Chapter 177 Toyotomi and Tokugawa, who is the world V
"The Ming army retreated probably because their firearms were out of ammunition. Otherwise, given the situation just now, even this formation would not be able to hold on."
Tokugawa Yorifusa echoed.
Tokugawa Hidetada nodded in agreement: "In this way, although their firearms have an advantage in the heavy rain, it is now the battlefield for us. As long as we defeat the three people in front of us, even if the Ming army's firearms come to support us, it will be useless. It doesn’t help.”
Several Tokugawa family bosses have seen the dawn of victory, and are still making their own plans on how to carve up Kyushu.
really...
"Sakai-den is really brave and brave, and he deserves to be the first of the four great kings of the Tokugawa family..."
Tokugawa Yoshinao boasted fiercely, because while Tokugawa Hidetada was talking to several other people, he had seen the Shinano Tetsuo troops, led by Sakai Ieji, repulse the Ukita Hideke's troops, and the troops of the Four Heavenly Kings The counterattack began, and nearly 100,000 troops of the twelve lords of the clan who were responsible for the support were also dispatched, and the situation also reversed.
After hearing Tokugawa Yoshinao's words, Tokugawa Hidetada opened his telescope and looked over, then nodded with satisfaction: "The battle situation has been decided, and there will be no worries from now on...
Send an order and order the great names in Omi to attack and coordinate the Four Heavenly Kings and the Twelve Domains...
Hahaha... After all, there are a lot of prisoners, so it would be bad to escape into the mountains..."
All the retainers and generals began to congratulate Tokugawa Hidetada. Although he lost many people, he had won this battle after all and solved his worries.
The Toyotomi army began to retreat...
The corpses of at least 10,000 people were thrown on the battlefield before they retreated. This made Shimazu Tadahashi heartbroken. Most of these people were warriors of his Satsuma clan.
The flags of the three people moved in unison, and each shogunate military leader knew that according to convention, where the flag is, the general will be there.
At this moment, the shogunate troops were chasing after the Toyotomi army as if they were beaten to death, and their number was more than 150,000.
"Father, you fought hard in the battle of Sekigahara, but today, we did win it together. The battle of Kamiyagawa must be left to future generations to know, hahaha..."
Tokugawa Hidetada laughed again. The opponent was defeated and the war was over. All that was left was to capture prisoners and conquer Kyushu. But the opponent's main force was gone, so what else could they use to defend the city? It was only a matter of time to break through their city. Just a problem.
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In the forest, Sanada Yukimura could not help but feel his heart beat faster as he looked at his own people who were retreating in an orderly manner. As long as the shogunate army entered the valley and there were more than 50,000 people, he could send a signal and lead the army to attack.
Coincidentally, Tokugawa Hidetada had already led the Chinese army to advance in an orderly manner at this moment. Naturally, he could not let Toyotomi Hideyori retreat, so what he had to do was to split up his troops to chase the defeated soldiers after entering the valley mouth, and he had to Taking advantage of the situation, they entered the two countries of Bunzen and Bungo, which were captured by the Toyotomi army, and used them as a transit base for the army.
The battle situation is as good as ever...
Two miles away from the entrance of the valley, the field position that had been constructed was particularly conspicuous. The defeated Toyotomi army also dispersed in an orderly manner towards both sides of the position, and chasing behind them were the troops of the Tokugawa Four Heavenly Kings and the Twelve Princes. The troops of the feudal clan were also the Sixteen Tokugawa Divine Generals, each of whom was a close retainer of the Tokugawa family.
"Each soldier still has ten rounds of lead bullets, and they will be gone after they are shot." Lu Xiangsheng rode his horse for a tour before coming to Sun Chuanting: "Bo Ya, when the time comes, I will lead the troops into the formation."
Sun Chuanting rolled his eyes at Lu Xiangsheng: "You have forgotten what the Marquis said. After we finish this battle, no matter whether we win or lose, we must retreat first and leave people to pay attention to the final battle situation. Don't forget what the Marquis often said. That sentence."
'Non-my family, its heart must be different'...
Lu Xiangsheng suddenly remembered that he would very likely have to fight with these Japanese people in the future, and it would be useless to help them too much: "I understand."
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A captain at the front of the Tokugawa army who had been pursuing them immediately stopped because he clearly saw the dark muzzle of the gun on the front position, and suddenly the souls of the dead came out.
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Before he could say anything, he had been shot more than a dozen times in a row, and he would definitely not survive.
At this time, Sanada Yukimura clearly saw Tokugawa Hidetada's main formation, which was already approaching, and ordered his men to pull the signal flare given by Akito in the wind and rain.
Naturally, the explosive gunpowder cannot be extinguished by rain, and a bunch of red fireworks suddenly rose in the dark sky.
Tokugawa Hidetada frowned and looked into the sky where the mountain forest was: "What is this?"
Not long after, the Dingwu Army, which was already launching a frontal counterattack, also saw the fireworks in the mountains and pulled one.
The second rising firework bomb dazzled in the wind and rain.
No one knows what this is, but at this moment when fireworks suddenly light up in the sky during a great victory, it is definitely a bad omen.
Moreover, the pursuing troops had already rushed into the valley, at least three miles away from Tokugawa Hidetada's main formation. Under the storm, the sound of musketry could not be heard at all.
"What happened ahead? Hurry, let someone investigate and report back quickly."
The ordering soldiers left and walked toward the valley, but Tokugawa Hidetada always felt that something bad had happened.
"Kill..."
Suddenly, loud shouts of killing erupted from both sides of the mountain. Under the banner, Tokugawa Hidetada could clearly hear the cry of "Capture Tokugawa Hidetada alive", and the souls of the dead suddenly emerged.
Sure enough, two six-striped Qian family emblem flags rushed down from the mountains on the left and right sides under the blessing of wind and rain. Sanada Yukimura and Miyoshi Masayasu's 10,000 surprise troops came out of the mountains. Each of them led 5,000 people from the north and south. They fought their way out of the mountains and headed straight for Tokugawa Hidetada's main formation.
There were a thousand cavalry in the two men's teams, which were extremely powerful. If the horses had not been muzzled, they might have been discovered by the Tokugawa army's scouts.
"Protect Mr. Taige..."
At this moment, Tokugawa Hidetada's main formation was surrounded by 40,000 troops, but the surprise attack force that suddenly came out of the mountains at this moment had severely damaged their morale. If not for the people of the Gosan family, perhaps Tokugawa Hidetada would have chosen Escape.
But the Sanada family crest flag was extremely irritating, because Ieyasu was killed by Sanada Yukimura and retreated in panic.
The scene in front of me is clearly Sanada Yukimura trying to imitate the Osaka Summer Formation again.
How could he succeed?
"Kill Sanada Yukimura and seal the territory of 300,000 stone..."
This is incredible, the territory of Guanlin City is only 100,000 stone.
The stimulated shogunate troops turned their guns to meet the oncoming horses, and the battle was about to break out...
The battle in the valley was extremely fierce. There were only less than 2,000 Tetsuo troops left at the moment, and the rest were all dead. Sakai Ieji was furious. If it hadn't been for Sakakibara Chuji's tight hold, there must have been many corpses lying in front of him now. His share.
Although the Dingwu Army only had ten rounds of lead bullets, there were more than 13,000 people. The full shot counted 130,000 rounds of lead bullets. Under the three-stage drill firing, more than 50,000 people who rushed into the valley have now fallen to the ground. More than 30,000 people were killed, all of them corpses.
"grown ups..."
Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng turned their heads together and saw dozens of horses running behind them. The leader dismounted and handed the box to the bodyguard beside Sun Chuanting.
"Master Sun, General Lu," the visitor handed over his hand: "The Marquis has successfully broken through Edo City and returned victorious. First, he ordered the two adults to return to Shifangjin Village immediately regardless of winning or losing. Second, what is in the box? It is the head of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general who conquered the barbarians, and I ordered you to hand it over to the Toyotomi family."
Although Sun Chuanting didn't understand why, but now the military orders were overwhelming, he nodded: "Okay, when the fighting stops, we will return to the army immediately."
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With two thousand cavalry rushing left and right, Tokugawa Hidetada's main formation was in chaos and could barely withstand the impact of the cavalry. Without the help of bows and arrows, it was really difficult to fight the cavalry.
"Report..."
The messenger rushed back and knelt in front of Tokugawa Hidetada: "Let me inform Mr. Taikaku that there is an ambush in the valley. The Ming army has disrupted our army's formation. Sakai Palace can hardly stop it."
Just as Tokugawa Hidetada was about to curse, another messenger came at full speed. This man was rolling and crawling, and he was very frightened.
"Report... report... report to Mr. Taige, something happened. The enemy is holding a human head. It is said that... it is..."
"who is it?"
If the human head is so sensitive, Tokugawa Yoshinao next to Tokugawa Hidetada will naturally be furious. He grabbed the armor of the messenger: "Say quickly..."
"It's the general's head..."
'Snapped...'
Tokugawa Yoshinao slapped him fiercely: "That's nonsense. Your Excellency, the General, is far away in Edo. How dare you believe the tricks of the Toyotomi Army?"
Tokugawa Hidetada suddenly felt something bad: "Quickly investigate again...and report again..."
"Report..."
As soon as the first one left, the next one came with orders: "Report...report to Mr. Taige, a big defeat. Our army was defeated. The enemy took out the general's head..."
"Nonsense..." Tokugawa Mitsusada shouted angrily...
"It's absolutely true. I don't dare to lie. All four kings knelt in front of the battle and cried bitterly..."
Tokugawa Hidetada almost couldn't stand, and was held tightly by the person behind him: "How could this happen?"
"Report..."
The continuous military orders made Tokugawa Hidetada a little numb.
"Reporting to Lord Taige, the envoy from Edo..."
"Hurry up and get someone here..." Tokugawa Yoshinao shouted angrily.
The visitor, covered in mud, knelt down in front of Tokugawa Hidetada and cried bitterly: "Taiko-sama, what a disaster... People from the Ming Dynasty boarded a sea ship and landed at Edo Port and massacred Oyama Castle. Lord Naobu Ando He was killed, Edo Castle was destroyed, the shogun committed seppuku, Ishikawa-sama cut off the shogun’s head and was taken away by the people of the Ming Dynasty..."
Everyone present was shocked...
'puff...'
In the wind and rain, Tokugawa Hidetada spit out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground unconscious.
However, this defeat was not the only thing waiting for them...
Tokugawa Yorifusa, as the head of the three imperial families, immediately took over the responsibility of the head coach of Tokugawa Hidetada: "Send the order, the entire army will take turns to cover the retreat, and the Sanada army must be blocked..."
