The face of the Maori Governor suddenly turned as pale as snow, and he understood the form he was in with a slight turn of his mind, which was to annihilate the real main force of the Southwest Coalition Army from both sides!

When the Han Empire officially intervened in the Japanese Civil War, the four major feudal lords of the Southwest Coalition Army naturally considered this situation, so it was the Satsuma Domain, which gathered most of the elite cavalry of the Southwest Coalition Army, that was arranged in the direction of the rear of the main force of the Southwest Coalition Army led by the Mori Governor, and the Satsuma Domain, as the second most powerful unit in the Southwest Coalition Army, was the only partial army that did not contribute its own firearms troops, and there were other strong feudal clans that were temporarily handed over to the command of the cavalry team to maintain the stability of the main rear road!

It can be said that the army under the control of the lord of the Satsuma domain had artillery, muskets, cavalry, and infantry......

Except that the number of men and muskets was inferior to that of the main attacking force led by the Maori Governor, the others were superior to the other side!

The Maori Governor never expected that such a strong mobile force with a complete range of troops would be wiped out so quickly?!

The Maori Governor glared at the cavalry who reported the news with red eyes, and shouted angrily: "Say! There are more than 10,000 elites under the command of the lord of the Satsuma domain, how did he lose! ”

In this situation of stalemate on the front line, the two wings were broken and the back road was unstable, the Maori Governor wasted time asking for such details, you can imagine how shocked he was in his heart!

It has affected his thinking that he can only fight!

The cavalryman who was kneeling on the ground shuddered, stopped his crying, and replied tremblingly: "Tell me...... Lord...... After seeing that the white soldiers were all on foot, carrying no artillery, and that they were far fewer than himself, the lord of Satsuma directly led all the cavalry units to charge with the main force of infantry, and the result was ...... The white soldiers resisted the onslaught of our cavalry with an infantry array, and beheaded the lord of the Satsuma domain, defeated the cavalry, and took advantage of the situation to sweep the ...... And then...... And then the whole army was annihilated......"

The retainers and generals around the Maori Governor sounded a gasp, but they knew very well how many cavalry there were in the Satsuma Domain, and they knew how strong so many cavalry troops were in frontal attack on the infantry without artillery cover!

What's more, the Satsuma clan also has foot soldiers with them!

With the speed of the cavalry's charge, the enemy would certainly not have been able to defeat the Satsuma Domain's troops with firearms, and would have won in hand-to-hand combat!

Hand-to-hand combat victory of infantry against cavalry charges?

In the eyes of Maori retainers, this is simply incredible!

Maori Governor's eyes were red, and he looked up at the frontal battlefield where they were still shooting at each other, and even local hand-to-hand combat, and ordered through gritted teeth: "The whole army blows the horn of withdrawal!" ”

"Lord, don't do it, there is a fierce battle ahead, the new shogunate army belongs to the new army, it is the peak moment, if the army is withdrawn at this time, once the shogunate new force follows and chases, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses......"

"Shut up! Don't you know how big the losses are in the withdrawal at this time? Those front-line troops, let them take on the task of breaking the back, our Satsuma Domain's troops guarding the back road have disappeared, and if we delay for a while, we won't be able to leave if we want to!

Listen to me! Blow the horn of withdrawal! Whoever dares to disobey will be beheaded on the spot! ”

The Mori Governor howled at the herald samurai beside him with a hideous expression. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The surrounding retainers and generals saw the expression of the Maori governor, thinking of the tragic situation of the Satsuma Domain, and their faces were pale and silent, they knew in their hearts that not to mention how big the loss of this retreat was, after this battle, the previous advantage of the Southwest Coalition Army would be gone, and the momentum of victory accumulated before would also be completely offset in this retreat, and even have a great negative impact on the morale of the soldiers!

The reason why the Southwest Coalition Army won more and lost less was not because their samurai and soldiers were better able to fight than those of the Shogunate family, not because of how much advantage their muskets and artillery were, the most important thing was that the Southwest Coalition Army occupied the righteousness, and the morale of the army was much higher than that of the Shogunate army!

During this period, the Western powers had not yet invaded Japan militarily, and the Satsuma and Nagagawa domains had not carried out any military reforms, and the main force of the army was similar to that of the Tokugawa shogunate, and they were all feudal forces of daimyo in the traditional sense!

In addition to the use of firearms, the tactical strategy is to stay in the Warring States period in Japan!

Therefore, if there is no indomitable morale, if the Southwest Coalition Army wants to obtain such a good form again, I don't know how much more financial resources and manpower it will spend, and Japan doesn't know how many more people will die!

The feudal army, which is in the midst of fierce battles, wants to retreat much more difficult than the modern army!

In this era when heralds are basically roaring, although the horn is very useful, the soldiers can't retreat in a swarm, in that case, as long as the enemy is not stupid, they will definitely follow and kill, and they will definitely achieve remarkable results!

Arranging the troops behind the palace, sorting out the retreat sequence of the army, etc., this series of complicated things will delay a lot of time!

And the main force of the shogunate's new army, when it realized that the army on the opposite side began to turn, naturally knew that the reinforcements of the Han Empire had achieved the planned results, and immediately strengthened the offensive at all costs!

I saw that the main forces of the new shogunate army who were hiding in the obstacles and shooting at each other, under the shouts of officers at all levels, held bayonets or drew their usual katanas, and rushed forward with excitement on their faces!

The firepower of the troops behind the palace was obviously weakened by a level, and they quickly engaged in fire with the new shogunate army that rushed up, and the comparison of the numbers of the two sides immediately came to a reversal, and the new shogunate army that charged with all its strength suppressed a few elites of the southwest coalition army behind the palace!

As for the cannon fodder that is used to fill the number, in this kind of hand-to-hand combat, it is often easy to be defeated by a single blow......

The Imperial Palace's troops were quickly crushed and annihilated by the new shogunate army, but before the new shogunate could catch up, another group of iron artillery and samurai foot soldiers from the Southwest Alliance army intercepted them!

The main force of the Southwest Coalition Army controlled by the Maori Governor is strong, and most of the elites are controlled, and some people go to be the outcasts of the palace!

However, although the new shogunate army was unable to pursue the Maori governor's men, the Mondora Tiger Wolf Marines and Pavlov's grenadier corps who came together would not let them go!

The Mori Governor learned from the herald cavalry that the white mercenaries who completely annihilated the Satsuma Domain's troops suffered greater losses and fewer numbers, and that direction was a pre-arranged retreat route, so the main force of the Southwest Coalition naturally avoided the heavy and chose that direction......

The Maori Governor, who did not understand the true combat effectiveness of the various troops of the Han Empire, would soon find out how mentally retarded he was in judging the strength of the army by numbers!

The Japanese Civil War is about to turn completely under the intervention of the Han Empire! (To be continued.) )