Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 412 Detour
"Forward! Forward! Pull out the stakes! Bring down the fence!"

At this time, the front team of the Japanese had already filled up a section of the first ditch, which was about seven or eight steps wide. The leader of the front team was overjoyed when he saw this, and quickly brandished a knife on his horseback, urging his men to rush through the ditch. The wooden fence behind the trench was demolished. According to the reward announced by Brother Zhong before the attack, no matter who is the first to cross the trench, or the first to knock down the fence, or even the first to climb the barrier, he will be awarded the left guard. The official position of the door captain is inherited by his son if he dies in battle. If he has no son, he can also be inherited by his younger brother or son-in-law.

So even though people kept falling down with arrows, the Japanese still showed amazing bravery. They stepped on corpses and bundles of firewood, rushed across the ditch, began to tie ropes on the fence, and then pulled hard, trying to pull down the fence behind the ditch.

"Oops, the enemy is rushing up!" On the pagoda, Saitama subconsciously bit her nails and said anxiously, "What should I do? Do you have any solutions?"

"Don't worry, there are still two ditches!" Wang Wenzuo said calmly, "Your Majesty, you can actually retreat to the pier, which is safer than here!"

Qiyu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head: "No, I can't see anything at the pier, I can only hear the shouts of killing. I will die in a hurry. Instead of doing that, I might as well stay here!"

"Alright!" Wang Wenzuo did not insist. He observed the situation calmly for a while, and said to Cao Wenzong behind him, "Tell Cui Hongdu to gather the scorpions to the gap!"

"Follow the order!"

At this time, under the pull of the Japanese rope, the fence behind the trench began to shake, and the cheers from the Japanese behind the trench were so loud that even the sound of the defender's horn was suppressed, although the stone bullets and arrows kept falling More and more people were injured or even died on the spot, but the hope that victory was at hand encouraged them, so that even the arrows and stone bullets that kept falling were not so terrible.

"It's here, yes, it's here, push it over, open the support frame! Wind up!" Behind the barrier, a captain of the Tang Army shouted out of breath, and his subordinates were pushing the four scorpions to the predetermined position. The location is less than [-] steps away from the perforation, and the Japanese people who are pulling the fence can be clearly seen. The crowds are almost comparable to the streets of Chang'an on the Lantern Festival.As the ratchet teeth made crisp metal impact sounds, the fiber bundles of the four scorpions made of animal tendon and horsehair were twisted to the maximum limit. The Tang army captain confirmed that the four scorpions had been wound and reloaded, and he slammed He waved his arm downwards: "Let go!"

As the trigger was pulled, the huge potential energy stored in the suddenly released torsion spring was released, driving the arm of the crossbow to bounce outward, and the short spear flew out of the guide rail.Seeing the Japanese who was pulling the rope, the captain immediately fell down, and shouted excitedly: "Quick, turn the handle to wind up, I don't believe that flesh and blood can stop the scorpion!"

"Quick, go up and keep pulling! What are you afraid of!" The leader of the Japanese front team shouted loudly, but the morale of the attackers dropped a lot. The power at close range is not only enough to penetrate the armor, but can even penetrate the bodies of two or three people at once. The dying man, who looks like candied haws, rolls in pain on the ground, begging his companions to give him a merciful release. The courage of beating chicken blood was gone all of a sudden.

boom! boom! boom!
After the first volley, the scorpions entered the free shooting session. The use of the automatic winding and loading device made this torsion spring crossbow semi-automatic in firing. The user only needs to shake the handle and put the short spear or cast Put the lead bullets in the pre-loaded magazine, and the scorpion can shoot continuously at a rate of fire of 1 to 8 times per minute, which has caught up with the speed of ordinary archers.Soon, the Japanese people near the gap were wiped out, and many Japanese people were squeezed into the trench by their companions when they escaped, and were pierced by the bamboo sticks at the bottom.Panic spread like a plague among the crowd. More and more people dropped their weapons, turned and fled backwards, and the few who tried to stop were pushed down, trampled, and fell victim to failure.

"Bastard!" The lieutenant spit angrily: "Your Majesty, I'll send the next batch of people up! Before dark, the heads of the Chinese envoys must be delivered to your horses!"

"No need!" Brother Zhong looked indifferent, he couldn't see the excitement and anger of the defeat just now, let the defeated soldiers retreat first! "

"What's wrong? Your Majesty?" the lieutenant asked in surprise.

"The rebellious party is well prepared!" Brother Zhong said, "We just broke through the first ditch and killed so many people. There are two more ditches and barriers behind! It's not that easy!"

"Your Majesty, we have 3 people!"

"It's useless, people have eyes!" Brother Zhong said with a smile: "If it is easy to attack, and a few people can be exchanged for officials if they die, they will indeed behave bravely, but if the defense is tight, If a lot of people died here, and even they themselves would die here, I am afraid they would not be so brave! The first team can fill up the first section of the trench, and the second team may not even be able to tear down the fence; The third team probably fled in all directions before reaching the edge of the trench."

"I can lead the army to supervise the battle!"

"Hehe!" Brother Zhong laughed: "I'm afraid this is what the envoy from the Tang Dynasty wants to see. I won't give him a chance. I will pass on an order to let the soldiers weave shields and helmets out of wicker, cut down trees, and make long plaques." , charge the car, wait until these things are built, and then attack!"

"Katsuragi died so few people and retreated?" Saitama asked in surprise and joy as he saw the enemy troops retreating like a tide from the pagoda.

"Such a small number of people?" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "There are at least two or three hundred dead bodies on the ground alone. Including the injured, Brother Zhong lost at least nearly 300 people. Is that still small?"

"Didn't you say he has 3 people? Isn't there still 1000 after removing [-] people?" Saitama asked puzzled.

"Your Majesty, that's not how mathematics is used!" Wang Wenzuo said with a wry smile: "If I were Brother Zhong, the most courageous and loyal part of the army must be the one that takes the lead. Among the 3 people, such an army must be Not many. If I'm not mistaken, the leader of this team was also shot by an arrow just now. In this way, Brother Zhong lost more than a mere 1000 people!"

"How many people? Two thousand? Or three thousand?" Saitama asked.

"It can't be calculated like this!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "If it must be calculated, it will take two to three days!"

"Two to three days?" Saitama's eyes sparkled curiously: "How can the army use time to calculate?"

"If I were Brother Zhong, I'd rather kill more people than lose time!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "After all, he is not short of people, but he is short of time. Every day that passes, Baekje's reinforcements are getting closer. ; and the greater the possibility of changes in Beijing and Asuka, the more obvious the problem of food shortages, he can definitely think of these."

"Yes!" Saitama clenched his fists: "I have issued a decree to all the neighboring countries. In ten days at most, someone will bring troops and food!"

"That's for sure!" Wang Wenzuo laughed: "But it doesn't matter which side the newcomer is on, do you think so?"

Qiyu's face changed slightly, and he didn't speak. Wang Wenzuo's meaning was very clear: Those who came to Asuka with the army would definitely not want to be on the wrong team. higher.

"Then, why is Katsuragi retreating now?" Saitama's eyes showed a rare melancholy: "Is there some trick?"

"It should be for the manufacture of equipment and armor!" Wang Wenzuo said with a smile: "You saw very clearly just now, most of the enemies don't even have decent shields, and he won so smoothly in front of him!"

"Then, what should we do then?"

"What should I do?" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Let the women put on the leather armor first, replace the soldiers, and let them have a good rest!"

"Women defend the castle, men rest?" Saitama asked in surprise.

"Yes, we have fewer people, so we need to save the soldiers' physical strength!" Wang Wenzuo said: "The fewer troops, the more we can't just defend but not attack. The real defense is composed of clever attacks. Let the women pretend to be soldiers." Defending the city can not only save energy, but also confuse the enemy into thinking that our army will only defend to the death!"

"Attack?" Qiyu asked in surprise: "There are only so few people, how to attack?"

"Your Majesty, of course wait until night, the night is an ally of the minority!"

Cao Wenzong boarded the trestle bridge, and the night shrouded the surroundings. He could hear the sound of water coming from his feet. The tide beat against the wooden pillars supporting the trestle bridge, and the trestle bridge shook accordingly, as if it would fall apart in a second, and he fell into the sea.

"Follow me!" Ping Liu turned his head and waved to Cao Wenzong. His Tang dialect has a strong accent, but it is not difficult to understand. After all, he can only speak a dozen commonly used sentences. Can only do simple communication.

"Master, will this guy take us there and sell us to the Japanese!" Li Bo's voice came from behind, and Cao Wenzong smiled: "Don't think about it, we also have Japanese people here, and that one always stands beside the Fujun The woman in the house is a Japanese woman, and she is also the king of the Japanese people!"

"I know this, but I'm always worried!" Li Bo said in a low voice, "Most of you are from Kansai, and none of you can swim! When we got on the boat, we put our lives in his hands! "

Cao Wenzong didn't answer his disciples' complaints, but quickened his pace. Li Bo scratched the back of his head, but could only follow. Ping Liu had already raised the black sails on the boat, and everyone behind them boarded the boat and sat on the side of the boat. on the bench.Pingliu skillfully untied the cable, pulled the rope that tied the sail, and driven by the night wind, the boat left the trestle and sailed towards the sea.

Cao Wenzong put his back close to the side of the boat, and held the wooden oars tightly with both hands. His heart rose and fell with the waves, and the air smelling of sea salt was inhaled into his lungs, and then slowly exhaled. A strange thought: "I am only separated from death by a three-inch thick board. This is really an absurd thing!"

Pingliu stretched out his right hand, let the night breeze slide through his fingers, and felt the direction and speed of the sea breeze. He has been a companion in Namba Tsu for seven or eight years, and he knows the local sea conditions like the back of his hand, but even so, he wants to be in the sea at night. It is not easy to turn this ship around a big bend and land behind the enemy's camp.He saw thousands of twinkling campfires appearing to his left, like stars in the sky. He knew that this was the enemy camp, so he adjusted the sails and sailed to the right.

Suddenly, the wind direction changed sharply. Under the turbulent sea wind, the sails crackled and the ship shook violently. The people on board grabbed the ship's side and screamed.Cao Wenzong shouted sharply: "Shut up, do you all want to die?"

"Quick, help me lower the sail!" Ping Liu pointed at the sail and shouted loudly: "Otherwise the wind is so strong that the boat will be blown to the rocks on the shore!"

Cao Wenzong stood up, lowered his center of gravity and walked to Pingliu's side. It took him a while to understand what Pingliu meant, and hurried forward to help. After a while, he lowered the sails, and the shaking of the ship quickly weakened.Everyone picked up the wooden oars and paddled according to Pingliu's command. It was around the time of the first watch that they slid into a secluded port branch along the tide. A forked ripple trailed behind the boat. A few minutes later, Pingliu whispered: " Here we go, everyone get off the boat!"

Everyone jumped out of the boat, and the sea water was only up to their knees. They pushed the boat to the shore, and then went ashore to rest. After a while, Cao Wenzong stood up: "It's almost there, everyone get up! Take the guys and set off!"

"It's really cold!" Li Bo complained in a low voice: "The clothes are still wet, and when the sea breeze blows, it seems that the whole body is naked and has nothing on!"

The crowd let out a burst of deep laughter. This vulgar analogy dispelled the tension in everyone's hearts. If you are about to kill or be killed, even the bravest will feel dry in the mouth and tense in the hands.

"That might not be a good thing!" Cao Wenzong sneered, pointing to the flickering light on the enemy camp ahead. "The wind gets stronger and colder at night! Sentinels will huddle around the fire at night. A little warmth, a little light, will lure them away. But the fire also blinds them, so they won't be able to see ours." whereabouts."

"I hope so!" Li Bo laughed twice.

"The distance is getting closer, put the wooden plaques in your mouth, and tie the white cloth on your right arm, and use this to distinguish the enemy from us later!" Cao Wenzong said.

In front is the Japanese camp!Cao Wenzong squinted her eyes, and she could see the torch moving behind the fence, and the flames were flying in the wind.The sentinel in the cloak reflected the dim light. Behind him, more tents and fires could be seen shadowily. A group of people and horses were slowly moving along the fence. It should be the patrol that night.

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