0717 Defeat of the Japanese cavalry
At this moment, his heart was full of despair! He knew that without his own leadership, coupled with the fact that the other party had increased the density of firepower, he didn't know how many of these cavalry could get close to the opponent's position?
But the rest of the war has nothing to do with him. As soon as he landed, his right arm was trampled off by the horse that knocked him away! Then the horse's hind hooves stepped on his belly again! The heavy horse's hooves stepped directly through his abdomen and broke his backbone! When the horse's hooves were pulled out of his body, they took with them a pile of broken entrails!
Then a second and a third horse stepped on him. Soon, Masakatsu Horita showed no signs of life and was thrown there like a rag doll.
Shortly after the death of Horita Masakatsu, under the repeated blows of flowering bullets, shotguns, and firearms, except for a few scattered cavalry who were able to escape, the rest of the cavalry died on the way of the charge!
One of the horsemen closest to success was thrown out of his horse! The horseman, who had been knocked over by the firecracker, was thrown ten meters away, fell to the ground, and slid all the way to the feet of one of the guards!
The guard drew his knife and slitted his throat cleanly! Then he threw the knife away and continued to maneuver the gun to shoot forward. By the time he finishes fighting this firearm, there will be no more Japanese cavalry standing on the battlefield!
With the defeat of the cavalry, the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield was also shaken! Those samurai and ashigaru had long seen the magnificent and well-dressed Horita Masakatsu galloping in front of the cavalry. Now the cavalry is finished, but there is no sign of Masakatsu Horita. This is a clear indication that he died on the battlefield. This made the morale of those who had just mentioned it doubly low.
At this time, the mortars and artillery that had been transferred to fight the cavalry turned back and began to bombard the Japanese army. The sudden increase in the density of firepower became the last straw that crushed the Japanese army! The Japanese army has finally broken up!
Prior to this, they had already attacked the front of Liu Pei's position. But they were blocked by that shield wall! The short stature of the Wa people showed an extreme disadvantage at this moment. That shield wall became an impenetrable barrier for them.
They were either stabbed to death by pikemen or hacked to death by sword and shield men as they tried to climb over their shields. whereas
From the beginning to the end, the musketeers did not aim at the Japanese soldiers who were close at hand. Instead, they methodically fired at their rear, cutting off the path for their reinforcements.
As a result, the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front of the battle were always in a state of sparse numbers, and the impact and number were always insufficient. It's like a wave crashing against a reef, and it collapses with a slight impact. But even so, Liu Pei's side had many soldiers killed and wounded. However, the number of casualties on Liu Pei's side is negligible compared to the Japanese army.
At this time, the sound of gunfire on the battlefield calmed down, and the smoke of gunpowder was blown away by the strong wind, revealing layers of corpses on the ground. In the process of Liu Pei's second encounter with the Japanese army, Liu Pei relied on artillery to inflict a lot of casualties on them. About seven or eight thousand people were killed. Counting the soldiers killed in the first battle, Liu Pei killed about 12,000 people.
Now the number of Japanese soldiers still exceeds that of Liu Pei. But Liu Pei is no longer worried about them. The soldiers who escaped on the battlefield did not have the courage to go to the battlefield again without ten or twenty days of cultivation. If they are forced to go into battle, they are afraid that they will run away again as soon as the cannon sounds.
Liu Pei looked at the bloody battlefield with satisfaction, and the scene of the corpse pillow made Liu Pei very satisfied! If he killed so many Han people, Liu Pei might not be able to bear it. If he killed so many people of other nationalities, Liu Pei would feel reluctant. Because these people are good slaves, they will create greater value. But after killing so many Japanese people, Liu Pei felt extremely happy! It made him feel comfortable all over his body!
Just when Liu Pei was about to give the order to clean up the battlefield, he actually found that a large number of Japanese soldiers were approaching in the distance! This made Liu Pei rush very strange! At this time, how could the Japanese army still have the audacity to come closer?
Liu Pei raised his binoculars and looked at it, and found that there were only about 3,000 people leaning over, and all of them were iron cannons. It turned out that after all the Japanese soldiers were dispersed, the only people left in the town who could fight were the iron cannons of more than 3,000 people.
The lieutenant in charge of guarding the camp knew that even if he fled back to Edo Castle, he would probably be ordered to do soppuku. So he simply didn't have morale
There were more than 3,000 collapsed iron cannons to meet the light. This is actually a desperate sortie! The adjutant even felt that he might not even be able to cross the blockade line of artillery fire.
After Qi Qitao saw it clearly, he also put down the binoculars and said: "Dashuai, these Japanese people are really dead-eyed!" Why don't you just blow them up! I estimate that as soon as the artillery round passes, they will blow up the camp! ”
But Liu Pei replied with a cruel smile: "No! Don't rush, let them get closer. When you get close enough, greet them with blossom and shotgun! If they want to die, then I will let them die! Today I must be afraid of these widows! ”
The lieutenant was bent on death, and led the team slowly forward. But those iron guns don't want to die. So the team walked very slowly. But at present, this group of people is the only formed team on the entire battlefield. As they moved forward, they actually held back a lot of the rout!
There were also some stupid soldiers who were baptized by the idea of loyalty in their heads, and they actually regrouped with the iron cannon and walked to the front of the battle! These people gathered more than 3,000 people at once. However, these more than 3,000 people did not form a formation, but followed behind more than 3,000 iron cannons in a disorderly manner.
It is said that there are many people and how bold they are! Those iron cannons saw that they could bring a lot of people forward together, and they slowly raised their spirits again, and they actually walked out of some generosity and righteousness!
Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was standing on the castle tower, was not only not happy when he saw such a strange appearance in front of the battle, but he was very angry in his heart! As a high-ranking person, his thoughts about that lieutenant general are simply insightful!
If you want to die so that you don't fall into the name of your family, then you can go to seppuku! I'm really afraid that I won't be able to stab myself, so you can ride and rush into battle alone! But why did you take my soldiers with you to die? And there are 3,000 neatly formed iron cannons in it. These iron cannons are the best force to defend the city.
But Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't reprimand him at the moment. Because that lieutenant general occupies the name of a righteous man who dares to fight, after all, he is now fighting for the great cause of the Tokugawa family. But Tokugawa Iemitsu couldn't watch these thousands of soldiers who really dared to fight to die!