Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 184 Assassination of Zhu Di!

Fires and explosions filled the entire battlefield, and the screams of Japanese soldiers were everywhere.

Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu still haven't realized what happened until now.

In their expectations, both sides had a combined [-] muskets and an army of [-]. This size was not weak at all, and they would definitely cause heavy damage to the Ming army.

Houguishan, who was tricked by Zhu Di, had already hated the Ming army so much that he even surrendered to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and wanted revenge on Zhu Di.

He wanted to use the firecracker he bought from Zhu Di to drive Shi Jianshan out of the Ming army, so that Zhu Di would know that he, Guishan, was not someone to be trifled with!

Zhu Di must pay the price for his deception!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Go Kameyama had the same idea. He was also a victim of being deceived by Cao Wei, and he hated the Ming Dynasty!

What's more, with the huge profit bonus of the Iwamiyama Silver Mine, both Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu are bound to win against the Ming army this time.

The Ming army led by Zhu Di and stationed at Shijian Mountain did not exceed [-] at most.

And their combined forces amount to more than [-] troops! In addition, now that they have a bonus of [-] fire guns, they thought it would be difficult to lose.

However, the facts tell them that they still think of things too simply!

Since Ming dared to sell them a huge number of firecrackers, he must have other sources of support!

This kind of artillery with extremely long shooting range and terrifying power is the reason why Ming Dynasty dared to do this!

Five miles away!

When a cannon hits the crowd, it will cause hundreds of casualties!

The battle hasn't even started yet, and they've already been defeated!

"Spread the formation! Hold still!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu screamed loudly at the top of his lungs. He wanted to organize troops to launch a wave of reunion with the Ming army!

Although the Ming Dynasty's artillery is powerful, it is impossible to hit the cannonball in the face. Only by closing the distance between them and the Ming army, there is still a chance!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew that they had only one advantage, that is, they had more troops than the Ming army!

Even if some soldiers are killed or injured, as long as we can close the distance with the Ming army, it is still worth it!

However, the idea is still beautiful, but the reality is very skinny!

Zhu Di, as the one who can be said to be the best at fighting among the Ming Dynasty vassal kings, has been holding back in a place like Ishimi Mountain for so long in the past two years. As soon as the war broke out, he commanded the soldiers to fight with all their strength!

Under his constant command, the Ming Dynasty's powerful thunderbolts fired one after another, always able to focus the main advance route of the Japanese soldiers with the most accuracy, causing the maximum casualties to the Japanese soldiers!

Although the Japanese soldiers had followed Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's orders to distance themselves from each other and disperse in all directions, there were too many Ming artillery pieces. No matter where they ran, the Kamui shells behind them followed them like a shadow, making it impossible to move forward effectively.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu commanded the Japanese soldiers to charge continuously for nearly an hour, but they only advanced less than a mile!

Under the fierce artillery fire, it was really difficult for them to rush in front of the Ming army!

If this continues, before they can even rush to the Ming army, they will all be blasted to smithereens by the Ming's artillery fire.

After all, he was full of fighting experience. He quickly saw the situation on the battlefield and knew that he could no longer charge forward blindly. He could only withdraw his troops first and find another way.

"Retreat! Retreat!"

When Go Kameyama heard Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's order to withdraw his troops, he was immediately furious!

"Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, what do you mean? We are about to rush to the feet of the Ming Dynasty again, why do we need to withdraw our troops?"

Go Kameyama asked Ashikaga Yoshimitsu loudly and hoarsely.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sneered, "Which of your eyes saw that we were about to rush over? There is obviously still at least about four miles away!"

"If you want to lead your soldiers to death, I won't stop you, but don't try to take the troops under my command!"

They had suffered a big loss in the first battle. At this moment, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was also very angry, and he didn't have a good look towards Go Kameyama.

After saying that, ignoring Kameyama's eyes that wanted to spit out fire, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu once again ordered the withdrawal of troops and led his troops to retreat quickly towards the rear.

Without Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's troops, Kameyama would be unable to support himself. Naturally, he would not die in vain, so he quickly called on his troops to retreat.

Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu joined forces and led the army for more than half a month to conquer the Ming army, but they were defeated in just an hour!

Without even meeting each other, they scattered like birds and beasts amidst the mighty thunderbolt fire of the Ming Dynasty!

The Japanese lost tens of thousands of troops in this battle, but Zhu Di's army suffered no casualties!

Standing on the barren slope, Zhu Di laughed loudly as he looked at Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Gogameyama, who only lasted for an hour and fled in panic under the gunfire.

"Cao Wei is really my king's good sister-in-law. This powerful thunder cannon is really good! I didn't waste a single soldier and beat back all these Japanese dwarfs. Hahahaha..."

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

Zhu Di waved his hand, "Of course I want to take advantage of the victory and pursue it!"

"Ma He, you lead [-] troops, go to the east, and advance northward with me!"

After Ma He responded, he was ordered to leave with [-] troops. They formed an angle with the main army in the northeast and began to move slowly northward.

The Ming Dynasty's conquest of Japan officially began...

In the days that followed, after experiencing the last war, wherever the army led by Zhu Di went, it could be said that it was like walking on flat ground!

Except for the small-scale local resistance, Goguiyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu could not be seen at all. It can only be said that they ran fast enough.

However, the country's Xiangyong troops had almost no combat capabilities at all.

The Japanese people are already short in stature. As long as they are not a large-scale army, they are like lambs to be slaughtered in front of the brave Ming soldiers.

After passing through a place, I met Xiang Yong, and after firing a few shots, they became honest.

Even though there were some who were not afraid of death, they rushed towards the Ming army with farm tools and yelling. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty took out their repeating muskets and fired a volley. After a volley, the whole world was quiet.

In this way, Zhu Di led the army to advance north, but the speed was not fast.

First, because there were many mountains in Japan, it was inconvenient for the army to move with the powerful thunder cannon. Second, Zhu Di felt that there was no need to rush too fast.

Such a steady and steady attack will not give Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu any chance. As long as they are bulldozed from south to north, Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu will have nowhere to escape one day!

Two months later, Zhu Di led his troops to Gaoshan City.

This place, the former frontline position of Houguishan, was now empty. Zhu Di easily occupied it with almost no effort.

At this moment, Gogameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were both within Nagano Castle, two hundred miles north of Takayama Castle.

After seeing the terrifying artillery of the Ming army, Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu understood a truth.

Facing the Ming army with powerful weapons, it can only be outmaneuvered and not attacked by force.

So they fled all the way to Nagano without stopping.

Nagano is one of the largest important cities on the way north from Ishimi Mountain. Even if the Ming army attacked here and they gathered the city to defend it, Zhu Di would not be able to break through Nagano in a short time.

Of course, Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu have not been idle in the past two months and have been discussing how to fight against Zhu Di. But Zhu Di came all the way north and fought steadily throughout the process, giving them no chance at all, forcing them to fight Zhu Di in Nagano to defend the city.

But even though they were on the defensive side, both Gogameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were still worried!

The power of Ming Dynasty's artillery is so terrifying! They were not sure how long the city of Nagano could survive such heavy artillery fire.

After learning that Zhu Di led his army to occupy Takayama Castle, Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sat together again to discuss countermeasures.

However, the two of them argued for a long time and failed to come up with a useful result.

No matter how they arrange their troops, as long as the Ming army is given time to withdraw from those extremely powerful artillery, they will definitely be defeated!

"Damn it!" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu punched the low table in front of him.

"Is there really nothing we can do? These damn Ming people..."

Opposite him was Goguiyama, who was also kneeling on the tatami. His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

If we can't find a way to deal with the Ming Dynasty, I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to find a place in the entire Japanese country!

The two were sitting together at this time, yelling at Zhu Di and Ming Jun from time to time!

He scolded Zhu Di for occupying the Shijianshan silver mine that belonged to them, and was still not satisfied with taking advantage of them, and wanted to drive them all away.

Today, they are filled with righteous indignation, but they have completely forgotten that when the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were fighting endlessly, they sent Japanese pirates to frequently harass and plunder the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty for more than [-] consecutive years...

After pondering for a long time, Hou Guishan suddenly had an idea.

"Now, we still have a way to deal with Zhu Di."

"What is the method?" Ashikaga Yoshimitsu couldn't wait to ask after hearing this.

"Gaoshan Castle is more than two hundred miles away from Nagano. According to Zhu Di's normal marching speed, he will definitely not be able to reach it in one day. He will definitely set up camp along the way."

"If... we can send people to sneak into the Ming army camp and assassinate Zhu Di, the Ming army will definitely be in chaos, and we can take advantage of this opportunity..."

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's eyes gradually lit up as he listened.

"Yes, it's a good idea. Now we only have this option..."

After confirming that this method was feasible, the two immediately started taking action.

The Japanese country is a very strange country. They have almost no culture of their own, and most of them learned it from the previous dynasties in the Central Plains.

There was a period of time in the Central Plains Dynasty where it was popular to raise dead warriors. After this practice spread to the Japanese country, it was immediately copied.

However, the dynasties in the Central Plains continued to change, and the practice of raising dead warriors had long since disappeared in the long history. However, the Japanese country retained this custom.

As long as you are a Japanese royal family, if you don't raise some dead soldiers, you are not qualified.

Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu naturally maintained a group of dead soldiers, but in the past, these dead soldiers were not of much use. They may only have played a role once or twice, and they were more of a deterrent.

Only when the family's survival is at stake, or when someone seriously hinders their interests, will they send dead soldiers to eradicate the target.

This time, Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu were obviously at the end of their rope, and the dead man became the last card in their hands!

Although for Zhu Di, who has an army of more than [-], a few dozen dead soldiers is really not enough, but if there is a chance, it may not be impossible to get rid of Zhu Di.

After all, these dead soldiers have been trained in killing skills by their families since childhood, and all of them have extraordinary skills. After the few death soldiers were sent to perform tasks, these killing machines also completed the tasks brilliantly.

This time Zhu Di led his army to push all the way from Iwami Mountain, which was the biggest threat that Gogeyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had ever faced.

In order to be sure, both of them took out all the dead soldiers in their hands, a total of fifty-seven.

Subsequently, Go Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu sent people to investigate the news near Takayama Castle, waiting for the opportunity to come.

Zhu Di didn't let the two of them wait too long. On the third day after capturing Gaoshan City, he led his army out of Gaoshan City and continued to march north.

Just as Hou Guishan had guessed, Zhu Di's march was still extremely slow, and he only traveled more than a hundred miles in one day.

When night fell, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty stopped advancing and began to set up camp.

The spies hurriedly returned and reported the place where the Ming army was stationed to Goguishan and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

The two men, who had a premonition that the opportunity was coming, summoned all the dead soldiers and gave them the task of assassinating Zhu Di. When the dead soldiers left Nagano, they personally left the city gate to see them off.

"I hope you can kill Zhu Di with one strike. Only in this way can we save our Japanese nation!"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu said to them in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

All the dead soldiers wore black night clothes, respectfully saluted Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and Gogameyama, and then disappeared into the darkness of the night.

"I once asked them to assassinate a minister who opposed me. In less than half a day, the minister died at home." Hou Guishan said as if he had some memories.

"I hope they can successfully get rid of Zhu Di this time..."

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After the fifty-seven dead soldiers left Nagano, under the cover of night, they quickly moved towards the direction where the Ming army camp was stationed.

An hour later, fifty-seven dead soldiers arrived around the Ming army camp.

They saw patrolling soldiers everywhere in the military camp, and the defense was airtight!

However, this cannot stop these killing machines outside the military camp at the moment.

They know that as long as they are human beings, there will be times when they are negligent.

What's more, it's night now, and people's sightlines are greatly restricted. This is their opportunity.

The leader of the fifty-seven dead soldiers was a man named Oda. He was the oldest and the most skilled, so he was appointed as the leader of the assassination team by Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

Oda lay down in the grass and looked up at the sky.

A group of dark clouds is slowly approaching the moon. When the dark clouds completely cover the moon, everyone's visibility will weaken again.

Until then... it's the best time for them to take action!

(End of this chapter)