Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 624 A Small Trial of a Crazy Sword...God Arm Bow
Looking at the fully armored soldiers in front of them, Tachibana Toho and his retainer Nomura Nobuyasu couldn't help looking at each other.

At this point, how could they not know which army they were facing?
Compared with weapons, armor is the most important equipment on the battlefield.

The armor of the navy is even more demanding. The infantry and cavalry can stack thick armor to improve the survival rate on the battlefield.

This is not the case with sailor soldiers. In this water battle, if you wear a suit of iron armor and accidentally fall into the water, you can imagine what the result will be.

Not everyone in this world has the talent of Lin Renzhao and Xie Wenjie.

Therefore, navy armor must be lightweight leather armor. In order to make up for the lack of defense of the leather armor, the leather armor has to be painted with multiple layers of lacquer.

The price of ancient lacquer is not cheap. A set of large lacquer leather armor for naval soldiers costs no less than infantry armor.

Although the Fujiwara family is still making up the lie that the Yamato nation is the first, those of them who killed Goryeo have more or less understood some of the situation, but for the sake of the Fujiwara family's face, they will not expose it.

Except for the Yu Dynasty, which is no less than the Tang Dynasty in the population of Goryeo, which country has the capital to equip all soldiers with lacquer armor so extravagantly?

There was fear in Ju Yuanbao's eyes, and he said in amazement: "How did Yu come here so quickly?"

Had I known this earlier, I wouldn't have taken the credit.

Nomura Nobuyasu put up the arbor with his hands, and said in a deep voice, "It seems that there are not many soldiers on the other side?"

Ju Yuanbao silently nodded and said, "Mostly it's the vanguard troops who came to explore the way. They confiscated our boat, obviously they didn't want us to run out and reveal their tracks."

Nomura Nobuyasu said in amazement: "So, their large army is still behind? What should we do?"

"No matter what, let's destroy them first..." Tachibana Yuanbao came to a conclusion through his teeth, "We have no food, there are people from Yu before us, and then there is Tamra Kingdom. I don't know when the army of Yu Kingdom will come. Only by destroying them will there be a way to survive."

Ju Yuanbao didn't think about surrendering, the fear, anger and despair in his eyes became ferocious like a wolf, revealing the madness of being put to death and then reborn.

Nomura Nobuyasu also said: "This subordinate is willing to die for you."

Ju Yuanbao got off his war horse, the Japanese horse is short, and he alone is no different from dying, it is better to fight on foot, holding the Japanese sword high, and shouted: "The descendants of Amaterasu, under the protection of the emperor, from these wastes step on his body!"

Without any hesitation, Ju Yuanbao led his private soldiers of the Wu family, led the farmers and soldiers, and rushed towards the Donghai Division's Chengfeng camp roaring.

The private soldiers of the Japanese Wu family were extremely brave, roaring like a pack of hungry wolves, full of momentum.

Tachibana Yuanbao rushed to the front line, watching the soldiers advancing like a wall, he felt a little weird: the enemy's lineup was too wide apart.

The front part advances like a wall, but the rear part stops, and there is a gap in the front and rear parts.

Ju Yuanbao also had a certain understanding of military matters, instantly understood the opponent's intentions, and shouted: "Hold up your shield, don't retreat."

He took a wooden shield from the soldier beside him, but a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.

The opponent's front team and rear team are too divided, as long as you tear the opponent's front team in one go, the crossbowmen behind will naturally be vulnerable.

Thinking of this, strange and strange sharp sounds came to his eardrums, and black arrows pierced through the air.

Ju Yuan didn't laugh out loud at all. He was born with excellent eyesight and was also good at bow and arrow. He has a bow and arrow team in his hand and has made outstanding achievements repeatedly.It's just that the soldiers on the opposite side are well-equipped, and the bows and arrows can't get the effect, so they plan to fight hand-to-hand.

In his experience, the bow must reach a certain number of stones, and the arrow must reach a certain weight before it has enough power.

The arrow on the opposite side is so small, what power can it have?
Could it be that the people of Yu country are all embroidered pillows, they look tall, and they are far inferior to their short and capable people in Wa country?

The thought flashed through his mind.

But what happened next made him shudder.

Small sharp arrows flew like locusts, and nearly a hundred private soldiers of the Wu family fell directly to the ground. Known for his bravery, Nomura Nobuyasu.

Tachibana Yuanbao looked at Nomura Nobuyasu's body beside him, the shield in his hand was split in two, and the small arrow hit his forehead, penetrating an inch or so into his forehead.

That tiny crossbow arrow directly penetrated the wooden shield?

He looked back, this is not an exception.

Many of the soldiers who were hit by the arrow were holding shields, but without exception, the wooden shields were unable to withstand the tiny arrows. Not only that, the arrows penetrated the wooden shields, and pierced the body of the person behind the wooden shields with great force. bodies, many of them shot through soldiers in inlaid iron armor...

what weapon is this?
Ju Yuanbao couldn't utter a single word, and he hadn't made contact yet, but with just a wave of arrows, he lost more than a hundred people?

An emotion called fear welled up in my heart.

The momentum of the charge was immediately stopped.

The private soldiers of the Wu family were all frightened by this terrible rain of arrows, let alone those peasant soldiers.

The timid ones were so frightened that they fell to the ground, and some even slowed down.

The lineup instantly collapsed!

Ju Yuanbao's heart is bleeding, the country of Japan is small and poor, and the family's private soldiers are the wealth accumulated by generations.On this expedition, he bears the expectations of four generations of the Tachibana family...

"The enemy is close, and there is no way to retreat. Only by approaching the enemy quickly can we have a chance to win back!"

He roared, and holding the Japanese sword high, he rushed towards the soldiers of the Yu army who were less than twenty steps away.

On the other side, Lu Jiang did not participate in the command, but muttered to herself, even took out a pen and paper, and wrote down what she read in detail on the paper. At the end, she said with emotion: "Use this god arm bow to deal with the Japanese Thief, really overkill."

The Divine Arm Bow is a sharp weapon used by the imperial court to deal with the Khitan heavy armored cavalry, but it has not been experienced in actual combat for a short time.

It is not clear how the actual combat effect will be. This time in the battle, Luo Youdu specially allocated [-] magic arm bows to each of the Donghai Division and the South China Sea Division for them to use on the battlefield. By the way, record the results of their use so that they can be improved.

This battle is the first time that the God Arm Bow has been put into actual combat. It is so powerful that not to mention the enemy Ju Yuanbao, even Lu Jiang, a young general in his seventies, was shocked by it.

But he also saw some problems and recorded them.

At this time, Ju Yuanbao on the battlefield had already fought with the Donghai Navy led by Nong Hao.

The morale of the Japanese army was captured by the bow of the divine arm, while the Donghai division, inspired by the divine weapon, firmly took the initiative on the battlefield.

Tachibana Yuanbao slashed an enemy back three steps, cut across the abdomen of another with a slash, and slashed him back.

The two people on the opposite side rushed towards him again as if nothing happened.

Tachibana Yuanbao yelled angrily, and stabbed forward suddenly, knocking the enemy in front of him to the ground, but the soldier who was knocked down by him immediately stood up...

Tachibana Yuanbao was almost insane, he had always cut people like melons and vegetables, this was the first time he encountered such a situation.

How did he know that the Japanese sword's improvement on the Tang sword is really superfluous.

Perhaps because their armor is not strong, the Wa country pursues the sharpness of the knife, so they changed the Japanese sword to an arc to facilitate chopping.

Against soldiers with no armor or simple leather armor, or even bamboo armor, the lethality of the Japanese sword is indeed better than that of the Tang Zhidao.

But against iron armor or large lacquered leather armor, the lethality of Tang Zhi Dao and Japanese Dao will plummet.But the armor-piercing ability brought by Tang Zhidao's stabbing attack is far from what Japanese swords have.

Therefore, when Ju Yuanbao cut down the soldiers of Tamra Kingdom, he killed all directions, but when he cut on the Donghai division who was equipped with a large lacquer leather armor, it was just a wound.

Fortunately, what he met was the Donghai Division. If he met any heavy armored infantry from the Imperial Army Division, the Dianqian Division, and the Guards Division, Ju Yuanbao slashed down with his sword, and the opponent was fine. The shock force flew away.

In the Korean War during the Wanli period in history, the iron armor of the Ming army did not know how many Japanese knives flew away.

A figure appeared beside him, and Tachibana Yuanbao instinctively slashed at him, making a sound.

Ju Yuanbao's body froze, his jaw went numb.

Taking a closer look, his Japanese sword had slashed on a pumpkin hammer the size of a fist.

The sharp Japanese knife hit an iron lump, and directly rolled its mouth.

Ju Yuanbao was so angry that he slashed down again.

Nong Hao directly raised his arm, resisted Ju Yuanbao's knife with his forehead protector, and smashed Ju Yuanbao's head with a hammer.

Nong Hao held up the gourd hammer with brains stained on it and shouted: "The leader of the thief is dead, and those who surrender will not be killed!"

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When Lu Jiang and Nong Hao defeated Ju Yuanbao's troops in a devastating manner, a vigorous battle was also launched in Jincheng County, Jiaozhou, Haidong Peninsula.

The people who commanded this battle were Chen Chuyao and Jiang Gongzhen who escaped from Kaesong.

After escaping from Kaesong that day, Chen Chuyao fled to Jincheng with Jiang Gongzhen and Koryo Crown Prince Wang Ni.

Jincheng is the eastern capital of Koryo, and it was also the capital of North Korea in the past.

In the past, Wang Jian, a Silla native, usurped the throne and established Goryeo. In essence, Goryeo was the dynasty established by the Silla people.

And Silla is deeply rooted in Gyeongju, hiding here to facilitate future incidents.

Chen Chuyao hid in the mountains, contacted the old Silla people in Jinzhou City, and with the support of the other party, collected the fleeing soldiers and gathered a lot of power.

With the revelation of the tragic situation in Kaesong, the numerous crimes committed by the Wa Kingdom in various places have also been confirmed one by one.

The people of Goryeo were filled with righteous indignation, and Anton Mansion was the first to revolt.

Chen Chuyao originally planned to wait a little longer until the Central Plains army marched north, before raising its momentum. Unexpectedly, the flames of uprising were blazing, and within a short period of time, it turned into a prairie fire.

There were more than a dozen uprisings, large and small, in various places under the jurisdiction of the Wa State.

Chen Chuyao had no choice but to fire his arrows. He decisively raised the banner of the Crown Prince of Koryo, Wang Ni, and built fences to consolidate his position. Within ten days, more than 3 people came to seek refuge.

Together, Chen Chuyao and Jiang Gongzhen attacked Jincheng, captured the old capital of Silla, and started the momentum of counterattack.

With the help of the righteous men in the city, the rebel army led by Chen Chuyao and Jiang Gongzhen successfully broke into the city.

However, Jincheng was the old capital of Silla, and the Wa Kingdom arranged for General Fujiwara Motona and 8000 people to garrison it.

Fujiwara Motona retreated to the Silla Palace in the past, relying on the strength of the Jincheng Palace to resist desperately.

Although the Koryo uprising army entered the city, they were still unable to capture the Golden City Palace.

Jiang Gongzhen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and said: "President, Wa is on fire from all sides and can't take care of itself. But the northern part of Goryeo is relatively stable, and the crown prince's situation is special. The longer the delay, the more unfavorable it will be."

Chen Chuyao is now the prime minister of Koryo, he knows that Jiang Gongzhen is not worried about the Wa country, but Khitan not far away.

The Khitan and Wa kingdoms divided Goryeo, and the dividing line was just north of Jincheng.

Chen Chuyao chose to hide in Jincheng. In addition to Jincheng being the old capital of Silla, it is also the key to connecting Khitan in the north to the Kingdom of Wa in the south.

Chen Chuyao suddenly pointed to a river on the map and said, "How is the flow of the Longjiang River?"

Jiang Gongzhen hurriedly said: "The water flow is fast, Jincheng is surrounded by mountains, and the Longjiang River surrounds Jincheng. The wealth of Jincheng depends on this water."

Chen Chuyao pointed to a place in the Longjiang River and said, "Break the water and divert it. From here, we can divert water into the city. The Jincheng Palace is located in the east of the city. We will flood the east city with water and let the pirates in the Jincheng Palace feed the fish and shrimp."

Jiang Gongzhen was taken aback. These days, he felt that the prime minister acted resolutely, with extraordinary tactics, and had the demeanor of Jin Yuxin, a sage of Silla, but he didn't expect him to plan so viciously and directly flood the Jincheng Palace.

"This method is feasible! It's just..." Jiang Gongzhen said with a frown: "When the crown prince ascends the throne, this Jincheng Palace is the best place. It would be a pity to destroy it in one fell swoop. In addition, the vicinity of Jincheng Palace is full of local tyrants, supporting us in the future. Jin Guobing, a righteous man based in the mountains, also lives in it, flooding the east of the city, the harm is too great, is there a more secure strategy?"

There was a smile in Chen Chuyao's eyes, and he said: "As far as I know, Fujiwara Motona loves the soldiers under his command very much. Maybe we can threaten to flood the Kinjo Palace to make them withdraw from Kinjo. We will not pursue them within three days, so as to avoid losses. It’s just that Japanese thieves have committed numerous crimes in the country, so let them go. I’m not willing to…”

Jiang Gongzhen gritted her teeth and said, "The crown prince needs a place to stay, so let's persuade him to make peace."

Chen Chuyao said: "But? Well, I will follow Jiang Du's orders."

Jiang Gongzhen sent an envoy, just as Chen Chuyao predicted.

Fujiwara Motona, as a descendant of the Fujiwara clan of the Japanese country, cherishes his life the most, and is unwilling to live and die with the Kinjo Palace.

Fujiwara Motona abandoned Kinjo Palace, and the rebel army gave up pursuing.

After Fujiwara Yuanming withdrew from Jincheng, Chen Chuyao and Jiang Gongzhen immediately raised the Wang Yiyi flag and issued a letter calling for the Goryeo volunteers to join them.

then……

Except for a small group of people who were willing to obey the edict, no one responded to the team that was really raised by the local tyrants to rebel.

Fujiwara Motona fled to Kaesong, and found that the people in Kaesong were panicked, and the pot had already exploded.

Arriving at the Royal Palace of Koryo, Fujiwara Motona looked at his uncle Fujiwara Shisuke, who was known for his elegance, with red eyes all over his eyes and a ferocious expression, like a hungry wolf that cannibalized people. He reported the situation of Jincheng with fear.

I thought I would be reprimanded, but Shifu Fujiwara just waved his hand and said, "It's already a great achievement to be able to bring five thousand soldiers, go down and rest."

The Goryeo Rebel Army rose everywhere, and the troops stationed in various places fled to the death and fled, and it was a great achievement to escape safely.

Fujiwara Motona couldn't help asking: "Uncle, we still have an army of [-], why don't we go to suppress the rebellion? How can a mere traitor resist our army?"

Fujiwara Shifu was as decadent as a chicken suffering from the plague, and said with a wry smile: "We have lost contact with the country for [-] days, how can we have the mood to suppress the rebellion?"

(End of this chapter)