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Zhang Feng had already received a report from the front, and when he saw that his mines had killed many Japanese, Zhang Feng laughed happily.

Wang Chaoyong even said: "Commander-in-chief, in this way, we can sleep peacefully and let these Japanese have a headache." ”

Zhang Feng nodded and said: "Yes, have a good rest tonight, nourish your spirits, and teach these Japanese a good lesson tomorrow, go, go to sleep." ”

Zhang Feng was not worried at all, tens of thousands of mines were deployed, deployed in those places that had to pass through when coming to Edo, and in an era when almost no one knew about mines, let alone had no tools and means to clear mines, these Japanese did not pay a heavy price, so they did not think about coming.

Even, Zhang Feng was thinking, if he knew that this was the case, he should have produced more, more than 10,000 pieces is still a little less, if the production of 100,000, or even 200,000 or 300,000, will bury mines in many areas around the entire Jiangwai and become a large minefield, then it will be enjoyable.

On this night, Zhang Feng slept soundly, and the soldiers were also rested, while Tokugawa Iemitsu was different, he did not sleep all night, his eyes were red and bloodshot.

"Yaga, how can this be?"

Tokugawa Iemitsu slapped several Japanese generals fiercely, so angry that he almost vomited blood, Tokugawa Iemitsu knew that if he didn't invade Edo, his wealth in Edo Castle would be emptied by Zhang Feng, then loaded on ships, and then transported away.

In addition, Tokugawa Iemitsu wanted revenge and hated Zhang Feng to the core. In the outer perimeter of the river, there are several large military camps, more than 100,000 troops, plus reinforcements from those nearby daimyos, Tokugawa Iemitsu estimates that as long as he gives himself twenty days, no, maybe ten days and half a month is enough, he can gather hundreds of thousands of troops.

Tokugawa Iemitsu said sharply: "At all costs, rush over to me, kill them all, and recover Edo Castle." ”

The order was given, and these Japanese went crazy, really at all costs.

In the early morning, the sky was already bright.

On the hillside, in the trenches, the warriors had basically woken up, and the fires that had burned all night were basically ashes.

The colonel, who was in charge of commanding in this area, held a telescope and looked into the distance, and in the telescope he could clearly see that the Japanese were about to organize an attack again.

"Commander, what are they going to do!"

There was a major battalion commander next to him who couldn't understand it, and through the binoculars, he saw a large number of Japanese in the distance, estimated at least 20,000 or 30,000, a large area, and some of them took off their shirts, shirtless, with strips of white cloth wrapped around their heads, and seemed to be shouting something in their mouths.

The colonel commander also couldn't understand it, but he knew that this was preparing for an attack, and if the Japanese wanted to attack, they would have to pass through that minefield, and the colonel said, "They are going to come and send them to death." ”

This is the Japanese death squad, and there are quite a few of them, at least thousands, in addition to this death squad, there are many people who are also ready to attack.

Soon after.

"Coming, coming, they're coming." Some company and platoon commanders hurriedly reminded everyone, and the soldiers were ready for battle, holding muskets and looking ahead.

At the front was the Japanese death squad, which actually used people to step on mines, and as soon as these Japanese entered the minefield, explosions sounded one after another.

"Crazy, they must be crazy!"

Looking at the Japanese who had been killed or blown away by mines, the colonel in charge of the command put down his binoculars and muttered.

The death squads of thousands of people are basically dead, however, it is estimated that hundreds of mines have also been trampled on, but they have not been completely trampled, but these Japanese can no longer care about these, because Tokugawa Iemitsu has given the order to die, at all costs.

With the death squads of thousands of people dead, a large number of Japanese began to charge, this time not more than 1,000 people, but at least 3 or 5,000 people, and it was such a large-scale charge.

A large number of Japanese soldiers with thick shields in front and a large number of people followed behind, among them a large number of archers, armed with strong bows, apparently intending to rush over and shoot arrows, suppressing the warriors with a dense rain of arrows.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Not all the mines were trampled on, and as so many people charged, the explosions of the mines came and went, and many Japanese soldiers were blown away.

After paying a heavy price, the Japanese soldiers finally approached, entering the range of the soldiers' muskets, and the colonel in charge of the command held a short gun and watched these Japanese soldiers getting closer and closer, dense, a large area.

Those thick shields, which were also densely packed and large, almost formed a shield wall in front, but this shield wall was estimated to be basically useless, and would be directly pierced by bullets.

400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters......

When the distance was only about one hundred and fifty meters, when many Japanese archers were about to bend their bows and shoot arrows, the short gun in the colonel's hand rang out, and immediately, a dense burst of gunfire rang out, and more than 1,000 breech-loading muskets fired.

"Bang, bang, bang......"

"Ahh!!h

The sound of gunfire and screams mixed together, and a large number of Japanese shield soldiers fell, these thick shields seemed to be strong, but not enough to stop the bullets of the soldiers, and they were often directly pierced, and the bullets were unabated, killing or wounding the people behind the thick shields.

"Rush!"

There was a Japanese military general, holding a katana, shouting by the neck in the crowd, and suddenly, blood splattered in his chest, and the shouting stopped abruptly, and he fell to the ground.

The fighters shoot, load, shoot again, the soldiers' positions are filled with gunsmoke, but no one cares about this, everyone still keeps shooting, shooting again.

These Japanese are really crazy, even if they suffer heavy casualties, they still rush forward at the risk of death, and it can be seen that this is estimated to be an elite unit of the Japanese.

100 meters, 80 meters, 50 meters......

The ground was covered with the corpses of the Japanese, and after paying a lot of casualties, some of the Japanese rushed over, rushed to the bottom of the hillside, and were about to rush up the hillside, towards the trenches of the soldiers.

The Japanese archers also suffered heavy casualties, but a small number of them still rushed to the bottom of the hillside, bending their bows and shooting arrows, and from time to time bows and arrows were shot down in the sky.

"Grenades!"

Many soldiers stopped shooting, put their muskets aside, picked up the grenades they had prepared long ago, pulled the fuse, and the grenades "poofed" and smoked, and then threw them out with all their might.

Compared with the previous grenades, this grenade is obviously a slimmed version, the body of the projectile is much smaller, but it is more powerful, because the previous grenade was filled with black powder, and the current grenade is filled with fine particles of smokeless gunpowder. In the words of the fighters, now each grenade can take a few more and it is not much effort.

One grenade after another was thrown, and there was a violent explosion, a large number of Japanese were killed, and coupled with the fire of muskets, corpses lay on the ground under the hillside.

Finally, these Japanese soldiers began to retreat, and even the elite were afraid in the face of such a fierce blow.

In ten minutes, the battlefield was quiet, and the front of the soldiers' positions stretched forward to two or three hundred distances, and this large area was full of corpses, more than two thousand, and further afield, it was a large minefield, where there were also many corpses.

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Edo Port, wharf.

A large number of Japanese laborers, under the guns of the soldiers, were loading things on the ship, Zhang Feng said, all the valuable things were loaded on the ship and taken away, the soldiers carried out Zhang Feng's orders very well, and the things of the Tokugawa family naturally needless to say, everything was removed.

In addition, in Edo Castle, all the things of the merchants were removed, loaded here, and all of them were shipped back, and a large number of things were already piled up on the docks, and these things were being loaded onto the transport ships.

The battle went smoothly, the Japanese did not even break through the first line of defense, Zhang Feng and Wang Chaoyong, accompanied by a large group of guards, came to the dock and watched the things be loaded one by one.

"Haha, commander-in-chief, this time we have made a fortune, a fortune." Wang Chaoyong was so happy that he wanted to laugh when he thought about so much gold and silver.

Zhang Feng also smiled and said: "I didn't think about it, this Tokugawa family is really rich, we can be considered full at one time this time, and we don't have to worry about funds for a long time." ”

Not only was it a little too much to eat, but there were so many things that even if all the transport ships were used, they would have to be transported back and forth several times, and in order to seize the time, a large number of Japanese laborers were requisitioned in Edo Castle and all these things were loaded onto ships.

The first shipment was full of hard goods such as gold and silver, as well as all kinds of valuable goods, and then all the items of little value in Edo Castle, including various goods, grain, cloth, etc., were also shipped back.

"Commander-in-Chief, there is a situation that needs to be reported to you."

Zhang Fengzheng was happy, and waved his hand casually: "Say, what's the situation." ”

Wang Chaoyong thought for a while and said: "Commander-in-chief, we have a soldier who has *** a Japanese woman, according to military discipline, she should be shot." ”

Military discipline is very clear, *** women, kill.

Zhang Feng smiled and said indifferently: "I thought it was a big deal, the order went down, during the Edo period, the soldiers were not bound by military discipline, and this soldier did not need to be punished and exempted." ”

"Ahh Wang Chaoyong was pleasantly surprised at first, and then immediately became happy, fully understood what Zhang Feng meant, and said loudly and excitedly: "Yes!" ”

Zhang Feng thought about it, but still added: "Only during the period in Edo, after returning to China, everyone must strictly abide by military discipline, and those who violate military discipline will be severely punished!" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Chaoyong replied loudly.

The military order was soon issued, and it was learned that they could be exempted from military discipline during their stay in Edo, and suddenly the soldiers were like wild horses on the loose, and they were out of control.

Later, even some officers joined in, and the whole of Edo was burned and looted every day, and every day a large number of Japanese were killed, a large number of goods were looted and loaded onto ships, and a large number of houses were burned every day, and then became a pile of ruins.

This kind of thing happens every day.

Now that military discipline has been relaxed, Zhang Feng has been pretending not to see it, and even Wang Chaoyong sent someone to catch a few beautiful Japanese women to enjoy, Zhang Feng also pretended not to see it.

On the first day, all the transports left Edo for the port of Shanghai, loaded with all kinds of goods, and three days later, another large fleet arrived in Edo, the second convoy from the port of Shanghai.

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Today's two shifts, the first shift is complete. (To be continued.) )