With the cooperation of internal forces, the Japanese army was in chaos.
The soldiers who crossed the river seized the time, crossed in one fell swoop, and led their troops to the camp in front of the generals. The Japanese collapsed without fighting and fled towards Jinzhou.
After receiving the signal, the vanguard officers Lan Fangwei and Mao Guoqi immediately launched a pursuit. To be more precise, they only pursued but did not attack, which further stimulated the Satsuma warriors' escape instinct.
"The Sword Comes"
In the end, they followed for hundreds of miles, broke through all the strongholds along the river, and burned more than 2,000 barracks.
Coach Dong Yiyuan lamented that Guo Guoan was true to his word, and ordered an aggressive advance. The tens of thousands of Ming troops who had just crossed the river took a short rest and then went straight to the next target: Jinzhou City.
In fact, the Dongguo soldiers in Jinzhou City were also panicked, because Nanjiang was captured so easily, leaving them with no mental preparation at all and falling into an embarrassing situation where they could not defend themselves.
It is true that the samurai from the Kanto region of Japan had not experienced severe beatings and their morale was high, but they really could not defend Jinzhou!
Because they are defenseless.
Jinju Fortress has no walls.
Or rather, there was.
As early as a few years ago, during the massacre initiated by the Japanese, the Jinzhou city wall was first attacked by fierce fire, and then encountered extreme rainstorms. All the four walls had collapsed. In such a short period of time, there was no terrain to rely on, and it could not be repaired at all. .
So the Jinzhou garrison... no longer has any garrison.
Seeing the menacing attack of the Ming army's cavalry, they acted very simply and did not intend to resist at all. They were directly coerced by the Satsuma clan warriors and fled the city together.
In the end, the Ming army conquered two important military sites without losing any blood.
After capturing Jinzhou, Dong Yiyuan was full of confidence and immediately dispatched two troops to Yongchun and Kunyang, the two camps located in the east and west, to pin down the Japanese pirates there.
At the same time, Dong Yiyuan himself led the main force all the way south along Jinzhou, driving straight in, making a menacing gesture of approaching Sichuan. Judging from the posture, he was undoubtedly preparing to catch big fish.
In the following days, good news came to Lu Li one after another:
On the night of the 20th, Yongchun was defeated by the Ming army;
In the early morning of the 22nd, Kunyang, which was slightly farther away, was also burned down.
Japanese troops from both places were hunted down in Sichuan Castle.
At this point, the threats on the periphery and flanks of the Central Route Army had been wiped out, and the peripheral defense system that the Japanese had worked so hard to build had been trampled into disrepair.
The first credit should be given to Guo Guoan.
However, after clearing away the external forces, Dong Yiyuan actually arrived at the gate of Surabaya City. As soon as he explored the terrain, he felt guilty again.
Mao Guoqi: "The Japanese have no other skills, but they are really good at repairing turtle shells."
Ulsan, which was initially attacked, was divided into:
Ulsan Old Fortress and Dosan Japanese Fortress.
Sichuan also has two cities, one is the old city built by the Li Dynasty government, and the other is the newly built Japanese city located on Fachi Island not far from the old city.
The latter is surrounded by sea on three sides and land on one side. Unless the navy is mobilized to participate in the siege, it will be difficult to cut off the supply here. Moreover, huge trenches have been dug using sea water, making it very difficult to attack.
In addition, there were still Japanese military camps stationed around Sichuan, and the defenses were still intensive. Dong Yiyuan stood still and decided to surround them first and then think of another way.
"A hard fight is not impossible, but the casualties are too high." Lu Li sat in the comfortable cabin and began to write a letter to Dong Yiyuan.
…
There isn’t much of a problem on Ma Gui’s side.
But there may indeed be problems with the Central Army. To be more precise, there are two fatal mistakes.
Maybe the actors mixed in will actively stop it and be on guard against such incidents——
Reject the oldest but practical tactic: surround three buildings and one.
The discipline of the troops under General Peng Xingu was too poor. In order to grab credit, they rushed up and abandoned the general's cannon on the position. In the end, the cannon accidentally exploded, detonating the Ming army's ammunition depot.
That miserable situation...
It is recorded in the history books that a dazzling fire exploded in the artillery camp, black clouds rose into the sky, and then a roar reached the ears, and the blazing flames and shock waves spread indiscriminately to the surroundings.
Countless intact soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were reduced to limbs and arms, were thrown up high, and then fell to the hot ground. During this period, no blood seeped out, and all the liquids had been dried by the high temperature.
The smoke that covered the sky suddenly darkened the sky. Whether it was the Ming army or the Japanese army, they all came to a standstill, and no one came back to their senses immediately.
In the end, it was confirmed that there was a terrorist explosion in the Ming army position. Both soldiers and generals panicked and turned around to run for their lives because their homes had suffered a terrible "attack".
The originally rational soldiers became crazy in this crazy atmosphere.
The Japanese began to switch from defense to offense, chasing and annihilating the Ming army that had no will to resist. Because they were reduced from an organized army to weak individuals, it was easier than killing a chicken, and their heads and ears were cut off.
There were rivers of blood and debris everywhere.
It became a stain that could never be erased during the Ming army's counterattack, and the key point of failure——
Peng Xingu.
The black soldiers that King Li asked to see before were all under his command.
It looks quite bluffing, and he even has a fancy black-faced title of God of War, but it doesn't matter at all. Besides, except for black people, this guy's subordinates are all officers and soldiers from the Beijing camp.
What use can a group of veteran soldiers do?
You know, the military discipline in the capital camp has always been very poor. This is a long-standing shortcoming of the Ming Dynasty. The people and officials of the Li Dynasty hated this gang of scoundrels from the capital of the Ming Dynasty the most.
When the war showed signs of victory, these gangsters left their positions without authorization and charged toward the city gate. Eventually, the unattended cannon exploded, detonating the gunpowder magazine and sending away innocent Ming troops from other surrounding armies.
If this happened to the East Route Army and the West Route Army, Ma Gui and Liu Wei could at least ensure that the chaos would not collapse.
But the middle route army, which has the strongest strength, cannot do it.
The source of force is too complicated.
General Zu Chengxun of the Liaodong Army led the Zunhua troops, while General Ma Wencheng of the Xuanfu led the Bashu troops. In addition, there were Zhejiang troops, Beijing troops, Xuan Dabao troops, Jizhou troops, Miyun troops, etc.
Everyone does not trust each other, and lacks tacit understanding. When such a change occurs suddenly, each department goes its own way, which seems to mean that they will fly away when a disaster strikes.
Therefore, Lu Li wanted to avoid this tragedy.
At the same time, the actors staying in the middle route army have also made up their minds to stop Peng Xingu and his group of idiots.
The worst-case scenario is that tragedy will inevitably appear, and they rush forward immediately to take control of the unattended cannons and gunpowder magazines on the position.
After all, for those who know the direction in advance, such unexpected mistakes are completely controllable.
The Eastern Route Army stood still.
After staging a surprising spy battle, the Central Army entered a stalemate stage and began to confront the main force of the Japanese army.
What are the West Route Army doing?
Lu Li, who was idle, looked at another pile of reports and picked them up.
It turned out that Liu Wei, the broadsword general, had been idle for a while and started to be busy singing operas, and the array was quite big, with more than 10,000 soldiers accompanying him in the performance, just to deceive a "fool" who was not familiar with the world...
Weird theater starting in London
