The thief of the fortress dominates the world

Chapter 717 Tokugawa Captured
The cavalry scouts sent out finally found the traces of the Fusang Army fifty miles to the north, and immediately reported back to the main force of the army behind.

Several division commanders looked excited, on the one hand let Tan Ma continue to monitor and report back, on the other hand hurriedly adjusted the defense line and made preparations for an ambush.

Tokugawa Hidetada found himself deviated from the direction after dawn, but fortunately, he did not deviate too much, so he secretly called it a fluke.After the army had a hasty breakfast, they rushed towards the direction of Busan Port with the army.

Although there is still no trace of the Ming army since the evacuation, the string in Tokugawa Hidetada's heart did not dare to relax at all, but it collapsed even tighter.

The fact that the Ming army did not show up for a long time shows that their plot is bigger, which is naturally not a good thing.

Traveling all the way in a hurry, the team of tens of thousands of people has been stretched into a long snake, and the distance from the enemy to the tail of the team is about ten miles.Coupled with the hot weather, the soldiers were exhausted and hot, and many of them were still wearing thick armor, making them miserable and sweating profusely.

Some daimyo asked to stop and rest for a while, but Tokugawa Hidetada firmly refused.

"Stopping at this time is undoubtedly an opportunity for the Ming army to pursue us. Only when we arrive at Busan Port a moment earlier will we be safe a moment earlier. You idiots, if you continue to make noise, you will definitely be killed!"

Seeing the anger of Tokugawa Hidetada, who has always been moody and indifferent, those big names were all terrified, so they had no choice but to return angrily.

However, the soldiers below still couldn't get up to speed, their legs moved forward with difficulty, and the team stretched even longer.

Tokugawa Hidetada was secretly anxious, and sent his personal guards to drive behind the team, and even beheaded some seriously lagging soldiers, so the team's speed became faster.

Under the coercion and temptation, the Fusang soldiers continued to cheer up and ran southward for twenty miles, and then the team slowed down again.

When Tokugawa Hidetada looked up, although it was on flat ground, there were dense and dark forests on both sides. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy looking at the forests on both sides.

"Pass down the order, the whole army is on alert, beware of enemy ambushes!" Tokugawa Hidetada had just given an order to his personal guards, but before he could pass on the order, he heard a gunshot suddenly came from the woods on the right, and the front of the team rode a horse. The general fell off his horse without saying a word.

Following the gunshot, there was a loud gunshot in an instant, and countless bullets shot out from the dense forest on both sides, and the Fusang army suddenly turned upside down and panicked.

Even Tokugawa Hidetada himself was thrown off his horse by the frightened horse, almost broke his arm, and was hurriedly supported by a group of guards to hide behind several carts.

The sudden attack caught the already exhausted Fusang Army by surprise, and it was too late to organize an effective counterattack. Some people ran around in Sichuan, some started to fight back indiscriminately, and some lay on the ground trembling, and the situation was in chaos.

With the sound of gunfire, countless gray figures rushed out from the woods on both sides, and fired at the Fusang Army nearby, and there were many grenades and mortar shells mixed in, which made the Fusang Army even more embarrassed. There were countless casualties.

Tokugawa Hidetada looked at the soldiers who fell on the ground one by one, and shouted in desperation to let the soldiers rush forward to fight hand-to-hand.

Some brave Fusang soldiers rushed up brandishing their katanas, but they were sieved by dense bullets before they reached the Ming army.The Ming army specially arranged manpower to form a dense array, and used three-stage shooting to block the Fusang army who wanted to pounce on them for hand-to-hand combat.

The rest of the Fusang army dared not rush forward.Some daimyo were also forced into a rage, waving their samurai swords and urging the soldiers to charge up, but they didn't expect that they were shot coldly one by one. This was done by snipers in the Ming army.

Among all the units of the National Defense Forces and the National Guard, snipers are the priority arms for construction, with high salaries and high status. They are specially used to hunt and kill enemy generals on the battlefield.

Although Tokugawa Hidetada was spared from death, the surrounding daimyos and their personal guards were also killed by snipers, so they were too frightened to show their heads.

The Fusang Army, which had lost its command, turned around like ants on a hot pot. Some people couldn't stand the pressure and rushed forward, wanting to break through the blockade.But before rushing far, he was blocked by a group of Ming soldiers, and a burst of artillery bullets came and fell down quickly.

There are enemies on three sides, and there is only one way to run backwards.

Many Fusang soldiers rushed back, but after running for a long time, they encountered a brigade of Ming army cavalry, leaving behind a field of corpses and retreated helplessly.

Although the situation on the battlefield is fundamentally that the Ming army is suppressing the Fusang army, the Ming army still uses artillery and bullets to continuously erode the courage and morale of the Fusang army, and does not rush forward to fight with the Fusang army. Hand-to-hand combat, which made Tokugawa Hidetada, who was trying to use hand-to-hand combat to move back to the situation, lose his last hope.

There were gunshots everywhere and enemies everywhere, but Tokugawa Hidetada could only lower his head and hide under the cart, not daring to raise his head for fear of being smashed by enemy snipers.

"Whew!" A mortar shell landed near Tokugawa Hidetada, and the flying debris swept across a large crowd, and even the guards around Tokugawa Hidetada fell to the ground without saying a word.

When Tokugawa Hidetada was still in shock, another shell landed nearby, and the huge shock wave made his eyes go dark and he passed out completely.

When Tokugawa Hidetada woke up again, what he saw in front of him was already an officer of the Ming army in a gray uniform and a hat with a big brim.

"Tokugawa Hidetada, you are our prisoner now." A burly general of the Ming army looked down at Tokugawa Hidetada who was lying on the ground.

Only then did Tokugawa Hidetada realize that he was tightly tied with ropes, and the battle was over.

Looking around, there are corpses everywhere, basically the corpses of their Fusang soldiers.There were also teams of Fusang soldiers who were escorted by Ming soldiers with guns, their hands tied like animals, and walked past him.

There are also some soldiers of the Ming army who are repairing the corpses of the Fusang army one by one.

Watching this scene, Tokugawa Hidetada closed his eyes again, two lines of turbid tears poured out, his heart was cold.

He knew that he was finished, the unification of the Tokugawa family was also finished, and even the whole Fusang was finished.

The final result is either becoming a vassal of Ming Dynasty, or falling into the chaos of the Warring States Period again under the manipulation of Ming Dynasty.

Fusang Kingdom's dream of becoming a powerful country with coercion like Ming Dynasty was completely shattered.

(End of this chapter)