"In this battle, in addition to Ashikaga Yoshinori, 150,000 Japanese invaders, I don't want a single prisoner."

As the main army of the Japanese invaders gradually approached Jiuzhou Island, Zhu Gaoyu convened a military conference on the battle against the enemy.

As soon as the meeting began, Zhu Gaoyu set the tone for the battle.

That is, not a captive.

The 150,000 troops brought by Ashikaga Yoshinori this time were the main force of each domain.

If this is completely eradicated, the entire Wa Kingdom will definitely be broken.

If you don't kill them, leaving these captives, even if they work as slaves, will leave a lot of hidden dangers.

After all, compared to ordinary serfs, they are too unstable.

"That, Your Highness, the minister interjected!"

A lot has recovered, and Natsuharaji, who came to audit, stretched out his hand.

"Speak."

"These are all strong laborers, but it's a pity to kill all the good materials for digging rocks."

Zhu Gaoyu glanced at him and replied: "There are still millions of people in the Wa Kingdom, and before they all die of exhaustion, it will be enough for you to hollow out the mountain." ”

"Xia Shangshu, are there any more questions?"

Natsuhara Ji pondered for a moment, shook his head, and sat back in his seat.

Zhu Gaoyu looked at Sun An: "The Japanese army in your hand, after this battle, I want their number to be no more than 1,000." ”

A confident smile appeared on the corner of Sun An's mouth, "Please rest assured, Your Highness, one more general will be beaten by a stick." ”

The other generals saw Sun An smiling at the corner of his mouth, but his eyes flashed with coldness, and they couldn't help but sympathize with the little gourd of the Satsuma Domain.

Those little gourds who are working hard, I am afraid they never dreamed that the lives of most of them have been crossed by Lord Yama.

"Very good, what I want is your kind of self-confidence, turn around and beat two more sticks!"

Sun An: "......"

"Hahaha..."

A burst of laughter erupted in the conference room.

After everyone was quiet, Zhu Gaoyu looked at Wu Shan.

Wu Shan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly stood up and waited for the order.

"The last batch of North Korean reinforcements came in after dark."

"Let the first guard get ready, and board the ship tomorrow morning and go to sea."

Picking up the command baton and knocking on the location of Kyoto, Zhu Gaoyu ordered Wu Shan: "Here, the Kyoto of the Wa Kingdom, is also the target of your attack." ”

"Take it down and return to you!"

"I can't take it, I can't even be defeated, I don't want to hear any reason for failure."

When Wu Shan heard this, he raised his hand and hammered his chest heavily, looked directly at Zhu Gaoyu with both eyes, and shouted in the loudest voice: "If you don't break the enemy city, the last general will come to see you." ”

Zhu Gaoyu waved his hand, "I don't want your head, I want this city." ”

"If you have any requirements now, just mention them, weapons, equipment, troops, as long as you have them, I will give them to you."

Sun An, who was already secretly ruthless in his heart, his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said without hesitation: "Cannon... New artillery is coming! ”

"The last general, too!" At the mention of the new artillery, Sun An also quickly stood up.

Liu Sheng looked at the two of them with resentment, as if he was a resentful woman.

He begged for several days, and Zhu Gaoyu promised that after this decisive battle, he would drop ten doors and give them the Shenji Battalion.

Now that these two bastards have opened their mouths, they have fallen into their hands, and they can't tell the difference.

I'm an outsider after all, so it's hard to open that mouth now.

"You, sit down." Pointing at Sun An angrily, Zhu Gaoyu said to Wu Shan: "I can only give you ten doors, and the rest ......"

"Okay, I'll let someone pull it later."

Before Zhu Gaoyu finished speaking, Wu Shan hurriedly agreed.

Zhu Gaoyu was stunned for a moment, looking at Wu Shan, who was full of joy and showing off to Sun An, the corners of his mouth twitched.

Damn, it's too much, the psychological bottom line of this bastard is definitely no more than five.

But when the words are spoken, as the boss, regretting it is a little difficult to save face.

Zhu Gaoyu glared at Wu Shan, who seemed to have picked up a big bargain, and looked at Liu Sheng, who was next commanding the main army.

Although Zhu Gaoyu really wanted Sun An to take over this job.

But Sun An's rank is too low, and he has no experience in commanding more than 100,000 people in battle.

Moreover, the king of Joseon named Liu Sheng to command, and he changed the command of the generals without authorization, which is somewhat unreasonable.

"The combat ability of North Korean soldiers is estimated to be not so ideal, so I don't have too many requirements for this battle, and you do your best to command."

Liu Sheng nodded.

In the past few days, he has probably made an inspection, and the ability of the North Korean soldiers is really average, not to mention compared with the elite of the three major battalions, and compared with the officers and soldiers of the local guard station.

If it weren't for the fact that there was no one to command him, Liu Sheng really didn't want this kind of legion.

"According to the report, the enemy has arrived in the Aki area and is heading towards Nagato."

After arranging the deployment of troops, the stick in Zhu Gaoyu's hand knocked on the sand table in front of him and nodded at the Guanmen Strait.

"My idea is to set the battlefield here."

"They're going to land here, and then we'll be able to defend with the help of the strait."

"After all, we can wait, they can't afford to wait."

"In addition, I will lead cavalry." The stick in his hand slipped slightly, and Zhu Gaoyu pointed at Iwami Hamada District: "I will lead troops to land here, attack the enemy's rear supply lines, or flank you when necessary." ”

"A month!"

Throwing the stick in his hand on the table, Zhu Gaoyu looked at all the generals present and stretched out a finger.

"Within a month, end this fight."

All the generals stood up collectively, "Obey the commander's order!" ”

Yongle 9 years in early December.

When the Ming Dynasty was preparing for the New Year, the Wa Kingdom, thousands of miles overseas, was preparing for a vigorous war.

On the Wakuni side, under the leadership of Ashikaga Yoshinori, 150,000 troops were stationed in Nagato.

On the other side of the strait, 100,000 Korean soldiers, led by Yoo Seung, are also stepping up preparations.

As the time enters winter, the cold wind blows from the north, and the whole world turns from green to yellow overnight.

Standing in the command room, holding a monocular in his hand, Liu Sheng frowned and looked at the other side.

The gang of would-be pirates on the other side arrived yesterday, and as soon as they came, they built all kinds of bamboo rafts and prepared for crossing the strait.

It was not unthinkable that the Japanese would use a fleet to transport soldiers and land from other places.

But Daming's fleet is too close, as long as it finds a ship on the sea, no matter which country it is, it will be taken.

Those who dare to resist will directly sink you with a cannon.

In addition, it has a large number of troops, so many equipment and supplies, how many ships do you need.

In the end, Ashikaga Yoshinori chose to cross the strait from Nagato District and launch an attack on Kyushu Island.

"When do you think they're going to attack?"

After observing for a while, seeing that the opposite side was only building a sea-crossing boat and there was no other action, Liu Sheng put down the binoculars and looked at Sun An, who was holding a cup of hot tea next to him.

The two fought together, and Zhu Gaoyu gave them the task of guarding the strait and dragging the main force of the Japanese State on the opposite side.

Liu Sheng was the commander-in-chief, Sun An was the deputy commander, and by the way, he followed Liu Sheng to learn the experience of commanding operations in the large corps.

"Three days!"

Meimei took a sip of heat, Sun Anha took a breath of heat, looked at the other side and gave an answer.

"They prepared too hastily, the logistics were not sufficient at all, and it was winter again, I heard His Highness say that the snow here is also very heavy, once the snow covers the mountain, his hundreds of thousands of troops will wait to die."

"Three days, three days at most, they will definitely attack when they see that we are not moving."

Liu Sheng nodded in agreement and looked at the sea: "Wushan should be uncomfortable over there, it seems that they are not downwinding." ”

Sun An shrugged his shoulders, "What if it's uncomfortable, if you want to be knighted and don't work hard, if I were him, I would have to row over." ”

"Hahaha......"

Liu Sheng laughed and looked at Sun An playfully: "The tone of your voice seems to be quite envious!" ”

Sun An pursed his lips.

It is false to say that there is no envy.

It is the dream of every soldier to be a soldier.

For the sake of his wife, children, and future generations, no matter how hard it is, he has to fight hard.

That is, he came later, otherwise he would definitely fight for this opportunity.

Looking at this silent little brother, Liu Sheng patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "You are still young, there is an opportunity behind you, follow His Highness well, don't talk about Feng Bo in the future, it is not impossible for Feng Hou to be feud." ”

"Attack tomorrow!"

When Sun An said his guess, in an observation point opposite, Ashikaga Yoshimari looked at the opposite side, intending to strictly guard against the Ming army, and gave the time to attack.

Sun An was right.

The preparations for the Ming battle were too hasty, not only were the food and grass not complete, but even the soldiers' cold-resistant clothes were not enough.

Many of the soldiers are still wearing autumn clothes, and the weather is getting colder and colder these days, and heavy snow can fall at any time.

Considering this situation, Ashikaga Yoshinori understood that in addition to attacking the opponent as quickly as possible, the remaining result was to retreat and wait for the beginning of spring before launching an attack.

However, the invasion of the Ming Dynasty caused the prestige of the shogunate to decline rapidly, and many forces began to stir.

If the invaders are not dealt with as soon as possible, the rule of the Ashikaga family will be greatly affected.

The Wa country can't afford to wait, the soldiers can't afford to wait, and he Ashikaga Yoshinori can't afford to wait, and a quick victory is the only option.

Hearing that Ashikaga Yoshimori gave time to attack, the generals standing behind him all frowned.

When the two armies fought, the attacking side suffered heavy losses, and it was such a dangerous terrain.

They didn't dare to think about how many casualties they would have when they attacked tomorrow.

"Woo woo woo ......"

"Assi, the enemy is coming, the enemy is coming......"

The genius was bright, and the strait line guarded by the Ming army suddenly sounded a warning horn.

The North Korean soldiers, who were resting in the room, were driven out of the room by the officers and into combat positions.

Ashikaga Yoshinori was also insidious enough, and he didn't even say hello to the attack, and when the morning star was still hanging in the sky, he secretly sent the vanguard to touch the other side.

Liu Sheng, who felt that the North Korean soldiers were unreliable, arranged for the soldiers of the aircraft battalion to stand guard in an important position.

Sure enough, the North Korean stick is just unreliable, and the enemy is drawn in the middle, and they don't even notice it.

"Order the artillery troops, don't attack for a while, don't scare these guys away."

Liu Sheng, who lived in the command room, bounced up from the bed the moment the horn sounded, ran to the observation port, raised the telescope and looked at the opposite side.

At this time, the sky was still dark, and he couldn't see the situation on the sea clearly, but Liu Sheng believed in his soldiers and didn't find the enemy, so they wouldn't remind him indiscriminately.

In the early battles, he did not plan to use artillery, and intended to keep it in his hands as a killer weapon.

"Order the 1st North Korean Battalion to go to the beach and stand by."

"Command ......"

Although he couldn't see the sea clearly, Liu Sheng still stared at it and tried to check it, while constantly giving various orders in his mouth.

For every order given, a herald would run out and relay his order to the troops.

"Assi, you idiots, hurry up and ......"

As the order was delivered, groups of North Korean soldiers, driven by the officers, quickly arrived at the designated position and stood by.

Although the North Korean soldiers are a little rotten, in Liu Sheng's mind, they should not be so rotten that they can't be used.

Driven by the officers, the soldiers stood on the beach against the cold wind, vigilantly watching the sound of waves.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Not long after the soldiers arrived, there was a sound of objects colliding in the dim sea.

North Korean sticks, clenching the weapons in their hands, staring at the gray seashore with round eyes.

"Assault to ......"

"Onboard... Onboard ......"

Suddenly, countless figures flowed into the sea, and let out a ghostly cry and wolf howl, rushed out of the dim sea, and killed the Korean soldiers who were waiting in line.

"Assi, let go of the arrows, let go of the arrows......"

The commanding officer, who was taken aback, roared angrily and let the soldiers start attacking.

"Whoosh ......"

A rain of arrows spilled over, knocking down a few enemies.

But there are thousands of people who rushed over, and the few people who fell are nothing at all.

Before the second round of arrow rain was released from the North Korean military formation, the two sides collided together.

If it is placed in the Ming army formation, in the face of the enemy's impact, it will definitely be in formation.

However, these North Korean sticks, I don't know if it's because of their poor quality or because they're scared.

With a single impact, the Japanese directly scattered the military formation of the North Korean sticks.

The scuffle broke out in an instant.

The North Korean sticks, which have lost their formation, are simply incapacitating in the face of these specially selected assault pirates.

Looking at the past, there was no one who won one-on-one heads-up, and in more than one place, one or two would-be robbers were holding katanas, chasing dozens of North Korean sticks and slashing.

"A bunch of rubbish!"

In the command room, Liu Sheng, who saw such a scene, couldn't help but scold in a low voice.

Zhu Gaoyu led his troops to attack Kyushu Island's battle report, he had seen it, in every battle against the Japanese invaders, the Ming army's casualties were very small, and there was no record of casualties even in the first battle of the small plain.

This gave Liu Sheng an illusion that the strength of the Japanese was very weak.

However, seeing today's scene, he realized that it was not that the Japanese were weak, but that the Ming army was too strong, which gave him a feeling that the Japanese were very weak.

"Tell Lao Tzu about Zhou Chen, there was a widow who crossed his defense, and Lao Tzu cut off his head."

The North Korean soldiers couldn't count on it, so Yoo Seung asked the herald to tell the Shenji Battalion troops guarding the sea line that not a single Japanese was allowed to enter.

"Yes."

"Wait a minute!"

The herald was just about to turn around and pass the message, but Liu Sheng shouted to him again, glanced at the somewhat embarrassed North Korean general next to him, and said in a cold tone: "Anyone who dares to storm the front, no matter who it is, will be killed!" ”

The North Korean general next to him was shocked when he heard this, and stepped forward to say something, but was shocked by Liu Sheng's cold eyes.

Soon, the order was conveyed to the beach, the first line of defense of the Shenji Battalion, and the ears of the commanding officer Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen, who was coldly looking at the North Korean stick being chased and killed by the Japanese invaders, touched the newly issued firearm in his hand, and replied in a calm voice: "I know, you go back and tell the commander that if I lose the front, I will die here." ”

"All on standby."

After waiting for the herald to leave, Zhou Chen raised his hand and gave the order to prepare for battle.

The 500 soldiers of his battalion were raised in unison, and they commanded the cheeky flintlock pistols to aim at the Korean sticks that were being driven by the Japanese and coming towards them.

"Passing shots, ready!"

Raising the gun in his hand and aiming at the enemy who rushed over, Zhou Chen gave a command of the combat method.

Hearing that it was a passing shot, the soldiers in the back row flashed with regret in their eyes.

"Asi, run, they're all hungry ghosts..."

"Mother, I want to go home, I want to go home..."

The North Korean soldiers who were killed and howled wolf had forgotten the warning of their superiors yesterday and ran towards their own defense line with rolling and crawling.

"Aim!"

When these waste sticks approached the position eighty steps, Zhou Chen let out a low cry in his mouth.

The more than 160 soldiers of the Shenji Battalion at the front, according to the content of the two days of training, aimed at the people rushing from the opposite side, and put their fingers on the trigger.

"Fire!"

When the man rushes over, he enters the range of the best 50 paces.

While giving the order, Zhou Chen pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang bang bang..."

The gunshots rang out intensively, and the projectiles, driven by gunpowder, flew out of the chamber and shot at the crowd at great speed.

"Puff puff..."

In an instant, the blood mist was filled, whether it was the North Korean sticks rushing over, or the Japanese who were mixed in it, intending to take advantage of the chaos to attack the position, let out a muffled snort from their mouths, and fell to the ground in pain.

"Fire!"

Throwing the empty gun in his hand behind, he took a loaded Zhou Chen again, and gave the order to fire again.

"Bang bang bang..."

Another row of projectiles whizzed out, taking with them dozens of lives.

"Fire, fire, fire......"

The ferocious gunfire continued, and one by one the figures fell down under the muzzle of the gun, spraying blood mist.

The archers of the other battalions who were assisting on the side couldn't help but look at each other with envy when they heard every shot fired here.

When the morning light rose in the east, before the defensive positions, there were already piles of corpses.

"That's a good thing!"

Giving the order to stop shooting, Zhou Chen stroked the fine flintlock pistol with his hand, his eyes full of joy.

Not only him, but also the other soldiers of the Shenji Battalion.

Many soldiers, having used this new type of musket, have lost sight of the musket they used before.

Some soldiers are even worried that if they are used to this sophisticated weapon, how will they fight without it in the future.

After all, these rifles were borrowed by their boss cheekily, and they had to be returned after the battle.

Thinking that in the future, they may no longer be able to use such sophisticated weapons, and some soldiers of the Shenji Battalion began to wonder in their hearts whether to apply for transfer to the navy after they returned.

They heard that His Majesty had promised King Yue that as long as the willing soldiers, below the rank of lieutenant, could be directly transferred to the naval department.

In the command room, Liu Sheng, who was looking at the results of the new firearms with satisfaction, probably couldn't imagine that many of his subordinates were already in Cao Ying's heart in Han, thinking about changing jobs.

(End of chapter)