"Woo!" ……

Dense crossbow arrows, like raindrops, shot towards the screaming wolverines below!

A group of charging Japanese warriors fell, and another group of Japanese warriors, ronin and ashigaru, roared again and climbed towards the cliffs on both sides of the Grand Canyon......

One after another, endlessly!

"Arrow Case! Bring me an arrow box! ”

"Hurry up! The Woko are coming up! ”

|“ Shoot! Muskets should also be fired! Otherwise, they won't be stopped! ”

"Bang!"

"Bang bang!" ……

On both sides of the exit of the Grand Canyon, the battle was already in full swing, and the shouts of killing and screams shook the sky!

In the canyon, the two battlefields in front and back have been fiercely fighting for more than an hour!

The 40,000 troops of the Shogunate's Kwantung Army, which was trapped in the valley, had become a turtle in an urn.

Not only Zhang Guangzhe led 30,000 marines to deal with the attack on both sides, but also the Kwantung army of the Wa Kingdom in the valley.

Zhu Youxiao led an army of 120,000 from west to east, and took turns to launch an overwhelming offensive against the Japanese invaders.

Although the cavalry could not play a role, the crossbow showed great might, and a single arrow magazine could fire ten times in a row, which was undoubtedly the best weapon to kill the enemy in this case.

In addition, after the repeater is shot empty, it is extremely convenient to change the arrow magazine, and there is no need to even retreat to the rear, standing in place, and it can be reloaded in less than half a minute.

This kind of melee weapon with great lethality fell like raindrops in the defensive line formation of the Shogunate Kwantung Army, and often a volley was fired in one round, and it was a group of Japanese samurai and ronin, and Ashigaru fell!

Under the onslaught of the Daming Expeditionary Force, only an hour has passed, and the 40,000 Shogunate Kwantung Army trapped in the valley has suffered nearly half of the casualties!

The fierce battle between the two sides was fierce, and the charge of the Japanese did not stop for a moment, they were really going crazy.

Dense crossbow bolts continued to whizz over the mountain beams, and some of the unlucky shogunate soldiers immediately fell in pools of blood screaming.

"Your Excellency Inaba, the Ming army is too powerful, we have tried all kinds of methods, but we can't attack it!"

A high-ranking samurai trotted up to Masakishi Inaba with a dead face and reported.

"Eight Ga Ya Road!"

Inaba Masayoshi was so angry that he screamed, grabbed a high-ranking samurai who had just come to his side and roared, "Matsushima Jiro, what did you just say? ”

The samurai, Jiro Matsushima, still had a broken crossbow bolt stuck in his shoulder, and said with a gloomy face: "Your Excellency Inaba, your subordinates are incompetent and have not been able to recapture the cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth. ”

"Yaga!"

Inaba Masayoshi was furious when he heard this, pulled out his katana with his backhand, and viciously stabbed Matsushima Jiro in the abdomen.

The cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth could not be recovered, and Inaba Masaka, who was trapped in the valley, could not get out, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna and their reinforcements outside the valley could not enter, and this battle was ......

It is estimated that it won't be long before the battle continues, and there will be only one way to die for your side, so it's no wonder that Inaba Masaka is furious.

Inaba Masayoshi had just killed Matsushima Jiro with one sword, and another disgraced shogunate samurai rushed back from the front, rushed to Inaba Masayoshi and shouted:

"Your Excellency Inaba, the offensive of the Ming army in front is very fierce, their crossbows are much more powerful than our iron cannons, they can actually fire ten shots, and the range is farther than our large and small iron cannons!"

"Up to now, our army and the Toda clan iron department have combined with more than 20,000 casualties, if we don't send reinforcements, we will be unable to withstand it!"

"Pigs! You! You! And you! ”

"Ahem......"

Inaba Masayoshi gasped loudly, unable to catch it in one breath, coughed twice, pointed at the three samurai ninjas beside him and shouted, "Immediately lead the team to the top, all of them will be on top for me!" ”

"Hey!"

The three warriors suddenly agreed, and led their troops forward in a hurry, facing the endless attack of the Ming expeditionary force in the west, like a sea of mountains.

Inaba Masakichi turned around and roared at the last remaining high-level samurai ninja beside him, "Oda Shiro, you take a small group of elite samurai and forcibly break out of the valley!" ”

"Go tell this idiot Matsudaira Nobutsuna that if they can't recapture the cliffs on both sides of the valley mouth before dark, then wait to collect the body for me!"

"Hello!" dog

Shiro Oda agreed, and quickly dodged away with several samurai ninjas.

At the mouth of the valley of the canyon.

Matsudaira Nobutsuna had indeed tried his best, but he tried his best, but in vain after all.

From the time they discovered the Ming army in the morning, until it was almost noon, they had driven their troops and stormed for half a day.

However, it was useless, and the enemies on both sides of the valley mouth were still as steady as Mount Tai, and there was not even the slightest sign of being unable to resist.

Now, the corpses of the soldiers of the Shogunate Kwantung Army lying under the cliff have been piled up in mountains and scattered everywhere!

The blood that kept flowing down had melted and penetrated into the thick snow outside the valley, and the red and white snow was particularly beautiful.

"Your Excellency Matsudaira!"

A high-ranking samurai general, with a "poof", knelt down in front of Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and said miserably, "This battle can't be fought anymore, our 20,000 soldiers have already suffered seven casualties!" ”

When Matsudaira Nobutsuna heard this, the muscles on his face began to twitch violently, and even his eyes were full of bloodshots!

How could he not be heartbroken for the lives of his soldiers, these were all his direct subordinates!

If these subordinates are wiped out in this battle, then he, the old middle, will exist in name only.

But he had no choice, General Tokugawa Iemitsu had already given a death order, and if he couldn't take the cliffs on both sides before dark, he would have to commit suicide!

"Yaga!"

Matsudaira kicked the samurai to the ground, then drew his katana with his backhand and raised it high above the top, yelling at the senior ninja samurai who had just returned to his side and stood at the end:

"Kill the ......"

In desperation, Matsudaira Nobutsuna led the last remaining 6,000 troops of his feudal kingdom and launched a suicidal attack on the cliff on the left side of Taniguchi.

Almost at the same time, Toshikatsu Doi, who was furious, also personally led the army and attacked the cliff on the right side of Taniguchi.

His situation is not much better than that of Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

From the morning to noon, most of the 50,000 troops under Doi Toshikatsu had been killed or wounded, and less than 20,000 were barely able to go to the battlefield to attack and fight in turn.

In the distance, Tokugawa Iemitsu and the others, who stopped to watch the battle, were already numb to watch, and they all looked a little confused.

They couldn't believe their eyes, they couldn't believe that this outrageous situation was just in front of their eyes.

The soldiers of the Ming Expeditionary Force on the cliffs of the two valleys, what kind of monsters did they become? How can it be so powerful!

Moreover, their crossbow arrows and bullets seemed to never run out.

Nearly 80,000 troops, from the dawn to noon, have not been able to capture the cliffs on both sides of this small valley mouth, but have paid extremely heavy casualties!

The most important thing is that these people of Wakuni who are constantly dying are all shogunate samurai, and they are all regular soldiers, not those Ashigaru and ronin!

At this time, the snowflakes in the sky are falling more and more urgently, and the heavy snow is getting heavier and heavier.

Such a heavy snowfall may be because this war is so tragic that even God can't see it.

Perhaps, this heavy snow has another meaning, I can't bear to see the corpses of the Japanese robbers all over the ground, and there is no place to bury them.

It wants to cover up all traces left by these dead pirates in this land.

The snow flakes are like weaving, and in the wind, the Ming royal golden dragon flags are waving in the snow wind, like living creatures, roaring silently, angry at the sky.

"Your Majesty! This army of Japanese invaders, they can't stand it anymore! ”

Zhong Jixiang was extremely excited, and said with a bright face, "At most, there will be half an hour at most, and all the widows trapped in this valley will be wiped out by us!" ”

"Your Majesty! It's time to launch a general offensive to crush and bulldoze the enemy in waves! ”

"Good!"

Zhu Youxiao has already seen that these Japanese soldiers who are still frantically fighting back are already at the end of their crossbows, and they will soon lose all their strength and be exhausted waiting to be killed by their own army.

He thought for a moment and ordered, "You and Wu Xilin are responsible for leading the army to charge, and the soldiers of the whole army will pull out the camp and start the assault, rush out of the canyon in one fell swoop, and launch a decisive battle with the enemy!" ”

Seeing that the defensive formation of the Japanese was about to collapse and the follow-up was weak, Zhu Youxiao decided to order the soldiers to launch a general attack.

Otherwise, when Zhang Guangzhe led the 30,000 marines who were responsible for blocking the enemy, the spare crossbow arrows and guns and ammunition in their hands were exhausted, and they would have to face a crazy army of Japanese soldiers several times their size, what would ......

When the time comes, if you cause unnecessary heavy casualties, you will lose more than you gain.