Seeing that his troops were surrounded by barbarians, Harguji immediately ordered twenty or thirty Bagaras on each side to open a passage for his troops to break out of the encirclement.
Not only Shuotuo, but the experienced battlefield Harguji also had a premonition that the situation was not good. Logically speaking, the dog barbarians did not need to fight at all. If they launched a charge with their guards, their infantry formation would be overwhelmed.
As a result, the opponent was forced to retreat step by step, and their formation was already in chaos, but they were still far from being defeated across the board, or even being covered up by their own side.
What's more important is that the opponent can get a steady stream of reinforcements from the mountain. There are more and more barbarians rushing down the mountain, layer upon layer, countless.
The Guards and Guards Sentinels are both elites among the Red Flags, but this is not a consumption method.
If most of the 300 Bagalas under his command were killed or wounded, Xianghongqi would not be able to rescue Port Arthur this time. Then Beiziye would be defeated even if he was not defeated, and the dog barbarian would be victorious even if he was not victorious.
"Boom~!"
"ah……"
After the cannon fired, the screams of more than a dozen Bagaras were heard from the opposite side. The Iron Cannon Ashigaru unit of the Date Army not only had iron cannons, but also brought two tiger squat cannons.
Two cannons were aimed at the overcoming Bagaras. From a distance of less than ten steps, they dealt a devastating blow to the arrogant Bagaras.
Even though he was wearing three layers of armor, he was penetrated in an instant. The bagara who was closest to the muzzle of the tiger crouching gun was beaten into a sieve, including men and horses.
The Ba Ya La people never thought that the barbarian could endure it until the end before firing. It was unimaginable in the past, but after what happened now, it was too late to regret it.
Both the Date Army and the Uesugi Army came from the northern part of Honshu Island, but the Date family's fiefdom was further north and remote than the Uesugi family, and Sendai was a notoriously poor place.
Both samurai and ashigaru from Sendai were aggressive and aggressive characters, because the Date family's fief area was more than five times that of the Uesugi family, but Ishidaka was less than twice that.
So you can imagine how poor this place is.
If you are not a soldier, you will have no way to survive. If you are a soldier and you are not ruthless, you will not make money.
It can be said that the Date Army is a more ferocious character than the Uesugi Army. After finally leaving the country, he naturally has to work hard to make money.
"Damn it! Give it to me~!"
Bagala, who was leading the team, saw that his mount was dying. He immediately got up from the ground and viciously ordered his men to open a way for Niulu Zhangjing to survive even if he died.
"kill!"
The remaining dozen or so Bajara gave up their spears and drew out their sharp waist knives. Facing hundreds of barbarians, he launched a charge without fear.
At this moment, dozens of small clay pots were suddenly thrown out from the formation. Each one was only as big as a palm. The Bagaras who could not dodge could only chop them.
The clay pot was easily split open by a steel knife, but a large amount of the night liquid inside instantly splashed onto the armor, making the Bagaras confused.
But they immediately knew that this thing was kerosene, because the other party shot a rocket!
"ah……"
Some of the armors of Bagala who had been splashed with a large amount of black water began to burn, and the fire became more and more intense, and it was difficult to extinguish it for a while.
"Retreat! Enter warrior!"
The iron cannon ashigaru was loading ammunition, and he could only use the long gun ashigaru to resist for a while, but the ashigaru general of the Date army also saw the problem.
These Qing soldiers were heavily armored and could not even be killed by artillery. They could only be killed by hand-to-hand combat, so samurai came in handy.
The samurai wearing ghost masks rushed out of the gaps in the ashigaru line. Because the density of personnel was too high, it was difficult to use them, so they had to give up the longer naginata and pull out the katana as a close combat weapon.
Japanese people are generally short, and the samurai are not only stronger than Ashgaru, but also not too tall. Bagara has no upper hand in a single fight against the Qing army.
However, samurai are good at kendo, and are very familiar with the pad-cloth technique in kendo. This is the most ferocious attack tactic and can cause a considerable impact on the enemy.
Qi Shaobao said in "The New Book of Ji Xiao": The Japanese are happy to leap, and when they burst out, they are more than ten feet long. If the sword is five feet long, then it is five feet long. My short weapons are difficult to wield, and my long weapons are ineffective. Those who suffer from them will have their bodies broken in two parts...
To put it simply, the pad play method is to push the ground with the left foot, and use the force of the right foot to take a big step forward. The distance of the overshot can be up to three meters, which is what Qi Shaobao said is one foot.
The person being attacked thinks that he is still some distance away from the opponent before he engages in combat. In fact, due to the use of the pad, in the blink of an eye, the samurai's sword will fall on the head of the person being attacked!
"ah……"
The Ba Ya La people saw this grand scene now. The "dog barbarians" who rushed over flew into the air when they were about ten feet away, and then launched an unusually fierce offensive against them.
"when……"
Seeing that the opponent's knife was about to be cut off from above their heads, the Bagaras could only block it instinctively, and barely managed to take the next move. The force of the attack was so heavy that they were staggered by the huge reaction force, and some were even stunned. Directly to the ground.
Practicing swordsmanship does not require much physical strength, but it can train people's concentration, judgment and explosive power. Moreover, the most important thing in kendo is "one dodge", that is, one strike will kill!
With the help of step-by-step tactics, the warriors of the Date Army, who had a numerical advantage, instantly defused the offensive launched by the Bagaras, and then launched a more violent counterattack against the opponent.
It was the first time for the Ba Ya La people to encounter this kind of fighting method of first flying into the air and then slashing down with their heads and faces covered, and it was difficult to adapt to it for a while. The barbarians they had encountered before were completely useless. Use this trick.
Even so, the Bagaras were not to be outdone and wanted to kill the "dog barbarians" on the opposite side. However, if one fights one against one, Bagala may still be able to show off his power, but if one fights three, or one fights four, they will only be beaten passively.
Three or four warriors besieged a Bagala and launched continuous critical attacks with stepping steps. This was a great test for Bagala's physical strength, because every time he stepped forward and slashed, the warriors would use their full strength.
If Bagala can block it with his sword, then that's fine. If he can't block it, I'm afraid the thing around his neck will have to be cut off in half...
On the battlefield, a thousand moves are not as familiar as one. With just one move, the Bagaras, who are at a huge numerical disadvantage, will find it difficult to respond effectively.
By the time the first warrior finished his chopping action, the second warrior had already flown into the air without even giving the Bagaras time to counterattack.
The Bagaras were blocked by the samurai, and it was already an impossible task to get close to the Iron Cannon Ashigaru and then fight their way out.
The guard Niulu Zhangjinghar Guji saw that both sides were trapped in the quagmire, so he sent another hundred Baya La. Only by continuously investing troops can the passive situation on the battlefield be changed.
But both the Date family and the Sakai family had a lot of troops. The former had 800 troops and the latter had 600 troops, of which samurai accounted for 40%.
Two hundred warriors sent by the Date Army were enough to deal with fifty Bagaras. If they couldn't win after four fights, they might as well commit seppuku. Why would they have the dignity to return to their homeland?
Including the 900 people from the Uesugi family who went out to fight, the three families totaled about 2,300 people, which blocked the way to more than 300 Bagara of Harguji.
Through actual combat contact, Japanese officers and soldiers also gradually realized the strength of the opponent, especially the Qing soldiers in front of them. Unless they injured their hands or heads, it would be difficult to cause fatal damage to the opponent with knives or arrows.
It is often seen that even if some Qing soldiers are hit by four or five arrows, instead of falling or dying, they can fight vigorously with the warriors. The armor on their bodies is as thick as mentioned above.
The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty realized that he had written down the weaknesses of the Qing army's individual soldiers in a booklet and handed it to General Tokugawa. In order to avoid paying a heavy price for underestimating the enemy, the latter also attached great importance to this. After copying the booklet, it was distributed to everyone. In the hands of a famous warrior who went on an expedition.
Therefore, the Japanese army had a certain understanding of the Qing army's strategies and tactics, as well as individual soldier equipment. Even the cotton armor had seen the actual objects captured from the battlefield.
On the other hand, the Qing army knew nothing about the situation of the "dog barbarians" who landed. All the Shanxi merchants were wiped out, and the most important and appropriate source of intelligence was missing in the pass. The Qing Dynasty knew nothing about the changes in the current situation overseas. .
Shuotuo did not know the actual number of the invading enemy, nor the strategies and weapons used by the enemy, so he could only focus on the immediate situation, which was to rescue Lushun.
However, in addition to the three Niulu troops led by Shuotuo himself, the Niulu troops led by Melezhangjing Sangguli and Garhuji had already clashed with the Ming army on both wings, but they were unable to break through their temporary Line of defense.
At the beginning, since the Qing army was all cavalry, they charged with great momentum. Regardless of casualties, they killed the opponent's line and retreated continuously.
But after nearly three thousand Qing soldiers fought desperately for a quarter of an hour, they were only able to push back the Japanese army. As the two sides began a large-scale melee, the battle situation had entered a tense situation.
There were too many corpses in front, and there were obstacles everywhere. The Japanese army also had a large number of spear ashigaru as cover, and the Qing cavalry couldn't charge even if they wanted to.
At this moment, about two hundred horse warriors rushed in from Jiguan Mountain on the east side of Erlong Mountain. They all belonged to the Fifth Army and came to help.
And more than a hundred horse warriors who set off from Case Mountain also came out from behind Shuo Tuo's headquarters. Although the two groups of people were not many, they combined were equivalent to a Niulu staff.
More importantly, the Japanese army ambushes on Case Mountain and Jiguan Mountain have begun to move closer to Erlong Mountain.
If we could complete the encirclement of the Qing army fighting at the foot of Erlong Mountain, it would be thirty thousand against three thousand.
The Japanese army had a tenfold advantage in strength, and their individual combat effectiveness was not much inferior to that of their opponent, so there was no reason for defeat.
After Abe, who was stationed on the outskirts of Lushun, received news from the front again, he decided not to waste time and mobilized a large number of horse warriors from the First Army and the Second Army to rush to the battlefield.
Although the total number of reinforcements that the two armies could send was only 200, but since the Japanese army lacked war horses, this was only a mobile force that should not be underestimated.
Mao Yuanyi, the chief officer of the Denglai Navy, has promised to provide 500 war horses for the Japanese army. So far, they have not arrived at the beach, and it is estimated that they will not be able to catch up with the war.
Even if he could resolve the battle with his own strength, Abe Shigetsu probably had no more than 5,000 Qing troops coming for reinforcements, maybe only 4,000.
To deal with these enemy soldiers, there is no need to rely too much on horse warriors. As long as the infantry formation will not easily suffer a large-scale rout, combined with a large number of firearms and earth pits dug at the foot of the mountain, it will be enough to delay the advancement of the Qing cavalry.
Abe once again felt that as long as he did not make more serious mistakes, the Qing army would have difficulty getting a chance to win. He believed that this was theoretically very possible.
"Master~! If you continue to waste it like this, all of your Bagara will die!"
Guard Niulu Zhangjinghar Guji felt that it was difficult to win the battle. His men had already killed hundreds of people, and the tragedy far exceeded his expectations.
Even in the long-term fighting outside Jinzhou, the guards with red flags had never killed so many Bagalas. Now Hargu Ji had already admitted defeat in his heart.
If we can't win here, we won't be able to rescue Lushun. Why are we still talking about Shenzi driving the dog barbarian into the sea? ? ?
"boom……"
Life here in Shuotuo was not easy either. The front was in chaos, and the cavalry who arrived later had no room to rush in. They were constantly being bombarded by the Folangji on the mountain. It was simply a waste of time.
Rush up, but you can't get away, they are all people.
If you rush eastward, there are all pits, so you might as well rush upward.
If you go west, you will evacuate the battlefield, which is equivalent to voluntarily admitting defeat.
At this moment, the depression in Shuotuo's heart was unimaginable to outsiders.
This battle really made him angry and depressed. The invincible Eight Banners warriors stumbled in such a bad place.
If he had the entire army with red flags in his hands, that is, five Eight Banners soldiers, would he still have to worry about the dog barbarians on the opposite side?
The only person to blame is his own father, who actually gave Mandahai three armored men. He was really biased.
Shuotuo did not want to retreat easily. Once he retreated, it would mean abandoning the defenders in Lushun City.
Under the siege of tens of thousands of dog barbarians, it is unknown how many defenders can escape. Maybe the entire army will be annihilated in the city.
But the current situation gave Shuotuo the urge to curse, but cursing could not solve the actual problem.
"Kill!"
About three thousand men of the Fifth Army had already arrived at Erlong Mountain and immediately rushed down from the mountain like tigers descending. If they arrived late, they wouldn't even be able to earn any money.
When the Japanese officers and soldiers who were fighting bravely on the front line learned that reinforcements had arrived on the battlefield, they immediately became excited again and began to launch a counterattack against the Qing army. The offensive became stronger and stronger.
"Master Bei Zi, you can't hesitate any longer! Otherwise, Fuzhou City will also..."
Harguji hesitated to speak. It was best not to say such unlucky words, but this was the actual situation.
After Bei Ziye's men and horses were lost at Erlong Mountain, Gou Manzi would definitely take advantage of the situation and go north to besiege Fuzhou City.
And like Lushun City, Fuzhou City was built on the seaside. Once the barbarians landed from the sea, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"...The entire army withdraws to Huizhou!"
The unit is now under attack from both sides, and Goumanzi has received a large number of reinforcements. It is obvious that he will not be able to win if he continues to fight.
After thinking for a moment, Shuotuo, who had a gloomy look, could only reluctantly order the withdrawal of the troops. So many Baya La with outstanding combat power died in this ghost place in vain. This blood feud can only be avenged another day.
We cannot wait to return to Fuzhou, we must ask the emperor for help immediately. If it is too late, the city of Fuzhou may be captured by the barbarians.
As for Jinzhou, which is empty of troops, Shuotuo has decided to give up. There are less than a thousand defenders. How many days can it be defended?
Shuotuo has already prepared for the worst. If the situation takes a turn for the worse, even Fuzhou will have to give up.
Naturally, the place to stay was Gaizhou City, which is located in the north of Fuzhou and is now the residence of King Kong Youde of Gongshun...
