Gao Zhang, Yao Pingzhong and others were galloping towards Yangcheng Lake.
The target is Yangcheng Lake, which is about ten miles northeast of Suzhou City.
Today they are going to test the kerosene bomb developed by Gao Xuanfu.
Although everyone thinks that there is some kind of test for that thing, just play it on the battlefield.
But he still couldn't defeat the prodigy champion. Coupled with Gao Zhang's determined expression, the power of this thing was far more powerful than the kerosene bombs currently used by the Song Dynasty.
It really aroused the curiosity of a group of people, but by the time everyone was halfway there, it started to rain.
However, even if it rained, it could not dampen Gao Zhang's enthusiasm to test new weapons for the appreciation of these great Song warriors.
In the continuous rain, the group finally arrived near a deserted river beach.
Gao Zhang looked carefully and saw a wild forest near the river beach, and immediately raised his chin towards Fu'an.
Fu'an, who had already measured a small amount of kerosene bombs in the government office, galloped forward a dozen steps, and started to make a fire under the umbrella.
He ignited the oil cloth head protruding from the inside of the skin bag. After seeing that the grease-soaked cloth head on the head of the skin bag was completely on fire, he threw it towards the wild forest with all his strength.
Then he lit the next one, but before he threw it out, he heard a muffled sound from the wild forest.
In this endless rain scene, everyone saw flames starting to rise below the wild forest.
After the second ignited skin bag was thrown over, it hit the tree trunk hard. Maybe the sewing process of this skin bag was not up to par, and it exploded directly on the tree.
Then, everyone saw what seemed to be a ball of fire rising up there. After the splashed grease stuck to the tree, it did not flow away as expected.
Instead, it stuck directly to the tree trunk and continued to burn.
This time, both Yang Zhen and Yao Pingzhong sensed something was wrong.
When the Western Army fights, they will naturally have the opportunity to use destructive weapons such as kerosene bombs.
However, the kerosene bombs of the Western Army were completely liquid and extremely fluid, and the burning time was far less than the kerosene bombs caressed by Gao Xuan.
Even though everyone had waited here until the rain dispersed and the clouds settled, the flames were still burning stubbornly, and at this moment, the wild forest had been completely ignited.
Seeing this scene, Yao Pingzhong became more and more looking forward to this surprise attack on Ping'an Capital.
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Fang La gathered all his navy, carried almost two thousand men and horses, and a large amount of ordnance and equipment, and headed towards the Nagasaki Port.
After six days and seven nights, Fang La's navy and the cargo ships arrived at Nagasaki Port.
Here, Fang Fei has been waiting here for a long time. In addition to Fang Fei, there is also a guide sent by Fujiwara Kingdom Lord Fujiwara Tadayi.
After Fujiwara Tadai learned from Fang Fei that the Song Dynasty was preparing to surprise Heianjing, he was overjoyed and sent several close retainers over as guides without hesitation.
Although Fujiwara Kingdom won a complete victory in the first war, Fujiwara Tadayi also knew very well that compared with the Japanese court, which had the power of the entire Japanese island, his own strength was too weak.
Now, the Song Dynasty is sending troops and horses to help. If you don't know how to grasp it, you will be really stupid.
Yang Zhen was responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses who had disembarked from the ship and continued northward to the Shimonoseki Strait area of Fujiwara Kingdom to join Liu Qi.
And Yao Pingzhong, with more than a hundred elite Western Army soldiers under his command, and more than 300 war horses, picked up the Japanese guides.
Under the guidance of the ship sent by Fang Fei, they quietly headed south along the coast, and then turned north.
Heading straight towards Namba Kyo (Osaka), the southern gateway of Heian Kyo located in the central and southern part of the main island of Japan.
It is called Namba Kyo because hundreds of years ago, Nintoku, the lord of Japan, built Namba Takatsu Palace in this trading port.
Later, Prince Shotoku built Shitennoji Temple here, which can be regarded as one of the earliest Buddhist temples in Japan.
After the Daika reform, the then Japanese ruler built Namba Hara Toyosaki Palace (Namba Palace) in Osaka and named the place Namba Kyo, making Osaka the capital of Japan for a time.
Although the king of Japan actually lived in Namba Kyo for a short time, Namba Palace has been preserved.
Until Emperor Kanmu of Japan moved the capital to Heian-kyo, Namba-kyo also completely lost its status as the political center.
However, it still has a large number of religious buildings and ports such as Shitennoji Temple and Sumiyoshi Taisha Shrine. It is a relatively important town and port in the Kinki region today.
From here, the distance from landing to Ping An Jing is only eighty miles.
However, under the guidance of the guide sent by Lord Fujiwara, they did not land directly in the most prosperous and lively Namba Kyoto Port area.
Instead, we chose to land in Ohwata Tomari (Kobe), a port area that was once very prosperous but is now completely abandoned.
During the Nara period, the imperial court built Owata Tomari Port here to conduct maritime trade.
However, with the isolation of the Japanese country, many ports of the Japanese country lost their due value.
Because the Japanese state's national finances were unable to repair, and it was only a few dozen miles away from the Namba Kyo port.
Therefore, the Japanese court just allowed it to be abandoned and ignored the Daluntian mooring port.
The people and merchants in this area had already migrated away long ago, leaving only a dilapidated fishing village near the port.
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It took hundreds of naval officers almost a day to repair one of the trestles.
Taking advantage of the darkness, they transported Yao Pingzhong and his men, including men and horses, as well as Gaozhang's special kerosene bombs ashore.
After a good day's rest on the shore, Yao Pingzhong, who was full of energy, began to order the army to be organized.
Yao Pingzhong, together with the elite of the Western Army under his command, including the guides, also had one man and three cavalry.
Fang La stood aside silently, watching the more than a hundred cavalry until Yao Pingzhong announced that the entire army was mounted.
Then he quickly stepped forward and saluted Yao Pingzhong.
"I hope the general will be victorious and return safely."
"Haha, don't worry, General Fang. I'm going to Ping'an Capital, but I'll definitely come back victorious."
Yao Pingzhong's heroic words also caused the elite men under his command in Xijing to burst into laughter.
Watching this team, led by the guides, drifting away under the afterglow of dusk.
Fang Qifu, who was next to Fang La, looked at these heroic elites of the Western Army and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"They are indeed the most powerful soldiers and horses of our Song Dynasty. The elite of the Western Army lives up to its reputation as an elite."
"That's natural. Okay, Seven Buddhas, take your scouts with you, and don't let a single living thing go within a radius of twenty miles. Do you understand?"
Go to sleep first, wake up and continue, don’t worry, it’s still five o’clock
(End of chapter)
