Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 365
Leaving the county office, Savin returned to the tribe with a heavy heart. After leaving the county, his eldest son Atu couldn't help asking: "The Song army wants to attack the Deyu country, why should we send troops to help?"

Savin smiled wryly and said, "It's obvious that Fan Ning is worried about us staying in Kunzhou, and we'll go out with him, so he won't have any worries."

"Then what good will it be for us to follow and send troops?" Atu was silent for a moment, then couldn't help asking.

"He already said it, didn't you hear it?"

Attu shook his head blankly, he really didn't hear it.

Savin smiled wryly and said: "Fan Zhizhou is planning to let our family replace the Qingyuan family and become the managers of the Kun people in the Deyu Kingdom."

Atu was startled, and then said happily, "Father, this is a good thing!"

"It is indeed a good thing, but we need to make a major change. Fan Zhizhou has made it very clear that we need to give up fishing and hunting and become a farming nation. But his deeper meaning is to let us move to Deyu country, completely Let Kunzhou come out."

Speaking of this, Savin heaved a long sigh, "I don't know whether this decision is a good thing or a bad thing for us?"

Atu's eyes lit up. In his opinion, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He had already spent enough time in the narrow Kunnan Peninsula. Letting them go to Deyu Country would be another world.

Two days later, on the sea of ​​Kunbei Bay, fifty ships, the Wanshi Ship and twenty horse-carrying ships, loaded with two thousand soldiers of the Song Army and five hundred horses, set off in a grandiose manner. In front of them were four Hundreds of double canoes and [-] Kun soldiers in leather armor, with bows, arrows and spears, followed the Song army.

On the first warship, several leaders of the Song army were discussing the battle plan. In addition to Fan Ning, there were also generals Xu Yan, Sima Yang Jing, and Zhang Zhi who joined the army.

A map of Northeast Japan was placed in front of them, and Fan Ning pointed to the map and said: "According to Tachibana Laizhen's account, there are about 3000 standing samurai from the three major clans of Dewa Kingdom, Kiyohara, Tachibana, and Arakawa. There were 6000 Dewa troops besieging Kaga Castle, that is to say, the main force of the three clans was basically dispatched, and thousands of people were recruited. I suggest that we first capture Akita Castle and cut off the supplies of the Kiyohara army. Defeat the enemy in one battle."

Xu Yan pondered for a while and said, "Why didn't you set up an ambush halfway?"

Fan Ning shook his head. There are three passages from Mutsu Country to Dewa Country, each tens of miles apart. We don't know which passage the enemy will retreat through. If we divide our troops to ambush, we may not have enough troops. "

Sima Yangjing interjected: "The envoy makes sense. We are short of troops and should not disperse any more. We must concentrate our forces to fight the enemy. We have powerful cavalry and crossbow troops, and most of the opponents are temporarily recruited peasants. It's basically a mob, and I think it's possible to fight the enemy."

"What about Zhang Canjun's opinion?" Fan Ning looked at Zhang Canjun again.

Zhang Zhi nodded, "I also think it's not appropriate to disperse troops, it's the best policy to wait for work at leisure!"

Fan Ning asked with a smile, "General Xu, is there anything else to add?"

Xu Yan said with a smile: "I like to send surprise soldiers, since the ambush is not right, then send surprise soldiers to capture Akita City!"

Dewa country includes today's Aomori and Akita prefectures in Japan, especially Akita county has a vast coastal plain, numerous rivers, and very fertile land. It has been a major grain-producing area in Japan since ancient times.

However, both Dewa and Mutsu countries are still the territory of the Ainu people. They are despised by the Japanese court and called Dongyi. The population is only 7 people. They are controlled by the three powerful families of Kiyohara, Tachibana and Arakawa. The country's defense is served by the head of the Qingyuan clan, Qingyuan Guanglai.

Akita Castle is the garrison of the Dewa Kingdom. It is also the only seaport in the northwest of Japan. It was built in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was built by the Japanese court to resist the Ainu people going south. With the Ainu people going south, they gradually transformed into farming peoples. , the tension in Tohoku Province also gradually subsided, and trade began to rise. The goods exported from the south to Tohoku Province basically docked at Akita Port.

Like Mutsu country, Dewa country's largest product is silver, especially the Takami Silver Mine in the south, which has huge silver reserves. In Japan, it is known as Mutsu gold and Dewa silver.

Hundreds of years ago, when the envoys of the Bohai Kingdom went to Japan, they landed at Akita Port. Its strategic position was very important. Because of this, Fan Ning was bound to win Akita Port. After taking down Akita Port, this place became a place for the Song army to insert in Japan. With a dagger, you can retreat and defend, advance and attack, and you can support it from Kunzhou at any time. If Japan wants to attack Kunzhou, it must first capture Akita City, which gives Kunzhou a significant strategic buffer.

At night, a fleet of twenty small boats sailed quietly into a river ten miles south of Akita Port. The river meandered north and flowed one mile south of Akita City.

The small boat was full of soldiers, a total of 500 people, led by the chief general Xu Yan himself. Villages and large rice fields could be seen not far from both sides of the bank. .

The fleet rowed silently in the small river, and the outline of Akita Castle could be seen from a distance, sometimes clear and sometimes blurred.

"General Xu, the weather is beautiful tonight!" Xu Qing beside him whispered to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan looked up to the sky, the sky was covered with thin dark clouds, and a round of bright moon passed through the dark clouds, making the earth seem bright and dark.

Xu Yan nodded, the weather is really good tonight.

The boat stopped about a mile away from the city, and the soldiers went ashore one after another, bent over and ran towards Akita City, and quickly hid in a small forest.

The circumference of Akita Castle is about ten miles wide. It is made of large stones and is very strong. However, there is no moat in the city, and the gates are made of wood. This is the only weakness of the city. This is also related to the shortage of pig iron in Japan. No one would be so extravagant as to wrap the door with iron sheets, and for the Japanese army, wooden doors were enough.

Xu Yan stared at it for a moment, and it was exactly the same as Ju Laizhen explained, there was only one east gate, and there were a few guards on the tower patrolling back and forth, but they were not close to the city wall. They were just for the convenience of opening the gate, not for patrolling outside the city.

Xu Yan secretly rejoiced that this was an excellent opportunity. As soon as he waved his hand, two soldiers rushed towards the city carrying an iron-shelled fire mine. Both soldiers were from the Firearms Department. They had rich experience in lighting fire mines. A hundred times, even an iron door can be blown open, let alone a wooden door?
The two soldiers bent down and rushed to the bottom of the city in just a moment. The two of them clinging to the city wall looked up to the top of the city, but there was no movement.

The two looked at each other, and quickly touched the city gate. They carefully observed the gate, which was about an inch thick and made of fir wood. One of the soldiers set up the wooden frame that he was carrying, and the other carefully opened the gate. The iron-shell fire mine that looks like a pumpkin is placed on the bracket, and the fire mine is close to the gate.

The soldier took out a fire pocket, flung it against the wind, the fire pocket immediately ignited, and then ignited the match, and the two turned around and ran along the city wall. This is their experience. If they run outside, they are easy to be spotted by the soldiers at the top of the city. The best way is to run along the city wall so that the head of the city cannot find any abnormalities.

The burning time of the matchlock could support them to run a hundred paces. The two of them immediately covered their ears and fell into a ravine just after they ran a hundred paces.

At this moment, a bright red flame burst out from the city gate, followed by an earth-shattering explosion, the ground shook, thick smoke rose into the sky, sawdust flew, and the Song soldiers in the woods squatted down one after another covering their ears.

When the gunpowder smoke dissipated, the city gate had disappeared, leaving only two sides hanging on the city wall, exposing the dark hole.

Xu Yan roared, "Kill—"

Five hundred soldiers jumped away and ran towards the city.

Both sides of the city gate were full of corpses, without wounds, and their noses were bleeding. These soldiers were all killed by the shock, and dozens of people were also killed by the shock on the top of the city. The rest of the soldiers were already scared to death and fled in all directions.

The soldiers of the Song Army rushed into the city gate and saw the barracks at a glance.

There were more than [-] people in the barracks, all of them were awakened by the violent explosion, and all of them panicked. Most of them were barefoot and bare-chested. They ran out without even finding any weapons, and they happened to be blocked by the Song army.

"shooting!"

The soldiers raised their crossbows and shot, and the arrows rained down on the densely packed soldiers. There was a scream, and the enemy soldiers fell down one after another. Run around.

Xu Yan roared, "Kill me!"

Five hundred Song soldiers waved their spears and knives, and swarmed into the enemy camp like a pack of ferocious wolves.

． ． ． ． ． ． ．

As the sky gradually dawned, Fan Ning led the army into Akita City. Apparently, after a night of fierce fighting in the city, there were corpses and blood everywhere, and the barracks were littered with corpses. Is the Tamra Castle scene repeated?

At this time, Xu Yan walked over covered in blood, bowed and said, "I have reported to the Jinglue envoy that Akita City has been completely captured!"

Fanning asked with concern: "How many casualties did you brothers have?"

"Brothers suffered 34 casualties, 11 were killed in action, and 23 were injured, mostly minor injuries."

Xu Yan said bitterly: "The main ones are the house guards and slaves of the Qingyuan family. There are about a hundred of them. They fought to the death with the brothers. We had no choice but to use crossbows to kill them completely. There were no survivors in the Qingyuan family. gone."

Sure enough, it was a house guard raised by a wealthy family, just like what happened in Tamra City.

At this time, Fan Ning was a little worried about the soldiers of the Kun clan. They were in charge of attacking the Tachibana family on Oga Island, and whether they would also encounter a deadly battle. With the weapons and combat power of the Kun clan, it might be dangerous.

Fan Ning immediately said to Commander Jiang Cheng, "Please Commander Jiang to lead five hundred soldiers to the Oga Peninsula to support the Kun people in fighting!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Jiang Cheng immediately led [-] soldiers to the Oga Peninsula thirty miles to the north.

(End of this chapter)