$ Chapter 1495: Fighting Against the Yuan Invaders with Three Axes

"Boom!...Woo!..."

The sun is clear and cold, and the north is chilling. It is a good time for killing. The Tiantai Sect's Guanfeng fleet sailed through ten flying waves and rushed towards the camp on the shore like evil wolves. Then, a hundred steps away, the ten ships turned around flexibly, facing each other from side to side, and the formation was still neat.

"Swish! Swish!..."

A hail of sharp arrows shot out from the arrow holes on the side of the ship and flew towards the ship's garrison where the kingdom was stationed. Through the narrow gap, two rows of staggered monk-soldier archers could be vaguely seen, shooting one round, and then another.

"Swish! Swish!..."

"Duh! Duh duh duh!"

In just a few breaths, the kingdom's ship ramparts on the shore were equipped with many long arrows with green and white shafts, from the bottom of the ship to the middle of the hull, from the side of the ship to the heightened shield. The warrior leader Tamicao had quick eyes and quick hands. He reached out and pulled out the roots of Heren's arrows and looked at them. His pupils shrank.

"?!...A pointed arrow made of iron, a long shaft of wood, and engraved with evil runes?..."

It is obvious that the Tiantai Sect's fleet is very wealthy and has spent a lot of money in order to "win the gold". Even the feathered arrows shot at this moment were all "iron arrowheads" rare among the nomadic tribes in the north. And the green-white arrow shaft is also engraved with a small "swastika". Maybe it was consecrated by a great monk!

"God bless you! Shoot! Shoot!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The kingdom's bows and arrows were influenced by deer hunters and Jurchen tribe archers. They used tendons as bow strings and made the sound sharper. Two to three hundred sharp arrows rose from the shore, and in a blink of an eye they were nailed to the side string of the ship, like a lot of white hairs. However, it is just as difficult for the monk soldiers to shoot through the shields of the ship and injure the armored warriors of the kingdom from the narrow specially-made shooting holes.

"Swish! Swish!"

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Separated by more than a hundred steps on the sea, Kazuto's Kanfune fleet and the Kingdom's garrison fired at each other for nearly ten rounds. Both the ships at sea and the galleys on the shore have become hedgehogs full of arrows. Scattered screams occasionally sounded from the warriors on both sides. The total number of casualties on both sides was probably less than ten.

"God bless you! Stop! Stop shooting! Just raise your shield above your head and keep it tightly guarded!..."

The rain of arrows criss-crossed and struck everywhere, just like borrowing arrows from a straw boat. Tamiko, the samurai captain in charge, observed the almost invisible casualties on the Guan ship, frowned, and shouted "stop" first.

If we continue shooting like this in vain, I don't know how long Tiantai Sect's iron arrows can still shoot, and the arrows on the Kingdom's side are definitely not big enough. After all, the Tendai Sect is backed by the Kinki region of Japan and has cheap and numerous arrow-making craftsmen, as well as the pious work of believers. There are only more than a thousand people of various tribes under the kingdom, and they are still mainly warriors. The arrows from the kingdom here are shot into the sea and are difficult to recover. It would be better to let the Tiantai Sect's fleet shoot arrows towards the shore. After the battle is over, if these arrow shafts and arrows are collected, there will be thousands of iron arrows at least!

"Swish! Swish!"

"Swish! Swish!"

He bowed with a steady and muffled sound, and fired fiercely for several rounds, even accurately nailing the warrior's cloth armor through the gap in the shield. However, since it is a ship fortress stationed on the shore rather than a water battle at sea, it can be covered with one or two layers of heavy armor as much as possible. It's not that easy to rely on bows and arrows to kill heavily armored warriors holding large shields!

"Boom!...Woo!..."

The sound of the conch sounded again, and the Tiantai fleet immediately stopped its bows and arrows and turned its bow neatly. Officer Shibabo, who was commanding the Kazuto fleet, seemed to have noticed something. Since the first step of the "Swift Wind and Rain of Arrows" has not had a big effect, it can only...

"Squeak! Click!..."

The ten Guan ships all turned their bows and faced the shore with their sterns. The low winding sound sounded one after another, and after a tense pause for a few breaths, there was a dull buzzing sound!

"Buzz!..."

"Bang! Click!!..."

Ten thick crossbow spears shot toward the shore seemingly slowly. Immediately afterwards, there was the heartbreaking sound of wood being penetrated and wood breaking. Those heavy iron spears directly broke the side of the long ship, and even brought down and shot two people on the spot!

"...! Shot through the ship's plank and shield?!"

Seeing this shocking scene, Zuvalo's eyes widened instantly. He grabbed Ryuzoji Iehiro next to him and asked urgently.

"What is this? Hong! What is this?!..."

"Ah! Lord Priest! This is what I said before... Tang Nu... a bed crossbow that requires four people to string it together!..."

"Damn it! How come these Kazuto Temple fleets have such sharp weapons?! I have never seen a crossbow in the Oyezaki clan's army, let alone such a big crossbow!..."

"Uh! Sir, how can the Uyizaki clan in the Ezo region compare with the Tendai sect in Kinki? Just like the Korean craftsmen who can make these crossbows, the Uyizaki clan has never seen it..."

"?! Why is he a craftsman from the Korean tribe again?..."

"Witness the Lord God! There is no way, who makes their technology good and easy to get? Only the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea are good at this kind of exquisite ship weapons. You can't cross thousands of miles of sea to find the Ming Dynasty's weapons You can’t invite a craftsman here, right?”

Ryuzoji Iehiro grinned, once again using the easy-to-bully Kingdom of Korea to make fun of the Kyushu samurai. But Zuwaro did not laugh, but looked gloomy as he watched the slight chaos on the ship ramparts. Because the second round of crossbows was fired again, continuing to kill a kingdom archer and injuring two others...

"Bang! Kacha!..."

"Priest! Don't worry, Priest!..."

Seeing Zuwaro's nervousness, Ryuzoji Iehiro's eyes flashed and he quickly stepped forward. He pointed to the crossbow at the stern of the ship and said with a smile.

"Sir! The crossbow on this ship is indeed powerful, but it is not used in this way! Its real purpose is to break the enemy's ship's side in a naval battle, create chaos on the ship, make the enemy's navy fall into the water, or the ship loses balance and capsizes... and now, using the crossbow to shoot at the shore, it seems fierce, but it actually does not cause many casualties!"

"Hmm? What do you mean?..."

"Lord God bless you! Because this crossbow has a fatal weakness, that is, it is too powerful and the structure is delicate, and the iron and wood parts inside are easy to break!..."

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Ryuzoji Jiahong smiled, like a good military advisor, just missing a shaking feather fan.

"Just wait and see! In less than ten or twenty rounds, this crossbow will not be able to shoot. We have to go back and find a skilled craftsman to repair it!"

"Really?"

"It's true, it's true!..."

"Buzz!..."

"Bang! Kacha!!"..."

The ten ships pointed their sterns at the shore and fired sixteen or seventeen rounds in a row before the sound gradually died down. Ten or so archers on the ship suffered casualties. The chaos of the crossbows, which they saw for the first time, was quickly calmed down. Samurai leader Tamicao made quick adjustments, asking the warriors to crouch behind the side of the ship and stack a layer of shields.

"Buzz!..."

"Bang! Bang! Bang!!"..."

Then, the ten ships turned flexibly and aimed the crossbows on the bow at the shore, firing more than ten or twenty rounds. This time, the warriors on the ship were prepared, stacked two shields and one armor, and only four or five people were injured in total. When the crossbows were put to rest one after another and the second axe of "Like a Forest of Heavy Spears" was swung, the ten ships stopped for a while and seemed to be a little confused. The casualties of the Shanta on the opposite side were obviously smaller than they expected, and there was not so much chaos. Then what happened next.

"Woo woo woo!!"

Soon, a shorter conch horn sounded, and the Tiantai fleet turned the bow again and aimed the gunship side at the shore. But this time, after half a quarter of an hour, no arrows were shot out.

"Jiehong, what are they doing?..."

"Priest, they are lighting fires..."

Ryuzoji Jiahong narrowed his eyes and looked at the faint flames behind the shooting holes of the ships. He had already anticipated what the third "axe" of the Tiantai fleet would be! This is indeed the real killer, but unfortunately, this time it is not a naval battle, but a land battle...

"Swish! Swish!"

Another half a quarter of an hour later, a series of rockets suddenly shot out from the side of the Guan ship, with an extremely shrill whistle, flying towards the ship fortress on the shore, and even towards the Shantaar camp further inland! And Zuvaro suddenly opened his eyes wide, looking at those whistling fire arrows in disbelief, and tightened Ryuzoji Iehiro's wrist.

"! Gunpowder arrows?!"

"The Japanese in the West Sea Continent actually have gunpowder arrows?!"