Chapter 190: The Ending of the Battle of Iwami

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Li Mao has been exhausted by you, these Japanese people are fighting desperately. When he was about to give up, he suddenly heard a rumbling sound.

"Firearms, the sound of firearms, Xu Shuai is here to save us." Li Mao suddenly became energetic.

When the North Korean army heard this, their morale immediately increased and they fought desperately with the Japanese pirates.

The Japanese army is now in a dilemma, and it is obviously a hearty pursuit and strangulation.

Why did he suddenly become under attack from both sides? What is the general in the north doing? How could the enemy come over?

"Immediately send a message to the general and ask him to send troops to encircle us. We must take the opportunity to destroy the entire Ming army."

The person in charge of commanding the Southern Army was Hosokawa Mitsurugi. The failure of two reinforcements to attack the Ming Army made him a little frustrated. He even suspected that Ashikaga Yoshimichi deliberately drained his strength.

He mistook the Korean army for the Ming Dynasty army. North Korean troops are now very close. Cannon fire can even be heard.

Xu Qin waited for work and continued to build fortifications in the temporary position. It seems that he is not leaving.

The North Korean troops on the other side were thirsty and hungry after not eating all night. The Japanese army only ate some dry food and was not in good condition.

Only Xu Qin's army was the most energetic.

Hosokawa Mangen organized two more attacks on Xu Qin, but they were ravaged by firecrackers and artillery, leaving corpses everywhere and unable to get close.

The fight lasted from noon to night. Xu Qin started cooking and preparing to eat. The Japanese army received news that General Ashikaga Yoshimichi was seriously injured and died.

Last night, the Ming army raided the Northern army. Because all the elite troops were sent to the south, they were unable to resist. The general who resisted was wounded in one leg by the Ming army.

It was dead by noon. Ashikaga Yoshitsugu, the younger brother of General Ashikaga Yoshinori, took the remaining people back to Kyoto.

Hosokawa Mangen knew that this magnificent battle had failed. The Muromachi shogunate is in danger. What he is thinking about now is how to maintain his strength. Instead of continuing to fight.

I couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, looking at the sunset with great melancholy.

After feeling melancholy, he immediately stopped attacking and raised a flag to negotiate. Xu Qin ignored him at all.

But for the first time, seven thousand fire gun soldiers advanced against the Japanese army. The shooting started at a distance of two hundred paces.

At this distance, the Japanese country had no effective weapons to obtain fire gun soldiers. They could only fall down piece by piece and be beaten passively.

The fire gun soldiers advanced neatly and attacked at the same time. At the same time, artillery fire from the rear began to provide fierce support.

"Baga, charge over..." Hosokawa Mangen immediately commanded the elite troops to charge.

The sunset is like blood, the collision of two eras.

The Japanese warriors were indeed fierce, but they faced endless three-stage attacks and constant falling cannonballs. No flesh and blood body can bear it.

Finally getting closer, Ming's firecrackers and grenades were there.

Made of steel and a new casting method, the gun has withstood the test. It can still be used after shooting more than twenty times in a row.

Huge casualties and oppressive attacks finally caused the Japanese army to collapse. These soldiers do not belong to one person, but to various daimyo.

A casualty of more than one tenth has exceeded the limit. Today, it is because of the support of the concept of winning the war that we can maintain our morale and continue fighting.

Now that the general is dead, the Ming army attacks so fiercely. Moreover, the weapons used are simply like demons, and there is no way to fight against them.

So before Hosokawa Mangen could give the order, facing the pressing Ming army, the army that was already willing to fight collapsed.

Nearly 20,000 people collapsed completely, and many Ashigaru dropped their bamboo spears and ran away. Generals and samurai rode on horseback.

Xu Qin's team did not move. A team of more than 5,000 sailors, led by Xu Hao, chased the defeated Japanese troops.

Then Xu Qin returned to the city. From the accident last night to tonight, the Ming Dynasty lost less than 200 people.

Completely defeated the 60,000-strong army organized by the Muromachi Shogunate. Ashikaga Yoshimochi is dead.

Ashikaga Yoshitsugu led the remaining troops to retreat towards Kyoto, and Hosokawa Mitsubishi and other remaining troops also began to retreat.

The Japanese country left more than 20,000 corpses and tens of thousands of defeated soldiers. These people will become the biggest disaster. Of course, the North Korean army has less than 10,000 soldiers left.

Xu Qin did not allow the North Korean troops to enter the city. Even the original camp didn't provide amen, only some supplies and medicine so that they wouldn't die of cold and hunger.

Although he won the battle, Xu Qin was very angry if North Korea's 20,000 people were still there. Tempting Ashikaga Yoshimochi to attack.

Now he can lead the North Korean army in pursuit, even if he pursues them all the way to Kyoto.

This battle allowed the Japanese and Koreans to thoroughly see the power of the fire gun soldiers.

The main force of seven thousand fire gun soldiers defeated tens of thousands of people, unable to hold their heads up, and even collapsed.

The only role of the Koreans was to use their own escape to prompt the Japanese to divide their troops and give Xu Qin the opportunity to separate and defeat them.

Half of the food and grass for the 60,000 Japanese people were burned by Xu Qin, and the other half was robbed.

The most collapsed thing about Japan now is that those defeated armies have no food, especially those who have fled. These people will cause huge harm to Japan.

Li Mao knelt down in shame and asked Xu Qin to bypass him. It has the meaning of asking for forgiveness.

Now he regrets it to death. If he had known that Xu Qin's troops could fight so well, why would they run away with such magic? Follow the SF Battle, and maybe now we can reach Kyoto with great success.

Not only half of the army was lost now, Xu Qin still hated his betrayal so much that he felt that his head could not be saved.

Xu Qin had no time to pay attention to him. The main sect of Sanxiang came and negotiated with Xu Qin cautiously on behalf of the southern daimyo.

In this battle, Xu Qin's army was called Tianbing by the Japanese. An invincible existence. So the southern daimyo immediately knew how to choose.

The Muromachi shogunate is now at its weakest, and their opportunity has come. But now they have to look at Xu Qin's face to act.

But soon the envoys from the Muromachi shogunate also arrived. Shiba Yishige came here in person to negotiate with Xu Qin.

Xu Qin asked Li Mao, who had been kneeling for half a month, to get up and lead his army towards Kyoto. Not fast and not slow.

The daimyo in the south were allowed to send troops to follow him, assuming a posture to overthrow the shogunate.

"Lord Tohei, please tell General Xu that I demand the death of Shiba Yoshishige, who is a staunch supporter of the shogunate. Emperor Go Kameyama is your staunch ally. The shogunate should fall. As long as the emperor is in power, he is willing to grant General Xu the title of Protect the general."

The main sect of Sanxiang put forward its own requirements.

"In the Battle of Iwami, doesn't General Xu know how many of your southern lords participated? The shogunate is much more sincere than you."

Dongping Feifu said with a sneer.

Sanxiang Benzong's eyelids twitched as he wondered what conditions the shogunate had given.

"Whatever conditions the shogunate gives, the emperor can negotiate." Sanxiang Benzong said.

"Iwami, Izumo, Shufang, and Nagato allocate to Ming Dynasty as a landing place. Recognize the Hojo family's responsibility to protect the island."

Dongping Feifu said.

Sanxiang Benzong's eyelids twitched, thinking that Ashikaga Yoshitsugu is crazy? In order to maintain their position, they even zoned out all the country.

But thinking about it on the other hand, these four places were originally controlled by Xu Qin, and they were ravaged in an unseemly way. The daimyo has not been expelled for a long time.

In fact, it’s just a show. As for the poor place on Tsushima Island, forget it. This is nothing but a trick.

Sanxiang Benzong thought for a while.

"If Emperor Go-Kameyama can ascend the throne, he can add more to this condition. Twenty ships of saltpeter and five thousand hardcover workers every year."

Sanxiang Benzong said.

Li Mao led his 10,000 men toward Kyoto with great courage. Naturally, there were plunder and disasters along the way.

The daimyo in the north had just suffered heavy losses and their army had no fighting capacity. So they didn't dare to stop him, and the Muromachi shogunate was very anxious.

Emperor Kameyama met with Xu Qin in person and had a secret conversation for two days.

Finally Xu Qin informed both parties that Emperor Komatsu abdicated. Emperor Kameyama ascended the throne. The Muromachi shogunate still remains.

The three parties reached an agreement. The Ming Dynasty owned a long and narrow ship parking place in the Japanese country. It pays 200,000 taels of ship parking fees to Japan every year.

The Ming Dynasty enjoys the priority to exploit all mineral resources in the place where the ship is parked.

The Japanese state paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty 20 ships of saltpeter and 20 ships of sulfur every year. Labor five thousand.

The Ming Dynasty will return 100 pieces of brocade to the Japanese royal family and shogunate, 30 pieces of pure colored glaze, and 50,000 copper coins.

It was impossible for Xu Qin to let either the north or the south of the Japanese state have an advantage. It was really impossible to occupy the territory of the Japanese state for the time being. Then let the civil strife continue between them.

Even though both of them knew this was the case. But they all had to accept this condition. Better than nothing.

The Japanese Kingdom and the Northern and Southern Dynasties were completely divided. Xu Qin restored the Northern Trade Kancore represented by the shogunate.

It would be better if both sides were evenly matched.

After dealing with all this, Xu Qin left behind two thousand Haifansi fire rifle soldiers. Guard the port.

Li Mao and Jurchen Yang Mutu were all left behind. Assist Ouyang Fei to garrison the port. Xu Qin did not say when he would be able to return to China.

From then on, the Japanese and Ming Dynasties saw that sailing ships were constantly on the sea.

Xu Qin's return fleet carried the second batch of 600,000 taels of silver from Japan. Of course it's not from the Iwami Silver Mine. There were also looted by the Japanese.

In addition, there are five thousand young men. Now these stragglers have become a local nuisance. Xu Qin did a good deed by transporting them to Ming Dynasty.

Soon they became the labor force building Beijing.

The sun was shining brightly when he left, and it was snowing heavily when he came back. And it was also the time when he became famous all over the world.