Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1147 Wei Zhongxian

Baekje, Southwest.

On the bank of Rongshan River, Wu'axi County City.

Prince Laimu, the same mother and younger brother of the regent crown prince of the Japanese kingdom, commanded 300 troops as the vanguard, and was transported by more than [-] Japanese boats all the way to this place.

"I never thought that I would be able to land on the land of Baekje."

Prince Laimu was wearing a set of bright light armor imported from the Great Qin Dynasty in the Central Plains. This set of armor was deeply loved by him. It cost 300 taels of gold, but he thought it was worth it.Compared with the leather armor produced by the Japanese, the defense is not known to be many times higher. Although it is a bit heavy, it is strong and majestic when worn on the body.

Coupled with the equipment purchased from the Central Plains such as the ring-headed horizontal knife, horse-cutting sword, horse lance, and strong bow, it is really majestic.

The only downside is that it is too expensive. The equipment of these Qin people is really good, but it is also really expensive.

It cost him 500 taels of gold to get all the outfits on him, not counting those beloved war horses, and those horses cost another 500 taels of gold.

But he felt that although it was expensive, it was worth it.

After all, the equipment of the Japanese country is still too far apart. The armor is only leather armor, and there are very few iron armors and the defensive performance is poor.Even if it is leather armor, not all Japanese soldiers can equip it.

As for knives, the straight knives and iron knives similar to those of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains are commonly used in the Japanese kingdom. Compared with the steel horizontal knives of the Qin people, their performance is far behind.

Japanese straight iron knives are generally less than five feet long, light and thin, not strong enough to break armor, and not hard enough.

As for the bow, it is even worse. At this time, the Japanese mainly use bamboo bows, which are extremely weak.Moreover, the Japanese army generally used flat shooting. When the two armies were fighting, they often had to approach five or six steps before starting to shoot at each other.

And the Japanese have almost no real cavalry.

Because their horses are too short, only three or four feet high, they are only suitable for plowing or carrying. The heads of the Japanese horses are also strange, not high, and the neck is relatively straight, which looks short and not mighty. , stubby legs, suitable for mountain life.

The speed is also slow.

Compared with the war horses in the Central Plains, it is too far away, even the horses of the Goguryeo people can't compare, let alone other better Hequ horses and other horse breeds.

Without good horses, there would naturally be no cavalry.

There has never been a decent real cavalry among the Japanese. Some horses are imported from Baekje or Qin every year, but basically all the horses that can be bought are castrated stallions.

Male horses are taller and mightier and suitable for cavalry war horses, but male horses will also be in trouble if they are not castrated.Of course, the Japanese also wanted to buy some uncastrated horses to improve the horse breed, but the Qin people were determined not to sell them.

Standing on the top of Wu'axi's city, looking at the company camp outside the city, and the white sails in the river outside the city, Prince Laimu was very excited.

The Baekje people said that the Qin people were unable to increase their troops on the peninsula, and now there are only [-] troops on the peninsula, which made him feel that they will surely win this time by sending troops.

Although the people of Qin had armored swords and strong horses, they were beyond their reach.

"When the Qin people are defeated this time, Baekje must distribute more of the captured Qin army's weapons and armor, especially war horses, to Yamato."

Thinking about the equipment of the Qin people, he couldn't help sighing, envious and jealous.

The armor of the Qin people, the crossbows of the Qin people, the horses of the Qin people, the spears of the Qin people, etc., if their Yamato army also has such equipment, with the bravery of the Yamato warriors, they can definitely crush those Qin people people.

They have been unable to make a qualified spear until now. Although they have learned the production technology of bronze spears from the Han people in the Central Plains, by now, bronze spears have long been outdated and impractical.

But they can make straight iron knives, but they can't make good spears. Therefore, the Yamato army has not had formal spearmen until now.

Three hundred miles away.

Dongtu Island.

Wei Zhongxian was listening to his subordinates' reports.

"Women General Prince Mu led [-] Japanese troops into the mouth of the Rongshan River and stationed in the city of Wuaxi County. The local Baekje officials are supplying him with food and grass."

"Wu Axi, what kind of name is this?"Isn’t this Baekje known as a small China? I have studied the Confucian culture of the Central Plains for 300 years, and I have learned this result, and I can’t even choose a place name. "

Deputy envoy Cheng Mingzhen said with a smile, "I would like to ask Eunuch to get one, anyway, this city will soon belong to our Great Qin."

"Don't Axi, it's better to change the name to Wu'an, make sure to be peaceful."

"Okay, this name is good, my father-in-law is a great talent."

A group of people flattered together.

As a royal commercial fleet, the Bohai Fleet has a powerful escort, but it is rather special and is not a real imperial court army.

Therefore, in this fleet, the leading merchant envoy was an eunuch from the palace. Of course, the [-] elite guards were still commanded by the generals of the original imperial army.

Cheng Mingzhen was also an old subordinate when the emperor fought in Liaodong. When the emperor moved to Yalu Jiangnan, he followed Song Laosheng to guard Daxing City, and was ordered to guard Jiangkou Island for a long time.

The qualifications are still considered old, but Cheng Mingzhen made some mistakes when he was in the Forbidden Army, which is not a big mistake, but he had some financial and life style problems, so he finally retired from active service in the Forbidden Army and was assigned to the Bohai Fleet as a deputy envoy. Assist eunuch Wei Zhongxian.

In the fleet, he is mainly responsible for fighting, and he doesn't care about other things.

The four thousand elite under his command all obey his command.

"Deputy Envoy Cheng, do you think we underestimated the enemy by directly attacking Rongshan River Estuary? After all, there are [-] Japanese people, and there are quite a few Baekje people, and they are occupying the city and occupying the river. Or the location is not as good as the other party." Wei Zhongxian was a little cautious.

After all, the emperor entrusted this fleet to him, and it used to be for trade, and there was nothing wrong with it, but now he is going to fight, which is not his specialty.

"Elder-in-law, let alone [-] Japanese people, you don't have to worry about another [-] to [-]. They are still old-fashioned hard sailing boats, and they are all relatively small hard sailing boats. What's the use of having many boats? As for Mu'an City, there is no need to worry about it." Worry, defeat the Japanese and Baekje people, this city will naturally be ours."

"Please don't worry, father-in-law. With my old Cheng and Four Thousand Tigers here, this battle will definitely be won."

Cheng Mingzhen's life style is rough, but he is a good fighter, otherwise the emperor would not have let him be the deputy envoy of the fleet and gave him four thousand retired imperial troops.

"Do you want to stop thinking about it? Ask the saint for advice?" Wei Zhongxian asked again.

"Eunuch, on the battlefield, make a decisive decision. Since His Majesty has given us the will, how to do it well is our business. If you ask Your Majesty everything, it will appear that we are incompetent? Eunuch only needs to sit on Dongtu Island. Old Cheng I personally lead the fleet to seek captives."

Seeing that Cheng Mingzhen was so confident, Wei Zhongxian thought his words made sense. Asking the emperor for everything, wouldn't it make Wei Zhongxian too incompetent? Wouldn't it be bad if the emperor sent another person to take over the fleet?

"Okay, fuck him. However, this envoy and Deputy Envoy Cheng will lead the fleet to fight against the Japanese together!"

(End of this chapter)