When Nabeshima Naono was about to order a retreat, Matsuura Sanbanro did not fail Nabeshima Naono’s trust, he opened his mouth and gave Nabeshima Naono a step to retreat, saving Nabeshima Naono’s face.
“General, the Ming’s reinforcements are coming, look at its flag, on the book ‘Zhu’, ‘Zhe’ two words, Zhu’ is the Ming’s national surname, this army holding the ‘Zhu’ flag, is likely to be the Ming’s imperial familyIf it is the royal children leading the army, then this army must be the elite of the elite Ming army. In addition, this reinforcement army is also the ‘Zhe’ word flag, certainly from the Ming Jiangzhe, we landed from Jiangzhe, deep into the interior of the Ming more than 1,000 miles, I compared the strength of the army around the Ming, found that the Zhe army’s strength is the strongest of them. This expenditure from the elite of the royal family’s army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, fighting strength is certainly not ordinary Ming army can be compared. With this reinforcements on the side of the constraints, we are difficult to break through Yingtian giant city, there is the danger of being attacked by the Ming army up and down, inside and outside, as much as possible, please General for your highness heavy duty plan, temporarily let go of the Ming people accompanied by the capital of the giant city, ordered to withdraw the army it.”
Matsuura Sanbanro some insightful analysis, to Nabeshima Naono proposed the withdrawal of the army.
“I implore the general to order the withdrawal of the army.”
After speaking, Matsuura Sanbanro put his legs together and solemnly bowed 45 degrees, formally requesting to Nabeshima Naono.
Hearing Matsuura Sanbanro’s sincere request for withdrawal, Nabeshima Naono couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart, Yancy, Sanbanro, you’re excellent greatly, I really didn’t look at you wrong.
Of course, Matsuura Sanbanro heart happy, face is still made a look of life and death look down on unconvinced to do the posture, burst into colour, said, “Sanbanro, reinforcements came so what, the royal relatives led the army so what, the Ming army elite so what, why long Ming morale, destroy their own prestige, hum, Ming reinforcements came just in time, we will in front of the face of the defenders of the city, broken this imperial elite, scared through thetheir dog’s guts!”
“General, we are not weak in a field battle, but it’s not wise to fight the Ming under the city, it’s easy to be pinched by the top and bottom of the city, and outside the city. For the sake of His Highness’s heavy responsibility, please also ask the general to order the withdrawal of the army. If we withdraw from Yingtian City, and this imperial reinforcement army does not know whether to die or pursue, I ask to be the vanguard, break this reinforcement army for the general, and capture the Ming imperial relatives alive and offer them to the general.”
Matsuura Sanbanro said with a confident face.
“This ……”Nabeshima Mano was once again reserved.
Seeing this, Matsuura Sanbanro pointed to Zhu Pingan’s group of Zhejian troops who were killing over with great fanfare, once again bowed to Nabeshima Zeno, and urged, “The Ming reinforcements are getting closer and closer, so please take the general’s overall situation into consideration and make a decision early.”
“Alas ……”
Nabeshima Zeno face to make a look of reluctance but the big picture, grinning a long sigh, raised his head to look viciously at the Yingtian city head, and twisted his head to glare viciously at the Zhejiang army getting closer and closer, and ultimately full of reluctance to open his mouth: “Just, for the sake of your highness’s heavy responsibility, then according to what you say, let go of this city for the time being!”
At this moment!
The Zhejiang army led by Zhu Pingan was already less than three hundred metres away from the Japanese, and both sides could clearly see each other.
This was the first time that the Zhejiang army had ever been on the battlefield, and looking at the unorthodox Yue Dai heads of the Japanese, their ferociously modelled Japanese armour and their hideous, horrifying faces, as well as their blood-dripping Japanese swords, and the two carts full of dead and dying Ming army heads, some of the soldiers could not help but be a little timid.
“Didn’t my lord say that once we appear, the Japanese will run away?!Why aren’t the Japanese running away?”!
“Maa, this is the first time I’ve seen a Japanese invader, and the looks are too scary.”
“See, there are two carts full of heads in front of the Japanese invaders, the Japanese invaders are too ferocious.”
Some of the soldiers of Zhejiang Army could not help but shout timidly, and their pace was a bit chaotic.
They used to be bandits, occupying the mountain as the king, robbing the passing merchants and people, merchants and people see them are kowtowing and begging for forgiveness, resistance is very little, that is, the official soldiers siege, but also are the old, weak, sick and disabled, and such a grinning, murderous Japanese against, or their first time.
The Zhejiang army has a lot of people who suffer from the problem of bullying and fear of hardness. I couldn’t see it before.
Once on the battlefield, many of them were exposed.
The formation of the Zhejian army was also slowly getting scattered due to the chaotic steps of these timid soldiers.
Zhu Pingan keenly noticed this and could not help but frown, but in his heart, he was also clear that the Zhejiang Army had been converted from mountain bandits and had not been trained for a long time, and it was a reality that these problems had arisen.
Fortunately, Zhu Pingan had long been well prepared, and had modified fifty carriages on the way, except for the pusher direction, the other three directions were fitted with thickened wooden planks as moving barriers, and selected tough and courageous men to push them forward, protecting the formation at all times, and avoiding being routed by the Japanese in a single rush.
“Chariots forward, protect the formation, everyone has to advance and not retreat, those who dare to retreat, kill without pardon!”!
After Zhu Pingan found the first signs of dispersion in the Zhejian army, he ordered the chariots to move forward at the first opportunity to shelter the formation.
With the wooden plank chariots in front, the soldiers felt more or less secure in their hearts, and the formation was not scattered again.
“Now, no matter the accuracy, no matter the distance, all people just go forward and fire arrows and cannons.”
Zhu Pingan then ordered.
The Zhejian army did not train in vain for more than a month, at Zhu Pingan’s command, they subconsciously raised their bows and arrows as well as their cannons, and released their arrows towards the front. Of course, originally here is outside the range, Zhejun’s shooting level is not high, their range and accuracy do not need to count on, Zhejun a meal operation as fierce as a tiger, feather arrows and projectiles flying forward in the sky, but a fly either halfway down or biased, and bias is not light, not to say one hundred thousand eight hundred thousand miles, but also seventeen or eighty-eight metres.
However, in the view of the people on the city, the Zhejiang army is a brave mess, like a tiger from the woods like pouncing out, straight to the Japanese, halfway to the top of the flatbed trucks with thick wooden planks, such as a moving barricade, is about to receive the formation of the time, the Zhejiang army generals began to step shooting ……..
The city to see the morale of a great boost, military and civilian have shouted.
Of course, there are some people do not see it this way, such as the Ministry of War right minister Shi Pengfei and other people, think they know the military affairs, while looking at the situation under the city, while shaking his head and sighing.
“Where are these reinforcements from?Can you fight?Reckless like, also did not set up a cone formation, fish scale formation, lack of moon formation and so on, directly on the charge, like a reckless, everywhere is broken ……
“Zhejiang army?Oh, come to think of it, this is the newly established regiment of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Tidings and Pressures Division, it seems that it is the one under the command of Lord Zhu Pingan Zhu, who showed the alarm before. It is said that the total strength is just over eight hundred men.”
“Nonsense!The Imperial Governor Hu led more than a thousand elites and was still no match for the Japanese. A small regiment of less than a thousand men has not yet gained a firm foothold, and dares to rush like this, now it is already evening, the sky is dark, and does not say that they will set up camp, and wait for the city to select the elites tomorrow after the internal and external attack, and rush to attack before gaining a firm foothold, this is not to give head to the Japanese invaders?””
“In front of the face of the whole city people, by the Japanese invaders routed words, that defending the morale of the city will be finished ……”
In their opinion, in the blink of an eye, the Zhejiang army would be routed by the Japanese.
