Great Song Pirate

Chapter 577

When Xu Yi led the fleet to Yiqi Island, it was already in chaos. After the people on the island learned that Mr. Guosi had escaped, they immediately became a mess, and the rich and the boats also cleaned up. , left Izaki Island, and fled towards the Chikuzen Kingdom of Kyushu Island, but those who had no money or boats could only scurry around the island like frightened birds, trying to find a place to hide, and few people planned to defend against the enemy together. .

There are only about [-] islanders on Yiqi Island in total. When faced with soldiers like Xu Yi landing, they can be said to be powerless to fight back. Captured Yiqi Island, controlled all the residents on the island, and put all the young men and women under custody, only waiting for Sun Hai's fleet to come and meet them!
After arriving here, because he hadn't contacted Sun Hai, waiting was definitely not an option, so Xu Yi simply left some people behind, took a look at Yiqi Island, and led the fleet to Tsushima, which was the former Wa Kingdom and Lu It is an important starting point for the exchanges between the Celestial Dynasty, and it is also a place on the border with Koryo, so the geographical location is dangerous.

But at this time, the country of Tsushima is not much stronger than the country of Yiqi. In addition, it has been harassed by water cats and Fang Shu many times before, and it has long been frightened by the word "skeleton army". It is said that after the Skeleton Army killed Muto's fleet and headed towards them all the way, the lord of the Tsushima country was already scared out of his wits. In the end, he followed the example of the lord of the Izaki country and also came to escape. He took his private soldiers, family members, soft goods, etc., and left a group of islanders behind, and hurriedly fled to Chikuqian Kingdom to seek protection. But they were unlucky and ran into Xu Yi's body at sea. The sentry boat, after discovering the Japanese fleet heading for Kyushu Island, the sentry boat immediately released a rocket warning, and soon recruited Xu Yi's fleet. Facing Xu Yi's fleet, they simply Without the strength to fight back, the result was that after killing a few boats, the remaining Japanese simply lowered their sails and stopped the boats, waved a white flag and surrendered.

In the past two months, Xu Yi has been able to fight such a downwind battle with ease. After packing up the fleet of the lord of Tsushima, he immediately escorted them back to Tsushima Island, threatening him to recruit all the islanders and not to resist. Otherwise, they will come to Tsushima to massacre the island and kill them all. Under the vigorous appeal of the lord of Tsushima, those islanders will not be so stupid as to find someone to follow Fubo when they see that the lord has been arrested. The army was desperate, so they surrendered one after another, and it took Xu Yi only two days to clean up Tsushima.

At this time, a message came from Yiqi Island, and Xu Yi led the fleet to rush back to Yiqi Island. It turned out that Sun Hai had also arrived at Yiqi Island, and brought an important news.

It turned out that when Sun Hai was raiding the coast of Wa country, he encountered a small fleet near the strait where Xikaidao and Sanyodao joined, so he immediately cleaned them up, and after interrogation After being captured, it became known that these people were private soldiers sent by the Fujiwara family from Sanyo Road to support Dazaifu in the Chikuzen Kingdom, and these hundreds of people were only part of them. Thousands of private soldiers from the Fujiwara family had already arrived in the Chikuzen Kingdom , strengthened the defense force there.

This news is very important to Xu Yi and the others. In this way, after receiving the support of the Fujiwara family, the Dazaifu of the Chikuzen Kingdom will surely increase its defensive strength. If they continue to attack the Dazaifu in the old way, I am afraid It's a disadvantage, and Sun Hai also brought a piece of news that made Xu Yi very excited. It turns out that when these private soldiers of the Fujiwara family were being interrogated, Sun Hai also learned that the Japanese Baihe Taishang from Ping'an Jing would also get in and was mobilizing Ships and government soldiers from all over the country came to Xikaido. It is said that this time, Emperor Shirakawa, who likes to cuckold his son, actually worked hard, using a lot of manpower and material resources, and planned to have a duel with his Fuba army.

Xu Yi heard that not only was he not afraid, but he was very excited. Now he is not afraid of any Japanese fleet. Anyway, he has already destroyed the combined fleet of Xikaido, so he might as well touch the entire combined fleet of the Japanese country. If even the large fleet sent by the Wa Kingdom came together, he might really be famous in the history of China. What a glorious record that would be!

Immediately, the Fubo Army began to rest and reorganize on Izaki Island, overhauling ships, reorganizing armor, and mobilizing servants from Tanegashima. The entire Izaki Island was a busy scene. Then starting from here, he began to attack Hakata Bay on Kyushu Island. Now Xu Yi has advanced the history by nearly 150 years. This scene was staged. Yi is very confident now. Although he doesn't have many soldiers, he will never repeat the mistakes of the Yuan army. The country of Wa is far from being as strong as he imagined when he came, and it can even be said that he is extremely useless, allowing him to easily occupy such a large The advantages are really beyond his expectation.

After discussing with the generals, Xu Yi decided to strike while the iron was hot. Now that they had enough soldiers and provisions, and it was also the time when Xikaidao was at its weakest, the only way to take advantage of it was to take down the Dazaifu as soon as possible, give the Japanese a heavy hammer, and then Time to get busy with more important things.

So after a short rest, they chose a sunny day under the analysis of Liu Laoliu and other people who are good at observing the weather. With one order, all the personnel boarded the ship, and the battle drums and horns in the fleet sounded , Nearly [-] warships sailed out of Izaki Island, riding the wind and waves and rushing directly towards Hakata Bay due east.

Dazaifu is just tens of miles away in Hakata Bay, and this is the center of the entire Kyushu Island. After taking this place, their trip to the Wa Kingdom can basically be said to be a consummation of merit. Unknowingly, they After a few months, the soldiers of the Fubo Army have gone through this expedition, and they have been tempered a lot. The battle of the fleet for several months at sea is a test for everyone. The successive attacks made everyone experience the cruelty of war. It turns out that the gentleness flowing in their blood has long been replaced by the original bloodthirsty gene. After they have gone through this battle, even those rookies, He has already become a brave warrior. Looking at these soldiers in the fleet who are eager to fight, Xu Yi feels a sense of pride in his heart. Is this really a fierce soldier he created by himself?Xu Yi himself felt a little unbelievable.

Hakata Bay is the gateway to Chikuzen Kingdom and Dazaifu, and it is also the place where the Yuan army of later generations landed. Now everyone here knows that this will become a battlefield. The terrible skeleton army may appear outside Hakata Bay at any time. Here, a large number of soldiers and horses mobilized by Jun Fujiwara have already gathered, and now no one wants to go to sea to fight against the skeleton army again. Everyone from top to bottom understands that they are far from opponents of the skeleton army at sea. Relying on the advantage of numbers on land, it is possible to fight against the skeleton army, so Toshi Fujiwara did not consider the matter of meeting the skeleton army at sea, but put all his energy on the shore, so that the Muto family of the Chikuzen country sent a large number of young people from the Chikuzen kingdom The strong man was recruited to Dazaifu.

Muto also invested heavily, because he knew that if Dazaifu was over, his Chikuzen Kingdom would also be over, and now he could only follow Fujiwara Toshi's order and recruit a large number of young and strong people from the territory under his jurisdiction to prepare for the battle. The number of young and strong recruits exceeded 1. In addition to the original Fubing and Dazaifu's army, they gathered nearly 2 soldiers and horses. This is really the first in their Chikuzen Kingdom. This time, there has never been such a situation before. With the joint efforts of the Muto family and Fujiwara Toshi, they have equipped these soldiers with weapons. Compared with other countries, they are well-equipped, at least manned They got an iron weapon. Without a sword, they could at least assign it to a long spear. Besides, they also prepared a lot of bows and arrows. This battle was related to their fate, and they could only spend their money.

In addition, the Fujiwara family also mobilized more than 3000 elite private soldiers from various places. These private soldiers of the Fujiwara family are all samurai they have kept for a long time. After these 3000 people arrived here, they immediately became The most elite troops here were arranged by Jun Fujiwara in the city of Dazaifu, and became the capital for them to finally fight against the skeleton army and reach the city.

A large number of newcomers were stationed along the coast of Hakata Bay, led by the Muto family's army, and laid down the first line of defense on the shore, and set up several lines of defense on the way from the bay to Dazaifu, ready to face the skeleton army. Prepare.

Following the escape of the lord of the Izaki Kingdom, the news from the waterways of the Chikuzen Kingdom and the Nagato Kingdom all indicate that the Skeleton Army will soon be swinging their swords at the Chikuzen Kingdom!Bodo Bay is also much more tense, and everyone understands that it's time for the Skeleton Army to come!

Xu Yi did not disappoint Toshi Fujiwara. On the morning of May [-]th, a shrill alarm sounded over Hakata Bay, and a huge frightening fleet appeared on the sea, covering a large area of ​​ocean in darkness. Later, Dazaifu detectives sent the news to Dazaifu on a fast horse.

After hearing the news, everyone in Dazaifu stood up unconsciously, and Toshi Fujiwara felt a sense of relief. A sharp arrow hung high above his head for a long time, but it didn't fall. It felt a little more uncomfortable when he was involved in a decisive battle, but now that the skeleton army came, he was not so nervous.

A group of soldiers and horses immediately drove out of the barracks, and began to deploy defenses along Hakata Bay. Throwing carts and emergency imitation ballistas were erected on the coast. He was like a hedgehog, intending to make the Fubo army retreat in the face of difficulties, so that they had no way to speak. Those newly recruited soldiers were holding the knives and guns in their hands tightly, and their palms were wet with sweat, making them a little unable to grasp the weapons. But they had to take a deep breath and try to calm down. If they escaped, the whole family would be killed waiting for them, so they could only choose to stay and participate in this war. The lord and Dazaifu are their gods. Can only obey.

As for the preparations of Jun Fujiwara and the others here, Xu Yi has already sent people to investigate. This time they will not face the resistance of a large-scale Japanese fleet, but will fight with the Japanese on land. After a hard work, he was very fortunate that the Japanese did not think of setting up obstacles such as hidden piles in the shallow water along the coast to hinder their fleet from docking, but instead focused all their attention on the defense on the shore. This created quite favorable conditions for their landing operations. The Wa country is located in the sea, and it rarely received foreign invasions before, so when they resisted attacks from the sea, they were not very experienced. Knowing how to place sunken ships in the waterway to block the waterway, and to build stone walls and bury stakes on the seashore to prevent himself from landing, now he can teach the Japanese a lesson and let them learn how to fight against landing!
Before the trip, Xu Yi discussed the specific battle plan with the generals under his command. Yang Zaixing was the commander of the attack on Dazaifu this time. Ships, the former army is the [-] servants led by Takeuchi, responsible for the first batch of landings and seizing the beach.

Xu Yi's order to Takeuchi was very simple: go ashore to grab the beach, consolidate the beachhead, resist the first wave of Japanese counterattacks, open a landing field for the main force of the subsequent Fubo army, and also clear the way for the main force of the subsequent landing. If they fail, then they There is no retreat, the sea of ​​Hakata Bay is behind him, he can see it done by himself!If he completes the mission, he will be the first to capture the Dazaifu this time, and he can take [-]% of the property he got, and the reward is quite generous.

At this time, Takeuchi had no choice but to accept the order. He knew that these soldiers of his were the pawns of the Fubo Army and were used to fill in the pit. There was no such thing as cannon fodder at this time, but he also knew that he had nothing else to If he chooses to occupy the beachhead, he will be considered to have completed the task. Failure is a death sentence, and there is no room for maneuver, so he can only make up his mind, go down and issue a death order to his servants and generals, and tell them , They have no choice but to move forward. If they succeed, they will be rewarded with rewards. If they fail, they will all die. This order also aroused the fighting spirit of these servants.

Like Takeuchi, they now have the word Fubo all over their faces. Apart from completing the tasks assigned to them by the Fubo Army, it is impossible to turn against each other, so these guys have also secretly made up their minds and prepared to fight. Desperately.

The Chinese army is still the main force of Yang Zaixing's 500-man infantry, including Xiao Jianfeng's [-] elite Khitan cavalry. Now they are fully equipped with horses, and each of them has two horses. The war horses selected at the time were a bit inferior, but they were basically usable, which greatly guaranteed their mobility. They will be used as a mobile force after landing. After all the preparations, not to mention Yang Zaixing's infantry, everyone wiped their knives and spears to a bright spot, everyone's bows and crossbows were properly adjusted, and everyone's pockets were full of arrows. Yu, everyone polished the small steel shields on their left arms to shine.

The rear army is an army headed by Lin Xiong, assisted by Shui Mao, Wang Feng and others. Because it is not a naval battle, Xu Yi ordered the captains of each ship to go ashore while ensuring the minimum number of sailors on board. Everyone was organized, and the captains of the ships led Lin Xiong and the others to lead the landing. As for matters at sea, Xu Yi entrusted Sun Hai and Wang Zhi to be in charge of guarding the sea to prevent the Japanese fleet from the north.

After making these preparations, Hakata Bay appeared in their field of vision. Looking through the telescope, the sea was calm. Just like the news from the investigation, Fujiwara Toshi had completely given up resistance at sea. All the troops were placed on the shore, and a large number of long-range weapons such as throwing cars were arranged on the shore. It seemed that they planned to resist the attack of the Fubo army here.

Xu Yi put down the binoculars and sneered, and smiled at Sun Hai and the others beside him: "Why do you think that the Japanese were taught by a master, no matter how you look at this formation, it is the same posture as when we attacked Chiweimu Port? But it’s just magnified several times, take a look!”

After watching Xu Yi's baby telescope for a while, Sun Hai also laughed: "Not bad! It's very similar, but they have no better way, they can only use these things to fight against us!"

Xu Yi pointed to the open seaport of Bodo Bay and said: "If I was in charge of defending here, I would not put all my strength on the shore, but find a way to sink a few large ships in the channel, and along the way All kinds of wooden piles are buried on the coast, and then a fortification is built on the coast to create a stone wall. In that case, no matter how many enemy troops come, it is not easy to land on the shore. It seems that the Japanese have not yet learned How to resist the landing, thinking that they can fill us into the sea with more people! What a bunch of idiots, they concentrated their forces on the coast, what else can they do besides being our targets? Could it be that their anti-arrows Can the wooden raft stop us?"

Xu Yi pointed to the row upon row of criss-cross wooden rafts on the shore, one person tall and one foot long, and said to Sun Hai.

Sun Hai nodded: "Their arrangement should be more effective for ordinary attacks. There are archers behind the wooden platoon, which can not only defend against arrows, but also release arrows to resist the enemy's impact. But they forgot that we have many Thunder cannons and crossbows, these rafts can't stand our beatings!"

Watching the Skeleton Army Fleet gradually approaching Hakata Bay, the Chikuzen Army on the shore became more and more tense, and some of the formations began to turmoil. The subordinates with little combat experience yelled to cheer them up and tell them not to be afraid. Under the operation of the gunner, kerosene bombs and stone bombs were loaded, and some rare bed crossbows were also loaded with crossbow arrows, and began to aim at the fleet of Fubo Army that was getting closer and closer.

The terrain of Hakata Bay is very convenient for defense. There is an island called Xuanjie Island at the mouth of the bay. There are many throwing cars on it, forming a pincer shape with the opposite shore, just guarding the bay. If the Fubo army wants to enter the bay, they must break through their interception, and there is an island in Hakata Bay, which is also an obstacle for them to enter the bay and land in Hakata Port.

Fujiwara Toshi and Muto's family arranged a tight defense here, trying to keep the Fubo Army out of the bay. If they were facing an ordinary fleet, their arrangement would probably cause great damage to the Fubo Army's fleet. However, they still miscalculated the capabilities of the Fubo army, because the Fubo army has long-range firepower that is far from commensurate with them, and their weapons such as throwing cars cannot play their due role at all. Xu Yi and the others had already sent people to investigate this point before they came, so they didn't worry about this problem at all.

Xu Yi didn't even use a few landing tactics, but simply chose Hakata Port as the landing point. Although this is the place where the Japanese army has the strongest defense force, he is still confident that he can attack the pier and the coast. And caused a lot of damage to the Japanese army, so after their fleet arrived outside Hakata Bay, they did not disperse at all, but sailed straight to the mouth of the bay. The two sides were at war, and a big battle was about to begin.

But what Xu Yi didn't know was that great changes had taken place on the mainland of the Song Dynasty at this time. Zhang Bangchang rushed all the way, exhausted by boats and cars, and finally arrived at Yanshan Mansion, which was already tense, and saw the man who was so frightened that he couldn't sleep at night. Wang Anzhong.

When he got here, Zhang Bangchang knew how tense the situation had become. Jin Guo mobilized nearly [-] cavalry, and Chen Bing was on the north side of Yanshan Mansion. It is said that they still have a large army, which is gathering towards the border of Hedong Road. Dayou will start fighting immediately Zhang Bangchang, the special envoy, was frightened out of his wits by his attitude. He didn't dare to delay, so he hurried out of Yanshan Mansion and arrived in Nanjing of the Kingdom of Jin to see Wanyan Zongwang, the Marshal of Jin Bing.

Wanyan Zongwang was the second son of Jin Taizu Aguda, who was good at fighting. During the Jinliao War, he followed Aguda in the southern and northern wars and made many military exploits. This time, he was ordered by Wu Qimai to lead troops to station in Nanjing. The East Route Army stepped up their preparations in Nanjing, echoing Wanyan Zonghan's West Route Army. This time, the army was their idea. The two of them seized the reason why the Fubo Army killed the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin this time, and vigorously encouraged Wu Qi Buying and attacking the Song Dynasty, taking advantage of their strong army and horses, they annexed the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. Wu Qimai made such a decision just after listening to their opinions.

As soon as Zhang Bangchang arrived in Nanjing (now Luding, Hebei), he met Wanyan Zongwang. Wanyan Zongwang didn't listen to Zhang Bangchang's statement about Song's apology to the Kingdom of Jin. At the same time, he brought up the matter of Zhang Yu more than a year ago, claiming that the Song Dynasty was treacherous and unforgivable. If they did not obey, they would immediately send troops to attack the Song Dynasty...

([-]-word chapter, the two chapters have been updated together!)

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