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"Okay, stop fighting, order the withdrawal!"

Two signal bombs were sent out into the air, and Mao Liying, who was still unsatisfied, had to push the cannon and began to retreat. The Dongjiang army who was still looting nearby also immediately showed their extremely high quality, even if there was still a cash drawer in front of them. Flip, also immediately turned around and left.

No way, conditioned reflex.Afraid of a sudden attack, the Dongjiang Army often has such content during training. At noon, the whistle chief suddenly whistles. Those who went to the assembly with trousers were not punished, those who were late with trousers on, then squatted, the respective chiefs blew their whistles at one end, and the iron rebels withdrew without even thinking about it at the other end.

However, this has become a big oolong in Mao Jue's command. What he is guarding against is the reinforcements of the loyal court of Honda. It is called bravery to fight to the death with 1 to 8 enemy troops under the desperate situation of [-] horses. Ten thousand people singled out would be called a tiger. This time, the main purpose of coming here was to plunder the Japanese country. Mao Jue would not be willing to fight the main force of the Japanese if it was not necessary.

But the Tokugawa shogunate banner army that rushed out gave him this illusion, thinking that the shogunate reinforcements had arrived, and retreated half an hour early, and the looting was reduced by more than half an hour. The Dongjiang army has already retreated and disappeared.

Waking up early the next morning, Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had been promoted to the palace again, was trembling with anger. The corpses and blood on the imperial palace had been cleaned up, but the holes in the wall could not be cleaned up. Looking east from here, Almost half of Edo Castle was reduced to ruins in yesterday's war.

"Send an order to Honda Tadashi, Ii Naotora, let them go out immediately, and drive out all the Tang thieves for me, don't let any one go!"

But the general's voice echoed in the hall, but this time, even Yukinari Aoyama, Tadakatsu Sakai and others from the main combat faction were silent.

The men and horses are still the same as yesterday, but the positions are completely different. Mao Juejun entered the city from outside the city, occupied Tsukushima, and burned the Shibaguchi Bridge and Shukiyabashi leading to Tsukushima. The trenches in the Dongjiang army have now become a defensive barrier for the Dongjiang army. If he does not attack, the shogunate army will have to cross the rushing Sumida River with overwhelming musketry.

This has become the fucking situation during the offensive and defensive battle of Nagasaki. Regardless of the fact that the shogunate army has a numerical advantage, it is really hard to say whether they can win the battle.

Half an hour later, passing through the burnt-to-scorched Edo Castle in the southeast, Aoyama Yukinari's sedan chair once again appeared in front of the Dongjiang Army's formation.

Yesterday he laughed at other people as fools, but now he looked at the Dongjiang Army on the other side of the trench, holding a gun on guard. This old guy wanted to give himself two big slaps, but the thing had already happened, and he finally waved his hand helplessly. , the maid with her teeth painted black also yelled weakly at the top of her throat.

"Master Aoyama, the old man of the shogunate, has come to visit General Mao again!"

Chapter 241. Offensive and defensive momentum

Things always feel a little bit reversed.

There is only a Hengtong Bridge connecting Tsukushima. At this end, Honda Tadatomo looks like the police in the movie. The good guys and the bad guys have been fighting for half a day before he arrived late. After his troops arrived yesterday, He could only help put out the fire for a long time, tidy up the corpses, had no time to sleep at night, and surrounded him again in armor. His father called Zhang Fei from Japan. At this time, he also had a dark face like Zhang Fei. He took out all the dragonflies, the family heirlooms of the Ben family, and stood opposite the Hengtong Bridge, screaming angrily.

Tens of thousands of well-equipped shogunate warriors also formed a strict formation on the opposite bank, shouting and shouting, and dozens of small-caliber and large cylinders were also pushed to the front. the ones.

On the other side, on the other side of the Hengtong Bridge, although the captured local residents were reluctant, under the threat of their heads, those little dwarfs in long gowns, shaved heads or with forward buns, in short, were ridiculously dressed With tools, they dug up soil by the river under the supervision of the Dongjiang army. Sandbags filled with sand have already built a low wall of 60 meters. Sitting behind the low wall, those Dongjiang soldiers smoked Smoke, looking out from time to time.

The bridge deck was also blocked by dismantled wooden door frames and the like, and a simple fence was made, on which Dongjiang soldiers with flintlock guns paced back and forth.

Dongjiang, who was originally aggressive and came to attack the city, has now become the defender, making Aoyama Koyuki feel a little awkward

The more awkward thing is yet to come. What is a wave of fat? It has not opened for three years, and it has been eaten for three years. This road has traveled thousands of miles, and three or four cities have been broken. Except for gunpowder, even gold and silver, Mao Jue ordered them to be discarded. , This is not playing games, gold and silver do not account for weight, and food is more important than gold when traveling thousands of miles.

But when we arrived in Edo, we could let go, cross the defensive front, and Su Changmei, Fatty Su, who had been negotiating with him for several days, was sorting out the looted money from the night attack on Edo City last night, and was there, figuring things out. At the back, there are soldiers who keep packing the money in boxes and neatly.

Boxes of cloth, medicinal materials, quicksilver, agate, precious stones, gold and silver made in Japan.

It is unrealistic to implement it these days. A soldier fights desperately, for what reason, but Mao Jue has to pay for his equipment and pay, and he must also earn money. Besides, if there is no soldier carrying a large and heavy Therefore, this is also one of Dongjiang’s rules. Measure your weight before going on an expedition, and you have to weigh it again before returning to Dongjiang to board the boat. You can carry items that exceed your weight by ten catties after the expedition. , then use money to buy weight, ten taels of silver per catty.

In addition, they can also get meritorious rewards if they are captured and handed in. The rewards and punishments are combined. After each battle, these Dongjiang soldiers are also willing to hand in their things.

It is really arrogant enough to clean up the dirt in front of the owner. However, the ancestors of the guys who are called gentlemen in Europe these days are still barbarians. They have occupied the New World and are killing the native Indians crazily. There is no era of international order. , fists are the last word! Even if Aoyama Xingcheng saw his old mouth twitching to one side, as if he was going to have a stroke, he was helpless.

However, some details were also seen by this experienced old guy during the walk. Dongtou, a veteran soldier in his 30s who had just handed in his hands, was habitually sorting the parcels. He poured out such pointed bullets, Dongjiang's military secret, Aoyama Kosei, paid attention to it, the difference in the lethality of bullets between the two armies has not been discovered by the Japanese, but as the veterans counted the numbers, the old guy followed Counting silently in my heart.

29, thirty, 31!

After counting here, the soldier grabbed the bullets and stuffed them back into the bullet pouch. Although the deerskin pouch was heavy, it was obviously deflated a lot.

Looking away from here, his realization shifted to the other end. Another Dongjiang soldier in his 20s sat on the ground and wiped his gun. When it came down, he should be a brave warrior, he should have killed more than one samurai last night, the sticky blood stains stuck the sleeve.

But when he pulled out the bayonet, he casually threw the bent or even broken military bayonet on the ground, and then took out a side pocket from his rucksack. There were dense straps on the side pocket, probably fixed before There were at least five military thorns, but now there was only one left. After tearing off the oil paper wrapped around it, the sergeant pinned the military thorns to his waist again.

Such worn out, broken, and bent military thorns were thrown all over the place. If it were in the Dongjiang River, they could still be cleaned up and returned to the furnace, but this is a battlefield, and every catty carried is precious. These wastes of little value , no one cares.

This is next to the military supply, and at the other end, there are people queuing up to receive gunpowder. In the huge gunpowder barrel, the sergeant in charge of distributing half of his body has already leaned in to get the gunpowder, and then carefully distributes it. I didn't dare to miss anything, the green box at the end should be a cannonball, and under the eyes of Yukinari Aoyama, the first floor was completely empty.

Just when the old man sitting in the sedan chair wanted to take a second look, a sweet but blunt Japanese voice had to draw his attention back.

"Lord Qingshan, my general is already waiting for you in the Chinese army."

Aoyama Xingcheng was a little surprised. These days, those who received him were the remnants of the Toyotomi family, the little girl from the branch of the Maori family, but today, she was a red-haired Western woman, especially behind the woman's warm smile, revealing His shrewdness made him faintly wary.

"So, Mrs. Lao will lead the way!"

Tilting his head slightly, Aoyama Yukunari also answered politely.

This time Mao Jue also changed his shotgun. When he came here, he packed lightly for the raid, so he didn't bring the Chinese army tents he used to pretend to be aggressive, but last night he snatched a lot of money, and this time he set up three colorful tents. Disgusted by the heat, there are some vulgar screens on the inside, all of which are paintings of landscapes, flowers and birds. On the tatami, the stupid girl Mori Sakura who quarreled with him a few days ago seemed depressed, sitting behind holding a knife, Still not used to kneeling and sitting, Mao Jue made a small mat and sat on the edge of the table, fiddled with a bowl of tea with a spoon as if cautiously, while at the other end was a rather pretty Ming woman, holding a Tray was there with a guilty smile.

"Oh? Master Qingshan is here, please, Leer, pour tea!"

Holding the teapot on the tray in Su's hand, Miss Mingren also filled him with a cup of tea in a brisk and cheerful manner. Unlike Mao Jue, he was not afraid of poisoning Qingshan Xingcheng, and Mao Jue had no reason to poison him, no doubt With him, he picked up the teacup out of courtesy, and immediately took a sip, but under Miss Mingren's expectant eyes, the next second, Master Qingshan's mouth twitched violently.

The tea is green tea powder, ginger and salt are added according to the method of Tang tea, but the person who makes the tea is a young child. Put too much tea, the old guy almost choked to death in one sip, for the sake of etiquette, he swallowed this sip of tea with restraint.

Staring at him all the time, Mao Jue felt terrified, touched the edge of the cup with his lips, and put down the teacup.

"The tea is good, Le'er, keep up the good work, you should try it too, let's go down first!"

"Yes, officer!"

After agreeing, Yu Le'er couldn't be happier, holding the teapot, and bumped out of the tent.

A few days ago, Mao Jue had a bad impression of Aoyama Xingcheng. He was rude, disrespectful, negligent, greedy, and almost all the shortcomings of a general. It's still too incredible, but this time, he first gave himself a blow, and then he looked at him calmly and energetically, which made Qingshan Xingcheng feel unfathomable.

After a full second or two of silence, Mao Jue spoke first.

"What proposal did Lord Qingshan bring, 12 shi of grain, 9000 taels of gold?"

This is obviously a joke about Aoyama Xingcheng's one-two-one-two pile of gold and his stingy appearance a few days ago, but this joke did not achieve the effect Mao Jue wanted. The old Aoyama guy is like a wooden man who can't laugh , even the old face is a little more serious.

"No, General Mao, the shogunate will not give out a single shi of food, and you must hand over the remnants of the Toyotomi family, and compensate the shogunate with 50 shi of grain and 5 taels of gold! And promise that you will never harass the shogunate in the future!"

"Old man, you fart!"

With a bang, the knife was half unsheathed, and the bitter and vengeful Mao Li Ying screamed loudly. Even Mao Jue, after listening to Adelaine's soft translation, his smile couldn't help but fade away. , but he still hummed with a cold face.

"Master Qingshan, this joke is not funny at all."

"Your Excellency Mao, this old man is not joking at all. If you want to bring your subordinates back to Daming alive, then please do as I said!"

"Impossible, even if all of them die here, we will not promise you one condition!"

His face was full of anger again, his little face turned red with anger, holding the handle of the knife, Mao Liying roared angrily, but again, Mao Jue reached out to stop her, and his face also sank.

Without saying a word, Aoyama Xingcheng sat across from him silently.

Indeed, the Dongjiang army is aggressive and has amazing fighting power. It defeated the shogunate again yesterday, but yesterday was different from today. More than 5 troops from pro-fan Fudai and foreign daimyo supported Edo. There are already [-] Sichuan samurai, and Mao Jue does not want to break through Edo Castle again. On the contrary, strategically, even though he occupies Tsukushima, he is in the heart of the shogunate, surrounded by large armies.