Text: Volume XII, Chapter 2, Section 19 Crushing

With Li Dingguo's order, the soldiers of the two artillery battalions under Liaonan Town and Tashan Town began to get busy, and the soldiers shouted the trumpet to push all kinds of artillery to the front of the army, and very skillfully built a huge artillery position in front of the army.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi looked at the artillery positions that were gradually taking shape, their hearts were high, and they looked at the Japanese troops who were still reinforcing the fortifications in the distance, and they both sneered in their hearts.

In the face of the bombardment of more than 200 artillery pieces, any fortification was in vain. Under the fierce bombardment of the two artillery battalions of the Ming army, even the extremely strong city wall would collapse and appear in an instant, not to mention the improvised fortifications built by the Japanese army.

In the eyes of Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, the 10,000 Japanese troops in the distance are no different from dead people!

An hour later, the two artillery battalions in front of the Ming army had been deployed, and the garrisons of the two artillery battalions were waiting for the stars of Li Dingguo and Ainengqi, and sixty big Buddha cannons, eighty Huzun cannons, and eighty divine machine artillery trucks had been filled, and they could open artillery at any time to bombard the Japanese positions in the distance.

Ai Nengqi looked at the constantly waving flags in front of the army, and said to Li Dingguo beside him: "Big brother, give the order to open fire!" ”

Li Dingguo nodded and said loudly: "Herald Artillery Battalion!" Bombarding the Japanese positions in turn, and at the same time, the iron cavalry soldiers of Liaonan Town and Tashan Town were assembled and on standby, ready to pursue the Japanese rout at any time! ”

"Order!"

The heralds of the Chinese army immediately scattered and ran away, and after a while, the two artillery battalions in front of the large army were sounding a piercing swan whistle.

"All Big Buddha machines ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

In an instant, the sixty big Buddha cannons in the artillery camp position in front of the Ming army opened fire together, and suddenly bursts of smoke rose in front of the Ming army's formation, almost enveloping tens of thousands of Ming army soldiers in it, as if they were in a fairyland.

I saw dozens of scorching cannons roaring towards the Japanese position a mile away, and immediately destroyed the simple fortifications that the Japanese had just built. The earthen walls and fences built up by the Japanese soldiers were smashed by the artillery one after another, and there were craters left by the artillery fire everywhere, and the entire Japanese position was full of devastation, and the Japanese soldiers stationed in the position suffered heavy casualties, and there were stumps and broken arms and corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, and the entire Japanese position was like hell, shocking and miserable.

"Reload the artillery! Hurry up! ”

"Ready! Put! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Round after round of artillery fire almost turned the Japanese position into a sea of fire, and the 60 Great Buddha cannons were divided into two shifts, and the almost uninterrupted bombardment took turns, making the 10,000 Japanese troops stationed in the position embarrassed. In the face of absolute firepower, the Japanese army, which has always used bushido to inspire the morale of the army, began to appear as deserters!

After commanding the Japanese army, Watanabe Hanzo hid in the corner of an earthen wall and roared loudly, constantly directing his soldiers to intercept deserters on the position.

"Kill all these cowards who don't have the spirit of bushido!"

Watanabe Hanzo's roar was quickly muffled by a new round of bombardment by the Ming artillery battalion, and the artillery almost covered the Japanese position, and it was not long before the Japanese soldiers who had gone to stop the deserters also joined the rout and fled north together.

At this moment, Watanabe Hanzo, who was still thinking about stopping the rout of his army, suddenly noticed that the artillery fire of the Ming army had weakened a lot, and he was overjoyed. But then, Watanabe Hanzo reacted, it was the Ming army that was ready to change the type of artillery and continue to bombard!

"Anti-artillery!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the sixty big Buddha cannons on the position of the Ming artillery camp stopped bombarding, while the eighty Huzun cannons had unconsciously advanced dozens of steps, and under the control of the Ming gunners, the eighty Huzun cannons began to bombard together!

Although the rate of fire of the Big Buddha Lang cannon is very fast, and dozens of guns can be divided into two shifts to ensure continuous firepower, it is still much slower than the Huzun cannon.

The loading of the Tiger Cannon is very simple, with the same proficiency of the gunner, the time it takes for the Big Buddha Lang cannon to fire one cannon, the Tiger Cannon can fire two or three cannons. Therefore, the eighty Huzun cannons in the Ming army's artillery array do not need to be fired in batches at all, and the eighty Huzun cannons can be fired together to ensure the continuous firepower!

"Put!"

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Quickly reload! Scatter them all! Preparation! Put! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Tom! Tong! Tong! ”

"Change the eldest son! Preparation! Put! ”

Round after round of bombardment by the Ming army completely swept away the already dilapidated Japanese position, and the fortifications built by the Japanese army in time had been destroyed by the Ming artillery fire. In the dust and wolf smoke on the Japanese position, there was almost no Japanese activity in sight, and all kinds of ruins and stumps and broken arms were bombarded into the air by the Ming artillery fire, and then fell heavily to the ground!

At this time, Watanabe Hanzo couldn't care about paying attention to his subordinates who were fleeing in all directions, because several scattered bullets from the Tiger Zun cannon smashed down a few steps in front of Watanabe Hanzo, and Watanabe Hanzo screamed and ran towards another earthen wall.

The hundreds of Japanese soldiers around Watanabe Hanzo also scattered in a hurry, and they all ran towards the place where they could hide on the left.

Suddenly, there was a swan whistle from the side of the Ming army's artillery array, and the originally extremely fierce Tiger Zun cannon stopped roaring almost instantly.

Immediately afterwards, only a roar was heard, and countless arrows that covered the sky and the sun were fired towards the Japanese army that had almost collapsed, and the eighty divine artillery trucks of the Ming army's artillery array began to play!

"Put! Reload Now! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

"Whoosh! Sou! Sou! ”

The rate of fire of the Shenji gun truck was much higher than that of the Tiger Cannon, and the dense arrows almost turned the Japanese position into a huge hedgehog, with arrows stuck diagonally on the ground everywhere, as well as the corpses of Japanese soldiers who fell to the ground through the arrows.

In the face of the fierce bombardment of the Ming army's 80 Shenji artillery trucks, the Japanese troops who were still running around on the position just now fell in pieces, and in the blink of an eye, the garrison troops on the Japanese position suffered a devastating blow.

The 80 Shenji artillery trucks of the Ming artillery battalion bombarded for half an hour before they gradually stopped bombarding.

After the baptism of the "three-plate axe" of the Ming artillery battalion, more than half of the 10,000 Japanese troops stationed on the position have been killed or wounded, and the remaining Japanese soldiers are also completely war-like and scattered everywhere.

Seeing this, Watanabe Hanzo knew that this battle was no longer possible, and even if he held on, he could only let the army under his command die in vain. Moreover, Watanabe Hanzo thought that he had used thousands of Japanese lives here to delay the tens of thousands of powerful Ming troops for a long time, which was enough for the main army of 60,000 led by the chief general Sakai Tadaji and his general Honda Tadakatsu to evacuate, and it was time to think about the survival of himself and the remaining soldiers.

So, Watanabe Hanzo shouted to the hundreds of remnants gathered around him, "Retreat! The whole army retreated to the east! ”

Watanabe Hanzo calculated well in his heart, and it would be useless to flee north at this time, and he and the hundreds of soldiers around him would not be able to run far before they would be caught up by the Ming army's iron cavalry, and then slaughtered by the Ming army's iron cavalry.

Therefore, Watanabe Hanzo was ready to lead hundreds of remnants of the army around him to rush directly into the Myoka Mountain in the east, and in the vast mountains, even if the Ming army had tens of thousands of troops, it would be useless.

As for what to do after entering Myokayama, that is not something that Watanabe Hanzo should consider at this time.

Hundreds of remnants of the Japanese army around heard the order to retreat, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and rushed out to the east, protecting the general Watanabe Hanzo in the middle, and hundreds of people crossed the position full of craters and corpses, and ran almost as hard as they could, trying to rush to the Miaoxiang Mountain a few miles away before the Ming army could kill them.

At the same time, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, who were watching the battle in the Chinese army, were mobilizing troops and preparing to dispatch all their forces to capture the Japanese position.

Li Dingguo instructed: "Order all the iron cavalry troops to tightly seal the passage to Miaoxiang Mountain in the east, and strictly prevent the Japanese army from escaping into Miaoxiang Mountain!" ”

When the surrounding heralds heard this, they immediately dispersed, and then tens of thousands of Ming soldiers split up and rushed towards the dilapidated Japanese positions in the distance. All the iron cavalry armies in Liaonan Town and Haixi Town rushed eastward along the Japanese position, constantly slashing and killing the Japanese soldiers who were scattered and fleeing along the way.

"Haha! Soldiers, rush! Kill all the pirates, rush! ”

More than 15,000 iron cavalry soldiers of the two battalions rode their horses and galloped, and it did not take long to establish an impermeable defensive line between the Japanese position and Miaoxiang Mountain.

And Watanabe Hanzo, who was leading hundreds of Japanese troops to flee eastward, still failed to escape after all, and was directly blocked by more than 15,000 Ming army iron cavalry soldiers on the way.

Looking at the Ming army's iron cavalry army that could not be seen at a glance, Watanabe Hanzo knew that the time of death had come, so he roared, preparing to lead hundreds of Japanese troops around him to rush up and fight to the death with the Ming army's iron cavalry.

"Descendants of the great god of sunshine! This battle is already certain to death, so let's die like a cherry blossom! ”

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers finally mustered up their last courage, and they followed Watanabe Hanzo with shouts, and rushed towards more than 15,000 Ming iron horsemen in the distance.

At this time, the two leading generals of the Ming Army's iron cavalry both sneered when they saw this: "Hmph! Overestimate one's strength or oneself! ”

"Soldiers! Kill the Wokos, and leave no one behind! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

More than 15,000 iron cavalry soldiers launched a charge, and in the blink of an eye, Watanabe Hanzo and hundreds of Japanese soldiers were trampled into flesh and blood!