Compared with the duel between the Fu Han army and the Qing army, the Fu Han army was more or less cautious when fighting against the Satsuma army, but after all, they had not really fought each other, and it was naturally impossible to say that it was absolutely certain.

However, judging from the scene alone, compared to the 4,000 people of the Fu Han army, the Satsuma army, which has more than 7,000 people, looks more advantageous, so the Satsuma army began to take the initiative to advance.

In the way the Satsuma army fights, its tactical level will not lag much behind the Eurasian continent, usually iron artillery and archers are in front of the front, then spears are in the front, and the wings are 800 Satsuma cavalry, ready to wait for the opportunity to flank.

However, this set of tactics that had won many victories did not have much effect in front of Ning Chu, because the gap in musket technology between the two sides, as well as the gap in the number of artillery, was enough to make the Satsuma army suffer a lot.

Sure enough, when the distance between the Satsuma Army and the Fu Han Army was gradually approaching two miles, the artillery positions of the Fu Han Army were also prepared, the artillery officers had already demarcated the firing boundary, and the hands that had already raised the red flag waved down in unison, and all the gunners who saw the flag information pasted their torches in front of the gun door and lit the standard length of the lead.

"Boom—"

More than 40 artillery pieces of different calibers roared, and more than 40 flowering shells were fired into the air, accompanied by arcs, and smashed on the land where the Satsuma army was marching, making a huge explosion.

In the mud that was splashed by the explosion, the stumps and skins of the Satsuma soldiers sprayed a cloud of blood in the air, and the corpses that fell in all directions fell to the ground like harvested wheat.

Seeing this scene, Xue Qing Cangjiu couldn't help pinching the clairvoyant mirror, and his heart sank directly to the bottom - this means that his previous prediction was correct, judging from the firepower of the navy, the Chu army artillery on the opposite side will never be bad! Not to mention the 'Divine Fire Crow' they took out at the end of the naval battle!

As soon as he thought of this, Xue Qing Cangjiu glanced at Shimazu Jifeng, who was watching the battle from the side, and saw that his face had become pale, and I believe that he also understood the strength of the Chu army on the other side.

Indeed, just this round of shelling has already made Shimazu Jifeng regret it, the Ning Chu army he faced is by no means something that he can deal with with a small Satsuma Domain, or is it because of the luck mentality from the beginning, so that the current losses are so heavy that he can no longer fight......

Thinking of this, Shimazu Ji looked at Xue Qing Cangjiu with a full face of expectation, and his voice became extremely difficult, "Cangjiu-kun, I think this battle can only end here, I want to send you as a messenger to make peace with Ning Chu...... As long as I can keep the Ryukyus, I am willing to pay any price! ”

Xue Qingcang couldn't help but sigh low for a long time, the brows on his face furrowed more and more, he saw that Shimazu Jitoyo still had the idea of keeping the Ryukyus, and he knew that it was impossible to talk about success.

What else is there for the Shimazu family at the moment to be worth Ning Chu's shot? It's nothing more than a Ryukyus, and if the Ryukyus are not returned, how can the other party stop the army and make peace? As for inviting other daimyo to defend the Ryukyus, it would be even more impossible.

In fact, the messengers sent by the Shimazu family were closed in front of most of the daimyos, on the one hand, they had a bad relationship, so naturally they would not go to the soup for the Shimazu family, and secondly, this time the Shimazu family offended both the shogunate and Ningchu, and any army would take into account the fact that they would offend both, and the last reason was Ryukyu.

You must know that among the only 300 daimyo of the Edo Shogunate, the Shimazu family occupied the Ryukyus and made a lot of tributary trade benefits from it, which was a wealth that even the shogunate was very fond of, but these riches were all owned by the Shimazu family alone, and they enjoyed the wealth for a long time.

I usually eat meat and drink wine and don't think about my brother, but now that others are beating you, I think of my brother, do our other daimyo owe you the Shimazu family or what?

This is the true inner thoughts of the other daimyos, naturally they don't want to participate in it, but there are many daimyo who are close to them, and they turn their heads and start to play the idea of the Shimazu family, after all, the wall is down and everyone pushes it!

Therefore, the current Xue Qing Cangjiu is really a little helpless, if he still has the illusion of keeping the Ryukyus, he is afraid that someone will swallow it into his stomach with bones and meat, and besides, it is not a good idea to make peace at the moment, so he has to remind in a low voice.

"The head of the family, now that the war has just begun, it is not suitable to sue for peace, if you don't ask for peace, I am afraid that you will be treated as if you were defeated."

Shimazu Jifeng was also messy just now, and after hearing Xue Qingcangjiu's reminder, he reacted immediately, no matter what, this battle must be finished, otherwise with the current situation, how could Ning Chujun give himself a generous peace?

In fact, anyone in their right mind knows that what you can't get on the battlefield is even more so at the negotiating table. If you want to have a decent treaty, you have to fight a decent victory.

"In that case, let's fight with them!"

Shimazu Jitoyo gritted his teeth, and he had already made up his mind and began to give orders.

"Yin Zhaijun, the iron cannon of the former army is entrusted to you, you must shoot desperately at close range!"

"Yes, my lord."

"Fujiwara-kun, the spear ashigaru of the rear army must follow closely with the iron cannon ashigaru, and when the distance is enough, launch a charge!"

"Yes, my lord."

Speaking of this, Shimazu Jifeng looked at Tao Zhengfang, the general he had picked up, and the other party was holding the most elite 800 cavalry samurai in the Satsuma Army, which could be called a sharp knife in the Satsuma Army at present.

"Yoshikata-kun, after the front army receives the enemy, you will lead the cavalry warriors to destroy the enemy's artillery positions at all costs!"

Tao Zhengfang had a bit of solemnity on his face, he could naturally understand what the head of the family meant, the so-called at all costs, that includes Tao Zhengyi himself, if he can't complete the task, then he will die on the road of charging!

"Yes, the head of the family, the last general will definitely complete the mission of the head of the family, and see that the last general will plant the flag of the Shimazu family on the opponent's artillery position!"

After the order, the soldiers of the Satsuma Domain, who were being bombarded indiscriminately on the battlefield, also changed their previous pace and began to stride in the direction of the Ning Chu Army, as for the damage, it was naturally getting bigger and bigger, but the morale did not drop too much, and it has always maintained a very strong atmosphere.

Deng Ziyi, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but nod and sighed: "The Satsuma Domain is worthy of being a strong Japanese domain, and with such combat power and morale, I am afraid that ordinary Qing troops are incomparable, perhaps only the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp and the Tiger Clothes and Rattan soldiers can compete with one ......of them."

Xu Youjie, the chief of staff of the division on the side, smiled slightly, "But even the Eight Banners of the Beijing Camp and the Tiger Clothes and Rattan Soldiers have already fallen behind now, and if other places don't improve, no matter how high the morale is, it will only collapse later...... Their artillery was completely pulled out by the Navy, I don't know what about the muskets? ”

"Then take a look first, take a look first."

Although Deng Ziyi's tone was dignified, his expression was very relaxed, the battle was at this point, in fact, it was obvious what tricks the other party would have, which was equivalent to starting to play cards and compete for hard power, and once compared to hard power, who would the Fu Han army be afraid of?

Between the roar of artillery fire, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and when the Satsuma army reaches a distance of about 100 paces, the muskets of the Fu Han army also begin to fire a salvo, in this distance, although the musket of the Fu Han army is very small, but it can still be hit, and the Satsuma army is not good, they still need to advance about 30 steps.

"Onboard! For the sake of the Lord, onboard! ”

A trace of madness flashed on Yinzhai's face at the foot of the mountain behind, and he shouted frantically, driving the feudal soldiers to resist the death charge, and at this time, the iron artillery feudal soldiers, after repeated shelling in front and a round of musket salvos from the Fu Han army, had fallen more than 1,200 people, and the rest of the people were also trembling.

"Bang-bang-bang-"

Regardless of the choice made by the Satsuma soldiers, for the soldiers of the Fu Han Army who were firing a salvo, it was no different from the past, they loaded their ammunition and then raised their guns and pulled the trigger - as if they were doing farm work in the fields, so that this bloody slaughter had a certain uniform beauty.

Because the Satsuma army has no artillery cover, so when the Satsuma army's iron cannon Ashigaru arrived at a distance of seventy paces, there were only 2,500 people left, they were divided into the classic three horizontal teams, each platoon of about 800 people, holding the iron cannon in their hands, first poured a little gunpowder into the medicine pool, and then poured some gunpowder into the muzzle, and then stuffed the projectile, and pressed the trigger, and the trigger drove the connecting rod of the fire rope, the smoldering fire rope slowly lowered, and the chicken pecked rice to ignite the medicine in the medicine pool.

"Boom-"

Different from the crisp gunfire of the Fu Han army, the sound of the musket used by the Satsuma army is slightly dull, this kind of arquebus imported from the west, although it is stronger than the Qing army's bird gun, but it is also reflected in the places where it is not easy to explode, its power and range are still inferior to the flintlock pistol of the Fu Han army, and the rate of fire is far inferior.

However, after all, they had already arrived close to shoot, so thirty or forty people fell in the direction of the Fu Han army, which was considered to have achieved certain results, but compared to Ning Chu's results of knocking down more than 100 people each time, it was a little unbearable.

If war can be reduced to a mathematical problem, then anyone who can now get the answer to this great battle through the current casualty exchange ratio is that the Satsuma army will definitely lose.

However, for the other generals of the Satsuma army, they also knew this, and naturally they would no longer put the hope of victory on the iron cannon Ashigaru, and they sounded the horn of the general attack.

"Onboard!"

The three thousand spears led by Fujiwara Jiro charged at the sound of the trumpet, and their task was simple: to rush into the opposing musket formation, disrupt their formation, and the best thing was to completely turn the battle into hand-to-hand combat and crush the opposing musketeers.

At the same time, the 800 cavalry led by the general Tao Zhengfang also maintained a wedge formation to attack the artillery positions of the Fu Han army, and there was no doubt that his task was more difficult, because the artillery position was at the rear, and it was necessary to break through the obstacles laid by the Fu Han army.

"Onboard! Onboard! ”

Listening to the voices of the soldiers of the Satsuma clan on the opposite side, Deng Zi also knew in his heart that the final blow of the Satsuma clan was coming, and if this blow did not make a difference, they might think about retreating to Tsurumaru Castle and waiting for reinforcements to come.

However, this is absolutely unacceptable for Deng Ziyi, after all, once this step is reached, if you want to completely end the war against the Satsuma Domain, it will become distant again. Therefore, only the First World War to completely cut off their illusions was Deng Ziyi's greatest goal.

"Give the order to go down, let them in, and prepare to open the siege!"

This was an extremely bold decision, because once the battle line was awayed, it was true that it could be outflanked from both flanks and obtain the greatest results, but once the defensive line held inside was broken, then the encirclement of the Han army would be meaningless, and it would suffer a crushing defeat.

Both sides are betting on whether the piece of iron that serves as a chopping board will be so hard in this hammer and anvil tactic that it will be stabbed by the spears of the Satsuma clan.

"Boom—"

On the route of the Satsuma Domain's charge, the artillery of the Fu Han army continued to roar, and the speed of the rear artillery positions almost reached a peak, but this did not completely stop the advance of the Satsuma Domain, and their army was getting closer and closer to the position of the Fu Han army.

When the spear ashigaru and the cavalry samurai gradually approached the distance of fifty paces, the mortar cannons of the Fu Han army also began to exert their might, and a large number of iron pieces were fired by the mortar cannons, creating a puff of blood mist among the soldiers of the Satsuma army, and its killing efficiency was much higher than that of the flowering bullets, and I saw that the soldiers of the Satsuma army almost fell in batches.

The remaining Satsuma Domain soldiers also almost reached a critical point, and some people began to want to escape, but they were driven by the remaining shocking people, and directly stepped on the soles of their feet, turning into bloody mud, not because they didn't want to retreat, but at this point, they couldn't retreat.

For the general Fujiwara Jiro and the general Tao Zhengfang, they couldn't retreat, except to defeat the soldiers of the Fu Han army who were frantically pouring fire on the opposite side, they had no choice.

In particular, the general Tao Zhengfang, the cavalry led by him still had nearly five hundred horsemen, and the artillery position on the opposite side was already close in front of them, they had no reason to retreat, they all howled wildly, leveled the spears in their hands, and some of the people immediately hung hammers and iron nails, which were used to nail the cannon fire door.

However, it was no one else who was guarding the artillery position, but the only grenadier battalion in the whole division, a grenadier battalion full of five hundred men, all of them tall and tall, with four or six grenades hanging from their waists, fire folds in their mouths, and a long saber on their backs, looking at the cavalry in front of them with the eyes of a dead man.

Battalion commander Han Dingwu sneered, compared to Mongolian horses, these Japanese horses in front of them are just like toys, I am afraid that children are taller than these horses, not to mention that the number is only a few hundred horses, such cavalry for them, it is simply a feat that fell from the sky.

"Grenadier battalion, there is no life or death!"