Chapter Ninety-Four: The Ming Army Arrives East

Japanese ships have never been so large.

China's shipbuilding technology has always been first-class, and in the Song Dynasty, there were large ships of ten thousand stones as a seal to deter small countries.

This is even more true today.

Although Wang Ying was confident that he could defeat the Japanese, after the battle of the Baiteng River, Wang Ying was a lot more cautious.

After all, if you really want to talk about it, Japan's national strength is weaker than Annam's?

Not necessarily.

In the Battle of Kyoto, the main force of the army used by both sides was more than 200,000, and if it was really possible to unify with the outside world, it would not necessarily be weaker than the Annam army, of course.

After the battle of that year, the generals of the Annam army who were tempered from life and death were defeated by the Japanese army.

But Wang Ying also knew that the army he led was just a partial division.

Therefore, he drew the most elite sailors from the Nanyang sailors, all of whom were big ships. It can be ocean-going. Among them, the sailors are extremely elite, and they can be drawn off the ship at any time to participate in the battle.

The reason for this is that he is prepared to withdraw by sea as soon as nothing can be done.

After all, Japan, an island nation, has too many places to retreat.

In this way, without worries, Wang Ying dared to go all out.

It's just that Wang Ying never thought that such a situation would scare the Japanese.

Including Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

There were a sea of people on the shore, and the army daimyo, who was waiting to greet the Ming army, was silent for a while. It seems to freeze for a while.

From their point of view, they saw that the sun hung quietly in the sky, and the sea was calm, except for the countless large hard sails, one after the other, like countless flags, which had covered the entire surface of the sea.

The black flotilla crushed half of the sea.

It was as if cities were approaching.

For a while, Ashikaga Yoshimasa only felt that his heart was pinched to death, and his breathing was a little short. He let out a sigh of relief.

Before, he still had in his mind that after defeating Hosokawa Katsumoto, he would find a way to get rid of the control of the Ming Dynasty and recapture Nagasaki, but at the moment he didn't want anything.

Soon the flotilla came to shore.

It's just that Wang Ying found out that there are not enough ships at the dock.

There are only a few ships in this pier that can berth large ships, so the ships of the Ming Dynasty can only dock in turn.

Immediately, the Ming army began to disembark

In order to deter the Japanese, the Ming soldiers who disembarked from the ship were all dressed in heavy armor, stepping on the trestle bridge that disembarked, and every step made the trestle shake.

Hundreds of Ming soldiers, neatly armoured, stood in their respective positions on guard, in stark contrast to the Japanese soldiers on the side.

The armor of the chief Japan, iron armor is not without but not much, more leather armor and even bamboo armor, only the daimyo with status has iron armor. Although the army standing here now is Ashikaga Yoshimasa's personal guard, the combat effectiveness is still there, and when Ashikaga Yoshimasa retreated, he ordered his personal guards to be hundreds of people, divided into three teams and broken in turn, and finally Hosokawa Katsumoto stopped the pursuit.

It can be seen that the combat effectiveness of this army.

So they were very well armed, and each of them was a samurai, and they carried several Japanese swords on their bodies. There is also armor, which is said to be one of the few in the Ashikaga Yoshimasa army that can be obtained.

It's just that there is almost no way to compare with Daming.

It is not only the weapons and equipment that cannot be compared, but also the size.

As mentioned above, the source of the Ming army is generally Hebei, Xuanda, and other places, all of which are Hebei Han, and there are many Guangxi soldiers after the Battle of Annam, but these armies generally guard the south, such as Jiaozhi, Yunnan, Huguang, and Guizhou.

And the elite that Wang Ying picked out from these tens of thousands of troops is naturally a first-class person. Whether you can fight or not is another matter, but at least you are tall enough.

Therefore, a Ming army and a Japanese soldier stood together, and the Japanese soldiers were at most above the shoulders of the Ming army.

When Wang Ying and Ashikaga Yoshimasa stood together, it seemed to be a little more harmonious.

First of all, Wang Ying is not from the north, he is from Fujian

Southerners are generally a little shorter than northerners, Wang Ying is also a little shorter than his own guards, and after all, the Ashikaga family has brought several generations of generals, and he is a little taller than the guards around him.

But even so, Wang Ying is more than half a head higher than Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Wang Ying and Ashikaga Yoshimasa saluted each other.

In any case, Ashikaga Yoshimasa is the king of Japan appointed by the Ming Dynasty, and he always has to respect one or two. It's just the same etiquette, because of the size, it's more like Ashikaga Yoshimasa is a subordinate, and Wang Ying is a subordinate.

After the two sides saluted, exchanged a few words of greeting, and went to Cheongju City in parallel.

Immediately, the Ming army began to prepare to unload the ship.

This time, the Ming Dynasty dispatched a total of five battalions, with a total of 25,000 people. At home, Wang Ying was going to draw an artillery team from the ship, as well as some baggage troops

There were about 30,000 people in all the participating armies.

But 30,000 people were armed with baggage, horses. And so on, quite a lot

Not to mention, the price of horses in the Ming Dynasty has fallen sharply recently, and the principle of three steps and seven horses is no longer adaptable.

This time I came by boat, and there were many inconveniences, so naturally I didn't do it.

It's just that Wang Ying still formed a system and brought 5,000 cavalry. After all, in this era, the power of artillery has become more and more powerful, but artillery has replaced cavalry to become the king of war, and there is still a lack of convincing examples.

Although the battle of Lang Son. Artillery is already in a very important position, but the battle of Lang Son is, after all, cramped in the mountains, an offensive and defensive battle. It doesn't mean anything.

Among the generals of the Ming Dynasty, the mainstream view is that the cavalry is the king of war.

So when choosing an army, it is better not to have artillery than to leave without cavalry.

In this way, unloading the ship was a chore, and the port here was not large, and even had to be temporarily expanded, so when the Ming army was neatly assembled on Japanese soil, it was already three days later.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Let's say that Wang Ying was entertained by Ashikaga Yoshimasa, so that Wang Ying, a veteran, also enjoyed the gentleness of a Japanese woman. By the way, let Wang Ying get to know the generals under Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

For example, Yamana Sosen, Spo Yoshiri, Hatakeyama Yoshisa, Isshiki Yoshinao, Toki Nari, Rokkaku Gyotaka, Fukuken Masako, and so on.

After all, the army directly under Ashikaga Yoshimasa was only a few thousand, and most of the tens of thousands of troops under Ashikaga Yoshimasa were controlled by these daimyos, especially Yamana Sosen, Spo Yoshiren, and Hatakeyama Yoshino.

When you are full of wine and food, you will take down the mess.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa then asked: "Thank you to Your Majesty the Great Emperor for solving the crisis of the small country, but I don't know how many troops the Ming Dynasty sent?" ”

Wang Ying said directly: "Thirty thousand." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone present were a little ugly.

Yamana Zongquan said: "I'm not questioning the combat strength of the Shangguo army, it's just that now it's not as good as it was then, the Hosokawa thieves are no longer what they used to be, and the heavenly soldiers of Shangguo are naturally sharp, but 30,000 people are a little too little." ”

Yamana Soquan was the daimyo who lost the most in the Battle of Kyoto, and many of the children of the Yamana family died in Kyoto, and even Yamana Soquan's own uncle was also taken by the Hosokawa family during the joint battle.

Yamana is now the main component of this army, but it is far less than it was at the beginning, you must know that Yamana's own army has exceeded the total number of troops under Ashikaga Yoshimasa today.

Yamana Soquan is naturally bent on revenge, but he also has a very realistic judgment.

Wang Ying said: "Has there been any change in the war situation? ”

Yamana Zongquan gritted his teeth and said: "Some shameless villains have taken refuge in the Western Army. Now the Hosokawa thieves are regarded as generals based on Liyi, counting the men and horses of each department, and the army in front of Kyoto should be around 200,000. ”

Wang Ying frowned slightly.

This is actually quite normal.

The Japanese army is made up of one family and one family.

It can be said that during the Warring States period in Japan, there were big wars and joint wars, and there were family rebellions.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa has fallen directly from more than 100,000 people to only tens of thousands now, and the number of people who have been reduced has certainly been killed in battle, and there are also those who have fallen behind, but more have surrendered.

In the entire battle of Kyoto, one or two thousand people died in the battle, which is already very remarkable.

This is the truth of the war in Japan in this era. After the defeat of Ashikaga Yoshishi, it was natural that daimyo from all over the country changed their doors and took refuge in Ashikaga Yoshishi.