0719 Rout
This efficient slaughter and this miserable way of death, as well as the seemingly never-ending artillery shelling, put heavy pressure on these Japanese soldiers! When one of Ashigaru finally threw away the iron cannon in his hand and fled screaming, the whole team collapsed!
The soldiers threw down their weapons and fled in all directions. This stunned everyone who was already close to the queue! The flow of people passed over him, and everywhere they fled! No matter how he shouted, the soldiers in fear did not respond to him. All they want now is to get out of this slaughterhouse as quickly as possible! As for what to do after escaping? No one thinks about what will happen!
Seeing that the last formed army of the Japanese State had collapsed, Liu Pei was overjoyed! He immediately stood up and said loudly: "Leave the guard battalion and artillery to guard here, and the rest of the people will all disperse to capture the prisoners!" Also, transfer all the sailors in the camp and let them go with them! ”
It turned out that after Liu Pei transferred all the people in the camp, he transferred a large number of sailors from the ship to guard the camp. This is the way that sailors dare to fight, but they do not know how to fight. It's okay to use it to defend the city, but I'm afraid that there will be many casualties when it is used to fight field battles. So Liu Pei just used them to guard the camp.
When the soldiers received the order, they immediately cheered and dispersed in their squads to pursue the Japanese soldiers. However, due to the decisive attack of the lieutenant general, the rout of the brigade escaped from here or fled into the castle tower. So there are not many routs caught.
These retreating Japanese soldiers had long lost their fighting spirit, and all those who were captured were very tamely and escorted back to the battlefield. Liu Pei saw that there were only more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers who had been escorted back, and he felt a little dissatisfied. So he ordered: "Leave 1,000 soldiers to guard the prisoners, let them dig pits and bury the corpses, and clean up the battlefield." The others scattered and continued to arrest me and loot the city! ”
Soldiers have done this kind of thing once in Nagasaki, and they are very skilled. Moreover, the soldiers had a share of the spoils of war when they carried out such open raids, so the morale was extremely high! When they heard this order, they all ran away with joy!
In the past, when Liu Pei attacked other cities, the locals were all warned, and none of them fled, so there was nothing to gain at all. Edo Castle is different. Edo Castle was the seat of the Wakuni Emperor and the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa shogunate did not expect to be defeated at all, so they did not evacuate the people at all.
In addition, Edo is the capital of our country, and the people who live here are either rich or expensive. The high status naturally lives in the city, but there are also many low-class nobles and big merchants outside the city. Moreover, this battle took place in the wilderness and did not affect the city. The supplies there are all well preserved. Therefore, Liu Pei is sure that this loot must be very fruitful!
By this time, news of the defeat of the Wakoku army had spread throughout Edo. But the Japanese people didn't believe it at first. They all thought that how could an army of tens of thousands of people not be able to defeat a few thousand? So when they first heard the news, they didn't believe it and laughed at the person who delivered it.
But when they saw the messenger packing up their things, they fled in a panic. Only then did I feel that something seemed to be a little wrong! When they deliberated again and decided to stay, the defeated soldiers of the Wa Kingdom had arrived!
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These routed soldiers have been fighting for a long time, and they have been terrified by the opponent's artillery, and they are already hungry! When they saw food in the dwellings, they rushed to eat it. There are also defeated soldiers, and Sister Hi began to loot people's property!
The local villagers are more grouped, so they naturally do not want to be disturbed by the rout. and together they resisted the rout. Fighting has taken place in many places. But where did these peasants, armed with bamboo guns and wooden knives, beat the fully armored Japanese soldiers! Except for the villagers in some places who fought away from the rout, most of the people who fought against them were slashed and killed a lot!
Just when these routs were doing nonsense, Liu Pei's pursuing troops arrived. Liu Pei's soldiers didn't talk to each other, and they didn't understand the language anyway. They found that after the rout, there was a volley of guns passing by!
The defeated soldiers of the Japanese Kingdom, who were already like frightened birds, were already scared half to death when they heard the gunshots! Seeing those big men with a height very different from the Japanese people, they rushed over with swords in their hands, and immediately fled in fear! And all the routs who dared to resist were killed on the spot!
Just when the people of the Japanese Kingdom were frightened and thought that reinforcements were coming. only to find that the faces of these reinforcements changed, and they began to drive them away. They also understood that it was these people who defeated the shogunate army! They couldn't help but tremble with fear!
You must know that the army and the people of our country are extremely vicious in their treatment of the enemy! So in their impression, others should be the same. In fact, Liu Pei did explain to the soldiers, if there is resistance, they will be killed! So after the soldiers shot and hacked some people to death, these Japanese people obediently obeyed.
When a large number of Japanese people were escorted to the battlefield, they were even more frightened when they saw the large bloody corpses, and they no longer had the heart to resist! Let the soldiers group them up and drive them to clear the battlefield.
The soldiers drove the people of the Japanese country to clean up the battlefield roughly, collecting all the weapons and putting them together. At this time, the more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers also dug several large pits.
The soldiers ordered them to throw the corpses of the Japanese soldiers into the pit. After all, compared to the common people, it is the soldiers who can withstand the stimulation of all kinds of corpses! During this period, there were also seriously injured soldiers who did not die, and they were mercilessly thrown in and buried together! This cruel scene made the people of the Japanese country even more afraid! Obey the orders of the soldiers!
After clearing the battlefield, the people of the Japanese kingdom went to be driven and began to raid the entire city and the surrounding villages and towns.
At this time, the Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was standing on the castle tower, had a gloomy face, and he could barely maintain the momentum of the shogun! He watched the people of the Japanese Kingdom being driven one by one, walked into the city, and carried out countless supplies to the seaside camp, and he was so angry that he couldn't help himself!
But at this time, he can only be angry. Because he no longer has an army in his hands that can fight. In addition to some of the soldiers who fled, it was true that a large number of soldiers fled into the city. But they have already been frightened, and it is simply impossible to fight any battles in a short time. You can only put on a show of starting a family, or fight a defensive battle.
Therefore, Tokugawa Iemitsu could only keep a straight face, control his body as much as possible, and return to the castle tower with a steady pace. After returning, Tokugawa Iemitsu immediately arranged for the people around him to defend the city and dispatch supplies.