Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 382: Retaliating directly

When Chen Qingsi studied history in later generations, there were two faint emperors who impressed him the most.

One is Zhao Gou, who is known as Wanyan Gou. The letter of credence given by this person to the Jin Kingdom begins with "Chen Gou Yan..." The other one is called Men Tianzi, a foreign student from Wala, who deceives the city by calling Men Tianzi.

The eldest brother, the prince, did lower his "noble head" this time, but he only bowed his head in submission.

What Chen Qingsi wants is not for them to submit. This is far from enough. They have to kneel down and submit just like they would do when they meet a beautiful lady in the future.

Chen Qingsi threw the credentials on the ground unceremoniously in front of Namba Eri, looked at him with a serious face, and said with a bit of mockery: "If this is the case, and we still don't know how to repent, then we don't have any There’s nothing more to say.”

He waved his hands in disgust and said: "Take your people and go back..."

Namba Eri was ashamed and angry. He and his eldest brother, the prince, wrote the credentials together.

Their proud prince lowered his head and wrote this shameful text with tears in his eyes.

Have they ever been insulted like this?
Namba Eri gritted his teeth and said, "The Governor is teasing us. You don't accept our sincerity in apologizing at all?"

"Sincerity?"

Chen Qingsi laughed angrily at Namba Eri, and swore directly: "Your sincerity? Are you talking nonsense in front of me? Do you really think you are a person? You have been in the Central Plains for a few years, but do you know that Kong Shengren has a saying? ?”

"Repaying resentment with virtue, why repay virtue?"

He said word for word: "Repaying grievance with straightness and repaying kindness with kindness is the way to go. Your Japanese country sent 40,000 troops to invade my territory and declare war on me."

"Now, if you want to ask for peace, just ask for peace? Who do you think your Japanese country is, and you have been wronged? Who gave you the face?"

"Let me tell you, the Tang Dynasty is a country of etiquette, but etiquette is only for friends, not enemies."

"Now let me tell you, your Japanese country will only end up in two ways."

"One, disappear on the Japanese island. Two, kneel down and beg for surrender. If your posture is wrong, you will be destroyed anyway."

"roll!"

Chen Qingsi angrily threw away his sleeves and walked away. He laughed at the shamelessness of Japan. Do you really think that everyone in the world owes him? As soon as they bow their heads, do they have to forgive them?
Li Hongqing silently followed Chen Qingsi and said, "Thank you!"

"what!"

Chen Qingsi was a little surprised and didn't recover for a while.

Li Hongqing said softly: "Thanks to Lang Jun, I have just avenged this blood feud for the people of Danluo Island."

The five hundred Japanese soldiers who committed evil on Danluo Island were all arrested...

It's funny to say that these five hundred Japanese soldiers robbed Danluo Island and returned to the island refreshed, only to encounter "robbers" who blocked the road.

The robbers here are none other than one of their own.

Five hundred Japanese soldiers followed the warm summer current and sailed from Danluo Island to Nakadori Island, one of the offshore islands of Wajima West Kailuo.

Originally, they planned to rest on the island for a day and explore the situation of the Tang army's invasion of Wajima. If possible, they would not go to Hirado and go directly southeast from Nakadori Island to Satsuma and return to the mainland.

But when the guard of Zhongtong Island saw them returning home with a full load, they wanted a piece of the pie no matter what, and asked to leave tolls.

The two sides could not reach a unified result, and the two sides faced off on the island.

At this time, Liu Rengui received orders from Chen Qingsi and sent Du Shuang to march westward and capture Pinghu. After learning about the situation on Zhongtong Island, he sent troops to capture all 500 Japanese soldiers alive.

Regarding these five hundred beasts, Chen Qingsi did not dirty the Tang army's knife, but gave them to the surviving islanders on Danluo Island.

This group of avengers directly cut up the corpses of these five hundred people and skinned them alive, hung their heads next to the tombs, and even used corpse oil to light lamps...

It was learned that the Tang army intended to attack the Japanese country, and there were many surviving strong men who wanted to join the army and follow them to kill the Japanese bandits.

After hearing this, Chen Qingsi couldn't help but sigh, the power of hatred is so powerful.

Chen Qingsi remembered that Li Hongqing said thank you at that time, why did he say it again?

correct?

Chen Qingsi understood, thinking that this straightforward and stupid girl took it as his bad attitude towards the Japanese country to take it out on her.

That's right. How can people in this era feel the way he does?
Hey, what a beautiful misunderstanding.

Chen Qingsi said: "They were vicious and ruthless in the past. They had the ability to determine the outcome on the battlefield and bully the defenseless people. They were so shameless that they were worse than animals. Looking down and knowing the top, generals and kings who can bring out such soldiers, I guess they are all the same, so they have to suffer the pain to understand what 'virtue' is."

Li Hongqing nodded vigorously, looking at the man who was strong and wise, and who protected him in everything, with a feeling of sadness.

There is never a shortage of self-confidence in any era...

The same was true in ancient times.

Namba Megumi walked out of the gate of the Governor's Mansion in despair. His face was gray and his body was shaky.

He finally understood what Chen Qingsi wanted.

What he wanted was never peace, but surrender or destruction.

Namba Eri finally understood, how did the great power of the Tang Dynasty come about?

The Turks were so powerful that a hundred thousand troops invaded the pass...

Four years later, the Turks disappeared, and Jieli Khan came to Chang'an to dance.

King Murong Fuyun of Tuyuhun refused to pay tribute, and Tuyuhun disappeared...

Gaochang attacked the trade road, Gaochang was gone...

Xue Yantuo recklessly launched a war, and Xue Yantuo was gone...

Now they are sending troops to Baekje, intending to drive the Tang army out of Haidong.

What will happen?
Namba Megumi shuddered, and even lost consciousness and fell to the ground.

The followers rushed forward. They felt that their master had been insulted again, but they did not dare to get angry in the face of the fierce guards. They felt aggrieved and carried Namba Eri back to his residence to recuperate.

Feeling the bumps, Namba Megumi uttered the words "return home" with difficulty.

Namba Eri returned to the country again. He stood numbly on the bow of the ship, thinking about the outcome of the Japanese country.

When the boat sailed past Tsushima Island, the pupils in Namba Megumi's eyes suddenly shrank. In his sight, there were well-trained Tang troops and tall war horses that they had never seen before. Transported by a huge fleet, it was delivered to Chikushi on the other side.

Obviously, what Chen Qingsi said was not just talk, he actually did it.

Fear, panic!
came to mind again.

When Namba Eri arrived on the other side, she didn't dare to delay at all, so she went directly to Asukakyo via the Seto Inland Sea via Kaimachi.

The prince, the eldest brother, looked at Namba Megumi returning, and his heart almost collapsed.

Back again?

The time is earlier than last time...

This time, the prince, the eldest brother, learned his lesson and immediately ordered the people who were traveling with Namba Eri to go to the hall to eat and drink, which was a disguised form of house arrest. Then Namba Eri was invited to the inner hall.

There is another person in the inner hall, the Prince of the Sea People.

The eldest brother, the prince, was really determined to delegate power to his younger brother for the sake of Japan.

Although he was reluctant to give up, he could only do this for the future of Japan.

Namba Eri's expression of despair remained unchanged as she revealed the true intention of Tang Jun's trip.

There was silence for a moment.

The eldest brother, the prince, felt that he should be angry, but at this moment, he did not have the courage to be angry.

The always resolute and resolute prince of the sea people also turned pale for a moment and could not say a word.

There is no other reason: the gap in strength is too big.

If it were not for the 40,000 Japanese soldiers who died in Baekje, Prince Jung-dae and Prince Dae-in would have had the courage to fight the Tang army.

Forty thousand troops were not a small number for the Japanese country.

The Japanese country did not have a fixed army. Their soldiers were divided into three types: guards, peasants and slaves.

Wei is a guard, the guard of the royal family and major feudal lords, farmers are peasants, peasant soldiers in wartime, and slaves are naturally slaves and sinners.

The expeditionary force was mainly composed of escort peasant soldiers controlled by the royal family, supplemented by other major feudal lords from various places.

Now that Chen Qingsi is in charge of Baekje, the Japanese royal family will suffer the greatest loss.

On that day, Black Teeth Changzhi invaded Asakura Palace and killed many royal guards.

Two consecutive defeats, the Japanese royal family suffered the most serious damage.

The major feudal lords have also suffered considerable losses and are now complaining again and again.

In this case, the power in the hands of the Japanese royal family was far from enough to reach the Tang army.

Unless the remaining troops of the major feudal lords from all over the Japanese country were gathered together, they could resist the Tang court's attack.

But given the current situation in Japan, how can the major feudal lords be willing to gather the few soldiers and horses they have?
How can we make the evil-minded Abe, Soga, and those monks bow their heads?

After a long while, the Dahairen Prince said in a hoarse voice: "No matter what, we have to gather our troops and horses together to fight the enemy. Fighting in all directions will only allow Tang Nu to defeat them one by one and gather all the troops of the nobles and lords in one place." Only in one place can we resist Tang Nu. Our country, Japan, must not be destroyed by our hands..."

The prince, the eldest brother, said: "I am a Japanese sinner, and I shall be punished immediately. You must not shirk it. Now you are the only one with the prestige to succeed me as the Emperor of Japan."

The Prince of Dahairen did not refuse this time, knowing that at this moment, his country was in danger of life and death, and it was the time to take responsibility.

Namba Eri said: "If they are not in danger, they will not put all their efforts and resist to the end. We can misinterpret Chen Qingsi's meaning and say that Chen Qingsi has no intention of peace talks. He only wants to humiliate our country, so he has repeatedly given hope to us. Japan regards it as a clown. He has no intention of peace talks and wants to destroy Japan in exchange for the merits of destroying the country. Japan's survival will become history."

The Prince of Dahairen and the Prince of Zhongda Brother looked at each other. This was a good idea and seemed to be the only way.

As the three of them thought, Japan was a country with extremely strong national pride.

Because of this, they felt that it was great for them to bow their heads and admit their mistakes.

If you don't accept it, it's your fault.

Now Tang Ting not only refused to accept it, but also wanted to destroy them and toy with them. How could he not get angry and angry?

They did not doubt that Namba Megumi was telling lies, because given the current situation, the first person to make peace was none other than Prince Nakada.

Only through peace can the prince, the eldest brother, have the capital to continue fighting.

It was obvious to all them how the eldest brother, the prince, presented his credentials in such a humble manner.

After hearing the news, all the noble lords in Asuka Kyo were filled with indignation and expressed their willingness to fight the Tang army to protect Japan, shouting slogans loudly.

The eldest brother, the prince, had a hint of relief in his eyes and signaled the angry people to be silent.

He sighed deeply and said: "This time we send troops, Japan almost falls into the state of national subjugation. Thanks to the loyalty of you, our country, the descendants of Amaterasu, will be able to receive its protection and defeat all enemies. I have no shame. Assuming the position of Crown Prince, I would like to pass on the Crown Prince's position to the Prince of the Sea and entrust the future of Japan to him and let him lead..."

"The main hall..."

Before the prince, the eldest brother, finished speaking, Abe Uchimaro spoke up first: "There is no reason to change the commander before the battle. At this critical moment, we should be united in dealing with the outside world, and there is no need to worry about anything else."

Suga Ishikawa Maro also said: "It should be so. The matter of the prince can be dealt with later. Tang Nu is already gathering troops in Zhuzi. What we are discussing should be how to retreat from the enemy, not choosing a prince."

The words of the Abe clan and the Soga clan represent the meaning of the old aristocracy.

The Prince of Dahairen has performed well in recent years, made great achievements in reform matters, and won the support of many people.

They were secretly happy, but when they heard what Abe and Soga said, they immediately objected.

"Japan is invaded by a powerful enemy and is in need of a great man who can help the building collapse. The wise and powerful prince of the people of the sea is the best choice."

Inugami Mita Shu smiled sinisterly and said: "So, you mean that the eldest brother, the prince, is not worthy of being the crown prince?"

What was originally a common enemy turned into internal fighting.

However, they did not accomplish anything completely. At least they set the tone and used the power of the whole country to resist the invasion of the Tang Dynasty.

The feudal lords from all over the Japanese country began to mobilize, and guards, peasant soldiers, and slave soldiers rushed to Asukakyo.

The last living forces of the Japanese country gathered in Kinki.

Chen Qingsi took care of the things at hand in Xiongjin, and took a boat to Zhuzi Chaocang Palace in time.

This was originally the palace prepared by Qi Ming, the former empress of the Japanese state, for herself. Now it has benefited the Tang army and became the command center of the Tang army.

"Grand Governor!"

Headed by Liu Rengui, Hei Te Changzhi, Du Shuang, Kong Cheng, Gu Lan, Cheng Wuting and Sha Tuo Xiangru lined up to greet him.

When facing the young governor, all the generals bowed and said hello with sincerity, and the soldiers passing by also paid attention.

The military season is the most realistic. Soldiers and generals will always obey the strong and those who can lead them to victory.

Although at first Chen Qingsi could not be convinced by the military lieutenant general due to age and seniority issues, there were many secret discussions.

But once you prove yourself, all doubts will disappear.

Li Hongqing, who was behind Chen Qingsi, felt proud when he saw this. He puffed up his chest unconsciously and became proud.

Chen Qingsi and Liu Rengui were old friends. They didn't say much to each other, they just exchanged pleasantries and were happy that he could show off his abilities.

Then he walked in front of Hei Te Changzhi, looked at Shatuo Xiangru behind him, and did not hesitate to praise him, saying: "To the east of Changmen, the Shijian and Anyun areas are mountainous and forested. It is you who What you are best at is being a pioneer?”

Hei Te Chang punched his chest and said, "Wrap it up on the general."

As a surrendered general, Shatuo Xiangru was a little worried at first, but now he finally calmed down and said: "I am willing to charge into battle for the great governor!"

(End of this chapter)