The Tang army passed between Imao Island and Japanese Honshu Island.
The second battle with the Japanese took place in the Akashi Strait. The terrain was similar to the previous one on Doshima, with narrow waterways.
The Japanese court gathered all the ships and ordered several kingdoms on Imao Island to send troops, hoping to block the enemy from Namba Bay with all their strength.
This was actually exactly what Tang Jun wanted.
There are not so many islands and reefs here, and the water surface is a bit narrow, but the main warships of the Tang army can still float on the water and come and go freely.
Tang Jun lowered his sails here to avoid being set alight by the rockets fired from the shore.
The small boat docked and cleared away the Japanese on both sides. The large boat sailed on the water and got into a melee with the Japanese boats.
The scene at that time... Tang Jun didn't want to mention it after the war.
The Japanese army gathered hundreds of warships and boldly fought a melee with the Tang army.
The Japanese on both sides of the strait armed themselves with all kinds of weapons and fought in vain with the Tang soldiers who landed ashore.
The Japanese were commendable for their courage, but the Tang army did not give them any chance to fight.
Above the water, Japanese corpses were soon floating around. Although they were short and ugly, the blood they shed was still the same color as humans.
On the shore, it took some effort when landing. Once the Tang army gathered, even though they were dizzy and weak, they still killed the Japanese and fled.
After an hour or two, the battle ended with the victory of the Tang Army. Just looking at the burned ship on the water, the Tang Army generals also felt angry.
Wang Xiongdan suffered a big loss. His flagship was set on fire. Not to mention that he was so angry that he wanted to vomit three liters of blood. The subsequent accountability was enough for him to drink a pot.
This guy really underestimated the enemy. He actually took advantage of the size and speed of his ship to rush into the Japanese fleet. This time, he didn't have the same luck as in the previous battle at sea, and he immediately became a target of fire.
His ship ignited into a ball of fire.
Wang Xiongdan was born in the rebel army and had no sense of honor to coexist with the ship. As soon as he saw the fire burning, he led his men to abandon the ship and leave. If he hadn't led his men to fight to the death, otherwise this guy might have been captured by the Japanese.
Go.
The stubborn resistance of the Japanese delayed the Tang army for half a day.
Li Jing was overjoyed. He believed that after this battle, the Japanese would no longer pose a threat to the Tang army at sea.
Immediately, Li Jing sent an order to the rear army, Gao Yaxian and Zhang Zuonian, with an army of five thousand, to land on Yimao Island, and ordered Ximen to lead a fleet to sail around Yimao Island.
Like Wen Shihong who stayed in the north, the Japanese were prevented from going to sea.
Now that the war has started, the situation has become increasingly clear.
The Japanese islands are divided into four parts. As long as they attack here, they can be easily divided. The Japanese cannot gather the manpower of each island to resist.
The reason why the Japanese country has been able to stay on the island safely is because the Central Plains Dynasty, which has such power, has always been reluctant to waste manpower and material resources to deal with them.
Moreover, the Japanese state was far less powerful than when it was hundreds of years later, when it completely unified the Japanese islands and learned a lot of the advanced culture and skills of the Central Plains.
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After being defeated again and again, including losing Chikushi Island, the Japanese nobles in Pingjing were completely panicked.
At this time, Pingjing was located above Asuka Ohara, and was not the same place as Pingjo-kyo later.
And the concept of Kanto and Kansai that the Japanese vaguely proposed at this time was actually completely different from what it would become later.
What they call Kansai is just the Yamato River area to the northwest of them. The place where the He clan rose up in the past is not far from where the Asuka clan lives.
In other words, the political center of the Japanese people has not yet moved eastward to the Kanto Plain area in later generations.
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Pingjing is a place that can barely be called a city.
There are more than 2,000 Japanese families living here, and most of the most noble nobles of the Japanese country live here. The royal palace of the Japanese country is in the middle of Pingjing.
A series of bad news came, and the enemy seemed to be close at hand. One can imagine the atmosphere in Pingjing.
The arrival of the enemy seemed so unreasonable to the Japanese nobles.
The unfamiliar name of Datang finally began to spread among the Japanese nobles, letting them understand that what the envoy from Silla last year said was true.
The Sui Dynasty had perished a few years ago, and its replacement was the Tang Dynasty.
That is to say, more than ten or twenty years ago, the ceremonial officer Ono Meizi went to the Sui Dynasty as an envoy. Queen Suigu, who was in power at the time, wrote to the emperor of the Sui Dynasty, saying that the emperor of the sunrise country wrote to the emperor of the sunset country that he was fine.
The Japanese nobles who knew about this at the time didn't think there was anything wrong, and were quite proud. The Queen was so magnanimous, which was no worse than the Emperor of Sui.
But now, people from the Tang Dynasty came to kill them, and no one had any grudges or grudges. It felt so unreasonable.
The nobles gathered in the palace, discussing countermeasures one by one.
The emperor has not slept much for a few days, and his energy is relatively low. The nobles also have dark circles under their eyes. The clouds of destruction are gathering over the Japanese country. Who can sleep peacefully?
Prince Tamura, who had never been crowned emperor by Yamabei, finally made his appearance.
Some people are clamoring to unite all the Yamato Kawakami families to fight the final decisive battle with the enemy.
Some people suggested that the emperor should lead his ministers to Horyu Temple to worship the gods and Buddhas, and let the gods send down fire and wind to save his people.
There was still no good idea in the mess. At this moment, Prince Tamura spoke. He felt that Yamabei should be responsible for the current situation and asked him to abdicate immediately.
In addition to giving everyone an explanation, it may also be able to calm the enemy's anger slightly.
He, Tamura, was willing to take on the responsibilities of the royal family and take people to talk to the enemies so that they would not attack Pingjing. If not, he could also surrender to the Tang Dynasty and make annual sacrifices.
Just like what the five kings did during the reign of Yamato, they obtained the canonization of the Tang Dynasty and preserved the vitality of the country.
The era of the Five Kings he spoke of was actually the period of clan rule after the rise of the He clan. The nobles in the Asuka region at this time were actually branches of the He clan at that time.
Naturally, Minister Soga Rise would not agree, but his nephew Soga Kuramaro and others supported Tamura.
At this critical moment, everyone is still thinking about fighting for the throne. This is really disappointing.
The nobles were quarreling endlessly, and no one wanted to give in. It looked like the internal strife of the Soga clan. The neutral nobles were led by Abe Maro, and most of them also leaned towards Tamura.
The enemy was too powerful and came suddenly. The Japanese suffered heavy losses and had no chance of resisting the enemy. So it was better to kneel down and save everyone's lives first.
As for those guys who keep saying they want to see Amaterasu, they have no brains, so don't worry about them.
Almost under the pressure of everyone, Brother Yamabei reluctantly promised the nobles that he would lead his people to Horyuji Temple to repent. If the enemy did not retreat, then he would be inferior to others.
The landing site of the Tang army was chosen on the coast west of Horyuji Temple...
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