Chapter 1496: Skyfire Sunset, Desperate Assault!

"Ah? Priest, these are fire arrows (hiya) for ignition. Some use expensive gunpowder, and some use cheap sulfur... Well, the Tiantai Sect is really rich! These whistling fire arrows are all made of gunpowder. I guess each arrow costs dozens of coins!"

"Hong! I'm asking, do you have gunpowder in your country?..."

"Huh?! This question... Priest, Tangdi and Korea have been using gunpowder for hundreds of years. When the Yuan invaded, there were those roaring stone-shooting cannons... Of course, the country would learn from Tangdi, and of course it also had gunpowder. However, there is very little natural saltpeter, and it is only produced in the mountains of Kyushu and Settsu in Honshu. It is said that there is also a way to make saltpeter artificially, but Few samurai know about it, and I have only heard of it..."

"What? ! Are you saying that hundreds of years ago, the Ming Dynasty Alliance in the west would use Shenqi's gunpowder?"

"Ah? My Lord...hundreds of years ago, there was no Ming Dynasty. The 'Shenqi gunpowder' was probably from the Tang or Song Dynasty, and then passed on to the Yuan invaders..."

"? ...So, the Ryuzoji family has no source of gunpowder, and the Kakizaki family has no source of gunpowder, but the Tendai Sect Temple has it? If the kingdom wants to get gunpowder, it still has to go through the Tendai Sect Temple? ..."

". My Lord, look at this whistling rain of fire! It's obvious, it's obvious!"

The north was cold, and the rain of fire was flying all over the sky, whistling down from the sky, and it could burn even on the soil. Faced with this "rain of fire magic" that had never been seen before, the warriors of the Deer Tribe and the Unanga Tribe were all panicked and shouted, and were quite frightened. Fortunately, the backbone warriors of the kingdom were not unfamiliar with this kind of gunpowder arrows, and they knew how to deal with it.

"Quick! Use mud bags! Use mud to put out the fire!...Those who were shot by arrows, get off the ship and roll in the mud! Press it down and it will be out!..."

"Hua! Hua!..."

"Bang!..."

"Puff..."

Instantly, more than a dozen of the burning Kingdom warriors jumped off the ship and rolled madly in the mud on the seashore, like peccaries struggling in the mud. Although this method was awkward, it was indeed simple and effective. The mud bags that had been prepared long ago finally came in handy. A large amount of mud and sand was dumped on the fire of the ship, and the burning flames were quickly extinguished before the sea ship caught fire!

"May the Lord bless you! This damned Japanese Temple fleet actually wants to burn our ship? It's so vicious, it's just a sinister smoke screen!..."

The warrior leader Tami Cao cursed, his body covered in mud, and his face was blackened by the flames. Although he did not expect that the Tiantai Sect fleet would have gunpowder arrows, the kingdom always loved to use fire in naval battles. He judged the other side by himself and guessed that the other side would have arson methods, such as throwing burning oil pots. Therefore, in order to protect the kingdom's few precious ships, a large amount of soil and straw bags were piled on each ship in advance. This is also the cheapest and most convenient way to extinguish fires on land. If they were to encounter it in a naval battle, it would be really dangerous...

"Damn it! If it weren't for the Kingdom's fleet, the gunpowder would have been damp... We would have pushed the Lord's cannons up and shot this fleet of the Temple of the Human God into a sieve!... Well, although most of the gunpowder was damp at the head priest of Losander, there were still two barrels preserved. Wait... I will definitely show you what I can do!..."

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

"Hmm? What's that sound? Damn it! The enemy's bows and arrows are coming again! Quick! Raise your shields and hide behind the side of the ship! Don't stick your head out to fight back, let them shoot, they can't break the shield armor!..."

"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!"

The Tiantai fleet on the sea fired a volley of fire arrows, and then several rounds of iron arrows. Then, the whistling flames came, and there was another volley of fire arrows, followed by several rounds of iron arrows. Until the third volley of fire arrows was fired, the ship forts on the beach were smoked black, and there was wet black mud everywhere.

However, even so, under the firefighting of the ship fortress warriors, the six large ships in the mud were still not set on fire by the Tiantai fleet. Instead, a large area of ​​the animal skin tents in the camp on the shore were set on fire, surrounding the golden treasure tree, burning into a circle of fire.

"Priest! The tent, the tent is on fire! This... put out the fire?..."

"Jiehong, someone is already saving it."

Ryuzoji Jiahong looked painful, watching those valuable deerskins, bear skins and even red fox skins burn into a bonfire under the flames. The smell of burnt lingered in the wind. If it was transported to Kinki and Kyushu, it would be all money! But at the moment, there were only 30 sparse Ezo sailors in the camp to put out the fire. They couldn't put out the fire, they just dragged the unlit tents to the back. They didn't care about the lit ones and let them burn.

"Sir! With these few people... we are in the forest..."

"Huh?! I say, let it burn!"

Zuwaro stared at Ryuzoji Iehiro with a stern look. Ryuzoji Iehiro's neck shrank, and he couldn't say anything. The two of them squatted on the hill, watching the two or three hundred kingdom warriors and mountain archers stationed on the ship ramparts, letting the fire in the camp burn. And when the few animal skins were burned, the flames gradually became smaller. It just made the golden treasure tree in the middle more eye-catching and shining, like a divine treasure born from fire!

"Swoosh...Swoosh..."

After three rounds of gunpowder arrows were fired, the mountain tribe on the shore was still not in chaos, and at most only a dozen people were injured. At this time, the bows and arrows of the Tiantai fleet became weak. They shot so many rounds of arrows back and forth, from morning to afternoon, and they really consumed too much physical strength.

However, the Shantars only had 20 to 30 weak soldiers to put out the fire in the camp, which really means that the other side only had 300 people. 500 vs 300, the advantage is on my side!

"Woo... woo... buzz!..."

The sun began to set in the west, and the elongated sound of the conch came from the flagship "Fahua Maru", accompanied by a flag pointing to the rear. The ten Guan ships paused slightly, then turned their bows again and began to retreat to the bay behind. After retreating hundreds of steps, the fleet stopped again, and no one knew what they were doing. This stop did not move for a quarter of an hour.

"Jiehong! What tricks are these temple fleets playing? They have retreated so far in one go?..."

"Sir! Fleets have only three types of arrows for naval battles: 'bows and arrows', 'crossbows and arrows', and 'fire arrows'. Now the Tiantai fleet is 'attacking land with water', using all three types of arrows, so they have tried all the long-range archery methods. Next, they can either send monks to attack from land... or they can only retreat!..."

Ryuzoji Jiahong closed one eye and looked at the long eyepiece with the other eye, staring at the "Hokkemaru". Although it was a bit far away and the specific faces could not be seen clearly, the identities of the two people at the bow could still be clearly seen from the monk robes and armor.

"Lord God! This situation... this situation? Sasaki-dono seems to be retreating? Damn! This veteran general of the Wu family doesn't want to land!... That's right! If he lands, he must lead the team as a general himself. It's too dangerous! Once he loses, he probably won't be able to go back. And the benefits of winning will basically belong to the monk Juehui, not much for him. This old general of the Wu family is not so stupid that he is unwilling to gamble his life for the monk's deceptive chanting!..."

"Tsk tsk! He must be trying his best to persuade the monk Juehui, and he might even scare him in various ways, saying something about the traps of the Tatars and the ambushes in the forest... Uh! This doesn't seem to be a scare... Priest, we have to think of some way to make the monk at the gambling table take out his last capital to gamble!..."

"?"..."

Zuwaro raised his eyebrows, looked at Ryuzoji Iehiro and whispered a few words. After a few breaths, Zuwaro looked at Ryuzoji Iehiro with surprise, and the other party smiled and nodded. Zuwaro had truly seen these "tricks of the Japanese warriors". Compared with the simple and brave Jurchen tribe, it was like another world.

"Iehiro, if you want to bait, is twenty kilograms of gold enough?..."

"Huh? Master Priest, this is two thousand strings of money, no one can resist it... Although the possibility is not great, but if you give too much, the monk will run away directly, which is a big loss!..."

"You are still too petty! At this last step, you are still reluctant to give up this little gold! The bait must be enough. As long as you can catch this big fish, a little gold, just give it up... five times, five times!..."

Zuwaro stretched out five fingers, doubled them, and waved his hand again, calling a sailor from the Ainu tribe. Then, Ryuzoji Jiahong took a charcoal pencil, pulled a piece of light-colored animal skin, and wrote two big Chinese characters for " Free of war".

"Remember it! If you can speak Japanese, tell the Japanese on the boat like this!"

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"We, the Shantar Golden Clan, are allies of the Kakizaki clan and are also on good terms with the Morino Kiyoshi fleet... We, the Golden Clan, value friends. Although there is a misunderstanding between the two families, we are willing to take a step back and offer 100 kilograms of gold in exchange for your fleet to withdraw!"

"If you don't withdraw, tomorrow when my Shantar army returns from the north after delivering supplies, we will gather thousands of warriors to cut out your hearts and stomachs and offer them all to the Lord God! Not only that, we will also gather a large army and go south to the Japanese land to exterminate the entire Kakizaki clan who rebelled against the alliance!..."

"Do you understand everything?"

"I understand, Great Chief! We won't fight today. You attacked us by surprise and we are not prepared. We will give you a pile of gold and stones. If you want to fight, fight tomorrow and wait until we are all here! Tomorrow, we will not only kill you, but also the Japanese in the south!..."

"Aha!"

The Ainu sailor replied naively, Zuwaro's face froze, and Ryuzoji Iehiro laughed out loud. Just as Zuwaro was about to teach again, Ryuzoji Iehiro shook his head and said with a smile.

"Priest! That's enough, that's enough! Those big monks think they are smart, and they send a clever person over, but it's not easy for them to believe... That's good, that's good!"

"... God bless you! Go!"

Soon, an Ainu canoe, with a flag of "no war", staggered towards the Tiantai fleet.

Zuwaro took the thousand-eye mirror and looked carefully for a long time. The silly Ainu sailor, with great effort, failed to carry the straw bag containing 100 kilograms of gold onto the big ship "Fahuawan". The two monks jumped off the boat and carried the straw bag onto the big ship, but the heavy gold crushed the straw bag, and the shining golden talismans were scattered on the deck, everywhere...

"Bang!... Woo!... Buzz!!"

Next, I don't know what kind of fierce debate went on the flagship of the Tiantai Sect. But three quarters of an hour later, the deep and heavy sound of the conch shells resounded through the Ezo Sea again. Then, ten Japanese naval battleships finally approached the coast several miles to the west and landed on the mudflats far away from the Shanta camp.

"Boom!... Woohoo!... Om!!"

"Eliminate demons and defend the way, protect the righteous law!"

"Resist the Shanta, charge to the death!"

"All the captured gold will be presented to the Buddha!"

Under the setting sun, a military commander in a large armor looked heavy-hearted, carrying a katana with a tragic look on his face, holding a conch shell for command, and jumped off the "Fahua Maru". Hundreds of Tiantai monks, most of whom were in high spirits, jumped off the Guan ship that had landed on the shore. They shouted and chanted Buddhist names while gradually putting on their armor. A life-and-death battle of "eliminating demons and defending the Way, advancing without retreat" was finally about to begin before sunset! …