The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 858 September [-]th

The historical master Yan Yingyuan who became the general of the "God of War" has worked hard in recent years, and the soldiers of the "Jiangyin Camp" have lived up to expectations and made great achievements.

Yan Yingyuan did not follow blindly in battle, and always felt strange about the arrangement of besieging Edo Castle this time.

After all, he was not a general who started from Emperor Zhongxing, and he couldn't bear some thoughts in his heart, and wanted to ask the chief general to exchange stones for gold.

He actually admired Shi Huanjin very much. Although the general had just turned 30 years old, he was quite knowledgeable and experienced in battle. Later, he learned that Shi Huanjin had participated in the offensive and defensive battle of Shenyang as early as the second year of Chongzhen. It was absolute. Veteran qualification, one of the direct disciples of Emperor Zhongxing.

After a group of high-ranking generals completed their inspections, several chief generals boarded the lookout post. Yan Yingyuan finally couldn't help but speak, and said, "Master Shi, there is something unclear about the general at the end."

Fifteen years in the army, the best of the newcomers, Stone for Gold, is already a handsome Confucian general, he said: "General Yan, don't worry, but it doesn't matter what you say."

Yan Yingyuan is a straightforward person. He expressed the question in his heart: "The general can't understand why the air strike is scheduled for September [-]th? Our army has already prepared everything. As long as the weather is conducive to action, wouldn't it be better to hit the sun on the other day?" It's more flexible."

Obviously, what Yan Yingyuan said was reasonable, Shi Huanjin paused, and after thinking about the words, he said with a smile:
"As far as my lord knows, when the emperor summoned Lord Sun and Lord Cheng to give an opportunity, he did not order them to carry out an air strike on September [-]. The emperor just suggested to arrange it on this date. The best time for air strikes can be formulated according to changes in the battlefield.”

Yan Yingyuan was even more puzzled, and continued to ask: "In this case, why didn't we complete the plan as soon as possible? Two 10,000+ soldiers and civilians are here, and they consume countless money and food every day!"

"Cooked ducks can still run away. The weather is getting drier these days. There is no harm in waiting for a few days. The emperor has set his sights on September [-]th. Under the circumstances of the good weather, we, the courtiers, should naturally try our best." Complete the plan on that day."

Although Yan Yingyuan is not very good at being an official, he is not stupid. At this moment, he suddenly realized, and quickly thought about saving some influence, saying: "Long live my emperor, the sky is full of blessings, I think September [-]th will be clear and clear, with good wind blowing."

Shi Huanjin looked at this pure soldier and said with a smile: "General Yan, there are some things you can't learn at all, you just need to keep your nature. The emperor is far-sighted and insightful, and only judges a general's character by military merit."

It was a rare time for Yan Yingyuan to flatter and was exposed by others, his face flushed with shame, he cupped his hands and said: "The general will be educated."

Li Guozhu, Zheng Sen and other generals also laughed and joked with each other happily. Although they were in the state of battle, the soldiers of the Ming army could talk and laugh freely. Confucian demeanor.

On the night of September 17th, [-]th year of Chongzhen, as Yan Yingyuan said, there was a rare good wind blowing on the bright moon, and the [-] hot air balloons that had gathered in the windward position of Edo Castle had already begun to take off.

It's a pity that Sun Jiuge and Cheng Shiju, who have already been knighted, were supervised by Shi Huajin and couldn't get into the gondola and fly to the sky above Edo Castle to drop Molotov cocktails.

It is not easy to train a general. They have the mission of commanding hundreds or thousands of soldiers. They cannot be used up as ordinary non-commissioned officers.

The military discipline of the new Ming Empire does not advocate that generals should personally risk arrows and stones. Generals should not be conspicuously dressed when they appear on the battlefield, and there will be Jinyiwei to provide protection.

The four hundred pilots who performed the mission were all flushed with excitement, and there was no trace of timidity about landing in the dark fields, hills, or even the sea after completing the bombing.

These young people are selected from thousands of middle school students who have signed up for the Air Force, and then they are graduates who have entered the navigation and aviation military academy for three years.

They are passionate young intellectuals, excellent airmen trained by Huang Shenghua with huge sums of money. Not only are they strong enough to fight, they are also loyal to the motherland, to the nation, and of course to Emperor ZTE.

I believe that even if these hot-blooded men know that they cannot return to the voyage after launching an air strike, they will fight the fire naked without hesitation, but Huang Sheng has always been people-oriented and refused to sacrifice anyone easily, and generals in the army can do it.

Doing our best to reduce the casualties of Paoze is the index for assessing every general. Every time there is a soldier casualty, the first-level chief officer and the chief general will have a detailed report for the record. After professional evaluation, the casualties that are avoidable will be held accountable. accountability.

Therefore, the generals of the new Ming Dynasty all understand that the life of a soldier is greater than the sky, and no one dares to take it lightly, and there will be no decision-making.When the pilots are dispatched, the plan to welcome them to land is immediately activated.

Since the Ming army besieged Edo City, there has not been a decent battle between the two sides. The Ming army did not come to attack the city, and the shogunate army did not go out of the city to actively provoke the Ming army camp.

After besieging the city for more than a month, the shogunate army, who had been waiting for a blow when the Ming army attacked the city, inevitably gradually slacked off with the passage of time. No one could have imagined that there would be no sign of changes on September [-].

Edo Castle was built 100 years ago. After Tokugawa Ieyasu took office as the Great General and established the shogunate here in the eighth year of Qingchang, Edo became the capital of the Wa Kingdom. As the political and economic center, Edo Castle is the only big city in the Wa Kingdom. , Jiancheng, it also has a characteristic that it is easy to catch fire!
In Edo City, a watchman knocked on his clapper and mechanically yelled in Japanese: "The sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the fire..." Suddenly he looked up at the sky and opened his mouth.

Then he rubbed his eyes vigorously, and stared again. "Nani, is Amaterasu appearing? Nani, there shouldn't be so many Amaterasu!"

At the same time, the shogunate guards on duty at night watched hundreds of fires burning in the sky stupidly. They all thought it was a miracle, and many people were already worshiping.

At this very moment, all the Ming troops are in full battle, all the flintlock guns have been loaded, and all the artillery have entered the first level of combat readiness.

The night is quiet, and the more than [-] soldiers and civilians in the Ming army camp are united. They are ready, and the Japanese pirates are destined to have no sleep tonight.

"Ninety-thousand-mile fengpeng is lifting, the wind stops, and the pong boat blows three mountains." At this time, a gust of good wind blows, and all [-] hot air balloons enter the preset range of Edo Castle.

It is estimated that each hot air balloon carries as many as forty incendiary bottles mainly composed of fire oil, and the net weight of the combustion liquid is not less than four hundred catties.

A total of [-] hot air balloons carried a total of [-] catties of combustion fluid. In this completely wooden city, the destructive power was unimaginable, and the casualties caused by the atomic bomb attack were almost the same.

It doesn't matter, the Japanese people remember to fight or not to eat. Whoever throws an atomic bomb on them, the Japanese will hug their thighs and lick their balls.

If anyone exempted Japan from the war compensation, they would think that this country is easy to bully and too soft, and they would consider harming that country and competing for territory with that country next time.

In order to let the Japanese people better accept Sinicization, Huang Sheng hugged the thighs of the Han people tightly, deliberately creating the effect of an atomic bomb attack, and let the Japanese people remember this unforgettable day-September [-]th.

Under the horrified gazes of the guarding shogunate and watchman, the miraculous miracle floating in the sky showed its power, and no one knew what divine object was left behind, and a sea of ​​flames suddenly rose from the ground, and the fire became a prairie fire in an instant with the help of the wind.

Immediately the watchmen started yelling, "Fire, fire, sky fire."

Immediately, shrill shouts came out everywhere, and the sound of beating gongs and clappers resounded throughout Edo Castle. The Japanese language conveyed the same meaning: "Firefighting! Come out and fight the fire!"

It didn't take long for the content of the call to change: "The fire is too big, there is no way to save it! Mother, what should I do?"

"Run! It's important to save your life, so hurry up and run to a place where there is no fire!"

The raging fire became more and more intense, and the flames rose several feet high. It was really a drop in the bucket to rely on the sleepy Japanese soldiers and civilians to carry water in wooden barrels to fight the fire.

The Japanese who were fainted before waking up were running around like headless flies. From time to time, Japanese people crashed into the sea of ​​flames to become supplementary fuel, and the crying and howling within dozens of miles of Edo City became one.

Flames are rising everywhere, where is the place to escape?The Japanese soldiers and civilians in chaos ran around, and the city was filled with the smell of barbecue, which soon turned into a smell of burnt meat.

There are flammable materials everywhere in the city, piled up fodder, oil, leather, grain, etc., including the tatami mats they used to live in, and finally the burned human body became a combustion aid. Fleeing outside the city, there will no longer be life here.

Some Japanese were running desperately to several city gates, and groups of rats were running around under their feet, and many rats still had flames on their bodies.

The shogunate army, which had lost its command system, was in a state of chaos. Everyone knew that they had already been defeated without going to war. The Ming army was so vicious that they planned to burn hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city with fire.

With the efforts of the soldiers and civilians of the Japanese state, the stuffing in the city gate was cleared out, and a large number of soldiers and civilians who were battered and battered immediately poured out of the city. city ​​gate.

The shogunate army, which was blown dizzy after being burnt to the battalion, understood, and they shouted: "The Ming army is killing them all! Brothers, sooner or later they will be dead, rush forward and fight to the death, and every Ming army counts as one!"

"Kill it!" The ferocious warrior brandished a pheasant knife and launched a desperate attack against artillery fire. Suddenly, the Ming army's position was lit with fire and gunfire, and rows of dense bullets rained down.

The charging Japanese were like being cut wheat, and fell down one after another. In the end, they didn’t even see a shogun who rushed to the trench of the Ming army. The artillery of the Ming army was still roaring, and the fire of Edo Castle was still burning...

Li Guozhu, who was watching from the lookout post, jumped a few times, and said quietly: "What a big fire! I thought it would take a hard fight to completely defeat Tokugawa Iemitsu. Today, it seems that the Tokugawa family may become extinct." .”

Zheng Sen pondered for a moment and said, "Such tactics have never been heard or seen before. From then on, there will be no so-called strong cities and strongholds under the attack of the Ming army. Invincibility will become the norm for the Ming army."

Li Guozhu and Zheng Sen have been partners for several years, they get along happily, they are both pirates and sea merchants, they have a lot in common, they are both cruel people, but at this time they feel a little bit unbearable.

But they knew that this plan was approved by Emperor Zhongxing and they focused on it, so they didn't dare to show a look that the killing was too heavy and would hurt Tianhe.

(End of this chapter)