Chapter 401: Goryeo collapses, night attack on Uesugi Kenshin
When Zhu Houzhao led the army northward, the Japanese army had already assembled and left the Falkland Islands one after another.
The next day, the army of the Mori family landed first in Busan and launched an attack on the hastily assembled 100,000 coastal defense forces.
In this battle, the Goryeo army reproduced the majesty of France during World War II, perfectly interpreting what "collapse at the first touch" means.
After cleaning up the coastal defense forces, the head of the Mori family, Mori Moto, did not wait for the subsequent army to gather, and directly led 20,000 headquarters to charge at the Goryeo royal capital, Seoul.
Strangely, the Takeda family, the Date family, the Shimazu family and other forces that arrived later, after learning of Mori Motonari's movements, just cursed and rushed to each other's battlefields to obtain results.
No one considered rushing to help the Mori family.
Faced with such a big headwind, the Mori family did not care, fighting alone all the way, destroying the city and breaking through the pass.
So, five days later, Seoul, which was defended by a large army, fell, and the ruler of Goryeo fled to Pyongyang in a hurry...
At this time, the royal family, the Uesugi family, the Hojo family, the shrine maiden agency, and even the follow-up army of Honganji had already disintegrated all the resistance forces along the way.
Afterwards, the main force of the Oda family captured Pyongyang with a crushing momentum and killed the ruler of Goryeo who had not yet had time to escape.
Since then, the morale of the Goryeo army has declined to the extreme, and they have given up resistance and collapsed without a fight.
When Oda Nobunaga arrived in Pyongyang, which was almost reduced to ruins, all eight provinces of Goryeo had been lost, and the Lee Dynasty had completely become history.
Almost at the same time, the main force of the Ming Dynasty had passed the border along the Yalu River and arrived in the Tieling area.
Speaking of which, according to diplomatic regulations...
As a vassal state, Goryeo needed to ask for help from the suzerain Ming Dynasty even if it was invaded, and the Ming Dynasty could only send troops.
But the Japanese army's action this time was too fast, and the speed of the Goryeo army's collapse was too outrageous.
As a result, Lee Sun, the King of Goryeo, died before his letter of request for help reached the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
Faced with this situation, Zhu Houzhao was too lazy to continue to worry about those diplomatic principles.
On the one hand, he ordered the border to be opened and refugees to be accommodated; on the other hand, he ordered the army to enter Goryeo one by one.
To be honest, the current situation is a bit delicate.
If you can eat Japan, you can also take Goryeo into your pocket.
If you lose, you will lose completely.
But if you win...
In various senses, it can be regarded as a merit of expanding territory.
***
Goryeo·North Hamgyong Province
The sky and the earth are desolate, and the setting sun is like blood.
Under the command of Dugu Lian'er, tens of thousands of vanguard troops affiliated with Wushuang City have taken the lead in entering the territory of Goryeo and setting up camp.
In the military camp that stretches for several miles, the military discipline is solemn, swords and guns are like forests, and cold light flashes.
This place is less than a hundred miles away from the border of the Ming Dynasty. It used to be a prosperous place with merchants coming and going.
But after the baptism of war, this place has long been unrecognizable.
"What's the situation?"
Lin Xuan walked out of the tent and looked at the empty field in the distance.
The air was always mixed with a faint smell of blood, which made people extremely uncomfortable.
"My Lord, the spy reported that Oda Nobunaga planned to use this as the main route to invade the Ming Dynasty, so he sent Otomo Sorin to mobilize the country's artillery to destroy the garrison and obstacles here."
"After several days of bombardment, Otomo Sorin ran out of ammunition and food and could not continue. Now the headquarters of the Fourth Corps and the head of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Kenshin, is on duty here."
Dugu Lian'er waved the Qinglong Yanyue Sword: "I heard that Uesugi Kenshin is also a master, and ordinary assassins can't get close to him. How about Lian'er sneaking into her tent at night and secretly beheading her?"
"You are the commander-in-chief of the front army, can you have a little general style..."
Lin Xuan said speechlessly: "Even if you want to assassinate, at least make a night attack and destroy all the main forces of the Uesugi family."
"My Lord is right!"
Dugu Lian'er rolled his eyes: "Then Lian'er will call up 800 warriors and break into the headquarters of the Uesugi family at night, and kill Uesugi Kenshin and her female military advisor together? "
"Wait a minute."
Lin Xuan waved his hand: "Who is the military supervisor sent by the Oda family this time?"
"It seems to be called Takenaka Hanbei. This person is not famous, and Lian'er doesn't know what he has done."
Dugu Lian'er thought for a while: "This person seems to be a counselor in the Oda family. In addition to supervising Uesugi Kenshin, he also serves as the deputy military advisor of the Fourth Army and the chief monk."
"Takenaka Hanbei..."
Lin Xuan's mind moved slightly: "Then change the target, kill this person first at night, and call Miss Ao and Lingyun together."
In history, Takenaka Hanbei should have become a retainer of Oda Nobunaga only after repeated invitations from Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and his status was quite high.
But this version of Monkey Hideyoshi is really a monkey...
Because of this change, Oda Nobunaga did not seem to pay too much attention to Takenaka Hanbei.
As a result, Takenaka Hanbei's status was not that high.
Speaking of which, the Japanese always have some inexplicable love for Takenaka Hanbei.
Although there are not many records of this person in official history, he is extremely praised by the people.
He often pretends to be Zhuge Liang, and is known as "Today's Kong Ming".
To be honest, Lin Xuan feels that this guy pretending to be Zhuge Liang is a bit inexplicable.
Apart from other things, Zhuge Liang lived for more than 50 years, but this guy only lived for more than 30 years...
If you have to compare, it should be Pang Tong, Guo Jia and other people who died young, right?
Forget it, Lin Xuan is too lazy to think about it.
Just based on pretending to be Zhuge Liang, let's send him off first.
"Yes, Lian'er understands!"
***
The Uesugi family's military camp has always been clean, tidy, simple and practical.
Even the general tent of the head of the family, Uesugi Kenshin, is only spacious because of the sand table, and the overall situation is still not very conspicuous. .
But behind the army, there stood an extremely gorgeous and beautiful tent.
There were more than fifty samurai, ninjas, onmyoji and even mikos gathered in the big tent.
Everyone was sitting or standing, looking lazy.
"Ba Ge! The other armies are all happily burning, killing and looting. There are new things to play with every day."
"The framed army we followed here has a long holiday and is aloof, pretending to eat fasting and chant Buddha's name all day long."
A short swordsman wiped the Japanese sword in his hand and cursed: "It is really unlucky to be sent here by Lord Oda."
"I don't have this function, how can I play it?"
A well-dressed kunoichi smiled coquettishly and said, "Would you like to play with me?"
She was originally a genin of Iga.
After the Oda family's army broke through Igari and killed the Iga ninja master Hyakuchi Santafu, they followed the few remaining jounin and surrendered to the Oda family.
Although military life can be considered strict, it is much better than the ascetic life in the ninja.
Many ninjas also began to indulge.
"Neuropathy!"
The dwarf swordsman said angrily: "You kunoichi are putting all kinds of poison on your body all day long. If you are not disgusting, I am still disgusting!"
"That's what Ninjutsu is like, and I don't want to!"
The kunoichi sneered: "Hmph! I'm just telling you, why don't you sneak out instead of sneaking out? Are you afraid of death?"
"It's a joke, aren't you afraid of death?"
The dwarf swordsman said disdainfully: "If you have the guts, show me a dead one."
"It's boring to put it this way..."
The kunoichi sighed: "But my body is poisoned, so I won't be able to live for long. It's a matter of time."
"You have done so many immoral things, you should have died long ago, and you are so scared!"
"It's still a little scary."
The kunoichi sighed and said, "Did you know? The best kunoichi in the world who is used by the Oda family has been seriously injured a while ago."
"The number one kunoichi? Suzume? I know this person."
"Lord Fuma Kotaro said that Suzume's ninjutsu has reached its peak, even Hattori Hanzo can't match it."
The dwarf swordsman said in surprise: "She was poisoned to death by her own body?"
"That's not true. She met a Ming Dynasty craftsman a while ago, and was struck by that man's sword energy..."
"Are you sick?"
The dwarf swordsman was furious: "You've been saying for a long time that your body is poisonous, but the last blow counts? Who the hell can survive being stabbed to death?"
"Suzume is as powerful as a sword master!"
"Huh? So...so what?"
The dwarf swordsman was silent for a moment and said harshly: "Can the sword master survive?"
"snort!"
In the center of the big tent, a middle-aged man who had always closed his eyes to relax opened his eyes.
A gaze like cold lightning fell on the dwarf swordsman.
Although the middle-aged man did not speak.
But the temperature in the entire room seemed to have dropped a few degrees.
He is the descendant of the former Japanese swordsman Yagyu Muji, Yagyu Sogan.
Under the guidance of Kamizumi Nobutsuna, he became a great swordsman.
He is only one step away from being called the "Sword Master", the supreme swordsman.
"Master Yagyu, I'm sorry! I didn't mean any disrespect!"
The dwarf swordsman was startled, and he subconsciously knelt in front of Yagyu Sogan.
Dogeza is a Japanese etiquette, that is, bowing to the ground to apologize.
This is a ritual for a person of humble status to show extreme respect to a person of high status.
In Japan, the strong naturally do whatever they want and no one can control them.
Weak people generally need to learn this kind of etiquette.
You can live safer.
"Kneel down for five minutes, reflect, and don't speak out of turn in the future."
Yagyu Munen's expression softened slightly and he looked at the kunoichi: "Go on about what you just said."
"Huh? Oh! Suzuki's injuries are actually nothing serious to a swordsman or sword master. At most, they are just a missing arm and a broken leg."
"But our kunoichi's whole body is full of poison. Once we are injured and cannot suppress it, the poison will spread all over our body. Even the national experts may not be able to heal well."
The kunoichi patted her chest and said with lingering fear: "Yagyu-sama, I'm so scared!"
"I'm not asking you that."
"You said Suzume... hmm, she's as good as a swordsman, but she was actually injured by Mingchao Shosaku?"
Yagyu Muneyan said angrily: "Is the Sword Master so worthless?"
"This..., the Imperial Master has sealed this matter. It is so mysterious that it is spread privately, and no one knows whether it is true or not."
The kunoichi was a little scared and first expressed her immunity.
"explain!"
"It seems that Suzuki discovered this trick first, and she killed Suzu's clone in three moves."
"Suzuki was even forced to transform into a wooden stake to block this man's killing sword at a high cost."
"Then Sword Saint Tsukahara Buden arrived and teamed up with Suzume to entangle this delicate work."
"I heard that if these two people join forces, they can barely compete with that meticulous swordsmanship."
"On the last day, Imperial Master Xiu came and took advantage of the time when the clone of Xiu Zuo was free to cut off Xiu Zuo's heart veins with his supreme magical power."
"When I heard that the man was seriously injured and on the verge of death, he used his sword to force the three of them back and used this to escape."
The kunoichi thought for a moment: "Suzume was probably the last one to be injured."
"...is this fucking fine work?"
Yagyu Soyan was dumbfounded and cursed in a low voice.
Although he is very confident in his swordsmanship...
But Tsukahara Buden was also a master of the ultimate swordsmanship, and was not necessarily much weaker than his ancestor Yagyu Mugi.
Even if he fights alone, he has no chance of winning.
Now he was actually beaten into this state by a mere craftsman.
This meticulous work...could it be the Sword God?
In the Ming army, there will be a few more such detailed works...
Is that okay?
"With such meticulous martial arts, Commander Uesugi may not be sure to win, right?"
"It's hard to say how strong the legion commander is, but if it were anyone else in the army, he would definitely be in trouble."
"Baga! The great catastrophe announced by Master Oda is the catastrophe of the Han people or the catastrophe of Japan?"
A group of warriors also thought about this problem and began to curse.
"Everyone, please be quiet, you are hindering my thinking."
Just when there was a commotion in the camp, a scribe sitting at the desk raised his head and said calmly.
As if there was magic power, the noisy tent suddenly became silent.
"Takenaka-kun, please give instructions!"
After a moment, all the men and women, including Yagyu Sogan, stood up straight and bowed to the scribe.
"Ignore what happened just now. I heard Commander Uesugi mention this detail."
"She saw the traces of the fight and found that this man's swordsmanship was ruthless and aloof."
"If nothing else goes wrong, it should be Mu Yingxiong, the former swordsman."
Takenaka Hanbei said calmly: "Such a powerful warrior, even if you include Lin Xuan and Qingnv in the Central Plains, I'm afraid there won't be more than two hands."
"Hmph! How can there be so many masters in this tiny place in the Central Plains!"
Yagyu clan Yan said coldly: "A hundred years ago, my great-grandfather of the Yagyu family was killed by that bitch. This time I will kill that bitch!"
"No matter what, we are now on the side of destiny and we will definitely win!"
Takenaka Hanbei was silent for a moment and said with a smile: "As for you wanting to fight Aonome... I can only say I wish you good luck, Yagyu-kun."
"In this Goryeo battlefield, I killed hundreds of Goryeo elite soldiers and generals without any effort."
Yagyu Zongyan held the sword in his hand: "Now that I have mastered the art of swordsmanship, what will happen if the Ming Dynasty's thousands of horses and troops come together?"
"Woo!"
At this moment, Qingyue's military bugle sounded in the distance.
The unimaginable explosion of bowstrings sounded, and the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air was like falling stars.
Screams continued to sound, and at the moment of the battle, the front army suffered a devastating blow.
"The Ming army attacked at night?"
Yagyu Soyan's face changed slightly: "There shouldn't be many people, but their bows... what kind of bows are they?"
"With General Uesugi in charge of the Chinese army, there should be no chaos."
"But in the face of such an offensive, the losses will certainly not be small."
Takenaka Hanbei glanced at Yagyu Munen indifferently: "Now that Master Yagyu has mastered the art of swordsmanship, I will have to rely on him a lot later."
"Hahaha! Just what I want!"
Yagyu Soen laughed loudly, took the lead out of the camp, and said sternly: "I am the great swordsman Yagyu Soen, who dares to fight with me?"
"All generals will follow me to meet the enemy."
Almost at the same time, a cold girl's voice sounded in the middle army.
A huge Bizi flag was erected in the middle army, and several extremely bright light pillars fell on the chaotic place of the front army, emitting a dazzling light.
This is a strategist skill that can only be used by great strategists.
It can play an inspiring role and enhance courage.
There are no more than five military advisors in Japan who can display this skill.
"The Dragon of Echigo!"
"The God of War is invincible!"
In an instant, the front army let out a deafening roar.
"Strong arrow array, mark the direction, scatter!"
Like a rushing wind, Uesugi Kenshin's voice sounded in the front army.
The formation changed, and the originally chaotic military formation became operational again.
The next moment, rows of arrows were like black poisonous snakes, once again breaking through the Uesugi family's front army.
Blood splashed continuously, and the attacking and defensive sides continued to test each other's range and will.
"The Ming army only has more than 10,000 people at most, and our army has more than 30,000 people. This one beats them all!"
"Nowadays, the Ming army has no good generals. We are personally commanded by the commander of the Uesugi Army and the military advisor Naoe. This is better than the other two."
"Our army has won many battles and has high morale, but the Ming army has come from afar and is exhausted. This is the third victory."
Takenaka Hanbei glanced at the battle situation and said with a smile: "Although the Ming army has strong bows now, once the battle situation reaches a stalemate, the advantage will be on our side."
"That's what Lord Takenaka said!"
"Kill all those bastards!"
"If they knew the true strength of the legion commander, they would probably tremble with fear, right?"
"Tonight is the time for us to make a contribution!"
The samurai ninjas around were very excited and all agreed.
"The way you said your last words was so funny."
At this moment, the light and sweet girl's voice sounded from all directions, echoing in everyone's ears.
"???"
"Who!"
"Baga!"
After a moment of silence, the Japanese people finally reacted, shouting and cursing one after another, with endless filthy words.
"Hehe, you are all going to die anyway."
The girl seemed to yawn, and her voice sounded a little lazy: "You are about to die, so it doesn't matter if you have a good time."
"Shameless talk!"
Yagyu Soyan's eyes suddenly burst out with two points of light, and he looked coldly towards the back of the tent: "Come out!"
"Alright."
The girl's voice sounded again: "Sword Saint Senior, Young Master, these devils want to see us."
As she spoke, a beautiful and delicate girl in a light dress, holding a huge steel gun upside down, walked out slowly from behind the tent.
"I am the head of Emei, not the junior head..."
A figure flashed, and Li Zhenzhen appeared behind Tang Lingyun, sighing: "Forget it, as long as Miss Tang is happy."
"I won't come out."
The Sword Saint felt a little embarrassed, and said lightly: "That Liu Sheng kid is rude, I will kill him later."
"How dare you! Who are you?"
"I am the person you scolded for a long time. I don't understand your words, and I don't understand some things."
Tang Lingyun smiled and said: "But my grandfather said that if a dog barks at us, we don't need to care what the dog is barking, just beat it to death."
"So that's it, you are the warriors who volunteered to fight in the Ming Dynasty?"
Takenaka Hanbei said lightly: "Seeking death."
"Draw the sword and cut!"
Yang Sheng Munen smiled proudly, and suddenly drew the sword at his waist.
The long sword made a clear sound, like a dragon's roar.
"That's it?"
The old voice of the Sword Saint sounded.
The world was silent, and the space was frozen.
Countless sword energies gathered in the air, like a huge snow mountain, crushing towards Yagyu Sogen.
"Ah, my god!"
Yagyu Sogen was horrified, and forced his mind to control the sword to block the pervasive sword energy.
The sound of metal colliding resounded through the world, and the sword made of fine iron was turned into powder.
The rolling sword energy rushed down without stopping, cutting Yagyu Sogen's body into a puff of blood mist.
Almost at the same time, Li Zhenzhen's long sword was unsheathed, and the nine styles of the golden top were completed in one go.
The ethereal and boundless sword energy, like the sea of clouds in Emei, shot out in all directions.
A group of Japanese masters, as soon as they rushed to Li Zhenzhen, showed an extremely fearful look and retreated in a hurry.
As they retreated, blood arrows continued to burst out from their bodies, and the scene was terrifying.
"Retreat!"
Takenaka Hanbei shook his military fan, blocked Li Zhenzhen's three consecutive swords, and jumped into the air in a somewhat embarrassed manner.
"Don't leave, Sister Dugu specifically asked me to kill you."
The next moment, a ray of extremely tragic light burst out, and it fell domineeringly on Takenaka Hanbei's throat, picking up his head.
"..."
Takenaka Hanbei stared at the girl standing with a gun in a daze until he lost all consciousness.
"What do you say now?"
Tang Lingyun launched the Overlord Spear, stabbed all the remaining more than ten Japanese ninjas to death, and stood with the gun.
"Don't worry about this, let's go to the central army to watch Lord Dugu fight Uesugi Kenshin, Lin Zhenjun also went there in person."
"Okay!"