792 A classic ambush battle

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"Go to war, annihilate the traitor Shuiichiro Yoshino in one fell swoop, and kill!

Whoever captures or kills the leader of the traitors, Shuiichiro Yoshino, will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. ”

Finally, Nabeshima Mitsushige's side couldn't bear it anymore and gave the order to take the initiative to attack.

"Kill!"

One by one, the Japanese soldiers immediately stepped on two small short legs and killed the eight thousand soldiers of Yoshino Shuichiro on the opposite side.

In addition, Nabeshima Mitsushige summed up the experience from the previous two failed attacks and knew that Shuichiro Yoshino had a lot of musketeers in his hands, and the foot soldiers must not charge from the front.

Therefore, at this time, more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers were divided into two groups, left and right, and attacked from the flank, while the front was handed over to the 4,000 firecrackers under Mitsushige Nabeshima.

"Kill!"

The morale of these Japanese soldiers was like a rainbow, and one by one they roared angrily, their faces were hideous and murderous, and they rushed towards Yoshino's headquarters.

The armor worn by these Japanese soldiers of the Nabeshima family is a few iron armor, and most of them are rattan armor and bamboo armor.

Compared to the cotton armor and fish scale armor worn by the foot soldiers on Yoshino Shuiichiro's side, it can be said that they are far behind.

There is no way, after all, the armor worn by Yoshino Shuiichiro's subordinates is all provided by the White Dragon Army.

And the Nabeshima family is just a vassal of the Wa Kingdom, and the entire Wa Kingdom is an island country, with limited copper and iron resources, how can there be so many resources to build armor.

It's just that although the armor on the Japanese soldiers is very poor, the Japanese knives in their hands are extremely well-made, and they will never lose to the White Dragon Army's hundred refining knives.

The Japanese used all the good iron to build the Japanese sword, and this is also related to the idea of the Japanese people advocating attack.

Bang bang bang!

Immediately, bursts of gunfire rang out, and on the frontal battlefield, the three thousand musketeers of Shuichiro Yoshino had already exchanged fire with the four thousand musketeers of the Nabeshima family who came from the opposite side.

The musketeers on both sides formed four arrays less than a hundred paces apart, firing at each other, and screams were constantly heard, and soldiers were constantly falling.

On the battlefield on both flanks, the 5,000 foot soldiers under Shuiichiro Yoshino faced the attack of more than 16,000 foot soldiers of the Nabeshima family.

Fortunately, Shuiichiro Yoshino put on a defensive formation at the beginning, and although there were many Japanese soldiers on both wings, their front would not be defeated for a while.

However, as time passed, the situation on the battlefield gradually began to turn against Shuiichiro Yoshino's side.

On the frontal battlefield, although the 3,000 musketeers under Yoshino were fewer than the 4,000 musketeers of the Nabeshima family, they fought well and equally.

Because, the 3,000 musketeers under Yoshino Shuiichiro were all fed by Yoshino Shuiichiro with real guns and live ammunition, and they were well-trained, and they were Yoshino Shuiichiro's old skills.

Nearly half of the four thousand firecrackers of the Nabeshima family on the opposite side were temporarily formed by them, and they didn't have so many firecrackers before.

The frontal battlefield is in a stalemate, but in the hand-to-hand combat of the infantry soldiers on both wings, Yoshino's side is gradually becoming overwhelmed.

It's not just because the number of Yoshino's men on the two flanks battlefield is much smaller than that of the Nabeshima family.

What's more, these foot soldiers of the Nabeshima family are all regular soldiers, and they are soldiers trained by the Nabeshima family.

On the other hand, on the side of Yoshino Shuiichiro, he has only been in the uprising for half a year, and he has to face the situation that the Nabeshima family will attack at any time, how can he have time to train soldiers!

Therefore, his men and horses expanded rapidly, from the initial more than 3,000 people, to more than 8,000 people, and most of these foot soldiers were composed of ronins and co-opted bandits.

These Japanese ronins and bandits are brave and ruthless, but if they want to compete with these formally trained foot soldiers of the Nabeshima family on the battlefield, it is much worse.

Fortunately, Shuiichiro Yoshino equipped these foot soldiers, and the sophisticated armor and weapons provided by Li Zixiao were also equipped with iron-shelled mines.

This allowed them to hold on to that under the attack of the Nabeshima family's Japanese soldiers who were three times their own, otherwise they would be defeated faster.

So, an hour after the battle began, as the battlefield on both flanks grew, more and more dead and wounded foot soldiers on Yoshino's side.

Finally, the Yoshino infantry on the left flank warship was the first to be defeated.

"General, it's not good, the left wing of Jiro Yamada can't hold it anymore and is in a rout."

A Japanese general on Yoshino's side hurriedly rushed to Yoshino Shuiichiro and reported in a panic.

"I see it."

At this time, Yoshino Shuiichiro's face was very cold, and he said in a cold voice.

"General, why don't we withdraw, at this time, we will lead the people of the Nabeshima family to the ambush circle on General Luo's side behind."

Seeing that the situation on the battlefield was not good, the generals under Shuiichiro Yoshino had already begun to advise him to retreat.

"No, it's a little early to retreat now, Mitsushige Nabeshima is a smart person, if he detects something, it will be wasted.

Nakamura, you take my guards and go to support Jiro Yamada on the left flank, and tell him that if he dares to retreat again, I will kill him. ”

Shuiichiro Yoshino was ruthless and did not order a retreat, but instead let a group of guards behind him go to support the left flank battlefield.

"Hi, General."

The Japanese general named Takeo Nakamura behind Shuichiro Yoshino answered the call and immediately led people to pounce on the battlefield on the left flank.

In fact, at this time, Yoshino Shuiichiro's heart was also dripping blood, and the battle on the battlefield was fierce at this time, and his soldiers fell every moment.

These are all his soldiers, they are the team he has managed to save, and after this battle, I am afraid that they will be disabled.

But Yoshino also knew very well that even in this battle, the 8,000 men and horses under his command were crippled and suffered heavy casualties, he must complete the task of luring the enemy and win this battle.

After all, this is the first battle fought by the White Dragon Army on Kyushu Island after Li Zixiao landed in Nagasaki, and it must not be lost.

Only by using a hearty victory to welcome Li Zixiao can he make his position in Li Zixiao's mind more stable in the future.

Compared with stabilizing his position in Li Zixiao's mind, the deaths and injuries of these soldiers under him are nothing.

There is also no shortage of people in the Wa Kingdom, this group of soldiers is exhausted, as long as there is silver in his hand and Li Zixiao's support, Yoshino Shuiichiro can pull up such a team at any time.

"Give the order to Heiichi Kudo, and let him lead the musket battalion to fight and retreat."

However, Shuichiro Yoshino thought about it and gave such an order to the generals of the musket battalions on the frontal battlefield on the front.

In this way, when Shuiichiro Yoshino gives the order to retreat, these musketeers on the frontal battlefield can withdraw as early as possible and minimize their losses.

These 3,000 musketeers are his old roots, and Yoshino values them more than the miscellaneous foot soldiers on both wings.

The battle lasted less than half an hour, and the Nabeshima family soldiers on the battlefield on both flanks looked at the Yoshino infantry who were constantly retreating by them.

Suddenly, the morale of the Japanese soldiers of the Nabeshima family soared, and those Japanese soldiers looked crazy one by one, waving long knives and fighting.

Poof!

"Ahh

The sound of sharp blades cutting through flesh and blood, and the terrible screams, continued to resound on this wilderness battlefield.

In this wilderness, corpses have long been strewn all over the field, and rivers of blood have flowed.

"General, Jiro Yamada died in battle, and we can't hold on."

Soon, Tengo Nakamura, who was covered in blood, ran back and shouted at Shuiichiro Yoshino.

At this time, Shuiichiro Yoshino was standing in the rear, and he could also witness the entire battlefield, and found that at this time on the left flank battlefield, his soldiers had begun to rout.

On the right-wing battlefield, the situation is also very critical, and I am afraid that it will not last long.

"Order to retreat, raise the general's handsome flag, let's retreat!"

At this time, Shuiichiro Yoshino finally thought that the time was ripe, and decisively gave the order to retreat, and also deliberately asked the soldiers behind him to raise their handsome flags.

"Retreat, retreat!"

As Shuiichiro Yoshino's retreat order was transmitted to the frontline battlefield, those Japanese soldiers suddenly turned around and fled, and they no longer had the courage to resist.

"Haha, the rebels have fled, kill them all, rush!"

The Japanese soldiers of the Nabeshima family were even more excited when they saw Shuiichiro Yoshino leading the army to flee, and chased after them.

After all, in the eyes of these Japanese soldiers of the Nabeshima family, the heads of these rebel soldiers are war exploits!

"Kill!"

In this way, Shuiichiro Yoshino led his troops to flee, and behind him nearly 20,000 Nabeshima family troops pursued closely and never stopped.

After Nabeshima Mitsushige saw the rout led by Shuiichiro Yoshino, he was also overjoyed and did not let his men stop pursuing.

Even, Nabeshima Mitsushige looked at the handsome flag of Shuichiro Yoshino who fled west, laughed loudly, and shouted to several retainers behind him: "Go, chase after His Highness, and you must not let go of Shuiichiro Yoshino, a traitor, today." ”

At this time, Mitsushige Nabeshima did not expect that this rout of Shuiichiro Yoshino was just a play he played.

In fact, before Mitsushige Nabeshima led the army to attack, he had already made the number of troops under Shuichiro Yoshino clear.

The 8,000 men brought by Shuiichiro Yoshino today, Mitsushige Nabeshima believes that this is basically all the troops under Shuiichiro Yoshino.

At the same time, in this battle, Shuichiro Yoshino fought so stubbornly, resisted so fiercely, and suffered heavy casualties, which completely confused Mitsushige Nabeshima.

So, a chase to chase the rout began.

Shuiichiro Yoshino's rout was not too fast, and even he was deliberately slowing down, and the handsome banner behind him would always maintain the field of vision of the Nabeshima family's Japanese soldiers who were pursuing them behind.

In this way, the remnants of Yoshino Shuichiro fled in front, and nearly 20,000 Nabeshima Japanese soldiers pursued and killed them in the back.

The two sides fled and pursued, and soon walked five miles west, entering a low-lying valley.

At this time, it is impossible to stop chasing and killing the Nabeshima family's Japanese soldiers, who have long been addicted.

At this time, on the gentle slopes on both sides of this low-lying valley, trenches had already been dug and covered with artemisia grass, so that they could not be seen from below the valley.

At this time, in the pit with gentle slopes on both wings, a musketeer and foot soldier of the White Dragon Army were squatting inside, waiting for orders.

At the front of the valley, there was also an ambush for the White Dragon Army.

Luo Chao, Li Tianba, Zhao Zilong, and Peng Hao, the four generals, have already laid a net here, just waiting for Yoshino Shuiichiro to introduce the army of the Nabeshima family into Wengzhong.

"General, they're coming!"

A white dragon army ran to the end of the valley and reported to Luo Chao.

"Okay, Yoshino did a good job, the fish is finally going into the net. Get the soldiers ready. ”

Luo Chao said excitedly.

At the same time, Zhao Zilong on the gentle slope in the north, Peng Hao, Li Tianba and others on the gentle slope in the south had also received the same news and issued a combat order.

As a result, the musketeers in the White Dragon Army began to reload ammunition one after another.

Among the 10,000 White Dragon soldiers and horses brought by Li Zixiao this time, there were no cavalry, 4,000 foot soldiers, 5,000 musketeers, and 1,000 artillerymen, all of whom were soldiers, and there were no baggage soldiers.

Shuiichiro Yoshino led the remnants of his army all the way to this valley, and on the way he lost a lot of men and horses, but he finally allowed him to lure the Nabeshima army here.

Yoshino looked towards the gentle slopes on both sides of the north and south, but found that it was quiet and there was nothing, but Yoshino knew that there were more than 10,000 horses of the White Dragon Army in ambush there at this time.

Soon, Yoshino led the remnants and rushed to the end of the valley on the west side, and then he saw the White Dragon Army musketeers who were already waiting in a row at the end of the valley.

In front of the musketeers was a column of sword and shield soldiers, and a row of cannons, and a gunner of the White Dragon Army was reloading ammunition.

"General Yoshino, it's hard work, leave the rest of the battle to us!"

Luo Chao looked at Shuiichiro Yoshino who came over and said with a smile.

"It's okay, the musketeers under Ben Jiang can still fight, Ben Jiang also wants to take revenge, I want to catch Nabeshima Mitsushige with my own hands."

Shuiichiro Yoshino said.

Faced with Shuiichiro Yoshino participating in the battle so actively, Luo Chao smiled and did not refuse.

"Stop!"

Soon, Mitsushige Nabeshima, who was chasing after the remnants of Shuichiro Yoshino, also came to the end of the valley on horseback.

Looking at Luo Chao's department that suddenly appeared in front, he was puzzled, raised his hand and gave an order, so that the men and horses behind him stopped pursuing.

"Nabeshima Mitsushige, today is your cemetery, you have been surrounded, don't surrender quickly."

At this time, Shuichiro Yoshino turned his head excitedly, rode on his horse, and shouted loudly at Mitsushige Nabeshima from a distance of hundreds of steps.

Whoosh, bang!

Whoa!

At this time, three red signal flares exploded from Luo Chao's side.

Then, on the gentle slopes on the north and south sides, a series of figures suddenly appeared, and they stood in the tunnel, only the upper half of their bodies were exposed, and they held flintlock pistols in their hands, aiming below.

In addition, from the tunnels on both sides of the gentle slope, a group of soldiers rushed out, quickly went around to the east of the valley, sealed the exit to the east of the valley, and directly surrounded nearly 20,000 Japanese soldiers led by Mitsushige Nabeshima in this valley.

"It's not good, there are ambushes, retreat!"

At this time, seeing a large number of soldiers suddenly appearing on the north and south sides, Nabeshima Mitsushige also panicked directly, turned his horse's head, and ordered a retreat, preparing to withdraw from the east entrance.

"Haha, Mitsushige Nabeshima, now I know that I have escaped, it's too late, you all have to stay here today, and none of you can escape."

Shuiichiro Yoshino saw Mitsushige Nabeshima panicking and wanted to run away at this time, and laughed excitedly.

"Fire, shoot!"

But then, with Luo Chao's order, the artillerymen and musketeers of the White Dragon Army immediately began to shoot, and they would not give Nabeshima Mitsumao a chance to escape at all.

(End of chapter)