Tamaki County, Beiguan
Although it is already May, the nights in Tamaki County are still very cool.
On the night of the tenth day of the lunar month, I couldn't see my fingers.
The dark west city was now filled with Japanese pirate soldiers standing silently.
Masato Nei was among them, looking out silently.
Guarding the west of Beiguan is the blood camp behind the Yanhui Legion.
At this time, except for the tall watchtowers still lit with lights outside the city, the rest of the city was silent.
The night was so dark that Masato Nei could not see the layout outside the city at all, but he knew it well in his heart.
Yu Ziping is ready for a protracted war.
Since the blood camp of the Yanhui Legion arrived outside Beiguan City, he was not in a hurry to attack, and started to build up the land like Wei Junqian.
First, a tall watchtower was built to try to detect what was going on inside the customs.
At the same time, these watchtowers are also testing the attack accuracy and attack distance in the city.
Then outside the strike range of the trebuchet, Yu Ziping began to let his men build a wide and large earth city.
He tried to use such a new structure to give his trebuchets and heavy crossbows a height advantage.
well.
Masato Nei sighed softly.
Siege warfare consumes the most lives.
He was not afraid of Yun Chui's desperate attack outside the city, but he was afraid of being down-to-earth like Yu Ziping and gaining war advantage for his side step by step.
After all, there is not much food in Beihaiguan, and every time one of his soldiers dies, one of his soldiers will be missing.
I don't know how long it took, but a soldier said, "General, the time has come."
Masato Nei nodded and drew out the general's sword.
"All of them, attack."
Wow.
In an instant, the long west city head became ablaze.
At some point, there were trebuchets and heavy ballistas ready to go all over the city.
Each rack was filled with stone bullets or crossbow bolts, and the weights were also strung up and the strings were twisted.
"put!"
Phew!
The tight crossbow arrow flew towards its target like lightning.
After a while, the arrow's body flashed red, and the white scales on it rubbed against each other and caught fire, and started to burn.
In an instant, dazzling fire dragons seemed to emerge from the entire city, lighting up half of the night sky.
Chirp ~ Chirp ~
Dang, Dang, Dang!
At the same time, piercing police whistles and gongs sounded almost immediately outside the city.
The Yanhui soldier on the watchtower screamed with all his strength: "Enemy attack!!!"
However, the voice did not fall.
Plop, plop.
The watchtower where he was was instantly hit by more than ten heavy crossbows at the same time.
Crash.
The tall watchtower trembled violently for a few times, could no longer hold on, and fell down.
Dong Dong Dong~
At this time, drums representing the attack suddenly sounded in Beiguan City.
After the Yan Hui Legion was stationed at the Blood Camp, it was a little far away from the North Customs. However, the beating of the drum was so earth-shattering that almost all the soldiers woke up in a short time.
"What's going on?" Yu Ziping hurried out.
"Back to the general, the Japanese pirates launched a sudden attack and destroyed all our watchtowers. Now the war drums are beating, and they seem to be preparing to leave the city to attack us."
How can it be?
Yu Ziping's first feeling was disbelief.
Attacking a city consumes the most lives, so there is always a strategy to choose from. Every general who leads an army should keep this in mind.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, Yu Ziping did not want to send people to climb the walls of Beiguan.
Now that Masato Nei is willing to go out of the city and fight him, he is more than happy.
After thinking about it, Yu Ziping couldn't help but look up to the east.
I saw the dazzling firelight already reflected the sky in front of me red, and at the same time, I could hear the faint sounds of fierce shouting and killing.
The Japanese pirates seemed really ready to leave the city.
"Well done." Yu Ziping quickly became surprised and happy, but he also knew that he did not have many troops.
"Everyone is ready to fight and at the same time ask for help from the Northern Expeditionary Army."
"Yes!" The messenger climbed on his horse and left in a hurry.
At the top of the west city, Masato Nei gave the order to attack and then went straight down the city wall and walked to the south of the city without looking back.
"How prepared are the fleets?" he asked.
"Back to General, all fleets are ready."
These days, the Japanese pirate soldiers are hiding day and night, quietly carrying supplies and people to the battleship, and now they can set off at any time.
"Didn't Yun Chuiren notice it?"
"Go back to General, there shouldn't be any."
Most of the Starfall Legion's scouts are in the mountains and forests of Baekje to the east, which is very far away.
As for Huang Ming's Northern Conquest Army, his spies often appeared in the Beihai Shipyard, but the Japanese pirate scouts were not vegetarians. These days, both sides were assassinating each other, causing casualties on each other.
However, there hasn't been much movement from Huang Ming's side so far, so their plan to cross the formation secretly has not been discovered.
"Very good." Genjing Masato nodded with satisfaction.
He looked at the hourglass next to him and said, "Go down and tell us that when midnight arrives, the fleet will immediately set sail south."
"yes!"
Soon it was midnight.
咻咻咻~
Suddenly there was a brilliant light in the night sky.
Those who had not yet fallen asleep were anxious and walked out of the house to look up.
In the night sky, three fireworks were blooming brilliantly, and it took a while before they crackled.
Cloud-piercing arrows, and there are three of them!
Qingwangzhuang, the location of the Northern Army.
Huang Ming didn't bother to put on his clothes and hurriedly walked out, "Have you found out? What is the direction of the cloud-piercing arrow? Is it an enemy or a friend?"
"Back to General, it's our cloud-piercing arrow. Judging from the direction and distance, it should be near Beiguan Pass."
Huang Ming's heart tightened.
The various siege materials have not been moved yet, and the Xingluo Legion has signaled the Yunchui armies to besiege and not attack for the time being. The Cloud Piercer on that day should be...
"Masato Nei is ready to break out?" Someone suddenly said.
Huang Ming turned around to find his voice.
It turns out to be the chubby Chen Xiulan.
"I have met His Highness King Jin." Huang Ming saluted quickly.
Hum.
Chen Xiulan waved her hands in disgust, "The war is about to start, and you still talk about such nonsense!"
"Old Huang, hurry up and give the order. No matter what you want to do, whether it's a mountain of swords or a sea of fire, I will never be vague."
Huang Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and looked up at the fireworks gradually dissipating in the sky.
"My lord, please don't be anxious. This cloud-piercing arrow came suddenly. We haven't yet learned what it represents, and we have no way of dealing with it for a while."
Chen Xiulan nodded. Even though he knew this, his face was still a little ugly, "The fighter plane is fleeting. Are we just going to stand here?"
"Of course not." Huang Ming waved his hand.
The guards scattered in all directions, and soon the entire Northern Expeditionary Army station came to life.
Soon, under the scolding of the generals, countless soldiers gathered, ready to be dispatched at any time.
Huang Ming looked at the hourglass next to him and nodded with satisfaction.
Although his Northern Expeditionary Army came from different local garrison troops and had different living habits and languages, after these two months of running-in and rigorous training, they looked pretty decent at this time.
At least it was assembled quickly.
"Your Majesty, please wait patiently. We have a windmill, and we will soon know what happened in Beiguan."
"Okay!" Chen Xiulan had no choice but to respond dully after eating tepid tofu in a hurry.
He didn't go back to the house, but sat aside holding the spear he brought from Star City.
Sure enough, not long after, a messenger hurried over.
"General, news from Beihai Customs."
"The Japanese pirates suddenly launched a fierce attack to the west of the city, but it was actually a false attack. They didn't even open the city gate, but just made a huge fire outward to attract the spies and troops we placed around the Beihai Shipyard."
"At midnight, the Japanese pirate fleet on the North Sea suddenly split into two, and about ten fleets suddenly left the port and sailed south."
Huang Ming nodded, quickly glanced at the content from the windmill, and handed it to Chen Xiulan who was approaching.
"Only the Japanese pirate fleet moved? Are the other Japanese pirates still huddled in Beihaiguan?" Chen Xiulan was very unhappy, "Screw it. Doesn't that mean we have nothing to worry about?"
Huang Ming nodded silently.
Although the North Sea is surrounded by land on three sides, it is also a sea after all and is equally vast.
Although the Northern Expeditionary Army brought some long-range heavy crossbows and trebuchets, as long as the Japanese warships did not follow the coastline, they could only look at the sea and sigh, and the weapons in their hands were useless.
"My lord, there is no need to be anxious. As the saying goes, one move can affect the whole body. Now Masato Nei can no longer sit still and makes the first move. It's up to us to take action."
"I believe General Wei will order an attack soon."
Chen Xiulan nodded silently and looked longingly in the direction of the Baekje Peninsula, "I hope so."
(End of chapter)
