Tibet

The Japanese have been good at calculating since ancient times, which is related to their living environment. The plains are narrow and resources are scarce, so they have to fight for each other and calculate repeatedly.

In battle, they are not as particular about formation strategy as the Han and Tang armies. In addition, the Japanese army has few types of equipment, so their combat methods are basically two kinds, one is ambush and sneak attack, and the other is large-scale group combat.

For example, in this battle, the advantage of the Japanese army is the large number. The calculating Japanese commander Fujiwara Toyonari must of course play to his advantage of having twice the number of troops as the Tang army, so the Japanese army must press forward on all fronts.

Twenty thousand cavalrymen are galloping in front, and behind them are the warriors running all over the sky.

"Bowmen, prepare!"

The five thousand cavalrymen of the Tang army raised their military crossbows, and the cold arrow tips were at a forty-five-degree angle, aiming at the cavalry running all over the sky.

"Fire!"

A clapper sounded, and five thousand Tang soldiers pulled the trigger. Five thousand crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time, like a dark cloud rising into the sky. The arrows rushed towards the cavalry like a storm. The arrows were sharp, and the cavalry's rattan armor could not resist the strong penetration of the crossbow arrows at all. The cavalry screamed and fell off their horses one after another.

More than a thousand people were shot and killed in the first round, and then the second round of crossbow arrows was shot, and the running cavalry continued to fall off their horses.

The Japanese cavalry had killed a hundred steps away.

"Retreat!"

At the command, three thousand crossbow infantry retreated quickly. They were arranged behind the 20,000-man spear corps. They were like a bait. They seemed to have few troops, but they had deadly lethality. They would kill the enemy with explosive arrows and throwing grenades.

The two thousand crossbow cavalry were divided into three parts, with five hundred people on each side of the heavy armored infantry, and a thousand cavalry deployed behind them.

Two thousand heavy-armored infantrymen were arranged in two rows. Since they were not many in number, they did not use the skirmisher style, but the wall-style. The first row of heavy-armored infantrymen half-crouched on the ground, with the tail of the sword against the ground and the Mo Dao pointing forward at a 30-degree angle.

At this time, 17,000 Japanese cavalrymen had already killed in front of them. They suddenly saw the Tang army's heavy-armored infantrymen, with bright Mo Daos pointed at them. The cavalrymen in front screamed in despair.

The cavalrymen rushed into the Mo Dao formation like a gust of wind. The cavalrymen in front were pierced with horses and men, and a flesh wall of people and horses was formed in an instant.

Many cavalrymen in the back jumped up, but were cut into two sections by the 1,000 Mo Dao soldiers in the back row. Two rows of heavy-armored Mo Dao began to wave Mo Daos and advance forward. Countless cavalrymen shot arrows at the heavy-armored infantrymen, but it was useless.

The Mo Daos flew, killing people and heads rolling, blood flowing like a river, cavalrymen fell to the ground one after another, the flesh and blood of the Japanese cavalrymen flew everywhere, and the ground was full of internal organs, and the air was filled with a pungent stench.

The 40,000 samurai corps behind them automatically split into two groups, ran past the cavalry on both sides, and rushed straight to the Tang army spear phalanx behind them.

The spear phalanx was completely scattered, consisting of countless small points, each of which was a combat group of three soldiers. Although the enemy was large, they fought separately. The Japanese samurai rushed into the Tang army formation like a flood, and they were greeted by spears stabbing from all directions.

This is the power of the collective, which greatly improves the combat efficiency. 20,000 people exerted the power of 60,000 people. Obviously, the number of Japanese soldiers was twice that of the Tang army. When they entered the formation, they felt that there were spears stabbing at them from all directions, and there was no way to hide. This is the power of the formation. The Japanese samurai swung eight swords, and only one sword might be effective. The Tang soldiers also stabbed eight spears, but seven of them were effective.

At this time, Fujiwara Toyonari discovered the loophole of the Tang army, that is, there were 3,000 archers hundreds of steps behind, without the protection of other troops.

Fujiwara Toyonari was overjoyed and immediately led 5,000 cavalry to rush over.

When they rushed to a hundred steps away, three thousand crossbowmen suddenly raised their crossbows and fired three thousand explosive arrows. The cavalry group was hit by an explosion, and all the cavalrymen who were shot were blown to pieces.

More than a thousand people fell in an instant. Before the cavalry could react, the thousand crossbowmen in front threw away their crossbows and arrows, ran more than twenty steps, and threw a thousand throwing grenades into the cavalry group dozens of steps away.

Throwing grenades are arrow mines, which are powerful. A burst of fire burst out, and the cavalry group fell to the ground. Then the two explosive arrows behind whistled into the distance and exploded in the cavalry group behind.

The main general Fujiwara Toyonari was also shot in the chest by an explosive arrow and exploded into two pieces.

In a very short time, after two rounds of firearms, the five thousand cavalry were almost wiped out, and the remaining hundred cavalry turned around and fled in fear.

The appearance of explosive arrows and throwing grenades became the turning point of the entire battle. The first to move upon hearing the sound were thousands of Japanese cavalry. They had been killed by the Modao Army and were terrified. Only more than 5,000 of the 20,000 cavalry were left. They tried to flee several times, but were forced back by the 1,000-man supervising team behind them.

The huge explosion frightened the war horses, and they turned around and fled. The cavalry completely collapsed. The supervising team could not stop them and also fled. The 2,000 Tang cavalry immediately left the heavy armored infantry and quickly chased the fleeing enemy.

The 2,000 heavy armored infantry turned back from the sea of ​​corpses and blood and intercepted the Japanese warriors from behind.

The Japanese army, who had never seen firearms, was frightened, and the defeat was already decided. More than 20,000 Japanese warriors also turned around and fled, but they were stopped by the Great Wall of the heavy armored infantry. The 2,000 infantry formed a row, about several miles long, like a wall of death, blocking the retreat of the Japanese army with bloody killings.

Tang army spearmen chased from behind, and 20,000 Japanese warriors were desperate and knelt down to surrender, but they were still ruthlessly killed by the Tang army.

………

In a big battle, although the Tang army paid the price of more than 2,000 spearmen casualties, it wiped out 60,000 Japanese troops, and less than 1,000 escaped. It was almost a one-sided massacre.

At this time, the Tang army was so bloodthirsty that they didn't even clean up the battlefield and rushed to Heijokyo, 20 miles away.

The gates of Heijokyo were wide open, and the people in the city were in panic. Thousands of royal relatives and nobles fled to the old capital, Fujiwara-kyo, in the south.

Li Chengshi left 5,000 troops to occupy Heijokyo. He led 20,000 troops to continue southward. In the afternoon, the army surrounded the old capital Fujiwara-kyo, 30 miles away.

As night fell, tens of thousands of gunpowder arrows rose into the sky, burning with bright red light, and shot all over Fujiwara-kyo.

Compared with the bloody battle in Heijokyo, Kyushu Island on the western front seemed very peaceful. 30,000 Tang troops landed in Hakatazu and occupied Fukuoka Castle. Then Ma Lin led 3,000 troops to occupy Dazaifu, 30 miles away.

Dazaifu was the chief official sent by the Japanese court to rule the Saikaido.

The chief official of Dazaifu was the main god of the Japanese Shinto religion, called Xiyi Azenmaro.

Xiyi Azenmaro was a Tang envoy who could speak fluent Chinese and was in charge of Japan's diplomacy, so he stayed in Dazaifu, Chikuzen Province, to welcome distinguished guests.

He never dreamed that the Tang army would appear in Kyushu Island, and he immediately rushed to question angrily.

"Japan and the Tang Dynasty have always lived in peace, why did the Tang army invade our border?"

Ma Lin said coldly: "The eunuch must know where the armies of the Kyushu countries have gone?"

The armies of the eleven countries on Kyushu Island were the first 20,000 naval forces that landed in Longyuan Prefecture. Xiyi Azenmaro certainly knew what was going on?

He said after a while: "That is the grudge between Japan and Bohai, and has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty!"

Ma Lin shook his head, "The Japanese army was brutal, killing more than 10,000 people in Longyuan Prefecture, and slaughtering more than 100,000 people in Shangjing. Bohai was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of Bohai were the people of the Tang emperor. We have fought with 50,000 Japanese troops in Bohai, which means that the two sides have entered a state of hostility."

Xi Yi Azenmaru stared at Ma Lin's eyes, with a trace of fear in his eyes. He asked nervously: "What does the Tang Dynasty want?"

Ma Lin snorted and said lightly: "After the Battle of Baekgang, the Tang Dynasty was ready to cede Kyushu Island as compensation for the defeat of the Japanese army , but the Tang Dynasty was magnanimous and let Japan go, but Japan did not repent and invaded the Tang vassal state for the second time. The Tang emperor could no longer tolerate it and decided to cede Kyushu Island and its affiliated islands as compensation for the two defeats of the Japanese army. "

Xiyi Azenmaru took a few steps back and gritted his teeth and said: "Your emperor is indeed not the authentic Tang Dynasty. You don't have the magnanimity of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to occupy the Saikai Road, you might as well kill me!"

"Killing you will dirty my hands. If you want to be loyal to the emperor, I suggest you commit suicide."

"Why should I commit suicide?"

"You will understand soon!"

Ma Lin ordered the soldiers to take Xiyi Azenmaru down and imprison him.

Ma Lin also arranged for the surrendered officials to write eight letters to the eight daimyos of Kyushu Island except Chikuzen Kingdom in the name of Xiyi Azenmaru, asking the eight daimyos to come to Dazaifu immediately to discuss the division of Bohai Kingdom's land.

Except for the Chikuzen Province Daimyo Kuroda family, which had been controlled by the Tang army in Fukuoka, the other eight daimyos immediately set out for Dazaifu. They had been waiting for a long time, and finally the news of the division of Bohai Kingdom came. How could they not come?