Wentang

Chapter 650 Burning Hyogo Port

This is a very large fleet. There are two 90-meter giant ships, eight 60-meter-long ships, hundreds of 20-50-meter warships, and 20-meter boats. Thirty or twenty ships.

The entire fleet saw no light, no sound, only the sound of the hull breaking through the huge waves.

After sailing rapidly in the middle of the night, the lookout standing on the lookout pole suddenly found a cluster of fire lights on the dark water ahead, and the fire seemed to be covered by something, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

The lookout silently counted the frequency of the looming fire, and with a happy face, he quickly climbed down from the pole after talking to his partner.

"Lieutenant, our army's horse detection signal is found in the southeast, ten miles away."

The lieutenant immediately turned around and entered the cabin, stopped at the door of a cabin, knocked on the door and said: "General, our army is visiting horses ten miles to the southeast."

"Squeak." The door was opened, and Liu Rengui in leather armor came out and said, "Let's go and have a look."

A few people stood on the deck against the sea breeze blowing in front of them. Liu Rengui took out his binoculars and looked towards the southeast, and soon found that bright light.

"Order the whole army to slow down and send a fast boat to check the situation."

He gave an order, and the three wind lanterns of death were raised.The ship that received the signal suddenly came alive, and countless people ran out of the cabin, lowering the sails, adjusting the speed of the ship, and so on.

Such a big movement hardly made too many sounds, except for a few commanders, everyone else carried out the order silently.

The big ship sails at high speed on the sea, and the inertia is very large, so it is not an easy task to slow down.When the speed really slowed down, it was already half an hour later, and there was only less than five miles away from the fire.

At this time, a middle-aged man dressed in civilian clothes came behind Liu Rengui and said, "General Liu, are you there yet?"

Liu Rengui said without turning his head, "Gao Tian, ​​you're awake."

Gao Biaoren, whose full name is Gao Biaoren, was the governor of Xinzhou.There are not many people who know this person, and there are not many records about him in history, but the things recorded are worthy of everyone's admiration.

In the original history, he went to Japan as an envoy and asked the then reigning Emperor Shu Ming to kneel down facing north to welcome Li Shimin's imperial edict.

At that time, Japan already had the heart of disobedience. In the national letters to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it even appeared that the emperor of the land of the rising sun had seen the emperor of the land of the setting sun. How could Emperor Shu Ming kneel down and accept the order.Gao Biaoren reprimanded him on the spot and refused to read the imperial edict, so he could only be helpless and furious.

This matter has been dragged on for two years, and Emperor Shu Ming had to send someone to send his gift back to Datang.

Similar things happened in this life, but the time changed to last year.The process is similar, but the result is completely different.

In the original history, Gao Biaoren was isolated and helpless, supported only by the righteousness in his heart, and never came back after leaving Japan.

In this life, the Dizhou navy occupied Xinma Island, and the merchant ships of Datang continued to come and go.Gao Biaoren had already communicated with the Dizhou navy before his mission, and he kept in touch with the navy when he arrived in Japan.

After waiting for half a year, seeing that Shu Ming refused to give in, he contacted the Dizhou Marine Division to pick him up.

Halfway there, he discussed with Liu Rengui, why not take this opportunity to teach Japan a lesson.

The reason is that the Japanese have personally delivered them to them, and they are also famous for teaching them a lesson, and they are not afraid that other vassal states will have other ideas.

At this time, Liu Rengui was also having a headache about the situation in Singapore and Malaysia.

Datang occupied Xinma Island. The Japanese are very opinionated. According to the news they inquired, Suwo Ezo is quietly organizing warships to recruit sailors, waiting for an opportunity to sneak attack on the Xinma Island garrison.

When the Japanese have assembled their troops, even if all the Dizhou navy is dispatched, they may not be able to defeat the Japanese who are fighting with their backs.

Destroying their warships before they are ready is the best way to send troops ahead of time.

But Japan is a vassal of the Tang Dynasty after all, and sending troops to attack them before they express their opposition will cause panic in other vassal states.Maybe he, the Dizhou navy, will take the blame.

It's all right now, Gao Biaoren has brought the evidence.The Japanese monarch refused to kneel down to welcome the imperial decree. This is an insult to my Tang emperor.It is legal and proper for me to beat you when the king humiliates the minister to death.

Coupled with the fact that Liu Rengui still had an order to "do things cheaply", Datang could not find any problems with his dispatch of troops.

So the two hit it off, and Liu Rengui immediately led the main force of the Dizhou Navy to the Japanese sea day and night.

Soon, the spies sent out to spy on the intelligence came back, and brought back several spies.

"Yellow croaker pays respects to the governor."

Of course Liu Rengui knew this person, after all he had saved his master, so he asked, "So it was you, where is Wang Dahu now?"

"It's still in the Xinma Island area." Huang Yu explained: "The Xinma Island Navy has Fusang people watching at any time and dare not move rashly, so the elder brother asked me to lead people to lurk Fusang to spy on the military situation and lead the way for the governor."

Liu Rengui nodded, Wang Dahu's navy was the bait on the surface, attracting the attention of Fusang people.If they move, it will arouse the vigilance of the other side.

"What's the situation facing you now."

Huang Yu took out a map and unfolded it, and said under the moonlight: "Suwo Ezo hid the recruited navy in a sea area called Hyogo County. This place is a good natural harbor and relatively hidden, so it is not easy for us to detect."

"This water army consists of about [-] large and small ships, and [-] soldiers. It is commanded by Su Wo Rulu, the son of Su Wo Eizo."

"Su Wo Rulu has a brutal temperament, but he does have some ability to command the army. After this, he has practiced day and night without slack...Give him a period of time, maybe he will really become a serious problem for us."

Liu Rengui said with a murderous air: "Then let him die. Since you know this place so well, do you have a strategy to destroy the enemy?"

Huang Yu said: "This subordinate does have some immature suggestions."

Liu Rengui said directly: "Say."

Huang Yu was agitated for a while, this is an opportunity for him to express himself, and said immediately:
"Although Hyogo Port is large, the Fuso people have more ships. More than 3000 warships plus requisitioned fishing boats, sampans, etc., almost crowded the harbor."

"Once we block the exits, their numerical superiority cannot be exploited. If we are attacking with fire, we can destroy the enemy ships without breaking a sweat."

Liu Rengui questioned, "This port has a very wide exit, so we probably won't be able to block them with our strength. If we divide our forces too widely, the opponent will take advantage of them and attack them one by one."

Yellow Fish confidently pointed to the mark on the map and said, "This harbor seems to have many exits, but most of the places either have hidden reefs or the water level is too shallow for large ships. There are only two waterways that can freely enter and exit. These two... "

"As long as we block these two waterways, the Fusang navy will be the turtle in the urn, and they will not be able to escape if the fire comes together."

"And at night, except for a few people guarding the ship, the rest of the people will go back to the camp on the shore to sleep, and it will be too late for them to run from the camp to rescue the ship when they know they have been attacked."

Liu Rengui didn't agree or disagree, but instead asked, "How was their camp built?"

Huang Yu couldn't figure out what he meant, but he didn't dare to guess wildly, and said honestly: "Not far from the harbor, the joint venture built with earth, wood and thatch as a structure stretches for several miles."

Liu Rengui continued to ask: "Is the security heavily guarded?"

Huang Yu shook his head and said: "Su Wo's family dominates the government in Fusang, abolishes the king and is invincible. Su Wo doesn't worry about someone attacking them from the land. So the guards are not strict, and it is more to prevent the people from entering the place by mistake. .”

Liu Rengui: "Then if I ask you to lead a team to sneak over from the land and set fire to the camps, would you dare to go?"

Only then did Huang Yu understand his intentions, and he admired Liu Rengui's wisdom.

After thinking about it for several days, I came up with the idea of ​​blocking the channel and setting fire to the ship, and I was not less complacent.Unexpectedly, Liu Rengui just heard himself introduce the enemy's situation, and immediately came up with a better way.

This is called a real general, and he really deserves to be the disciple of Qing Shuihou.The little pride in his heart disappeared without a trace, and he said in admiration:
"The governor is clever, and I am willing to be a pawn."

Liu Rengui said with satisfaction: "Okay, I will show my credit for you when this battle is over."

Huang Yu said excitedly: "Thank you, Commander."

Liu Rengui looked serious, and shouted: "Give me the order."

"Yellow Fish, I ordered you to lead a battalion of troops to march by land and approach the enemy camp. When you see a fire on the sea, fire the enemy camp everywhere. Remember, your purpose is to create chaos. Don't engage the enemy lightly, the main purpose is to save your life. .”

"Here." Yellow Fish took orders loudly.

"Send an order to General Sun Renshi, ordering him to lead half of the troops to block the waterway on the right, and not to let a single enemy ship go."

"Here." Immediately someone sent an order to Sun Renshi on the other boat.

"Order the whole army, prepare sulfur, kerosene, rockets, fire boats, etc., and follow my orders to set fire to the enemy ships."

"Here."

The entire fleet came to life completely, and everyone began to prepare for the station under the command of their superiors.

First, the yellow croaker left the fleet with five troop carriers, and one of them returned about an hour later, bringing back news that the yellow croaker had landed from an uninhabited place with the troops.

Liu Rengui looked terrified, and ordered the reconnaissance team to clear the enemy patrol boats outside the port again.And he himself led half of the warships to kill to the left channel.

The other half of the warships sailed to the right channel under the leadership of Sun Renshi.

It was almost dawn at this time, and it was also the time when the sky was darkest, and it was also the time when people were most sleepy.

In the port of Hyogo, a patrol boat floated on the water like this, with five patrol officers on board lying on the deck and sleeping soundly, unaware of the small boat approaching quietly in the distance.

Soon the small boat came to the side of the patrol boat, and it was Datang's scout clipper.I saw a few naked strong men slipping from the clipper boat to the water power with short knives in their mouths, and swam quietly to the side of the patrol boat.

The few people gently grabbed the side of the boat, communicated with each other with eyes and gestures, and quickly worked out a plan.

Two of them stretched out one hand to hold each other, and another person swam to them, grabbed the side of the boat with both hands, stretched out his feet to step on their hands, the three of them exerted strength at the same time, and this person quickly left The surface jumped onto the boat.And the boat didn't shake much.

When he arrived on the boat, the person quickly crawled and fell on the ground, and waited for a while to see that the other party was still sleeping and unconscious before starting to act.

He first greeted an accomplice, and the two of them bowed their waists and tiptoed to the head of the sleeping five people together.

They took off the short knife they were holding in their mouths and exchanged glances, one covered his mouth and the other stabbed his heart with the knife.As for why not cut and roar... the one who stabs the heart and dies is the fastest.

In this way, the two cooperated and quickly solved five enemies.

After that, they pulled their companions into the boat, changed into enemy clothes, and rowed the patrol boat to the inner harbor.

Along the way, I encountered two more patrol boats, one of which was also lazy and sleeping, and was easily resolved.There was a man on guard in the other boat, but he had no defense against the scouts of the Tang army who were also driving the patrol boat, and was easily approached to solve it.

Afterwards, the road was unimpeded and directly entered the harbor.And behind them, a huge fleet followed in silently.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Liu Rengui couldn't believe that things would go so smoothly, and he also despised Su Wolulu to the extreme.

He didn't know that he was found in his lair, so he dared to say that he had the ability to command troops. The small country of Fusang just didn't know it.But at the same time, it also reminded him that he must do a good job in patrol work in the future, and he must not follow in the footsteps of the other party.

In fact, he really wronged Su Wo for being a deer. It's not that he was unprepared, but all his defenses were placed on the fleet stationed on Xinma Island.As long as Wang Dahu doesn't move, he is safe.

Absolutely no one would have thought that Datang would dare to send a navy to attack another country that was not weak.But Liu Rengui did just that.

The exit to the sea was successfully blocked, and more than 100 small boats and sampans were put into the water from the big ship.

There is a crew member on each fire boat, and following an order, they sail in groups of three or five boats to the Fusang boat stationed at the pier.

More than [-] large and small warships, together with fishing boats and sampans, docked at the pier in an orderly manner, like rows of vegetable beds.But from this point, it can be seen that Su Wo is really not an idiot, and the military discipline is relatively strict.

However, this also gave Tang Jun a chance. The fire boats kept passing through the gaps deliberately left, and quickly penetrated into the formation of ships.

After parking the fire boat and lighting the prepared incense, these Tang soldiers climbed into the small boat of the Fusang Navy, and a group of three or five people drove the stolen boat and rowed back.

This is also planned in advance, after sending the fire ship to the appropriate position, steal the enemy's small ship and return.Under the burning incense is gunpowder, which will ignite the gunpowder and ignite the surrounding firelighters, which in turn will cause the entire ship to catch fire.

It's just that this time they were not so lucky, not all the fireboats could be delivered to the scheduled location quietly, and many groups were discovered.

But here comes the problem. It was too dark and the Fusang soldiers who found the fire boat were not sure what they saw.

In addition, I have never experienced a real battle, and I have no defense at all, and I just yelled loudly without directly stopping or warning.

Tang Jun's boatmen were prepared to die before they came, so they ignored them. They rowed their boats and rushed in, plunged into the Fusang boats and took out flints to directly ignite the fireboats.

This is also what was agreed before coming here, steal the ship back without being discovered, and set the fire ship as the primary goal when it is discovered.

The ignited fireboat instantly turned into a big fireball, and the flames ignited the surrounding ships under the blowing of the sea wind.

This is not over yet, there is also a wooden barrel on the fireboat, which contains fierce fire oil.The fire burned violently, the wood exploded with a 'boom', and the fire oil splashed everywhere...

"It's on fire, it's on fire, put out the fire." Now there was no need for anyone to warn, and the Fusang people knew what happened, and the whole harbor fell into chaos.

It's just that the incident happened suddenly. Except for a few witnesses, most people thought it was a fire, and didn't realize it was an enemy attack.Even if I heard someone yelling for enemy attack, I thought it was because I was frightened and yelled.

After all, Fusang has never been attacked by foreign enemies since its history. It is normal for them not to believe that it was an enemy attack.

However, they soon realized that something was wrong. There were too many fire points, and new fire points appeared one after another.Even if they don't believe it anymore, they know that they have been attacked by the enemy.

Liu Rengui, who was watching the fire in the distance from the fleet deck in the distance, looked stern and asked, "How many people have returned?"

The lieutenant said in a sad tone: "Only 49 people have returned, and there are still [-] people who have not returned."

Liu Rengui closed his eyes in pain, then opened them suddenly, and slammed his fist heavily on the side of the ship, saying: "Send the order to attack and avenge the brothers."

The lieutenant was shocked. If he continued to wait, someone would definitely come back. Marching at this time was almost equivalent to giving up the rest.

But the war opportunity is fleeting, and it is impossible to wait for dozens of people to give up the entire war. He suppressed his grief and conveyed the military order downwards.

"Dong dong dong!!!" The war drum sounded, which was the signal to launch a general attack, and all ships began to press forward according to the battle plan.

The archers stood on the side of the ship in turn, and the logistics staff ran back and forth to move bundles of rockets.Someone lit the brazier again...

The ship moved slowly.

"Everyone... get ready." At this moment, the herald shouted angrily.All the archers looked awe-inspiring, picked up a rocket, ignited it in the brazier and put it on the bow to prepare for shooting.

"Sixty degrees to the left, shoot."

"Whoosh..." Sparks flew out of the ship and fell to the target in the blink of an eye, igniting pieces of ships, and occasionally a few screams could be heard.

On the coast of Fusang Naval Camp, Su Wo was awakened by his panicked subordinates.He had a bad temper and was angry at first, but when he heard the enemy attack, he woke up instantly.

Without even wearing armor, he put on his shoes and ran outside, and then he saw a scene that made him tear up.Half of the harbor was engulfed in a sea of ​​flames, and the fire was still spreading to the shore.

But after all, he is the most powerful person in Fusang besides Suga Ezo, with a very strong psychological quality, he quickly woke up and said: "Gather everyone immediately, don't let them run around."

"You take people to inquire about intelligence, see where the enemy comes from, and how many people there are."

"You, you, you still have you, you take people to save the boat...those burning boats are gone. Clear out a isolation zone to block the flames, and save as many as you can."

Following the orderly orderly orders of his commander, the Fusang Navy, which was in a panic, gradually restored order.At the beginning, some people went to spy on the military situation, some people rescued the ship, and some people were on guard...

Seeing this, Su Worulu finally looked a little better, and began to wear armor with the help of his subordinates.But at this moment...

"Whoosh!" An arrow came from the darkness and shot him in the back.

"Ah." Su Wolu screamed and fell to the ground.

Su Wo was standing in the firelight when he entered the deer. He had called the soldiers just now. This scene was watched by many people, and everyone panicked immediately.

"Protect the general, protect the general..."

"The enemy attacks the enemy...there are enemies on land..."

"The general is injured, the general is injured..."

Everyone shouted one after another, shouting everything, and this panic quickly spread throughout the army.Initially in shock, they suddenly panicked when they heard that the commander was attacked and injured.For a while I didn't know what to do.

Su Wo Rulu was not hit critically, but the injury was not serious, and it took a long time before he came out panting.Seeing that the camp was in chaos again, he prepared to order to stabilize the morale of the army.

However, before he could open his mouth, he heard shouts of killing, and he used the half-baked Fusang dialect.

"The Heavenly Army of the Tang Dynasty is coming, surrender and don't kill."

"Su Wolu is dead, surrender and don't kill."

"Su Wolu is dead, surrender and don't kill."

At the same time, fires broke out in the camp, and the wooden barracks were the best fuel. The fire spread quickly with the wind, and the front camp quickly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

Seeing this, Su Wo was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and passed out.Seeing that there was nothing he could do, his personal guards immediately left the army to protect him and fled.The Fusang Navy, which lost its commander, was in a mess.

It was the yellow croaker who attacked Su Wolulu and set fire to him.

He led people to the side of Su Worulu's land camp, sneaked up on the patrol personnel, grabbed some Fusang military uniforms, put them on, and walked into the camp openly.

When he was a pirate, he knew some Fusang dialect, and later he was stationed in Xinma Island to spy on intelligence, so he learned it by heart.Fusang spoke very smoothly, and he couldn't tell that he was a foreigner at all.

So he was wearing a Fusang military uniform and took a few of his men to pretend to be patrol members, but he was not found.After sneaking into the camp, the inside and the outside cooperated and took one corner.

When the sea was on fire and he was about to set it on fire, he suddenly heard someone shouting that the general ordered the troops to gather at his side.

At that moment, a daring idea came into his mind, temporarily organized his subordinates to set fire, and followed Fusang Navy to run loyally to Daying.

Sure enough, I got close to Su Worulu smoothly.

When everyone else obeyed the order to leave, he took advantage of the chaos and hid in a dark corner, and shot Su Wo with an arrow behind his back.

After releasing the arrow, he didn't dare to stay where he was, and quickly fled back.As for whether Su Worulu was dead or not, he didn't know, but he was sure that he shot the enemy general.

After that it was set on fire as planned.Huang Yu didn't dare to rush into the camp with people on fire.The fire was quickly evacuated to a distance.

The camp that stretched for several miles quickly turned into a sea of ​​flames, and people could feel their faces burning a few feet away.He couldn't help but rejoice that he didn't withdraw in time because of that little military merit, otherwise he would probably have been buried in the flames by now.

However, he was not idle after that, and led a group of men to guard a direction, and when he saw a Fusang person escaping from this direction, he went up and hacked to death.

Sitting on the sidelines like this really picked up a lot of heads for him.

The fire burned for three days and three nights before it was gradually extinguished, but the entire harbor and surrounding miles were reduced to ashes.

　Six thousand words, asking for a monthly ticket, a recommendation ticket.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)