Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 375 Big Pig Hoof
The cavalry disrupted the formation, and the infantry harvested them with force.

The Tang army's infantry and cavalry fought together and directly defeated Yelang's arrogant Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers usually deal with the savages of Hokkaido, and they feel very proud when they defeat them. Now they are facing the most powerful army of this era, facing the most sophisticated and equipped soldiers, and they are completely aware of the gap.

There is no need for any formation or military tactics at all. Under the fierce attack and killing of the vigorous Tang Dynasty infantry and cavalry, it is just a face-to-face meeting and a judgment.

In just a quarter of an hour, the corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled up everywhere.

Park City Qin Zhuo Tian Laijin's body was stiff and he didn't know how to command at all.

This kind of gap that can collapse in one battle and be shattered in one touch cannot be turned around by the level of command.

Abebirov, who was on the boat, no longer cared about the situation on the shore. They finally put out the fire. The Tang army in the upper reaches of the Xiongjin River had already taken a boat and went down the river. The Tang army almost appeared together with the cavalry.

This time, those who came were not the Tang Dynasty navy, but infantrymen riding boats. They did not directly rely on their advantage upstream to directly attack the enemy formation. Instead, they relied on the advantage of crossbows to shoot at the Japanese boats from more than 200 steps away. .

Most of the Japanese boats were long, flat-bottomed boats, and there was no place to hide in such boats.

The soul-hunting crossbow arrows easily penetrated the cheap leather armor of the Japanese soldiers and shot them down into the Xiongjin River. Corpses were floating on the river, and blood was soaking the surface of the river.

Abebirov was so confused that he felt like he was in a dream.

Before today, he was the hero of the Japanese country who conquered the barbarians. According to legend, the Ye barbarian people who were as ferocious as evil spirits were defeated by him. He was confident that no one could defeat the descendants of Amaterasu...

As a result, the troops he was so proud of turned out to be like paper against the Tang army.

"Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!"

Abebirov shouted at the top of his lungs, completely losing the courage to continue resisting.

The flat-bottomed long and narrow boats of the Japanese country have one advantage: they are flexible and convenient regardless of the bow or stern. As long as the sailors on the boat turn their oars in the same direction, the stern can also become the bow. With the advantage of following the current, the Japanese boats were fidgeting with their oars crazily as if their buttocks were on fire.

Abebirov's own main ship, however, needed to turn around and got stuck on the river, unable to move.

Abehirov looked at the Japanese soldiers being slaughtered by the Tang army's infantry and cavalry in the distance, and at the crossbow bolts fired at them from upstream. He ignored his own main ship and seized a long, flat-bottomed boat and sailed down the Baijiang River.

They fled for their lives and went down the river at extremely fast speeds.

A mile passed in the blink of an eye. Looking back, Abebirov breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were no pursuers behind him, but he was still in shock.

Thinking about the current situation, he looked sad and didn't know how to explain it to his eldest brother, the prince, when he went back.

While he was thinking hard about how to get out of sin...

"More and more, more and more..."

The guard next to him wanted to call Abehirov's official name "Echigo Mamoru", but in the end he could only say "Etsu", and the last two words could not come out.

Abebirov was furious and was about to get angry, but suddenly a chill shot up from his back to Tian Ling Gai.

Wherever he looked, huge warships lined up on the Baijiang River, blocking their way back tightly.

He glanced left and right, and it was obvious that this was the interception area specially chosen by the Tang army. There were cliffs on both sides, making it impossible to land and escape.

He glanced behind him, but the pursuers had not arrived yet. But thinking about the wolf-like Tang army over there, he could no longer muster the courage to look back, drew out his saber, and shouted sternly: "Just bump into it, let the Tang Nu people see the fearless courage of our Japanese! God! God Zhao, bless every brave warrior..."

He had a good idea. The Tang Army's ship in front of him was too big, more than ten times their size.

Tang Ting certainly didn't have many such big ships. As long as he knocks the opponent down, he can escape.

With his encouragement, there were really Japanese warriors who were not afraid of death. With their eyes red, they were like evil ghosts crawling out of hell. They roared and rowed their flat-bottomed narrow boats forward, suicidally, and crashed into the Tang army's ship.

"boom!"

There was a loud bang.

The Tang army's large ship only swayed, but the Japanese flat-bottomed long and narrow ship fell into pieces, and more than a dozen warriors on board fell into the water.

Just as they were cursing and getting out of the water, they felt a blackness above their heads. A heavy object fell from the bow of the boat and hit the water, causing a splash of several feet.

The water splash is also mixed with red liquid...

This is the bow weapon of the Tang Army navy, the shooting pole. To put it bluntly, it is to build a large movable frame on the ship using the principle of leverage, tie the boulder to a rope, and set it on the crossbar. The boulder is hung on one end, and the rope is manually pulled on the other end to maintain balance. When the enemy ship approaches, release the rope and release the boulder. It fell, the ship was destroyed, and even the smaller ships could not withstand a blow from the racket.

Originally, the Tang army planned to shoot the boat, but the Japanese boat was too small and too fast, and the distance could not be grasped well. However, the effect was not bad. None of the diving Japanese soldiers escaped the destruction of the boat. Even if they were not hit by the boulders, The seven holes that were shaken by the huge force bleed and float like a dead fish.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

There were several loud noises in succession, and several huge crossbow bolts took off from the Tang Army's large ship.

This is a long-range weapon equipped on the big ship, the bed crossbow.

The huge crossbow arrow hit the Japanese ship and directly broke it into pieces.

The crossbow arrows had the effect of a cannon stone cart.

At this time, the real cannon-rock carts also took off from the big ship, carrying strong winds and slamming into the Japanese ships. The first dozen Japanese ships were hit by the cannon-rock carts, and some of them broke directly into two pieces. They sank to the bottom of the water, forming whirlpools one after another; several other Japanese boats lost control, drifted in circles on the water, and then collided with the boats behind them, and many Japanese soldiers fell into the water.

One hundred Japanese soldiers who fell into the water were in shock under the water...

At this moment, the Tang warship behind them arrived belatedly and trapped them in one spot.

Chen Qingsi gave a special order before the war. The Japanese were cunning and feared power rather than virtue. If they were not beaten and wounded in a battle, they would not know what the heavenly kingdom was.

Soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles have a natural contempt for life. After receiving this order, they became even more merciless and killed more than 18,000 Japanese soldiers.

Floating corpses and damaged ships clogged the Baijiang River, turning the river red...

Most of the more than 18,000 Japanese soldiers drowned in the water, and only less than 2,000 soldiers survived.

As for the Japanese general Echigo Shou this time, he couldn't stand the stimulation and drowned himself.

On the other side, the war also ended early. The Tang army killed more than 8,000 enemies and captured nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers.

At the end of the battle, the Japanese soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit and did not dare to fight anymore. Their mentality collapsed and they were like lambs resigned to their fate. They lost their weapons and lay on the ground to be slaughtered.

After all, humans and animals are different.

The Tang army was indeed warlike and many of them were ruthless and bloodthirsty, but facing this kind of lamb who had no idea of ​​resistance, they really had no interest in wielding their swords to slaughter them.

Chen Qingsi did not specifically order them all to be killed, but just had them gathered together and imprisoned together.

Chen Qingsi thought about killing them all, but the order still couldn't come out. Of course, he didn't intend to use any humanitarianism towards them.

Baekje is a mountainous and forested place and needs someone to open up wasteland. Liaodong and Liaoxi also need people to cultivate the land, so let's treat them as free labor.

In short, Chen Qingsi did not intend to let them return to Japan alive.

"Grand Governor!"

Chen Qingsi was looking at the battle report in his hand.

There's good news again.

Hei Te Changzhi single-handedly successfully persuaded Shatuo Xiangru, who was guarding his home in Zhouliu City.

Fu Yufeng was shown his head to the public, Zhengmu and Jiebo were killed in battle, and ghosts Fuxin and Daochen also returned to Jiuquan. The core members of the Baekje Restoration Army were almost wiped out by Chen Qingsi.

The remaining remaining soldiers were defeated and no longer had the courage to resist.

Before the surrender of Hei Te Changzhi, people were already panicking and planned to find a mountainous place to hide. A large number of people even decided to cross the sea and flee to Japan.

Hei Te Changzhi still has a certain prestige in Baekje, and Shatuo Xiangru and Hei Te Changzhi are close friends of life and death.

After Hei Te Changzhi's persuasion and the two's guarantee, they unanimously chose to surrender.

"General Black Teeth is leading Shatuo Xiangru towards Xiongjin."

"Okay, great."

Chen Qingsi clasped his hands and looked towards the Japanese country in the south, now waiting for news from them.

"that……"

After returning to Xiongjin City, Li Hongqing changed into the clothes of her daughter's house. Seeing that Chen Qingsi had taken care of his official duties, he thought that he had nothing to do and planned to leave. But when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to speak for a moment...

Chen Qingsi glanced at Li Hongqing and suddenly sighed, looking physically and mentally exhausted.

I didn't know how to say the words. Seeing Chen Qingsi's appearance, I immediately turned around and asked with concern: "Didn't you win the battle? Why is Mr. Lang like this?"

Chen Qingsi shook his head and said: "This visible enemy is easy to deal with. What is really difficult to deal with is the invisible enemy... Just like the assassination at the street corner, if Lady Li hadn't made a sound with that arrow, I would have lost my life. I have to stay here. The culprit behind the scenes has not been found yet. I moved the commander's camp to Tianchuan River on my own initiative, but Bo Jie was able to do so. The mastermind behind this is really appalling."

What he said was terrifying, as if he was in a dangerous place that would never be restored.

Li Hongqing was quite distressed, and naturally, without hesitation, he said: "Baekje is so dangerous, so let me protect you."

Chen Qingsi was immediately overjoyed and said, "With Madam Li as our escort, it couldn't be better."

He looked at Li Hongqing with joy on his face, a bit like a big bad wolf looking at a little white rabbit.

The situation here in Baekje is indeed not easy, but it is definitely not as terrible as he said.

Many things have actually been solved.

Just like the assassination at the intersection, Zhao Chiman's investigation has come to an end.

He investigated the assassin's experiences for more than ten years, and then the clues were broken.

This is obviously an extremely professional and meticulous worker. He spent several years dormant, married a wife and had children to ensure that his identity was not suspected by others, and then carried out detailed work.

Such courage and patience must not have been the work of powerful people within Baekje, either Goguryeo or Silla. Silla's may be larger, accounting for 70%.

Because Goguryeo has had a good relationship with Baekje over the years, and there is no deep interest between them, it deserves this.

On the other hand, Silla, which has always been at odds with Goguryeo and Baekje, is most likely to have a spy.

But it doesn’t matter anymore. Goguryeo is an enemy. It’s meaningless to admit it or not. Silla still has value. There is no need to make the relationship too tense before there is definite evidence.

and so……

Chen Qingsi just remembered the matter and didn't mention it at all.

As for the leak of secrets in Tianchuan River, Zhou Kui and Zhao Chiman have found out the result. It was Lieutenant Qu Li, a noble captain of Baekje, who passed the news to Bo Jie.

Because of geography and language, the army will recruit some translators and local people who are familiar with the terrain, and Qu Lizhong is one of them.

The Qu family is good at taming falcons, and the sea turtle hovering in the sky is used to point out the direction.

Chen Qingsi said this because she just wanted to keep Li Hongqing here.

Chen Qingsi is quite self-sufficient emotionally and has always been proud of it.

Xiao Miaochen is a daughter of an aristocratic family, and her thoughts and behavior are completely different from Chen Qingsi. As the eldest wife of the Chen family, she has always taken it as her duty to assist her husband in shining a bright light on the family lintel.

In addition to fame and official career, this person also has a prosperous family and home.

Chen Qingsi was the only child in the Chen family, so Xiao Miaochen naturally wanted Chen Qingsi to marry more concubines and have more children.

Xiao Miaochen hinted more than once, openly or secretly, that he could take concubines and welcome several sisters back.

Chen Qingsi was unmoved. He put his official career first, restrained himself from the temptation of women, and was quite proud of it.

Now that I see Li Hongqing again, I can't help but feel moved.

Facts have proved that men are all big pigs. The so-called restraint is just that they have a high vision and have not met the good ones.

Even if you really meet her, you still can’t bear to let her go.

Chen Qingsi let Li Hongqing act as he pleased. He arranged the pen, ink and paper and planned to write a memorial to Li Zhi to explain the situation in Baekje to him.

Of course, these are secondary. The real core content is about the Japanese country.

Because of the critical situation, Chen Qingsi, the governor-general, had the right to launch troops against the Japanese country, but after all, he took the initiative to attack other countries. The reasons must be clearly stated.

After all, he has too much power now. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most powerful frontman. He must show his attitude in every move.

Unlike ordinary frontier commanders, Chen Qingsi is full of political talents.

Chen Qingsi had excellent literary skills. After a while, he had written a 6,000-word memorial and ordered it to be sent to the capital.

This was the time when the sea was at its smallest, so Zuoshu could go directly from Xiongjin Port to Jiaozhou Port, but even so, it would take more than ten days.

On the second day after Chen Qingsi defeated the 40,000 Japanese expeditionary force, Liu Rengui also successfully captured Tsushima Island and killed 3,000 enemies...

Looking at the good news from Liu Rengui and his tactics for attacking the island, Chen Qingsi knew that this good man with both civil and military skills had already demonstrated his military talents.

Liu Rengui had already understood his intentions and made a huge fuss on Tsushima Island, which made Iki and the Japanese monarchs and ministers of Asakura Palace feel that everything was at war.

(End of this chapter)