Sun Tzu's Art of War: If you don't know yourself and don't know the other, you will slack off if you don't fight!

Matsudaira Nobutsuna thought that he had studied Mao Jue on the other side, and also studied Itakura Shigemasa under his command, but it turned out that he had not studied any of them thoroughly, and when the Tokugawa family crest, which was missing more than half, was sent back to the Nagasaki military camp, this old devil was also desperate and almost didn't directly kneel on the ground and cut his belly.

More than 10,000 Tokugawa clans' elite Mikawa Legions were almost wiped out, and even more bad news was brought that more than 20,000 Tokai pirates had merged into the Catholic Church of Amakusa Tokisada.

It's really worth ironic, what Mao Jue used as an excuse was the Japanese Kou, in the end, the Japanese Kou actually served as Mao Jue's killer weapon, the main event, he stabbed the shogunate in the back, and the 100,000 army Mao Jue couldn't eat a bite, so he gnawed down 10,000 first by his own negligence.

What was supposed to be a crisis began to develop towards collapse.

"General, this, what should I do?"

"Itakura Shigemasa lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and the crime should be seppuku!"

I have to admire, in terms of bravery, this Itakura Shigemasa is indeed one of the best generals under the shogunate, he was ambushed by fire in the morning, and in the afternoon he took the remnants of the army and the East China Sea bandits who suddenly appeared at sea for a whole afternoon, this guy actually came back alive, and brought back more than a thousand remnants of the defeated generals.

It's just that there is an end to bravery, more than a dozen arrows were inserted in the body, and a few shots were shot, and after returning to the Nagasaki camp, Itakura Shigemasa was directly carried in, and at this time he was lying on the mat and didn't know if he was dead.

The scholars and scholars of the Ming Dynasty don't care how to solve the problem first, first shirk the responsibility and attack each other, and then say, the name of this Japanese people, the retainers are not strong, at this time I don't want to know how to break through, first attack each other, and make a Chinese army are noisy and shouting like a market, and the Matsudaira Nobutsuna who listened to it is even more big.

"Yaga!"

It's really cheap, a furious scolding, the dozen or so daimyo in the house and the cronies under his command closed their mouths together, a pair of eyes were red, the shogunate's Izu think tank's usual gentle and elegant look disappeared completely, and the biting dog trembled and roared with his cheeks.

"The battle hasn't been lost yet! Our army still has tens of thousands of stones of food, the core of the Kyushu Rebellion is these distant Tang Kou, as long as they are destroyed, a pinch and ronin are the meat on the knife, pass on the general's order, tomorrow, the whole army will be dispatched, and Tang Kou will fight to the death, strive to defeat Tang Kou in two days, and return to the army to quell the rebellion!"

"Hello!"

A large group of old devils were driven out of the Chinese army by rolling and crawling, and even the half-dead Itakura Shigemasa was carried away, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna was left alone in the tent, and the anger that could not be suppressed just now broke out again, and suddenly there was another goga, and the katana was pulled out of the scabbard, and the people of the Imperial Three Family slashed at the table like a madman.

With a refreshing click, the table was halved, and the messy writing brushes on it were scattered all over the ground, scattered along with these things, as well as the fighting spirit of this Tokugawa thinker, a series of accidents, he couldn't calm down.

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But this person was indeed decisive enough, and he did not hesitate at all when he knew where the turning point was, and only early the next morning, more than 90,000 Japanese troops opened the battle line again, and the black suppressed samurai bee chrysalis rushed out of the barracks, gathered into six large phalanxes, and launched an attack in shouting.

"It's just in time!"

There are more than 10,000 people, there are no borders, not to mention more than 90,000 troops, rounded up to hundreds of millions, the morning sun shines on the past, and countless blades reflect the cold light like a knife mountain, I only came back last evening, and after waking up, I followed my subordinates out of the camp to see the enemy, looking at the dense footsteps that were overwhelming, even Mao Jue was a little dizzy and rubbed his forehead.

"He has to hesitate for two or three days, even if Zhuge is alive, he can't turn the tables, he lost the army yesterday, and today he will launch a fierce attack regardless of the consequences, this Matsudaira Shingang is really a talent!"

"General, how do we deal with the battle?"

Don't look at the overwhelming number of Japanese people, a few stupid people in Dongjiang Tieyi Town not only have no fear at all, but they are still pulling their fingers one by one, calculating how many heads they can cut today, and how many military exploits they can exchange when they go back.

"At your sister's behalf! That's all I have to say! Who the hell is fighting hard with this gang of little devils? Pass on Lao Tzu's military order, the three armies retreat and withdraw to Tucheng!"

"But, master, isn't it just to fight to the death with these little devils when we go out of the city?"

Still unwilling, the huge sea asked with a blank eye, this time Mao Jue didn't even bother to explain.

"General Pang's courage can be increased! Give you twenty people to cut off the army, the second regiment, give Lao Tzu a retreat!"

didn't turn his head, Mao Jue walked directly back, he was stunned for a while, watching the bastard balls pat his shoulder, and after looking at him sympathetically, he also swaggered and followed his family master to Tucheng, Geng Zhongming was also ashamed to help him take care of his newly married concubine Yunyun, and after a few seconds, the huge sea finally woke up sadly.

"General! The little ones ......, the little ones don't dare......"

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It was still a joke just now, but after the break, it became a world reality again, this time it can be regarded as Mao Jue's command error, I didn't expect the Japanese soldiers to come so decisively, and the bright tent used to pretend to show off their wealth has become a burden at this time, and before the camp is dismantled, the other party has already killed the edge of the Luzhai trench.

Huge Hai and Geng Zhongming were sent to the back together to become the palace guard, but they didn't send twenty people, but the second regiment was left behind, and the huge sea that had just wilted was in hand, and it seemed that it had become a living tiger again.

"Shoot!"

"Fa Ye!"

As a firearms unit, when they got there, they were digging trenches, standing behind the deer village trenches, facing the swarming group of Japanese warriors, the Ming army's flintlock musketeers did not hesitate to pull the trigger, there were too many people on the opposite side, and they didn't even need to aim, as long as they were within the range, they didn't have to worry about hitting people, and in the dense gunfire like fried beans, the neat Japanese soldiers phalanx immediately cracked out one by one like glass exposed to hail, and the samurai who were shot rushed to crawl to the ground.

But the fire gun is still the least threatening one, Mao Jue went out of the city purely to pretend to be forced, to put pressure on Matsudaira Nobutsuna, so that he did not dare to retreat after the army to quell the rebellion, he didn't think about the past and the Kyushu shogunate officials and soldiers in this small plain desperately, in front of the entire army array, Mao Jue was buried with dense mines, which rushed into a hundred meters, when the god army encountered the fire and thunder hell, these shogunate soldiers also tasted, this head held a spear and just began to charge, under the feet was a loud noise, two or three mines were stepped on together, Dozens of Japanese soldiers were swept over by the air waves, and blood was sprinkled down.

The sound of explosions one after another was like a lotus blossom on the ground, beautiful and cruel, even the shogunate army that was ready to attack without knowing the price could not resist this price, and the Shimazu family, the Nabeshima family, and the Kuroda family elders of the overseers had to order a halt in a hurry, and once again moved the long whip hand wielding three or four meters long to the front of the military formation.

Smack ~ Bang ~ Bang ~ Bang ~ This kind of stupid method is really good to deal with land mines, except for the occasional close to each other, being blown up and broken hands and feet, the mines blocking the road ahead are meaninglessly discharged one after another, Mao Jue's battalion is still slowly taken down by these Japanese soldiers who have an absolute advantage in numbers, but this kung fu, Mao Jue has already packed up with the troops, and the wool has not left him a single thread.

Coupled with the "elite" of the Li Dynasty, the Xiongjin mercenary regiment, more than 9,000 people and horses lined up in a three-fold formation in the trench under the tucheng, three rows of cold and light bayonets lined outward, on the head, melee hand-to-hand combat is general, but the shooting is also the same well-trained reserve soldiers also pressed the dense firearms, more than 90 large and small artillery pieces lined up, and the fat sea, which had just been a little embarrassed, was completely back to his blood at this time, standing at the head of the trench, spitting and jumping on his feet, like a shrew scolding the street, burying and scolding something.

"Little devil! Aren't you chasing after your uncle's ass and smelling it? I'm here, uncle, and I'm capable of you coming! I'll fork your three big legs! That's the one who came to fight with me for 300 rounds! ”

After chasing Mao Jue's camp, listening to the scolding of the huge sea, two hundred meters away, the Japanese soldiers stopped their pace again.

Just such a low earthen wall, shallow trench, but it is the lingering nightmare of the shogunate army, twice, in front of this simple earthen wall that can no longer be simple, what Kyushu No. 1 swordsman, the first bow in the southeast I don't know how much has fallen, the low wall seems to never be able to touch that, no matter how strong the samurai, a bullet passes through the chest, and he has to lie there forever.

But it didn't stay long, and in the messy footsteps behind, the supervising team composed of Kishu archers occupied the rear of the entire military formation, and the cold and shining arrows hit the back of their heads, and Kuroda, Nabeshima, Hosokawa, Mizuno, Arima, Shimazu and other leading banners of the samurai retainers were also circled by Matsudaira Nobutsuna.

"Ladies and gentlemen, just now the general got the news that after the Matsuura Ronin and Shimahara Kazuki converged, they did not come to Nagasaki Castle to support, but marched northeast, and Tomioka Castle of the Karatsu Domain was just broken at noon!"

"All the main families are gathered here! If the army is entangled here by Tang Kou in front of him, what about Kyushu? I don't need to go into details! ”

These words made several Kyushu daimyo all swallow their saliva heavily.

In order to aid the Nabeshima Domain, almost all of Kyushu's main forces were gathered here, more than a dozen daimyo were all elites, and the rest of the clans were old and weak, otherwise how could the Shimabara Domain be broken so quickly?

Even yesterday, these Kyushu daimyo did not have such a painful skin as now, it was originally said that there were 30,000 people in Shimahara, plus the Matsuura water bandits, and there were no less than 50,000 pirates in the East China Sea, this force, it is estimated that the strongest Shimazu family in Kyushu could not resist it, thinking that this power swept the entire Kyushu like the autumn wind sweeping the leaves, and none of the flag-book samurai fires burned to the throat.

In the next few minutes, almost all of these high-ranking samurai were scattered to the front line of the battlefield, especially Shimazu Kuaki of the Satsuma Domain, who served as the vanguard.

A katana was raised, and the guy kicked his frustrated horse like a madman and galloped in front of the army.

"The general has a military report! Shimahara Kazuku has gone straight to Kitakyushu, everyone's Lutian family service is under the hooves of these rebellious beasts, if you want to keep the Shimazu family, you must defeat these Tang Kou in front of you!"

"The men of the Shimazu family, defend the township party, right today! Rush me and kill all these Tang thieves! Tie their heads under their horses, then turn back and slay them all! Come on! ”

Nothing is more important than home, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's words were indeed like a needle of chicken blood stabbed into the veins of every samurai, under the dense beating of war drums that almost broke the heartbeat, with a snort, the Japanese army forward was like a desperate mouth, countless samurai held high spears, iron cannons, and katanas, and launched a new charge without fear of death.

"Your uncle! It's really coming! ”

In the astonishment, a butt fell directly from the trench, the tonnage of the huge sea, the Tucheng seemed to shake twice, but even in the face of the crazy Japanese army, it did not shake the morale of the Dongjiang Iron Righteous Army in the slightest, the Japanese people are bloody beasts, and the Iron Righteous Army is like a fleshless machine, under the order of the respective regiment commanders, one by one the regiments showed their heads from the slope of the trench without emotion.

On both sides of the coast, the Dongjiang Fleet, which was divided into two branches, also began to nest into the death ring, the outermost side of the sailing ship, the iron chain rattling, and a dark cast-iron heavy cannon poked out its heavy head ferociously.

If you rely on the army at hand, Mao Jue can't beat him, but can you fight hard with him on his home field? Mao Jue really didn't scare anyone, and the loud battle horn and war drums resounded throughout Tucheng, with a hideous nose, carrying the big silk with his own hands, Mao Jue was smiling madly.

"Dog jumping off the wall? This will wipe out your last hope completely! Open fire!"

The cannon at the head of the wall began to roar first, followed by the muskets also fired, after the restructuring, both the caliber and the barrel have been expanded, the range of the flintlock pistols of the Dongjiang Iron Righteous Army has reached one hundred and fifty meters, this time it is a salvo of 10,000 muskets, the sky is instantly filled with the white smoke of steaming gunpowder, under the blow of the storm, the warriors of the various domains who are still charging frantically seem to hit an invisible wall, and the first, second, third and fourth rows of the crackling business almost fell together, dragging half of the body that was almost blown away, An Shimazu flag staggered a few steps forward, but still fell to the ground in despair.

On the other side, a hornet-like shrapnel bombed into the main formation of the Nabeshima family, almost completely soaking a large mida horse mark with flying blood.

Rushing through the smoke of gunpowder, stepping on the corpses, the samurai behind were also running with swords shouting, the head of the city, the same cold order was executed, the second row of flintlock musketeers stepped forward calmly, and once again put the muzzle of the gun under the tree, facing forward, within a few dozen meters, the peak of the second killing, the lotus bloomed like that.

Almost with all his might, dragging all the way to the blood, he rushed to the front of this trench, one arm was gone, and he held a knife in his left hand, the swordsman of the Shimazu family was hoarse, but his pupils were burning with a little bit of hope, and he rushed down the slope, but only a second later, his hope was instantly extinguished, the bayonet was pierced out neatly and mechanically like a machine, and the saber representing the pride of the samurai in his hand was easily knocked away, and then the cold steel pierced into his chest, and the whole person was actually thrown out.

The destruction of almost the front row of the army, for the iron rebels like the machine, only represents a tactical move.

Kill!

(End of chapter)