Chapter 755: Elder Ukita, Come With Us!
According to the Western division method, the Sauron cavalry under Aobai is the so-called dragoon, which is not a cavalry riding a dragon, but a kind of mounted infantry, which can fight on horseback or dismount. And the weapon they used when they dismounted to fight was a three-handed six-handed Satsuma manipulator.
This type of iron cannon was very common in the Oriho period, and the Shimazu family, who were famous for their good use of iron cannons, had a lot of inventory, which was kept until the middle of the 17th century, when it was bought by Spanish merchants. Because it was exported, the people of the Shimazu family did not expect that there would be a time when it would be "turned to domestic sales", so they did not polish off the Shimazu family pattern "Maru no Cross" on the iron cannon.
And the Spaniards look at the "cross of the pill" is not bad, the cross, the mark of the Catholic countries, just used to pass off the original Spanish goods.
When this batch of iron cannons arrives in the Great Qing Kingdom, no one will even think of grinding off the markers, who has the spare time? So Maruhashi Tadaya grabbed a three-handed Satsuma six-troll.
Kusunoki Masasyuki took the six cylinders from Maruhashi Tadaya's hand and looked at it carefully, and sure enough, it was a product of Satsuma Province, and the "Maru no Cross" on it looked original.
However, a single iron cannon does not explain the problem - the Shimazu family participated in the Korean battle, and they worked very hard, and the losses were not small, and it is normal to lose a lot of iron cannons in North Korea. And some of these iron cannons fell into the hands of the Qing army, and they can still be used today...... It's not that it's unreasonable.
Nanmu put away the iron cannon and looked back at the battlefield in front of him.
The samurai, who were still in sight of victory just now, are now in a bitter battle!
The cavalry of the Qing army circled the back of the samurai and constantly attacked. Some Qing cavalry simply dismounted and fired at the surrounded samurai with muskets, causing heavy casualties.
However, the samurai who suffered from the enemy on the back also fought very tenaciously, and put on a posture of fighting to the death, although because of the confusion of the formation, they were attacked by the Qing cavalry, and were also shot by the dismounted Qing cavalry with arquebuses, but there was no sign of collapse for the time being.
At this time, some people gathered around Nanmu Zhengxue. It was the remnants of the samurai who first launched the charge just now and were repelled by the Qing army with cannons and muskets, and there were about two or three hundred people, all of whom came to Nanmu's side, plus the remaining dozen or so horseback warriors, they formed a small army.
Nanmu wants to take them to continue the impact and rescue the trapped main force. However, the Qing army also discovered them, and sent two teams of Sauron cavalry to the same team of cavalry that collided with Nanmu just now, a total of more than 140 horsemen, to monitor the vicinity.
Nanmu Zhengxue already knew the power of these cavalry, and he didn't dare to be careless, so he had to let the two or three hundred people who followed him form a phalanx to confront the Qing cavalry.
The two sides confronted each other for an unknown amount of time, and the encirclement of the Qing army over there suddenly emitted a huge uproar, which turned out to be a very loose encirclement, which was "rushed" by the samurai who tried to break through!
The samurai, who had sworn to fight to the death just now, suddenly began to rush to escape. The Japanese samurai army at this time was not the later imperial army, and although their personal martial arts were very strong, they were not stubborn to that extent.
Moreover, those people under Nanmu's command are just "ronins", although they are brave when they fight alone, their ability to fight in groups can only be said to be average.
Now that I see that there is a "way to live", of course, some people are the first to waver, and they want to break through and run away, and this run will make the formation completely chaotic!
"Baga! This is Qingkou's strategy! Nanmu Zhengxue immediately shouted, "Don't retreat, you must fight to the death!" ”
Ao Bai deliberately let go of the encirclement and let the Japanese have a "way to live", he has already seen the combat effectiveness of the Japanese invaders, and he will fight to the end, and the victory or defeat is still unknown!
The Solon cavalry and the natives of Sakhalin under his command looked like they were tall and large, but their hand-to-hand combat ability was not strong, and the armor rate was too low to be cheap in close combat. Now he is only relying on the impact of Sauron's cavalry to occupy the front and suppress the Japanese attack. But after fighting for a long time, these Japanese criminals are still screaming and looking very energetic. Moreover, the Japanese were compressed into a group, and it was difficult for the Sauron cavalry to rush, and the battle was developing in the direction of hand-to-hand combat, so it was not possible to fight like this.
So Ao Bai ordered the Sauron cavalry and the Manchurian cavalry to retreat slightly, giving way to a life that seemed tempting.
Under the temptation of survival, the waves of soldiers under Nanmu's command immediately thought of escaping, completely forgetting where they were?
This is Sakhalin off the beaten track!
If you don't have enough food, and you're not a clever hunter or fisherman, you won't survive long here!
And when they went north from Akasaka Castle, someone from the Matsumae family led the way, and now they are running away in a hurry, where can they find the guide of the Matsumae family?
"General, no...... Run! Maruhashi Tadaya saw that his own ronins were retreating in chaos, and he knew that the general trend had gone, so he hurriedly pulled the war horse of his teacher Kusunoki Masayuki, and was about to join the fleeing team.
"Baga!" Nanmu didn't know what to do, and slammed Maruhashi's arm with the back of his knife, "I, Nanmu, are all loyal ministers for the country, and there has never been a rat who escaped from the battle!" Now is the time for my Nanmu Zhengxue to be loyal in this life! ”
Then he got off his horse and handed the reins to Maruhashi along with the iron cannon made by Shimazu, "Maruhashi-kun, you have to live!" Leave here with the evidence of the Shimazu family's traitorous crimes, and go to expose the national thieves to the public side! ”
After speaking, he handed the ancestral treasure island to Maruhashi again, and said again: "Please, you must live!" ”
Then he picked up his rifle and shouted: "Nanmu Zhengxue is here, and I am willing to come for the country!" ”
He wants to gather some loyal people to fight with Qing Kou!
Not to mention, Nanmu Zhengxue's appeal is still there, and there are really hundreds of ronins who are not afraid of death gathered around him.
However, Ao Bai did not attack them, but personally led three or four hundred Sauron cavalry to watch them, and the rest of the troops were scattered into dozens of horsemen or dozens of squads to chase and kill the Japanese who ran away.
He didn't care how many worshippers he killed, his aim was only to drive them as far as he could, making them abandon their rations, armor, spears, and bows and arrows on their way out. All these things can be used to reward the natives of Sakhalin, and on Sakhalin, where there are no people, there are no rations and bows and arrows to hunt, and these Japanese are no different from the dead.
As for Nanmu's team, let's throw it aside first, it won't be able to run anyway......
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The "Nissin Fur War" on Sakhalin Island was almost like a world for the 78-year-old Ukita Hideya, who lives on Hachijojima Island, a small island off the Izu Peninsula for more than 300 miles.
There is only one thing he cares about now, and that is white rice! "If you can eat a meal of white rice, you will be at peace even if you die" is the mantra of his former unbeatable Ukita boss.
However, as the Ukita Hideya grew older, his contemporaries withered one after another, and he himself became almost a forgotten figure. His former enemies and friends are no longer alive, and no one cares if he has white rice to eat. Therefore, the small thing of "eating a meal of white rice" has gradually become his luxury, and if he really wants to eat, he has to rely on his own labor.
So early this morning, as usual, he got up early, ate a little food that could be put in his mouth, and then began his day's work - weaving straw mats!
It was a craft that he learned to survive after the gradual decline of Hachijojima, and not only made it up himself, but also brought his children and grandchildren to make it together, and in the original history, the people of the Uki family had to live on Hachijo Island until the Meiji Restoration......
But the history of his old man has changed today, he has just sat down by a pile of straw, and when he is about to start work, there seems to be an auditory hallucination in his ears: "Elder Ukita, come with us!" ”