Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

"Then what did you mean in your letter when you said that there were chaos everywhere and the situation was critical?"

"Hey, old Cao, you still don't understand!" He Bayong pulled Cao Wenzong aside, and said in a low voice, "Waguo is different from Baekje. Doli, counting it is a larger state and county. And the country of Wa is four to five thousand miles from east to west, and four to five hundred miles from north to south. How much is it? One thousand Baekje soldiers and five hundred Changan soldiers add up to 100 people, just one Zhechong mansion? How can you teach me how to defend? After all, most of our food towns are here, you old Cao There is also a share, I, He Ba, am not defending the Wa Kingdom for myself, but for everyone!"

Cao Wenzong was taken aback: "He Ba, what do you mean? Could it be that the situation in this country is not critical, and you lied about the military situation?"

"Old Cao, what are you talking about?" He Bayong said angrily, "What do you mean it's not critical? Could it be that it's critical only when the thieves hit Nanbajin? Back then when I climbed the ice and lay on the snow in Baekje, I was flying with arrows. Shihe fought for three years, with scars all over his body, what did he get in the end? A fifth-rank honorary officer, with half an hectare of land in his hometown, this is for Saburo's face, otherwise it is just a hollow. You also know that these days the honorary officer is Shit, throwing a stone in Chang'an city can hit two Shangzhu kingdoms, and riding a captain has to be driven by a donkey cart. The king of the Wa kingdom is Saburo's own son, and I met him in the palace on weekdays. The princess hugged me in her arms and called me Uncle Heba. I have been promised to serve as the secretary of the Sanhe Kingdom for three generations. Tianzhuang Shiyi is going to run a horse race. We have blood in our necks and don’t flow here. Why don’t you shit on where the emperor of the Li family is? Isn’t that stupid?”

"Okay, okay!" Cao Wenzong couldn't say no to He Bayong, so he had to smile wryly: "I can't say no to you, if you have the ability, you can talk to Ming Gong, anyway, there are only 1000 people here this time, and they are all recruits, but A The battle is bright, wrapped in a brocade robe, intending to let the Japanese see the majesty of the Heavenly Soldiers of the Shang Kingdom!"

"1000 people? Or recruits?" He Bayong was taken aback. He looked back at the recruits on the deck who were arranging their burqas, and his face suddenly collapsed: "Isn't this a joke? Good-looking clothes are useless, this But go to battle! It’s not like being a guard of honor in the palace!”

"This is all arranged by Minggong!" Cao Wenzong took out a letter from his arms and handed it over: "This is what Minggong asked me to bring to you, which is incomparable to Fujiwara. You should read it first!"

He Bayong took the letter, and after reading it, his complexion improved a bit: "Well, that's the only way to go, but Saburo still didn't understand that the wheat field in front of his house hadn't been confiscated yet, so he ran to help his master harvest the wheat. How can there be such a reason in the world? Forget it, the king is his seed anyway, and his father doesn't care, so what can I say as an uncle?"

"Duke Ming has far-reaching thoughts, which are beyond our reach. We will follow what is said in the letter, and we will understand the truth in the future!" Cao Wenzong persuaded.

"That's the only way to go!" He Bayong sighed: "By the way, you're going to live in Wa country for a while this time, right? Just go and see the baby you stayed here, he's a kid, he can walk already! "

When Cao Wenzong heard this, his heart became hot. When he followed Wang Wenzuo in the Wa Kingdom, he also took in a Wa woman. When the woman left the Wa Kingdom, she was pregnant, but he didn't know if it was a man or a woman: "Okay, let's talk about it after finishing the business here. !"

"Old Cao, you are still so diligent and careful, no wonder Sanlang sent you here this time!" He Bayong patted Cao Wenzong's shoulder affectionately, and said in a low voice: "I still say the same thing, it's boring to work for the court, you have strength We should clean up Silla, Mohe, and Goguryeo as soon as possible. That is where our descendants will raise horses and grow wheat! In the eyes of the imperial court, our life is worth one stone of millet and five feet of silk. Half a liter is a loss! It's really worthless!"

Cao Wenzong laughed dryly. At this time, the gangplanks of the four large ships had been put in place. He waved to the officer at the bow and gestured to disembark.The understanding officer blew a copper whistle vigorously, and then said loudly: "Line up, each team will disembark one by one!"

Following the scolding of the veterans who served as the team leader, the recruits in iron armor and brocade robes walked along the springboard to the trestle bridge. After each team assembled, they lined up in the open space on the shore.The onlookers around looked at these outsiders curiously, and truly marveled at their tall stature and gorgeous attire.

"These Tang soldiers are really tall! I'm afraid they are all seven feet tall?" A small Japanese official sighed. (The ruler commonly used in Japan at that time was still the length of the ruler during the Three Kingdoms period, about 24.2cm per foot)

"Yeah, almost a head taller than us! Are all Tang people this tall?"

"Impossible!" A businessman shook his head with certainty: "You have also seen the accompanying soldiers of His Highness the Minister of the Taizheng. There are tall and short ones. Although they are taller than us, there are not all of them Seven feet!"

"That's true! You have all seen the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty in the Four Heavenly Kings Temple! There are also some who are taller than seven feet, but not many, and they are all so tall!"

"Could it be that this is the Habayashi Army guarding the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" Someone said in amazement: "It's so tall because of the elite who have been selected from thousands of people?"

"It's possible, can you see the burqas on them clearly?" The previous Japanese merchant asked triumphantly: "If I'm not mistaken, the burqas on their bodies are all made of Shu brocade, and there is at least one piece of that thing. It can also be exchanged for a hundred stones of rice, or twenty silver coins!"

"What? You mean they wear a hundred shi of rice on their bodies?" There was a sudden chorus of voices around them: "Is this impossible?"

"Impossible!" The merchant sneered, his face full of contempt: "I am in the silk business, and the price of Shu brocade is the same. The clothes worn by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and the people above the sixth rank are made of Shu brocade." But this Shu brocade was made in the land of Shu in the Tang Kingdom, it has many colors and patterns, it is the best brocade, you can see it if you look closely!"

At this time, with the sound of the horn, the ranks of the Tang army who came ashore began to move, and the surrounding Japanese people quickly moved out of the way and stood by the road.The ranks of the Tang army are like a bright river made of steel, bronze and brocade, passing through the seaside road of Nambatsu and heading towards Shitennoji.The sea breeze blows the colorful flags above their heads and the large burqas on their bodies. Their burly bodies wrapped in iron armor and brocade are like those half-human and half-god heroes in the ancient Japanese mythology, which made the onlookers sigh with real envy until Decades later, there are still eyewitnesses proudly bragging about what they saw at the time.

"It is said that in ancient times, the grandson of heaven came to the land of Zhuzi Sunxiang. There were gods such as Tian'erwuming, Budaoyuming, Tiantiannvming, Yishi Xulidu's life, Yuzuming's five companions, etc., carrying three artifacts ( Bachi Qiong Gouyu, Yata Mirror, Tian Congyun Sword) must be the same as the situation that day!"

Of course, in the eyes of Fujiwara Bubi and He Bayong, these gorgeously dressed and tall recruits were just embroidered pillows. It was okay to scare people on the street as guards of honor, but they would reveal their true colors immediately when they were pulled out into battle.Of course, there is no need for them to go into battle right now, as there are many Japanese warriors rushing to do this kind of thing.The template of the system established by Wang Wenzuo is the Kamakura shogunate hundreds of years later. The standard for granting official positions and land is no longer the nobility of blood, but merit. Their feats were rewarded with land and official positions.Those who have grasped the title of justice, they only need to wave the baton of "Grace", and there will be hordes of warriors running and jumping for it.

"Cao Langjun came at the right time!" Fujiwara Bubi was wearing a round-neck gown and a black hat, and he already looked like an aristocratic official: "The Ghost Boy of the Four Kingdoms, the Yamato of the Anyunbei Kingdom, and Chang'an have all raised their troops. Also, the Ezo in the north is not stable. Yuan Aolie went to the field to lead the local samurai to fight fiercely with the Azo people. There are also signs of instability in Kinki. Once you come, people's hearts will settle down, and people's hearts will naturally be stable! "

"Ghost boy?" Cao Wenzong was taken aback when he heard the words: "What is this?"

"Those who pretend to be gods and ghosts are just trying to confuse foolish people and women!" He Bayong sneered: "Once the army arrives, it will naturally fall apart, so don't worry!"

"What's the plan, Brother Fujiwara?" Cao Wenzong asked.

"I'm going to use the Ministry of Monokuma as the conquest envoy!" Fujiwara Bubi said: "Starting from Nara, we will advance both by water and land. From Nara, we will pass through Hanoi, Settsu, Harima, and recruit local samurai. We will first pacify Yamato and Changan, and then cross the sea Attack the Four Kingdoms!"

Cao Wenzong nodded. He also knew that under the current political system of Wa Kingdom, the court's standing army is very limited, and the main military force depends on the warriors who are loyal to Wang Wenzuo and the son of Emperor Qiyu, and these warriors are usually in their respective territories. Life, only in Kyoto during the last period.Therefore, the combat effectiveness of the army depends to a large extent on the appeal of the generals. The Monobe clan to which the Monobe Renxiong belongs is a well-known Japanese clan, and he himself was one of the first Japanese who took refuge in Wang Wenzuo. The emperor's son also made great achievements in the "Battle of the Three Emperors", so he naturally has a great appeal among Japanese warriors.It is indeed a very good strategy to let him go all the way west from the Kinki area, where the samurai loyal to the imperial court are most densely distributed, to recruit troops, then conquer Yamato Chang'an, and finally cross the sea to pacify the four countries. It is indeed a very good strategy.

"Actually, these traitors are nothing! Every year!" He Bayong picked up a piece of persimmon from the fruit plate on the table, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed, and said, "The biggest problem is that Saburo is not here, the master is not at home, and the people around us are not here." The thieves are naturally worried, and the servants in the family are not at ease! Lao Cao, you are the person next to Saburo, what is he thinking? He led us to take down Baekje, Waguo, and Goguryeo, such a large territory, but his family ran to Jiannan Road went to fight the Tubo people, what do you mean by tens of thousands of miles? Does he want these? Not only us, but the two princesses are also looking forward to his return sooner or later!"

Cao Wenzong was questioned by He Bayong, and he subconsciously turned his gaze to Fujiwara Bubi, who nodded: "What General He Ba said is exactly what I want to say, the king is still a child, and the authority cannot be left alone. The sky is powerful, but remote control thousands of miles away is not a long-term solution. Right now, the imperial court is defeated by the Tubo people in Dafeichuan, Haidong is shaking, and chaos has already occurred.

"Aren't there two people in Wa Kingdom?" Cao Wenzong smiled wryly.

"The two of us?" He Bayong laughed: "Old Cao, you are joking again. Let me ask you, if Sanlang suddenly dies in an accident, will you work hard for me?"

Cao Wenzong was stunned, and then he slowly shook his head.

"That's it!" He Bayong smiled and said, "Don't talk about you, even I am not willing to work for myself. If Sanlang is gone, Shen Faseng, Yuan Aolie, and Cui Hongdu and I will have to fight to the death Heitou Changzhi, Sha Zha Xiangru, and Brother Fujiwara probably have their own plans. To put it bluntly, we all got together because of our admiration for Saburo. If something happened to Saburo, we This group of people must break up their stalls!"

"That's right!" Bubi Fujiwara nodded: "General He Ba and I are just housekeeper dogs temporarily guarding the family property for the master. It's okay for a while, but if you want to show off your power and smash Haidong, you have to be the master! "

"Hey, it's useless for you to tell me these things!" Cao Wenzong smiled bitterly: "I'm not the one who can call the shots. Besides, this is the imperial court's will. How can Duke Ming refuse to listen to the imperial court?"

"The imperial court's will?" He Bayong showed a contemptuous smile: "Old Cao, you forgot what happened in the country of Wa, Sanlang has done less things against the imperial court's will? Which imperial court's order made him Turned the country upside down, even the queen of the country fell asleep, and let his son become the king? If he did everything according to the imperial court's will, would we be where we are today? To say that he didn't take the imperial court seriously, Saburo But the first!"

"Then what are you going to do? Let Ming Gong not be an official of the court, but go directly to the Wa Kingdom?" Cao Wenzong asked, "Aren't you joking?"

"As long as he thinks, he can always come up with a way!" He Bayong said with a smile: "Didn't he do all the things that were more incredible than this? Really, he shouldn't just think about being the Tang Dynasty Loyal minister, think about it for his own son, our old brothers, and the two princesses! Your Highnesses have been looking forward to his return!"

"Mr. Cao Lang!" Fujiwara Bubi smiled and said, "Actually, it is not difficult to get the Lord back. He is the court's trump card in Haidong. As long as the situation in Haidong is so bad that the court has no other choice, it will naturally send him to Haidong." It's out!"

"Fujiwara Bubi, what do you mean!" Cao Wenzong shuddered, and he heard a hint of ominous taste from Fujiwara Bubi's words: "What exactly do you want to do?" (End of this chapter)