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"Hehe, the Tang Dynasty is strong, and the poor monk is naturally happy as a Tang Dynasty citizen, but the war will add countless lives, and the ordinary monk can't bear it.

The poor monk made a great wish to travel westward to the ancestral land of Buddhism and seek the Mahayana Dharma to overcome all the sufferings in the world. Unexpectedly, he stayed in Tianzhu for too long, and it seems that he has to speed up. " Xuanzang said after reciting the Buddha's name.

A lieutenant next to him said: "Hehe, Master, I'm afraid there is no need for it. No one in Tang Dynasty believes in your story now. You have done a lot of evil in Buddhism and it has been made public. The people hate Buddhism very much. People shouted and beat you, if Lord Hou hadn't shown mercy and didn't want to cut the grass and roots, I'm afraid your Buddhist sect would be expelled from Datang directly.

Now that there are no Buddhist temples in Chang'an, there are probably only Shaolin Temple and other two or three Buddhist temples in the Tang Dynasty that have closed their doors to avoid disaster. You don't need to take your Buddhist scriptures back. "

What did you say?Xuanzang exclaimed, spewed out a mouthful of blood, and fell unconscious on the ground.

Chapter 9 Fourteen: The Navy's First Victory

Hou Junji ignored this foreign monk and fellow countryman, and sent someone to throw it into a guest room on the ship, and then ordered: "Put that Tianzhu naval admiral back, and let him bring a letter to the Tianzhu king. There are still seven days left, if they don't get ready for war, we will land from the seaside and deal them a heavy blow, don't say that I, Hou Junji, bullied him, if you don't take it seriously, be careful that we will wipe out the country in one fell swoop."

The captured general of the Jieri Dynasty, Pashikar, was thrown into a small boat and let go. Even though he was sitting on the small boat and scolding non-stop, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty ignored him, because they simply listened to him. don't know.

Two days later, on the main hall of Jieri Dynasty, Pashikar, who was captured by the navy, cried and worshiped King Jieri: "Your Majesty, the people of Tang Dynasty are too barbaric and fierce, even the people we sent to negotiate peace will not be spared. We The naval escort fleet was wiped out except for the last general, and even Master Xuanzang was brutally thrown into the sea by them and drowned."

The general of the navy shouted solemnly: "Your Majesty, Datang sent another letter. The general has already had someone roughly translate it. They said that they will land in a few days and destroy our Jieri Dynasty. The general will ask the navy to fight against it." them."

King Jieri was furious, the arrogant Tang army beheaded our envoys and soldiers, even the famous Master Xuanzang, dare to say that our country will be destroyed?

"The order of the widow is that the entire army of the Jieri Dynasty will prepare for war, and the entire navy will be dispatched to wipe out the Datang Navy in one fell swoop. If they are really allowed to land, the entire people of the Jieri Dynasty will participate in the war."

Although the Jieri Dynasty is a Buddhist country, it also pursues the national policy of unified warfare. Since the Jieri King came to power, it has been fought. Except for the Chalouqi Dynasty in the south, the Jieri Dynasty has no bones that cannot be gnawed.

Three days later, Hou Junji's fleet saw the true strength of the navy of this great country, Tianzhu. It consisted of a hundred large ships, and each large ship was followed by ten medium-sized ships. Similarly, the ten medium-sized ships behind the big ship are all escort ships, and there are a total of one hundred formations in total.

On the other hand, in the Tang Dynasty, Hou Junji had a great underestimation of the enemy because of his victories against Japan and Fuyu, so this time he led a team to attack Tianzhu. Hou Junji only brought ten formations, only five of his northern navy. That's only a fraction of it. If it wasn't for Feng An's worries, he sent two southern formations to escort him. This time, Hou Junji would have fought ten against one hundred.

The lieutenant general looked at the thousands of battleships rushing toward his side, and asked Hou Junji somewhat waveringly: "General, the enemy army is powerful, and our strength is too great, why don't we temporarily avoid the front and wait until we go back to call the battleships?" Let the other formations of our navy come over and fight again."

"Bastard, my Tang navy is invincible, when did I say that I would retreat without fighting?" Hou Junji scolded.

"General, it's obvious that they were trying to lure the enemy into the depths before. They created two small fleets to confuse us twice, just waiting for us to be fooled. This time, there were thousands of warships in one fell swoop. Once we were entangled by them, the strength of our troops Under the disparity, our side is in danger." Another lieutenant general was also not optimistic about this battle.

Hou Junji looked excited, and said loudly: "In this case, let them not get close, pass the order, and the twelve formations will form a defensive circle to meet the enemy, no matter how many warships the enemy comes, they will all be intercepted in front of them." The Ballista Thunder is within the maximum range.

I would like to see whether they have more warships or our Thunderbolts. Although their warships look okay in size, they are still made of pure wood. There is only one dead end.

Tell the ballista operators that today is a last stand, if you fail, you will be benevolent, let them be more accurate.

Finally, we have met an opponent worthy of attention. Only by fighting this battle can we enhance the prestige of our navy. "

Everyone saw that the military order had not been changed, and knowing that it would be useless to persuade them, they all turned around to carry out the order and went to fight. This is the strict military discipline of the Tang Dynasty.

On the side of the Jieri Dynasty, Admiral Ariza sneered seeing that there were only a few dozen ships in front of him, and the Tang Dynasty was no more than that. Do you want to conquer our Jieri Dynasty with dozens of ships?

"General, the Tang Dynasty is well-known. Although there are not many warships in front of us, but judging by their appearance, they are much larger than our warships. The general thought that he should beware of fraud." A lieutenant said respectfully.

At this time, Pashkar, who had been captured next to him, said: "General, I fought against them that day. Their warships are huge and have a very strong structure. The strange thing is that they even exceed our warships in flexibility and speed. We Your warships must not confront them head-on, or they will be crushed by their violence."

This sentence immediately attracted the attention of General Ariza, but then he turned around and saw more than 1000 boats behind him, and his confidence soared.

"Don't worry, we have countless warships, we swarmed up to encircle them, and a thousand warships entangled each other closely, so why not let him be as solid as a rock?

The order was passed on, all charged, and all the soldiers drew their swords out of their sheaths and prepared to board the ship for close combat.

Today, we want to avenge the soldiers who died in battle a few days ago. "

However, less than a quarter of an hour after he gave the order, when the fleet formation of the Jieri Dynasty had just taken shape, a large black net suddenly appeared in the sky, which was composed of black dots. Although it was a bit sparse, the arrangement was even It was neat, and soon it was in front of everyone.

"That is?

No, could it be the catapult of the Datang Fleet?Their range can reach so far?Danger! "

With the exclamation of the general, many black spots had been smashed on the ships of the Jieri Dynasty, but what puzzled them was that the power of this catapult was too small, it was just a black stone the size of a fist. Not even the deck was smashed.

But in the next second, they didn't think so. There was a roar, and all the soldiers of Jieri Dynasty were stunned. What is this?Is it like thunder?

"Not good, Datang knows sorcery, spread out quickly." The general ordered quickly.

However, the Datang side has not stopped since firing the ballista, one round after another, all the roars kept ringing in the fleet of the Jieri Dynasty, which had long drowned out the general's order, and not long after that, Jie The fleet of the Japanese Dynasty began to sink ships, and the number of casualties increased sharply.

"Not good, Datang's thunder fire is too fierce, retreat quickly." The general saw that it was not good, and quickly ordered the main ship to turn around. The structure of the main ship is also very precise and strong, otherwise it will bear the brunt of it, and I am afraid that it will be the first to sink. This is it.

Chapter 9 Fifteen

The Jieri Dynasty of the Tang Dynasty fled in a hurry, and the Tang Dynasty chased after them. For a full hour, more than half of the warships of the Jieri Dynasty were left behind, and less than half of the warships fled away dragging their wreckage. Junji laughed, what Tianzhu navy?Datang's navy is absolutely invincible when it fights all over the world.

"Bring Master Xuanzang out and let him see how vulnerable Tianzhu, which he admires wholeheartedly, is in front of our Tang Navy. The Buddha he believes in can't even protect his own people, so how can he talk about protecting monks? ?”

After getting along with Xuanzang for a few days, Hou Junji became more and more displeased with this Tang monk, because from Xuanzang's mouth, everything he said was admiration for the Buddhist kingdom of Tianzhu. Annoying, I have been thinking, are you a monk from the Tang Dynasty or the Tianzhu side?

"Master, the opponent's fleet fled in embarrassment under the might of my Great Tang army. I don't know where the Buddha you and they worshiped together?" Hou Junji sneered.

Seeing the tragic situation on the sea, Xuanzang's heart twitched fiercely, but there was no wave on the surface: "Amitabha, the Buddha's crossing of people is crossing the heart, and he will not directly intervene in the evil karma of the world. Defeat is a certainty, and the Buddha is not partial."

"Hahahaha, well said. I have discussed with Master many times in the past few days, but what you said today is the most pleasant." Hou Junji actually wanted to say that you, the monk, have finally spoken humanly. But out of the general's majesty, let him maintain a civilized and polite demeanor.

"General, since the Tang Dynasty has already decided the outcome with Tianzhu, why don't we stop fighting here? The general is nothing more than to prove that his army is invincible. Now that the victory has been won, why bother to kill again? Presumably there are no fewer casualties in the Tang Dynasty, so why bother to lose their lives?" Xuanzang advised.

Hou Junji nodded and said: "What you said is reasonable, but a man was born in the world, and he should use a three-foot sword to achieve immortality. It is the duty of a general to expand the territory. If he can take Tianzhu as my Tang territory, That will greatly benefit future generations, so I will prepare to take advantage of the victory and pursue it to destroy this hypocritical Buddhist country."

Xuanzang looked at Hou Junji, and the person in his eyes was not a general, but a crazy Shura, knowing that he couldn't persuade him, so he said: "Since the general insists on going to war, the poor monk has an idea that may help .”

"Oh? Master, what's your opinion? Could it be that you know that the opponent's troops cannot be deployed?" Hou Junji asked.

"That's not true. Although the poor monk doesn't know the deployment of Tianzhu's troops, he knows that they don't like war from top to bottom. Buddhist believers must have kind thoughts and compassion in their hearts.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has shown that the military power is irresistible, the poor monk can persuade the other party to surrender on behalf of the general. Although there is no guarantee of success, but if it succeeds, it will avoid a disaster. I beg the general for his permission. "

Xuanzang's words were sincere, and using his many years of arguing about Buddhism, he actually said that Hou Junji's heart was moved. It would be better to subdue the enemy's army without fighting. I have nothing to lose.

"Come here, put down a small boat, salvage two enemy soldiers, and serve as boatmen for Master Xuanzang."

Hou Junji ordered Xuanzang to go to Tianzhu just like that. If he knew that Xuanzang went there with boundless hatred, would Hou Junji regret it?Probably not, after all Hou Junji is an iron-blooded general, and he doesn't care about a bald monk.

As for the Navy of the Rishi Dynasty, all the surviving navies finally reunited after a day. General Ariza looked downcastly at the devastated scene in front of him, feeling very depressed. He really had no face to repay such a feat to the Riri King. Your Majesty, but came back in a big defeat. If the Datang Fleet took the opportunity to land and attack, it would be a waste of opportunity if you didn't report it yourself, so you bite the bullet and send someone to report to Your Majesty.

"Come here, order all the ships to return to the port for temporary shelter. The gap between our navy and the opponent's Huo Lei fleet is too large. It is not suitable to face the enemy head-on. We must go ashore and serve as the army to protect the country." Ariza ordered loudly.

All the soldiers and generals were downcast. Although the navy of Jieri Dynasty was not as good as the army, it had never met an enemy in this sea area. Except for the navy of Chaluqi Dynasty in the south, it had never been defeated by anyone else. The local navy has been beaten by our own side, and now it’s all right, the weather is turning, and we can only pretend to be the army if we are bullied by the Datang Navy.

But after this order, Pashikar, who was once captured, stood up and retorted: "General, the last general thinks that this is not the time for us to retreat, but the time for us to take the opportunity to fight back to avenge our shame."

"Bastard, if you lose, you lose. Are we the kind of people who don't understand the situation and blindly die?" Ariza shouted angrily.

"General, according to the observation of the last general, the fire and mine projection of the Datang Navy is not invulnerable. As long as we find a way to deceive ourselves, we can definitely break their fighting style."