Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 846

In the seventh year of Shaoming in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on March [-]th, after Murong Nobunaga had led his army to Dazaifu to land, the Japanese land and water army, dragging their feet, arrived near Chijian Pass.

The one who led the army here was still Yoshiko Ono, who had been the hunting envoy of Sanyo Road ten years ago and participated in the suppression of the Fujiwara Juntomo Rebellion.

And after his immediate boss, General Zhengyi Tadafumi Fujiwara, died of illness, this man finally gained the reputation of General Zhengxi.

We must know that in this era when General Zhengyi can also be called General Zhengdong, General Zhengxi, who is also known as Zhengdong, has a very high status.

However, Kono Ono, who is 68 years old this year, is not as calm as when he sent troops ten years ago.

Because at that time, although Junyou Fujiwara was the leader of the pirates in the Seto Inland Sea, his total strength was only more than 400 warships, more than 3000 warriors, and only [-] sailors.

And at this time, although the country of Wa was located on an island, its shipbuilding ability was not strong at all, and it didn't know how to play flat-bottomed boats, let alone others.

This is also the result of the imperial court's efforts to suppress it, because the Wa country at this time is a beggar's version of the Song Dynasty.

Since the "Chanyuan Alliance" was reached by sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty, the Japanese country no longer had any worries about foreign invasion, and began to suppress the warriors.

The idea of ​​the emperor and ministers in Heian-kyo was that if the low-level samurai gained the ability to build large-scale sea ships, the imperial court must keep up, otherwise they would not be able to control the region in the future.

But this shipbuilding is a waste of time and money!With these manpower and material resources, it is better to enlist them for everyone to enjoy.

So simply came to an island country, but tried its best to suppress the strange and funny policy of the shipbuilding industry.

Yoshiko Ono had spent decades in the army until his beard and hair turned white. He naturally knew that the Yan Kou and the pirates in the Seto Inland Sea were not the same thing at all.

No matter how arrogant the pirates in the Seto Inland Sea are, they still drive small boats and play the same set of maritime rules in Japan.

But the Yan Kou came across the sea from Silla, and they were able to send tens of thousands of troops across the strait in the cold winter, which at least proved that their naval warships were tall and stable, and their navigation skills should not be comparable to their own.

So Yoshiko Ono led the army to Sabo River, which is more than 70 miles away from Akama Pass, and refused to leave.

As far as their flat-bottomed boats are concerned, in the deep sea west of the Maguan Strait, they will definitely not be able to fight against the Yan Guo Navy, so they might as well wait in the shallow sea here.

At the same time, among the 400 land and water troops led by Ono Koko this time, only his more than [-] large and small ships and the [-] sailors and sailors on them were in place.

Because Japan's navy is not strong enough, it is impossible to transport a large number of troops through the navy.

At this time, the army of more than 3 troops was still on its legs near Itsukushima (Hiroshima), more than 100 miles away. In order to regain the West Kaido, Yoshiko Ono had to wait for them to arrive.

Therefore, Yoshiko Ono ordered the navy to repair at the mouth of the Sabo River, and immediately sent someone to notify the Koreans at Akama Pass.

Although the situation was obvious, Ono Koko still had some doubts about these Koreans. After thinking about it, he simply ordered the Korean navy to leave the military port east of Chima Pass and rush to the mouth of the Sabo River.

After Hong Xiangdong received this order, his whole body went numb, and he quickly realized what Ono Haogu meant.

This is to let the thousands of sailors under his command be used as bait to lure all the swallow thief sailors over!

Because if the Yan Zei Navy doesn’t care, the Koryo and Japanese navy can merge, and the Korean navy is very familiar with the combat capabilities of Murong Xinchang’s navy. After the information exchange between the two sides, the tactics formulated must be more scientific.

If Murong Nobunaga sends a navy to chase after them, then the Koreans will pinch the Maguan Strait again. It's good to say that they will win at that time.

After thinking about it for two days, in the end people had to bow their heads under the eaves. Hong Xiangdong ordered his nephew Hong Qing to lead a thousand sailors and two thousand sailors to drive most of the warships of the Korean navy and rush out of the port while the wind was blowing, heading east. Go to join the Japanese navy.

The estuary of the Sabo River was near Hofu City, Japan in later generations. At this time, it was only a very simple small fishing port, so it could not accommodate hundreds of warships.

Ono Haogu didn't dare to park all the warships in the harbor, it would be troublesome if they were blocked.

Therefore, the navy of the Japanese country was scattered in the nearby bays and islands, and Yoshiko Ono built a simple beacon tower nearby to transmit information.

In the seventh year of Shaoming, at noon on March 27, the Koryo pirate Hong Qing led more than a hundred warships and rushed all the way to the Sawa River. After confirming everything, Ono Koko ordered Hong Qing's warships to also enter the mouth of the Sawa River.

Before the battle was over ([-]:[-] p.m.), the warship led by Chen Huo also arrived at the sea outside the Sabo River.

In this campaign, Chen Huo dispatched a total of [-] naval troops from Henghai Town, and Zhao Yanjin brought [-] naval troops from Jinghai Town, the original envoy brought by Zhao Yanjin.

In addition, there are more than a thousand sailors who actively request to be recruited, a total of 6000 people, plus 3 sailors.

. . . .

Hong Qing looked at the Yan Guo navy that was moving forward with the waves in the distance, his eyes were full of despair.

Based on current observation, there are at least two large ships and more than thirty fighting ships in the distance.

These are big ships with more than a thousand materials. In the naval battle of Jueying Island, Hong Qing has suffered enough from these big ships. As long as the opposite side rushes over, they can sink these small boats by waves.

On the other hand, the Japanese side, damn it, it has been two or three hundred years, and their so-called warships are still similar to those in Baijiangkou back then.

No!It seems to be even worse. There are not even a few warships with [-] materials ([-] to [-] tons), which is a fart!

Looking at the deputy beside him who was also sweating profusely, Hong Qing asked, "Has the person who went to make contact come back? Didn't one of the three messengers come back?"

The deputy shook his head bitterly and said: "No, none of them came back. It seems that they are the same as before. Either they were killed by the Yan people or they were imprisoned."

"Damn it!" Hong Qing roared fiercely, but his face looked like he was about to cry?
While yelling and cursing, he also tore off the crown on his head three or two times and threw it on the deck. This was something he had practiced hard for a long time in order to pretend to be a Han family.

"This King Yan really didn't give him any way to survive! I was willing to tie up Xiangdong Hong and hand them over to them, but they still didn't agree."

The deputy looked at Hong Qing, who was going to use his uncle as money to honor his nephew, and felt very desperate.

"The Yan warship is too powerful, we don't need us at all, so we don't care whether we surrender or not, general, we can only fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!" Hong Qing quickly shook his head, "The Wa Kingdom is so big, King Yan only has tens of thousands of troops, so I don't believe they can occupy all the mountains and rivers of the Wa Kingdom.

We speak Japanese, and there are several thousand children, so there must be something they can use. "

Hong Xiangdong and Hong Qing were originally descendants of the Mu family of Baekje.

After Baekje was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, a considerable number of Baekje people could not escape to the Wa Kingdom, and it is said that the Emperor's family of the Wa Kingdom was the descendants of the prince who crossed the sea and stayed in the Wa Kingdom when Baekje was still powerful.

Therefore, most of Hongqing's people can speak Japanese, and their accent is even more connected to the Japanese court in Heianjing than the Japanese in Kyushu.

Hong Qing has always believed that he can use this advantage to find another way out.

As for his uncle Hong Xiangdong, Hong Qing didn't agree with him. The old man's thinking was so rigid that he still wanted to be loyal to the royal family of Korea.

It's just dizzy, a Baekje person doesn't know how to judge the situation, and even wants to be a loyal minister to Goryeo, what do you think.

Koko Ono's face was tense, he looked at the huge fleet in front of him without saying a word, if he didn't have a very strong heart, he would turn around and run away now.

He finally knew why no one from the Fujiwara family came to be the General Zhengxi, this is all here to die!

Standing on the bow of the Hengbo, Chen Hui was wearing a conspicuous brocade robe, looking very high-spirited.

For many years, Lin Renzhao, who was as famous as him back then, was the commander of the army, and he has been suffering in the navy.

Now that he has finally come to the fore, it is time for him, a navy warrior, to show his skills in the conquest of Goryeo and Wa.

Looking at the hundreds of battle flags, big and small, standing on the sea in the distance, they looked very mighty, but the warship carrying the battle flags was as small as a plank floating on the sea, Chen Hui couldn't help laughing.

This is a battle of extreme disparity in strength!

Most of the Japanese warships only have about 30 materials (more than 20 tons), and there are more than [-] sailors and sailors.

On my side, there are more than 20 warships with more than [-] materials, and the two sides are not at the same level at all.

"Ten times with one force, regardless of the wind direction or water flow, the whole army will stand together and help these Japanese people recall the past Baijiangkou!" Amidst loud laughter, Chen Huo gave the battle order.

At this time, naval battles do not rely on speed very much, because the combat method is too simple. The main thing is that when the two ships are side by side, they shoot at each other with bows and crossbows, and stab each other with long spears. It's just an oil bottle.

As for shooting with winches and crossbows, smashing with trebuchets, hitting with poles, and setting fire to ships with the wind, etc., those were Datang's patents, and the Japanese country could not afford this.

Their water battles consisted of small boats shooting and poking each other on the sea, and big ships approaching to fight.

And this kind of tactics will encounter great difficulties on the choppy sea.

Because the ups and downs are too big, the bow and crossbow will not have much power at all, so the Japanese naval battles are generally chosen on the sea with low waves, and the speed of the ships is not very fast.

Of course, when they are free, they will also grab the tailwind and water level.

If the wind is down, the arrows fired are more powerful.If you go along the water, the speed of the boat will be faster, and you can take advantage of it when you stab it, and even knock over the enemy boat.

But all of this has completely failed on the side of the Great Zhou battleship.

Don't be kidding, your small boat of dozens or [-] materials is going to rush against the big ship of [-] materials or [-] materials, is it to fight or to commit suicide?
On the surface of the sea, golden drums burst out. The battleships of the Great Zhou Dynasty used Hengbo and other two large ships as the central army, and Dingbo as the two wings. Outside, a large number of warships surrounded them. A formation of crane wings was formed on the sea, and they rushed towards the Korean and Japanese navy.

The war drums of the Japanese navy also sounded, but as the Dazhou fleet got closer and closer to the Japanese navy, the terrifying coercion weighed on the hearts of every Japanese.

A bald-headed pirate from the Iyo country in Nankaido was dumbfounded. He stood at the bow of the ship, watching the small boat that he had snatched a downwind position, and sailed towards the opposite side in despair under the strong wind.

The reason for his despair was that what he was facing was the Hengbo, the flagship ship of the Zhou Jun Navy. In front of the Hengbo, which was tens of feet high, the small boat with a total weight of less than [-] materials was like a toy.

The bald Japanese pirate raised his bow and arrow, but suddenly he couldn't think of shooting an arrow because his bow and arrow couldn't even hit the side of the opposite ship.

After the Hengbo discovered the Japanese warship, there was a creaking sound, and the taut racket rod slammed down. The bald Japanese pirate screamed and took the lead to pick it into the water.

But it was too late, and the racket with the kinetic energy of at least hundreds of stones smashed down with great power, and the head of the racket was still wrapped with a thorny iron sheet.

It was this shot that directly smashed the Japanese small boat into a mess, the hull was almost broken, and more than a dozen of the more than 20 Japanese sailors on board were smashed to pieces on the spot.

Although the bald Japanese pirate jumped into the water first, he was still affected. The huge impact made him dizzy for a while.

Although he was good at water and could control him from sinking into the sea, the crossbowmen on the Hengbo had already noticed him, and at almost the same time, three crossbows shot at this conspicuous bald head, instantly killing him .

boom!There was a louder explosion, and it turned out that the artillery on the main battleships on both sides began to roar. Although there were not many doors, the impact was really terrifying.

In this gloomy weather, on the surface of the sea with a salty smell brought by the cold wind, the orange-red flames seemed to be ejected from the mouth of the hell demon god. The terrifying deterrent effect of that kind of hot weapon on human beings in the cold weapon era was maximized.

The advantage brought by the difference in weapons is that it is so simple and unpretentious. There are more than 500 small boats from Koryo and Japan on the sea, and they can't hurt the Dazhou navy at all.

On the side of the Dazhou Navy, soldiers only need to stand on the deck as high as a city wall and shoot condescendingly.

The rackets of the building boats and the artillery of the fighting ships were sharp weapons to accelerate the defeat of the Japanese navy.

The battle was over from Zhengzheng to Shenzheng, that is, from [-]:[-] p.m. Dozens of ships were also lost.

The reason why the casualties are so fast is that after Chen Huo used the building ships and fighting ships to break the formation of the Japanese navy, the warships and yachts began to hunt and encircle them in batches. The large and small navy of the Zhou Dynasty benefited from the cooperation and maximized their lethality. .

Ono Haogu saw it from a distance, and tears of urgency came down, but there was nothing he could do. If there were no accidents, the entire army would be wiped out soon.

But his luck was not bad. At the last moment when Ono Haogu was about to be outflanked, the sea suddenly became rough. Flee east.

On the side of the Korean pirates, Hong Qing looked at the last two thousand people around him and gave up his heart.

He threw away all the warships, and took these desperate Koryo warriors directly ashore, preparing to occupy a small manor and settle down first.

At the end of the Shen Dynasty (five o'clock in the afternoon), the battle was all over, and more than [-] warships of the Japanese and Korean naval forces were sunk and more than [-] were captured.

Hong Qing, the leader of the Koryo pirates, abandoned the ship and fled, and Ono Yoshiko, the general of the Japanese conquest to the west, fled to the east.

The joint navy with a population of about 2 people died in battle, and tens of thousands were drowned. There were a large number of broken hulls floating on the sea and pieces in various poses. With the undulating sea water, the entire Japanese coastal defense force was almost lost. do.

. . . .

At Chijian Pass, Murong Nobunaga personally led an army of [-] to remove this land fortress stuck in the Maguan Strait.

Although Chijianguan is not big, it was built together with Dazaifu Ono Castle and Shuicheng in order to prevent the Tang Dynasty from attacking Wa Kingdom from Baekje when the military power of the country was strong in the past. Therefore, the terrain is dangerous and the defense is very complete.

At the same time, there were more than [-] Koryo defenders. The leader of the defenders, Hong Xiangdong, the former servant of the Koryo military department, was extremely stubborn. The defenders knew that there was no way out, so they resisted resolutely.

Therefore, Murong Xinchang led the army to attack fiercely for three days, but they were unable to fight.

This pass is backed by a cliff and faces the sea. There is only a small piece of land facing the beach where the team can be deployed. It is still difficult to attack by force.

But soon, news came that Chen Huo had defeated the Japanese navy at the mouth of the Sawa River.

Murong Nobunaga immediately ordered Chen Huo to drive the battleship Dingbo into the Maguan Strait, and then used the four [-]-jin cannons and three winch crossbows on the Dingbo to bombard the city wall of Chijian Pass. cut.

Murong Xinchang hated Hong Xiangdong in a hurry, and ordered Zhao Siwan to lead a beggar to the city to settle the payment.

Hong Xiangdong looked like a madman. Before Zhao Siwan broke in, he killed Wang Yu, the son of Wang Jian whom he supported, at the top of the city, and then he himself jumped down from Chijian Pass.

After Zhao Siwan entered the city, he ordered people to kill more than [-] Koryo pirates in Chijianguan. The nail stuck in Murong Nobunaga's march was finally pulled out.

On the first day of April, Murong Nobunaga left Zhao Yanjin to guard Dazaifu, and left him 2000 people to suppress the restless elements on Kyushu Island. Then he mobilized the army to go two ways by water, and marched toward Heianjing along the Seto Inland Sea.

On the tenth day of April, the army converged on Itsukushima, Bingo Country (near Hiroshima). After the local Bingo samurai resisted for a while, they fled together with the Bingo Country Guard. The army easily occupied Itsukushima, a place rich in fish and rice.

However, before the samurai of the Bingo Kingdom fled, they burned all the tens of thousands of shi of grain stored on Itsuku Island. Murong Nobunaga could only leave an army to guard, and at the same time ordered people to transport the military food and supplies from Dazaifu to store in Itsuku Island.

. . . .

Osaka, this city has an extremely important position in Japanese history, and the Honganji Temple in Osaka is well known all over the world.

Osaka is located in the northeast of Osaka Bay in the later generations. To the northeast is Heian-kyo, the capital of the Wa Kingdom at this time, and to the east is Heijo-kyo Nara, the capital of the Asuka era.

Moreover, Osaka actually used the beginning of the name of the capital. At this time, it was called Namba-kyo, named after the Emperor Namba Palace in the city.

At this time, the news of Ono Koko's disastrous defeat had already reached Heian-kyo.

In order to resist the Yan army, the Heianjing court showed a rare unity, and even the left minister Fujiwara Minorai was not careful.

He quickly asked Emperor Murakami and Emperor Suzaku to come forward together, calling on all warriors from all over the country to come to Heianjing to serve the king.

At the same time, the major families of the Wa Kingdom also dispatched urgently, pulling out all the forces that can fight from the territory as much as possible.

Even the Buddhist sects of Japan, under the instigation of high-ranking monks who had benefited greatly, sent a large number of monks and soldiers to help in the battle.

In the seventh year of Shaoming in the Great Zhou Dynasty, on April [-], nearly [-] warriors, monk soldiers, and ashigaru composed of farmers gathered in Nambakyo.

It can be said that the combat power of the entire Wa Kingdom has basically gathered in this city, and they vowed to keep Namba Kyung.

On April 22, Minorai Fujiwara, the left minister, led 2000 warriors from the Fujiwara family, and 500 Imperial Guards from Heianjing arrived.

These people are the elite of the Wa Kingdom, most of them have a suit of armor, and the swords, guns, bows and crossbows they use are also top-notch, which makes the samurai from all over the Wa Kingdom gathered in Nambakyo, that is, Osaka, very excited.

On April 24, the good news continued to come. The Kwantung warriors Fujiwara Hideto and Ping Zhensheng who quelled the Pingjiangmen Rebellion also arrived with [-] Kwantung warriors.

In the country of Japan, the existence of Kanto warriors similar to the Liangzhou Dama, Bingzhou Xiaoqi, Youzhou Iron Cavalry, Weibo Yabing, and Huaixi Cai thief in the Central Plains can be regarded as the ceiling of combat power.

This time, four thousand Kanto warriors came, which made everyone feel that it was impossible to lose. Victory seemed to be in sight, and morale immediately recovered a lot from the annihilation of the navy.

(End of this chapter)