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Chapter 158 Burning Longshan!

In the Ming army barracks, 100,000 elite cavalrymen gathered silently, left the camp under the cover of night, and rushed towards Longshan in the wind and snow.

The howling wind and snow concealed the movements of the 100,000 cavalrymen.

The Ming army camp stretched for dozens of miles, and it was a snowy day, so the Japanese army in Seoul could hardly detect any movements in part of the camp.

Li Qian appointed Li Su as the commander-in-chief, commanding 100,000 elite cavalry.

Li Su's god-level characteristic "March in the Snow" increases the marching speed of 50 cavalry by 30%. The aura "Tang Sword on a Snowy Night" increases the marching speed by an additional 80% on a snowy night, and the marching speed of cavalry by %!

Of course, this does not mean that the marching speed of 80 cavalrymen is % faster than usual galloping on the plains, but that on windy and snowy days, the marching speed of each type of military force will drop significantly. The bonus that Li Su provides to the cavalrymen on windy and snowy days prevents these cavalrymen from moving slowly, and even approaches the marching speed in normal weather.

This is already an exaggeration.

When Takahashi Katsumoto and Fukushima Masanori led the Japanese army on a difficult march in the wind and snow, Yi Su led 100,000 cavalry, marching more than twice as fast as the enemy, making a detour, avoiding the elite Japanese troops returning to reinforce Seoul, and heading straight for Yongsan.

"Li Su is indeed the best general in the snow. His marching speed is simply amazing."

Li Qian took advantage of the heavy snowfall to allow Li Su to flex his muscles and attack Longshan.

As the area of ​​the national war battlefield expanded, the distance between Seoul and Yongsan increased accordingly. Only Li Su could launch a surprise attack on Yongsan from Seoul overnight, especially in the snow.

This is also why the Ming army generals thought that the strategy of pretending to attack Seoul and raiding Yongsan in the wind and snow was a fantasy.

But with Li Su, who could increase the army's marching speed in snowy days, the originally impossible strategy became feasible.

When marching on a snowy night, it is inevitable that soldiers and horses will freeze to death.

Even if Li Su had the corresponding character traits that could reduce the proportion of soldiers who froze to death or suffered frostbite, there would still be a number of casualties.

This is also something that can't be helped.

Compassion does not command troops.

In the wind and snow, a hundred thousand elite cavalrymen moved quickly like ghosts and made long-distance raids.

In order to speed up the march, heavy cavalry such as the Xuanjia Army, Tiefutu, and Liaodong Iron Cavalry took off their heavy armor and marched lightly.

Emperor Yuan, Xiao Lingxue, Pinglu Jiedushi and other players who participated in the raid were amazed at the amazing marching ability of Li Su, a general recruited by Li Qian, in the snow.

Longshan, the Japanese army camp.

After "seeing through" the Ming army's intentions, Fukushima Masanori, commander of the Fifth Corps and leader of the Kengaku Seven Spears, breathed a sigh of relief. He was drinking with his generals in the tent. There were also a dozen kabuki dancers in the tent to liven up the atmosphere. Many daimyos and retainers were drinking and having a great time.

The main force of the Ming army was attacking Seoul, while the first lord player in Japan, Takahashi Katsumoto, and Chosokabe Motochika, who served as the deputy general of the Fifth Army, led troops to rescue Seoul and took away more than one million Japanese troops.

As long as this elite Japanese army returned to Seoul and joined up with the Seoul defenders, and given that Seoul was easy to defend but difficult to attack, the main force of the Ming army would certainly not be able to capture Seoul in a short time.

Since the main force of the Ming army is attacking Seoul, and players and generals such as Takahashi Katsumoto and Chosokabe Motochika are going to fight against the main force of the Ming army, there will be no place for the Yongshan defenders.

Then play music, then dance.

They had heard about the ferocity of the Ming army in the Battle of Pyeongyang, where a vanguard force was able to fight with the main force of the Japanese army for several hours.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, they were unwilling to confront the main force of the Ming army head-on.

"With my Fukushima Masanori, the leader of the Seven Spears of Jianyue, guarding Longshan, Longshan is absolutely safe. If I, Fukushima Masanori, had been there during the Battle of Pyeongcheon, I would have been able to defeat the Ming army's commander among the millions of soldiers."

Fukushima Masanori was drunk and spoke nonsense.

"The master of the family is wise and brave. If he had taken action, he would have been able to capture the general of the Ming army alive and present him to the emperor." "It's a pity that the Ming army attacked Seoul and did not dare to attack Yongsan, so the master of the family lost a good opportunity to make achievements."

"It must be because the master of the family is famous, so the Ming army retreated."

Fukushima Masanori's retainers all flattered him, making Fukushima Masanori even more proud.

It must be so.

His reputation as the leader of the "Seven Spears of Jianyue" was so great that the Ming army decided to attack Seoul instead of Yongsan.

The next time he faced the Ming army, he would capture a Ming general alive and present him to Toyotomi Hideyoshi to make himself famous.

"what!!!"

Suddenly, outside the warm tent, there were shrill screams, one after another, spreading rapidly.

"What happened?"

Fukushima Masanori and his retainers were, after all, samurai who had experienced many wars during the Warring States Period. Although they were drunk, they still immediately picked up their samurai swords and hurried out of the tent.

Then they saw a scene that made them lose their souls - in the wind and snow, countless elite cavalry of the Ming army rushed out and raided the Japanese army camp, trampling the entire camp. Wherever they went, the cold sabers fell and heads fell to the ground.

The braziers in the Japanese camp overturned, the bonfire wood scattered, and the flames splashed like fire snakes, falling on the Japanese tents and the sheds of the Longshan granary.

The flames spread rapidly, and in an instant flames shot up into the sky and black smoke billowed!

"Stop them!"

Fukushima Masanori discovered that the camp was attacked by the elite cavalry of the Ming army and the fire was spreading. He was sobered up by the fright and quickly ordered his samurai to gather their troops and fight against the Ming cavalry.

However, it was too late.

The relaxed samurai, foot soldiers, and players of the Fifth Legion did not expect that in such bad weather, the elite cavalry of the Ming army, who were supposed to be in Seoul, would attack Yongsan overnight.

The Fifth Army, which had suffered a surprise attack by the elite cavalry of the Ming army, was in chaos. Even though generals such as Fukushima Masanori scolded them, they could only gather nearby samurai and foot soldiers to fight against the Ming cavalry.

This temporarily gathered force was far from enough to stop the Ming cavalry.

In the wind and snow, the target of the Ming cavalry was not a particular Japanese general, but the granary in Longshan!
Fukushima Masanori waved his spear, killed the Liaodong cavalry, and led his samurai to fight to the death, trying to make up for the mistake of underestimating the enemy and stop the Ming cavalry as much as possible.

After all, the warriors under his command were experienced in the battlefield and extremely fierce, and they blocked a group of Liaodong cavalry.

But still a large number of cavalry bypassed them.

"Master, the granary is on fire..."

A retainer under Fukushima Masanori had a look of despair on his face, because he saw billowing black smoke rising from the Longshan granary, reaching up to the sky, and could be seen clearly from dozens of miles away!

"It's over..."

Fukushima Masanori looked at the burning Longshan granary in despair. His hand holding the spear was shaking, his lips were purple and shaking uncontrollably.

Something happened to the granary in Longshan, and the Japanese army lost a large amount of precious food and fodder. As the defender of Longshan, he was afraid that he would have to commit seppuku to apologize.

Before Fukushima Masanori could consider whether to commit seppuku to apologize, Li Qian led the cavalry and attacked Fukushima Masanori.

(End of this chapter)