After the meeting, Hattori Hanzo saw the lost Shimazu outside the west gate of Tango Castle, and Hattori Hanzo said: "Shimazu-kun, I heard that the war on the front line is unfavorable, I don't know what the situation is?" ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro is known as the Daimyo of Kyushu Satsuma during the Sengoku period of Japan. He once led the Satsuma Army to assist his father Shimazu Takahisa and his brother Shimazu Yoshihisa to unify the entire Kyushu, and was called "Oni Shimazu" and "Onishi Manzi". After Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Kyushu, his brother Yoshihisa surrendered and went into seclusion, and he succeeded him as the governor of the family. When Toyotomi Hideyoshi launched the war of aggression against Korea, Shimazu Yoshihiro was also involved. I think it is a tiger general of Japan, but he really feels the power of the Ming army, 30,000 troops came to guard the city, but the three cities were blown up, Shimazu Yoshihiro led the infantry to prepare and landed the Ming army hand-to-hand, but unfortunately it was hit fiercely, now there are only 2,000 horse soldiers and 500 samurai left, if Hattori is half hidden and does not come to support, it is likely that it will be attacked by the Ming army tonight and the whole army will be annihilated.

Hattori Hanzo is also a capable man, he is a samurai clan under the command of the Tokugawa clan from the Warring States period to the early Edo period in Japan, mixed with Imagawa in the early days, and later with Oda Nobunaga, after Toyotomi Hideyoshi took over the power of Oda Nobunaga, he mixed with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. At this time, Hattori Hanzo also came to laugh at Shimazu Yoshihiro, which made Shimazu Yoshihiro very angry......

Shimazu Yoshihiro said: "Hattori-kun, now I don't have many people left, I am willing to hand over all the horses to you to take care of, I am willing to be a pawn"

Hattori Hanzo said with a smile: "Shimazu-kun, you and I are both commanders appointed by Lord Sekihaku personally, and there can be no one who belongs, so it's better to be like this, you are responsible for attacking its flanks." I'm the main direction. ”

In the 15th year of Chongzhen, on the fifth day of the eighth month, that night. On the west coast of Japan, hundreds of Ming armadas floated like huge monsters in the Sea of Japan, and thousands of Ming troops on the shore had just eaten dinner and were resting in their trenches. After a day of fierce fighting, the barrels of the guns were red, and the crossbow arrows were shot clean, if the Japanese did not retreat but continued to attack, it was not certain that they would win or lose. After dinner, the commanders let the musketeers continue to take on the duty of vigilance, while the crossbowmen who had been pulling the strings for a day were more tired, so they rested first.

The two sides agreed to a two-hour truce, each to clean up the corpses of their own dead soldiers, the soldiers who died in the Ming army were in their own trenches, and the 200 people who went out to clean the battlefield were nothing more than to pick up the crossbow arrows, shells, and ammunition that were fired. There is also the katana of the Japanese noble samurai.

At the fifth watch, the sky was still dark, the Japanese cavalry quietly completed the assembly, tens of thousands of cavalry mixed with ashigaru, the samurai gathered in front of the passage heaped out of the dead during the day, and did not make any sound, and when a trace of fish belly white appeared in the east, Hattori Hanzo gave an order, ten thousand horses galloped, and the Japanese army launched the final impact.

During the day, a full 30,000 people have been consumed, and the trenches dug by the Ming army have been filled, it can really be said that the corpses are all over the field, and the tragedy is extreme, presumably the enemy's ammunition is almost consumed, and the early morning is the time when people feel the most tired and cold, and the faint light will not lead to their own accidental injury, so Hattori Hanzo will choose to attack at this time.

The cavalry quickly approached the position of the Ming army like a tide, and suddenly a row of infantry suddenly appeared from the earthen bags in front, and shot at the cavalry brigade with a fire gun, this kind of shooting was different from the previous kind of infantry shooting in turn, as if their bullets were endless, everyone was shooting wildly, the barrage was overwhelming, the first wave of cavalry fell on the spot, and the blood of people and horses flowed on the sand, and it was quickly diluted by the sand

Behind the infantry, is the artillery group of the Ming army, half of the supply at night is the shells of the Franco, this kind of artillery is not only suitable for siege warfare, but also extremely suitable for dealing with clusters of unarmored targets, the artillerymen are almost flat muzzles in shooting, the action is very fast, the ruler has long been set, as long as the ammunition can be loaded and fired, to ensure that each shell is exploded in the enemy group, the shells will be the corpses and loess are lifted, shrapnel and gravel are flying all over the sky, the earth after the shelling is full of holes, black, red, white and yellow

Although it suffered a general blow from a volcanic eruption, Hattori Hanzo still made the Chinese army's war drums non-stop, and the cavalry continued to launch an impact, rushing up in the face of a dense rain of bullets, even if the casualties were huge, because Hattori Hanzo stubbornly believed that this was the trapped beast of the Ming army, as long as they finished this wave of ammunition, they would really run out of ammunition, and they must not be discouraged at this juncture, otherwise the previous efforts would be wasted, and honestly persuade the Ministry of Hanzo that he was indeed a good general, this consideration was very correct, but where did he think that the Ming army would have thunderbolts, He also thought that after fighting for a day during the day, now the two sides are fighting with perseverance, so they will launch such a large-scale group assault.

The Japanese cavalry still died generously, running wild in the face of the rain of bullets and bullets, the firepower density of the Ming army was several times stronger than before, and the guns and rockets were fired together, leaving the lives of tens of thousands of cavalry in this short three-mile sandy land, and in the end, even the lieutenants around Hattori Hanzo couldn't stand it, begging the general to take back his life, Ming Jin collected the troops, Hattori Hanzo used a clairvoyant mirror to observe the position of the Ming army for a long time, and saw that the fire light set off by the fire was as dense and dazzling as the galaxy in the dark night, and knew that he had made a mistake in judgment, The enemy army is far from running out of ammunition and food,

As soon as Ming Jin gave the order to withdraw his troops, a noise suddenly sounded in the ranks of the Japanese infantry, and many people shouted in Japanese: "Japan is defeated, run." "The infantry died a lot yesterday, the morale of the army has long been dissipated, today I saw the tragic situation of the cavalry, and I was afraid that Hattori Hanzo would pull them to death again, someone provoked trouble, and there were countless responders, the military law team stepped forward to suppress, and was met with the collective resistance of the soldiers, and the military law team members were killed in an instant, and the rebels scattered in a hurry and fled towards the west.

Hattori Hanzo was furious and urgently ordered the cavalry to suppress the rebels, but as soon as the cavalry moved, someone shouted: "The cavalry also rebelled, and some people shouted that Kyoto had been lost, and we couldn't run away, for a time the people were panicked and chaotic, and they didn't need the Ming army to attack, they were defeated first, the 100,000 army was in chaos, the officers couldn't find the soldiers, the soldiers couldn't find the officials, Hattori Hanzo let the troops contain, kill the people who bewitched the people, and the armies that could still be controlled stood still, and strictly prevented the enemy from taking the opportunity to counterattack."

After dawn, Hattori Hanzo counted the men, and the 20,000-strong army actually lost more than 7,000 people, and the rest were all depressed and had no combat effectiveness at all. Hattori Hanzo made an appointment with Shimazu and prepared to retreat to Tango Castle, after yesterday's battle, the two Japanese generals found that the Ming army was good at field warfare, and they wanted to compete with the Ming or in the defense of the city to have an advantage.

Tango is one of the ancient Japanese order countries in Japan, belonging to the mountain, also known as Danzhou, North Dan. The stone is about 111,000 koku (Keicho time). The territory of Tango Province was about the northern part of present-day Kyoto Prefecture, and it belonged to the Isshiki family during the Warring States period. In that year, Oda Nobunaga, the sixth heavenly demon king of Japan, assigned Akechi Mitsuhide the mission to capture the province of Tango. Akechi Mitsuhide tasked Hosokawa Fujitaka to attack Tango Castle. This Hosokawa Fujitaka is a typical militaristic person. After conquering Tango Kingdom, he massacred the people of the castle and demolished the castle walls to the ground. After Toyotomi Hideyoshi unified Japan, the walls of Tango Castle were rebuilt. Since the Tango Castle Wall was newly built, it was thin in many places. This gave the Ming army a good opportunity to attack.

Under the leadership of Li Long, the Ming army walked out of the trenches one after another, pushing the 500-pound small and medium-sized Furlong machine gun to Tango City, which was twenty miles away, and after half a day's march, the army finally arrived at Tanghou at noon.

Li Long used his binoculars to check the situation on the castle tower, and saw that only some Japanese troops were still listless, as if they had not yet recovered from yesterday's fiasco, and although there were more than 13,000 people defending the city, it was like an empty city.

It was the first time that Li Long had attacked the city since the crossing, and although there were dozens of Franc machine guns, Li Long still had palpitations. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng and Chen Jixiang had been garrisoned in Shandong, participated in many wars, and had more combat experience than Li Long.

In the large camp of the Japanese army, Hattori Hanzo and Shimazu sat on the ground, with a small bottle of sake on the table, and a side dish with pig's ears on the table, and the two were discussing how to defend it.

"Hanzo-kun, the Ming army has blocked the west gate of Tango Castle, you see how our army should destroy this invading Ming army" Shimazu poured a glass of sake and drank it all

"The number of Ming troops is only more than 6,000, and there are many wounded, and our Japanese army has more than 14,000 in Tango Castle alone, so it should not be a problem to defend the city," Hattori Hanzo replied

"What if the Ming army doesn't fight Danhou, but makes a direct detour?" Shimazu continued, in fact, Shimazu's command talent is even more powerful than Hattori Hanzo, but he lost without knowing the enemy.

"It's impossible, if you take a detour, it's going to be Kyoto," Hattori Hanzo exclaimed

"I think it's very possible, you look at the Ming army outside, I see that they have set up artillery, but they don't open fire to attack the city, and my Japanese Datong (large arquebus) can't hit the Ming army at all, if our army goes out of the city to meet the battle, it is bound to fight with the Ming army, field warfare is what the Ming army is good at, and our army will be defeated. So I think there must be a conspiracy on the part of the Ming army," Shimazu analyzed

"What should I do?" Hattori Hanzo asked

"I should first tell the legend to Lord Sekihaku, so that the 100,000 troops who came to the aid of Tango should not come to Tango, and go directly to Kyoto for defense" Shimazu Michi. 、、

"Shimazu-kun, you can't help but value the strength of the Ming army too much, with more than 6,000 people in the Ming Military Region, can you capture Kyoto defended by 1.5 million people?" Hattori Hanzo said unscrupulously

"Hanzo-kun, don't go to Kyoto Although there are 1.5 million people transferred from all over the world, they are all men and ordinary people, and they have no military training at all, and after I asked for help, Lord Sekihaku asked you to bring all the soldiers in Kyoto, oh no, most of the soldiers in Kyoto. Now the strength of Kyoto is less than 3,000, if the Ming army storms, it can be broken in less than two days, and the reinforcements of Nagasaki only went to report the day before yesterday, and it will be five days after receiving the letter for help, and then the men and horses will be raised to reinforce, and it will be ten days later, by then Kyoto has already fallen, and you and I are sinners! Shimazu Masaki said

"I don't believe it, don't be so alarmist Shimazu-kun, the battle will start in Tango Castle soon, you and I should be optimistic about the actual situation" After speaking, Hattori Hanzo didn't pay attention to Shimazu, but went directly to the castle tower to check the situation of the Ming army.

"Don't stop me persuading, Great Japan is going to destroy the country, alas" Shimazu sighed, and then drank the stuffy wine.

The same thing was also being discussed in the big tent of the Ming army, and finally it was decided that Zhang Cheng would lead an army of 2,000 to attack the city at the gate, leaving all the medium-sized weapons, and constantly bombarding, and Li Long would take 4,500 soldiers and 30 special combat personnel to midnight, bypassing Tanghou Castle and heading straight to Kyoto. Carry small arms (crossbow arrows) and swords, shields, spears. Conquer Kyoto overnight.

On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, after three days of fighting, Li Long's Ming army finally attacked the city of Tango, but after dawn on the ninth day of the eighth month, more than half of the more than 6,000 soldiers of the Ming army suddenly disappeared. Hattori Hanzo and Shimazu went up to the castle tower to watch, only to see that there were only 2,000 Ming troops outside the city, about 1,000 musketeers, and the rest were artillery and spears. All the other Ming troops went there

"Hanzo-kun, the Ming army must have bypassed Tango Castle last night to attack Kyoto, and you and I are finished......" Shimazu belched

At this time, Hattori Hanzo realized what was happening, and he knew that he was on guard on all fronts last night to prevent the Ming army from passing. What to do now, even if it is too late to send someone to Kyoto to deliver the message now, I can only hope that the Ming army will not be able to conquer Kyoto, which is defended by 1.5 million people, until reinforcements arrive

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