The entire large array of the Japanese army, the outermost part of which was densely packed with more than a long spear, and the cavalry rushed into the formation to find death. All the wooden shields and rattan cards of the whole army are also densely arranged on the periphery, and it is difficult for the bows and arrows of the Mongolian cavalry to be effective. And in the depths of the lack of shields, the range of bows and arrows cannot reach.

According to this, Li Luo has no way to take the Japanese army's Nine Palace Bagua Array at all?

Not really.

Nowadays, the best way is to consume.

That's right, it's consumption. It took one day and two days, until the Japanese army could no longer hold on. Many victories in history are not fought hard, but to see who is more patient.

Even the master tactician Temujin often used this tactic. When the opponent's infantry phalanx was invulnerable and the Mongol cavalry was helpless, Temujin could only spend time with the other side.

He did not fight or leave, that is, cut off the enemy's supply lines, repeatedly harassed, so that the enemy infantry was not at peace, and kept a tense state at all times, and after a few days, the enemy infantry phalanx could not hold on.

The Mongol army marched westward and won a great victory, many of which relied on the word "consumption". For example, under the scorching sun, the infantry army lined up in a neat queue, what would happen if it was exposed to the sun for a day? Not for one day, but for two days? No matter how strong a soldier is, he can't do it.

But the cavalry was different, they could run through the woods to get out in the shade. How can the infantry be consumed?

Where cavalry is stronger than infantry, the main thing is not attack power, but mobility and space for maneuver. If you don't give full play to the advantages of mobility and space for movement, but fight with the infantry for attack, the cavalry will definitely lose.

A cavalryman rushed over and faced an infantry armed with a spear, most of whom were cavalrymen. This is also the reason why the Manchu Eight Banners soldiers, who like hand-to-hand combat, always like to dismount and fight on foot.

A very important task of the auxiliary soldiers carried by the Manchu Eight Banners is to take care of the war horses when the master dismounts and fights on foot.

It is also said that the cavalry is a moving target, and the infantry is a fixed target, so the cavalry has an advantage in the shooting, and this statement is taken for granted.

Cavalry is certainly a moving target, but the target is also large, and the war horse is easy to be hit by arrows. Moreover, when shooting an arrow on a galloping horse, how can you stand on the ground and fix the height of the archery target?

No matter how strong the cavalry cavalry archery technology is, it cannot output such a dense rain of arrows as the infantry phalanx, and even if it is based on the inertia of horse speed, the range of the cavalry bow may not be comparable to the infantry bow. Not to mention that the infantry also had shield protection.

Just like now, if Li Luo desperately used all the 18,000 cavalry to charge the Japanese army's Jiugong Bagua Array, even if all the cavalry died, it would be useless.

Abaoji, Aguta, Li Yuanhao, Temujin, and Wild Boar Skin, who fought with strong cavalry, all belong to famous generals, right? But none of them had ever used cavalry to storm the well-organized infantry.

That's stupid.

In particular, Temujin adhered to a principle in his tactics of the enemy's infantry formation, that is, the enemy formation was not chaotic, and he did not attack generally.

Some people also believe that the so-called military formation is useless at all, but it is an exaggeration of the literati, and that fighting a war in ancient times was a matter of logistics and tactical literacy. This point of view obviously does not understand the role of the military formation.

To put it bluntly, the role of the military formation is to facilitate quantitative management, discipline management, and overall coordination.

In the era of cold soldiers, when the number of infantry reached tens of thousands, it was unthinkable to have no formation. Not to mention tens of thousands of people, it is thousands of infantry, if you don't have a military formation, it will be a mess, and the generals will not be able to effectively complete tactical actions at all.

The military formation can quantify the chaotic crowd into modules, and the chess pieces generally allow the commanders of the two sides to play against each other. There are no military formations, what tactical literacy are you talking about? Isn't that a rabble?

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In the whole afternoon, the Japanese army moved forward twenty miles, and Li Luo also retreated twenty miles.

"In the battle of Chengpu, Duke Wen retreated, allowing the Chu army to be ninety miles. Today, our army let the Japanese army twenty miles, why is it difficult? Li Luo smiled and said to the generals, "Spend another day or two, and when Edo Bay is occupied and the news comes, the Japanese army will be in turmoil, and peace will last?" ”

The generals smiled and said: "The general is clear, I will consume it and see how long it can last." ”

At dusk, Li Luo retreated to a city of Numazu that had been slaughtered by the Mongols yesterday, and then rested boldly and with confidence.

"Yaga! Damn it! When the Japanese generals saw that Yuankou had retreated to Numazu City, they couldn't help but scold.

The strategy of the Japanese army was to form a nine-palace gossip array with the superiority of troops, pressing step by step, slowly forcing the Yuankou to the Ito Peninsula, and then blockading the Yuankou on the Ito Peninsula, so as to prevent the Yuankou from destroying in the interior and facilitate their destruction.

But Yuan Kou actually hid in the city, which completely deviated from their perception of Yuan Kou.

The Japanese army kept the formation of the Nine Palaces Bagua Array and walked all afternoon, and the sergeants were very tired. Now that Yuankou has retreated to Numazu City, he can relax and rest. But how did the Japanese army rest?

Once camped outside the city, the Yuan Kou will definitely take the opportunity to attack. After several harassments, the samurai could not rest and regain their strength at night. If you don't do it well, there will be a terrible camp roar.

Hojo Tokimune's expression was gloomy, he looked at the Yuan army in the city, the Sulu ingot, the big silk and the blue wolf battle flag, and the folding fan in his hand clicked.

With a "bang", Hojo Tokimune's folding fan opened, and he could only order fiercely: "Leave this city and return to the same place." ”

As a result, the Japanese army had to retreat another twenty miles and return to the camp east of Mt. Fuji. However, as soon as they left, Li Luo immediately sent Mongolian cavalry to harass them, forcing the Japanese army to always maintain their formation.

By the time the Japanese army maintained their formation and returned to their original positions, everyone was exhausted. You know, it's much more tiring to march in formation than to march in a scattered formation.

At the end of a busy day, although the Nine Palaces Bagua Array made it impossible for Yuan Kou to attack, the Japanese army itself was tired enough. Li Luo's tired tactics have already paid off.

The Japanese generals led by Hojo Tokimune had ugly faces.

"The ruling hall, although the Nine Palaces Bagua Array is invulnerable, it can't withstand such a rush, and it seems that it can't force Yuankou to Ito. In the next thought, it is not appropriate to use it again tomorrow. ”

"Yes, the Ruling Palace, our army is more than twice the size of the Yuankou, why can't we have a happy decisive battle, but adopt a completely defensive formation."

"The Ruling Palace, just change the fish scale formation directly tomorrow, give Yuan Kou a chance to attack, and also give our army a chance to attack! In this way, you will be able to fight a decisive battle! ”

The great samurai spoke one after another, although they didn't dare to say it, but in their hearts they all felt that Hojo Tokimune's tactics were too conservative.

Anda Taisheng's thoughts were much deeper than others, and he was worried when he saw Hojo Tokimune, and he also knew what the lord was worried about.

"Gentlemen, what worries you most is not a decisive battle. Rather, if Yuankou avoids a decisive battle and keeps destroying the Kanto Plains with cavalry, then how will we deal with it? Anda Taisheng said.

When everyone heard this, they nodded worriedly, and Yuan Kou avoided not fighting, and only focused on destroying Kanto, so they really didn't have a good way.

Because, the cavalry can't do it.

Although there are more than 30,000 war horses, the so-called cavalry is only able to ride horses, and they are not qualified cavalry, how can they compete with the Mongolian cavalry?

There were no cavalry, of course, they could only passively watch the Mongol cavalry burn and loot.

This is why the farming people are so passive in the face of nomads. People will fight if they can fight, and leave if they can't, and they will not fight a decisive battle with the army of agricultural civilization, but use cavalry to burn and loot everywhere.

Hojo Tokimune was sitting motionless on the handsome seat, he closed his eyes and meditated, and the candlelight in the military tent pulled his shadow strangely.

"Duo—Duo—"

It was late at night, and the Japanese camp was very quiet, which made the sound of the wooden fish of the monks accompanying the army clearer. The bleak autumn wind blowing from Mt. Fuji sighed and entered the big tent, and the lights flickered and went out.

The generals in the big tent, when they saw Hojo Tokimune in a meditative state, they all held their breath and didn't dare to disturb them.

Suddenly, Hojo Tokimune's eyes suddenly opened, his face turned a little pale, and even the hand holding the fan seemed to tremble.

"That's not right...... Yuankou's sailor, is it really in Ito Bay? ”

"Why didn't Genko land in Kanagawa, but in Ito?"

"Yuan Kou didn't fight a decisive battle, why didn't he divide his troops to plunder Kanto?"

Hojo Tokimune asked three questions in a row, and suddenly stood up suddenly, with a cold look in his eyes.

"Is the real purpose of Yuan Kou...... Edo Bay? Hojo Tokimune said to himself.

As soon as these words came out, all the generals in the tent changed color. Admirals such as Anda Taisheng and Lai Gang, who had always felt that something was wrong, changed their faces drastically.

"My lord! It must be so! Anda Taisheng also stood up, "The cavalry will come back to help, maybe it's still too late!" ”

Hojo Tokimune didn't even say a word of nonsense, and directly ordered: "Let you be the general of the cavalry, lead 20,000 cavalry, and rush back to Edo Bay, hopefully... It's still too late. After saying this, Hojo Shizong looked tired and closed his eyes helplessly.

"Hello!" Anda Taisheng hurriedly saluted and rushed out of the big tent. Soon, the sound of people shouting and neighing horses was heard in the night, and among the countless torches, 20,000 cavalry rumbled out of the camp and braved the night to go north.

It wasn't until Anda Moritai led the cavalry away that Hojo Tokimune's expression looked a little better.

The atmosphere in the big tent was very solemn, and everyone's mood was heavy.

That's a lot of carelessness.

As soon as the Yuankou army landed in Ito, the army of the Kingdom of God went south to intercept and prevent the Yuankou from going deeper into the destruction. However, Edo Bay in the north is overlooked.

They don't worry about Kamakura Castle in Edo Bay, Kamakura Castle is strong and not so easy to capture.

What they are worried about is the 5,000 ships in Edo Bay!

They were merchant ships and fishing boats that the shogunate had managed to requisition, and they were used to transport troops to counterattack Kyushu Island. If these ships were gone, no matter how many troops they had, they would not be able to counterattack Kyushu Island. And Yuan Kou was able to completely control the Kanto coast with the help of the sailors, and he could fight wherever he wanted. It's terrifying to think about!

As the 160,000 troops along the coast of Edo Bay moved south, less than 10,000 sailors remained in Edo Bay!

Because the main force of the Japanese naval division has been destroyed on the island of Kyushu.

What would be the result if the Motoko Marines raided the Edowan Water Camp?

If only 20,000 or 30,000 soldiers and horses had been left to defend the Edo water camp. However, no one expected this at the time. Although it is not certain that the Motoko Naval Division went to Edowan, this is too likely.

It's dark under the lights.

Everyone looked at the lampstand on the case of Hojo Tokimune, and under the lampstand closest to the flame, it was the darkest.

"His Royal Highness has been worried and depressed, please cherish it, the kingdom of God is now entrusted to His Highness's care, Your Highness must not follow in the footsteps of Marquis Wu." A great samurai said.

What he meant was to persuade Hojo Shizong not to work too hard and be tired to death like Zhuge Wuhou.

Hojo Shizong said with a wry smile: "Zhuge Wuhou does not take a holiday every year, King Sima Xuan's life is long, and at this time, it is difficult for manpower to do it. Yuan Kou is powerful, the kingdom of God has lost the western way, and the day of chaos in the world is just around the corner. Now that the society is in danger of being tired, and the people are suffering from being upside down, who is not worried? Alone! ”

The Hojo clan ordered the important minister Taira Yoritsuna to say: "The lord is worried about the country and the people, and the gods of Hachiman will bless him, and all the people in the world will know it." The minister is not talented, and he is willing to follow the lord, and he will serve the country with seven lives, and he will die with all his might. ”

When the generals heard this, they bowed down together and said: "I would like to serve the country with seven lives, and I will do my best to die!" ”

And Hojo Tokimune, but he didn't hear it, he stood up and looked at the dark night sky, and suddenly turned his head, his eyes looked a little strange under the lights, and even his voice was a little out of tune.

"Gentlemen, do you say, did Yuan Kou guess that our army would send troops to support Edo Bay? Will there be an ambush on the road to Anda Taisheng's cavalry? Well?! His last "um" was already tinged with anger.

What the? No way? How could Yuan Kou ambush Anda Taisheng on the road? Could it be that General Yuankou is clever...... Wrong! It's possible.

Since we can think that Motoko is diverting the tiger from the mountain, the real target may be Edo Bay. Then, Yuan Kou may also have thought that we have seen through their deception and will definitely send troops north to support.

Since Motoko may have thought of this, it is entirely possible to use cavalry to bypass Mt. Fuji and ambush Adatsu Taimori's cavalry northeast of Mt. Fuji.

This possibility... Not small!

However, Anda Taisheng had been away for half an hour, and it was no longer possible to inform him to be careful of the ambush.

"Chiba Squire!" Hojo Tokimune shouted.

A great samurai immediately stood up, "Here!" ”

"You lead the cavalry of the main hall to return to the people, and go north quickly. If the Yuan Kou ambushes Anda Taisheng, he will come to the aid of Anda Taisheng. If there is no ambush, you will return with your army! ”

Chiba said, "Hay! "Hurry up and set it up.

Hojo Tokimune's cavalry "Horse Huizhong" numbered 5,000 people. After the main cavalry of Utsunomiya Sadazuna was destroyed on Kyushu Island, these 5,000 cavalry were the last full-fledged cavalry regiments in Japan. As the "private army" of the Hojo clan, the combat power of these 5,000 cavalry is far from being comparable to that of 30,000 cavalry recruits.

Hojo Tokimune even fought this guard cavalry, of course, it was a helpless move. If Anda Taisheng is really ambushed, the death of 20,000 new cavalry is not serious, and the divine country is young and strong. But 20,000 war horses were not lost.

Once Yuan Kou obtains a large number of war horses, the kingdom of God will be even more dangerous.

Although the Mongolian cavalry is powerful, but it is late at night, their archery skills are greatly reduced, and the number of troops is not too much, and there is still a chance of victory on their side.

…………

Numazu Castle was killed by the Mongol cavalry the day before yesterday and turned into a ghost town. Tens of thousands of citizens were slaughtered, and a large number of houses were just vacated for use as military camps for the Eastern Army.

The most luxurious city lord's mansion has of course become Li Luo's Chinese army tent.

Although it was already the third watch in the middle of the night, Li Luo and other generals still did not close their eyes. The crowd was eating barbecue and discussing at the same time.

"My lord, the cavalry of Zheza has now reached the north of that mountain, right?" Jiang Jun said.

Li Luo slowly cut a roasted brown leg of lamb and said with a smile: "It's Mount Fuji." Well, Jeza must have arrived. However, the cavalry of the Japanese army going north to aid Edo Bay may not arrive. ”

He knew that the historical Hojo Tokimune was a smart and suspicious man, with a heroic appearance. Such a person, the strategy of diverting the tiger from the mountain will not be incomprehensible all the time, and sooner or later he will think of it, otherwise, he will not be Hojo Tokimune.

Hojo Tokimune suffered a loss, and the defeat in Kyushu deprived him of decent cavalry and sailors. And Li Luo's cavalry and sailors are much stronger than him. Otherwise, Li Luo relied on less than half of the opponent's troops, and it would be difficult to take advantage of Hojo Shizong, let alone make the other party passive everywhere.

For an island country like Japan, without the strength of the naval division and cavalry, it will be difficult to fight. In the end, Hojo Tokimune won, and Japan's losses are incalculable.

Of course, defeating Hojo Tokimune was not a simple matter for the Yuan court. Because Japan is a wealthy country, it is very resilient to aggression. Every wealthy family is the backbone of the anti-Yuan force. Even if the main force of the Japanese army is gone, the resistance of the wealthy clans in various places will not end soon.

This is just like the Wuhu Rebellion, the Hu people were so strong at that time, but not only could they not kill the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but even the northern Han people could not be completely settled, but they were finally overturned by the Han people, because the power of the Han people was too strong at that time.

Yang Qingque said: "Even if Zheza is empty, Edo Bay will never be empty." Two rabbits, at least one can be hit. Although the lord is young, he can use the army to raise troops, but he is so old and clever. ”

It's not a compliment, but she really thinks that Li Luo is very good at using soldiers. In particular, the judgment of the situation and the psychology of the enemy army are not comparable to her and Jiang Jun.

Yang Xu said: "My lord, should we send cavalry out to sabotage so that the Japanese army cannot mobilize follow-up troops?" ”

Li Luo took a bite of mutton, shook his head and said, "No." This Kanto Plain is a flat river and densely populated. Sending cavalry to burn and kill can indeed disrupt the mobilization of the Japanese army, but what good will it do to our Haidong Tang Kingdom? The cheap one is just Mengyuan Tartar. ”

There were no Mongols here, they were all his own generals, and Li Luo had no scruples about speaking.

Du Lie smiled: "What Lord Lang said is extremely true, and this is the truth. The strength of the Japanese kingdom is still left to the Yuan court to consume. Let them dog-bite dog-eat-dog-hair. ”

Li Luo also smiled, "We just need to stabilize the situation, only fight skillfully, don't fight with the main force of the Japanese army, it's not cost-effective." We finally accumulated this bit of family foundation, but we didn't make wedding dresses for the Yuan Court and work hard for Mengtar. The bloody battles in the future will be left to the Yuan army to fight by itself. ”

In a word, he is here to reap benefits, not to work hard for the Yuan Court.

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In the north of Mt. Fuji, although it is already the middle of the night, the sound of shouting and killing is shaking the wilderness.

The 10,000 Mongol cavalry, who had been ambushed in the place where they had to pass an hour in advance, had already prepared thousands of stacks of firewood and poured fire oil. When Anda Taisheng's 20,000 cavalry passed by, the Mongol cavalry immediately set fire to all the stacks of firewood, which immediately lit up the nearby space.

Frightened, Anda Taisheng was immediately surrounded by a surprise attack by the Mongol cavalry.

10,000 cavalry surrounds 20,000 cavalry, which is nonsense, but it is true.

Although Anda Taisheng's cavalry has 20,000, they are still infantry in essence, and they can only ride horses, not to mention riding and shooting, even their equestrian skills are also very poor, where will they be the opponents of the Mongol cavalry?

"The general is really the smartest hunter, he even knows that his prey will go north!" Zheza looked at the Japanese cavalry who were shot one after another, and couldn't help but admire Li Luo even more.

What he didn't know was that Li Luo also guessed, and he was completely thinking of trying it out, and he was not sure that the Japanese cavalry would definitely go north.

Fortunately, Li Luo guessed it.

The prize was 20,000 cavalry.

"Yaga! Dismount! Dismount and fight! Anda Tai shouted the order, and the surrounding guards shouted together: Dismount and fight.

After dismounting, the new Japanese cavalry, who were rusty with horsemanship, were better, but it was still difficult to resist the fierce Mongol cavalry.

The Mongol cavalry was much stronger than the Japanese in both archery and hand-to-hand combat.

"Mordoga!" The Mongol soldiers screamed and rode their horses to charge.

At this time, the situation on the battlefield evolved into a crushing of the infantry by the cavalry, which was completely one-sided.

"Seven lives to serve the country! Slam the block! Anda Taisheng watched the chaotic Japanese army being cut by arrows and knives, and he couldn't organize a strong resistance at all, knowing that the general trend was gone, he immediately charged with blood-red eyes and the personal guard samurai.

A group of mongol soldiers with hideous faces stopped Anda Taisheng, and the snow swords reflected the night sky. Soon, Anda Taisheng was beheaded by a fierce Mongol soldier.

As soon as Anda Taisheng died, the Japanese army was even more chaotic, scurrying around like headless flies, and being killed one after another.

In less than half a pillar of incense, in addition to the thousands of people who escaped in the night, more than 10,000 new cavalry of the Japanese army died here.

The casualties of the Mongol soldiers were only a few dozen.

Then, Zheza ordered the capture of the Japanese horses, but because many of them escaped, he had time to capture more than 5,000.

While the Mongol cavalry was cleaning up the battlefield, the Chiba squire who came to support was also several miles away.

Seeing the firelight on the road ahead, the heart of the Chiba servant sank, where did he not know that something bad was wrong?

The Chiba squire soon discovered the Japanese soldiers fleeing in front, and when they asked, they learned that Anda Shengtai was finished. Of the 20,000 new cavalry, at least 10,000 or several thousand died in addition to a few thousand who fled during the night.

"Withdraw!" Without saying a word, the Chiba squire led five thousand Hojo clan cavalry to retreat.

However, the movement of these 5,000 cavalry still alarmed the Mongolian cavalry several miles away.

Zheza immediately led the Mongol cavalry in pursuit.

Although the cavalry of the Hojo clan was an old cavalry, it was still quite inferior to the Mongolian cavalry, so it was caught up by the Mongolian cavalry before it ran ten miles.

In the end, at dawn, the embarrassed Chiba squire, with only a few hundred cavalry, rushed into the Japanese camp at the foot of Mount Fuji in a panic.

Only then did the Mongol cavalry stop the pursuit and slowly withdraw.

When Hojo Tokimune received the bad news of the defeat of the two cavalry teams, his face suddenly turned pale, and a long-standing anger surged up, and the ferocity that could no longer be contained surged up, and with a "poof" sound, he spit out a mouthful of blood, and actually fainted.

"The Consul Palace!"

"Lord!"

The generals rushed forward together, and they were in a hurry.

However, just one day later, an angry Hojo clan retainer came to report that Edo Bay had been attacked yesterday, and that the Motoko Naval Division had a lot of troops, and Edowan had insufficient troops, and as a result... Most of the sailors were killed in battle, most of the ships were burned by the Yuankou's oil oil, and a few ships were robbed by the Yuankou.

Edo Bay, thousands of ships, have been destroyed.

What a disaster! When the Japanese generals got the bad news, they didn't dare to tell the sick Hojo Tokimune.

If this news were known to the ruling government again, it would probably kill him.

ps: I'm so tired, crab crab supports my children's shoes, you are very handsome, or very beautiful.

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