Volume Four, Chapter 189, Running
If the Japanese pirates found out that Omori City was impossible to take it, they would definitely choose to withdraw their troops. Yu Dayou had expected this. No one was a fool. It was impossible for him to stay and fight with others even though he knew there was no hope.
To this end, he specially arranged a group of scouts, and took turns staring at the Japanese pirates' camp for twelve hours. He stared at the city wall with a telescope during the day, and at night he went to investigate while the night was dark. In short, once he found that the Japanese pirates had signs of retreat, he immediately reported to him.
Nobunaga Oda could have thought that the Ming army in the city would still focus on whether they retreat or not. Even if he thought about it, he would not take it seriously. After all, although they suffered heavy casualties, there were still nearly 100,000 people in the entire camp, and the Ming army in the city had to die of about 10,000 people. He had no choice but to defend in the city. If the Ming army dared to chase out of the city, he would definitely lead the army to fight back without hesitation.
Just kidding, when you go out in the wild, can you not beat ten thousand people?
Yu Dayou did plan to go out of the city to raid. Once the Japanese pirates retreated, he would lead his army out of the city and launch a fierce raid to others.
This idea seems a bit dangerous, but it is not, because once the Japanese pirates decide to retreat, their morale will definitely be depressed. As long as the time is chosen appropriately, the Japanese pirates will be defeated and will be unable to resist.
This has nothing to do with the number of people. To put it bluntly, it means that the morale of the army is gone. What's the use of more people?
Of course, if you want to defeat the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop, the timing of attack is quite critical, and more importantly, you must prevent others from using fraud. If they are a fake retreat and lure you out of the city, no matter how stupid you rush out, it is basically no different from seeking death.
Of course, Yu Dayou would not make such a mistake. After receiving the news that the Japanese pirates were preparing to retreat, he ran to the city gate and raised his telescope to observe carefully.
After a while, he realized that the Japanese pirates were really going to retreat because they had already opened the tent and started packing them.
If it is a fake retreat, the tent may also be dismantled, but it is absolutely impossible to pack it up seriously.
This is enough to prove that the Japanese pirates are really going to run away. He immediately ordered without hesitation: "Send an order to order the gunner to lift all the cannons down the city wall and install them on the cannon cart."
The power of these more than 200 kilograms of cannons is much greater than that of the tiger squat cannons of dozens of kilograms, but it is much more troublesome to move. Without a cannon cart, it is impossible to pull it out to fight against people. Even if it is up and down the city wall, it takes several people to work together to lift it.
Fortunately, the Ming army's gunners were also quite skilled in moving artillery. The five people worked together to lift the artillery, but the speed was not slow.
Soon, thousands of cannons were carried off the city wall and installed on the cannon truck.
Yu Dayou was still staring at the Japanese pirate camp on the city wall. Until all the Japanese pirates were almost done and had already started to gather the team to run away. He ordered calmly: "Send the order, all the musketeers go down to the city wall, push out the tanks, and prepare to attack."
This guy has nearly 100,000 troops outside the city. With his order, there will be basically no one on the city wall. If the Japanese pirates take the opportunity to attack, they will definitely be in a hurry. Maybe the Japanese pirates can take this opportunity to attack the city wall.
Unfortunately, Oda Nobunaga never thought about playing a fake retreat. How could he have thought that the Ming army in the city was so brave that he dared to pursue 10,000 people with 10,000 people.
At this moment, he was standing in the camp blankly, thinking about his future plans.
He is a hero who is ambitious to unify Japan. This battle of Omori City has hit him too hard. This blow is not only reflected in the casualties of people, but also in the faces of all the princes.
In the past, although the princes of all walks of life seemed a little careless and were not very convinced by him, they were actually quite afraid of him in their hearts. It can be said that he is recognized as the number one general in the eastern country, and he is the strongest around Kyoto and eastern Honshu. Even with this reputation alone, he can subdue some princes, and he can make them surrender without bloodshed.
However, after this battle, the situation was very different. This battle was so cowardly. His name as a general might have become a laughing stock. It is probably impossible to defeat the enemy without fighting.
What should we do in the future?
Just as he sighed in his heart, his personal guard suddenly came to report: "Master, everyone is ready for the guardian."
After hearing this, Oda Nobunaga looked at Omori Castle in the distance unwillingly, and then ordered loudly: "Order everyone to maintain their formation, retreat slowly, and spread out fifty miles away."
He knew very well that all the princes had already returned home. If he simply said to retreat, these guys would definitely scatter their birds and beasts and go their separate ways. Although he was not worried that the Ming army in the city would chase them out, he was not afraid of ten thousand, but afraid that if they just dispersed, the Ming army would take the opportunity to chase them out, it would be troublesome. All these guys ran away, and it would be impossible to gather them together again. At that time, they would have to suffer a great loss.
His mind was really meticulous. Unfortunately, he was already panicked and didn't notice that there was no trace of the Ming army on the distant city wall, and he had already been preparing to launch a raid.
On this side, the princes of all walks of life had just finished packing their tents and slowly retreating eastward. The gate of Dasen City suddenly opened wide. Tens of thousands of Ming troops pushed the chariots and artillery chariots and rushed out of the city gate. After a while, a neat array of chariots was set up outside the city.
Oda Nobunaga was moving forward with a loss on his face. The scout from behind suddenly caught up and shouted: "Head of the family, the head of the family, it's not good, the Ming army has chased him out."
He turned his head and saw that he was sure that a black line had already been vaguely drawn outside the city of Omori. It was obvious that the Ming army in the city had already left the city and was ready to pursue it.
Baga, do you really think we are easy to bully?
A mere ten thousand people dared to pursue the hundred thousand people, seeking death!
He snorted coldly, turned his horse's head, and shouted: "I ordered all the princes to turn around, be on the battlefield, and be prepared to fight back."
Turn around at this time?
When his order was issued, his men naturally turned around, but the other princes were in a mess. Some turned around according to orders, some stopped after obeying orders, and even some even accelerated their pace and left without hesitating after obeying orders!
At this moment, the princes of all walks of life had no intention of fighting with the Ming army. As soon as he issued this order, the originally neat retreat formation suddenly became messy.
Seeing this, Yu Dayou immediately ordered without hesitation: "All chariots and cannons, keep the formation and advance at full speed."
Suddenly, the Ming army's chariot formation was as if equipped with steam power, and quickly pressed forward. In less than a quarter of an hour, they chased them less than two miles away from the Japanese army.
Yu Dayou immediately ordered: "All cannon vehicles should be ordered to lower the cannon stands, all cannons should be loaded with sub-guns, ignite and bombard them immediately, and shoot for five rounds in a row."
At this time, there was nothing to hide. People were about to run away, so naturally they had full firepower, so they could leave as much as they could.
Soon, a huge roar of artillery fire broke out from the Ming army formation. In a moment, a thousand shells smashed into the Japanese pirate formation with roars. I don’t know how many people were smashed and blood was blown back.
Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga couldn't help but get angry and gritted his teeth. He bullied people too much, too much!
If these guys hadn't been disorganized, he would have ordered the entire army to counterattack.
He was hesitating whether to take the lead in rushing over, and suddenly a terrifying roar of artillery fired in the Ming army formation.
this!
How is this possible?
One thousand shells, which were four or five thousand casualties, and two thousand shells were nearly ten thousand casualties. The Ming army's artillery could be fired continuously, so that would be a big fuck. The princes from all walks of life fled eastward with their men, and no one listened to Oda Nobunaga's orders again.
Not long after, another terrifying roar of artillery fire broke out in the Ming army formation, another thousand shells roared over, and another blood rain flew across.
Seeing this, Oda Nobunaga could only roar unwillingly: "Retreat, retreat quickly."
Chapter completed!