Chapter 1274: Desperate Attack A large river has five tributaries branching out from the northern bend.
At the bend of the river, the current is strong and fast. Holding this position can force the Ming army to abandon their ships and conduct landing operations instead.
And there are swamps and mud on the land, which makes it impossible to march quickly. Once you get stuck in it, you can only become a living target and be shot by bows and arrows.
There are mountains to the east, west and north. Although they are not very steep, there is no way to climb them. Not only will it be impossible to carry supplies, but people on top will also throw stones to death.
It is almost impossible for the Ming army to appear behind them. Fukushima Hayato is very confident. This is the best defensive location in Aki Country. Aki Country has relied on the geographical advantages here to eliminate crisis after crisis!
So what about Ming Dynasty? After their demise, they will appear insignificant. Seeing that it was getting late, Asano Nanshan ordered the army to be on alert. He heard that the Ming army was the Nagato Kingdom that was destroyed at night. If it weren't for a sneak attack, how could the Nagato Kingdom be easily defeated by them if they neglected to take precautions?
An Yiguo cannot make the mistake of Nagato. Use the blood of others to spear me! Saburo Mori went down from the high place, checked the defense for the last time to ensure that there were no mistakes, and then lay down in a haystack, looking at the stars in the night sky, humming a tune easily, and waving his hands from time to time, as if he was cooperating with the imaginary movement. dance moves.
The night is silent and the stars are speechless. On the sea, treasure ships and fortune ships anchored one after another. Luo Guanying lay on the bed and slept soundly. Yang Rong lay on the desk and fell asleep with two maps on his chest. Chen Dasheng lay directly on the deck. Wan Qinglin Holding the waist knife, he leaned against the side of the ship and closed his eyes tightly.
Zhao Shiyu walked gently on the deck, looking up from time to time to look at the sergeant. After seeing the sergeant signaling that nothing was going on, he grabbed the side of the ship and stared at the entrance of the Anyiguo River.
Xu An came over and saw that the sergeants were taking more rest, so he lowered his voice and said, "I don't know what happened to the Eyi people." Zhao Shiyu smiled faintly: "Wang Sui is a fox, not to mention that there is a veteran like Xue Geng following him, so nothing can go wrong. As long as If they were not trapped by the fog, lost their way, or hit the rocks, they should have captured Mutsu by now." Xu An was speechless. What he worried about was that he lost his way or hit the rocks. The sea conditions there were complicated.
Seeing that Xu An was still worried, Zhao Shiyu comforted him: "During the great voyages, the navy had a saying: listen to the orders of the ocean currents. Of course, the navy did not have steam engines at that time, so it was suitable for Wang Sui and the others. The ocean currents would take them When we arrive at Mutsu, even if something goes wrong, we won't be too far from the shore." Xu An nodded slightly, looked at the calm sea, thinking about the entire battle situation, and sighed: "With the speed and ability of the Japanese army to break the city, I'm afraid Li Fangyuan will escape from Songjing." Zhao Shiyu patted the side of the ship and said firmly: "This is inevitable. Li Fangyuan is a man who knows how to lie dormant, and gets rid of his brothers one by one and ascends to the throne. This kind of person knows what trouble is. It can be done, but it cannot be done. It is better to expect him to stay in Songjing and fight the Japanese army than to expect the Japanese army to collapse on its own." Xu An's face became solemn: "The current situation is really complicated, no one would have expected it. At this step, I wonder if the emperor is resting at this time. This year is destined to be a difficult year." Zhao Shiyu smiled heartily: "After this year, everything will get better. Our Ming Dynasty wants to become strong, how can we not fight a few tough battles to prove it. If you want me He said, even if the Oara, Tatar, and Uliangha don’t attack us, the emperor will definitely draw his sword. What is a prosperous age, what is a straight spine? It is not about having food, but having the backbone and the backbone to be proud of the world!"
"Integrity is gained by fighting, by killing. When Timur was defeated under the Tianshan Mountains, think about how high-spirited and proud the people of the Ming Dynasty were! I heard that even the girls from the Qinhuai River despised the barbarians. Let them come to the door! This is called backbone!" Xu An's eyes widened, where did you get this nonsense? Does this mean that a girl has backbone when she despises barbarians?
Zhao Shiyu puffed up his chest, yes, that's it. Those who have a fishy smell, those whose skin is white or black, those who are not from China's Ming Dynasty, when even the women in the brothels look down upon them, that's it. Proof of Ming Dynasty’s integrity.
Xu An did not argue, leaving aside the girl's matter for the time being, but if Ming Dynasty wanted to have the backbone to be proud of the world, it really needed the battlefield to achieve it, and peace could not bring it.
A strong country will sooner or later go to war. You don’t have to fight even if you don’t want to, the enemy will force you to fight! Now the Ming Dynasty just wanted to deal with the Japanese army and the three islands of the East China Sea, but it was forced to turn into a shocking battle!
It seems that prosperity does not come so easily. Asano Nanshan took a nap and looked to the east. The sun was almost coming out. Why hasn't the Ming Dynasty attacked yet? It's not that you like sneak attacks at night, so come on.
It seemed that I had waited all night in vain. The sun comes out and the sky and the earth become clear. Luo Guanying stretched out and knocked on the table. Yang Rong raised his head in confusion, rubbed his eyes, and complained: "You just ordered the beating, why did you wake me up?"
"You are the Minister of War, and you are the Supervisor of the Army. Why don't you come forward for such a big matter?"
"You are the commander-in-chief of this army, and your brother-in-law is the emperor. Do you need me to step in?"
"You are cruel..." Luo Guanying walked out of the helm and ordered Zhao Shiyu: "Act as planned." Zhao Shiyu accepted the order, and Wan Qinglin, Chen Dasheng and others transferred to the pure iron ship. After waving the flag and getting permission, they The iron chain slowly rotated and coiled up, the anchor was retracted, and the preheated steam engine began to run.
When the last flag was blown, Wan Qinglin, Chen Dasheng, Xu Shouwen, and Zhou Bo each brought a pure iron boat to the entrance of the river. On the iron boat, the sergeants began to withdraw, leaving only five people on the deck. The heavily armored sergeant is covered in black armor and holds a push shield, while the man in the middle is responsible for steering the rudder and controlling the direction.
Fukushima Hayato, Asano Nanzan, and Mouri Saburo saw the Ming army's unusual movements. They saw four ships puffing black smoke into the river and gradually approaching the northern river bend. They ordered their sergeants to stand ready, pick up their long bows, spears, and long knives. Hold tight.
Xiao Lin grabbed the long bow and stared at the approaching Ming ships, with bloodthirsty madness in his eyes. These people of the Ming Dynasty will be killed by one arrow like wild beasts in the mountains!
Koga is holding the spear, and the tip of the spear is a sharpened stone. Compared with iron, Koga prefers the stone edge because it is passed down from his ancestors. How many people kill wild boars because of it? Stone spear!
Ming Navy, can you be more powerful than wild boars? If you dare to attack us without the skin of a wild boar, you will never come back this time!
"Koga, Ming's ships are so big, they are not small wooden ships." Cangshi stared at the approaching ships and said with squinted eyes.
Koga looked over and scratched his head a little. Isn't this Ming army's ship too big? Damn it, it's several times higher than the house we live in.
"No matter how big or small, kill anyone you see!" Koga was a little nervous, but he gritted his teeth and calmed down.
Cangshi nodded repeatedly. When the steam engine ship puffing out smoke entered within a hundred steps of the river bend, the Japanese troops stationed on both sides became a little stunned.
What's coming here? It was dark, tall and mighty, like a behemoth. There was no one rowing a boat, and there was nothing moving the water. It just went upstream and appeared directly in the river!
Hayato Fukushima, Nanzan Asano, and Saburo Mori looked very ugly at the height. Standing here and looking at the sea, the Ming army's ship was very small and not very tall. Who would have thought that it would be so big in front of them?
Four pure iron ships were parked vertically in the river. Each iron ship was about thirty steps apart. It seemed that the power of the steam engine and the power of the river had found a balance, and the ships seemed to have stopped motionless.
On both sides of the shore, tens of thousands of Japanese troops were ambushing them, densely packed on the shore and staring at the Dafu Ship. Wearing heavy armor, Wan Qinglin let go of the rudder, looked at the four heavily armored sergeants beside him, and smiled. The four sergeants had a tacit understanding, turned around, and shouted at the Japanese troops ambushing on both sides of the strait: "Kill! "The sound was like thunder, exploding on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The Japanese army, which was extremely nervous, suddenly panicked, thinking that the Ming army was about to attack, so they took action one after another.
Xiao Lin took out a bow and arrow, filled it up, aimed at the man in black armor on the boat, and shot at it! This is less than fifty steps from the boat, so you can definitely shoot!
Xiao Lin was confident. Watching the arrow fly over and hit the Ming army, Xiao Lin suddenly became excited. However, the smile on his face suddenly froze as soon as it rose. The arrow that he was proud of did not hit the Ming army. Within the body, it fell directly.
"How is this possible?" Xiao Lin was shocked. The scene that followed made Xiaolin even more desperate. A group of arrows flew across the river, hit the boat, and landed on the Ming army. Ding Ding fell down and landed on the outside of the boat. Ding Ding fell into the river. Except for a little sound, it seemed that white dots were shot, and there was no movement at all. .
"It can't be like this, shoot an arrow, shoot an arrow!" Xiao Lin couldn't believe it. You know that a longbow can kill an adult wild boar within fifty steps, how could it not even be able to damage a boat!
Rains of arrows continued to hit the ship. Wan Qinglin allowed the tinkling sound on his body and remained unmoved at all. This set of heavy armor is not something ordinary bows and arrows can break through, so they can just attack it casually.
It is not certain whether Zhuge Liang borrowed arrows from thatched boats, but the arrows borrowed from Ming Dynasty's iron boats are real. Look at the deck, there are at least three to five hundred arrows.
Let me go, can you people be more accurate and shoot more accurately? Don't always wave to the hull of the ship. It's all pure iron. It's useless to say hello... Xiaolin stretched out his hand again and found that the arrow had been empty. Then he looked at Daming's The boat is as majestic as a mountain!
A feeling of despair spread from the soles of his feet to his brain, and Xiao Lin became numb. Koga did not believe in evil and shouted: "Break through the boat!" As he said this, he picked up the spear in his hand and threw it out.
call out! The spear flew away and the sharp stone hit the hull of the ship. Ding. Falling, powerless as a dead bird.
Wan Qinglin was a little depressed. These people must be fools. If you use this thing to hit a pure iron boat, or the part above the waterline, what's the use? If the boat is broken, water will enter.
I think you are out of your mind and don't even have this bit of common sense. It's embarrassing to be beaten by a bunch of idiots. Wan Qinglin had a low voice and ordered without any interest: "Fight back..."
