Before dawn, when it was the darkest moment between heaven and earth, the sound of fighting suddenly rose.
Fire was everywhere, and explosions were heard one after another. The two camps were in chaos.
In the beginning, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari both thought that the other side launched a sneak attack. In a panic, they hurriedly went out of the tent to prepare for an emergency response. But as they fought, they found that the situation was not right. The clothes, fighting style, and elite level of these sneak attacks were completely different from that of the other side.
The Tokugawa clan and the Toyotomi clan were old enemies, and they were very familiar with each other. Their military uniforms were different, and their fighting style was different. They were fiercer and more threatening. More importantly …
Only a few people could understand the slogans they shouted.
That was Chinese!
The Qin Army!
After confirming this fact, Tokugawa Ieyasu and Ishida Mitsunari were so scared that they didn't know how to deal with it.
Tokugawa Ieyasu was scared by the sudden arrival of the Qin Army here. According to the analysis of the intelligence, they shouldn't be so fast, and they shouldn't be here. It was more likely that they would appear in Kyushu Island.
Tokugawa Ieyasu lacked intelligence, so he couldn't figure out why the Qin Army suddenly appeared here.
Ishida Mitsunari was scared by the reality. Although he was mentally prepared to fight with the Qin Army in the future, that was the future, not the present.
As more and more people woke up, more and more Qin Army poured into the camp and launched attacks. The Toyotomi clan and the Tokugawa clan suffered heavy losses. They couldn't even hold an emergency meeting. They had to arrange a retreat.
The army was in chaos, and the morale of the army was in chaos. Many people didn't even know who they were facing. They thought it was the Toyotomi army or the Tokugawa army. They didn't know that they were facing a thunderous attack from the Daqin Empire.
The Daqin Empire's attack was very fierce. The cavalry quickly intersected, and the infantry pressed forward step by step. Spears, spears, and machetes were used continuously. The soldiers of the Tokugawa Army and the Toyotomi Army had just woken up from their sleep. Other than fear, they only knew how to escape. They had no will to fight at all.
In the chaos, they scattered in all directions, completely collapsing.
From then until dawn, Luo Shangzhi and Qi Jin had no idea how many enemies they had killed. When the sun came out, they slowly gathered their troops and counted the number of people and their losses, then the number of enemies they had killed and the spoils of war, and so on.
The night was too dark, and they only knew how to wield their swords to kill their enemies. As for who they killed and how many they killed, it was hard for them to tell.
When the sun came out, they slowly counted the number of people, sent out the cavalry to search for the enemy, and found the movement of the fleeing enemies. Anyway, the battle was so fierce, and the number of enemies was so large, but they didn't kill the most, and they didn't catch many. Most of them ran away.
When the Qin Army began to eat lunch, the battle report came out. The losses of the Qin Army were negligible, while the two Japanese pirates had killed 6,000 and 8,000 people respectively. More than 1,000 people were beheaded, and more than 6,000 captives were captured, most of them were wounded.
"Kill all the wounded captives and leave the rest to the infantry. Leave them to the main force to deal with. Our goal is to pursue and attack them. We won't give them a chance to breathe. Although they have been defeated, their strength hasn't completely collapsed. We need to completely break them up."
Luo Shangzhi immediately expressed his opinion. Qi Jin, who came to gather, also had no objection. The two reached an agreement with the military staff, and each led more than 1,000 cavalrymen to pursue in two directions.
These two directions were a little strange.
They were both in the east, but the directions were not the same.
"It's understandable that the Toyotomi clan ran to the capital, but why did the Tokugawa clan also run to the east? Isn't their base in the west? Or did they urgently form an alliance to escape together? "
Before they set off, Luo Shangzhi and Qi Jin discussed this problem.
"They probably guessed that we have more than one army, and there are also our people in Kyushu. If they go there, it will be a dead end. It's better to give up the west and run back to the capital. That way, there will be some hope."
This was Qi Jin's thought.
"Hmm, that makes sense."
Luo Shangzhi no longer had any doubts. He led the army to march side by side with Qi Jin, chasing together, not giving the Toyotomi clan and the Tokugawa clan a chance to regroup and breathe. They must keep chasing and attacking, until they completely break them up, until they lose the ability to resist.
Anyway, it was certain that no important people were killed in the scuffle last night.
The big fish were all behind. We should eat our fill and not let the main force take advantage of us.
This was what Luo Shangzhi and Qi Jin were thinking, and so was Li Rusong. He knew that this opportunity was not easy to come by, not to mention that he could personally lead a group of soldiers on a solo mission. For a general who had surrendered from the previous dynasty, this opportunity was the greatest trust he could have.
The Li family gave up the interests of Liaodong and obeyed the orders of the new emperor in exchange for safety and the continuation of the Li family of generals. The new emperor did not break his promise. He did not completely abandon the Li family, who was well-behaved and obedient enough. They didn't get any benefits in the first two battles, but they caught up with the third one.
It was the Japanese pirates, their old opponents in the Korean War.
It was not easy for the Li family to get to where it was today. It was all because of Li Chengliang's decisive abandonment and Li Rusong's understanding of the situation. If there was a little deviation, they could not survive the chaos before the establishment of the country and the great purge after.
The nobles of the former dynasty were almost killed by the new emperor, Xiao Ruxun, with various reasons. Almost all the counts and marquises were uprooted. Zhu Yinghuai was also dead, and his whole family was executed. Only Xu Hongji was still alive.
But it was said that Xu Hongji had done something he shouldn't have done and contacted people he shouldn't have contacted. He was being investigated by the Central Investigation Department.
The Central Investigation Department, the Palace of the King of Hell, was full of people from the Nether World, including the King of Hell and the imps. All of them were deadly.
Officials had never come out of there in one piece.
No one knew how long Xu Hongji's Duke of Wei could be preserved.
In addition, it was said that something had happened to the Mu family in Yunnan. It seemed that they were going to move to the capital. No one knew the specific situation, but it was certain that Yunnan, which they had operated for more than 200 years, could not stay any longer.
The emperor's control and suppression of the local areas were also unprecedented.
The Li family was frightened and became more cautious. Li Chengliang was frightened three times in a night. He was afraid that the emperor would not let go of the Li family. After all, the founder of the former dynasty really did not let go of anyone. They were afraid that Xiao Ruxun would do the same.
The Li family, who had given up their power, had no power to resist at all. They could only wait for death.
Then the order to go to war came. Li Rusong was appointed as the chief general of the Right Army in the war against the Japanese invaders. Li Chengliang was happy to eat another bowl of rice. Several brothers of the Li family also drank and celebrated happily. The Li family began to celebrate happily as if they were celebrating the Spring Festival.
Xiao Ruxun's oppression was too strong. Was there any emperor in the past as powerful as him?
Compared with the present dynasty, the life of the former dynasty was not too good.
But the former dynasty could not go back, while the present dynasty was as stable as Mount Tai.
The Li family had no other way but to go to the end of the road.
But for the moment, at least there was a chance to go to war, a chance to glorify the family, and a chance to continue to serve the present dynasty. Xiao Ruxun did not seem to be a person who liked to cut off his own arms and legs. As long as the Li family was useful, he would definitely continue to be employed.
That was for sure.
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