Two days later, at the southernmost tip of the plain in the middle of Qingchuan River and Miaoxiang Mountain, Li Dingguo, the chief military officer of Liaonan Town, and Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Haixi Town, led more than 80,000 soldiers from the two towns to rush here.

Li Dingguo rode on his war horse and said to Ainengqi: "Nengqi, this battle is very important, and we have not received any news from Wu Zongzhen until now, I don't know when Wu Zongzhen will be able to block the retreat of the Japanese army, and now we can only turn around to face the battle!" ”

Ai Nengqi also nodded heavily, and said: "Big brother, don't worry, since we have retreated here, we can't retreat anymore, I understand the importance of this battle, I will definitely be able to lead my soldiers to block here to the death, and never let a single widow go south from here!" ”

After the two parted, Li Dingguo led more than 40,000 soldiers from Liaonan Town to the east, accompanied by more than 7,000 iron cavalry soldiers from Haixi Town. And Ai Nengqi led the battalions of the infantry army of Haixi Town to garrison the Ming army on the plain, completely blocking the road to the south of the plain.

After Li Dingguo led the army eastward, Ai Nengqi began to deploy combat matters in the large battalion. Only an hour later, a team of Haixi Town's soldiers rushed back with flying horses and said loudly to Ainengqi: "Qiqi Town! 70,000 Japanese troops are rushing in the direction of our army, and they are now ten miles away from our army's camp! ”

"Probe!"

"Order!"

After a buzz, Ainengqi pulled out the war knife at his waist and roared: "Soldiers! It's war! ”

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

More than 30,000 soldiers of Haixi Town, who had already assembled, roared in unison, and quickly lined up in the strong camp, preparing to block the 70,000 Japanese elites.

After Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi divided their troops, Li Dingguo had already led an army of 50,000 to the east to the vicinity of Miaoxiang Mountain, and the army marched east to the mountainous area of Miaoxiang Mountain.

Rushing here, Li Dingguo said to Zhao Shen, the general of Haixi Town, and Gao Yunfeng, the general of Liaonan Town: "General Zhao, General Gao, I wish you two success!" ”

Zhao Shen, the general of Haixi Town, and Gao Yunfeng, the general of Liaonan Town, clasped their fists together and said: "Please rest assured!" ”

After speaking, the two led more than 7,000 iron cavalry soldiers in Liaonan Town and more than 7,000 iron cavalry soldiers in Haixi Town to the northeast together, breaking away from the main army of Liaonan Town led by Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo looked at the more than 15,000 iron cavalry soldiers who were gradually going north, and secretly said in his heart: "I hope that Wu Zongzhen will come as soon as possible, otherwise the strategy of encircling the Japanese army will not be realized!" ”

"Let's go!"

After that, Li Dingguo roared and led more than 30,000 infantry soldiers in Liaonan Town to continue to march eastward, and the army went east directly into the rugged Miaoxiang Mountain, and it didn't take long for more than 30,000 soldiers to disappear.

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Just when Li Dingguo led more than 30,000 soldiers from Liaonan Town into Miaoxiang Mountain, Ai Nengqi, the chief military officer of Haixi Town, had already led more than 30,000 soldiers under his command to kill 70,000 Japanese troops.

At this time, the Japanese army commander Sakai Tadaji was very excited and commanded 70,000 troops to surround the Ming army battalion, preparing to eat the tens of thousands of Ming troops in front of him in one fell swoop.

Although Sakai Tadaji did not know that Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi had divided their troops, and thought that the soldiers and horses in the Ming army's camp were about 80,000, but out of confidence in the Japanese army's combat strength, the Ming army had been fleeing south for several days, and Sakai Tadaji was full of confidence in the battle in front of him, believing that even if the Ming army had some advantages in strength, it would not be able to withstand the fierce attack of the Japanese samurai.

Therefore, under the command of Naito Masasari, known as the "No. 1 strong bow in Tokaido", 30,000 Japanese troops carried out the main attack, and the remaining 40,000 Japanese troops under the command of the main general Sakai Tadaji continued to raid all parts of the Ming army camp in order to contain the strength of the Ming army.

Seeing this, Ai Nengqi did not panic, and directly divided 5,000 soldiers into a team of 500 people to defend all parts of the camp to deal with the surprise attack of the Japanese army with small groups of soldiers and horses, and the rest of the main army concentrated all its strength against the 30,000 Japanese troops who attacked the main camp.

At this time, Naito Masari led 30,000 Japanese troops to attack the east of the Ming army's camp, and Ainengqi also led 28,000 soldiers to defend the east of the camp.

The Japanese army under Naito Masanari was known for its firearms and strong bows, and among the 30,000 troops, there were 4,000 iron cannons and 6,000 archers, which caused a lot of pressure on the soldiers of Kaixi Town. Among the remaining 20,000 troops under Naito Masanari, 15,000 spears were equipped with two-meter-long bamboo spears and bamboo armor, and the last 5,000 soldiers and horses were all Nota swordsmen.

During the battle, Naito Masasari's 4,000 iron cannon ashigaru and 6,000 archers were all lined up in a phalanx and fired a salvo forty paces away from the Ming army's main camp to suppress the Ming soldiers in the camp. At the same time, Naito Masasari ordered 10,000 spears to launch a decisive charge towards the Ming army camp, preparing to crash into the Ming army camp with dozens of rushing cars in the army.

After all, although the Japanese army is strong and tenacious, the equipment of the Japanese soldiers is too poor, almost all the soldiers are equipped with bamboo armor and bamboo guns, and there is almost no iron armor! This kind of equipment is not only incomparable with the previous Manchu iron cavalry, but even the third-rate battalions of the Ming Dynasty are not comparable. Of course, this is only a comparison of the equipment of the army, in terms of soldiers' bravery and combat power, the Japanese army is still much stronger than the ordinary Ming army battalion soldiers.

In the face of the salvo of the Japanese iron cannon and archers, the Ming soldiers in the camp have been hiding behind the defensive position composed of hundreds of shield vehicles, and when the 10,000 spears of the Japanese army rushed to a distance of 20 steps away from the Ming army's foot soldiers, Ai Nengqi suddenly shouted: "Attack!" ”

In an instant, the soldiers of the Ming army roared in unison: "Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

The huge roar immediately startled the 10,000 Japanese troops who were charging, and the pace of the army was stagnant.

Immediately afterwards, the Ming army's defensive shield car array suddenly dispersed, and more than 7,000 elite bird gunners of the C battalion of Haixi Town marched forward in a neat horizontal formation, although the firepower of the Japanese iron cannon and the archers was very fierce, but in the face of the excellent iron armor of the Ming army, whether it was an iron cannon or a bow and arrow, the lethality was reduced a lot.

Even so, out of the more than 7,000 soldiers of the C Battalion, more than 100 fell in the process of advancing forward. However, the rest of the soldiers still did not stop, and the soldiers just turned the grief and indignation in their hearts into a high fighting spirit, ready to use the bird guns in their hands to avenge the fallen comrades!

The officers and men of the C Battalion advanced to a distance of thirty paces from the camp wall, and at this time they were less than fifty paces away from the 10,000 Japanese troops who were charging outside the camp.

Seeing this, Ainengchi immediately ordered to open fire: "Fire!" Fire! ”

"Put!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

Different from the muffled sound of the Japanese army's iron cannons, the roar of more than 7,000 bird guns in Haixi Town was extremely crisp and sonic shock, and it immediately suppressed the roar of the Japanese army's 4,000 iron guns.

And the 10,000 spears that had rushed to the Ming army camp were suddenly hit fiercely. The thousands of Japanese troops in front of the large army fell almost in pieces under the blow of 7,000 well-made bird guns.

A large part of the Ming soldiers who were knocked down by the Japanese firepower were only injured, and the iron armor and cotton armor on the soldiers well defended against the Japanese firepower.

However, the Japanese soldiers who were shot down by the bird guns in Haixi Town this time were not so lucky, because the Japanese army was not equipped with iron armor, let alone cotton armor specially prepared for firearm strikes, so that almost more than ninety percent of the Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot, and the remaining wounded were almost all seriously injured.

"The third row is back to reload! First row ready! Put! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”

With the uninterrupted blows of more than 7,000 musketeers in Haixi Town, the 10,000 Japanese spears were killed and wounded more than 3,000 in a very short time! The remaining more than 6,000 spearmen collapsed on the spot, and fled behind them, and in the blink of an eye, the 4,000 iron cannons and 6,000 archers behind them were scattered and crushed!

Seeing this, Ai Nengqi couldn't help laughing, and immediately ordered more than 7,000 soldiers of Battalion A to rush out of the camp to cover up the victory.

"Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! ”

Just when the Japanese army was defeated, the gate on the east side of the Ming army camp suddenly opened, and more than 7,000 soldiers of the A Battalion attacked in formation, followed by more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers for a while, and won many heads, chasing the more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers into the sky and the ground.

At this moment, the defeated Japanese army in front suddenly spread out to both sides like a tide, giving way to the front of the battlefield.

Immediately afterwards, the general of the A battalion found that there were 5,000 Japanese soldiers in a loose phalanx in front of him, and these 5,000 Japanese soldiers were not even equipped with bamboo armor, they were all wearing clothes like a single short fight, but in their hands they were holding sharp swords like a long knife for chopping horses, and they formed a formation to meet the soldiers of the A battalion.

These 5,000 Japanese soldiers are the absolute main force under Naito Masanari: 5,000 Nota swordsmen.

These 5,000 Nota swordsmen can run rampant in the Japanese army, and some ordinary Japanese generals and daimyo only have a few hundred in their hands at best, and some weak Japanese generals even have only a few dozen Nota swordsmen in their hands.

However, there are 5,000 under Naito Masanari's command, which shows the strength of Naito Masanari.

Soon, more than 7,000 soldiers of the A battalion in Haixi Town collided with 5,000 Yetai sword heroes, and the two sides immediately started a fierce battle.

In the camp of the Ming army, the chief soldier Ai Nengqi looked at the battlefield in the distance, his face changed color in an instant, and he secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect these thousands of Japanese robbers to be so strong, they can suppress the soldiers of our battalion A with less fighting!" ”