Wanli 1592

Chapter 128 Kuroda Nagamasa's Last Strike

Admiral Xiao used his practical actions to gain everyone's trust and the morale of the army, so now is the time for the soldiers to repay Admiral Xiao's kindness.

Wu Weizhong looked at Zen Master Xiujing, and Zen Master Xiujing also looked at Wu Weizhong. The two nodded slightly, and everything was kept silent.

"start!"

Wu Weizhong ordered decisively.

The large array of firearms was deployed, and according to Xiao Ruxun's deployment, the Japanese pirates were very likely to arrange ambushes on various hills to ambush the Ming army. The Japanese pirates above ambushed with iron cannons, which can penetrate a three-inch wooden board and a one-inch iron shield at close range. Xiao Ruxun tried his best to find a thick enough iron shield and several layers of wooden shields tied together to make a shield car supply It is used by the army, but it is not enough to guarantee the safety of every soldier.

The only consolation is that the Japanese pirates don't have heavy firepower, otherwise, when the cannon fires, no matter how strong the shield array or shield car is, it will be destroyed.

The reason why Xiao Ruxun dared to use infantry to break through in this way was also because he was sure that the Japanese pirates had no heavy firepower and only light firepower.

Even if there is a small amount of heavy firepower, it must be concentrated around the coach, and the location of the Japanese pirate coach must be on the highest hill, so if Wu Weizhong wants to take down the mountainous area in the Bichiguan area, he must surround the highest mountain. Attacking the hill in front of him can not only deter the enemy commander, but also lure the Japanese pirates who are hiding in ambush to support them.

And before that the most important thing was shelling the hills.

Outside the shooting range of the Japanese pirate iron cannon, it is the unique advantage of the Daming artillery. One round of artillery fire is enough to cover the top of a low hill, no matter how many Japanese pirates there are or not, they can be blown out.

And what Kuroda Nagamasa didn't know was that in the previous major battles, Xiao Ruxun had seized more than 2 iron cannons. After confirming that the performance of the Japanese iron cannons surpassed that of the Ming army's bird guns, Xiao Ruxun directly ordered The most elite [-] blunderbusses were equipped with Japanese iron cannons. After a period of practice, these bludgeons could also skillfully use Japanese pirates iron cannons in combat. In Wu Weizhong's vanguard army, all [-] bludgeons held iron cannons.

"fire!"

Wu Weizhong calmly gave the command to fire the cannons. The twenty cannons were pushed forward and lined up in a line, filled with explosive shells, the gunners ignited, and then there was a roar, and then, several large sparks rose from the target hill, like In an instant, there were many scurrying figures on the completely calm hill. These Japanese pirates did not know what method they used to hide on the hill. Most of the trees on the hill were withered and yellow, and leaves were falling everywhere, but the Ming army still could not Discover.

"fire!"

Another round of volley, twenty big sparks shot up into the sky, broken limbs flew randomly, the screams of Japanese pirates seemed to fill the whole space, and Wu Weizhong's face was calm, the ancient well was calm, Zen Master Xiu Jing clasped his hands together, and meditated A word "Amitabha".

"The admiral is right. The Japanese pirates intend to avoid confronting us head-on and engage in an ambush, but I will not engage in an ambush with him. I want to force him to fight me! Fire!"

Wu Weizhong issued the third firing order, and the artillery fire covered the low hill again.

Countless Japanese pirates receded like tides and disappeared in an instant. Wu Weizhong did not chase after them, and ordered the army to move forward slowly, and then repeated the old trick towards another hill, which was to hide outside the shooting range of the Japanese pirates and bombard them violently. When you hit the Ming army, you have to get close. Once you get close, the Ming army's swords, guns, swords, halberds, bows, crossbows, and firecrackers are not vegetarians.

At the highest station in the central hill, someone came to report the news to Kuroda Nagamasa, and let Kuroda Nagamasa know what kind of danger his troops were in. The Ming army hid outside the range of the iron cannon and blasted the hill. They have already seen through the tactics that the Japanese army was planning to use, and fought steadily and steadily at every step.

Unless he has powerful cavalry that can instantly engage in close combat with the Ming army, causing the cannon to lose its effect, and then use iron gunners to quickly attack to attract troops, so that he can fight the Ming army with two-handed attacks, but he only has [-] cavalry in hand. But it didn't work. In order to avoid being wiped out, he had no choice but to give up his position and retreat.

The next line of defense from here is Lishixian Pass, where he also deployed some troops, even three artillery pieces, but facing the Ming army's firepower, it only took a few minutes to break through there.

I just hate that North Korea's cities are too small and too small to be able to defend against artillery fire. If it is like the military fortresses built in Japan, any of them can make the Ming army suffer a little bit, but North Korea has none.

Kuroda Nagamasa has already understood his situation. The current situation is estimated to be between [-] and [-]. If he fails, he will not continue to fight. With the few remaining troops of his family, he will definitely choose to retreat.

Kuroda Nagamasa, who has lost such an important retainer as Kuroda Kazunari, no longer wants his subordinates to suffer greater losses, otherwise he will really lose the right to speak. There is still Kobayakawa Takakage's troops in the rear, let Kobayakawa Takakage rush to help Li Shixian still has the opportunity to block the Ming army in the mountains.

Kuroda Nagamasa immediately sent knights to Takakage Kobayakawa for help, and then ordered the five cannons of the headquarters to be taken away, and they were transported to Toishokhyeon for the final resistance. They used the terrain to try to severely damage the Ming army. If the Ming army broke through Toshihyun and entered Seoul Plain areas, then we really can only retreat to Seoul to defend the city.

Just when Kuroda Nagamasa was about to make a final fight, suddenly a cavalry rushed to report.

"What?! All Seoul's troops are dispatched?"

Kuroda Nagamasa turned pale with shock: "Even the commander-in-chief is here?"

"Yes! The main force of the entire army has already rushed to Xiaomaru Mountain. The 6000 people of the Awaya and Inoue teams of the Sixth Vanguard Corps are forming a formation. The commander-in-chief asked your Excellency to control the situation and lead the army to slowly retreat to Xiaomaru Mountain. The Ming army enters our encirclement, and our army will surround and annihilate the Ming army!"

After listening to the messenger's words, Kuroda Nagamasa just frowned. He instinctively thought that doing so might not be the best way, but would give the Ming army a chance to defeat the main force of the Japanese army in one fell swoop. In the terrain, once the Ming army was entangled with the main force of the Japanese army, even if two were exchanged for one, the Ming army would suffer heavy losses and had to stop attacking Seoul, or even retreat to Kaesong.

As long as Seoul can be kept, the Japanese army still has hope of a comeback. If Seoul cannot be kept, the Japanese army will really have no way to recover. There is no other way but to retreat to the Busan area and defend to the death.

Therefore, this might not be an opportunity to surround the vanguard of the Ming army, annihilate them, and then fight against the main force. Although it is not clear how many troops the Ming army sent, it is impossible for the expedition to have too many troops. I observed the Ming army camp before. Most people's opinion is that the strength of the Ming army will not exceed [-]. Once he loses more than [-], the Ming army will have to stop attacking. At that time, he can explain to Taige!This is the most critical!
Therefore, Kuroda Nagamasa planned to make a last-ditch effort.

(End of this chapter)