Chapter 61 The Battle of the Sino-Japanese Baicun River
In the third year of Longshuo (663 AD), the fifteenth day of the eighth month of autumn, the Mid-Autumn Festival, four o'clock in the afternoon.
The Xiongjin River on the Korean Peninsula is the Jinjiang River in South Korea. It has a wide tributary at its estuary. The Datang and Silla coalition forces are used to calling it water in the surrounding area. The remaining people of Baekje are called Baijiang, or Baicun River, which goes southeast to northwest.
The intersection with Xiongjin River is called Baijiang River Estuary. On the east bank of the upper reaches of the Baijiang River, Zhou Liucheng stands, which is the nest of the rebels. Wu Kang, the chief manager of Xiongjin Road, accepted Liu Rengui's suggestion, discussed with military backbones, and decided to make a decision to attack Huanglong.
The left guard was the general Lang, the governor of Xiong Jin, Liu Renyuan, and the right guard was Du Shuang; the marching chief Yuan Gongyu led the governor of Fangzhou, Liu Rengui, King Silla Jin Famin and others to lead the coalition forces of 60,000 to pounce on Zhou Liucheng.
On the second day of the August 2nd, Wu Kang issued a general attack order and the battle started on time. The Tang Luo coalition forces rushed into Zhouliu City from land, and the battlefield was fierce and bloody. Ren Wan was willing to lead the way, Gong Yu personally came to the front line, and the guards sacrificed their lives. Countless bloody battles, although there were victory and defeat, they had advances but no retreat.
As of August 11, all large and small strongholds outside the city were basically removed. Countless trenches and all fortifications were either filled or destroyed. The Japanese defenders of Baekje either killed them on the spot or surrendered, and the coalition forces were at the city, and Zhou Liucheng was in a hurry.
Wu Kang dispelled the opposition and sent an envoy to hold Huang Yue and issued a prisoner killing order. He ordered the army to carefully identify the prisoners, treat Baekje prisoners well, and kill Japanese prisoners of war. The bloody massacre began, and in less than five days, seven thousand Japanese soldiers were killed, blood was soaked in the earth, and human heads cast Jingguan.
In fact, I had no choice. I had been stationed in Baekje for half a year and knew it well. All the officials of the court regarded Japan as a wilderness and would not attack Japan. Since they could not destroy the country, they would kill them in a big way, because the more they felt the more they were hit, the more honest they would be.
The commander-in-chief of the Japanese naval army, General Park Shin-rijin, was the most powerful general of the Japanese country. He and his deputy general Mao Yezi, Daluyuan monarch and ministers, received a report from Zhou Liu and decided to cross the sea to support him. He set out from Jeju Island and entered the mouth of Xiongjin River with an intention to enter the Baijiang River.
Wu Kang received the information and laughed happily, wanting to kowtow to Park City. Thank you for your cooperation. But then again, in a strategic sense, he had no choice. Zhou stayed in the thief's nest, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and was surrounded by Baijiang in the west. The mountains were steep and the streams were passive, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Although the Tang Luo coalition forces surrounded the city from the southeast, north and south, they could not defeat it in the short term. For Baekje, as long as they could guarantee the Zhouliu Baijiang route, they could get support from Xiongjin River, and thus defended the situation.
Therefore, in a sense, maintaining Zhou Liu's survival is the only lifeline, and the Japanese army vows to fight for it. At the same time, the number of Japanese troops in Zhou Liu's city was still about 20,000, which he had to take into account.
Wu Kang discussed with Ren Shi, responded quickly, and ordered Xiong Jian's fleet to sail at full speed. On August 12, he arrived in Baijiang in advance. He reorganized the naval battle formation and sent a vanguard fleet, intending to wait for the effort.
On August 13, the Japanese navy arrived and immediately launched an attack. Unfortunately, the first battle was unfavorable, and he was defeated by the vanguard fleet and was forced to withdraw from Baijiang. The Ren Division received the order and led the vanguard fleet, returned to the central army's main formation, and boarded the flagship of the Japanese-paced flagship.
In the flagship command room, after listening to the report from Renshi, Wu Kang smiled. The Japanese navy soldiers had a very low armor rate, all of which were leather armor and bamboo armor. Only a few officers could equip iron armor. Their weapons were mostly standard short swords, with few spears and less length than horse spears.
And their warships cannot be called warships, and fishing boats are almost the same. I really can't figure out where the courage comes from to interfere in Korean affairs and challenge the Tang fleet. The war is about equipment, and it is far from enough to rely on full enthusiasm alone.
Just early this morning, I received a report from the yacht that all the Japanese warships entered Baijiang again. Wu Kang sent a command to prepare for combat, came to the deck of the building ship, drove a telescope in his hand to observe the dynamics on the opposite side. He saw the fishing boat covering the river, the flags covering the sky and the sun, and he was tentatively leaning in.
Wu Kang sneered, tapped his fingers on the side of the ship, and said seriously: "The Japanese army is a little hesitant, this is definitely not possible. Let's help them. The Xiongjin fleet is instructed to form a fire-tip formation. I believe that after this battle, we two brothers will leave their names before the fire."
Master Ren was stunned for a moment and carefully persuaded: "That would be too risky. Our Xiongjin fleet will have the upper hand. As long as we fight steadily, cut off the support of Japan, and isolate the rebels' nest. As long as Zhou Liucheng breaks down, we can win, why take the risk?"
Wu Kang shook his head, his tone was firm: "Our Piaowu roar and my head are a fatal temptation for them. The enemy coach knew it well that only by taking the flagship can he turn defeat into victory. As the saying goes, he can't bear to leave his children and can't trap hungry wolves, execute the order!"
Master Ren was dumbfounded and almost gritted his teeth: "General Su once said that he would become calm in daily life, but when he went to the battlefield, he would become a madman. I didn't believe it before, but now I realized that you are crazier than a madman. My subordinates sent an order to attract hungry wolves, and hoped to kill the hungry wolves and not become wolf dung."
The flag language was quickly played out, and the flag bearer of the tower ship quickly conveyed military orders. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the warship of the Monopoly was dispatched. It sailed forward along the wings of the flagship, close to the banks of the Baijiang River, and was sailing forward in a row like a burly man, slowly stretching out his arms towards the south.
The big man's chest stood proudly, with nothing in front of him, giving the enemy the key points. Behind the flagship is the fleet's grain ship, without combat effectiveness. The formation set up by the fleet is like an open fire-tip: the clamp handle is the grain ship, the center is the flagship, and the clamp arm is the battleship.
Halfway through the formation, the enemy's formation tsunamis were roaring, and the Japanese soldiers shook their flags and shouted. The Japanese ship was fully powerful, and along the open river, it was like a sharp knife, stabbing the flagship directly. This was a heart-wrenching tactic, concentrating all its strength, rushing to the flagship, and making every effort to board the flagship.
Then he launched a battle on the sidelines, controlled the tower ship, captured the commander, and turned defeat into victory. At present, the tactics of both the enemy and us were implemented thoroughly. The siege was docked and the Japanese ship went straight to the heart, and the two sides quickly passed by.
The Tang army immediately fired arrows, and it rained on the river. The Japanese army did not show weakness and each attacked with crossbows. They held shields in their hands to protect the sailors of the boat and rushed towards the flagship at full speed. The Ren Division sent military orders. In less than half a quarter of an hour, the Tang army's arrows were sparse. The guards hid behind the female wall and shot arrows from the cliffs.
The shouting was deafening, Wu Kang turned a blind eye and shouted at the top of his voice: "The Battle of Baicun River and the First War between China and Japan determines the hegemony of East Asia, which is related to the East Asian pattern. If this battle is won, it will expel Japanese forces from the Korean Peninsula. It will crush its mainland dream and let it go back to the island country, trembling for hundreds of years."
He suddenly turned his head and looked directly at Master Ren: "If this battle fails, our Tang forces will have to withdraw from North Korea. Wukang and Master Ren are national sinners and historical garbage. You and my brothers have no face anymore and go to meet the elders of the Tang Dynasty. Jump into Baijiang and die to thank the nation. This is the only choice."
Master Ren's facial features were ferocious and roared, "I don't understand what you said very much. But I promise that as long as you jump into the river, I will definitely follow you. If this battle fails and the grain ship falls into the enemy, the army will be destroyed. No saint or the court will let you and me go, and it will be dead when you go back. It is better to jump into the river directly."
Wu Kang laughed loudly, stared at the enemy ships in the distance, and issued another order: "All tower ships, do not use stone throwers, winch crossbows, and only shoot with bows and arrows. Let the Japanese take the side and put them on the ship, and give them hope."
Master Ren took out a small flag, quickly sang out the flag words, and passed the orders layer by layer. The winch crossbow was loaded, the stone thrower was ready, and the pole was raised high. Master Ren suddenly turned around and shouted to Qian Shun: "Send the flagship guards, let the Japanese on board the ship, and strangle them on the deck."
The guards went out of the cabin, climbed up the second and third floors, hid behind the female wall, and set up two circles of bows and arrows. Chu Shenke Hepinglang led the Wuying guards and Sun Ren's personal soldiers to the deck and guarded behind the crossbow. The front row was slinging outward, with the Modao Hand in the middle and the jumping soldiers in the center.
The two arms of the tongs continued to extend, and the warships of Japan's large and small countries continued to advance. The crossbow arrows came and went, and the Japanese soldiers were constantly hit by arrows, and the bodies fell into the river, and the bright red spread around them. They were indeed brave, rowing with their lives, and sweeping countless splashes of water.
Less than a hundred meters away, the battleship began to show its power, and the steps were in a ladder-shaped structure, and the guards stood all over the steps. The flag bearer played the flags, the war drums sounded at the same time, and arrows were scattered in volleys, dense firepower intertwined. With a condescending momentum, the steps were attacked in three-dimensionally, and the shield defense dropped sharply.
The kinetic energy pushes the arrow, pierces the leather and bamboo armor, shouts and wails, and the noise soars into the sky. The Japanese ship that is ahead is gone, and is slanted in the middle of the channel. The Japanese began to go crazy, with shield soldiers covering them, and sailors jumped onto the dead ship in front of them, and continued to row and charge.
At about a hundred meters away, the Japanese soldiers no longer fought back, and their shields protected the deck. Facing the attack of the fighting ship, every time they were attacking, corpses would be left behind. The warship was filled with arrows, and the corpses were like hedgehogs, and countless blood foams emerged.
Wu Kang looked into the distance and felt the picture was funny. The big character "Chuan" was like a big character. The mongoose slowly sailed on the dock, forming two left and right strokes. The middle stroke was very thick, which was a Japanese warship. It kept throwing the body, the strokes were constantly thickening, and the river surface continued to shrink.
The picture is so beautiful that Wu Kang is so dazzling that he smiles more and more strangely. He sincerely hopes that the stroke in the middle of the character Chuan covers the entire Baijiang River. Since you put the exit bag, the more things you put, the greater the harvest. Comrades in Japan, I have a big appetite. You have the better, come and die quickly.
After a while, Master Ren suddenly shouted, and accompanied by a loud noise, the Japanese ship had already been on the side. Wu Kang covered his mask, his eyes were exposed on his upper body, and he held a bamboo telescope to continue to observe the situation of the battle. Countless stream arrows flew past, most of them nailed to the bow of the ship, and a few bite armor.
The morale of the Japanese soldiers was greatly boosted, and they stuck around the flagship to build a ladder. The Japanese general Mao Yezi covered his head with an iron shield and roared at the top of his voice. Countless Japanese soldiers and warriors held short swords in their right hand, climbed the ladder with their left hand, and shouted slogans.
Every time the sharp arrows were shot, at least a dozen Japanese soldiers fell from the ladder and fell into the river. Wu Kang glanced under the ship and found something interesting. The Japanese people in front of him did not shave their hair. Influenced by the Tang Dynasty, their hairstyles and outfits were all similar to those of the Tang Dynasty.
The guards on the flagship were all waiting for the battle and regarded the ladders on the ship as if nothing had happened. The order they received was to strangle the enemy soldiers boarding the ship, not to lift the ladders on the ship. Only enemy soldiers boarding the ship could strangle them, so they would not lift the ladders.
Just like the blockbuster "Hacksaw Ridge", the Japanese army will not destroy the rope ladder on the cliff. First, it is meaningless, even if it is burned and destroyed, the US army will still hold it again. Second, it is unnecessary. The Japanese army's tactical purpose is to kill the US army in large quantities. Only by coming up can it be killed. Instead of destroying the rope ladder, it is better to keep your energy.
When the Japanese general Mao Ye Chiko saw that he had successfully boarded the ship, he issued an order again to change the attack strategy. The arrow soldiers were responsible for covering and suppressing the firepower of the building ship; the shield soldiers climbed the cloud ladder, and the shield blocked the wave arrow; the sword soldiers followed closely, biting the back of the knife in their mouths and climbing the cloud ladder with both hands.
The closer to the side of the ship, the more excited the boy was, the knife biting his mouth almost hurt his teeth. He had a luxury in his heart that as long as he captured the commander, the Tang army would be left without a leader and would inevitably be paralyzed. At the same time, using the flagship to attack the fighting ships on both sides, he could turn the situation around.
I kept praying in my heart, and when I stepped onto the deck, I almost burst into tears. It was like a tiger coming out of the cage, raising the sword in my hand and taking the lead to bypassing the shield soldiers. I was soon dumbfounded. The Tang guards on the opposite side had dazzling iron armor, and a long spear of one zhang and three.
The wall of spear suddenly advanced, and the Japanese soldiers' short sword could only be passively beaten. Countless wails sounded, accompanied by the Tang army's pulling hands, and countless blood lines were brought out. Mao Ye's son was lucky, and his armor protected his body. He took advantage of the spear soldiers' pulling hands and charging with his sword.
Suddenly, a large number of Mo Dao hands surged out from beside the spear soldiers. The six-foot-long Mo Dao took over the attack gap. The Mo Dao assassinated like a wall, and Mao Ye's sword fell onto the deck with no strength. His belly had been pierced, his body fell down depressed, and his right ear was pressed against the boat board.
My body began to twitch, and my eyes were locked at the bow of the ship. The golden-armored general was the commander of the Tang army. The distance was less than two meters, but I had no chance to take the head on his neck. Suddenly my vision was blocked, and it was Zhang's hideous face, with his eyes raised high. This was the slave Asano, who followed me at the age of ten, and now it has been thirty years.
Mo Dao Bing pulled away, jumped out of the line, then raised his sword and fell down, cutting off Asano's head. Another Japanese soldier boarded the ship, and the wall of spear was pushed forward again, but the same routine was still the same, and the killing machinery was repeated. The heads became more and more, and Mao Ye looked at Asano, blood was flooding the corners of his eyes, and his vision gradually blurred.
At some point, he jumped with his left hand and raised his shield to start cleaning the deck. He picked up countless heads and threw them under the boat, including Asano's head. Mao No was so energetic that he looked at the back of the golden armor. It seemed that he did not look back from beginning to end. Suddenly, the shadow flashed, and felt the neck cool and completely lost consciousness.
The top floor was suppressed by arrow rain, jumping and bent down to lift the corpse, and all threw down the flagship. Qian Shun took his head and came to Wu Kang, reporting loudly: "The master of this head is wearing the best armor, and should be a Japanese general."
Wu Kang took his head, looked at the hideous and ugly face, and seemed to die with his eyes open. He couldn't help but sneer. After careful identification, he confirmed that it was Mao Yezi and threw it under his feet: "It was him who led his troops to invade Silla and seized Nujiang City. You put it in a box, and wait until the naval battle is over and send it to Jin Famin."
Qian Shun responded loudly, and Ren Shi's hands were loudly horned and leaned in Wu Kang's ear: "The flag language conveys the message, the fire tongs have been extended, and the fish and shrimp have been saturated. Please order the heavy weapons to be launched to block the Japanese soldiers' retreat."
Wu Kang raised his telescope, observed carefully for a moment, and nodded helplessly. There should be less than 600 warships in the tongs, and there are more than 300 ships, and they can no longer be eaten. It feels really a pity that if there are more than 100 warships, they will have absolute confidence and will be wiped out by the entire army.
The flag words were passed layer by layer, and the captain was hoarse at the tail of the tongs, and the captain was hoarse. The small traction stone thrower was loaded with a bottle of the gun, the gunner fired the flag, and the gunner pulled the gun tip. The perfect parabola, the wine jar hit the Japanese ship, and immediately split, and tung oil spilled all over the cabin.
Tung oil, whether in ancient and modern times, is a strategic material. The rockets used by the Tang army are rag tung oil, which can be fired after ignition. The characteristics are similar to gasoline. They cannot be destroyed with water, and will become more and more prosperous.
At this moment, the sky is filled with arrows, turning into gorgeous fireworks in seconds, igniting the enemy ship tung oil, and the sea of fire is generated instantly. The so-called fire attack and burning ships is an old routine for the Tang Dynasty naval forces and naval battles, and it is also an effective routine. Sun Renshi proposed fire attack, and Wu Kang also wanted to try it, and burn the Red Cliff.
The tail of the tongs caught fire, Baijiang cut off the pocket in the waist, and successfully tied the pocket. The Monoke ignored the inside of the tongs, concentrated all the firepower to prevent rescue from outside the bag. The flagship stone thrower also fired the oil altar. The guards ignited the crossbow spear and mounted it on the winch crossbow, igniting the Japanese ship in front.
The Tang army was condescending, and the rockets went down with the flow, which was more spectacular than the meteor shower. The plan had been reached, and all the Japanese ships in the tongs caught fire at the head and tail. What we need to do now is to wait patiently and wait for the sea of fire to spread.
Wu Kang took the mask, tapped the boat's side with his fingers, opened the sheepskin wine bag, and poured it three times in a row, threw it to Master Ren, and began to enjoy the beautiful scenery. The calm river water and the burning sea of fire were perfectly matched.
Most of the armor of the Japanese army was bamboo armor, similar to rattan armor. Soaked in paint, it is said that it is invulnerable to swords and guns. However, its fatal weakness is that it cannot prevent fire and even promote fire. It has come true at this moment, and countless firemen struggled, jumped into the Baijiang River, drowned or burned.
The Japanese army struggled to death and used rockets to counterattack, which made Wu Kang amusement. Poor Japanese, I played with fire on the river, and I was not afraid of causing fire to burn myself, and I had some support. The various warships of the Tang army, whether they were on the road, boats, or sea falcons, were all wrapped in raw cowhides.
Except for yachts, all can be fire-proof. Rockets cannot be ignited unless they are splashed with tung oil. The Japanese army failed to fight back and fell into a madness. They set up a boat to hit the flagship and wanted to die together. Wu Kang laughed and said, "The sound of a pig, Japan often used routines, and Kanfeng committed suicide."
Unfortunately, it is useless and will not give you a chance. These charge warships are either ignited by rockets, smashed by flying stones, or pierced by crossbows. After a while, three ships finally rushed out of the sea of fire. The sailors screamed strangely, rocked the boat's oars wildly, and sweared to hit the flagship.
Within two meters, the slap began to show its power, and relied on its powerful kinetic energy to slap it hard. It was like a fly swatter, with two Japanese ships being slapped to death, and the hull being slapped over. The whistle chief commanded calmly, the guards shouted neatly, and the slap rose again.
It is a melee weapon, which can be understood as a large fly swatter and an inverted stone thrower. Relying on human traction, the enemy ship is used to capture and sink the enemy ship when it is moved in. As long as the small ship in Japan is photographed, it must be facing the sky.
The ship that escaped the net finally hit the flagship, and just shook slightly, there was no more. The powerful bow and crossbow shot, and about thirty Japanese soldiers died in desperation. Wu Kang sneered, "I'll give you a chance, but you won't be useful."
He looked down at the sea of fire, suddenly sneered and took the longbow and said lightly: "Brother Ren, show your bow and arrow, let's play a game. From now on, to the end of the naval battle, the Japanese soldiers in the water will shoot more than who can shoot more? If you lose, call me Big Brother, if I lose, call you Uncle, do you dare to compete?"
Sun Renshi jumped and pulled the bow and shouted: "Will Naiweng be afraid of you? Shunzi, come and witness it. But I agreed first, I can only shoot and kill the dead, and the dead heads do not count. I said, little brother, are you ready? When I call you three, we will start..."
Chapter completed!