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Volume 1 Chapter 1691 The mantis arm cannot block the car after all

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    With the cooperation and support of the reinforcements, the Han army fought its way through, repelling the enemies in front of them, and pushed the central front forward with unstoppable momentum. Their progress caused extreme panic to the shogunate army.  Tokugawa Iemitsu had been watching the fierce fighting not far away from his own formation, sometimes excited and sometimes anxious. However, when the shogunate army fighting head-on began to retreat step by step under the pressure of the Han army, his expression changed.  So pale.  The Han army did not make any strange plans, but directly launched an attack on his front. This was where his troops were strongest, and he had tried his best - he concentrated almost all his artillery fire on these Han invaders.  , and sent a large number of troops to rush up to intercept them, but the red torrent was still not blocked and was still rolling forward.  Even without a telescope, he could see the other person's face clearly in the blurry smoke. Some of these soldiers in bright red military uniforms were as silent as dead people, and some had distorted faces.  They were all covered in red blood and black smoke, just like ghosts.  "Sir! We must not let them rush to the front of our army's formation!" Lao Naka Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who had been accompanying him all the time, could no longer bear it and shouted beside him, "Our army's formation must not be in chaos.  ! And now the artillery also needs cover, and we must not make way for the Han invaders!" Matsudaira Nobutsuna's roar penetrated the barrier built by the artillery fire, and Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly trembled. He looked up.  He looked at the Han invaders and then at his own side.  Indeed, due to insufficient artillery shells and to avoid accidentally injuring one's own people, the artillery fire had stopped just after entering the melee. However, the cannons were heavy and these artillerymen had no way to move away in a hurry. If the big man really broke in.  If they reach this formation, these artillerymen may become victims of the Han invaders, and the army itself will fall into chaos.  However, just now Tokugawa Iemitsu has filled up all the troops that can be mobilized around him. Now that they have been defeated, they may not be able to reorganize in a short time. Where can there be troops that can be mobilized to fight against the bandits in a hurry?  Unless you use your own personal guards.  "Sir, please let me lead my troops to fight to the death with the Han invaders!" Matsudaira Nobutsuna had obviously thought of this. He loudly asked Tokugawa Iemitsu for orders, "I and the soldiers will fight to the death against the Han invaders and hold them back.  Footsteps!" Tokugawa Iemitsu frowned.  The current situation is very obvious. The Han army has given up other plans and devoted almost all its main forces to attacking the shogunate army head-on. It is unclear whether this is a desperate move or arrogance, but the pressure faced by the Chinese army is greater than imagined.  Be big - the current situation is proof of this. The losses are too great now, and the enemy may break the line at any time.  In this case, we can only deploy troops from the two wings to fill the vacancy in the center.  According to the information obtained from the investigation, the Han invaders only had a few thousand troops, and the red torrent in front of him was probably their main force. As long as they were blocked or even defeated, this battle would be over.  It should have ended with the shogunate's victory.  The most important thing now is time. As long as time can be delayed, he will not hesitate to use his most trusted and elite guards to fight against the enemy.  A sense of excitement that he would succeed if he didn't succeed surged into Tokugawa Iemitsu's heart. He looked at Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and then waved his hand heavily.  After getting Tokugawa Iemitsu's permission, Matsudaira Nobutsuna immediately formed his team, and then left the formation together with the guards who had already gathered around Tokugawa Iemitsu. They were all selected Hatamoto samurai, fighting.  The strength is naturally different from that of the ordinary shogunate army.  Under their leadership, some of the defeated troops, plus some reinforcements from the shogunate army, rushed towards the approaching Han army. Under the order of Tokugawa Iemitsu,  There were constant orders of samurai running towards the two wings, conveying Tokugawa Iemitsu's orders to them to reinforce the central front.  However, the strength of the Han army at this time was different from before. After receiving reinforcements from the second regiment, they had thousands of people and formed more than a dozen large square formations. Their morale was high because they had repelled the enemy.  .  The artillery fire on the opposite side also began to stop at this time. They now only felt that there was a smooth road in front of them, and they thought about heading forward without fear. The hot wind mixed with gunpowder smoke blew on each of their faces, but it only made the flames in their hearts burn.  More vigorous.  When Matsudaira Nobutsuna and the remaining shogunate troops collided with the lines of these Han armies again with decisive momentum, the fighting began again, and the weapons and smoke swept past like a storm of death, shaking the people under their feet.  Land. Burning battlefield, fire.Soaring to the sky, more and more soldiers joined the ranks of those being commemorated, but their resistance only slowed down the pace of the Han army. The front line of these thousands of people was still pressing on the shogunate army at a slow but unstoppable speed.  passed.  Countless brave officers and sergeants in the Han army led the way towards the enemy. They were almost unstoppable. They led their soldiers to the most dangerous and fiercest places of the battle without fear of death. Their regimental commander did not fall behind.  , Ma Chonghao still carries the battle flag of his regiment, and Li Huanghe is also at the forefront. There is no doubt that this frontline commander's approach of rushing to the front can inspire the soldiers more than any verbal declaration.  morale.  The increase in quantity has brought about qualitative changes. Now that the Han army has been strengthened in strength and firepower, it is already difficult to resist frontally.  Matsudaira Nobutsuna also took the lead and struggled to support the front line. He waited for time to pass little by little, anxiously waiting for the reinforcements of the shogunate army to help him give these terrible and hateful Han invaders a fatal blow.  But the reinforcements still did not come. Just when they were fighting desperately with the Han army, the Han cavalry swept away the left wing of the shogunate army after the artillery suppressed it first, and rushed towards these shocked shogunate troops. The Liaodong army led by Bi Su  The regiment, after the cavalry broke the bloody path, strode towards the gap opened by the robes, like a violent fire burning towards the shogunate army.  Zhao Song no longer cared about other places. He came to the artillery position, picked up his binoculars, and watched his most trusted Liaodong regiment and cavalry attack the enemy's left flank.  Now with no other troops around him except the guards, he has devoted all his troops to the attack-this is his last bet.  And he also believed with utmost certainty that he would never fail in this bet, and would instead pocket victory and glory.  As Zhao Song watched, these Han troops rushed towards the position of the shogunate army on the opposite side at extremely fast speeds.  The first cavalry gathered together, fought their way around the important passage, and approached the place where the enemy troops were most concentrated. Due to the violent bombardment beforehand, these troops had already suffered huge casualties, and the formation  It was also very loose. Under the impact of the intensive cavalry, it immediately fell into chaos.  The whole team of cavalry, with their long swords raised high, accompanied by impassioned neighs and bugles, and flags fluttering in the wind, a large group of cavalry lined up in a column, acting in unison like one person, charging straight through the predetermined route accurately,  Going deep into the dangerous place where corpses were lying, they disappeared into the smoke and then passed through the smoke, and finally rushed into the enemy's formation. Their sabers were waved one after another, slashing down these shogunate soldiers who had no hope of relying on them.  After repeated blows, they saw the Han cavalry attacking on tall horses. These shogunate soldiers were frightened by fear. They no longer wanted to fight, and howled and ran back. Some people were running behind them.  It seemed that some of the cavalry who were being directly pursued fled for their lives and fled directly to the steep and muddy slopes. They had become frightened birds and could no longer fight against the Han army.  Since the war horses could not climb the steep slope and they were no longer a threat, the cavalry took a short rest, regrouped and then rushed towards the enemy again. They were bound to turn the entire enemy's left wing into chaos.  Behind them, the pursuing Liaodong regiment also rolled forward. Bi Su, the regiment leader, also took the lead. They violently attacked all the enemies in front of them, denying them any chance to regroup.  Under their impact, the left wing of the shogunate army was in chaos and almost paralyzed. Not only was it unable to send reinforcements to the central front in the fierce battle, but it was at risk of collapse.  Zhao Song was also very satisfied with this battle situation. He immediately sent an order to Bi Su and the cavalry to continue the pursuit. It was necessary to make the shogunate army shaken from the left wing to full shake and bring chaos to them. At the same time, he  The artillery was ordered to advance on the right front, preparing to bombard the shogunate army's main line from the new position along the road opened by the Han army, allowing them to withstand the final blow.  Under Zhao Song's order, these artillerymen immediately removed the temporary fortifications they had made under the cannon and the earth bags on the ground, and began to push the cannon forward again. They ignored any surrounding situations and concentrated on their mission.  The ground pushed the artillery carriage forward so that the artillery could continue to fire at the enemy on the high ground after shortening the range.  The continuous retreat of the central army and the collapse of the left wing all fell into the eyes of Tokugawa Iemitsu. He looked around anxiously, praying for reinforcements that would suddenly appear to save him from the fire. However, the reinforcements have not yet arrived.  At this time, others had already seen that the situation was extremely unfavorable, and they all showed expressions of fear and even despair.    Matsudaira Nobutsuna worked hard to lead his men to support on the front line, but his front line had been compressed into a thin line, and there was a risk of being penetrated at any time. These Han soldiers seemed to be acting with a kind of crazy calmness.  Advancing forward bit by bit with steady steps, they trampled on the fallen corpses of soldiers on both sides and pressed unswervingly to the front of the enemy's formation. Then the musketeers who had been well prepared began to fire continuously, making the already started  Some weak fronts are even more precarious.  Tokugawa Iemitsu shouted hoarsely and ordered the people around him to continue to pass the order, asking the surrounding soldiers to resist the Han invaders. But at this moment, he heard a hissing sound coming from the side, and he looked numbly in the direction of the sound.  He passed by and found that a group of cavalry were rushing towards him at a fast speed, like a red storm, and in front of them, the officers and soldiers of the shogunate had begun to flee.  For the sake of safety, the fleeing soldiers instinctively pressed towards the main formation in the center. However, unlike the reinforcements, these defeated troops could only bring greater chaos to the main formation. These people were mixed with the mobilizing troops, which was simply confusing.  Everyone was unable to advance or retreat. This kind of paralysis would make any famous general tremble with fear, let alone Tokugawa Iemitsu?  Anxiety and anger burned his heart, making his throat sweet again. Blood rushed into his mouth, and he almost fainted. It was only with the last bit of energy that he didn't collapse.  At this moment, the sky suddenly darkened, thick clouds covered the horizon, and the wind blew violently. The wind picked up branches and threw them into the air, and at the same time blew up a burst of dust, which seemed to indicate a sudden storm.  Advent.  When he saw that it was about to rain, Tokugawa Iemitsu felt relieved. As long as he held on for a while longer, the artillery fire of the Han army would not be able to use it until it rained. Moreover, the heavy rain and mud could slow down the pace of the Han army and prevent them from continuing.  Expanding their advantage also allowed the shogunate's army to temporarily take a breath and tighten their front amid the increasingly obvious defeat.  It will rain soon it will rain soon God bless you, it will rain soon, please bless your grandson!  He almost cried out pleadingly in his heart.  However, the first thing to fall was not the raindrops, but the shells.  The artillery of the Han Dynasty, which had moved to the new position at an extremely fast speed, started bombarding again. Unlike the artillery of the shogunate army, the artillerymen of the Han Dynasty had been well-trained and adjusted their firing positions according to the situation on the battlefield.  And the Han's high-quality field artillery once again exerted their power.  "Boom!" "Boom!" I couldn't tell whether it was thunder or artillery shelling. Almost the whole earth was shaking. A large number of artillery shells roared in the sky, and then turned around and hit the central headquarters of the shogunate army. They accurately  Hitting the intended target also made the already crowded and stagnant formation even more chaotic.  The cannonballs accelerated by gunpowder are like devil's hammer chains. Everywhere they go, there is blood and blood everywhere. Some cannonballs even hit people directly, opening a big hole or beating them into pieces.  .  This horrific scene of blood and stumps flying everywhere finally made the shogunate army, whose military morale had fluctuated, completely unable to hold on.  "Ah!" Countless people howled. Injured and uninjured soldiers, defeated soldiers and soldiers who came for reinforcements, dead and dying soldiers all crowded together, and then howled and fled to the rear.  Some of the retreating troops fell into a disorderly rout because the shelling had broken up the organization or killed the commander. Their officers and soldiers had fought bravely like lions against the Han army just now.  But they no longer have the courage. They howled and ran back, but nothing could stop what was happening in front of them. No matter it was encouragement, cursing, or waving swords to kill the deserters, nothing could stop them from running back. They were moving forward bravely just now, but now they are  All willpower has been worn away by the terrible casualties and the enemy's bombardment. They would rather suffer the humiliation of defeat than flee in all directions. Under this huge wave of fleeing, even if some people want to stay and fight, they have to be carried away.  Escape, some broken soldiers trampled each other while escaping, the unfortunate people were trampled to death, and some even fought each other to fight for the way to escape.  At this time, it finally rained, but the rain that just started falling failed to achieve the effect Tokugawa Iemitsu hoped for. Instead, it made the shogunate army that had already begun to collapse even more chaotic. Countless people were scattered in the mud in the rain.  Running away, some people fled into the woods, while others ran back regardless, just thinking of escaping from this terrible battlefield.  But their enemies had no intention of giving them such luck. When the shogunate army began to flee, the Han army began to speed up and pursued them relentlessly. They wanted to take this opportunity to completely defeat the shogunate army.  The relentless pursuit made the shogunate soldiers even more desperate, and some of them ran away.They exhausted all their strength and were unable to move due to nervousness. As a result, they were directly killed by the chasing Han soldiers. Some people simply knelt down and begged for mercy, while some people ran to the Tama River in confusion and fear.  When these shogunate soldiers who were unable to advance or retreat saw the chasing Han cavalry, they cried and rushed towards the river. It was obvious that the number of Han soldiers chasing them was far less than them, but these defeated soldiers had lost all will to fight.  , their survival instinct made them forget all military orders, and they simply jumped into the river.  The Tama River, which was not turbulent, quickly swallowed up a large group of shogunate soldiers. The soldiers howled and trampled on the riverside, and gradually sank to the bottom of the river. They could never escape.  Looking at the horrific scenes everywhere, Tokugawa Iemitsu was desperate to the extreme. He had braved the hail of bullets and bravely commanded the battle all day like his grandfather, but now he was helpless in the face of this catastrophe.  , those Hatamoto and Ashigaru who should have protected him for generations, but at this moment they just want to escape, and no one cares about him or fights for him anymore.  Now the battle fronts everywhere have fallen into chaos and collapse. It is obvious that he has lost this battle and has fallen into despair.  And if he loses this battle, he will no longer have any hope of recovering his losses. Edo will become an isolated city and is destined to fall under the land and sea artillery fire of the Han invaders.  The Tokugawa shogunate would suffer the same fate.  The heavy rain did not make him feel uncomfortable. The cold raindrops hitting his body actually made him feel a little better.  When the rain flooded his eyes, he couldn't help crying. In the extreme pain, he calmed down and silently stared at the desolate scene. Tears flowed down his cheeks. He raised his head to look.  Looking at the sky, there seemed to be someone watching him in the dark sky.  "Grandpa, I'm sorry" He suddenly wailed and knelt down.
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