Chapter 549: Defeat (1)
Located between Kaesong and Wonsan, Pyeongam-ri is a small town with high mountains in the north and south, and official roads in the east and west, and it is also the only place for Wonsan to get to Kaesong.
The Japanese army arrived here at dusk, and just after the camp was set up for the night, they received the news that Wonsan Port had fallen and the Tokugawa family was buried in the fire.
This frightened the generals of the Japanese Expeditionary Force, Maeda Toshitsune and Date Tadamune, and lost most of their souls, and the two immediately gathered together to urgently discuss countermeasures.
Originally, the general general of the Japanese Expeditionary Force this time was Tokugawa Ieki, but Tokugawa Ieki was the younger brother of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogunate, and he came to make war achievements, not to work hard. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieki stayed in the rear Motoyama Port to "strategize" and sent two generals, Maeda Toshitsune and Date Tadamune, with an army of 70,000 to reinforce the Qing army.
Who would have thought that there was no shadow of the Tuanshan Army in front now, but the Wonsan Port in the rear was served by others, and even Tokugawa Ieki lost his life, which ...... How will this battle be fought?
In fact, it doesn't matter if the Tokugawa family likes to die or not, because he, a hairy boy in his twenties, can he know how to command a war with bullshit? The main ones who fought were Maeda Toshitsune and Date Tadamune, both of whom were people with great backgrounds.
Maeda Toshitsune was the lord of the Kaga Domain, with a territory of 1.02 million koku, and was the largest daimyo in Japan outside of the Tokugawa family. Date Tadamune was the lord of the Sendai Domain, with a territory of 620,000 koku, and he was also the fourth daimyo in Japan. More importantly, the ancestors of these two are quite powerful figures in Japan's Warring States period, one is Maeda Toshiie, and the other is Date Masamune. During Japan's Warring States period, Maeda Toshiie and Date Masamune were both people who had the strength to compete with Tokugawa Ieyasu for the world. Later, for various reasons, it was annexed to Tokugawa Ieyasu, but in fact, the Kaga Domain and the Sendai Domain were very powerful vassal states.
When Tokugawa Iemitsu decided to conquer Korea. It was with the intention of consuming some of the strength of these two feudal domains that they were sent abroad to fight. Maeda Toshitsune and Date Tadamune are not fools either. How can this kind of strategy of killing people with a knife not be seen? However, the Tokugawa family's direct territory has 2.5 million stones, and the two of them dare not disobey Tokugawa Iemitsu's orders.
Now that the general Tokugawa Ieki died in the battle at Wonsan Port, how should this be handled?
The small town of Pingyan-ri is now the command post of the Japanese Expeditionary Force, and 70,000 troops set up camp along the perimeter of Pingyan-ri. In a two-hall house on the east side of the town, Maeda Toshitsune and Date Tadamune are discussing what to do. After discussing and discussing, I only felt that the current danger was extremely dangerous, and in the end, the two of them stared at each other with big eyes, and the atmosphere froze.
The general base of this expedition to Korea was Wonsan Port, where a large amount of grain and grass were also located. Now that the Wonsan Port has fallen, it is equivalent to the grain route being cut off, and even if there are 70,000 troops, the defeat is predictable.
If there is no food and grass, what kind of war will they fight?
Maeda Toshitsune was in his forties, and he was significantly taller than the average Japanese, almost up to the standard of an ordinary soldier in the Danyama Army, thanks to genetics, as his father, Maeda Toshiie, was a tall man. Maeda Toshitsune glanced at Date Tadamune. He said calmly: "Echizen Mamoru doesn't have to worry too much, it's already here, it's useless to think about it." I heard that the Qing army has hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Kaesong, although we have lost Wonsan Port. But as long as you arrive in Kaesong early tomorrow morning, you will find Lord Hong Chengchou of the Qing Kingdom. β
Although Date Tadamune is younger than Maeda Toshitsune, he is also in his thirties. The whole person looks relatively thin, but a pair of small eyes shine from time to time. Date Tadamune nodded slightly. He said, "Hizen Mamoru is not worried about the problem of grain and grass. The Qing army hoarded a large amount of grain and grass in Kaesong, which I also know. What I'm worried about is the death of the general in battle, I'm afraid it's not easy to explain it to the general! β
Maeda Toshitsune's face was expressionless, he smiled coldly, and said, "I heard that Wonsan Port turned into a sea of fire, and except for the few deserters who came to report to us, no one was spared......
Having said this, Maeda Toshitsune did not continue, but his eyes flashed, and then he stared at Date Tadamune.
As soon as he heard Maeda Toshitsune's words, Date Tadamune's mouth opened wide, and it took a long time for him to recover and cover his mouth with his hand. After calming down, Date Tadamune whispered, "What does Hizen Mamoru meanβ"
Maeda Toshitsune said lightly: "I have already ...... those deserters who reported the news" Maeda Toshitsune made a beheading action, and the meaning could not be more obvious.
Date Tadamune was not a fool either, and soon understood what Maeda Toshitsune meant, and asked in a smaller voice, "Let's just say that the Tokugawa family likes to be greedy and rash and die on the battlefield?" Fall? β
Maeda Toshitsune bowed slightly, and said lightly: "I and Echizen Mamoru worked hard to advise the general general, but unfortunately he still lightly attacked the enemy - well, that's it." β
The two of them smiled knowingly, and the tricky matter of the death of the general was so happily decided on the script.
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The defeat is like a mountain, this is not true at all!
The water is impermanent, the soldiers are impermanent, and the defeated soldiers are even more impermanent and invisible, and the feet are fast, and they may even pick up a life.
Hong Chengchou never dreamed that his army of 50,000 would be wiped out so quickly.
This side of the chamber Zhang Li entered Kaesong, and the other side of the chamber Chaolu had already taken the lead, leading the cavalry team to closely pursue Hong Chengchou's Chinese troops.
"Hugh has gone away from the old thief Hong, and the one who wears the red coat is!"
Chao Lu recognized Hong Chengchou's clothes at a glance and shouted loudly.
The knights of the cavalry of the Tuanshan Army then shouted one after another: "Capture the red big man alive!" β
"Capture the Red Giant alive!"
"Capture the Red Giant alive!"
The shouts of the Tuanshan army filled the air.
Hong Chengchou was full of liver and gall, heard the shouting, hurriedly took off the red coat, and abandoned it under the horse.
The defeated army fled into a valley, and Hong Chengchou was about to identify the direction, but there was a shout of the pursuers behind him.
"Hugh has gone away from the old thief Hong, and the one who rides the white horse is!"
"Keep an eye on the white horse!"
"Keep an eye on the ...... on a white horse"
Hong Chengchou gritted his teeth, jumped off the white horse, and immediately wanted to exchange horses with the guards on the side.
The guard was a little stunned, and estimated in his heart that 10,000 grass and mud horses were galloping, but how dare he disobey Taishi Hong's orders? Hong Chengchou saw that the guards were a little hesitant, so without saying a word, he took out the long knife on his waist and slashed it over. Before the guard could react, he was slashed to the ground, and he fell to his death.
Hong Chengchou turned over and got on his horse and took the rest of the people away with him. However, it didn't take long for Chaolu's cavalry to finally catch up, and there were not many people around Hong Chengchou, and there were only more than a hundred people in the full battle, so how could they resist the dense cavalry of the Tuanshan Army? (To be continued.) )