The Red Mansions

Japan, thirty miles outside of Tamba City——

At this time, the sound of horse hooves was deafening. Because the surrounding fields were flat, it could be faintly heard no matter how far away they were.

Until the afternoon, the vanguard troops of the Tokugawa shogunate retreated steadily to the southwest. It was obvious that they could not resist the Jurchen's tiger and wolf divisions and were almost killed.

At this moment, the main force of Tokugawa Iemitsu's troops had also set up camp. The camp of more than 100,000 troops stretched almost ten miles away. The military tents blocked the sky and the sun, and it was impossible to see the end.

Groups of cavalry, holding horse reins in hand, galloped back and forth in the wilderness, chasing away enemy scouts who wanted to come over to explore the enemy's situation.

From time to time, you may hear the "clack-clack" of horse hooves and billowing smoke, obscuring your vision.

Accompanied by a group of family elders and generals, Tokugawa Iemitsu looked at the elite military columns of the Jurchen Eight Banners in the distance, with a dignified look in his eyes.

After all, Tokugawa Iemitsu had experienced many battles when he was young. At this moment, at a glance, he could not see that the soldiers in front of him were an elite and powerful army, and his heart was filled with a haze.

Along the way, Tokugawa Iemitsu knew better than anyone what the quality of the coalition formed by the three hundred feudal lords of Edo was.

Even if we don't gather such a "rabble" and allow the Jurchen elites to run wild in Japan, it will be the same ending. They will be defeated one by one and there will be no resistance at all.

Fortunately, the Tokugawa family still has an elite force of 50,000 people. At this moment, 30,000 people have been mobilized, which can barely fight, and they are also the main force of this war.

"Your Excellency, General, there are not many Jurchen Tatars. After the siege, they can besieged across the board." The war general Sakai Tadakiyo on the side said loudly with firm eyes.

The new governor of the Sakai family is five feet tall, with strong muscles, long and powerful bones, a tall face, sharp eyes, and a thick callus on the hand holding the handle of the knife.

Tokugawa Iemitsu warned: "Don't underestimate us. Let all armies be on alert, prepare in formation, and prepare to meet the enemy."

At this moment, the sound of "dong dong" drums was heard in the distance.

Suddenly, a large number of cavalry wearing bronze armor with spiked nails came in force, surrounding a middle-aged man with a wide mouth, bright eyes and beard, it was Obai.

Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned and said in a deep voice: "This is the Jurchen general."

Obei, who was now wearing heavy armor with copper locks, also saw Tokugawa Iemitsu at a glance. His tiger eyes were as fierce as a wolf, as if he was looking for people to devour.

"The whole army forms an array!"

Obai shouted loudly, and suddenly the elite Eight Banners with two red flags behind him were like a ball of flames, and they got into a charging position.

At this moment, many soldiers and horses formed several teams under the command flags of Tokugawa Iemitsu's soldiers. At this moment, the crossbows were loaded with arrows, and the samurai swords were drawn out with a "swipe". Under the sunlight, Cold light flashes.

It is the main force of this battle, the 30,000 soldiers of the Dekang family, who are now the main force of the central army, and the surrounding left and right wings of 15,000 soldiers each.

“Dong dong!!!”

The cowhide drums that were pushed up on the chariot were beaten hard by the shirtless Japanese samurai. The sound of the drums was as dense as raindrops and spread almost in all directions.

Aobai's beard exploded under his chin, the sound was like a bell, and he shouted loudly: "Generals, kill, charge!"

The soldiers around Ao Bai roared in unison, shouting and killing, which became more and more deafening, almost earth-shaking, and stirring the sky.

The large-scale battle between the Manchus and the Japanese officially began at this time.

On the plain outside Tamba City, the two sides engaged in an all-out battle with tens of thousands of troops. They fought from noon until dusk, and then they retreated.

On one side are the elites of the Jurchen Eight Banners, and on the other side are the Japanese warriors. The two sides are fighting with each other. Although the Japanese soldiers are many, they are still unable to cope with the fearless death of the elites of the Jurchen Eight Banners.

Oboi also considered that it was getting late and his soldiers needed to rest, so he temporarily retreated his troops.

After the first battle, the Jurchen soldiers' combat strength advantage was also revealed to everyone.

The Japanese soldiers and horses are indeed unstoppable.

In the military tent——

Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned, his face was as gloomy as iron, and he said in a low voice: "What's going on? Why can't you resist it? If Yagyu hadn't sent his guards to save their lives just now, I'm afraid that all the Chinese army would have been killed by the Jurchen Tatars The danger of killing generals and capturing flags.

Sakai Tadayoki looked dejected, bowed his head and said: "General, Tadayoki is incompetent and has no way to govern, so I only wish to commit seppuku."

Tokugawa Iemitsu sneered: "Seppuku? Now is the time to apologize for committing seppuku?"

At this time, Date Zhongzong showed a look of solemnity on his face and said: "Your Excellency General, the combat power of the Jurchen soldiers and horses is indeed not something we can withstand."

Tokugawa Iemitsu raised his eyebrows and said coldly: "If everyone is willing to die, how can they not stop it?"

Most of the big names present had a look of shame on their faces.

A look of thought appeared on Ota Shizong's resolute face. He pondered for a while and said loudly: "Your Excellency, general, defeating the enemy is a top priority now."

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked: "How to defeat the enemy?"

Tai Tian Zizong's eyes showed a thoughtful look and said: "Strengthen the walls and clear the fields, dig deep trenches, confront the enemy, and wait until the enemy's food and fodder are exhausted before we can fight back. Moreover, the Jurchens are far away and the food and grass will not be available. As long as we hold on In ten days and a half, the Jurchens will naturally run out of food and collapse."

Tokugawa Iemitsu said: "This plan is very clever."

"I heard that people from the Han court have captured Jeju and are marching towards Jeolla Province. Once their retreat is cut off, the Jurchen Tatars will become rootless duckweeds." At this time, Abe Tadaki said.

"Didn't the Fourth Young Master go to look for the soldiers and horses of the Han court?" At this time, Miura Shoji said.

"There is no news yet." Under Tokugawa Iemitsu's thick and heroic eyebrows, there was a glimmer of expectation in his eyes, and he said warmly: "The Han court will not sit back and watch the Jurchens become powerful."

Obai also led his troops back to Danbo City and met Azige.

Azig asked: "How is it?"

"The Japanese are vulnerable! My lord, defeat the Japanese and reach Edo. This dead game will be solved." Obai said in a deep voice with an aggressive look.

In today's battle, six to seven thousand enemies were wiped out, and they almost rushed to the banner of the Tokugawa Shogunate, which also gave Ao Bai some opportunities.

Azig pondered for a moment, with worry on his face, and said: "We don't have much food left. We can last for more than half a month at most."

There were more than 40,000 elite soldiers of the Eight Banners who went out to Japan this time.

Even though a lot of food and supplies have been looted from various places in the past few months, without the continuous transportation from North Korea, so many soldiers and horses were consumed, which can be said to be a thousand millimeters of grain every day, and they gradually became unable to make ends meet.

Ao Bai said: "Half a month is enough. When the Japanese are defeated, their food and fodder can be used by our army. By then, Edo will be broken, and it will not be far away."

Azig nodded and said: "The situation is like this, there is really no choice."

Now the two of them lead nearly one-half of the Jurchen elites, and there is no room for any mistakes.

Fortunately, the elite Jurchen Eight Banners came from fighting in an extremely harsh environment and did not collapse or surrender.

This is also the greatest confidence that the two of them can lead a large army to fight in Japan.

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next day

Obai continued to send troops and horses to call for battle, but this time Tokugawa Iemitsu stood firm and refused to leave the camp, intending to collapse on his own when his food supplies ran out.

Azige stared at the camp with bows and arrows facing outside, and whispered: "The Japanese bows and crossbows are accurate and powerful, and are not inferior to our army."

Oboi nodded and said: "Your Majesty, now divide your troops to plunder the grain road."

Azig nodded and said, "That's exactly what I mean."

To a certain extent, although Azig is brave and good at fighting, he is still inferior to Obai in terms of tactics and tactics.

In this way, the Japanese soldiers and horses tightly closed the gate of the village and did not come out. After a few days, both Aobai and Azig began to become a little restless.

Obai stared at the mountain peak at this moment, and his eyes suddenly moved. It was clearly the autumn season, the vegetation was withered and yellow, and large tracts of reeds blocked the sky and the sun.

In particular, some military camps under the daimyo were stationed along the banks of grass and reeds.

"Perhaps we can attack with fire?" With this thought, Obai's eyes lit up and his heart pounded.

Yes, the fire attack method can break the ten-mile Japanese camp.

Then, Ao Bai pulled up the reins and rode his horse to the side of Prince Azig of England and said: "Your Majesty, the general has some strategies to defeat the enemy."

Azig had just led several Ma Bian to inspect the situation of setting up camp.

Azige pondered for a moment and said in a clear voice: "Attacking with fire will only cause some chaos, but the main force of the Japanese is still there. It would be nice if there is wind."

The so-called fire attack technique cannot be separated from the wind. The so-called fire borrows the power of the wind, and the wind assists the power of the fire.

Ao Bai said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, we are just using fire and smoke to force the Japanese to fight with me. We are not imitating Zhuge Liang's fire attack method. Your Majesty, don't worry."

Well, as Jia Heng's "Three Kingdoms" novel became popular in the world, some Jurchen generals also began to read the "Three Kingdoms" novel to learn war tactics. The most recent chapter written by Jia Heng mainly focused on the fire attack method in the Battle of Red Cliff.

When Azige heard this, his bright eyes lit up slightly. He looked at the Japanese military tents in the distance and saw that there were indeed some military tents set up near the reed swamps for the convenience of fetching water, which also posed some fire hazards. .

This is obviously not Tokugawa Iemitsu's elite troops, but a stupid move by some daimyo.

Azig said: "After dark, I will send people to bring kerosene, light the reeds, and burn the camp. At that time, I will send troops to rob the camp and spread to the main camp of the Tokugawa family." go."

Obei said: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

"You and I are in the same boat, don't say such unorthodox words." A hearty smile appeared on Azig's bold and rough face, which only matched the ferocious face, but it was a bit scary. And Obai was almost the same ugly person.

In the past, Obai was actually a little dissatisfied with Dorgon, and supported Hauge more. However, with Hauge's defeat and death, some of the original contacts gradually faded a lot. Anyway, he was able to get rid of some of the original emotional influence and be able to Peace of mind.

The night was already dark, a bright moon was in the sky, the stars were sparse, and the bright and silver moonlight shone like a bolt of steel in the entire military tent.

In the Chinese military camp——

Tokugawa Iemitsu sat on a pearwood chair, holding a book in his hand, and started reading under an orange light. Coincidentally, it was also a book on the Three Kingdoms.

This third-generation general of the Tokugawa Shogunate was also thinking about ways to defeat the enemy in his heart.

At this moment, I read the section "Zhuge Kongming Borrows the East Wind" and felt a little nervous.

At this moment, a whirling autumn wind blew outside and blew into the military tent.

"What time is it?" Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly felt a chill and felt something in his heart, so he asked.

At this time, the guard serving at the gate of the camp came in and whispered: "Reporting to your Excellency, General, it is already Haishi."

"Go get some hot water." Tokugawa Iemitsu stretched out his hand and yawned, put the book in his hand aside, stretched out, as if he wanted to sleep.

The guard said yes, then turned and left. However, just after leaving the military tent, he suddenly looked panicked, turned back to the military tent, and said urgently: "General, fire, fire."

As soon as these words came out, Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart couldn't help but "thump", he quickly stood up and shouted: "What's the fire?"

At this moment, he lifted the curtain out of the military tent and looked at the large reeds on the side of the river that had burned into balls of flames. There was a crackling sound, and then, in the light of the fire, the neighing of horses and the cry of killing.

"No, fire attack!" Under Tokugawa Iemitsu's thick eyebrows, there was a hint of fear in his eyes, as he suddenly realized.

But it was too late. At this moment, the few daimyo who were smart enough to set up camp by the river were slapping their thighs on both sides, almost regretting it.

But at this moment, there was a strong wind, and accompanied by a beep-beep-beep sound, the fire caused by the dry wood spread quickly towards the camp.

Not long after, thick smoke could be seen billowing, flames were raging into the sky, and it was almost out of control.

At this moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu and his daimyo were standing outside the military tent, staring at the fire in the distance, dumbfounded and frightened.

Tokugawa Iemitsu was stunned for a moment and said urgently: "Quick, don't let those rebels attack our camp. Come, dig trenches and prepare to put out the fire!"

The young general next to him, Tadayoshi Sakai, said, "Sir, it's too late."

It turned out that at this moment, a large number of rebels in the camp had begun to attack the camp where Tokugawa Iemitsu was located.

The whole situation had an ominous air to it.

On this side, Aobai and Azig led a large number of cavalry soldiers and horses, waving sabers in their hands, and the swords for killing horses were shining brightly, the light of the swords was dazzling, and every time they flickered, many soldiers could be seen lying in a pool of blood. among.

Nearly ten thousand Jurchen elites took advantage of the chaos caused by the fire to sweep back and forth from south to north.

"Clang!"

The sound of weapons clashing sounded, and the cry of killing shook the wilderness.

At this moment, the Japanese could no longer look at each other, and were running away amid the collision of iron hooves.

The original combat power was not a match for the elite Jurchen Eight Banners, but now, after a large number of cavalry chased them, it was even more difficult to resist.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu saw this scene, his hands and feet felt cold.

But at this moment, the deafening sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance, a rumbling sound in the quiet summer night.

"Stop them!" Sakai Tadaki shouted loudly.

"General, we will definitely be able to block it." Ota Shizune on the side said loudly.

At this moment, Obai and Azige also led the soldiers, driving the fleeing soldiers towards Tokugawa Iemitsu's Chinese army camp.

"Whizzing!"

Along with the sound of arrows piercing the air, the Japanese soldiers in the camp fell to the ground, with arrows in their chests, dripping with blood.

And a large number of Jurchen knights armed with sabers rushed into the camp and killed everyone on sight.

As the screams rang out, many Japanese soldiers fell to the ground amid the screams.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu's Tadaki Sakai saw this, he quickly called many soldiers to support the war. However, Obai was so brave, and the soldiers around him were not afraid of death. They rushed into the camp and killed everyone.

At this moment, Tokugawa Iemitsu's face was slumped, and he felt a huge sadness welling up in his heart.

On the side, Ota Shizune said worriedly: "General, the situation is not good."

Tokugawa Iemitsu said in a decisive tone: "Send personal soldiers to resist and fight to the last soldier!"

It was impossible for him to lead his personal guards and abandon his men to escape, otherwise, it would be a rout.

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North Korea, Gwangju

As time passed silently, Jia Heng also began to rest his soldiers, waiting for the battle report from the Japanese island.

However, the battle report on the Japanese island did not come, but the news from Wang Jing of Korea came first. The Korean monarch, also the king of Korea of ​​this generation, Li Hao, heard that the Han court sent more than 100,000 naval troops to defeat Jeju. After the Jurchen soldiers and horses, they sent envoys to deliver news that they were willing to become a vassal of the Han court.

There is only one request, to help North Korea resist the Qing army that will retaliate in the future.

In the back hall of the state government office, in the study room——

After hearing the battle report, Wei King Chen Ran couldn't hide his excitement under his sword-shaped eyebrows, and said: "Zi Yu, things are done in Korea."

It can be said that this was planned by his retainers. When he returns to Shenjing, his father will definitely remember it.

Jia Heng's eyes flashed under his sword-shaped eyebrows, and he nodded and said: "Your Highness, King Wei, North Korea proposed that if the Jurchens attack, they hope that I, a big man, can help defeat the Jurchen reinforcements."

It can be said that the Jurchens have dispatched almost half of their troops, and it is difficult to launch another national war, otherwise they will be in danger of national subjugation.

Maybe they just sit back and watch Aobai and Azig who are in the Japanese country, and start a business in the Japanese country?

King Chen Ran of Wei pondered for a moment, looked at the young man in the python suit aggressively, and said: "Zi Yu, when will we send troops to the Japanese country again?"

Jia Heng looked deeply under his sword-shaped eyebrows and said: "Wait, wait for the outcome of the war between the Jurchens and the Japanese. If you intervene too early, the two parties may compromise and make peace. If you intervene too late, our army will have to spend a lot of trouble out of thin air. "

Previously, a large number of Jinyi had been sent to the Japanese country to investigate the relevant situation. Whether it was a great victory of the Manchu Qing Dynasty or a great victory of the Tokugawa Shogunate over the Japanese pirates, a suitable opportunity to send troops could be found at that time.

King Chen Ran of Wei pondered for a moment, looked at him aggressively, and said, "What Zi Yu said is true."

At this moment, Li Shu, the bodyguard in Jinyi, hurriedly came from outside and said: "Captain, there is intelligence from the Japanese side. Jurchen Aobai, Azige and others used fire attacks to defeat the Tokugawa shogunate's coalition forces. Tokugawa Iemitsu died in the battle, and the rest dispersed."

As soon as these words came out, Jia Heng and Wei Wang Chen Ran were shocked. They couldn't help but look at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

After this battle, wouldn't all the main forces of the Japanese country be wiped out by the Jurchens?

Jia Heng's eyes flashed and he said: "Your Highness, the time has come to send troops."

It can be said that the Jurchens are worthy of being the elite of the Eight Banners who were able to enter the pass. At this moment, they defeated the army of the Tokugawa Shogunate, swept across the Japanese country, and determined the overall situation of the Japanese country in one battle.

The main force is gone, and the next three hundred feudal lords are no match for the Jurchens' elite and brave men.

Wei King Chen Ran asked: "Zi Yu, are we going to mobilize a large number of troops to land in Japan in this battle?"

"While the Jurchen's foothold is not stable, annihilate the Jurchen elite." Jia Heng nodded and said: "Li Shu, summon the generals of Jiangnan Navy and Denglai Navy to the lobby to discuss matters."

"Yes, Commander." Li Shu said with a slightly solemn expression.

Not long after, I saw a lot of people in the hall, all of them old faces, such as Shui Yu, Wei Che and others. At this moment, most of their faces showed excitement and inexplicable colors.

Jia Heng said: "The war in the Japanese country has come to an end. The Japanese country has been defeated and lost. Aobai, Azige and others are about to sweep the entire Japanese country. Our army can no longer sit back and watch and send soldiers to the Japanese country."

Shui Yu looked expectantly and said urgently: "Duke Wei, are you going to defeat the Japanese country this time?"

Jia Heng said: "The first thing is to completely annihilate Aobai and Azig's Eight Banners elite."

While several people were discussing matters, a tall guard strode into the hall, clasped his fists and said, "Captain, the Japanese envoys clamored to see the Duke, and started pushing and shoving with the guards outside."

It turned out that the Japanese envoy, Tokugawa Tsusushige, also heard the news that the Tokugawa shogunate's army was defeated by Jurchen soldiers outside Damba City. He was anxious and came to Jia Heng for help.

At this time, Jia Fang gave a deep shout and said, "Didn't you see that the Justice of the State was discussing matters?"

Jia Heng waved his hand and said, "Let him wait in the study."

"Yes." When the guard heard this, he clasped his fists and said yes.

Jia Heng then arranged the deployment of the troops, and then glanced at the generals and said: "Everyone, go down and mobilize the troops first, and we will set off in three days."

With that said, he went to the study and saw the fourth young master of the Tokugawa family.

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