Chapter 167: The Battle
The day when King Jiushan would lead his army to conquer Japan again has finally arrived. All the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families who remained in the Ming Dynasty gathered at Jiuling Mountain and sat neatly in the hall next to the Lianshen Peak.
This should be the last time, there will not be a next time, because all the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families are really here, and they also brought most of their young men with them, making a full 100,000 people.
Jiajing was giving them a death order. If they didn't go to Japan, they would be dead, and their entire family might be uprooted!
They had no doubt about this. Jiajing was a ruthless man. They knew what they had done before this guy became a god. Now that he had become a god, it was not surprising that he would deal with them.
No one dared to stay and be the first to stand out, or be used by Jiajing as the chicken to scare the monkeys.
They all knew very well that Jiajing needed just such a chicken or a few chickens to establish his authority. Who would dare not go?
At this time they can only place their hopes on King Jiushan. They may not necessarily die if they follow King Jiushan to conquer Japan.
Because none of the two groups that followed before them died, even though they ran over in a big way and fought desperately this time, which might bring revenge from the True God of Japan, as long as King Jiushan could hold off the True God of Japan, they would not die.
Can the King of Nine Mountains withstand the true God of Japan?
The rumors seem to hold up!
Chen Jiu also didn't expect that these aristocratic families actually had more than two hundred earthly immortals!
He looked at the more than two hundred pairs of eyes that were slightly frightened and a little expectant, and he really wanted to laugh.
These guys probably thought that they were really going to risk their lives this time in Japan.
He glanced around slowly, and then said with a serious face: "A hundred thousand disciples, have you gathered them all? You should know this. His Majesty may send people to Japan to check. If you don't gather a hundred thousand disciples, what will happen? I don't need to tell you, right?"
They were naturally aware of this, and Jiajing was just looking for an excuse to establish his authority.
Everyone nodded in agreement. They had already discussed it in advance and decided how many people each family would contribute. If anyone did not contribute that much, they would be directly pushed out to be dealt with by Jiajing.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly and said: "I won't investigate this. The imperial court will naturally send people to investigate when the time comes. I think you have all heard that I have set up large post stations in Nanzhili, Beizhili and Dengzhou Prefecture, which are specially used to transport the wounded in the war in Japan.
I'm sure everyone understands what His Majesty means. He wants everyone to go to Japan and fight hard. Naturally, many people will get hurt. If any of the children are injured, they can apply to come back and recuperate for a period of time. However, during this period, you have to be responsible for filling the gaps. And you can't have too many people come back every day. One thousand is the limit. Don't make it too outrageous."
They had naturally heard about this as well. They had originally been a little confused as to why King Jiushan would do this. Even if they had to fight to the death, they, the earthly immortals, would go first. Who would let their own children go to die?
Now they understood that King Jiushan probably asked them to pretend to fight to the death, otherwise, there would be no need to say the last sentence.
Are you kidding? Thousands of people were injured in a day, how brutal the battle must have been. There is no way they would be crazy enough to let their family members fight to the death like this!
All the earth immortals nodded thoughtfully.
It looks like these guys have understood what I said, and that's all.
Chen Jiu waved his hand and said, "Okay, I won't say any more nonsense. It's noon now, let's go!"
After saying that, he raised his foot and walked out.
Uh, let’s set off now?
It seems like you didn't say any tactics, not even how to fight!
The earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families were a little confused.
However, they were all smart people who had lived for at least hundreds of years, and many of them reacted quickly.
I won’t say any more nonsense, but what I said before is not nonsense.
The main tactic this time is acting. The more tragic the better!
They all followed Chen Jiu thoughtfully to the outside of the hall.
Suddenly, the sky darkened.
Chen Jiu actually summoned tens of thousands of bat soldiers at once!
This guy is so powerful that he covers the sky and the sun.
"Everyone pick a bat soldier to sit on."
Chen Jiu jumped onto Fu Qingfeng's back, looked back, and then waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"
The bat soldiers in the sky flew slowly in neat formation over Qingzhou Prefecture, Laizhou Prefecture and Dengzhou Prefecture, then over the sea less than a thousand miles away, through the sky over Kyushu Island, and over half of Honshu Island. They did not arrive at Tamba Province until sunset and stopped on a huge open space.
At this time, Qi Jingtong and a dozen earth immortals who had received the order in advance had already cleaned up the open space of dozens of miles and made it quite flat.
Chen Jiu waved his hand to collect the bat soldiers, and then gave a loud order: "Choose a place to set up camp, and call out all the disciples. Don't keep them in the Immortal Palace, lest the people in the Imperial Court can't see them."
After saying that, he took out the giant tent that he had prepared long ago and placed it directly in the middle of the open space.
Wow, a huge tent that is more than 20 meters high and several dozen meters in diameter!
Are you afraid that others won't see you?
Well, that means the show is about to begin.
The earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families had actually heard about it. The King of Nine Mountains did not act in this way the previous two times.
They would just rush over and kill everyone, and after killing all the immortals and immortal ninjas, they would let everyone out. Generally, there were only a few thousand Japanese pirates in a Japanese vassal state, and they were very weak. They could occupy more than a dozen or even twenty or thirty vassal states in one night.
This time, King Jiushan actually asked them to gather together and set up camp. Doesn't this tell the Japanese pirates that they are coming?
This is clearly an act!
Naturally, everyone tried their best to cooperate and worked hard to build the camp , trying to make it as big as possible.
They were busy setting up camp that night and did not go to attack any part of Japan. Overnight, the open space within a radius of dozens of miles was filled up by them. The tents, fences, arrow towers, and even magic arrays were lined up everywhere. The momentum was terrifying.
This scared the Japanese royal family, because Tamba Province was adjacent to the five kingdoms in the capital area, and the Ming army's camp was less than a hundred miles away from their capital.
Their camps are spread out over dozens of miles, how many troops are that?
It is estimated that even if all the remaining Ma family members in Japan are added together, they don’t have as many as them!
How can we defend the city of Kyoto?
They can only ask God to protect them!
Will the true god of Japan come to defend the city?
This is naturally unlikely.
Just kidding, a true God guarding a city has never happened before.
However, the true God of Japan still issued an oracle, ordering the five countries in the capital area, the Tokugawa shogunate, and the remaining feudal lords to quickly send troops to guard Kyoto.
Chen Jiu was not in a hurry. It was not until noon the next day that he summoned a sky full of bat soldiers and notified all the earthly immortals from the noble families to come to the general's tent for a meeting.
When a group of earthly immortals walked into the huge commander's tent and took a look, they couldn't help but look strange, because the layout inside was a bit like the Gathering Immortals Pavilion!
In addition to a huge passage over 20 feet high after entering the door, there are three-story pavilions with carved railings and jade on both sides, and the size of the seats is similar to that of the Juxian Pavilion.
However, there are many more seats here than in the Juxian Pavilion. Their names are all labeled on the seats, and there is a huge handsome chair on the platform in the middle.
At this time, Chen Jiu was already sitting on the huge handsome chair waiting, and three tall and mighty disciples stood behind them.
Sun Wukong, Zhu Tianpeng and Niu Dali were extremely tall and mighty. Each of their incarnations was more than ten feet tall, and the weapons in their hands were even bigger than humans.
On both sides in front of him stood Qi Jingtong and his son, who were in armor, and Luo Li and his sister, who were in magic armor. Each of them looked majestic and heroic.
He has put on a very showy attitude.
Seeing that all the earth immortals had sat down in their assigned positions, Chen Jiu said majestically, "Today we will begin to attack the capital of Japan. You will lead 50,000 troops to fight every day. Today it is the people on the left, and tomorrow it is the people on the right. It will take turns like this. Do you understand?"
How big is Kyoto, Japan?
Hundreds of earthly immortals coming together can flatten their Kyoto city in one fell swoop!
King Jiushan actually said that everyone should take turns with 50,000 troops every day. What should they take turns to do?
If you play it seriously, you'll be done in one round!
Well, this is clearly acting.
With this act, they don't have to worry about not being able to win. They are quite clear about how much strength the Japanese pirates have left. Even if they only have 50,000 men on horseback, the Japanese pirates cannot defeat them even with the entire country's strength.
They were afraid that the true god of Japan would suddenly come and take care of them.
The group of earthly immortals looked at each other, and Zhang Dingjun, the ancestor of the Yuyang Zhang family, was soon pushed out by several familiar earthly immortals.
He could only bite the bullet and ask, "Your Majesty, what if the true god of Japan descends? After all, the descendants of the true god live in the capital of Japan."
You guys know this, so just take it easy.
Chen Jiu still said dignifiedly: "Don't worry about this. I will send the Great Sage to lead the army and take you there. If the Japanese true god comes with the eyes of heaven or something, the Great Sage will be able to withstand it. If the real body of the Japanese true god comes, I will arrive soon."
Your disciples are so amazing!
Upon hearing this, all the earthly immortals were stunned.
Chen Jiu waved his hand without hesitation and said, "Great Sage, lead the left army to set off. I hope everyone can fight bravely and capture the Japanese capital as soon as possible."
If you really want to get it, it probably won't take more than an hour. You've been wasting the whole day just because you want to waste time.
Everyone knows that there is no need to fight hard in this war. It will be enough to just pretend to kill a few people every day and have thousands of young men "injured".
However, they were really a little afraid of the arrival of the true Japanese god, and all the earthly immortals who participated in the battle followed closely behind Sun Wukong, like a group of followers.
Fifty thousand scions of wealthy families and tens of thousands of bat soldiers set out in overwhelming numbers.
The momentum was truly frightening, and when they arrived outside the Japanese capital of Kyoto, they used all sorts of magical powers and fought very fiercely.
On the Japanese side, the immortals and immortal ninjas who arrived earlier were all terrified. They thought that Kyoto City could not be defended. With the overwhelming force of the enemy, they were likely to rush in in less than half a day.
Who would have known that these guys were so fierce and aggressive that when they really started fighting they would just fight randomly. They didn't use their magical powers intentionally against anyone, and they didn't even rush towards the city wall. They just used their magical powers from a distance.
If you let them go, we will let them go too. Anyway, there is no way we can rush out of the city to fight you.
The two sides fought back and forth, using all kinds of magical powers for nearly two hours. The sun was about to set, and 50,000 children from wealthy families and tens of thousands of bat soldiers retreated like a tide, leaving the Japanese defenders dumbfounded.
After this great battle, thousands of young men from wealthy families were injured, and hundreds of Japanese defenders were also killed by them.
In fact, they didn't intend to kill the enemy, but they had no choice. The fight was so brutal, they had to have some achievements.
Therefore, if those unlucky Japanese pirates were accidentally killed by their magical powers, they would take them into their own immortal palaces as military merits without hesitation. As for those who were not dead, they would not capture them and let them guard them on the city walls.
