Chapter 484: Beacon Fire (1)

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

Zhang Miao roared as hard as he could, Yingting's face was full of anxiety, but he was not worried about his own life, but worried that his own troops in Uji City would be fatally damaged, no side, just because the Japanese army arrived too quickly, and now the troops in the city are still resting, in case they are seized by the Japanese cavalry, the consequences are really unbearable, if possible, Zhang Miao will not hesitate to turn his horse's head and fight with the enemy, but unfortunately together with himself, there are only nine horsemen, No matter how elite it is, it can't be the opponent of hundreds of Japanese cavalry. It was just a futile sacrifice, and it was of no use, and all he could do now was to roar and hope that his own sentry would notice.

"Grandma is a bear, Zhang Miao, this bastard, she can be earth-shattering if she escapes for her life, phew, bad luck, look at it, cheer up Lao Tzu, machine gunner, prepare!"

On the front-line position of the Ujigawa, the thousand general Tashan who had just led his troops to the battle position heard Zhang Miao roaring while fleeing from a long distance, and couldn't help laughing and scolding, no side, although Tashan is the disciple of the Thirteenth Master, but Zhang Miao is extremely close to each other, as early as last year, when the new army was trained, it was already very familiar, of course, they are all young people, and they are not less fierce in private, and now they can see Zhang Miao, who was always bullish and coaxing in the past, so embarrassed, Tashan felt a burst of relief in his heart for no reason, at the same time, His eyes began to flicker with a bloodthirsty red light.

"Slow down, cross the river!"

Zhang Miao's eyes were very good, although he was on the run, but he had already seen Tashan standing on the high place of the trench in Hexi from a long distance, and he knew that his interception troops had arrived in place, and the tight heartstrings were immediately loosened, but when the chasing soldiers were approaching, he didn't dare to be careless, rushed to the river, hurriedly pulled the reins of the horse, shouted, and led his troops to step on the ice carefully.

Ujichuan is frozen, people and horses can pass without hindrance, but the ice is very slippery, if you are not careful, it is easy to fall and fight, because of this, although Zhang Miao's department is anxious, but also has to rein in the horse slowly, so that the cavalry of the Wa State who are in hot pursuit can be energetic, roaring and rushing to the horse, and instantly chased to the river, and at this time, Zhang Miao and others are still in the middle of the river, if there is no accident, it is difficult to escape the attack of the Wa cavalry brigade.

"Heavy, hit me!"

Of course, there were no accidents, some were just expected firepower attacks, no, with the heroic roar of Tashan, more than a dozen machine guns in the first row of trenches opened fire at the same time, and the dense bullets swept towards the crowded Japanese cavalry brigade like a storm.

"Da Da Da ......"

Strictly speaking, the machine gun of the Qing army is not a mature weapon, and there are some small defects, such as the inability to shoot, although the drum is large, but it is easy to jam, once the shell is stuck, the entire drum must be replaced, and the barrel service life is also short, almost ten drums must be replaced, otherwise, there is a danger of exploding, but in terms of firepower output, it is definitely the most advanced weapon in this era, and the power of more than a dozen machine guns firing at the same time is definitely worth the salvo of more than 120 soldiers at the same time. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the nemesis of the cavalry, especially at this time the Japanese cavalry is almost defenseless crowded in one place, was swept down by the Qing army, the people and horses immediately fell to the ground, the flesh and blood flew endlessly, a cup of tea is not in the time, there are more than 100 Japanese cavalry have been killed in ignorance, the rest see that the situation is not right, how dare they be beaten in the same place, turn around in a panic and flee, and then be chased by the Qing army machine gunners all over the tail and sweep wildly, nearly half of the more than 400 Japanese cavalry who came after them died tragically on the spot, and the corpses of the people and horses were Chen Heng, The state of affairs can be described as miserable.

"Brother Ta, thank you, little brother will go back and invite you to drink flower wine!"

Zhang Miao didn't care how miserable the Wa cavalry behind him died, and led his troops to step across the frozen Uji River, and immediately sped up again, rushed through the trench from Tashan's side, dropped a word of thanks, and rushed to the gate of Uji Castle without looking back.

"Get out, you bastard, every time you say you're in for a treat, I haven't seen your kid dig into his pocket!"

One guy killed nearly 200 Japanese cavalry, Tashan was in a good mood, but he didn't intend to spare Zhang Miao in vain, and scolded his back, which immediately made all the Qing officers and soldiers in the trenches laugh......

"So, the main force of the Japanese army has arrived?"

On the tower of the city gate, Qiu Shan listened to Zhang Miao's enemy report as if he was in water, his brows couldn't help frowning, and he asked in a low tone.

"Back to the general's words, it was in a hurry, and the last general did not look carefully, but just as far as his eyes could see, the number of incoming enemies had already exceeded 30,000, and as for how many enemies were coming behind, the last general did not dare to assert."

The stakes are so high, Zhang Miao didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he could only explain it truthfully.

"Well, then it's time to arrive, go to Kyoto immediately, and tell the news to the Thirteenth Master."

Akiyama actually knew that the Japanese army should have arrived, the reason why he asked so before, but he was worried in his heart, no side, he only had more than 2,300 infantry under his command, as for the cavalry, there were only thirty cavalry, to be precise, twenty-nine cavalry, not for anything else, just because a cavalry had just been killed in the battle, just such a small number of troops, to block the hundreds of thousands of Japanese army for three days, it was obviously an extremely difficult task, and Akiyama was not very nervous, but the matter has come to this, and a big war is inevitable, Akiyama didn't talk any more nonsense, so he raised his eyebrows and gave the order in an unquestionable tone.

"Wow!"

Since Akiyama had already given the order, Zhang Miao didn't dare to have any objections, so he hurriedly responded, then withdrew from the city gate tower, rushed down the stairs, turned over on horseback, and led two of his subordinates through the city, all the way to Kyoto......

The Japanese army arrived very quickly, Zhang Miao had just rushed out of the west gate of Uji Castle, and the vanguard army led by Tokugawa and his party had already rushed to the distance less than three hundred steps away from Ujigawa, but they did not swarm up, but lined up on the spot, and after a while, the 30,000 army was already neatly lined up on the plain, and then there was silence, only the snort of the war horses occasionally sounded one or two times, and in the dead silence of the faction, the solemn atmosphere rose to the sky.

"In front of us is Uji Castle, beyond here is Kyoto, His Majesty the Emperor is looking forward to our rescue, for His Majesty the Emperor, we should not hesitate to die, who dares to be a pioneer!"

Tokugawa and his entourage were obviously extremely satisfied with the peak lineup of their 30,000 army, no side, even in the Warring States Period, when the Toei War was the fiercest, there were very few people who could command such a large army, as the commander of such a strong army, he had reason to be proud, but he was not too confident, and did not order the whole army to launch a general attack, not because he didn't want to, but because of the terrain - the east bank of the Uji River is certainly a flat land, but on the west bank is where the mountains are located, Uji Castle just choked the gap between the mountains, it is the only main road from Kanto to Kyoto, it is not very generous to say on the front, once the river is crossed, the number of troops that can be deployed is actually not much, 3,000 troops is already considered the limit, if it is more, not only can not increase the intensity of the attack, but will be crowded with each other, and give the defenders the results of the battle, because of this, Tokugawa and his party encouraged his soldiers with a loud voice.

"My lord, the last general is willing to be the vanguard!"

"My lord, the last general is willing to lead his troops to take this city!"

"My lord, the last general, please attack!"

……

Under such a large public, no one was willing to be resigned, and as soon as the words of the Tokugawa and his party fell, many daimyo and flags had already been snatched out, and they were all fighting for the first.

"Okay, if there are such loyal and brave people like you, why worry about the people of the district branch who are not broken, there will be an order: Torii Hikozo is the first to attack, Uemura Seitaka is second, and Suzuki Yushiro is the queen, each leading 3,000 troops, which will be supported by guncorps and attack non-stop, and be sure to take Uji Castle before dark!"

Seeing that the generals under his command were so enthusiastic to be the first, Tokugawa and his party were relieved, laughed and praised the generals very much, and at the end of the day, he ordered his three most combative brave generals to lead the attack, as for the candidates for the fourth wave, Tokugawa and his party did not consider it at all, obviously, in his opinion, with the strong attack of three groups of warriors, it is enough to take Uji Castle.

"Hay!"

The three generals who were named were all in good spirits as if they had already won the victory, and their voices were full of unbeatable pride.

"Well, let's go get ready, Ben hopes to get a good night's sleep in Uji Castle tonight."

Tokugawa and his entourage were obviously very satisfied with the reaction of the three fierce generals under him, nodded with a smile, waved their hands, and made a joke with a relaxed attitude.

"Hay!"

As soon as they heard what Tokugawa and his entourage said, the three Japanese generals all raised their heads with their chests up, and answered loudly, and then each ran to the headquarters of the soldiers and horses, not much later, but listening to the sound of the password, Torii Hikozo, who was in charge of the first attack, had already led his troops to attack, and at the same time, a team of Japanese gunners also pushed dozens of old-style artillery pieces and began to press forward, and a battle of attack and defense began!

"Herald, notify the artillery in the city, knock out the Japanese artillery position for Lao Tzu, and the rest of the people will listen to my command and put the thief closer before fighting!"

Seeing that the vanguard of the Japanese kingdom had begun to press forward, Tashan couldn't help but get nervous, and hurriedly issued two orders in a row, and the herald who followed him used the flag to transmit Tashan's order back to the artillery position on the city tower.