Cutting 1719

Chapter 649
As time went by, the fighting in Edo Castle did not weaken, but became more intense. However, the shouts of killing that resounded through the sky gradually stopped, and were replaced by low-pitched fighting sounds and sword chopping. The sound, the strong smell of blood almost suppressed the fireworks.

In today’s Edo city, there were originally only more than 8000 people stationed there. Although some samurai and ronin were recruited temporarily, there were only more than 1000 people. When the Chu army gradually broke through more than half of Edo’s area, the shogunate army in the city finally started They gathered a group of reserve teams before, and rushed out when the Chu army was weak, and were caught off guard. The previous offensives were driven out of the center of the city in this way.

"Onboard!"

In Zhang Jing's mind, he had heard this command more than once or twice. He only felt that in just a few hours, several waves of shogunate soldiers rushed from various corners. When they came out, they waved their samurai swords and rushed over with ferocious faces.

Of course, although these people have a surprise advantage, it is difficult for them to break through the armored grenadiers when facing each other head-on, so they don't take advantage of it. Zhang Jing was a little surprised.

You know, Zhang Jing is not a young man who just joined the army, but the first group of veterans of the Grenadier. In the past ten years, he has experienced dozens of battles, and he can be called a real soldier. A sharp fighter on the battlefield.

However, in the past ten years, Zhang Jing has rarely seen such a capable enemy. He can feel such pressure almost only when facing the elite of the Eight Banners Beijing Camp and the elite of the Zhungeer Department—— You know, the elites of the Beijing Battalion of the Eight Banners and the elites of Zhungeer grew up practicing martial arts since they were young, and they must not be compared with ordinary soldiers.But now in Japan, a small place, many such enemies have appeared.

"Avoid—"

Just when Zhang Jing was in a trance, a soldier suddenly pressed on him and threw him to the ground. At the same time, there were two gunshots in the distance. Among the ruins picked up, two Japanese shogunate soldiers were holding iron cannons, and a little smoke had already risen from the muzzles of the guns.

Obviously, if it wasn't for the comrades who gave their lives to save him just now, Zhang Jing might be hit by bullets, and at this short distance, lead bullets are likely to hit Zhang Jing's head. Thick armor is useless.

"Bang bang—"

The other soldiers of the Chu army on the side had sharp eyesight and quick hands, rushed forward a few steps with handguns in hand, and shot the two soldiers of the shogunate army to death in the ruins with only a few shots. After confirming that the enemy army was dead, Zhang Jing then Getting up from the ground, I only felt a cold sweat on my back.

Zhang Jing glanced at the ruins, and then he was relieved. He sat on the ground gasping for breath, looked at the soldiers who rescued him, but smiled with all his strength, "This time, I want to Thank you brother, otherwise my little life would be completely gone."

"Battalion Commander, don't be polite to me, this pirate is going to harm people, we will be saved no matter who it is!"

The soldier's face was dark, and he showed his big white teeth when he spoke, but he looked stupid.

Zhang Jing patted the soldier's shoulder, and was about to say something to encourage him, but at this moment, there was another urgent whistle, which surprised Zhang Jing, and he quickly pressed down with his hand. , everyone quickly found a cover position, with guns in their hands.

After a long while, there was only a burst of violent bombing, and then I saw that the rest of Edo Castle had been ignited with raging flames. Countless Edo people escaped from the house, they cried and shouted, shouted at each other. Pushing and shoving to move forward, Zhang Jing and the soldiers beside him were a little puzzled.

Soon, there was another burst of gunshots and explosions, and many people emerged from the thick smoke, which suddenly made Zhang Jing and others nervous, and raised their guns to face them. With the people in the smoke, they were all shot dead on the spot with only one order.

However, at this critical moment, a whistle came from the smoke, which seemed to be quite regular. After listening carefully, Zhang Jing was relieved. He also quickly dispatched messengers to blow the whistle, Pass the information out.

After another quarter of an hour, some soldiers came out from the smoke, their arms were tied with eye-catching blood strips. When Zhang Jing saw it, he immediately felt relieved. After he made a gesture , everyone knew in their hearts that the opposite side was all comrades-in-arms, and they were about to point their guns slightly downward.

"Damn it, these Japanese pirates who are like beasts should be killed!"

A man with a big beard appeared in front of Zhang Jing's eyes. His face was covered with black smoke and dust, and there were many marks of hand-to-hand combat left on his body, with blood gurgling down, giving him a frightening appearance.

Zhang Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and said coldly, "Old Yang, aren't you in the other direction? Why did you come from the opposite side? What happened in front?"

Lao Yang was another battalion commander named Yang Wu. He lay down beside Zhang Jing, took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket, lit the cigarette, and smoked. Only then did he sigh heavily.

"Damn it, what a bad fight?!"

"what happened?"

Yang Wu took a deep breath of the cigarette, as if he had just relaxed a little, and calmly said in a low voice: "Those little devils are so fucking inhuman, they attack their own people, killing, raping, and robbing, and they act as Lao Tzu's outlaws." After entering, in order to stop our attack, they set fire to the remaining half of Edo!"

"I have never fought this kind of battle before. These bastards never considered that this is their city, nor did they consider that it is full of their people. They even led our battalion to kill more than 100 people!"

Zhang Jing's expression became a little dignified, and he pointed to the direction behind him, "Then are we going to withdraw now? But there is no news from the chief of staff yet!"

Yang Wu spat lightly, threw the cigarette on the ground, stamped it out with the toe of his boot, walked into the smoke again without looking back, and said in a low voice as he walked, "I'll meet the chief of staff. Those who are under you should take them out first."

"Lao Yang—I'll go!"

Zhang Jing stretched out his hand to hold Yang Wu, but Yang Wu dodged him. He turned his head and said in a low voice, "I just walked out of it, and I know it better than you! Before the fire is completely burned, Get out now!"

Zhang Jing took a deep look at Yang Wu, and stopped trying to persuade him. Instead, he blew his whistle hastily, and urgently gathered the people brought by Yang Wu together, and then issued an order to break out of the city. Judging from the current situation, the fire is definitely impossible to extinguish, and the time until it burns here is running out.

Outside the city, Qian Ying's brows were tightly furrowed. He had been looking at the burning Edo Castle for a long time, and the reinforcements that should have been dispatched had already been dispatched, but looking back, he was also in deep trouble. Deeply puzzled, how did the fire in Edo start?

You must know that it is actually difficult to ignite Edo on a large scale in a short period of time by artillery alone. A situation like this can only be caused by people in the city deliberately arsonating, and the current offensive of the Chu army is going well, and it is not a last resort. Never initiate a fire.

Then there is only one real answer, and that is that the shogunate army is going to abandon Edo, and even turn Edo into a dead city to hold back the Chu army. It is a good choice to set fire to burn Edo directly. It is called an extinct plan.

"The huge Edo Castle was actually burned when it was said to be burned."

Qian Ying felt a headache, and he couldn't help but sighed deeply. He didn't know what words to use to describe such an enemy. This was more than killing three thousand enemies and losing ten thousand.
After many rescues, Deng Zi also successfully withdrew from Edo Castle with the remnants of the Grenadier Battalion and other follow-up troops. Due to the quick and proper handling, the losses were not particularly large, and only about 500 people were killed in battle. People, plus the losses paid by other battalions, the Chu army paid a total of [-] casualties.

Of course, as far as the shogunate army was concerned, their casualties amounted to more than 6000 people. If you count the fire and the war, the casualties of the Edo people reached tens of thousands, and the entire Edo city was almost reduced to ruins. .

Half a month later, the North Korean mercenaries arrived in Edo by boat in batches. They will be under the command of the Japanese Commander-in-Chief and begin their battle plan in Japan, while the Chu army gathers their troops and prepares to unite with the Southwest The vassals launched an attack on Kyoto, and by the end of the year, the war of conquest of Japan had just begun.

In Nanjing City, the National Grand Theater gathered all the high-level military and political personnel from the entire Great Chu at this time. The important officials in Beijing from the cabinet to the Privy Council were all accompanying Emperor Ning to watch the play. A new play called "Tianshan Mountain" was being shown on the stage. ".

This so-called "Tianshan" mainly tells a story, that is, under the call of the country, Liang Mantun, a recruit of the Fuhan Army, resolutely chose to join the army and went to Tianshan to join Zhungeer who had already surrendered to the Great Chu. The story of the tribes joining hands to resist the Russian invasion, the plot is tortuous and the emotion is touching.

Ning Yu sat under the stands, watching this new play seriously, nodding his head from time to time.For him, the memories of his previous life seem to have become more and more blurred, but he has completely integrated into this era, and even has a little curiosity and appreciation for this kind of entertainment that he was not interested in before.

"Whoa, whoa-"

When the performance was over, Ning Yu applauded first, and the other ministers sitting on the side also applauded one after another. The whole atmosphere was harmonious and orderly, and it seemed that the performance of the play was indeed very successful.

Ning Yu has always expressed his support for new dramas like this that are conducive to patriotism, and he also hopes to gradually promote the form of new dramas to the people and become a form of entertainment for the people. At least it's much better than those romantic loves on the stage in the past.

Especially in the current overall plan, the power of culture has also been valued by Ning Yu. He not only needs to expand militaryly, but also culturally, so that more people can accept the charm of Chinese culture , in order to better implement follow-up policies.

After all, for a country and a nation, soft power also needs to be valued.

"Your Majesty, because of the Edo fire. The British made suggestions to us, and they hoped to mediate the dispute between Chu and Japan." The second assistant, Song Enming, lowered his head slightly, and softly reported the latest situation.

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "The British have a lot of hands, but what identity do they use to participate in my celestial affairs? Tell the British to mind their own affairs."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Song Enming had already guessed the emperor's reaction in his heart, so he was not surprised. After all, although the United Kingdom is trying hard to strengthen its influence, it is not the British Empire of later generations after all, and has to rely on Da Chu for many things. winking.

It's just that in this matter, the intervention of the British made Ning Yu vigilant. For these foreign devils, they are now more and more interested in Asia, especially in the process of Britain's entry into Asia. They chose to cooperate with their old enemy, the Dutch. Just like this time, the intervention of the Dutch is obviously indispensable in the small moves between the Japanese and the British.

Since the Dutch were expelled from Nanyang, due to the shrinkage of the Netherlands' own power, it was unable to take any action in Asia, so it could only choose to acquiesce in the damage to the strength of the Dutch East India Company, but this does not mean that the Dutch will be in vain. Bearing this breath, they will definitely do everything possible to recover the past losses, and it will become logical to cooperate with the British who are eager to enter Asia.

As for Japan, which already has a deep relationship with the Netherlands, it will naturally come into the sight of the Dutch and the British at this time. They might not want to turn Japan into a pawn against Dachu.

Ning Yu quickly straightened out the relationship in his mind, but it was precisely because of this that he felt deeply annoyed, that a mere Britain dared to touch the flesh in his mouth right now, it was a bit too much Arrogant.

For the current Dachu, the whole of Asia, or Australia, has long been regarded as the meat on his plate, and the Americas in the future will also have a good share, but in the end, there are still people who covet Asia. This made Ning Yu naturally a little annoyed.

Of course, international relations do not depend on personal likes and dislikes, and Ning Yu does not intend to expand the situation because of this, but there is one thing that needs to be done, that is, to teach the British a lesson, he is not a passive defensive person People, now that the British hope to use the Dutch and Japanese to enter Asia, they naturally have to fiddle with conflicts in Europe. For example, the Seven Years War in history, why couldn't it break out earlier?
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