Chapter 743: Danger abounds

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The sentry's waist and ribs were pierced by Kodachi. The severe pain almost made him faint, and all his strength poured out like a flood from a broken embankment. The samurai advanced the katana in his hand another two inches. The sentry was about to faint, but the new severe pain brought him to his senses. Realizing that the situation was critical, he used all his remaining strength to roll to one side. The warrior originally thought that the sentry was dead and wanted to stand up, but he did not expect that he would still have such strength when he was dying. He was caught off guard and failed to catch the sentry, and he was also pulled to one side. . The two fell down from the corridor of the village gate together with two bangs.

The sentry finally broke free from the samurai's control and shouted with his last strength: "Enemy!!"

The warrior was shocked and hurriedly chopped off the sentry's head with his sword.

The soldiers who were resting in the rear camp woke up one after another, and immediately discovered that the Japanese troops had invaded the camp from the west. The sirens and shouts immediately rang out, and the originally silent back camp suddenly became noisy.

Thousands of Japanese samurai and ashigaru rushed into the camp and killed the Ming soldiers wildly. These Ming soldiers resting in the back camp did not expect to be attacked by the enemy from the west. They all took off their armor and were caught off guard. Blood and water flew everywhere for a while. , the Ming soldiers fell into a pool of blood one after another.

The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who were on the front position were shocked to find that there were flickering fires, longing figures, and a chaotic scene in the camp behind them, and they couldn't help but feel horrified. The leading officer realized that the problem was serious and immediately prepared to detach a part of the army to support the camp. However, at this moment, a huge and turbulent shout suddenly came from the front of the hillside. It turned out to be the enemy's main force launching an attack from the front!

The Japanese soldiers who invaded the camp were extremely excited, thinking that they had a chance to win! They were happy too early. What they faced was not an ordinary army, but elites who had gone through countless bloody battles! After a brief period of confusion, the soldiers of the Ming Army in the camp began a desperate counterattack. Although he didn't have time to put on armor, his fighting power was still sharp and unparalleled in bravery. His swords and axes flew in the air, causing a rain of blood in the middle of the Japanese who were rushing in crazily.

I saw a Ming soldier who was already scarred, but his fierceness remained intact. He swung the big ax in his hand like a windmill, cutting the samurai and ashigaru who rushed up to pieces. His feet were scattered with broken limbs all over the ground. Blocks and plasma. A warrior howled and rushed up from behind. Hearing the shouts behind him, the Ming soldiers roared instinctively and swung their battle axes towards the rear. As soon as the samurai rushed near him, he saw the opponent's battle ax roaring and sweeping towards him. He was so frightened that he hurriedly raised his samurai sword to block it! The samurai sword was sharp, but it was vulnerable to a heavy weapon like the battle axe. There was only a click sound, and the samurai sword broke into two pieces, but the tomahawk hit the samurai's chest without losing force. On the top, the warrior's armor and body were split into two parts, and blood was flying all over the sky!

While the Ming army fought back desperately, many sergeants threw thunderbolts at the enemy. Boom, boom, boom, violent explosions and fireworks.

There was also a huge roar from the other side of the position. It turned out that the Ming artillery fire was blocking the enemy's large troops. Through the brilliance of the artillery fire, I saw the enemy troops rushing up from the hillside like a tide, and the fierce artillery fire seemed unable to stop their progress.

In the blink of an eye, the main force of the Japanese troops rushed to the Ming Dynasty's position. The samurai waved their katana, the ashigaru drew their spears, and howled as they swarmed in. A huge explosion suddenly sounded, and the iron nails and pieces of iron fired from dozens of cannons immediately enveloped the Japanese army. The Japanese army seemed to have been suddenly hit by a storm, and a large piece fell down! However, the Japanese soldiers from behind swarmed up again, roaring hysterically, all like crazy zombies.

The Ming army in the position shouted fiercely and stood up to fight. At the same time, countless fireworks rose from the crowds of people on both sides. The soldiers from both sides collided crazily. In an instant, swords were dancing wildly, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and beast-like roars and shrill screams echoed in the sky above the position. At this moment, a signal rocket roared into the night sky. However, in this fierce and chaotic battlefield, no one noticed the signal rocket at all.

The Ming army tried its best to resist, and each of them could kill several enemies. However, there were too many enemies, and no matter how powerful the tiger was, it could not withstand the siege of a pack of wolves. Relying on their absolute superiority in numbers, the Japanese army gradually took the initiative on the battlefield. Although the Ming army killed the enemy until mountains of corpses and blood flowed into rivers, they gradually lost the initiative. The situation of the Ming Dynasty army is becoming more and more critical. If this continues, the position will surely be lost. Perhaps Yang Peng was a little too confident when he deployed the defense before, and actually thought that he only needed a thousand people and dozens of cannons to defend this place.

Zuoshiro Shigeo stood at the foot of the hillside and kept urging his soldiers and horses to attack. His roar was as exciting as a beast in heat. He looked at the mountain and saw that his troops and horses were surging like a tide, and the enemy's position was about to be completely submerged!

"Huh? What's going on?" A warrior suddenly looked behind him and shouted.

When Zuo Shichengxiong and others saw this, they immediately turned around and looked. Suddenly, they saw a raging fire burning in the camp, and there were sounds of fighting and screaming. Everyone was shocked. Zuoshi Shigeo realized that the military camp had been attacked and quickly dispatched troops to go back for rescue. The Japanese troops who were attacking the Ming Dynasty's position found that the military camp behind them was in flames. They couldn't help but panic, and the attack couldn't help but slow down. The Ming army was almost unable to hold on anymore, but when they saw the enemy's offensive suddenly slowing down, they immediately roared back with all their strength. He rushed into the enemy army and slashed at them with broadswords and axes wildly, only to kill the Japanese corpses with blood flying away. The Ming Dynasty warriors marched forward with blood on the corpses!

The Japanese army was panicking, thinking about the attack on the military camp behind them. They were also violently charged and killed by the Ming Dynasty army. They immediately felt that they could not resist and retreated repeatedly. Finally, no one knew who escaped first. The entire Japanese army retreated like a flood at ebb. Go down. The Ming Dynasty army took advantage of the situation to pursue and kill the Japanese, only to kill the Japanese with blood and flesh everywhere. Their corpses were rolling all over the hillside, and there were screams and screams. The situation could no longer be dealt with! This is the result of the battle with the Ming Army. Even though it was in the midst of victory not long ago, as long as one is not careful, the Ming Army will turn its defense into an attack and turn defeat into victory!

Seeing the army retreating, Zuoshi Shigeo was furious and shouted hysterically: "No retreat! No retreat!" However, morale had collapsed, and no one would listen to him!

Seeing that the Ming Dynasty army on the position had repelled the large enemy force in front, they immediately turned around and rushed into the camp to counterattack the Japanese troops who were still raging in the camp. Seeing that the main force in front of them had been defeated, the Japanese army was panicked. They saw that the Ming army in front of them had been reinforcing, but they immediately fled. The hillside to the west was very steep, and the Japanese soldiers fled in such a hurry that they rolled down the hillside one by one like gourds. Yan Yunjun, who was holding back his anger, ran to the hillside and kept throwing thunderbolts down. He could only hear the continuous booming and explosions, and the fireworks were billowing on the hillside. The Japanese soldiers became even more panicked. Countless people fell off the cliff in a panic, and many others fell to the ground and were trampled to death by their own people!

Zuoshi Shigeo led a large force to the military camp and saw that the ground was covered with fire and the enemy was nowhere to be found. Zuo Shigeo felt crazy and howled angrily.

The sun rises in the east, the darkness recedes, and the earth becomes bright. I saw that the Ming Dynasty's position was full of ground on both sides. The Japanese's fierce attack last night not only failed to defeat the Ming Dynasty army, but also suffered heavy casualties. Of course, the Ming Army also suffered a lot of losses in this round of attacks. The casualties of nearly 300 people were really not a small number for the Ming Army with only 1,000 defenders. The leader of the Ming Dynasty was worried that his position was lost, so he sent a letter to the emperor asking for help.

Zuoshiro Shigeo did not continue to attack the Ming Dynasty position, but sent a large number of troops to search the surrounding areas. After last night's battle, he judged that the enemy's troops that attacked his camp definitely did not come from the mountains, but must be ambushed in the surrounding mountains and forests. In fact, the Japanese camp was attacked by the Ming Dynasty last night, but Zuoshi Shigeo cannot be entirely blamed. Zuoshi Chengxiong used a large army to attack the Ming Dynasty's position, and sent out scouts to monitor every move on the position. It was simply impossible for the Ming Dynasty army to send troops down for a sneak attack. However, the military camp was unexpectedly attacked again without any warning in advance. This only meant that the attacking force did not come from the mountains, but was ambushed in the surrounding area early in the morning. Therefore, Zushi Shigeo temporarily stopped the attack and sent troops to search for the enemy force ambushing nearby.

Zuoshi Shigeo was wary of the cunningness of the Ming army. He felt that although the number of enemy troops was small, the commander with such wisdom was definitely not a low-level officer, but a famous general in the Ming army. Haha, in fact, Zuoshi Shigeo thought too much. The person currently commanding on the mountain is not a famous general, but just a commander. How can a commander have such tactical ability? In fact, there is nothing surprising about this. At present, all officers of the Ming Dynasty will receive systematic tactical training. And defensive tactics are a part of the training class. In fact, the Ming commander's performance was just based on what he learned in the tactics class. Any other commander could do it. That kind of tactical course can mass-produce tactical officers of average strength, but it cannot cultivate military geniuses. If such officers faced military geniuses like Genghis Khan, there would be no possibility of victory. The reason why Zuoshi Shigeo could not win, but continued to suffer defeat, only shows that he was not a military genius at all.

Yang Peng received the military report from Daya Haikou and couldn't help but show his thoughts.

The generals looked at Yang Peng and felt a little anxious.

Yang Peng raised his head, glanced at the generals, and said: "The Japanese attack on Daya Haikou was very fierce. After several days of fighting, our army suffered a lot of losses! In the battle last night, Zuoshio Shigeo almost captured our army. The position on Oyano Island." Wang Rong clasped her fists and said: "Your Majesty, although our army is strong, the enemy's strength is too large. I'm afraid if it continues, it will eventually be defeated by the enemy!" Others also revealed that A look of worry.

Yang Peng said: "Although I have confidence in the combat effectiveness of our soldiers, the number of troops is too small, and I am indeed a little worried!" After thinking about it, he said to Wang Rong: "Send me all the marines who are the reserve force to support the positions on both sides of the Taiwan Strait." Wang Rong frowned and asked: "Are you all sent up? What if there is an emergency in another direction?" Yang Peng said: "The current situation at Daya Haikou is an emergency, and guarding Daya Haikou is the most important." He glanced at Wang Rong, "Execute the order!" Wang Rong clasped her fists in agreement and ran down.

As soon as Wang Rong left, a scout rushed in and reported: "Your Majesty, my subordinates sent news from the southern sea and discovered traces of the Japanese navy."

Yang Peng frowned slightly and murmured: "Japanese navy? What do they want to do? Do they want to attack us from behind?" Then he laughed mockingly: "They won't think that with their little navy, Can the strength compete with our navy?" Although he thought this way, he did not dare to neglect and ordered a navy to be sent out of Dayahaikou to defend against the Japanese navy.

Achieve transfer back to Oyahaikou. The Japanese army, under the command of Zuoshio Shigeo, searched the surrounding areas like a net. A Ming Dynasty force of 200 people hidden in the nearby mountains and forests could no longer hide. They immediately left the hiding place and had a fierce battle with the searching Japanese army. , and then retreated to the mountain position.

Seeing that Zuoshi Chengxiong had found the hidden Ming army, he no longer had any worries and immediately sent his troops to continue to storm the Ming army's positions on the mountain. Soon after, the Ming Marine Corps arrived for reinforcements, and our army continued to launch attacks. However, although each wave of attacks was powerful, it ended up being shattered into pieces and without any results, just like the tide hitting the rock. The war entered a stalemate. The Japanese army clearly had far more troops than the Ming army, but they were unable to break through the Ming army's positions. The situation on Oyano Island is the same, and the situation on the Nagasaki Peninsula is also the same. The army led by Uesugi Nobuo was also blocked in front of the Haikou position. The fierce attack for many days had no results, but suffered considerable losses.

Yonghito in Kumamoto Castle was anxiously waiting for the good news from Zushi Shigeo and Uesugi Nobuo. However, after a few days, no good news came. All that came was the information that the attack was blocked. Yonghito was very angry and shouted: "Sasuro Shigeo and Uesugi Nobuo are worthy of being the warriors of the Yamato nation and the descendants of Amaterasu! So many troops have been fighting for so many days, but they can't defeat only a thousand enemy guards. The position! It really brings shame to our Yamato warriors!" Yongren yelled for a while, his mood calmed down a lot, and he frowned and thought. It felt that Zushi Shigeo and Uesugi Nobuo failed to seize Oyahaikou in time, and Yang Peng should have guessed their own intentions. But why did Yang Peng still surround Kumamoto Castle and make no other moves? Why didn't he look impatient at all? He didn't make a desperate move to attack the city, nor did he retreat immediately?

What on earth was he thinking? Is he not afraid of my tactics at all? Is he confident that he can defeat my army of hundreds of thousands with just tens of thousands of troops? Are you confident that you can defend Oyahaikou with only such a small number of troops?

Yongren couldn't figure it out, and in the end he could only define the situation in front of him as a manifestation of Yang Peng's excessive arrogance. Thinking that the other party despised him so much, Yongren felt his self-esteem was severely hit. He couldn't wait to annihilate the Ming army prisoner Chen Xiao and humiliate him as a winner! Only in this way can he eliminate the hatred in his heart!

However, an inexplicable and vague worry lingered in my mind. But then he comforted himself and said: "I don't believe what tricks he can pull off with tens of thousands of people! As long as the two supporting troops arrive, our army will have a sure chance of victory! Now we are afraid that Shigeo Sashima and Nobuo Uesugi will be in the enemy's consciousness We can't capture Oyahaikou in time before we retreat in danger!" At this point, Yonghito couldn't help but get annoyed with Zushi Shigeo and Uesugi Nobuo.

Now in Kumamoto Castle, both nobles and civilians are looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements. Everyone has an idea that as soon as the reinforcements arrive, they can annihilate the enemies outside the city in one fell swoop, just like the legendary brave warrior army and divine army sweeping away the demons. "As long as our reinforcements arrive, no enemy outside the city can escape!" A civilian stood on the side of the street and said decisively to several other civilians, looking full of confidence.

The 100,000 reinforcements coming from Honshu Island were on their way day and night. The leader of the army was Yonghito's brother, Minamoto Yoshitsune. As a member of the royal family, he was loyal to his brother. After learning where his brother was, he After Xiong Benchen was in crisis, he urged the army to travel all the way. He just wanted to get to his brother as soon as possible and defeat the invading army!

In the evening that day, the army came to a mountain forest. This is a hilly terrain. The surrounding mountains are not high, but the trees are lush. A clear stream meanders through it, and the green grass beside the stream is really a wonderful landscape picture. The Japanese soldiers had been traveling for several days, and they were already exhausted and exhausted. Minamoto Yoshitsune was displeased when he saw that the army was not in order and was dragging its feet. He said to the generals around him: "Go down and urge everyone to hurry up!" Several generals looked at each other, and one general said: "Your Excellency, everyone After driving for several days and nights, we are already very tired. We should stop and take a rest!" A general next to him nodded and said: "That's right. Such a team would not be able to fight the Ming Demon if they arrived in Kumamoto like this. !”

Although Minamoto Yoshitsune was displeased, he felt that what the two generals said was reasonable. Seeing that the soldiers were all exhausted, they nodded and said: "Okay, just rest here for the night!" After hearing this, several generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. They were really afraid that the prince's younger brother would rush on his way regardless of the cost. , in that case, by the time they arrive at Kumamoto Castle, the team will be exhausted!

The order to rest on the spot was passed on. The exhausted Japanese soldiers couldn't help but cheer. Immediately, one hundred thousand troops spread out on both sides of the stream, lit bonfires, and began to cook food. Japanese-style ditties sounded one after another, and the camp was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. The Japanese soldiers seemed not worried at all about the upcoming battle with the Ming army. It's no wonder that the Ming army only has tens of thousands of people, and their support army has one hundred thousand people. Neither the samurai nor the Ashigaru think this war is difficult, and they all think that maybe when they arrive , the Ming army had already been defeated. In fact, they all have a kind of confusion in their hearts. They don't understand why His Highness Prince Yonghi still needs to mobilize reinforcements when there are already 200,000 troops on Kyushu Island!

As the sky darkened, piles of bonfires were burning on both sides of the creek, and the sound of peeling people echoed in the night sky. Almost all the Japanese soldiers have fallen asleep, lying on the grass on both sides of the news. The sky is beautiful tonight, the moon and stars are sparse, and there is no breeze, so it is a good time to camp and sleep. A few sentries were scattered around, all of them dozing off. As the coach, Minamoto Yoshitsune was looking at the map, thinking about how to defeat the Yanyun army outside Kumamoto Castle in the most heroic manner after arriving at Kumamoto Castle.

At this time, Minamoto Yoshitsune's heart was filled with the desire to fight and the urge to win great glory.

It was time for the sentry to change, and an ashigaru was kicked awake by a low-level samurai. The samurai shouted angrily, "Idiot, get up! It's your turn!" The ashigaru rubbed his sleepy eyes, climbed up with difficulty, picked up the spear, and walked towards the hillside in the distance.

After walking through the woods, he came to the hillside. The night was beautiful and the surroundings were quiet, but the sentry from before was nowhere to be seen. Ashigaru thought he had gone to rest, so he muttered a curse.

At this moment, there seemed to be a noise behind him. Ashigaru thought it was a sentry and was about to turn around and scold him. At this moment, I only felt the sound of wind behind me. Almost at the same time, an arm as strong as a steel hoop wrapped around my neck, and at the same time, a palm as rough as a rock suddenly came down and covered my mouth. Nose, let alone scream, I can't even breathe. Ashigaru thought that the sentry was joking with him, and was very angry, so he struggled to teach him a lesson. At this moment, he felt a huge force coming from the palm covering his mouth and nose, and his head jerked to one side uncontrollably. With a click, Ashigaru heard the sound of his neck being broken. The sound, and then nothing was known.

The shadow gently put him down and raised his right hand high behind him. Countless shadows came out of the woods behind him and came to the hillside, approaching the Japanese soldiers who were resting on both sides of the stream. At this time, if you look down from a high altitude, you can see multiple black waves approaching the Japanese camp from all directions.

Several waves of black water rushed out from the surrounding woods and rushed into the Japanese camp. They wielded their swords and killed people. They just killed people and no one made a sound. The Japanese samurai and Ashigaru in their dreams were confused before they understood what was going on.

Finally, a Japanese man discovered the enemy and shouted: "Enemy!" As soon as he shouted, he was stabbed in the chest by a black figure with a gun. However, when he shouted, the sleeping Japanese woke up one after another. When the black shadow saw this, he roared and struck more violently, using his sword and ax to attack the Japanese crazily.

What happened after all, let’s see what happens next.