Chapter Forty-Eight: Autumn Wind and Falling Leaves III
Chapter 48 Autumn Wind and Falling Leaves III
"What, the Ming army has entered the city?" Suddenly hearing the urgent news, Oshima Kameo, who was originally in an irritable mood and drinking alone, jumped up, his bloodshot eyes were like copper bells, if it weren't for his short stature, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a god from hell.
But even so, Oshima Kameo's performance did not insult his reputation as the number one fierce general under Yantian Nagamasa, and with a bang, he grabbed the sword behind him and rushed out.
However, personal courage did not play much role in the already frightened Japanese cowards. Although Oshima Kameo personally supervised the battle with a team of guards, and even rushed forward to fight the Ming army at one point, it was still difficult to recover the defeat, and the soldiers who were eager to flee for their lives were coerced and kept retreating.
Leaving countless corpses to escape from the east gate, just as Oshima Kameo was about to regroup after slashing and killing two generals who were unfavorable in battle, a team of men and horses led by Narando Ji descended from the sky like divine soldiers and killed them directly from behind.
Attacking from the front and back, the Japanese were even more defeated, and even Oshima Kameo failed to reverse the defeat despite his eighteen skills. Seeing that nothing could be done, the guards ignored Oshima Kameo's reprimand, set him up and began to look for opportunities to break through. Fortunately, Oshima Kameo didn't struggle too much, and half-pushed and half-followed the guards to rush in the direction of the selected breakthrough.
Ogawa Shiro is also clever enough, as early as the moment the Ming army rushed into the city, he knew that the general trend had gone, although he had long wanted to find a chance to escape, but he was burdened with the responsibility of losing Jinhua, if he fled back to Yichuan like this, I believe that Yantian Nagamasa could scrape him alive!
Therefore, Shiro Ogawa has been following Kameo Oshima as if he was leaving. If he also runs for his life, then it won't be a big problem for him to flee back, at least the brothers and sisters will bear the charge of losing the city together, and they can also mix up a good thing that the law does not blame the public.
On the chaotic battlefield, Oshima Kameo and a group of guards slowly slipped towards the place where the battle was not fierce, and Ogawa Shiro was immediately happy in his heart. He didn't make a sound, and followed with the guards around him.
On the chaotic battlefield, it was impossible for the Ming army, who were busy killing the enemy, to care too much about such a small group of Japanese robbers who had abandoned their war horses. Seeing that they broke through, they did not chase after them, but the nearby generals allocated a group of men and horses to plug the gap to prevent more pirates from escaping.
The unusually dim battle did not end until the early morning of the second day. More than 20,000 Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle, and more than 10,000 soldiers and horses surrendered because they could not resist the loss of a general.
"Well, the plan can't keep up with the change, how can this be." The war went smoothly and was a mess, and Shen Chongming was not happy but worried.
First, the next battle plan has not yet been decided, and second, the more than 10,000 prisoners are also a big problem. Although he had the intention to order all the pits to be killed, he was not an animal like them after all, and this kind of thing was really a bit uncontrollable.
However, guarding more than 10,000 prisoners, at least 5,000 soldiers and horses had to be divided, and the basic food ration supply was not a small amount, and the current situation was really unaffordable.
"My lord, if you don't kill it all, it will save you trouble." The second brother who was not in good health said viciously. People with such big nerves are not afraid of nightmares at night.
To say that this kid is also a deputy general, although he was seriously injured to bedridden at one point, but the injury can be called one day at a time, and he has only been able to follow Shen Chongming left and right for more than a month.
"Fuck off, no matter how you say it, it's more than 10,000 lives, even if you kill a pig, you will be soft." Shen Chongming scolded, frowned and thought hard about countermeasures. But you have to think of a way, if you lose money in dealing with the prisoners again, it will damage your reputation as Shen Caishen.
Frowning and thinking for a long time, Shen Chongming finally had a plan in his heart. It's all a feudal society, although there are a lot of slaves in all shapes, but there are few slaves. However, the status of this slave is a good position for these captives.
"Keep it, doesn't the imperial court have gold and silver mines in various places, and the errands of these miners will be handed over to them in the future." Shen Chongming said to himself.
"My lord is very strategic, and in this way, it solves a big problem for the imperial court." Brother Erdan immediately gave a thumbs up, although he was extremely reluctant to let these widows dig up those gold and silver treasures.
After deciding on this matter, Shen Chongming frowned again, and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't make up his mind, so he could only raise his head and instruct Brother Erdan: "Beat the drum and raise the account, and convene the generals to discuss major matters." ”
As soon as the drums sounded, the generals who were busy counting the casualties hurriedly came, and Nalandoji, who had made great achievements in this battle, couldn't wait to be the first to run in, kneeling down and bowing down: "The last general, Nalandoji, meet Lord Shen." ”
Seeing Nalan Duoji, Shen Chongming's face immediately smiled, and he quickly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a kind face: "Hehe, Lord Nalan, this journey has been hard, your merits have been registered by this official, as long as you return to Beijing, you will ask the emperor to give you a reward." Lord Nalan, what do you want, this official is good or good to fight for you, right? ”
Looking at Shen Chongming, who was smiling, Naranduoji, who was originally a little sad, had lost six thousand soldiers and horses since entering the court, and suddenly felt like he had eaten honey. I was happy in my heart, but my face was full of righteousness, and he hugged his fists and said: "Thank you for your grace, but the matter of eating the king's loyalty to the monarch is all within the duties of the lower officials, and I really don't dare to ask for any reward." ”
"Hehe, the rewards and punishments are clear, this is what the emperor often says to his officials. You have made such a great contribution this time, if the court does not reward you, wouldn't it be against the emperor's teachings? ”
Seeing that Nalan Duoji was about to pretend to push back again, Shen Chongming waved his hand and said, "Hey, that's it, I hope that Lord Nalan will be more attentive to the emperor's errand in the future." ”
Nalan Duoji couldn't help but be overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Please rest assured, Lord Shen, the lower officials will definitely die for the emperor." ”
Hearing this famous saying, Shen Chongming almost laughed out loud, he was really a good courtier who was willing to be a slave, but it was a pity that he was born in the wrong place, otherwise he would definitely train him well for the emperor.
At this time, the other generals also walked into the main hall in twos and threes, looking at Shen Chongming and Nalandoji talking happily, others didn't feel anything, but Wang Gao and Juechang were extremely uncomfortable.
They had heard about Nalando's heavy losses, and they were both sorry and angry at this good brother of the past. In order to please the Han people, this guy didn't care about the lives of his clansmen, which is really not a good thing.
"Jinhua and Fuxili have been broken by the army one after another, and now the whole situation is a foregone conclusion, and the Japanese are powerless to return to the sky. The so-called will also be left to chase the poor, not to sell the name of the overlord, so the official decided to take advantage of the power of the great victory, in one fell swoop to eliminate all the Japanese in North Korea, I don't know what you think? Shen Chongming said in high spirits, unconsciously quoting Grandpa Mao's poems, presumably his old man wrote these two sentences proudly under this circumstance.
Wang Zhen also went to private school for a few years, although he was not good at school, but he was a literate and literate person. He understood the meaning of Grandpa Mao's poem after a little pondering, and suddenly got up with excitement on his face and said: "My lord is right, I will also be left to chase the poor man, now the widow is at the end of the road, we must not give them a chance to breathe!" ”
Zhang Chi also nodded with a smile on his face. These two battles were fought extremely smoothly, and many of the enemy were annihilated, but there were not many casualties on their own side, and according to the data just counted, if you don't count the men and horses of Yi Sunsin and Nalandoji, they would have lost less than 8,000 men and horses, which is much less than the 20,000 they expected.
"The last general is also like Lord Wang's thoughts, taking advantage of the power of the great victory, to wipe out all the Japanese in one fell swoop!"
No one objected, Shen Chongming nodded and said, "Since this is the case, how to fight this battle, we have to come up with a charter as soon as possible." ”
"My lord, Yichuan is the top priority of the Japanese Kou, according to the news obtained from the interrogation just now, the leading Japanese general Yantian Nagamasa is in Yichuan City. So the subordinates think that it is better for us to ignore Yichuan for the time being, and keep this hard bone for the last to gnaw, at that time, whether it is an attack or a siege, it depends on your mood. ”
Brother Erdan interjected, although this guy has the lowest status in front of everyone, but under Shen Chongming's intentional cultivation, he dares to speak freely on various major matters.
Hearing this, Shen Chongming couldn't help but glance back at him, with a hint of approval on his face, which made Brother Erdan shy, adults are so bad, looking at people like this in front of so many people.
Ignoring Brother Erdan's special fetish, Shen Chongming turned his head to everyone and asked, "What do you adults think of Master Ma's method?" ”
When he asked, his meaning was already very obvious, everyone here was not a human spirit, and anyone who could not see that he agreed with this.
And Brother Erdan's idea can be regarded as a constructive and good way, and they all nodded in agreement at that time.
"Okay, since this is the case, then you should go back and prepare immediately, and tomorrow morning, General Zhang will be the vanguard, and Deputy Marshal Xiong will lead the Chinese army, bypassing Yichuan and sending troops to Incheon. As soon as it is a major event, Deputy Marshal Xiong will cut it off with a word, and the generals must not disobey the military order! Shen Chongming got up and ordered.
Although it was not clear why Shen Chongming had to give such an order, Xiong Dabiao Zhang Chi still got up directly to receive the order, ignored Wang Zhen's envious, jealous and hateful expression, and turned around and walked out of the main hall. The others also got up to follow, leaving only Wang Zhen silently chirping at the end to pray for Shen Chongming.
However, before Wang Zhen could speak, he heard Shen Chongming say: "Lord Wang, you stay for a while, this official has other important orders." ”
Hearing this, Wang Zhen couldn't help but be overjoyed, but waiting to hear what Shen Chongming said again, the chest that had just stood up couldn't help but sink back.
"My lord, this guard prisoner, I'm afraid my sailor soldiers are not up to the task." Wang Zhen said reluctantly. He put it on the warship and rushed to Fuli Creek with six thousand water brothers on two legs, but he didn't come to guard the prisoners.
"Hehe, this errand belongs to you, and it's not safe to hand it over to someone else's own official." Shen Chongming looked at Wang Zhen with a smile on his face and said, what kind of calculations this guy has in his heart, how can he not know.
"My lord, it should be the last general begging you, you can do well, let the last general take the brothers to fight happily, others will eat minced meat and drink soup, this taste will be unbearable!" Wang Zhen pleaded with a bitter face, if he doesn't succeed, he will resign and go back to farming!
"Confused, such a big matter is entrusted to you, and this official is thinking about you." Shen Chongming's eyes glared and said, "Think about it, since this captive has been handed over to you for custody, how can the errand of going to the capital to present a prisoner to the emperor be without you, this official merit is the first, and you are the second." At that time, you and I must be famous all over the world, and people everywhere will not give us a thumbs up when they say our names? ”
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