Chapter 744. Shocking news
The black shadow waved its blade like a devil, and the scene was full of flesh and blood. The Japanese soldiers who had just woken up from their sleep suddenly saw such a scene, and they were so shocked that they couldn't tell for a moment whether this was a dream or a reality. It wasn't until the cold light came that he came back to his senses, and his heart was horrified, and he crawled around to escape for his life. The whole camp was in chaos, screams and shouts rang out, black shadows were killing frantically, cold light and blood light flew all over the sky, and the Japanese people fell into the pool of blood one after another, and some fell into the fire in a panic, burning themselves, screaming miserably! The countless black shadows trampled on the blood and water of the corpses, killing mercilessly, and they were clearly like the Grim Reaper from the underworld!
Yuan Yijing saw that the camp was in chaos, and the devilish black shadows were killing wildly, and he couldn't help but be frightened and at a loss.
A general rushed to the front of Gen Yoshijing and shouted in a panicked voice: "Oh no! It's Han, it's Han! We can't resist it, run away! Immediately, without waiting for Gen Yoshijing to speak, he beckoned all his relatives to flee to the north of the relatively weak attack of Gen Yoshitsune. Yuan Yijing was surrounded by everyone and fled for his life, he was dizzy, and he only felt as if he was having a terrible nightmare, as for what he should do as a commander at this moment, he was completely unconscious.
More than 20,000 Ming troops galloped across the Japanese camp, killing frantically, as if entering a no-man's land, blood and water flew all over the sky, and corpses were everywhere on the ground. The Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they couldn't afford the slightest thought of resisting, and fled for their lives in all directions like headless flies, and at this time they had only one thought in their hearts, that is, to escape from this hell on earth as soon as possible!
The next night, Yong Ren was sleeping soundly with his two beautiful concubines in his arms, when the door suddenly banged. Yongren and the two concubines were awakened, and Yongren suddenly got up, frowned and showed displeasure, and shouted; "What for?"
The knocking on the door immediately stopped, and then an anxious voice said: "Your Highness, it's not good, the 100,000 reinforcements of the Yuan Yijing have been raided!" ”
Yong Ren was startled, hurriedly jumped out of bed, put on a robe and rushed out of the room. Seeing Ohno Chi with a worried face, he asked urgently, "What did you say?" The 100,000 reinforcements led by Minamoto Yoshitsune were raided? Ohno Zhi nodded, swallowed his saliva, and said urgently: "The rout soldiers are fleeing back one after another, and it is the information they reported!" Yong Ren only felt overwhelmed, and then said urgently: "Quick! Go to the city walls! Then he ran towards the outside of the palace.
After a while, Yongren hurriedly ran up the east city wall, and sure enough, he saw that there were constantly routs fleeing back outside the city.
Yong Ren was frightened, angry, and overwhelmed, and screamed, "What the hell is going on? ”
Ohno immediately ordered someone to bring a samurai who had broken the army, and said to him, "Tell Your Highness what you know!" ”
Yong Ren turned his head to look at him, frowned, and asked, "Who exactly were you attacked?" ”
Samurai said: "It's Han!" Then there was a look of great fear in his eyes, and he swallowed, "They, they suddenly appeared like ghosts, attacking us from all directions. We were unprepared, and in an instant there were many casualties and the whole situation became chaos! Everyone is just running for their lives, and they don't know, and they don't know how many people have escaped! ”
Yongren frowned and shook his head: "Impossible! It's impossible! The Ming army is here, how can it be possible to attack the source of Yijing? The warrior hurriedly said: "It's true, it's indeed the Ming Army!" ”
Yong-in was flustered, and for a moment he couldn't figure out what was going on. With his IQ, he naturally doesn't understand what it means to encircle the point to help. In fact, the tactics used by Yang Peng are not complicated, but they are the tactics of encircling the point to send reinforcements, from the beginning Yang Peng did not intend to attack Kumamoto immediately, but to eliminate the living force of the Japanese people. Because Yang Peng knew that if he wanted to really capture Kyushu Island, it would never work without destroying the living force of the Japanese people.
Yong-in's mind was in a mess, and he didn't understand what was going on or what to do. The situation was completely chaotic, and unlike what he had expected, he had not expected it to turn out like this.
Seeing that Yongren looked distracted, Ohno couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, the army of Gen Yoshijing has been wiped out, and I am afraid that the previous plan will not be carried out." Do you want to shrink all your forces back and stick to Kumamoto? ”
Yongren came back to his senses, although he still didn't understand what Yang Peng said, but he felt that since the Ming army could wipe out Yuan Yijing's 100,000 army overnight, it would naturally be okay to destroy other troops! The previous plan is definitely no longer possible, and now it is time to think about how to hold Kumamoto! Kumamoto is the foundation of Kyushu, and reserves most of Kyushu's money, food, and materials, if Kumamoto is captured, the consequences will be absolutely unimaginable! Yonghito couldn't help but turn pale when he thought of the fall of Kumamoto.
After settling down, Yong Ren wanted to mobilize all his soldiers and horses to gather in Kumamoto to defend against the Yan Yun army. As soon as he thought of this, he hurriedly said to Ohno Tomo: "Quickly send a messenger to order all the armies, asking them to come to Kumamoto as quickly as possible!" Send messengers at all costs! Ohno sighed and ran down.
Immediately, a number of messengers rushed out of the city. To Yongren's relief, although the messengers sent out were hindered, some of them managed to break through.
Yongren was afraid that the Ming army would come to raid the city, so he ordered all the troops to defend it strictly. The armies moved one after another, and the trumpets sounded one after another. The people who had already fallen asleep were awakened one after another, and through the doors and windows, they saw the samurai and ashigaru people hurriedly moving, and the atmosphere was very tense, and they subconsciously became nervous. The Japanese people made a lot of noise until the early hours of the morning, when they gradually quieted down, and people who had not rested well all night fell asleep.
Yong-in wakes up and finds that the sun has risen very high. Thinking of the Ming Army, his heart immediately became nervous, and he hurriedly ran out of the city gate tower. It turned out that Yong Ren had been on the city gate tower since the middle of the night yesterday, and he was dizzy and couldn't hold on in the early morning, so the guards helped him into the city tower and slept until he woke up just now.
Yongren ran out of the city gate tower, and when he saw that the situation was stable, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had a nightmare in a dream just now, dreaming that the Ming army had broken through the city gate, and the terrible Ming army rushed in like a tide.
Yuhito asked the samurai beside him, "Didn't the enemy come to attack?" The samurai bowed and said, "It has been very calm, except for the routs who kept fleeing, and no enemy troops were found." ”
Yongren frowned, and asked again, "How many of the rout soldiers have escaped?" ”
The samurai thought for a moment, "There are probably nearly 10,000 people!" Yongren nodded, frowned, and said, "It would be nice to have more." Turning his head to look at the camp of the Ming army outside the city, he couldn't help but feel a sense of panic in his heart. Yongren reacted, felt ashamed, and hurriedly put this feeling in his heart behind, and kept silently reciting in his heart: Our Yamato nation is the greatest nation, it is invincible, what is the Ming people, and the final victory ultimately belongs to us! …… With this thought, the fear really subsided, and the self-confidence gradually returned.
Yong Ren noticed the constant commotion in the city, and couldn't help but follow the sound, only to see that the people in the city crowded to the city gate and shouted to get out of the city, and there was chaos near several city gates. Yong Ren was annoyed and asked, "What's going on?" ”
Samurai said: "The news of the annihilation of His Excellency's 100,000 army has spread throughout the city, and everyone is very scared, so they want to escape!" ”
Yong Ren was so annoyed that he blamed himself and muttered, "Why didn't I think of giving a gag order!" In fact, it was useless for him to give a gag order, so many routs fled into the city, and the rumors were already flying all over the sky, and it was too late for him to give a gag order as soon as he got the news.
At this moment, there was a sudden alarm from the west city gate, Yongren couldn't help but be surprised, Yongren said in panic: "What happened, is the Ming army coming to attack the city?" Then he ran down the wall toward the western gate, and the warriors followed closely.
When Yongren rushed to the west city wall, he saw thousands of Ming troops lined up outside the city, and one of his senior warriors was riding a horse towards the Ming warrior in the middle of the field. Yong Ren immediately knew what was happening: it must be the Ming Army who came to challenge, and that warrior couldn't hold back the battle!
Yongren's heart couldn't help but rise with a sense of hope, hoping that the samurai could kill the Ming warrior in one fell swoop, so as to sweep away the depression of these days! As soon as he thought of this, he roared loudly to cheer for his own samurai, and the samurai at the head of the city subconsciously shouted along, and the roar rolled for a while, and the samurai only felt his blood boiling, and he couldn't help but shout!
The Ming warrior rode his horse to meet him, holding the horse lance in one hand, and the war drums behind him sounded one after another, which was very sonorous and powerful on this noisy battlefield!
In the blink of an eye, the two sides met, and the samurai raised his katana in both hands and slashed at the Ming warrior. However, he probably forgot that the katana was much shorter than the spear, and the great Ming warrior saw the opponent's katana slashing, raised his right hand, and the spear stabbed at the opponent's chest! The warrior was so frightened that he tried to dodge, but it was too late, only to hear a pop, and the spear pierced his chest. The great Ming warrior picked up his right arm and lifted the warrior high.
The people on the city wall suddenly saw such a terrible sight, and they suddenly changed color, and the shouting stopped abruptly. Everyone only felt cold all over, boundless fear enveloped them, and they felt that the Great Ming Army was really terrifying! In the past, although they had heard terrible legends about the Ming Army, they used to treat them as ridiculous jokes, but at the moment they couldn't laugh.
When the Japanese saw that the Ming warrior was like a tiger picking a sheep off his horse, he was shocked beyond measure, and the shouts and cheers stopped abruptly, and the whole city was silent.
Da Ming shook his hand, and the warrior fell to the ground, with a thud, struggled for a while, and stopped moving. The Ming warrior raised his blood-dripping spear high and roared with a tiger. The Ming soldiers also shouted, and the roar rolled like thunder for a while, and the people were terrified. The Japanese knew that this was the Ming people challenging again, but the city was quiet, and no one dared to come forward. It's no wonder, after all, the samurai who fought just now can be said to be one of the best samurai in the city, and even he can't make a move in the hands of the other party, he is like a sheep and is killed, where do others dare to send them to death! All of a sudden, there was a roar and rolling outside the city, but the inside of the city was trembling and quiet, and no one dared to respond.
Yongren was very annoyed when he saw that his men were trembling and no one dared to fight, but he couldn't vent it, because the enemy was too powerful!
The Ming warrior shouted outside the city for a while, and when he saw that no one dared to fight the Japanese people anymore, he returned to the military formation.
Seeing this scene, Yongren thought that the Ming army was about to attack the city, and hurriedly ordered all armies to prepare for battle. Then he looked nervously out of the city. However, after a while, the Ming army outside the city not only did not come to attack the city, but retreated to the camp. The Japanese soldiers were very surprised, but they were also greatly relieved, for the vast majority of people, the Ming army did not come to attack the city, it was no better. However, doubts rose in Yongren's heart, he didn't understand why the Ming army didn't take the opportunity to attack the city when it completely suppressed its own momentum? Isn't this the best time to siege a city? Yong Ren couldn't figure it out after thinking about it.
The news of the Ming warrior slashing the strongest warrior in the city soon spread in the city, and the soldiers and civilians in the city became even more panicked, and the civilians and nobles who originally wanted to wait and see couldn't sit still, and they dragged their families to the city gate to get out of the city. There was a tumult in the city, and an atmosphere of panic and unease permeated the city. As the supreme commander, the crown prince Yongren also became even more panicked, worried that the messenger sent out would miss on the way, so he sent another messenger. At night, Yong Ren was too frightened to sleep, so he paced back and forth in his study, and heard the noise of the people who wanted to escape from the city, and he was very irritable; The concubines didn't dare to come over, for fear that one would make him unhappy if he was not careful.
A long and slow night passed in such an uneasy and noisy atmosphere, and nothing happened. The soldiers and civilians in the city couldn't help but feel a lot calmer, and Yongren was not as panicked as yesterday. Because he didn't sleep for a night, Yong Ren was so tired that he fell asleep on the bookcase unconsciously.
All the reinforcements arrived, and Yong Ren commanded the army to launch a full-scale counterattack, and hundreds of thousands of troops besieged it on all sides, and the scene was extremely magnificent. The army swept like a raging wave, the Ming army was defeated like a mountain and fled in a hurry, and even the Ming Emperor was taken prisoner.
"Your Highness! Your Highness! ……”
Yong Ren heard the call, everything in front of him quickly disappeared, and he opened his eyes, and what greeted him was the scene of the palace study. Yongren was stunned, and then realized that everything he saw just now was just a pillow of yellow sorghum, and he couldn't help but be very depressed.
Yongren looked ahead, saw that it was a close confidant samurai Ono Chi, frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
Ohno Tomo said: "General Nario Zuomuro and General Nobuo Uesugi have sent someone to send a reply, and they have already led their troops to rush here!" ”
Yongren was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked urgently, "You mean that Nario Zuomuro and Nobuo Uesugi have both received my orders?" ”
Ohno Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, they have all received orders from His Highness and have already led the army to come!" ”
Yong Ren breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Great! That's great! I've been worried that they won't get my orders and continue to do what they planned, but now it's fine! Ohno Tomoya said happily: "The two of them can lead the army to arrive within three days, as long as we hold out for three days, the crisis will be lifted!" And although the Ming army is strong, it should be no problem for our army to hold on for three days! Yong Ren nodded sympathetically.
Ohno Tomo said: "In addition, I have received a report from General Kazuya Ninomiya that their 60,000 troops have all landed and are heading towards Kumamoto. "Ninomiya Kazuya, the largest nobleman in Shikoku, because of his support for Yongren against Taira Kiyomori, so after Yongren's victory, in return, the Ninomiya family on Shikoku Island was canonized as the home of the protector, and Ninomiya Kazuya was also canonized as the general of Shikoku, this time Yongren gathered troops on Kyushu Island to fight against the Ming Dynasty, and this Ninomiya family is also a very important force.
When Yonghito heard that Kazuya Ninomiya's army was also coming towards this side, he was even more happy and said excitedly: "Now that the three armies are about to join forces in Kumamoto, we can turn defeat into victory!" Tomobuki Ohno nodded sympathetically, and felt that the situation had finally reversed.
Yong Ren frowned and muttered, "There's one thing I don't understand. Why didn't the Ming army take advantage of the situation in their favor to forcibly attack Kumamoto? Didn't they know that our three armies would come together? Ohno Zhi also couldn't figure it out, and speculated: "Maybe it was His Highness's judgment before, they were waiting for backup, after all, it is really not a smart thing to forcibly attack Jiancheng with such a small number of troops!" Yong Ren nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "If there is really backup, I'm afraid they won't be able to wait!" They must not know that our sailors are waiting for them at sea! ”
Ohno Zhi said: "Your Highness has calculated all the enemy's plans, and the final victory must belong to Your Highness!" Yong-in laughed. Ohno thought to himself: "The enemy must not know that our army's three-way army is coming, otherwise they have no reason to stay here and not leave!" Yong Ren nodded.
In the next few days, the Ming army never attacked. Yongren became more and more sure of his previous judgment of the Ming Army, and felt that everything was under his control. He was no longer worried about the Ming army attacking the city, but was worried that the Ming army would learn about the arrival of his three-way army in advance and flee immediately. Now Daya Haikou is still under the control of the Ming Army, if they suddenly escape, they will not be able to intercept it at all, and the big battle that they have planned for a long time will probably end in vain!
Time passed slowly in Yong-in's anxious waiting, and finally it was the fourth day. There was still no movement from the Ming army, and Yongren's heart was pounding, because the army of Uesugi Nobuo and Nario Samuro should arrive at any time. As soon as these two armies arrive, they will immediately attack the coastal positions of the Ming Dynasty from east to west, and the Ming army has only a small garrison on the coastal positions, and they are defenseless, and there is no reason why the two armies cannot be taken quickly. As long as the coastal position of the Ming Dynasty is taken, the back road of the Ming army will be cut off, and it will become a situation of closing the door and beating the dog, and there will be no suspense in the war.
However, by noon, there were still no two armies of Nario Samuro and Nobuo Uesugi in sight. Yong Ren couldn't help but get agitated. At this moment, someone pointed outside the city and shouted, "Someone is coming!" Yongren's heart moved, and he hurriedly looked out of the city, but he didn't see the large army he hoped for, only a scout galloping on horseback. Yong Ren frowned, annoyed in his heart.
Moments later, the scout galloped into the city, dismounted, and galloped in front of Yongren. Yonghito asked angrily, "Why haven't Nario Zuomuro and Nobuo Uesugi arrived yet?" ”
I saw that the scout said with a panicked face: "The army of General Nario Zuo and General Nobuo Uesugi was raided by the Ming army on the way, and the troops of General Nario Zuo were completely annihilated, and the remnants fled to the south!" ……”
When Yong Ren and the people around him suddenly heard such news, it was as if they had been smashed hard by a thunderbolt from the sunny sky, and they all changed color in horror. Yonghito came back to his senses and asked urgently, "What about Nobuo Uesugi?" Have all the armies of other lands been destroyed? The scout said: "General Uesugi is also a fiasco, but it is better than the situation of General Nario Zuo, and now he has led the defeated army to retreat to the south!" ”
Yongjin was dazed and could hardly believe such news. Thinking back to the previous ambush of the Origin Yijing, it seems that it is not a coincidence that the reinforcements have been ambushed one after another, and it seems that all this is Yang Peng's trick. Ono suddenly exclaimed, "I understand! I understand! Yongren frowned and looked at Ono Zhi, who said with a look of fear: "Your Highness, I understand why the enemy has never attacked the city!" They did this on purpose, so as to attract our troops to the rescue, and then they ambushed and destroyed our reinforcements in the middle of the way! This is the trick of besieging the city and sending reinforcements in the Han art of war! Yongren was shocked. He naturally knew the so-called thirty-six strategies in the Han art of war, and he usually scoffed at it, only thinking that it was a joke that the Han people made up these art of war, but he didn't expect that when death came, he was completely in the dark and couldn't see through, until the three armies were wiped out one after another, and then he suddenly woke up. However, it was too late to wake up at this time.
Yong Ren only felt shaky, his heart was full of fear and overwhelm, and he didn't know what to do for a while. Stick to Kumamoto? If there are no reinforcements, it is simply impossible, and if the reinforcements come to the rescue, wouldn't they fall into Yang Peng's tricks again. Give up Kumamoto? Yongren was very unwilling, and he didn't dare to bear the situation after giving up Kumamoto.
When Yongren refused, he summoned the generals and high-ranking samurai to discuss the matter. At the meeting, the two factions quarreled fiercely, and no one could convince anyone, and Yong Ren couldn't make up his mind in such a situation. The meeting lasted until the evening, and there was still no result, and an irritable Yu-in terminated the military meeting, which would not lead to anything.
After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.