As the sun set, Xiuyuan led 1,700 troops through the ruins of Tian'an City, looking at the scorched black and the ruins of the walls that were still emitting white smoke around him, he couldn't help but scold Changzheng again: "A good city was abolished by you like this?" This time to send troops to Zhushan, if it wins, it's fine, if it loses, won't there even be a place to hide, I really don't know what your head thinks. ”

"I just don't want to send me to death before I set fire to the city, who would have thought that you would be so stupid that you would take us to death together, with a general like you, my long government is eight lifetimes of mold." Of course, these words Changzheng only dared to mumble in his heart, as for his mouth, he still had to admit his mistake: "Please forgive Your Highness, the last general thought that the army would retreat south after the peace of Ancheng, in order to prevent the Ming army from seizing it, he burned Tian'an with a heart, who knew that His Royal Highness had another big incident..."

"Okay," Xiuyuan waved his hand: "I didn't expect that the 20,000-strong East Route Army was only 3,000 left, and what was even more terrifying was that the Ming Army inexplicably had 20,000 more, but according to the plan of the servant, the Ming Army on the east side of the road would be handed over to Xiuzhong, and we only need to deal with the chasing soldiers on the West Road. ”

"Your Highness, don't get excited, without Tianan, aren't there still Cheng Huanli and Ancheng in front of you." Changzheng tried to excuse his mistakes.

"Cheng Huanli? That's just south of Pyeongtaek, maybe it has been captured by the Ming Dynasty coalition army now, as for Anseong, you don't know, it's a small city, and it's a flat city, easy to attack and difficult to defend, hiding there is a dead end. Don't say it, our army is on par with the Ming army this time, and he doesn't dare to start a war rashly, as long as he can hold them back, and when the Xiu family withdraws, we can immediately detour to Yangcheng and return to Qingzhou, according to what the waiter said, it has not yet been occupied by the Ming army, and the resistance to retreat should be very small. ”

"Equal?" Changzheng shook his head, looked at the only half of the sunset on Wangya Mountain, sighed and continued to move forward.

At the same time, the bombardment of Chungju by the Western Route Army led by Gao Ji continued, but due to the reinforcements of the Ming army, the situation gradually became unfavorable to the Japanese army.

As for the Southern Route Army led by Gao Hu, they made full use of the geographical advantages on Yueyue to bomb the Ming army at the northern foot indiscriminately, due to the lack of ships, although the number was twice that of the Japanese army, but the Ming army had no chance to launch a counteroffensive, and could only rely on firearms to carry out deterrent shooting on the Yueyue Mountain on the other bank, but the effect could only be said to be unsatisfactory.

The highlight of the Eastern Front was concentrated in the area of Dichuan, because the Japanese army of 15,000 people participated in the battle, and the city defense of Dichuan was almost completely destroyed, the pressure of the Ming army can be imagined. Even if Rumei was personally in command, it was still a little powerless to resist the Japanese army with a total of 6,000 troops nearly three times her size.

Rumei thought that the Japanese army was just trying to feint this time and take this opportunity to rescue the remnants of Jiulong Mountain, and would never use too many troops, but she didn't expect to use the entire army to attack the weakest embankment, so she began to doubt her initial idea: "Do you really want to wipe out our army?" ”

Although Xiuzhong was defeated in the battle of Jishan in the hands of Ma Gui, in the face of Li Rumei of the Eastern Route Army, this group of Sanhe warriors was unwilling to be soft at all, just like Xiuzhong said: "Jishan killed my 3,000 brothers, and I want to return it twice as much as Dichuan!" ”

However, things did not go as smoothly as Xiuzhong thought, with the advantage of heavy firearms, Rumei still successfully resisted Xiuzhong on the east bank of the embankment, and blew up the pontoon bridge on the river at night, which caused the morale of the Japanese army.

On the whole, Xiubao's strategy was successful, except for Li Jingxiao in the north of the North Road, the rest of the roads formed a suppression or confrontation situation, which created a rare opportunity for the Xiujia and the president on Jiulong Mountain.

Seeing the Ming army under the mountain decreasing in batches, the governor could probably think of what was going on: "It seems that His Royal Highness has received the news and led the army to relieve the siege." ”

Xiujia nodded: "It should be so, but you see, there are still 4,000 people under this mountain, and we only have 2,000 in our hands, so it's still very difficult to fight hard." ”

"There's no need to fight hard," the governor said with a little surprise: "Now that the Ming army has removed the three-sided encirclement and changed to a three-sided patrol and one side surveillance, isn't this already a great opportunity?" ”

"According to you, we should start breaking out immediately?" Xiujia asked.

The governor stroked his unique mustache and bowed his head slightly: "Almost, four thousand must be the bottom limit of the Ming army, and we don't expect to achieve a one-to-one ratio, as far as it seems at present, except for the south, there is a considerable chance for any side to break through." ”

"I don't think so." At this moment, the long boat Gang, who had just made a great achievement, came straight to the Xiu family, bowed down and said: "In the battle of Nanpo, the morale of the Ming army is greatly lost, if our army takes this opportunity to storm the Ming army camp and break through from the south, it will definitely be able to suffer unexpected results." ”

"Looking at the north road without soldiers, you just pick the south road where the 4,000 Ming troops are stationed, are you confused?" Xiujia asked in a low voice.

"My lord, please imagine, if our army breaks through from the west road, although it will not be blocked by the Ming army at first, but in the future, as time goes by, the pursuit of the Ming army will make our army breathless, and if we encounter the reinforcements sent out before, it will be a dead end.

It is different to break through from the south road, first of all, you can give the Ming army a blow by surprise, coupled with the impact of the previous defeat, it will definitely make a considerable part of the Ming army lose their fighting spirit and flee, and the rest of the Ming army will first gather and reorganize the chaotic team even if they want to chase, so that it will waste some time; Secondly, compared to Chungju in the west, Danyang in the south is easier to break through, and it is close to Gyeongsang-do, which is controlled by our army, and it is believed that the Ming army will never dare to rashly cross the border to attack. Of course, how to break through is still up to you and Settsu to decide, and the minister is ordered. ”

"Nagafune-sama's idea is quite bold, but in the current situation, it would be better to take a more secure plan." The governor thought about it, and after all, he still felt that it was safe first, even if there was a Ming army to pursue, it was no way, and the losses caused by the impact on the Ming camp would not necessarily be smaller than the losses caused by the palace.

At this time, the Xiu family thought that it was important to save their lives, even if the Ming army pursued, it was only the palace army that died, and he rode a horse anyway, so he shouldn't have to worry about his life. Thinking of this, he also nodded in agreement with the governor's point of view, and decided to break through from the west road that night, with Tadaemon as the striker, and Tsunao and Sukuma in charge of the rear of the palace.

Xiujia's side was about to break through, but Xiubao's side was surrounded by 3,000 Ming troops. As Lee Kyung-hyo said, no matter how much a thousand people run, they will not be able to run without a trace, especially in the face of the North Koreans who are glaring at each other, let alone advance into Zhushan without knowing it. As soon as the Japanese army left, groups of Koreans ran to Li Jingxiao's command to report the news, of course, patriotism is one thing, and being able to receive a considerable amount of food is also an objective factor that cannot be ignored.