Chapter 1244: The Satsuma Domain's Helplessness
In the blink of an eye, the elite cavalry of the Ming army had already rushed to the foot of Osumi Town, and hundreds of elite cavalry directly broke away from the saddle, stood up on the war horse, and jumped towards the top of the city!
The height of the war horse is already five feet, and the person standing on the war horse, his head has already exceeded the head of the city, and he jumps into the city wall, and even jumps directly into the city wall!
The small Osumi town city wall can't help the elite cavalry of the Ming army at all!
Taro Nakajima's face changed greatly, and hundreds of Ming troops jumped directly into the city, how can this be fought?
"Order, retreat, retreat to Osumi Town immediately, quick!"
Taro Nakajima is not stupid, he took the remnants of his 200 or so people to defeat and compete with 3,000 elite cavalry, that is, to hit a stone with an egg! If you don't leave, you will only be wiped out!
The Satsuma Domain's army, led by Taro Nakajima, frantically fled into the distance and ran out of Osumi Town in one go!
Zhao Xin was unceremonious, commanding the cavalry to rush straight into Osumi Town and occupy Osumi Town.
However, not long after the time passed, Shimazu Kure's defeated army had already arrived at Osumi Town, after all, from the fort to Osumi Town, but dozens of miles, such a distance, the cavalry wanted to throw the crazy fleeing Satsuma clan army too far, it was not an easy thing, fortunately, the Osumi Town defenders were vulnerable, and before Shimazu Kulie arrived, they took Osumi Town.
"Boss, the defeated army of the Satsuma Domain has arrived, and it seems that there are still a lot of troops......
The guerrilla Duan on the side said in a deep voice.
Zhao Xin glanced at Duan Bixing and snorted coldly: "What if there are a lot of troops?" It's just a rabble! Order, leave a thousand elite cavalry to defend the city, Duan Bixing, Zhou Tai, the two of you each lead a cavalry battalion to attack, even if you don't use flintlock muskets to defeat them, it's not a difficult thing to compare! ”
"Order!"
Duan Bixing and Zhou Tai were excited, and they surrendered to the city, since the start of the war, basically the cavalry has not participated in the war, just watching the infantry and the navy have a good time, they have long been greedy, and they are finally going to have a meat!
Shimazu Kulie fled all the way north, not knowing that his back road had already been cut off, and when he was retreating in a hurry, suddenly the gate of Osumi Town was opened, and a cavalry came out of it, and went straight to the remnants of Shimazu Kuree!
Today's Shimazu Kulie still has nearly 10,000 troops, but these troops were driven by the Ming army behind them like lost dogs, and there were routs everywhere, and the morale of the Satsuma Domain army had been completely destroyed, and now a cavalry suddenly appeared, but it was really fatal.
The elite cavalry of the Tianxiong army discharged several columns, and went straight into the crowd of the Satsuma feudal army, and the saber in his hand slashed towards the Ming army desperately, as clean as chopping melons and vegetables, and the Satsuma feudal army was hit on the head, which was even more chaotic.
Shimazu Jiulie is now crying without tears, it's too miserable, I can't resist it at all, these Ming cavalry are like eating a big tonic pill, as if they have inexhaustible strength, the sabre in their hands is flying up and down, the cold light is shining, the Satsuma clan army was cut down to the ground one by one, and they were unlucky to get home, they knew this, and they didn't say anything to the front line to provoke the Ming army......
"Withdraw, withdraw! Retreat to Kagoshima Castle! ”
Shimazu Hisaye didn't dare to stay, led the remnants of the defeated army, and retreated all the way to the north, this Osumi Town is no longer a show, now it's up to you to see if you're lucky enough to escape back to Kagoshima Castle!
The Ming army pursued the Satsuma clan army and chased it out for nearly a hundred miles, and only then did it continue to advance, stationing the army near Osumi Town.
Leaving a force to garrison the fort, Qin Mufeng led the main force and Cha Bolt to Osumi Town.
"Lao Cha, are you angry now?"
Qin Mufeng asked.
Cha Shu snorted coldly and nodded, this battle was fought heartily, the Satsuma clan army did not have the slightest chance to resist, and lost troops all the way, at least more than 2,000 people were killed, and countless people were injured, and now Shimazu Kulie only had to run away with his tail between his legs.
"Mufeng, in a short period of time, I think, we still don't blindly advance the front, we are short of not only ammunition, but also food, soldiers and horses have not moved, grain and grass first, once we besiege Kagoshima Castle, the main source of the Tokugawa shogunate, we happen to run out of ammunition and food, that is fatal, we are going to be in chaos......"
Cha Bolt said in a deep voice.
Qin Mufeng nodded and replied, "What you said is that compared to the Houjun battalion returning to Songjiang Mansion to escort the baggage on the way back, we are here to rest for two days and wait for the arrival of the baggage." ”
The Ming army stopped, and Shimazu Kulie led the remnants of the defeated army all the way back to Kagoshima Castle.
"Baga, Baga, Ya Lu!"
Looking at the defeated army of the Satsuma Domain in front of him, Shimazu Mitsuhisa's face was pale, and he constantly scolded Shimazu Kulie and Kato Taka angrily.
"You two shit, bastards! With more than 10,000 troops, in just a day or two, the family was defeated, and even the fort and Osumi Town were lost, what use do you have? Rubbish! ”
"Big brother, this, this Ming army is too powerful, there are dozens of artillery alone, all of them are flowering cannons, and they are extremely powerful, in addition, there are thousands of elite cavalry, we can't resist it at all, didn't I ask you to transfer back the troops that rushed to help? Why haven't you seen the shadow yet? ”
Shimazu asked Kurei.
Shimazu Mitsuhisa snorted and replied, "Do you think I'm willing to transfer all 10,000 main forces to the Northwest Front?" That's because of the order of the shogun, I had to get from! Now the shogunate's army is about to land in Hizen Bay, this time Tokugawa Iemitsu sent 60,000 elites in one go, and the Toei fleet is with him, this is to fight to the death with the Ming army, if we don't obey the shogunate's orders, once the Ming army is driven away, then the next unlucky thing is our Satsuma Domain, Tokugawa Iemitsu has long wanted to take our Satsuma Domain into the bag, do you think they will let go of such a great opportunity? ”
Shimazu Mitsuhisa understands that there are not many daimyo who can make Tokugawa Iemitsu jealous, and the Satsuma Domain is definitely the first, although the Satsuma Domain is not as rich as the Nagasaki Domain, but the Satsuma Domain is strong, there are many famous generals, and there are many talents, and the comprehensive strength is better than all the daimyos, don't say that the army is strong, even if the Ming army is not much, Tokugawa Iemitsu will let himself send troops, if he refuses, it happens to give Tokugawa Iemitsu an excuse, this guy will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to weaken the Satsuma Domain.
"However, just with our current troops, we will definitely not be able to resist the Ming army, their forces are too strong, and there are powerful sailors to help, Matsushita Yuanji's sailors are not enough to see at all, we ourselves are difficult to protect, what do you care about Tokugawa Iemitsu, do you think that this time Tokugawa Iemitsu will be able to take advantage of the Ming army?"
(End of chapter)