Chapter 880 Bloody Jeolla Road (23)

It's all settled.

Under the fire of karma, all the so-called sins disappeared.

Not long.

Zhao Feng and Ling Fei arrived late with the Vanguard Battalion, even though they knew in advance that the fighter plane had arrived through the technique of far-sightedness, they still couldn't come.

After all, the cavalry is fast, but not as fast as the two, and Lu Li's previous request was:

To create momentum, the Japanese pirates mistakenly believe that Nanyuan's soldiers are very powerful.

How do two people create momentum?

However, for Zhao Feng who missed an opportunity to perform, he didn't feel much pity.

Just the first confrontation.

This Nanyuan City is like a big piece of fat, and the left army of Ukita Hideo's family will never let it go if they don't chew it off. In the future, they will have the opportunity to meet various big names.

"General, how will Su Xingling defend next?"

Suddenly, the mountain god appeared in front of Lu Li.

He has lost too much money by changing the terrain of mountains and rivers, and now he has become extremely sluggish.

At the same time, the Tiger King, who was watching from the sidelines, also flew over, his eyes fixed on Lu Li, obviously looking forward to him.

First, Lu Li won a complete victory this time, beheading Yoshihiro Shimadzu, a Japanese daimyo, and made great achievements in battle.

Two, Lu Li promised that he would lead it to fight against the Japanese right army and help kill Kato Kiyomasa.

"If you don't defend, withdraw."

Lu Li was very decisive.

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and now he is fighting against Satsuma's ghost, and he is not prepared to change the general trend he has set, but the small direction needs to be adjusted.

"Let's go back to the Liaochuan side and set up a position there, with the goal of eliminating more Japanese warriors."

There, there are goddesses, great demons, plus the demons here, and the vanguard battalion, enough to meet the Japanese follow-up vanguard head-on.

The Frog King was covered with scars and looked at the mountain god.

"Fu Yuanwai" with a pale face nodded, and said in a deep voice:

"good."

Previously, he had the idea of ​​living and dying with this mountain, but now that he saw Lu Li being so brave, he felt that he didn't have to die, and instead fought with the opponent and obeyed the arrangements, he would get even greater results.

Why not do it?

Among the big names from all walks of life, Yoshihiro Shimadzu undoubtedly belongs to the front line, and the Satsuma Legion under his command is also worthy of the name of the strongest.

It can be predicted that the news of Satsuma's ghost's death will cause an uproar among the left army and even the right army.

However, these have nothing to do with Lu Li for the time being, he needs to prepare the last line of defense in front of Nanyuan City.

In fact, there was already a plan quietly taking shape in his mind.

In the battle at Tunshan Ridge, Lu Li single-handedly beheaded 800 ranks. In the battle at Su Xing Ridge, he first attacked at night and then drove the monsters from the Chanjin River to kill nearly 2,000 enemies.

It seems a lot, but compared to the total amount, it is actually not painful or itchy.

When the Japanese invaded across the sea, two Li Dynasty soldiers reported to the king how many warships there were. After thinking about it for a long time, they said: "Come from the sea."

When the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs asked how many warriors were on each ship, the two spies stretched out their four hands and pinched their twenty fingers in turn. After counting over and over again, they finally shouted in unison:

Your majesty, that is countless!

Now, the Japanese are making a comeback.

The number of people has decreased slightly, but it has become more tyrannical.

Among them, Chief Konishi is the one who touches the deepest among the daimyos.

When he first entered the court, he was the commander-in-chief of the First Army, but now he is the commander-in-chief of the Second Army, because after this Sakai Port businessman, he gradually lost the trust of Hideyoshi.

It stands to reason that the son of a merchant has no chance to make his mark in this life, but when he was young, he met the son of a farmer who was even more against the sky: Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Inheriting his appreciation, relying on his excellent eloquence and diplomatic talent, he rose all the way to become the feudal lord of the land of 240,000 koku in the Higo country.

Similarly, like Hideyoshi who admired him, this descendant of a medicine merchant from a humble background is not satisfied with 240,000 koku of land, that is too narrow.

When he set off for the first time, Xiaoxi firmly believed that the fertile land of the peninsula and even Daming had slowly opened his arms to him, and he could embrace it with just a light sweep.

It's a pity that when he conquered the peninsula for the first time, he committed a felony that was so serious that he even required seppuku--

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty deceived their own court.

His name deceived Hideyoshi.

In order to bring the war to an end as soon as possible, diplomats from both sides spared no effort.

However, everything was exposed.

Because of this, Xiaoxi lost the honor, and the huge mistake made him feel chills in his abdomen and neck even now when he recalled it.

The master hates cheating the most!

Now, he was able to set foot on the battlefield for the second time as the commander of the Second Army, first of all because the samurai under his command had rich experience in fighting against Korea, which Toyotomi Hideyoshi could not ignore. Secondly, Xiaoxi took the route of his wife and tried his best to please Dianji.

This woman gave birth to Hideyoshi, the heir of Toyotomi's family, Hideyori, who was very popular in China, but with just a little breeze on the pillow, Hideyoshi dispelled the idea of ​​letting Xiaonishi harakiri.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of this year, President Xiaonishi, who set off from the mainland, became extremely cautious. He was not as arrogant as he was during the first invasion, and quietly retreated to Busan City, waiting for the follow-up army to arrive.

"In the past, I had a secret rivalry with Kato. After the battle, I deceived my master together. I didn't expect him to win in the end. He regained his trust and became the commander of the first army to conquer the peninsula this time."

In the military tent.

Governor Konishi looked at the map with emotion.

At that time, he, a representative of the Wenzhi faction, and Kato, a representative of the arbitrary faction, had a bloody contest to see who would break into Seoul first.

The two sides competed for each other, and there was a big runaway in the peninsula, which can be described as a sudden advance, which scared the king of the Li Dynasty to spend four years building a large number of fortifications, for fear of being invaded again.

Now, Xiao Xishen is brave.

Although his nature of a small and big businessman has not changed in his bones, he has suffered too many losses a few years ago, so he has to act cautiously to avoid making big mistakes.

"Father, our spies have found out that there are only 3,000 Ming troops in Nanyuan City, plus 3,000 Li Dynasty militiamen. There is nothing to be afraid of. Why bother to hang behind Shimadzu's house?"

"Taking Nanyuan Castle first, or sharing the credit equally with the Shimadzu family, Taige will definitely be happy."

The speaker is Zong Yizhi, Xiaoxi's son-in-law and the lord of Tsushima Island.

Moreover, since the two were in charge of trade with North Korea in the early years, they had a lot of spies under their command, and they already knew the strength of the troops in the Nanyuan area.

So Zong Yizhi seemed very radical. Seeing that President Konishi was unmoved, he continued:

"Father, your opponent Kato has probably led the First Legion and made great contributions on the other side!"

"Are we still going to dawdle like this?"

This Tsushima daimyo seemed very anxious, for fear that he would walk slowly on the road and not get the credit.

In addition, he also wanted to massacre the city.

In the past, when the Japanese invaded the peninsula for the first time, it was he who won the first victory in the invasion, broke through Pusan, and ordered the massacre of the city, and indulged the soldiers under his command to burn, kill and loot.

At that time, 30,000 women and children were tortured to death, and those who survived were all taken captive on board and sent to Tsushima Island as slaves.

Now, the slaves of that year have been exhausted, and Zong Yizhi can't wait to break through Nanyuan and capture enough slaves.

opponent?

Xiao Xi sneered in his heart, the son-in-law was indeed right, Kato Kiyomasa and he were indeed rivals.

In his heart, Kato, the dogmatic faction, is a barbarian with a beard and a beard, not elegant at all.

However, when they were enfeoffed at the beginning, Lord Taige assigned them to the Higo area, and they kept their heads down all day long, and they hated each other, wishing to hack each other to death with a knife.

Of course, in terms of combat effectiveness, the three Xiaoxi combined cannot beat Kato.

Kato was raised by Hideyoshi's wife Beizhengsuo from an early age. He is good at fighting and is famous all over the world for "Seven Guns of Chiyue", and he is best at spear skills.

But Konishi also has his own advantages. The individual combat ability of his samurai is indeed not as good as that of Satsuma, and it is not as good as Kato's army, but the times have progressed.

Iron Cannons!

This is the characteristic of the Xiaoxi Legion. The weapons in their hands were passed down from the Portuguese. After years of research and modification, they have grown out of blue and outperformed blue. They have formed a generation gap with the bronze fire blunderbuss of the Li Dynasty and the three-eyed blunderbuss of the Ming Dynasty. , It can be called a new type of samurai sword.

In addition, Chief Konishi also likes to use firearms such as large cylinders and stone fire arrows.

"All right……"

The gambling nature in his bones made Xiaoxi decide to keep up with the Satsuma army.

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Zong Yizhi's face:

"Father, Wu Yun is prosperous!"

"We will surely be able to take Nanyuan City easily!"

No one knows a father like a son.

This sentence came to Zong Yizhi's mind. Although he is a son-in-law, he knows his father-in-law far better than his son.

After the capture of Busan and Dongnae that year, Utaki Hideo's family held a meeting. Except for his father-in-law, who was the commander-in-chief of the First Army Corps, he had stepped into the battlefield and could not return, and all other daimyos were present.

This group of people discussed what strategy to adopt after the situation opened up.

The daimyos have different opinions, but the two biggest voices come from: Kato Kiyomasa and Fukushima Masanori.

The former, Kato, the father-in-law's old enemy, insisted on speeding forward.

The latter advocates prudence.

According to later understanding, the two brothers with different surnames who grew up together in Toyotomi's family were torn apart because of this, and they almost met each other.

In the end, Tachibana Muneshige, the peerless general of the Sixth Army, stood up and said a few words:

The military orders abroad are not accepted, everyone is going on an expedition across the sea, and the opportunity to fight is fleeting. It is better to take advantage of Li Chao's reaction and make a quick decision to swallow him up.

Busan and Dongnae were taken in half a day. They are two strong cities. If they were in the mainland, they would not be able to take down for several months without the cage city.

After some words, the base camp decided to send an envoy to tell the father-in-law to prepare for a quick attack as soon as possible.

In less than a day, the messenger returned to the base camp and told the army commanders that his father-in-law had already set off with the First Army.

The reason is to preemptively suppress the barbarian Kato.

After all, the two are secretly competing whose samurai will kill more people and who will win more victories.

In this way, they scrambled against each other, bursting out with amazing fighting power, and striding forward all the way.

And he followed behind to lead the troops to receive the city, plunder the city, and his mouth was full of oil, and the family warriors under his command were also very happy. They should slaughter the city and bully women and children when they should. It is simply not too comfortable.

Because of this, Zong Yizhi was unwilling to follow Shimadzu's house, what good food could he eat after a while? kill! Charged forward, rushed into Nanyuan City to snatch women and slaves, seeing that his father-in-law was not motivated and lost his previous momentum, he did not hesitate to take the initiative to mention Kato Kiyomasa.

Sure enough, under the stimulation of the enemy of his life, the father-in-law was finally willing to move.

"Yizhi, you go to rectify the soldiers and horses under your command, and then rest for two hours before the army sets out, trying to catch up with Shimadzu's house before tomorrow night."

Saying that, President Xiaoxi stretched his muscles and bones, no longer knelt down, but stood up.

"Hi!" Zong Yizhi was overjoyed.

Frankly speaking, he wished he could start now. After all, he only had a thousand warriors under his command, and what he could really rely on was his father-in-law and his seven thousand warriors equipped with new firearms.

However, the excitement didn't last long.

The urging letter from Shimadzu's family in the forward army was handed over to the two daimyos.

The letter said:

The Satsuma Legion was attacked by thousands of Ming and Liaodong iron cavalry at Suxingling, and encountered a shocking monster. The patriarch Shimadzu Yoshihiro disappeared, and the heir Shimadzu Tadahiro died in battle. .

At present, the veteran Kawakami Tadachi is in charge of the situation. He asks the Konishi family and the Zong family to rush to Tunshanling in time, and the Satsuma Army will set up the main formation at the rear for support.

The ghost of Satsuma is missing?

Missing on the battlefield is tantamount to death!

Holding the letter in his hands, Xiaoxi was stunned for a long time before he could react. Even though the Wenzhi School had always been at odds with the Arbitrary School, and Yoshihiro Shimadzu had been friends with his deadly rival Kato Kiyoshi, he still couldn't believe it.

demon?

What kind of demon can kill the ghost of Satsuma.

Even if the iron cannon team under his command bombarded the man's body of the demon god in turn, it would be difficult to succeed, not to mention that the opponent was in the formation...

etc!

President Xiaonishi sensed that something was wrong, and he needed to know more details.

"Let's go now."

"Yizhi, some firearms and luggage are too late to take away, so please leave it to me."

"Please rest assured, father-in-law."

Zong Yizhi nodded solemnly.

With the disappearance of Satsuma's ghost, all the previous calculations have come to nothing. This arbitrary daimyo is the mainstay of the left army, and Hideyoshi Taiko, who is far away in the mainland, also attaches great importance to him.

If it is really confirmed that Yoshihiro Shimadzu has died in battle, it will definitely cause huge waves and affect the entire battle situation.

Not only that, but Konishi's family, which is closest to the Satsuma Legion, is likely to be questioned, from Mr. Hideyoshi.

Therefore, President Xiaoxi must rush over as soon as possible, stabilize his position, and investigate the truth as soon as possible. He doesn't want to be ordered to cut seppuku.

the other side.

Behind Tunshan Ridge.

The flag of the Shimadzu family was raised and pulled.

Thousands of samurai sat on the ground warming the fire, seemingly at a loss. They, a group of Satsuma warriors, have been loyal to the Shimadzu family for more than four hundred years.

The owner of the family disappeared, which is more or less auspicious.

The young master died early in battle.

Master Toyohisa was also captured, and his life and death are unknown.

Now, in the entire camp, there is not even a single person surnamed Shimadzu, so how can we fight?

Kawakami Tadachi, who presides over the battle, also has the intention of retreating. If it is confirmed that the Patriarch died unfortunately, then he must bring the Satsuma warriors back to Kyushu to preserve the family's strength, instead of serving as war cannon fodder for other daimyos.