Chapter 812 Hakata's Sakura (3)

According to the Ming army's ranger, the Bofu Mountain extends about twenty miles north and south, and is about ten miles wide from east to west; to the south of Bofu Mountain, there is a larger continuous mountain range.

This kind of mountain forest has a steep and complex terrain, and a large number of troops are absolutely unwilling to enter the mountains unless they have to.

The main force of the Ming army, Sheng Yong's army, had about three infantry battalions and 17,800 people. They set out from the coast camp in the north and marched roughly southward; in the afternoon, the troops approached the valley entrance on the southern foot of Bofu Mountain.

The march took about thirty miles that day.

Compared to the downhill gate passage with highlands, woods, and fortifications in the north, Sheng Yong naturally chose the route of taking the main detour and attacking the Japanese army from the southern valley.

Ping'an's cavalry battalion had reached the east side of Bofu Mountain, waiting for an opportunity to harass and attack the Japanese reinforcements, temporarily controlling the access to the southern valley.The road in this valley is about eight or nine miles long, but the road is narrow.

Not long ago, Sheng Yong received news from the Ministry of Peace, that a large number of Japanese troops were moving westward; it was not like the movement of retreating and avoiding the war.

This situation is different from the news obtained by Yao Fang. Sheng Yong's judgment is that the Japanese army temporarily changed its strategy.

After all, with the positions of troops on both sides at this time, the Japanese army had to abandon the defenders in the north of Bofu Mountain if they wanted to run away.

So Sheng Yong was not anxious, and he immediately ordered Liu Sheng to lead a battalion of infantry to continue crossing the valley.

The remaining infantry camped at the west entrance of the valley and passed by again tomorrow morning.

The roads of the valley of eight or nine miles are not far away, but the central army has a large number of vehicles, artillery and supplies, which are inconvenient to pass on narrow roads.

Judging from the movements of all parties, Sheng Yong believes that the war is for the battle.

Since it is a battle, both sides must gather most of their troops on the main battlefield, otherwise there will be a risk of being defeated by each one.

Sheng Yong was in charge of the central army, and he had to force the Japanese army to choose a battle in the situation, but also to gather troops on the battlefield.

So far, Sheng Yong's balance has been maintained perfectly.

After all, the Ming army was just a first-time arrival, and it was not easy to land within a few days and complete such a war deployment.

Fortunately, Sheng Yong's army was commanded by hundreds of thousands of troops, and the battlefield was mobilized within a radius of thousands of miles. This time, he could do more meticulously with more than 20,000 people, limited to the northern part of Jiuzhou Island.

According to the information obtained by Yao Fang, Sheng Yong estimated that the Japanese army's strength was about four times that of the official army.But he believes that the official army still has great advantages in this battle.

Equipped with a large number of firearms and elite infantry with high armor, the decisive battle should be far superior to the Japanese army.

At the same time, the two thousand elite cavalry in Ping'an's hands must not be estimated by using the two thousand troops.

The imperial court's cost at least six or seven times that of infantry, and the expensive cost is not unreasonable.

Sheng Yong's understanding of the Japanese army was that he did not have any decent cavalry at all.

The Japanese horse soldiers equipped with ponies were relatively weak in terms of impact, speed and courage; while the Ming army infantry had always dealt with Mongolian cavalry with skillful bows and horses.

At this time, the main force of the central army had stopped advancing, and the baggage team was building military camps everywhere.

Sheng Yong led his personal soldiers to slam the horse and ran eastward, and soon arrived at the entrance of the valley.Liu Sheng's troops have become a long dragon column and are entering the narrow terrain of the valley.

The long line seemed very quiet, and the sound of footsteps was filled with the sound of footsteps.However, occasionally someone was talking in the queue, because the soldiers who were talking were at the upper vent, it reached Sheng Yong's ears from afar.

The soldier's voice vaguely said: When I was a child, a man in the village died. He stepped on the house and fell down, and his forehead hit the stone.For many years, his family would cry when they burn paper money, and the people in the village would mention him from time to time.Later, when I killed someone for the first time, I remembered the man from the same village, and I felt very nervous for several months.

Another voice said: Are you still panicking now?

The soldier said: I saw it a lot later, and now I can't remember anything, but I just feel that there is a stinking smell on people who have not died.

While speaking, the two spoken soldiers suddenly saw Sheng Yong and others, and shut up and followed the crowd silently.

Sheng Yong turned his head and saw Yao Fang riding a horse beside him, and said: The sword that has seen blood is indeed different from the newly forged sword, and it has murderous aura.

Yao Fang clasped her fists and said: The general will win.

However, Sheng Yong's face was not turbulent, nor was he happy. His expressionless face was very stable.

After all, if the Japanese army dares to fight, it is the opponent; Sheng Yong feels that he should take it seriously, attach importance to this battle, and use all means to win.

Sun Tzu said it well: War is a major event for the country and a way to survive and perish.No general has a reason to treat the battlefield as a joke.

The soldiers of various central army units rested for a night. The next afternoon, Sheng Yong led the main force to the plain area east of Bofu Shandong.

The army built camp fortifications about five miles away from the Japanese front camp.

Ping'an's cavalry battalion also moved closer to Sheng Yong's troops.Since then, the Ming army has gathered its main forces to the battlefield.

There were rafts everywhere around the battlefield, as if no one knew when the conflict began, and there had been a small group of people everywhere.

Sheng Yong rode around on a horse, observing the terrain everywhere with his own eyes.

This is a plain. On the left side of the Ming army is Bofu Mountain and on the right side is an unknown river.The flat area in the middle is about six or seven miles wide.

According to Yao Fang's news, the total Japanese army's total strength was within 80,000, and the number was much higher than that of the Ming army.

However, after repeated inquiries from the scouts, they determined that all the Japanese troops were on the west side of the river and did not spread too wide on the cross-section; the enemy gave up the advantage of encirclement in the cross-section width and increased the depth of the camp, which obviously had a relatively sufficient estimate of the combat power of the Ming army.

The army size of tens of thousands of sides and the distance is five miles away, making the war unavoidable.

Whoever dares to retreat suddenly will inevitably lead to military chaos and loss of supplies in the pursuit.

At this time, the Ming army also had some understanding of the Japanese army. Judging from the flags and family emblems seen by the scouts, Sheng Yong knew about the Japanese army's deployment.

On the west is the Ouchi family; on the middle is the coalition forces of the Spokes and Yamaine clans; on the east are the Hosokawa clans and other tribes.

On the east side of the battlefield is a river, and the other side of the river is still an endless flat area with a wide view.There are only Bofu Mountain on the west side, and there may be some tactical and strategic surprises.

Because the eastern foot of Bofu Mountain is not high and relatively gentle, the higher it goes, the steeper it becomes.If a surprise attacks the opponent's flank from the mountains and forests, it is possible.

However, with the situation of the Japanese army's horse soldiers, even if they raid the Ming army's flanks, their destructive power may not be too great.The infantry is too slow, and the sudden attack after rushing out of the forest will be greatly reduced.

Sheng Yong observed for a long time and led a team of cavalry from the left wing to the front of the central army.At this time, Ping'an, Liu Sheng and others also rode on horseback.

Ping'an and others held their fists on the horse's back and saluted, and they all said brief and polite words.Sheng Yong replied with a gift and said directly: While the weather is clear, the war will start early tomorrow morning.

Shanda Maleman is happy.Ping An said with a smile.

Sheng Yong ignored Ping An and pointed at a military general beside Liu Sheng and said: Commander Zhang, don’t go forward tomorrow. He led his troops to deploy on the left wing and prepared to counterattack the Japanese surprise soldiers coming out of the woods.

Liu Sheng turned his gaze to Yao Fang's face. What news did the coach get?

Sheng Yong shook his head and said: I guess.

Ping An told Liu Sheng, "Marquis An Yuan didn't know that Zheng Dashen looked like a gentleman, but in fact he was very cunning."

Liu Sheng didn't want to offend Sheng Yong. He looked very embarrassed when he heard this and didn't dare to speak.

Ping'an said again: The big inner wing of the left wing actually has some skills and insights. His misfortune was just that he had to bite the bullet and face the match.Since Danui Sheng knew some military tactics, he certainly would not miss the use of surprise weapons; now it seems that only the woods on the mountain may be able to use surprise weapons.

Liu Sheng echoed: General Ping’s words are reasonable.

Ping An glanced at Sheng Yong and said: I'll just tell him what our Shan Dashen's idea is.You see, he didn't say a word, but his belly was full of bad water. He kept thinking, you said this person...

Sheng Yong said: The first contribution of this battle is General Ping.

Ping An was stunned when he heard this, but he couldn't continue.

Sheng Yong said with a serious look: I hope you will continue to work hard tomorrow, do your best to live up to the great trust of the emperor.

Everyone clasped their fists and said, "The last general will obey the order."

drive! Sheng Yong shouted and quickly rode his horse away. At this time, Ping An's voice said again: What will I do tomorrow? Shandashen is the head coach.

Sheng Yong said without looking back: Are almost all the cavalry under your command?

At this time, you can still see sporadic cycling activities on the front of the military camps.

Sheng Yong ran north for a while, then stopped the war horse and looked around.

On the flat ground, there is a slightly larger village in the middle, and there are some scattered houses everywhere.

Looking around, you can see some rice fields, vegetable fields, and drought-unreclaimed wastelands, sparse trees and shrubs, and occasionally small ponds can be seen.

A few small and short hills were planted with trees.

If people do not look back at the dusty military camp behind and only look at the open land in front, it will be a quiet pastoral scene.

The odds of winning have been weighed many times in Sheng Yong's mind. Of course, it was a battle with a great chance of winning that he would find a way to fight.

However, as long as it is not time to really decide the outcome, Sheng Yong will always be in love with and wait.

At night, Sheng Yong personally instructed the rotating generals to deploy open and secret whistles on all sides to prevent the Japanese army from attacking the camp.

Fortunately, there was nothing wrong all night.

After all, sneak attacks at night cannot send too many people, which can easily lead to chaos; what can really be distinguished is the battle to be put into the main force the next day.

The sky gradually turned white, and there was a noise on all sides.The sound of trumpets and the noise of people and horses enveloped the earth.The early morning air was a little damp and cool, but the ground was dry, and it seemed like it was another sunny day.