Wanli 1592

Chapter 1195 The Official Battle
After the battle, Asano Yukunaga counted the battle damage and found that more than 100 soldiers of the Tokugawa Army had been killed, and he finally gave himself a sigh of relief.

"We have won! Starting tomorrow, we will deal severe blows to the Tokugawa Army again and again until we beat them to hell!"

"Oh!!!!!"

The morale of Toyotomi's army was boosted.

An hour later, the Tokugawa army never came to attack again. Asano Yukunaga laughed, saying that the Tokugawa army was a paper tiger, and after being beaten once, they would not dare to come back again. Like Tokugawa Ieyasu, they knew how to retreat and sneak attack.

Asano Yukunaga looked at the sky and found that it was already midnight, and he figured it out, feeling that the other party had to rest, and would not come again after three consecutive night raids, so he ordered his generals to patrol the entire barracks instead of him, and went by himself Go to sleep.

The general ordered the highly nervous soldiers to go back to rest in the first half of the night, and he brought a group of more energetic soldiers to patrol to prevent the surprise attack of the Tokugawa army.

On the other hand, Naomasa Ii ordered all the members of the red reserve team to wrap the horse's hooves with cloth, put a branch on the horse's mouth, and prepare for a night attack.

"Tonight, the moonlight is hazy, and there is still wind. It is a good opportunity to set fire. It seems that God will give me a chance, and the east wind is blowing. Asano Yukunaga set up the barracks at the downwind. This time, I want him to have a No return! Come, give me the torch!"

Naomasa Ii found the best fighter, and told his subordinates about his tactics, asking everyone to bring torches and kerosene, and set fire to Mr. Toyotomi's barracks, causing a big commotion to make their barracks In the chaos, it is best to bomb the battalion, and then Kanbara Yasunaga will lead the main force of the infantry to kill Yukunaga Asano.

After the strategy is decided, it's time to start implementing it. In the second half of the night, when people are sleeping most soundly, Ii Naomasa led the members of the red team to start a night attack. The operation went very smoothly. The stealth ninja successfully eliminated the gatekeepers. , Then, the barbecue meeting began.

Komasa Kanbara led his troops to the outside of Yukunaga Asano's camp. With an order, a round of rockets soared into the sky and hit directly at Yukunaga Asano's tent. The night attack officially began, and the cruel game started. The prologue has begun.

Anyway, Asano Yukunaga did not expect that after the endless battles during the day, Naomasa Ii would take advantage of the night to attack at night. He only left almost a night watch force, and the rest went to sleep to accumulate energy, and it was time to sleep again. the most familiar time.

The results speak for themselves.

The Jingyi Chibei team rushed into the Toyotomi camp like a whirlwind, and set fire to everything they went. The Toyotomi camp, which was already burning because of the falling rocket, intensified the burning under the action of the torch.

Then in the middle of the night today, the east wind blew again, and Toyotomi's camp was downwind. The wind helped the fire, and it burned out of control.

The Toyotomi camp was burning fiercely, and the Chibei team was also fighting fiercely. The raging fire boosted the morale of Ii Naomasa's troops. They shouted the battle cry and fought desperately. , and there was no order, so he had to run for his life in all directions.

As for Asano Yukunaga, he was lucky and escaped under the guard of his retainers.

Although he woke up, the retainers made a judgment that it was too late and it was pointless to continue to resist, so they picked up Asano Yukunaga, got on his horse and fled, leaving behind the chaotic army.

Yukicaga Asano never expected that the confrontation between the two armies after a few years under his own command would end in his disastrous defeat, and the defeat was so sudden that he was defeated by Naomasa Ii in a surprise attack before the chosen battlefield could be used. up.

In this battle, the Tokugawa Army under the command of Ii Naomasa and Kanbara Komasa won a complete victory, and the Toyotomi Army under the command of Asano Yukunaga was defeated. All the piles of ordnance and supplies were seized by Ii Naomasa.

When Asano Yukunaga tied himself up and knelt in front of Toyotomi Hideji to plead guilty, Toyotomi Hideji was very annoyed to know that Asano Yukunaga sent troops without authorization and fought a big defeat, not only losing people, but also losing face Empty.

Toyotomi Hideji, who originally planned to severely punish Yukunaga Asano, learned that there were more than a dozen powerful generals kneeling outside his mansion to send his name to Yukunaga Asano to intercede. After thinking twice, he decided to temporarily pardon Yukunaga Asano and fined his The fiefdom and money made him commit crimes and meritorious deeds.

After that, Toyotomi Hideji summoned Ishida Mitsunari.

Ishida Misachi cried to Toyotomi Hideji about his experience of being under house arrest and escaped by chance. He blamed himself for his incompetence, felt very ashamed of his failure to stop Asano Yukunaga's attack, and was willing to apologize with death.

Toyotomi Hideji stopped Ishida Matsunari.

"This is not a bad thing. The military generals have always been very arrogant and arrogance. This time they did not listen to my order and attacked directly. If they win the battle, I feel that things are not easy to deal with. Now that they have lost the battle, I feel angry. After being hit, you must feel guilty.

Although we are in a disadvantageous position at this moment, this may not be an opportunity. If I can take the opportunity to win a battle and show Toyotomi's majesty, I will definitely be able to deter the generals and make them bow their heads. "

Crisis equals danger + opportunity. This is what Toyotomi Hideyoshi once said to Toyotomi Hideji. In the past, Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not understand, but now, he understands.

This is what he has to do to make clever use of crises and turn dangers into opportunities.

Ishida Mitsunari also realized this, and found that Toyotomi Hideji was transforming into a qualified ruler. This transformation is very gratifying, but the timing is not good, because opportunity is war, which means that Toyotomi, who originally did not want to start a full-scale war, Omi Hideji, we must start a war.

Only by going to war can we turn the danger into an opportunity and use it to achieve the dominance of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi, otherwise, we will just go silent.

In the current situation, Ishida Mitsunari can no longer worry about the Qin army's strategy, but must march into Ishimi to defeat Ii Naomasa.

Even so, looking at the slightly excited Toyotomi Hideji, Ishida Mitsunari was still very worried.

Is this also part of Qin Jun's strategy?

It's hard to say, it's really hard to say, Ishida Mitsunari really can't believe that this situation can also be expected by Xiao Ruxun, it's really terrifying.

But in any case, this war is inevitable, otherwise, the public opinion in Kyoto alone can drive Toyotomi Hideji crazy.

So that night, Toyotomi Hideji urgently held a battle meeting.

Early the next morning, he went to the palace to meet the weak man who had become the king of Japan, cried hypocritically, and then got the king's flag, got the title of righteousness, and declared Tokugawa Ieyasu as a traitor and a bandit army. It is the imperial army.

A battle for hegemony has turned into a war of rebellion for propaganda, so it can be seen how important it is to grasp the high ground of public opinion.

From ancient times to the present, the power of people's mouth is not as small as imagined.

Sometimes, the power of the mouth can even dominate the direction of history. This was proved by a group of people called Strategists during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods in China.

(End of this chapter)