Chapter 178 Heavy Casualties
After two days of busy work in Jiuling Mountain City, Chen Jiu returned to Japan. This time they were really going to march into Settsu Province.
In fact, Settsu Province is not as big as Yamashiro Province. It is only about a hundred miles in radius. Moreover, Kyoto, Japan is just to the east of Settsu Province. It only takes half a day to reach any place in Settsu Province from Kyoto, Japan. It is very close and there is no need to march for two days.
The army of the aristocratic families can still use Kyoto, Japan as their base camp, which makes it very convenient to attack.
However, Settsu Province was not so easy to take, because it was once the location of the shogunate of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the previous shogun of Japan. Toyotomi Hideyoshi built Osaka Castle here, which is known as the largest and most solid castle in Japan.
Osaka Castle is extremely large. It has three layers of city walls and covers an area that is almost twice as large as Kyoto. The number of defenders inside is as high as over 100,000!
There was no other way. Susanoo gave a divine oracle to the current Shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu, to defend Osaka Castle to the death!
Tokugawa Ieyasu could only try his best to conscript able-bodied men and gather as many troops as he could.
Chen Jiu had long known that there were 100,000 Japanese troops in Osaka Castle, but he did not take it seriously, because the children of wealthy families were also cultivators. Although they could not defeat the immortals and immortal ninjas of Japan, they could still easily deal with ordinary mortals and even Japanese pirates.
He knew very well that there were not many immortals and immortal ninjas in Japan, and they were no match for the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families. No matter how many mortals or even Japanese pirates there were in Osaka Castle, it was useless, as they were there simply to provide them with military merits.
However, before the army of the noble families set out, he said to Wuding Hou Guo Xun with a serious face: "This Osaka Castle is not easy to attack. There are three layers inside and outside, and there is also a moat. The defenders on the city wall are densely packed, up to 100,000. I don't know how long it will take to take it down."
Upon hearing this, Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, immediately understood that King Jiushan was not speaking to him, but was asking him to report it to Jiajing.
He nodded quickly and said, "Well, I will report the situation of the garrison in Osaka Castle truthfully, Your Majesty, rest assured."
Okay, as long as you behave yourself, I'll keep you safe.
Chen Jiu nodded slightly, and then ordered Sun Wukong to lead an army of 50,000 noble families and tens of thousands of bat soldiers to set off.
This time, he planned to wait for about a hundred days, because there were more than a hundred thousand defenders in the city. If he could kill a thousand a day, that would be about a hundred days. Thousands of Japanese pirates' heads every day should be enough.
As for whether he could win or not, he wasn't worried at all.
At this time, most of the earthly immortals from the aristocratic families also gathered in Kyoto, Japan. Every time they went on an expedition, there were nearly two hundred earthly immortals leading the team. It was hard to say whether there were twenty immortals and immortal ninjas in Osaka City. With such a huge gap, it was impossible to lose.
The Battle of Osaka began like this. The army of the noble families carried out the operation as if it were a drill. Every morning they ran over and bombarded the walls of Osaka Castle, and they would stop work as soon as it was about 3 p.m. in the afternoon.
Chen Jiu also returned to his original life. He practiced in Kyoto, Japan during the day and flew back to Jiuling Mountain City at night to train the demon clan and check the construction progress of Jiuling Mountain City.
This lasted for more than a month, and the inner walls of Kyuryuyama Castle were completed, and the outermost walls of Osaka Castle were almost worn through by the army of the noble families.
Everything seems to be going smoothly, and it shouldn't be a problem to finish it in a hundred days or so.
That afternoon, he was sitting cross-legged in the Japanese Imperial Palace practicing, when a bat soldier suddenly flew back and said anxiously: "My Lord, it's bad, the army of the noble families has been ambushed by monsters again."
ah!
Hasn’t he killed most of the evil spirits?
He quickly spread his golden wings and flew to Osaka Castle in a few whooshes.
By this time, the army of the aristocratic families had already filled up a section of the moat outside Osaka Castle, and they had also blasted a large hole several dozen feet wide in the west wall of Osaka Castle.
They must have just rushed in and were about to launch an attack on the second city wall when they were ambushed by the evil spirits lurking in the moats on both sides.
The battle this time was even more brutal than the last time, because the army of the wealthy and powerful families was cut into two parts, and there were so many monsters in the middle that the immortals of the wealthy and powerful families were surrounded, and the monsters in the moats on both sides were still pouring up.
Sun Wukong stood alone in the middle of the gap in the outer city wall and smashed it with his golden cudgel, but he couldn't make an opening.
Upon seeing this, Chen Jiu hurriedly pulled out Kaitian and rushed forward. In a few strokes, he killed all the monsters and demons blocking the gap.
Then, he rushed into between the two layers of the city walls, and with a few swipes, he chopped off the heads and bodies of all the evildoers inside. Only then did the army of wealthy families that had rushed in escape and rushed out.
However, there were still many evil spirits outside the city, and the armies of the wealthy families were entangled by them and had no way to withdraw.
Seeing this, Chen Jiu could only fly in and kill crazily.
He didn't know how many times he had shuttled back and forth. He had killed more than a thousand evil spirits, but they still rushed up from the moats on both sides as if they were risking their lives.
Are these monsters going crazy?
He had no choice but to continue killing.
"Great Demon Lord of Middle-earth, you have gone too far!"
Suddenly there was a roar in the sky, and suddenly dark clouds gathered, lightning and thunder flashed, which was very scary.
With the arrival of divine power, all the evil spirits retreated like a tide, while Chen Jiu flew into the sky without hesitation and rushed into the dark clouds.
The earthly immortals from the aristocratic and wealthy families also quickly gathered all their own children and hid behind Sun Wukong with nervous faces.
Chen Jiu was puzzled as to why these monsters were rushing up like crazy without caring about their lives. It turned out that Susanoo was the one in charge here himself.
He rushed into the dark cloud and asked coldly: "What are you yelling about?"
Susanoo said angrily, "Great Demon King of Middle-earth, we agreed not to take any action, so why do you keep slaughtering monsters and demons?"
Chen Jiu sneered, "You call this inaction? You recruited so many monsters to launch a sneak attack, and you still have the nerve to blame me?"
Susanoo said confidently, "I don't care. You can also summon monsters. Anyway, we agreed not to attack. If you do, don't blame me for being rude. You can't kill people as fast as I can."
Tsk, do you think I don’t have any demons under my command? I just don’t want to expose my strength.
Chen Jiu nodded slowly and said, "Okay, if you don't want to make a move, then don't make a move. I will also go find some monsters to come over."
Susanoo snorted again, then disappeared in a flash.
Chen Jiu frowned slightly, then flew down and asked solemnly, "What are the casualties?"
An old earth immortal gritted his teeth and said, "More than half of them were killed or wounded, at least two to three thousand were killed in action."
Alas, he was careless. The outer moat of Osaka Castle was connected to the sea. He really didn't expect that Susanoo could attract so many monsters.
Chen Jiu collected the killed monsters and sighed, "Let's go back and treat the injured first."
After saying that, he directly called down the bat soldiers and flew back with a group of earth immortals.
Now the Japanese capital of Kyoto was filled with wounded soldiers and cries of pain.
Wuding Hou Guo Xun received the news and quickly found Chen Jiu and asked carefully, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Chen Jiu sighed slightly and said, "The True God of Japan has dispatched some monsters to launch a sneak attack. As soon as the army of the noble families broke through the outer wall of Osaka Castle and rushed in, they rushed up from the moats on both sides and directly cut the army of the noble families in two."
I'm afraid this time it's more serious than last time.
Wuding Marquis Guo Xun asked carefully again: "My Lord, how many casualties did the army of the noble families suffer?"
Chen Jiu sighed and said, "More than half of the 50,000-man army suffered casualties, with two to three thousand killed in battle alone."
So miserable!
Marquis of Wuding Guo Xun didn't know what to say.
Chen Jiu sighed again, "We really need to rest for two days this time. It will take time for the wealthy families to gather their children from all over Japan. I also have to find a way to deal with those monsters. When I just made a move, the Japanese gods came running over. They said that if I kill their monsters again, they will not be polite to me."
Upon hearing this, Wuding Marquis Guo Xun could not help but asked in horror: "The true god of Japan has descended again?"
Chen Jiu nodded slowly and said, "Yes, tell His Majesty that Osaka Castle is really hard to attack. The True God of Japan should be ready to use all his national strength to defend this most solid city in Japan."
Wuding Marquis Guo Xun quickly bowed and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, I will go and ask about the situation and write a detailed memorial to report it."
The next morning, the memorial reached the capital of the Ming Dynasty.
Guo Xun, Marquis of Wuding, reported that Japan had deployed all its national strength to defend Osaka Castle. There were tens of thousands of evil spirits and demons, and more than half of the noble families were killed or wounded. King Jiushan went to rescue them personally, but the true god of Japan descended and fought with King Jiushan.
The army had to withdraw to the capital of Japan for repairs, and King Kyuuzan promised that he would lead his army to attack Osaka Castle again in two days.
He already understood what Jiajing meant. Jiajing just wanted the King of Jiushan and the True God of Japan to fight to the death, so what he wrote in his memorial was what Jiajing wanted to see most.
Sure enough, after seeing the memorial, Jiajing's face was full of joy.
Well, Chen Jiu finally forced the Japanese true god to come out and fight. Now he doesn’t believe that they will not fight to the death.
This Osaka Castle is the burial place of the true God of Japan and Chen Jiu!
