The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 715 Two Unlucky Eggs

After intimidating and luring the big names, Tokugawa Hidechu finally persuaded them and decided to break out at night.

He is now not only worried that the Ming army will use the main force to copy his retreat, but more seriously, it will cut off their logistical supplies.

This time, 15 troops crossed the sea from Fusang and landed in North Korea. The logistical supply alone was a big problem.

15 people eat horse chews, and the daily consumption of grain and grass is an astronomical figure.Therefore, in addition to transporting combat troops, there are also a large number of supply ships following them.After the successful landing, three landing points including Busan, Ulsan, and Changwon randomly set up material warehouses to store various materials shipped from Fusang, and at the same time assume the role of a material transfer station.

Although there are considerable troops guarding these places, judging from the terrifying fighting power displayed by the Ming army today, these guarding troops are simply not enough to watch.

Once these warehouses are occupied by the Ming army, it is tantamount to cutting off all their back routes, and at that time it is really impossible to escape.

The more Tokugawa Hidetada thought about it, the more worried he became, and he wished he could leave immediately and return to the landing point.

For this invasion of North Korea, he no longer has any hope.As long as the main force can be kept and returned to Fusang, it will be considered a blessing.

It was already afternoon, and the Fusang army began to quietly prepare for the evacuation.If half a day ago, these arrogant Fusang warriors thought that retreating in front of the Ming army was an extremely shameful thing, then after seeing the terrifying fighting power of the Ming army, none of them had any objection.

Everyone has no confidence in the outcome of this battle, and retreat is the only option.

When choosing the rear troops, Tokugawa Hidetada's daimyos had a dispute, which was so fierce that they almost used force.No one wants to stay and die.

Although Tokugawa Hidetada has repeatedly promised that he will send people back to meet them after the main force has successfully retreated, but no matter how stupid people are, they know that this is just empty talk.

Even if there will be a supporting force, they must be able to persist until then.

In the end, Tokugawa Hidetada had no choice but to adopt the method of drawing lots, and the two big names Tojo Taro and Abe Kihide were finally drawn.They will bring all their soldiers and warriors together to stop the pursuit of the Ming army.

Others looked at the two daimyos with sympathetic eyes, while Tojo Taro and Abe Kihide looked ashen and unhappy.

In order to appease them, Tokugawa Hidechusu took [-] muskets and [-] cavalry from other people's hands to supplement them, and he said good words of relief and made many verbal promises, which made their faces look good some.

With the candidates for the rear, the two selected unlucky people began to be replaced on the front line, and the others withdrew to prepare for evacuation.

Everyone fell into the uneasiness before retreating. The only thing to be thankful for was that the Ming army did not take the opportunity to launch a full-scale attack, but fired another round of shells towards their forward positions, killing and wounding thousands of Fusang soldiers.

The violent shelling made Tokugawa Hidetada feel more urgent to retreat.

Night finally fell slowly. Fortunately, tonight was a dark and windy night, and the sky was covered with a thin layer of clouds and mist, which blocked the moonlight and starlight and provided a good cover for their evacuation.

The Ming army only lined up in the three directions of their true north, northwest and northeast, and did not block the back of the Fusang army, which made them very fortunate.

When midnight was approaching, Tokugawa Hidetada gave the order to evacuate.The Fusang soldier with the title of the horse wrapped around his mouth cautiously and quietly withdrew towards Busan in the southwest direction.

However, the Ming army's position was still quiet, except for some wind lanterns used for warning in the camp, swaying in the wind, and patrol soldiers responding to passwords from time to time, there were almost no other sounds.

In the large formation of the Ming army, in a huge military tent, three officers wearing woolen uniforms and the rank of colonel gathered around and looked at the sand table in front of them.

These three people are the commanders of the three National Guard divisions responsible for containing the Fusang Army this time.

A combat staff officer came in and reported: "The report, according to the report from the reconnaissance battalion, the Fusang people have already begun to retreat, and the retreat direction is in the direction of Busan, but there are about 1 troops left in the rear."

The three stood up, looked at each other, and laughed.

One of the officers of medium stature smiled and said, "The marshal really knew things well. These little devils really ran away, and they really followed the route the marshal guessed in advance."

"The little devil is too arrogant. He thought we were soft persimmons like those North Korean soldiers. He didn't expect that he kicked on the iron plate and broke his leg. This time he knew how powerful we are. But if they think they can do it so easily It would be naive to run for your life. If an old devil like Tokugawa Hidetada knows that there are at least five divisions waiting for them in their Houlu Mountain, I don’t know how it will feel.”

It was a tall and burly officer who spoke, his voice was like a bell, and he was very imposing.

"According to the order given to us by the headquarters, we only need to be responsible for containing the main force of the devils, and then wait for the main force of the devils to retreat and wipe out their rear troops. Song, you are the commander this time. Do you think we will start to deal with these devils in the rear? "

The last person was thin and thin. Although he was wearing a military uniform, he looked like a scribe. He asked the tall officer.

"Although we don't chase the main force of the devils, these devils' rear troops don't want to sleep well at night, they must be nervous. I think we will let the artillery unit fire them up tonight, and it will be lively. Wait until dawn tomorrow , When they are about to collapse, we will attack with the whole army to wipe out these little devils in one fell swoop, so that these recruits under our hands can enjoy hand-to-hand combat."

The two looked at each other and laughed: "The devil met you, Lao Song, and it was a bad luck for eight lifetimes. I think this is the only thing to do, so that the devil will not be able to think about peace for a night. They will be tossed in the morning tomorrow. When there are no ghosts, our whole army will press against them, and the devils will surely die."

Soon, the order was passed on.

The artillery unit quickly got ready to launch. With an order, after a signal bomb rose into the sky, dozens of artillery roared in unison, and began to pour shells on the position of the Fusang Army.

In the night, one could see the flames from the muzzles of the Ming army's camp flickering continuously, and then the sound of rumbling explosions continued to resound in the Fusang army's position in the next second, setting off huge clusters of flames.

Tokugawa Hidetada, who had retreated more than ten miles back, was riding on a horse. Hearing the sound of the guns, he looked back at the flashing fires on his own position, and listened to the continuous firing of the Ming army's artillery, his heart was full of bitterness.

(End of this chapter)