After coercing and enticing the various Damings, Tokugawa Shuchu finally persuaded them and decided to break through at night.

He was now not only worried that the Ming army would use the main force to copy his rear route, but more seriously, it would cut off their logistical supplies.

This time, the 150,000-strong army crossed the sea from Fuso and landed in Korea, and the logistical supply alone was a big problem.

150,000 people eat horses and chew horses, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is an astronomical amount. So in addition to transporting combat troops, a large number of baggage ships followed them. After the successful landing, three landing sites, including Busan, Ulsan, and Changwon, set up random material warehouses to store all kinds of materials transported from Fuso, and at the same time served as a material transfer station.

Although there are also quite a number of troops guarding these places, judging from the terrifying combat effectiveness that the Ming army is showing now, these guarding troops are simply not enough.

Once these warehouses are occupied by the Ming army, it is equivalent to cutting off all their back roads, and it is really impossible to escape at that time.

The more Tokugawa Hidetada thought about it, the more worried he became, and he wanted to leave immediately and return to the landing site.

He no longer had any hope for this invasion of North Korea. As long as the main force can be kept back to Fuso, it will be considered a blessing.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and the Fuso army began to quietly prepare for evacuation. If half a day ago, these arrogant Fuso warriors thought that retreating in front of the Ming army was an extremely humiliating thing, then after seeing the terrifying combat effectiveness of the Ming army, none of them had a voice of opposition.

Everyone had no confidence in the outcome of this battle, and retreat was the only option.

When choosing the Imperial Palace's troops, the daimyo under Tokugawa Hidetada had a dispute, and the quarrel was so great that they almost used force. No one wants to stay and die.

Although Tokugawa Hidetada repeatedly promised to send someone back to meet them after the main force had successfully retreated, even the most stupid people knew that this was nothing more than an empty phrase.

Even if there were indeed receiving troops, they would have to be able to hold out until then.

In the end, Tokugawa Hidetada had no choice but to take the method of drawing lots, and in the end it was the two daimyos of Tojo Taro and Abe Norihide who were drawn. They will take all their soldiers and warriors with them to stop the pursuit of the Ming army.

The others looked at the two daimyo with sympathetic eyes, while Taro Tojo and Norihide Abe were both pale and unhappy.

In order to appease them, Tokugawa Shuzhong drew 500 muskets and 500 cavalry from the hands of the others to replenish them, and made many verbal promises with kind words and comfort, which made their faces look better.

With the selection of the queen of the palace, the two chosen unlucky men began to be replaced on the front line, and the others withdrew to prepare for the evacuation.

Everyone was in a state of uneasiness before retreating, and the only thing to be thankful for was that the Ming army did not take the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, but only fired another round of shells at their forward positions, killing and wounding thousands of Fuso soldiers.

The heavy shelling made Tokugawa Hidetada's retreat even more urgent.

Night finally fell slowly, and fortunately it was a dark and windy night tonight, and the sky was covered with a thin layer of clouds and mist, blocking the moonlight and starlight, providing a good cover for their evacuation.

The Ming army only lined up in the three directions of due north, northwest and northeast, and did not block the back road of the Fusang army, which made them rejoice.

As the time was approaching, Tokugawa Hidetada gave the order to evacuate. The soldiers of Fuso were ranked, their horses wrapped their mouths, and carefully and quietly evacuated in the direction of Busan, which was southwest direction.

The Ming army was still quiet in the position, except for some wind lanterns used to guard the camp swaying in the wind, and the sound of patrol soldiers responding to passwords from time to time, there were almost no other sounds.

In the middle of the Ming army's large array, in a huge military tent, three officers wearing woolen military uniforms and wearing the rank of colonel gathered around and looked at the sand table in front of them.

These three people are the commanders of the three National Guard divisions that were responsible for containing the Fuso Army this time.

An operational staff officer walked in and reported: "Report, according to the report of the reconnaissance battalion, the Fuso people have begun to retreat, and the retreat direction is in the direction of Pusan, but the men and horses behind the palace are left, about 10,000 people. ”

The three of them got up, looked at each other, and laughed.

One of the officers of medium stature said with a smile: "The marshal is really like a god, these little devils really ran away, and they really followed the route that the marshal guessed in advance." ”

"The little devil is too arrogant, I thought we were soft persimmons like those North Korean soldiers, but I didn't expect to kick the iron plate and break our legs, this time I know how good we are. But it would be naïve for them to think that they could escape so easily. If Tokugawa Hidetada, an old devil, knew that there were at least five divisions waiting for them in the back road mountain, I don't know how he would feel. ”

It was a tall and burly officer who spoke, and his voice was like a bell, and he was very imposing.

"According to the order given to us by the headquarters, we only need to be responsible for containing the main force of the devils, and then wait for the main force of the devils to retreat and annihilate their rear troops. Old Song, you are the commander this time, you said that we should start cleaning up these devils behind the palace? ”

The last man, who was emaciated and looked like a scribe despite his military uniform, asked the tall officer.

"Although we don't chase the main force of the devils, but these devils don't want to sleep well at night, they must be nervous. I think tonight, I will let the artillery unit give them more fire, and it will be lively. When tomorrow dawn and they are about to collapse, we will attack with all our troops and annihilate these little devils in one fell swoop, so that these new recruits under our command can have an addiction to white-knuckle warfare. ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed: "When the devil meets you, Lao Song is considered to have fallen into blood mold for eight lifetimes." I think that's all there is to it, so that the devil doesn't want to be at peace all night. Tomorrow morning, when they are tossed by no one or a ghost, our whole army will press it, and the devil will die. ”

Soon, the order was passed down.

The artillery unit was quickly ready for launch, and after an order was given, a signal flare rose into the sky, and dozens of artillery pieces roared in unison, and began to rain shells on the positions of the Fuso army.

In the night, you can see the fire of the cannon in the camp of the Ming army flickering continuously, and then the rumbling explosion in the next second continued to sound on the position of the Fusang army, setting off huge fires.

Tokugawa Hidetada, who had already retreated more than ten miles backwards, was riding on a horse, hearing the sound of artillery, looking back at the constantly flickering fires on his own position, and listening to the artillery of the Ming army, his heart was full of bitterness.