Chapter 2858 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
Jin Yuxin and a group of Silla soldiers were in a daze on the beach of the bay. They all stared blankly at the huge thing rising over the bay.
Although they really wanted to get closer and see what kind of treasure the Tang ** team was, it could actually ascend to heaven.
Unfortunately, the Tang soldiers directly rejected their request with military secrets.
This made Jin Yuxin and other Silla soldiers feel as if they were being scratched by monkeys. Jin Yuxin, who had been in the army for a long time, could see this at a glance.
Whether it is at sea or on land, this thing is located at a high place and can detect enemies for dozens of miles without any problems.
It can be said that with such a good treasure, if the enemy wants to play a sneak attack, he can run dozens of miles in a night to sneak attack, or he can't do that again.
It's a pity that I don't understand how that thing got into the sky, and what it is.
After all, among the Silla army, there were no ordinary soldiers who could understand the Tang dialect and could communicate with the Tang people. After looking at the more than 30,000 elite men under his command, I am afraid that there were only six or seven generals like them.
After all, not everyone is qualified to learn the Tang language, which made Jin Yuxin couldn't help but think back to that treaty.
Silla wanted to vigorously promote Tang Mandarin and learn Tang writing within its borders. Such an approach seemed to Jin Yuxin to be a complete waste of money.
But now, he wished that everyone under his tens of thousands of elites could understand the Tang dialect, so that he could secretly inquire about it, and maybe he could figure out what this valuable treasure of the Tang Dynasty, which was a military secret, was.
"To the southeast, about eighty nautical miles away, a large number of ships appeared. They were about fifty miles away from the coastline and were continuing to travel north."
When this message was delivered to the ground through the metal box, it was spread out in Cheng Sanlang's hands.
Cheng Chubi took a deep breath, turned around, and saw the distinguished descendants of the Tang Dynasty.
Chai Lingwu, Qin Huaidao, Fang Jun, Li Siwen, Li Jingren, Niu Weituo, Fang Jun, Liu Renjing, Li Qi, Gu Youming and others stood aside.
They were paired up in pairs and became the captains and deputy captains of the other six cruisers in addition to Cheng Sanlang's flagship.
"Brothers, today's battle is a good opportunity for you to make great contributions to the Tang Dynasty."
"Your duties have been arranged before. I just hope that you can work together today, listen to my orders, and carry out the orders without any mistakes."
"I have something to say in front of you. Don't let your guard down, and don't act recklessly just to grab credit. Otherwise, when it comes to military law, even if your elders come in person, I'm afraid they won't be able to save you brothers."
"Here!" Niu Weituo was the first to stand up and obeyed the order with dignity. All the former dandy martial arts disciples were now humane, with heads held high and chests held high, and they obeyed the order with enthusiasm.
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The Crown Prince, the eldest brother of Zhongda, was standing at the bow of the ship, looking forward endlessly. At this moment, the distance to the mouth of the Baijiang River was no more than twenty miles by sea.
The reconnaissance ship that was sent out earlier has rushed back and clearly told the prince, the eldest brother, that the navy of the Tang Dynasty was already in formation outside the mouth of the Baijiang River and was ready.
The Tang Dynasty Navy did not have many warships, and the total number was probably only one-fifth of the Japanese Navy.
However, the warships of the Tang Navy were all very large, especially the dozen or so eye-catching giant ships and nearly twenty fighting ships.
It seems extremely scary, but for Brother Zhong, he was already mentally prepared from the very beginning when he came to seek help from Baekje.
Although the warships of the Tang Dynasty were huge, the problem was that they were too few in number. It was possible to use the tactic of killing an elephant due to too many ants to kill, damage, and cripple the warships of the Tang Dynasty.
"Are you sure whether they are inside or outside the mouth of Baijiang River?" The eldest brother, the Crown Prince, stroked his long beard and asked the general who reported back.
"The general can be sure that they are arrayed within the Baijiang estuary, not outside the Baijiang estuary."
"The widest part of the mouth of Baijiang River is more than ten miles wide. The warships of the Tang Dynasty were arrayed in the narrow part of the mouth of the sea..."
After listening to the general's report, the prince, the eldest brother, finally showed a happy smile on his face.
"Okay, okay, since the navy of the Tang Dynasty chose this place of death, it is obvious that he wanted to imitate the ruins of the Western Chu overlord at the end of the Qin Dynasty."
"It's a pity that I am not the cowardly and incompetent Zhang Han, and the navy of the Tang Dynasty does not have the unparalleled martial arts of the Overlord of Western Chu..."
"..." All Japanese civil and military officials nodded in agreement. After all, Japan has always envied China. It can be said that there are many allusions to China.
They, the superior people of the Japanese country, often picked them up at their fingertips to express their sense of superiority over ordinary Japanese people.
Especially today, when the battle with the Tang Dynasty navy was about to begin, using allusions from the Central Plains gave such a refreshing feeling that the Japanese civil and military personnel were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
It seemed that he could already see the powerful navy commanded by himself and others annihilating the Tang Dynasty navy in the mouth of the Baijiang River.
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Following the order from the Crown Prince, the elder brother of Zhongda, more than a thousand Japanese warships set sails and rowed oars, whether they were large ships or light boats.
Whether they were new ships or broken ships, they were all heading towards the Baijiang estuary. The prince, who was standing on the deck of the largest battleship, looked extremely proud at this moment.
This is the first time that Japan has sent troops to fight against the Tang Dynasty. Although this war has not yet begun, Brother Zhong is already confident that he will win.
He could imagine that after the Tang navy was wiped out at the mouth of the Baijiang River, the name of the Crown Prince, the eldest brother, would not only be prominent in the Japanese country, but would be known all over the world.
Just when Brother Zhong raised his head proudly and wanted to laugh out loud, his eyes seemed to be blurred.
Brother Zhong squinted his eyes and looked doubtfully at the sky full of white clouds. Just now, a shadow seemed to pass by his eyes.
He didn't know if it was a falcon or a big bird like a seagull, but Brother Zhong raised his neck and looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see anything.
At this moment, the Japanese soldiers on the warship in front gave out bursts of cheers, and Brother Zhong looked straight ahead.
He saw the distinctive Tang Dynasty naval warships at the wide estuary of the Baijiang River directly in front of him. Instead of having their bows facing out of the Baijiang estuary, they were stationed horizontally at the estuary.
Such a weird formation made Brother Zhongda confused at first, but he quickly came to his senses.
Needless to say, it is most likely that the navy of the Tang Dynasty wanted to use the tall and sturdy body of the giant ship as a city wall to fight a good defensive battle.
Thinking of this, the eldest brother, the Crown Prince, couldn't help but laugh heartily.
At this moment, high in the sky, Wang Fangyi, who was wrapped in thick cotton clothes, could see without even using a telescope that the Japanese Navy, which looked like a huge school of fish, was rapidly moving towards the Tang Dynasty Navy at the mouth of the Baijiang River.
And more than ten miles diagonally behind the Japanese Navy, the Tang Dynasty Navy task force, headed by seven three-masted giant ships, was following the Japanese Navy in a leisurely manner.
Chapter completed!