Wanli 1592

Chapter 220 Special Army

This angry army chose to be loyal.

So this army of guarding silver gathered, even armed the miners, expanded the army to more than 1 people, and the number of iron cannons reached more than [-]. Tokugawa Ieyasu was quite a headache because he knew that this kind of soldiers were the most difficult to deal with, because they didn't even think about leaving alive, and they had to stick to Iwami Ginzan no matter what.

Tokugawa Ieyasu is in urgent need of Iwami Silver Mine's silver for military expenses and daily expenses. At this moment, Iwami still has a lot of silver mines that have not been transported away. That is Tokugawa Ieyasu's goal, but the existence of this army has become Tokugawa Ieyasu. The biggest stumbling block for Ieyasu Kawa, Ieyasu Tokugawa decided to let Tadakatsu Honda lead the most powerful Honda team to attack Iwami Ginzan, but he never thought that Tadakatsu Honda, who had never been defeated since his attack, was only a draw, would actually lose. for a while.

That Toyotomi army took advantage of its familiarity with the terrain and mountains to attract Honda Tadakatsu's cavalry team to the rugged mountainous place, causing Honda Tadakatsu's cavalry cavalry to fall down one after another, neither advancing nor retreating. The ambushes of the iron cannon team became a living target and suffered heavy losses. Honda Tadada returned home in defeat. After returning, he knelt in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu and begged for punishment.

Tadakatsu Honda called for battle again. This time, another daimyo led the army together. As a result, both of them were defeated by the Iwami defenders. They lost more than 200 horses and fled back in embarrassment. Tokugawa Ieyasu was absolutely dead. Thinking that a little Ishimi could actually block his progress.

Facing the pleadings made by Honda Tadakatsu and that daimyo, Tokugawa Ieyasu still did not punish them, but magnanimously forgave them, and received support and gratitude from within the camp, but the problem was still not resolved, which made Tokugawa Ieyasu very troubled , He didn't have much time, at least, he couldn't delay Kuroda Rushui's overall strategy.

"There is nothing wrong with being loyal and victorious, and there is no need for punishment, but we must get the Yinshan. Is there any way for you to capture the Yinshan as soon as possible?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu asked his vassals and daimyos about their strategies, but they were not familiar with the terrain, so they were at a loss. They asked the locals to inquire, and the locals also said that there was no way. They attacked the Mori family's residence, but found that the building was empty. , no one can be found.

The tenacity of the Iwami area made Tokugawa Ieyasu feel troubled. At the same time, he also realized that his reputation as a traitor was very bad, which had already brought about extremely strong negative effects. Everyone felt ashamed of interacting with betrayers. If the scale is not good, it is extremely easy to follow the old path of Akechi Mitsuhide, and Maeda Toshiie will be the final winner. In order to suppress this negative influence as much as possible, it is necessary to use the fastest speed to attack Iwami and win the world.

Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to use deceitful methods to pretend to withdraw troops to attack other places, and no longer pay attention to the Iwami area, but secretly left an elite army and handed it over to Commander Honda Tadakatsu, and decided to take advantage of this army to pursue Tokugawa Ieyasu At that time, he carried out a sneak attack and took down the entire Iwami in one fell swoop.

This strategy is a bit rough, but the guards in the Iwami area are not smart people, they are just brave and good at fighting. It is obviously not as good as playing with Tokugawa Ieyasu. Therefore, Tokugawa Ieyasu's strategy has a little effect, and there are about 6000 guards The army chased after Tokugawa Ieyasu, and was ambushed by the ambush army arranged by Tokugawa Ieyasu. More than 6000 defenders were beaten and only more than 3000 people ran back in embarrassment.

When they ran back in embarrassment, they found that the old nest was also attacked by the Tokugawa army. The general Honda Tadakatsu who was defeated twice rushed the hardest and beat him the most fiercely. The humiliation of the two defeats made him almost crazy. This opportunity should not be missed anyway. Ishimi's defenders, who were short of troops, were retreating steadily, and many hills and important positions were taken away. Fortunately, the defenders who fled back happened to bump into each other, and the two armies merged together and broke out. The will to survive actually blocked the Tokugawa army's offensive.

It happened to be raining heavily at this time, and the torrential rain hindered the Tokugawa Army's offensive, especially the cavalry and iron artillery. A large number of infantry soldiers slipped and fell on the muddy ground. The war seemed impossible to continue, and Tokugawa Ieyasu was angry He ordered the withdrawal of troops and gave up this excellent opportunity.

With this abandonment, the remaining 5000 or so defenders in Ishimi learned how to be obedient, and stayed in the position honestly without taking a step. No matter how provocative the Tokugawa army was, they just didn't fight, they just learned from turtles and defended with long-range weapons , Tokugawa Ieyasu was so angry, but there was nothing he could do - he came too quickly, so he didn't bring the heavy artillery with him, and went straight ahead with light troops. As a result, when the artillery was needed, the artillery was not with him.

On the fifth day of the battle for Iwami, the situation changed. On Tokugawa Ieyasu's side, Kuroda Rusui, who split up with Tokugawa Ieyasu, completed the task and led the army to join Tokugawa Ieyasu, and by the way sent Tokugawa Ieyasu Ieyasu brought the five artillery pieces that he thought about day and night. Tokugawa Ieyasu got the artillery, overjoyed, and quickly arranged the attack.

However, there is also good news for Toyotomi. Toyotomi Hideji’s retainer general Maeno Nagayasu rushed to Bingo country with more than 1 elite soldiers day and night. It only takes one day at most for the vanguard to enter the Iwami area to support Ishimi See Defenders' Operations.

This made Tokugawa Ieyasu anxious, so he used artillery to bombard the Iwami garrison's position at all costs. The Iwami garrison could not resist the power of the artillery and could only retreat steadily.

However, the power of the five cannons is limited, and the shooting speed and mobility are also very worrying. It takes almost half a day to capture a line of defense, which is very time-consuming, which makes Tokugawa Ieyasu very passive.

Kuroda Rushui thought over and over again. Faced with such a situation, he could only apply to bring an army to contain Maeno Nagayasu and buy time for Tokugawa Ieyasu. Tokugawa Ieyasu felt that he had lost face, so he issued a death order. These hateful defenders must be wiped out within a day.

The Tokugawa army raised its courage and charged towards the defenders' positions. The defenders also realized that this was the last moment, so they used up all their remaining strength to fight back against the Tokugawa army, and repeatedly fought back and forth with the Tokugawa army. Fighting from a distance, the corpses piled up into mountains and blood flowed into rivers. After two hours of fighting, they broke through the defense line of the defenders. More than 600 troops of the Chinese Communist Party gathered together for the final resistance.

At a critical moment, a very special army appeared on the battlefield between the two armies.

This army entered the battlefield in chaos at the beginning of its arrival, attacking the Toyotomi Army and the Tokugawa Army who were fighting bloody battles on the battlefield with very strange weapons. The bombardment was gone, and 800 people of the Tokugawa Army also died in this shelling, and the rest of the army fled in embarrassment. This very special army became a big advantage.

(End of this chapter)