The battle lasted for about two hours, and a small number of Guards soldiers finally went through a round of transformation.
The soldiers who were dismissed quickly drank water and ate, took an emergency rest, and prepared for the next battle.
Most of the artillerymen had picked up their guns and started fighting the Japanese like infantry.
Because some Japanese troops had already climbed up to the artillery and wanted to seize it.
The biggest problem of the Ming army now is that there are too few people fighting, and the Japanese soldiers are climbing up in a steady stream.
The people climbing up are fresh troops.
Against the Ming army that has been fighting for nearly two hours, they have a great advantage in physical strength. .
If the Ming army hadn't been far behind them in weapons and equipment, they would have failed long ago.
Seeing this, Zhang Xinchen said in a hurry: "Follow me and rush to the left, and the others behind me will follow."
He took the lead and rushed to the left, killing the Japanese soldiers while continuing to move to the left.
This will drive the entire unit to move to the left, and the replacement soldiers behind will also move forward, so that the entire group of soldiers facing the enemy will be changed.
Seeing that this method was effective, Zhang Xinchen was overjoyed.
He first asked the tired soldiers on the left to go down to the city to rest, then went down to the right and asked the soldiers from other walls to stand by on the right.
As soon as the fighting soldiers show signs of fatigue, they are ordered to rush to the left to allow fresh troops to join the battle.
After doing this twice, the Japanese army's physical advantage no longer existed, and the Ming army had advantages in all aspects.
The large number of Japanese troops could not be converted into actual combat power.
However, the Ming army became more and more courageous after the rotation.
By virtue of the geographical advantage, the Japanese troops who were about to board the city were killed on ladders and under the city wall.
Yang Guanggao had gathered five thousand men and was preparing to chase the enemy when they fled.
However, although the Japanese army was at a disadvantage, they had no idea of escape.
It is obviously not a good idea to send soldiers out of the city to deal with the Japanese.
So Yang Guanggao could only ask the soldiers to wait inside the city gate until night.
It was almost dark, and the Japanese army dumped at least thousands of corpses under the city.
However, Tokugawa Iemitsu did not order the troops to retreat, so the Japanese army continued to die one after another, and also caused a small number of casualties to the Guards.
It finally became completely dark and the battle could no longer continue.
Both sides had no choice but to withdraw their troops.
It was okay for the Ming army to have a fortified city to rely on, but the Japanese army camped two miles away were in a worse situation.
In such a cold weather, the tents were of little use, but the Japanese army persisted, which is really impressive.
But at around 10:00 the next morning, the warmly dressed Guardsmen dispatched 10,000 infantrymen and rushed directly to the Japanese camp with muskets.
They fired the muskets once and began to charge towards the simple camp.
The guarding Japanese troops were shivering from the cold, but when the Ming army attacked, they couldn't hold up their weapons, so the Ming troops soon rushed into the camp, carrying bayonets and stabbing anyone they saw.
This is the time when people are most sleepy and mentally weak.
Many Japanese people are not even dressed properly and have become ghosts under the knife.
A few people were awakened by the sound of firecrackers and went to the west in a daze.
For a moment, the Japanese army camp was filled with howls of ghosts and wolves.
The bravery of the day yesterday had already flown to nowhere.
In front of the bayonet, countless people knelt down and begged for mercy.
The Guards kept moving forward and soon split the entire camp in half, and then began to clear both sides.
The surrendered Japanese troops were quickly gathered, escorted outside the camp by Guards soldiers, formed into simple squads, and sent to Kagoshima Castle.
Yang Guanggao was the commander of this sneak attack.
He continuously issued orders in an effort to cut off the Japanese army's retreat and keep all Japanese troops in Kagoshima City.
After a while, Zhang Xinchen ran over with a face full of joy: "Commander, I caught a big one.
I heard that he is their general who conquered the barbarians."
Yang Guanggao asked eagerly: "Have you asked clearly?
Is it really Tokugawa Iemitsu?"
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He couldn't help but be nervous.
If he really caught Tokugawa Iemitsu, it would be great fun.
Tokugawa Iemitsu was the general who conquered the barbarians and was the head of the shogunate.
Although the real power of the shogunate lies in the hands of his father, Tokugawa Hidetada, the Imperial Palace, his name as General of the Conquest of Barbarians is very useful in Japan.
Zhang Xinchen said: "Let me ask clearly, who is Tokugawa Iemitsu?
He is their general who conquered the barbarians."
Yang Guanggao said: "You personally escort him to the city with all his tail and beard intact, and treat him with courtesy.
Brigadier Zhang, you have done a great service."
Zhang Xinchen was overjoyed and immediately ran to personally escort Tokugawa Iemitsu to Kagoshima Castle and put him under house arrest in the Castle Lord's Mansion.
By this time, the fighting outside the city had basically ended.
In this battle, more than 12,000 Japanese soldiers were captured, more than 3,000 were killed, and about 10,000 escaped.
In total, more than 22,000 Japanese troops were captured and annihilated in two days.
The Guards swept the battlefield and picked up a large number of weapons and armor.
As for the wounded soldiers, if they were slightly injured and willing to surrender, they would be taken into prisoner camps, while those who were seriously injured or those who refused to surrender would be killed directly.
A total of more than 300 Guardsmen were killed, 30 were seriously injured, and 650 were slightly injured.
This exchange ratio has reached a new high.
Yang Guanggao said: "Back then, Commander Lu in Southwest China did not have such a disparity in battle loss ratio."
He and Mangui took the translator to the escort place of Tokugawa Iemitsu.
As soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu saw them, he said: "Please put me back, and I can agree to your conditions."
Yang Guanggao smiled and said: "Not bad, standard Beijing Mandarin.
Where did you learn it?
It's pretty smooth."
Tokugawa Iemitsu stopped talking and just looked at the three of them blankly.
Yang Guanggao said: "We can't decide whether to let you go back, but we will send someone to see your father soon to negotiate some conditions with him.
If he agrees, of course you can go back."
Tokugawa Iemitsu sat slumped on the table, thinking of his father's sternness.
Although he knew that his father would not appoint another general to conquer the barbarians soon, but being captured this time would become the biggest stain in his life.
It can never be washed away.
After Ma Shiying received the news from Yang Guanggao, he couldn't believe that the Guards had captured the shogunate's general who conquered the barbarians.
He quickly led his people to Kagoshima City and met with Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Because I knew Tokugawa Iemitsu could speak Chinese, he and Yang Guanggao were the only two people who entered.
After meeting, Ma Shiying bowed and saluted Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Tokugawa Iemitsu smiled and said: "The imperial envoy is very polite this time."
Ma Shiying smiled and said: "General, I have always been very polite, but I am only polite to polite people."
Tokugawa Iemitsu was unwilling to engage in a verbal dispute with him, and asked directly: "You have a saying in China that rare things can be lived in.
It seems that the imperial envoy regards this general as a rare thing
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