Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 744 The Strength of the Japanese Warriors

However, to Du Qianqiu's amazement... they actually resisted, and after each round of shooting with bows and arrows and crossbows, they still showed no sign of collapse.Du Qianqiu was amazed by this kind of energy, and felt dignified for their bravery.

After two rounds of long-range attacks, Du Qianqiu led [-] elites to the front and began hand-to-hand combat.

The first information provided by Heishan Erlang seems inaccurate, but he hopes that Heishan Erlang will not make the second mistake.It is said that the Changzhou Army is mainly composed of peasants. Du Qianqiu hoped that the peasant soldiers would disperse in a rush when they charged with sharp blades, and then easily eliminate those warriors who did not escape by relying on their numbers.

After the charge was launched, Du Qianqiu was even more shocked to see that the entire Changzhou army had dispersed, and those hereditary warriors ran faster than the peasants.Du Qianqiu was startled by the fact that an army that had shown astonishing discipline and quality would have such a performance. He stopped the planned pursuit to prevent fraud, and ordered the interrogation of the prisoners.

After interrogating Du Qianqiu, he realized that he made a mistake. The Changzhou Army's strength at the beginning was not because of bravery, but because they were frightened from top to bottom. , the sober Changzhou Army naturally collapsed and disintegrated at the fastest speed.

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Needless to say, Liu Jinyuan's more than 3000 subordinates form the two armies of the Xiangfu National Overseas Navy, all of whom are experienced soldiers and strong generals.And Du Qianqiu's [-] naval divisions in Tianyi Island are equally powerful, and there is no lack of actual combat, because Du Qianlai led them to train with the pirates a lot.

With strong combat effectiveness, rich actual combat experience, and sophisticated weapons far surpassing the Japanese army, the strength of the two armies is already extremely obvious.In particular, Liu Jinyuan and Du Qianlai's subordinates are all armored.The role of iron armor is far greater than what laymen imagined. It allows soldiers to shoot arrows from ordinary war bows and rush within ten steps of the enemy without worrying about their own safety.Most of the long-range weapons in Japan are bamboo and wood bows.It is conceivable that the so-called "a wooden bow and arrow can not be shot far away".

Although Ye Chen doesn't know what the current political situation in Wa country is like.But one thing is certain, the Wa Kingdom at this time was very peaceful and stable, and lasted for hundreds of years, far from the chaos of the Warring States Period of the Wa Kingdom in the future.In the hundreds of years of peace, there are occasional rebellions that spin up and down. The combat effectiveness of the army in such a country can be imagined, what will happen next.

It only took Du Qianqiu an hour to occupy Changzhou from the time he landed to the end.

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At the same time, Liu Jinyuan looked at the Xikaidao Government Office, which looked like a small town, which was the last stronghold on Kyushu Island that had not yet been captured.

More than 3000 troops under his command were shooting at the top of the city at the bottom of the city, and more than 3000 pirate troops newly attached to the Dadong Gang were divided into several batches, stepping on long ladders and rushing towards the wall in turn.From time to time, people fell from the ladder, but the defenders were at a disadvantage in the counter-shooting, and more people climbed the city wall.

Breaking the city is only a matter of days and nights.

Dazaifu is the largest city in Wa country except the capital, and it is also the city that Jiro Heishan is most familiar with, because he was originally a descendant of a nobleman in Dazaifu.It's just that the family was defeated, and he led several retainers to flee overseas. After five or six years of hard work, he established the Dadong Gang, a pirate force.

There are dangerous mountains around Dazaifu. There is a long wall at the pass in the northwest, and there are fortifications on the mountains from the south to the north. Even if there is no city wall around the city itself, it still has a certain degree of defense.

It's a pity that the Wa country has been peaceful for hundreds of years, and has never fought a war. The military equipment has long since rotted, and it is in a state of having a city without defense.

After Liu Jinyuan landed on the island, he rushed straight to Dazaifu according to the predetermined plan, captured the outer city walls and forts with lightning speed, and directly attacked outside the government office of Dazaifu.

The ground shook for a moment, then shook again.Liu Jinyuan's subordinates no longer had the initial panic.

After landing on the island, we experienced several earthquakes. Except for a little panic at the beginning, everyone got used to it quickly.There is also the smoking volcano, which is not scary after seeing too much.

The cheers followed the shaking of the earth, one after another flags were thrown from the top of the city, the Japanese defenders on the city wall were retreating, and the gate had been slowly opened.A thousand subordinates of Liu Jinyuan in iron armor who had already been guarding the gate rushed in and rushed directly into the city gate that had not been fully opened.

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Heishan Erlang ran over humbly with several subordinates, knelt at Liu Jinyuan's feet, and flatteringly said in Chinese: "The general is mighty, and the general's soldiers are like magic soldiers. Dazaifu is just paper in front of the general."

Liu Jinyuan didn't feel anything about Heishan Erlang's flattery, and just said lightly: "Heishan Erlang, according to the previous plan, the civil affairs will be handed over to you. You should quickly establish your own government office and find a reliable person to take care of the Dazaifu temporarily. Then You take your subordinates and continue to follow me to attack the next city. Well, work hard, and when the entire Wa country is conquered, I will let you be the king of this country, but only if you listen to me."

Heishan Erlang was overjoyed, but his expression became more humble, and he said: "Don't worry, general, the loyalty of a villain to the general can be learned from the sun and the moon, just like the sea..."

Liu Jinyuan frowned slightly, and interrupted Heishan Erlang again with a wave of his hand, and said: "Okay, stop talking nonsense, you go and screen the three thousand captives, those who are obedient and willing to take refuge in you, keep them, and those who don't want to Kill all obedient ones."

Heishan Erlang said yes again and again, crawled back seven or eight steps away, then slowly got up, turned around and left quickly.

Before Liu Jinyuan broke through the undefended defense line outside Dazaifu, he also attacked dozens of rural farms. All the soldiers he encountered were armed with bamboo spears. Out of 100 people, only seven or eight had iron swords and guns, and only one or two people There is not a single army equipped with what looks like tattered armor that can hinder him at all.

But Liu Jinyuan did not underestimate the enemy, because he knew that the Japanese soldiers he had come into contact with so far were all just miscellaneous soldiers, and obviously they could not compete with the most elite fighters in the Japanese country that Erlang Heishan said. Qingshen is on par with the Eastern Kingdom samurai.And the officials and nobles who were captured on Kyushu Island said so, Liu Jinyuan also had to believe that there was such a group of elites in the Wa Kingdom.

After all, Dazaifu is one of the largest cities in the Japanese country. In the end, more than 300 elite warriors of the Japanese country guarded the government office, and they showed a certain level of martial arts. Liu Jinyuan didn't want his men and horses to be damaged, so he simply asked Heishan Erlang to lead his subordinates. The pirates went to attack the government office.

Hearing some from Heishan Erlang, plus the killing of so many big and small names, and the destruction of dozens of Zhuangzi, Liu Jinyuan has more or less understood the situation in the Japanese court. Because the Japanese country is located overseas, there are seas in all directions. , in addition to guarding against pirates, the border is almost undefended at all, and the Japanese court concentrated most of the elite near Kyoto in order to prevent local chaos.Therefore, a big city like Dazaifu only has this little force to garrison.

This situation is naturally very beneficial to invaders like Liu Jinyuan and Du Qianqiu. Basically, there is no need to worry about falling into the vast ocean of Japanese soldiers and civilians. After all, if Japanese soldiers and samurai who may appear at any time come to sneak attack Greatly affects their aggression progress and stamina.And it will cause some damage more or less.

Heishan Erlang's flattering voice interrupted Liu Jinyuan's thinking.He raised his head in surprise, and saw Jiro Heishan holding his head. Behind him, two pirates escorted a gorgeously dressed prisoner out of Dazaifu Yamen and came straight to him.

"The mansion was captured so quickly, doesn't it mean that there are elites inside?"

Heishan Erlang said: "General! There are indeed elite warriors inside, but with the crossbow arrows given to us by the general, we have a large number of people, so we quickly defeated them."

Liu Jinyuan asked curiously: "What are the elite warriors of Japan like?"

Heishan Erlang said: "They are much more powerful than ordinary soldiers, and they all have sharp Japanese swords and armor. But they are far inferior to the general's magic soldiers. They are a mess. The villain asked the brothers to use the general's The given crossbow shot half of them to death, and then they went up and killed them all. However, in order to kill more than 300 warriors like him, more than 200 of the villain's brothers also died."

"Could this be the so-called Japanese warriors? Maybe it's the difference between the army and ordinary unorganized warriors. It may also be because they haven't fought for a long time." Liu Jinyuan knew the level of the pirates under Erlang Heishan, and roughly estimated After looking at the strength of these Japanese warriors, I couldn't help but think about it.

When Song State attacked Southern Tang, Liu Jinyuan participated in it. He witnessed that most of the Southern Tang army was attacked by Song State's forwards, and the Southern Tang army collapsed.Later, the main reason was that the Southern Tang Dynasty had not fought a war for a long time, and none of the soldiers had been on the battlefield, seen blood, or killed people.

The prisoner brought by Heishan Erlang was a high-ranking official in Dazaifu. From his mouth, Liu Jinyuan learned more about the specific situation of the current ruling and opposition parties in the Wa Kingdom.There are generally three aspects.

First, including Heian-kyo, the capital of the Wa Kingdom, the situation of the cities of the Wa Kingdom is similar to that of Dazaifu. There is no city wall, and there is only a fence or outer wall on the outside.It's just that the imperial city in Heian-kyo has a protective wall.However, compared with other Japanese cities, Ping'an capital has one more moat.

Second, regarding the situation of the Japanese army, the real elites are the same as the more than 300 warriors who were besieged by Heishan Erlang and his 5000 subordinates just now. [-] people.

Thirdly, Japan has discovered a small amount of silver mines and copper mines, but compared to what Ye Chen once said, it is much worse. Because of the arrival of Gu insects, Liu Jinyuan never doubted anything Ye Chen said, so he thinks Most of the silver and copper mines have not been discovered by the Japanese.

(End of this chapter)