"Early tomorrow morning, the whole army will pursue!" In the evening of the same day, Zhao Song's order reached the ears of all the soldiers of the army, and the spirit of the whole army was lifted, and everyone understood that tomorrow was the time for a decisive battle with the shogunate army, and as long as this battle was won, the Han would dominate the whole of Japan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In addition to the necessary vigilance and patrol troops, the entire garrison of the Han army also fell into silence, these people are all veterans, combat experience and experience are very rich, so this order did not bring the commotion of the officers and soldiers, some people are looking forward to it, and even excited and sleepless, while some people do not take it seriously, just lie down and sleep to accumulate energy for tomorrow's battle.

After giving the order, Zhao Song went to bed directly, he slept very soundly, and did not wake up until the next day when a trace of fish belly appeared in the east.

And his senators all went early, and these senators, with the cooperation of the commanders of each army, had already made the entire army ready, just waiting for Zhao Song's order.

Zhao Song walked out of his camp, and then saw the soldiers who had been neatly assembled around his camp, these soldiers were arranged in their different phalanxes, standing together according to their different troops, and then formed a large mixed phalanx according to the formation, while his three regiment commanders, Bi Su, Li Huanghe and Ma Chonghao, rode horses and stood in front of the array with their respective heralds.

Although these officers and soldiers had different ranks, their expressions were both calm and excited, full of the tense atmosphere before the war.

Zhao Song silently walked to the front of these people, and then his guards brought him a horse, this horse was selected from the cavalry sent by the Liaodong Army this time, tall and handsome, with pure black fur, glowing black in the cold light.

Zhao Song gently patted the horse's cheek, then stepped directly on the saddle and turned over on the horse.

After getting on the horse, Zhao Song suddenly found that his vision widened, in addition to the huge red phalanx in front of him, his vision had been able to extend to the horizon of the entire field, as if he could look down on the world.

And at the end of the horizon, there will be the victory and glory he has always dreamed of.

Zhao Song took a deep breath, the air in the early morning is always so fresh, and when it comes to the afternoon and evening, probably the air will be different, it will be filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder, it will be full of the heat of people gathering together, and it will also be full of the smell of blood.

In the years of conquest, Zhao Song has long been accustomed to it, and at this moment he suddenly cherished the days when he galloped through the wilderness of Liaodong.

When I retire from the army, I must ask for a piece of land in Liaodong, and then ride around the manor every day, and my majesty must agree to give me such a reward...... He suddenly had such a strange thought.

And at this moment, he suddenly felt the sights coming from the side, these eyes seemed to be longing, longing for Zhao Shuai to immediately order to pounce on the enemy, destroy them and defeat them, this kind of eager anxiety, just like himself back then.

Yes, his sons and daughters will have the same wishes as themselves. And only if they have done something for their country on the battlefield can they receive such a reward.

So, go on now! for themselves, and for their subordinates.

Zhao Song raised his hand, raised his horsewhip, and then waved it heavily.

"March!" As if at the same moment, the whole army began to move, and the red torrent slowly and yet inexorably advanced forward. Yesterday's reconnaissance cavalry and the cavalry that raided the enemy army had already surveyed the enemy's position and the surrounding terrain, and the specific marching plan had already been formulated, and the rest was only to carry it out.

At this time, the sun also rose from the distant field, and the golden red sun stained the morning glow on the horizon, and also dyed the bodies of these soldiers with golden brilliance.

At this time, the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu had already gotten up, and in accordance with his order last night, the shogunate army began to prepare to retreat to Nozaki and then fight the Han Kou, so there was a commotion in the camp early in the morning, and preparations were being made everywhere for retreat.

Because he has been sleep-deprived lately, Tokugawa Iemitsu still has a headache when he just woke up, but he still forcibly endured this physical discomfort and walked out of the camp to show his face in front of the generals in order to calm the people when retreating.

Because of the large number of shogunate troops and the fact that the communication and command between the upper and lower levels were not too smooth, the preparations for the retreat were insufficient, and only Tokugawa Iemitsu's personal guards and some of the nearest troops were prepared, so the retreat was not possible until the morning.

Seeing this delay, Tokugawa Iemitsu was very angry, and gathered several generals to start reprimanding, and under his reprimand, these generals also began to forcefully urge their subordinates to start retreating.

However, just as the army began to move slowly, a shocking news reached him - the Han Kou on the opposite side had actually launched a general attack on him!

After the lesson of last night, in order to prevent the recurrence of the sneak attack of the Han Kou, and also to be able to find out the specific location of the Han Kou, the shogunate army sent a large number of scouts to search around early in the morning to find out the news of the Han Kou, and some scouts also discovered the Han army that was rolling towards their own army.

Although most of these scouts could not see the size of the Han army, judging from their descriptions, this should be the attack of the entire Han army.

After hearing the news, Tokugawa Iemitsu was shocked, he did not expect that after last night's sneak attack, the Han army would directly attack the whole army without any small-scale testing and attack.

Shocked, he immediately issued an order, revoked the previous retreat order, and told all the troops under his command to stop and prepare to meet the Han Kou - under the pressure of the Han army, if the whole army continued to retreat, it would definitely be in chaos, which would be tantamount to self-destruction.

Under the orders of Tokugawa Iemitsu, the heralds hurriedly began to convey the latest orders to the various armies.

However, because he had just ordered a retreat, many troops had already left the camp just now, and these people were crowded together with the officers and soldiers who had received the new orders, and for a time the whole army was a little chaotic, everyone was at a loss, and it was almost chaos.

Seeing the chaotic state of the main army, Tokugawa Iemitsu became more and more anxious, and once again became furious, urging all the troops to immediately return to their original positions and prepare to meet the Han Kou, and the shogunate army finally regained its calm under the strong pressure of bullets.

Just when the shogunate army was in chaos between retreating and staying in place, the morning time had been exhausted, and it had become afternoon, and at this time, the Han army had also come to a place close to the shogunate army, and the two armies could already see each other with the naked eye!

At this time, both armies were alerted and then prepared for battle, the difference was that the Han army changed formations and deployed faster because of the more experienced soldiers, while the shogunate army was a little sluggish due to the bloated number and the change just now.

Shrill trumpets and thunderous war drums could be heard in all directions, and Zhao Song had already settled himself and his senators at the edge of a small forest, turning this place into a temporary command post. His senators surveyed the surrounding terrain at great speed, and marked on the map the composition and disposition of the headquarters and the observed enemy forces, and then began to judge the present situation, shouting at each other that almost drowned out the incessant sound of trumpets and drums.

In such a nervous and uneasy mood, Zhao Song was very calm, he stood at the edge of the woods, and then took the telescope and kept scanning around, taking in all the information around him. However, although he was very calm on the surface, his blood flow was already accelerating at this moment, and even his eyesight seemed to be much sharper than before, and the speed of his thinking was even more like lightning.

He could see that there was some confusion in the movement of the enemy army, but this did not surprise him - he had seen a lot of the quality of the shogunate soldiers, and it was really difficult to compliment, and the officers were generally ineffective, and with so many people crowded on the front, it was strange that the mobilization was not chaotic.

After a closer look, he became more and more determined, and a slightly cruel smile began to appear on his face.

"Zhao Shuai, can you attack!?" Yan Guang shouted loudly beside him, "The left flank of the enemy army is relatively weak, our army can break through the left flank of the enemy army first, and if it can easily break the enemy, it will be broken in one fell swoop!" ”

"No, let's rush directly from the center, surprise them first, and wait until they are in confusion, and then pull the artillery over and bombard their left flank." Zhao Song put away the binoculars, and then said in an extremely relaxed tone. "Our army took the initiative to attack, it's time for them to see the true strength of the Han army."

"Zhao Shuai, what does this mean?" Yan Guang was a little stunned, "The enemy army has the strongest frontal strength, and it seems that there are some shogunate elites ...... here."

As a senator, Yan Guang has always prided himself on his resourcefulness, and the priority in fighting a war is how to use his most powerful force to attack the weakest link of the enemy's army, and what he despises most is to fight recklessly, and thinks that it is not advisable to directly attack the enemy's most heavily defended front, if it were not for his consistent respect for Zhao Song and he is the chief officer, he would almost have reprimanded Zhao Song.

"The enemy army seems to be thick, but in fact it is weak, the spirit of the army has long been unstable, and our army does not have many troops, so it is just right to fight quickly, as long as we break the place where their forces are most concentrated, their rout is imminent. Other than that...... I see that Tokugawa Iemitsu's child is in the enemy's formation, as long as our army breaks through to the center, their surroundings will be chaotic, and then the left flank will be outflanked, so that they will be defeated in a battle! ”

"Your Excellency...... So confident? Yan Guang still had some doubts.

"Confidence? Why Faith? The enemy army is only ten times our number, too few. Zhao Song smiled indifferently, "It's a pity that Your Majesty can't come in person, watch us and wait for the withering and decaying!" ”

Under Zhao Song's order, although Yan Guang had some reservations, he still accepted Zhao Song's judgment and order, and then revised the battle plans of each army.

Just as the shadows in the sun began to deflect to the east, the military formation of the Han army began to show some tidal movements, and several phalanxes of the Han army began to advance in a neat formation along the many paths between the two armies. Each of these formations numbered several hundred men, and the front and center were densely lined up by soldiers carrying spears, each with dozens of men in front and nearly twenty columns in depth, and on the four corners of the phalanx were arquebusier soldiers lined up in dense squares.

The officers mingled in the formations, carefully allowing the soldiers to advance to the fixed beat of the drummers, and the red and black battle flags that marked the various units fluttered above the dense army in red uniforms.

And in the rear of these assault armies, a large group of cavalry stood out in particular, and the brilliant sunlight shone brightly on the various armors of the cavalry and infantry, shining blindly.

Just as the Han army began to advance, the shogunate army immediately discovered their movement.

Both Tokugawa Iemitsu and Matsudaira Nobutsuna were a little shocked that the Han army was actually charging directly from the middle, but they immediately came to their senses and hurriedly transferred the surrounding troops to meet the Han army.

Soon, the Han army rushed in front of the enemy's formation, and they charged forward through the middle rows of vine-entangled trees, which became a major obstacle for them, and although the trees obscured most of the musketeers from view, and the formation began to loosen a little, they still fearlessly moved forward.

And at this sultry moment, the shogunate army did not forget to seize this favorable opportunity, a large number of shogunate troops rushed from the front, and after seeing the enemy army begin to charge, the Han army stopped, and then the musketeers began to fire.

"Bang!" The dense gunfire rang out one after another, causing many people to fall on the opposite side, but because the woods had too much impact on the field of vision and the shooting range, and the number of shogunate troops rushing over was too large, the losses of the shogunate army were not large.

In the interval between the musketeers reloading and preparing for the next round of shooting, the shogunate troops also rushed in front of the Han army. Then the two armies immediately began to fight. Because the melee battles on both sides were dominated by spears, the battle became more and more intense, and the Han soldiers formed dense columns one by one, sweeping everything violently like a flood, while the French troops spread out in small formations from all sides, howling and rushing over.

The Shogunate army at the beginning of the battle was very courageous, they all claimed to be Kwantung samurai, and their hearts were on the desire to keep the shogunate and defend their homeland, and under their roar, the initial engagement immediately turned into hand-to-hand combat, the Han army and the shogunate army trampled each other, one person began to fall on the front, and then the people behind continued to kill on the bloody corpses, stabbing the enemy in the chest and abdomen with spears.

The initial engagement caused a slight confusion in the forward front of the Han army, but under the pressure of such a fierce wind and waves, they still maintained their own formation, and then met these enemies with their long-term battlefield experience, slowly falling more and more corpses, and only a small proportion of them were red-clothed soldiers.

In between the red-clad soldiers with spears, a group of musketeers kept repeating various tactical actions of loading and firing, and they had been trained for a long time and extremely rigorously, so even though the scene was so chaotic now, they still kept firing guns with mechanical movements, and inflicted additional casualties on the enemy with powerful firearms.

The battle at the forefront turned into a carnage, a frantic fight mixed with rage, even some of the wounded fell to the ground and fought to their last breath, and some even fell to the ground and grabbed the enemy's leg directly and then frantically tore and bitten.

The smoke of the muskets filled the woods, and for a moment there was no outside to see what was going on, only the incessant sounds of fighting and gunfire were heard, but in a quarter of an hour the end began to become clear.

Under the sight of the officers and soldiers of the two sides, a patch of red began to appear on the edge of the woods, and then the red became brighter and brighter, and finally a torrent of red rushed from it, and continued to advance towards the shogunate army with unstoppable momentum, and it was obvious that it did not suffer much loss. The shogunate army, which had bravely rushed over to meet the attack just now, began to retreat, but the number was much smaller than just now.

Zhao Song had always held the binoculars, and the victory in the first battle did not make him too happy, he was still nervously watching the development of the war, estimating the current losses on both sides, and at the same time always calculating the opportunity to continue to invest in the reserves.

Yes, he had already made up his mind to directly break the will of the enemy army, no matter what hardships and losses he suffered, and to defeat the entire shogunate decisively today, even today, and to make the entire Japanese kingdom have to submit to the feet of the Great Han.

At this time, the artillery of the Han army also began to move with the infantry, and came to the predetermined combat position, and after the short assault of the front, their artillery position on this hill was also ready for artillery bombardment.

Then, under the order of Zhao Song, the Han artillery, which had occupied a vantage point on the mountain, began to move, and with the relentless roar of field artillery, they swept the shogunate army on the left flank with artillery fire, and bursts of artillery fire poured down on the enemy like a torrential rain.

Dense shells whizzed to the ground and kicked up patches of dust, mixed with the billowing smoke from the muskets, which filled the entire battlefield, and the Han army continued to face the artillery fire of the battle, risking the threat of death, like a storm across the great plains, to launch a fierce attack on the target they were determined to take.

"The second regiment assaults, continue to expand the results!" When the noise of artillery covered the entire battlefield like thunder, Zhao Song finally judged that the time had come, "The cavalry is also ready to surprise the enemy's flank at any time!" (To be continued.) )