Chapter 203: The Great Return of Iwaki
Worthy of the name of a generation of heroes, Date Harumun galloped for one hundred and twenty miles in a row, traversing the entire land of Iwaki, and finally arrived at the outskirts of Naganuma Castle in the middle of the night. After taking a brief look at the interior of Naganuma Castle from a high place, it seemed that there was no defense, and immediately drove the troops forward, despite the exhaustion of the soldiers. "Alas, you said that if Ashikaga Molong hadn't promoted the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I wouldn't have achieved great success tonight!" Date Harumi said very reservedly to the side, and suddenly a sound of sycophants sounded.
But soon the charging cavalry fell one by one, and countless Mutsu feathered athletes were thrown from their horses, wailing all over the field, people turned on their horses, and the cavalry behind them who had no time to dodge even tripped. The first fierce general of the Ida family who charged in front of the ghost court Zuo Yuezhai relied on his strong body to stand up, and through the faint light of the fire on the opposite side, he saw that there were still dense pockmarks on the ground, and this pockmarked was actually a pit the size of countless basins, not to mention the night, even the cavalry charge during the day would not be noticed. But these pits are more than a foot deep, and you can imagine what will happen to the galloping horses when they step on them all at once. It's just running on the flat ground of the track and field and falling down and waiting to break through the skin, not to mention stepping on the air in this crazy state, and fractures are all routine operations. The problem is that there are still cavalry on the war horse, and the war horse suddenly slowed down, and after many cavalry were thrown out, they were directly broken by the huge inertial force. Not far away, there are even dense thistles on the ground! It's crazy!
Obviously, even if the Ming army that single-handedly drove the Mongolian iron cavalry that swept across Europe and Asia back to the steppe, even if it was a serf soldier for a hundred years, there was still a skill in housekeeping, especially after coming to the Kwantung region, the Ming army had also become a standing army that did not need to farm. Don't think that our Daqing is really fierce, in fact, among the northern alien races of the past dynasties, our Daqing is really not strong, it is estimated that even the top five are enough to squeeze in, and there is no need for the Ming army when Zhu Chong was eight, and the Ming army when Zhu Lao was four times beat the eight banners is also the same as playing. The premise of our Qing Dynasty being able to press the Ming army to the ground and pound it was that the Wei system collapsed, and the Ming army changed from a homesteader to a serf soldier. Originally, the Tang Dynasty also played the collapse of the government military system, and the main force of the army became a standing army with salaries, and it still fought all the way to Central Asia. In the Ming Dynasty, he was a domestic slave soldier, but the strange civilian system of the Ming Dynasty weakened the performance of the generals to the greatest extent, which became the reason why the officers and soldiers were all scumbags in battle, and once they surrendered to our Daqing or Li Zicheng, the reason for the immediate combat effectiveness was off the charts.
At the same time that the cavalry charge was blocked, the thunderous sound of iron cannons suddenly sounded in the mountains and forests on both sides of Naganuma Castle, and the continuous conch horns and the resounding taiko drums in the sky all stirred the nerves that were about to collapse in the Yuzuwa athletes. In the midst of the chaos, countless people began to shout: "There is an ambush! Run! ”
"The main force of the Ashikaga army is here!!"
"It's a trap!!"
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More and more people fled, and Date Harumune, who could not effectively command in the dark, watched in amazement as tens of thousands of cavalry attacked from the plain like this, and in the blink of an eye, it became a total rout. In desperation, Date Harumune had no choice but to lead the flank to retreat. Fortunately, there are all cavalry under his command, and it is very convenient to run, although it is a little chaotic, but the loss should not be too big.
Just when Date Harumune comforted himself and retreated to Kasugawa Castle, he walked less than ten miles, and the mountains and forests next to him were full of conch horns and shouts of killing, so he was so frightened that he didn't dare to stay and continued to lead his troops to retreat. After another ten miles of retreat, there are still countless iron cannons, although Date Harumune has never played with iron cannons, but there are still survivors of the battle of Jiangmen Mountain by his side, and this time he was recruited to be specially recruited as a staff officer. "How many cannons are there?" Date Harumun already felt that there were too many iron cannon thieves in Changnuma City, but he didn't expect that there were so many here, and he immediately became suspicious in his heart.
"Listen to the sound...... At least, at least three thousand ......," replied the poor survivor, apparently with some bad memories evoked.
Date Qingzong stopped talking for a while, and there were at least three thousand, which was proper Zhou Dingguo transferred the main force back and gave himself a ruthless hand, and immediately urged the war horse to run away quickly.
Seeing that the city of Hesugawa was in sight, the fleeing cavalry brigade suddenly fell on a large scale, or to be precise, the horse foamed at the mouth and died violently. It's no wonder, after all, counting the distance they have run, this 10,000-strong cavalry team has run for more than 160 miles without rest, and Maxima can't stand the intensity of this exercise. The Mutsu Izuha Alliance, which had already been frightened, had to give up their horses and run to Kasugawa Castle not far away. When Date Harumun ran outside the city of Kasugawa with his cloak scattered, his heart suddenly felt cold: the gate of Kasugawa City was actually closed! And there was no one on the city walls either...... This, this, this seems to be a very classic scene in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms! Sure enough, just as the rout was piling up more and more under the city of Hesugawa, countless Heavenly Dao flags were suddenly erected on the city wall! Zhou Dingguo, who was dressed in silver armor, roared on the city wall: "Zhou Dingguo has been waiting here for a long time!" ”
"Ahhhh Run! The rout was already exhausted, and when they saw that Zhou Dingguo had taken Hesuchuan City, they suddenly had no master, someone shouted, and immediately a bunch of people followed and continued to escape. Date Harumune, who was wrapped up in the flow of people, had no choice but to run with everyone.
After running out for nearly twenty miles, a big river blocked everyone's way, and Date Harumi realized that he had run in the wrong direction, he should have run north, there was still the main force of 20,000 troops there, why did he follow the rout to the east? But now all the cavalry has turned into infantry, and all the infantry has become physically and mentally exhausted and completely collapsed. More and more people simply took off their armor and lay on the river beach waiting to surrender.
didn't let them wait long, Zhou Dingguo brought someone over to receive the rout. The reason why the word reception is used is because these 10,000 elites, it is difficult to say that they have surrendered, and they did not resist when they saw the Ashikaga family coming with a rope, and they let the Ashikaga army tie the thumbs of their hands together, and then ten people and ten people were strung together with ropes and led to Kasugawa Castle.
Ashikaga Nobuden was impressed at this time, and said to Zhou Dingguo adoringly: "My lord uses soldiers, it is really like Zhuge in the world!" ”
Zhou Dingguo waved his hand reservedly, indicating that it was not worth mentioning. In fact, Zhou Dingguo could only use 3,000 people in his hands, and he left 1,000 people in Changnuma City to wait for the landing of the Aoyu Alliance, most of whom were used to strengthen their momentum, and at the same time, a large number of ninjas took advantage of the complex terrain of the mountains and forests and the dark night environment to mix into the coalition army, once attacked, they immediately shouted loudly, shaking the hearts of the army, so that Date Harumun mistakenly thought that after he was tricked, the thousand people did not have the ability to pursue. It should be said that Date Harumun was right to temporarily withdraw his troops when the enemy situation was unknown, but Zhou Dingguo specially ambushed 500 people at a position of ten and twenty miles, one team with a large number of conch numbers and flags, and the other team brought a large number of firecrackers and iron buckets. The three thousand iron cannons that frightened Date Harumuni were actually fired by a bunch of firecrackers in ten iron buckets, and Date Harumune, who had already become a frightened bird, of course couldn't tell the difference, so he could only continue to run. The remaining 1,000 people were led by Zhou Dingguo to pretend to be a rout, and arrived at Hesuchuan Castle first, and after deceiving the city gate, a thousand standing troops suddenly killed it like chopping melons and vegetables, and took care of the Nikaido family in Hesuchuan Castle with three strokes and five divisions. When the defeated army fled to the city of Kasugawa, the ninja caused turmoil again, leading the defeated army to run eastward, and finally was blocked by the river, and they were exhausted and could only surrender to Zhou Dingguo in despair. This battle was also jokingly called by later generations: The Great Return of Iwaki!