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Chapter 358: The Coalition Collapses


After hearing the order from Matsukata Hiroshi, the leaders of the various feudal clans and wealthy clans hurriedly ordered their troops to retreat.

At the same time, in order to block the pursuit of the North China Army, they even gave in to the archers who fired arrows at the battlefield regardless of you and me to delay the pursuit of the North China Army. .

The coalition forces withdrew in great embarrassment, and the North China Army also reorganized.

Ma Quanfu very much welcomed the coalition forces' retreat.

He immediately ordered the gunmen to return to the front rows.

These were the sharp spears that broke the enemy's formation.

Due to the chaos and disorder, as well as the death of Rodi Rossi, many Anui people began to flee.

Unfortunately, the cavalry of the North Chinese Army regained their combat power after resting.

They brandished their swords and guns and released their horses to pursue them.

The Anui people's legs could not escape in this wilderness.

They were chopped to the ground one by one.

The remaining Anui people were all kneeling on the spot waiting for Akito's disposal.

Their military morale was lost.

The more than 4,000 Japanese ashigaru and samurai who returned formed a tight formation, as if they wanted to huddle together for warmth.

Matsu Kaedehiro met with Ueda Nobushige, the injured Kishi Nobugen, and the wealthy families of Mutsu and Tokachi.

Matsuoka Hiroshi and the wealthy clan of Tokachi insist on fighting.

Failure means losing Tokachi.

This is absolutely unbearable.

However, Ueda Nobushige, Kishi Nobugen and others in Mutsu all want to make peace.

The Mutsu reinforcements had their hearts broken.

The Ming army collapsed in close combat and the ensuing cover-up and killing were just words.

Even Kishi's letter stated that I had never seen such a Ming army.

Their Mutsu troops had cold teeth, not lips.

Mutsu Half of the reinforcements were already dead or injured in the field, and there was enough blood.

The two sides had a fierce argument and even almost started fighting.

At this time, the North Chinese army's formation was gradually approaching, and the sound of regular footsteps was like an urging war drum, bombarding the hearts of everyone in the coalition army.

The Mutsu people had no time to waste, and they immediately led the remaining two thousand people to turn to one side, leaving behind the Matsumae Clan and the Tokachi noble clan with less than two thousand people, and nearly a thousand Rodi Rossi clansmen. , their leader had died in battle, and they advanced and retreated with Matsumae Domain.

Except for the thousands who died in the battle, all the other tens of thousands of Anui people fled.

They saw no hope of victory.

Mutsu sent a letter from Kishi with a white flag to the North China Army Formation to request surrender.

The letter on the shore was passed by the North China soldiers who were wearing blood-stained uniforms but kept their fighting positions.

I thought to myself, these Ming people are absolutely different from the Ming army in Korea.

Why, the collapse of close combat is the opportunity for the Japanese to win the war with the Ming people for more than a hundred years.

Now gone forever.

He came to a general in bright white armor who was surrounded by more than a dozen guards.

He bowed deeply and said, "This is the letter from Kishi, the retainer of the Mutsu Soma family, to pay my respects to Lord Mingguo."

Fukudaoka, who was an interpreter, translated his words to Ma Quanfu.

"Well," Ma Quanfu didn't dismount, looking down at the blood-stained Kishi letter.

"Who are you here to ask for surrender on behalf of?"

"We, the Mutsu reinforcements, came to aid the Matsumae Domain under the order of the shogunate's conquest general.

I have nothing to say after this defeat.

I hope Lord Akira will allow us to withdraw our troops from Ezo and return to Mutsu."

Kishi Xinjian stooped even lower.

After Fukudaoka finished translating, Ma Quanfu thought for a moment.

He lowered his head and said to the other side of the letter, "Yes, just step aside first and hand over your long weapons, crossbows, and fire guns immediately."

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After hearing the letter, Kishi was overjoyed and kowtowed heavily.

Damn it, this Mingren is easier to talk to than the countrymen.

How can the loser in a fight among the famous names in the country be so dignified and keep short weapons for self-defense?

Haha, Mingren still cares about his face.

After Kishi thanked everyone, he was supported by his subordinates and returned to the formation.

He told everyone in Mutsu what happened.

What made him blush was that someone actually cheered.

What a disgrace to the Yamato samurai.

Immediately he looked at the nearly 10,000 corpses lying in the field and said silently, "It's good to be alive, but it's not easy to live."

It’s no wonder that more than half of the Mutsu reinforcements were killed.

The remaining troops of Mutsu marched one mile eastward.

Avoiding the boundary where the two sides are fighting shows an attitude that we will not be involved in your affairs.

While they were retreating, Ma Quanfu sent two hundred troops to gather back the wounded.

Now it seemed to him that the outcome was determined.

It is necessary to gather the wounded as soon as possible, which is also stipulated in the military regulations of the Polu Army.

Ma Quanfu looked at the Matsumae clan men and horses gathered together in panic all day long.

Although they were frightened, they did not put down their weapons.

After Mutsu's men and horses retreated from the battlefield, he ordered the army to move forward.

Boom boom boom, the orderly footsteps of the North Chinese Army resounded in the silent wilderness.

Thousands of North Chinese Army soldiers in full armor strode forward with high morale.

The sunlight shone up, reflecting the cold light of dots of metal.

Everyone in the Matsumae clan was afraid but insisted on maintaining their formation.

They knew that they were absolutely unreasonable, but they had no way to retreat.

Now they just had one thought to kill one more Akito.

When the moving and neat formation arrived a hundred steps in front of Matsumae Domain's formation, the entire formation came to a halt with a long blast of brass horns.

"Tiger."

The soldiers from the North China shouted, and the gunmen in the front row aimed their guns at the enemy.

If a person wants to die, his reaction will be slow and he is already about to die.

Why would he want to do so much?

At present, the most important thing for the Songqian vassal army is to speed up and move closer to the Ming army.

In this way, they can fight again at the cost of losing most of their troops, so as to have a chance to severely damage the Ming army.

But no one responded, and it was then that they discovered that few of the iron gunners who had just faced off with the Ming army had returned, and almost all of them were killed.

The remaining dozen or twenty were of no use at all.

Bang bang, the Ming army's firecrackers roared.

The Matsumae clan, wealthy clansmen, and Anui people in the front row fell down like felled trees, and the scene was like lining up to be shot.

"Charge, charge."

Matsukata Guangbo was the first to react, shouting at the top of his lungs.

He pulled out his tachi and charged forward first.

The other Ashigaru samurai were also waking up from a dream.

If they were waiting for the bombardment on the spot, they would be blasted to pieces without even being able to touch the enemy's fur.

All the ashigaru and samurai waved their weapons and marched forward bravely.

At this time, they had only one extravagant hope.

After running these hundred steps, the Ming army could fight for their lives with their lives.

However, after running for more than ten steps, they were surprised to find that the first row of firecrackers of the Ming army retreated, but the second row of firecrackers did not step forward.

Instead, they fired at the Matsumae Domain's ashigaru with firecrackers on their shoulders. .

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Amidst the roar, more than a hundred people fell to the ground dead or losing their lives.

The remaining people ran forward like crazy, chasing death, hoping to kill a few Ming soldiers before death.

The second row of gunmen of the North China Army retreated, revealing the third row of gunmen, and they fired again.

Another hundred people were killed, and many Ashigaru samurai from the Matsumae Domain burst into tears and rushed forward with all their strength.

At this time, they were only sixty steps away from the Ming army's formation.

The remaining two hundred infantry archers of Matsumae Domain were shooting wildly, shooting out all the hatred.

This was the only weapon they could control at the moment.

The retreating fire gunners encountered a blow, and some soldiers were injured, but no one suffered serious damage.

After all, the two hundred infantry archers were still a little short.

Their bows and arrows were not the heavy arrows of Jiannu, and they could not penetrate the armor deeply.

The third row of gunmen left, and the fourth row of gunmen fired in unison again, taking away the lives of more than a hundred people.

When the people of Matsumae Domain saw this, they were filled with anger.

It was about to dawn, and they knew that when the four rows of fire gunmen were completed, they were the Ming army's fire gunmen, and they could fight in close quarters.

Finally escaping the fate of being beaten, they quickened their pace and charged forward with a roar.

What I never expected was that the fourth row of firecrackers retreated, revealing another row of firecrackers.

It turned out that the first row of firecrackers had already returned here to fill their firecrackers, waiting to be fired again.

In fact, this formation was practiced by gunmen and spearmen when they formed an army, but one was a forward formation and the other was a backward formation.

Based on the battlefield situation, the army will decide which one to use.

But in the past, when encountering Jiannu, the cavalry would rush into formation.

The backward formation was afraid that the gunmen and spearmen would not be able to withstand the pressure and collapse, so it was never adopted.

At this time, the victory was decided, and the soldiers were full of confidence.

Ma Quanfu did not want to fight with the remaining troops of the Matsumae Domain.

He felt that the Beihua Army had lost enough blood, so he ordered the adoption of this formation of firing backwards and turning. .

The Matsumae Domain Ashigaru and the samurai were so miserable that they never expected.

Their joyful mood was gone, and they had to brave the rain of bullets to rush forward.

The question was when would it end.

This bloody road is too long, as if there is no end.

Despite this, everyone in the Matsumae clan also rushed into the battle, which was much better than being shot dead on the spot.

The fifth row of gunmen fired, and the more than a hundred people at the front fell to the ground.

At this time, more than a hundred steps away were covered with the corpses of Matsumae Domain Ashigaru and samurai.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the road was bloody.

At this time, many people's nerves can no longer bear it.

This is endless torture, and it takes a lot of strong nerves to support it.

As a result, these more than a thousand people split into two groups.

Some of them rushed into the formation desperately, while the other group fled in all directions.

Ma Quanfu shouted loudly, "Let the cavalry chase and kill, leaving no one alive."

This sentence made Zuo Zuo stunned, but the order was still carried out.

Ma Quanfu understood in his heart that this was an order brought by Wanji.

Master Zhao Lie's original words were that the Japanese who dared to resist would be killed without mercy, as a warning to those who would come after them.

Under the command of drums and flags, the cavalry launched a pursuit under the leadership of Huang Maolin.

They wildly waved their sabers and pursued the Matsumae Domain rebels.

Many ashigaru of the Matsumae clan just ran away and never looked back until they were cut down to the ground from behind by cavalry.

Some still had some courage and turned around to fight.

Unfortunately, if the infantry encountered a large group of cavalry without formation, they would be killed.

Soon, fighting, screams, begging for mercy, and shouts came from everywhere.

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Hundreds of fleeing Ashigaru watched as they were wiped out one by one, and there were not many left.

The only way to fight against the cavalry on the plain was to die.

This is also the reason why the Ming army in Liaodong was defeated once it was defeated.

It was too difficult to regroup to face the enemy while fleeing.

The people of Mutsu Kingdom looked on happily, knowing that if they had not asked for surrender just now, but fled, this would be the end in front of them

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