Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1907 Returning to Japan ([-]) The Unexpected Great Master
It is reasonable to say that Konishi's second army is one of the most effective Japanese armies. Otherwise, it would not have been designated as the vanguard in the two invasions of Korea, leading the way with Kato Kiyomasa on the left and right.

However, Li Rusong gave PTSD to the Second Legion, including President Xiaoxi himself, in the Renchen year. Especially when they saw the cavalry of the Ming Army, the whole legion felt bad, "Two shares Zhanzhan, I almost want to go first."

This kind of feeling may be like the Jin army met the Yue family army, and before the fight started, they patronized and mourned their own bad luck, and all the morale of the army disappeared all of a sudden.

President Xiaoxi reluctantly resisted for a while, but who knows that even the iron artillery team is not good enough, I don't know if the soldiers' hands are shaking or what, a round of volleys passed, only seven of the Xuanda cavalry of the Ming army fell off their horses, and then killed them. Arrived at the front.

The Japanese Iron Artillery Squad had no armor, and the spearmen who hurried forward beside them might be too short, and they couldn't stop the rampant Xuanda half-mounted cavalry at all.

These cavalrymen rushed directly into the Japanese army's battle formation with the protection of their armor. The saber in their hand was held in the backhand and slanted across their sides.

Chief Xiaoxi panicked and ordered to block the attack of the Ming army, but it was useless. Soon he saw that his own formation was about to be rushed, and he was completely out of his wits.

At this moment, Mao Lixiuyuan in the rear finally couldn't hold back and sent reinforcements to help Chief Xiaonishi stabilize his position.

Mori Hidemoto's Eighth Army has an army of up to [-]. It is the most powerful of the eight Japanese army groups. Although it has suffered losses, it still cannot be penetrated in one fell swoop.

When the Xuanda cavalry saw the main force of the Japanese army turning around to intercept them, they stopped attacking and retreated quickly.But they didn't retreat far, just hovered about a mile behind the Japanese army, obviously looking like if you dare to leave, I dare to charge again.

But at this time, in the middle army of the Ming army, which was further back, Li Rumei suddenly received a report from a scout, saying that another Japanese army had been found about ten miles northeast of this place. It is nearly [-], let Li Zongrong make a decision.

Li Rumei was quite surprised, another [-] Japanese troops came?Where did this come out of nowhere?He was puzzled, thinking that no matter how courageous the Japanese army in Busan was, they shouldn't have come here—how did the Japanese army in Busan know that the main force of the Japanese army failed in a surprise attack and would flee back?What's more, how did they know that the Japanese army would choose to take a detour instead of going directly to Mashan, Xiongchuan, and Jinhai when they fled back?
It doesn't make sense, it doesn't make sense at all.But if it wasn't the Japanese army from Busan, who would it be?
Li Rumei pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, so she decided to temporarily withdraw her troops, hanging far behind the main force of the Japanese army.

He and his elder brother Li Rusong have different personalities. Li Rumei is nicknamed "Little Li Guang" because he is good at marksmanship, and marksmen are usually calm and cautious people. Even if they are brave, they are mostly bold and cautious. .

Li Rumei is being cautious now, he would rather take less credit, but first see who the sudden Japanese army is.

Of course, having said that, the results of the two rounds of battle between the Liaodong Army and the Xuan Da Army today can be called a great victory, if not brilliant, and the credit is actually not bad.

The Japanese army didn't know why the Ming army lingered for a while and then suddenly withdrew. Chief Xiaonishi thought suspiciously that this must be Li Rumei's other tricks. He probably hoped to confuse the Japanese army and let the Japanese army relax from their tension. Then the cavalry suddenly returned to the carbine.

Therefore, President Konishi insisted that the Japanese army must not relax, must not have any fluke mentality, and must always maintain a high degree of vigilance, even if it is slower because of this.

Perhaps it was because the Ming army's previous two waves of charge were too powerful, but this time President Xiaonishi's reminder was unanimously approved by almost all the generals.Everyone was a little scared, and had to order the team to move closer and move forward slowly so that they could fight at any time.

However, when they resumed their march, they soon received good news from the horses, saying that Kiyomasa Kato, Yoshihiro Shimazu, and Katsushige Nabeshima joined forces to help.

This is really great news for the Japanese army. Unexpectedly, although Kato Kiyomasa and Shimadzu Yoshihiro lost Hanyang, they actually kept the army, and they also joined Nabeshima Katsushige, who also fled south all the way.

In this way, the Japanese army outside of Busan turned out to be a miraculous master. This is simply the best news the Japanese army has received since Gao Wushi sent troops in person.

Ten miles is not very far, especially when the two armies are heading towards each other, so the two Japanese armies successfully joined forces in less than an hour.The generals of both sides were beaming. Except for Kuroda Nagamasa and his son of the Third Army among the eight Japanese armies, the heads of the other seven armies gathered together again... Oh, no hall, it should be said that they gathered together.

Hideka Ukita showed a rare smile recently, and said to Kiyomasa Kato, Yoshihiro Shimazu, and Katsushige Nabeshima: "The three of you can overcome all difficulties and reunite with us. This is the blessing of God Amaterasu, and it also shows that this battle has come It's time to turn around. As long as we work together, even in the face of the powerful Ming army, we will be able to win a complete victory and live up to His Highness Taige's expectations!"

What he said was very energetic, but he didn't expect that Kato Kiyomasa, who has always been high-spirited in battle, froze his smile, and finally turned into a wry smile, sighing: "Chief General, Kato will probably let you and His Highness the Taiko fight this time." disappointed……"

Ukita Hide's family was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "What does His Highness Kato mean by this?"

"Ah..." Kato Kiyomasa was full of bitterness, sighed again and again, and finally said very reluctantly: "The First Legion has suffered heavy losses, and it can almost be said to be wiped out."

This time, not only Ukita Hide's family was surprised, everyone was shocked, even the governor Konishi did not gloat, but asked in surprise: "Hey, Kato, are you joking? The First Army is the elite of the elite. Wan Jingrui actually lit up all of them, what's going on?"

Kato Kiyomasa was at odds with President Konishi, although the latter's words did not seem to be gloating, Kato Kiyomasa still refused to answer him.

In the end Yoshihiro Shimadzu next to him seemed to be unable to stand it any longer. He sighed and took over the conversation, and said to Yuki Konishi: "His Highness Konishi doesn't know something. Although His Highness Kato's troops are elite and brave to fight, but the Ming army seems to be fighting because of the first Because of the great reputation of the First Legion, they don't care about it.

The two of us led our troops to the south, and were attacked by the Ming army from time to time along the way, but the Ming army from all walks of life seemed to recognize the First Army, and often concentrated their main force to attack the Kato army.You have never seen it with your own eyes, otherwise you will find that even if I lead the Fifth Army to support me, the Ming army will abandon me and attack His Highness Kato with all their strength.

Because of this, when His Royal Highness Kato and I come here, the losses of the First Legion will be far greater than my Fifth Legion.Gentlemen, this situation is not a crime of war, and I will personally write a letter to His Majesty Taige explaining that it is really the strange actions of the Ming army, no wonder His Majesty Kato. "

This situation does seem a bit weird to say, but the Japanese generals were not too surprised after hearing it.They quickly figured out the reason: Kato Kiyomasa served as the vanguard of the invasion twice, and even captured two North Korean princes in the year of Imchen. This was not only a huge humiliation to North Korea, but also a serious provocation to the Ming army.

The Ming army had a very violent temper, and all the Japanese generals have seen enough of this by now.From their point of view, the Ming army was bound to take vengeance, and there was nothing wrong with it, but if any Japanese army they thought had acted excessively, they would definitely wait for the fierce revenge of the Ming army.

The current situation of Kato Kiyomasa should probably be like this. He and the First Legion are too famous, and I am afraid that they have been listed as the key targets by the Ming Army. Strange things like fighting the First Legion happened.

All the generals of the Japanese army thought they understood the truth, and began to comfort Kato Kiyomasa one after another. The Ukita Hide family even said: "His Highness Kato has fought so far for His Highness Taiko, and His Highness Taiko must be pleased to hear that. His Highness Kato, Mr. You can rest assured that I will explain clearly to you in front of His Highness Taige, and suggest His Highness Taige to supplement or rebuild the First Legion for you.

Now that the war is raging, we will have a long time to fight hard. I hope His Highness Kato will not be discouraged.Although the Ming army is strong, as long as we all work together, the battle will last forever, and it is not yet time to decide the winner. "

Kato Kiyomasa said with a wry smile: "Thank you for your understanding, General." But that's all. He really didn't seem to want to say anything more, and the whole person's will was visible to the naked eye.

In fact, the generals of the Japanese army did not know the inside story at all.The reason why Kato Kiyomasa has been under fire from the Ming army is obviously because the generals of the Ming army have received highly pragmatic orders.

Although there were only a few generals of the Ming army who knew that Shimadzu Yoshihiro was his own at that time, it was enough to just pass on the order. Play Kato Kiyomasa, not Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

Of course, what Yoshihiro Shimadzu said just now was intentional.It would be bad if he didn't take the initiative to talk about it, but waited for others to guess.Some people must have doubts that Kato Kiyomasa's first army was almost destroyed, but his fifth army hardly fought a tough battle with the Ming army.

Now Shimadzu Yoshihiro took the initiative to explain Kato Kiyomasa, and the Japanese soldiers immediately associated themselves, and naturally thought that it was because Kato Kiyomasa was so popular, and the Ming army regarded him as a rafter in his early days.

They were talking here, while Naoshima pulled his son aside to talk.Naoshima Naoshima was very satisfied with Katsushige Nabeshima's performance this time, and even thought that his son had far exceeded his expectations, so he praised him openly before asking about the loss.

Nabeshima Katsushige's loss can be said to be big or small, and it probably lost more than [-] people.But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he fled the farthest way south, so the whole army was exhausted and lost a lot of weapons, armor and other supplies.It is an exaggeration to say that in terms of combat effectiveness alone, there may be no one in ten.

The previous investigation report of the Ming army said that the Japanese army had nearly 2 people, at least there should be [-] or [-], but this was actually a trick of the Japanese army. People came, most of them were Shimadzu Yoshihiro's Fifth Army.

Of course, Kato Kiyomasa’s First Army is not really completely wiped out, he still has about 1 soldiers left-the First Army had [-] troops when it was dispatched, and only [-] were left. For the army of this era , that can no longer be said to be disabled, basically it can be said that he has only his last breath left to hang his life.

Kato Kiyomasa and Nabeshima Katsushige's units now not only suffer heavy casualties, but also have many wounded in the army. Their joining has intensified the material shortage of the Japanese army.

Of course, even so, Ukita Hideka and Mori Hidewon were still very happy, thinking that with [-] more troops, the possibility of defending Busan would be much higher.Moreover, their joining can be regarded as making up for the gap that the Kuroda Army left the brigade, which is good news no matter how you look at it.

Everyone encouraged each other, and finally got down to business, which was what to do next.

Originally, everyone had no other ideas this time, thinking that the top priority was to return to Busan as soon as possible, but Kato Kiyomasa seemed to get rid of the previous depression, and said: "We can't go directly to Busan like this, at least not the whole army can go to Busan."

Everyone couldn't help but looked at him. The Ukita Hide family didn't underestimate Kato Kiyomasa's first army because of the huge loss, and asked solemnly: "His Highness Kato has any opinions, please explain in detail."

"Although Busan is reinforced by our army, its scale is limited after all. If our entire army enters Busan, due to the small size of the city, if the Ming army gathers a large number of large cannons (artillery) to attack, our army will inevitably suffer heavy losses. This is one of them."

"Secondly, the Ming army may have no fewer than [-] troops in North Korea. If they all come to Busan, how can Busan stop them? Therefore, I think it is necessary to defend at the outskirts of Busan. It is best to build a mountain city, because the terrain of the mountain city is dangerous. It is difficult to give full play to the advantage of the Ming army's big barrel, which is conducive to long-term persistence and waiting for the right time."

These words can be said to be reasonable and well-founded, and everyone felt reasonable when they heard it, so Ukita Hideka immediately ordered someone to send a map, opened it, and discussed with everyone where to set up a stronghold.

Kato Kiyomasa said: "Originally speaking, Gimhae and Ulsan can be regarded as the east and west gates of Busan, but it is a pity that Gimhae has fallen into the hands of the Ming army...but at least Ulsan is still there and can still hold on.

Although because of the loss of Gimhae, it is impossible to guard the east and west gates of Busan with Ulsan, but even if only Ulsan is there, Ulsan and Busan can make each other horns.If the Ming army can't pull out the Ulsan stronghold, it will be difficult for them to use all their strength when they attack Busan, so I think Ulsan is the top priority of the next battle! "

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Although there are only [-] people left in my First Legion, everyone is ready to dedicate their lives to His Royal Highness—I, Kato Kiyomasa, would like to go to Ulsan. Your Highness is willing to go with me?"
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