Chapter 998 Asuka City is Trembling
"Tang Jun is here."
The hall was very quiet, only the voice of Nakatomi Kamazu echoed softly.
Tianzhi sat on the throne, with a straight waist, tight lips, and the familiar madness in his eyes.
"Jia Pingan arrived at the city, looking very young, with a calm demeanor..."
The corners of Tianzhi's mouth curled up slightly, and he smiled mockingly.
Nakatomi Kamazu continued: "I asked the reason for the Great Tang Conquest."
Tianzhi sneered and said: "What can he say, he can only say that the Japanese country is disrespectful. This kind of excuse should be told to the people in the city, so that they can share the same hatred."
Nakatomi was silent for a moment, then lowered his head.
"He took out a small oiled paper bag, which contained some powder, and said it was... the poison brought by the Tang envoy, and he wanted to poison the Tang emperor."
All the madness of Tianzhi dissipated.
"I have never seen such a shameless person!"
He stood up and said, "All follow."
The monarchs rode their horses and walked slowly in the city. The people in the city have been grounded, and only the soldiers are patrolling back and forth.
After seeing the monarch and ministers, the sergeants quickly avoided saluting.
Tianzhi didn't look at these people at all. He pointed to the front and said: "After hearing the news of Jia Ping'an's landing, I sent 100,000 people to build these. Did Jia Pingan think that the Bird City was just thickened? Really? I want to see how his head is broken in these places."
Zhongchen said in a low voice, "I am also looking forward to your arrival."
The courtiers praised him one after another.
In front, all the buildings under the city were demolished, and buildings similar to fortresses rose up one by one, and the height was actually lower than the city head.
The top of the fort is like a city head, which can accommodate many people.
There are countless soldiers standing on it at this moment, holding bows and arrows in their hands...
"When the Tang army reaches the top of the city, the dense rain of arrows will cause them heavy casualties."
Zhongchen Lian said comfortably: "At that time, the soldiers at the top of the city kept silent, Shichen didn't reprimand, just to let Jia Pingan think that the morale in the city has fallen, and there is no way to stop their attack."
Tianzhi looked at Zhongchen's sickle feet, his eyes gradually turned red, "I want corpses, countless corpses!"
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The army is being trimmed.
Marching for nine days, it is not bad in this climate, and it will be midsummer a little later, which is difficult.
"Send scouts to investigate on both sides of our army."
"What about the back?"
"No need for pipes in the back."
Jia Ping'an narrowed his eyes and said: "Our army is 20,000 people. It seems that there are a lot of people attacking Feiniao City, but if the grass and trees are all soldiers, go to the left and right, and go to the back. How many of the main force are left?"
"So what?"
Cui Jian almost took a small notebook to record.
"Just send a team to guard."
During the nine days, Cui Jian was asking questions related to the army along the way, and recorded them when he arrived at the camp.
But he needs a director!
Changshi has a lot of affairs, and he has to sort out what he has learned, so Cui Jian writes in a dim environment every day until he can no longer see the words he wrote clearly.
"Brother Cui, your eyes..."
You are not yet forty, what should you do if you are nearsighted?
In broad daylight, Cui Jian squinted his eyes.
"fine."
Cui Jian is quite optimistic, "When I get old and lose my sight, let my children and grandchildren read it to me."
Jia Pingan held back for a while, "Earth will not work well when you are old."
Cui Jian: "..."
The two walked slowly in the camp, and from time to time someone came to ask Jia Pingan for instructions.
"How long does it take to start attacking?"
Cui Jian changed the subject.
Jia Pingan shook his head, "The food and grass for 100,000 people is in our hands, don't worry."
Cui Jian said with a smile: "But it will be finished in the end. It is very difficult to supply from Datang to here, and the loss along the way is shocking..."
"Not difficult."
Cui Jian was bitter, "It's really difficult. Most of the food is mobilized from Luoyang, and the cost of sending it from Luoyang to Dengzhou is horrifying, and then it is crossing the sea to Tsushima Island...Tsushima Island and then to the sea...After that, the transport team, Transporting a catty of grain this way costs at least five catties of grain.”
The road is too far.
People along the way eat horse chews, and the cost is so expensive that it scares people to death.
Some food transport teams can lose 90% of their food on the road... Damn, what a frightening loss!
So why can't we fight? You can tell by looking at the loss.
Hundreds of thousands of troops fight outside for one year, and the country will lose its vitality; for two years, the emperor has to tighten his belt;
Jia Pingan glanced at him, "There is a lot of food in the city."
Well!
Cui Jian was stunned, "You actually thought... yes! After Tianzhi's search, there must be a lot of food in the city. But... But isn't this still unconquered?"
"Sooner or later."
Jia Pingan frowned.
Cui Jian asked: "What do you think?"
"I miss my daughter."
"Don't want a son?"
"I don't want to, a group of demon kings." Jia Pingan said with a wry smile: "The boss is like an adult all day long, the second smiles carefreely, gets fat after drinking water, and the third is a cunt. I don't need to worry about the boss. I have to worry about the second." Don't worry, the third child, I will want to beat him to death."
"Why?" Cui Jian wondered, "Old San Yin, it's better when it's cloudy!"
"Do you think others won't be able to catch him if he is overcast?" Jia Pingan shook his head, "It's like Li Yi's mansion, is it overcast? But once the other party uses thunderous means...the overcast is just a passing cloud."
The other party was referring to the empress, Cui Jian knew this well.
"what do you want?"
The weather was fine, the sky was blue, and the tranquility before the war made both Jia Pingan and Cui Jian relax.
Jia Pingan glanced at him, smiled and said, "At first I just wanted to live, can you believe me?"
Cui Jian nodded, "Back then, you were almost buried alive, and even in Chang'an City, there were dangers everywhere. Xuanzang was ready to suppress you... Afterwards, you entered Baiqi. If you can't show your usefulness, why would His Majesty protect you? So you can only attack Guan Long and the gentry... Only when you offend the people of the world can His Majesty protect you."
This is an exchange of equivalent value without deception.
There is nothing I appreciate you, so I protect you!
If the emperor wants to protect someone, it must be beneficial. Even if he is protecting a woman, there must be something about this woman that fascinates him. For example, she is his right-hand man, for example, she is amazing in bed, so that he can taste the essence...
Cui Jian sighed: "I know you don't want to conflict with the gentry."
Jia Pingan felt that he was too confident, but Jia Pingan couldn't help being happy when he thought that the Shandong gentry thought so.
All right, you keep thinking, it’s okay to think of me as a dog kept by the emperor.
"But there must be no loss in this attack on the Wa Kingdom." Cui Jian lowered his voice, "If you fail this time, you will be submerged before you reach Chang'an."
Jia Pingan nodded, "I understand."
"You do not understand!"
Cui Jian was a little excited, "You don't know their methods. When they really regard you as a deadly enemy, they use all kinds of methods. Do you think they have been staying at home to give birth to children for hundreds of years? No, this They have been thinking about how to deal with this world for hundreds of years... and killing and breaking their own enemies is what they think about the most."
Jia Ping'an smiled and said, "The Silver Mountain is here!"
Cui Jian: "..."
Who dares to beep with Jia Pingan in Yinshan?
This mountain of silver is his gold medal for avoiding death.
"I have already sent people to the Yinshan Mountain, and when the bird is about to pass, those captives will be taken there, and the mine will be opened immediately..."
Silver!
Jia Pingan is looking forward to the great changes that this huge silver mountain can bring to Datang.
The second day is still trimmed.
The third day.
Woke up early in the morning to eat breakfast, and then pondered for a while about knife skills.
"Big Manager!"
The congregation is coming.
"Leave 5,000 men in the camp, and the rest will leave the camp."
Liu Rengui asked: "Half of those prisoners?"
Jia Pingan said casually: "I let them go to work."
Everyone slowly left the camp.
nice weather.
At the head of the city, Zhongchen said in a deep voice, "It's about to start."
He glanced back at the fortress behind him, and said happily: "This place will become a nightmare for the Tang Army."
Fifteen thousand people walked forward slowly.
until out of bow and arrow range.
The range of the bows and arrows of the Japanese kingdom is very impressive. If they shoot each other on flat ground, Jia Ping'an guarantees that they can easily kill them.
But they are at the head of the city, and they have more advantages in being condescending.
"Chairman, please order me!"
Wang Fangyi stepped forward.
"The next official takes orders!"
Generals stood up one by one.
"Wait first."
Jia Pingan is not in a hurry.
"Waiting for what?"
Everyone is puzzled.
"Sunlight!"
The sun is slowly rising...
Nima!
Cui Jian turned his head, wanting to cry because of the sunlight.
No wonder they chose this direction of attack, that's how it is!
The sun also shone in the eyes of the Japanese people at the top of the city, so they could only stretch out their hands to block the sun and endure the soreness in their eyes.
"Courage is the key to fighting! But as a general, you should pay more attention to observation. What is the art of war? Everything can be used, this is the art of war."
Jia Ping'an used sunlight to weaken the defenders' combat effectiveness. This trick can be called an antelope hanging horns.
"Let the captives come forward."
Two thousand captives stepped forward, but no one knew what Jia Pingan wanted to do!
Ladders are stacked right in front.
Jia Ping'an said with a pleasant face, "Are you homesick?"
Hanoi Fish translated loudly.
OK!
"I'll let you go home."
The captives looked at him in disbelief.
Someone was ecstatic, knelt down and kowtowed, shouting something.
"Yes! I am a compassionate person."
Jia Pingan said kindly, feeling that there must be a halo on the back of his head, which is still round.
"Chairman, we still need people to work!"
"If you let them go home, it will be a disaster!"
This is not Song Ming, no one thinks that releasing the captives is a good thing.
Jia Pingan pointed to the top of the city, "Tell them, the ladder is just ahead, pick it up, and climb into the city..."
Hanoi Yu suddenly turned his head, his face flushed.
Liu Rengui was shocked.
Jia Pingan held the handle of the knife and said with a smile: "It seems that you are not willing?"
Hanoi Yu turned around and shouted: "Carry the ladder up, and you can live if you go up, but you can't go up..."
Jia Pingan raised his hand.
There are many spears.
Those who cannot go up are dead!
A group of captives were dumbfounded.
No one moved.
Disobedient!
Jia Ping'an became a little impatient, "Do it!"
The spear array walked forward.
A captive screamed strangely and ran to the side.
"Kill!"
Jia Ping'an's patience is disappearing.
Two arrows flew one after the other, nailing the captive there.
Wang Fangyi glanced at Cheng Wuting, nodded, "I'll be one step ahead, sorry."
Cheng Wuting sneered and said, "Your hands are short."
Wang Fangyi looked at Cheng Wuting
's long hands, some want to hit someone.
Your hands are short and your stature is short, so you, Wang Fangyi, can take the bow faster than me.
Ahead, those captives picked up the ladder and ran away.
Some people don't want to run, but when they look back at the approaching spear array, they lose all their thoughts. Even though the city is full of knives and flames, I can still survive while running.
Only in the face of desperation, human beings will count the time in seconds...even if they can only live for one more second!
"That's our man!"
"He actually drove the captives to attack the city!"
Nakatomi Kamazu sneered and said, "Sure enough, he is a demon king, destroying humanity!"
"Shoot the arrow!"
Some of the running captives were hit by an arrow and fell down, and the ladder fell to the ground immediately. The captives who missed the arrow stood there blankly, and finally had to run forward.
The first ladder was placed on the top of the city, and someone shouted: "Don't do it, your own!"
"Great purple crown!" Someone asked Nakatomi Kamazu for instructions.
"Those are our people."
"Let them come up."
Zhongchen said coldly, "Kill!"
"Shoot the arrow!"
Arrows fly.
Jia Ping'an waved his hand, "Teach them what long-range weapons are."
"Crossbow arrows!"
The crossbow formation takes shape.
A general shouted ferociously: "Shoot the arrow!"
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
The sound of pulling the crossbow was very dense, and then dark clouds lifted into the sky.
The Japanese who were killing wantonly raised their heads when they heard the exclamation.
Dark clouds fell headlong.
The top of the city suddenly seemed to have been washed by a torrential rain.
Zhongchen Kamzu was protected by a shield and hid in the tower. When the arrow rain was over, he looked out.
The rammed-earth city was full of crossbow arrows, and the soldiers fell everywhere, and screams came from everywhere.
What about the back?
There were also screams from the fort behind... The crossbow arrows over the top of the city killed many of the archers.
"quick!"
A general is urging the reserve team to go to the top of the city.
"Again, Arrow Defense!"
Aggressive!
The head of the city was once again covered by crossbow arrows, but this time the Japanese were prepared, so the casualties were much less.
A prisoner rushed up, and as soon as he stood firm, he saw the fortress behind the city head.
In an instant, he turned into a hedgehog, stumbling and falling from the top of the city.
The captives scrambled to climb up, and then were nailed to death by the rain of arrows, or fell to the top of the city, or fell to the bottom of the city.
"It's Arrow Rain!"
Someone ran up to check the results.
"Arrow rain?"
Jia Ping'an's heart moved slightly, "Let the captives come back."
Dang Dang Dang Dang!
More than a dozen sergeants held a gong in one hand and hammered in the other.
Mingjin has retreated!
Those captives seemed to be pardoned, those who were still below the city turned around and ran away, and those who were on the top of the city turned around quickly, their legs clamped the sides of the ladder, and they slid down like this.
The captives were questioned as soon as they returned.
"Behind the city head is a fortress with many archers on it."
"It's dangerous!" Liu Rengui felt cold, "If our army attacks the top of the city, we will encounter the enemy's arrow rain before we have a foothold. The soldiers... I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties!"
Knowing the layout of the enemy army is a big gain.
"How to attack?"
Liu Rengui was in deep thought.
After pondering for a long time, he said with a headache: "We can only use the ladder."
Flying Bird City is not considered tall, let alone compared with Chang'an City, it cannot be compared with the larger cities of Datang.
But the method of building a fortress behind the city head is really fresh enough, and Tang Jun is not easy to handle.
On the top of the city, Zhongchen said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter if they are discovered, just let them pay attention to guard against crossbow arrows. I will wait for the Tang army to attack and see if they are invulnerable!"
When you climbed to the top of the city, you found a group of archers on the opposite side...
Damn it!
The city is empty, there is not even a place to hide. You want me to go up with a shield... How big is the shield to cover your whole body?
You carry a huge shield in one hand, and a horizontal knife in the other... What else are you killing? die.
Under the city, Jia Ping'an smiled and said, "It's almost the same over there."
Yiqi Fei also came.
"Master, the trebuchet has been built."
"Get it up."
Trebuchet!
Liu Rengui suddenly realized.
Cheng Mingzhen scratched his head, "Why can the chief executive think so far-reaching? But what's the trick?"
Jia Ping'an nodded. Everyone knew that he never kept secrets, so they waited with bated breath for his trick.
"poverty!"
Everyone: "..."
When a person is poor, he will face countless troubles and difficulties. In his previous life, he experienced several periods of poverty. When he was the poorest, he hadn’t bought new clothes for several years, and he couldn’t even afford an umbrella. walk out. The worst thing was that I couldn't afford leather shoes. The leather shoes under my feet were broken, so I had to let the rain pour in, and then the socks with exposed toes were wet.
"When people are poor, they will be anxious. Anxiety is a disease. When you have this problem, you will think about things and people day and night... When you encounter something, you will involuntarily think of it in the worst possible way. , and then thinking about how I should deal with it..."
Everyone was silent.
Liu Rengui, who had the worst background among these people, did not have such experience, so Mang then couldn't help asking: "How long does it take to be poor?"
Jia Pingan said: "It's been a long time."
What Li Jingye thought of was Jia Ping’s life in Huazhou, thinking that he got this problem in Huazhou, so he quickly changed the subject, “Brother, the trebuchet is heavy, why don’t we help transport it?”
Jia Pingan shook his head, "Not slow."
The cart came, pulling some timber.
After transported to the place, the artisans accompanying the army commanded the captives to start assembling the trebuchet.
Soon a trebuchet was assembled.
"Is this okay?"
Everyone was stunned.
"Many parts of the original trebuchet were closely matched. The teachers and students of mathematics thought about it and changed it to a modular one."
Damn it!
Everyone was amazed.
What Jia Ping'an thought of was the modular weapons of later generations, but he could easily take down Bird City with just one.
Jia Pingan raised his hand.
The stones were packed in the bag.
In the palace, Tianzhi received the news sent by Nakaomi Kamazu.
"Da Ziguan said that even if the Tang army found our fortress, they would not be able to crack it. Their firearms are powerful, but they can't do anything to the city wall. Their crossbows are powerful, but they can't fire them when they attack the city, otherwise they will be indistinguishable from each other... Great Ziguan said that the bird city is as strong as gold, and he is confident that Jia Ping'an will hate the city."
Tianzhi smiled and said: "Tell Zhongchen that there is good wine in the palace, and I will wait for his good news to drink."
Outside the city, Jia Pingan waved.
The sergeants slammed down the hook with a sledgehammer.
Bang bang bang bang bang bang!
Amidst the loud sound, the swing arm swung violently, and the stone flew out of the bag.
Target Bird City!
Wa people's domestic war is fighting. What do you want to say about trebuchets, let alone use them, they have never even seen them.
So when they saw those stones flying, most of the Japanese were in a daze.
A stone hit the top of the city, and a Japanese lost his head out of thin air. The momentum of the stone did not decrease, and it fell directly on the fortress behind.
With a bang, the sawdust flew across, and the screams were extremely ear-piercing.
Stones fell one after another, or hit the city wall, or swept across the city, or smashed the fortress...
Zhongchen stood on the gate tower with his feet full, watching all this in a daze.
Someone trembled beside him: "Flying Bird City is trembling!"
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Good night!
(end of this chapter)