The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 349
With a piece of thatch in his mouth, Yuan Youcai stood on a hillside with a calm expression.

He was accompanied by a Japanese samurai named Masuda Nosuke, a confidant of the Masuda family and proficient in Ming language.

When Tokugawa Iemitsu called the famous lords for a meeting for the first time, no one went to the Masuda family, just like the Hirado clan. He planned to fight against the shogunate with Matsuga.

Later, Song Buronshin sent someone to deliver a letter, I don't have to go, you go, pretend to support him, then you can stab him in the back.

The Masuda family thought it made sense, so the second Tokugawa conscription, Masuda men led a thousand cavalry to help.

Of course, Ota Zizong didn't trust him either, so he waved his hand and asked him to escort the grain and grass.

Ota Zizong dared to do this because he didn't know that the Ming army and cavalry were hiding in their country.

Originally, it was difficult for the cavalry of the Ming army to hide. After all, there were Japanese nationals everywhere, but the Yoshida family helped them hide, so Ota Zizong didn't know it at all.

Masudanosuke whispered at this time: "Calculating the time, they should arrive around Tsuyama at noon today, and then pass through Tarumui, Shinmi--"

Having said that, he smiled: "The best place to ambush is Chuishui."

"How far is Chuishui from here?" Yuan Youcai asked with a smile.

"We are all cavalry. It took less than half an hour in the past, but." Masudanosuke said again: "You may be spotted by the common people on the road, so I suggest not to change clothes."

Yuan Youcai looked down at himself and laughed dumbfoundedly.

It turned out that he was now wearing Japanese armor, and the hat on his head was Lushun's, and there was a Japanese hat on his horse's back.

He didn't like the Japanese hats, which were made of wrought iron, thin and light, and had poor defense.

He looked back and saw a thousand cavalry behind him, standing at the foot of the hillside, and more than 300 of them were wearing Japanese army uniforms.

Those wearing Japanese armor are all on the outside, thus blocking the Ming army inside.

The Ming army thought that there was going to be a war, so they got off their horses and were about to take off their clothes and armor from the Japanese army.

Yuan Youcai said loudly to the back: "Don't take it off yet, you have to run for half an hour."

"Ready, the whole army is going out."

Soon, a thousand elites headed east, with Ming army equipment in the middle and Japanese armor on the outside, which looked like Japanese cavalry.

As Masudanosuke said, he encountered local commoners from time to time on the road.

Some ordinary people waved their hands when they saw that they thought they were the army of their country.

There were also people who looked at them coldly, expressionless.

But the advantage of this is that no one thinks they are the Ming army, so no one will report it.
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Chuishui is named after the Chuoshui River. A river about six or seven miles long passes through the local area, and the left side (south) of the river is the official road.

This is the road that Yagyuuchi must take, because they brought artillery, and it would be difficult to transport the artillery if they did not take this road.

To the south of the official road is a field, which also stretches for several miles. There is a huge hillside in the middle, about 100 meters long.

Looking from the official road, it is natural that there is nothing behind the hillside.

Before nine o'clock that morning, Yuan Youcai's cavalry arrived behind the hillside.

He looked at the terrain, and it turned out to be a good ambush location.

The cavalry rushed down the hillside, less than 100 meters, and it was just a blink of an eye.

The only trouble is that when I came here, I found many common people in the fields.

Masuda said that they were all ordinary people from Akame Shenghe, and this is the territory of the Akame family.

Chimu Shenghe was a confidant of the shogunate, so Yuan Youcai was naturally impolite, and arrested them all to prevent anyone from leaking out.

Then Yuan Youcai started to make arrangements. He and Masuda estimated that the Japanese army would arrive in about an hour.

I waited for half an hour. At this time, a sentry came back and reported that the Japanese sentry cavalry had arrived first through binoculars.

All the soldiers quickly quieted down the whole army, and wrapped up all the horses' mouths with cloth.

The cavalry comforted their horses one after another, quiet, quiet.

Ding Yi's cavalry has little actual combat experience, but he has been training since the first day he arrived in Lushun, and it has been several years. The so-called practice makes perfect, and now most of them can be regarded as half-elite.

Soon, Yuan Youcai, who was lying on the hillside, saw the Japanese vanguard sentry cavalry.

But the Japanese army was in the country at this time, and they hadn't seen the Ming army for a few days all the way, so they were very relaxed right now.

Those sentinels didn't run around at all, they just walked along the official road while looking around.

Yuan Youcai looked at it and shook his head secretly. If this was his cavalry sentinel, no matter where it was, as long as he was fighting outside, he would definitely run around to look around. Behind such a hillside, he must focus on patrolling.

A dozen sentry riders were divided into three batches, and soon passed Yuan Youcai's sight and went to a further place.

Masudanosuke looked at it and smiled: "These sentinels are all members of the Yagyu family."

By accident, our Masuda family will not be so useless.

Yuan Youcai thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Lord Yitian understands righteousness deeply. Our Lord Ding has said that we will share everything with the Yitian family in the future."

Masuda's help was overjoyed: "I would like to ask General Yuan to give you a lot of good words."

"This is necessary." The two looked at each other and smiled, saying nothing.

After a while, the sentinel came back to report that the Japanese forward cavalry was approaching.

On the broad road, the Japanese army divided the cavalry into two wings.

Now the north of this official road is the river, and the south is the field, so it is already in front of and behind.

The forward has five hundred riders, not far from here.

Yuan Youcai waved his hand to call for a general manager, gave some instructions, the general manager nodded, and quickly led a hundred riders down the hill from the left side.
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Yagyuuchi was still walking with Masudao, just now Masudao proposed to cook and take a rest, it was almost noon.

Liu Shengnai originally wanted to say yes, but after thinking about it, you said yes, but I said no, in case there was a change.

Yagyuuchi knew that Masuda's family was not happy with the shogunate, so he immediately shook his head: "After Tsurumi, we will cook in Shinmi."

Masuda Nan had no choice but to agree.

Not long after, they followed behind the forward and saw Yuan Youcai's hillside.

At this time, Yi Tiannan said calmly: "This road has the river on the right and fields on the left. If there is an enemy ambushing, we can only retreat back the same way and pass this road quickly."

Liu Shengnai laughed loudly: "What kind of enemy army is there? The enemy army is all in Ishijian Yinshan."

Masudao stopped talking immediately.

at this time.

Rumbling, suddenly there was a strong sound of horseshoes ahead, as if a cavalry was approaching.

Yagyu and Masuda were both startled and looked intently at the same time.

But there are five hundred forwards blocking the front, and they can see clearly.

Sudden.

Someone screamed: "Ming army."

"Enemy attack."

There was chaos at the scene.

"Nani." Liu Sheng couldn't believe that there would be Ming soldiers appearing here.

Whoosh whoosh, there is already a sound of breaking through the air ahead.

Regardless of the mud, Liu Shengnei patted his horse into the field and looked from the side.

Sure enough, a Ming army rushed over from the front of the official road. It seemed that there were not many people, but the official road was not wide, so it was completely dark.

Collapse, there was a crash in the air, and after the Ming army approached, they shot arrows one after another.

A wave of arrows flew into the Japanese formation.

There are not many Japanese cavalry who can shoot arrows, and their level is not good. This is one of the reasons why Toyotomi Hideyoshi was unwilling to fight the Ming army in the field when he fought with the Ming army in history.

Ding Yi's cavalry is certainly not as elite as Mongolia and some later Jin elites, but they must have been training for several years. From the second year of Chongzhen to Lushun, and now the sixth year of Chongzhen, his cavalry has been training for nearly four years. Combat experience, but riding and shooting skills, have all improved.

This wave of arrows shot past first, puffing, puffing, and the Japanese cavalry fell on their backs.

Masuda Kazusuke, who was watching the battle on the hillside, twitched the corners of his mouth.

Yuan Youcai quickly comforted him: "If the beating is not true, Liu Shengnei may not believe it."

"Yes yes yes." Masuda Kazusuke smiled bitterly.

(End of this chapter)