()Zhu Youcong once again suffered the consequences of his arrogance... In his impression, Japanese pirates should not only be stupid, but also extremely easy to deal with, and the landing operation on Kyushu Island seemed to confirm this, that's it
The idiots who gathered together waiting to enjoy the devastation of artillery fire really did not have any impact on the actions of the Ming army. But when he opened his posture, he realized why Qi Jiguang, whom he admired, spent so much time and years to invade the Ming sea territory.
The Japanese pirates were completely wiped out.
The Japanese pirates of this era have experienced hundreds of years of civil war. Although they have not written a few decent military books, they have learned a lot. For example, now they do not have a head-on confrontation with the powerful Zhu Youcong, but
They used scorched-earth tactics. Without the help of the Ming army, they dropped sea salt and various poisons into the wells, and set fire to the cities and villages along the way. Even in the entire Bunzen area, no more intact buildings were found.
The buildings can be used for the army to rest, and of course it is even less likely that any large-scale war will break out. Zhang Tianlin, who went to Chikuhou Kingdom to demolish the temple, encountered the enemy in Mount Gaoliang, and made a fortune there.
"Found it! Found it..." After the main army waited in the field for nine days, Shi Guoxiang finally rushed back exhausted with his reconnaissance battalion. He took the light salt water from Nan Juyi and didn't even have time to drink it.
He hurriedly reported: "The general has fulfilled his mission and finally found the main force of the Japanese pirates!"
"Where?" Fortunately, Zhu Youcong was well prepared this time and did not have many men. Otherwise, he would have been able to survive on the grain and distilled seawater brought on the ship. Perhaps he would not wait until the urgent caravan from the Ming Dynasty arrived.
They would have to voluntarily withdraw from the battlefield in despair.
"There are more than 100,000 Japanese pirates in Kuma Prefecture to the west of our army, and a similar number of enemies have also gathered in the Ono area to the east!" Shi Guoxiang, who had not eaten or drank for several days, finally gasped after another two mouthfuls of water.
After regaining his breath, he continued: "There are more than 300,000 enemy main force stationed near Sakali, and Suzumo will observe that at least 50,000 of them are samurai wearing trousers!"
"You mean there are at least 500,000 people across from me?" Zhu Youcong took a breath when he heard this number. He originally thought that the enemies blocking his landing accounted for at least half of the troops on Jiuzhou Island, but he didn't expect them.
He actually hid so much.
"Just a lot more!" To be honest, so many enemies made Shi Guoxiang, who went out for reconnaissance, feel his scalp numb. What's more important is that this is only the enemy's first line of defense. "In addition, according to the prisoners captured by the final general
Tell me, they have also recruited more than one million ashigaru and samurai and are gathering in the direction of Hitoyoshi, ready to provide reinforcements or build a second line of defense at any time!"
"One and a half million enemy troops?" Tao Qianzhi, the merchant, began to sweat. Even if they piled up money, they could kill people, let alone a group of Japanese pirates who could jump around.
"My dear mother, are the Japanese pirates going to fight for their lives?" Faced with such a large number of enemies, even Nan Juyi could not remain calm. According to the intelligence provided by Western allies, the male and female on Kyushu Island were all together.
Even if the population does not exceed 4 million, they have actually assembled an army of more than 1.5 million!
The personal guards of General Zhenguo are very capable of fighting, and their equipment is also the most advanced in this era. But even if these soldiers have the legendary ability to fight one against a hundred, there are still hundreds of thousands of enemies that cannot be dealt with! What's more, because
It was necessary to arrange manpower to be stationed in Xiaguan and Jiuzhou Port. The actual guard strength that Zhu Youcong could mobilize was only a few thousand troops.
"Yes! According to the general's observation, there are even old men in sixties and children with yellow mouths among the Japanese pirates!" Shi Guoxiang was very responsible. Not only did he find out the enemy's movements, but he even took the risk to sneak into the vicinity of the Japanese pirates' military camp. "The equipment is also there."
Most of them are bamboo guns, and there are less than two hundred old-fashioned artillery pieces and a group of musketeers numbering about five thousand!"
"General, you seem to have stirred up a hornet's nest again!" The enemy's crude weapons did not make Nan Juyi feel at ease. After all, the number of enemies was there, and the crazy performance of the ashigaru during the landing operation was really disappointing.
I'm a little worried. When a cannonball is thrown, it will create an open space dozens of steps wide. But it won't be long before it is filled again by those cannon fodder.
"How about we give an order to Li Zicheng's army and ask them to dispatch a force to help in the battle?" Tao Qianzhi's suggestion is not too outrageous. The overseas legion in the north responsible for attacking the Japanese pirates' main island now has a total strength of nearly 600,000. If
Allocating half of the most elite demolition brigade here will also relieve Zhu Youcong's pressure to a great extent.
"I'm afraid this won't work!" Nan Juyi first rejected the proposal. "According to the battle reports from the previous day, Li Zicheng's army, Lien Zhan and Lianjie, has now successfully captured the mountain pass area and is advancing towards the hinterland of the Japanese pirates. If they are suddenly ordered to let them
Returning to support our troops will only shake their morale and morale without knowing the truth."
"It's really inappropriate." The largest number in the overseas legion is the 400,000 Tatar eunuchs. Although these people's combat effectiveness is higher than that of the Japanese pirates, they are Zhu Youcong's defeated generals after all. Before they regain their confidence, they still want to take advantage of the victory to pursue and bully others.
Just make do. If the general's guards, who are the spiritual pillars, encounter troubles that cannot be solved, once the news comes out, it may cause unpredictable chaos in that army.
More importantly, in order to prevent the overseas legions from becoming a hidden danger to the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youcong did not provide them with the most advanced weapons and equipment. The training was still carried out according to the traditional combat mode, and his combat philosophy was far different from that of the regular army.
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"How about General, please immediately order reinforcements from within the country?" Tao Qianzhi once again made a seemingly normal suggestion. After all, there are currently four powerful legions in the Ming Dynasty. Just bring one over, let alone one hundred and fifty.
There are 100,000 Japanese pirates. Even if Shimazu Tadahashi has the ability to spread the beans and make an army ten times more, he can easily deal with it.
"Time? Does our army still have time to mobilize reinforcements from China?" Zhu Youcong rolled his eyes, pointed at the map and said: "The closest to our army now is Zhang Polu's 200,000-strong Northern Group Army, but even if they use
It will take more than a month to catch up with the speed of forced march. But now that the enemy has completed the concentration of troops and can launch a counterattack at any time, do you think they will just stand here and give me a month to complete the deployment of troops? "
"General, what should we do?" Tao Qianzhi was really anxious. This won't work, and that won't work either. Is this little monster planning to grease his feet and sneak back to Jiuzhou Port?
"Actually, what worries me the most is not the 1.5 million Japanese pirates who are coming, but here!" Pointing to the Shikoku Island on the map, Zhu Youcong said worriedly: "Now everyone knows that I am here this time.
In order to completely destroy the Japanese country, no matter how stupid people are, they will still understand that there is no way to complete the eggs after the nest is overturned. What's more, the Marugame clan and the Shimadzu family here have close contacts. Once our army officially joins forces with Kyushu Island
These guys will definitely not sit idly by when encountering enemies. I'm just afraid that they will join forces and stab us from the side."
"This matter is easy to solve!" Although he didn't expect Zhu Youcong to use any method to resist enemies a hundred times his own here, Nan Juyi still came up with a way to deal with the Japanese pirates on Shikoku Island. "Although we can't deploy overseas legions.
Come to the rescue, but you can designate a new target for them to attack!"
Standing in front of the map, Nan Juyi continued: "The troop mobilization on the Japanese island is obviously not as fast as on Kyushu. If the general orders the Mongolian cavalry to give full play to their mobility advantage, they can leave the battlefield when the enemy is frightened by Li Zicheng's army.
Raid the surrounding defenses. At the same time, the transport fleet will set off immediately to assist them in landing in Shikoku. In this way, the Japanese pirates will still have time to come and cause trouble with us?"
It's definitely not possible to mobilize the Mongolian cavalry regiment to rescue him. But if you give them another place to make a fortune, I believe that Chagan Bala's group of warriors who are eager to get rich will have to break their heads to grab this opportunity. Fortunately, Zhu Youcong brought 50,000 more cavalry before the expedition this time.
, otherwise it may really affect the marching speed of the overseas legions. "Okay, I will give an order to Chagan Bala and ask him to throw those scourges from Uziyet's tribe onto Shikoku Island!"
In recent years, the Mongolian cavalry regiments, under the training of Sun Chengzong and other Ming generals, have picked up the combat mode of their ancestors and re-adopted wolf pack tactics to give full play to their super mobility characteristics. They will surround the enemy for hundreds of kilometers with the enemy as the center.
designated as their own battlefield. Although this erratic combat method did not gain any advantage in the face of the new army with powerful firepower, it was still quite effective against the Japanese pirates riding dwarf mules. Moreover, the Mongolian cavalry regiment followed the Ming Dynasty
The army is here to make war profits, will they be stupid enough to let themselves suffer before they can get enough?
"General, can you tell us how we are going to deal with the enemies on the opposite side?" Nan Juyi is not worried at all about the upcoming four-nation battlefield. He has reason to believe that except for the Ming Dynasty, there is no such thing as a group of people who never know how to establish a logistics base.
A place that I dare not grab. On the contrary, the situation on Jiuzhou Island is not so optimistic. The enemy is a hundred times stronger. A slight oversight will make the entire war against Japan fall short.
"Have you heard of the reverse rolling bead curtain?" If Shimazu Tadahashi piled 1.5 million people into Sakaashi to play rogue, or continued to implement scorched earth tactics to extend the front line, it would be really difficult. But this guy wants to give it to Zhu Youcong
If he plays tactics, he is destined to suffer a loss.
"Roll up the bead curtain? But our army has no cavalry!" Nan Juyi knew that the most critical thing to implement this tactic was to have an erratic and highly mobile light cavalry unit, and General Zhenguo's personal guards
It is composed of various types of infantry. It is no problem at all for them to use their powerful firepower to defeat the enemy's formation and destroy their will to resist. However, the difficulty is that the subsequent pursuit step cannot be completed smoothly.
After all, the advance speed of infantry cannot be compared with that of cavalry. The enemy will have the opportunity to regroup his troops and organize an effective defense during the escape. Moreover, the enemy has also established a second line of defense in Renji hundreds of miles away. Even if the personal guards are
The soldiers defeated the first batch of enemies regardless of fatigue, but how could they have the strength to deal with the enemy's subsequent counterattack?
"Check it for me. Where is the batch of equipment that Sister Zu'e sent to me after I left Bangzi Country?" Zhu Youcong did not give a direct answer, but instead became concerned about his own logistical support.
"The cargo was unloaded at Kyushu Port three days ago. If nothing else happens, it should arrive tomorrow afternoon!" The little fairy who had been silently opened the records of her own transportation fleet dispatching and said with certainty.
Answered.
"Okay!" Zhu Youcong suddenly seemed to have received a reassurance, and said with a straight face: "Military order! Order Lu Shanji's troops to launch an attack immediately, beat back any reinforcements that Hizen Kingdom may send, and speed up the confiscation of the Zheng family.
Those broken ships of the pirates! Order Zhang Tianlin's troops to go south to Yabe and cover our left wing..."
"What about the right wing of our army?" Nan Juyi will not forget that there are 100,000 enemy troops in the Ono area. Even though they are just cannon fodder without pants, it is still quite dangerous to our own side if they suddenly appear on the battlefield.
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"Right wing? There are no artillery troops of our army serving you. Do you think they are vegetarians?" Zhu Youcong said with a thief smile: "After the supplies arrive, I will do something new with the Japanese pirates to let them know what to do next."
One against a hundred is not a difficult task for our Ming army!"