Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 1055
The granary next to Asakusa has a fence, and the flames burning on the brazier dispel the surrounding darkness, and teams of warriors patrol back and forth with spears.

Suddenly there was loud shouting and killing in the northwest corner, and an iron artillery team of less than a hundred men appeared from the darkness. As the matchlock burned out, the sound of matchlock guns echoed in the darkness.

"Defeat the samurai and seize the rice!" Peasants armed with sticks, hoes, and poles noisily attacked the granary, which contained the grain they depended on for their livelihood.

Many people in the rebel army lacked bows and arrows had to throw stones to attack the warriors.

The third battle for the granary broke out between the two sides. The angry rebels had a large number of soldiers, and once they drowned the warriors, they beat them with hoes and poles.

All of a sudden, the people in the northwest corner were turned on their backs, and more than a dozen warriors were quickly surrounded and beaten.The barracks near the granary were filled with the voices of Banner urging the soldiers to prepare for battle.

"The offensive went smoothly..." The temporary commander of the rebel army led thousands of peasants and ronin to capture four granaries with ease, but encountered little resistance, which made him feel strange.

"Remove all the rice!" The first thing the farmers who had just occupied four granaries wanted to empty the rice in the granaries.

"Now is not the time to remove the rice! The opponent will soon organize troops to counterattack, and they must completely occupy the entire granary area!" The leader of the rebel army felt helpless against the refugees who wanted to fight for the food.

The refugees followed the Huaxia Society for food. Although the Huaxia Society quickly gathered a group of people, their discipline was too poor, and they didn't realize that they were in danger of being surrounded by the shogunate troops.

In the chaos, one person could not eat a bag of food for a few days, and it would be too bad to sacrifice hundreds or even thousands of lives for a few days of food.

Masamori Hotta led a group of the most elite shogunate samurai to ambush in the darkness and quietly moved towards the direction of the rebel army.He hated this group of rioters who wanted to seize the granary.

In addition to the ambush led by Hotta Masamori himself, the shogunate samurai on the surface are also gathering forces to counterattack the rebels who invaded the northwest corner.

"Before the enemy fully reacts, fully control the granary area!" The temporary commander led the rebels to attack other granaries.

Just when the rebel army poured into the granary area of ​​Asakusa, Masamori Hotta led people to copy the back of the rebel army and launched a surprise attack from behind.

This elite samurai unit used their flintlock guns that were assisted by the Kyushu Army at the beginning. They fired bullets in the dark, and the rebel soldiers who did not have any protective gear and were crowded and noisy fell down.

"The enemy appeared behind us, and we were surrounded by the shogunate!" The soldiers of the rebel army found Masamori Hotta's troops lurking behind them, and fell into a panic.

The shogunate samurai were regular soldiers, and their encirclement tactics easily defeated the psychological defense of the rebels.

"Everyone, don't panic. We have a large number of people. We just need to allocate a part of our troops to defeat the enemies in the rear!" The leader of the rebel army tried to stabilize the morale of the army, but the morale of the refugees was broken. Many people ran blindly in the dark. Follow the command and use only a little firelight to identify the direction.

Rebel soldiers fell near the granary one by one, and some even fell at their own feet because they trampled on each other.

It was Tanaka Chengichi who made the plan to seize the granary, but he did not personally participate in this battle, but chose to observe the progress of the battle from a high ground not far away. He still held a Kyushu weapon in his hand. The military gave him a telescope.

"The enemy really adopted a strategy of encirclement." Tanaka Chengyi could infer the enemy's tactics based on the direction of the shouting and the fire. "The reserve team is ready to attack the enemy and must not retreat until the enemy is defeated."

"I think the samurai of the shogunate are well-trained. Our reserve team will step forward and rescue the surrounded people. If we want to attack the opponent fiercely, we must be the first to collapse." Tanaka Chengyi's men said to their boss The proposed tactics felt incomprehensible.

Tanaka Chengyi's deployment is entirely for the rebel army to start a decisive battle with the excellent shogunate samurai.However, the rebel army gathered by the mob probably has no chance of winning.

"Just act according to our orders. To overthrow the privileged samurai class, you must pay some price." Tanaka said pointingly.

"I personally led the reserve team to storm the enemy's formation." A backbone of the Huaxia Club said bravely.

Tanaka Chengyi watched the key member in charge of the military go into the darkness, as if he was talking to himself: "The refugees we gathered are actually a mess. Their power alone cannot overthrow the shogunate. To overthrow the samurai group, we need to rely on them." With the power of the son, attack the shield of the son with the spear of the son."

Tanaka Chengyi heard from his teacher Huang Zongxi the story of the son's spear and the son's shield recorded in "Han Feizi".

"The opponent's reserve team has already entered the battlefield!" The ambushes led by Masamori Hotta were aware of the fire dragon approaching them—the rebel army holding torches.

"Let Taro Ono lead the reserve team to support, and a group of rioters dare to play tactics with me. I am really impatient to live." Holding a flintlock gun, Masamori Hotta shot and killed the surrounded refugees himself.

Masamori Hotta was an important minister of the shogunate. He had participated in some battles and vacated the reserve team early in the morning.

"The villain will go and inform Taro Ono immediately." A samurai replied.

Hotta Masamori led the samurai into a fierce battle with Tanaka Seiichi's army of refugees in the northwest corner of the Granary area.If Hotta Masamori gave up the idea of ​​wiping out the army of refugees, maybe the refugees would disperse, but Hotta Masamori hated these refugees who were vying for the granary and wanted to wipe them all out.

After the arrival of the reserve team of the rebel army, they formed an anti-siege against Masamori Hotta. Tens of thousands of people on both sides fought repeatedly around the granary, causing heavy casualties.With the strength of more than 1000 troops, Hotta Masamori suppressed the rebel army of tens of thousands in the dark.

However, Taro Ono's reserve team has not been seen for a long time.Not only that, Masamori Hotta was copying the back of the rebels, but he found that the number of rebels around him was increasing, and the [-] ambush soldiers he led were surrounded by the rebels.

"Impossible, how did their number increase?" Hotta Masamori found that the gunpowder of the troops he led was about to run out, and there were more and more refugees around.

The refugees who were sniped by Masamori Hotta found the musket sound of the ambushes led by him was gradually thinning out, and they summoned up their courage to surround them.

"Little... Ono Taro betrayed us, he led the reserve team to attack us, and the granaries have all fallen!" A panicked Hatakemoto fled to Hotta Masamori, making him understand why the refugees were able to spare manpower to besiege his army .

(End of this chapter)