Chapter 280: The Sword Points at the Japanese (Fifty) Battle at Lianhua Mountain
Two flowers bloomed, one on each side. When the Japanese army sent troops to Lotus Mountain, Gao Pragmatic was actually well prepared.
This preparation was not made just today. In fact, after he judged that the Japanese army would definitely launch a surprise attack on Sichuan in Kuroda Rushui's big gambling game, he had already made arrangements in advance as quickly as possible. As of today, the Japanese army has finalized the military meeting
When he decided not to go to Jinzhou but to Lianhua Mountain, Gao Pragmatic had already set up a defensive line at Lianhua Mountain.
This matter deserves to be discussed in detail. At that time, Gao pragmatic received the news and immediately sent someone to notify Liu Wei, and at the same time contacted Li Rumei to make arrangements.
The two of them received different orders. The order Liu Wei received was to keep the entire army concentrated, not to disperse the troops, and to march from Sanjia to the southeast at a normal marching speed. The tactical purpose was very clear: to prepare for the capture, do not capture it before taking it.
Cross the Jinhai Sea, and then go west to recover Xiongchuan and Mashan, which will definitely be captured by the Japanese army.
Liu Ping had been fighting for half his life, and he understood this instruction at a glance. He knew that the intention of the Marquis was to use himself as bait to attract the Japanese army to attack, and then use Liu Ping's troops to cut off the Japanese army's return route.
To put it simply, the Japanese army planned to use the black tiger to dig out the heart and then bloom in the center, while the high pragmatic plan was to lure the enemy deep and then close the door and beat the dog.
When talking about center bloom, many people may think of Captain Chang Kaishen's thinking during the Meng Lianggu Battle. However, there is nothing wrong with this tactic itself. Chang Gong's defeat was mainly due to problems with the execution of the troops. In fact, this tactic has a history.
A classic case.
For example, in the Battle of Austerlitz that broke out in the Czech Republic in 1805, the famous Battle of the Three Emperors, the French Emperor Napoleon I had weaker troops and artillery than the Russian and Austrian allied forces. However, he was far-sighted and determined to defeat the enemy when they rounded off their right flank.
, concentrate local superior forces on the northern section of the front.
At this time, Russian Tsar Alexander I foolishly rejected Kutuzov's request for all reinforcements to arrive before attacking the French army, and gave up the central highlands when commanding. Then, when Napoleon saw in the telescope a major mistake in the enemy's tactics
, quickly sent Marshal Soult's troops to capture the Pratzen Heights in the center, and the center blossomed, defeating the Russian-Austrian coalition forces in one fell swoop.
According to the Japanese army's plan this time, if they successfully defeat Gao Jingshi's headquarters in Sichuan, Ming army reinforcements from all walks of life must have heard the news. However, since Gao Jingshi has most likely been captured by then, the Ming army has lost its unified command and morale.
It will inevitably receive a huge blow, and the Japanese army will have the opportunity to defeat them one by one and realize this "central flowering".
Since Gao Pangshi had guessed the Japanese army's intentions, he naturally had to make corresponding arrangements. He did not intend to let the musketeers from the fleet go ashore, but the chieftain troops alone were somewhat overwhelming. As for the servant guards around him, the number was too small.
So, his order to Li Rumei was to first mobilize the most mobile 3,000 fine cavalry to come to the rescue, and then cooperate with Ma Qiancheng. Qin Liangyu and his wife's 3,000 white-armed soldiers would set off at any time according to the battle situation, so that 6,000 people would guard Lotus Mountain.
, blocking or delaying the Japanese offensive momentum.
At this time, Li Rumei himself had just captured Daegu and Changnyeong, two key points in the north and north of the Nakdong River that the main force of the Japanese troops moving south had actually abandoned. At this time, he had already discovered that the Japanese troops had escaped, and had also received the overly pragmatic first-stage instructions.
We are dividing our forces to recover some areas north and east of the Nakdong River.
After receiving the order, Li Rumei naturally did not dare to neglect, and immediately sent Lieutenant General Jie Sheng, who was born in the Xuan Dynasty, and Po Gui, together with the guerrilla generals Niu Boying and Yang Dengden, led the four generals' servants to ride three thousand soldiers southward to rush to the aid of Sichuan. This battle
The main general is to solve the problem of life.
Xie Sheng and Pugui were both Mongolian generals from the Xuan Dynasty. They had been under Gao Jingshi's sect for many years. Even today, the cavalry under their command is one of the most mobile among the Ming army's cavalry.
As for why the lieutenants under these two generals are all Han generals, this fact does not need to be explained too much. It belongs to "the Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions." No matter what ethnic group they are from, they have long been accustomed to it.
As expected, the 3,000 elite cavalrymen of the Sanitation Department marched very fast. It only took them two days to arrive at Lotus Mountain to set up defenses yesterday afternoon. This was even one day earlier than the Japanese army. However, today they were defeated by Naoyuki Kuroda and Toshio Kuriyama under the command of Nagamasa Kuroda of the Japanese army.
Wait for the 500 vanguards he leads to notice.
The Japanese army immediately held an emergency military meeting. Due to the observation that the Ming army was large in number and unaware of the reality, most of the generals in the accompanying army proposed to withdraw their troops in return and join the main force in the rear for another battle.
However, Takeshi Moya, one of Kuroda's twenty-four generals, argued against all the objections. He said: "The enemy is outnumbered and we are outnumbered, and the enemy's army is elite cavalry. Therefore, if I retreat, the enemy will advance. If so, our army will become the enemy's army."
However, if we unite as one and fight to the death while his foothold is not stable, the enemy will be defeated by us. If we retreat while the enemy is in confusion, we can save the army. This is why Takeda's victory depends on Nagase's defeat and the attack on the enemy.
This is a strategy for attacking an army and slowing down the enemy's pursuit."
After Takehisa Moya's remarks, the Japanese vanguard's fighting spirit increased greatly. Naoyuki Kuroda is Kuroda's half-brother, and he and the chief retainer of the Kuroda family, Kuriyama Rian, are both one of the Kuroda Eight Tigers and are known for their bravery.
The two men then took the lead and led the vanguard to launch a surprise attack on the Ming army under the cover of iron cannon.
The Ming army really didn't expect that a mere five hundred Japanese troops would dare to attack them. As a result, they were suddenly attacked and many horses were frightened. They fell into chaos and were repelled by the Japanese army. Naoyuki Kuroda took the opportunity to lead the vanguard and retreat immediately.
Jie Sheng knew that Gao Jingshi was in Sichuan at the rear. He thought that if the Marquis knew that he was successfully attacked by 500 Japanese troops and the enemy retreated unscathed, how could he still get something good? So he became furious and ordered the entire army to regroup immediately.
The entire formation deployed all No. 3 guns accompanying the army to fire at the Japanese army.
Although Lianhua Mountain is a mountainous area, it is actually a hilly terrain, and the vegetation, especially the trees, is not particularly dense. It is difficult for a battle involving tens of thousands of people to start, but the battlefield for thousands of people can still be barely open.
Therefore, the four generals Xie Sheng, Pogui, Niu Boying, and Yang Dengden led the cavalry in pursuit. The Japanese army was almost all infantry, and their mobility was far less swift than the cavalry. Naoyuki Kuroda, and the vanguard of Kuriyama Li'an did not expect the Ming army during the emergency retreat.
The pursuit was so decisive and so fast that the iron artillery team had not yet reorganized and could only engage in scattered attacks.
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The opponents were immediately dispersed. Naoyuki Kuroda and Toyo Kuriyama slashed at them from left to right, but to no avail. The whole team immediately fell into a hard fight and was in danger.
When Kuroda Naoyuki launched an attack on the Ming army, after hearing the sound of the iron cannon, the commander-in-chief Kuroda Nagamasa led 5,000 soldiers to rush for reinforcements, ordering Kuroda Kazunari, Goto Motoji, and Nomura Yunao to lead the troops first.
Respond.
Kuroda Kazunari shouted: "If the vanguard is defeated and morale collapses, our army will no longer be able to support itself, and this place will become the burial place of our army!" Kuroda Kazunari mobilized his troops to break in from the flank and try his best to block the Ming army. Goto Motoji
, Nomura Yunao led his troops and ran back and forth with many military flags erected in the nearby mountains, shouting to kill, creating the impression that a large army was coming to help.
Seeing this, Xie Sheng thought that the main force of the Japanese army had arrived. He thought that his mission was to stop the Japanese army rather than defeat it. In addition, it was already dusk at this time, so he retreated as soon as possible and ordered the withdrawal of troops. Naoyuki Kuroda and Toyo Kuriyama led the remaining vanguards.
The team survived as a result.
After nightfall, Jie Sheng sent a messenger to Gao Yingshi of Sichuan to explain the situation. Gao Yingshi discussed it with his subordinates after receiving the news.
Ma Qiancheng said: "Now the Jie Fu army is in urgent need of rescue, but the general thinks that it is not possible to fight with all our strength. The strength of our army lies in artillery and cavalry. In terms of muskets, although they are stronger than the Japanese pirates, the gap is not that big. The general thinks that it is better to fight again.
We sent 3,000 reinforcements to our troops, and then used 1,000 troops to hold the line, making a great show of force, pretending that the main force of our army had moved forward, and attracting the Japanese pirates to attack with all their strength.
At this time, all artillery and firearms will be concentrated here to give the enemy a head-on attack. Repeatedly, the infantry will rely on the terrain. If the enemy advances, they will be driven back. Because of the generosity of the Marquis before, our army has enough firearms, so we should
Not a problem.
In addition, he ordered General Li to send 3,000 cavalry to secretly make a detour, attack behind the enemy's flanks, penetrate and divide them, and strike east and west to inflict heavy damage. The enemy will be frightened and will not dare to advance lightly. What do you think of this plan?"
Gao pragmatically said: "This is a very good plan. Although the small town of Sichuan is not impregnable, my retreat has already been left. You have no worries in this battle. You must defeat the enemy. At the same time, you must strictly order the entire army not to fight for the head to avoid delays.
Fighters will weaken the defense line, and all heads will be collected after the war according to my old rules."
Ma Qiancheng immediately took the order, and then Gao pragmatically dispatched Ma Qiancheng. Qin Liangyu and his wife led 3,000 reinforcements from their headquarters to rush to Lianhua Mountain. At this time, Kuroda Nagamasa asked Maori Hidemoto in the rear for help - due to the hills of the mountainous area, the Japanese army was here.
At that time, tens of thousands of troops could not rush in at once, so they were divided into front and rear.
Mouri Hidemoto personally led 25,000 Japanese troops to come to the rescue. Everyone was a reinforcement, but the Ming army's Ma Qiancheng tribe was a chieftain soldier. Compared with the Japanese army, its mountain mobility was obviously better, so the Ming army's reinforcements were more powerful than the Japanese army.
Arrive early.
The next day, Kuroda Nagamasa adjusted the formation, with Mozato Yunobu, Kuriyama Toshian, and Kuroda Toshitaka as the right reserve team; Inoue Nobosha and Nomura Yunao as the right reserve team; Kuroda Kazunari and Goto Motoji.
They are the Zuobei First Division; Kuroda Naoyuki and Kiriyama Nobuyuki are the Zuobei Second Division; the above are all members of the Kuroda Twenty-Four Generals, and Kuroda Nagamasa himself leads the three thousand troops in the rear.
At dawn, five thousand Japanese troops launched a surprise attack on the Ming army.
Jiesheng, Niu Boying and Yang Dengden led a thousand troops to garrison the defense line and planted flags everywhere to spread the momentum. Jiesheng gathered thirty No. 3 cannons and twenty No. 4 cannons, and lined up another 200 people in front of the formation holding Wanli 2 Type 1.
One hundred and fifty rods and a swarm of rockets and other rocket devices were on standby. The remaining 600 men with sabers on horseback formed a formation on both sides to support them. In addition to their lances with gunpowder pellets loaded, each of them also carried fifty bows and arrows in preparation for the battle.
The Kuroda Army's Right Reserve Division took the lead in attacking the Ming Army's position. Xie Sheng ordered the entire army to attack the enemy with artillery and bows and arrows at a distance of a hundred paces, to block the attack with muskets and rockets at a hundred paces, and to attack with infantry at thirty paces.
The right reserve team was suppressed by the firepower of the Ming army before they had advanced thirty steps. In an instant, the cannons shook like thunder and arrows rained down. The dust raised by the shells almost obscured the sight. Once hit, three or four people flew up in response.
Their flesh and blood were bruised, and there were hundreds of others who were knocked to the ground by bows and arrows. The Japanese army was immediately in chaos.
Kuriyama Toshian ordered the whole team to advance with bamboo shields and fired continuously with iron cannons in an attempt to fight back, but it was still difficult to withstand the power of the Ming army's artillery. Muzato Tomonobu and Kuroda Toshiko led troops to advance again from the left and right, Muzato Tomonobu shouted
: "If you want to be famous in the world, follow my mother, Taibingwei, to seize the heads of enemy generals!"
Kuroda Toshitaka saw his mother Satato Yunobu encouraging the detachment to rush forward without hesitation. Naturally, he was not to be outdone, and immediately shouted: "Everyone calls him Murato Taihei Kuroda's most powerful general. I, Kuroda Toshitaka, am by no means greedy for life and afraid of death."
As a disciple, capture Lotus Mountain and share the land! Only by not fearing the dead can you make great achievements!"
The two men each led a small team to charge wildly, but there were still numerous casualties. When the Ming army approached the hundred steps, there were less than a hundred people. After a volley of Ming army muskets, the Japanese army collapsed. Muzato Tomonobu and Kuroda Toshitaka were desperately rescued by their subordinates.
This formation.
Upon seeing this, Kuriyama Rian ordered a retreat. Muzato Tomoshin's eyes were splitting, and he refused to comply. Kuriyama Rian said: "Taihewei! We have already suffered more than half of our casualties. Wu Yong is not seeking death. There are still subsequent divisions that will consume the strength of the Ming army. Wait for it.
Let's regroup and come back. Don't be reckless and obey orders!" So the right reserve team withdrew.
The Kuroda Army's Left Reserve First Division was led by Kuroda Kazunari and Goto Motoji to attack Lotus Mountain. Goto Motoji suggested: "The Ming army has strong firepower, and the Right Reserve First Division suffered heavy losses after a strong attack. Should be
Let the whole team be deployed as skirmishers, with nine people forming shields to resist bows and arrows, gradually advancing to counterattack with iron cannons, and cross-changing positions to reduce artillery casualties. Wait for the opportunity and then launch a charge in one go, which may lead to the capture of Lotus Mountain!" Ichi Kuroda!
Act accordingly.
Jie Sheng saw that the Japanese army's formation was different from usual, and he guessed that they were trying their best to avoid the artillery bombardment. He couldn't help but snorted. Jie Sheng ordered the No. 3 cannon to be placed diagonally on the left and right, and the No. 4 cannon at the front and rear, adjusting the angles, and the archers were divided.
Form six teams, each on one side to watch for gaps, so as to cover the entire field with firepower.
During the deployment of the Ming army, Kazuki Kuroda saw that the firepower was greatly reduced. He thought that the Ming army had nothing to do, so he quickly ordered the whole team to advance. The Japanese iron artillery fired a salvo every twenty steps, and the rocks banged and penetrated the trees. There were also many Ming soldiers.
Got shot.
When Kuroda Kazsei was secretly rejoicing, the Ming army had already reorganized their formation. Suddenly there was a loud sound of artillery fire, as dense as drums, and arrows struck rapidly. Even though the Japanese army dispersed, they could not avoid it. Suddenly, there was another
There was a panic.
Goto Moto immediately led the rear team to rescue him. Goto galloped in, but he was obviously unlucky. He was quickly knocked to the ground by the artillery, and finally rushed to Kuroda Kazunari under the protection of Ashigaru's bamboo shield.
around.
Kuroda Kazunari wanted to carry out a counterattack, so he and Goto Motoji ordered the entire team to charge. The Japanese army dared to charge again at this level, which really surprised the Ming army. Niu Boying immediately ordered the gun formation to fight back, and Xie Sheng also ordered artillery to bombard the Japanese army.
In the rear group, Yang Shanshan ordered the archers to shoot directly at the Japanese army.
All three fronts were hit, and the Japanese troops were frustrated and retreated one after another.
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