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Chapter 266 Kneel down without hesitation

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    "Two hundred steps! It turned out to be two hundred steps!" Tokugawa Hidetada muttered vaguely, and the last mouthful of blood spurted out!

    Tokugawa Hidetada never expected that the Ming army's fire cannons could hit two hundred steps. Even at the rear of the battle formation, he could see clearly that the Ming army's infantry formation was divided into ten, and this  The ten military formations are arranged in fan order, which means that in the first round of firing by the Ming army, only the first row of soldiers in three square formations opened fire. Tokugawa Hidetada estimated that these three rows of soldiers only amounted to 1,300.  There were many people, but these more than 1,300 people caused more than 800 casualties!

    In Tokugawa Hidetada's opinion, the biggest advantage of firecrackers is to save soldiers training time, but their range and accuracy cannot be compared with bows and arrows, but today the Ming army gave him a vivid training  A lesson, a distance of 200 steps, a hit rate of more than 70%. This kind of range and accuracy has completely surpassed the bow and arrow.

    Even after seeing the Ming army's hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and the explosive "big cakes", Tokugawa Hidetada was not dealt such a heavy blow, but the fire cannon with a range of more than 200 steps and extremely high accuracy,  But Tokugawa Hidetada's will instantly collapsed!

    Although two hundred steps is not far, it is simply impossible to cross such a distance under intensive and continuous firepower. No matter how tenacious the Japanese soldiers are, their  But his body cannot withstand such a blow, and he will surely perish under the firepower of the Ming army!

    The fact is what Tokugawa Hidetada thought. When his warriors rushed to a place about a hundred steps away from the Ming army, they could no longer rush, because at this distance, all the square formations of the Ming army could be carried out calmly.  Shooting, the Japanese soldiers could only helplessly turn into corpses under the dense rain of bullets. When the craziest warriors died, the collapse inevitably occurred!

    Looking at the troops under his command running around crying, Tokugawa Hidetada felt unusually calm in his heart. It seemed that such a result had been expected by him!

    It¡¯s just that Tokugawa Hidetada didn¡¯t know, and his opponent was not surprised at the current result. When the shogunate army collapsed, Cao Ling had already ordered eight thousand cavalry to attack and surrounded the collapsed shogunate army in two groups!

    Two groups of cavalry attacked quickly, one on the left and the other on the right. They captured the fleeing Japanese soldiers in a semicircle, first shot a group of the fastest ones with short crossbows, and then squeezed the Japanese soldiers into the middle.  In the end, the remaining Japanese soldiers had to be herded together like sheep!

    Although Tokugawa Hidetada vomited blood, his life was not seriously injured. At this time, he saw that the situation was over, so he stopped struggling and ordered in a deep voice: "Give me the order, put down your weapons and surrender, and I will go see Ming in person."  The general of the country!"

    The retainers around Tokugawa Hidetada also knew that this could only be done now, so no one stopped Tokugawa Hidetada. Instead, these retainers began to think about how to survive under the rule of the Ming Dynasty!

    Less than half an hour later, Tokugawa Hidetada came to Cao Ling's horse. Facing this young Ming Dynasty general, Tokugawa Hidetada's mood became even darker!

    "Is it true that I am old?" Tokugawa Hidetada sighed secretly in his heart!

    "Tokugawa Hidetada paid a visit to General Ming and asked General Ming to let go of my subjects. Hidetada is willing to sacrifice his head!" After sighing secretly, Tokugawa Hidetada simply knelt down in front of Cao Ling and said in a deep voice!

    During the Warring States Period of Japan, battles between daimyo were extremely frequent. As long as there was no deep hatred between the two sides, usually the defeated daimyo would be treated well after surrendering, and even the status of the daimyo would not be revoked!

    Back then, Tokugawa Ieyasu, as the younger brother of Oda Nobunaga, had a fierce fight with Toyotomi Hideyoshi. However, after Oda Nobunaga was killed at Honnoji Temple, Tokugawa Ieyasu turned his back and knelt down to Toyotomi Hideyoshi!

    Although he became a foreign daimyo under Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the fiefdom was moved from his hometown of Mikawa to Edo, the Tokugawa family lived well. In the end, Tokugawa Ieyasu killed Toyotomi Hideyoshi and replaced him.  The status of the Toyotomi family!

    Therefore, in the eyes of Tokugawa Hidetada, kneeling down to the victor is not a big deal. And based on Tokugawa Hidetada's understanding of the Ming Dynasty, it seems that the people of the Ming Dynasty will not treat those who surrender harshly, and they will even reward those who do well.  , so he knelt down even more without hesitation!

    Wang Quan translated Tokugawa Hidetada's words. Cao Ling glanced at the actual ruler of the Japanese country but said nothing.

    Cao Ling didn¡¯t speak, and the others couldn¡¯t speak either. Just like this, Tokugawa Hidetada was kneeling on the ground and Cao Ling was riding the horse. The two of them seemed to be frozen, not speaking, not moving, and not even looking at each other again!

    finally!

    ?When a cloud of smoke and dust filled the air in the distance, Cao Ling's face showed a smile, and Tokugawa Hidetada's expression changed. He finally understood why the young Ming Dynasty general in front of him ignored him!

    As the smoke and dust approached, it was naturally the two thousand Blood Banner Army led by Gesleng. However, this time the Blood Banner Army was not galloping, but divided into two groups and trotted over. Between the two groups of cavalry,  Thousands of dejected Japanese!

    Needless to say, these Japanese were naturally led by Tokugawa Iemitsu. After Tokugawa Hidetada launched the attack, Tokugawa Iemitsu quickly fled towards Saitama with the remaining 10,000 people!

    However, after discovering that the number of people on Tokugawa Hidetada's side was wrong, Cao Ling saved a hand and sent out Gesleng and the Blood Flag Army. Gesselen and his men didn't wander around for long before they discovered Tokugawa Iemitsu's  trend!

    This prairie fox did not pounce on it all at once, but followed it from a distance. It was only when Tokugawa Iemitsu led people to an open area that Gesleng led the Blood Flag Army to rush out!

    Seeing that only two thousand Ming army cavalry came, Tokugawa Iemitsu thought he was just encountering rangers, so he ordered his subordinates to leave three thousand people to stop the attack, while he took the remaining people and continued to escape quickly!

    However, Tokugawa Iemitsu had obviously never experienced real cavalry combat. In the open area, the mobility of a small number of cavalry was not comparable to that of infantry. Therefore, Tokugawa Iemitsu was shocked to find that the cavalry actually bypassed the blocking defense line and headed towards  Come over quickly!

    Tokugawa Iemitsu had no choice but to form a hasty formation to attack, but Gesleng did not rush into the formation. Instead, he led the Blood Flag Army to draw a perfect arc in front of Tokugawa Iemitsu's formation, passing by like a strong wind.  !

    Of course, the trip of the Blood Flag Army was not in vain. Two thousand people fired their rifles on horseback and directly took away the lives of five to six hundred Japanese. But this was just the beginning. The Blood Flag Army passed by Tokugawa Iemitsu's formation three times in a row.  In the end, nearly two thousand people under Tokugawa Iemitsu were shot and killed!

    This caused the already low morale of the soldiers under Tokugawa Iemitsu to collapse completely. Thousands of ashigaru began to flee regardless of the pressure of the samurai. Seeing that the situation was over, Tokugawa Iemitsu could only escape under the protection of five hundred samurai!

    However, although every samurai under Tokugawa Iemitsu had a horse, there were only more than a hundred Kiso horses. The rest were common horse breeds produced in Japan. Those horses were generally no more than three feet tall. Riding such a horse  In fighting, at most it serves as a means of transportation, there is no speed at all!

    Therefore, it is not unusual for Tokugawa Iemitsu to be blocked by Gesleng. What is really strange is that after Tokugawa Iemitsu was caught by Gesleng, he actually reached an agreement with Gesleng through a translator.  Leng promised not to kill him and his subordinates, but Tokugawa Iemitsu sent people to find the scattered soldiers!

    So a very miraculous thing happened. Tokugawa Iemitsu sent more than a hundred samurai out, and soon the fleeing soldiers were found one after another. The three thousand soldiers sent to stop the attack even became organized.  Run over and surrender!

    Gesleng really couldn¡¯t understand such a thing. In his opinion, even if the defeated soldiers didn¡¯t fight to the death, they wouldn¡¯t run away and then come back and surrender!

    But no matter what, this battle fulfilled Cao Ling's intention. The Tokugawa father and son were captured, nearly 20,000 Tokugawa troops were wiped out, and the rest were either captured or escaped without a trace. It can be said that this battle  He completely defeated the Tokugawa shogunate and completed the Ming Dynasty's first combat goal of invading Japan!

    The proud Cao Ling took out the imperial edict again and shouted loudly: "The traitor Tokugawa Hidetada accepts the edict!" (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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