Xiao Ruxun saw that the battle was in a stalemate, and the retreating Japanese army was obviously in a frenzy. Such a frenzied attack was disadvantageous to the Ming Army. There was no need for the Ming Army to suffer too many losses here.
Therefore, he immediately ordered the artillery soldiers who had retreated to the back of the formation to form a formation, and then raised their guns to the sky to attack the Japanese army at the back of the formation. They did not dare to use the artillery. Lead bullets were not accurate. Once they hit their own people, Xiao Ruxun would have no place to cry.
The artillery soldiers immediately formed a formation according to Xiao Ruxun's order. They raised their guns, raised their guns, and fired at the sky at a forty-five degree angle. Bang, bang, bang, bang, they fired in unison. The lead bullets caused a bloody storm at the back of the Japanese formation.
A bodyguard who was only a few meters away from Tokugawa Ieyasu was shot in the throat and killed. Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes twitched. Kuroda Rusui saw that the situation was not good and immediately ordered the artillery soldiers to form a formation at the back of the formation. They fired at the back of the Ming Army formation, returning the Ming Army's strength.
But before their artillery soldiers could form a formation, the Ming Army's second and third round of shooting came. The formation that had just been formed was destroyed, and the artillery soldiers died on the ground. Kuroda Rusui was furious and had an idea. He ordered the artillery soldiers to disperse and shoot at the sky freely. They did not gather together and did not give the Ming Army a chance to kill them all in one fell swoop.
This strategy had a certain effect. The Japanese army began to counterattack. Within the Ming Army, soldiers were constantly injured and killed by the lead bullets falling from the sky. Xiao Ruxun coldly watched his dead soldiers and used the telescope to observe the situation of the battle at the back. In addition to ordering the artillery soldiers to fight back quickly, he was also observing when the three fierce generals, Luo Shangzhi, Li Rusong, and Liu Ting, could completely defeat the Japanese army and then attack from the front and back.
He only had ten thousand elite soldiers, and the Japanese army here was obviously more than ten thousand. Luo Shangzhi had more than twenty thousand Ming Army soldiers, and the Japanese army there was obviously less than the Ming Army.
However, the Japanese army was unexpectedly brave and skillful in battle. Li Rusong and Liu Da, the two great generals, were unable to take them down with a pincer attack. Luo Qianjin's frontal assault was also unable to take them down with a single wave. Instead, he was dragged into a tangled battle.
The Japanese army did not have many people, at most ten thousand, but their fighting power was surprisingly strong. The soldiers were also extremely fierce. They were all very excited, as if they had been injected with chicken blood. Li Li Rusong's female soldiers and Liu's multinational troops did not have any advantage. Luo Shangzhi's elite southern troops also made slow progress.
But the Japanese army was, after all, small in number. They were attacked from three sides by the Ming Army and slowly could not hold on. Finally, the complete formation was broken by the Ming Army. The three Ming Army quickly cut and besieged the Japanese army, cutting them into three small pieces and attacking them separately.
Luo Shangzhi was the first to complete the task and eat up the Japanese army that he was responsible for. Soon, Li Rusong and Liu Ting also made breakthroughs. The Japanese army was left with only a few thousand people who were still resisting stubbornly and would soon be destroyed.
The situation on Xiao Ruxun's side was also very tense. The Japanese army's desperate attack actually broke through the Ming Army's first iron shield defense line. Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the Ming Army to form the second iron shield defense line. The army regrouped and rushed up to attack the Japanese army again. But once the Japanese lead bullets hit the Ming Army's shield soldiers, there would soon be Japanese machetemen rushing into the Ming Army's formation and slashing with their swords, often killing several Ming Army soldiers.
For this reason, Xiao Ruxun sent his Ningxia bodyguards and his bravest family general, Zhao Hu, with a long broadsword. He led the bodyguards to slash at the Japanese machetemen when they saw them rushing in. They would never let them destroy the Ming Army's formation. This strategy was very effective. The Japanese army's attack was thwarted, and the Ming Army's gunmen took the opportunity to fight back. They pushed back the battle line fiercely and recovered the previous battle line little by little.
Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kuroda Rusui saw that the battle was in a stalemate. They estimated that the Japanese army in the rear could not hold on. If the Japanese army in the rear was completely annihilated and the Ming Army attacked together, they would definitely be surrounded and annihilated here.
In order to avoid such an ending, they had to kill their way out. Kuroda Rusui looked at Tokugawa Ieyasu and quickly said, "We have to kill our way out! Master, please personally lead the troops to charge to boost morale and let the soldiers kill their way out as soon as possible. No matter what, you have to at least ensure that you can lead the troops to kill their way out! "
Tokugawa Ieyasu nodded and decided to personally lead the strongest family guards to charge to boost morale. Kuroda Rusui followed with a big spear in his hand. His martial arts were also very high and he was not afraid to fight on the battlefield. It was just that fighting on the battlefield was a little risky. As a strategist, he did not often go to the battlefield. But at this time, he had no other choice. The battle was as dangerous as a pile of eggs. Xiao Ruxun was cunning, so they had to take the risk and charge.
Xiao Ruxun saw the movement of the Japanese army's flag from the center of the formation and realized that Tokugawa Ieyasu and Kuroda Rusui were planning to charge. If this wave of attack could not be stopped, the Ming Army's iron shield defense line would be in danger. Xiao Ruxun immediately ordered the three hundred soldiers in his personal guards to rush to the frontline. He ordered them to aim in the direction of the Japanese army's flag and shoot. Regardless of whether they hit it or not, they had to at least restrain the enemy.
Reality proved that this restrain was very effective. The momentum of Tokugawa Ieyasu's charge was slowed. When the lead bullets fell, Tokugawa Ieyasu did not notice and was still charging. In the end, one of his retainers threw him off his horse. Tokugawa Ieyasu was just about to curse when he realized that the retainer was on top of him. His back had already been shot by seven or eight lead bullets, turning him into a sieve. He was just lucky that he was not hit.
His horse was hit and died on the ground. Kuroda Rusui followed behind and was lucky enough to avoid this round of shooting. When he saw that the guards around Tokugawa Ieyasu were all dead or injured, he knew that the Ming Army had followed the direction of the flag's movement and hit the Tokugawa Ieyasu guards who had rushed to the frontline of the battlefield. Luckily, Tokugawa Ieyasu was fine. Otherwise, Kuroda Rusui would have committed suicide. With Tokugawa Ieyasu dead, what was the point of fighting this war?
"Master!" Kuroda Rusui hurriedly flipped off his horse and helped Tokugawa Ieyasu up. "Are you okay?"
Tokugawa Ieyasu looked like he had not recovered from the shock. His entire body was trembling. It took him a while to calm down. He gritted his teeth and pointed in the direction of the Ming Army's flag in the distance. He shouted angrily, "Return fire! Return fire! If they can fight, we can fight too! Return fire!!! "
Kuroda Rusui hurriedly dissuaded him. "The distance is too far! It's useless if we can't hit them. They are shooting at us based on our flag. We are too big a target and too close to the frontline. Master, retreat immediately. Otherwise, there will be … "
"Master, be careful!!"
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