Chapter 492: Arashiyama Ambush (1)
The sky finally dawned, when the first rays of sunlight slanted into the city gate tower, Akiyama, who was swayed by the bright light, opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at the rising sun blankly, reached out and rubbed his heavy eyelids, when even if a large number of brown clotted blood crumbled, Akiyama couldn't help but be stunned, and reached out again to touch his cheeks, only to find that his head was full of brown blood clots, and accidentally touched the wound on his forehead, and the pain attacked, Akiyama couldn't help but ****.
"Your ......, my lord"
Akiyama's groan, a Goshha who was watching in front of the city saucer was immediately alarmed, and hurriedly turned around, this time Akiyama had opened his eyes, and hurriedly walked in front of Akiyama, and called out with worry.
"I'm fine, help me up."
Akiyama waved his hand weakly and commanded in a low voice.
"Wow!"
As soon as he heard Akiyama's order, the Goshha didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly bent down to support Akiyama's arm, and with a lot of force, he had already supported Akiyama up, waited carefully, and helped Akiyama to the front of the city.
The city is crowded with corpses, and the corpses of soldiers on both sides are piled up layer upon layer, and the scene is really like hell on earth, which shows how fierce the war has been - since the Qing army's position outside the city was lost, the Japanese army did not leave the slightest room for respite for the Qing army, and then launched a fierce battle to charge the city, even if it was killed countless by the Qing army's bullets and bullets, but the offensive never stopped, and the fierce impact continued until the second half of the night, before it stopped, After a day of fighting, nearly 5,000 people fell under the city, but the casualties of the Qing army were also not small, and now there are less than 700 soldiers left in the city.
"Hmmm......"
Looking at the pile of corpses under the city that had been piled up to nearly half a city high, the corners of Akiyama's eyes couldn't help but moisten a little, it was only the second day, and there were only more than 670 of the more than 2,300 soldiers guarding the city, Rao is Akiyama is also a veteran in the army, he has participated in two battles against Geldan, but he has really never encountered such a bloody and bitter battle like this, and when he thinks of having to hold on for a long time, Akiyama's heart can't help but sink greatly.
"Look, my lord, the dogs are out again!"
Akiyama was full of emotion, but Goshha, who was waiting on the side, was sharp-eyed, and when he saw the flags waving in the Japanese army camp in the distance, he exclaimed.
"Quick, blow the trumpet, and get ready for battle!"
Hearing the words of the Goshha, Akiyama suddenly raised his head and looked at the Japanese army camp in the distance, his already ugly face instantly became a little more gloomy, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he stomped his foot and roared loudly.
"Woo, woo, woo......"
As soon as Akiyama's order was given, the horn was sounded vigorously, and in the terrible sound, hundreds of exhausted soldiers stood up from the pool of blood, quickly checked the guns in their hands, rushed to the battle position, and quietly waited for the Japanese army to attack again.
"Report, the marshal has an urgent order!"
Just as the Qing army's battle preparations had just begun, a sweaty soldier rushed out of the entrance of the building, rushed behind Akiyama, hurriedly bowed down, and handed a letter to Akiyama, who had already heard the voice.
"Oh?"
As soon as he heard that it was the old thirteen's urgent order, Qiu Shan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly reached out to take the letter, tore open the seal, took out Zhang Mi Xin from the inside, and glanced at it quickly, his face was already showing a look of relief, but he didn't say much, just turned his head sideways and said to Goshha who was following him: "Go, call Tashan." ”
"Wow!"
Akiyama gave such an order, and the Goshha did not dare to delay a little, so he hurriedly answered, and ran north along the city wall, and after a while, he was already accompanied by Tashan, who was covered in brown blood, and turned back.
"The last general will see General Qiu!"
After two days of hard fighting, Rao is Tashan is strong, at this time, he is already exhausted, his eyes are bloodshot, his cheeks are slightly concave, it is obvious that he has reached the end of the strong crossbow, but the spirit is acceptable, and there has been no slackness.
"The commander has an order, and he immediately led his troops and horses to the Lanshan Pass and fortified it on the spot to block the enemy."
Akiyama didn't say anything about greetings, and gave his order straightforwardly.
"This ......, General Aki, if the last general leaves, this Uji Castle ......"
The Japanese army is about to attack the city, and it is obvious that the next battle will be a battle to the death, if it is someone else, can get rid of this misery, I am afraid that it is too late to be happy, but Tashan is good, not only do not like it, but hesitate, look at Akiyama suspiciously, and tentatively ask out half of the words.
"It's okay, let's withdraw first, the old man will go through a round, and then come, go."
Akiyama didn't explain much, but waved his hand solemnly, and was about to send Tayama away.
"General Qiu, you still lead the troops to withdraw first, and the last general is willing to be cut off!"
As soon as he heard Akiyama say this, Tashan was anxious when he landed, there was no side, Akiyama's subordinates gathered a total of four disabled battalions, and the four thousand generals died so that only Tashan was left, and more than half of the troops were now under the command of Tashan, if he led his troops to go like this, there would be only less than 300 defenders left in the city, and there was no artillery support, how could it be possible to block the strong attack of the Japanese army, there is no doubt that after staying and broken, it is almost a dead end.
"Don't be verbose, get out of here!"
Listening to the horn of the Japanese army, it was obvious that the attack was about to begin, and Akiyama didn't want to dwell on this matter any longer, so his face sank, and he scolded unceremoniously.
"Wow!"
Seeing that Akiyama was angry, Tashan didn't dare to say more, so he could only kowtow with tears, and then jumped up, shouted, and led a group of his subordinates to rush down the city gate, pass through the city at high speed, and rush all the way to the Lanshan Pass.
"All stunned, ready to fight!"
Akiyama silently watched Tashan's troops rush down the city wall, and a complex and incomprehensible emotion in his heart suddenly surged, no side, the old thirteen's order was for him to lead Akiyama to withdraw first, but Akiyama didn't want to do so, but gave Tashan the hope of such a life, as for himself, but he was ready for the worst, of course, the big war is imminent, this kind of thought, Akiyama will not show it, this time the soldiers who stayed behind were stunned on the spot, Akiyama immediately made a straight face, He scolded sharply, and immediately frightened the officers and soldiers who were all busy turning back.
"Shimada-kun, if you can take Uji Castle, you can fight here, please!"
The speed of the Japanese army was very fast, but in a quarter of an hour or so, more than 100,000 troops had already lined up less than a hundred paces from the east bank of the Uji River, but this time Tokugawa Yoshimune did not make any more general mobilization, but bowed to a blue-armored samurai standing in front of him, and asked with a solemn face.
"Hay! Please rest assured that the general will not be able to take the city, and the last general will apologize for his seppuku! ”
This blue-clothed and blue-armored general is the leader of the Blue Banner Army in the Tokugawa Yoshimune Five-Color Banner Army, Shimada Ichigan, who is also a famous general, and his ancestor Shimada Heizou is also one of the sixteen generals, Shimada Ichigan failed to take the opportunity to fight yesterday, even if he asked for war several times, he never got the permission of Tokugawa Yoshimune, he could only watch the armies successively put into the attack on Uji City, and his heart was already full of strength, and now that he had such an opportunity to fight, he was full of pride in his heart, and he gritted his teeth and made a military order.
"Okay, then the general is waiting for Shimada-kun's good news, let's go!"
Uji Castle was delayed for a long time, and Tokugawa Yoshimune was actually very anxious in his heart, but he didn't dare to show such anxiety, so he could only hold on to his spirit and wave his hand heroically, encouraging Shimada Ichigan to say a word.
"Hay!"
Since Tokugawa Yoshimune had already given such an order, Shimada Ichigan did not dare to delay any longer, so he respectfully complied with his promise, and hurried back to the front of the headquarters, shouting loudly and giving the order, and then saw 1,500 Japanese samurai in blue helmets and blue armor carrying a long ladder and began to press forward slowly, while at the same time, 500 Japanese cavalry were wandering on both flanks of the infantry cluster, as if they were planning to launch a siege battle directly.
"Prepare for battle, put the thief close to fight!"
Seeing that the Japanese army began to press forward, Akiyama didn't dare to be careless, so he roared and gave an order in a loud voice.
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The advance speed of the Blue Banner Army of the Wa Kingdom was not very fast, and the kung fu of a cup of tea had just entered the frozen west bank of the Uji River, which was considered to be within the range of the city that could be launched, just when Akiyama was about to give the order to shoot, but he listened to a trumpet on the Japanese artillery position, and more than sixty old-style artillery suddenly launched a round of fierce fire, although because of the accuracy, most of the shells either moved forward or flew over the city wall, but there were still more than a dozen smashed on the city, and the violent explosion was loud, The Qing army, which was making defensive preparations, suddenly suffered a small loss, and many Qing soldiers who were lying on the city plate and were about to shoot were swept away by the flying shrapnel, and the screams instantly rang out.
"Onboard!"
As soon as the cannon of the Japanese army rang out, he saw Shimada Ichigan suddenly raise his hand, and no matter how fierce the shells flying in front of him exploded, he roared and led his troops to launch a decisive attack, and at this time, the Qing army had not yet recovered from the sudden artillery attack.
"Hit, hit me, press the dog down!"
This round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese army was extremely abrupt, and Akiyama did not expect that the Japanese army would launch a rapid attack when its infantry was about to arrive at the city, and when he saw the Japanese infantry rushing towards him with flying shrapnel, he couldn't help but be a little panicked, and hurriedly roared loudly and gave the order, and in an instant, the gunfire rang out, but under the sudden attack, the gunfire was obviously a little quiet.