Beiyang new warlord

"How could the vanguard not be my righteous way? Akagi Ii is ready to go!"

Still very general-style, the group of officials were fighting over there like boiling, but Kneeling on the ground, Matsudaira Nobutsuna just said nothing.

Without his hindrance, the dispatch of troops would be accomplished overnight, and it was decided on the same day. According to the usual practice, a monk, the diplomatic monk of the Tokugawa family, Honganji Huixin, was used as a messenger to deliver the letter of war to Mao Jue, and the decisive battle will be fought tomorrow!

It was finally time to start the war. Dozens of pro-vassal daimyos and Fudai daimyos didn’t even bother to argue with Matsudaira Nobuzuna. They left the castle one after another and dispersed to various military camps in Osaka. Immediately, the howling of beasts spread throughout Osaka. There were sounds from every corner, and I have to admit that tens of 10 people roared together, and the momentum was simply overwhelming.

Many of the famous names of the Western Kingdom have been reversed, and many of them were killed. Then the rich land of the Western Kingdom may also become the spoils of the Eastern Kingdom and obtain a new stone height. This is simply impossible in peacetime. These shogunate Daimyo, each one of them is gearing up.

It's just that some people are happy and some people are sad. Walking at the end, even Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but walk a bit heavier. By his side, Aoyama Xingcheng was speechless for a long time, and he was about to walk out of the palace to meet the oars. Only then did he comfort him with difficulty.

"Don't be too discouraged, Mr. Nobutsuna. The general knows the contribution of Mr. Nobutsuna in his heart. After this battle, the general will still use Mr. Nobutsuna. Mr. Nobutsuna does not need to worry, just go back to Izu and wait for the good news. "

In fact, this persuasion is more or less strong, even if Nobuzuna Matsudaira recovers in the future, he will have to bear the name of this coward for the rest of his life. For a samurai whose name is more important than life, it is almost more uncomfortable than killing him.

But Nobutsuna Matsudaira looked quite indifferent here, instead he chuckled with a bit of Zen.

"Life is like a dream for 50 years, so what happens before and after life? Nanke is just a dream, so you don't need to persuade me. After all, gather the soldiers from all over the world and fight Dongjiang to the death. Hasn't this goal been achieved?"

Clenched fists heavily here, Matsudaira Nobutsuna made an extremely sincere request.

"My lord, I only have one last request. When you go to battle, please don't let your lord general go on a conquest, or your lord general himself. Don't play any tricks, gather the main force in the central army, and rely on your strength to fight Dongjiang to the death. Don't learn from Ieyasu back then Osaka Castle, the tactics that drag down Sanada Yukimura, okay?"

"why is that?"

The first point is impossible. After all, the Tokugawa family’s relatives and vassals came out together, and no one obeyed the other. I am afraid that no one except the general himself can hold down so many arrogant soldiers. The second half of the strategy is even more difficult to understand. Sanada Yukimura is known as the number one soldier in Japan. He fought inextricably with the Tokugawa family in the Osaka Summer Battle. More than 16 troops were beaten and collapsed and retreated. However, Tokugawa Ieyasu used himself as a bait and retreated for thirty miles, forcing Sanada Yukimura had no choice but to attack deeply, stretching the wings too long, and fell into the battle several times in a row, his subordinates were completely injured, and he was also exhausted and beheaded.

Today's battlefield is pretty much the same. One god leads dead dogs. Except for Dongjiang, the quality of the rest of the Western Army is really mediocre. If you use the same tactics to consume all of Mao Jue's troops, and then defeat the follow-up Western Army in one fell swoop, it is a good way. .

Listening to Aoyama Yukinari's question in astonishment, for the first time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna shook his head with difficulty.

"I don't know either, but the opponent is Mao Jue. I feel that he must have a strategy to deal with it!"

Aoyama Xingcheng was a little stunned. All the actions of Matsudaira Nobutsuna he knew were well-founded. Now, it was the first time he acted on his own feelings. He felt that Matsudaira Nobutsuna took Mao Jue too seriously. Yes, but on the surface, he still nodded seriously.

"The old man knows!"

At about ten o'clock in the morning, the wolf howls of the Japanese army sounded, and the shocked western army on the other side of the Kizu River came out of the camp to visit. Mao Jue couldn't believe it when he got here, but at about eleven o'clock in the noon, the diplomats of the Tokugawa family When the monk arrived, Mao Jue's raised heart finally fell into his stomach.

"The world is full of troubles, life is short, and time is careless. Why bother to cause troubles? Hands dyed scarlet?"

It has to be said that the hidden and withered cultural beauty of the Japanese country is still unique. The samurai is proud of withering and falling like cherry blossoms, poignant and beautiful, and the monks are happy to stay away from the world and sit and watch the world of mortals. In the afternoon, Honganji Huixin actually used the format in "Ye Yin", which was quite Zen-like, to persuade Mao Jue to fight. Unfortunately, the Mao Jue he met was really a very realistic layman, grinning to the ear Son, he waved his hand carelessly while holding the gauntlet.

"Come here, reward me with 100 taels of silver!"

Chapter 288. Fat and water battle?

When Mao Jue came out, the spring snow had dissipated and the cherry blossoms were in full bloom. Half a year had passed, and now it was scorching summer, and a hundred flowers were blooming. It was less than a week away from Kyoto. In the last three days of June, the shogunate couldn't help it.

Early in the morning, when the morning mist from the Seto Inland Sea was still permeating Edo Castle, the entire city was already shaken by the loud bugle. The unwilling soul of the scalper in the horns seemed to be still immersed in it, and the slightly sad horn echoed. More than that, it is deep and solemn.

Accompanied by the howling sound, and the dense footsteps, thumping, dense and heavy, the thick fog was suddenly torn apart, and the dense army array was revealed at once. There is really no one on this planet who is greater and more powerful than human beings. Cruel creatures can organize such a scale and such a large number of genocide, 30 troops, as immovable as a mountain, as moving as a black cloud pressing down on a city.

It's just that the war didn't happen overnight. After all, the two armies were still separated by the Kizugawa River. No matter how strong the manpower was, it was impossible to fight in the water.

It is estimated that those daimyo who shouted to be the vanguard yesterday regretted it a bit. Although they were a little bit disapproving, they formed a perfect formation under the intervention of several stable veterans of Qingshan Xingcheng. The former army Uesugi will surely win fifteen thousand Thousands of troops, Ii Masamichi's 9 troops, Date Tadamune's [-] troops, Hachisuga Zhisho Shikoku's [-] troops, and the Tokugawa clan daimyo, Mito Matsudaira's Matsudaira Tadaaki [-] More than [-] troops including the Japanese army formed the vanguard army, firmly keeping the Chinese army's main team and Tokugawa Iemitsu's [-] banner team behind.

Before they face the Western Army, they have to face the raging Mujin River in the summer floods. Not only China is particular about attacking halfway, but the Japanese Kingdom is also particular. The first to suffer heavy casualties.

The banner warriors howled and walked towards the river carrying bamboo rafts. In the front were three iron gunners. The Japanese had no shields, so they tampered with the bamboo rafts and inserted two rows of thick protruding bamboos in front. , As for whether it can withstand the intensive shooting of Dongjiang muskets, it is not known.

In the main formation of the Chinese army, a tall round clover cloth curtain hangs in the air, under which are draped cow helmets, long-horned helmets, and ghost helmets. I don’t know how powerful the group of banner warriors are, but the momentum of grinning is displayed Iemitsu Tokugawa, the shogunate general, was always a little sluggish. He kept fiddling with a heavy piece of silver in his chubby hands. He fell hard to the ground.

"What does Dongjiang Mao Jue mean by rewarding my messenger with 100 taels of silver for belittling me so much?"

The general got angry there, but the general Banners, middle-aged and middle-aged people who followed Mufu were speechless, what should I say?Did people really show this kind of contempt?Most of the shogunate is a group of single-minded warriors, and they are not like those civil servants in the Central Plains, who are so eloquent that they can turn black into white, so they can only stare blankly.

Or you have to have ink in your stomach to be an official! In a daze, Masakatsu Inaba waited for half a minute, and finally spoke slowly, intending to analyze the situation, the morale of the troops, and tell the general how Mao Jue was. The arrogance and arrogance of his self-inflicted destruction and so on, give his general peace of mind.

But just at this time, there was a loud sound of clappers, and the Western Army, which had gathered on the other side of the Mujin River, made a sharp turn, pulled the cannon cart and carried the flag, and turned around and retreated. The bamboo rafts of each army hadn't even entered the water yet, and they couldn't help being dumbfounded at this scene.

He was also surprised by this tactical move and stared round for a while, Masakatsu Inaba suddenly slapped his thigh excitedly.

"His Royal Highness, that Mao will kill himself!"

"His Royal Highness, have you ever heard of the Battle of Feishui? In the history of the Central Plains, there was a Yidi who led an army of 98 to attack the Central Plains Dynasty. He also met the [-] troops of the Central Plains Dynasty on the bank of a river. The Central Plains Dynasty asked the Yidi to retreat and wanted to cross the river." In the decisive battle, I also thought about attacking halfway, and Yidi retreated. As a result, someone behind the army shouted that Yidi was defeated, and Yidi's army began to collapse in an instant. It’s such a long distance from Hokkaido to Wakayama!”

It's a typical Japanese allusion, pointing at the retreating Mao Juejun, Inaba Masakatsu danced and hummed.

"The Western Army is not in the same place. If it retreats like this, the formation will definitely collapse, and our army's morale is high, and it will be a last-ditch battle. Today, it is Amaterasu's blessing, so that the general can defeat the enemy in one battle!"

These words were really invigorating, even the listless Tokugawa Iemitsu seemed to be a little interested, he squinted his eyes for a few moments, and then waved his hand violently.

"The whole army crosses the river and attacks!"

"Hay!"

Without obstructions, the speed of crossing the river was significantly faster. Thousands of bamboo rafts swung back and forth, and the forward five famous troops of more than 9 troops crossed to the other side of the river in about one Shichen, followed by the left and right armies. The formation of the army was in chaos, but during the process of crossing the river, it was the shogunate army that was really in chaos. They were [-] to [-] troops neatly watching from a distance of two and a half miles.

But what is strange is that Mao Jue didn't give the order to strike halfway while the shogunate army's formation was in disarray.

In the midst of this noise, a morning passed. Fortunately, some smart people finally connected several pontoon bridges with bamboo rafts, and the army crossed the river faster. Before the afternoon, the 30 troops might not be able to finish crossing, and finally went ashore Tokugawa Iemitsu's Sanhe Banner team is the most important one. To be honest, as a general, none of the Tokugawa family's health has been in good health. This Tokugawa Iemitsu is similar to Emperor Wanli. He is obese and sick. The trail was a bit breathless, and all his central troops were discarded under the city of Osaka. Looking at the large tubes that were also discarded on the river bank because of their heavy weight, and some of the horses that were too late to cross the river, the general groaned a little suffocatedly. With a sound.

The bigger the army, the easier it is to be confused, not to mention that the big names are not like the Imperial Army of the Northern Song Dynasty. It took a long time to practice the formation, and it took almost half an hour to organize the formation with negligence. .

Who knew, at this time, with the beating of gongs and drums, the Western Army retreated again!

If this tactical move is placed in front of the Houjin Juren, it will definitely be courting death. Huang Taiji couldn't help but order the Eight Banners cavalry to kick your ass from behind and chop off your head. You stared straight at it, trying to maintain your formation amidst Matsudaira Tadaaki, Hachisuka Zhizheng and other daimyo's outraged yells, and the mighty Japanese army followed at a good pace.

I really don't want to be fighting, it's a bit like an armed parade. One front and one back, a full 45 troops practiced in the plains near Osaka like chrysanthemums.

This retreat is another ten miles, plus the distance that was originally given up to the Eastern Army to stop the army, Li Mujinchuan and Osaka City, the headquarters of the shogunate, are already seventeen or eight miles away.

Unknowingly, the right to choose the battlefield that Nobuzuna Matsudaira had won so hard fell into the hands of Mao Jue again.

Marching to about two o'clock in the afternoon, the retreating western army finally stopped, and the big names of the eastern army obviously felt fooled.

Then there is the mountain. Next to Changwei Mountain, Mao Jue had ordered several fortifications to be piled up here, several parapets as high as half a person, and hundreds of large fortresses raised from the earth. He watched the Western Army in an orderly manner. Entering the position, and behind him, behind the empty plain is the river. Everyone has the urge to scold their mothers.

But there is a good saying, the arrow has to be fired! With the formation of the Western Army, the shogunate army also began the final adjustment.

At this time, Mao Jue was really out of shape, with a grass root in his mouth, one foot was still stepping on his heavy six-pound field gun, he seemed to be doing nothing, looking at the Chiguijing Yitonghong opposite him. Attacking the formation, Mao Jue spat out the grass stick in disdain.

"Hey, let the horse come here!"

Almost at the same time, Masamichi Jing, who was on the opposite side, put on his blood-red silver pocket with two half-meter-long cockroach whiskers that shot straight into the sky, and immediately slapped his ass hard.