Chapter 2874 Do you think Bird City can stop Cheng Saburo?
Asuka Basin, later known as the Nara Basin, was the capital of Japan for hundreds of years.
Whether it was Asuka Castle, later Nara Castle, or later Kyoto, they were all located in this basin.
Cheng Chubi rode his horse slowly, looking at the yellow and green world, and then realized that it was almost the autumn harvest season.
Almost seven days have passed since I landed on Wajima Island from Wakasa. The journey was slow, windless, rainless, and without danger.
Thousands of elite soldiers of the Tang Dynasty were unharmed, and the fifty artillery pieces and their ammunition were also intact.
This made Cheng Chubi very proud. As for the Silla soldiers and horses, well... nearly five thousand people were killed or injured.
Who can be blamed for this? Cheng Sanlang? It’s Cheng’s fault. Jin Yuxin is the commander of the Silla army.
His command was poor, and he lost many troops and generals under multiple attacks, ambushes, and night attacks. This only shows that his command level is very low.
Those Silla elites who were originally heroic and high-spirited were now like a group of sick chickens.
After entering this basin, the wide terrain made the Japanese lose the idea of continuing the raid.
Instead, they shrunk their army and retreated to Feiniao City, assuming a defensive posture.
Cheng Chubi was not surprised by the Japanese response. After all, at this time, those countries that dared to compete with the Tang Dynasty were buried in the loess.
The Japanese country, which had lost most of its elite, only dared to carry out sneak attacks outside the war. If the two armies really faced off, it would be really unsightly.
A fast horse galloped from the south and quickly arrived at Cheng Sanlang, bringing good news.
At this moment, the army was only more than ten miles away from Feiniao City, and the Japanese had already destroyed all the residential buildings scattered outside the city.
Even the rice that was about to mature in the field was burned clean, creating a strong and clear posture.
"Strengthening the wall and clearing the field, do they think it will be useful?" Chai Lingwu, who was also wearing a helmet and armor, but no matter how he looked at it, looked like a second-rate man, he was immediately happy.
"Whether it's useful or not, you still have to put on a show. You can't take the initiative and consciously wipe your neck just because you're defeated by my powerful enemy, right?"
"Then they might as well dig the hole themselves and bury themselves, and save some money for digging the grave..."
Cheng Chubi, who almost laughed out loud after hearing this, finally realized that he was not only Cheng Sanlang, but also the commander-in-chief of an army. He could only pretend to be deaf to the slanderous words of the vicious fox and dog friend around him.
Posture.
A military order was issued, asking Jin Yuxin to immediately lead the Silla army to surround the bird city. As for himself, he commanded the elite of the Tang Dynasty and arrived at a slightest notice.
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Asuka Castle, the largest and most important city in the Japanese kingdom, is already crowded with countless members of the Japanese royal family.
Emperor Kotoku was also clad in iron armor at this moment, standing on the city wall, and next to him was the eldest brother of the prince, who was older than himself.
He stood on the city wall and looked into the distance. He could already see the billowing smoke and dust swaying upward between the sky and the earth in the north.
Soon, the smoke and dust on the horizon became thicker and thicker, and then you could see that the figures like black ants became more and more eye-catching.
Then flags fluttered in the wind, and more and more figures appeared, as if like a gray-black torrent, raging on the plain.
"Your Majesty, these should be the lackeys of Tang and the army of Silla..." Brother Zhong gritted his teeth and said viciously.
"The dog thieves of Silla are just relying on the Tang State. Otherwise, how would they have the guts to invade our country..."
Amid the discussions of the Japanese kings and nobles, the Silla army finally arrived at Asuka Castle, divided into four teams, and set up military formations outside the four gates of Asuka Castle.
At this time, a large flag with Tang characters fluttering in the wind appeared in the eyes of the Japanese soldiers and civilians.
It was an elite division, ranging from generals to ordinary soldiers, all wearing shining silver armor.
In the middle of this large army, dozens of carts were moving slowly. Each cart was pulled by two strong oxen and moved forward slowly with heavy and powerful steps.
On top of the cart, there are artillery pieces firmly fixed by hemp ropes.
Although Brother Zhong did not see the whole picture of this artillery when he fought with the Tang Dynasty Navy.
But now, I saw that thousands of elites from the Tang Kingdom were so considerate to completely surround this convoy in the center, and then I saw their iron-gray long columnar bodies and the dark muzzles.
The faces of Brother Zhong and a group of Japanese generals who had experienced the great battle at Baijiangkou instantly turned gray.
Although they had a premonition before, when the premonition became reality, the despair seemed like a devil's big hand, grabbing their fragile hearts.
"Prince, Prince, eldest brother?!" In a daze, the eldest brother heard the obviously urgent breathing.
After coming back to his senses, he saw the frightened and helpless expression of Emperor Kotoku.
"Are those the weapons transported by the Tang army to attack the city?"
"Your Majesty, those are the weapons of the Tang Dynasty that caused the disastrous defeat of our navy. According to the information from Wakasa, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty called these weapons artillery or thunder cannons."
"..." Emperor Kotoku's face became increasingly ugly, and he stared blankly at the dozens of large vehicles parked in the distance.
"Who is the coach of Tang State?"
"Your Majesty, this is Cheng Chubi."
"Prince, didn't you tell me before that all the rumors about Cheng Sanlang were false?"
"..." The eldest brother faced Emperor Kotoku's aggressive gaze and opened his mouth for a long time, but he didn't know how to answer.
Brother Zhong has always regarded the various rumors about Cheng Sanlang as just rumors.
After all, why did you use words to kill Songtsen Gampo and his son, the hero of the plateau? How did you single-handedly rescue the leader of Xiangxiong Kingdom from ten thousand troops? How did one person use his method to bring thunder from the sky to the world and wipe out more than ten thousand enemy troops...
Relying on the new weapons he invented, he blew up Luoyang, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to pieces all by himself. Even Luoyang, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, could not withstand his destruction, and even the imperial palace was destroyed by him.
Seriously, is this talking about a human being? This girl’s depiction of gods is not so exaggerated, right?
"...Your Majesty, thinking about those rumors, there should be a lot of exaggeration in them."
Emperor Kotoku looked out of the city with a pale face and murmured in a low voice, "Do you think Asuka Castle can stop him?"
Brother Zhongda stared blankly outside the city, looking at the Tang elites who did not attack Feiniao City immediately, but were slowly unloading their trucks.
Finally, he closed his eyes and answered decisively.
"...Your Majesty, I will die to serve the country."