More than 20,000 Japanese troops fled all over the mountains.

The pursuit route of the Ming army was mainly in the valley, especially the Ming cavalry ran fast and intercepted a large number of fleeing warriors.

But more peasants fled to the mountains, dressed in shabby cloth and straw sandals, throwing away their bamboo guns and burrowing into the woods. Don't look at the thin figures, but they seem to be monkeys entering the mountains, and the Ming army wearing medium-sized armor can't catch up at all.

Zhu Shouyi led the cavalry to rush through the rout, and when he saw a gorgeous-looking large armored warrior in front of him, he immediately accelerated and chased after him.

Dajiang Kuangyi was frightened and hurriedly urged the war horse.

But this little pony was carrying heavy armor, and he couldn't run fast at all, so Zhu Shouyi caught up and smashed it off the horse.

"It's bundled, it's worth a lot of ransom!" Zhu Shouyi shouted.

Behind him, the two horses stopped, and held down Dajiang Kuangyi to take the rope.

The ancestor of this product is the maternal ancestor of Emperor Huanmu, and he is in the same vein as the Sugawara clan.

The children of the Oe clan are mostly famous for their tributes, and there are several song immortals, and even semi-monopolize the imperial examination in the Edo period. In recent decades, he has also begun to divide his family branches and follow the path of the samurai, and this time he actually participated in the war.

When the two cavalrymen were tying up Dajiang Kuangyi, they were startled by the makeup of this goods.

is obviously a big armored samurai, but he smears powder and trims his eyebrows, and has the same makeup as a woman.

The follow-up Ming infantry caught up and took over the prisoners from the cavalry, and the two cavalrymen continued to chase after them.

They traveled for several miles, frightening many peasant soldiers to surrender along the way, and when they saw Zhu Shouyi again, they had already captured two more armored warriors.

Money!

Every large armored samurai means a high ransom.

Immediately afterwards, he picked up the banner of Ping Zhongsheng. There are not only the commander's general's handsome flags, but also the banners embroidered with the Ping clan emblem, and even the helmet of Ping Zhongsheng was found on the ground.

The antlers of this helmet are too long, and it usually looks very stylish, but it looks quite obstructive when it escapes, and it is estimated that Ping Zhongsheng was chased and discarded on his own initiative.

It's a pity that due to the obstruction of many routs, Ping Zhongsheng finally escaped.

From the morning pursuit to the evening, the Ming soldiers escorted the prisoners back one after another.

A total of 12 samurai in large armor, 674 other samurai, and 8,211 peasants were captured.

There were even large armored warriors who fell from their horses and were trampled to death by the fleeing peasant soldiers......

In addition, a large amount of grain and grass was captured by the enemy!

……

Although Ping Zhongsheng escaped, he was injured by an arrow, and he ran all the way, and fell into a coma on the night he escaped.

Fortunately, he had a chisel-headed armor-piercing arrow, and there were no barbs on its arrows, so the wound was relatively easy to deal with.

The large armored samurai who escaped by luck had difficulty finding their own Lang party, so they could only gather the rout with their noble status. A few days later, they blocked the exits of two valleys, and successively collected thousands of soldiers and horses.

It's just that the troop structure has been basically disrupted.

Under normal circumstances, it was Taira Tadamori who commanded the Great Armored Samurai, and the Great Armored Samurai commanded the Langdang Samurai. The samurai at all levels, and the peasant soldiers they brought from their hometowns. Manage at all levels, command at all levels, and form a decent army.

Although four or five thousand troops have been gathered now, it is difficult for the soldiers to evacuate in an orderly manner, let alone kill them again.

The commander of the army, Taira Tadashi, fell into a fever and fell unconscious, and the armored samurai could only discuss retreat.

Their military rations and grass were all gone, and they quickly returned to the nearest military ration transfer station. After obtaining the food, he was still unhappy, so he even plundered the army, looted all the way and retreated to the seaside, probably stationed near Hiroshima in the future.

At this time, Ping Zhongsheng finally woke up, and after asking about the specific situation, he almost spurted out a mouthful of old blood and fainted.

He was conceited that he had read "The Art of War" and knew the sophistry of soldiers. Therefore, he chose to camp in the valley and set up a village on both sides of the mountains, and after occupying the battlefield location, he waited for Yuan Weiyi to outflank the back road and attack back and forth.

What a great tactical arrangement, why was the whole army defeated in a daze?

Ping Zhongsheng lay on the sickbed and asked, "Do any of you know what kind of weapon the Ming army can breathe fire and smoke?" ”

The samurai were silent.

A samurai suddenly said, "Maybe you can ask the Tang people who have crossed over." ”

In Zhejiang and Fujian, there are maritime merchants who have been trading with Japan for a long time. However, this trade was monopolized by the Emperor or the Emperor, and the Emperor, his relatives, and the powerful were not allowed to touch their hands.

There are also sporadic Chinese who, for various reasons, stay in Japan to marry and settle down.

This kind of Chinese immigrants are still known as "Dulai Tang people".

If it was in the weakest era of the Southern Song Dynasty, Chinese immigrants were even called "Fanke" and "Fanren" by the Japanese.

There were even Japanese maritime merchants who killed Chinese merchants in Zhejiang, but they were only repatriated to Japan by Southern Song Dynasty officials. Even the people who have always been obedient in Champa also directly plundered and vented their anger on Hainan Island because the Qiongzhou government did not sell horses.

Ping Zhongsheng thought about it and had to lead the remnants to retreat.

When he returned to the place where Ping Zhongsheng worked, he found that Yuan Weiyi, who was also defeated, and took the remnants to plunder the yeoman farmers and merchants.

Ping Zhongsheng was furious, Yuan Weiyi robbed him elsewhere, but he was prepared to defend it, this is his territory!

Pingzhongsheng sent troops to take down Yuan Weiyi, and the two brothers and sisters returned to Heianjing smoothly.

Emperor Toba had received the news of the defeat in advance, and he was so anxious that he didn't know what to do.

Hearing that the two commanders had returned to the court, Emperor Toba hurriedly summoned him and asked, "How did you lose?" ”

Yuan Weiyi was the first to answer: "The minister led the troops to Iwami Province and camped in the mountains for the night. Countless Ming troops came out of the dark mountains and forests, they set fire everywhere, and there were ghosts and monsters in the mountains to help, and the army under the command of the minister quickly collapsed. ”

Emperor Toba was surprised: "In the dark mountains, can the Ming army even fight at night?" ”

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, ask the warriors who have fled." Yuan Weiyi said.

Emperor Toba looked at Ping Zhongsheng again: "What about you?" ”

Ping Zhongsheng said: "The minister camped in a valley, and also divided his troops to occupy the mountains on both sides, intending to confront the Ming army, waiting for Yuan Weiyi to lead troops to block the back road, and then besiege the Ming army on all sides. ”

Emperor Toba nodded and commented, "This is a supreme method of warfare. ”

Ping Zhongsheng said: "In order to prevent morale from falling, the minister led the troops out of the camp to call for battle. The adopted son of the minister and the prince of the Ming Kingdom rode horses in front of the battle to shoot. The bow and arrows of the minister cannot break through the enemy's armor. But the enemy's bow and arrow pierced through the minister's great armor. ”

Emperor Toba exclaimed, "The Taira Clan's Great Armor was also shot through? ”

Ping Zhongsheng took off his upper clothes, revealing the wound that had been bandaged: "The minister was in a coma for several days. ”

Emperor Toba sighed: "You are also a brave man. ”

Ping Zhongsheng said: "After the minister's arrow, he evacuated, and the Lang party warriors stepped forward to respond, intending to fight the Lang party of the Ming general. The Lang Dang warriors on the opposite side suddenly raised some long sticks. Those long sticks can breathe fire, and then smoke will come out like thunderbolts. There were still more than ten steps away, and all the ministers' Lang party were killed. ”

I've heard this set of arguments about righteousness, but he thinks that Ping Zhongsheng is making up the story.

Emperor Toba was equally skeptical: "A stick that breathes fire, smokes and thunders?" ”

"Yes, many samurai and ashigaru saw it," Taira said, "and because they saw it, they all fled in terror, thinking that the other side was full of demons." The Ming army took the opportunity to pursue and kill, and our army broke and fled one after another, and finally the whole army collapsed and was defeated. ”

Emperor Toba felt that it was particularly outrageous, and summoned the samurai who had escaped by chance.

Whether it was the Great Armored Samurai or the other samurai of all ranks, they all said similar words. Ping Zhongsheng's description is still the most simple, and there are even samurai who say that they have seen demons come out of the sticks of the Ming army.

Emperor Toba was dumbfounded when he heard this, and Yuan Weiyi reacted violently, shouting: "No wonder the enemy can fight at night in the mountains, they are indeed a party of demons." The minister only brought a few thousand soldiers and horses, but he didn't bring a mage with the army, where could he stop these demon armies? ”

It's not that our army is incompetent, but the enemy army has Gundam!

Therefore, this is not the fault of the war, and the two commanders are not responsible.

Emperor Toba heard that they were evil, and sent his confidants to quietly inquire about the escaped peasants.

As a result, the peasants' answers were even more outrageous, and the battle had turned into a battle of gods and demons.

Emperor Toba had to believe and summoned Abe Yasunari, the descendant of Abe Harumaki, alone.

The messy rumors have already caused a sensation in Heiankyo at this time.

Abe Yasunari had already inquired around and replied, "Your Majesty, there may be a Shikijin in the Tang Army, which is a Shikijin whose mana is similar to that of the Jianyu Thunder God." When the two armies fought, Shikigami called for thunder and lightning, so our army was defeated. ”

The god of thunder is a product of the combination of Chinese Buddhism and the Japanese god of wind and thunder, and is also regarded as the clan protector of the Fujiwara family.

Emperor Toba asked, "How do you defeat each other?" ”

Abe Yasunari said: "Perhaps, only let the Fujiwara family invite the construction of the god of thunder to fight!" ”

Emperor Toba hurriedly called the old man.

Fujiwara faithfully listened with a confused look on his face, and it was true that the god of thunder was the protector of the Fujiwara clan, but they usually only knew how to worship, and they didn't know how to invite them out to fight.

Fujiwara faithfully said: "Your Majesty, the Fujiwara clan worships the god of thunder, and the god of thunder blesses the Fujiwara clan. How to ask the Thunder God to fight, the Fujiwara clan doesn't know, maybe only the Onmyoji can do it. Whatever Gen Abe needs, the Fujiwara clan will fully cooperate. ”

Emperor Toba looked at Abe Yasunari.

Abe Taicheng stubbornly said: "The god of thunder is a great god with supreme mana, and the minister can only dare to try, maybe he can't be moved." ”

"Then you can try it." Emperor Toba said.

The men stepped back, and Emperor Toba summoned the Minister of the House and the samurai of the North. Knowing that there is no longer enough food to send troops, even if he takes Jianyu Thor to fight, he can only wait for next year.

In desperation, Emperor Toba sent diplomatic envoys, and he crossed the sea to Mingzhou (Ningbo), intending to go to Kaifeng to talk about the matter.

In the Gyeonggi region of Japan, rumors and legends are rife.

Many of the samurai and peasant soldiers who fled back used their imaginations to spread the story of the battle more and more outrageously.

The Ming soldiers of Iwami Province have all become demons, feeding on the hearts and livers of boys and girls......

(Taking advantage of the end of the Spring Festival holiday, Staggered Peak took his son to travel, and there was only one shift in these two days.) ）

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