Chapter 493 Arashiyama Ambush Battle (1)
It was finally dawning. When the first ray of sunlight shot into the city gate tower, Qiushan, who was shining by the light, opened his eyes hard, looked at the rising sun in a daze, reached out and rubbed his heavy eyelids, and immediately fell a lot of brown blood crumbs. Qiushan couldn't help but be stunned. He reached out and touched his cheek again. Only then did he find that his head and face were covered with brown blood clots. He accidentally touched the wound on his forehead, and the pain hit him. Qiushan couldn't help but say a whisper.
"Sir, you..."
Qiushan's moans were heard, and the one who was looking at the outpost of the city plate was immediately alarmed and turned around quickly. Seeing Qiushan's eyes opened, he hurriedly walked up to Qiushan and called out with concern.
"I'm fine, help me up."
Qiushan waved his hand weakly and whispered.
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When he heard Qiushan's orders, the Goshha did not dare to neglect it. He quickly bent down and held Qiushan's arm. With force, he had already supported Qiushan, and served him carefully, and helped Qiushan to the front of the city plate.
The city was crowded with corpses, and the bodies of the soldiers on both sides were piled up layer by layer. The scene was really like hell on earth. It was enough to show how fierce the war was. Since the Qing army lost its position outside the city, the Japanese army did not leave any room for breathing, and then launched an extremely fierce battle to the city. Even though countless were killed by the Qing army's guns and bullets, the offensive never stopped. One group of fierce attacks continued until the second half of the night, and it was only calm that the fierce battle to such a field. Although the Japanese army suffered heavy casualties, nearly five thousand people fell under the city after a day of war, the Qing army also suffered a lot of casualties. Now there are only less than seven hundred soldiers who can fight on the city.
"Um……"
Looking at the piles of corpses under the city that were nearly half the height of the city, Qiushan's eyes couldn't help but become a little wet. It was only the next day, and only more than 2,300 soldiers guarding the city were left. Even Qiushan was considered a veteran general in the army. He participated in two battles against Galdan, but he had never encountered such a bloody battle like this. When he thought about having to hold on for a long time, Qiushan's heart was in awe.
"Sir, look, the Japanese dog is out again!"
Qiushan was feeling a lot of emotion, but Goshha, who was waiting on the side, had sharp eyes. When he saw the flags waving in the Japanese army camp in the distance, he immediately exclaimed.
"Hurry up, blow the trumpet and prepare for the battle!"
Hearing the words of the Goshha, Qiushan suddenly raised his head and looked at the Japanese army camp in the distance. His originally ugly face instantly became a little more gloomy. He didn't dare to be careless, so he stomped his feet and shouted loudly.
"Woo, woo, woo..."
Akiyama's order came, and his commanders blew the horn vigorously. With the shrill sound, hundreds of extremely tired soldiers stood up from the pool of blood, quickly checked the guns in their hands, rushed to the battle position, and quietly waited for the Japanese army to attack again.
"Report, the commander has urgent orders!"
Just as the Qing army's combat preparations were just unfolding, a soldier was sweating all over rushed out of the entrance of the corridor, quickly grabbed Qiushan, and bowed quickly and handed a letter to Qiushan who had heard the sound.
"oh?"
When he heard that it was Lao Thirteen's urgent order, Qiushan did not dare to neglect it. He quickly reached out to take the letter, tore open the seal, took out Zhang Mi's letter from inside, and glanced quickly. There was a look of relief on his face, but he didn't say much, but just turned his head toward Goshha who was following him and said, "Go and call Tashan."
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After Qiushan ordered this, the Goshha did not dare to delay any delay. He responded quickly and ran north along the city wall. After a while, he had already followed Tashan, covered in brown blood, and then he turned back.
"The last time we will meet General Qiu!"
After two days of hard fighting, Tashan was strong and strong, by this time, he was exhausted, with bloodshot eyes and slightly concave cheeks. It was obvious that he was at the end of his strength, but his spirit was still acceptable and he had no slackness. When he saw Qiushan's face, he hurried to beat Qianqian with a standard salute and respectfully asked for peace.
"The commander has an order, and I immediately led our troops to the Lanshan Pass to set up defenses on the spot to block the enemy."
Qiushan did not say anything to greet him, so he gave up his life directly.
"This..., General Qiu, if the last general leaves, this Uji Castle..."
The Japanese army was about to attack the city, and it was obvious that the next battle would be a death battle. If someone else could get rid of this suffering, I was afraid that it would be too late to be happy. But Tashan was not only unhappy, but hesitated, looked at Qiushan in confusion, and asked half of the words tentatively.
"It's okay, let's retreat first. I will take the round and then arrive and go."
Qiushan did not explain much, but waved his hand solemnly and wanted to send Tashan away.
"General Qiu, you should lead your troops to retreat first, and the last general is willing to cut off the rear!"
When he heard Qiushan say this, Tashan became anxious immediately. There were only four broken battalions under Qiushan. Four thousand generals died, only Tashan was left. More than half of the troops were now organized under Tashan. If he led his troops like this, there would be less than 300 defenders left on the top of the city, and there would be no artillery support, so how could it be able to block the Japanese army's strong attack? There was no doubt that if he stayed behind and cut off the rear, it would be almost a dead end.
"Stop talking, get out of here!"
Listening to the continuous sound of the horn of the Japanese army, it was obvious that the attack was about to begin. Qiushan naturally did not want to get involved in this matter anymore, so his face darkened and he scolded without hesitation.
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Seeing Qiushan getting angry, Tashan didn't dare to say anything more. He could only kowtow with tears, then jumped up, shouted, and led his subordinates down the city gate tower, passed through the city at high speed, and rushed all the way toward Lanshan Pass.
"Everyone is standing there and ready to fight!"
Qiushan watched Tashan's troops rush down the city wall silently, and a complex and unexplainable feeling in his heart suddenly surged. No matter where he was left, the Thirteenth of Lao Tzu ordered him to lead his troops to retreat first, but Qiushan did not want to go like this, but gave Tashan the hope of life. As for him, he was already prepared for the worst. Of course, the battle was about to come, Qiushan would not reveal this thought. Seeing the soldiers who were left behind were stunned on the spot in surprise. Qiushan immediately raised his face and scolded him sternly, and immediately scared the soldiers so much that they all turned around.
"Shida-kun, if you can take Uji Castle, please give it a try!"
The Japanese army was reorganizing the army very quickly. In just about a quarter of an hour, more than 100,000 troops had already arranged a formation less than 100 steps from the east coast of the Uji River. However, this time, Tokugawa Yoshisect did not make any mobilization again, but bowed to a blue-armored samurai standing in front of him, and asked for a solemn expression.
"Hayi! Please rest assured that the general cannot take the head of the city. I will be the only one who deserves to be accused of the penis!"
This general in blue-clothed blue armor is Shimada Yikan, the commander of the Blue Flag Army of Tokugawa Yoshizo's Five-Color Flag Army. After being a famous general, his ancestor Shimada Heitaki is also one of the sixteen gods. Shimada Yikan was not the turn of the battle yesterday. Even though he asked for battle several times, he never got permission from Tokugawa Yoshizo. He could only watch the troops attacked Uji Castle one after another. He was already full of energy. Now that he had such an opportunity to fight, he was naturally proud and gritted his teeth and made a military order.
"Okay, that general is waiting for Shimada-kun's good news, let's go!"
Uji Castle was unable to take it down for a long time, and Tokugawa Yoshisen was actually very anxious, but he didn't dare to show this anxiety. He could only force himself to support himself, waved his hand in a heroic manner, and encouraged Shimada Yikan and said.
"Hayi!"
Since Tokugawa Yoshizo had already given such instructions, Shimada Yikan did not dare to delay any further. He respectfully agreed, quickly returned to the headquarters and issued a general order loudly. Then he saw 1,500 Japanese samurai in blue helmets and blue armor carrying a long ladder and starting to step forward slowly. At the same time, 500 Japanese cavalry were wandering on the wings of the infantry cluster, as if they were planning to launch a siege directly.
"Prepare for the battle and put the thief closer to fight!"
Seeing that the Japanese army began to suppress the front, Qiushan did not dare to be careless, so he roared and issued an order loudly.
"Boom, boom, boom..."
The Japanese Blue Flag Army's advancement speed was not fast. It was just a cup of tea that reached the frozen west bank of Ujichuan. It was within the range where the city could be launched. Just as Akiyama was about to order the shooting, he suddenly heard a sound of a sound from the Japanese artillery position. More than 60 old artillery suddenly launched a fierce round of shooting. Although most of the shells either moved forward or flew over the city walls, more than a dozen still hit the city. The violent explosion sounded loudly. The Qing army, who was preparing for defense, suffered a small loss. Many Qing soldiers who were lying on the city plates were swept into the flying shrapnel, and the screams were instantly heard.
“Onboard!”
As soon as the Japanese army's cannons fired, Shimada Yikan suddenly raised his hand. Regardless of how violent the shells flying in front were, he roared and led his troops to launch a desperate attack. At this time, the Qing army had not yet recovered from the sudden artillery attack.
"Call me, and put the Japanese dog down!"
Chapter completed!