799 shows weakness to lure the enemy, and the winning streak is arrogant

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Kiyama Castle, the shouting of killing shook the sky, and the Shimazu army led by Tsuruta Masao frantically attacked the city.

Where could this humble city withstand such a fierce attack.

A day later, the Shimazu army entered the city, and fierce battles broke out between the two sides in the city.

"General, the enemy's offensive is too fierce, and the soldiers are about to be unable to withstand it."

A Japanese soldier ran to Shuiichiro Yoshino's side panting out of breath with a wounded wound and reported loudly.

"On the left side of the city, is there any news from General Zhao?"

Shuiichiro Yoshino grimaced, ignoring the words of the soldier in front of him, and instead asked a guard behind him.

"Back to the general, General Zhao didn't send anyone over, and he didn't see the retreat signal flare."

The guard replied truthfully.

"Did you hear it, you go back and tell Nakamura that it's not time to retreat, and you have to fight to the death for the general."

Shuichiro Yoshino looked at the Japanese soldier in front of him and said indifferently.

"Hey!"

"General, it took us a month, and the team that we finally pulled up, after this battle, I'm afraid it will be crippled again."

A Japanese general beside Yoshino Shuiichiro said unwillingly.

"If you are disabled, you will be called again, as long as you have the Hou Ye's before, you have silver and equipment, and you are afraid that you will not be able to pull the team!

As long as we defeat the Shimazu family and the Hosokawa family in this battle, there will be no one to compete with us on Kyushu Island. ”

As he spoke, Shuiichiro Yoshino's grim face turned to show a touch of excitement.

"Hey, that's what the general said."

"Kill!"

In the city, at this time, Zhao Zilong led 5,000 city defense troops, as well as 15,000 Japanese soldiers under Yoshino, divided into several battlefields and fought together.

In the city, Zhao Zilong led a team of city defense soldiers to meet a team of Shimazu soldiers, and the two sides rushed together without saying a word.

Poof!

Zhao Zilong's spear stabbed out, directly through the chest of an Shimazu soldier, and with a vigorous stir, he threw it out.

Following Zhao Zilong, there were two shield-wielding guards, responsible for protecting Zhao Zilong's flanks, and the three of them worked together tacitly to form a small killing machine.

"Ahh

Poof, poof!

All around, screams rang out, the sound of blades cutting through flesh rang out, and fierce hand-to-hand combat began between the foot soldiers of both sides.

I have to say that these Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu family are indeed well-trained, not only with a tenacious sense of fighting, but also extremely skilled in swordsmanship.

The city defense army led by Zhao Zilong was not an elite in the first place, and it was defeated in hand-to-hand combat with the infantry of the Shimazu army.

"General, no, there are more and more enemies coming, we have to withdraw, if we don't withdraw, we will be trapped in the city."

One of Zhao Zilong's personal guards, holding a shield and Zhao Zilong back to back, shouted.

"Calculate the time, it's almost over, send a flare, notify Shuiichiro Yoshino's side, and prepare to retreat."

"Yes, General."

Sou! Peng!

Immediately, three red flares rose into the air, and they were immediately seen by Shuiichiro Yoshino in the city.

"General Zhao's retreat signal can be regarded as coming.

The order went down, and the whole army retreated north. Shuiichiro Yoshino immediately gave the order.

"Haha, the rebels have fled, chase it!"

When Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuiichiro led their troops to withdraw from Kiyama Castle and flee north, those Shimazu soldiers were excited and chased after them all the way.

He pursued ten miles northward, scattering and killing many of Yoshino's defeated soldiers along the way before giving up the pursuit and returning to Kiyama Castle.

And then, Kiyama Castle was ransacked by Tsuruta Masao.

Anyway, the Shimazu family's territory is not here, and after this battle, they will definitely go back to their own territory.

They just wanted to take it for themselves, and the Tokugawa shogunate would not agree.

In this case, they sent troops to exterminate the rebels and the Ming army this time, and they couldn't come in vain!

Now, the Nabeshima family has even been beaten down by the Ming army, and it is impossible to expect the Nabeshima family to pay the silver.

Therefore, Tsuruta Masao can only do it himself and loot the silver from these people in Hitian Country.

Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuiichiro, who were defeated at Kiyama Castle, converged in a mountain forest to the north.

"General Zhao, just now my generals reported that in the battle in the city, they only found the men and horses of the Shimazu family, as well as the men and horses of several other daimyos.

However, the soldiers and horses of the Hosokawa family were not found, and the Hosokawa family did not participate in the battle of Kiyama Castle this time. ”

Shuiichiro Yoshino found Zhao Zilong and told him this important news.

"Missing the 20,000 horses of the Hosokawa family? Where will they go?

No, you have to inform Hou Ye of this news.

In addition, General Yoshino, you also have to send people to use your spies to find out the 20,000 Hosokawa family horses that are missing as soon as possible. ”

When Zhao Zilong heard this, he suddenly lost 20,000 enemy troops, which was not a trivial matter.

If the 20,000 Japanese soldiers of the Hosokawa family came out when the White Dragon Army was encircling and preparing to annihilate the Shimazu army, it was very likely that their plan for this battle would fail.

It's a pity that in the next few days, the spies sent out by Shuichiro Yoshino still did not find the 20,000 Hosokawa army led by Hosokawa Qi Nian.

On the contrary, after taking Kiyama Castle, the Shimazu army, after resting for two days, sent troops north again and attacked in the direction of Saga Castle.

Within three days, the Shimazu army was under two more cities, and Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuichiro continued to lead the army to retreat north.

And Tsuruta Masao is not a fool, he knows the importance of Kiyama Castle, which is the only way for them to withdraw from Higo Province and return.

Therefore, when Tsuruta Masao attacked north again, he left 3,000 men and horses behind to guard Kiyama Castle and defend their retreat.

Subsequently, Li Zixiao personally issued an order to Luo Chao and the others to carry out the original plan, but to be vigilant against the disappeared Hosokawa army.

On February 22, the 5,000 White Dragon Army led by Peng Hao and Li Tianba suddenly appeared outside Mushan City and launched a surprise attack on Mushan City.

"Fire!"

Boom Boom!

The fierce cannon sound sounded, representing Peng Hao and Li Tianba's official siege of the city, as always, the artillery fire opened the way.

After the fierce shelling of a stick of incense, the dilapidated wall of Mushan Castle was blown down in two breaches.

"Attack!"

Then, Peng Hao gave the order to attack, and the musketeers and foot soldiers of the White Dragon Army went towards the city.

"Stay in formation, move forward, shoot!"

Bang bang bang!

Subsequently, a column of White Dragon Army musketeers, with sword and shield soldiers, crossed the gap in the city wall and entered Mushan City.

"Kill, give!"

Then, those soldiers of the White Dragon Army saw a group of Shimazu soldiers roaring angrily, with hideous faces and fearless death, holding sharp swords, rushing towards them.

But under the dense rain of bullets fired by the White Dragon Army musketeers, no matter how many Shimazu soldiers rushed over, they could only turn into corpses.

The Shimazu army had never seen the White Dragon Army's combat style, and at this time, their thinking was still stuck in the fighting style of cold weapons, swords, guns, spears and hand-to-hand combat.

And I have to say that these Shimazu soldiers are really brave, and they are all fierce, once they get close, it is really a nightmare.

It's just that the Shimazu army is brave and brave, but to put it badly, it's just a little tendony.

The Shimazu soldiers who roared and rushed up in front were shot one after another and fell down one after another, while the Shimazu soldiers behind didn't care and continued to rush forward one after another.

Until the end, there were too many dead Shimazu soldiers, one by one, which made the Shimazu soldiers behind them fearful.

In this battle, it was no surprise that Peng Hao and Li Tianba only paid the price of less than 100 casualties to conquer Mushan City, and almost completely annihilated the 3,000-strong Shimazu army.

Mushan City was recaptured by Peng Hao, which means that the coalition army led by Tsuruta Masao, who had gone north at this time, had been cut off.

But unfortunately, at this time, Tsuruta Masao didn't know anything about this, and he was preparing to attack another big city in Hita, Sano Castle.

Sano Castle is the southern barrier of Saga Castle, and it is also a large city with a population of more than 100,000 people, and it has been favored by Tsuruta Masao, who intends to make a fortune here.

But Tsuruta Masao didn't know that at this time, he was in Sano Castle, but it was not only the remnants of the army led by Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuichiro, who fled all the way from the south.

And the main force led by Luo Chao, the entire 10,000 White Dragon Army and 10,000 city defense soldiers and horses, were hiding in the city at this time.

"Soldiers, attack the city, kill all those rebels and Ming troops, the wealth in the city, the women are yours, kill!"

Masao Tsuruta rode on his horse and shouted loudly at a large number of Shimazu Japanese soldiers in front of him, boosting morale.

"Kill, give!"

When the Shimazu soldiers heard Tsuruta Masao's words, they yelled excitedly one by one, and their morale was high.

Then, Tsuruta Masao led the Shimazu Army and the Ito Army under his command and began the siege of Sano Castle.

"General, the Shimazu army has begun to attack the city."

In the city, in a mansion, Du Tengfei walked in and said to Luo Chao on the façade.

"Well, it looks like they didn't know we were in the city, tell Zilong and Yoshino to let them go as planned.

Resist a little, and then let Tsuruta Masao enter the city, and you guys are ready, and when the Shimazu army enters the city, it's time for you to appear. ”

Luo Chao said calmly, with a faint smile on his face.

Du Tengfei sneered and promised: "Don't worry, general, this time we will let this arrogant Japanese army come and go." ”

"The city is broken, kill it!"

Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuichiro led the remnants of their men to resist on the walls of Zuoye Castle for half an hour, and then they took the initiative to pretend to be invincible and were defeated.

The crazy Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu family roared excitedly and slaughtered into the city one by one.

The enemy in front of them has long been vulnerable, and the winning streak in the past half a month has already made them look down on Zhao Zilong and Yoshino Shuiichiro.

Moreover, these Japanese soldiers fought along the way, and broke through eight or nine cities in Higo Kingdom, and each city was plundered by them.

It can be said that the Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu Army, who went north to kill all the way, have already made a lot of money.

Even the Ito Army soldiers who followed them, although it was impossible to eat meat like the Shimazu Army along the way, they only drank some soup, and the harvest was also not small.

Therefore, after the attack on Sano Castle, the Ito Army, which had always been very cautious, finally took the initiative to ask Tsuruta Masao to fight.

They hoped to take the initiative to take credit and let them attack Sano Castle, and Tsuruta Masao could give them more meat to eat.

"Kill, give!"

More than 30,000 Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu Army and the Ito Army quickly poured into the city along the streets of Sano Castle.

They had to annihilate Zhao Zilong and Yoshino's men and horses before they began to plunder, and although these Japanese soldiers were greedy, they knew what was important.

"Ryo West, take Zuoye Castle, and in a few days, the troops will be able to descend on Saga Castle."

Outside the city, Tsuruta Masao looked at his subordinates, who had already entered Sano Castle, and thought that the overall situation had been decided, and said with a smile.

Yamashita Taba was a mid-level officer in the Shimazu Army, commanding 500 Japanese soldiers.

At this time, after Yamashita Taba entered Sano Castle, he led 500 Shimazu family soldiers under his command to chase after a group of defeated city defense troops until the city.

"Huh?"

When Yamashita Tawa led his Japanese soldiers and chased them to the city, he suddenly found that the enemy army in front of him was gone.

What appeared in front of him was the enemy army, which had always been new, and the army was neatly arrayed, and the formation blocked in front of them, which made him amazed for a while, and stopped the pursuit.

"General, why did you stop?" A soldier asked, puzzled.

"I don't see a new enemy in front of me."

"Even if they come with reinforcements, what are they afraid of, these rebels and the Ming army are simply a group of cowards, how can they stop the footsteps of our Mosa warriors.

General, take us over and kill all these rebels and soldiers, and let them know how powerful our Mosa warriors are. ”

The soldier roared excitedly with a fanatical face.

"That's right, kill them, kill them all."

More Japanese soldiers behind Yamashita Tian Yu also shouted loudly at this time.

"Roar, the Mosa warriors are invincible, warriors, rush with me and kill all the enemies."

As a result, Shanxi Tian Yu was so boasted by his own soldiers, he was suddenly full of pride, and he really took the Japanese soldiers behind him and rushed towards the White Dragon Army that appeared in front.

"Hmph, a bunch of fools who don't know how to die."

Du Tengfei looked at the Japanese soldiers led by Tian Yu under the mountain, and dared to charge at them so intensively, his face was smirking, and he said in a low voice.

"Artillery, fire; The musketeers listened to orders and prepared to shoot; The grenadiers are ready, waiting for orders. ”

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who rushed over quickly, Du Tengfei did not panic and calmly gave orders.

These charging Shimazu soldiers saw the black muzzle of the cannon in front of them, facing them, but they were still not afraid, and the charge never stopped.

Ignorance is fearlessness, and these sentences are really true.

If these Japanese soldiers knew how powerful the artillery and muskets in the hands of the White Dragon Army were at this time, they would never dare to charge so unscrupulously and arrogantly.

"Gunner, fire!"

Thundered!

Subsequently, some of the Japanese vanguard had already rushed to a distance of twenty or thirty paces in front of Du Tengfei's formation, and Du Tengfei gave the order for the gunner to open fire.

After the gunners of the White Dragon Army opened fire, the muzzle of the cannon flashed with fire, and a large lead bullet with dozens of small lead bullets shot out in a fan shape towards the street in front of them.

Puff puff!

"Ahhh

There was a muffled sound, which was the sound of lead bullets drilling into the flesh and blood of the Japanese soldiers, and then the Japanese soldiers who were shot fell one by one, and the screams resounded through the sky.

Happy April Fool's Day everyone!!

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