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Volume 1: Dragon Trapped in the Shoals Chapter 137: The End of the Road

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    Chapter 137 The end of the road

    Fire attack is such an attractive option

    For the current Zhu Changluo, the fire attack is undoubtedly the way to minimize losses and maximize the damage to the enemy. While the Japanese ambushing in the valley are not discovered, they only need to surround the entrance of the valley and set a fire This is absolutely  It was a one-sided massacre that was extremely easy.

    Zhu Changluo shook his head. Unfortunately, he couldn't do this.

    He had also considered the option of fire attack before, but if he did this, it would be difficult to control the fire, and it would be bad if the nearby mountain people were implicated. Of course, this is not an overflow of sympathy, but his current  Determined by status.  Maybe other generals can do this and do whatever it takes to win, but Zhu Changluo cannot.

    He is the most powerful contender for the throne of the Ming Dynasty. Since he is not liked by Zhu Yijun, he can only rely on the support of the ministers in the court who are full of Confucianism and abide by the ancestral precepts. If Zhu Changluo used fire to attack, although he could easily destroy the invaders, but  As long as it affects innocent North Korean civilians and is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, it will be tantamount to a major event of "outrage from heaven and people's resentment". Those ministers will no longer be able to support him, a tyrant who is very likely to become a "disregard for human life".

    Of course, Zhu Yijun will not let go of such a good opportunity and will definitely make good use of it to cancel his right to inherit the throne.

    Once this is done, it will be difficult to hide it. After all, there are still 6,000 North Korean cavalry here plus three princes and a North Korean general Zhu Changluo. It is impossible to let them all "disappear".

    There was another aspect that made Zhu Changluo give up the tempting fire attack, that is, even if the Japanese army here and the civilians in North Korea were eliminated, there would be no sequelae, but the method of this war was not bright after all, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Ming Dynasty.  Or North Korea will definitely cover it up to minimize the impact of the incident. How can this achieve the purpose of enhancing its prestige?

    Zhu Changluo considered it very clearly. According to the news sent by the secret guards who set off in advance, the person ambushing in the valley this time was Takakage Kobayakawa, who had caused great losses to the Ming Dynasty in Jeolla Province. This was the most famous wise general in Japan.  If he is burned to death in the valley, he will definitely not get the corresponding harvest. It is better to use sneak attacks in this valley to defeat Japan's most famous intellectual general - it is easier to gain fame by stepping on famous generals.  Well, this is how you become famous in one battle. How can you become famous in one battle without the support of a famous general who was defeated?

    ¡°Then Haha, Zhu Changluo also thought of a plan that could maximize his prestige. The more embarrassed a famous general is, the greater his prestige will be if he defeats him?  What's more, this plan can temporarily avoid the imperial edict brought by Dong Yiyuan from behind, which is also one of his goals.

    The fourth watch day is the ugly time at night, which is now between one o'clock in the morning and  Since the ancients advocated going to bed early and getting up early, many people would get up at five o'clock on the fifth watch day, which is the early morning. The fourth watch day is often when a person is deeply sleepy.

    The fourth watch is the time when Zhu Changluo decides to "entertain" the "guests" in Hulu Valley.  Of course, the reason why he chose this time was not only because people will be very sleepy during this time, but also because this time is also the coldest time of the season. Zhu Changluo wanted the "guests" in the valley to shiver from the cold.  , give them some "surprise", you can't let the "guests" catch a cold, right?  Well, everyone inside will definitely be sweating - they'll break out in a cold sweat.

    With the cooperation of the Jinyi guards and secret guards, the Japanese soldiers sent by Kobayakawa Takakage to monitor were easily eliminated. According to the previous plan, the four thousand battle-experienced Liaodong cavalry all dismounted their horses, carrying bows and arrows, and slowly  They touched the middle of the valley and surrounded the entrance of the valley.  After the six thousand Korean cavalrymen left two thousand people responsible for taking care of the horses, everyone entered the valley with the muskets that had been eliminated or left behind when the Ming army returned to the country. Of course, some also carried bows and arrows.  Aiming at Xiaotaniguchi from a distance.

    After all, most of the North Korean cavalry were civilians with their backs to the sky and their faces facing the loess. Even if they went through a period of training after becoming soldiers, they could not compare with the elite Liaodong cavalry who had experienced hundreds of battles. Therefore, they had just arrived in the valley.  When there were less than a thousand people, the Japanese in the valley noticed it because they made a lot of noise.

    This is why Zhu Changluo and the others let four thousand Liaodong cavalry enter the valley first to surround the mouth of the valley.  Of course, even if the Koreans made some noise at this time and alerted the Japanese, Zhu Changluo didn't care. He had no intention of sending soldiers to sneak attack in the small valley. Anyway, he had already surrounded the not spacious valley mouth, and four thousand bowstrings were drawn and aimed.  Are the Liaodong soldiers at Taniguchi vegetarian?

    This was also part of the plan that Zhu Changluo had discussed with Li Rumei, Yi Sunchen and others. Now that they had discovered it, everyone simply stopped hiding. With an order, the Koreans began to speed up the siege of the valley - just in case.  Zhu ChangluoIt is estimated that there will be no need for Koreans at all.

    At this time, the valley was completely in chaos, and screams kept coming. Kobayakawa Takakage was woken up sleepily. When the people below became aware of the situation in a panic and with unclear words, this wise general known as  One of the five elders, his face instantly turned pale, and he slapped his thigh fiercely - at this moment, he finally understood why the Ming people did what they did on the mountain road before. This was because they had already discovered his ambush and were paralyzing themselves.

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    "Hurry up and seize the Taniguchi. Seize the Taniguchi at all costs, otherwise you will die today." Kobayakawa Takakage didn't care to sigh, and yelled at Hirakawa Hayao who was running over.

    Hirakawa Hayata held up his crooked helmet, licked his lower lips, and said with a somewhat gloomy face: "My lord, my lord, it's too bad. There are a large number of archers on the other side aiming at the mouth of the valley. The only way to attack the mouth of the valley is to die. Now at least there are  Hundreds of people have become hedgehogs besides"

    "Besides, how come I only heard sporadic sounds of firearms? Wouldn't you use firearms to shoot at them at the entrance of the valley? Although you can't see outside, as long as you shoot out, you will always pose a threat. As long as you use firearms  If you can suppress the opponent for a moment, let people rush out of the valley immediately Then there is still the possibility of a battle." Kobayakawa Takakage shouted loudly, and then he yelled at Hirakawa Hayao who was still standing still, like a big-eared melon, and cursed angrily.  Said: "Why the hell aren't you going? Go quickly."

    Pingchuan Zaitai was a little aggrieved, but he still replied loudly: "Master, listen to me, it's not that I don't want to execute your order, but that I have no way to execute it"

    "Yes, lord, what Hirakawa said is right." At this time, Shichiro Honjo staggered over with a gloomy face, and rarely agreed with Hirakawa Haotai's words: "I just came from the mouth of the valley. People from the Ming Dynasty The Ming Dynasty  People are clamoring, give us half an hour to think about it, let us put down our weapons, come out of the valley and surrender, otherwise"

    "Otherwise what?" Kobayakawa Takakage saw his chief adviser looking like this. He was so smart that he guessed the answer that he least wanted to think about. However, the situation at this moment did not allow him to ask questions and pray in his heart.  Don't be the worst answer you think of.

    Hirakawa Zaotai bit his lower lip hard and said with difficulty: "The Ming people said outside that as long as we dare to use firearms against them again, they will just set fire to the valley after half an hour. If we don't surrender,  They they will still set fire to the valley."

    After finishing speaking in one breath, even Hirakawa Hayatai, a brave and brave man, looked a little sad at this time. Obviously, he did not think that the people trapped in the valley could have a better way out.

    "Baga" Kobayakawa Takakage drew out his samurai sword with a "choking" sound, and struck the tree next to him: "What else will they do besides setting fire to these despicable and shameless cowards, a group of Ming people who have no spirit of samurai?"

    Kobayakawa Takakage chopped the tree again as if he was venting his anger. He wanted to pull it out and chop again, but he used too much force just now. In addition, he was too old and had already passed his prime, so he couldn't get out of the tree anyway.  Pull out the sharp blade that he personally chopped off the heads of countless enemies

    "Ah" He yelled several times, looking at the samurai sword still dangling on the tree, he couldn't help but feel like he was at the end of his rope. Is God going to kill me, Kobayakawa Takakei?

    "My lordI, I'm going to fight those despicable Ming people." Seeing Kobayakawa Takakage, who had almost never lost his composure like this, Hirakawa Hayao roared, turned around, drew his katana, and rushed towards the entrance of the valley.

    "Stop!" Kobayakawa Takakage shouted urgently, calling to stop his loyal subordinates who had been following him for many years: "If you come back, you are going to die now If you want to die, we will be together later"

    The reason why he lost his composure this time is inseparable from the fact that the 10,000 elites he sent to chase the remnants of the Ming Dynasty were burned alive in this valley a few years ago. Kobayakawa Takakage did not expect that he wanted to ambush the Ming Dynasty in this valley.  He wanted to avenge his last revenge, but he did not expect that he would make the same mistake again. He had been leading armies in battles since he was young. Although he had failed and suffered miserably, and even faced desperate situations several times and almost lost his life, he never  Falling twice in the same way in the same place was a huge blow to him.

    "My lord" Hirakawa Hayata turned around and fell to his knees.

    Kobayakawa Takakage waved his hands tiredly. He didn't think that the Ming people were just threatening him with setting fire. After all, the Ming people had already burned down the valley once. He didn't think that this time the Ming people were just talking about it - in fact, Zhu Changluo was really scaring him.  He didn't think about it and didn't dare to burn the valley. Of course, Zhu Changluo made the right calculation and threatened the other party with burning the valley, but the other party didn't dare to take the risk.

    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? out all out out of my mind, KobayakawaLong Jing used the torch to look around the valley. This was just a subconscious behavior. When he first arrived in this valley, he did not know how many times he had observed this small valley called Calabash Valley. Except for the hidden small valley leading to Calabash Valley,  Outside the valley entrance, there are steep mountain walls all around. Although it is dangerous to climb, it is not impossible, but it cannot be done in a short time. Not to mention that the other party only gave half an hour to think about it, even if it was half an hour.  After months of thinking, it would be impossible for all the more than 20,000 people in the valley to climb out.

    Of course, if only a few people climbed up and quickly found a place to hide, it would be possible to hide it from the Ming people.

    "Hirakawa, Honakami, you take a few people and climb up from here. As long as there are few people, the people of Ming Dynasty won't notice. You can run away quickly." Kobayakawa Takakage thought for a while and said to Hirakawa Hayao and Hongami Shichiro:  "As long as the people of Ming Dynasty can catch me, they will probably relax their search in other aspects.

    Pingchuan Zaitai's face flushed and he said excitedly: "My lord, yousigh"

    "What's wrong?" Kobayakawa Takakage was stunned for a moment. Hirakawa Hayao's reaction was within his expectations, but what he said was completely beyond his expectations.

    "My lord, I appreciate your kindness." Shichiro Honjo sighed, bit his lip and said, "The people of Ming Dynasty had expected this a long time ago. They also asked people to shout at the mouth of the valley in Japanese, saying what if  Someone climbed up the mountain and escaped. Anyone in the valley could report it. The reporter would be given a war horse, a hundred taels of silver, and freedom. Then, in addition to the reporter, it was discovered that one person had escaped in the valley, and thousands of people in the valley were killed. The number of people who escaped was more than twenty  People, just set fire to the mountains.¡±

    Kobayakawa Takakage was dumbfounded after hearing this, and it took him a long time before he burst into laughter: "What a plot, but a vicious heart, haha" His forced laughter was full of the sorrow of a hero's end. Kobayakawa Takakage clearly understood that a war horse, hundreds of  Two pieces of silver, plus the most important freedom, is enough to impress anyone here. He can even think that maybe as long as someone climbs the mountain, more than 20,000 people and horses will be in chaos. There are only two possibilities: one is to scramble to climb the mountain.  Escape for your life; the second is to attack in groups and cut into pieces the people who are trying to escape.

    Hirakawa Hayao and Honami Shichiro obviously thought of this, so they refused with a wry smile. Otherwise, any result would only make things worse.  If it causes everyone to scramble to climb the mountain to escape, even if it breaks the conditions proposed by the Ming Dynasty, if more than 20 people escape, they will set fire to the mountain. If it causes the second result, does it need to be said?  Being dismembered is worse than committing suicide with dignity. Of course, when your life is threatened, there are only two results. After all, the Ming Dynasty said that if one person escapes, he will kill a thousand people. No one wants to be one of those thousand people.  one of the

    At this time, there were no cries of killing in the valley. Except for the crackling of burning torches and the groans of the not-quite-dead Japanese at the entrance of the valley, it was surprisingly quiet.

    When the Japanese first tried to rush out of the valley, thousands of them were shot to death by bows and arrows and shotguns. Later, after hearing those threatening words sent by Zhu Changluo to send people who knew Japanese, the Japanese stopped.  No one dares to rush out again.  After all, the mouth of the valley is not wide, and not many people can rush out at one time. With thousands of people outside watching eagerly, if you rush out, you will be killed and the valley will be set on fire. Who else would be dissatisfied with the long life?

    On the Ming side, in addition to the initial injuries caused by the firearms fired from the valley, the threat of setting fire to the valley was shouted out in time, so that the other party did not dare to shoot again from the valley, so there were no more than ten unlucky people.  Except for the Koreans who were killed by stray bullets, no one from the Liaodong cavalry died at all.

    This has something to do with Li Rumei putting the Korean at the front to "block bullets." Of course, Li Rumei would not say that the Korean was at the front to block bullets for the Ming Dynasty. Instead, she said solemnly: "The range of the musket is longer."  The more powerful they are at close range, and the bows and arrows are more powerful only at a certain distance." Therefore, the Koreans holding blunderbuss blocked behind the Ming Dynasty people who drew their bows and shot arrows.

    Zhu Changluo was a little puzzled at first as to why the Liaodong cavalry did not use blunderbuss but chose to use bows and arrows around the mouth of the valley after dismounting.  After watching it from a distance, he discovered that the range and power of the muskets of this era were not only no better than those of bows and arrows, but also that every time they were fired, they had to go through the process of loading propellant, tamping the powder with a stick, loading lead, and tamping it.  A series of complicated actions such as lead, firing the door, dotting the gunpowder, closing the fire door, etc., the firing speed is not comparable at all to drawing an arrow with a drawn bow.

    Of course, bird guns also have advantages that bows and arrows cannot match. Although bird guns shoot slower, they are better than Yi Xue - it is almost impossible to train a qualified archer without several years or even decades of hard work.  Cultivate a soldier who can use a blunderbuss. In just a few months, he will be able to go to the battlefield and shoot enemies.

    In addition, an average archer can only pull the bow a dozen times, and his arms will have no strength. An archer who can pull the bow twenty times is alreadyHe is a strong man, but bird guns are different. As long as they are not affected by other factors, they can shoot almost continuously. In comparison, using bird guns to arm soldiers and horses can not only quickly build up a combat-effective team, but also make people more capable.  Good fighting ability.

    "Your Highness, if the Japanese don't surrender, you you won't really order the valley to be set on fire, right?" After holding back for a long time, Lord Guanghai, who was standing behind Zhu Changluo, finally couldn't hold back, and this night was troubled.  He asked for a long time.

    When Zhu Changluo discussed this strategy with Li Rumei and Li Sunchen, the three brothers Linhai Jun, Guanghai Jun and Dingyuan Jun were not called. Therefore, the three brothers did not know about this until Zhu Changluo asked someone to shout to the Japanese.  thing.

    Zhu Changluo turned his head and looked at the three brothers. Except for Guang Haijun, who only looked at Zhu Changluo for a moment and then immediately lowered his head, the other two people saw Zhu Changluo looking over and did not dare to raise their heads at all. I wonder if they thought of what Zhu Changluo wanted.  All the Japanese who set fire to death in the valley were afraid, but they were still afraid of Zhu Changluo.

    With a mysterious smile, Zhu Changluo said to Lord Guanghai: "Your Highness, what do you think? However, you probably won't be able to see the show of burning the Japanese tonight."

    As soon as Zhu Changluo finished speaking, he saw Leng Leng hurried over and reported with joy: "Your Highness, good news, word has spread among the Japanese trapped in the valley that they have surrendered."  

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