The immortal body is called Teevat

Chapter 213: The Tragedy of Rice Wife

At first, the morale of the shogunate troops, who received adequate pay, was extremely high. They marched forward bravely, and even when they encountered the resistance forces who fought desperately, they were able to advance steadily and step by step.

Not only that, but those fanatics who were loyal to the shogunate were extremely resolute. They fearlessly tied elemental explosives to themselves, then rushed into the rebel positions like arrows from a bow, and detonated the explosives without hesitation.

Although this suicidal attack was cruel, it did achieve some results. The rebels began to shrink back in the face of this fierce offensive, and their morale suffered a great blow.

In addition, Kujo Takayuki also forcibly used a large amount of manpower and material resources to move more than a dozen Kokubeng cannons to the shore of Haiqi Island, and began to continue bombarding the positions on Haiqi Island.

In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Xinhai will invalidate all the defense lines previously arranged, forcing the rebels to retreat continuously and retain their manpower.

Haiqi Island cannot afford to lose a single soldier now, and it seems to be no different from the previous two wars.

However, their luck seemed to have run out when the shogunate's forces pushed the rebels back into the mountains.

In the first month of the war, the rebels were forced to retreat to the mountains and forests and struggle to hold on due to their lack of strength.

And under Xinhai's command and Wulang's specific implementation, the originally well-organized army quickly split into smaller teams one after another.

These small teams made full use of their familiarity with the local terrain, moving through the mountains and forests like ghosts, and harassing the shogunate army everywhere in a mysterious manner.

However, the commander of the shogunate army, Kujo Takayuki, was unaware of this. He naively believed that his "one-strike win" strategy had achieved great success.

In his opinion, the rebels scattered in the mountains and forests were just a mob and could not form an effective resistance system. The fact that they were broken up into small teams was the best proof of his theory, wasn't it?

Kujo Takayuki firmly believed that as long as he worked harder, he would be able to completely quell the chaos on Kaiki Island. However, the facts were quite different from his thoughts.

The rebels, who were outnumbered, began to flexibly use guerrilla tactics to harass and attack the shogunate army. They cleverly avoided the shogunate army's frontal attacks and instead attacked its vulnerable supply lines in the rear.

Under the outstanding leadership of General Goro, the shogunate army not only failed to stabilize the occupied land, but was instead firmly pinned down in the deep mountains and forests, engaging in a long and arduous guerrilla war with the rebels.

Since the shogunate army was unfamiliar with the terrain of Kaiki Island and they were not well-trained, their bravery was purely supported by money and so-called brainwashing.

What's even more terrible is that since the isolation order, the eye hunting order, and the ridiculous tax laws, the underpopulated Haiqi Island has also received a large number of refugees from Mingshen Island.

Each of these soldiers who survived was an elite unit with extremely strong individual combat capabilities. Moreover, this type of harassment tactics had low risks and high rewards. In an instant, the Shogunate army's originally invincible momentum was instantly reduced by three points.

The shogunate army had the help of the Fatui, so did the Seven Sea Islands not have any help from outside? Coral Palace Xinhai exchanged a whole ship of coral pearls for a whole ship of Red Moon Type 1 bombs.

The Red Moon Type 1 is the earliest version of the improved Winter Fire Gun, but it has many shortcomings, such as high failure rate, high barrel burst rate, extremely slow firing rate, and extremely unstable performance.

But to say that it has no advantages is a generalization. It is far ahead of all models in terms of explosive power and burst rate.

So I followed the example of those crazy scientists who were researching guns and simply discarded all the components responsible for maintaining stability. Then I got this deformed product.

If it looked like anything, it would be a strange elemental jar with a small metal tube on top.

When using it, you only need to hit the protruding metal tube on the top and throw it out within five seconds. Its explosive power is equivalent to the power of a national collapse cannon.

Moreover, its cost is incredibly low, with the element filling being provided by the Flower Clan, and the materials basically being made of cheap alchemical materials, and the overall structure being as simple as possible.

The cost of producing one hundred Red Moon Type 1s is enough to produce one Red Moon Type 4, but the only unsolvable problem is that this thing cannot withstand strong vibrations and may explode once it is violently shaken.

After that, these crazy scientists continued to modify it as if they had found a treasure, increasing its explosion stability and reliability, and then they directly labeled it and sold it to the public.

This cheap and effective, but somewhat unsafe weapon happened to be suitable for Inazuma, so using Beidou's smuggling fleet, the two sides reached an unspoken deal.

In addition, the Isshinkai began to "revive" due to the large-scale mobilization of the shogunate army. They began to constantly harass the transportation routes of Myojin Island, making the transportation on the road seem a little tiring.

They began to incite the lower-class people and soldiers to call on them to stop this meaningless war. The most famous slogan was: "Why die for Haiqi Island?"

Fortunately, the Fatui's ships were able to transport supplies to the front line as quickly as possible, which meant that Kujo Takayuki's fierce offensive continued.

As a result, by the end of the second month, the shogunate army had suffered too much damage, and this meaningless attack only increased casualties. Moreover, the shogunate army's progress in the mountains and forests could not be called a slow advance. It should be called marking time.

Moreover, almost all of the diehard members that Kujo Takayuki had spent huge amounts of money to cultivate had been used as human bombs and blown to pieces.

Those who are left now, if they still have a bit of common sense, will never do such a stupid thing that will lead to their death in vain. You want me to die, why don't you die?

Under such circumstances, the middle and lower-level generals repeatedly asked Kujo Takayuki to continue the offensive. Kujo Takayuki had no choice but to give up his so-called "one strike to win" argument and re-adopt the old-fashioned, slow-moving tactics.

But who could have imagined that in the third month, the Fatui actually stopped the transportation of supplies!

This time, Kujo Takayuki could no longer sit still. He immediately asked his men to find Liao Xiefu and ask him to come over so that he could find out what was going on.

However, when Kujo Takayuki saw Liao Xiefu, his anger was not responded to at all. Facing Kujo Takayuki's roar, Liao Xiefu seemed unusually calm.

Even the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a contemptuous smile. He said slowly: "Mr. Kujo Takayuki, I know you are very angry now, but I still have to remind you that sometimes violence can indeed solve many problems."

"But in my opinion, even if you kill me, the will of Her Majesty the Queen will never be shaken by the death of one person. So, you'd better not do this trick of threatening people again." He gently deflected the blade of Kujo Takayuki, and then the smiling monk's expression disappeared instantly.

"And Mr. Kujo Takayuki, killing me will not only bring no benefit, but we the Fatui will also change the target of our support. By then, it may not be so easy for you to take over Haiqi Island."

Shelev was also a little angry about the threat from Kujo Takayuki, so he uttered a threatening word, then got up and left without even looking at the old patriarch.

Kujo Takayuki angrily drew out his samurai sword and smashed the new desk he had just replaced. These beasts from the Fatui really took the promise as bullshit. If there was enough material support, Kujo Takayuki would still be able to flatten the mountains by force.

Because according to the news from his confidants on the front line, the intensity of harassment from Haiqi Island has been getting lower and lower, apparently because of excessive losses and insufficient troops.

What gamblers hate most is not losing, but losing when they are just a little bit away from winning. Now the Fatui are no longer supplying them with supplies. If they miss this opportunity again, how many people will they lose next time?

Then, the murderous executioner Kujo Takayuki also felt a headache after seeing the casualties in the battle reports. If the fighting continued like this, not only would the Tenryo Bugyo's reserve troops be completely insufficient.

Moreover, the rising tide of opposition to the war in Inazuma Castle was like waves hitting the unstable sand castle of the Tenryo Bugyo, which could cause it to collapse at any time.

Fortunately, thanks to the general's reputation, these people have not yet escalated to the level of a public demonstration like last time. At most, they have just discussed it in private.

The main thing is that this time the pension given to Kujo Takayuki was enough, otherwise the experience of those family members would be enough to make the entire Inazuma angry again.

So, despite the opposition of his generals, Kujo Takayuki distributed all the remaining supplies to his soldiers and began his absolute offensive plan.

The Absolute Offensive Plan was another amazing plan that Kujo Takayuki came up with. Its main purpose was to concentrate all the troops to form a cone-shaped formula and insert them straight into the weakest point. Only the basic troops were left in the rear for defense.

The solution proposed by Xinhai of Coral Palace was not to fight them head-on, but to continue to delay and harass them.

As a result, the shogunate army, which was sure to win at one blow, was unable to cross the mountains until the seventh day because of the unchanged roads and the delay of the rebels. They were exhausted and many of them were infected with serious diseases.

What was waiting for them at the foot of the mountain was an elite force organized by the Coral Palace. The seven days of living in the mountains had wiped out the last bit of spirit from these able-bodied soldiers. They were ready to collapse at the first blow.

However, because this army was so large, Cheng Ruxin Hai could only repel them but not defeat them.

The crisis on Haiqi Island seems to be resolved, and the next person to be in trouble will be Kujo Takayuki.