Chapter 469: Showing Strength to the Enemy (1)

"Get on your horse, come with Benbel, and disperse the people in front of the city!"

Although the current troops are insufficient, the people and horses are tired, but Hongqing did not hesitate for too long, waved his hand, and gave the general order, no side, he must show the enemy to be strong, otherwise, let alone deter the enemy in the city, whether he can be safe is a problem, besides, so many Japanese people gathered under the city, although the combat power is limited, but for the Qing army that is alone in the depth, it is also a potential threat, even so, it must be dispersed quickly, as for how many Japanese people will be killed and wounded, That's not in Hongqing's consideration.

"Wow!"

A group of officers and soldiers have been bumpy at sea for two months, and once they go ashore, they have been running for more than 80 miles, and they are already exhausted, even if they have rested for half an hour before, it is still difficult to relieve them, but Hongqing has already given the order, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to slack off, and they suddenly agreed to the promise, turned over on horseback, rushed out of the grove behind Hongqing, and galloped all the way to the direction of Kyoto City to cover the past.

"*** people are coming, *** people are coming!"

"Open the city gate quickly, *** people are coming!"

"Please, open the gates!"

……

Although there were only more than 300 horsemen in Hongqing's department, but such a rush up, the momentum was very great, the smoke and dust were billowing, and the murderous aura went straight up to the clouds, and the people of Osaka Castle who were gathering under the city could not see it, and for a time they were all in chaos, howling and crying, and frantically hitting the closed city gate.

"Kill it!"

Seeing that his side had already been killed, but those Japanese people were in chaos, but they never left the city, obviously counting on the defenders at the head of the city to help, as soon as he saw this, Hongqing's eyebrows immediately raised, the spear in his hand shook violently, roared, and gave the order to kill without any pity.

Chaos, complete chaos, the Qing army killed into the crowd, guns and knives, mercilessly killed the people who dared to block the impact line, only a moment of effort, it has been killed nearly a hundred, the rest saw that the Qing army really dared to kill the killer, how dare they gather together again, in the panic, they couldn't take care of a lot, everyone scattered in a hurry, how far they fled, crying dad and shouting mother's voice resounded in the sky, the state can be described as miserable.

"Lord Tokugawa, *** people are bullying too much, and the last general asks to lead the troops to attack!"

"Tokugawa-sama, you give the order, and the last general is willing to risk his death to attack!"

"Tokugawa-sama, *** dogs are so rampant, they treat me as nothing, and I can't be forgiven!"

……

As soon as the Qing army made such an indiscriminate attack, many Japanese warriors at the head of the city were suddenly enraged, and the right minister Tokugawa Mitsuyoi, who was on duty at the head of the city, was shouting in chaos.

"The enemy situation is unknown, so don't move lightly, and let's see."

There are more than 2,700 samurai in Kyoto City, and it is said that the military strength is also strong, but these are not the imperial army, but the private soldiers of the major families, among which the Tokugawa family is the most powerful, with more than 1,000 samurai under his command, accounting for almost half of the city's troops, because of this, the Tokugawa family was pushed out to defend the east gate, Tokugawa Sansheng was afraid of losing it, but now he has been staying in the east city, of course, Tokugawa Sansheng is only worried about the safety of the city defense, As for the death or life of those refugees from Osaka who fled from Osaka, he didn't care at all, how could he risk being ambushed by the Qing army to open the city and send troops, even if the samurai under his command shouted fiercely, Tokugawa Mitsui was unmoved, and insisted on refusing to send troops to rescue the refugees.

"All stopped!"

Killing the Japanese people is only a means, not an end, what is to drive these refugees away from the city of Kyoto, because of this, Hongqing will not do anything to the end, after rushing to kill, he immediately led his troops to go around a circle a hundred steps away from the city, and withdrew to a distance of more than 300 steps from the city, raised his hand, stopped the whole army from running, and just lined up under the city, quite a bit of a show of strength and majesty to look at the angry Japanese warriors at the head of the city.

"Lord Tokugawa, just such a *** person, dare to be so presumptuous, the last general will ask for his life to attack, if he doesn't kill all the *** dogs, he will not be a man!"

"Lord Tokugawa, *** the dog thief insulted me too much, and he was killed in battle!"

"Lord Tokugawa, let's attack Kaejo, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"

……

Seeing that Hongqing's headquarters stopped under the castle so arrogantly, the already angry samurai of the Wa Kingdom couldn't help but be a little more angry, and the shouting for war became a loud one, and the head of the Tokugawa Sansheng, who was arguing, was several times bigger.

"And wait, if there are no follow-up reinforcements, Lord Ben will wait to attack!"

The samurai didn't know how powerful the Qing army's firepower was, but Tokugawa Mitsuyoi knew it in his heart, and he didn't have to say, Osaka Ichiro Watanabe, who fled from Osaka Castle to Kyoto, said very clearly, those powerful cannons actually collapsed the walls of Osaka Castle, and moreover, the guardian of the Kii Domain, Daitokugawa Minglan, also sent someone to send an urgent report, saying that the three-way coalition army failed to attack the Wakayama Fort, saying that the Qing army's firearms were extremely powerful and unstoppable, in order to ensure the hearts of the soldiers in the city, Tokugawa Sansei did not leak such news, but he himself did not dare to deceive himself, he was unwilling to fight at this time, but in the face of the excitement of the samurai, Tokugawa Sansei was not good at pressing, so he had no choice but to play a strategy to delay the army.

"Harubayor, look, General Akiyama's headquarters has arrived!"

The Japanese army in the city did not move, and the Qing army naturally would not attack the city at this time, and they were separated from each other by a distance of more than 300 steps, silently confronting each other, with the passage of time, dusk had arrived, the sky gradually darkened, and the east avenue suddenly rose with a burst of smoke and dust, and the sharp-eyed soldiers suddenly exclaimed, and the dead silence on the battlefield was shattered.

Whew, it's finally here!

As the so-called hemp pole beats the wolf at both ends, don't look at Hongqing always sitting on horseback with a relaxed expression, and don't seem to care about the nervous vigilance of the defenders at the head of the city, but in fact, if the Japanese army in the city is really mobilized, this battle may not necessarily be won, but fortunately, the defenders in the city are very cooperative, and finally dragged the time to the arrival of the Akiyama department, and Hongqing's tense heartstrings were slightly loosened.

"Order, let General Qiu set up camp three miles away from the city."

Although the Akiyama headquarters had arrived, Hongqing did not withdraw the troops, but only sent a herald to pass on the training, and he himself still led his troops to monitor the movements of the defenders at the head of the city in the same place, until the end of the Akiyama was deployed, Hongqing led the cavalry to slowly retreat, and joined the Akiyama headquarters to set up a camp on a hill on the side of the avenue.

"Gentlemen, *** people are really cunning, sent a small force to lure me into battle, this is an ambush to fight us, it is really hateful, but it is not a big deal, His Majesty the Emperor has issued an edict of King Qin, from tomorrow, the army from all over the country will come to Kyoto King Qin, and the general will also personally lead the army to encircle and suppress *** people, we just have to defend the city, which is the greatest credit, and when we have to exterminate *** people, the general will definitely have a generous reward, and now I will ask you to be."

It wasn't until Hongqing led his troops to retreat that Tokugawa Sansheng came to his senses, daring to feel that the previous arrogance of the Qing army was just a bluff, and he knew that he was afraid that he had missed a great opportunity to frustrate the enemy's spirit, and he couldn't help but feel frustrated in his heart, but he didn't want to admit it in public, but he explained it with a sense of joy, and he comforted his samurai with warm words.

"Don't worry, my lord, I swear not to stand with *** dog!"

"Don't worry, my lord, with me waiting, the city will be fine!"

"People are in the city, people are dead in the city!"

……

Since the Tokugawa Sansei had already said it to such a point, the samurai, whether they really understood it or not, did not dare to expose the lies of the Tokugawa Sansei in public, so they could only express their attitudes one after another, and the morale of the already sluggish was also raised by the old and young......

On the eighth day of November in the fiftieth year of Kangxi, four o'clock in the morning, the sky was not yet bright, but Hongqing got up early, after punching and kicking, he went to inspect all parts of the camp, and then returned to the tent of the commander of the Chinese army, hurriedly used some dry food, and then summoned all the generals to the tent to discuss how to deal with the enemy, this is not that Hongqing is overly nervous, but the inevitability of the situation, no side, in the case of a full understanding of Meng Yuan's expedition to Dongying, Hongqing knows that there is no shortage of arrogant people in the Japanese people, under the influence of the so-called bushido spirit, Crazy people abound, especially when the edict of Emperor Nakagomon was promulgated, the daimyo who came desperately to die were destined to be very many, and the daimyo around Kyoto, such as Harima, Tamba, and Yamashiro, were very close to Kyoto, and they would arrive one after another in one day, and they would be desperate to attack, if there was no preparation in advance, they would be in a hurry, and if something went wrong, the consequences would not be easy to play.

"Woo, woo, woo......"

Sure enough, as Hongqing expected, before the big tent discussion was over, he heard a terrible horn sound suddenly loud, and the originally quiet camp was already in chaos.

Oh, it's really coming! Hearing the alarm, Hongqing hurriedly confessed a few words, then ended the discussion, led the generals to wait for the high place, only to see, into the eyes, in the west and north of the two directions are all smoke and dust billowing up, obviously there are a lot of soldiers and horses are coming to the Qing army camp to cover up, the eyes are immediately awe-inspired, a copy of the monocular hanging on the waist, carefully look at the enemy, after a while, solemn face ordered: "Prepare for battle!" As soon as Hongqing gave this order, the camp immediately became busy, slogans sounded one after another, and a group of Qing soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition walked out of the camp, but they did not go far, they lined up several phalanxes under the hillside, quietly waiting for the arrival of the enemy troops on both sides......