The moon pulled over a dark cloud, covering up the unspeakable blood and terror, leaving only a corner, like a girl hiding behind the door, peeking out uneasily.
The footsteps stepped down, splashing thick blood and staining the armor of the sergeant beside him.
Bodies lay scattered all over the ground. Someone accidentally kicked someone's head on the road. They rolled around and were blocked by a severed hand.
A courtyard was filled with a complex smell. The strong smell of gunpowder smoke could not cover the smell of blood, and there was also the smell of burning corpses.
Corpses were stacked one after another like a hill, especially at the door.
These people seemed to be using their flesh and blood to resist gunpowder bombs in order to protect the people inside the house.
However, the gunpowder bomb caused a fire and the house was set on fire. The people inside could not escape and were burned alive inside.
In an alleyway, the sergeant held a blunderbuss and stabbed the corpses one by one. No matter whether they were injured or pretending to be dead, they could not leave the alleyway alive. The sergeant behind him picked up the long arrows again. This battle consumed a large amount of arrows. If they didn't take them back, the subsequent battles would not be easy.
An arrow stained with the enemy's blood is an arrow of merit. It will carry the enemy's blood and stab the enemy's life again!
Yang Wen and Sheng Yong were quarreling, and in front of them was Hatakeyama Manjia, who was trembling and kneeling down to beg for mercy.
"He is our prisoner!"
Sheng Yong pinched his neck and shouted.
Yang Wen swung his knife horizontally: "Obviously we were the ones who killed him in the yard first!"
Sheng Yong did not deny it and insisted: "My people caught him first!"
Yang Wen shouted paranoid: "We were the first to attack the courtyard. Everyone in this courtyard is my prisoner! Sheng Yong, if you keep talking nonsense, why don't we make a show of it?"
Sheng Yong drew out his sword: "If you sign, just sign. If you lose, shut up!"
Yang Wen shouted fiercely: "It's you who should shut up!"
"Then let's do it!"
Sheng Yong held the long knife in both hands and stared at Yang Wen.
Supervisor Sheng was anxious. He looked at Xu Zhen, Chu Zhi and others, and saw that there was no movement from this group of people. It seemed that he could not see that the generals were fighting among themselves. He quickly stood up. Before he said a word, he was scolded by Sheng Yong and Yang Wen in unison: "Get back!"
Chu Zhi stepped forward to pull Supervisor Sheng back and whispered: "We can just watch what happens between the commanders and generals."
Supervisor Sheng was worried about his father. After all, Yang Wen was not weak.
Hatakeyama Manjia looked around, and while he was afraid of death, he actually had an idea: If one of the Ming army generals died fighting for him, would he also be considered to have made a contribution?
Fight, fight!
It's best if both of them die, then the Ming army is in civil strife, and you take the opportunity to escape!
The Hatakeyama Manjia were planning their escape route, hoping that Sheng Yong and Yang Wen would kill each other. Sheng Yong and Yang Wen each took five steps back, and then they took action. Their steps were heavy and their swords were raised. They were so fierce in killing!
Kill, kill hard!
Hatakeyama Manga took a step back, hoping to see a wonderful drama.
But suddenly, the Hatakeyama Manjia sensed that something was wrong. Sheng Yong and Yang Wen came towards them with knives and killed them. Damn it, uncle, the way you decide the winner is to divide me?
Click!
Yang Wen chopped off Hatakeyama Manjia's head with a knife, looked at Sheng Yong who was a beat slower, and snorted: "I win!"
Sheng Yong put away the knife, turned around and left without leaving a word.
Superintendent Sheng also stared wide-eyed, lowered his head to look at Hatakeyama Mitsui who was still staring at death, and said rather depressedly: "How could this happen..."
Xu Zhen wiped the blood from the arrow and said calmly: "What they compete for is military glory, not prisoners. Whoever cuts off his head first will get the military glory."
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Jian was speechless: "Is this necessary?"
Xu Zhen nodded.
It is indeed necessary.
Nowadays, the Ming Dynasty’s sergeants’ battles are completely different from the previous battles. Firearms and crossbows have replaced long knives and spears. Firearms and crossbows are simply useless for killing enemies.
There is no way to accurately calculate military achievements, and there is no time to cut off your head. There are not many situations in today's battlefield where you charge with your head hanging from your waist. Except for a few people who have a dark mentality and like to scare people, most sergeants do not Love doing this.
The statistics of military merit are based on the structure of the army. On average, the number of people killed means that if there are outstanding individual battles and records can be found, the reward will be increased. Whether the head is chopped off is not directly linked to the military merit obtained.
However, if there is a clear record of beheading the enemy on the battlefield, it is a definite military merit that no one can take away. Especially the heads of high-level captives like Hatakeyama Mitsuya were particularly precious.
Yang Wen took away the head of the Hatakeyama Manjia, which is equivalent to taking away the ticket to the title. Coupled with his military achievements in the management of the Northeast, it will not be a problem to become a count after the war. If he kills more high-level prisoners It is not impossible to have a head and become a marquis.
Anzhou was uninhabitable, and Yang Wen and Sheng Yong had no time to clean up the corpses. They ordered people to transport the food and supplies and light them on fire. The entire city burned. The Ming army withdrew outside the city, and the main force re-crossed the river and entered the west of the Qingchuan River. The squatting tiger cannon and eight-oxen crossbow were all set out, waiting quietly.
Anzhou is gone, and it’s almost dawn.
Outside Turtle City, there were already corpses everywhere.
Shiba Yoshige, Niki Mikawa and others were exhausted and in pain.
The small turtle city was simply a tortoise shell than a tortoise shell. In one night, eight charges were made, but all of them were beaten back!
The Ming army's gunpowder bombs were so powerful that they couldn't get close to the city wall. Once they got close to the city wall, gunpowder bombs would be dropped, and then they would suffer heavy losses, and the few remaining troops could not climb the city wall at all!
The most terrifying thing is that the Ming army not only used firearms near the city wall, but also used flying firearms. Once the shogunate's troops attacked in groups, the Ming army would throw out countless gunpowder bombs, covering an area and destroying the successive armies. It was completely divided into several parts, making it impossible for the army to continuously attack the city.
Once the army cannot keep up, it will be wiped out bit by bit by the Ming army!
Repeat this several times, resulting in huge losses.
As a last resort, Shiba Yoshishige, Hatakeyama Motokuni and others decided to adopt Kyogoku Chihō's tactics, digging trenches and piling soil to avoid the damage of Ming army firearms.
Facts have proved that the strategy proposed by Kyogoku Mochimitsu is right.
By hiding the army in the trench, the Ming army's firearms' lethality was greatly reduced. Even if a firearm fell into the trench, it would not cause excessive damage.
There's just one problem...
The Japanese army lacked shovels, and they were determined to capture Turtle City. They wanted to capture the city immediately, so they did not carry a large amount of food and supplies, so they fought lightly.
After fighting all night, the army suffered huge losses and became extremely exhausted.
Yoshitaka Shiba looked at Kyogoku Chimitsu who was sitting against the wall of the trench, and said seriously: "We can't continue like this. We need to send people immediately to have Anju deliver supplies and send reinforcements. We have lost money here. With so many people, it’s impossible to retreat like this!”
Akamatsu Hironobu gritted his teeth: "Retreating is absolutely impossible! How can we continue to move forward without knocking down this city?"
Hosokawa Yorimoto wanted to retreat, but he also knew that once he retreated, he would lose all his face. Although he was not tall, he still wanted to save face.
Hatakeyama Motokuni looked towards the direction of Kame Castle. There were corpses all around. There were no less than ten thousand people lying there!
Such a huge sacrifice was made last time in Seoul!
But Seoul is a city
The pool is tall and difficult to attack. The turtle city in front of us is nothing. The ten-foot-high city wall, to put it mildly, can be climbed by two people standing on top of each other.
But it is such a low city wall, even if the corpses piled underneath reach half the height of the city wall, no matter how much the price is paid and how many people die, it is impossible to break in!
"Kyogoku Chiko, you don't always have the solution. Why don't you lead your troops to charge this time? The Ming army is in the city!"
Hatakeyama Motokuni asked.
Kyogoku took off his sword and inserted it into the soil. There was worry in his eyes: "The Ming army is competing."
More powerful than we imagined, their firearms were beyond human power. If we want to defeat the Ming army, the only way is to dig trenches, bring the main force of the army to the city, break out of the trenches in one fell swoop, and climb onto the city at any cost! "
"But digging trenches takes a lot of time!"
Niki Mikawa sighed helplessly.
Kyogoku Mochimitsu knew that it would take time. The shogunate and the daimyo army lacked long-range combat weapons. Facing the Ming army that was unable to retreat and held firearms, they could only rely on trenches to close the distance, reduce firearm damage, and ensure that the main force could reach the city. .
Itsuhide Yoshima ran over in a hurry, jumped directly into the ditch, and shouted in panic: "It's not good, it's not good!"
Yoshinaga, Kyogoku Mochimitsu and others looked sideways.
Itsuhide Yoshima swallowed his saliva and said quickly: "I just received news that a large number of enemies have appeared in Anzhou and Qingchuan Bridge has been occupied!"
"What?"
Yisbo Shiba was shocked.
Akamatsu Hironobu, Hosokawa Yorimoto, Hatakeyama Motokuno and others were also stunned.
Kyogoku Chiguang stood up, pulled out his sword, and looked at Kame City coldly: "We were fooled! Kame City is just a bait, the Ming army is not defending, they are attacking!"
"What can we do? Without Anzhou, we have no logistics at all. We can't even retreat!"
Niki Mikawa became nervous.
Hatakeyama Motokuni stamped his feet: "No, we must return to Anzhou immediately and take Anzhou back!"
"Yes, go back!"
Supported by Niki Mikawa.
Canglang!
Kyogoku held the light and drew out his sword and shouted sternly: "We can't retreat! We don't say whether the Kame City army will let us leave, but what if we leave and return to Anzhou? It's a hundred miles away, how much more do we have after arriving in Anzhou? Fight with all your strength? Besides, the main force of the Ming Dynasty must be stationed there. With our people, can we retake Anzhou?"
Hosokawa Yorimoto's cheeks kept shaking: "Kyogoku is right, Anshu is gone, and it will be useless for us to go back. The most important thing right now is to either capture Kame Castle, or move out and cross Kame Castle to attack Yishu directly!"
Akamatsu Hironobu said painfully: "Then we have become a lone army, and we are alone. How can we survive?"
Kyogoku Chimitsu shouted solemnly: "The moment Anshu is gone, we are already alone. It doesn't matter if we are alone again! If Kame Castle cannot be entered, Yishu may not be impossible to defeat! As long as Yishu is captured, If we find food supplies, we can persist until the end!"
Shiba Yoshige firmly disagreed.
Crossing Turtle City and attacking Yizhou directly is a recipe for death.
Uiju is right on the Yalu River. It is said that Li Fangyuan was there. At the same time, after the Ming army crossed the Yalu River, the troops were stationed near there. Once they passed by, they would be eaten by the Ming army!
Return to Anzhou, recapture Anzhou, open a passage south, and join up with other armies. This is the only way to survive!
There is no unified command, and it seems particularly divided at this moment.
The differences could not be bridged, and after some debate, the two sides split into two groups. The Kyogoku clan and the Hosokawa clan decided to lead troops to attack Yishu, while the Shiba clan, Akamatsu clan and others prepared to lead troops back to rescue Anshu...
