The Legend of Shushan Xuanjian

Chapter 800
Returning from fishing, do not tie the boat, Jiangcun Yueluo is sleeping.

Even if the wind blows away overnight, it is only by the shallow water of the reed flowers.

——"Jiangcun Immediate Events" Sikong Shu (Tang Dynasty)

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(PS: Chapters 813 and 814 were revised yesterday, and readers are welcome to watch again.)
Nearly [-] Japanese soldiers died under the flying stones and rockets, and the remaining soldiers jumped onto small sampans, drifted down through the shallows on the sandbar, and avoided the deadly attacks of the Tang army's catapults and bed crossbows.

Bai Fu had already made arrangements for the "death sandbar" after the river ebbed.

The small boats sent by the Tang army to hunt down Japanese pirates can travel freely in the shallow water between the sandbars.This kind of small boat is called a shuttle boat. It is a slender fishing boat with a width of only four feet and a length of two feet. It can be seen everywhere in the reed marshes in the south of the Yangtze River. Most of the boats have a row of ospreys standing at the stern.

The advantage of this kind of shuttle boat is that it has a shallow draft, fast speed, and is extremely flexible, and can travel through shallows.

However, the disadvantage of this kind of shuttle boat is also obvious, that is, it is difficult to control, and it can pass through the river channel. Once it shuttles on the big river, a wave can overturn it. Unless the driving ability is extremely strong, it is dangerous to sail on the Yangtze River great.

The Yangtze River waterway is the territory of the Dajiang Gang.

The disciples of the Dajiang Gang who have been maneuvering boats all year round are such good hands.Back then, Bai Fu noticed this when he crossed the Three Gorges on a boat of the Dajiang Gang.

Bai Fu contacted the Dajiang Gang through the Chuan Gang.Under the mobilization of Bai Fu, the Ruan brothers joined the Tang Army's navy and quickly trained soldiers proficient in water warfare for the Tang Army.

In the navy of the Tang army, there are at least [-] excellent soldiers who can drive this kind of shuttle boat to fight against the enemy.

Ruan Jiangliu led a thousand shuttle boats, and each boat had two soldiers, one at the stern to steer the oars, and the other at the bow to shoot and kill the enemy soldiers with crossbow arrows.

The small sampan of the Japanese pirates is a rescue boat on a warship, without any protection.The pawns carrying shields when escaping can also rely on the shields to carefully resist arrows.Under the attack of crossbow arrows from shuttle boats, pawns without shields are like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

Just like the massacre of cavalry against infantry, thousands of shuttle boats whizzed past the Japanese pirates' small sampans, and the spurting crossbow arrows shot the Japanese pirates into the water one by one.

Shooting into the water was not enough, the second wave of shuttle boats saw the fallen Japanese soldiers struggling on the water, and would shoot another arrow at the heads of these Japanese pirates to send them on their way.

Yamamoto Takano's lieutenant, Gang Cunji, became red-eyed, and began to gather sampans from all directions, organize his soldiers, and counterattack the shuttle boat.

Gangcunci was bare-chested, wielding a Japanese sword.He had already fixed his eyes on the small boat where the chief general Ruan Jiangliu was. When the shuttle boat approached the sampan, Gang Cunci jumped onto the bow of the boat. He swung the Japanese sword, and the blood shot out. , into the river.

Ruan Jiangliu threw down the oar and rudder, stood up abruptly, held the Emei thorn in his hand, and stared viciously at the uninvited guest on the bow.

Gang Cunci let out a loud roar and slashed with a knife. Ruan Jiangliu sneered coldly, pouring a lot of force into his legs, his left and right legs took turns exerting force, and the shuttle boat suddenly shook violently.

Gang Cunci couldn't stand stably, staggered, swayed to the left, and slashed through the air with his knife. Ruan Jiangliu was waiting for this opportunity. With a diving leap to the top, the Emei Thorn struck Gang Cunci's throat like lightning.Hearing a scream, Gang Cunci was killed on the spot, and his body fell into the river.

Ruan Jiangliu's victory inspired the soldiers of the Tang army, and they followed suit to fight the enemy bravely.Not long after, most of the assembled Japanese sampans capsized, and all the soldiers on board were killed.

Ruan Jiangliu felt great joy in his heart and high spirits. He raised a horn and blew vigorously.

"Ugh..."

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Over hundreds of miles of waterways, the soldiers of the Japanese state rolled and crawled, and were chased and killed by the navy of the Tang army. Tens of thousands of soldiers of the Japanese state died under the fire of crossbow arrows, and the remaining soldiers hid on small sampans and went down the river. , tried to land in an open space in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, but the landing was not smooth.

Seeing the small sampan docked on the two-mile-long shore, groups of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the boat.At this time, Ruan Zhouxing led thousands of Tang army infantry to the landing place.
"Arrowers prepare!"

Ruan Zhouxing shouted loudly, and thousands of crossbowmen immediately drew their bows and set up arrows, aiming at the Japanese soldiers.

"shoot!"

Ruan Zhouxing gave an order, and the Tang army shot arrows at the Japanese soldiers. The hundreds of soldiers who had just landed were caught off guard, and most of them were knocked down by the overwhelming arrows. The remaining soldiers rushed back to the sampan.

Ruan Zhouxing shouted: "Suppress the enemy with bows and arrows, and don't allow these bastards to land!"

Thousands of Tang troops fired arrows in turn, blocking the two-mile-long landing port, suppressing the Japanese soldiers on the sampans, unable to go ashore.

In desperation, Yamamoto Takano could only lead the remnants, and continue to go down the river in a small sampan.

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When approaching the waters of Jiangyin, I saw three thousand-stone Japanese warships appearing on the river. Standing on the bow, looking anxiously, it was Ichiro Ono.

Yamamoto Takano was overjoyed, waved the headband, and shouted wildly: "Ono-kun, come and save me!"

When Ono Ichiro saw the general, he hurriedly drove the warship to welcome Takano Yamamoto to board the ship.With these three Qianshi warships as guards, the shuttle boat had no choice but to shoot at the Japanese warships with crossbow arrows.

Ruan Jiangliu is planning to use shark swarm tactics to besiege the Japanese warship, and then wait for the opportunity to jump onto the enemy ship and fight hand-to-hand.The soldiers came to report, and Ruan Xingzhou ordered him to retreat.For the follow-up attack, General Bai has his own arrangements.

The military order was like a mountain, Ruan Jiangliu could only lead the crowd and retreat angrily.

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On the Japanese warship, Takano Yamamoto finally breathed a sigh of relief.He asked for a glass of strong wine and poured it down his throat, and then he cheered up a bit.

Ichiro Ono said to Takano Yamamoto: "I received a pigeon letter saying that Liu Zhan's navy was completely burned by Bai Fu, and Liu Zhan himself and his generals were all killed in battle. I was worried that the general would be lost, so I personally led the Three warships came to meet them. The rest of the warships are still anchored at the same place and waiting for orders."

Yamamoto Takano heard the words, like a defeated rooster, dejected.Yamamoto Takano said angrily: "I regret that I didn't listen to Ono-kun."

Ichiro Ono hurriedly comforted him: "How can you blame the general, the Tang people are too cunning!"

Takano Yamamoto sighed, and said: "Fortunately, there are still hundreds of Sengoku warships, otherwise I really don't know how to explain to His Majesty the Emperor.

Now, the casualties are heavy, and it is not too late to withdraw to Fusang as soon as possible. "

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The Japanese warship sailed on the river for half an hour, and when it arrived at the waters of Jiangyin, it was seen from a distance that the Japanese warship was anchored and was waiting for orders.

Takano Yamamoto breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to use the semaphore to call the warships, when he suddenly discovered that the flags on these warships had changed to those of the Datang Navy.

Seeing Yamamoto Takano's warship, these Japanese warships quickly split apart in a pincer shape, forming an encirclement trend, revealing a huge Tang Dynasty five-tooth warship in the middle.

The prow of this huge ship is painted with fangs and tiger heads, and there are five buildings on the ship, more than a hundred feet high.There are six racket sticks on the left, right, front, back, and fifty feet high, thick and tough.A huge hammer is attached to the top of each wooden mast, and a potter's wheel is set under it, with parapets, battle grids, banners, crossbow windows and spear holes, and throwing carts and stone iron juice, which looks like a city fortress.Rope nets soaked in mud are often hung on the side of the ship to resist the enemy.

On the main mast of this giant ship, a large banner hangs high on the top, flying in the wind, with a majestic big character written on it - "White"!
Standing proudly on the bow of the giant ship, a slender figure, dressed in white, with a feather fan and scarf, condescendingly looked down at Takano Yamamoto.

"not good!"

Yamamoto Takano turned pale with fright, and five thunders struck the top.With a bang, he fell to the deck.

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The navy from Hangzhou Bay, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou has been lurking at the mouth of the Yangtze River for many days. When Ono Ichiro led three warships to meet Yamamoto Takano, Changsun Yanxing led the navy from the three places to go north quietly and captured the Japanese kingdom in one fell swoop. warship.

Alberts took the ship himself.

Many of the Dashi and Persian sailors led by Alberts were pirates, and they used the pirates' ability to rob merchant ships to keep as many warships as possible of the Japanese navy.

"@%￥... hit the flagship of Shen Tangjun!"

Seeing that hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers were killed, and hundreds of thousands of elite warships fell into the hands of the Tang army, Yamamoto Takano was furious. He waved the Japanese sword, roared and ordered the soldiers to raise all the sails, and crashed into Baifu's flagship desperately. , attempting to launch a suicide attack.

Bai Fu fought many times with Japanese naval forces, and immediately understood Yamamoto Takano's intentions. He waved the flag and shouted: "Get ready!"

The sailors were full of energy when they heard this.Six huge racket sticks like Optimus Prime are waiting for you!
Unlike Liu Zhan's five-tooth warship, the pole on Bai Fu's flagship is not bound to an ordinary boulder, but a hammer made of pig iron!
There is an octagonal hammer on the left and right sides of the hull, and two mace hammers on the bow and stern.Once cast, the power is no small matter.

When the warship of the Japanese state entered the range, the command flag of the hanging bucket played the semaphore, and a dozen soldiers shouted, pulled the trigger, and the long pole with the spiked hammer fell in response, and with a whistling sound, it smashed the enemy ship head-on. go.

The mace on the side of the hull fired first.

The Japanese soldiers only felt a huge spiked hammer falling from the sky.Like an enraged giant spirit god, he jumped down from the clouds and swung Thor's hammer to smash at his own warship.

'Boom! '

There was a loud noise, and the racket slammed the deck of the Japanese boat like a giant whip. Sawdust flew across the deck, breaking a long crack, and several pirates were smashed into meatloaf. The mast was also crumbling.

In the violent shaking, Takano Yamamoto lost his footing and was thrown more than a foot away. He grabbed the cable and saved himself from falling into the water.

Yamamoto Takano looked at this wooden pole that looked like Thor's Hammer, and was terrified in his heart. It was the first time he saw this kind of weapon, and it was so powerful.

At this moment, the soldiers beside him shouted in horror: "General, it is coming again!"

Takano Yamamoto suddenly came to his senses and roared, "Speed ​​up the boat, turn the rudder and leave!"

But it was too late, and the racket rod was slammed down for the second time. This time, the two maces at the stern fired together, which was more powerful than last time.

In order to save their lives, the soldiers had to dive into the water to escape.

There was only a violent pounding sound from the deck, and the cracks on the deck became several feet wide, and the cracks quickly spread to the hull.

There was a frightening cracking sound from the entire hull, and even the main mast couldn't support it, and after shaking violently twice, it collapsed.

The hull broke in two, and the soldiers in the cabin jumped into the water to flee for their lives.However, the broken Qianshi warship was too huge. When it sank into the river, it rolled up a vortex with strong suction, and drew dozens of soldiers who had no time to swim to the bottom of the river.

When half of the hull slowly sank into the water, Takano Yamamoto sat cross-legged on the deck, tore off his battle robe, exposed his belly button, took out a Japanese sword with a short handle, roared like a wild beast, and committed seppuku.

The other two Qianshi Japanese warships were not spared either. Bai Fu's flagship sailed past and sank the stubborn Japanese warships one by one.

The wolf-fanged hammer on the five-toothed giant ship took advantage of the momentum of ten thousand renmin, thunderous, and blasted on the Japanese warship, smashing the Fusang warship into powder with one blow.

Ichiro Ono, who was clamoring on the deck, was smashed into a pulp in an instant, and before he had time to call out, he sank to the bottom of the river with his boat.

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So far, a [-] Japanese invading army was buried in the Yangtze River, feeding the fish and shrimp in the Datang River.

Just like Bai Fu's plan before the war, after this battle, Wa no longer has the national power to launch a war against Tang.

The ruling and opposition parties of the Japanese kingdom had no choice but to learn from the Zhongshan wolf, put away their fangs and sharp claws in secret, pretended to bow their heads, and sent Tang envoys to Chang'an to spy on the light of Tang civilization. …

(End of this chapter)