A Weird Theater That Started In London

Kuroda Nagamasa, who was in charge of taking the lead, began to complain in the letter after winning Tianan City.

Why is the Ming army ten times stronger than himself?

I would rather die for the country than take down Jishan.

Unfortunately, Hideyoshi didn't see the heroic scene of the Kuroda family's soldiers covering the north passage of Jishan with blood.

The head of the Kuroda family only sent a small-scale army, occasionally to harass the Ming army, and did not even send generals, making it clear that he wanted to preserve his strength.

As for the number of Jishan defenders, it is not as exaggerated as the letter exaggerates, but the number should be more than 5,000, not more than 10,000.

This annoys Hideyoshi.

Taking a number as a compromise, even if there are 7,500 Ming troops guarding Jishan Mountain, and the Kuroda family happens to have more than 7,000 people, don't they dare to start a one-on-one battle?

Where is the arrogance of the imperial soldiers!

However, Hideyoshi scolded him in his heart, and in the end, out of consideration for the overall situation, he did not order Kuroda Nagamasa to cut his belly, but sent an envoy to reprimand him harshly and told him that the Maori Hidemoto team would arrive within a day.

If they can't take down Jishan in three days, then the two of them will cut their belly together.

This is already the greatest patience of the old monkey.

And Kuroda Nagamasa is also aware of the facts, and his heart is full of helplessness. In the year of Renchen, the Third Army under his command had 25,000 people, experienced war losses, and the Shimadzu family, which should have been under his own jurisdiction, became an independent army. In the year of Ding You, the total military strength has dropped to less than ten thousand people.

Among them, when they attacked Nanyuan, they borrowed troops from the Left Route Army and lost nearly 500 people. The famous Qiuyue Clan Chief under his command was killed in the battle, and in the recent contact battle, he lost hundreds of people.

Now, in addition to his team of nearly 6,000 people, he also has three small country daimyos, Takahashi Tonane, Ito Yubei, and Sagara Yabubo, and their subordinates have less than 2,000 troops.

The fiefs are already small, and it is not easy to gather this amount of troops. If the entire army is wiped out, how can the land and population be passed on to the descendants?

I'm afraid that it would have been divided up by the group of people in the country.

Therefore, the three were more resistant to contributing than Kuroda Nagamasa, who was also a daimyo.

On the other hand, Mouri Hidemoto was a real tough guy, no, it should be a mountain recognized by the Japanese army.

As the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, he is on the same level as Yuxi Duoxiu's family, and has more seniority. He has a team of 30,000 people, and he did not participate in the battle of Nanyuan—

He only sent his army commander, Kiyomasa Kato, and a few mixed troops to help out.

Because of this, the morale of the Maori Ministry is still strong, and the number of people is large, let alone 5,000 Ming people, even if Jishan really has 20,000 troops, he dares to touch it.

Since that's the case...

Kuroda gave up the opportunity to perform meritorious service, and was willing to act as a green leaf. He made up his mind to entangle the pressure of the Ming army on the flank, and would never overcome difficulties.

After all, if you can't take Jishan for three days, everyone will have to cut the belly together, and his Kuroda family is not as prominent as the Maori family...

If the commander-in-chief is willing to accompany him to die like this, in the spirit of Bushido, then death is not unacceptable.

This makes Maori Xiuyuan helpless, but it is understandable—

The Imjin War has proved that it is impossible to defeat Daming strategically.

The main purpose of this war is to plunder wealth and population. In fact, it is also a goal set as a last resort. That is, fame and fortune are not what everyone desires in their hearts, but the situation forces them to send troops to perfunctory Mr. Hideyoshi.

"It's enough to fight only in Jeolla, Chungcheong, and Gyeongsang, why do you continue to go north?"

Maori sat on the back of a horse and looked at Jishan from afar, sighing in his heart that he didn't know how many people would die in this battle.

"I'm afraid there are only a few lunatics headed by Kato who still have delusions."

"Hey, it would be great if the Taige didn't come. After a few easy-to-follow victories in the above-mentioned three roads, we can discuss and retreat."

In this way, the legion commanders don't have to take too many risks, and can tell Hideyoshi that everyone has regained the face you lost last time.

Looking at the huge Jishan that could not see the edge, Maori, the commander-in-chief of the Right Route Army, complained for a while, and then forcibly cut off these distracting thoughts.

If he can't take this place in three days, he has to accompany Kuroda to cut his abdomen. This is unacceptable.

Moreover, the idea that the Kuroda family would not bleed in this battle is only a dream.

After some coercion and negotiation, Kuroda, commander of the 3rd Corps, agreed to take the lead with 3,000 people in his team. Takahashi, Ito, and Sagara under his command each sent 200 troops, making up 3,600 elites.

In this case, Maori would not sit on the sidelines, but also dispatched troops, all under the command of Kuroda.

The mighty 5,000 Japanese soldiers armed with iron cannons and samurai swords hung around their waists went into battle, which made Xie Xie, who had been stable for two days, breathe a sigh of relief.

It's only a fight to the death!

In the previous encounter, the method that Mao's owner Shui came up with worked. He used iron cannons and a big tube to attract the attention of a Ming army, and then a branch of the division approached from the flank to fight, breaking the shield formation of the Ming army, making it slightly less. back.

This is the first stage.

In the second stage, Xie Sheng decided to retaliate and sent a small group of troops to directly blow up the bridge leading to Jinwuping in the south, blocking the 5,000 Japanese people here, and bombarded them from above.

Bullets like rain.

Give full play to the advantages of the Ming army's heavy firepower.

During the period, there were close encounters, and even if the old thief Kuroda wanted to preserve his strength, he had to go all out.

Finally, in the middle of the night, the entire foothills sank for tens of meters and became a depression.

In this official battle, Xuan Da's four generals were quite expensive, and fell three ranks alone, Yang Dandan fell two ranks, and General Xiesheng fell two ranks.

The owner of the head that could be seen by the generals of the Ming army and beheaded was not a nameless person. The twenty-four cavalry that the Kuroda family was proud of became the seventeen cavalry.

Regarding this confrontation, the lead writer of the army who was in charge of writing the story of the Kuroda family spared no effort in praising how courageous the generals of Kuroda were, how brave and good at fighting, and ridiculed that the Ming army did not have the spirit of Bushido and could only rely on the cannons of generals and squatting tigers.

About 5,000 people...

Unlike literati who wrote family histories, Kuroda did not float away, but made a pragmatic estimate of the total strength of the Ming army, and then asked Maori for help.

One to one.

This battle cannot be fought.

[The Japanese are startled and dare not fight to the death]

That night, a brief report on the battle left Jishan, was escorted by a Taoist, and sent to Seoul by means of escape.

But people are not optimistic.

At noon the next day, the battle report about the night and the morning appeared in Lu Li's hands.

[The next day, when it was clear, the bandits fired a series of artillery pieces, Zhang Heyi advanced, wielding bare-blade, murderous aura, strange shapes and shapes, astonishing people's eyes. The celestial soldiers responded to the cannon, and under the iron whip, the thieves were caught off guard. 】

A battle report is not a memorial.

The simpler and closer to reality, the better.

Therefore, the actors who played by Lu Li and others looked at the words above, and gradually became optimistic. After all, they agreed that as long as Xie Sheng could hold on for five to six days, the Seoul battle would have to be fought.

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