On the plains, the night wind is tight.

In the east, the sun was already shining in the direction of Mt. Myoka, and the Japanese commander Sakai Tadaji and his generals Honda Tadakatsu and Watanabe Hanzo led the remaining 70,000 troops towards the north of the plain, preparing to reach the northernmost Japanese camp on the plain before dawn.

"After the army has rested, immediately go north to the east, and withdraw to Wang Weicheng as soon as possible!"

Sakai Tadaji, the commander of the Japanese army, secretly thought in his heart that he was going to wait for the army to withdraw to Wangxian Castle, so he would get in touch with the country, and suggested that Taiko support a batch of powerful national collapses and iron artillery from the country as soon as possible, and at the same time gather a group of reinforcements from the country to rush to Korea.

During the bloody battle with the soldiers of the Ming army a few days ago, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji had lost confidence in the Ming army and had already planned to withdraw and return to China. However, after a whole night of waiting and thinking, as the leading general of the Japanese army, Sakai Tadaji was still very unwilling in his heart, feeling that the reason why the Japanese army was defeated in this battle was due to the lack of national collapse and iron artillery in the army.

"If I have a powerful national collapse and iron cannon under my command, then the Ming army is not a problem at all, and I will definitely be able to defeat the Ming army and capture the whole of Korea!"

While Sakai Tadaji was thinking alone, 70,000 Japanese troops had already rushed outside the camp and were entering the gate one by one.

At this time, Sakai Tadaji said to the general Honda Tadakatsu beside him: "Now the soldiers are exhausted, and it is necessary to prevent a possible sudden attack by the Ming army!" ”

Honda Tadakatsu suddenly nodded and said, "Hey! The last general immediately went to arrange for Tanma to go south to find out the situation! ”

After that, Sakai Tadaji said to the general Watanabe Hanzo: "Hurry up and let the soldiers eat, and the whole army will retreat north in two hours!" ”

"Hey!"

An hour later, 70,000 Japanese troops were resting in the camp, where hardly anyone moved, and all of them were sleeping and resting in tents.

Suddenly, the sound of the iron hooves of a group of Japanese soldiers breaking the silence of the Japanese camp, and immediately woke up many Japanese soldiers. Even the Japanese commander Sakai Tadaji and his generals Honda Tadakatsu and Watanabe Hanzo hurriedly ran out of the tent after hearing the movement, and the three of them ordered the whole army to assemble and stand by almost at the same time.

Suddenly, the entire Japanese army camp was boiling, and 70,000 Japanese troops began to assemble rapidly, and they began to pack their bags bustlingly.

I saw that the Japanese army scout horses quickly rushed into the Japanese camp, and soon came to the Chinese army's big tent, and after seeing the Japanese army's main general, Sakai Tadaji, he said loudly: "General Qiyu! Seventeen miles south of our army, traces of the Ming army were found! ”

"How many soldiers and horses does the Ming army have?"

"About seventy or eighty thousand! Moreover, the Ming army still carries more than 200 gates of national collapse! ”

"What!"

After hearing the news, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji and his generals Honda Tadakatsu and Watanabe Hanzo were all full of horror. The Ming army, which followed his army to the north, was strong, not only was the strength of the army almost the same as his own army, and the morale was high, but the collapse of more than 200 doors in the Ming army was a huge threat, and the collapse of more than 200 doors alone was enough to wipe out the 70,000 Japanese troops in the camp!

After a series of fierce battles with the Ming army, the Japanese army was very afraid of the artillery equipped by the Ming army, and it can even be said that it was extremely fearful. Sakai Tadaji, the commander of the Japanese army, knew very well that once the tens of thousands of Ming troops who were following the north arrived, there would be almost no need to fight this battle, and the Japanese army would be defeated!

Thinking of this, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji did not hesitate at all, and immediately ordered the whole army to retreat to the north.

In the blink of an eye, 70,000 Japanese troops immediately gathered and marched northward, heading towards the northernmost tip of the Qingchuan River and the Myoxiangshan Plain.

Less than an hour after the 70,000 Japanese troops marched north, Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of Liaonan Town, and Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Tashan Town, led the army to arrive and led 80,000 Ming soldiers to occupy the empty Japanese camp.

Ai Nengqi looked around, couldn't help but curse a few words angrily, and then said to Li Dingguo: "Big brother! The Japanese army's movements are really fast, I think we have to keep going, keep chasing north! ”

Li Dingguo smiled and said, "Don't worry, didn't it be said in the art of war: Don't chase the poor?" Let's follow the Japanese army all the way unhurriedly, so that the Japanese army has no time to breathe and rest, so as not to be bitten by the Japanese dog's rush to jump over the wall. ”

"But what if the Japanese army escapes?"

"Humph! Now the remaining tens of thousands of Japanese troops are already frightened birds, and they have no second way to go except to retreat to Wang Weicheng to the east. Anyway, our armies from all walks of life will eventually meet Wang Weicheng, so there is no need to rush for a while. ”

Ai Nengqi frowned and said, "In that case, wouldn't the strength of the enemy army in Wang Wei City increase?" At that time, it will be even more difficult for us to attack the city! ”

"An increase in troops is not necessarily a good thing! What's more, the increase is still tens of thousands of defeated troops, and the Korean army is not a close friendly army! At that time, it may be helpful for us to attack Wang Dangerous City! ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly saw a group of soldiers who did not collect at night rushed into the camp, and saw that the banner was the soldiers and horses trapped in the camp.

"Haha! God help me! There is news from Mr. Wu! ”

So, Li Dingguo and Ainengqi hurriedly greeted him, and after coming to him, Li Dingguo preemptively asked: "Where is Mr. Wu now?" ”

One of the leaders of the night did not accept hundreds of households and hugged his fists and said: "Qi Li Zongzhen, Ai Zongzhen!" Now Wu Zongzhen has led the Yingyang battalion under the command of Gao Hongguang, the chief military officer of Taining Town, a total of more than 80,000 soldiers rushed to the north of the Wolf Forest Mountain to set up an ambush to intercept the Japanese army, please Li Zongzhen and Ai Zongzhen find a way to drive the Japanese army north as soon as possible, and gather with Wu Zongzhen to annihilate the Japanese army in the Wolf Forest Mountain! ”

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi both looked at each other and smiled when they heard this, and Li Dingguo told the general manager who did not collect 100 people at night about the battle in the past few days, and ordered him to return to Wuxing, and he and Ai Nengqi must complete the task.

After the group of soldiers who were trapped in the camp did not collect the soldiers at night, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi ordered the whole army to continue to pursue the Japanese army north.

Only this time, Li Dingguo ordered the two iron cavalry armies of Liaonan Town and Tashan Town to attack in turn, and from time to time catch up and harass the Japanese army more than ten miles away to the north, so as to consume the energy and fighting spirit of the Japanese army.

This tactic of the Ming army had a remarkable effect, making the 70,000 Japanese troops in the north miserable. When the whole army stopped preparing to fight, thousands of Ming army iron cavalry avoided its edge and went directly, leaving tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers helpless; If the Japanese army didn't pay attention to the Ming army's iron cavalry and rushed on their own, then thousands of Ming soldiers would rush directly and bite tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers fiercely, leaving tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers with corpses everywhere.

For the iron cavalry of the Ming army that was constantly harassing, the Japanese army's chief general Sakai Tadaji and his generals Honda Tadakatsu and Watanabe Hanzo were all miserable, but they were helpless, who let the Japanese army not have a brigade of iron cavalry?

Even if there are hundreds of cavalry in the Japanese army, it is not called an iron cavalry, not only the horses of the Japanese cavalry are low and unbearable, but also there is no cavalry formation and experience, even if they rush up to meet the Ming army's iron cavalry, it is just to send meat to the Ming army, and it will not be able to reverse the current predicament at all.

"General, what shall we do now?"

Japanese generals Tadakatsu Honda and Hanzo Watanabe both looked anxiously at the main general, Tadaji Sakai, waiting for him to come up with an idea to turn the tide of the battle.

However, judging from the current situation, the situation facing the Japanese army is almost insoluble, and there is almost no other way than to be beaten passively.

After being speechless for a long time, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji said with great difficulty: "There is only one way now, that is, to leave an army behind!" Otherwise, the whole army will be wiped out by the Ming army one by one! ”

Japanese generals Honda Tadakatsu and Watanabe Hanzo fell into silence when they heard this, and everyone knew the fate of the broken aftermath, that is, the end of the whole army being annihilated and the soldiers being defeated and killed, and there was no possibility of surviving in the face of the Ming army's attack.

For a moment, all three fell into silence, and there was only the footsteps of tens of thousands of Japanese troops hurrying north.

After a long while, Watanabe Hanzo was the first to speak: "I'll lead the army to stay behind to stop the Ming army, and the general and Honda-kun will go north as soon as possible!" The two of you remember that when you lead the army back in the future, you will avenge me and the soldiers of the army! ”

The Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji and the general Honda Tadashi were very moved when they heard this, and the two didn't know what to say for a while, but they just bowed deeply to Watanabe Hanzo, and Watanabe Hanzo also bowed in return.

Then, the main general Sakai Tadaji said to Honda Tadakatsu beside him: "Immediately gather 30,000 troops and leave Watanabe-kun to block the Ming army!" ”

"No!"

As soon as the words fell, Watanabe Hanzo spoke out to stop him, saying: "Now our army must preserve its strength, the general only needs to leave me 10,000 troops, and take the main army to the north as soon as possible!" ”

Half an hour later, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji and the general Honda Tadakatsu led the main army of 60,000 Japanese troops to the north in a hurry, while the Japanese general Watanabe Hanzo led 10,000 troops to stay in place and began to seize the time to dig trenches, build horses, and set up camp, preparing to block the tens of thousands of Ming troops who were moving north.

Seeing this, the Ming army, who was monitoring the movements of the Japanese army on the left side of the Japanese army, immediately rode south to report the incident to Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi.

An hour later, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi led 80,000 Ming soldiers from two towns to the place where 10,000 Japanese troops were encamped.

Looking at the 10,000 Japanese troops who were nervously deployed in the distance, Li Dingguo said to Ai Nengqi beside him; "It seems that the Japanese army commander is preparing for a strong man to break his wrist, and he really has some courage!"

"Humph! Stubborn resistance, dying struggle! ”

After Ainengqi sneered, he said loudly: "Big brother! Let me lead my army to attack it! Within an hour, I will definitely annihilate this Japanese army! ”

Li Dingguo said with a smile: "This battle has been fought to the point where it is now, there is no need to let the soldiers rush forward and fight hard." The order went down, and all the artillery in the two towns was concentrated to bombard the Japanese positions, and after half an hour, the whole army continued to move north! ”