At the foot of Mount Fuji, on the road from Tokyo to Osaka.
The loud rumbling noise completely blocked the road from Osaka to Tokyo, and then a large number of Ming troops emerged on the hills on both sides of the road.
All the Japanese soldiers could see that they had been ambushed by the Ming Dynasty, and they suddenly panicked.
But Ashikaga Yoshiki was overjoyed.
Although these hills are small hillsides, they are not very high. It only takes a cup of tea to climb up.
It can be said that these hills are no different from the plains.
The Ming army was already weak in strength, but they actually dared to divide their forces to ambush themselves. Ashikaga Yoshikano believed that his 260,000-strong army could definitely easily deal with these ambush Ming troops.
Ashikaga Yoshiken wanted these Ming troops to know who was the ruler of this country.
"bass!"
Ashikaga Yoshiki pulled out the command sword from his waist and shouted towards the mountain:
"charge!!"
"For His Majesty the Emperor, charge!!!"
As Ashikaga Yoshiki boosted their morale, the Japanese soldiers regained their morale one by one and shouted towards the Ming army on the hills.
"Bang bang bang!!"
"Boom!"
It's a pity that these Japanese have no idea who they are facing, nor what kind of weapons they are facing.
This time, to make sure nothing goes wrong.
Li Jin directly removed more than a thousand artillery pieces from the warship.
Immediately, an artillery position was built at a place with an excellent view on Mount Fuji.
This artillery position allows these thousand artillery pieces to cover any position on the battlefield.
Not only that, Li Jin directly allocated all 40,000 Ming navy troops to Li Wenzhong, allowing Li Wenzhong and Zhu Di to completely block the 200,000 Japanese island army in this avenue.
While Ashikaga Yoshiki was still complacent, a thousand artillery pieces were already aimed at the 200,000-strong army that stretched for several miles.
Immediately, under the command of Sun Dapao, these shells seemed to have eyes, exploding in the most densely populated areas, harvesting the lives of Japanese troops wantonly.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
The sound of cannons has not stopped since the sound, and black mushroom clouds rise from the ground.
These shells are all shotguns. It can be said that after the bombardment of shotshells, this road is like being washed by rain, with very few survivors left.
As the raindrops of shells fell, Ashikaga Yoshiaki died on the spot. Apart from giving the order to charge, he never had a chance to speak. He was sent directly to see his Amaterasu by the first wave of shotguns.
The commander died in battle, and the 260,000-strong army immediately fell into chaos, like headless flies, not knowing the next direction of action.
Some people turned around and ran back, while others frantically followed Ashikaga Yoshiki's orders and launched a fierce attack on the hillside.
Unfortunately, under the attack of fire cannons, although the distance between these Japanese and Ming Dynasty soldiers was less than ten meters, but so far away, these ten meters were a natural chasm, and no one could cross this distance alive.
Li Wenzhong looked at the hell-like scene below with some horror. It can be said that this battle completely subverted Li Wenzhong's view of war.
In his view, war requires attention to the right time, place, and people, as well as the final showdown, where face-to-face courage determines the success or failure of the plan.
Li Wenzhong has always thought this way, and he also did this during the war.
Li Wenzhong has also fought in this way since he followed Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of thirteen and was adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang as his adopted son.
In the beginning, Li Wenzhong only liked to use the knife to convince others when fighting. He was the first among the generals to be brave and good at fighting in the army.
Later, after being influenced by Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and war, Li Wenzhong liked to use his brain in battle, and eventually became the most famous commander in the Ming army second only to Xu Da.
But today's war has overturned all Li Wenzhong's decades of war experience.
The powerful artillery and the sharp firecrackers deeply stimulated Li Wenzhong's nerves.
Being brave and good at fighting and not afraid of death in front of these things has become a complete joke.
No matter how brave and skilled you are, you can't withstand a bullet.
In the face of the powerful firepower of artillery, he can only become a lamb to be slaughtered and make a fearless sacrifice in the end.
Li Wenzhong keenly felt that the situation of the war would completely change because of today's battle.
"Fourth brother, are all these things done by Li Jin?"
Li Wenzhong couldn't help but ask Zhu Di. The combat power of the Ming Dynasty navy had deeply shocked Li Wenzhong.
Zhu Di's face was full of enthusiasm at this time, and his eyes reflected the light of the sky among the mountain roads.
Hearing Li Wenzhong's question, Zhu Di nodded and said:
"Master Li is a genius. If these things are taken to the northern battlefield in the future, the Mongolian cavalry will become a moving target."
"In the face of gunfire and artillery, the charge of those Mongolian cavalry was nothing more than death."
"We, the Ming Dynasty, will completely annihilate Mongolia and dominate the world from now on."
Li Wenzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was not as optimistic as Zhu Di. Mongolia's problems are very complicated.
With the current combat power of the Ming Dynasty army, they would have been able to annihilate Bei Yuan in one fell swoop.
But the most difficult thing about fighting in the desert is not to defeat the Mongolian army, but to find these Mongols.
The desert in Mobei is boundless. If you are not careful, you will lose your direction and be buried in the vast desert.
However, Zhu Di is right in saying that once this kind of thing is used on the Mongolian Tatars in the north, these Mongolians will become moving targets.
The battle below continued, but the moment the cannon roared, the war had lost its suspense.
The army of more than 200,000 people fell apart and was squeezed into the mountain road by the Ming Dynasty. They became targets and were shot mercilessly by the Ming Dynasty's fire cannons.
The Ming Navy was condescending, attacking from both sides, but the Japanese army was crowded on the mountain road, unable to advance or retreat, and could only watch helplessly, being shot like a duck by the Ming Navy.
"Don't kill me, I surrender!!"
"We are willing to surrender!!"
I don’t know how long it took, but finally the first Japanese knelt down in front of the Ming Navy, raised his hands, and expressed his willingness to surrender.
The first one will naturally lead to the second, and then the third, until it spreads to an army of 200,000.
Of course, some people eventually turned around and ran away.
There are nearly 30,000 people here, all of whom are elite members of the Ashikaga clan. They must return to Yamato as soon as possible to report the matter to the old clan leader, Ashikaga Takauji.
After Zhu Di noticed that someone was escaping, he quickly took 10,000 Beijing cavalry ready to go and set out immediately to pursue these enemy troops.
The remaining battlefield was handed over to Li Wenzhong.
Li Wenzhong ordered people to take prisoners into custody and report victory to Li Jin.
After all, before coming here, Li Jin had warned him to annihilate the main force of the Ashikaga family in one battle.
Now that everything is going according to plan, it's time to notify Li Jin to capture Tokyo City and completely conquer Japan.
Li Wenzhong felt that Li Jin's plan was to capture Tokyo, then surrender Emperor Mingguang, and make Ming Dynasty the suzerain of Japan.
Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that the plan in Li Jin's mind was crazier than he imagined!
