The evening breeze blows, and the heat of the day slowly recedes.
The bright moon hangs high, like the opened eyes of the universe, watching the drama of the world.
Zhang Fu was sitting in the tower, holding "Sun Tzu's Art of War" in his hand, as calm as a mountain.
Zhang Shi and Zhang Fu stood on the left and right of Zhang Fu, one was eighteen and the other fifteen, both with wild goose feather swords hanging on their waists and shields on their backs.
Zhang Fu knew that after this battle, there would probably be no major wars around the Ming Dynasty in the next few decades. This was the last chance for Zhang Fu and Zhang Fu to experience the battlefield. Both of them were his biological brothers. I don’t feel safe taking it with me.
Geng Bingwen's son was promising. In the Donghai Navy, Ping'an's son Pingping went to Datong, Shanxi, Guo Ying's son Guo Yao went to Yunnan Dusi, and Xu Huizu's younger brother Xu Yingxu also served under Zhu Di...
Of course, these people entered the army with the permission of Emperor Jianwen.
It is very dangerous to insert people into the army without authorization. If you are not careful, you may become the second person named Lan.
The commander Zhang Han came in and reported: "Commander, the Japanese army has sent troops and is less than three miles away from the city."
Zhang Fu didn't even raise his head, and looked down at the book: "Is this the main force coming?"
Zhang Han respectfully replied: "It is the main force, but the people coming are a little cautious. The troops are divided into two groups. The front army is about 30,000 people, and the rear army should be about 40,000. To the east of the Qingchuan River, there are only 40,000 left at most. Soldiers."
Zhang Fu finally put down the book, with a smile on his face: "Look, you still can't underestimate the Japanese pirates. This group of people is not completely without strategies. They can lead hundreds of thousands of people and occupy almost all of the Eight Routes of Korea. If there is not even the slightest Ability cannot be justified.”
Zhang Han nodded solemnly.
You must know that leading troops is not done casually. The more troops the better for Han Xin, but how many people in the world can command a hundred thousand troops and still win a battle? 33
The Ashikaga Shogunate seemed to know that no one of them had the ability to lead 300,000 soldiers, so they chose the most helpless division, with 20,000 soldiers per army to form a fifteen-way army, thus avoiding the problem of generals.
But there is a fatal problem with this method, that is, the entire army does not have a commander-in-chief, and everyone is at the same level.
The unified command of this group of people relies on sitting together to discuss, rather than the general issuing orders and others executing them.
If the discussion is good, we can still live together. If the discussion is not good, then we can't live together. Everyone has to worry about his own business, and no one can order others.
This is absolutely not allowed to happen in the Ming Dynasty. The army must have a core commander. Strategic command orders come from the commander, and combat intentions, strategies, formations, advance and retreat, etc. come from the commander's tent. Frontline troops can adjust their combat methods on the fly, but they cannot Adjust the overall goals and tasks of the operation.
The internal strife within the Imagawa clan itself reflects this core issue.
Zhang Han knew clearly that the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops rampaged and won repeatedly, which had its merits. Moreover, so many people marching and fighting also needed people to organize and dispatch, and to distribute food and spoils. To be able to maintain their combat effectiveness until now, the Japanese The army is not a straggler.
Zhang Fu stood up, walked out of the city tower, stood behind the crenellations of the city wall, and looked at the wilderness in the distance. The terrain here was flat, which was not conducive to city defense, but because of this, more troops could be accommodated outside the city.
Mao Zheng walked over and pointed to the east: "We can already see the Japanese army."
Zhang Fu looked intently and saw a group of insects appearing in the wilderness, squirming forward, somewhat slowly, and seemed to be very alert.
The Japanese army began to disperse, and the speed was much faster.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Fu smiled calmly: "So, they want to besiege the city."
Mao Zheng grinned and held a waist knife in his hand: "Then let them surround us! Although there are only 18,000 people in this city, it is more than enough to deal with them."
Zhang Fu nodded slightly and looked at Zhang Han: "Go ahead. Without military orders, you are not allowed to use divine machine cannons and tiger squatting cannons without authorization. Just use bows, crossbows, fire blunderbuss, push shields, spears, and broadswords to attack and defend."
Zhang Han sent the order and left.
Zhang Fu slapped the crenel and looked at the not-so-high city wall. He chuckled and said, "Look, firearms cannot be used in battle at any time. Army training and cold weapon combat cannot be relaxed for a moment."
Mao Zheng, Liang Hu and others nodded.
At present, the main force of the Japanese army has just arrived near Kame Castle. Their strength has not been consumed yet, and the main force behind them has not yet been dragged into the battle. Using firearms as soon as they come up is likely to drive this group of people back to Anzhou completely.
It's okay to let them go back to Anzhou, but not so early. If they go back too early, Anzhou hasn't been cleaned yet, so it's not easy to welcome guests.
We must buy more time for Yang Wen, Sheng Yong, and Aha Chu!
The battle into Korea has begun, and the battle can never be limited to one city. Now that Tatar, Ulyanha, and Oara are ready to move, Zhang Fu will never allow himself to delay on the Korean battlefield for too long.
Only by making the greatest efforts to completely eliminate the main force of the Japanese army can the war be ended in the shortest time!
Zhang Fu considers the overall situation and one aspect.
Akamatsu Hironobu and Hosokawa Yorimoto were thinking about a city. They only had this one point in their eyes.
This is the biggest difference between strategists and ordinary generals.
In other words, Zhang Fu's level is much higher than that of the Akamatsu clan, Hosokawa clan and others, and they are not on the same level at all. But Emperor Jianwen's arrangement brought Zhang Fu here.
Akamatsu Hironobu and Hosokawa Yorimoto led their troops to completely surround Kame Castle, with 30,000 troops forming a wall outside the city.
Yoshinaga Shiba and Motokun Hatakeyama wanted to enter three miles away from Kame Castle to watch the battle, but Kyogoku Chimitsu was unwilling to lead the troops and continued to advance, insisting on staying five miles away.
Niki Mikawa asked Kyogoku why he held the light, but received no explanation.
Shibaoyi saw that Niki Mikawa looked at Kyogoku Chimitsu with a somewhat resentful look, and quickly helped explain: "The ones who attacked Iki Island were the Daming Navy. They dropped gunpowder bombs directly three miles inside Iki Island. If it was in the Kame Castle If there is Zhang Fu, there must be firearms, Sanli is too dangerous."
Niki Mikawa snorted and glanced at the cold and arrogant Kyogoku Chimitsu. Your family members are all dead, so you can't be so aloof and arrogant, right? If it weren't for the shogunate's respect, you would be nothing now, not even a soldier!
Kyogoku Chiguang coldly pushed away Niki Mikawa who was blocking the way: "If you want to go three miles away, you can go. I'm saving your life. Don't look coldly on me if you don't feel grateful."
Yoshitaka Shiba stopped Mikawa Niki who was about to get angry and said a few nice words before calming him down.
Akamatsu Hironobu and Hosokawa Norimoto occupied the east and south of Kamejo Castle respectively, while Akamatsu Mitsui and Yoshima Gohide occupied the west and north of the city respectively.
Because Turtle City is only one foot high, there is no need to build a cumbersome and tall ladder to climb the city. All you need is an ordinary ladder, which can be found in the accompanying army.
Less than a quarter of an hour after Akamatsu Hironobu and Hosokawa Yorimoto gained a foothold, the order to attack the city was issued, and they attacked from all sides at the same time.
This decision means absolute confidence.
It seems that as long as people rush to the bottom of Turtle City, Turtle City will fall in an instant, and the Ming army in the city will definitely flee and surrender one after another. This group of people did not seem to have considered the Ming army’s counterattack. Perhaps the Ming Dynasty had impressed them too deeply in the past few days:
Cowardly, incompetent, afraid to take on the challenge.
Yes, this is talking about Li Fangyuan's army.
But the problem is that the troops in Turtle City at this time are all the elites of the Ming Dynasty, not Li Fangyuan's army.
Akamatsu Hironobu and Hosokawa Yorimoto couldn't tell the difference clearly. Seeing that they were wearing the clothes of the Ming army, they must be the Ming army. The city wall in front of them must be as vulnerable as the Ming army that was wiped out before!
The Battle of Turtle City has officially begun.
The tide-like Japanese troops charged with shouts 200 steps away. At the crenellations of the city wall, eight bull crossbows were pushed out one by one, aiming at the enemy in the distance. A pile of thick and long crossbow arrows were placed at their feet.
The archers, shield pushers, spearmen, etc. were already ready, while the divine machine cannon and tiger crouching gunners had to retreat to one side and hold the push shield to act as defense.
Zhang Fu waved his hand, and a whistle arrow rose into the sky, exploding into brilliant colors in the night sky.
Then, the gunman pulled the trigger, the archer released the bowstring, the eight-oxen crossbow began to turn the winch, the pikemen began to shout, and the entire city wall suddenly shouted "kill" to the sky!
Long arrows and lead arrows flew together, and the blood light was not the same color as the night sky.
Akamatsu Hironobu's eyes widened, looking at the more than 300 soldiers who fell to the ground in an instant, and looked at the city wall in disbelief.
They actually took action!
court death!
"Push it to me!"
Akamatsu Hironobu decided to crush the resistance of this group of people and completely massacre them here!
Invest more troops and fight a war from which there will be no turning back.
The Japanese army did not retreat and charged forward.
Zhang Fu looked at the frustrated but still morale Japanese army, his face became serious, and he said to Zhang Shi and Zhang Fu: "It is not unreasonable for the emperor to kill all these people. They seem to be weak now." , but this vicious heart is disturbing. If it were an ordinary army, after being frustrated, at least the forwards would slow down their offensive, but they seem to be fighting over who dies first."
Zhang Min endured the discomfort in his heart. This was the battlefield. Under the tower, the air was full of blood. Every living person lost his life in an instant and became a corpse!
Especially those Japanese soldiers who died under the Eight Bull Crossbow, with half their heads missing and their intestines gushing out, the scene was like hell.
Zhang Fu couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to vomit.
Zhang Fu said in a deep voice: "So what if you practice martial arts at home all day long? A military commander who has never seen the horrors of the battlefield and does not know the cruelty of the battlefield will probably be killed in a moment of trance! You guys can't bear it, want to To become stronger, you should accept this cruel reality! This is the battlefield, not the thousands of armies you imagine, where the enemy is defeated so easily!"
Zhang Xi bit his lip, held in his breath, and forced back the surging things. He looked at the battlefield, staring at the dead Japanese, staring at the bloody death!
Zhang Fu bit the tip of his tongue and swallowed a mouthful of blood. He clenched his fists and said in a low voice like a wild beast: "I want to be a brave and fearless general, how can I even withstand this?!"
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