After hearing this, Hauge couldn't help scratching the back of his head. It was obvious that he was also a little embarrassed.
But after all, he had fought so many times with the Ming Dynasty and suffered so many defeats. Therefore, Hauge really thought of something from it. He looked up at Matsudaira Nobutsuna and asked: "I dare to ask, sir, what do you mean?" How do you want to deal with it?”
Hearing his rhetorical question, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but he didn't get angry. After coming back to his senses, he said truthfully: "The troops in Seoul are just empty troops. They can't stop the Ming army at all. I Thinking about it, I still have to withdraw and accumulate enough strength, just like a retracted fist, so that it can be punched out more powerfully!"
After hearing this, Hauge made a decision and immediately said: "According to the villain's past experience, this kind of response method of the Lord must be within the expectations of the Ming Army. If it is really done, it will trigger the Ming Army." A series of blows. Really, the Ming Dynasty emperor often did this, one move after another, and in the end he was completely defeated!"
After hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but correct his attitude, stood up respectfully, bowed to Hauge and said: "Please give me some advice, Hauge!"
We really cannot afford to lose the upcoming battle. Don't talk about bowing to Hauge, as long as you can really come up with good ideas, you can even kowtow!
Inoue Masashige and Matsudaira Nobutsuna on the side are grasshoppers on the same rope, and naturally they are the same. However, based on his identity, he did not bow, but waited for Hauge's answer with great concern.
Seeing Matsudaira Nobutsuna's bow, Hauge felt a little proud in his heart, and then immediately corrected his attitude, and quickly stepped aside humbly, and then replied: "As a villain, just do the opposite, maybe You can get unexpected results!”
Doing the opposite? After listening to Matsudaira Nobutsuna, this sentence flashed through his mind. In other words, instead of withdrawing the army from Seoul, he brought the main force up to catch the Ming army by surprise?
If this is true, it might have unexpected effects. However, the difficulty of doing the opposite is also very great.
Thinking of this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna frowned and analyzed: "It is not impossible for the lord to go north and take the initiative to meet the enemy. However, our army has no food and grass. Now we all rely on fishing on the beach to make a living."
After hearing this, Hauge not only did not give up his idea, but said happily: "Sir, it is because the difficulties are too great that the Ming army would never have thought that our army would go north and take the initiative to kill them!"
After hearing this, Inoue Shigemasa rarely agreed with Hauge's statement, and immediately said to Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "Lao Naka-sama, when the two armies are fighting over in Seoul, the Ming army will definitely capture our scouts and torture them. Under this, it is not difficult to get the details of our army. In this way, the Ming army will never expect that our army will go north, and they will definitely neglect to take precautions! Mr. Lao Zhong, this opportunity is rare, you must not miss it. If you can win it, The Ming army that committed the crime, those in the past..."
Although he didn't finish speaking, Matsudaira Nobutsuna could immediately understand what he wanted to say, and his heart was immediately moved.
However, unlike Inoue Shigemasa, the inspector, he is responsible for the specific command of the troops. He cannot talk like Inoue Shigemasa and can just be a hands-off shopkeeper. There was a huge difficulty, and he had to find a way to overcome it before he could lead the army northward.
Matsudaira Nobutsuna frowned and couldn't help but fall into deep thinking.
In the situation in front of us, if we can win a big victory unexpectedly, we will no longer have to make excuses for previous losses. One victory will cover all defeats.
However, food, grass and baggage are the basis of all wars. If this problem is not solved, there will be no surprise, and the army will not be able to fight hungry at all!
It is said that a good woman cannot make a meal without rice, and the problem of food and grass made Matsudaira Nobutsuna very difficult.
After thinking hard for a long time, he finally raised his head and said to Hauge with a sad face: "I have thought about it for a long time and made every calculation. Even if I save province after province, the food I can eat now cannot support a big war. Even if we get to Seoul and fight for ten days, we still won’t have so much food!”
After he finished speaking, like a housekeeper, he listed in detail to Haugero the things that the military can now eat. At the end of the sentence, he even turned to Inoue Shigemasa and asked him to take a look, too. Is there anything that can be missed? Just this, even if he calculated it, it was not enough.
After hearing this, Hauge suddenly said: "Aren't there still two-legged sheep? It's just a temporary relief to fill this gap, isn't it?"
"Two-legged sheep?" Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, and then said a little uncertainly, "Hauge-kun, you mean... human flesh?"
Hauge nodded and said, "Yes, we can always deal with it."
"I think it's okay!" Inoue Shigemasa nodded after hearing this, "No matter what, for the future of Japan and for the sake of the general, we must win this battle. Otherwise, if the Ming army comes, we won't be able to The only way out is to die without a burial!"
It's just a two-legged sheep. It's not like the Japanese didn't have it, but they were called differently. Now that everything is about personal interests, there is nothing these little dwarfs can't do!
After hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna pondered for a moment, then showed determination, nodded and said: "Then it's settled!"
Afterwards, the three of them discussed it for a while and felt that it was better not to make this matter public. In the end, it was decided that Hauge would lead his men and act together with the confidants of Matsudaira Nobutsuna and Inoue Shigemasa to kill the captured Koreans and some Japanese farmers.
Just two days later, the army moved north, leaving only part of the army behind, led by Inoue Shigemasa, who continued to confuse the Ming navy.
On the way to Seoul secretly, Matsudaira Nobutsuna continued to receive urgent reports from Kameda sent by Shushita.
"The Ming army attacked Seoul once and was repulsed by my shotgun. However, the Ming cavalry was roaming outside the city and was unable to respond to the enemy. Please ask for help!"
"The cavalry of the Ming Dynasty are provoking outside the city. They are outnumbered and dare not go out to fight. Please ask for help!"
"The Ming Dynasty's cavalry is increasing in number and seems to be preparing to attack the city. We can no longer hold on and request a retreat!"
"If you don't retreat, you will be crushed together with Seoul. In order to preserve the strength of the Japanese country, please retreat!"
"..."
The contents of the reports became more urgent each time. Matsudaira Nobutsuna could already feel that if there was no response from him, Kameda Shushita would definitely be unable to hold on and withdraw without permission.
So, he discussed the situation with Comrade Aisin Gioro Haug, the military advisor who accompanied the army, and finally decided not to leave Shuxia Kameda alone. This was in line with what he had thought before, and he did not have the strength to rescue the people who were huddled in Busan. The method was to let Kameda retreat under the tree, which would also attract the Ming cavalry to relax their vigilance and pursue them all the way down.
Sure enough, when Matsudaira Nozuna led the army to Chungju, Kameda sent an urgent letter to Shushita, saying that in order to preserve his strength, he had left a force to attract the attention of the Ming army, and he led the main force to temporarily retreat along the Han River.
After receiving the news, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately sent out scouts to find suitable ambush points near the Han River.
Not to mention, he found a place. The official road from Seoul is at the foot of the mountain, and on the other side is the Han River. As long as there is an ambush here and a long line, it will definitely give the Ming army a heavy blow. Even if they are not killed by the Japanese firearms, they can drive the Ming army down the river.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was very satisfied and said to Hauge beside him: "Being able to ambush the Ming army here can also save our army a lot of food. With such a good place, God is really helping me as a great Japanese country!"
"Congratulations, sir, we will definitely win the battle!" After hearing this, Hauge was also satisfied with this place. If he could see the Ming army suffering countless casualties, he would certainly be happy to see it. Therefore, he flattered Matsudaira Nobutsuna.
Afterwards, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was busy arranging the army. The nearly 50,000 troops began to find a place to rest in the mountains of the official road, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army.
After waiting for a day, Hauge became a little worried, and said to Matsudaira Nobutsuna: "Sir, our ambush is a bit far away. What if the army in Seoul cannot escape? There are cavalry troops in the Ming Dynasty. For the Lord!”
Hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but feel a little worried. However, looking back and thinking about Kameda's ability under the tree, he finally chose to believe: "The official roads in North Korea have been abandoned for a long time, overgrown with weeds, and full of potholes. Four legs may not be able to run as well as two legs. You can definitely escape. Some."
After hearing this, Hauge thought about it and felt that he was worrying too much, so he said no more and calmed down to wait.
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Earlier, on the Seoul side, Lu Da and Li Dingguo were already standing at the top of Seoul, looking at the bodies of the Japanese pirates who were killed, and watching the Ming Dynasty flag flying at the top of Seoul.
"Our army didn't attack with all its strength, but we didn't expect these Japanese pirates to escape!" Lu Da said to Li Dingguo with a smile, "It can be seen that the situation of the Japanese soldiers over there is probably more serious than the situation explained by the adults. A lot."
Considering that Seoul is a very important point, the original plan of the two of them was to bluff, using ten thousand as a scale of fifty or sixty thousand to scare the Japanese army. Unexpectedly, these Japanese troops couldn't stand it anymore and actually left some of their troops and ran away.
Of course, this is why the Ming army did not try to retain these Japanese troops. It originally wanted these defeated Japanese troops to send back the news of the Ming army's massive attack and cause them to panic.
Lu Da said, remembering Lu Xiangsheng's explanation, and said to Li Dingguo: "This Japanese pirate ran away last night, and we should chase it. Press the Japanese army closely, and then look for fighter planes. This is what you have clearly told me, and we must do it carefully." Just execute it!”
Li Dingguo naturally had no objection to this.
So, the two of them led more than 10,000 cavalry troops and set off again, chasing the retreat route of the Japanese pirates in Seoul.
