Warrior in Turbulent Han Dynasty
Chapter 813: News from the Sea
The sound of shouting and killing nearby, the sound of firearms and bowstrings, the noise is loud, and the countless shaking stars in the distance are a large number of people! Although it was early morning, everyone was awake!
The soldiers on the top of the solid wall of the fort held muskets and bows in their hands, and all of them stared wide-eyed.
"Ah!" Suddenly there was a cry, a Japanese samurai turned over with his sword in his hands, and suddenly "cracked..." There was a chaotic sound, the fellow was like a pendulum, with blood|holes on his torso, blood splashing, and arrows stuck in his body, the fellow didn't even groan, leaned forward, and fell to the ground.
After a while, two more Japanese warriors appeared, and they immediately drew their bows, but it was too late, the crossbow arrow flew over first, and the two fell off the wall like hedgehogs.
There are two cannons on the corner wall here that were filled with gravel and iron pieces at night, but they were not used for a while... The timing of use was just the last defense of a large number of enemy soldiers rushing to the city wall! It is useless in other situations. The range of the shotgun is only a few tens of steps, and the opposite corner wall cannot reach this side; the artillery on the wall here cannot bombard the bottom of the wall, because the negative elevation angle of the artillery is very small.
But it was really difficult for the Japanese army to rush up too many people, and the firearms on the opposite corner wall kept shooting at the sides and backs of those who climbed the ladder. It is very difficult to climb the wall with this kind of crude ladder under the firepower on the stomach and back, and only a few people can come up with great difficulty. It is very rare that the Japanese army did not collapse!
On the crenel in the middle of the wall, there were fewer Japanese soldiers who could rush up. Occasionally, an enemy soldier climbed the crenel, but it was full of Xu troops, and reinforcements from the city came in!
"Wow!" The Japanese soldiers were very brave, and swung their swords with both hands. The soldier Xu in front was wearing armor, but he held a short single sword in his hand, and stabbed him nearby. Unexpectedly, the samurai was very skillful in fighting. The two of them made a move, and the samurai escaped the attack in the narrow space, and at the same time, he slashed the shoulder armor of Sergeant Xu. "Clang!" There was a violent metal impact, and the sound of the blade pulling on the metal "squeaked" made people's teeth sore.
In an instant, the warrior hissed loudly, and another cherry gun pierced his side.
The samurai rushed to kill, leaving a little space on the crenel, and immediately someone climbed up again!
At this moment, a deafening bang of "boom boom" was heard in the hole in the wall, and the hole in the wall was also illuminated brightly at the moment the artillery fired.
The appearance of Xu Jun Tubao is not good, but its shape is very regular, and the overall shape is almost circular, but the six solid walls are triangles protruding from two sides. On the opposite side of this wall is a six-flower triangle solid wall, facing the rear of the Japanese army's attacking direction. The three cannons fired at the opposite Liuhua wall. The distance was relatively short, and the deviation was laughable. The rays of the shells were parallel to the direction of the wall here!
Suddenly, several whistling iron balls flew towards the wall, bouncing violently on the ground!
"Ah..." The soldier standing under a ladder opened his mouth wide, watching a howling black shadow bounce off the ground with a "bang", almost flying past his face, the ladder broke suddenly with a "click", as if flying! The soldier was so frightened that he stood there like a log, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Under the artillery fire, many ladders were directly knocked into the air, and the enemy soldiers attached to the wall and under the wall shouted in confusion.
"Boom boom boom..." The artillery from all over the place began to roar one after another.
Nothing can be seen in the night sky, but the whistling iron ball is extending to the torches...
The rout of the Japanese army could hardly be seen, only the backs of the remnants and defeated generals could be seen in the flickering fire. Huge gunfire and dense musket explosions covered up many tragic cries, and many lives also disappeared silently in the night.
Feeling the danger of being approached by the enemy tonight, Zhang Jiankui and others made some changes to the night defense. The guards of the dark whistle are changed more frequently to prevent those on duty from falling asleep; fire oil is prepared in the defenders; at the same time, after nightfall, lighting rockets are fired irregularly into the air at any time... There are gunpowder cartridges tied to the arrows, which can illuminate the ground within a short period of time when they explode.
Xu Jun suffered more casualties overnight than many times before. They were mainly killed by bows and arrows. Few people were killed and many were injured. The few people who were directly shot to death were just unlucky and shot in the face! As long as they missed the front door, even if the arrows pierced through the armor, the damage would not be deep enough to cause death... Japanese warriors' bows and arrows were powerful, especially in close quarters. Some of the plate armor was shot through!
... In the middle of the next night, the Japanese army attacked again at night, but Koko Ono was not very satisfied with the results this time, and was repulsed by muskets before he even got close to the fortress.
A general who participated in the night attack said: "Mr. Ono, the general thinks that under such circumstances, the enemy's weapons are too powerful, and only wooden ladders are difficult to attack the city;
Ono Koko also realized a problem. He suffered heavy casualties here, but his mentality has not been adjusted: In fact, this humble fortress cannot be captured overnight...
A very weird castle! It can only accommodate a few hundred people; but after trying every means, with an absolutely superior force, it is still difficult to break through. This has deviated from Ono Haogu's years of experience.
A few days later, Kono Ono got a piece of news from the war on the sea.
He now values the Khitan man Yang Gun very much, and immediately told Yang Gun the news: "The Korean fleet is approaching Tsushima Island. In addition to the Korean navy, it is also full of food and fodder. It must have come to reinforce Iwami Fort. But there are not many ships. They were discovered by the Japanese army and surrounded | Annihilated, and most of the food and grass were seized."
Yang Gun pondered for a long time after hearing this, and said: "The Koreans must be discussing something with Xu Guo. They are only thinking about obtaining the old land of Bohai State and restoring the territory of Goguryeo. Koryo State has been preparing and operating Pingjing (Pyong|Yang) for many years.
The former land of Bohai had a population of various ethnic groups, but there were not many Khitans, and Daliao had few troops in Bohai, but it still made Goryeo very afraid; so the Goryeo wanted to use the power of Xu to deal with Daliao. Most of the reason for helping Xu Guo's shipping this time is to please Xu Guo and use it as a reason for negotiating terms. "
Ono Koko listened carefully and nodded slightly.
Yang Gun said again: "The Koreans only want the old land of Bohai Kingdom, and have no interest in the land of Japan across the sea. On the one hand, they want to curry favor with the Xu Kingdom and put on a show; on the other hand, they are absolutely unwilling to mobilize the power of the whole country to join forces with Xu's army to move eastward. Otherwise, where would they have the strength to compete with the Liao army in the Bohai Kingdom, let alone occupy such a vast land."
Ono Haogu listened, and thought that this Khitan man was not only a military commander, but at least he was quite knowledgeable about the overall situation. Although there are usually some details that Ono Haogu can't get used to, but the longer they get along, the more Ono Haogu looks at him with admiration.
Kono Ono believes that Xu Jun's strength at sea is relatively weak, otherwise there is no need to ask the Korean navy to help. However, the Koreans were unwilling to exert their full strength. For a long time, the Japanese navy could roughly block the sea reinforcements from Fort Iwami.
He re-examined the battle situation and thought that the previous strategy was wrong: first of all, he underestimated the enemy, and he suffered more than once here... But the enemy army is only a few hundred people, and this idea is like a demon in his mind.
Secondly, in the mentality of underestimating the enemy, he felt that he had been following a wrong strategy, that is, he was obsessed with rushing to break through the fortress at once.
Yoshiko Ono pondered for a long time, and re-formulated the combat strategy: "First, besiege Iwami Fort for a long time, dig a ditch to get close to the fort, and then harass with a small group of elites at night, and use the night to shoot with bows and arrows to consume Xu Jun soldiers and ammunition.
When the ammunition and food are exhausted and the troops are exhausted and exhausted, attack the city again! "
This strategy has some details. Iwami Fort is different from the general square shape. Even digging trenches cannot protect the soldiers hidden inside from attack, because no matter how the trenches are dug in, as long as they are too close, the flanks and back will always be exposed to enemy fire from a certain direction.
However, it is safer for the horizontal ditch to progress to the periphery of the protrusion...it is better than being bombarded by artillery one mile away.
In addition, this strategy made Ono Koko no need to increase his troops, but needed more elite samurai.
So he had no choice but to write to Ping'an Jing, asking the court to send more warriors and elite soldiers to come for reinforcements.
...
One can imagine the mood of the ministers when Ono Haogu's memorials arrived at the court of Heianjing! Fifty times the strength of the army, the siege has lasted for more than a month, and the fortress of Xu Jun has not been captured yet. Now they need reinforcements?
The ministers accused Ono Koko one after another, and some people couldn't bear it anymore, and went straight to request that Ono Koko be recalled to the court for questioning, and another good general should be sent to Shi Jianguo!
Even Miyori Fujiwara, the minister who was forced to support Ono at the beginning, became dissatisfied at this time.
But on the pavilion, a very silent middle-aged man said softly: "Minister Zuo read the secret report first, and the lower officials think that sending anyone to Shi Jianguo can't do better than Ono-kun."
When Miyori Fujiwara heard these words, she felt a sudden chill in her heart, and her body seemed to shiver.
In his heart, he would rather believe that this was the result of Kono Ono's incompetence... If not, how unimaginable would Xu Jun's combat power be?
Miyori Fujiwara couldn't help but said in a deep voice: "There are only a few hundred people in Xu country! That small earthen village is not a big city that has been in operation for many years, but an earthen wall built temporarily..."
The middle-aged man walked up slowly, and handed something to Fujiwara Miyori with both hands. Fujiwara Minorai held his breath and reached out to take it.
He hasn't watched it yet, and he already has a bad feeling in his heart, because he still believes that the people around him will not talk nonsense.
The whole inextricably linked situation seemed to feel out of control in an instant! All the complicated things are vulnerable to brutal force...
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