The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 843 Shiro's Ambition

Tulai was extremely brave, he chopped down more than ten people in a row, and the soldiers and horses of the shogunate on the opposite side were retreating steadily, and the morale here was booming.

He is enjoying himself.

Suddenly, there was a commotion in front of the shogunate soldiers and horses, and then a clatter, a dozen shogunate soldiers holding bird guns squeezed away the spearmen, sword and shield soldiers in front, and rushed out at once.

"Hiss..." Tulai watched more than a dozen guns being raised at the same time, facing him, and suddenly his soul flew into the sky.

"Ni Niang, the Japanese don't talk about martial arts?" He cried out in his heart, and quickly raised his shield.

Bang bang bang, more than a dozen guns from the opposite side fired at once, more than half of them hit Tulai.

The soldiers and horses on the left suddenly cried out in mourning.

The morale of the soldiers and horses of the shogunate on the opposite side was greatly shaken.

Zu Dashou in the distance immediately saw that Tulai's offensive was unfavorable, and there were already signs of panic.

"Wave the flag." Zu Dashou hurriedly shouted.

Whoosh whoosh, someone here is waving the military flag high.

Liu Zhiyuan, Bai Yintu and others who were fighting with the shogunate in the west immediately shouted: "Kill."

They were hiding in the middle in front, surrounded by Amakusa Shiro's soldiers and horses, just waiting for the news to break out suddenly.

The [-] shogunate elites on the opposite side originally thought that it would be no problem to deal with Amakusa Shiro's [-] peasant army, but unexpectedly [-] of them were disguised as Ming Kou.

Ming Kou broke out suddenly, and the shogunate army was caught off guard, and the circle surrounding them was broken in an instant.

Now Liu Zhiyuan and Baiyintu were directly connected with Tulai's soldiers and horses.

The Ming army became stronger on the left, and then it was overwhelming, and the opposite shogunate retreated steadily on the right.

I have to say that the big names in the shogunate really worked hard this time, fighting bloody battles to the death.

Showing courage and bloodiness that Da Shi Jian Yinshan had never seen before, he fought bloody battle with Zu Dashou and others for most of the day.

It's a pity that although their military strength is twice that of Zu Dashou's, there is still a big gap in combat effectiveness. The two sides fought bloody battles from six or seven in the morning to around three in the afternoon, and the shogunate army was still defeated.

Several feudal lords were beheaded on the spot, causing the collapse of the shogunate coalition forces.

Abe once again saw that something was wrong, and immediately organized [-] elites to retreat to the capital city first.

Then he ordered all the ministries to fight and retreat, retreat to Kyoto, and prepare to defend against the city.

Zu Dashou quickly ordered the whole army to pursue and prevent the opponent from retreating safely into the city.

The two sides chased and fled outside the city of Kyoto, and the mountains and plains were full of defeated shogunate troops.

Abe was again afraid of being attacked by the enemy, so he quickly ordered the gate to be closed. In the end, about [-] shogunate allied forces were locked outside the city.

In the Battle of Kyoto in the first year of Rentoku, Zu Dashou and Amakusa Shiro won a complete victory, killing more than 3 shogunate allied forces, and more than 2 allied forces were separated and fled. Of the 11 troops, only [-] retreated to Kyoto.

But this side also suffered heavy casualties. Amakusa Shiro's 6000 soldiers and horses were killed and injured nearly [-], Zu Dashou's [-] soldiers and horses lost more than [-], and their remaining soldiers and horses were about [-], which is still less than the shogunate soldiers and horses.

After the war, Zu Dashou surrounded the capital and prepared to attack the city of Kyoto while cleaning up the scene without leaving any survivors.
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In the city of Kyoto, the soldiers of the shogunate allied forces panicked.

During the daytime battle, several daimyos were cut off, causing a collapse, and Abe was very annoyed again.

He even felt that if not too many famous people were beheaded, which affected morale, they would all have a chance to fight Ming Kou.

But it's too late to say these things now, so hurry up and think about retreating.

The city wall of the capital city is only seven meters high, which is completely incomparable with the Ming Dynasty's unmovable more than ten meters, and the capital city has a large population, so Shigemi Abe can imagine that Ming Guan doesn't want to attack the city, as long as the gate is blocked, they will die alive sooner or later.

Kyoto is surrounded by mountains on three sides. Apart from the city gate, there is another place to go out, which is Kiyomizu Temple.

Kiyomizu Temple is in the later generations, but it was listed as a world cultural heritage target. It was just rebuilt by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1633.

From Kiyomizu Temple to the east, there is a mountain path, you can go to Shiga County, and then take a boat to escape from Japan's largest lake 'Lake Biwa' to other places in Japan.

That's how Mingzheng Tian\Huang went.

But the problem now is that there are limited boats on the lake, but too many people want to leave.

That night, Abe called the remaining daimyos and feudal lords again to discuss the defense of Kyoto, but everyone pessimistically believed that Kyoto could not be defended and had to retreat.

Masaoichi Ikeda, the first feudal lord of Harima Kunifukumoto's ten thousand stones, said: "After the First World War today, there are not many Ming soldiers and horses. We need time now to gather more soldiers and horses. If there is another field battle, the Ming soldiers will die miserably." do."

This statement was immediately unanimously approved by everyone.

They fought bloody battles with the Ming Kou several times, and kept attrition. The Ming Kou soldiers and horses fought less and less, and they saw more and more hope.

But now they only have 5 people, and they still feel that it is not enough, so they dare not fight any more.

Even if you want to fight, you have to find another plain, recover your vitality, and fight again.

"Why don't you stick to it? Ming Kou doesn't have siege tools, but we still have artillery and firecrackers." Someone raised an objection.

Abe said again: "There is not much food in the city. As long as the Ming bandits surround and don't attack, they will starve to death in the end."

"Unless the general can organize another hundred thousand soldiers to rescue us."

Everyone smiled wryly, the main force of the shogunate and daimyo were basically disabled this time, and how difficult it is to organize a hundred thousand elites.

It took the shogunate nearly a year to organize the 11 people.

Finally, after nearly two hours of discussion, they decided to retreat.

And regardless of the nobles and royal families in Kyoto, except for a few important figures, regardless of other people, the key is to keep most of the troops, and strive to concentrate the whole country's troops outside of Edo, and fight the Ming invaders again.

They plan to go in two ways.

All the way from Kiyomizu Temple to the east, to Shiga County, and then take a boat, fleeing south from Japan's largest lake 'Lake Biwa', this road is mainly famous and a small number of important nobles in Kyoto.

The second route is [-] soldiers and horses, from the north over the mountains, through the Higashiyama of Kyoto, to Sanzenin (temple), then east to Mandala Mountain, and also to the west bank of Lake Biwa.

The first road is easier to walk, and there are boats to take.

The second road is all mountain roads, and a thousand soldiers and horses are required to stop and pursue the soldiers in Dongshan, which is tantamount to death.

In this case, they will leave a total of [-] soldiers and horses to die.

One thousand guards Kyoto, and one thousand guards Dongshan.

Strive to escape 8000 people.

Whoever stays and who blocks, the daimyos are not willing to give in. In the end, Abe Shigeno decided that one thousand guards in the capital will be drawn by the shogunate, and the other thousand will be drawn by lottery.

Everyone agrees.

In the city of Kyoto, they discussed how to retreat and preserve their forces for the next decisive battle with the Ming invaders.

Amakusa Shiro's large tent of the Chinese army was brightly lit.

It was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening, and it was dark outside.

Amakusa Shiro and three confidantes, Amakusa Taiichi, Ono Hikaru, and Nakamura Nosuke sat in a circle.

"I heard Hong Chengchou say today, attack the city tomorrow." Amakusa Shiro said.

The faces of the three were strange: "The city of Kyoto is so big, and there are tens of thousands of elite guards, can they fight?"

"Hong Chengchou said that there is a way to kill the emperor, and they have grabbed dozens of cannons today, and they have a way to break through the capital city."

"Uh" everyone was noncommittal.

"How many people do we have?" Taichi Amakusa asked at this moment.

"Today's loss is heavy, and there are still about [-], but." Amakusa Shiro put on a smug smile on his face: "Today's battle, the elite are all in the middle and rear, and it is not the elite that loses."

"Who will attack the city tomorrow?" Hikaru Ono asked again.

"Tomorrow they will attack the city." Amakusa Shiro suddenly lowered his voice: "After the city is broken, Hikari Ono, you lead a thousand elites to follow me, where will I go?"

Ono nodded.

"Ready to start?" Nakamura asked in surprise.

"This is the best opportunity." Amakusa Shiro had a smirk on his face: "After the Ming people enter the city, we will besiege and kill Hong Chengchou first. Zu Dashou still has a few Manyi."

"Ming's bandits have no leader, and chaos is bound to ensue."

"At that time, learn from them, kill all the officers and generals, and recruit their soldiers. Hahaha, at that time, all the soldiers and horses of the emperor will be used by us. Only we can compete with the shogunate."

It turned out that Amakusa Shiro was unwilling to live under the fence of others, and had long thought that after using Hong Chengchou and the others, he would kill all these officials and generals and incorporate all Han and Qing soldiers.

"This matter must be done properly and cleanly." Ono Guang said.

"Of course, after breaking the city, there must be chaos inside. After the chaos, they were ambushed by the shogunate army. Isn't this a normal thing?"

Amakusa Shiro wanted to kill Hong, Zu and others in the panic after the city was broken, and then he could push it to the shogunate, killing two birds with one stone.

He has always been a very ambitious person, and he did not hesitate to take refuge in Ding Yi at all costs, and even asked his sister to seduce Ding Yi himself, so as to gain Ding Yi's support.

Over the years, his strength has grown stronger and his ambitions have also grown.

And seeing that Zu Dashou's troops were dwindling, he decided to take the opportunity to destroy them and take them as his own.

This time the shogunate was defeated, with Kyoto as the boundary, the south can be controlled by him, and he, Amakusa Shiro, will occupy half of Japan, recreating the grand situation of the two divisions of the world back then.

He was very careful about this matter, and only called three confidantes, for fear of leaking it out.

They discussed for a long time that night, thinking over all the details.

Early the next morning, Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou, who had rested all night, decided to attack the city.

They used the dozens of cannons they had looted to cooperate with the looted common people.

First dig the sandbags, then stack them, and use Ding Yi's method to prepare to blast the door.

Unexpectedly, just as soldiers and horses were assembled to attack the city, they found that there seemed to be very few guards at the top of the city.

Hong Chengchou was puzzled at first, but soon realized that the opposite party might have abandoned the city and fled.

Immediately ordered to attack the city directly.

At around [-] o'clock in the morning, with the sound of a cannon, Amakusa Shiro's troops and Zu Dashou's troops attacked the city from the front.

The defense on the opposite side is fierce, but understaffed.

In less than half an hour, the city gate was broken.

Jidu took the lead in leading the soldiers and horses to rush into the city. It was the first time that Japan's ancient Kyoto was invaded by foreign enemies.

Amakusa Shiro has been paying attention to Zu Dashou and Hong Chengchou and others.

After the city was broken, he saw Jierhalang, Hong Chengchou, and Zu Dashou leading more than 200 Ming bandits, and began to go to the city, and quickly led a large group of people to catch up.

(End of this chapter)