475. A turning point in the tide of battle
The essence of the frightened bird is both a conditioned reflex and a risk-averse instinct, whether it is a person or a bird.
When the cannon fire on the sea sounded, a great sense of fear rose in the hearts of those who had participated in the battle of Wangkyung Gyeonggi under the Shibata Katsuie!
In many people's dreams, the artillery fire that covered the sky and the sun was like a lingering nightmare, viciously piercing the depths of their hearts.
Some of the Japanese who were injured in the shelling would even be frightened by the sound of metal cutlery falling to the ground next to them during their meals, and their hairs stood on end and screamed!
Therefore, when the real artillery fire sounded, when countless shells fell not far away, these people were the first to collapse!
They screamed and threw down their weapons and began to flee backwards, their minds blank and not thinking about anything but fleeing from this terrifying area.
Their unilateral retreat immediately caused a tear in the battlefield - the army of Hideyoshi Hashiba did not know what was going on, they did not directly engage our artillery fire, especially Kuroda Nagamasa's army, everyone knew nothing, and everyone was not very stressed when it came to fighting.
If he had changed to a player like Yoshihisa Shimazu, he would have gone to find cover before the Shibata army began to retreat......
In this way, Shibata Katsuie's troops were scattered like birds and beasts, and they retreated one after another, and the Yushiba army led by Kuroda Nagamasa was completely exposed to the firepower of our warships!
The British Galen, the existence born of artillery warfare, with more than 200 large-caliber rapid-fire guns on one side poured with all its might, will make the creatures in front of you feel painful!
Kuroda Nagamasa and his troops were in pursuit, and suddenly they were subjected to heavy shelling, and they thought that they had beaten Yang Yuan's department during the day, but they didn't find out that it was wrong until the shells fell on their heads!
Such a density of firepower is definitely not something that those dozens of guns can launch! Often a large number of people fall after a single shot, or killed or wounded, and it is miserable.
Kuroda Nagamasa was stunned, but when he saw that Shibata Katsu's army began to retreat without saying hello, he was suddenly shocked!
What is the rationale for this? In the face of artillery during the day, Shibata Katsuie's army hit very fiercely, why did they start to retreat when they saw the artillery at night?
He soon discovered that as Shibata Katsuie's army gradually retreated, the artillery that had been evenly covered on both sides began to focus on his direction, and it became more and more violent!
What the hell is going on? Kuroda Nagamasa's head is sweating down, does this artillery have eyes? Why can they find themselves accurately?
He couldn't figure this out, and Li Rusong, who was standing on the hillside, had just figured out the situation - his own brother Li Rumei had climbed to the top of the hill with three people, observing the enemy's movements. Whenever it was necessary to divert firepower, Li Rumei would command the three men to shoot rockets into the air.
The direction in which the rocket is fired indicates the direction of the enemy, and the number of rockets represents the distance of the enemy army!
It's a very simple method, and it's very effective, but it can't be copied by the pirates - they don't have archers at all, and they've all turned into musketeers......
As a result, the Yuchai Army, who originally wanted to take advantage of the Ming Army's unclear situation, secretly formed an alliance with the Shibata Katsu family, and wanted to take advantage of it, immediately suffered a big loss!
There is a way to be born once, mature twice, and be friends three or four times. This first time it must be more painful, this is also the law.
As a result, it took only seven or eight minutes before and after, and the Japanese who were shouting that they wanted to annihilate the Ming army died and fled, and those who did not die and did not escape were suppressed on the back slope of the hillside and could not raise their heads, and the situation was very miserable!
Kuroda Nagamasa hid behind a boulder, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrongβcould it be that this was a ploy by Shibata Katsuie? Deliberately pretending to be in alliance with his own family, in fact, he wants to rely on the Ming army to consume his own vital forces?
Suspicion is like a seed, once it takes root in the heart, it will slowly sprout, blossom, and bear fruit.
Before Kuroda Nagamasa's suspicion of Shibata Katsuya could be fully fermented, he was completely confirmed by the actions of a team of people!
In the flank safety of the artillery attack, an unidentified team fired heavily at its own troops! The dense rain of bullets splashed on the side of the hidden slope of their own side, and the wave of their own people who couldn't raise their heads even more bitterly!
And Kuroda Nagamasa clearly heard the commander of that team shouting in an authentic Kanto accent: "Shoot! Shoot! Drive the monkeys' troops to the east! Let those Ming Dynasty people clean them up! β
Kuroda Nagamasa's heart is cold! Shibata Katsuya really colluded with the Ming Dynasty!
No wonder they are chasing without fear! No wonder they ran away as soon as the cannon sounded! No wonder they set fire on our side as soon as they wanted to shoot artillery, and they didn't even hide it!
Sure enough, it's greasy! Shibata Katsuya really betrayed the country and the nation!
At the beginning, my father did not agree to Hideyoshi-sama and Shibata Katsu family to form a private alliance, although they were of the same clan, but they were far less reliable than the people of the Ming Dynasty!
But Hideyoshi-sama insisted on doing so...... It's too far to think about this, so let's get out first! Nowadays, the most important thing is to preserve strength!
Thinking of this, Kuroda Nagamasa began to think about the route of retreat, how to avoid both artillery fire and Shibata Katsuya, a human-faced beast thing!
However, it just so happened that after Shibata Katsuie's troops withdrew to the north, there were people who went everywhere in the black light. Uesugi Keikatsu led a force of nearly 15,000 people in a circle, and then went back to the back of Kuroda Nagamasa's headquarters, which was originally on the flank!
This time, Kuroda Nagamasa completely went berserk! Is it tolerable, which is unbearable, what? Still want to close the door and beat the dog? If you don't act anymore, you're going to join forces with the Ming Dynasty to deal with your own people?
As the most proud descendant of the top military master Kuroda Rusui, Kuroda Nagamasa has his own pride and obsession, and the most hated thing in his life is the betrayer, so the Shibata Katsuya at this time has become a far more hateful existence than the Ming Army in his heart!
"Rush! Break through the encirclement of these betrayers and return to our territory! "Kuroda Nagamasa was furious, and he no longer disregarded any agreement or tacit understanding, and issued an order to fight to the death against his own troops!
Kuroda Nagamasa's department, who had figured out the "situation", was suddenly ignited with anger, and they no longer paid attention to the artillery fire from the south, and rushed towards these betrayers who "tried to surround themselves" in the north!
In the dark night, the sound of artillery fire, fighting, and wailing was so loud that even from the sea I seemed to be able to hear the tragedy and blood!
Unbeknownst to Kuroda Nagamasa, the mysterious Kanto-accented force that had attacked them on the flank had quietly retreated south under the leadership of a ninja, returning to the large ship floating on the sea in a small boat around the time they engaged the Shibata Katsuke Army......
Under the night sky, Kuroda Nagamasa's troops and Uesugi Keikatsu's troops collided fiercely, and at first Uesugi Keikatsu didn't know what was going on, and after being beaten head-on, they were even more confused!
But for the people who have been baptized in the war for more than 100 years, the most familiar thing is probably the civil war. The Uesugi Keikatsu Division, who was hurt by the beating, finally understood that these people in front of him, who were his nominal allies, but were actually wielding knives at him, were here to ask for their own lives!
So the one-sided beating immediately turned into a two-sided fight......
For the Japanese in the Warring States Period, fighting a civil war was as familiar and normal as eating and drinking, and the two families were inseparable as soon as they exchanged fire, and the flow of red and white was everywhere!
And our artillery fire is also "very aware of the current affairs" in the direction where Kuroda Nagamasa is located again slightly biased, Kuroda Nagamasa watched his subordinates assault the enemy in front of them, while being taken care of by the artillery fire, the roots of his teeth itched!
But what's the use of being angry? If anger solves the problem, I'm afraid people won't have to start a war!
Under the help of artillery fire, Uesugi Keikatsu, who was still a little restrained in the fight, slowly realized - isn't this a great opportunity to eliminate a heavy army under Yushiba Hideyoshi? Although they have nominally formed an alliance with themselves, everyone knows that the biggest enemy of the Shibata Katsuya is not the Ming Dynasty, but precisely this so-called ally Yushiba Hideyoshi!
After reacting to this, Uesugi Keikatsu was worthy of being a descendant of the strongman, and he commanded Wakata's command troops to force Kuroda Nagamasa's troops into the artillery fire as much as possible. On the other hand, it also made people quickly inform Tachibana Muneshige, Date Masamune and others to rush to rub the oil......
As a result, a pursuit battle in which the two of them jointly pursued the Ming army was brutally evolved into a war of annihilation against each other! The battle was so comical and eerie that the envoys of Shibata Katsuie and Hashiba Hideyoshi sat down together and insulted each other as traitors!
Approaching the shore where the fleet was moored and shooting, I got off the boat and saw Li Rusong, who was covered in blood.
He was silent, staring at me with a complicated gaze, while I smiled.
Some things, said a thousand times, are not as good as a little fact in front of him, which is also the reason why Li Rusong is completely silent - he is wrong, he loses.
Li Rumei, who came down from the hill, seemed to be very happy, first greeted me, and then thanked me, and then asked with a smile: "Qilan, the battle ahead is so lively, why don't we send cavalry to persuade and fight?" β
I glanced at him: "Persuasion? You're going to go! β
Li Rumei smiled and didn't speak, I shook my head and said with a wry smile: "Now it's the best ending." What I was most afraid of was an alliance between Hideyoshi Hashiba and Katsu Shibata, and it turned out that they did! So through this night's contrivance, being able to break up their alliance is already the biggest gain, if you are greedy, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating! β
Li Rumei arched her hand at me, and said with a smile: "I naturally know, but I feel a pity to see that the Japanese robbers have shown us their backs, but they can't go to the raid." β
I smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
Li Rusong suddenly sighed: "Qilan, you are worthy of being Zhang Taiyue's descendant!" Wise and martial, do not lose is the ancestor! Such as loose heart to take oral! β
As he spoke, he clenched his fists and bowed his head to me, and according to his full body armor, this was already a great salute.
I hurriedly replied: "Li Shuai is too humble!" Today, Li Shuai shook nearly 100,000 Japanese with 3,000 soldiers and horses without falling behind, this battle is enough to go down in history, make Daming have a long face, and also add glory to the Li family tree! β
I'm not completely an exclusive sycophant, I still admire Li Rusong's ability to lead troops. In particular, the Battle of Bihuguan is definitely a classic example of a battle with fewer enemies in the history of ancient and modern wars, although its cause is due to Li Rusong's arrogance and complacency......
Li Rusong hurriedly thanked him, and the two of us gave in for a while, and then I asked the question that I was most concerned about at the moment: "Li Shuai, now that the Japanese have retreated, this battle can be drawn, but the key thing now lies in the future - I don't know what Li Shuai's plans for the next war are?" β
Li Rusong looked at me, and then looked back at the two sides who were still fighting in the distance, the muscles of his brow trembled slightly, and then he gently pressed the handle of the knife on his waist, and fell into deep contemplation......