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The tactics of the Japanese navy are exactly the same as those of the army, which is also the Samurai cluster combat method. In plain words, it is to rush forward in a swarm and then fight on their own.

The number of warships of the two navies is not much different. The Tang army has 314 warships and 20,000 navy soldiers, while the Japanese army has 200 warships and 12,000 soldiers.

But the quality is completely different. The Tang army has 24 10,000-stone warships, 200 3,000-stone warships and 90 5,000-stone warships, while the opponent's turtle ships are all 2,000-stone warships. The quality difference between the warships of the two armies is huge.

This is the first time that Li Chengshi has seen this turtle ship in person, but Gao Hongyuan has described it to him in detail and drawn a blueprint for him. The generals have discussed how to deal with this kind of ship?

The collision is not suitable. The opponent's chassis is stable and not easy to capsize, but some generals have also pointed out that the opponent's ship may not be strong, so it needs to be tested in actual combat.

Secondly, the shape of the turtle ship is not suitable for direct sinking with explosive arrows. It is like two large bowls buckled up and down, with a circle in the middle and an arc-shaped bottom, which makes it difficult to hit with explosive arrows.

But the generals still thought of a way to deal with it, shooting it with gunpowder arrows, which were filled with thick smoke.

Someone suggested using explosive arrows to blow a hole in the top and throw the kerosene tank in, and it would be done. Everyone unanimously agreed with the last plan, which is indeed the simplest and most effective way.

The plan was proposed, and the next step is to put it into practice.

Among the 24 10,000-stone ships, five were equipped with cast iron ramming heads, just to hit the enemy ship hard when it was already in a tilted state, giving the enemy ship a fatal blow.

On the sea, a 10,000-stone ship accelerated and hit a turtle ship with a force of 10,000 kilograms. At this time, the turtle ship was already stationary, and the soldiers shot arrows at another 5,000-stone warship together, but they did not notice that the danger was coming from behind.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, the turtle ship was immediately smashed into pieces, and the Japanese soldiers on the ship fell into the water one after another.

On the other side, a 5,000-stone warship was caught by two turtle ships on the left and right. A dozen Japanese sailors jumped into the sea, trying to pierce the big ship. At this time, three explosive arrows were shot at the top of the turtle ship at the same time. "Boom! Boom! Boom!" There was a violent explosion, and a six-foot-wide hole was blown open on the top of the turtle ship.

Several thin-skinned pottery jars filled with kerosene were thrown into the big hole on the top, and torches were also thrown in. The inside of the turtle ship burned rapidly, and the flames and smoke were billowing inside the turtle ship. The Japanese soldiers were so scared that they jumped off the ship to escape, but jumping off the ship was a dead end, and they were shot one by one by the Tang army on the ship with crossbows.

The turtle ship on the other side was even more straightforward. Three explosive arrows were shot at the same time, but the third arrow was fired a little slower, and it actually shot directly into the big hole and exploded at the bottom.

Unlike Tang Dynasty ships, Japanese ships were not double-walled. They did not have this shipbuilding technology. All of them were single-layer ships. Not only could they not withstand the impact of the Wanshi warships, but they could also not withstand the explosive impact of the explosive arrows. A big hole was blown from the inside of the ship, and the seawater rushed in. Soon, it was like a big bowl full of water, floating on the water. The soldiers were forced to climb to the top, but were shot one by one by the Tang army's arrows without mercy.

The Japanese army's turtle ships were very lethal to the ships of Bohai or Silla, because they were all two or three thousand stones in size. The turtle ships only needed to hook the opponent's ships with ropes, and the navy soldiers holding the swords would jump on the opponent's ships and kill them all.

In the Battle of Baekgang, the Japanese warships defeated the Silla fleet in this way, and Silla had to ask the Tang Dynasty for urgent help.

But the Japanese turtle ships failed to face the tall and sturdy warships of the Tang army. The sea was full of burning turtle ships and turtle ship parts that were smashed into pieces.

Instinctively, the Tang Dynasty navy was more than one level stronger than the Japanese navy. In addition, the Tang army was now equipped with the most powerful firearms in the world. It was simply a contest between a warlike tabby cat and a little mouse.

This dimensionality reduction attack was almost a one-sided crushing. The turtle ships could not escape even if they wanted to. The fifty warships that originally implemented the tail-cutting tactics waited in front of the mouth of Longwan, and no turtle ship could escape back.

An hour later, all the Japanese turtle ships disappeared on the sea. The sea was full of broken wood and floating corpses. All Japanese soldiers were shot and killed, and no prisoners were taken.

This army also participated in the massacre of Shangjing of Bohai State. In the end, they deserved this fate.

The Tang army fleet sailed into Longwan in a mighty manner. Most of the people in Longyuan County were killed. Japan needed manpower to move the seaborne materials, so it concentrated all the people from Longyuan Prefecture to live in Longhe County near the harbor. There were more than 10,000 people.

Hearing that the Tang army was coming, the people in the city rushed to the dock with their elderly and children. Gao Hongyuan went ashore, and many people recognized him and shouted, "Governor Gao is back! Governor Gao is back!"

Thousands of people knelt on the ground and cried loudly. Gao Hongyuan also shed tears. He wiped away his tears and said loudly to the people: " The brutal Japanese army will never succeed. Although they destroyed the Bohai Kingdom, there is still the Tang Dynasty to uphold justice. The Tang Dynasty will accept everyone, protect everyone, and let everyone live and work in peace and contentment. We will no longer be massacred by brutal foreigners. We will all become the subjects of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. "

Someone shouted, "Long live the Tang Dynasty!"

Thousands of people raised their arms and shouted, "Long live the Tang Dynasty! Long live the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

The Tang army soldiers immediately set up sheds on the dock to distribute porridge. There were long queues in front of several sheds. The people of Longyuan Prefecture, who had been suffering from hunger and cold for several months, finally had a full meal.

The Japanese army did not build warehouses. They directly used hundreds of merchant ships in the bay as warehouses, which were filled with looted grain, cloth, oil, salt, wine, frozen meat and various daily necessities.

Li Chengshi immediately ordered that food be distributed to the people. Each family had a stone of wheat, a piece of cloth, a barrel of oil, and two pounds of salt. Tens of thousands of people cheered.

Li Ye and the imperial court attach great importance to the population of the Bohai Kingdom. The main reason is that the Bohai Kingdom fully imitated the Tang Dynasty and learned the Tang Dynasty's lifestyle, clothing, language, etc. After decades of learning, most of the people in the Bohai Kingdom are very close to the Han people. .

They have become the easiest people to reform in Liaodong. As long as they are allowed to live and work in peace and contentment and are treated generously, in at most ten years, these people will forget about the Bohai Kingdom and identify themselves as people of the Tang Dynasty from the bottom of their hearts.

The same goes for the Goguryeo people, except that the Tang Dynasty retained the Goguryeo nobles and nobles and allowed them to live together. Of course, they would not identify with the Tang Dynasty.

The method Li Ye adopted was to eradicate all the nobles, leaving only the common people, and then 'organize the people into households and return home in ten years. ’

Now that the Japanese army had killed all the nobles of the Bohai Kingdom in advance, it was a great convenience to the Tang Dynasty.

This means that the Tang Dynasty gained hundreds of thousands of people for nothing, which will play a key role in the Tang Dynasty's strategy of Liaodong.

On the big ship, Gao Hongyuan brought a man in his thirties and introduced to Li Chengshi: "This is my old subordinate, Bo Wangyuan, the lord of Longyuan County, who is also a Han."

Wang Yuan quickly bowed to Li Chengshi and Li Chengshi saw that he was quite stout and dark-skinned. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Is Wang Lord Bo really a scholar?"

Wang Yuan smiled bitterly and said: "I am a native of Hejian County. I have been strong since I was a child. After finishing the county school, I started farming. The year before last, a relative who was an official in the Bohai Kingdom wrote a letter asking me to go, so I ran there and passed the Bohai Sea. After passing the national examination, I was appointed as the head of Longyuan County. Fortunately, I was strong and dark due to my humble position, so the Japanese army did not kill me and I was recruited as a strong man to carry goods. "

Li Chengshi asked Wang Yuan to sit down and let the soldiers serve tea. He asked: "I found that there were basically no old people. Were they killed by them?"

Wang Yuan's eyes were full of resentment, "This is where the Japanese army lost its conscience. They killed all the old people over fifty years old because they thought they were occupying food. It is said that this is also the case in their own country. When their parents get old, they carry them to the mountains. Starve to death or feed wild beasts, calling them beasts and insulting wild beasts, at least the wild beasts will not kill their own parents.”

Li Chengshi nodded, "The emperor has issued a killing order to all our generals. Kill all the Japanese who invaded the Bohai Kingdom. No prisoners of war will be left. Let them go to the underworld to reincarnate!"

"It's time to kill them all. Their crimes are countless and none of them are unjust."

Li Chengshi added: "The emperor attaches great importance to the people of the Bohai Kingdom and hopes that they can safely transform into common people of the Tang Dynasty. I don't know how many people there are in Bohai now. Can you estimate it?"

Wang Yuan thought for a while and said: "The Bohai Kingdom originally had a population of one million, but now it is estimated to have been reduced by half. I personally think there are still five to six million people. Fortunately, the Tang army arrived in time. If it had arrived half a year later, they would have killed them all. The people of the Bohai country will then transfer the people from their country to occupy the magpie's nest, and the Bohai country will truly become a part of Japan."

At this time, Gao Hongyuan said: "Wang Zhubo gave me a suggestion, suggesting that more than 10,000 people be transferred to the Bin Mansion three hundred miles away. He was afraid that the Japanese army would retreat and massacre more than 10,000 people again. ”

Li Chengshi nodded, "This plan is okay. From now on, the royal lord Bo will be promoted to the county magistrate, and he will publicize it to the people, and then we will slowly transfer the people there."

Wang Yuan clasped his fists and said, "Thank you General Li for your trust. I suggest using boats to transfer the people. Huazhou County in Binzhou is also on the seaside. Although it is frozen in the winter, you can anchor in the spring."

"Okay! Let's publicize it well and we'll move all the ships and people there."

Huazhou County is today’s Vladivostok.