Chapter 727: The Battle of Kyoto
The battle in Kyoto was extremely fierce, whether it was the army defending Kyoto or the army besieging the city, the two sides were evenly matched.
Originally, after Zhuge Mo arrived, he led the Fusang army to attack the offensive situation and once favored the attacking side, when Zhuge Mo's organ beast was powerful, almost breaking through the gate of Kyoto and taking the gate of Kyoto City.
However, at the critical moment, the mechanical corps arranged by Lucius appeared, and the machine beast was repulsed, forcing the attacker to fall short, and the entire battle situation could be described as an instant reversal.
Under the command of Scott, the mechanized corps can be said to be overwhelming, directly out of the city, chasing the attacking army for a long time, and almost completely crushing those who dare to attack Kyoto.
Fortunately, Zhuge Mo had already made arrangements and successfully arranged a large formation a few miles outside the city, and the army retreated into the large array and resisted the mechanical corps with the formation from the east.
But despite this, Zhuge Mo's plan to conquer Kyoto in one go fell through, and those retainers under Kinoshita Hideyoshi's original command began to have some doubts about the plan to attack Kyoto, and felt that they should not continue to attack Kyoto by force.
Suddenly, a heated argument broke out between the daimyo and Zhuge Mo, during which Nakatomi Lianzu took the opportunity to gather more supporters and gradually began to control most of the power of Kinoshita Hideyoshi's army.
However, Nakatomi Lianzu is a very cautious fellow, and he knows very well that Kinoshita Hideyoshi's most trusted retainers still have a considerable part of the army in their hands.
And Zhuge Mo seems to have suffered heavy losses, but there are still a lot of trap beasts left in his hands, and Zhongchen Lianzu knows very well that he is not enough to fight against Kinoshita Hideyoshi's retainers, and it is even more unlikely that he will be Zhuge Mo's opponent, so he has always continued to remain silent.
For the contradiction between the group loyal to Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Zhuge Mo, he chose to turn a blind eye and let the two sides fight endlessly on the surface.
It's a pity that Zhongchen is honest enough of the original wishful thinking. But because of an unexpected raid, it failed, and that unexpected raid also changed the whole battle here.
Among the few people loyal to Kinoshita Hideyoshi, there was a guy who was expelled from the portal by the Iga family, and after arguing with Zhuge Mo, he actually chose to lead his ninjas to a sneak attack, wanting to break through the large army that besieged them in Kyoto outside Zhuge Mobu's big array.
Originally, in the eyes of everyone, this was a self-defeating approach, but everyone never expected that that guy would really succeed.
Originally. Kyoto is actually not united, and Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru, who was unusually promoted by the emperor and has a large number of troops, is very difficult to deal with Tokugawa Iehiko and Taiyuan Yukisai.
In Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru's eyes, Tokugawa Iehiko and Taiyuan Yukisai were just born well, he felt that he should have more strength than the two, and he also thought that his army command was stronger than the two.
During the siege of Kyoto, he always wanted to show himself and show himself in front of the emperor. He has the strength to overwhelm Tokugawa Ihiko and Taiyuan Yukisai.
It's just that because of the appearance of the mechanical corps, his limelight was robbed, and the strong strength of the mechanical corps directly broke the army of machine beasts. The crisis of the destruction of Kyoto was resolved.
In this regard, the emperor personally thanked Scott and personally gave Scott the surname and first name of Fuso, which was regarded as a reward for his mechanical corps to save Kyoto.
It was also because of the Emperor's commendation to Scott. It completely stimulated Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru, and despite everyone's opposition, he insisted on leading a large army to pursue Zhuge Mo and others. And outside the formation arranged by Zhuge Mo, he camped and besieged Zhuge Mo and them, wanting to make meritorious contributions to prove his ability to the emperor again.
What she didn't expect at all was that Kinoshita Hideyoshi's ninja-born retainer attacked and led the ninja to attack his camp at night, directly breaking his camp.
If it weren't for the desperate protection of several of his loyal family generals, I am afraid that he might even give up his own life.
And Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru, who narrowly escaped, did not organize everyone to retreat, but reorganized the army, intending to fight with the group of ninjas, and even wanted to take the opportunity to attack the opponent's camp to obtain his own glory.
The result can be imagined, he organized men to fight back, but he was already unable to fight those ninjas, and was defeated by the ninjas again, and the army under the command of the guide zhì suffered even more heavy losses.
If it weren't for the timely arrival of the mech, I'm afraid that the whole army might really be wiped out in the end, and even if the mechcorps arrived, it would only have time to save Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru and the few remaining soldiers around him.
In the face of Zhuge Mo's beast opening the way, the rebels took advantage of the pursuit of the situation, and the mechanical corps did not dare to confront it head-on, so Scott could only order the mechanized corps to protect the remaining army of Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru and fight and retreat towards Kyoto.
Of course, there was a mechanized corps, and in the end, Zhuge Mo's pursuit was not successful, but Kyoto was besieged by the army again, and Kyoto's original advantages were all in vain, and the war in Kyoto fell into a stalemate again.
Although some of the troops under the command of Toyotomi Hiyoshi Maru were retained, the mechanical corps also suffered a certain blow in the confrontation with the machine beasts, which damaged the combat effectiveness of the mechanized corps, so it could only choose to stick to Kyoto Castle and let the mech corps take the opportunity to rest.
In fact, most of the loss of the mechanical corps was the damage suffered when escorting Toyotomi Hiyoshimaru and others to retreat, and when they fought hard with those machine beasts.
Moreover, Scott didn't want the mechanical warriors of the mechanical corps to be captured by the other party, because he was worried that Zhuge Mo would get the manufacturing technology of Lucius, so when the mechanical beast tried to capture the mechanical warriors, some other mechanical warriors would turn back to the rescue.
Some mechanical warriors who didn't have time to get rescue even activated the self-destruction device directly, which also increased the wear and tear of the mechanical warriors, but it was gradually unable to threaten the trap beasts.
Led the army back to Kyoto City again, Zhuge Mo did not rush to order an attack, but sent a small siege team to cooperate with the Trap Beast to attack the city repeatedly, the purpose was to consume the combat power in the city, so that the combat power of Kyoto City was gradually consumed.
Zhuge Mo's method was still very effective, and gradually began to consume the strength of the defending side, and under the repeated intrusion day and night, the defending side began to be a little tired to deal with.
In the end, the Trap Beast Corps under Zhuge Mo found an opportunity, and suddenly launched a strong attack one night, and the Trap Beast directly entered the tower of Kyoto City, and was almost about to attack Kyoto City.
Fortunately, the mechanical corps led by Scott found out in time and made the most appropriate response, blocking the city tower and the roads in the city at a critical moment, blocking the Trap Beast Corps on the tower, and a large number of mech warriors rushed forward to fight those trap beasts.
The war was extremely tragic, a large number of mechanical beasts were destroyed, and some mechanical warriors were also destroyed, which increased the attrition of Scott's mechanical corps.
It also made the battle situation inside and outside Kyoto City confusing, and no one knew what the outcome would be until the last moment, and both sides of the battle were eager to win, but their respective weights had been added, and it was obvious that the situation was still anxious.
Under several encounters and battles, when the Zhuge Mo Organ Beast Corps made contributions, those old troops of Kinoshita Hideyoshi attacked again, taking advantage of the chaos in the city to deal with the trap beasts, they actually forcibly broke through the city gate of Kyoto, and the army outside the city suddenly began to pour into the city.
The original offensive and defensive battle instantly turned into a street battle in Kyoto City, and the two sides fought on the streets of the city, and even those people in Kyoto City were involved in the fierce battle.
It can be said that in the blink of an eye, the entire Kyoto City was completely caught in the flames of war, and the side in Kyoto City gradually began to fall into disadvantage, especially Zhuge Mo showed another batch of trap beasts, which made the balance of victory begin to tilt in favor of the side that attacked the city.
The defenders of the castle were almost beginning to despair, as if they felt that they could not defeat the other side, and even with the help of the mechmen, they could not resist the opponent's imminent attack on Kyoto Castle.
At the last moment, No. 3 and No. 4 fell from the sky, and Mingtang, who was regarded as Susanoo, also appeared, bringing hope to the originally desperate people.
Three and Four lead another group of mechanical warriors into the battle, and Ming Tang bestows divine power on the samurai in Kyoto Castle, causing the situation to turn around once again.
Among the old ministers under Kinoshita Hideyoshi who attacked the city, seven of them died in the city of Kyoto, and the beasts that attacked the city in Zhuge Mo's hands were almost wiped out.
At a critical moment, the old scalper burst out with a terrible impact, broke through the siege in Kyoto City, and rushed out of Kyoto City with Zhuge Mo, which was regarded as saving Zhuge Mo's life.
Zhuge Mo, who almost lost his life, rushed out of Kyoto City under the gallop of his old scalper, and ran all the way to get rid of the mechanical corps that was in hot pursuit.
Even No. 3 and No. 4 felt very helpless, they didn't expect the old ox to be so fast, and none of the mechanical soldiers in the mech corps who were the best at running could catch up with the wooden old cow.
However, although Zhuge Mo was not able to be caught, the crisis in Kyoto City was resolved, and although Zhuge Mo escaped, the Beast Corps in his hand was completely wiped out.
In addition, Kinoshita Hideyoshi's army was also almost completely besieged in the city, most of them were annihilated, and the rest chose to surrender.
After nearly a month, the war in Kyoto City finally ended completely, and the devastated Kyoto City ushered in a long-lost peace, as for the remaining aftermath, it was no longer the mechanical corps under the command of Lucius that needed to deal with it, it was the Emperor Xià who was sitting in Kyoto, as well as Tokugawa Iehiko and Taiyuan Yukisai and others to worry about. (To be continued......)