Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 586 Shogunate Attack
"that's it?"

More than twenty heads were placed in front of the general's palace, looking at the ferocious and resentful leaders of the Ming army, Tokugawa Iemitsu shook his head dissatisfied, and said very sternly: "It's not that these Ming bandits plundered our army. Once or twice, I think that Lord Hattori Hanzo served my ancestors for many years, and he was born and died several times before he was exchanged for the fiefdom of Yuanjiang, these alone are not enough!"

"I understand, please give me more time, general, and I will definitely wipe out those Ming bandits!"

The cowhide was blown out, but the matter was not done well, and half of the selected front soldiers ran away, especially the Ming army leader with two guns. He searched for more than ten miles along the Shiwanshichuan River, but he couldn't find it. Sanbingwei was wearing a thick face scarf so that his face could not be seen, but the leader of the Jonin was undoubtedly embarrassed at this time.

"Master Baidi, the patience of this hall is short, let's go down!"

After saluting, the ninja leader backed out disheartenedly, and when he left, the entire palace room seemed to be a little warmer. He reached out to take a piece of pickled melon, and faced the direction Sanhei Hyakuchi was walking, Tokugawa Jiaguang snorted disdainfully.

Ninjas are all born at the lowest level, even the lowest level samurai, no matter the Sengoku daimyo or the Tokugawa shogunate, they are just using their relationship. From the bottom of their hearts, these people look down on ninjas at all. I don't know it.

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However, after dispatching the ninjas, it seems that it did play a big role. The selection front army who had been informing the mountains that they were constantly harassing the grain roads of the Japanese army suddenly disappeared. The grain transported from Edo thousands of miles away could reach the front line smoothly, although The soldiers and guards could only eat half full, but their morale was gradually improving.

And at the end of March, although soldiers and guards continued to be killed and injured in the Shikoku Mountains, relying on endless manpower, the shogunate still found out the specific layout of the Ming army.

The main force of the Ming army was deployed in the area of ​​Rilun Mountain and Ryuhe Mountain at the southwest end of Tosa. This is the only place to enter the Kochi Plain, the largest plain in Tosa. However, only Song Qingshu's begging army was released here, and more than 3 Zheng army remnants were parked in the farthest Tosa Bay, avoiding it far away.

In this day and age, the Ming Dynasty can’t even get enough to eat, let alone an island country that is poor in supplies. The Ming army has few soldiers and supplies on the spot, so it needs less luggage. Tosa’s fief is 24 shi, plus the food shipped from China Canned food, sea fish caught on the spot, seaweed, the food he hoarded in Dakoban Mountain City has reached more than 30 shi, which is enough to feed the Ming army for a year. Song Qingshu is willing to fight for a long war, but the shogunate is not the same.

25 soldiers and guards eat horse chews, which is an astronomical figure every day. Don't look at Song Qingshu's supply line is much longer than Tokugawa Iemitsu's. Four [-]-ton treasure ships can transport mountain-like supplies every time. However, the shogunate needs to transport grain from the Kanto Plain. Traditional land transportation is time-consuming and expensive. Moreover, after the world is peaceful, both the shogunate and the daimyo are no longer as simple as in the Warring States Period, spending everything on military affairs.Large-scale construction will consume a lot of people's power, and Tokugawa Iemitsu will have to be eaten and bankrupt if he wants to fight in Shikoku for a year.

So on the second day after inquiring about the specific strength of the Ming army, Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered an oath in Higashino Castle.

Although the individual quality does not look good, but 20 chariots, horses and cavalry lined up in a large formation, it still looks majestic. The various family crests on the neck flags of the warriors are dazzling. The war horse snorted violently and pawed the ground, and the narrow Nakamura Plain was almost completely occupied by the shogunate army.

While the banners were flying, Tokugawa Iemitsu, surrounded by the crowd of 26 celebrities, stepped up to the Dianjiangdai with great vigor.

In this era, the Tokugawa shogunate still had great prestige. Looking at the "tall" figure of its general, the densely packed hundreds of thousands of shogunate samurai raised their weapons excitedly and shouted with enthusiasm.

"General!"

"Bu Wu Tianxia!"

Amidst the frenzied shouting, Tokugawa Iemitsu's plump face also had ferocious horizontal lines. He choked a gold-plated regimental fan in his hand and swung it forward ferociously. The agitated throat let out a beast-like roar.

"It's war! Attack!"

"attack!"

Amidst the chaotic roar, the huge army formation seemed to melt. The warriors on the edge shook the neck flags on their backs and rushed out shouting. There was this general wearing a ghost helmet shouting frantically.

"March, for Iemitsu-sama, for the glory of the Okubo family!"

"The shogunate will not hesitate to close the fields for those who have achieved military exploits! Kill! Kill the Guangming bandits!"

Amidst the raging roar of beasts, hundreds of thousands of Japanese soldiers formed a brigade and rushed towards the mountain.

The Japanese were still divided into a dozen or so armies in the same way as when they invaded North Korea, the first of which was the third army of samurai recruited in the Kanto Edo area, led by Matsudaira Tadaki, the predecessor of the Tokugawa family and the most trustworthy retainer. , Charged at the front like the tip of a knife, and then two armies paralleled to form a blade, followed by the third army was the Fudai daimyo Okubo Nobuyoshi of Sagami Oden Castle, and Kaga Owari's foreign daimyo Maeda Kaka.

After all, it is a warrior group, even Tokugawa Iemitsu went into battle in person, but his central army is behind more than a dozen legions, protected by the banner regiment of the Tokugawa family, the whole army is like a colorful sword , stabbing fiercely into the rolling mountains of Tosa.

The purpose of this formation is somewhat similar to Uesugi Kenshin's car suspension formation. If the vanguard's attack is unfavorable, it can immediately retreat from the two wings, and immediately replace the two armies to continue the attack. Repeatedly, until the enemy is hardened.Although there is such a careful arrangement, Tokugawa Iemitsu actually never thought of lining up all the soldiers and horses for a round. The third army alone has 3 people, which is equivalent to the total number of the Ming army.

The success of Awaji Island made Tokugawa Iemitsu full of confidence, and he even clamored to take down the Dakosaka Mountain Castle in one day.

As for the deployment of the Ming army, it was still Song Qingshu's old set of three axes, trenches, and mountain guards.

On Rilun Mountain, the originally dense trees have been dug into pieces, and the criss-cross trenches surround the beautiful Rilun Mountain and the nearby Longhe Mountain into two huge lettuces standing among the mountains. The road to the coast of Tosa and the Great Takasaka Mountain Castle in the center was firmly blocked.

Although there were few soldiers, Song Qingshu also did not put all his troops into the front line. Only the second and fourth divisions of Dai, the fourth division of Gezuo, and the fifth division stood guard between the two mountains.

After all, many divisions under the Qihuo Army have been fighting continuously for a year. During this time, Li Zicheng's army once again focused on Henan. He didn't dare to attack east again, so he simply turned back to Huguang, went to the three towns of Wuhan, and continued to fight against the troops left behind by Li Bu.

These divisions are all new to the battlefield, and Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Liangyu have not fought at all. A group of young men with high morale, on the eve of the battle, carrying flintlock guns and ammunition boxes in their hands, are also nervous and hurried in the trench arranged.

"There are so many people!"

The shogunate was set up on the border of Yi and Tosa. In less than half an hour, the Japanese army's first army had entered the Shikoku mountain range, and densely packed black-armored warriors carried long flags and marched forward with dense shouts. Then, Song Qingshu, who was holding up the binoculars, couldn't help shaking his head with emotion as he watched the Japanese man swimming with the salmon and packed the narrow mountain road tightly.

"It's just a group of people who put in bids to sell their heads. Don't worry, the commander-in-chief, I will teach them what war is called by the end of the day!"

Scarface is from the Liaodong Army. Although he did not catch up with the Wanli Korean War, the Liaodong Army beat these little devils back then, and this morale has also been passed on to him. Holding his arms, Scar With an extremely contemptuous face, he stood behind Song Qingshu with arms folded and said.

Song Qingshu didn't doubt this, and looked around again. He shook his head with a wry smile just now: "Old Xia, remember the battle plan of the General Staff Headquarters, and accept it when you see it! Take it easy!"

"Don't worry, Marshal! The general will save you!"

The enemy is outnumbered, the difference is six or seven times, if you change someone, you will have to run away, Song Qingshu actually ordered to fight slowly, don't beat the Japanese too much, it is arrogant enough, however, there is such a beggar army With arrogance, seeing Scarface solemnly agreed, nodded in satisfaction, and patted the shoulders of several division commanders. Soon after, Song Qingshu was actually the one who left the army formation, and strolled back leisurely on horseback.

At this time, the Japanese army had already rushed to the foot of Rilun Mountain. Looking at the flag of Ming Dynasty and the flag of Qihuo Army on the mountain, there were many flags of Xia characters, but except for the densely packed trenches, there were no Ming army defenders. This strange scene made the third army general Tadaki Matsudaira obviously stunned. He is also a veteran who participated in the Osaka Winter Battle and the Osaka Summer Battle, but even the Toyotomi family who defended the castle did not put up such a formation. .

However, he hesitated for a moment, relying on his strength, Matsudaira Tadaki swung the Japanese sword forward and shouted fiercely: "Samurai warriors of Yamato, attack!"

There is a valley between Rilun Mountain and Longhe Mountain. From here to Dakoban Mountain, after thousands of years of passing by Japanese people, it has been trampled into a rather solid road, and the slope is not too steep. It is a country of etiquette, but no one seems to be in the mood to be polite these days. The [-]-gun army of the former army of the third army, led by Honda Marujuro, who is known as the first gunner in the Kanto, went to Charged up the hillside.

Hearing the turbulent shouts below, and looking at the ferocious faces of warriors, a dozen or so recruits in the front row subconsciously picked up firecrackers, but suddenly their leader got a slap on the back of the head, which frightened several recruits. Xuan did not throw the gun away, the dozen or so people turned their heads in astonishment, and immediately gave a terrified salute.

"Marshal!"

He didn't know that his face was full of scars and he smiled like a big bad wolf. Under the horrified gaze of a few recruits, the scar face who came to the front line shook his head with a smile.

"You're a recruit, right?"

"Don't worry, watch the fun first!"

While talking, the Japanese who raised their guns and charged had already killed 80 meters in front of the formation, and the sound wave of shouting had even rushed to the ditch, but at this juncture, the Japanese gun warriors who rushed forward were like sitting on a plane. , There was a loud bang, and a dozen people went to the sky. Before these warriors came back to their senses, one after another explosions exploded among the gun warriors. The guy who was on the battlefield for the first time was even more stunned. The iron guy the size of a watermelon was planted by them. I didn't expect this thing to be so terrifying!
The first wave of offensive by the shogunate army was beaten back without the Ming army firing a single shot.

(End of this chapter)