Chapter 175: Raid
The generals of the coalition army showed stunned expressions on their faces one by one, the coalition army won a big victory, but I didn't expect Yang Xin to be so steady and not in a hurry at all.
Even the Goryeo scum soldiers, who have always avoided war, are asking for war, but they are still rejected by Yang Xin.
Yang Xin immediately ordered the entire fleet to sail to Tsushima Island, land in the southern part of the island near Japan, and land and camp early the next morning.
The coalition forces thought that they were all the Japanese troops in today's naval battle, after all, there were already a lot of people, there were 300,000 troops, and even Yang Xin didn't expect that the Japanese army really ran to raid, and he left the Qing army to defend Pusan just in case.
In Busan, when Abe Tadaaki's sentinel ship found the coalition fleet pouring out, it hurriedly came back to report.
Abe was very cautious, and only waited until dusk, when the coalition fleet was far away, and there was no chance to turn back to reinforce Busan, so he led all the ships and quietly marched to Busan.
Everything looked good, the coalition fleet poured out, there were no warships left in the port of Busan, and even merchant ships were all parked in the port.
Soon, a dense crowd of Japanese ships appeared outside the port.
The Qing army guarding the dock hurriedly reported the news to Hauge, who was on the hospital bed.
Hauge sat up as soon as he sat up, laughed, and said: "These Japanese people have eaten the gall of the leopard, the invincible Manchu army in the world is here, and they dare to come to die, pass the order, the army will hide first, don't be discovered by them, and when they go ashore, they will lead 10,000 main forces with blue flags to cut off their back road, and they must not be allowed to run back to the sea!" ”
I have to say that the Qing army transferred by Dolgon is not very good in weapons and equipment, although Haoge's blue flag is the real elite of the Qing Dynasty, but it is not Dolgon's descendant, in fact, the Qing army transferred by Dolgon to Yang Xin has always been under the hands of Haoge and Zierharang, the two political enemies of Dolgon, they are still mainly cold weapons, the number of muskets is less than two layers, only the number of muskets of the Han troops in Tangtong is more, but they have no artillery.
This purpose is obvious, Dolgon wants to transfer the army of these two people away from the main battlefield of the Central Plains, so that he can better control the main force of the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, when the Japanese army entered the port, the defense of the port did not fire a single shot.
This made Hebe Tadaaki overjoyed, to know that the Daxing Army reused firearms, this most basic information, the Japanese high-level still understood, in Abe's view, he entered the port without being shelled, the only explanation is that there is no large army of coalition forces on the shore, at most some Goryeo scum soldiers.
The Japanese army had long despised the Goryeo Army, and with 200,000 soldiers in hand, Abe felt that victory was in sight.
The Japanese warships docked one after another, and the dense Japanese troops rushed into the port of Pusan under the leadership of their respective generals, and the people and maritime merchants in the port had already fled when they saw the Japanese ships, and the dock was empty.
The warehouses on the docks were full of goods, and none of the cargo ships were running, all floating quietly in the harbor.
Abe instantly obtained a large amount of loot, the amount of goods here, beyond his imagination, Abe felt that he had made a windfall, these goods alone are all luxury goods from the Central Plains, countless silk, porcelain and tea, worth at least more than 60 million taels in Japan, of course, Abe's calculation of the price is according to the price of Japan, because Tokugawa Iemitsu closed the country and monopolized the sea trade, the price in Japan is much higher than that of Goryeo.
After listening to the report of his subordinates, the eyes of the generals under the command of Hebe were already red, everyone swarmed up, all got off the sea ships, the strikers were still searching in the city, and the rear army had begun to grab territory and warehouses, and they were not in a hurry to move away, because this time the strategy was to take Busan, and then hold on, completely cutting off the logistics supply of the coalition army.
Abe was confident that there were 200,000 troops and a city with abundant supplies, and no matter how strong the coalition army was, it would not be possible to take him, so they didn't bother to move, but they just sent a warehouse to guard the warehouse, so as not to be robbed of the spoils by friendly forces.
10,000 Manchu troops with blue flags hid on the outskirts of Busan, anxiously waiting for the return of the scouts.
After a while, a pigtailed scout hurriedly came to report, "General Yu, all the pirates have disembarked, they are looting the dock warehouse, and all sides are fighting, and it has become a mess." ”
Ao bowed to Daxi and scolded: "These fools, they are dying, and they are still in the mood to grab the warehouse, the children of the Qing Dynasty, the whole army attacked, occupied the dock first, and cut off their passage back to the sea!" ”
Ao Bai is not afraid of the enemy, the Manchu Qing is not more than 10,000, more than 10,000 invincible, as long as there are tens of thousands of pure eight banners, no matter how many people on the other side, he is not afraid at all.
I have to say that the combat power of the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty is really strong, they have practiced martial arts since they were young, and they can be said to be professional soldiers born for battle.
While the Manchu army was marching along the seashore from the west to the docks, Abe was still celebrating with his generals.
Since the attack on Busan, he has not encountered even a decent resistance, and the dock is an endless wealth, which he can't help but be unhappy, at this time, a samurai rushed to report in a panic.
"General, it's not good, a large number of Qing troops are coming!"
The samurai ran profusely sweating.
Abe Zhongqiu was stunned for a moment, and scolded: "What are you panicking, how many people are here?" ”
The samurai hurriedly said: "It is estimated that it is more than 10,000 people!" ”
When Abe heard this, he laughed and said: "We have 200,000 troops, and the enemy only has 10,000 people who dare to attack, it is clear that they don't look at us in their eyes, although the coalition navy is powerful, now on land, what else do we samurai have to be afraid of!" Generals, whoever wants to fight, this general turtle will reward him with more loot! ”
Japan had been in retreat for many years at this time, and these people knew nothing about the outside world, and they didn't know the strength of the Manchu army, and Abe thought that he had succeeded in the surprise attack and won the first battle, so he was naturally even more crazy.
As soon as these words came out, all the generals asked for battle, Abe Tadaaki looked at everyone, and said: "Echizen Shishang, Oda Shintora, the two of you each bring 10,000 people from your headquarters to meet the enemy, as a striker, this general will personally lead the army to suppress the formation for you!" ”
Echizen and the two were overjoyed to receive the order and hurried out of the camp.
The army of the two of them soon encountered the Qing army, and they were surprised when they were in front of the two armies.
The Qing army is far more fierce than they imagined, as soon as they look at the equipment, they will make a judgment, the Qing army's forwards are all iron armor, armed with heavy swords, meteor hammers, spears, etc., the equipment of this body alone, a Japanese soldier is afraid that it is difficult to carry it, let alone carry it to the battlefield, and the Qing soldiers are tall and big, and a person stands there, in front of the short Japanese army, it is like an iron tower, wielding a long knife, grinning teeth, looking at the Japanese army is frightened.
When Ao Bai saw the Japanese army, he launched an attack without saying a word.
The iron-clad Batuya in the front row was advancing at a pace that frightened the Japanese army, and the samurai in the front row of the Japanese army were already trembling with fear.
They only have iron armor at the level of generals, and most of the ordinary soldiers are long knives, spears and bamboo armor, such equipment is not even as good as Li Zicheng's peasant army, that is, it is a little better than the Goryeo scum soldiers.
The two sides soon entered the range of bows and arrows, and both sides shot a rain of arrows at the same time, as well as muskets, the Japanese muskets were more, but the bows and arrows were really rotten, they were naturally not as strong as the Qing army, and the bows and arrows were not only weak, but also far inferior to the Qing army.
The Japanese army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, while the Qing army suffered only a few dozen casualties due to the protection of iron armor and shields.
Soon, the two sides were short-handed, and the Qing army entered the Japanese army, like a tiger entering the flock, and it was really invincible, and in less than half an hour, the advance of the two Echizen lost more than 3,000 people.
The Japanese army quickly collapsed, and the remaining 10,000 people turned around and fled, not even waiting for Abe Tadaaki to assemble a large army.
The Qing army followed and covered up, and at this time Ao Bai only hated that he couldn't lead a horse because he was crossing the sea expedition, otherwise the Japanese army would be defeated faster, and he would not have escaped so easily.
Abe Tadaaki watched as Echizen's vanguard broke into the formation of the 50,000 army he had just assembled, causing great chaos, and in a moment, the ironclad soldiers of the Qing army appeared in his sight.
Abe was shocked, he didn't expect the Qing army to be so well-equipped, of course, he didn't see a more powerful Qing army, and when he met Dolgon's descendants, the first cannon was enough to beat his 50,000 army into chaos, and the morale was completely lost.
Soon, the battlefield became a one-sided slaughter, and the fancy moves of the Japanese warriors became tricks in front of the Qing Dynasty ironclad soldiers, and the ironclad soldiers let you dance their swords and guns, ignoring ordinary attacks, and the samurai were cut to the ground with a single slash.
Ao Bai looked at the battlefield magically, and there were actually Japanese warriors who sprinkled lime powder on the battlefield, which made him almost laugh.
The 10,000 Qing army rampaged through the 50,000 army temporarily assembled by Abe Tadaaki, and no one could stop it.
Abe was so anxious that he complained in his heart, he only said that he was careless, there were only 10,000 enemies, and he gathered 70,000 people plus the forward was not an opponent at all, which was beyond his understanding of the battlefield.
"General, let's retreat to the city, the enemy is too crazy, these people are simply demons from hell!"
Kii Haraki on the side persuaded.
At this time, half of the seaward side of the dock had been occupied by the Qing army, and it was unrealistic for them to board the ship at this time, and the Qing army would chase and kill them with their tail when they boarded the ship, and then they would die without a place to be buried.
"Retreat, let's go into the city and join the army!"
Abe decisively ordered, the main force of the Japanese army of more than 100,000 people has entered the city of Busan to search for the enemy, what Abe did not expect was that the Qing army was actually hiding outside the city.
As soon as Abe ran, the Japanese army suddenly dispersed, and a swarm of bees followed him to the city.
Ao Bai laughed and said, "General Chuanben ordered, continue to chase and kill!" ”
The result can be imagined, the city ambushed Tang Tong's 40,000 Han troops, don't look at Tang Tong against Li Zicheng, against the Qing Dynasty is bound to lose, to deal with these equipment and garbage of the Japanese army, it is an ambush, not too easy, 40,000 people suddenly killed from the city, the Japanese army of more than 100,000 defenseless troops suddenly became a mess, all relying on the numerical advantage to barely support, at this time is fighting intractable.
Abe entered the city with his own soldiers, only to find that the situation in the city was not optimistic, and the enemy's shouts of killing were heard on all sides.
Kii Hara Shu was shocked and said, "Oh no, General, we must have been ambushed by the coalition forces!" ”
Abe Zhongqiu was also pale, and said: "Where did they come from so many people, obviously seeing that their fleet has all left the port!" ”
At this moment, only to hear the sound of "whoosh", a cold arrow shot head-on, directly hitting Abe's face.
Abe screamed, fell on his back, and fell to the ground in a fit of rage, not even in a hurry to say a word.
A Qing army appeared on the corner of the street, and the leader was Ao Bai, who was holding a big bow and sneered: "I've been staring at you for a long time, and I also let you see the power of this general's archery!" ”
The general's personal soldiers on the side were suddenly like a tide of sycophants, and Sadotu hurriedly said: "The general is powerful, I didn't expect the main force of the Japanese State to come and raid Busan, it was really self-defeating, and the coalition fleet poured out, but I didn't expect the biggest credit to go to our Qing Dynasty, and after I went back, the general was added to the rank and promoted to the knight, which was inevitable." ”
Ao Bai laughed and said: "The Japanese people are really cunning, they made an appointment for a decisive battle on Tsushima Island, and actually took advantage of the coalition fleet to go out of the port to raid, fortunately, there are my Qing elite soldiers sitting in Busan, otherwise this Busan is afraid that it will be lost, this time our Eight Banners elite soldiers have won the first credit, look at that Yang Xin pounced, what else is there to be arrogant in front of this general." ”
Seeing that the enemy had come with 200,000 troops and 1,000 ships at sea, Ao thought that it was the main force of the Japanese State that attacked Busan, so the coalition fleet, which had left the port with great fanfare, went to the waters of Tsushima Island and naturally fought in the air.
As soon as Abe Tadaaki died, the Japanese army completely lost their fighting spirit and fled to the sea frantically, and the dock had been conquered by the Eight Banners Army, so they naturally did not dare to go, so they had to flee along the coastline, and at the same time use the flag language to command the ships at sea to respond.
The Qing army was exhausted from fierce fighting until most of the night, and the Japanese army fled more than 100,000 people under the cover of night.
In the battle, the Qing army killed more than 30,000 enemies, captured 50,000 prisoners, and captured more than 100 Japanese ships.
In the Tsushima Sea, the coalition fleet only destroyed the 50,000-strong fleet of the Japanese front, and killed 20,000 of the enemy, excluding more than 10 ships that escaped, leaving more than 20,000 Japanese who fell into the sea, all of whom became prisoners.
Both sides sent messengers, saying that they had encountered the main force of the Japanese army and achieved a great victory, which made the generals on both sides confused, thinking that the other side was falsely reporting their war exploits.
What the coalition generals didn't expect was that Yang Xin actually settled down on Tsushima Island, and ordered the coalition soldiers to build camps and docks, as if they had occupied it for a long time.
There were still 5,000 Japanese troops stationed on Tsushima Island, and at this time they were already trembling with fright, and began to hoard a large amount of grain to the mountains in the field, ready to run into the mountains to fight guerrillas at any time.
Yang Xin ordered Daniel Zhang to send a large army to sweep Tsushima Island, quickly advance to the whole island, and fully occupy Tsushima Island.
There are not many Japanese residents living on the island, only more than 100,000 people, and they are all worried about the occupation by the coalition forces.
Fortunately, the large armies sent were all Daxing Army, and the Goryeo Army was not among them, and the Daxing Army was strictly disciplined and did not infringe on ordinary people.
In this way, after a few days, the material was continuously transported to the Tsushima coalition camp, and the Korean naval division was responsible for patrolling the waters near Tsushima to prevent the Japanese from raiding.
Jin Lianmei returned to her parents' home to help take care of the maritime trade business, and Li Xiangjun came to the coalition camp from Busan and met the busy Yang Xin.
There was also Ao Bai who came with Li Xiangjun, and when he saw Yang Xin, he shouted, "Yang Xin, when will the coalition army attack the Japanese mainland?" ”
Yang Xin's face suddenly turned blue, and said: "Don't worry, at least two months later, you can stay in Busan for the time being!" ”
Ao Bai was shocked and said angrily: "What are you thinking? The coalition has won a big victory, why not take advantage of the victory to attack? ”
Yang Xin was depressed, but he didn't want to pay attention to Aobai, stretched out his hand to take Li Xiangjun, sat down beside him, and then personally made her a cup of tea, but let Aobai stand like that, and said lightly: "I am the commander of the coalition army, you just have to follow the order, and you don't need to pay for this battle, I am not in a hurry, what are you anxious about?" ”
Ao Bai thought about it, it is also the same reason, the Qing army is now receiving Daxing's military salary, eating and drinking without worry, even the weapons and armor are Daxing is responsible, thinking of this, he actually smiled, and said: "Okay, you arrange the battle as soon as possible, how to deal with those captured Japanese soldiers, keep and waste food, this general recommends killing them all!" ”
Yang Xin waved his hand and said, "It's too cheap to kill them, all of them will be pulled to the island to work as coolies, and build a base for us in the port!" ”
For the first time, Yang Xin and Ao Bai agreed that they both wanted to kill the prisoners, but he lacked coolies at this time, and he didn't need to use the prisoners, so it was a bit unreasonable to use the Goryeo scum soldiers.
Ao Bai was stunned, gave Yang Xin a big compliment, and said: "You are more ruthless than me, okay, I will send someone to the boat when I go back, and you will send the boat to pick me up yourself." ”
After saying that, he turned around and left.
To say that Aobai has a good life in Busan, like an uncle, the army does not worry about eating and drinking, and there is Daxing to provide, no better than in the Central Plains, and you have to rely on your own hands to rob it.
The monarchs and ministers of Goryeo were even more afraid of the Qing Dynasty like tigers, and they had already sent beautiful women and silver to Busan to curry favor with them.
Now that Hauge is injured, the command of the army is in his own hands, and he is even more arrogant.
When the news of the two major defeats in the Battle of Tsushima and the Battle of Pusan, as well as the death of the famous general Abe Tadaaki, reached Edo, the whole country was shocked, and Tokugawa Iemitsu urgently convened a meeting of his henchmen to discuss countermeasures.
The ministers were all trembling, and they honestly knelt in front of the temple and did not dare to speak.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious and said, "You all call yourself samurai, why do you look like this now, and can you have a bit of bushido spirit?" ”
Regardless of the bloody dogs scolded by the Tokugawa family, no one dares to speak, at this time, whoever comes up with a plan will definitely be sent out to execute, the coalition is so powerful, they don't want to be the second Abe.