Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Bloody Battle of Edo Defeats the Tokugawa Ietsuna

This kind of tactic of establishing a circular position after landing, taking advantage of the naval army's artillery fire, and killing and injuring a large number of opponents is a classic tactic, and the people of Yaogang can already use it proficiently.

Tokugawa Ietsuna thought that although their artillery fire was much worse than that of the kiln workers, they were scattered and suddenly attacked, which would definitely contain the opponent's artillery and win a short time for the cavalry to rush forward. Mix with the opponent, and the opponent's artillery will not dare to open fire again.

In fact, Tokugawa Ietsuna's idea was still very correct, and Tokugawa Ietsuna's artillery did cause some casualties to Mu Yi and his officers and soldiers on the dock, but what he didn't expect was that the cannons on the Yaogang people's naval warships did not participate in the shelling, but only used mortars on the position to return fire.

Although Tokugawa Ietsuna did not hear the return fire of the heavy artillery, he knew that the cannon of the Yaogang people and sailors had not moved, that is, they were still waiting for them to attack, but it was impossible not to charge at this time. Tokugawa Ietsuna immediately ordered to rush forward quickly to get involved with the kiln people.

In Japan, the cavalry was samurai, and the infantry were the famous soldiers, and they were probably peasant craftsmen in peacetime and soldiers in wartime.

Most of the Japanese samurai on horseback were armed with spears, and some of the samurai were skilled in arrows with bows and arrows. They heard the sound of trumpets and war drums, shouted and beat their horses and rushed to the docks, and behind them were the tide of infantry.

Tokugawa Iezuna, who was originally very afraid of the artillery fire of the kiln gang people, suddenly increased his courage when he saw the brave soldiers rushing forward, and these Japanese samurai who were not afraid of death would cut off the heads of the kiln gang people one by one as long as they rushed up. Tokugawa Ietsuna gritted his teeth and thought hatefully. Suddenly, like the sky and the earth cracking, the shell fell in the middle of the charging team and exploded with "boom".

Mu Yi had 22 130 cannons and 4 203 caliber cannons in each fleet, and a few salvos covered the Japanese troops in front of the position. And that's not all. The artillerymen continued to extend their fire, covering the Japanese troops rushing behind them. Tokugawa Ietsuna hid behind a large rock and was not injured again.

Before the infantry could shoot, the Japanese, who were not dead, left behind the corpses and the wounded soldiers who screamed "whooping" and retreated.

The soldiers on the position stomped their feet angrily and scolded the artillery on the warship behind, they were killed and wounded by the sudden attack of the Japanese artillery, and many brothers were injured, and they wanted to wait for the Japanese to come up and teach them a good lesson. Unexpectedly, before it was their turn to shoot, the Japanese were blown back by the artillery.

After the Tokugawa Ietsuna sent people to understand the situation, he gasped, almost none of the more than 2,000 cavalry they led the charge came back, and the infantry behind them were killed and wounded more than 6,000 people, and the battle could not be fought.

The staff around him trembled and said to Tokugawa Ietsuna: "General, you can't fight like this!" So how many of us are not enough! ”

"Hey, hey! Do you mean that we surrender? Tokugawa Ietssuna asked with a sneer.

"No, no, it's not! General, I want to say ....."

"You mean to leave these people behind and wait to be taken prisoner by the kiln people?" Tokugawa Ietssuna said with red eyes, "I'd rather them die here than let them surrender to the kiln people!" ”

No one dared to speak more, and they knew that if anyone spoke more, Tokugawa Ietssuna would not hesitate to cut off his head.

There were a lot of troops in the back, and support came up.

Tokugawa Ietsuna personally arranged the arrangement, organized more than 3,000 cavalry, and placed more than 30,000 infantry. It is still the old way, all the artillery is scattered and concealed, and the cannons suddenly "knock" at the position of the kiln gang people, and at the same time, the driving force rushes towards the position of the kiln gang people. Before leaving, Tokugawa Ietsuna said to the generals who led the charge: "You have two ways to live, one is to occupy the position of the Yaogang people and kill all the enemies, and the other is to surrender to the enemy in the past. Otherwise, if you can't attack it and retreat, I will kill you. ”

The meaning of Tokugawa Ietsuna is very clear, that is, if you can't rush forward, you will die in front of the battle, and this is a decisive charge.

The front team drove up, and Tokugawa Ietsuna organized more than 30,000 people behind him, and ordered them to rush forward with the army in front, and if they were all killed in battle, you would rush with them. In any case, we must fight to the death with the determination to die with the kiln gang people, otherwise there will be no hope for us in Japan.

Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui all drank tea on the Hongze Lake.

Wu Sangui wanted to go ashore, but Mu Yi said, "None of the three of us are allowed to go ashore!" He pretended to be serious and said, "This is an order!" ”

Wu Sangui had no choice but to touch his head and say, "This battle is boring!" It's not fun to use the radio to direct a war! ”

Zheng Zhilong leaned back in the chair steadily, took a sip of tea, put down the cup and said, "Old Wu, you are really boring, just talk about the fun!" ”

"Oops! Lao Tzu fought with the Manchus at Shanhaiguan, it was all face-to-face, horse-to-horse, knife-to-knife, that was exciting! Wu Sangui spread his hands and said, "Look at it, there is not even a little dust on your body, is this a war?" ”

Wu Sangui's expression made Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong laugh uncontrollably.

Mu Yi said, "Don't worry! I think Tokugawa Ietssuna is not a fool, and he will soon understand that they will not be able to take advantage of us in a war here, and will definitely stay away from our naval artillery and fight us again. However, in these battles in front of us, we must kill and wound as many of them as possible. It will not be easy to have such an opportunity again. At that time, you just don't want to go ashore. We are not as good as you in matters on land. ”

Mu Yi's words made Wu Sangui dizzy, "Hehe! Commander Mu is exalting our old Wu, but I am still willing to listen! ”

"Haha!" All three laughed. These three people work very well together.

After laughing, Wu Sangui said: "When they react, our heavy equipment will also be unloaded." I can still pick them up when I get inland. ”

"Tokugawa Ietssuna is desperate to come again, let's wait!" Zheng Zhilong said.

Mu Yi said: "Mr. Zhang gave us the order to completely solve the Japanese. We can extinguish more here, and we can extinguish less when we go ashore. In short, it is necessary to solve it completely. ”

"I said Commander Mu, don't forget that you still have prisoners at home!" Zheng Zhilong reminded.

Wu Sangui said: "In fact, when we kill the Japanese with muskets, it is similar to killing a yellow sheep. However, it will take a bit of effort to catch them alive. The Japanese are not willing to surrender! ”

"In any case, we must first ensure that our soldiers are not harmed, and those who do not surrender are welcome." Mu Yi said, "It's best to catch more prisoners, if you can't and don't force it!" ”

"That's right! I agree with Commander Muslim! As soon as Wu Sangui said this, there was another "dong dong" cannon sound on the dock.

"Listen, it's the artillery of the Japanese, and here they are again! Hehe! Zheng Zhilong smiled after speaking.

"The Japanese have made a lot of progress, and they know how to hide the cannon and use it!" Mu Yi said, "For a while, we haven't been able to get rid of their cannons first. ”

The commander on the shore was already a military commander of Yaogang, he was on the position, directly using the radio to direct the artillery on the naval warship and the artillery just arranged on the shore, and this time the Japanese were still old tactics, he did not command the artillery to cover the infantry behind the Japanese cavalry with close to the head as he did last time, but directed the artillery to cover the infantry behind the Japanese cavalry with close heads. For the infantry, the warheads that exploded overhead threw countless prefabricated fragments at them, and each shell harvested a large number of Japanese soldiers. However, the Japanese knew that Tokugawa Ietsuna had given the death order, and the life of the islanders was full of disasters, so that the Japanese also had this sense of pride in death, and the soldiers behind them still stepped on the flesh and blood of their brothers, constantly charging forward, and those cavalry who rushed to the front were dealt with by mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and automatic rifles on the position. Soon, the cavalrymen who were not dead crashed into the horses, and then they were hit by the red-hot bullets and the bloody holes.

The Japanese were like ants that could not be killed, constantly killing batch after batch, and the Japanese soldiers who missed the shells still rushed towards the position of the Yaogang people, and of course they also died in front of the battle. This scene made the defenders of Yaogang a little puzzled, why did the Japanese come to send them to death. Courage is not the same as suicide, it is not the same as stupidity. How did they know that if the Japanese did not rush up and retreat and be killed, their families would feel ashamed. So, the Japanese prefer to die in front of the battle.

Killing people like this constantly, the kiln soldiers are really weak in their hands. The cannon of the kiln gang could not be fired continuously, and all the artillery fire began to shoot alternately, and Tokugawa Ietsuna saw that the artillery fire of the kiln gang people was finally not as dense as before, and he was happy in his heart, and felt that the opportunity had come, and mobilized all the troops to rush up.

Mu Yi heard the previous report and said, "I think we should use ***!" ”

"Yes! The Japanese must have been piled up in front of the battle! "Zheng Zhilong knows that piles of corpses of Japanese people are good incendiary.

The cannons in the kiln suddenly stopped, and Tokugawa Ietsuna's voice was a little deformed with excitement, and he shouted, "Here's the opportunity!" The order rushed forward! "The Japanese fought more violently. The entire attacking Japanese officers and soldiers felt that the heavy artillery of the Yaogang people had stopped firing, and they all felt that the opportunity had come, and rushed forward with a shout.

But the sound of rolling thunder in the sky they were familiar with sounded again, but the earth-shattering explosion they had expected seemed much quieter. The sound was not loud, but the catastrophe was even more terrifying, there was a pungent smell everywhere, and then there was a flame that could never be extinguished, and the soldiers who were ignited rolled all over the ground into new weapons, and the people they pounced on would immediately burn into flames like them, and if they got a little fire on their bodies, they would burn with their hands. With the extension of *** coverage, the entire front of the position became a sea of fire.

The Japanese who fell to the ground became very good incendiary objects, and no matter how brave the Japanese behind them were, no one dared to rush into such a sea of fire.

One of the staff members took the opportunity to whisper in the ear of Tokugawa Ietsuna: "Shogun, we are fighting near the sea and Yaogang, and we are suffering the loss of the cannons on their warships, and if we continue to fight like this, we will not be able to take advantage." It is better to lure them to the land and mountains, and we can take advantage of our large number of people to fight them bloodily. Otherwise, we will fall for them if we continue to fight like this! ”

Originally, this staff member was right in the front, and Tokugawa Ietsuna was also very happy, but what he said later was that he was a kiln worker, which was equivalent to scolding himself for being a kiln gang person, and Tokugawa Ietsuna was angry, pulled out his waist knife, and cut off the head of this staff member.

Tokugawa Ietsuna hacked him to death, not only to get angry, but also to let others know that the idea of retreating inland and fighting in the kiln was his own idea.

Tokugawa Ietsuna wiped the blood from his sword, ordered the army to stop the attack, set fire to the remaining buildings in Edo, and retreated to the rear.

In this battle, Tokugawa Ietsuna left nearly 50,000 people here and finally retreated.

Hearing that the Japanese had retreated, Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui also came to the dock. The delta wing pilots in Yaogang also flew into the sky to conduct reconnaissance.

Mu Yi said: "If the Japanese withdraw, we don't have to rush to chase after us. We're going to wait until we've got all our heavy equipment ashore and then we're going to cut off Honshu Island to the west. Split up and attack north and south! ”

Zheng Zhilong said: "There is no lifting equipment on the shore, and it is difficult for our cannons, crawler tractors, and cars to get ashore. ”

"This Edo Bay (Tokyo Bay) is a good place, and we have to put some effort into building it. Inform the family to get two two-megawatt generators as soon as possible, and there is no lifting equipment on the dock! Mu Yi said.

"Haha! It seems that Commander Mu has made this place his own! Zheng Zhilong said with a smile.

"That's right!" Wu Sangui said, "Isn't this why we have worked so hard and killed so many people? ”

"Hmmm! Lao Wu understands me! Mu Yi said.

The three of them were talking and laughing, and came to the position to visit the officers and soldiers.

Mu Yi happily asked the soldiers in the trenches: "How is it?" Brothers, did you enjoy this battle? ”

"It's not fun, it's not fun!"

"It's boring!"

Mu Yi never expected that the soldiers were satisfied, he thought that the soldiers would be happy!

A company commander felt a little overwhelmed and said, "Commander Mu, don't blame the soldiers. We really didn't do much. The work was done by the artillerymen. Look at how big the area is in front of us, how many artillery we have, and how can we still be left with less Japanese to fight. Now the war is, the artillerymen eat meat, we drink soup! I don't think this battle is boring! ”

"Huh! All right! Mu Yi said, "We are about to attack the interior of Honshu, don't be afraid of it then!" ”

"No, we will not be soft on those little fools." The company commander said.

After unloading the cargo and soldiers, the two 5,000-ton ships returned to Kyushu to transport troops. Mu Yi and the others advanced steadily, and there was a delta wing in the sky to reconnoitre, as long as they found a gathering of Japanese in the near distance, the cannonballs of the kiln gang flew directly over and covered them. Therefore, the kiln gang has almost entered no man's land all the way forward.

Mu Yi, Zheng Zhilong, and Wu Sangui repeatedly studied where the Japanese would fight us. However, they never made a judgment, and the delta wing aerial reconnaissance did not find any more Japanese in the vicinity.

The Yaogang command center called back to remind Mu Yi to be careful of Tokugawa Ietsuna's counterattack on Kyushu, because a large number of his troops were deployed in the southern part of Honshu, and we suddenly mobilized many troops to attack Edo, and they could easily counterattack Kyushu.

Mu Yi and Zheng Zhilong Wu Sangui received the telegram and felt that it made sense, and immediately decided that Zheng Zhilong would lead two steel-hulled warships to Kyushu, and Zheng Zhilong would personally defend against a possible counterattack by Tokugawa Ietsuna.

At the same time, it was decided that Wu Sangui would lead the army to attack and advance westward, and strive to hit the main force looking for Tokugawa Ietsuna as soon as possible and give them greater damage. After reaching the western coast, wait for the follow-up army to come back and jointly attack south, because most of the Japanese army is still in the south, and Tokugawa Ietsuna is likely to go south.

The three of them analyzed that Tokugawa Ietsuna would definitely look for a place where he could give full play to the advantages of their large number of people and fight with me. Because the war is on their territory, they are familiar with the situation, and they want to defeat us as soon as possible, so we don't need to be in a hurry, and it is beneficial for us to advance slowly and steadily.

After Tokugawa Ietsuna ordered a retreat, he rode his horse all the way, despite the unhealed wounds. On the way, Tokugawa Ietsuna ordered a retreat to the area around Mt. Norikura. Because it is far from the coast, the mountains are not very steep, but the mountains are so continuous that it is difficult for outsiders to find out when they hide a large army. Moreover, this area is the only way for the Yaogang people to go south to pursue them. The Tokugawa family gathered more troops in this mountainous area to fight to the death against the Yaogang people. The reason why Tokugawa Ietsuna did not flee into any city was that he knew that no city could stop the kiln people, and it was easy to destroy the city. In fact, he didn't know that the Yaogang people at this time had already regarded the Japanese as their own, and they were more reluctant to destroy the city than him.

After running to Mt. Norikura, a daimyo said to Tokugawa Ietsuna: "Shogun, I see that the people of Yaogang suddenly transferred their army to Edo to attack us, contrary to their original plan, and indeed took us by surprise and made us suffer a great loss. However, they also left a flaw. ”

"Oh! Let's talk about it! Tokugawa Ietssuna was interested, and now he needed a good idea so badly.

"They transferred their troops to the central part of Honshu, and the four countries of Kyushu were bound to be empty of troops. We might as well be like this, they came to Honshu, why can't we send troops to Kyushu? ”

"Hmmm! It's kind of interesting," Tokugawa Ietsuna was interested, and immediately called several intimate generals to discuss this matter with them, but they didn't expect that several generals agreed to this suggestion.

One even said that if we launched an attack on Kyushu, even if we did not succeed, we would be able to contain the attack of the Yaogang people in central Honshu from there.

Tokugawa Ietsuna consulted with several of his staff and decided to send a shogun to hurry south and take full responsibility for the attack from Honshu to Kyushu at his discretion.

The general didn't know that there was already a man much more powerful than him, waiting for him in the south!

After sending off the generals heading south, Tokugawa Ietsuna summoned a meeting of the daimyo families who had gathered together to study how to fight this battle here. This is because most of the armies that have been gathered belong to these daimyos, and it is difficult to command these armies without their cooperation.

However, as soon as the meeting began, a big name said, "These mountains are full of people who have fled, and we don't need the kiln gang people to fight, our goal will be exposed." ”

Tokugawa Ietssuna said impatiently, "Get rid of them at once, and leave those who can do the work and repair the fortifications." If the others don't leave, they will go directly...."Tokugawa Ietsuna gestured his neck with his hand, which means to kill!

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New progress in "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty": the Battle of Yashan, the defeat of the Yuan army, the counterattack of the Song army, and the landing in Fuzhou.