The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 351 The Withered Cherry Blossom

Not long after, the statistical results came up.

Including other defensive positions, more than 100 Dongjiang soldiers were killed and injured in this battle, but more than 400 died in the battle, almost half of the wounded.

It was also the time when Dongjiang soldiers died the most in battle.

Eighty percent of them are spearmen.

But the casualties of the Japanese army were not small, and Ota Zizong on the opposite side only counted them at night, which was more than he expected.

The Japanese army suffered more than 7000 casualties.

Among them, there were nearly [-] who stayed on the battlefield and failed to return.

The Japanese army had a total of just over 3, almost a quarter of which was wiped out. However, the Japanese army attacked in several ways. The losses in other places added up to more than [-]. In one day, a third of it was wiped out.

There were more than 4000 soldiers on the Dongjiang side, and they also lost a quarter, but the death rate was less. The death ratio of the two sides was more than ten to one.

Before dark, not long after the battle ended, someone from behind reported that there were ships at sea, and they were our ships, but there were only eight of them.

Zhao Dashan was startled, thinking that Ding Yi's entire army was wiped out, and only eight ships came back.

He hurried to the beach, and after descending the mountain, he led a dozen people with him on cavalry, and finally found that it was Ruan Siqing who had returned, and he was overjoyed.

Ruan Siqing transported hundreds of thousands of catties of goods back last time, and then according to Ding Yi's request, he brought a thousand soldiers and horses.

The main thing is that he has a small ship, and he has to bring some hundred enemies over.

Because when Ding Yi came, the capacity on the ship was limited, and he brought a lot of soldiers, horses and supplies, and the hundred-man enemy brought less.

Now Zhao Dashan is more confident in defending.

In fact, after today's battle, the Japanese army has been frightened, and it is almost impossible to attack again unless they can gather more soldiers and horses.

Zhao Dashan ran to the beach, watching the continuous supply of supplies and soldiers disembarking in front of him.

The former Dengzhou soldiers stayed in Phi Island for more than half a year. They farmed in their busy hours and trained in normal times. Now they disembark, the queue is orderly, and they walk silently. They already look like Dongjiang soldiers and horses.

"How is it? It's okay." Ruan Siqing looked at Zhao Dashan with a smile.

"Haha, very good." Zhao Dashan hugged Ruan Siqing heavily, making Ruan Siqing inexplicable.

Zhao Dashan didn't fall asleep all night, and early the next morning, some soldiers ran over and yelled that Master Ding had returned.

The generals hurried down the mountain, and when they rode their horses to the beach, they saw countless ships in the distance.

"Damn it." Zhao Dashan yelled happily, both surprised and happy in his heart.

Master Ding is Master Ding. If you go out to fight a battle, how many ships will come back?
In this battle, Ding Yi sank more than a dozen ships, but brought back more than 40 ships with minor injuries and intact ones, and more than a dozen ships with serious injuries.

Ding Yi asked Ruan Siqing to bring the seriously injured boat and Dongjiang soldiers to Hirado, and asked Songpu to repair the boat and rescue the wounded.

The wounded who were slightly injured, they brought doctors with them to treat them.

Ruan Siqing got up quickly, and took away more than forty ships (among them, there were more than a dozen ships to be repaired, as well as escorting warships.)
Ding Yi still has fifty or sixty ships in hand at this time, but the navy is a little less.

They fought the Japanese army at sea, and more than 300 people were killed or missing. In addition to the deaths here, the battle against Japan is almost the heaviest loss for Ding Yi so far. More than 700 people were killed and missing. Those who were seriously injured or had to withdraw from the battlefield were estimated to reach more than a thousand, which can be described as a heavy loss.

But his harvest is not small, he seized more than 40 medium-sized warships and merchant ships, worth at least 30 million.

There are more than 300 various artillery pieces.

More than 1000 Japanese surrendered soldiers were captured, and they were driven to mine on the same day.

Because the shogunate coalition forces were severely damaged both at sea and on land, Ding Yi estimated that the shogunate might negotiate peace in the next step.

If there is no peace negotiation, he waits for all the ships to be repaired, then transports some food from Songpu, and then directly transports troops and horses to Nagasaki to see what the shogunate will do.

October 10 Edo.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is gathering the third wave of reinforcements.

All famous feudal lords are required to gather at least [-] soldiers and horses to support Ota Zizong.

Send another two hundred warships to Miura Masaji.

But at this moment, Matsudaira Nobutsuna hurried back from the outside.

"My lord." Matsudaira Nobuzuna knelt heavily on the ground, with his head down, with a painful expression on his face.

"What happened?" Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly felt something was wrong.

"The defeat at sea, Miura died for the country." Matsudaira cried.

"Hiss" Tokugawa Iemitsu's eyes darkened, one of the six confidantes actually died in battle?

Then he heard even worse news. Ota Zizong's [-] army had nearly [-] casualties, and they dared not attack again, so they asked for reinforcements.

Then the food artillery of Masudao and Yagyu were robbed, and a thousand-man cavalry of the Ming army was rampaging around, and a large number of cavalry needed to be rounded up.

At the same time, because they heard the news of Miura's death in the battle at sea, and the food was robbed, many daimyo who originally followed Ota quietly retreated.

In one night, three or four thousand soldiers and horses ran away.

Right now, people in Ota Zizong's camp are in a panic, and many big names are retreating secretly. Even if they don't retreat, they are not in the mood to fight again.

Both land and water were defeated, with heavy losses. Tokugawa Iemitsu never thought that a pirate of the Ming Dynasty would beat his country like this.

"Zheng Zhilong's soldiers and horses are so powerful?"

"It doesn't seem to be Zheng Zhilong. It is said that the banner of Liu Xiang is erected, but according to reliable sources, it is actually a Ming general named Ding Yi, son-in-law of Songpu Longxin." Songping said cautiously.

"Bage" Tokugawa Iemitsu was furious that Songpu, a traitor, actually led the Ming invaders, and he died badly, so he immediately sent troops to attack him.

"My lord, calm down, we can't fight any more." Song Ping quickly persuaded.

Because it's not a national war, the daimyos in front don't use their strength, and the infantry and navy of the shogunate are suffering heavy losses. If they lose again, are they afraid? ?

Tokugawa Iemitsu sucked in a breath of air, his heart filled with grief, anger and unwillingness.

How brave is his grandfather Tokugawa Ieyasu, who dominates the country and is majestic.

Now that he has just succeeded to the throne, there are internal and external troubles, and the enemy is overwhelming.

Am I really inferior to my grandfather?

However, he is not an idle person. In the original history, he persuaded the daimyos from all walks of life and asked the feudal lords to come to Edo every other year to be on duty for a year. , and also went to Edo to report for a year, but he dared not resist, which shows that his ability is also extraordinary.

He stood quietly at the door, and suddenly he saw the cherry blossom trees in the distance from the corner of his eye.

I don't know when, the original dense cherry tree turned gray and withered, like an old man in his twilight years.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu thought for a moment, he called the ministers to discuss the matter.

Ministers raised different opinions one after another.

Some people support continuing to fight.

One is to send troops by land to support Ota Zizong, or mainly to surround the Ming army and not fight bloody battles with the Ming army.

The second is to send troops to guard Songbulongxin and prevent him from transporting food to the Ming people. In this way, even if the Ming people have ships, they will still be short of food.

Of course, considering that the Ming people did not need to go back and forth for a month when they returned to Ishijian Yinshan, and they might go back to transport grain, then they would need to use warships to intercept their grain transport ships at sea.

This strategy is to use food to trap Ming people, but it requires the use of a large number of infantry and sailors.

Immediately, many people at the scene objected.

(End of this chapter)