Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 374: Half-crossing and attacking
Chen Qingsi's eyes were shining with excitement. He did not make arrangements immediately. Instead, he asked about Nakatomi Dahui's situation.

"What happened to the Japanese man?"

Zhao Chi, who heard this, was full of admiration and said: "The Governor still has some tricks, and a certain person is just using some tricks. The minister Dahui has decided to serve the imperial court and is willing to tell the Governor everything he knows. He is waiting for the Governor." The governor is here to meet you."

"Then bring him here! I just want to ask about the current situation in Japan."

Chen Qingsi said, and asked people to prepare some dried fruits and candied fruits.

Not long after, Nakatomi Daiki arrived nearby.

Seeing Chen Qingsi, the concubine of the Japanese Zhongchen family, he immediately knelt down and worshiped: "I have seen the governor."

Chen Qingsi saw that Zhongchen Dahui was walking awkwardly and had some bruises on his face. He thought he had suffered a lot. He said with a smile: "I'm sorry for you. Eat some dried fruits to cushion your stomach. Now you are in the army. After the victory, , returned to Xiongjin, and the governor personally hosted a banquet to entertain you. "

Zhongchen Dahui's cheeks twitched, but after looking at Zhao Chiman aside, he knelt on the ground honestly and said: "Dahui is willing to submit to the Governor and serve as a horse and horse for the Governor."

Nakatomi Daiki is a person who is afraid of death, otherwise he would not rush to leak secrets at a critical moment.

Just asking him to openly betray the Japanese country, Nakatomi Dahui was still very conflicted.

This is also human nature.

Except for a few animals, most people have some resistance to betraying the family and treason.

Especially for a nation with strong self-esteem like the Japanese...

But people always make excuses and reasons for themselves.

Just like when he rushed to leak the secret before, Nakatomi Dahui didn't feel that he was wrong. Even if he didn't say it, Dao Chen would.

Why give the other party an advantage in vain?
It's the same now...

Zhao Chiman used torture on him last night. The method was not brutal. It was just a small test. It could not be compared with the meticulous methods used to deal with those villains in Chang'an in the past. Despite this, these small tricks are unbearable for a high-ranking disciple of the Japanese country like Nakatomi Dahui.

Feeling the pain on his flesh, Nakatomi Daiki immediately figured it out.

Regardless of whether he surrenders to the Tang Dynasty or not, this hat must be placed on him, and he will eventually be accused of leaking secrets...

He would be expelled from the army without hesitation by his stern father, and everyone in the Japanese country would spit and curse traitors and Japanese traitors when they talked about Zhongchen Dahui.

But you didn’t betray yourself?

Both left and right will be infamy for thousands of years. Instead of being tortured again, it is better to cooperate well.

Otherwise, I would have to be stabbed in the spine and suffer physical and mental torture. How aggrieved would it be?
Why bother?

Not as good?

Nakatomi Daiki convinced himself, and everything fell into place.

Chen Qingsi asked about the situation in Japan.

He first asked what he knew to see if Nakatomi Dahui was playing tricks.

When Chen Qingsi was in Chang'an, he was the leader of the Qingliu Party and had connections throughout the six departments. There are also people from him in the Ministry of Rites. When we get together, they will talk about the situation in various countries.

Chen Qingsi had to ask a few more questions about the news about the Japanese country, so that he had a certain understanding of the situation in the Japanese country.

Zhongchen Dahui didn't dare to lie, because in his eyes, Chen Qingsi had an informant in the Japanese country, and his status was not low, at least higher than him, and he could see the whereabouts of the Japanese surprise army in advance.

If he hadn't needed to contact Fu Yufeng, his father, Nakatomi Kamazu, would not have told him such confidential matters.

Nakatomi Daiki's answer was 1510.

Chen Qing couldn't help but nodded. After confirming that the concubine of the Zhongchen family in front of him was really planning to become a Japanese traitor, he asked about the current deployment of the Japanese country.

Nakatomi Daiki told everything he knew.

Chen Qingsi listened to Zhongchen Dahui's description with a hint of chill in his eyes.

The Japanese ambitions to covet Haidong are more serious than he imagined...

Not only did they send 40,000 reinforcements, their emperor actually left Asukakyo and arrived in Chikushi in person to take command. The eldest prince, the eldest brother of the crown prince, the prince of the sea, the middle minister, Kamazu and many other dignitaries and many entourages went on the expedition together. He was simply the Japanese version of the imperial commander. Personal expedition.

To use Nakatomi Daiki's words to describe it, it is almost equivalent to moving the capital.

It is conceivable that if he is defeated this time, the Japanese emperor in Chikushi will most likely cross the sea and go north. Their goal is definitely not just the little Ren Na...

Chikushi Province, also known as Fukuoka Prefecture in later generations, is located on the Saikaidō of Japan.

Now the emperor of Japan and many of his ministers live in Chikushi Asakura Palace...

Asakura Palace is located south of Iki.

Chen Qingsi specially asked Zhongchen Dahui to mark it on the map.

Nakatomi Daiki pointed to the location close to the direction of Hakata in his memory, and he knew it immediately. He just thought for a moment and let Nakatomi Daiki go down.

After Zhongchen Dahui left, Chen Qingsi

The first order was issued: "Send an order to Governor Liu, asking him to immediately send troops to attack Tsushima Island with all his strength, and try to make the momentum as large as possible."

Tsushima Island is the perfect military stepping stone. Whether it is to invade Japan from the Haidong Peninsula or to invade the Haidong Peninsula from Japan, it is a strategic location.

Soon, he issued a second order, saying: "Command, let Commander Du lead the navy south, avoid Tsushima and Iki, land from the direction of Hirado, and approach Asakura Palace."

Since the core of the Japanese kingdom is now the Asakura Palace in Tsukushi, he asked Liu Rengui to directly take over Tsushima Island and point his sword at the Asakura Palace.

The Japanese country will definitely be frightened by this. They have no other choice but to gather surrounding soldiers and horses to Asakura Palace and send heavy troops to defend Iki Island.

As a result, Hirado, which is located in the northwest corner of Japan, must be vacant, and this road can go straight into the heart of Japan.

After arranging all this, Chen Qingsi made the final plan for the 40,000 Japanese soldiers coming up the river at this moment.

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The Japanese fleet went up the river. The Japanese rear general, Yueguo Shou Abehirov, stood on the main ship, looking at the fields on both sides of the river, his brows furrowed unnaturally, as if he noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere.

Abehirov looked at the deserted fields on both sides of the strait with a hint of uneasiness in his eyes.

It was so quiet, both sides of the river were so quiet.

Baekje's water resources are precious. The Baekje River is a tributary formed by the Unongjin River where it meets the sea. It is irrigated by the tributaries. The fields around it are fertile and there are many growers.

Although spring plowing has passed and rice seedlings have been planted in the fields on the left and right banks of the river, farmers still need to take care of them carefully.

It was almost noon, and no farmers were seen taking care of the fields in the left and right fields.

It's really strange.

"Pu Shi Qinjun, don't you feel a little quiet? There are no farmers on both sides of the strait..."

Park City Qin Zhuotian came to Jin with his hands on his eyes and looked into the distance. It was indeed like this.

"Maybe because we were so powerful, they spotted us from a distance and ran away."

Park City Qin Zhuotian Laijin thought of a reasonable excuse.

Abebirov nodded slightly, as if this was the only thing he could say.

"Speed ​​up! Fight quickly!" Abepirov suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and ordered the boat to speed up until it merged into the Xiongjin River.

"Quick, land immediately!"

Abebirov was excited and gave the order to land.

They were only five miles away from Xiongjin City. They could still hide their traces in Baijiang River, but after entering Xiongjin River, they would definitely not be able to hide it.

The Ungjin River is the lifeblood of Baekje. In addition to irrigating surrounding fields, it also bears the heavy burden of water transportation.

According to the information they received in advance, there were not many guards in Xiongjin City, but there was a Tang Army navy stationed in Xiongjin Water Village, whose task was to protect the waterways of the Liaodong Peninsula.

First, they captured Xiongjin City as quickly as possible, then divided their troops and took boats down the Xiongjin River, directly taking Xiongjin Water Village, and taking the ships stationed in the water village by the Tang Army as their own.

This was all planned by them.

At this point, even though Abehirov noticed something was wrong, he couldn't help but change his plan temporarily.

He cannot afford to retreat due to timidity...

Abehirov kept an eye on it. He did not land in person, but asked Park City Qin Zuota to be responsible for the landing.

Park City Qin Zuotian came to Jin without thinking too much. He was all about capturing Ungjin and then entering the city to plunder. This Silla maidservant is famous all over the world, and the women of Baekje are also good.

Qin Zhuotian of Pu City came to Jin and shouted for the soldiers to land, with skillful movements.

Park City Qinzouda Laizu was a wealthy member of the Shikoku clan. His territory was located near the Seto Inland Sea. He had rich experience in water warfare and was very comfortable commanding soldiers to land ashore.

Seeing that half of the soldiers had landed, Abebirov secretly laughed at his own suspicion.

However, at this moment, just as he turned around to get off the boat and land, the corner of his eye casually glanced around, as if something was wrong.

Abebirov looked upstream, and was stunned at this sight: there were unknown things of all sizes floating on the wide river upstream, and they were swooping towards them at extremely fast speeds. !

"what is that?"

Abebirov narrowed his eyes, wanting to take a closer look before making a judgment.

But the sun was already high in the sky at this moment, and the white light refracted on the water hurt his eyes, and he couldn't see clearly for a while.

As the things got closer, he realized that they were actually pieces of bamboo rafts. The bamboo rafts went down the river and soon ran into their boats blocking the river.

Make a crashing sound...

Many Japanese soldiers accidentally fell into the Xiongjin River.

The Japanese boats were not big, so the impact force of the bamboo raft was quite considerable.

However, this was not enough to damage Japanese ships, nor was it enough to cause Japanese soldiers to injure their lives.

The Japanese soldiers who fell into the water climbed onto the Japanese ship with the help of their comrades on board. Being good at water, I even climbed directly onto the bamboo raft.

There were many earthen jars on the bamboo raft, which were knocked upside down due to the force of the impact, and brown liquid flowed out of them.

All this was invisible to Abe Hirafu in the Chinese army. It was just the unknown fear that made him issue the order: "Speed ​​up and push the bamboo raft away from our ship..."

Before his order could be issued, dozens of rockets leaped into the sky.

At the end of the bamboo raft group, there were actually a dozen soldiers hiding. After they fired the rockets, they immediately jumped into the water and escaped.

Rockets hit the raft, and flames shot into the sky.

The moment the fire was ignited.

The sound of horse hooves hitting the ground followed...

Abebirov looked forward and saw numerous iron-helmeted cavalry rushing from the northeast.

The vanguard is a group of cavalry, their black armor reflecting the sun's rays, like a group of ghosts and gods coming from hell to the human world.

Abehirov was trembling all over, and for a moment he didn't know how to command.

He knew that in the art of war, this move was called a half-crossing strike.

The soldiers who can land can neither advance nor retreat.

He was prepared for this, but after half of the soldiers landed, he felt nothing to fear.

After all, the Tang Army's large forces are heading south to fight the Baekje Restoration Army. There are not many defenders in Ungjin City. Even if they attack boldly, they will be able to resist it.

But now there is a fire attack and a cavalry assault. This is obviously a large force of the Tang Army.

After all, Abebirov has been in battle for a long time, and he was faced with a crisis at this time, so he was panicked for a while, but he quickly regained his composure.

At the same time, he ordered Qin Zhuotian from Park City to come to Tianjin to resist, and at the same time he ordered people to put out the fire.

No matter what, we cannot abandon the 20,000 soldiers on the shore. Otherwise, even if we escape successfully, how can we explain to the emperor?
After hearing Abehirov's order, Park City Qin Zuoda Laijin was so angry that he yelled: "Grandson turtle, why don't you stop me?"

They came across the sea and rested overnight near the desert island west of the mouth of Baijiang River. At dawn today, they went upstream from Baijiang River to Xiongjin River, and then landed ashore.

The soldiers were already tired. They were not completely undefended, but they didn't expect that a large force of the Tang Army would appear here, let alone the cavalry, coming so suddenly.

At that time, they were all attracted by the fire...

Park City Qin Zhuotian Laijin didn't know the situation on the river. He thought some fool had accidentally caused the fire and wanted to rescue him.

The Tang army suddenly attacked, and the cavalry opened the way again. How to resist?

Park City Qin Zhuotian Laijin knew that complaining was useless, and immediately arranged for spearmen to step forward to hold down the formation, hoping to withstand the cavalry assault with the advantage of spears.

But it is obvious that Park City Qin Zaotian Laijin has no experience in dealing with cavalry, or experience in dealing with Chinese cavalry, or nomadic cavalry.

Whose cavalry team charged forward?

I saw the Tang Army's cavalry split into two. They were divided into two groups, the left and the right. They passed by the spearmen's spear formation and cut into it from the flank.

The generals responsible for the charge of the Tang Army were He Qinghao and Xu Shuo.

This coach is also very particular about hiring people.

There is no doubt that the most capable generals are Hei Te Changzhi, then Cheng Wuting, and Zhao Chiman, but Chen Qingsi cannot only use them, even if he knows that using them can increase the chance of winning, reduce casualties, and end the battle faster. no.

Everything should be done equally. You can be partial, but you can't be exclusive, otherwise big trouble will happen.

He Qinghao was the unlucky guy who faced Chi Shouxin. He was full of fighting spirit, but his opponent escaped. Xu Shuo, who was responsible for holding down the rear of the formation, had not accomplished anything yet.

All the generals have gained more or less, but the two of them are not in the same mood.

Now Chen Qingsi will arrange for the two of them to be the vanguard to break the formation, so he is working hard to vent the sour taste in his mouth.

During this period, there was nothing that Tang generals could not defeat.

Perhaps not as good as Hei Te Changzhi and Cheng Wuting, but it is more than enough to deal with mere Japanese soldiers.

The two cavalry teams, led by their generals, were invincible and killed everyone on sight. They penetrated the enemy's formation with almost no effort.

(End of this chapter)