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Chapter 157 Being manipulated
At Longshan, the Japanese army set up a tight net, waiting for the arrival of the Ming army to launch a surprise attack on Longshan.

Fukushima Masanori, the leader of the "Seven Spears of Jianyue", followed the advice of the Japanese lord player and led the Fifth Legion to secretly arrive at Longshan, setting an ambush from all sides.

The first lord of Japan, Katsumoto Takahashi, is lying in wait with a group of elite Japanese players. He is certain that the Ming army will launch a surprise attack on Longshan.

Longshan stored a large amount of food and grass, just like Wuchao in the Battle of Guandu.

If Takahashi Katsumoto himself were a member of the Ming army, he would also find ways to burn down the granary in Longshan.

He was drinking sake in Longshan and looking at the snow-capped mountains.

In such bad weather, if the Ming army and Eastern Han players dare to come to Longshan, they will never return.

Suddenly, several Japanese players rushed into Takahashi Katsumoto's camp in a hurry.

"The Ming army is coming?"

Takahashi Katsumoto put down his wine bowl, his eyes shining.

He waited in Longshan for a long time, waiting for the Ming army to fall into the trap.

"The Ming army is coming, but they are not attacking Yongsan, but Seoul!"

"what?!"

Katsumoto Takahashi slammed the wine bowl in his hand against the table, spilling the wine all over the floor.

The Ming army did not play by the rules. Instead of attacking Yongsan, they attacked Seoul directly.

Yongshan is the granary of Seoul. If Seoul is captured, Yongshan will most likely not be able to be defended.

The Ming army is going straight to Huanglong!
"Takahashi, let's quickly tell Fukushima Masanori about the Ming army's movements, and then lead the troops back to Seoul!"

When the Japanese players who were ambushing in Yongsan heard that the Ming army was heading straight for Seoul, they became flustered and anxious to go back to defend the city.

Takahashi Katsumoto stood up and prepared to lead his troops to rescue Seoul.

Suddenly, Takahashi Katsumoto's body froze as if struck by a bolt from the blue.

"Takahashi, what's wrong? If we don't return to Seoul in time, once Seoul is conquered by the Ming army, it will be disastrous."

"Something is wrong. Something is very wrong. The Ming army is bluffing."

Katsumoto Takahashi always felt that something was fishy.

When the other Japanese players heard what Takahashi Katsumoto said, they stopped their actions and said, "Are you saying that the Ming army is trying to trick us into withdrawing our troops from Yongsan and returning to Seoul, and then they will attack Yongsan?"

"That's right. This is the Central Plains military strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. It's a mixture of false and real, real and false, and it's hard to guard against. We almost fell into the trap."

"hiss……"

A group of Japanese players gasped and their scalps felt numb.

What a sinister military tactic.

If they rush to Seoul for help, the granary in Yongsan might catch fire as soon as they leave.

"We will use their own tricks to counterattack. We will send a group of soldiers with flags flying everywhere to pretend to be an ambush and return to Seoul. The rest of the troops will wait for us."

Takahashi Katsumoto has the ability to become the first lord player in the East Japan region. He is not lacking in strategy. Based on his own speculation, he deploys his troops according to the strategy of the Ming army.

Shortly after Takahashi Katsumoto's decoy troops emerged and marched toward Seoul, Ming army flags appeared on the road leading to Yongsan, and tens of thousands of Ming cavalry were rapidly approaching the Yongsan granary.

"Master Gaoqiao is so wise. The real target of the Ming army is indeed Longshan!"

"Hehehe, as long as the Ming army falls into our ambush, they will be annihilated."

"Cannon teams, archers, get ready." The million Japanese troops in ambush have made full preparations. Cannons, longbows, powerful crossbows and other weapons are all aimed at the middle of the road.

The warriors also drew their swords from their waists, each with a fierce look in their eyes.

They had been lying in ambush in Longshan for a long time, in the biting cold wind, just waiting for the Ming army to come to them so that they could finally eat meat.

Seeing that tens of thousands of Ming cavalry were about to arrive at Longshan, suddenly, the Ming cavalry stopped, rested on the spot, ate dry food, and even leisurely lit a bonfire, where they warmed themselves by the fire and let the flames melt the frost on their armor.

Takahashi Katsumoto and a group of ambushing players, even including the Fifth Army commander Fukushima Masanori, were all staring at each other in wide eyes.

What were these tens of thousands of elite cavalry of the Ming army doing?
Soldiers are valuable and quick.

Look at how leisurely they are.

Does this look like a surprise attack?
"What is the real intention of the Ming army?"

Takahashi Katsumoto was stunned for a moment.

A part of the Japanese army is besieging the Haengju Mountain Fortress. Between Seoul and Yongsan, which direction will the Ming army attack?

"Takahashi, Seoul is in danger! The Ming army commanders Li Rusong, Li Rumei and others, as well as the first lord player Shusheng and the second lord player Yuandi of the Eastern Han Dynasty have all appeared in Seoul. They are leading their troops to attack urgently, and Seoul is in danger!"

Just as Takahashi Katsumoto was thinking hard, the Japanese players who stayed in Seoul came to ask for help.

In order to ambush the "elite cavalry" of the Ming army at Longshan, which was very likely to be sent to attack the granary, Takahashi Katsumoto and a group of the most elite players from the four islands of Japan led their troops to ambush, as well as Fukushima Masanori's Fifth Legion.

Without these elite Japanese troops, Seoul was indeed at risk of being captured by the main force of the Ming army.

"Takahashi, look, these tens of thousands of Ming cavalrymen marching towards Longshan seem to be the most common Liaodong light cavalry, and there are not many elite soldiers. We have been deceived!"

The Japanese players came to their senses and carefully observed the Ming cavalry that was stagnant near Longshan. The more they looked, the more something seemed wrong. These tens of thousands of Liaodong light cavalry looked like a decoy force, making the Japanese army believe that the Ming army would launch a surprise attack on Longshan.

"idiot!"

Takahashi Katsumoto was defeated and became angry out of shame.

He tried to take advantage of the opponent's strategy, but he didn't expect that he would still be tricked!
The commander of the Ming army, Li Rusong, was in Seoul, and the first and second lords of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also in Seoul. The main force of the Ming army clearly wanted to take advantage of the Japanese army's division into Heungju Mountain Fortress and Yongsan to capture Seoul in one fell swoop and push the Japanese army back to the south.

"Distribute a force to drive out this group of Liaodong cavalry."

"Leave some troops to guard Longshan."

"The rest of you, follow me back to Seoul!"

After Takahashi Katsumoto repeatedly confirmed that Japanese players had personally witnessed Li Rusong, Li Rumei, Li Qian, Emperor Yuan and other main figures of the enemy camp and elite cavalry besieging Seoul, he led the main force of the Japanese army ambushed in Yongshan and part of the main force of the Fifth Corps to quickly rush to Seoul for support.

When the tens of thousands of Liaodong light cavalry who came to attack Longshan saw the Japanese army chasing them, they immediately jumped on their horses and fled from Longshan.

This made Japanese players such as Takahashi Katsumoto even more certain that these tens of thousands of Liaodong light cavalry were the Ming army's suspected troops.

In fact, they were not wrong.

The main force of the Ming army, including Li Qian, Emperor Yuan, Xiao Lingxue, Pinglu Jiedushi and other elite players, were all besieging Seoul, and were witnessed by the Japanese players.

"The ambush troops at Longshan have left."

On Li Qian's side, he received the news that Takahashi Katsumoto had led the Japanese players and the main force of the Fifth Army to return. Only Fukushima Masanori and the part of the Fifth Army of the Japanese army were left in Longshan. The corners of his mouth rose slightly.

He played Takahashi Katsumoto's ambush troops at his will, and everything went according to plan.

Li Qian looked up at the sky where snowflakes were falling. As night fell, the Ming army besieging Seoul found it difficult to capture this cold and huge city, so they sounded the call to action.

(End of this chapter)