Chapter 41: The Great War on Land and Sea VII

"In that case, then the lower official will thank you. " Yi Sunsin smiled reluctantly, and his heart became more and more unpleasant.

He never resented Shen Chongming about this matter, after all, the imperial army left his hometown and came to Korea to fight the Japanese invaders, and if this grain and grass problem was not solved, it would really be impossible to say.

What is odious is the prime minister Li Futong, more than 10,000 brothers fought alone to fight against the Japanese and fight with their lives to defend their families and the country. You don't want to be promoted and get rich, but you can't just watch the soldiers go to the battlefield hungry, right?

For now, it is good that they have to rely on outsiders to help them in their own land, and if this news spreads, what will it be like in the hearts of the brothers?

Shen Chongming was very proud in his heart, he naturally would not be idle and take the initiative to ask for Li Sunsin's grain and grass, the only purpose of doing this was to plant a seed of dissatisfaction with the Korean court in his heart, and then carefully water it in the future to let it sprout, and then his purpose would be a matter of course.

Now that the goal has been achieved, nothing else can be said again, otherwise Li Sunsin will see that something is wrong, and it will really be a waste of previous achievements.

"Lord Li, the Japanese in Nanpu City have become turtles in an urn, and it is no longer a problem to annihilate them. The next thing for the army to do is to continue to advance to the south, and strive to wipe out all the pirates in one fell swoop. Speaking of this, Shen Chongming paused for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment: "But at the moment, we don't have the specific arrangement of the Japanese in our hands, so this battle is a little difficult to fight." ”

Li Sunsin was not stupid, as soon as he heard this, he understood the meaning of Shen Chong's famous words, and saw him get up and clasp his fists and said, "Lord Shen, if you can trust it, the lower officials will send scouts to reconnoiter the enemy's situation." ”

"Hehe, Lord Li's official is naturally trustworthy, what do you need, this official will let people arrange it." Shen Chongming was also very face-saving, and made up his mind to slowly use some small favors to win over Li Sunsin.

As soon as the scouts came out, Shen Chongming set his sights on the Japanese in Nanpu City. These things who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they kindly let them go out of the city and surrender in the spirit of humanitarianism, but I didn't expect them to dare to swear without appreciating it, and even dare to swear words, in this case, they had to kill and avenge 40,000 Chinese compatriots.

With Shen Chongming's order, the gunners who had been on standby for a long time lit their torches one after another, and under the personal command of Deputy Marshal Xiong Dabiao, one by one fireballs with thick smoke accurately fell on the head of Nanpu City.

The roars came and went, and it didn't take long for the entire Nanpu city to turn into a sea of fire!

Suddenly hearing the emergency report, Konishi Yuki, who was still weak, also rushed over, but halfway through, he ran into Goto Chiyoyi, who had picked up a life and fled from the city in embarrassment.

"Your Excellency Legion Commander, come with me, the Ming army is unstoppable!" Only a burst of artillery fire frightened Goto Chiyoshi, who had always been empty-eyed. The sea of volcanic fire can't withstand the burning even if it is copper skin and iron bones.

Konishi's face became more and more pale, and standing here, he could see the situation at the head of Nanpu Castle when he looked up. It was only then that he understood why Ichiro Miyamoto had given up the defense line along the river, which he had worked so hard to build. In this matter, he did not hesitate at all, if he was leading the troops at that time, he would have judged the situation and led the troops to retreat. After all, such artillery fire is not something that flesh and blood can resist at all.

Thinking of this, Konishi Yukicho fainted with his legs again, and the general trend was gone, and he was no longer able to return to the sky.

Seeing that Konishi Yukicho fainted again at this juncture, Goto Chiyoi, who was in a hurry to flee for his life, had no time to waste time to treat him, and he was bold and reckless at the moment. "Quick, carry the Legion Elder and retreat.

Besides, outside the city, more than 20 shells were tried in a row, and the gate of Nanpu City was finally blasted open. Seeing this, Xiong Dabiao raised the saber in his hand, slapped the horse and shouted: "Sons, kill with me!" ”

According to the original plan, Shen Chongming planned to spend all his blood to directly use artillery fire to send the Japanese in Nanpu City to the western sky. However, more than 200 artillery pieces are moving together, and the ammunition consumed is really unbearable, after all, this thing is made for a lot of silver, and such a cannon is more than ten taels of silver. Moreover, it is not known how many Japanese people there are in the south of Korea, and it is very necessary to leave some to deal with them.

Therefore, Shen Chongming temporarily changed his mind and ordered Zhang Chi to gather cavalry, and after blasting open the city gate, he would enter the city, and completely annihilate the Japanese in the city with the fierce attack of the cavalry.

Xiong Dabiao is a person who can't stand loneliness, these days he always feels uncomfortable when he sees the enemy in front of him but can't come forward to fight happily. At the moment, since he decided to let the cavalry enter the city, he naturally can't stand idly by.

So Zhang Chi could only take a back seat, and very humbly gave up the honor of being the first to enter Nanpu City to Xiong Dabiao.

The army entered the city with little resistance. The morale of the Japanese in the city had been completely crushed in the previous artillery bombardment, and Xiong Dabiao, who had entered the city, felt bored after slashing and killing a few people. This killing the enemy is no different from killing a chicken, as if a punch that condenses the strength of the whole body hits the cotton, which is quite uncomfortable!

However, the soldiers below did not feel like this, but they were happy to kill, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became. Kill the enemy and receive a reward, this head is worth a lot of silver. It is said that there are nearly 20,000 Japanese people in Nanpu City, and if they are all slaughtered, it will be worth 40,000 or 50,000 taels of silver! When the time comes, the brothers will be able to take all the money and go out to the kiln to quench their thirst!

On the other hand, under a burst of artillery fire, not only did the morale completely disperse, but even the corps commander and Goto Chiyoshi were gone, where could they still organize a decent resistance, and they all hated their parents for giving birth to two legs.

More than 10,000 cavalry entered the city from the south gate, and they never stopped chasing the fleeing Japanese invaders out of the north gate, but because of the open terrain, the killing was even more rising.

And Goto Chiyoshi has been taking Konishi Yuki to the front of the fleeing Japanese invaders, and relying on the strength of the war horse as a foot, the speed is also quite slow.

As for how to escape a life, as early as the moment he left the city, Goto Chiyoi had a plan in his heart. Fifty miles to the northwest is the mountainous area, and the fast horse can reach it in less than an hour. Although the pursuers behind him were also cavalry, after all, they were one step slower, and they were chasing a lot at all. As long as it enters the mountain, it is Jiaolong into the sea, unless the Ming army sends all the men and horses to search the mountain, otherwise it is impossible to find the traces of their own group.

Goto Chiayi's abacus crackled, but Shen Chongming had tens of thousands of troops in his hands, even if he surrounded Nanpu City, how could he let the Japanese invaders easily go out of the north gate.

However, thinking of waiting for work, and concluding in advance that once the Japanese invaders broke through, they must have wanted to hide in the mountains, so Brother Erdan rushed to the north of the city with two thousand soldiers from the Shenji Battalion and the 3,000 Battalion in advance to wait for work.

At such a long distance, waiting for the Japanese to arrive was already sleepy and lacking, although there were only less than 2,000 people, but it was enough to completely block the Japanese invaders. Then Zhang Chi led the men and horses to kill, and there was only one way to die waiting for the Japanese under the attack of the two sides.

Goto Chitakei, who was in a hurry to flee for his life, couldn't think of this at all, and it wasn't until he looked at the Ming soldiers and horses who were waiting not far in front of him that he woke up, how could the Ming army let himself escape so easily?

Looking at the guards with less than 100 people on his side, Goto Chiyoshi felt cool in his heart, this is really a strong enemy in front and a chasing soldier behind him, just with these few people, how can he break through.

"The samurai of the Yamato nation, for the honor of the samurai, kill!" Suddenly Yukicho Konishi's voice came from behind. His deep voice exploded in everyone's hearts like thunder, and the honor of a samurai is not timid!

In fact, when he went out of the north gate, Konishi Yukinaga, who was bumped by a horse, woke up. However, leaving the army to escape alone, this is not good to say, and he can only continue to be 'unconscious' and ignore this matter. If you can get away with it this time, and someone asks about it afterwards, you can use this excuse to save face.

But seeing that the road ahead was blocked, and Goto Chiyoshi didn't care, if he didn't come forward at this time, it would definitely not work.

is worthy of being the most valued army commander under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Governor Konishi has a plan in his heart in the blink of an eye. In the current situation, I can't afford to take a step back, it's better to fight hard with a hard heart, otherwise there will be no chance of survival.

A sentence of samurai honor immediately made the eyes of the nearly 100 guards who were still in a panic and thinking about running for their lives just now become resolute. If you can protect the Legion Commander, it proves that everyone is the best of the samurai, and although the situation is difficult at the moment, the spirit of the samurai is to rise to the occasion. Only in this way can the value of a samurai be reflected!

Goto Chiyoshi was also deeply stimulated, just now, he was really timid, and he had the urge to dismount directly and surrender, which is definitely the biggest shame for a samurai! And the only way to wash away the shame is to let the person who has been humiliated be defeated and killed!

With the idea of washing away the shame, Goto Yoshiyoshi didn't wait for the others to move, roared, raised his katana and hit the horse and rushed up.

Seeing this, Governor Konishi immediately stopped the guards who were about to pat their horses to follow. Since Goto Chiyoshi made the first move, this is a separate contest between samurai, and no one else can participate.

He is also very happy to see this situation, after all, there are too many people on the other side, and once a melee starts, even if the samurai under his command try their best, they may not be able to break through.

And Goto Chiyoshi is a famous fierce general in the First Army, and he has few opponents over the years, if he hadn't been too reckless and bastard, he would have been promoted and reused. Now that he is fighting against anyone in the Ming army, Konishi Yukinaga can see the dawn of victory.

In other words, Brother Erdan is a brother from the Shenji Battalion, which is pride and responsibility. The Japanese should kill one person first, and they don't need to ask to know that they are generals. The so-called soldier to soldier to general, since the other party's generals are in the lead, they can't fall behind, otherwise, what kind of face will they have.

"Thief, take your life!" Brother Erdan roared, and the horse chopping knife hovered above his head and slapped the horse towards Goto Chiyoi, who was galloping.

Brother Erdan has followed Shen Chongming for so many years, and his status is naturally not low in the minds of the soldiers below, but anyone who knows him knows that this Master Ma's battlefield kung fu can only be said to be average.

Now Lord Ma is the first to meet the generals, and the generals behind him can't help but be worried, this guy is Lord Shen's confidant, so what happened to the invincible generals, we can't afford it!

But despite this, no one dared to step forward to help him, if this was the case, it would undoubtedly slap Master Ma in the face in front of more than 1,000 people, and he would definitely not be able to get off the stage.

Everyone was entangled, but Brother Erdan was already fighting with Goto Chiyoi. The saber is generous, and if it collides with an ordinary blade under great force, it will definitely be able to take the opponent's blade to the extreme. This point is also clear in Brother Erdan's heart, so he used all his strength with the first knife, as long as he broke the narrow blade in the hand of the general, he would be completely pressed in momentum first!

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