Chapter 388: Falling Short
A group of big men, naked and wearing only crotch cloths. With knives in their mouths, they were ready to throw the cable onto the Tang warship, and then quickly jumped into the gang to fight.
The long-range weapons of the Tang people are sharp, but when it comes to melee combat, it is the unanimous consensus of the Japanese warriors. These people have been practicing martial arts since childhood, and each of them is proficient in the use of at least three weapons. A qualified warrior is how he grows in battle.
I don't know who roared first, and then the samurai of the Japanese country on the entire ship let out a heart-stopping howl. Their eyes were red, as if they were beasts that only chose people to devour.
A huge jar with green smoke was thrown onto the ship, and in the moment it exploded, orange flames enveloped the entire ship. The warship burned violently like a huge fireball.
The samurai who had howled like beasts just now let out a terrible scream. Flames burned on their skins when they opened their mouths. The sound that comes out of the throat is beyond human imagination. That sound should only exist in hell!
They screamed, and their minds quickly picked up the knife to end the pain to themselves. The mind was not clear, and the hands with flames began to scratch constantly. Many people were entangled and hugged each other, and then fell into the water together. As a puff of white smoke rose, the flames on their bodies extinguished. But they still entangled in the sea until they sank to the bottom of the sea.
Nine Ghost Jialong decided that there was no chance that these people would survive. He didn't understand what kind of weapon it was, only that it was a weapon from hell. There were already a lot of corpses of his own subordinates floating on the sea, and you could even see a lot of charred corpses, floating along with the sea.
Looking at Maori Huiyuan, who was chasing farther and farther away, Nine Ghost Jialong gritted his teeth. For Satsuma, for victory, for the Imperial Kingdom! You all fill it in, then Lao Tzu will fill it in. I hope Amaterasu will protect his children and grandchildren! Wrong! Amaterasu will definitely protect his children and grandchildren, definitely!
"Why are these grandchildren slowing down?" The lieutenant general said as he looked at Maori Teruyuan, who was gradually unable to keep up with him.
"They are people, not machines, they will get tired! The bunnies are tired, and now it's our turn. Go and have fun, be careful not to let them jump in the distance. Liu Renliang said with a smile.
Destroying the enemy on the way to attack has always been Yun Hao's military thinking. Because of the weapon, the Tang army has always attached great importance to distance. Especially the sailors who mainly use firearms, if you really want to talk about knives, they are really not the opponents of the Japanese people.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Mao Li Huiyuan looked at the warships of the Tang Kingdom and jumped to his feet in a hurry, but he couldn't catch up.
"My lord, the sailors at the bottom are tired. We! We've done our best, my lord! ”
"Then why aren't the Tang people tired? How can they still run! Maori Terumoto roared, he couldn't figure out why the Tang sailors weren't tired. They can't do it anymore, it must be, now is the time to compete with the will. Whoever is more determined will will win the final victory. It must be like this, they are also human and tired.
The Zhenhae suddenly accelerated, and the bow of the battleship sank sharply downward, and then leaped high. The huge hull of the ship shook a white wave, and the boat of Maori Terumoto shook for a while.
"What's going on? How could they sail so fast? "Mori Terumoto's jaw is going to fall to the ground. This can only happen on windy days when driving downwind. Usually at this time, the captain will order the sail to be lowered. Huge winds can put warships in danger and even die at the bottom of the sea.
"Big ......! Big......! My lord! The attendant stammered and couldn't answer.
The speeding Zhenyuan quickly circled, and the huge bow rushed towards Maori Terumen's fleet. Smoke was constantly coming out of the ship, followed by a loud explosion. Mori Terumoto saw with his own eyes that a gunpowder crossbow had burrowed into the warship beside him.
A huge explosion was followed by a rolling heat wave. The cries of his men, the splashing of broken wooden boards, and various parts of the human body smashed like raindrops.
Mori dodged a sticky gut and was hit by an arm. His retinue was even more miserable, with a piece of broken wood stuck in his neck. Maori Huiyuan stretched out his hand and pulled it out, and the blood immediately spurted out like a fountain, and he couldn't hold it down.
The sea was full of burning warships, all kinds of broken hulls. Bodies floating in the sea, like rag dolls. Maori Terumoto looked at his fleet with blood on his hands and tears on his face. These are the best descendants of Amaterasu, and each of them is a qualified samurai.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers can be described as the backbone of the Yamato nation. Amaterasu! Will you not protect your children and your children?
Mori Terugen knelt on the deck, watching the warships of the Tang Kingdom rush towards his boat. Reach out and draw your saber and untie the bamboo armor on your body. When the tip of the knife stabbed into the stomach, Maori Teruyuan twitched in pain. It really fucking hurts if you haven't quit the disembowelment of the wrong person!
His arms pressed down hard, and the skin on his stomach was cut open like butter. Sticky bloody intestines flowed out, and Maori Teruyuan looked at the Tang warship that was getting closer and closer. He shouted hoarsely, "Amaterasu, save your children and grandchildren!" ”
Liu Renliang didn't have time to listen to what Maori Huiyuan said, and even if he heard it, he couldn't understand it. Against this warship, which has lost its resistance, the Tang will not waste ammunition. The massive hull of the ship ran over Mori Terumoto's boat, and Mori Terumoto and his warship were crushed to the bottom of the sea like toys.
Compared with Maori Huiyuan, the Nine Ghosts Jialong died a miserable death. The pot of oil that was thrown over hit his boat accurately. And exploded right next to him, and he saw with his own eyes how the blue flames burned down the deck. Then he followed, and the burning of the gunpowder turned out to be so painful. No wonder his subordinates screamed so madly, Nine Ghost Jialong found that he could scream louder and more terrifying.
The burning Nine Ghost Jialong, looking at the same burning warship in despair, plunged headlong into the sea. I felt the flame on my body extinguished, and I also felt the pain of drilling my heart.
I don't know what the personality of Amaterasu is, but their descendants are obviously more tenacious. Even if the eldest brother was killed in battle, the rest of the people still refused to flee. They rowed their warships diligently, trying to attack the huge warships of the Tang Kingdom. Unfortunately, none of them succeeded, either being torn to pieces by the explosion or charred by the flames, and then becoming floating corpses on the surface of the sea.
In fact, even if they wanted to, they couldn't. There is no wind on the sea, and rowing alone will definitely not win the Tang warship with the help of a steam engine.
The generation gap in weapons turned the battle into an unfair slaughter, and the battle could not be fought and could not be run. A samurai of the Japanese country, just like Xiaoqiang. The battle killed a batch of people rushed up again, so that around the Zhenhai and Dinghai, a thick layer of garbage was formed.
The garbage consisted of corpses and broken hulls, and was so thick that it threatened the safety of navigation.
The two battleships fought like madmen for a whole day, so that when night came, the sailors on the Zhenhai and Dinghai were all tired and lying on the deck. The tongue sticks out like a dog, and many people's faces are smoked with gunpowder like Africans.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, Liu Renliang looked at the sea. Except for the one still burning, there was not a single intact warship of the Japanese Kingdom. The surface of the sea is densely packed with floating debris, and all kinds of sharks and unknown fish are busy in the sea. As a creature of the sea, there are not many opportunities to eat barbecue.
"Handsome! We made it! The deputy general looked at Liu Renliang excitedly, and their military exploits were settled in this battle. Those sixteen Chang'an who look down on the navy also have to give a thumbs up.
"Your Majesty, the Liaodong Navy Division commander Liu Renliang broke the Japanese fleet at the mouth of the Baijiang River and killed 100,000 in battle!" Liu Renliang looked at the corpses floating on the surface of the sea and said.
didn't increase the death toll by four or five times, it was already Liu Renliang who was honest. If Yun Hao is here, there is a problem with slashing 500,000 Dumu. Anyway, the dead are in the sea, so you can check it as much as you want. Go to the inside of the shark's stomach to find out if there is a problem with Dumu!
"Japanese people, kill 100,000!" Li took the battle report and said through gritted teeth.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese people would also come to intervene, and the Koreans had already begun to retreat. The high temperature and no rain allowed the airship to be at its most effective. Countless grenades were loaded onto the airship, and even incendiary bombs were frantically carried onto them. Several times, the Goryeo army hid in the woods. Li Er ordered more than a dozen airships to throw incendiary bombs around the mountain.
It hasn't rained in Liaodong for almost a month, and the trees have dried up to the point of chopping firewood. Where can withstand such a fire, as a result of the action of burning a mountain, turned into a forest fire. At a distance of a mile, you can feel the scorching heat. The Goryeo army was burned to death, and the fire successfully stopped the Tang army.
The Tang army, which carried a large amount of gunpowder and oil, did not dare to approach the fire at all. Yun Hao was so angry that he jumped to his feet, you actually dared to use an incendiary bomb in the woods in this kind of weather, and your brain was kicked by a donkey.
This kind of killing a thousand knives is over with muttering in my heart, but I don't dare to say it. Otherwise, the vicious Li Er would get 10,000 donkeys to kick him to death.
"Check it out! The Japanese also intervened. Li Er handed the battle report to Yun Hao, since that stupid move. Li Er handed over the command of the army to Yun Hao, because he found that he didn't know too much about these murderous weapons that Yun Hao had concocted.
"Damn! Yuangai Suwen went shit luck! Yun Hao only glanced at the battle report, and immediately said hatefully.
"How?" Li Er asked a little puzzled.
"The fire hindered us for two days, and Yoo In-rail was the only one who could stop Yongae Suwen from escaping back to Goryeo. But he was also delayed for two days in Bailongjiang, and he had these two days. At least 100,000 people could be evacuated to Goryeo, and the mouth of the Yalu River was only a few miles wide, and some places upstream were even narrower. There is no need for a special ferry, a simple raft is enough. ”
"Forget it! It is also the fate of Goryeo that should not be extinguished, and the Goryeo envoy Mao Yanshou will be visited! Li Er sighed helplessly, it seemed that his desire to encircle and annihilate the main force of Goryeo had failed. However, this time it was a huge victory for Liaodong. Now that he has returned to China from the peace talks, he has an explanation to the court and the people.
What's more, two more months will be the winter in Liaodong. The people of Guanzhong are not suitable for this kind of weather at all, in fact, Li Er hates the weather in Liaodong. In the summer, it is so hot that it can roast people, and in the winter it is so cold that it can freeze the earth. This kind of place is really not suitable for human habitation, and Li Er even regretted grabbing such a place. In the future, immigration must be a headache, should we also be like Lingnan, where erring officials and civilians will be exiled?
Seeing Li Er say this, Yun Hao knew that Li Er was no longer willing to stay in this place. Yun Hao also wanted to go home, and Datang was not ready to capture Liaodong at all now. Even if it was taken back like this, no one would come to live in this place.
For Li Er's large-scale military operation, Yun Hao's heart was full of resentment. He decided that this was Li Erhao's great joy. How many people are there in your own land, don't you have a B number in your heart?
But before going home, Yun Hao has one more thing to do. Gao Huizhen still has an army of 100,000 trapped in Anshi City, and Yun Hao has no good impression of this guy who almost killed him. If possible, be sure to choke him to death in a dung pit.
"Your Majesty! It is not appropriate to summon the Goryeo envoys now, Gao Huizhen is still in Anshi City. ”
"You mean ......!"
"Break through Anshi City and kill Gao Huizhen and his 100,000 Goryeo soldiers." Yun Hao said viciously.
"Peace talks are a matter of time, but Gao Huizhen also has to be annihilated. These are the pawns of the Koreans, if they are let go. In the future, Goryeo will have a heart to watch Liaodong again! You use it for a few days! ”
"Half a month, half a month should be feasible."
"Okay, then it's for half a month. When you kill Gao Huizhen, I will meet the Goryeo envoy again. ”
The eastward army came to the same place and turned backwards, there was no way. It was impossible to pursue the fleeing Goryeo reinforcements, unless Li Er wanted to expand the war and directly attack Goryeo proper. That was a huge test for the logistical supply of the Tang army, and Li Er was unable to end the war before winter came.
Gao Huizhen realized that something was wrong, and since yesterday countless trebuchets have been pushed behind the trench. Could it be that Yuangai Suwen was killed, and it doesn't look like it. The Tang army doesn't seem to have the joy after the victory!
However, Yun Hao didn't let Gao Huizhen hesitate for long, and one after another eight-ox crossbows were pushed through the trench. Then the thick gunpowder crossbows were accurately shot into the tower, and with one explosion after another, the Goryeo soldiers fell one after another. Many times, a single powder crossbow can kill a dozen people.
"Fight back! Counterattack! The cavalry attacked and destroyed the Tang army's eight-bull crossbow! Gao Huizhen roared hoarsely.