800 battles in the city

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"Check carefully, but if you are panting, make up for it."

The battle on Du Tengfei's side ended quickly, and only a few dozen of the more than 500 Shimazu soldiers broke down and fled.

After the rest of the Japanese soldiers rushed forward one after another, they faced the triple attack composed of artillery, muskets and iron-shelled mines on Du Tengfei's side.

In the end, Du Tengfei killed more than 400 Shimazu soldiers at the cost of zero casualties, ending the battle.

After the battle, one by one, the white dragon saber and shield men immediately rushed out, insisting on the corpses of the fallen Japanese soldiers, but anyone who was alive was directly mended with a knife.

The battle went so smoothly that Du Tengfei was both pleasantly surprised and not surprised.

Before, looking at these because of the previous successive victories, he didn't take the White Dragon Army in his eyes at all.

When the Shimazu family's soldiers, who were too confident in their bravery, roared and rushed over, Du Tengfei had already imagined such a situation.

"Hou Ye is right, the times are advancing, and the way of fighting war is also innovating.

The battlefield of the future is no longer dominated by swords, guns and arrows, but by firearms. ”

Du Tengfei looked at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers in front of him, there were no casualties on his side, and he couldn't help but say with emotion.

Poof, poof!

The white dragon saber and shield hand in front was still inspecting the corpses one by one, and the sound of spears and long knives stabbing into the human body sounded one after another.

"Please, don't kill me."

A Japanese soldier of the Shimazu family, who was shot in the abdomen but did not die, was lying on the ground at this time, looking at a white dragon sergeant who came over, and pleaded in Japanese language.

At this time, the injured Shimazu family soldier no longer had the crazy and arrogant appearance he had before, and there was only fear in his eyes.

It's a pity that the white dragon sergeant who came over couldn't hear the Japanese language at all.

However, even this white dragon sergeant couldn't understand the language of this Shimazu family soldier, but from his frightened and pleading eyes, this white dragon sergeant could guess the meaning of his words.

Poof!

But unfortunately, the white dragon sergeant was unmoved, walked up to the soldier, and stabbed him in the chest with a spear.

"Report to the general, the battlefield is over, and all the living mouths will be executed."

Soon, a White Dragon Army commander ran to Du Tengfei and reported loudly.

"Okay, move on."

Du Tengfei answered, and led a thousand white dragon soldiers under his command to continue to advance.

Soon, Du Tengfei encountered a group of Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu army, and it was another battle, but he still won easily.

At this time, in Zuoye City, situations like Du Tengfei's side abound.

The roaring and crazy Shimazu Army and Ito Army's Japanese soldiers, after entering Sano Castle, thought that victory was in their hands, and then it would be their one-sided pursuit.

Suddenly appeared in the city, and tens of thousands of white dragon troops distributed in the city used artillery, muskets and iron-shelled mines to re-teach them how to be human beings.

Thundered!

Bang bang bang!

Huge explosions, the sound of flintlock guns, continued to resound in Sano Castle, and screams and roars were heard everywhere.

In the face of the White Dragon Army, which had entered the era of hot weapons at this time, these Shimazu family soldiers who still relied on sword skills and martial arts to fight bravely and ruthlessly were completely defeated.

At this time, Masao Tsuruda, the commander of the coalition army, who was still outside the city and did not enter the city immediately, originally had a smile on his face, waiting to hear his subordinates come to report the good news of the victory.

However, when he heard the constant explosions and gunfire that had not stopped coming from the city, the smile on his face froze.

To be honest, Tsuruta Masao had never heard such a long period of cannon fire, and such a dense but uninterrupted gunfire, which was not seen in the Wa Kingdom at all.

At this time, the Japanese also used artillery and guns to fight.

However, the number of artillery and guns in their hands was not very large, and the battle was mainly fought by infantry soldiers, and it was impossible to make such a big movement.

Since such explosions and dense gunfire did not come from their side, they must have come from the enemy's side.

Such an unexpected situation occurred, and Tsuruta Masao also felt a little uneasy in his heart.

"Someone, hurry into the city and see how the war goes?"

Tsuruta Masao found a Japanese soldier guard and ordered.

Next, the gunfire in the city became more and more intense, and after half a day, it still did not stop.

And the soldiers sent into the city by Tsuruta Masao to check the battle situation have not come out until now, and in the end, Tsuruta Masao can't wait anymore.

"Let's go, go into the city with Ben Shuai."

Immediately, Tsuruta Masao took a group of Japanese soldiers and guards and went straight to Sano Castle.

As a result, before he could bring people into the city, a group of remnants of Japanese soldiers escaped, throwing away their armor one by one, looking frightened, and crawling out.

Seeing this scene, Tsuruta Masao felt a 'chuckle' in his heart, and immediately stopped the group of routs and asked what was going on in the city.

"General, we have been tricked, and a lot of Ming troops suddenly appeared in the city, and they still have a lot of artillery and muskets.

We couldn't get there, and before we could get to them, we were all killed.

General Shida, General Toda, they were all trapped in the city, and we also escaped by luck. ”

An officer of the Shimazu Army said truthfully to Tsuruta Masao, with a frightened look in his eyes.

This is similar to the previous appearance of their morale, self-confidence, and excitement to enter the city.

"How so!"

After hearing this, Tsuruta Masao felt that his eyes were black and dizzy while riding on the horse, and he almost fell off the horse.

It was really this news that had too much impact on him, and he never thought that he would be tricked.

"Could it be that the rebels of Shuichiro Yoshino and the rout of the Ming army all the way before were deliberately played for General Ben.

But didn't the Hosokawa family say that the Ming army was less than 10,000 people?

Damn Hosokawa Qi Nian, he is lying to General Ben and interfering with General Ben's judgment, damn it! ”

At this time, after combining the words of the Japanese officer, Tsuruta Masao knew that the Ming army in Higo Country was by no means 10,000 people.

Otherwise, how could the Shimazu Army and the Ito Army, which had entered Sano Castle at this time, have a total of more than 30,000 horses, be trapped.

Therefore, at this time, Tsuruta Masao remembered the Hosokawa family, thinking that the Hosokawa family deliberately gave him false information, so that he fell for the White Dragon Army's scheme.

"No, we can't lose this battle, and I, the warriors of the Mosa Domain, will never give up.

Everyone obeyed the order, followed General Ben into the city, supported General Shida and them, and killed the Bright Army! ”

At this time, Masao Tsuruta was also desperate, and his first thought was not to retreat, but to continue the attack.

This is very consistent with the character of the Japanese people, and under this kind of desperation, Tsuruta Masao is going to give it a go.

He knew very well that since he had been decided, more than 30,000 troops had fallen into the city, and if he retreated at this time, he could only be defeated.

Therefore, Masao Tsuruta did not order a retreat, but continued to attack, using all his strength, and perhaps there was still a chance to fight a bloody way and turn the tide of the war.

I think that back then, when the ancestors of Tsuruta Masao followed the ancestors of the Shimazu family to fight in the south and the north, in a desperate situation, they fought too much with the example of winning more with less.

Defeating tens of thousands of enemy troops with a few thousand men and horses has been fought in such battles, and for this reason, Tsuruta Masao has always admired his ancestors very much.

In a desperate situation, what do you want to rely on to win more with less?

It's not wisdom, it's not a weapon, it's the courage to die, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, that's the truth, and Tsuruta Masao also understands it.

Immediately, Tsuruta Masao rushed into the city with more than 1,000 Japanese guards around him.

At the same time, Masao Tsuruta also knew that they must not lose this battle.

If he loses, he doesn't have to go back, and he can cut his stomach directly.

"Kill, give!"

Tsuruta Masao really led his army into the city, and when he entered the city, he found that there were more Japanese troops who were fleeing desperately outside the city.

"Baga, don't escape, go back with Ben Shuai."

Tsuruta Masao stopped the rout of the Japanese army and shouted angrily.

As a result, some of the routs of the Shimazu army, after hearing the roar of Tsuruta Masao, hesitantly stopped fleeing for their lives.

After all, they knew that Tsuruta Masao was their commander, but some of the defeated soldiers of the Ito Army did not bird Tsuruta Masao at all and continued to flee outside the city.

"You go to your own death, but don't pull us again."

Some soldiers of the Ito Army whispered.

"Baga, fleeing from the battle, capital crime. General Ben stopped them and killed them all. ”

Tsuruta Masao looked at a group of Ito soldiers, and even ignored his orders, and still fled outside the city, directly asking the guards behind him to kill these Ito soldiers.

"Ahh How dare you do that! ”

Soon, the elite Japanese guards behind Tsuruta Masao immediately took action, and according to Tsuruta Masao's orders, they killed a lot of Ito soldiers who were still fleeing outside the city.

"Now, everyone, kill back with General Ben, and if there are any escapees without permission, there will be no mercy."

Masao Tsuruta roared, mounted on his horse, and with more than a thousand elite guards, as well as the deserters he stopped, he turned back and killed the city.

"General, General Shida's men and horses were trapped in front, and several streets and alleys were blocked by the Ming army's musket team, and General Shida couldn't break out."

With Tsuruta Masao leading these Japanese soldiers, they killed one of the most gunfire battlefields in the city.

Next to him, a Japanese officer who had just been stopped by Tsuruta Masao and had to follow him back reported to Tsuruta Masao.

"Kill me, and you must rescue General Shida's men."

Tsuruta Masao led a thousand elite guards, as well as more than 2,000 routs gathered along the way, and went straight to the White Dragon Army, which had surrounded the main force of the Shimazu army.

"Report, General, a group of Japanese soldiers is returning from the city gate and is coming towards us."

On this side, Zhao Zilong led a thousand white dragon troops and three thousand city defense soldiers, and just killed a small group of less than 500 Japanese soldiers when he received a report from his subordinates.

At this time, the entire Zuoye City had already been cut into more than a dozen battlefields, large and small.

One of the largest battlefields was the central battlefield where Luo Chao surrounded the main force of more than 20,000 Shimazu troops with 6,000 White Dragon Army and 10,000 city defense troops.

Around the central battlefield, the Shimazu Army and the Ito Army were surrounded and blocked by other White Dragon Army, the Castle Defense Army, or Yoshino's Japanese barracks, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

And Zhao Zilong was guarding the outer wing of Luo Chao's central battlefield, in addition to being responsible for exterminating the small group of Japanese soldiers around him, he was also responsible for the task of guarding Luo Chao.

Zhao Zilong did not allow any of the Japanese soldiers to threaten Luo Chao, and the more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers who suddenly came over at this time had already become their biggest threat.

Once such a large group of Japanese soldiers is really allowed to kill Luo Chao's encirclement and make a hole in the encirclement, I am afraid that the main force of the surrounded Shimazu army will escape.

"The whole battalion listened to the order, killed the general, stopped this army, and then sent someone to contact General Du Tengfei and asked him to lead his troops to come to support."

Zhao Zilong immediately gave an order.

So, the 1,000 White Dragon Army infantry and 3,000 city defense army infantry led by Zhao Zilong met the 3,000 Japanese soldiers gathered by Tsuruta Masao and killed them.

Moreover, the four thousand soldiers under Zhao Zilong were all foot soldiers, mainly pikemen and sword and shield soldiers, except for a small number of officers of the White Dragon Army who carried short guns, there were no musketeers between them.

Because, most of the musketeers of the White Dragon Army were transferred to Luo Chao's central battlefield at this time.

They carried a lot of iron-shelled thunder with them, and then Zhao Zilong and them could only fight with the Japanese soldiers in close quarters.

Although Zhao Zilong has indeed seen that this Shimazu army is very powerful in individual combat, he has never been afraid.

Even so, according to the army development policy formulated by Li Zixiao, the White Dragon Army will focus on the future development of the army, mainly in terms of thermal weapons.

But this does not mean that in a short period of time, cold-armed foot soldiers like them will completely withdraw from the battlefield.

Until the development of muskets is fully mature, it is still necessary for them, the foot soldiers with cold weapons and weapons, to exist.

Although cold weapons are primitive, they are the most reliable, and they will not affect the use of knives and guns at any time, in any place, in any weather.

Similarly, the foot soldiers of the White Dragon Army, who are gradually being taken seriously, are still strictly trained, and they are also strict in military discipline and full of blood, and they will not shirk when they need to be on top.

Soon, the 4,000 foot soldiers led by Zhao Zilong collided with more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers of Tsuruta Masao who rushed in at the mouth of a street and alley.

"Kill!"

"Kill, give!"

The two didn't say a word, and rushed to each other with their footmen.

The soldiers on both sides were red-eyed, roaring and slaughtering together, incompatible with each other, and they were all deadly plays.

Needless to say, the 1,000 elite guards on Tsuruta Masao's side are all elites he selected from the Japanese soldiers of the Shimazu Army, and their combat power is strong.

And the more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers who were temporarily gathered by Tsuruta Masao, although they came from Shimazu and the various small vassals of the Ito Army, their combat strength was uneven.

But by this time, their determination to fight was unanimous, and after seeing Tsuruta Masao's punishment for deserters, they all gave up the idea of escaping.

Now, there is only one thing on the minds of these soldiers, and that is to fight.

Before dying in battle, kill a few more enemies, and pull a cushion when you die.

Therefore, these Japanese soldiers went crazy as soon as they came up, and it was completely a way of fighting with their lives, which made Zhao Zilong's troops pay a lot of casualties.

Fortunately, on Zhao Zilong's side, there are also a thousand elites of the White Dragon Army as the backbone, and it is impossible to be easily defeated.

(End of chapter)