Chapter 339 Tokugawa Shogunate's Counterattack

When the ninja sneak attack failed and Masamoto Yuda was very upset, the two ninjas behind him suddenly screamed in a low voice: "Sir, look!"

"Um?"

When Jutian Zhengsheng heard the sound, his eyes widened.

From the sound of gunfire to the present, less than a cup of tea has passed. The Ming army camp, which was still dead, was already full of people. Hundreds of Ming soldiers had already formed a rigorous shooting queue with the light of fire. Rows of iron cannons have been raised, and the black muzzles have been aimed at them!

"This is impossible!"

Jutian Zhengsheng growled in a low voice. In such a short time, the Ming Dynasty people actually formed a rigorous shooting formation. Even the most elite warriors did not have such a fast reaction speed. How did these Ming Dynasty people do it? In a flash, Jutian Zhengsheng's heart had already sunk to the Nine Nether Hell. It seems that today's sneak attack would not be successful!

Just as Masatori Oda was about to order a retreat, suddenly a loud roar from behind him: "Kill it should be..."

The howling of the shogunate army suddenly echoed the night sky. One thousand seven hundred shogunate samurai waving their samurai swords and following behind Tadaki Abe, like a surging flood, sweeping towards the Ming army camp. A ray of dawn burst out from the dark sky in the east, shining on the shogunate samurai swords, and instantly reflected a suffocating murderous intent.

Daotian Masato was shocked and raised his arms and shouted: "Abe-kun, go back, go back quickly!"

Tadao Abe didn't hear the shouts of Masamoto Oda at all. In fact, even if he heard them, he would not care. Tadao Abe's entire mind was filled with scorching murderous intent. At this moment, he just wanted to rush into the Ming army camp and kill and kill, bringing fear and death to these Ming people who dared to invade Japan.

"Kill it..."

The beastly howlings sounded one after another, rushing straight into the sky. Amid the hysterical shouts, the 1,700 shogunate warriors were like crazy beasts, rushing forward!

Outside the Ming army camp.

Three thousand infantry soldiers have already arranged the array and have set up three rows of shooting queues in front and back.

Fully armed Li Dingguo was carrying a waist knife, standing in front of the formation like a javelin, with a heavy face as deep as water, and his dark eyes were not as emotional as the slightest emotion. He looked at the Japanese sweeping in the distance indifferently. In a flash, Li Dingguo's waist knife was unsheathed, and the sharp blade slowly lifted over the top.

"Crazy..."

The sound of pulling the bolt suddenly sounded. The first row of infantry quickly fell down and fell to the ground. The second row of infantry knelt down on one knee, while the third row of infantry stood still, and soon formed a formation in which three rows of front and back could shoot at the same time.

At the same time, more infantry are gathering here.

"Kill it..."

Seeing that the Ming army camp was approaching, Abe Tadaqiu roared and held up the samurai sword to start the final sprint. Behind Abe Tadaqiu, 1,700 shogunate samurai warriors also accelerated their pace, waving the samurai sword frantically while starting the final charge.

In front of the Ming army.

"Open fire!"

The raised waist knife slashed hard, and Li Dingguo broke out into a cold sentence from his teeth. In an instant, three thousand infantrymen pulled the trigger coldly...

A dazzling red light suddenly burst into front of the Ming army. Immediately afterwards, the deafening gunshot sounded through the sky. The shogunate sprinting forward suddenly fell down like a cut straw. Abe Tadao, who was rushing to the front, was also shot twice. His short and strong body ran forward two steps under the guidance of inertia, and then stopped and fell down straight...

"Abe-kun!"

Daotian Zhengsheng, who was in the distance, was both despaired and exclaimed in shock.

In front of the Ming army.

The expression on Li Dingguo's face was still cold, but the knife in his hand was raised again.

"Crazy..."

The sound of pulling the bolt sounded again. After firing the first shot, the three thousand infantrymen quickly prepared to shoot again. Magazine was designed in the advanced breech rifle, which could store four bullets at a time. Therefore, after firing the fire, the soldiers of the Central Army did not need to reload the bullets as before, but just pull the bolt.

Of course, after firing four shots, the entire shooting queue must be reloaded again. At this time, another shooting team needs to replace them.

"Open fire!"

"Boom boom boom..."

Li Dingguo's raised high waist knife fell again, and dense gunshots sounded again in front of the Ming army. This time, more shogunate warriors fell down and fell into a pool of blood. Thrilling howls, despair moans and angry scolding sounded, and the battlefield that was boiling and booming has completely become a slaughterhouse!

Of course, the butcher was the Central Army of the Ming Dynasty, while Tadaki Abe and his shogunate army were slaughtered dogs and sheep.

The samurai of the Tokugawa Shogunate was indeed very combat-effective. The dense firepower of the Ming Central Army did not stop their suicide charge. After the four-wheeled volley, more than half of the 1,700 shogunate samurai were killed or killed, but the remaining more than 800 people did not intend to stop charging, and they still waved their samurai swords and rushed forward wildly.

Another group of the Ming Central Army rushed forward with neat steps and replaced the three thousand people who had finished shooting.

The firepower of the Ming Central Army was interrupted for less than ten seconds, and the positions were replaced. The dense firepower once again covered the entire battlefield. The shogunate samurai who was sprinting forward quickly ushered in another round of massacres. The flesh and blood body finally lost to steel bullets. In front of the firearms that were absolutely superior to the Ming Central Army, the sneak attack of the shogunate samurai completely turned into a suicide attack!

The gunshots stopped, and only one shogunate warrior could barely stand, but he had no strength to rush forward.

Looking around, the shogunate warrior found in pain that the battlefield was already covered with the bodies of shogunate warriors, and more shogunate warriors were just injured and were lying on the ground and groaning in pain. Not far ahead were rows of rows of Ming people with strong military appearance, black muzzles, and bright bayonets flashing with the cold flames of death.

Suddenly, the shogunate stumbled, but with the support of the samurai sword, he barely stood up, then slowly turned around and slowly raised the samurai sword in his hand towards the Ming army formation. At one moment, the shogunate snarled with all his strength: "Kill it should be..."

"Boom boom boom..."

Another dense gunfire sounded, and hundreds of scorching lead bullets ruthlessly shot through the head and body of the last shogunate warrior, smashing him into a sieve!

The entire battlefield fell completely silent. Li Dingguo returned to the sheath and his cold eyes flew over the battlefield filled with smoke. He ordered the two officers around him: "Take people to clean the battlefield immediately. If you find that you are still angry, add a bayonet. No living allowed!"

"yes!"

The two officers agreed and each led a team of Central Army officers and soldiers to clean the battlefield.

In the distance, Masato Yuda finally looked back at the battlefield with blood drops, and ordered the ninja beside him: "Let's go!"

Edo, General's Mansion.

Upon hearing that the excavation of Tian Masamoto had returned to Edo, Tokugawa Iemitsu urgently summoned the Shogunate's grand elder Sakai Tadae, the old man Aoyama Tadatsushi, Doi Tada Tada, Matsuhira Nobutsu, Itakura Shigemasa, and Toda Iron Iron went to the general's office to discuss matters. Matsuhira Nobutsu and the three men arrived in Edo yesterday and brought 25,000 shogunate troops.

General's Office's Seminar Hall.

Masamoto Yuda was brought up with a sad expression. Tokugawa Iemitsu asked anxiously: "How come you are the only one who comes back, Abe Tadaki?"

"General." Masamoto Oda kneeled down in the middle of the hall with his knees and said sadly, "Abe-kun has been killed in battle."

"What!?" Tadase Sakai said, "What's going on? I only asked you to investigate and monitor the Ming Dynasty, but I did not let you take military action without authorization."

Masatori Oda smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Sakai, I have tried hard to persuade him, but Abe-kun refused to listen."

Tadao Sakai frowned and said, "What the hell is going on?"

Masato Oda did not dare to hide anything, and told the whole story of the war that took place in Koga in detail.

After listening to Masamoto Oda, Doi Tatsuka took a breath and said in a low voice: "So, the Ming army landed in Osaka is not an ordinary army. This Ming army is not only well-equipped, but also well-trained. Abe Jun was unprepared for his intentions and sneak attacks at night, and finally became a tough battle. It can be seen that this Ming army has a very fast reaction speed and its ability to adapt to it is even more extraordinary."

"It's not just that." Masamoto Oda said in a solemn tone, "The iron cannon used by this Ming army is very accurate, and the marksmanship of the Ming army is also very accurate. The hit rate of a hundred step development is also very high. Abe-kun and 1,700 elite samurai were unable to rush into a hundred steps until the end!"

When Doi Takisaki and Masamoto Oda said this, everyone in the hall felt heavy. All signs showed that the Ming army landed in Osaka this time seemed to be very different from the Ming army that fought with the shogunate army in North Korea more than 50 years ago. The Ming army at that time not only lagged behind in equipment, but also seemed to be far less training than the current Ming army.

Tokugawa Iemitsu's face looked pale, and he looked around and asked, "Abe Tadaki Abe is a famous Japanese general. Now he has died at the hands of the Ming people, and the two thousand elite troops under him have been destroyed... What should we do if the Ming people are so powerful?"

"Don't worry, sir." Sakai Tadae took a breath and advised, "Although the Ming Dynasty people were well-equipped and well-trained, they were hard-working to go on an expedition and it was difficult to last. As long as we can withstand the Ming Dynasty people for a period of time, the war will develop in a direction that is beneficial to us."

After saying that, Tadae Sakai turned his gaze to the shogunate old man named Tatsukashi Doi and asked, "Doi, what are your opinions?"

The three elders of Tokugawa Shogunate, Sakai Tadae, Doi Tadae, and Aoyama Tadaetsushi each have their own strengths. Aoyama Tadaetsushi is good at internal affairs, Doi Tadaetsushi is good at wisdom, and Sakai Tadaetsushi is good at adjusting relationships in all aspects. These three people have made great contributions to the stability and development of the Tokugawa Shogunate. It can even be said that the Tokugawa Shogunate was perfected by them.

Doi Takisaki did not immediately answer Tadae Sakai, but asked Masamoto Yuda, "Daotian, you just said that the war between Tadao Abe and the Ming Dynasty army took place in Koga Prefecture?"

Masatori Oda said, “That’s right.”

Doi Tatsukaku said: "Do you know where the Ming army plans to march next?"

Masamoto Oda said: "The Ming army is now moving towards Nagoya. After occupying Nagoya, they may cross the Kiso Mountains, the Akashi Mountains and the Kanto Mountains. It is estimated that the ultimate goal of the Ming army may be Edo, which is the imperial hall of the general."

"No." Tadatsutsu Aoyama shook his head, "If the Ming army's target was Edo, then just log in from Edo. Now they chose to land in Osaka and then take more than a thousand miles of mountain roads to attack Edo. Isn't this an unnecessary move, or is it asking for trouble?"

"No, the matter is not what Lord Aoyama said." Doi Takitaki shook his head, "The ultimate goal of the Ming people should be Edo, and the reason why they chose to land in Osaka was not an unnecessary move. Their intention was very sinister. They wanted to lure our shogunate army to fight him!"

Aoyama Shigetsu said in a calm voice: "In other words, the Ming army wants to win the battle?"

Doi Tatsukashi is worthy of being the think tank of the three old masters of the shogunate, and he could see through Wang Pu's strategic intentions at a glance.

But there is nothing strange about this. Wang Pu had no intention of hiding strategic intentions. What is strategy? Strategy is a macro strategy. Influenced by many factors such as national strength, manpower, military strength, etc., people with a little judgment can basically easily judge the strategic intentions of hostile countries.

It is not difficult to paralyze the enemy tactically, but if you want to paralyze the enemy strategically, the difficulty is not unusual.

"Get the result of one battle!" Sakai Tadae stood up suddenly and said coldly, "I thank the Ming Dynasty people not yet have such a good appetite!"

"That's right." Doi Tatsukaku also stood up and said viciously, "Since the Ming army wants to lure our shogunate army to fight with it, then we will have a real battle with the Ming army as he wishes, and see if it is the Shield of the Ming people or the Shield of our shogunate army!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu asked nervously: "How to fight this decisive battle? Where will it start?"

Doi Takitado: "Since the Ming army wanted to lure our shogunate army to engage in a strategic decisive battle with them, then we have already taken the initiative in this battle. The choice of the battlefield and the choice of time can be determined by our army. Unless the Ming people did not want to fight with our army, they could only passively respond."

Doi Rikatsuki analyzed this very accurately. Since Wang Pu made up his mind to destroy the vital power of the Tokugawa Shogunate and then destroy the Japanese will to resist, he would definitely not miss the opportunity to engage in a strategic decisive battle with the shogunate army. This was the original intention of Wang Pu's army to lead the expedition.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, Wang Pu was even willing to take certain risks, including letting the Japanese choose a battlefield for decisive battle. The Ming Central Army set up an stance to march from Osaka to Tokyo, in order to give the shogunate army the opportunity to choose a battlefield. From Osaka to Tokyo, there are more than a thousand miles, and there are countless mountains, rivers and valleys in the middle. The Japanese choose whatever Japanese choose. Wang Pu has this confidence, and the Ming Central Army also has this strength!

Tokugawa Iemitsu said again: "Toi Jun thinks it is better to choose the battlefield?"

"Uenohara!" Doi Tatsukaku said without thinking, "Uenohara is the last pass to the Kanto Plain in front of the Kanto Mountains. If the Ming army does not go to the southern or northern coastline, they must pass here if they want to reach Hirodo! Of course, if the Ming army walks the coastline, we also have a way to change their marching route and lead them to Uenohara."

"Well." Tadao Sakai nodded, "The mountains in Uenobara are steep and the canyon is narrow and long. The terrain is not good for the Ming army. It is difficult for their red cannons to play a role, and the Ming army's iron cannons are difficult to set up effective shooting queues, and their power will inevitably be greatly reduced. This is indeed an ideal battlefield."

"It's not just that." Doi Tatsukaku sneered, "Uenoyuan is low-lying. Every year after the snow melts in the spring, it will turn into a marsh country. You can imagine that if our shogunate army could trap the Ming army in the canyon of Uenoyuan, just after the snow turns in spring, the food, supplies, weapons and ammunition of the Ming army will be flooded with cannons, and their firearms will completely lose their function. At that time, hehe, the Ming army will destroy themselves without fighting!"

"Okay, great!"

Tokugawa Iemitsu was excited and his excitement was beyond words, as if the shogunate army had trapped the Ming army in Uenohara Canyon. In front of him, the embarrassment of the Ming army being at the end of his journey and surrendering. Thinking of his complacentness, a trace of hideousness flashed through Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes. If this battle was won, he would never let anyone of the Ming people who set foot on the Japanese territory, and he would never!

"However." Tokugawa Iemitsu was excited for a while, and then asked, "How many troops should be summoned in this battle?"

"All the army." Doi Tatsukaku responded without thinking, "This battle is related to the life and death of the Tokugawa shogunate, and it is necessary to be careful. Therefore, his subordinates thought it was necessary to mobilize all the troops across the country and then form two large cluster armies, Kinki, Kyoto, Kyushu, and Shikoku Daming formed the Kansai Cluster Army, led by Sakai himself. The combat mission is to follow and monitor the Ming army. Once the Ming army enters Uenohara Canyon, cut off its retreat from behind!"
To be continued...