The strong sea breeze made Cui Hongdu's voice somewhat erratic. Wang Wenzuo walked across the deck, patted the soldiers on the shoulders, stopped from time to time, called someone's name, made a joke or said a few words of encouragement, until he reached the other end of the deck. He stopped and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Oh, oh, Wan Sheng!"
"Oh, oh, Wan Sheng!"
At first there were only a few sporadic soldiers, but soon the deck was filled with war songs, and then war songs also rose from other ships. The rhythmic singing drove away cowardice and filled the ship with courage and strength. In every human body, cowards become warriors.
Ohh Ohh ohh!
Continuous sound of horns swept across the sea, and the drumbeat of the Japanese speedboat became faster and faster. The speed of paddling soon caught up, and the wooden leaves flew on the water. Hey-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hoo-hoo, hey- —Pfft. On the deck, the barefooted pioneers slapped their shields with their swords, while the archers quickly strung their bows and drew arrows from the quivers on their waists. As the two sides get closer, the shadow of the ship on the opposite side becomes larger and larger, the waves rise and fall, and the rusty steel horn on the enemy's bow is exposed from the sea from time to time. As long as you avoid the collision of the horn, get close to the enemy ship and start the siege, you will have a chance of victory... …
A burst of swaying firebirds flew out from the Tang army's fleet. They were burning spears - the spear shafts were made of pine wood soaked in turpentine, dragging a long tail of fire towards the Japanese fleet. The sea water swallowed most of the birds, and a few landed on the deck of the ship, exploding and scattering sparks. There was chaos on the deck, and the Mononobe clan's samurai roared loudly, forcing the soldiers to restore order. But a second wave of attacks followed, this time mixed with flying arrows, and the Tang people's archers also started shooting. A helmsman covered his heart, and the arrows pierced his chest, rolled over the side of the ship, and fell to the bottom of the sea.
According to later records in history books, it is difficult to determine who fired the first blow in the first battle between Tang and Japanese - four of the six captains of the ships that participated in the battle said it was themselves in their family histories, given that these four later became high-ranking officials. The Qing Dynasty left their names in history, so in the "Eastern Kingdom Spring and Autumn" that was passed down to later generations, the biographies of these four people in the book were all recorded according to the biographies of the biographies. This was also passed down as a joke to later generations. But one thing is certain, it was the Tang army and not the Japanese - the reason is very simple. The Japanese naval warfare missile weapons at that time were still very crude. At most, they had some rockets and spears. Their power and range were incomparable to the continuous ballistae on Wang Wenzuo's ship. When the Tang army opened fire, the archers on the Japanese deck were still a hundred steps away, still dozens of steps away from the effective range.
Although the first wave of attacks from the Tang Dynasty was fierce, it was completely unexpected by the Japanese. The warriors on the boat waved their spears to encourage the morale of the oarsmen and soldiers, trying to get closer to about fifty steps and then use rattan bows to fire rockets. Taking off the sails of the Tang people and shooting the oarsmen of the Tang people. According to past naval battle experience, this is the only way for small boats to besiege large ships. As long as they lose their maneuverability, no matter how strong and tall the sea ship is, it is just a living target.
But they soon discovered that their past experience seemed to have failed this time. The "firepower" of the Tang warships had exceeded their imagination. Arrows and spears fell like raindrops, as if there were hundreds of archers taking turns shooting arrows. generally. A surviving Mononobe warrior later found twenty arrows on his shield. Some Japanese even jumped into the sea to escape the rain of arrows fired from the Chinese ships. The oarsmen and helmsmen suffered the heaviest casualties, and soon the boats lost power. They came to a halt in an awkward manner, and even entangled everything.
The first direct contact between the two sides was on the left side of Wang Wenzuo's ship. The attack angle of the high-speed Tang army warship was so amazing that it smashed the enemy ship into pieces. Even if it did not directly hit the ship, the attack angle of the high-speed sailing ship was enough to cut off long-distance ships. The impact of the oar on the wooden oar was enough to knock the oarsman at the other end off the bench. The Tang Army archers were condescending, shooting at the Japanese ships on both sides and throwing torches. The warships rowed past, leaving only the sea surface. Floating carcasses and ship fragments.
Standing on the deck, Mononobe Renxiong looked at everything in the distance in pain. Most of the dozen or so Tengu speedboats that were on the roundabout mission had turned into shipwrecks and floating corpses. A few minutes ago, he was still dreaming about what trophies he could get from these Tang ships, but now that was no longer the case. The facts were very clear: Tang warships had a crushing advantage over Japanese warships. In naval battles, it was by no means just relying on The numerical advantage can be compensated.
"Blow the trumpet! Turn the ship around and retreat!"
"What?" Mononobe Mamoru was stunned. He pointed to the sea in the distance with some trembling: "Master, there are still many soldiers from the family fighting hard over there!"
"Withdraw our troops, we would have died in the past!" Mononobe Renxiong's voice was very low, as if it came from his throat: "Retreat immediately, otherwise it will be too late!"
The retreat of Mononobe Lianxiong became the last straw to overwhelm the Japanese who were still resisting desperately. Abandoned by their own clan, they all dropped their weapons and begged for surrender from the Tang people. Wang Wenzuo rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to throw them all into the sea and drown them. He ordered all the living Japanese to be driven into the two remaining Japanese boats and asked them to paddle behind.
"Sanlang, you are really kind-hearted. If it were me, I would have thrown these guys into the sea to feed the fishes!"
"These are all hard labor. They will be used for digging, cutting wood, and moving things after we go ashore!" Wang Wenzuo smiled: "Besides, the imperial court has never fought against the Japanese before. This is our first time. We will send them away all at once." If you take so many prisoners, you will definitely be heavily rewarded by the superiors!"
"That's true!" Cui Hongdu said with a smile: "Anyway, we are not afraid of them playing tricks on the sea. If something goes wrong, they can just sink the ship."
For Wang Wenzuo and his party, the confrontation at the estuary of the Baicun River was just an unexpected encounter. They did not even stop the boat to salvage the loot floating on the sea, but continued sailing north along the coastline to reach their goal. land. But for the ambitious Monobe Renkuma who came from afar, it was nothing less than a blow to the head. He realized that he had to make changes to his original plan, otherwise the Mononobe clan would suffer disaster.
Zhou Liucheng.
"I have heard about the reputation of the Monobe clan for a long time when I was in your country!" Fuyu Fengzhang smiled so much that it could even be said to be a bit flattering: "I didn't expect you to lead the troops in person. I think the day when Baekje will be restored is not far away! "
"Don't dare!" Monobe Lianxiong raised the cup coldly, but did not even touch his lips. His disdain for the man in front of him was beyond words. This is no wonder for him. No one would respect a man who was under someone else's roof not long ago. The hostage, even now he is wearing a golden crown and a brocade robe.
