Sakurajima is about 4 kilometers west from central Kagoshima across Kinko Bay, which means an inland sea, so it's actually very close to the coast.

This volcano is an active volcano, and when it is quiet, you can see the smoke of the crater, and the white clouds floating over Sakurajima are volcanic clouds, which are good, but when it is angry, it is not so wonderful.

Perhaps humanity's battles in the last two days were too bloody to make it angry, and it roared and vented its anger in anger

When the volcano erupted, it was actually quite a small movement, with a roaring roar, and the magma fire column that erupted from the crater was dozens of meters in diameter, and it erupted high into the air at high speed, straight into the clouds!

Around the magma pillar of fire, the smoke was thick, and there was lightning and thunder, and the boss deserved to be the boss, and the scene was extremely noisy.

And the soldiers who were caught in the battle were so hot that they ignored the volcano boss, and they thought that the loud noise just now was igniting a powder magazine somewhere!

Yan Dashao and Tokugawa Iemitsu, who stayed in the back to watch the big play, couldn't help blinking when they saw the volcano coming to join in the fun, Yan Dashao was so shocked that his jaw almost fell out, Oh, My God!

How powerful is the volcano?

I don't know!

Can't risk being buried by the volcano, so just flash, and they immediately gave the order to retreat.

The officers of the Southeastern Army came to their senses and shouted hoarsely: "Retreat!" Fall back! ”

Retreating in the face of a volcano was the previous strategy, and the Southeast Army could no longer care about killing the enemy, so immediately the front team changed to the rear team, and the rear team became the front team, took a step and ran!

Before leaving, they did one thing, and that was to destroy the muskets!

Take off the flint from four of the six muskets that are "standard" on your body, throw the gun, usually leaving a spear and pistol, and throw some bits and pieces, but the helmet and armor are not taken off, and you run lightly!

As soon as they started, the volcano erupted to the top, blooming in all directions at a height of more than 1,000 meters, looking from afar, it looked like a giant fireworks bomb set off during a festival.

Then the blazing ash cloud swooped down on the people below like a hurricane!

The eruption was particularly violent, with a violent and ferocious shock wave rushing through, and a rain of magma falling from the sky, mixed with large and small burning stones, splashed down towards the area within a radius of ten kilometers of the volcano.

The first to fall was the sea, where a stone the size of a millstone fell into the sea, and the water column soared stronger than a 24-pound cannonball.

The problem is that there are countless such stones!

For a time, the water column on the sea surface rose, and the scene was magnificent.

The shock wave spread in all directions, and the strikers struck the ground by the sea, splitting like a thousand arrows piercing the heart......

Run!

The Southeastern Army, the Shogunate Army, and the Satsuma Domain Army had only one word in their minds: "Run!" ”

Running fast in the world, the shogunate army and the Satsuma clan army immediately collapsed, and everyone hugged their heads and ran away desperately, like herding sheep.

Only the Southeast Army maintained an orderly retreat, and the lineup was scattered, but it still had a formation.

They have been rehearsed in their response to volcanic eruptions, and their rear is relatively smooth.

The staff officers reasoned, what is the biggest problem when a real person encounters a volcanic eruption?

It's an ally!

What do you do if your allies stand in your way?

Shoot them?

It's too bad, but they're in your way, slowing you down.

Therefore, the Southeast Army took precautions and asked the Japanese of the Shogunate Army not to follow before entering the battle!

Tokugawa Iemitsu also said that his words counted, and the shogunate army did not follow, allowing them to escape unimpeded.

Run! Run! Run!

The Southeastern Army took a big stride and ran, and the heavy and neat ranks, running faster and faster, the steps became bigger and bigger, turning to the right, and soon broke away from the battlefield, ran on the road that had been chosen before, and the dust and mist brought up engulfed everything, and rolled forward with them.

Thousands of people were marching, like a huge, indescribable whole of them, and with countless steps, they easily overtook the Japanese people who were running in the front.

The Japanese people rolled and crawled, and watched as the southeastern army overtook them and ran ahead of them.

Let them use all their strength, the dog riders whipped their war dogs with leather whips, and they could not outrun the southeastern army.

Fate, fate, hurry up and run for your life!

A continuous roar rang out behind them, and the volcanic flying rocks approached terribly.

The debris flow of the volcano first smashed into the camp of the Japanese people behind, and immediately caused countless tragedies.

The stones struck the Japanese and knocked them down in pieces, the fiery stone chips set their clothes on fire, and a human-shaped torch flickered and screamed in terrible pain.

The more they ran behind, the more dangerous it became, and all of them ran forward with all their strength.

And in the crowd of people who escaped, it is better than not knowing, and one is more frightened!

The Southeast Army, which originally stayed in the rear of the Japanese and ran out and made a big turn, was already on par with the Japanese at the front.

Look at their big steps, their frequency is urgent, and they are still carrying heavy loads, at least with weapons!

And the Japanese people threw almost everything away, and their poor little short legs ran with great difficulty, and even so, they were still caught up by the southeastern army, and even those dog-riding Japanese were not as fast as the southeastern army.

That's quality!

The superior quality makes them faster than the Japanese and makes them safer.

The officers of the Southeast Army were ecstatic: "Our weight-bearing run was not in vain!" ”

Think about the long-distance running that can't be thundered every day, and how hard it is to train from time to time, just today, show the effect!

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The southeastern army basically retreated in formation, and the shogunate army was completely chaotic, and some of the fast-running Satsuma clan troops caught up with the shogunate army, and the hostile officers and soldiers were mixed together, there was no fight, and no one cared about anyone, because you don't know when something will fall on your head.

Regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, the genius of escape is the most important.

Among the fleeing Satsuma feudal army, there was a large force of 3,000 men, which remained in formation, and they were at the forefront of the battle line, and when everyone fled, they remained in line and rushed forward desperately.

Leading them was none other than the feudal lord Shimazu Tadashi, and when the volcano erupted, he realized that this was a golden opportunity, and he wanted to use this opportunity to kill the king!

He led his Ichido (Ichigo, in ancient Japan, it meant the same family or the same family). To put it bluntly, it's a family. All those who belong to the family are a multitude, including the main family, the division of the family, and the sons-in-law who have joined in. They are all the most loyal to his Shimazu family, including their servants, and they all know that under the nest, there will be no eggs, and once the Shimazu family is defeated, they will never turn over.

Therefore, the volcano erupts, even if you are terrified and don't know when a disaster will fall from the sky, it is still worse than the horror of a knife on your neck.

Shimazu Tadashi pursued the fleeing shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu, they even saw some flags and honor guards discarded by the general's team, and they also caught up with the general's personal guard, watching them flee in panic, finally, they saw the general's flag still fluttering in front, so they caught up closely!

Finally, they have good news and bad news.

The good news was that they caught up with the fleeing shogun, and the bad news was that a certain daisho from the southeast province was with the shogun.