Chapter 482: Landing on the Beach
Shang Shan Jianxin had just finished speaking when another voice laughed next to him.
“My lord, don’t be afraid. The last time they used new warships at sea, they won the battle. But they are between land and sea. Once they attack the island, they will not have the advantage of warships. They If you dare to come, I will take the lead..."
The speaker was Daxiong Chaoxiu, another former retainer. Kanxin looked at the famous sword on his waist and looked at the long line of civilians in the distance. He laughed and nodded with a tight face.
However, outside the field of vision, something seemed to appear suddenly. He turned his eyes towards the southeast, and saw a small black dot moving far away. Then he quickly sent a scout to that direction. Bian went over to greet him, and after a while the scout returned. What reached his ears was that there was news from the other side of the harbor.
There was a strange movement on the sea, and a large number of sails appeared.
On the sea, it is true that only the sails can be seen from a long distance, but a large number means a huge fleet. Shangshang Kanexin does not need to guess, but he knows whose warship it is. .
His expression suddenly changed, he turned around and returned to the camp, mounted his war horse, called on two retainers to follow him, and then galloped out of the camp, with many Japanese riding horses around him.
As soon as he arrived at the harbor, a scout came hurriedly from the dock, running and shouting at him: "Xia people's ships!"
How is that possible? ? !
With doubts in his mind, Shangshang Jianxin rode his horse to the pier, then dismounted and walked up to the nearest sentry tower. He threw the soldiers aside and leaned against the guardrail to look toward the southeast.
With just one glance, he subconsciously tightened the handle of the knife. In the broad field of vision, the sky was bright at noon, but at the end where the sky connected to the sea, there were dark clouds, and on the sea level below , stretching like the black line of the tide, it was a huge fleet, slowly changing its formation, forming a straight line across the sea.
Behind them were eight large ships. Soldiers of the Tang Army were making final preparations in the cabins, constantly checking various weapons armed to the teeth, and fighting each other and the Japanese from time to time. Disdainful words about height rang out.
Gan Ning stuck out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips.
As for the huge treasure ship, an imperial flag with a white dragon pattern on a black background fluttered in the wind, and twenty warships were spread out in front, with each sail swollen to the extreme. He quickly cut through the rolling waves, without any intention of stopping, and headed straight towards this direction.
In front of the treasure ship, amidst the passionate sound of war drums, on the Qinglong and Huya warships lined up in front, barefoot boatmen frantically shook their long oars, churning wildly in the sea water, speeding up the already fast-sailing warships. speed.
My name was Ohkuma Asahide, and another retainer, Shimazu Tadashi, rushed to the sentry tower and glanced toward the southeast. The picture reflected in their eyes made their pupils shrink, and the densely packed warships were riding the wind and waves. As it came, the breaking waves sounded together, a rumbling roar of the tide, and countless tumbling waves sank beneath the warship.
On the warships on the left and right, Elsa was swinging her sword and axe, spinning back and forth with her wrists. Rafael, the shirtless pirate leader, threw a boatman away and stepped forward to swing the long oar himself.
On the treasure ship, under the white helmet, cold eyes looked at the outline of the island in the distance. Zhou Yu tightened his grip on the hilt of the sword, and then drew the sword and raised it to the sky. There were already voices shouting on the big ship. : "Drum roll, get ready to seize the beach!"
Boom! Boom! Dong Dong Dong...
"Get ready to fight!"
On Tsushima Island, Shangshang Kanxin clenched his fists. At this moment, he looked at the spread of Xia Kingdom's warships and the numerous sails. Without a word, he turned around He walked straight down the guard tower and issued an order for everyone, including the Japanese craftsmen, to take up arms.
On the sentry tower, facing the Xia Kingdom fleet coming in like a tidal wave, the two people felt a little bit incomprehensible, and even... felt ridiculous.
"How did they do it?"
At this moment, Shimazu Tadanao and Ohkuma Asahiu had no trace of the joking words they had just said. The next moment, there was a 'boom' of cannons. Iron bullets flew towards the harbor from the distant sea and fell directly into a newly built house.
In an instant, more iron cannons rang out one after another! Boom boom boom boom...
Dense black shadows rushed into the sky, covered by a black cloud, and then poured down.
The whole harbor suddenly burst into mourning.
The Xia army came too fast and rushed towards them completely unreasonably. After being attacked by overwhelming iron shells and artillery, the Japanese ships docked at the port also left the port one after another, probably wanting to Resisted for a while at sea to delay their landing.
Almost at the same time, Kamishiro Kanenobu had someone shoot a whistle arrow for help, igniting the beacon fires on the coast, allowing the fleet from the north of Tsushima Island to come for reinforcements.
……
The waves submerged under the huge hull.
Twenty Qinglong and Huya warships advanced like the rolling tide line. The fierce sea wind passed across the opposite island, and the iron cannons fired wildly.
Bombard the Tsushima harbor!
When he saw more than a dozen ships rushing out of the harbor in the distance, Gan Ning sneered and waved his hand: "Let Barry and Elsa each lead five warships to entangle them!"
What he was waiting for was for the Japanese to send ships out to fight.
The general's order was conveyed to the crowd. After a while, ten warships separated from the horizontal fleet and headed towards the waters of Tsushima Port.
On the other side, Gan Ning, when he saw the two sides beginning to contact and fight, immediately ordered the remaining ten warships to change direction and reach the coast before the wind ended.
The ships coming in the wind and waves rushed towards the ferry that stretched fifteen miles away. The formation gradually changed. Eight cargo holds were interspersed among the warships. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty stayed in the cabin and kept running at any time. They spit into their palms, rubbed them vigorously, and tightened their grip on the handles of their knives and crossbows.
On the island in the distance, the intentions of the Xia Kingdom's fleet were naturally discovered. A large number of soldiers and horses gathered here, but due to haste, there was no port here, and there were no redundant warships to divide them to obstruct them. They could only Start a ground battle with the opponent on the coast!
But what these Japanese people don’t know is that the Tang Army soldiers in the cabin are never afraid of ground battles!
The Qinglong and Huya warships slowly stopped on the sea, unfolded their hulls, and bombarded the Japanese formations on the island. Eight cargo ships rushed directly to the coast with the risk of running aground. It shook violently in the diving area, but then the baffles on both sides fell outward, revealing the blocked hatch behind.
Li Xuanba put on his iron helmet and picked up the drum, urn and golden hammer. His voice roared in the dense crowd
"Zhu Erlang——"
"Here!"
In the cabin, densely packed soldiers armed to the teeth held shields, spears, and crossbows in their hands, and they all roared in response.
In an instant, a powerful and tall body, carrying a pair of huge hammers, stepped out of the cabin door. Li Xuanba smiled ferociously and touched the hammer, causing sparks to burst out and his voice roaring.
The beating drum, urn, and golden hammer pointed out of the boat!
“Blood flows like a river, leaving not a blade of grass——”
Eight large cargo ships, with thousands of figures, rushed out of the cabin one after another, rushing like wolves and tigers through the water, towards the Japanese army arrayed in the field.
(End of this chapter)