Chapter 28: The Power of the Rice Fields

Yun Xiao sat on the hill with a plan in front of him. There are seasonal melons and fruits on the table, and now he can watch the live broadcast of the battlefield as if he was watching a play.

Looking at the terrain, Yun Xiao snorted his teeth. The terrain didn't seem to lend itself to an ambush, and a large road winded across a plain. Rice paddies are lined with immature paddies, and the sound of frogs is noisy.

Yun Xiao didn't understand if those Japanese soldiers got into the rice fields. How to catch it, so many people scattered and fled. If you don't have cavalry, how can you annihilate the enemy? After doing such a big game, only one defeat battle would be worth the loss. If most of the soldiers run away, see how the courtyard jun explains to himself. When the time comes, besiege the fortified Kyoto, let his son climb the wall first.

Yun Xiao's heart was suspicious, and a team in the distance had already driven into view. Under the scorching sun, the team dragged on. From time to time, you can still hear the shouting and scolding of the soldiers, as well as the complaints of the soldiers.

Yuan Yijing was also helpless, in order to hurry, he had forced these soldiers enough to choke. Even breakfast was eaten by one person and one rice ball, and Gen Yoshikyo wanted to arrive at Nasuno as soon as possible. As soon as this team is put in the hands of Prince Nao, he can return to Kyoto by recuperating from his injuries.

Dayuan-kun was also nervously looking at the team, now he was the hunter and the long team was the prey. Yun Xiao handed over the command of the army to himself as a general, what a lot of trust. If you can't complete the task assigned by Yun Xiao, then how will you explain to Yun Xiao.

The winding line dragged on, and Yun Xiao made a visual observation. I'm afraid there are at least 10,000 people, and this number is about the same as the estimate in my heart. Eating these 10,000 people will save a lot of effort to attack Kyoto.

The butt decides the head, and Yun Xiao's current butt has completely achieved the first position. It's no longer about the trivial things that are enough to eat and drink. How not to die, or how to die less, has to be done. This is the first issue to be considered by Yunxiao. Because he really doesn't have too many lives for him to squander.

The continuous explosion sound of "boom" pulled Yun Xiao back from his confused thoughts, and a large cloud of smoke had risen from the crowd of Japanese soldiers. The smoke flew with the fragments of human limbs,

The three-bow bed crossbows placed on both sides of the road were fired at the same time, and the power of concentrated fire was not small.

Hearing the source of the explosion, Yijing was immediately startled, and his body flew like a light monkey and jumped off the horse. There was no sign that he was still wounded in the shoulder, and at the front of the line was a thousand guards opening the way. Behind was a thousand Guards after the break.

In the middle was a large group of conscripted Japanese soldiers, who were startled at the sound of a loud explosion. The line came to a halt, but there was no sign of confusion.

But as the sound of the explosion spread, a dense rain of arrows poured down like raindrops. These arrows came from all corners of the wings, and even countless arrows rained down from the sky.

Dense wails and screams rang out for less than two seconds. The originally neat military formation was in disarray, and the Japanese soldiers rushed together. They pushed and trampled each other, but no one broke up in the rice fields where the crossbow bolts came.

Yun Xiao saw it clearly on the top of the mountain, and really didn't understand why these Japanese soldiers didn't run into the rice fields.

Minamoto Yoshikyo's preparation was extremely effective, whether it was a slapstick or an iron-tired crossbow. The heavy bronze shield is immune to all arrows. There was a dense scream all around. Gen Yoshikyo shivered under the protection of his shields.

Bad luck! Bad luck. Gen Yoshikyo's intestines are all repentant, why did he have to return to Kyoto after the defeat of the Shimonoseki army, what is the difference between this and sending him to death.

He had fully understood the power of the Yun family's bow and crossbow, and the bamboo armor and bamboo shields of the Japanese soldiers were simply ornaments within five hundred steps. The sharp, triangular arrows would tear the armor apart effortlessly, except for the bronze shield beside him.

Gen Yoshikyo made a shrunken turtle, and the whole team immediately lost its command. All the men were fighting on their own, and the soldiers were in disarray. Only the Guards could hastily form a formation to defend themselves.

The 1,000 guards who opened the way in front formed a dense formation, and the crossbowmen in the middle of the formation formed a rapid formation.

This covering arrow is only as powerful as a group fire. A single launch does not pose much of a threat to the target at all.

Dayuanjun was able to command such a peerless weapon as the three-bow bed crossbow, so he was naturally extremely excited and vowed to give full play to the advantages of the three-bow bed crossbow.

Eight three-bow bed crossbows lined up. It is also protected by a thousand strong bows and crossbows of the Yun family's guards. The guards of the Yun family, divided into three rows, took turns firing, and those guards withstood the continuous blows and wanted not to take a step forward. It's impossible to even take a step back.

Before the formation of the crossbow was set, the gunpowder crossbow with green smoke entered the military formation. There was another dense explosion, and the courtyard Jun clearly saw the guards who had been blown up into the sky dancing in the sun.

What kind of magic weapon is this, fortunately I made the right choice. Otherwise, under the blow of such a thing, even the toughest Hyogo soldiers will be defeated.

"Fuso. They're going to rout. Light a beacon and let the people behind prepare. Dayuanjun calmly observed the battle situation, knowing that any army would be defeated under such a blow.

Although the Guards are brave, their training on weekdays is also rigorous. But they are human beings after all, facing a rain of arrows like locusts, and that terrifying weapon that can explode. The Guards collapsed. But it was not Yunxiao's expectations. They would rather huddle with the Japanese soldiers behind them than run into the rice fields next to them. Is that how they love the crops? Yun Xiao was puzzled by the behavior of the guards and the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers and the guards were in chaos on the main road, and the guards of the rearguard wanted to stop it. But in an instant, they were swept away by a flood of people.

But the routs braved the rain of arrows and just ran out of a mile, and found that a large pile of firewood had been piled up on the road.

Seeing the arrival of the Japanese soldiers, Dayuanjun's subordinates quickly lit firewood.

The steaming heat swelled almost instantaneously, through the twisting flames. The soldiers sadly found that hundreds of sturdy men were shouting "hey" and "hey", each of them carrying a huge log on their backs.

Half a mile from the burning firewood, the logs were stacked together. Then someone poured oil on it, and a mountain of flames, even hotter than the heat of the firewood, lay in the middle of the road. Looking at the distorted heatwave, I am afraid that a person will be scorched within ten steps.

"This old boy is really good, first use firewood that can burn quickly to block the other party. Then use the wood block to burn hard, and the time difference is good. Yun Xiao nodded approvingly.

The blazing fire completely cut off the back road, and some of them tried to run through with their shields against their backs. But one by one, they were forced back by the heat wave.

The helpless Japanese soldiers finally jumped off the road and ran towards the rice fields.

"Hah! Now it's up to you old boy to do something, you have boasted about Haikou. I just don't know what your arrangements are. Yun Xiao took a sip of tea, picked up a melon on the table and ate it.

"Huh......" Yun Xiao put down the melon in his hand in surprise, because he found that the soldiers who jumped into the rice field were struggling in the mud one by one. After only running twenty or thirty steps, it was as if he had lost his strength and could only move forward slowly.

"Clever!" The corners of Yun Xiao's mouth swept over a curvature, and the rice had not been harvested this season. The courtyard gentleman specially put more water inside.

The land that has been soaked for a summer is full of mud, and no matter how good your body is in such a field. You won't be able to run far before you'll get tangled in the mud on your feet.

It turns out that this is the case, Dayuanjun is not afraid that they will run into the rice fields. Because as soon as they enter the rice fields, they become snails. Crossbow arrows can be pointed at them effortlessly, even if someone has flowed across a ditch. It will also be intercepted by the Yun family guards and the soldiers of the Hyogo who are waiting for work, and at that time, even if the Japanese soldiers who are consumed are good at fighting. I'm afraid that I will also become a ghost under the knife.

"This courtyard monarch is a bit of a doorway, and he has fought a war of annihilation in such a terrain. The power of the water network rice field has not yet been understood, and today I saw that the courtyard Jun is really a wonderful use of the soldiers. ”

Yun Xiao nodded, fortunately, Xiang Sanqiu didn't use this trick against him when he was in Jiangnan. Otherwise, even if his subordinates are all cavalry, they will definitely not escape the fate of being annihilated. However, recall, most of my battles in Jiangnan were in winter, and it was impossible to let the quagmire run rampant.

The Japanese soldiers were all from Dongying, so they naturally knew how terrible it was to be trapped in a paddy field. It's better to wear boots, if you're wearing straw sandals. After a while, his feet would be wrapped in two lumps of thin mud weighing several pounds.

But the shape shì is pressing, and these Japanese soldiers are also helpless. The place chosen by the monarch of the compound is so good, there are large patches of water network rice fields on both sides of a large road.

"Shouting, those who are willing to surrender will not be killed." Dayuanjun also laughed at this time, and now the Japanese soldiers are trapped. The lambs that have become to the slaughter are all people who have lived on Dongying Island for a hundred years. Dayuanjun is also unwilling to do too much killing, and besides, these people are very good coolies. It's not bad to keep them to have nothing to do and do the work they can.

Three piles of wolf smoke were lit behind the courtyard king, which was an order to stop shooting.

Two or three hundred loud voices were singled out, and they stood on the dam and shouted loudly.

"Hands up, lay down your arms and don't kill. Otherwise, shoot them all! ”

The Japanese soldiers in the rice fields were wolf-bèi, and their faces were covered with mud. There were two large lumps of mud hanging from their feet, and the continuous escape had greatly consumed their bodies. Not to mention going to the dam stalk to fight, even walking to the dam stalk is also a difficult task. (To be continued......)