Chapter 246: Massacre Without Suspense!
At the foot of Mt. Fuji, on the main road leading from Tokyo City to Osaka.
A loud rumbling bang completely blocked the road from Osaka to Tokyo, and then a large number of Ming troops emerged in the hills on both sides of the road.
All the Japanese soldiers could see that this was an ambush by the Ming Dynasty, and they immediately panicked.
But Ashikaga Yoshikan was overjoyed.
Although these hills are small hills, the height is not high, and it only takes a cup of tea to rush up.
It can be said that these hills are no different from the plains.
The Ming army was already weak, and it dared to divide its troops to ambush itself, and Ashikaga Yoshikan thought that his 260,000 army would definitely be able to easily solve these ambushed Ming troops.
Ashikaga Yoshikan wanted to let these Ming soldiers know who was the ruler of the country.
"Poof!"
Ashikaga Yoshitsuna pulled out the command knife at his waist and yelled at the mountain:
"Charge!!"
"For His Majesty the Emperor, Charge !!"
With the morale of Ashikaga Yoshikan, the Japanese army regained their morale one by one, shouting and killing the Ming army on the hills.
"Bang bang bang!!"
"Boom!!"
Unfortunately, these Japanese had no idea who they were up against, or what kind of weapons they were facing.
This time, to make sure nothing goes wrong.
Li Jin directly removed more than a thousand artillery pieces from the warship.
Immediately, an artillery position was established at a place with an excellent view of Mt. Fuji.
This artillery position can allow these 1,000 guns to cover any position on the battlefield.
Not only that, Li Jin directly allocated all the 40,000 Ming Navy to Li Wenzhong, so that Li Wenzhong and Zhu Di could completely and completely block the 200,000 Japanese army in this avenue.
While Ashikaga Yoshinori was still complacent, a thousand artillery pieces were already aimed at the 200,000-strong army that stretched for several miles.
Immediately, under the command of Sun Cannon, these shells exploded in the most densely populated places as if they had eyes, wantonly harvesting the lives of the Japanese army.
"Boom!!"
"Boom!!"
Since the cannon sounded, it has not stopped, and black mushroom clouds have risen from the ground.
These shells are all loose shells, and it can be said that after the bombardment of scattered shells, the road is as if it has been washed by rain, and there are very few living holes.
As the raindrops of shells fell, Ashikaga Yoshitsune was killed on the spot, and after giving the order to charge, he never had a chance to speak, so he was sent directly to Amaterasu Okami by the first wave of scattered bullets.
The commander was killed in battle, and the 260,000-strong army was immediately in disarray, like headless flies, not knowing the direction of next action.
Some people turned around and ran backwards, while others frantically carried out Ashikaga Yoshikan's orders and launched a fierce attack on the hillside.
It's a pity that under the blow of the firecracker, although the distance between these Japanese and the Ming soldiers is less than ten meters, but at the end of the world, these ten meters are the moat, and no one can cross this distance alive.
Li Wenzhong looked at it with some horror, and the hellish scene underneath could be said to have completely subverted Li Wenzhong's concept of war in this battle.
In his view, war needs to pay attention to the right time, place and people, as well as the final showdown, and face to face with courage to decide the success or failure of the plan.
Li Wenzhong has always thought like this, and at the same time, he did the same when he was fighting.
Since following Zhu Yuanzhang at the age of thirteen and being accepted as a righteous son by Zhu Yuanzhang, Li Wenzhong has also fought like this.
In the beginning, Li Wenzhong only liked to use the knife to convince people with his strength, and he was the first of all generals to be brave and good at fighting in the army.
Later, after the edification of Zhu Yuanzhang, Xu Da and the war, Li Wenzhong liked to use his brains in battle, and finally became the second most famous commander in the Ming army after Xu Da.
However, today's war has overturned all of Li Wenzhong's previous decades of war experience.
The powerful artillery and the sharp guns deeply stimulated Li Wenzhong's nerves.
Brave and good at fighting, not afraid of death in front of these things, it has become a complete joke.
No matter how brave and good you are, you can't beat a bullet.
In the face of the fierce death, in the face of the powerful firepower of artillery, he can only become a lamb to the slaughter, and finally fearless sacrifice.
Li Wenzhong keenly felt that the situation of the war would completely change because of today's war.
"Fourth brother, are these things made by Li Jin?"
Li Wenzhong couldn't help but ask Zhu Di that the combat power of the Ming Navy had already given Li Wenzhong a deep shock.
Zhu Di's face was full of fanaticism at this time, and his eyes reflected the sky-high fire between the mountain roads.
Hearing Li Wenzhong's question, Zhu Di nodded and said:
"Master Li is a genius, if these things are brought to the northern battlefield in the future, the Mongolian cavalry will become a moving target."
"In front of the guns and artillery, the charge of those Mongol cavalry is nothing more than death."
"Our Ming Dynasty will completely exterminate Mongolia and dominate the world from now on."
Li Wenzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head, not as optimistic as Zhu Di, Mongolia's problem is very complicated.
With the combat strength of the current Ming army, it would have been able to annihilate the Northern Yuan in one fell swoop.
But fighting in the desert, the most difficult thing is not to defeat the Mongol army, but to find these Mongols.
The desert north of the desert is boundless, and if you are not careful, you will lose your direction and be buried in the vast desert.
However, Zhu Di is right, that is, once this kind of thing is used on the Mongolian Tatars in the north, these Mongols will become moving targets.
The battle below continues, but the moment the artillery roars, the suspense of the war is lost.
More than 200,000 troops fell apart, were squeezed in the mountain road by the Ming Dynasty, became targets, and were ruthlessly shot by the Ming Dynasty's firearms.
The Ming Navy was condescending, attacking left and right, but the Japanese army was crowded on the mountain road, unable to advance or retreat, and could only watch, being shot like a duck by the Ming Navy.
"Don't kill me, I surrender!!"
"We are willing to surrender!!"
I don't know how long it took, but finally the first Japanese knelt in front of the Ming navy, raised their hands, and expressed their willingness to surrender.
If there is a first, there will naturally be a second, and then the third, until it spreads to an army of 200,000.
Of course, there are still people who eventually turn around and run away.
These nearly 30,000 people, all of whom were the elite of the Ashikaga family, wanted to return to Yamato as soon as possible and report the matter to the head of the family, the Ashikaga clan.
And after Zhu Di noticed that someone had escaped, he quickly took 10,000 Beijing Iron Cavalry who were ready to go, and immediately set off to pursue these enemy troops.
handed over the rest of the battlefield to Li Wenzhong.
On the one hand, Li Wenzhong ordered people to take prisoners into custody, and on the other hand, he ordered people to report to Li Jin.
After all, before he came, Li Jin had told him to annihilate the main force of the Ashikaga family in a battle.
Now that everything is going according to plan, it is time to inform Li Jin to take Tokyo City and completely conquer Wajima.
Li Wenzhong felt that Li Jin's plan was to capture Tokyo, and then surrender Emperor Mingguang, so that the Ming Dynasty would become the suzerainty of Wajima.
It's a pity that what he didn't know was that the plan in Li Jin's mind was even crazier than he imagined!