Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

Today is the day when Wei Xiaobao leads his army to Edo. He has been preparing for this day for several days! The army and navy of the Tiandi Army are eager to try this march to Edo, and their morale is high!

At the first light of dawn, at six o'clock in the morning, three ironclad ships as solid as a rock and a large ship glittering with jewels, carrying more than 20,000 brave and high-spirited soldiers, set sail from the port of Wakayama. This voyage is more than 600 miles long and is expected to arrive in Edo at nine o'clock tomorrow morning.

At this moment in Edo Castle, because Tokugawa Ieyasu and Tokugawa Koshin both rushed to Kyoto, the responsibility of defending the castle fell on the shoulders of the Minister of Water Affairs, Oda Masamizu.

There were more than 20,000 defenders in the city. As for the navy, not only the Edo navy was on standby, but also the Izu navy of the Hojo family came to reinforce. The total number of warships of both sides reached about 200. The most eye-catching one was the 700-ton Daifukusen warship, which was so powerful that it was jaw-dropping.

Tokugawa Koyasu firmly believed that with these two naval forces guarding Edo, even if the Heaven and Earth Alliance Navy was strong, it would be difficult to compete with the powerful force of more than 200 warships. In this way, Edo Castle would certainly be impregnable and invulnerable.

On the artillery turret in Edo Lane, the Tokugawa family's coastal defense soldiers were carefully wiping the gun barrels until they shone brightly.

These huge 240mm red cannons have an amazing range of up to 5000 meters! And each solid bullet fired is so heavy, as if it carries endless power. Once it hits the enemy ship, it will easily smash a shocking hole.

Turning our eyes to the outside of Nijo Castle near Kyoto, countless tents are arranged densely like stars, stretching endlessly, forming a spectacular sea of ​​tents.

These tents were closely connected to each other, forming countless huge military camps. Most of the troops in the areas ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate were stationed here, and the 200,000 troops sent by the Hojo family to support were also stationed here.

A total of 700,000 strong troops were on standby, including 100,000 elite cavalrymen. Their momentum was so great that they shocked all directions.

Obviously, Tokugawa Koyasu intended to use this huge army to defeat the Heaven and Earth Alliance with the force of a mountain crushing an egg.

Time quietly passed until three o'clock in the morning, and after a whole day of resting and gathering strength, the Heaven and Earth Alliance began to move.

They quickly set out to fight, assembled their troops and marched steadily forward a full five kilometers towards the place of the decisive battle - Nijo Castle.

At four o'clock in the morning, among the 270,000 Tiandi troops, 20,000 cavalry were on guard in the front, and 250,000 field infantry were digging trenches, laying mines, and distributing artillery positions on the flat battlefield.

At around seven o'clock in the morning, after three hours of hard fighting by the soldiers, a ten-kilometer-long snake defense belt suddenly appeared on the ground.

This defense belt consists of three layers of staggered trenches, with each layer of trenches one meter higher.

In front of the trenches were vast minefields and dense barricades connected by barbed wire.

There was an artillery position every kilometer, and each position was equipped with the powerful firepower of an entire artillery regiment. The heavy artillery regiment was located in the center, equipped with 175mm heavy artillery with a range of an astonishing kilometers.

A shell of this caliber weighs 79 kilograms. Once fired, it can destroy all grass and chickens and dogs within a radius of meters.

However, it is worth noting that although our army’s position is only five kilometers away from the enemy camp, all Krupp cannons are able to effectively strike the enemy.

But after careful consideration, General Yang Lin believed that if he opened fire rashly at this time, it would likely cause the enemy to panic and flee in all directions, making it very difficult to achieve the goal of annihilating the enemy in a concentrated manner. After all, our troops were only one-third of the enemy's, and it would not be advantageous to pursue the defeated enemy.

Based on this situation, and in combination with the instructions conveyed by the Wakayama Military Conference held earlier, Yang Lin decided to temporarily take a defensive stance, show weakness to the enemy, wait for the opportunity to eliminate most of the enemy's forces, and then launch a full-scale counterattack.

At seven o'clock in the morning, accompanied by the loud and exciting wake-up call, the soldiers in the Tokugawa military camp quickly woke up from their sleep. After a simple wash and breakfast, all the Tokugawa soldiers began to gather and reorganize the ranks in high spirits.

Tokugawa Koyasu has received reliable intelligence from scouts: the Heaven and Earth Alliance is approaching, and this thrilling life-and-death battle in Kyoto is about to begin today!

According to the scouts' reports, surprisingly, the Tiandi coalition forces chose to build an extremely unique defense line only five kilometers away from the Tokugawa coalition camp.

This line of defense was not a traditional camp, but rather a large pit dug deep underground to hide the soldiers.

Such a layout is really incredible - how can you effectively attack the enemy while hiding in the pit? All it takes is a dense rain of arrows shot down from above, and these soldiers hiding in the pit will become living targets!

Tokugawa Koyasu was suspicious and confused about the enemy's actions.

Then, the scout brought another piece of news that shocked Tokugawa Koyasu even more. It turned out that the enemy's artillery position was more than 7,000 meters away from the Tokugawa army.

Although it is said that those artillery pieces are larger and more majestic than ours, I have never heard of the existence of coastal defense artillery in the world that can fire at a range of more than 5,000 meters.

You know, a coastal defense gun weighs tens of thousands of pounds, and it is definitely not a weapon that can be easily deployed in a field environment. Faced with such a strange situation and an unknown strong enemy, Tokugawa Koyasu fell into deep thought...

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the morning sun shone across the earth. The Tokugawa army was in high spirits, with 700,000 soldiers lined up in an orderly manner on the battlefield.

In the vast area which is ten kilometers long and two kilometers wide, there are densely packed armies of thousands of people, who are from different arms: the heavy cavalry brigade is wearing heavy armor and looks majestic; the light cavalry brigade is agile and nimble, shuttling like the wind; the musket brigade is holding muskets and is ready for battle; the archery brigade has taut bowstrings and flashing arrows; the swordsman brigade holds sharp blades and looks murderous; the hook and sickle spear brigade dances with spears that shine silver; the Red Cannon Brigade and the Tiger Cannon Brigade are arranged in a spectacular square formation, with their guns pointing at the Heaven and Earth Allied Forces.

At this moment, the distance between the enemy and us has been shortened to only three kilometers, which also means that we have entered the effective range of the enemy's Red Cannon and Tiger Cannon.

However, facing such a grim situation, the Tiandi coalition did not show any fear. The 75mm infantry guns of each artillery regiment had already firmly locked onto the Tokugawa Army's artillery battalion. As long as the enemy dared to fire first, they would be met with a round of fierce volleys, instantly turning those primitive artillery into a pile of scrap metal.