Chapter 57: Death(1/2)
Yuanman Zhongyuan was on Jeju Island. Although he heard the loud noise and saw the fire shooting into the sky behind him, he did not know what was going on inside. He only thought that Dayu reinforcements had arrived and gave them a fatal blow in the rear...
In an instant, he lost all his fighting spirit. He would give everything for the Yuan family, but if he was really dead, how could the Yuan family be revived?
Relying on his own son Yorimitsu Minamoto?
Although Minamoto no Yorimitsu is extremely talented and has shown talent since childhood, and is indeed expected to revitalize the Minamoto family, he is still too young and his qualifications and reputation are far from enough.
If he were to die here, Minamoto Yorimitsu would have nothing.
Revitalizing the Yuan family will be an empty talk.
Without any hesitation, Yuan Manzhong abandoned Yuan Wan, his most trusted retainer who was fighting on the front line, and turned around and ran away.
Lu Jiang himself did not expect that the combination of fire oil, smoke bombs, rockets, and thunder bombs could repel the Japanese army of 30,000 in one fell swoop.
After all, in addition to the powerful fire oil, smoke bombs, rockets, and thunder bombs, the power has not reached the ideal state that can influence the battle situation.
Lu Jiang was so alert. When he saw an unexpected incident, he immediately waved his hand and escorted the Japanese prisoner who knew Chinese under Tachibana Yuanbao. He drew out his sword, put it on his neck, pulled out a bloody thread on his neck, and asked
: "Reinforcements from the Celestial Empire have arrived. Fujiwara is the auxiliary commander. Those who surrender will not be killed. What do you say?"
The Japanese prisoner felt the pain in his neck and glanced at the chaos of his own army in the distance. He was frightened and did not dare to hide it. He translated for him.
Lu Jiang learned a few words and asked the king of Tamluo Kingdom, who was in charge of logistics, to let his people shout along.
Thousands of people chirped and chirped, but the translation had already changed.
But in the ears of Yuan Wan and others, they can still more or less get a rough idea from just a few words.
They were fighting on the front line, focusing on what was in front of them and not understanding the situation behind them.
Hearing the shouts, I couldn't help but hesitate. I took the time to look back. The first thing I saw was Genman Nakabe retreating, and then the army in the distance was filled with fireworks...
Seeing this scene, Yuan Wan, who was fighting on the front line, also realized that he had become an abandoned son. He felt sad in his heart, had the will to die, and rushed forward crazily. However, the soldiers beside him lost their fighting spirit and began to retreat.
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Yuan Wan didn't care, he just rushed forward to die.
After killing three people, he was surrounded and stabbed to death by random gunshots.
When Yuan Wan was killed, the soldiers on the front line lost their fighting spirit even more and fled back crazily.
"Chase!"
How could Lu Jiang miss this opportunity to beat the drowned dog?
The 70-year-old general walked as fast as a young man. He held his sword high and said: "The thieves have been defeated, but those who still have strength should follow me to crush them and beat the drowned dogs..."
There were so many enemies in this battle that the soldiers of Talangying Camp were very frustrated. They could only defend passively, relying on the belief of "must win" and the will of the soldiers to hold on.
Now the situation has changed drastically. The anger of being beaten and the grief and anger of their colleagues who died in the battle are all vented at once. They stride forward, facing the fleeing Japanese soldiers, and there is a burst of crazy output behind them, like mowing grass,
Harvesting their lives, large areas of blood splashed on the yellow sand.
Yuan Manzhong heard the shouts of killing getting closer and closer behind him, and a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. He knew that Yuan Wan, the chief retainer who grew up with him, had been killed in battle.
He shouted to the soldiers to get on the boat and prepare to flee in the direction of the Japanese army's defeat...
But he didn't expect a boat to cross in front of him. It was five hundred soldiers led by Nong Hao.
Nong Hao had learned the art of war in the army and had a certain understanding of tactics and the direction of the battle. He knew that Lu Jiang would not let him show up until there was a crisis.
After all, the strange move can only be used once...
The opponent has an absolute advantage in military strength. As long as they are divided into small groups to defend them, the five hundred of them will not be able to make trouble.
Therefore, as soon as he took action, Nong Hao used all his wealth, including fire oil, smoke bombs, rockets, and thunder bombs, and launched a bombardment in the direction of the Japanese main ship.
Nong Hao was already ready to escape. On this vast sea, he would really be surrounded by ships several times his size, and he would die without any chance of survival.
Unexpectedly, it was the Japanese country that escaped. The more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Japanese country were frightened by such unknown things as firearms.
Nong Hao did not dare to pursue, so he inspected the situation from a distance. When he saw Yuan Manzhong trying to escape, he made a prompt decision and used the wind to block him.
Lu Jiang saw it from a distance, felt happy, and shouted: "Good brother, you did a great job! Brothers, don't let down the cooperation of Nongdutou, swallow up this Japanese bandit, and let them know that they are against me, Dayu."
End."
Yuan Manzhong looked at the roadblock in front and at the soldiers approaching from behind. He also knew that he was in danger. He stood alone on the bow of the boat and shouted loudly in Chinese in the direction of Nong Hao: "I, Qinghe Genji,
Yuan Manzhong, who dares to compete with me on the name of the Yuan family?"
Nong Hao squinted his eyes, looked at the arrogant dwarf in front of him, and said to his left and right: "Shoot the hell out of him!"
As the sound of the bowstring sounded, Yuan Manzhong looked at the dozens of crossbow arrows on his body in disbelief, and fell headlong into the sea.
The founder of the Qing Dynasty and Genji in history was full of unwillingness and fed the fish and shrimps of Jeju Island.
Nong Hao spat at the sea in front of him, "Bah, we didn't talk about martial ethics when we were fighting 30,000 against 2,000, but now we talk about martial ethics? Do you really think I'm stupid?"
The sound of killing gradually subsided, and Genji's troops, without their leader, were unable to resist when faced with attacks from both front and rear.
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East China Sea Navy!
East China Sea Ship.
Lin Renzhao stood with his hands behind his hands, breathing in the breath of the sea, feeling quite happy. Looking at the sea, he not only felt the great surprises of the world, but also yearned for the unknown world.
The image of the first time he and Luo Youdu had a drink together after becoming emperor came to his mind.
He was still glad that he was on the right side and was not blinded by Zhao Kuangyin's overtures.
Their emperor has set his sights on the world...
"Lin Huzi, what is the end of the sea?"
"I don't know!"
"That is a brand new continent, just like ours in China, with fertile land, hard-working people, and its own culture. Don't you want to go and take a look? I have no hope, but I hope that one day you can take my place.
Cross that unknown sea, set foot on that land, and bring me something back..."
Lin Renzhao believed everything Luo Youdu described. That emperor had brought so many things to him and to this era. There was no reason not to believe it.
As a naval commander, what is more exciting than riding the wind and waves and conquering the sea?
"Captain, there is a situation ahead!"
Soldiers on the observation deck of the East China Sea ship reported the situation below through semaphores.
Lin Renzhao took the telescope from his waist and looked far away in the direction he was pointing. He saw several small warships approaching them.
"Continue the march and send out a speedboat to explore the situation!"
Lin Renzhao did not intend to delay his rescue of Jeju Island because of this trivial matter.
But soon the dispatched speedboat came with news.
"I report to the Commander-in-Chief that they are Japanese bandits. They seemed to have suffered a defeat and escaped and drifted here. They are extremely embarrassed. We can't understand what they said..."
Lin Renzhao was startled for a moment, then he paid attention and said: "Bring them on board..." At the same time, he said to Song Keming behind him: "Go and call Maruyama Akide."
When fighting in a different place, the most important thing is to lead the way.
Although the conduct of the leading party is despicable, a pious leading party is as useful as an army.
This kind of leading party will offer delicious food and drinks.
Maruyama Aidenori was the leader recruited by Lin Renzhao from Tsushima Island.
Lin Renzhao gave him a lot of benefits.
"Captain!" Maruyama Mingtori bowed to Lin Renzhao humbly.
Lin Renzhao pointed to the cowering Japanese deserters hiding in the corner of the boat and said: "Mingde came just in time, help me ask where they came from!"
When he learned that it was Jeju Island, a flash of surprise flashed in Lin Renzhao's eyes.
This time, the Japanese nation did not attack Tsushima Island from the easiest sea area, but chose to invade Jeju Island, deviating from their original plan.
It cannot be said that it was completely unexpected, but it also caused Lin Renzhao to lose the initiative.
After all, no matter what, Lin Renzhao could not abandon Tsushima Island and deploy defenses on Jeju Island first.
The primary purpose was to prevent the 35,000 Japanese soldiers from Goryeo from returning to the main island of Japan.
Let Lu Jiang and Nong Hao go to Jeju Island first, so that they can have a head start.
But he didn't expect the two of them to be able to repel an enemy ten times their size, as long as they could hold on.
How could you have imagined that the other party could actually win?
Maruyama Akidechi said with a strange look on his face: "They said they were punished by the God of Fire and Thunder, who struck them with immortal fire and thunder and lightning. Shifu Fujiwara and his troops escaped..."
Maruyama Akira didn't know what was going on, and Lin Renzhao had a flash of understanding in his eyes. Isn't the inextinguishable fire just fierce fire oil?
As for thunder and lightning, most of them are smoke bombs, rockets and thunder bombs.
He has personally experienced the power of this thing. It is normal for him to be angry as a god without knowing it.
"This old boy is really good at it!"
To be continued...