Chapter One Hundred and One
Li Xiao looked at the guy in front of him who claimed to be Zheng Zhiyuan with suspicion, this mouthful of Hokkien dialect. If you haven't heard Hokkien songs, Li Xiao really doesn't know that he speaks Chinese.
Fortunately, in Japanese, Ai Husheng can translate.
This thing is also quite interesting, it is all Chinese who speak but need to use other national languages as intermediaries.
To be honest, Li Xiao has always believed that the promotion of Mandarin is a very important thing. Among other things, for many northerners. Cantonese, Hokkien, Sichuan, and Wenzhou are basically another language.
In Li Xiao's team, Shandong dialect is now rampant. Li Xiao can't promote Mandarin now, and the place where he recruits troops is mainly in Shandong. And it is concentrated in the Penglai area of Dengzhou, and many people are related to each other. I want them not to speak their hometown, the environment doesn't allow it!
"Going to attack tonight?" Li Xiao believed in this a little, but he couldn't believe it all. After all, at this time, it is actually a risk to let soldiers stay awake all night to guard against the so-called sneak attack.
Once false information is carried out, the other party will not sneak attack. The next day, the soldiers were out of energy, what if there was a real battle?
"The steward of my family, I know the Ezo Shinyuemon of the Maori family." Zheng Zhiyuan knew that Li Xiao was suspicious, and immediately dragged out a tall guy from behind.
"I know Ezo Shinyouemon, he is our neighbor."
Li Xiao scratched his head, as if he had heard of this. Jiangzuo Xinyouweimen is in Li Xiao's army, so let people call over and ask.
Sure enough, Ezo Shinyouemon was immediately excited when he saw this guy with a Yamaguchi accent.
"You turtle grandson, why are you doing here!"
Li Xiao snorted, it was too local.
"Your Excellency, that's what I told you. The steward of Zheng Zhilong's family, a Daming maritime businessman, learned my Daming dialect from him. Jiang Zuo Xinyouemon said happily.
Zheng Zhilong's three words, how familiar Li Xiao sounded. But he couldn't remember where he had heard it, but he knew something. The people he knows well must be famous in history.
"In that case, thank you Mr. Zheng. After the war, you will be rewarded, and you go back and tell the people of the Tagawa family. You can surrender to the lord of the Maori domain, and Ezo Shinyouemon will follow you and be responsible for the liaison between the two armies. ”
"Medium!" Jiang Zuo Xinyouweimen bowed his head to Li Xiao, and now Li Xiao is considered the commander of the coalition army.
Li Xiao sniffled again, this devil speaks Shandong, how authentic he wants his mother, just how authentic his mother is.
Now that the identity of the other party has been confirmed, Li Xiao no longer has to doubt it. Li Xiu, Man Gui, and Wu Daji, Maori Xiuzhong and Maori Xiuyuan of the Maori Huiyuan family were summoned to start researching.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't know that his plan for a night attack had been leaked out in the first place. This time, he can be said to be the best of the best, Kato Yoshiaki, Wakisaka Yasuji, Tengtang Gaohu's naval army, and also prepare to attack Nagato Port at night.
When it comes to the old qualifications of the navy, Tengtang Gaohu is much older than the Nine Ghosts Jialong. The death of Nine Ghosts Jialong made this veteran, who had retreated to the second line, have no choice but to go into battle in person again.
This time the tactics of the night attack were very simple. It's everyone sneaking towards each other, and when they see someone, they cut their mother. Yasuharu Wakisaka and Yoshiaki Kato were on the left and right flanks, respectively, and they would make a detour to the rear of the enemy's flanks to attack.
Basically, Tokugawa Ieyasu committed all his forces.
It's midnight!
More than 80,000 people began to move under the cover of the night, and there would be some confusion. Fortunately, the moon was good tonight, and the slightly better vision allowed the confusion of the Tokugawa army to be quickly quelled.
By dim light, Tokugawa Ieyasu's army began to move. The dense military formations are like crabs on the beach. Moonlight shone onto the earth, occasionally reflecting a cold glow from blades and armor.
Tokugawa Ieyasu personally led the Chinese army into action, and today's good moon gave him the courage to sneak attack. Soldiers of this era generally couldn't see clearly at night, and the moonlight made them much more comfortable.
The forward slowly approached the slope where the Ming army was stationed, and as long as he rushed up this slope that was about 100 steps long, he could rush into the Ming army's garrison. In fact, this was already the closest the Tokugawa army came to the Ming army.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's purpose was to take out the Ming army, which had the sharpest firearms, first. Even if this battle is fought until tomorrow daytime, without the Ming army participating in the war, the Korean army and Maori Huiyuan are just a piece of meat on the meat case. I have 80,000 people, and even if it is a one-on-one exchange, I can replace them all to death.
It's close! It's closer!
The Tokugawa army had already touched the distance of less than a hundred paces from the steep slope!
"Boom!" Just when Tokugawa Ieyasu was about to give the order to charge. A loud bang flickered along with the firelight, and the samurai who walked in front let out a terrible scream.
They were all hit by shrapnel in their legs, and the most miserable one had his legs broken by a mine. The rest of the people were also incapacitated and could only wail on the ground.
Li Xiao understands the role of mines very well, as long as they are not anti-tank mines. In fact, the explosive power of mines is not large, and the fragmentation damage is mainly concentrated in the lower body.
Early warning and injuring the opponent are the qualities that a good infantry mine should have.
Li Xiao built many of these mines, and once a teammate was injured on the battlefield. Taking care of the wounded will take up more manpower.
The explosions of landmines rang out one after another, and more and more people let out heart-rending screams. Looking at the people who were rolling on the ground in pain, no one dared to move forward anymore.
This is another characteristic of mines, as long as one mine explodes. Those who march will feel that there are mines everywhere!
The people in front don't go, but the people behind rush forward. In an instant, the density of the team increased unprecedentedly.
"Put!" Li Xiao snapped, and a huge firework rose into the air, and then exploded dazzlingly. The light of the fireworks lit up the sky, and naturally also illuminated the dense crowd of people below.
Trebuchets, mortars, plus platoon guns fired together. This is the opportunity to wait, when the crowd density is the highest, is when the gunpowder weapon is most obvious.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's subordinates can only be described in one tragic word. There was a constant orange fire, rising in the dense crowd. As the smoke of gunpowder evaporates, countless ball-bearing shrapnel and anti-personnel fragments are scattered and splashed in all directions. Cut one terrible wound after another on the human body!
The huge explosive bag weighing 50 pounds was enough to send a large living person into the air. Then it was shrapnel, turned into bulk parts and fell to the ground.
In the blink of an eye, at least a thousand people fell in pools of blood. These people are not like the people who came before them, and most of them are dead.
Even if it's far away, or if you react quickly, you will fall to the ground. It will also be directly shattered by a huge explosion. Approaching the very edge of the steep slope, a large open space was opened up at once.
The choking smell of gunpowder smoke permeates this clearing, and it is no exaggeration to describe this place as a hell. There were corpses scattered everywhere, the difference was that there were scattered corpses, slightly complete corpses, and complete corpses.
Strangely, there doesn't seem to be much blood to be seen, that is, there is some blood on the broken fragments. Basically, you can't see blood flying and spilling on the ground.
There is no smell of blood without blood, or perhaps the smell of gunsmoke covers the smell of blood.
Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes were about to fall to the ground when he saw it, this was his most elite confidant retainer general. They were also expected to take the lead in rushing into the Ming army's positions and carrying out a slashing and killing.
Now it's all over, Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't expect it. In the blink of an eye, fifteen hundred people were wiped out. Is this human? This is a weapon that only the gods have!
Of course, Tokugawa Ieyasu would not give too much time for grief, and the trebuchets and mortars began a carpet shelling according to the calibrated firing elements.
The explosions rang out one after another, and at first they could be heard. Later, it was even a film, and I couldn't hear the number.
Shrapnel locusts fly sideways, as long as you dare to stand. Don't worry about dismemberment!
In the midst of artillery fire and gunsmoke, people have no ability to resist at all. The explosive bag weighing 50 pounds was thrown by a trebuchet, and it was useless even if you were lying on your stomach against the ground.
Some people tried to hug Mother Earth and were so shocked by the explosion that they squirted their entrails out of their mouths.
After just a few rounds of shelling, Tokugawa Ieyasu's frontal assault cluster was on the verge of collapse. The artillery fire was so fierce that Tokugawa Ieyasu was a man who had seen the world. He had never seen such a violent explosion in his life, just when he was confused. Mortars have begun to fire extended, and those who thought they were safe in the back were also frequently attacked by shrapnel.
Li Xiao looked at the continuous artillery fire below, and only fought when he put them so close so that the artillery range could be reached. Mortars can be regarded as the fastest rate of fire in this era. Thirty mortars opened fire at full speed, and shells rained down.
The shrapnel flew in all directions, and the dense shrapnel formed a web woven from steel shards. As long as the people in this net were beaten into a sieve by the flying shrapnel.
When the range of the mortar reached its extreme, there was basically no one left in the front of Li Xiao. The battle became an artillery show, and the infantry's guns didn't even have much chance to fire.
At this time, Yoshiaki Kato and Yasuharu Wakisaka on both sides. It's already done with Maori Huiyuan and the North Koreans!
The samurai of the Wa Kingdom proved their bravery with practical actions, and the defeat against Li Xiao was entirely due to the weapon.
Wu Daji watched in horror as a group of bald scoops rushed up with a knife in their hands, and the sharp knife reflected the silver moonlight. When the head is chopped, it can be split in half with a person's weapon.
"Monk!" Wu Daji screamed in horror.
During the Korean War, he had seen the power of these guys, and there were monks and soldiers who guarded the temples in many monasteries in the Japanese Kingdom. And these temples are supported by various daimyos.
When these daimyo sent troops to fight, the monks of the temple would also form a monk to join. These monks chanted Amitabha Buddha and held murder knives in their hands. They have been practicing martial arts all year round, and they have become the most vicious enemies on the battlefield.
The performance of the Koreans has been very stable, and Wakisaka Yasuji is led by monks. Although the advance of the North Korean army was prepared, it was suddenly crushed.
The monks and soldiers are like tigers rushing into the flock, slashing and killing with too much of a knife.
Fujiwara Tadashi dodged a fork with a short sword, and the knife in his hand swept out horizontally at the same time. The feet in the boots stood on the ground, and the owner of the feet screamed and fell to the ground and rolled on the ground.
The knife struck upward, and a hand holding the knife fell to the ground. With just one sweep of the knife, half of the human head was cut off.
"Kill!" With a roar, the monks were like wild boars released from their cages. Crazy harvesting the lives of the North Korean army, under the flying of the sword. The forward of the North Korean army was crushed!
"Hold on! Resist! Kill the retreater! Wu Daji's fingers trembled and he ordered.
The Warlords rushed forward and blocked the route. After killing a few soldiers who had run away, the soldiers finally waved their knives. The Overseer, which consisted of only one hundred and ten people, was overwhelmed by the surging crowd in an instant.
The front army crushed the middle army, and the middle army crushed the rear army. With just one kick, the North Korean army's will to fight collapsed.
Everywhere there were Korean soldiers scurrying around like flies, and everywhere there were scenes of Japanese soldiers slashing and killing Korean soldiers. Fortunately, Wakisaka Yasuharu's cavalry was completely lost yesterday, otherwise a cavalry would have rushed in now. The entire North Korean army will collapse on all fronts!
"Brother Xiao, the North Koreans are no longer good." Mangui's eyes are sharp, and he has an unobstructed view of the two wings standing on the high ground. Mori Terumoto was fine there, and the musketeers were standing on the slope behind. The samurai in front lined up in front, and they were on par with the opposing Kato Yoshiaki. It can be seen that the Maori family has been in Japan for more than 100 years.
Li Xiao glanced at the North Koreans helplessly, but he was chased and killed like a dog in the battle just now.
As for the combat effectiveness of the North Koreans, Li Xiao thought he knew it in his heart. Now it seems that the combat effectiveness of these bastards is still overestimated. I thought that they would lose the battle, but I never thought that these grandsons would be defeated so quickly. Seeing that if they do not make any more moves, the North Koreans are in danger of collapsing their entire army.
If Wakisaka Yasuharu pulls it from his side, his life will definitely not be easy.
"Mortar fire hits the rear of the enemy, trebuchets drop fifty pounds of explosives, bombard the enemy's front line, and prevent the enemy from continuing to penetrate." Li Xiao gave the order with a cold face.
"Brother Xiao! The two armies are now mixed together, and you use a bag of fifty pounds of explosives. North Koreans will be injured by mistake! Listening to Li Xiao's order, Man Gui was shocked.
"If you look at those people, there are a few people who are desperately resisting. This kind of army is also a waste of food to live. Don't care about accidental injury, do it!
Dare to say that it's elite, it's not elite, so what's the matter. ”