Volume 8 Chapter 230 It was only a matter of time before it was occupied by the Ming Dynasty
The decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and the Eastern Ring is about to begin, and the General of the Eastern Ying Shogunate has gathered nearly 400,000 troops to lay a large array on the front line of Kyoto and Osaka, waiting for the Ming army to attack, will the Ming army attack?
The fight must be fought, Zhang Bin mobilized almost all the elites of the Ming Dynasty to attack Dongying, it is impossible to retreat when encountering the main army of Dongying, if so, then what is he doing!
However, he didn't want to start a decisive battle with Dongying immediately, because at this time his troops were still a little insufficient, and the only troops he could mobilize at this time were the forward army and the Chinese army, totaling 220,000 horses, 220,000 against 400,000, and he was still the attacker, which seemed to be a little less.
Of course, if the light is compared to the combat strength, the 220,000 troops under his command can withstand the 500,000 troops of Dongying, and this battle, if there are no major mistakes, will definitely be won, but if the war starts, the elite of the Ming army will definitely suffer heavy casualties.
Fighting Dongying was just the beginning, he didn't want to fold most of the elite into a small Dongying at the beginning, so he decided to transfer some more people over to try to make up for the gap in numbers.
However, there are almost no soldiers left in the Ming Dynasty, because the Liaodong Army wants to garrison Liaodong to prevent the Mengyuan troops from taking the opportunity to make trouble, the Qijia Army wants to garrison the first line of Shanhaiguan and Jizhou Town to prevent the Mengyuan troops from sneaking up on the capital, the Shaanxi Army wants to garrison the northwest to prevent the resurgence of the northwest anti-thieves, and Huguang wants to guard Huguang and the Central Plains, which is also to prevent the resurgence of the anti-thieves.
Zhang Bin stared at the sand table model for a long time, then raised his head, and ordered loudly: "Nanyang Hou, pass on my order to order the subject country of Korea to raise 30,000 elites, land in the country of Tango in the north of Honshu, and attack the two countries of Tango and Tango. You lead your warships to transport them to Tango Province and help them land. ”
This time, he is under the banner of avenging North Korea, how can this little brother have to do something.
When Zheng Zhilong heard this, he did not hesitate to bow his hand and said, "The last general will obey the order." ”
Zhang Bin then ordered: "Marquis of Jinjiang, send a fast ship to inform the Dongfan Jiuwei to gather 60,000 newly recruited soldiers, you will lead the warship to set off tomorrow, take them to Kyushu and Siguo, and hand over the defense with the Shanxi army and the Qin army." ”
At this time, almost every guard of the East Fan Nine Guards has tens of thousands of soldiers, but they are all new recruits, and they have not yet completed the drill, and the equipment is not fully equipped, so it is definitely not possible to go directly into battle, but it is no problem for them to guard the rear.
When Yu Chenglong heard this, he did not hesitate to bow his hand and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”
Zhang Bin then ordered: "Marquis of Haizhou, after the Shanxi army and the Qin army handed over the defense, the Shanxi army will be placed west of Honshu to control the occupied vassal states, and the Qin army will be assembled in the port of Kobe and prepare to attack Osaka. ”
When Sun Chuanting heard this, he did not hesitate to arch his hand and said, "Xia Guan understands." ”
Zhang Bin then ordered: "Liaoyang Hou, the forward army should seize the time to rest and prepare to attack Kyoto with the Chinese army!" ”
When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he did not hesitate to arch his hand and said, "Xiaguan understands." ”
Zhang Bin's order, the Ming army is equivalent to entering a period of recuperation, on the surface, there is no intention of attacking the Kyoto Osaka defense line at all, Tokugawa Iemitsu can't help but secretly complacent, he thinks, the Ming army is afraid, he has gathered 400,000 troops, and the Ming army is less than 300,000, they are not afraid of it.
At this time, he was even thinking about whether to restart the peace talks and persuade the Ming army to retreat.
He didn't be complacent for long, and in less than ten days, an urgent report came from the northern country of Tango, and tens of thousands of Korean troops landed in Tango with the cooperation of Ming warships, and were slowly advancing south.
Baga, you little, you dare to make trouble at this time, don't you owe a beating!
When the Tokugawa family heard the news, they were furious, at this juncture, North Korea dared to come to make trouble, is it unbearable, can't you overturn your boss, and can't beat your little brother, he immediately ordered to send 50,000 troops from the northern front to teach this little girl of North Korea a good lesson.
So, before the decisive battle between Daming and Dongying started, Dongying and North Korea fought.
Of course, they were just making a small fuss, and the 30,000 horses and horses of North Korea were not the opponent of the 50,000 Dongying army at all, and they were defeated and retreated by the Dongying army, and they were about to be forced to jump into the sea, and dense Ming warships suddenly appeared on the sea outside Osaka City in the south.
The Ming Dynasty didn't say hello at all, it was a fierce bombardment, a good Osaka city was suddenly bombarded, the defenders in the city evacuated in a hurry after eating a few rounds of shells, and the Ming army occupied the important town of Osaka without blowing away, and then attacked all the way, straight to Kyoto.
Yaga, these tens of thousands of Ming troops are too fierce, and the tens of thousands of feudal troops in the direction of Osaka can't withstand it at all, Tokugawa Iemitsu has no choice but to send reinforcements to increase the army on the south road to about 100,000, so as to withstand the crazy attack of tens of thousands of Ming troops.
At this time, the remaining main army of Dongying near Kyoto is less than 250,000, almost, 220,000 against 250,000, and the equipment on their side occupies an absolute advantage, and they are going to do it!
Zhang Bin immediately ordered Lu Xiangsheng to lead the Tianxiong Army, the Dongjiang Army, the Sichuan Army and the Fuguang Army to attack on all fronts and go straight to Kyoto, while he led the Guanning Iron Cavalry to respond in the rear.
To tell the truth, the Dongying army at this time still has a little combat effectiveness, if they hadn't met the elite of the Ming army led by Zhang Bin, there would have been no country in the entire Far East that was their opponent, but unfortunately, they just met Zhang Bin.
The decisive battle between the Ming Dynasty and Dongying lasted for a long time, the Ming army changed the style of singing and marching, and the footsteps became extremely steady, encountering any checkpoint or hilltop position, the Ming army would mobilize the Francophone cannon for a fierce bombardment, and the defense facilities established by the Dongying defenders were bombarded, and then pushed the tiger squat cannon forward to bombard intensively, and the Dongying defenders were pressed to the point that they could not raise their heads, and finally they would concentrate the superior forces to launch a charge, and take the checkpoint or hilltop position of Dongying in one fell swoop.
In the face of the Ming army's style of play, the Dongying army had no choice but to retreat and shrink all the way to Kyoto, and Kyoto, a "heroic city" that was difficult to conquer in the eyes of Tokugawa Iemitsu, became a joke in front of the Ming army's hundreds of various Furlong machine guns.
Although the Dongying army was not afraid of death, stubborn resistance, but in the face of absolute strength is still in vain, after nearly a month of fierce fighting, Kyoto was finally conquered by the Ming army, the Dongying army finally could not resist the Ming army's overwhelming offensive, collectively ran away, and went to the east!
In this battle, the losses of the Ming army were not very large, the total casualties were less than 50,000, and the dead were less than 10,000, but the casualties on the Dongying side were heavy, 400,000 troops, the casualties were close to 300,000, and the direct casualties reached more than 100,000, and no less than 50,000 horses became prisoners of the Ming army, and Tokugawa Iemitsu only 150,000 remnants were defeated, and fled all the way to Edo.
Dongying's last hope was dashed like this, and it was only a matter of time before the whole territory was occupied by the Ming Dynasty!