Half an hour later, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji led Honda Tadakatsu, Kamihara Yasumasa, Ii Naomasa, Naito Masanari, and Hattori Hanzo, commanding 260,000 Japanese troops to continue southward, pursuing all the way along the plains west of Myoka Mountain and on the east bank of the Qingchuan River.

Along the way, the Japanese army continued to find all kinds of materials, weapons, and even horses discarded by the Ming army when it fled south, which shows how embarrassed the Ming army was when it fled south.

Honda Tadakatsu, Kamihara Yasumasa, Ii Naomasa, Naito Masari, and Hattori Hanzo were all getting happier and happier, and they commanded the Japanese soldiers of various departments to collect all kinds of materials discarded by the Ming army, and the entire 200,000 Japanese troops were very busy, and even the military formation of the large army seemed a little chaotic.

The Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji was furious when he saw this, and immediately summoned Honda Tadakatsu, Kamihara Yasumasa, Ii Naomasa, Naito Masasa, and Hattori Hanzo to reprimand them, and ordered all the armies to immediately straighten out, continue to form a formation and go south, and not pick up anything discarded by the Ming army at will, and those who violate the order will not be forgiven!

After being reprimanded by the main general Sakai Tadaji, the generals were all in their hearts, and they all returned to the army and scolded loudly for a while, trying their best to gather the soldiers and horses under their command, for fear of being caught and scolded by the main general Sakai Tadaji again.

In this way, more than 200,000 Japanese troops advanced rapidly south again after a period of delay on the road. But after a while, he received an urgent report from Tanma, and found that traces of the Ming army had been found a few miles south of the army.

After inquiry, the Japanese army's commander-in-chief, Sakai Tadaji, learned that the Ming army had re-established a large camp in the south after retreating ten miles, and now tens of thousands of troops were holding the camp to the death, firmly blocking the front road of more than 200,000 Japanese troops.

After hearing the news, all the Japanese generals were shocked, and all the generals thought that the Ming army must have fled south, but they never expected that they would re-encamp and defend only ten miles away from the camp, what does the Ming army mean?

After hearing the news here, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji frowned even more, thinking about the situation in front of him without saying a word, and for a while he was a little unsure of what tricks the Ming army was playing.

Just when the Japanese generals didn't know why, time had quickly lost a lot, and the sun in the sky was soon moving westward.

At this time, more than 200,000 Japanese troops were already exhausted after a day's journey, and they were all staggering in the process of waiting in place, and the entire large array was very scattered.

Seeing this, Sakai Tadaji decided to camp in the field first, and wait until early tomorrow morning to continue to attack the Ming army's camp.

"Humph! Tomorrow morning, I want to see what tricks the Ming army is playing! ”

As a result, with the order of the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji, 260,000 Japanese troops set up camp in the field, and soon built a relatively simple and strong camp.

In the blink of an eye, early the next morning, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji once again led five generals and 260,000 troops to the south, preparing to fight to the death with tens of thousands of Ming troops in the south.

But unexpectedly, when Sakai Tadaji led the army to the Ming army camp, he was surprised and found that tens of thousands of Ming troops were once again missing, leaving only an empty camp for the Japanese army, and the entire camp was disorganized, and all kinds of materials were discarded at will.

At this time, the Japanese generals were even more remorseful, and they all complained about why they camped on the spot last night, instead of continuing to march south, otherwise they would definitely be able to catch up with the tens of thousands of Ming troops!

Now it's a good thing, tens of thousands of Ming troops heard that the Japanese army was chasing after them, and once again fled overnight!

Listening to the complaints of the generals, the main general Sakai Tadaji's face was very ugly, obviously a little unbearable, so he said to Honda Tadashi beside him: "Honda-kun, you lead the headquarters of 30,000 troops to garrison here, and the main army will continue to pursue the Ming army south!" ”

Honda Tadakatsu immediately received the order: "Hey! ”

After that, the main general, Sakai Tadaji, said loudly to the other four people: "The rest of the army is immediately reorganized, and after half an hour, the whole army will go south to pursue the Ming army." This time, our army must work day and night, and never stop until it catches up with the Ming army! ”

Yasumasa Kamihara, Naomasa Ii, Masanari Naito, and Hanzo Hattori were all very excited when they heard this, and immediately shouted the order: "Hi! ”

For two days in a row, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji led the remaining main Japanese army all the way south, but he was never able to catch up with the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front. The Japanese army was surprised to find that the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of them would be more than ten miles a day, or ten miles a day, and they would definitely camp and rest, and when the Japanese army recovered its strength and was ready to come forward to invite battle, the Ming army always had a way to surprise and did not know where to go.

The Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji had no choice but to let Kamihara Yasumasa and Ii Naomasa lead the army to leave behind the camp abandoned by the Ming army, so that in the end, Sakai Tadaji was left with only Naito Masanari and Hattori Hanzo, two generals, and only 100,000 troops were left.

Since the strength of the Japanese army at this time was almost the same as the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front, the main general Sakai Tadaji, Naito Masari and Hattori Hanzo discussed it, and decided not to pursue it any longer regardless of whether the Ming army in front of him fled or not. Although the Japanese army had been moving south for several days, for the sake of safety, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji decided to lead 100,000 troops to stay in place for a few days to see the movements of the Ming army.

However, the erratic whereabouts of the Ming army did shock the Japanese army, and even some Japanese soldiers were secretly rumored that there must be strange people in the Ming army who could use the method of shrinking the land, so the Japanese army could not catch up.

Such tactics were soon banned by the commander-in-chief Sakai Tadaji, who was not allowed to spread such words in the army to shake the morale of the army.

Although Sakai Tadaji ordered the ban on rumors in the army, Sakai Tadaji, Naito Masasari, and Hattori Hanzo have been together for a long time, and they also feel that the current situation is very elusive, and they don't know what the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of them mean.

In this way, after 100,000 Japanese troops were stationed in the same place for three days, tens of thousands of Ming troops ten miles away were still operating in the vicinity of the big camp, and there was no sign of evacuation, nor did they show signs of facing the battle.

In the past few days, 100,000 Japanese troops and tens of thousands of Ming troops seemed to be on an outing, and no one paid attention to sleep, and the whole battlefield looked very weird.

Ten miles away, the camp of the Dangkou camp.

Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of Liaonan Town, stared at the topographical map on the bookcase for a long time, and Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Haixi Town, was also silent.

After a while, Ainengqi said in a deep voice: "Big brother, I think the time is almost up, shouldn't we fight back?" ”

Li Dingguo did not answer immediately, but pondered for a while before saying, "No! Now is not the time, now we are facing the Japanese army there are still 100,000, considering the combat strength of the Japanese army, if our army's 80,000 soldiers and horses take the initiative to attack, even if we win this battle, the casualties of the soldiers will be very large! ”

Ainengqi frowned and said, "Big brother means, let's continue to retreat backwards?" ”

Li Dingguo nodded and said, "Yes!" Let's retreat back one more time, and I expect that the Japanese army in front of us will definitely chase after us again! As long as the Japanese army divides its troops again, then we will have an advantage in terms of troops, and when the time comes, we will have another horse pistol, and the Japanese army will definitely not be able to resist! ”

Enchi nodded and said, "Okay! Then do it! ”

The next day, the Japanese army was surprised to find that the Ming army camp, which was still full of people yesterday, has become an empty camp today, and tens of thousands of Ming troops once again disappeared!

Moreover, the Japanese army also found a lot of pigs and sheep slaughtered last night in the camp of the Ming army, and the number was at least hundreds.

The Japanese army knew that this news was not a trivial matter, and immediately rushed back to the camp to report the news.

When the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji learned the news, the whole person was stunned, and even Naito Masari and Hattori Hanzo next to him looked at each other, and the three of them didn't understand what the Ming army was doing. The armies of the two sides have just confronted each other for a few days, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Ming army have fled to the south again.

Hattori Hanzo frowned and said, "What is the intention of the Ming army?" On this plain between mountains and rivers, there is no place to ambush soldiers, is there any way for the Ming army to ambush our army? ”

Naito Masanari also shook his head, and he couldn't say what the Ming Army meant.

At this time, the main general Sakai Tadaji suddenly said: "Could it be that the Ming army wants to drag our army here, so it resorted to such a lame plan?" ”

However, as soon as these words were spoken, the three people present shook their heads together and denied this statement.

In the minds of Sakai Tadaji, Naito Masanari, and Hattori Hanzo, there were only tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of them within a radius of several hundred miles, and the main force of the Ming army was already engaged in a battle with hundreds of thousands of Korean troops stationed in the vicinity of Pyongyang Castle on the west of Pyongan Province, and it was impossible to return the aid easily.

Therefore, Sakai Tadaji, Naito Masasari, and Hattori Hanzo discussed the situation in front of them for a long time, and in the end, Sakai Tadaji and Naito Masasari both advocated leading the army to pursue again.

Among the three, only Hattori Hanzo advocated stopping here, ignoring the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of him, and directly gathered 300,000 troops to kill the east bank of the Yalu River, completely cutting off the logistics supply line of the Ming army. In this way, even if it is dry, it will consume the Ming army.

However, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji immediately rejected Hattori Hanzo's opinion and said: "If we don't annihilate these tens of thousands of Ming troops, how can our army smoothly cut off the logistics supply line of the Ming army?" Not only can the Koreans not afford to lose this battle, but also the Japanese cannot afford to lose! Therefore, our army must fight steadily and steadily, and must not take risks, and before killing the Yalu River, we must annihilate these tens of thousands of Ming troops! ”

As a result, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji ordered that Hattori Hanzo lead 30,000 Japanese troops to garrison the Ming army camp in the south, and the Japanese army commanders Sakai Tadaji and Naito Masari led 70,000 troops to continue to pursue the Ming army south.