Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 344 Destruction of the Country
Five hundred ninth-turn warriors and five Tianlong airships advance at least a hundred miles every day.

On the fifth day, Wu Hou, who was on the Tianlong airship, saw a group of people in the distance.

These were the most elite Japanese soldiers he had ever seen. Each of them had a horse with a battle flag behind them, just like the actors in the Daqian opera troupe.

The leading Japanese general also saw the five Tianlong airships in the sky, and he gave orders loudly.

Some Japanese took out bows and arrows, ready to attack the Tianlong airship that was about to fly over.

From this point of view, this Japanese army is much stronger than the Japanese they encountered before, and they did not collapse because of fear.

But I believe that it won’t be long before they will become like the Japanese before them.

Because the 590-turn warrior has loaded 250 new artillery pieces and is approaching quickly.

The Japanese general was considering whether to go forward and actively attack the monster in the sky, or to stay here.

He thought that his side was full of cavalry and had faster mobility, so he waved his hand in the air and all the Japanese cavalry rushed towards the direction of the Tianlong airship.

They let out sharp screams to strengthen their momentum.

The sounds they make also have the effect of boosting their courage, allowing them to face the monsters in the sky.

But just when they stepped to within four miles of the Five Hundred Nine-Turn Warrior, Wu Hou issued an order to the Nine-Turn Warrior below through the flag signalman.

In an instant, two hundred and fifty explosive bombs were fired from the new thousand-jin artillery.

The Japanese general's horse rushed in the middle of the team, which was the safest place.

Suddenly, there were loud roars, like continuous thunder.

He couldn't help but look up at the sky. It was noon and the sun was high in the sky. There was no sign of a change in the weather.

"What is that?" He was observing the sky and vaguely saw a black spot in the sky. He thought to himself.

The black spot came quickly, and he soon knew what it was and what the noise was.

Cannons. Japanese warships were also equipped with a small number of cannons, and some cannons were also placed on the walls of Kyoto.

But he had never seen so many shells coming at the same time, and he was the target of the shells.

With Wu Hou's command in the air, even if the artillery army's nine-turn warriors cannot observe the enemy in front, they can still fire artillery shells into the enemy formation.

The Nine-Transformation Warriors are inhuman beings. They learn how to fire artillery, and with their terrifying strength, they can control the artillery with extremely amazing attack accuracy.

And these strong men did not fight alone. They formed a formation and cooperated with each other when firing artillery, so that the two hundred and fifty explosive bombs could spread the attack range to the maximum extent.

The result was that after 250 bombs hit the ground and exploded, only dozens of cavalrymen were left in the Japanese army.

Dozens of cavalrymen were terrified. Their companions turned into pieces in the explosion. Those who were able to leave their bodies intact were lucky.

"Kill!" The five hundred and ninety-turn warriors put down their artillery and rushed towards the remaining enemies.

When running short distances, their speed is not much slower than that of war horses.

"Too weak!" Wu Hou couldn't help but shake his head after watching the entire battle.

Although this was the strongest army he had ever seen in Japan, it still fell under the artillery fire.

Of course, even without using artillery, relying on the combat power of the 590-turn warrior, there is no need to use the Tianlong airship, and these Japanese can still be killed, but it will take a little longer.

"According to the map, Kyoto of Japan is ahead. This is probably the last line of defense outside Kyoto!" Wu Hou took out a map and muttered as he looked at it.

"Give the order and keep moving!" he ordered the flag signalman.

The artillery army set out again and passed through several small towns ahead, all of which were cleared out by the Nine-Transformation Generals.

The artillery troops advanced too quickly, and even though it took some time to clean up along the way, the news of their appearance could not be transmitted back to Kyoto in time.

By the time the Japanese on the walls of Kyoto saw the Tianlong airship and five hundred artillery troops in the distance, the sound of trumpets spread throughout Kyoto.

"What happened outside?" The Japanese emperor also heard the horn and asked loudly.

"It's an alarm coming from the direction of South City. Could it be that the Daqian people have attacked?" A general said in disbelief.

"Just for three officials and ten thousand pieces of cloth, Daqian launched a war without declaring war!" said the Japanese Emperor unwillingly.

He agreed to withhold 10,000 pieces of cloth because Daqian was far away, separated by an ocean.

Even if Daqian wanted to attack Japan, the price he would pay would far exceed the value of ten thousand pieces of cloth.

He has aides who specialize in studying Daqian. According to their analysis, the Daqian court would never support starting a war.

"Now that the enemy has arrived, Your Majesty, please decide whether to make peace or fight?" an official bowed and said.

"Take the three Daqian people with us, and let's go to the city wall to talk to them!" The Japanese Emperor thought for a while and decided.

He was prepared to spend some money. Daqian liked face, so he would take out some treasures and have someone write a sincere letter. He believed that Daqian would accept it.

Five Tianlong airships stopped in the air, and five hundred ninth-level warriors replenished food and water.

What will follow will be a major war, and also the most important war in entering Japan.

If we destroy the capital of Japan, Japan will be destroyed, and the remaining Japanese people will be nothing more than scattered soldiers and will no longer pose much of a threat.

"With such a big city, how can we have the strength to kill them all if we don't eat enough!" Wu Hou looked at Kyoto and smiled coldly with his sharp teeth showing.

They really have too few people, only about 500 artillery troops if the Tianlong airship is not counted.

Since they were crossing the sea to fight by ship, they didn't even bring war horses with them. All the supplies were provided by the Tianlong airship overhead.

The Japanese emperor led his men to the city wall. He took the monocular telescope handed to him by someone and saw five Tianlong airships in the sky. He was still shocked by these monsters flying in the sky.

Then he saw the soldiers on the ground, only five hundred in total.

"Daqian is too arrogant. He dares to attack Kyoto with only 500 people!" The Japanese emperor changed his mind when he saw that there were only 500 enemies on the ground.

He no longer thought about peace talks, but wanted to send someone to get rid of these five hundred people.

"Pass my order, all ninjas in Kyoto are mobilized, kill them!" He turned around and gave the order.

Ninjas are raised by various families. The Japanese emperor's royal family has trained quite a few, and so have the major families. The training of ninjas requires a lot of resources. Without the help of a powerful force, it is impossible to train a strong ninja.

Following the order from the Emperor of Japan, in order to protect Kyoto, which was in the interests of everyone, all the major families in Kyoto sent out their own ninjas.

A ninth-level warrior was eating. Suddenly, he stopped what he was doing and stuck the chopsticks behind him.

A scream was heard, and the chopsticks were stuck in the eyes of a ninja who was close behind him. The chopsticks penetrated into the brain and killed the ninja on the spot.

The level of this ninja was very high. With the use of props, he sneaked silently into the vicinity of the artillery army.

But he probably didn't expect that all the people here were nine-turn warriors. No matter how covert he was, he would be discovered as long as he got within ten meters of any artillery troop.

The death of this ninja was like a signal. Ninjas continued to attack the unprepared artillery army from all directions in various strange ways.

But the gap in strength is too big, the ninja's attack is just a little weird and not very powerful.

The artillery army's nine-turn warriors, some using their hands, some using their feet, basically did not need to use weapons to deal with the approaching ninjas.

"Since the Japanese want to die early, then let's make their wish come true. The entire army will launch an attack!" Wu Hou said angrily when he saw the ninjas attacking.

The Nine-Transformation Warriors put down their visors, and now they had no weaknesses at all.

Even if the ninja's attacks landed on them, it would be difficult to break through the defense of the Nine-turn Warrior.

The Japanese Emperor stood on the city wall, waiting for good news from the ninjas.

While waiting, he looked at the battlefield in front of him through the monocular telescope. When he saw that one ninja after another was killed, while the 500 Daqian soldiers were not killed at all, he loosened his hand and the monocular telescope fell to the ground.

"Quickly send someone to contact them and tell them that I am willing to pay sufficient compensation and everything can be negotiated!" The Japanese Emperor hurriedly said to the officials around him.

He was getting anxious now. Who knew the ninjas were so useless? When they were doing things inside Japan, each ninja showed their abilities to be extremely capable, but in the end they became useless when facing the Daqian soldiers.

"It's the artillery army and the Tianlong airship. His Majesty has not forgotten us!" The three officials said happily when they saw the Daqian army formation in the distance.

After all, they were officials of Daqian. Although they were imprisoned by Japan, they were not subjected to any embarrassment. However, being imprisoned felt very bad, and they could be beheaded at any time.

Five Tianlong airships flew towards Kyoto first. At this time, even if the Japanese emperor wanted to negotiate, there was no one to talk to him.

Wu Hou, the highest commander, is on the Tianlong airship. Although the five hundred ninth-level warriors are powerful, they only obey orders and have no real power.

"Your Majesty, it's dangerous here. You should quickly send Your Majesty back to the palace!" A general saw the Tianlong airship approaching in the sky, and first said to the Japanese emperor, and then said to the guards who were protecting the Japanese emperor.

The Japanese emperor did not insist. He was worth a lot of money, so how could he fight on the battlefield?

At this time, some guards were preparing to take the three Daqian officials away together, but arrows were shot at them. These arrows were shot from the Tianlong airship.

The guards who were close to the three Daqian officials were shot to death, so that the remaining Japanese would not dare to approach the three Daqian officials rashly.

These arrows were long-range attacks launched by the powerful archers on the Tianlong airship. This time, there were two powerful archers on each Tianlong airship.

Due to the height difference and the extremely long attack range of the fierce archer, the three Daqian officials were saved.

The three Daqian officials were also experienced. They ran towards an area where they had been shot clean. There was a bunker there that could protect them from the long-range attacks of the Japanese.

The five Tianlong airships were getting closer and closer. At this time, some Japanese were shooting arrows at the Tianlong airships in the air.

It’s a pity that the power of their bows and arrows can’t reach the Tianlong airship.

Four Tianlong airships provided cover, while one Tianlong airship descended some altitude and lowered a rope ladder.

The three Daqian officials seized the opportunity and climbed up the rope ladder one by one.

They held on to the rope ladder tightly, and they didn't need to move anymore. The warriors above pulled up the rope ladder and pulled them onto the Tianlong airship.

Li Qiang ordered this vanguard army to rescue the Daqian officials if conditions allowed.

If there are no conditions, the entire Japan will pay for the lives of Daqian officials.

Everything went very smoothly. The three Daqian officials were taken back to the Tianlong airship, and the Tianlong airship took off again.

There was no need to worry at this moment, and the Tianlong airship showed its fangs.

Five Tianlong airships were in the air and could see the situation in Kyoto clearly. They dispersed and headed towards every important target.

Their targets included the Japanese imperial palace, granaries, barracks, important mansions, etc. This time they had no intention of leaving behind any Japanese culture, so paper items and items representing Japanese culture did not necessarily need to be seized.

As for gold, silver and the like, even if they are burned, they can still be found.

The Japanese emperor was protected by a group of guards. He watched a Tianlong airship in the sky flying towards his palace, and an ominous feeling rose in his heart.

But there was nothing he could do. Didn't he see that so many Japanese archers couldn't shoot at the Tianlong airship in the sky?

The Tianlong airship arrived above the palace and dropped incendiary bombs.

This is no longer the time to save money, this is the key to a war to annihilate the country.

When the incendiary bomb fell, it first exploded, and then there was a sea of ​​fire. The palace and many Japanese were engulfed in the sea of ​​fire.

The Japanese in the palace wanted to put out the fire, but this fire could not be extinguished by water. What was even more terrifying was that once the fire touched their bodies, death would be waiting for them.

"My palace, my queen, my children!" The Japanese emperor let out a shrill cry as he looked at the palace that was engulfed in flames.

But the war had just begun. The Japanese emperor heard a loud roar coming from outside the city, and a few breaths later a large number of incendiary bombs fell into the city.

These incendiary bombs are random attacks without any purpose. Kyoto is so large that random attacks will be enough.

Originally, some Japanese wanted to put out the fire, but more and more buildings were on fire, and the fire was rapidly expanding as incendiary bombs hit them.

Four Tianlong airships blocked the four gates of Kyoto, and incendiary bombs were dropped in front of the city gates, causing the city gates to be blocked by fire for a short period of time.

Even if some Japanese wanted to escape from Kyoto, they would not be able to get through the fire.

It didn't take long before the five Tianlong airships could no longer stay in the sky above Kyoto. The entire Kyoto was burning, and the heat caused by the flames rose to a hundred meters.

"Destroy their country and wipe out their race!" Wu Hou looked at the sea of ​​fire coldly and muttered.

This was the order given by Li Qiang before he set out, and he faithfully carried out Li Qiang's order.

(End of this chapter)