others had their throats cut open by Fang Jie's move.
The dwarf who had shrunk to the ground rolled to the feet of the two of them. The Japanese sword flashed and slashed towards their ankles.
Fang Jie did not dodge, but took a step forward, as if facing the dwarf's Japanese sword.
Just as a hint of joy flashed across the short man's face, he felt a cold light flash above his head. Knowing that it was the big man on the side who had made a move, he hurriedly blocked it with the Japanese sword in his hand.
"Keng"
There was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and the dwarf was chopped into two pieces with his knife.
Fang Jie had known that the result would be like this, so he strode forward and said, "That guy seems to be a Japanese general. As soon as he left, the Japanese on the battlefield began to retreat."
Shi Bao looked back and saw that many Japanese were running towards him behind him. He nodded and said, "We chased after him and captured that guy. It's a great achievement."
Not long after Fujiwara Tadamichi escaped, the two men caught up with him again, and he quickly sent out the samurai around him to intercept them.
Unfortunately, Shi Bao and Fang Jie were so skilled in martial arts that even if the Japanese samurai wanted to die together, they could not stop them.
Just as they were about to flee to where the war horses were, Shi Bao and Fang Jie had already caught up with them and knocked down the samurai next to Fujiwara Tadamichi twice.
Just when Fujiwara Tadamichi was about to draw his sword to resist, Fang Jie's Fangtian painted halberd was already placed on his neck. The coldness on the blade immediately made Fujiwara Tadamichi shudder. He trembled and said: "I... am... Japanese Guan Bai, don't kill me."
I."
When Fang Jie heard Fujiwara Tadatong begging for mercy in Chinese, he was stunned and said: "Guan Bai?"
Shi Baodao: "The former prime minister, but after Emperor Shirakawa ascended the throne, he no longer had any power."
Before Chao Yong sent out troops, he had people collect a lot of intelligence about Japan, and the general in front of the general also had some understanding of the general situation in Japan.
Fang Jie thought he had captured some general, but when he heard that it was Guan Bai who had little power, he was disappointed and said: "Then let's just kill him."
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard this, he knelt down on the ground and said: "General, spare my life, I am willing to serve Daliang."
Fang Jie became even more disdainful when he saw Fujiwara Tadayoshi being so spineless, and said: "You have no power, and your martial arts skills are not as good as those Japanese samurai. What do we need you for?"
Fujiwara Tadamichi looked at the Japanese samurai fleeing from a distance and said: "I can recruit those samurai for Daliang. I am familiar with the capital and can take you to the capital."
Shi Bao had already seen the retreating Japanese warriors and nodded: "Okay, then you will recruit samurai for us. The more people who follow you, the greater your value will be. Maybe the prince will let you become the new Japanese warrior."
Not necessarily the king of the world."
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that he might still be the emperor, his eyes immediately lit up and he said excitedly: "Okay, I will do my best to serve the prince."
Fang Jie put away Fang Tian's painted halberd and asked Fujiwara Tadō to stand up and said: "Then you recruit the warriors behind. If you want to see if your legs are faster or my halberd is faster, you can try to escape."
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard this, he hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't dare, the villain doesn't dare."
The first wave of Japanese samurai who saw the retreating flag of Fujiwara Tadamichi had already rushed forward. Fujiwara Tadamichi, under the supervision of Shi Bao and Fang Jie, began to recruit these samurai.
Fang Jie and Shi Bao couldn't understand Japanese either, so they could only hear their chattering exchanges. Then some samurai came towards this side, while more Japanese samurai looked angry and fled to both sides, and some came here.
They came from the side, but looking at their bloodthirsty looks, you knew they had bad intentions.
Shi Bao did not dare to be careless and shouted: "Let those who surrender stop others, and no one can come near."
Fujiwara Tadamichi was also afraid that the samurai who accused him of treason would come and kill him, so he hurriedly asked the samurai he persuaded to stop those people.
After the two groups of samurai had killed each other for a short time, the Liang army came after them. The samurai who wanted to kill Fujiwara Tadamichi saw no chance and turned around and fled.
The surrendered Japanese samurai were afraid of being accidentally killed by the Liang army behind them and did not dare to pursue them, so they all came to Fujiwara Tadamichi's side.
Shi Bao shouted: "Those who surrender must kneel down."
The Japanese seemed to be very accustomed to kneeling. As soon as Shi Bao made a sound, Fujiwara Tadamichi knelt on the ground and shouted at the Japanese samurai who had surrendered to kneel down too.
Shi Bao and Fang Jie also allowed the charging Liang army to bypass these surrendering Japanese samurai and pursue them.
Under the pursuit of Daliang's 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 were killed, more than 40,000 civilians were captured, more than 5,000 were captured, and more than 10,000 were surrendered. Less than half of the 100,000 samurai led by Fujiwara Tadamichi escaped. If Fujiwara Tadamichi had not escaped, the Japanese soldiers and horses would not have escaped.
They would not retreat immediately, but they could still fight with 40% casualties, which shows the madness of the Japanese.
Daliang soldiers also suffered losses of more than 20,000, and the casualties were basically vassal troops.
In the big tent, Chao Yong was sitting high on the throne. On the left were Wu Song, Sun An, Shi Bao, and Fang Jie. On the right were Malhu Si, the vassal army, and the leaders of several large tribes in Hebule.
In today's battle, Li Kui killed an unknown number of people. They were all covered in blood. After chasing for a while, he was hit by Sun An. He found that Li Kui also had many wounds on his body and dragged Li Kui back.
The doctor who accompanied the army examined Li Kui's whole body and found more than a dozen minor injuries and two serious injuries on Li Kui's body. The bleeding was finally stopped, and most of Li Kui was wrapped in bandages.
Even so, Li Kui was still howling to hunt down the Japanese.
Chao Yong didn't dare to let Li Kui go into battle even though he was injured, so he sent warships overnight to send Li Kui and the prisoners who were unwilling to surrender back to the Central Plains.
Fujiwara Tadamichi followed Shi Bao. After Fang Jie entered the tent, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed and said: "Japanese criminal minister Fujiwara Tadamichi comes to see the Prince of Liang."
Chao Yong has received the news that Japan's Guan Bai has become a Japanese traitor and is leading people around to recruit Japanese samurai. He is also counting on the Japanese to dig gold and silver mines for him. He has no plans to kill them all yet. He said with a smile: "
Get up, Japan actually dares to spy on my important weapon. I am here with my troops this time to depose your emperor and make a new king of Japan. You are the first Japanese minister to submit to me. Are you willing to be me?
The Japanese King of Daliang.”
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that he had the opportunity to be the king, he didn't care whether he was the Japanese king of Daliang or Japan's own king. As soon as he stood up, he knelt down again and kowtowed: "Thank you for your great kindness, Prince. If Fujiwara Tadamichi becomes the king of Japan,
Generations have been loyal to Daliang, and if there is any betrayal, the descendants will be cut off."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "I ask you to be the king of Japan. You must pay tribute to Daliang one hundred thousand taels of gold, one million taels of silver, and one million jins of copper every year. Is it possible to do it?"
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard that Chao Yong wanted so many tributes, he was shocked and said: "There are some gold and copper mines in Japan, but there are no silver mines. I'm afraid there is not that much silver."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "There are many silver mines in Japan, but you haven't discovered them yet. I will send people to Japan to help you find the mines. If you want to send people to mine, can you do it?"
Fujiwara Tadamichi thought for a while and then bravely said: "There are few Japanese people, so I'm afraid they won't be able to dig out so many mines."
Chao Yong shook his head and said: "There are many people in Japan. If you think it can't be done, I can replace you."
When Fujiwara Tadamichi heard this, his face changed drastically. He didn't know whether Chao Yong just wanted to replace someone as the king, or whether he would kill him, an incompetent person. He quickly said: "I can do it, I can do it." (Unfinished)