Wanli 1592

Chapter 221

This army is Xiao Ruxun's favorite vanguard general, Luo Shangzhi, who was the first to land in Japan to attack Nagoya. This time, Xiao Ruxun still chose Luo Shangzhi as the vanguard, and equipped him with more than 100 troops. With the cannon and enough ammunition, he led [-] elite southern soldiers to become the vanguard, rushed to the Iwami area at the head of the horse, and began to attack the city without saying a word.

The Ming army's surprise attack came very suddenly. The chaotic Japan did not have a coastal defense system or capability.

So much so that when the Ming army began to attack the cities and territories in various areas of Iwami, the Japanese people and some local garrisons did not react at all. It turns out that's not the case at all.

By the time some people who could understand Chinese characters finally realized that it was the attack of the Ming army, it was already too late. Those residential cities and small villages with no defense were taken away by the Ming army's artillery fire, and everyone became prisoners. Those who resisted were killed, those who surrendered were detained, and all defensive facilities and ordnance that the Ming army despised were burned. The Japanese in the captured area were truly unarmed.

Although the strength of the Ming army was tight, it was easy and easy for 3 people to take down a small Iwami area. There was no Japanese city that was difficult to attack in the Iwami area. This is good news for the Ming army, so everyone Lu Ming's army was progressing smoothly, and Luo Shangzhi's army was progressing especially smoothly. In just two days, they fought from the sea to the hinterland of Shi Jian. Hearing the rumble of cannons and gunshots, he realized that there were troops fighting here.

Xiao Ruxun's pre-war analysis meeting made it very clear that the Iwami region was not only a place that the Ming Dynasty must win, but also a place where the two forces in Japan must win.

Both Toyotomi Hideji and Tokugawa Ieyasu knew the importance of Iwami Yinshan, so Toyotomi Hideji and Tokugawa Ieyasu would definitely fight in Iwami. He asked all Ming armies, no matter who saw the Japanese army fighting, Whoever is who, first go up to clean up with artillery fire, and then build a camp to let the army stand firm.

Luo Shangzhi followed Xiao Ruxun's route, and was the first to meet the two armies at war. He did not rush to order the army to attack, but led people to sneak into the war zone. Through observation, he noticed that one army was weak and the other was superior. He guessed that the dominant side must be the Tokugawa Army, while the weak side should be the Toyotomi Army.

He guessed right, so he quietly assembled the army. When Toyotomi's army caused heavy damage to the Tokugawa army and was about to be completely wiped out, he decisively ordered the artillery to fire, and the army attacked, defeating the enemy who was bombarded by artillery fire. After the Tokugawa army lost its sense of proportion, after killing and wounding hundreds of Tokugawa troops, the Tokugawa army on the battlefield was forced to retreat because they did not understand the situation.

In the cave defended by the last unit of the Toyotomi Army, Luo Shangzhi discovered a mountain of unprocessed silver ore, the amount of which made Luo Shangzhi and his soldiers stunned.

Luo Shangzhi quickly ordered his personal guards to strictly guard the mine to prevent anyone from entering, and then seized the time to build the camp. He chose a very good place to set up camp, and quickly established a reliable line of defense. Before the envoy arrived, Luo Shangzhi had already arranged defenses.

Tokugawa Ieyasu was very surprised when he learned about the army on the battlefield. According to his memory, the army with so many artillery pieces could never be the Toyotomi Army. If they had so many artillery pieces, they would have used them long ago. The Tokugawa Army There is absolutely no way to defeat them, but they did not, so the identity of this army is ready to be revealed.

Ming army!

Damn, what are these Ming people trying to do?What are you going to do?What the hell are they thinking about?Why?You obviously made it clear, you made it clear, but you still come to intervene?Are you still afraid that I will not give them the silver?A burst of artillery fire didn't kill Toyotomi's army much, but it killed a lot of my people. What do they want to do?
Out of fear of the Ming army, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not order the entire army to press up and fight back. Instead, he sent a diplomatic envoy, an aide who knew Chinese characters and could speak Chinese, and sent him to the Ming army camp to investigate the situation and ask What exactly the Ming army wants to do, and then decide on the next step.

However, it is certain to delay time and delay the plan. Tokugawa Ieyasu's heart is full of anger. If he didn't feel that he could not beat the Ming army, he would have sent troops to crush it.

The diplomatic envoy came to the Ming army camp. After seeing the big flag, he confirmed that it was the Ming army. He was surprised at the speed at which the Ming army set up camp. Before he came to the Ming army camp, he asked the guarding soldiers to meet the Ming army. The admiral Xiao Ruxun, who was guarding the camp, asked who he was, and he said that he was the emissary of General Tokugawa.

After Luo Shangzhi received the notification, he sneered. All of this was as Xiao Ruxun expected. Luo Shangzhi knew what he should do. Anyone who sees Tokugawa Ieyasu must give it to him.

Provoke him, irritate him, let him take the initiative to attack, and the main force of the Ming army will be able to swarm up and swallow his troops, causing him to lose a lot of troops, unable to continue to attack the Toyotomi clan, buy time for the Toyotomi clan, and continue to reconcile the forces of the two sides. Contributing to the situation of dividing the east and west of Japan.

This is not without precedent, because there is also a so-called "Nanboku" period in Japanese history.

Try to come up with two more "emperors", and let the Japanese fight for orthodoxy in their own civil strife!
Luo Shangzhi received the diplomatic envoy of the Tokugawa Clan in his main camp. Along the way, the soldiers deliberately took the envoy to crowded places, so that the envoy could not accurately analyze the strength of the Ming army, and more flags were erected. , to give people the illusion that they have enough troops here, lest Tokugawa Ieyasu jump over the wall in a hurry and use his own main force to attack him before Xiao Ruxun's main force arrives. He has only 3000 troops. It is not certain that a war will really start Can get benefits.

The envoy was brought in front of Luo Shangzhi, and saw Luo Shangzhi, who was very majestic and majestic, the envoy was a little frightened, and hurriedly saluted: "I wonder if the general is Xiao Ruxun, Admiral Xiao of Ming Dynasty?"

"This general is not Admiral Xiao, this general is Luo Shangzhi, the general under Admiral Xiao's command. According to Admiral Xiao's order, he led the army to Shi Jian to help the Tokugawa clan."

The envoy, Monk Zhang Er, was puzzled.

"Assist in the battle? My lord, General Tokugawa, doesn't seem to have invited the Ming army to help in the battle, has he?"

(End of this chapter)