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There was a lone light in the sky, and there were still a few distant stars twinkling away from the moon's halo.

There are a few rare lights on the ship, reflecting the sparkling waves, and the moonlight seems to be a thick ink.

This situation, coupled with the season, if it is in the water of the Wei River in the suburbs of Chang'an, there will be quite a "moon falling and crying frost in the sky, and Jiang Feng fishing fire is sad." Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rang in the middle of the night to the passenger ship".

It's a pity that although there is a moon setting on the rocky sea, there is no black cry, the maple trees by the river can not be seen, and the sorrowful mountain is thousands of miles away, but the people who are sad should be a lot. Gusu City and Hanshan Temple are not there, and there is no bell in the middle of the night. The boat is not a passenger ship.

After all, the poet's condition is left to the poet to see. And Xia Hongsheng's eyes only have hidden dormancy and strict vigilance.

Homesick!

I can't sleep when I think about it.

It has been more than a year since I left Chang'an. The body has grown a little taller, and if I don't go back, I'm afraid that my family won't recognize me.

Xia Hongsheng lay on the railing of the deck, imagined the scene when his family didn't recognize him after he went back, and then grinned.

"Childe!" Knowing that Xia Hongsheng was up, Qi Yong, who also got up and followed Xia Hongsheng, stood behind Xia Hongsheng and suddenly shouted to Xia Hongsheng in a low voice: "Look! ”

Xia Hongsheng was startled, and immediately looked up, only to see a light suddenly appear in the distance, bright, extinguished, brightened, extinguished, and alternated.

Xia Hongsheng's eyes froze, but he already heard that the boat seemed to be suddenly fried, and the silence was replaced by an orderly footstep in the blink of an eye, accompanied by the shouts of the soldiers.

Suddenly, Xia Hongsheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and at the same time, he only heard a "whoosh" sound of breaking the air, but he saw that the arrows burning in the sky were particularly dazzling in the dark night, like meteors passing by, and like a rain of fire, falling in the distance.

"Qi Yong, telescope!" Xia Hongsheng stretched out his hand and shouted.

Qi Yong immediately took off the telescope and handed it to Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng immediately took the telescope and looked over. I saw that a huge fire suddenly rose on the sea in the distance, and the night sky quickly turned orange. The fierce flames made Xia Hongsheng's eyes as bright as day, and only then did he see clearly that in the place far away from the ironclad ship, the small boats were ignited one after another in the firelight, and people kept howling and jumping into the water, and let out more violent screams.

"Childe, the Japanese people in Osaka Castle have really come to steal the camp!" Qi Yong looked at the sky-high flames, and said to Xia Hongsheng very excitedly: "Now these people can't eat and walk around!" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "I think it's okay to leave some living words." Qi Yong, go, follow me to the chief manager. ”

Xia Hongsheng took Qi Yong and hurried to the bridge, and sure enough, he found Li Xiaogong there, who was also standing in the bridge, holding a telescope to look at the fires outside.

When Xia Hongsheng passed, he heard Li Xiaogong order: "Go, ask someone to put gasoline sampans over, and let the archers shoot another round!" ”

"Wait!" Xia Hongsheng heard Li Xiaogong's order and hurriedly shouted.

Li Xiaogong turned his head, saw Xia Hongsheng, and asked, "What?" ”

"Boss, the Japanese came to attack, I don't know how many people came? If there are not too many people, please don't shoot another round and let those widows go back. Xia Hongsheng said to Li Xiaogong.

"Let them go back?" Before Li Xiaogong could speak, General Wang next to him was taken aback and said, "This...... General Xia, the enemy army took advantage of the night to sneak attack, but unexpectedly, our army had already prepared, and at this time it was time to annihilate as much of the enemy army as possible to damage the enemy's strength. Why did General Xia let those Japanese people go back? ”

"If it is a time of war, you should kill all the enemies who come to attack. But think about it, now the Wa Kingdom has been frightened by the methods of the Tang Dynasty sailors, even if there are some people who want to fight to the death, but they are only a very few. Under the deliberate spread of our spies, many people already know about the rain of fire and thunder from the sky to defeat the sailors of the Wa Kingdom. Now that our goal is to take Osaka, not to annihilate all the enemy forces, we naturally have to consider how to take Osaka more easily. Boss, letting these remaining Japanese people go back tonight will play a very big role in our capture of Osaka. ”

"What's the point?" Li Xiaogong asked.

"Attack the city for the bottom, attack the heart for the top!" Xia Hongsheng explained in a deep voice: "If these Japanese people are burned here, then the people in Osaka City will only know that the sneak attack of the Japanese army failed, and the Japanese soldiers died in battle. Most of these Japanese soldiers were from Osaka, and their families were fixed among the people, and there were not a few. If he dies here, in order to avenge him, the soldiers and civilians of Osaka Castle will be able to fight to the death and fight desperately against the enemy. And if these Japanese people are allowed to go back, what they have experienced tonight will be known to the people of Osaka Castle. Let these Japanese people bring the fear in their hearts back to Osaka, and let the people in Osaka Castle be afraid, so that people will inevitably have different hearts. The people's hearts are not aligned, the morale of the army is weak, and with a little incitement, it may be possible to make Osaka Kaesong surrender. ”

"Attack the heart." Li Xiaogong nodded: "Yes, bring back the fear of these hundreds of Japanese people to the fear of the people of Osaka Chengyicheng." Good! Go to give the order, all the ships should be on guard, do not shoot arrows, and let the Japanese people flee on their own. ”

Li Xiaogong's order was passed down, and the sound of bows and arrows outside stopped. The fire in the distance also diminished and gradually extinguished.

After a while, the sea was quiet again. Only the scorching breath lingering in the air allows people to know what has just happened.

The sky had gradually begun to light up slightly, and the Tang soldiers on the warship ate and began to march closer.

A small boat entered the field of vision of the sailors, and a person stood on it, waving silk paper in his hand, coming in the direction of the Tang warship.

"Grand Administrator, General Xia!" The sailor said to Li Xiaogong and Xia Hongsheng: "The Japanese said that they were ordered by the public of Osaka City to come to ask for peace with the Tang Dynasty sailors, saying that Osaka was willing to open the city and surrender and welcome the Tang army into the city. ”

After hearing this, Li Xiaogong smiled, and did not pick up the silk paper handed over by the soldier, and said: "Go and tell the envoy that the two countries will fight each other, and if they don't kill the envoys, this king will not do anything to him." Osaka's surrender, this king took it, however, this king saw that the gate of Osaka Castle was not pleasing to the eye, and asked that Raushzi Amaterasu to tear down the city gate for this king, and this king entered the city again. Neither early nor late, just three o'clock in the afternoon today, so that they had better not stand at the city gates. If you don't listen to the king's advice, don't be unprepared! ”

The soldier saluted, and then sent the message.

Li Xiaogong sneered and said, "Those Japanese soldiers fled back last night, and now they have sent envoys to surrender, and this time is too close. Most of them were premeditated, wanting to surrender to lure our Tang army off the ship into the city, and ambush and encircle them. Wait for the king to blow up its gates first, and see if he still doesn't surrender! (To be continued.) )