Volume 4 Chapter 188 Retreat

The Ming army's ammunition, fire oil and other materials are indeed limited, to say that these things are unlimited, it is absolutely bragging, no dynasty or country dares to say that their strategic materials are unlimited.

However, the ammunition and fire oil and other materials that Yu Dayou carried this time were not as small as Oda Nobunaga imagined, at least, it was enough to clean up the more than 100,000 horses outside Omori City, and there were more strategic materials in Hirado Castle, so it was very easy for him to get replenishment.

Oda Nobunaga and they wanted to use the way of wheel warfare to consume the ammunition and fire oil and other strategic materials of the Ming army, but they were wrong, because the strategic materials stored in Hirado Castle were enough to wipe out millions of men and horses.

The answer is obviously no, it is absolutely impossible for the Japanese to make up a million horses, 500,000, and it is still somewhat possible.

In other words, Oda Nobunaga's wheel battle method is to give Yu Dayou a head!

Of course, it is not so easy to pick up people's heads, after Oda Nobunaga and Takeda Shingen, the two famous generals of the East, participated in the battle, the attack of the Japanese can be said to be new, they are no longer stupid to rush up, each attack is lined up in a straggler formation, and the various siege equipment is also more targeted, they even know that the chariot is covered with sand and mud on the wooden shield to resist the fire attack of the Ming army.

These methods have also greatly reduced the effect of fire attack.

However, if they want to break through Dasen City with this means, it is simply a pipe dream, because there are too many thunderbolts in Yu Dayou's hands, and this thing is simply an artifact for defending the city, as long as people have a tendency to rush to the city wall, hundreds or even thousands of thunderbolts will be thrown down, and the widows on the ladder and chariot will be blown up and scream and fall down and roll all over the ground.

Yu Dayou even felt that he was simply bullying people by doing this, hot weapons against cold weapons, and it was also the other party's siege, this kind of battle, do you still need to fight?

You don't have to fight at all, because people can't reach them at all!

However, Oda Nobunaga didn't think so, because he was subconsciously comparing Dongying's production capacity with that of the Ming Dynasty.

Dongying will also make artillery, gunpowder and cannonballs or something, they will naturally make it, but they are purely manual work, the efficiency can be imagined, in his opinion, it is difficult to make hundreds of shells, not to mention like the Ming army in Dasen City, a round is thousands of shells, even if the Ming Dynasty is bigger than them, the cannonballs are also made one by one, he still doesn't believe it, the defenders of Dasen City alone will bring tens of thousands of shells.

As for the fire oil, not to mention, the fire oil at this time is basically squeezed through the fat of livestock or oil crops, to put it bluntly, it is the oil to eat, even if the Ming Dynasty is rich, it is impossible to have pigs and cattle all over the ground, and rape is planted everywhere, right?

In short, he mistakenly believed that the Ming army's gunpowder, oil, shells, bullets and other strategic materials in Omori City were limited, and they were almost exhausted in ten days and half a month.

Therefore, at the beginning, he was still quite confident, and personally supervised the battle on the front line every day, ordering his men and horses and other princes from all walks of life to attack in turn, and constantly attacking Omori City.

At this time, they also learned to be obedient, and knew how to use straggler formations to dodge the shells of the Ming army, and some fireproof materials were also added to various siege equipment, and the casualties of each attack were not so terrifying, and at the end of the day, at most, there were tens of thousands of casualties, and only two or three thousand people were really killed.

In other words, even if you attack for ten days in a row, you will consume at most 20,000 or 30,000 horses, as long as you can exhaust the ammunition and fire oil of the defenders in the city, this loss is still worth it.

It's a pity that ten days have passed, and the defenders in the city still don't seem to have changed at all, the artillery is still roaring, the musket bullets, rockets and other things are still raining, and the hateful thunder always flies out when they are about to rush up the city wall, making them fall short.

He gritted his teeth and ordered the princes of all walks of life to hold out for another five days, but the result was still the same, and the firepower of the Ming army in the city showed no signs of exhaustion at all.

In this half-month attack, their casualties were relatively heavy, and the number of dead had already exceeded 30,000, and the total number of people killed on the first and second days exceeded 50,000.

As for the injured, not to mention, under the indiscriminate attack of the Ming army's thunder, as long as he participated in the siege, there was no injury, and even he, on his arms and legs, those places that could not be covered by armor were "pierced" several times, and he was in pain when he walked.

Although they had been replenishing the men and horses, they couldn't help but be so consumed, and seeing that the camp was full of wounded soldiers and all the princes were in mourning, he finally decided to end this stupid wheel war.

On this morning, it was still his humble handsome tent, and the princes from all walks of life gathered again, and at this time, everyone's faces had already lost their original sharpness, and they were all depressed, and they had no spirit at all.

Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga could only muster up Yu Yong and said loudly: "Everyone, it seems that it is impossible to consume the weapons and ammunition of the defenders in the city with wheel warfare, we need to change our strategy, do you have any good solutions?" ”

Baga, it's all your old guy's bad idea, what kind of wheel warfare, consuming other people's weapons and ammunition, now it's okay, people's weapons and ammunition are not consumed, and our men and horses are almost exhausted.

However, everyone is angry, and no one dares to single out and scold Oda Nobunaga, because people are strong, and if they don't put others in their eyes, it's purely a subconscious idea.

After a while, Takeda Shinxuan said lukewarmly: "Your Excellency General, the equipment of the Ming army in this city is really too sophisticated, and it is probably impossible for us to take Damori City, so let's ask the general or the Nizi clan to try it, anyway, I will not be blessed with the income from the Iwami silver mine." ”

This means to retreat!

Baga, just retreated in such a disgraced manner, where do you put my face as a general?

In this battle, more than 100,000 horses fought for more than half a month, and more than 50,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and there was no result at all, and even a Ming army was not killed.

Of course, Oda Nobunaga didn't want to withdraw, but the other princes all responded one after another, and some were even ready to get up and roll up and leave.

He didn't want to retreat alone, so how could he stay alone and be tough with the Ming army in the city?

Just kidding, that's purely looking for death, the Ming army in the city didn't dare to go out of the city to make any surprise attacks in the face of more than 100,000 troops, if there were only 20,000 horses under his command, it would be strange if people didn't rush out and beat him.

In the end, he could only nod helplessly: "That's okay, since everyone doesn't want to fight, then pack up and prepare to retreat." ”