806 shook Kyushu, and the whole country was shocked

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"Kill!"

The White Dragon soldiers launched another attack again and again, trying to enter Kumamoto Castle through the three gaps in the city wall.

Artillery bombardment, iron-shelled thunder explosion, even if there are a lot of Japanese soldiers in the city, they have been rushed in by the White Dragon Army several times.

But unfortunately, Hosokawa Qi Nian also fought hard, personally braved the artillery fire to supervise the battle, and all the Japanese soldiers who dared to retreat were beheaded by him.

Those Japanese soldiers had to fight desperately, and forcibly fought the White Dragon Army that had rushed into the city, and fought it again, making the White Dragon Army pay a lot of casualties.

However, although the White Dragon Army's offensive has been repeatedly frustrated, their offensive has never stopped.

In the three gaps in the wall, the corpses of their soldiers on both sides were piled up.

Thundered!

The mortar cannon that re-opened the cannon re-selected the other direction of the city wall bombardment, and four rounds of bombardment arrived, smashing down a section of the city wall again.

This time, there were two gaps in the eastern wall of Kumamoto Castle, and these two gaps were even wider, nearly ten meters wide.

In this way, it gave the White Dragon Army more direction to attack, and more White Dragon soldiers rushed towards the two gaps in the city wall, trying to rush in from here.

Thundered!

The iron-clad thunder opened the way, blew up a large number of Hosokawa Japanese soldiers, and then a large group of white dragon soldiers crossed the broken wall and rushed into Kumamoto Castle, where they were immediately blocked by the Japanese soldiers.

"Kill!"

Those white dragon swords, shield soldiers, and pikemen, one by one, roared angrily, and rushed forward to fight with the Japanese soldiers.

They had to clear a safe passage for the White Dragon Musketeers who came in behind, and as long as they could get the White Dragon Musketeers into the city, they would be able to defeat them.

"General, it's no good, I can't hold it!"

A Japanese soldier rushed to Hosokawa Qi Nian in a panic and shouted.

At this time, due to the collapse of the city wall, it has been bombarded by the artillery of the White Dragon Army, and the iron-shelled thunder exploded wildly, and the wounded Japanese soldiers let out a terrible scream.

The morale of these Japanese soldiers of the Hosokawa Army suffered a serious blow, and the morale of the army was unstable, and many Japanese soldiers did not want to fight for a long time.

If it weren't for Hosokawa Qi Nian with a group of guards to supervise the battle in the back, these Japanese soldiers would have been defeated.

But at this time, as another section of the city wall was collapsed by the mortar of the White Dragon Army, more White Dragon soldiers roared and rushed in, like a tiger descending from the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers who resisted in front encountered more and more soldiers rushing in, and the morale of the White Dragon Army was like a rainbow, and they gradually couldn't support it.

"Baga, you must hold it, whoever dares to retreat, General Ben will kill him."

Hosokawa Qi Nian roared angrily, wielding the sword in his hand, his eyes were fierce and ruthless.

Bang bang bang!

Finally, the crisp sound of gunfire rang out in the city, and the musketeers of the White Dragon Army were finally able to enter the city.

"Steady, shoot freely, aim and hit, don't hurt your comrades by mistake."

A White Dragon Army Musketeer general shouted.

Due to the fact that there were many white dragon soldiers in front of them at this time, they were still fighting with the Japanese soldiers, which caused a huge obstacle for the musketeers of the White Dragon Army to shoot.

Therefore, at this time, they cannot shoot at will, but need to shoot selectively.

Fortunately, at such a close distance, as long as the musketeers of the White Dragon Army aimed carefully, they would not hit too far, so they focused on the Japanese soldiers.

"Ahh

In the end, the Japanese soldiers of the Hosokawa army could not bear the pressure at first, and chose to flee in surprise.

At this time, many of the Hosokawa soldiers were basically on the verge of a mental breakdown, and as long as someone took the lead in escaping, a chain reaction would be formed.

So, as the first Japanese soldier turned around and fled, soon more and more Hosokawa Japanese soldiers around him turned around and fled.

"Kill!"

And following them, one by one, the white dragon army foot soldiers covered in blood, with hideous faces and red eyes, brandished swords and spears, followed them to chase and kill.

"Yaga! No retreat, no retreat! ”

Poof, poof!

The warlord team led by Hosokawa Qi Nian looked at the fleeing Japanese soldiers from behind, and immediately stopped them and asked them to turn back and kill them.

But unfortunately, at this time, these soldiers who fled had already had a nervous breakdown, and they had no intention of fighting, and they only wanted to escape from this battlefield as soon as possible.

After these warlords could not stop these defeated Japanese soldiers, they decisively killed many of the defeated Japanese soldiers.

Originally, these warlords and soldiers also hoped to use this method to deter those who had broken out.

But it's a pity that this time, these Japanese soldiers were enraged, and they turned against these warlords and swords.

These defeated Japanese soldiers would rather fight to the death and kill from these warlords at this time, rather than turn back and fight against the White Dragon Army.

Poof!

A bloodied soldier of the Hosokawa Army took the opportunity to stab the sharp sword in his hand into the stomach of a warlord.

"You ......"

The warlord soldier endured the sharp pain in his abdomen, his eyes widened, and he looked at the Japanese soldier in front of him with a look of disbelief.

"Baga, you old soldiers, you only know that hiding behind to supervise the battle will only let us be in front, this time Lao Tzu will not do it."

The Japanese soldier looked hideous, said coldly, and pulled out the Japanese knife that stabbed into the abdomen of the warlord.

At the same time, more of the defeated Japanese soldiers around them clashed with those who supervised the war, and many of them were killed.

After all, the Japanese soldiers who supervised the war were a minority, and they really didn't expect that these routs would dare to attack them, and they were caught off guard and were killed most of them in an instant.

Seeing that things were not good, the remaining soldiers turned around and fled, fleeing to Hosokawa Qinian's side to report the situation.

Once the rout has formed a scale, it will become an unstoppable tide, and more and more timid soldiers who are unwilling to fight again will join it.

As a result, the Japanese soldiers on the side of the eastern part of Kumamoto Castle were quickly defeated, and the white dragon soldiers chased and killed all the way into the city.

The chaos has begun!

At this time, Hosokawa Qi Nian had already retreated to the city government under the protection of a group of guards to meet the feudal lord Hosokawa Mitsusao.

"Lord, he is incompetent, and the Ming army has entered the city."

When Hosokawa Qi Nian led the remnants and arrived at the mansion, he walked quickly to Hosokawa Mitsusang, knelt down and said.

"50,000 horses defended the city, and it took less than a day before it was attacked?

Before, you could have sworn to the clan that even if there were 100,000 Ming troops outside the city, you would be able to hold out for more than a month.

And let the Ming army besieging the city pay a heavy price, enough to hold out until the shogunate army arrived.

You said it yourself, but now.

Hosokawa Qi Nian, you still have the face to come back, how do you explain to this domain. ”

Hosokawa Mitsushang roared angrily, the blue tendons on his face burst out, and he kicked Hosokawa Qi Nian who was kneeling in front of him.

If it weren't for it, Hosokawa Qi Nian was his clansman, and at this time, Hosokawa Mitsushang really wanted to pull out the Japanese knife and slash him.

"My lord, my humble incompetence has disappointed my lord.

Now it is useless to say anything, and we can only say that we have seriously underestimated the strength of this Ming army.

The artillery and muskets in their hands were so powerful that they directly blew down our city walls, and they were convinced of losing this battle.

Lord, the only thing he can do now is to desperately block the Ming army for a period of time, so that the lord and others can escape from the West Gate as soon as possible.

Lord, his subordinates have taken his leave, and the lord cherishes it! ”

Hosokawa Qi Nian kowtowed to Hosokawa Mitsushang, then got up and left with a group of guards.

At this time, Hosokawa Qi Nian was already holding the heart of death and going to his last battle.

At this time, he could only use his own life to maintain the last dignity of his samurai, and at the same time cover the escape of Hosokawa Mitsusho and others.

Before, Hosokawa Qi Nian had already written a letter early and sent troops to Hosokawa Mitsusang, asking him to prepare for escape and inform him that the war was unfavorable.

Therefore, Hosokawa Mitsusho was already ready at this time.

In the palace, on several carts, his family members were sitting, and several carts were pulling gold and silver treasures, and under the protection of the elite of the Sanqian Hosokawa family, they quickly fled towards the west of the city.

Even now, Hosokawa Mitsusho couldn't understand why he gathered all the men and horses of the entire Hosokawa family, and more than 50,000 people refused to defend Kumamoto Castle.

Relying on the strong walls of Kumamoto Castle, it was attacked by the enemy only on the first day of the White Dragon Army's siege.

If this had been said to him before, he would have scoffed at it and dismissed it, thinking that it was absolutely impossible.

But now, Li Zixiao commanded the White Dragon Army and proved to him that Hosokawa Mitsushang thought it was impossible.

At this time, as the White Dragon Army entered the city from the east of Kumamoto Castle, it soon spread to the north and south gates.

The Hosokawa army soldiers in the north and south cities, which were attacked inside and outside, could no longer resist, so Zhao Zilong, Yoshino Shuiichiro and Li Tianba and others outside the city led their troops to kill them.

At this point, Kumamoto Castle was broken on three sides, and more than 50,000 white dragon troops swarmed into the city, occupied the gates on three sides, and then pursued and killed the Japanese soldiers who fled in the city.

"Kill!"

Groups of white dragon soldiers, each as a team, scattered into the city to hunt down the Japanese soldiers of the Hosokawa family.

In this case, the Hosokawa family's Japanese soldiers, who had already collapsed, did nothing but flee for their lives at this time, and some even threw away the Japanese knives in their hands.

They fled towards the west of the city in a swarm, because these Japanese soldiers also knew that only the west of the city did not appear at this time.

It is precisely because of the hope of escaping for their lives that these Japanese soldiers will not turn back to resist, no one wants to die, they all want to live.

"Get out of the way, you bunch of shit! Get out of the way! ”

Protecting Hosokawa Mitsusho's family, as well as those carts full of gold, silver and jewelry, were also fleeing towards the west of the city at this time.

The guards were responsible for dispersing the defeated soldiers around them, and shouted at them with great disdain for them.

Soon, Hosokawa Mitsusho led 3,000 cronies and fled from the west of Kumamoto Castle.

Until dark, the city was still in chaos, and the White Dragon Army had captured the west of the city.

Although there were still a large number of Hosokawa soldiers, they had already fled from there before the White Dragon Army occupied the West City Gate.

But there are still a lot of Japanese soldiers in the city, and they don't have such good luck, and the White Dragon Army is blocked in the city.

This night, the White Dragon Army was cleaning up these routs in the city, and it was not until dawn that they were basically cleaned up.

"Master Hou, the whole city has been occupied by us, and the remaining Japanese soldiers in the city have almost been cleaned up.

Some of the remaining fish that slipped through the net, General Zhao and they are also carrying out the final purge, and I believe that soon there will be no more Japanese soldiers in the city.

It's a pity that we were slow to capture the West Castle Gate, allowing Hosokawa Mitsusho, the lord of the Kumamoto Domain, to flee with his family.

There are also a large number of officials in the city, wealthy merchants, who also fled with Hosokawa Mitsushang, and even many Hosokawa Japanese soldiers also fled from the west gate. ”

Luo Chao reported to Li Zixiao and said that he was slightly sorry at the end.

"No one is perfect, and it's a miracle that we were able to capture Kumamoto Castle, which was defended by 50,000 men in one day.

Don't be too yourself, the tactics of encircling three are correct.

It's just that it's much better to let go of those Hosokawa routs than to let them trap the beasts and fight us to the death in the city.

This can reduce a lot of casualties among our soldiers, as long as Hosokawa Mitsusho escapes, there is no need to worry.

Without Kumamoto Castle, this battle has almost wiped out the elite of his men, and they will not be able to make it to the climate, and sooner or later they will be annihilated. ”

Li Zixiao comforted Luo Chao and was already very satisfied with the outcome of this battle.

Moreover, he didn't care about Hosokawa Mitsusho and the others escaping, they were all grasshoppers after the autumn, and they couldn't jump for a few days.

"Luo Chao, the old rule, pass the order, carnival in the city for three hours, all the seizures of the soldiers, thirty percent of them are kept for themselves, and seventy percent are handed in.

Remember, don't go and rob the food of the Japanese people, we only need gold, silver and jewelry, and we will not lack food.

If you rob them of their grain, then Benhou will have to give them a new supply to feed them.

Ben Hou didn't plan to take down this place and loot it and leave, since Ben Hou laid down here, this place will be our territory in the future.

Benhou also expects the people of the whole city to do things for Benhou and pay taxes in the future! ”

Li Zixiao said to Luo Chao, and specially admonished.

Hearing Li Zixiao's order, Luo Chao frowned and said, "Master Hou, my subordinates feel that this kind of looting should not be done by our soldiers.

It can be handed over to Shuiichiro Yoshino's subordinates to do it, so it is easy to destroy the military discipline of our army officers and soldiers. ”

Luo Chao had long wanted to reflect this problem to Li Zixiao, and now he found an opportunity.

Li Zixiao glanced at Luo Chao and said calmly: "Luo Chao, you are too worried."

In order for an army to maintain strict military discipline, it is not only necessary to rely on strict military regulations, but also to reward and punish such troops.

As long as our soldiers don't plunder against my Ming people, there will be no problem.

The army is inherently a violent institution, especially when fighting abroad, what kind of benevolence and morality should be put aside by Benhou.

What Ben Hou wants is not a benevolent army, but a group of tigers and wolves, to bite the throat of the enemy and crush the resistance of foreign tribes.

And this kind of post-war reward is the best way to maintain the morale of the soldiers.

Only when the officers and men really taste the sweetness of this foreign war will they support and aspire to this kind of foreign war. ”

"Yes, Master Hou, my subordinates have been taught, and my subordinates know how to do it."

After listening to Li Zixiao's words, Luo Chao pondered slightly, and then said.

"Go ahead." Li Zixiao waved his hand.

(End of chapter)