Chapter 747: The Political Battlefield

General Ma, who was being talked about by the Heavenly Marshal, was leading the main force of tens of thousands of Heavenly Soldiers to chase the retreating Japanese army's center and left wing.

Tokugawa Ieyasu sacrificed two thousand men to cover the rear, desperately delaying the Ming cavalry, ensuring that most of the main force retreated to the Taihe River.

However, at this time, General Ma found that the situation began to become tricky.

First of all, the river channel of the Taihe River here is curved, and the river bank is concave to the south. So when chasing here, the side of the army formation is also the river channel.

Moreover, Japanese ships have appeared on the side of the river channel. I don’t know how many musketeers are on the boats, and they can rely on the river and ships for cover and shoot almost without interference.

This is a huge threat from the side for the Ming official army.

Secondly, the closer to the Taihe River, the more complicated the ground situation is, and there are large areas of rotten mudflats after the spring flood.

And the Ming official army is mostly cavalry, and this terrain is very unfavorable to the cavalry advantage.

Obviously, the Japanese army's retreat direction also has a certain intention, and this is another preset position.

Another situation is that a large number of floating bridges on the river still exist, and the main force of the Japanese army can still continue to retreat to the south bank by relying on the floating bridges.

So after observing the situation on the battlefield, General Ma was also in a dilemma.

Should he stop while he is ahead and end the battle with a small victory, or continue to take risks and attack, and strive for a big victory at all costs?

At this time, Ma Gui received new news that the right wing of the Japanese army did not retreat but advanced, and had inserted into the rear, launching a surprise attack on thousands of infantry in the rear formation of his own side.

However, under the command of Marshal Lin, the rear formation used chariots as cover and had stabilized its position, temporarily blocking the attack of the right wing of the Japanese army.

This new news made the battlefield situation more complicated.

The more this situation is, the more it tests the comprehensive level and psychological quality of the battlefield commander.

At this moment, it seems that the pressure of every decision is heavier than a thousand pounds, and every decision may affect the final victory or defeat.

A general beside him couldn't stand it anymore and advised Ma Gui: "The Marshal is under attack, why not return to rescue him!"

Now all the commanders of the Ming official army in Korea, the powerful Lin Jinglue, are under attack by the enemy, which means a huge political risk!

The best attitude is to rescue Marshal Lin as soon as possible, which can avoid many unnecessary political risks.

On the contrary, if you ignore it after hearing the news, no matter how many reasons you have, it can't overcome the "suspicion" in Marshal Lin's heart.

If Marshal Lin regards you as deliberately "not saving the dying" and hates you from then on, it may be a loss.

After hearing the advice from his left and right, Ma Gui looked at the Japanese army in front of him and said, "If we hastily withdraw our troops now, it will easily cause chaos during the retreat!

We will be chased by the Japanese army in front of us, and we may be trapped by the right wing of the Japanese army, and even we will be surrounded by the Japanese army!

After all, the Japanese army is far more numerous than us, and has enough troops to divide and surround!

If that happens, our army will lose the advantage we have achieved and turn to defeat!"

The left and right advised again: "Please think twice! If the Marshal is in danger, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Why many famous generals won military victories but did not have good results is because they lost points in politics.

At this time, Ma Gui finally realized what it felt like to fight with a "grandfather".

With such a "grandfather", not only are you usually restrained, but even if you get the command, you still have to look at the "grandfather's" face.

It is easy to say that a general is not subject to the orders of the king when he is away, but it is really difficult to do it.

Can't Marshal Lin sit in the safe rear like other governors and generals and plan his strategy?

After thinking for a while, Ma Gui said: "Although our rear line was attacked, it has been stabilized, and there is a chariot formation to rely on.

Besides, there is a brave marshal and a thousand elite soldiers, at least for a short time, we should be able to hold on!

Therefore, we still have time to try to launch an attack. If we really can't defeat the enemy, we can still return in time!"

General Ma's decision was determined to take huge political risks.

Then Ma Gui directly issued an order saying: "Although the place chosen by the Japanese soldiers is not conducive to our cavalry, the narrow terrain also limits their numerical advantage!

Stay away from the right river and go around the left! When you get close, Baisai and Pogui will dismount and attack the main force of the Japanese army! If you can defeat the front row, Jie Sheng and Ye Bangrong will lead the cavalry to follow up!"

At the same time, at the confrontation scene in the rear line, Marshal Lin Tian did not realize that he had triggered Ma Gui's "political crisis".

He was still standing with the middle officer Dayun, carefully observing the movements of Tachibana Muneshige on the opposite side.

After all, Lin Tianshuai used his troops as cautiously as Zhuge Liang throughout his life, and never fought a battle without confidence.

As for the glorious deeds such as being the first to climb, beheading the generals, and capturing the generals, it seems risky, but in fact, with Lin Tianshuai's historical-level martial arts value, plus 80 kilograms of heavy armor, the risk is not as great as that of ordinary people.

Dayun saw some clues again and shouted: "It's bad! The morale of the Japanese soldiers is recovering!"

Lin Tianshuai looked at the opposite side in confusion, and then looked at Dadonglou. How did you see that the morale of the opposite side was restored?

Maybe Lin Tianshuai was a latecomer after all, and he was not as sensitive as Dayun, who grew up in the military camp of the border town.

I heard Dayun say a little worriedly: "The Japanese army just lost two generals in a row. Although the Japanese soldiers did not suffer any losses, their morale was already very low.

But this Tachibana Muneshige was eating and drinking leisurely in front of the battle. The Japanese soldiers seemed to no longer panic after seeing this, and their morale rose. "

There are two different things when it comes to fighting: a strong will to fight and a weak will to fight.

Lin Tianshuai said confidently: "How difficult is it to hit the enemy's morale? No one knows how to hit morale better than me, Lin!"

Then Lin Tianshuai called Shen Weijing over and whispered something to him.

Zhang Wen, the left protector, sighed to Dayun: "This Tachibana Muneshige is going to be in bad luck."

Dayun said in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Zhang Wen replied: "One of the things my master hates most in his life is that someone pretends to be cool in front of him!

This Tachibana Muneshige has successfully violated my master's taboo today, how can he not be in bad luck? ”

But the Japanese interpreter Shen Weijing walked out of the chariot formation under the cover of several huge shields and approached the Japanese army.

Then Shen Weijing shouted to Tachibana Muneshige: "Listen to the Tachibana general opposite! There is something happening in your country that you should not have heard of!

I heard that Taiko Toyotomi Hideyoshi specially stayed in Nagoya Castle in Kyushu for the affairs of Korea!

Then summoned the wives of all Kyushu daimyo to go to Nagoya Castle for an audience, and those with good looks had to stay to sleep with Taiko!

I heard that your wife Tachibana Ginchiyo has outstanding looks and temperament, and she must have been favored by Taiko! "

Tachibana Muneshige was drinking in a chic manner, and his face suddenly froze.

Tachibana family's important official Ono Shinyuki stepped forward and shouted:

"What nonsense! Madam Ginchiyo is a heroine, a Western female husband, and it is absolutely impossible for her to lose her reputation! "

Shen Weijing said loudly with disdain: "This kind of rouge and fierce horse will definitely attract the interest of Taiko, who has seen countless women!

In front of the extremely lustful Taiko, does Tachibana Ginchiyo have the qualifications to refuse?

There is no doubt that the mistress of your Tachibana family must have slept with Taiko!"

Hearing Shen Weijing's shouting, the Tachibana family hatamoto warriors wearing golden helmets can still remain stable, but the other Japanese soldiers can't help but whisper to each other.

Tachibana Muneshige, who has been pretending to be calm and stabilize the morale of the army, finally broke the defense, and the wine glass in his hand slammed to the ground!

Shen Weijing knew that he didn't have much time left, so he hurriedly continued to shout: "You are fighting in the front, and your wife is selling herself in the back. It can be said that both men and women in the family sacrificed their lives for Taiko!"

Bang! Bang! Bang! Suddenly, several muskets were fired at Shen Weijing, but they were all blocked by the giant shield.

Shen Weijing, hiding behind the giant shield, was still shouting dutifully: "Not only Tachibana Muneshige, but you weed foot soldiers are the same!

With the mess in your country, you shed blood and risk your life in Korea, while your wives and children at home are also starving and cold, and being bullied!

Maybe your wife sold herself or remarried because she couldn't survive, and your son followed someone else! "

Tachibana Muneshige drew out his long sword and rushed forward to kill Shen Weijing, but Shen Weijing saw that the situation was not good, so he turned around and ran towards the convoy!

Da Yun in the convoy was confused and asked Lin Tianshuai: "What did Shen Weijing shout?"

Lin Tianshuai said calmly: "Nothing, just said that Tachibana Muneshige's famous wife had slept with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and argued with reason and evidence. ”

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Da Yun: “.”

General, you have a really dirty mind. Didn’t you say you wanted to undermine the enemy’s morale? Why did you get the mentality of Tachibana Muneshige?

Lin Tianshuai argued confidently, “You also said that the wives of the Japanese soldiers in their hometowns might have been slept with by others. Just tell me whether you have undermined the morale of the Japanese army?

With thousands of rear-row soldiers facing tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, of course we have to do everything we can. "

Shen Weijing still escaped back, but Tachibana Muneshige fell into the same situation as Honda Tadakatsu just now.

That is, he lost the right to choose and had to fight. If he was timid, his personality would be completely destroyed.

So when Shen Weijing escaped back, he saw the Japanese army launching a new attack.

And a large group of Tachibana family flagmasters wearing bright golden helmets covered hundreds of iron cannon foot soldiers, and under the leadership of Tachibana Muneshige, they pressed towards the general's flag.

When Dayun led the cavalry out for a walk just now, he had already seen the shooting speed of the Tachibana family musketeers.

Seeing this, he was shocked and said: "The enemy probably wants to use elite musketeers to shoot quickly at close range first!"

Then Dayun urgently called the shield bearers to use the giant shield to block Lin Tianshuai.

Although Lin Tianshuai was wearing 80 kilograms of heavy armor, if he was hit by dozens of bullets, I'm afraid it would not be easy.

But Lin Tianshuai said calmly: "No need! Donglou, do you know what the most important factor in war is? "

Da Yun was a little confused. What's wrong? Marshal, are you itching to show off? Are you going to show off your body to catch the iron bullet?

Lin Tianshuai taught earnestly: "The most important factor in war is people! Only people can play a decisive role in war, and their importance far exceeds that of weapons and equipment!"

Da Yun was even more confused after hearing the teachings. What does it mean?

Then he saw some personal soldiers carrying two people over, one named Ii Naomasa and the other named Honda Tadakatsu.

They were tied up tightly and their mouths were blocked with rags.

Lin Tianshuai smiled and held Ii Naomasa in his left hand and Honda Tadakatsu in his right hand, and shook them towards the Tachibana family's iron cannon foot soldiers approaching from the opposite side.

Da Yun: "."

Is this the role of people? Is this a factor more important than weapons and equipment?

It is unknown whether the musketeers on the opposite side can kill Tianshuai with a few rounds of random shooting, but they can definitely send Ii Naomasa and Honda Tadakatsu to hell.

Lin Tianshuai turned back and shouted to Dayun: "Don't be stunned! Lead the cavalry that is resting behind to go out again and contain the enemy's flank and rear!"

So Tachibana Muneshige and Ma Zongbing on the opposite side had similar experiences and encountered political difficulties.

If his lord was also Tokugawa Ieyasu, it would be fine. At most, he would fight first and explain later.

But he, Tachibana Muneshige, was an outsider, and a Western Daimyo who was completely different from the Eastern Tokugawa family.

If he personally killed these two Tokugawa family's top ministers, it would be impossible to explain it clearly afterwards.

In fact, many Japanese generals do not have much concept of politics in their minds. They are the kind of people who die after being reckless, but Tachibana Muneshige is a political person, so he is in trouble here.

In the end, Tachibana Muneshige still did not let the iron cannon foot soldiers concentrate their fire, and personally led the hatamoto samurai to rush towards the Ming army flag without hesitation!

Even if more than half of the hatamoto were sacrificed, as long as Lin Tianshuai could be captured, it would be worth it!

In the Battle of Bitei-kan, their Tachibana samurai rushed into the battle array without hesitation, and almost captured Li Rusong!

Lin Tianshuai was carrying two people in his hands, and it was inconvenient to move, so he hid behind him first.

Tachibana Muneshige was indeed very brave in battle to be called "the unparalleled in the West". At this time, he was holding two long swords and madly attacking the Ming army officers and soldiers who were defending.

After beheading several people in a row, he finally broke a small gap in the Ming army's chariot formation.

Tachibana Muneshige was very happy about this. Most of the other miscellaneous soldiers and foot soldiers were working without effort. Even if they attacked, they were just dawdling. Breaking the situation still depended on himself and the hatamoto samurai around him!

After occupying the gap, Tachibana Muneshige was about to expand it when he saw Tianshuai rushing out to fill the gap.

Tachibana Muneshige was about to swing his sword, and he saw Lin Tianshuai directly raise Ii Naomasa in his hand and smash it towards him.

Tachibana Muneshige was forced to put away his sword and subconsciously caught Ii Naomasa with his arms.

But the next moment, he felt like his wrists were clamped by iron pliers!

Then the world spun around, and his whole body was thrown out like a gyroscope and rolled a few times.

It's over! Tachibana Muneshige, who had completely lost control of his body, was immediately heartbroken, and he didn't have a good ending!

At the same time, he felt a little relieved, and finally didn't have to go back to face Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Seeing that their lord fell into the hands of the enemy, the Tachibana family hatamoto samurai did not retreat, but still fought desperately.

After Lin Tianshuai took advantage of it several times, he finally encountered a tough battle.

However, Lin Tianshuai was not afraid of such a tough battle. He was wearing heavy armor and had huge shields on both sides to protect him. He just wanted to fight to his heart's content!

In the end, Lin Tianshuai's armor was stained with blood again. More than 200 Tachibana family hatamoto warriors died in this gap.

However, this gap itself may have been deliberately opened by Lin Tianshuai in order to "lure the enemy deeper."