Chapter 340: Gotta Be Fast! (Revised)
Lu Tang was silent for a moment before he said, "When we occupy Dazaifu, it's not too late to return to the division to support!" ”
Li Wei was furious: "How can it not be late? When we finish fighting Dazaifu and go over, they are probably all wiped out! ”
Lu Tang was speechless, of course he understood this, but now this is the most beneficial arrangement for Li Wei and their subordinates.
Take Dazaifu first, and then go back to the division to intercept the enemy at the pontoon bridge, the Japanese ambushed Tang He, they Huang Que is behind, and they take advantage of the fatigue of these Japanese people to defeat it in one fell swoop, so that after a battle, all the achievements of the war will be attributed to their hands, and it is not too much to seal a few more marquis among them after they go back, and even Li Wei may be crowned a duke!
As for Tang and them, to be honest, Lu Tang and Chen Su, who were born as craftsmen, did not have a good impression of these nobles, and even had resentment.
The so-called corrupt officials and corrupt officials, illegal nobles, is not just talking, under these few simple words, is the blood and tears of hundreds of people, don't look at these Tang and Hu Hai people talking and laughing with them now, in fact, they are not this attitude when facing ordinary people.
Just like Tang He, a good drinker and a thirst for killing, it is a real killing, and even if he kills innocents indiscriminately, he will be fine if he has an iron coupon to avoid death, at most, he will be reprimanded and punished by Zhu Yuanzhang.
Like Li Wei, who is in a high position, still treats ordinary people equally, it cannot be said that it is unique, and it is also rare.
Seeing that he was silent, Li Wei immediately snorted angrily.
But now is not the time to be held accountable, and it is important to respond as soon as possible.
"Pass the order, the front army will become the rear army, and the whole army will turn to the first to support the general!"
Li Wei ordered.
Lu Tang was taken aback, and hurriedly stopped: "Master Hou, now that we have arrived near Dazaifu, the defenders of the Japanese people must have also discovered us, if the army turns around and is pursued by them, we will fall into passivity, even if we arrive at the pontoon bridge in time, we will be attacked by the Japanese people before and after." ”
Li Wei's face changed, and he immediately reacted.
If he didn't take Dazaifu first to relieve his worries, then supporting the pontoon bridge would put the Ming army at risk of a total rout.
But Tang He can't just give up there, even if he ignores these noble generals, he can save those tens of thousands of ordinary soldiers!
Frowning and groaning for a moment, Li Weiwei shouted: "Convene all the generals to discuss!" ”
"Yes!"
Hearing this, Lu Tang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly turned around and went out to call the other generals.
A moment later, Jiang Long, Shi Jun and others all gathered in front of Li Wei.
Li Wei was still angry, and waved his hand to let Lu Tang explain to them himself.
Lu Tang had already prepared and handed over the information intercepted from Lin Xian's hands to Jiang Long and the others to look at.
"Ladies and gentlemen, someone recently discovered that there were spies in the army, I got the news and secretly arranged, and finally captured this traitor, this is the love he passed on to the Japanese people, and we intercepted it, but before that, he has revealed the information to the Japanese people."
After Lu Tang finished speaking, Jiang Long's faces changed greatly.
"If that's the case, the Japanese will definitely set up an ambush at the pontoon bridge in advance, isn't it dangerous for the general?"
Shi Jun said worriedly.
Li Wei nodded lightly: "That's right, so I asked everyone to come over to think of a way together, what should we do now?" ”
Although Li Wei didn't explain Lu Tang's words, Jiang Long and Shi Jun were not stupid people, so it was easy to think of them.
Jiang Long's eyes flashed, although he was not as clear as Lu Tang knew, but the current situation was also clear with a little analysis.
"Master Hou, the matter has come to this, the last general thinks that our army should attack Dazaifu first, and then return to the division to support the pontoon bridge!" Jiang Long stepped forward and arched his hand.
Shi Jun also nodded, this is indeed the best choice now.
Li Wei frowned: "Is there any other way?" General, I'm afraid they won't be able to support for long. ”
Jiang Long and Shi Jun glanced at each other and shook their heads slowly: "It can only be as soon as possible!" ”
When Li Wei heard this, he paced back and forth irritably, and after a while, he suddenly shouted angrily: "Lu Tang! The herald ordered the army to march to Dazaifu immediately and strive to break the castle in half a day! If you can't do it, I'll ask you! ”
"Yes!"
Lu Tang didn't dare to say more, so he said yes and left in a hurry to give the order.
Jiang Long and Shi Jun were a little strange, and they didn't know why Hou Ye suddenly became angry with Lu Tang.
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Nagawa pontoon, the Ming army, which was successfully attacked by the Shimazu clan, barely stabilized its position after a fierce battle.
Although the Shimazu clan had the advantage of sneak attacks, the Ming army was superior in terms of combat strength and equipment, and after the initial panic, the two armies fell into a tug-of-war, and the fight was back and forth.
In the Ming army, Tang He, Hu Hai and others were covered in blood, and they didn't know whether it was the enemy's or their own, and their eyes revealed ferocity.
In this battle, they were all red-eyed, and the Ming army was suddenly attacked and suffered heavy casualties, and nearly a thousand people had died in this battle alone.
However, in a foreign country of the Republic of China, the soldiers also knew that there was no way out, and they all swore to fight to the death with the mentality of breaking the kettle and sinking the boat, which was able to block the enemy and form a confrontation with the enemy.
"General, the situation is not good, the enemy is blocking to death, we can't rush over, if not, let's retreat first!"
Hu Hai said while wiping the blood stains on his face.
Tang He's face was solemn: "No, you have to rush over!" If I am not bad, the enemy's reinforcements will arrive immediately, if we retreat, we will be exposed to the enemy, let alone able to resist the enemy, rushing across the pontoon bridge is our only chance of survival, we can only let go! ”
After listening to Tang He's words, Hu Hai also understood, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to fight.
"Give me all the charges, at any cost, force the pontoon bridge!" Hu Hai waved his knife and roared, and after speaking, he rushed forward with his own soldiers, and the soldiers pointed directly in the direction of the pontoon bridge.
The art of war is cloudy: thousands of miles of hanging army, its edge cannot be controlled!
Although the Ming army suffered a heavy loss after being attacked, it was in the territory of the enemy country thousands of miles away, there was no way to retreat, and everyone in the soldiers would fight hard.
Under the leadership of Hu Hai, the soldiers of the Ming army raised their spirits, brandished swords and guns, and bravely followed him to charge.
In the Japanese army, Shimazu Yoshihiro stared at the fierce Ming army, not in a hurry, he knew that it would not be long before the reinforcements of Dazaifu would arrive, and it would be difficult for these Ming troops to fly at that time!
It's just that Hu Hai's movements surprised him, and under the leadership of this fierce general, the Ming army was like a sharp sword, tearing through the encirclement of the Japanese people, and gradually approaching the pontoon bridge.
"Stop them, don't let them approach the pontoon!" Yoshihiro Shimazu hurriedly yelled.
"Yes!"
His subordinates received the order and hurriedly mobilized the Japanese soldiers to reinforce the pontoon bridge.
"Kill ......"
"Bang Bang ......"
"Whoosh ......"
The shouts of killing sounded, arrows and firearms were fired in unison, and the battlefield in front of the pontoon bridge suddenly became extremely tragic.
Hu Hai took the lead, brave and brave, and slashed the Japanese people on the opposite side with knives to the ground.
Should I say it or not, the other equipment of this Japanese is not good, but this Japanese knife is very good, the Ming army is now equipped with stainless steel weapons made of high-quality steel by the Ordnance Bureau, but Hu Hai's powerful knife failed to cut the knife of this Japanese people!
Fortunately, he had great strength, and even if he had a good knife, he couldn't block it, and a deep bloody wound was cut out of his shoulder, and he basically lost his combat effectiveness.
"Give me all the rush! Grab the pontoon and let's go to the other side! ”
Hu Hai took the time to point to the position of the pontoon bridge with a knife and shouted.
When the soldiers of the Ming army heard the shouting, they rushed desperately in the direction he pointed.
Shimazu Yoshihiro, who was watching the battle from the rear, saw this scene, and immediately became anxious, shouting: "Quick, stop them, don't let them cross the bridge!" ”
They finally ambushed here to block these Ming troops, if they were allowed to cross the bridge, wouldn't it be in vain!
Under his order, the Japanese people continued to support the bridgehead, and when one person fell, he immediately replaced one person, desperately blocking the impact of the Ming army.
At this time, the two sides fought together, and the bows, arrows, and firearms were also useless, and they fought with real knives and guns.
The battlefield fight is not like a martial arts drama that fights for a long time and the two sides are still unharmed, the soldiers on both sides look at each other, often either I cut you to death with a knife, or you kill me with a knife, there are no bells and whistles You come and go, they are all chopping each other with all their might, and they are disemboweling and disemboweling at every turn, and flesh and blood are flying!
For a time, the Ming army under the leadership of Hu Hai was like a sharp knife, advancing to the bridgehead with difficulty, leaving a place of blood staining the road red.
When the two sides were fighting fiercely, He Fu, who was in charge of the palace, suddenly changed his face and shouted: "Quick! Sooner, the Japanese reinforcements have arrived! ”
In the rear of the Ming army, the 70,000 troops led by Shaoer Puten and Otomo Shimazu are already in sight, Tang He's choice this time is right, if the Ming army chooses to retreat before, it will directly run into these Japanese army, and then they have no reason to survive under the front and back attacks, and the only thing they can do is to disperse and flee into the mountains and forests.
However, once the army is dispersed, it will be difficult to retract it, and with the addition of a foreign country, they will really have to be wiped out.
Thankfully, now they have made the right choice, and there is still a silver lining!
The Ming army charging in front heard the shouts coming from behind, and they fought desperately, roaring one after another, and some soldiers would rather die together than stab the Japanese people in front of them!
Even the Japanese samurai, who were brainwashed by bushido, were frightened in the face of the Ming army's desperate way of fighting at this time, and their morale rose one after another, and they were quickly pushed to the bridgehead position by the Ming army.
Seeing that Hu Hai finally took the bridge, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly greeted: "Quick, hurry up and cross the bridge!" ”
The Ming army also knew that this was the moment of life and death, and did not dare to hesitate at all, so they directly abandoned the heavier grain and grass baggage, and rushed to the pontoon bridge lightly.
The so-called pontoon bridge, is to use some boats or water tanks to cushion the bottom, on the wooden planks are connected by ropes, this Nagawa pontoon bridge is not spacious, tens of thousands of Ming troops want to cross the past It takes a lot of time, after occupying the bridge, both sides still have to face the attack of the Japanese people, they must hold to the death, to their comrades to buy time to cross the bridge.
When Shimazu Yoshihiro saw this scene, his heart suddenly sank, and he roared angrily: "Stop them!" If you can't do it, just destroy the pontoon bridge, and you can't let them cross it! ”
Saying that, he couldn't stand still, and personally led people up to supervise the battle.
For a while, the battle bridgehead became the center of the battlefield, and thousands of Japanese and Ming soldiers crowded together, constantly swinging their knives and slashing at each other, and the corpses quickly piled up.
Some Japanese jumped directly into the waterway to cut the ropes connecting the wooden planks, and wanted to destroy the unsturdy pontoon bridge according to the order, and the Ming army had to divide and defend on both sides.
Not long after, the army led by Shaoer Puten finally arrived here, and when he saw the current situation, he immediately understood the purpose of the Ming army, and he didn't care about the formation or anything, and directly ordered people to join the fight, and the pressure on the Ming army suddenly increased greatly!
When Shaoer Puten and others rushed to the pontoon bridge, Li Wei also began to attack the city here.
Due to the complexity of the power of the Wa Kingdom, the territory occupied by each daimyo was very limited, and it was difficult to organize a large number of manpower to build large cities, and the smaller daimyo often directly used natural hazards such as mountains and rivers as defenses, and the castles built by larger families were not large.
However, with the fall of the Kamakura shogunate and the continuous civil war between the Japanese and the need for castles by various powers, Dazaifu was the center of rule in Kyushu on behalf of the shogunate or emperor, and it was passed down for hundreds of years, not only building Hirayama Castle built on the mountain, but also digging moats outside the castle.
Li Wei couldn't help frowning slightly when he saw this city, it was much more difficult to fight a city with a moat than a city without a moat.
"Artillery array, gather fire here at an angle, and arrange soldiers to attack from the middle!"
Li Wei first inspected the city and found a slightly weak place to arrange.
Although Lu Tang did not experience the Battle of Puding, he was born as a craftsman, and his use of artillery was much stronger than Sun Lei.
The situation is urgent, and the siege must be fast!
The Ming army lined up at a distance of 500 steps outside the city, where bows and arrows could not reach, but the range of artillery could easily cover the opponent, this is the absolute advantage of firearms!
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