Volume 8, Battle in the Land of Cherry Blossoms. Fifty-one, Kyoto Catastrophe (5)
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A large number of red flames suddenly lit up on the shogunate positions shrouded in twilight. The only Naserel Marine Corps, which had not yet lost order in the cavalry attack, activated all their field artillery against the main force of the anti-shog army in the direction of Kyoto.
Accompanied by the deafening explosion, more than a dozen heavy metal spheres hit the head of the anti-straits along the scattered arc at the head of the anti-straits that were slowly advancing. Once they fell into their dense formation that was crowded with people and like a carpet, a bloody storm would immediately start!
However, although the shadow of death had already covered the head, the anti-strait army had no intention of retreating, and did not urgently disband the phalanx to reduce casualties. Instead, they raised their hand and raised their bayonets and spears, further force under their feet, shouting and speeding up their charges side by side.
The flesh and blood of ordinary people is indeed difficult to withstand shells. And there are not many less ordinary "strong people" in this big army. However, given the relatively slow firing frequency of artillery at present, it is definitely not a stupid choice to charge with all your might.
On the contrary, this is a wise decision that can reduce the sacrifice to the limit and is fully in line with tactical principles.
The frontal field battle in this era, when the technical level is similar, is actually a cruel mathematical problem, that is, using people to fight ammunition. The attacking side advances quickly with a tight formation, as if a series of huge waves from mountains to sea are coming. The defender uses continuous barrage to build a death dam to block this wave of destruction. If the density of soldiers exceeds the density of bullets and shells, the attacker can successfully break through the defense line; otherwise, it means that the attack intensity is insufficient and the defender wins.
Therefore, although the rookies of the anti-strait soldiers were afraid, they could only tremble and pray that the shells would not hit them. No new recruits were not afraid of the cannons, while running forward desperately with their heads in a silence, trying to rush through the enemy's barrage.
Fortunately, even if only a dozen shells were blooming or jumping, they could not kill many people. Moreover, the luck of the Inverted Army seemed to be good this time. The landing point of the Naserel Marine Corps was set too close, and it was still a long distance away from the Inverted Army's attack formation. It had fallen down in the gap between the two armies, only splashing wet mud.
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However, before these soldiers who were lucky enough to die had time to breathe a sigh of relief and relieved the tension of escaping from death, the real disaster came.
As soon as these "nearly missing" shell nets fell to the ground, the magic patterns engraved on the shell began to illuminate and operate, and accompanied by an unknown "puff" sound, they turned into a bunch of green deadly smoke. The soldiers who rushed to the front line were covered by smoke, and immediately screamed and fell to the ground. The muscles of the body twitched, their faces were dark, and the surface of their skin was quickly covered with blisters, and they were about to die of blood and blood.
Then, the second round of poison gas shells roared, causing the deadly green smoke to further expand, forming an insurmountable isolation belt. The gentle south wind blew on the battlefield made all poison gases steadily spread towards the direction of the Mujun.
"Beware of it! It's Poison Cloud!"
Seeing the miserable death of his companion, the soldiers in the front row quickly stopped, but the soldiers in the back row had not yet reacted, and they collided into a group. They were fighting against artillery fire, but at this moment, they seemed to be in the scene of a series of car accidents on the highway, which were congested, squeezed, scolded and scolded each other, but could no longer move forward.
Seeing this unexpected change, the general of the anti-shog army who had just been appointed by the Emperor, Satsuma lord Shimazu Nobushi couldn't help but frown. The enemy's poison gas was not difficult to deal with, but his army quality really made him look down on it.
In order to preserve their strength, under the arrangement of Shimazu Aoshi, the vanguard troops of the anti-strait army used to be cannon fodder to consume were basically the original ronin and monk soldiers in Kyoto. If there were all the strong Satsuma men in front of them, they would definitely rush up to go through fire and water without hesitation!
Of course, no matter how despised these miscellaneous troops in the Gyeonggi area, they cannot be allowed to be killed by poisonous gas at this moment.
, Lord Guard, the enemy is shooting poisonous gas bombs, I'm afraid I'm going to trouble you next!"
Shimazu's anger turned slightly and whispered to a white-clothed minister beside him, his tone was very humble, "I would like to ask everyone from Yinyang Village to show their skills to save us ordinary people from danger!"
The handsome-looking minister just nodded arrogantly, then took out two folding fans from his wide sleeves and spread them out with a "splash". Seeing this, the other low-level Onmyojis accompanied him also took out magic weapons and Taoist talismans, and prepared to perform large-scale Yin-Yang Techniques together.
"In the name of Amaterasu's great god and the gods of Takatahara, the son of the descendant of the God Queen, Fujiwara court minister Winghun, I would like to invite you! The god's order will come! The demons will huddle with their clothes! Summon Shikigami, Black Tiangou!"
Accompanied by the low prayer of Onmyoji without any ups and downs, a huge pentagram-shaped "Hu Tender Seal" suddenly lit up in the sky. A tall human-shaped monster gradually emerged from it. It had a red face, a long nose, a black monk's robe and high-toothed wooden clogs, a feather fan and a treasure hammer, and a pair of flaunting wings behind it, flapping slowly from the air.
This is one of the powerful monsters unique to Japan, the Tengu who can control the storm. Under the scolding of Onmyoji, it shook with a fan in the direction of the poison gas, and immediately a strong wind of flying sand and stones was blown up.
The heavy poisonous fog that permeated the two armies": Guangzheng's second wave of poison and shells roared, was actually terrified by the scroller!
As a result, the situation turned around in vain, and the anti-straight army was able to reorganize and continue to advance. The Nasereldi on the position had to face the tragic damage of its own poison gas.
Fortunately, it was not a matter of one or two days for the Naseril Empire to use poison gas war. It has accumulated some counter-attack experience. With the commander's rapid order, the mage hurriedly tore a few. The spell scroll generated a strong wind in the opposite direction, pushing the poison gas towards the enemy again. The Tengu summoned by the Japanese Onmyoji is naturally not willing to be outdone, and he desperately shakes his fan to increase the wind. The two strong winds are controlling each other, and they are stalemate. The soldiers below are at a loss, staring at the wonders in the air, neither moving nor retreating.
This unstable deadlock did not last long, and an unexpected result appeared. One or two winds generated by spells were finally entangled with each other, wrapped in the deadly poisonous fog of emerald green, forming a huge tornado, which surprised both sides almost dropped their chins.
Then, under the influence of rotation and wind, this huge poisonous tornado roared, gradually left the battlefield, slowly swept towards the northeast, and finally completely escaped from the influence of the Japanese Ceyangshi and Naserier's army mage. In fact, after fighting each other for several rounds, both sides were already powerless: the Onmyoji exhausted all their spiritual power and could no longer maintain a powerful Shikigami like Summoning Tengu. The Naserier's army mage also used up all the wind magic scrolls they carried with them, as well as all the wind magic tricks they remembered today.
Therefore, without subsequent wind power supplementation, the huge artificial tornado gradually slowed down, and slowly relaxed with the green poisonous fog inside, brushed across the edge of Kyoto city, and rushed towards the coast of Lake Biwa, which was more eastward, and gradually spread and spread, completely covering that place.
Ran Yu was not very familiar with Kyoto geography. Seeing that the poisonous gas that had been overwhelming into the palace and disturbed the Emperor's Holy Lord, Shimazu's Angry Heart returned to his stomach. But the locals standing beside him, the Yin-Yangtou Yin-Yang Village chief, who led the casting of spells, was so scared that his face turned pale. He only knew that he kept trembling and muttering to himself, but he didn't even speak very closely.
"It's a sin! At least tens of thousands of people will be smothered by poisonous gas." This is a sin! You must be able to see the eight million gods in Gaotianyuan clearly, and do not reduce the punishment of divine punishment. Xiao Kejue has no evil intentions to abuse magic and slaughter mortals! This is all accident, yes, it's all accidents."
Mrs. Koma, why bother with your self-blame?"
After leaving the entire army to launch the order to attack again, Shimazu Nuzhi turned around and asked Yin Yang Head with some surprise, "The two armies fought and fought. How could the people in the war zone be free of casualties? What's more, the poisonous gas has not been poured into the densely populated Kyoto urban area, but has floated to the east suburbs, which should not be too harmful to the people!"
"Hehe, if all the poison gases are poured into the city, it will not have any impact. This day, we have walked around with knives, fired fires, and set fires. The murderous army of tens of thousands of people went back and forth from inside to outside. Where can the civilians in the city have the courage to stay in the city? Moreover, neither the enemy nor us have blocked traffic. At present, the 300,000 people in Kyoto have already fled, and there are not many people left.
Seeing Shimazu's Angry General Shi, the lost Yin-Yang-Head Komaki raised his head and forced a bitter smile, but it was even worse than crying. However, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the war has started for less than a day, and it is a secret plan, and no signs have been revealed. The people of Kyoto naturally have not made any preparations for escape, and even the money is fine and there may not be enough time to clean up.
Therefore, these citizens who are invisible generally do not go to another place immediately, but will mostly find a place near Kyoto to temporarily watch the situation. If the war subsides quickly, they can go home in time to preserve the industry. If the war continues, it will not be too late to make another picture.
However, there are mountains on the north and west side of Kyoto, with bumpy paths and hard to walk, and there is nowhere to stop and rest. Although there is a vast plain in the south, it is a place where the enemy and our army fight, and it is even less suitable for refuge. Only along the coast of Biwa Lake in the eastern suburbs, the roads are spacious and open, with dense villages, temples and villas. If the straits arrive, you can also take refuge on the lake. This is a place to avoid war.
According to the rewards of the spies from the court, since the army started last night, the people in the city have been helping the elderly and children to travel east to seek refuge. Many villages along the Lake Biwa were crowded for a while. Including the original residents there, it is estimated that there have been no less than 200,000 people. In addition, there are many female relatives in the families of the ministers and ministers, who have also been placed in Buddhist temples and manors in that area. "Without any defense, after being swept through such a large toxic fog, only God knows how many people will die!"
Speaking of this, Oguchi Wingchun couldn't help but sigh helplessly, alas. Lord Shimazu is a samurai, and he is responsible for killing people with a sword. Even if there are some actions of burning, killing, looting, it is natural. However, we, the Onmyoji, were born to expel demons and protecting humans. Yin and Yang Techniques are also techniques for living people. No matter what the reason is, we cannot use spells to commit evil and slaughter a lot of life.
Although this tragedy was not our original intention, it was an unprecedented disaster that caused hundreds of thousands of creatures to suffer. It was born in the Kyoto blessed land protected by the gods. Ten thousand ** will still make the gods angry. If you are not lucky, the entire Yin-Yang rope, Wanbibei, the official Onmyoji Association of the evil forces will be punished by God. If you don’t have one, you have to go back and regret it. If you can hurry up, you may have a room for rebirth. Lord Shimazu, let me say goodbye first.
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He explained a few words incoherently, and without even having the time to listen to Shimazu's Nine Shin-chan's reply, he pulled several other Onmyoji who were absent from the tragedy and turned around and ran back in a hurry.
On the other side, after listening to the explanation from Yin-Yangtou Wingchun, and looking back at the colorful emerald green in the northeast sky, Shimazu Anzhi was also frightened and cold sweat drifted down.
Although he was born to be ruthless as a samurai and commander, he was just an ordinary person who had never seen much blood in the peaceful world. He could not have the iron-stone heart of a military general who treated human life as a grass in troubled times. Hearing that hundreds of thousands of innocent people were killed because of his decision, Shimazu Nuri still felt a sense of depression in his chest.
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However, since this matter was done, he could only look forward with an optimistic attitude.
In fact, the prospects of the Overturning Alliance at this time are indeed quite good. �
The chaotic phalanx of the infantry inverted coalition forces, which was once congested due to poison gas, also completed the sorting work again under the officer's whip, boot tip and scolding. Under the instructions of the military horns, war drums and flags, they were steadily advancing towards the enemy positions neatly.
After losing the cover of the ultimate killer copper by the poison gas barrage, the Naserel Marines, which had less than 500 remaining combatants, and had no geographical advantage and offensive support, were not the opponent of tens of thousands of inverted coalition forces, and they did not even have the ability to block the enemy for a moment. Therefore, they could only discard all the spokes and weight supplies, and left thousands of at a loss of at a loss of time, and dragged a bunch of minor and serious wounded people to break through and escape. In order to seize the time, they simply did not even destroy the artillery and let them fall into the enemy.
However, although the decision to escape by a hero cut off his arm and successfully attract the attention of the pursuers with a mountain of radiant weight and armor, the bad luck of these Naseril soldiers is far from over. The news that the emperor issued an edict to overthrow the shogun and expel the barbarians has spread throughout the entire Kinki region in just a few dozen hours. In the Kinki region, all kinds of roninists, powerful men and temples were moved, and they attacked the industries of shogun government offices, treasurys and foreign merchants on their own, trying to take advantage of the situation and make a fortune. The defeated soldiers who escaped from the Kyoto battlefield were naturally one of their targets.
The Naseriel defeated soldiers who were dispersed into several small teams had already lost most of their firearms and ammunition, and were dragged down by a large number of wounded soldiers. They were not familiar with geography. In the presence of such a large-scale arrest in the sky and earth-style nets, there were heavy casualties. Although only ordinary people walked for one or two days from the Kyoto battlefield to the Dazhan City in the rear, only a very small number of the Naseriel defeated soldiers who were able to escape back to the garrison base alive.
On the other side of the battlefield, Mitsui Ginji, the old man from Shishi shogunate, seemed to be even more miserable.
As soon as the Tukan cavalry entered the camp, Mitsui Ginji and his generals had completely lost their command ability to the soldiers. They could only watch everyone quickly fall into hysterical frenzy, and panic pushed down and trampled any officer trying to reorganize the resistance, running to the east and west in a mess. But no matter where they escaped, they seemed to be unable to avoid the shiny sabre that was slashing towards them, and they could not avoid the shouts of killing that seemed to come from the depths of hell.
Even the guards directly under the head of the Shogunate Army headquarters had already fallen apart in this extremely fearful atmosphere and were seeking a way out. Those who still stick to Mitsui Ginji were only trusted servants who were about forty people, all of whom served the Mitsui family for generations and fed them with a lot of money. "No matter how good the martial arts of loyal and brave men are, they are at least more secure in their equipment and loyalty.
The problem is that such a little pitiful man is like a small boat in the storm of the storm in such a desperate situation where the entire army collapses and the strong enemy advances. Not to mention keeping his position and organizing resistance, even escorting Mr. Xi to leave safely is an impossible task.
Then, when he saw the Naserel Marines next to him blocking the main force of the Maku Army, he was forced to escape alone; and the Tukan cavalry team was summoned together again and was rushing towards his own formation, Mitsui Ginji was already considering whether he would surrender or commit suicide.
Fortunately, at this critical moment, another team of cavalry rushed in from outside the camp and fought fiercely with the Tukan cavalry that had been fighting back and forth for a long time. Mitsui Ginji finally saw a glimmer of hope for a safe escape.
Because, he saw a familiar short and fat figure from the cavalry, pulling his hoarse throat, shouting loudly to himself in Japanese language with a slightly awkward accent.
Don’t be surprised, the cavalry should follow the secret demonic dragon ginseng!”
Bi: After returning from a business trip from the north, I had a severe cold and had a high fever, and my head seemed to be about to crack. I have been waiting for you for a long time.
Oh my God, it’s still high temperatures of thirty or forty degrees here, but it’s already snowing there!
Chapter completed!