Chapter 366: The Battle of the Mountain Pass of the Opium War

In the summer of the ninth year of Shenwu, with the large-scale military assistance of the Chinese Empire to the Russian Empire, the Russian army won victories in the battle against the Ottoman Turkish Empire. In this way, the Ottoman Empire's expansion on all sides came to a halt, first ending its expansion in Europe and reaching a compromise with the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, achieving the first ceasefire since the Crusades.

However, because of religious issues, the two sides did not form a substantive military alliance, unlike the four countries of China, Russia, Britain, and France, which had a formal treaty as a framework. The Ottomans only achieved a cease-fire with the Spanish Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, each dealing with its own enemies.

In this way, the Ottoman Empire could reduce its armies in Europe and transfer them back to Transcaucasia to resist the military invasion of the Russian Empire. At the same time, due to the opening of the Suez Canal, which was dug by the Chinese Empire, the Chinese Empire stationed 120,000 troops around the Suez Canal. The connection between the central part of the Ottoman Turkish Empire and the North African territories was severed, and in the event of a war, several territories throughout North Africa would be lost. The signing of a ceasefire agreement with the Holy Roman Empire eased the situation in the Mediterranean, allowing the Turkish Empire to transport troops and supplies to North Africa through the Mediterranean vassal states of the Holy Roman Empire. In this way, even in the event of war with the Chinese Empire, the Turkish Empire could establish a connection with the North African territories and maintain its rule over North Africa.

It can be said that the military intervention of the Chinese Empire has changed the course of global history, and the domino effect has expanded to all major countries in the world. In particular, it contributed to the ceasefire between the Ottoman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire and the Spanish Empire, and indirectly contributed to a world war between the two major military blocs.

The news was transmitted back to Beijing, and in the imperial study of the Forbidden City, Deng Haonan was full of smiles.

Qian Qianyi, the first assistant minister of the "emperor's" cabinet, congratulated: "The emperor's European plan has been realized for more than half of it, and the whole of Europe has become a pot of porridge. However, if the Spanish navy is destroyed, then the throne of the world's first navy will definitely cause competition among other naval powers."

Deng Haonan nodded and said: "This is expected, the Spanish Navy has been reduced to a second-rate navy, and the navies of the five European countries of Britain, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Denmark will compete for this hegemonic position, and war will inevitably break out." ”

"It's better not to fight between Britain and France"

Lin Feng said: "Both of them are our alliance treaty countries, and fighting will consume the strength of the alliance."

Deng Haonan smiled slightly, he knew in his heart that Britain and France would not fight in a short time, because France's current center of gravity was still on land, and most of the country was occupied by Spain, and the economic losses were severe, and he was unable to compete with Britain for maritime supremacy.

Of course, at this time, the Dutch Navy was extremely arrogant, and all the naval powers in Europe listed the Dutch Navy as the first potential enemy, so for a period of time in the future, the Dutch Navy will be on the cusp of the storm, becoming a thorn in everyone's side, waiting to be beaten

"The Dutch navy has eliminated the Spanish navy, and we need not worry about it being the enemy of the navies of Europe in the future."

Qian Qianyi nodded and said, "What the emperor said is that the Mediterranean Fleet of the Imperial Royal Navy has been deployed in place, and it is inevitable that it will not touch the maritime interests of European countries."

Deng Haonan thought about it and looked at Lin Feng, who explained: "Your Majesty, rest assured, we have already studied it, in order not to stimulate European countries and let them enjoy internal friction, the Admiralty will not increase the strength of the Mediterranean Fleet, and strictly order the Mediterranean Fleet to only cruise in the western Mediterranean Sea, try not to provoke other countries, and protect the security of the Suez Canal externally."

Deng Haonan nodded and said, "That's good."

Then he looked at Wang Zhaoyang and asked, "Has the Ottoman Turkish Empire made any recent moves?" ”

"Emperor Qiqi" Wang Zhaoyang replied: "The Ottoman Turkish Empire has not made any major moves recently, and the main forces are still gathered in West Asia and Northern Europe to deal with the Russian imperial ** team. The vicinity of the Suez Canal was very safe, and no Turkish troop movements were detected. It's just that the Turks concentrated their forces in several territories in North Africa and retreated to the main cities of each territory, and there were actions to strengthen the city defenses"

Deng Haonan frowned and said, "So, the Turks are preparing to start a war against China?" ”

"It should still be in preparation"

Lin Feng said: "From the current point of view, the empire has stationed 120,000 elite troops in the Suez Canal Zone, plus the strategy of the Mediterranean Fleet, the Turks have little chance of winning a war Their large army is pinned down in West Asia and Northern Europe, and our Suez Canal happens to completely cut off North Africa and Constantinople, so I think their actions in North Africa are defensive."

Qian Qianyi said at this time: "According to the old minister, the Turkish Empire may not be just a defense"

Deng Haonan asked, "What is Aiqing's opinion?" ”

Qian Qianyi replied: "Your Majesty, the Turkish Empire, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Spanish Empire have reached a ceasefire agreement, so that Turkey can transfer a large number of troops from Europe to North Africa through the Mediterranean Sea, and the emperor has to guard against it."

Deng Haonan nodded and looked at Lin Feng, who also nodded, and said: "It is possible that the Chinese Empire has implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation for thirteen years, which is far greater than the national policy of recuperation and recuperation in the Han and Tang dynasties in just three years, and of course it has also brought great prosperity to the Chinese Empire and rapid growth of national strength.

The summer tax in the ninth year of Shenwu reached 70 million silver dollars. The largest contributor was obtained by the Imperial Colonial War, which plundered more than 100 million silver dollars in the first half of the year, and according to the principle of 30% taxation, the imperial government alone collected 30 million silver dollars. Then the other forty million silver dollars were taxed from industrial taxes, commercial taxes, customs duties, etc.

Among them, the commercial tax is mainly due to the maritime trade with Europe, although affected by the European war and the total hostility of the Spanish Empire, the total amount of overseas trade has declined, but it still occupies the first place in the commercial tax. The industrial tax, which had been the second largest part of taxation, was replaced by windfall profits from the opium trade.

The windfall profits of the opium trade are mainly in Japan, which has grown from hundreds of thousands of silver dollars at the beginning to hundreds of millions of silver dollars a year now, and it is still rising.

Due to the large-scale inflow of opium, a large amount of silver flowed out of Japan, and by the beginning of the ninth year of Jimmu, the Tokugawa shogunate's newly developed gold and silver mines and the production of old gold and silver mines could no longer keep up with the outflow of gold and silver, and the Tokugawa shogunate's finances fell into a place of exhaustion.

In March of the 9th year of Jimmu, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the supreme governor of the Tokugawa shogunate, ordered a complete ban on smoking in Japan, destroyed opium, and arrested domestic and foreign merchants who sold opium.

At present, the main customer of the opium trading company of the Chinese Empire is Japan, followed by Southeast Asian countries, and the European and American markets have just been developed, and the efficiency is not high. Opium production in the entire Golden Triangle was only enough to sustain opium exports to Japan, so the core interests of the Imperial Chinese Opium Trading Company were in Japan.

With the Tokugawa shogunate's large-scale anti-smoking campaign, which caused huge economic losses to the Imperial Chinese Opium Trading Company, the company's board of directors applied to the Imperial Chinese government to wage a larger war.

The Imperial Government of China had already conscripted troops from Korea on a large scale and sent them to Japan to fight against the Tokugawa Shogunate's army, and the effect was quite good, but the Imperial Government paid a large amount of military expenses to the Korean servant army, resulting in huge financial expenditures. Although the central government of the imperial government is very rich, the imperial cabinet is still very picky, and in order to solve this huge financial expenditure problem, the cabinet always changes methods to delay and reduce military spending. At this time, the Imperial Opium Trading Company applied to intensify the war, so the cabinet and the military invariably reached out to ask for money.

The Opium Trading Company of the Chinese Empire earned 110 million silver dollars of opium worldwide every year, including 55 million in Japan, and the Tokugawa shogunate's ban on smoking would cause millions of silver dollars in economic losses to the company every day. For this reason, the Imperial Opium Trading Company had to come up with five million silver dollars as military expenses and apply to the Imperial Government to intensify its offensive.

Naturally, the Imperial Government was pleased with the wealth, and the Cabinet immediately approved the Opium Trading Company's written request to give the military an additional three million silver dollars and urged the intensification of attacks on the Tokugawa shogunate.

Although the military department secretly scolded the cabinet for being shameless and swallowed them two million silver dollars, after all, it had an extra three million silver dollars in military spending, so it ordered the Eastern Expeditionary Army to launch a larger-scale military operation.

By this time, the Chinese Empire's Eastern Expeditionary Force had occupied the Japanese island of Kyushu and Shikoku, and the Tokugawa shogunate army retreated to Honshu Island for defense. The Eastern Expeditionary Army used cheap Korean servant troops as cannon fodder to fight against the Tokugawa Shogunate army, which consumed both the Tokugawa Shogunate army and the Korean youth, resulting in a sharp decline in the population of the two major races in the Yadong region, and laying a solid foundation for the future construction of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle of the Chinese Empire.

In April of the 9th year of Shenmu, the Eastern Expeditionary Army again dispatched 200,000 Korean servants, escorted by the East China Sea Fleet, to land on Honshu Island from Onoda Port and continue the sweeping operation.

By this time, the nature of the war had changed, and within Japan, the Japanese called it the Opium War waged by the Chinese Empire against Japan. However, the Imperial Government of the Chinese Empire never recognized the Opium War, but only marked the military operation codenamed "Save Japan" in domestic textbooks forever, and did not admit that it was a war, but to help the Japanese people get rid of the dark rule of the Tokugawa shogunate.

For a long time, the Tokugawa shogunate army had never engaged in large-scale battles with the Chinese emperor's ** army, but with the large-scale opium import of the Chinese Empire, a large outflow of gold and silver from Japan not only caused a shortage of silver and gold in Japan, but also caused the central financial crisis of the Tokugawa shogunate, which had a great impact.

For this reason, Tokugawa Iemitsu had to mobilize heavy troops to resist.

On April 17, the ninth year of Jimmu, the 200,000 troops of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Chinese Empire attacked Honshu Island, and the Tokugawa shogunate mobilized 330,000 troops to block it in the Yamaguchi theater. More than 500,000 troops on both sides fought a general battle in the area of Guiwang Mountain southwest of the mountain pass, and the fierce battle lasted for two months.

The Chinese Empire's Eastern Expeditionary Army, with the Korean Army as the main force, landed about 180,000 people on Honshu Island. As the main force of the Chinese Empire, there were only the 74th and 75th divisions of the Royal Army, with a total of about 20,000 people.

The weapons and equipment of the Korean army and the Tokugawa shogunate army are almost the same, most of them are cold weapon configurations, and most of the weapons and equipment promised by the Chinese emperor to the Korean army have not been fulfilled, mainly because the native army of the Chinese Empire has been expanded to one million, so the weapons and equipment are given priority to them, and most of the Korean army still uses cold weapons.

However, this did not affect the combat effectiveness of the Korean army, because the Tokugawa shogunate army was also unable to equip an all-firearms force, and less than 2,000 out of every 10,000 people used bird guns, which was about the same ratio as the Korean army's firearms. Therefore, neither side has an advantage in equipment.

As an "elite" and "high-level" cannon fodder unit, the main force of the 180,000 Korean army fought a battle with the more than 300,000 Tokugawa shogunate troops, and the two sides were evenly matched.

In the battle of more than two months, the Tokugawa shogunate army suffered more than 70,000 casualties, and the Korean army suffered more than 90,000 casualties.

However, the headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army did not care about the casualties of the Korean army, and a large number of recruits were constantly being conscripted from the Korean Peninsula. The front battle continued to consume soldiers, and the Hirado base on Kyushu Island continued to train new recruits, and then quickly replenished to the Yamaguchi theater to fight.

Originally, the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Chinese Empire could have defeated the Japanese army in the Yamaguchi Theater in one fell swoop with the 74th and 75th Divisions, but the base camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army has not moved, just waiting to see what happens. Not only that, but the base camp of the Eastern Expeditionary Army even demanded that the Korean army fighting not fight a decisive battle, and it had been consumed with the Tokugawa shogunate army.

What is the reason for this?

It turned out that the Eastern Expeditionary Army Command wanted to use too many Korean servant troops to consume the Japanese army, and causing a sharp decline in the population of the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago was only one of the plans. Another plan was to accelerate the consumption of the Tokugawa shogunate's financial resources, forcing the Tokugawa shogunate to choose a main decisive battle with the Chinese Empire, and then decide the victory or defeat in a battle.

At this time, the Tokugawa shogunate still had a strong strength, and in the face of foreign invasion, the contradictions between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Japanese people eased somewhat, and most of the Japanese people supported the Tokugawa shogunate's anti-aggression war, hoping to win the Opium War.

Therefore, on the battlefield of Yamaguchi, the Tokugawa shogunate was still able to recruit and mobilize a considerable amount of manpower for the battlefield. Therefore, the command of the Eastern Crusade Army of the Chinese Empire chose the tactic of consuming them.

However, it was clear that the Tokugawa shogunate could not withstand attrition, and in the third month of the Battle of Yamaguchi, the weakness of the Tokugawa shogunate's logistical supply capacity was exposed. The mountainous Japanese archipelago made it somewhat difficult for the Tokugawa shogunate to supply food and weapons. Coupled with these years of economic aggression and military plunder, the Tokugawa shogunate's finances were sharply weakened, and after three months of fighting to support more than 300,000 troops, it became inadequate.

At the beginning of July, the third month of the Opium War, the casualties on both sides had reached nearly 500,000, and the civilian casualties had exceeded one million.

The soldiers on both sides have almost changed, and they are all new recruits who go to the battlefield. The Tokugawa shogunate's army was no longer able to replenish its forces from nearby villages and towns, and its strength continued to shrink to less than 200,000 men.

On the other hand, on the side of the Chinese Empire's Eastern Expeditionary Army, the casualties of the Korean servant army were close to 200,000, and there was almost no veteran left, but it was still able to replenish a large number of new soldiers, so that the total strength of cannon fodder was maintained at about 200,000, which was the same as that of the Tokugawa shogunate army.

The 74th and 75th Divisions have been resting and waiting for the final moment.

The Yamaguchi theater has become a huge bottomless pit, constantly devouring the armies of both sides. It is a great irony that the Opium War between China and Japan consumed the manpower and material resources of Korea and Japan, but benefited from the Chinese Empire.

The Battle of Yamaguchi lasted until August, when the Tokugawa shogunate finally dried up financially and was overwhelmed by the war. Tokugawa Iemitsu knew that if he sued for peace, he would pay too much for him, so he decided to take a desperate gamble and mobilize a large army for a decisive battle.

On 11 August, Tokugawa Iemitsu personally hung the Fifth Route Marshal, commanded the Fifth Route reinforcements, and reinforced the Yamaguchi Theater with 170,000 troops, preparing to win the Battle of Yamaguchi in one go.

With Tokugawa Iemitsu, the head of the Tokugawa shogunate, personally fighting in person, the headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Chinese Empire was convinced that Tokugawa Iemitsu was in a hurry and was ready for a decisive battle. To this end, the Crusade Command ordered the Korean servant forces that were fighting with the Tokugawa Shogunate Army in the area of Mount Kameo to take the lead in launching a strong attack, forcing Tokugawa Iemitsu to quickly reinforce them.

On 13 August, the Korean servant army and the Tokugawa shogunate army fought a large-scale battle at the southern foot of Mount Kameo, also 79 battles, and both sides pressed the main forces of their armies there, and a fierce battle began.

At the southern foot of the entire Guiwang Mountain, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the Chinese officers watching from a distance listened to the battle between the two different languages, and they couldn't get excited at all.

There is no way, if it weren't for the control of the Korean servant army, they, the Chinese officers, would not be willing to stay in the cannon fodder corps of the Korean servant army. They would rather give up the feeling of being high up here and descend to the three poles of the Chinese army, even if they are ordinary grassroots commanders, it is more enjoyable to fight than here.

The battle at the southern foot of Guiwang Mountain, both sides thought it was a decisive battle. When Tokugawa Iemitsu learned about it, he thought that the Chinese Empire was worried that he would not be able to bear it after the arrival of his fifth route reinforcements, so he launched a decisive battle of the main force in advance, so Tokugawa Iemitsu ordered the whole army to reinforce the front line quickly.

At the same time, the officers and men of the 74th and 75th Divisions of the Imperial Chinese Army finally received an order from the headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army, ordering them to go into battle.

However, instead of committing the main battle to the Kameoyama battlefield, the 74th and 75th Divisions landed on the Sabogawa River, a small port more than 100 kilometers northeast of Kameoyama, cut off the rear of the Tokugawa shogunate's army, and directly attacked Yamaguchi Castle.

Obviously, if the 74th and 75th Divisions landed at Zuo Bochuan in the rear of the Battle of Yamaguchi, they would be able to occupy Yamaguchi Castle in a short time, and if that happened, the rear of the entire Tokugawa shogunate army would be completely cut off, and hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops would become turtles caught in urns.

A few days before the landing of the whole army, the sharp battalion sent by the 74th Infantry Division had already landed on Zuobochuan first, and they prepared for the landing of the Eastern Expeditionary Army on Zuobochuan, cleared the enemy troops in Zuobochuan, and carried out bathymetric surveys to ensure the smooth landing of the large army.

Sabogawa Port on the western tip of Honshu Island is a small village that was originally relocated inland by the Tokugawa shogunate, which strictly enforced the policy of seclusion and seclusion. But that ordinance is basically only suitable for the outside of the Japanese archipelago, and for the island of Honshu here, he is in the Seto Inland Sea, although there is a decree, but more than half of the people here have secretly returned.

Two miles southwest of the Zuobo River, a Japanese villager is working in the fields.

Although the Guiwang Mountain in the west is upside down, as ordinary people, they must go to work in the fields, otherwise the government will not give him any subsidies if they can't get food.

Bang bang

The Japanese farmer, who was weeding, suddenly saw a noise in the weeds next to the ditch, and he walked over with a hoe in curiosity.

Stretching out his hand to pull away the grass, the Japanese farmer looked at it and his eyes froze. Originally, he thought it was a hare or something, and he was going to catch it and open a meat, but now it was a bright bayonet against his chest.

The old Japanese farmer was frightened, but instinctively raised his hands and slowly retreated.

"Don't Kill Me"

The moment he came to his senses, the old peasant begged bitterly.

burst

The bayonet pierced the chest of the old Japanese peasant, penetrated directly, pierced through the back, and immediately blood spurted out along the bloodletting groove of the three-edged bayonet.

With a flying kick, the old peasant's body flew upside down into the ground, and the bayonet was pulled out.

Poof

The corpse of the old Japanese peasant was splashed with blood on the spot, and a soldier of the Chinese Empire wearing a gray military uniform with a steel helmet on his head full of camouflage blades of grass walked out, glanced at the old Japanese peasant on the ground, looked around again, and saw that there was no one else, so he dragged the old farmer's body into the grass.

The grass is not wide, but on the other side of the grass is a hillside.

Out of the grass, the soldier whistled, then crossed his hands, and suddenly a row of soldiers stood up on the slope of the hill, and as far as the eye could see, there were four or five hundred people who stretched all over the col.

They were the pathfinder reconnaissance battalion that landed in advance, with the purpose of quietly pulling out Zuo Bochuan so that the Royal Army could land safely.

In order not to be discovered by a Japanese army in Yamaguchi Castle, the reconnaissance battalion sent several reconnaissance platoons to guard outside the four sides, kill the Japanese soldiers who were on guard along the way, and then surrounded the small village of Zuobochuan and killed all those who could ventilate and report the news.

The port of Sahirogawa had long been destroyed by the Tokugawa shogunate army, and the reconnaissance battalion had to quickly build a wharf, pull out the stakes, and clear the port.

However, this is not the first time for them to do these things, they have already done them when they landed on Shikoku Island to fight, and they are even more convenient at this time.

The improvised wharf was quickly built so that the Royal Army could land on time on August 19, and the 74th and 75th Divisions of the Royal Army of the Chinese Empire completed the landing on time. At this time, Tokugawa Iemitsu's Fifth Route reinforcements had just left Yamaguchi Castle and were reinforcing Mt. Kameo, more than a hundred miles away. Perhaps Tokugawa Iemitsu was too anxious about the front-line war, and did not pay attention to whether there would be a landing of the Chinese Emperor's ** team in a place like Xiangzuo Bochuan.

In fact, the Tokugawa shogunate had stationed an army on the Sabogawa River a month earlier, with the aim of preventing the Chinese Empire's Eastern Expeditionary Army from landing in the area. However, the Chinese Imperial Expeditionary Army has not landed in Zuo Bochuan, but concentrated all the main forces in the area of Guiwang Mountain, which created a false impression for the Japanese army, so that he did not think that there was still a squadron ** will appear here, with the tense battle in Guiwang Mountain, they withdrew most of the troops here, resulting in the fact that the Chinese Imperial ** team secretly landed here.

Tokugawa Iemitsu had already rushed to the front line of Kameo Mountain, and the 74th Division after landing was responsible for attacking the rear of the Japanese flank, and the 75th Division was responsible for taking Yamaguchi Castle, knocking out the Japanese army's supplies, and cutting off the Japanese army's retreat.

On the 20th, the 75th Division marched 100 miles and arrived at the west of Yamaguchi that night.

At this time, the west gate of Yamaguchi Castle was basically closed because it had to transport supplies and ammunition to the front line every day, as well as to transport wounded soldiers from the front line.

Previously, the Tokugawa Shogunate Army was still cautious, for fear of being attacked by the Chinese Emperor ** team, but in the past four months, the Chinese Emperor ** team has not appeared nearby, and their vigilance has relaxed a lot. At the same time, because the front line entered the final decisive stage, the daily supply transportation was too large, so the city gate was not closed.

However, the Japanese army also made preparations and set up positions outside the city gate and sent troops to guard them to prevent a sneak attack.

The 75th Division quietly reached the west of Yamaguchi Castle and lurked.

Originally, the commander of the 75th Division, Pang Ji, was ready to directly send troops to charge, but the headquarters of the Eastern Expeditionary Army sent him a hunter commando, and the Japanese army arranged two blocking positions on the left and right outside the city, and the charge would be stopped by the other party, and the Japanese army would close the city gate at this time. In order to be able to quickly capture Yamaguchi City, Pang Xi listened to the advice of Major Yao Bin, the leader of the Hunter Commando Detachment 7, and asked the assault team to go up to seize the city gate first, and then start attacking the city.

Yamaguchi Castle is quiet, except for the west of the castle. Outside the western castle, the lights were bright, and the vehicles coming and going were endless, showing the huge amount of supplies on the front line, no wonder Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't bear it. The supply of such a large-scale war is too consuming of national strength.

Two miles away from the West City, at a bend in the official road, the light from Yamaguchi Castle turned into a dark corner here.

In the grass on both sides, more than a dozen special combat members from the hunter commando team of the Imperial Chinese Imperial Secret Service quietly poked their heads out.

A transport team passed by, and when the carriage passed, the captain Yao Bin observed the distance between the front and back, and waved his hand to signal action.

"Hands-on"

At the sound of the order, dozens of special combat personnel quickly jumped out of the grass and rushed to the carriage in a few arrows.

In the flash of light, before the Japanese soldiers and the coachman who were escorting the car could react, they were covered with their mouths and noses and wiped their necks.

The body was carried away, and by the time the carriage came out of the shadows, the owner had changed. Dozens of special operators had already changed into Japanese clothes, and their weapons were hidden in the wagons.

Yao Bin and the others pressed the carriage and continued to walk towards the city gate, wearing Japanese clothes, all of which were so natural.

The arrival of the convoy did not attract excessive attention from the defenders of the city gate, but a few Japanese soldiers still came up to investigate.

Fortunately, I had been on Kyushu Island for more than a year before, and I had learned Japanese, although the accent was still a little worse, but it did not arouse the suspicion of the Japanese soldiers.

"Release"

The goalkeeper waved his hand impatiently, looking like he was unhappy with the recent surge in workload.

In order to control the overall situation, Yao Bin ordered the convoy to be farther apart, so that the first car passed through the city gate, and the last car was just at the antler barrier, so that the sudden attack would control the entire city gate.

As the first carriage arrived at the city gate, Yao Bin and several special combat team members glanced at each other, and nodded their heads close to the Japanese soldiers guarding the gate.

"This military master asks you about something"

"What-"

Before the Japanese soldier could speak, he felt a chill in his neck, and a sharp dagger had already killed him.

"Hands-on"

It was too late, and the hunter commandos, who had been highly trained, quickly killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers near the city gate.

With a bang, the signal flare in Yao Bin's hand rose into the air, blooming a fiery red flower in the air like a firework.

The soldiers at the head of the city were startled, but when they saw that it was fireworks, they immediately shook their heads and ignored them.

However, for the seventy-fifth division outside the city, this was the signal for a general attack.

"Blow the trumpet of the charge, and the whole army charges"

Three miles away, in the darkness, Pang Ji, the commander of the 75th Division, drew out his command knife, and the blade was pointing, and suddenly ten thousand horses galloped.

"Kill"

The loud trumpet of the charge sounded, and the shouts of killing resounded one after another, endlessly.

The 10,000 officers and men of the 75th Division suddenly rushed out with their legs between their legs and their sabers.

Ten thousand horses galloped, and the earth suddenly trembled.

On the castle of Yamaguchi, the Japanese soldiers defending the city suddenly looked out of the city, and the black pressure was overwhelming, although they couldn't see it clearly, they also knew that it was not a good thing.

"Closing the Gate"

The city gates are no longer theirs, how can they be closed?

Soon, the Japanese soldiers found that the city gate had been captured by the enemy, and they were shocked, and many Japanese soldiers on the city head quickly went down the city, intending to recapture the city gate.

"Formation"

Yao Bin shouted, and dozens of special combat team members suddenly formed a formation, armed with strong crossbows, and used horse-drawn carriages as fortifications.

"Shoot"

Whoosh

A series of sharp crossbow arrows were fired, and the Japanese soldiers who were more than ten meters away were shot in an instant, with extremely high accuracy, worthy of being the elite of the elite.

The Japanese soldiers who rushed to reinforce were still a minority, and most of the Japanese soldiers rested in the barracks near the city wall, and there were not many defenders in the city, so only a few dozen Japanese soldiers rushed to kill.

After a few breaths, these dozens of Japanese soldiers were shot and killed.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers in the defensive arrow tower more than 200 meters away from the city gate were alarmed. There is an arrow tower on the left and right, which was originally designed to block the attacking enemy, giving the city gate defenders enough time to close the city gate. However, there were still hundreds of soldiers inside, and when they learned that the city gate had been captured by the enemy, they immediately counterattacked.

These Japanese soldiers already knew that they were cannon fodder on weekdays, but they were lucky and didn't think that there would be a Chinese emperor ** team to fight, so they were usually quite calm. But when the real moment came, they suddenly forgot about their mission, and no longer prepared to block the cavalry that were killing them head-on, but rushed towards the city gate in a swarm.

They just want to stay alive

Yao Bin had less than 50 special combat personnel in his hands, but there were more than 200 Japanese soldiers rushing towards him, and after a round of crossbow arrows, there were still 1560 people.

"Retreat to the gates of the city and form a formation"

Yao Bin shouted, and the special combat team members immediately retreated to the city gate and formed a formation to meet the enemy.

The gates of the city were small, and the five horses were crowded side by side.

But precisely because the city gate is small, it is very good for the special combat team members who have few people.

What if there were too many Japanese soldiers? More than a hundred people could not be embraced at the same time, and only five or six people were engaged in a head-on battle.

This kind of battle is obviously beneficial to the special combat soldiers, and these Japanese soldiers are not opponents at all.

The swords clashed against each other, making a messy sound, and the special combat team members were already fighting with the Japanese soldiers.

Sharp broadswords, with every slash, an enemy will fall. The quality of the Japanese swords was really poor, and after being chopped by the swords of the special combat soldiers, most of them broke in two, and they lost their lives as a result.

Of course, the weapons used by the Chinese Imperial Hunter Commandos are the best of the best, and looking at the world, no country can make weapons comparable to them.

The hunter commandos under the city gates were surrounded by Japanese troops, but they were not taken advantage of by the enemy. On the contrary, in this case, the members of the Hunter Commando fought bravely to kill the enemy, making the enemy fearful.

Of course, the premise is that there are reinforcements from outside, otherwise it will be really over. Because no matter how powerful a special combat team member is, after cutting down a dozen enemy soldiers, his strength will be exhausted, and no matter how powerful he is, he can only die.

The sound of fighting under the city gate was mourning, the war horses outside the city were galloping, the mountains were shaking, and the distance of more than three miles was that the officers and soldiers of the 75th Division rode horses and killed them all under the city in the blink of an eye.

Although it was an infantry division, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Chinese Empire, the infantry division not only used muskets, but also had the combat ability of cavalry. The infantry division evolved from the lancer division, although it was not as good as the regular cavalry division, but the cavalry still had the ability to fight.

When the cavalry arrived, the Japanese soldiers outside the city immediately scattered and fled.

Seeing that the task was completed, Yao Bin immediately ordered to get out of the way and let the infantry division in.

"Captain, shall we continue?"

Vice Captain Weng Qi shouted and asked Yao Bin if he would continue to fight.

"We are special forces, so let's leave these simple tasks to the people of the 75th Division."

Special forces are not fought between large-scale armies, they are only saved to complete specific tasks, a special forces is very precious, and it is too worthless to sacrifice in the chaotic army.

Weng Qi nodded, and led the special combat team members to evacuate the battlefield, giving up the position of the protagonist to the officers and soldiers of the 75th Division.

There was a cannon bang, and the Japanese troops on the city opened fire, but it only rang out and stopped. Perhaps the Japanese artillery found that the Chinese Emperor ** had entered the city, and it was useless to open fire. Maybe it's just a shot to strengthen the courage.

In Yamaguchi Castle, there were 70,000 or 80,000 Tokugawa shogunate troops, but only 5,000 or 6,000 troops were able to fight, and the rest were wounded and sick soldiers who had been removed from the front.

The 75th Division of the Imperial Army of the Chinese Empire quickly rushed into the city, and there was no need for a musket battle, and the effect of the cavalry raid was very good, and the unsuspecting Japanese troops could only tremble under the iron hooves of the Chinese Emperor's ** team, and the flesh and blood flew under the swords.

At night, Yamaguchi Castle was lit up by a sea of fire, lighting up most of the sky. Inside and outside the city, there was a sound of fighting everywhere, and corpses were everywhere. X