Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 593 The Battle of Dakosaka Mountain Castle

The battle lasted from morning to evening, and the roots of the two huge "lettuces" had already been smeared with bright red.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is really crazy. Most of the food and grass are stored in Awaji Island, and the entire shogunate army only has three days of food left, and it doesn't even need to wait until three days. The news that the road is cut off is getting more and more certain Can't stop, once the morale boost after the looting passes, maybe the shogunate army will fall apart.

The bloodiness of this war has surpassed that of the Sekigahara War where the Tokugawa family aspired to win the world. One army collapsed, and the other two immediately followed up to replace them. It covered the entire hillside, and the greasy blood made the warriors who charged again have to be careful, otherwise they might slip and fall. So many iron gunners were killed that the warriors sent up later didn't even need to carry heavy iron cannons , just pick it up on the battlefield.

Faced with the successive attacks of more than 20 Japanese lunatics, it was extremely difficult for Scarface to deal with this battle. After all, he only had four divisions in his hand, and the Japanese's energy to not take their own lives really made him Tired of dealing with it, the whistling big tube was like the New Year's fireworks, blowing up Rilun Mountain and Longhe Mountain to the next level. There were a total of ten trenches, six of which were lost successively, and were completely filled by corpses. Some red-eyed Japanese ninjas directly hung six or seven cannons and lit them on fire, and savagely crashed into the crowd of begging soldiers.

Boom~

Scarface was very unlucky to meet one. Fortunately, his soldiers threw him down in time. The roar of the explosion kicked up a large pile of soil, which hurt his rough face and filled it up. There were a few scars, and the ears were buzzing, but he didn't bother to rub his ears. As soon as he came back to his senses, the scarred face raised the revolver in his right hand, and shot three times, rushing towards the wild man who was holding high up behind him. Taidao wanted to give him a heart-wrenching Japanese samurai to shoot him to the ground.

The craft of the revolver is complicated, and the working time even exceeds the tedious work of the Ming Dynasty who used wrought iron to roll the barrel, and then the old master used a hand drill to drill the hole in the gun. Moreover, the barrel is shorter but requires more power and higher airtightness. It also has considerable requirements for smelting technology, but most of the iron ore in China is lean iron ore. With the increasing technological requirements, almost all the iron ore needed for the left wheel components of the begging army comes from Japan. , Southeast Asia also has rich iron ore imported from India, and the price is a generation higher.

It is precisely because of this that with the full support of the West India Company's board of directors, Scarface's four divisions only have two thousand revolvers, and today, these two thousand revolvers are the decisive factor.

In the Second World War, Japan's bayonet tactics caused headaches for all countries. However, in the Pacific battlefield, there are few records of Japanese and American bayonet fighting. During the battle, a squadron of Japanese bayonet charge was killed by the U.S. revolvers at close range. In narrow trenches, this kind of rapid-fire firearm with a range of only 40 meters was more effective than bayonets and engineering shovels. Often a large group of Japanese warriors When they rushed up, the revolvers gathered by the various battalions cleared up a large area with a burst of rapid fire, and the rest could be solved with bayonets.

But even so, in the face of 20 Japanese troops attacking in turn all day long, the begging army has reached the end of its strength, especially the Japanese and the short-range small bombs such as paobaoyu, which made Scarface pay a heavy price. The Nodachi samurai, Scarface breathed a sigh of relief, and patted the soldier who fell on him, but he was already out of breath, so Scarface hit the ground hard with his fist in anger.

But at this moment, the next staff officer whose face was also blackened by the explosion's fireworks suddenly ran over excitedly against the overwhelming iron cannons fired by the Japanese below.

"Marshal! Marshal! Marshal has sent a signal, the fire is coming, let us retreat across the board! Marshal, get ready to go!"

Leng Buding was startled, and when he turned around, he could still see some faint traces of the three dark red flares in the night sky, but he pushed away the corpse, stood up, and looked down, but the scarred face couldn't help it. shook his head.

"You can't retreat like this! You have to wait for the next wave of Japanese attacks before retreating! Staff Officer Yan, you take Dai Si and the Fifth Gezuo Division to retreat now. I am here to cut off the rear for you!"

"Army seat, you should withdraw first after the next official comes and ends..."

"This is an order!"

If it was any other Ming army, the commander would have already run away by now, and there is only the beggar army. The commander must fight until the last moment. Although he will not take the lead like Huang Degong, he is by no means the first to run away. Listen With Scarface roaring orders, Staff Officer Yan Xing had no choice but to cup his fists and nod, then turned around and ran to the back mountain, leading the two divisions with the most casualties to retreat first.

The 20 people seem to have gone round and round, and the third army composed of Kanto children charged again. The red-eyed general Matsudaira Tadaki also joined the charge with a samurai sword. He died for a day, and the samurai were also red-eyed. , I no longer cared about the array, and abandoned those heavy shields, even though I held my samurai sword, I fought forward.

However, this time, on the two mountain positions that had been flattened, the number of bullets fired was significantly sparser, which more than doubled the morale of the warriors in the charge.

"For the glory of the general, charge!"

In the shout of Matsudaira Tadaki, this time the samurai rushed into the trench very smoothly, and the Ming warriors who resisted everywhere obviously reached their limit. The resistance of each tunnel often collapsed at the touch of a touch, and they fired a few shots in a hurry, just like the trench retreated. Go, the trenches built by the Qihuo army are a bit like the traces made by a knife when pickling radishes. The front is connected to the back, and the spiral spreads across the entire mountain depression. Along the trenches, you can retreat to the back mountain.

After a short confrontation, the exhausted Ming army was completely defeated. Thousands of Ming troops threw away their helmets and armor, and fled in a panic. This retreat was so realistic that some wounded and sick formed in the confrontation They were all left behind, relying on their heads in exchange for military merits. For the first time, the Japanese beasts who stood still clamored to get their heads!

"The skull is dead!"

A new wound was added to his face. Even though he had lived his whole life as a soldier, the scarred face's facial muscles still twitched uncontrollably when he heard the screams from behind. The soldiers were not spared either.Ci didn't command the soldiers, and with a last look, Scarface threw the torch on the ground viciously.

With a bang, the fire oil that had been sprinkled on the ground was ignited suddenly, and those Japanese warriors who were chasing after them screamed and turned into a group of firemen, roaring desperately, writhing and rolling on the ground, but only The grilling was even more uniform, and the heavy casualties of the Ming army took this opportunity to retreat hastily.

"Report, General! Take Rilun Mountain and Longhe Mountain!"

This news made Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had been waiting anxiously on the military stool for a whole day, heaved a sigh of relief. The bloody day made him mentally exhausted. It is estimated that there has not been such a scene in the history of Japan for so many years. The battle was as bloody as it is today.

The flames from Houshan Menghuo oil were still crackling and swaying, but Tokugawa Iemitsu stood up excitedly, waved his military fan downward and shouted loudly: "God bless my shogunate, martial arts will last forever, give Matsudaira Tadaki ordered, do not stay, continue to attack, tonight, the main hall will spend the night in the castle tower of Dakosaka Mountain Castle!"

"General!"

Sakai Tadakatsu was taken aback when he heard this, and hurriedly told the side: "The samurai have been fighting for a day, and they are hungry and tired. The barrier of the Dakoban Mountain City has been opened! Don't rush overnight!"

"No, the hall must not give these Ming bandits a chance to breathe. In Tosa Bay, they still have a fleet. If they are allowed to escape, this battle will come to naught! Pass on the order, and the chief minister and the assistant leader , Confer the title of the He Sa clan daimyo, 14 shi, and the person who mentions the head of the general of the Ming Dynasty, the Tosa vassal daimyo, 34 shi!"

The Yamauchi family couldn't even keep their own feudal vassals, and the pick-up just happened to lift their fiefdoms. As for the Hachisuga clan who had betrayed the shogunate at this time, they also eliminated them. Two new feudal states appeared here.

Becoming a great name in a country is simply the biggest dream of all warriors in this life, which is equivalent to one person under ten thousand!This order made the Japanese warriors crazy, and they could no longer care about being tired. The huge army swarmed up, crowded the mountain road between Rilun Mountain and Longhe Mountain, and rushed frantically to the Dagaoban Valley.

There is indeed nothing to worry about. After all, Dakoban Mountain City exists as a residential city. After opening the natural dangers in front of us, there is only one city left, and then there are the castle towns under the mountain, the residences of town residents, and the nearby farmland. The style of the castle is such a big problem, there is no danger to defend here!
Many samurai even gnawed on rice balls while running, as if they were going to a feast, and there would be no food to eat if they got there late. Don't dislike too much territory in your home!

However, when these two 10,000+ people were running bravely with torches, a pair of binoculars looked at them from behind, watching a rather spacious valley full of crowds, in Song Qingshu's eyes, A strong murderous intent was also revealed.

"Tsk tsk, I'm really hooked!"

"There is a way to heaven if you don't go, and there is no way to enter hell, then don't blame me! Come here, send an order to Li Tiezhu, fire!"

"fire!"

Li Tiezhu, who was tickled like a cat scratching his heart after listening to the fierce fighting in Qianshan all day, suddenly said that an artilleryman forced his hand with iron tongs in his hand and stabbed hard into the breech of the gun as if he was relieved.

Boom~

A loud noise shook the mountains, and also made the Japanese warriors who were all eyes on the Dakoban Mountain Castle on the hillside stop in amazement...

(End of this chapter)