Chapter 814: Hakata's Sakura (5)

The sound of "rumbling" horses' hooves hung in the air, and the shadows of black arrows loomed in the gray dust, mixed with the sound of "whooshing" wind. On the side of the Japanese horse team on a short pony, the horse neighed.

A moment later, a group of Ming horses on this side had rushed in front of the Japanese horse team. There were constantly galloping Ming horses, and in the face of the Japanese horsemen who did not have much speed, the cherry spear condescendingly pierced into the body of the enemy soldier. The hazy sword light flashed in the air, and there was a scream in all directions.

"Hiss...... A Japanese horse was grazed by a cavalryman who was too close, and the pony crashed to the ground, the horse struggling on the ground and its hooves kicking desperately into the air. The samurai on horseback was nowhere to be found.

The cavalry of the Ming army swept past the Japanese horse formation one after another, and from time to time some enemy soldiers were cut off their horses. More columns of horsemen rushed in one after another, and after being penetrated by the cavalry many times, the number of this Japanese horse team decreased sharply, as if it had been swallowed up by the horses.

A Japanese soldier struggled to turn over from the ground, and a white bone was visible in the clothes of his right arm. He could only support his body with his left arm, staring at the incoming iron riders with round eyes, his mouth open and screaming "Wow...... as if uncontrollably, and his legs kicking the dirt on the ground.

The Ming army, with a large number of cavalry, soon rushed to the area where the Japanese infantry was active. The enemy infantry was in formation, ready to resist, and the infantry was at all unable to move in the face of the herd of horses that had already rushed in, and there was no possibility of remobilization.

"Points!" The general of the cavalry in front shouted, and the horse team quickly split up and charged diagonally towards the flanks of a Japanese infantry formation.

"Papapa...... the longbowmen in front of the Japanese army began to fire arrows first. From time to time, some cavalrymen were hit by arrows in the herd, and those who did not stabilize their bodies on horseback quickly fell off their horses.

Some Japanese archers had just drawn their second arrows when they found that their accomplices could no longer stand the pressure of the rapidly approaching herd of horses, and turned around and began to flee. The Japanese army did not seem to have come to their senses, and after a while, many arrows fired by horses flew in the smoke and dust, and there were constantly archers screaming for arrows.

The samurai in the infantry were waving their swords and shouting loudly in Japanese. The ashigaru men held their spears and leaned close to each other to face the cavalry, trying to keep the Ming army from approaching.

The sound of horses' hooves permeated all sides, and a moment later, suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd of Japanese soldiers. The cavalry of the Ming army crashed straight into the crowd from the flank, and the huge war horse could not stop the impact, hitting the flesh and blood of the people, and the Japanese soldiers who fell to the ground were bleeding from their heads and faces.

The neighing of the horses mingled with the terrified shouts of the people, and a horse raised its front hooves high in the crowd. More iron cavalry pierced through the already chaotic crowd, and the cavalry columns penetrated and divided from all sides, and the infantry formation on the Japanese side simply collapsed in an instant.

The Japanese infantry soldiers, who had lost the restraint of the establishment and officers, had little will to resist in the face of the terrifying scenes of war horses rushing and killing everywhere, and the vast majority of them were fleeing, trying to find a way to survive.

The Ming army's multi-way column continued to assault the northwest, and the herds of horses chased and swept past the chaotic infantry. The cavalry was behind the enemy deserters, just a short distance away, and they swept through with a sword, followed by screams. Some cavalrymen would also twist their bows and arrows, and shoot at the same time to kill the rebels in their sight.

The eastern part of the battlefield was already in chaos, with dust and surging people, and the loud noise never stopped in people's ears.

On the eve of the main cavalry of the Ming army, most of the front battalions of the Hosokawa division of the Japanese army were moving southward, and the infantry formations were relatively scattered. Those infantry battle formations almost all failed to block the attack of the Ming cavalry, and the battle formations everywhere were scattered, and the chaotic soldiers ran everywhere.

No matter which military general it is, it can also be seen that the front battalion of the Hosokawa Army and its reinforcements are finished. Under the onslaught of a large group of cavalry, after a short time, the Japanese generals on this side completely lost control of the army.

The herd of horses of the Heian Army disrupted the battlefield on the Eastern Front, and they were still rushing to expand the results of the battle. The infantry battalion on the right flank of the Ming army was advancing, and they would completely occupy the Japanese position on the left flank and, together with the Central Route Army, flank the Japanese Spo in the center.

Because the cavalry brigade of Ping An was located on the battlefield on the Eastern Front, if the Japanese army continued to reinforce the infantry counterattack on the Eastern Front at this time, it would be meaningless, and it would be just a tactic of adding fuel.

The front battalion of the Japanese army in the middle could not retreat at this time, because the Ming infantry in front had been forced to the face.

The front battalion of the Spo army arranged a large number of arrow formations with depth. In front of each military formation, there is an obstacle line formation composed of horse rejection guns, and behind the rejection of horses, a fence bunker the size of a carriage is temporarily built by bamboo and wood; Japanese archers hiding behind could aim flat from both sides of the bunker or throw arrows into the air from the depths.

Each arrow array forms a formation like a goose marching array that spreads out to the two wings. If the Ming army breaks through from the front, the depth is very large, and if it attacks from the middle, it will be attacked from both sides.

At present, the Ming army has not been able to destroy the Japanese army's arrow array. Due to the limited number of Hanwang cannons that can be carried in the army, the bronze cannon fired with black powder is limited in power and slow in rate of fire, which is greatly affected by the terrain and can only cause great damage to the dense military formation on the hard soil; Sheng Yong's method was to concentrate the artillery on the right flank and conduct intensive salvo fire again and again to increase deterrence.

"Bang bang bang bang......" In the air filled with gunsmoke and dust, a fire bolt flickered. Some of the relatively thin places on the bamboo and wood fence could not block the lead pellets at all, and there was a scream on the Japanese arrows, and people kept falling to the ground.

As soon as the sound of the firecrackers stopped, behind the staggered fence in front of them, the surviving Japanese archers came out and took their heads, drew their bows and aimed at the Ming soldiers dozens of paces away, and released their arrows "crackling......".

A moment later, there was a shout and a wave of flags on the arrow array, and another "crackling" string sound like fried beans, and a rain of locust-like arrows flew into the air in an instant.

The sound of metal colliding sounded in the Ming army's array, and from time to time someone screamed in pain, and occasionally a person fell in the neat queue.

On the right side of the battle array, a Ming infantry formation, which was spreading out in a horizontal formation, had advanced to the position of twenty or thirty paces in front of the arrow array. The front rows were full of armored spear and shield men, and the archers in front of the Japanese army had little effect of shooting; The arrows that are thrown are not high on the flat horizontal phalanx.

The Japanese should have thought that these Ming heavy infantry had come to sabotage the rejection of the horses in order to charge in close combat. As a result, there were many spearmen behind the arrow array.

Unexpectedly, the Ming army's infantry suddenly stopped advancing and moved to both sides. In the middle, a low cart was pushed up, and a long yellow cannon on the cart showed a hideous black muzzle.

Several sergeants hurriedly struck with hammers to secure the cart.

A moment later, there was a loud "boom", and the huge recoil of the cannon shook the earth into the air. The muzzle of the cannon was sprayed with flames, and in the smoke of gunpowder, mixed with the soil used for sealing, countless lead shots, iron sheets, and small pebbles "crackled" on the bamboo and wood in front. The scattered bullets were like a torrential rain, and many archers and spearmen of the Japanese army were facing the muzzles of the guns, and they fell in an instant.

After the cannon fire, the screams of panic and the screams of crying father and mother spread over the Japanese arrow array. The kinetic energy of the bow and arrow of manpower, under such a force, was suddenly lined with pale and weak.

Behind the Ming army's infantry formation, a group of infantry with tools such as the head ran up and waved and destroyed on the horse rejection line. Behind the Japanese arrows, a samurai shook a round fan, and a group of light feet shouted and ran forward.

But this Ming army did not rush to kill, they dragged the cart artillery and quickly retreated. The infantry with their heads also retreated like a tide.

Where the Chinese army is densely flagped, Sheng Yong still calmly waits and waits, he wants to wait for the artillery array on the right flank to redeploy and open fire, and let the infantry on the right flank form a flank with the Chinese army.

Sheng Yong's helmet and shoulder armor were covered with dust, but the handle and scabbard in his hand were still brand new. The tall Western Regions horse under the seat seemed to be a little anxious at this time, shaving its front hooves. But at this moment, Sheng Yong had no intention of moving, and he did not issue a military order. Like an observer, he quietly observed the changes in the battlefield.

The planes launched by Heian's cavalry were very accurate, and the battle seemed to change faster than expected.

Everywhere in the battle formation, there was a sound of "bang ......", and the flickering fire never seemed to be extinguished. The sound of the firecrackers firing is more lively than the firecrackers during the Chinese New Year......

At this moment, in the woods below the Bofu Mountain in the west, two Ming army sergeants rushed out, waving and shouting as they ran. Suddenly, there was a cry in the woods, almost tearing his throat: "It's dark|...... stuck" followed by a loud cry: "Onboard! Onboard! ”

I don't know how many people are shouting, and the trees in the woods seem to be full of soldiers and horses.

The first to rush out of the woods were some samurai on ponies, and banners embroidered with the family crest of the Ouchi Ryoshi family also appeared. Then countless infantry poured out from all over the forest, almost all of them were running, and naturally there was no formation. But the crazy scene is still very impressive.

Almost all the phalanxes on the Ming army's large array faced the north, and the arms and establishments were also composed of horizontal rows. For a time, it was difficult for the Ming army on the flank to form a well-organized battle, and it also took time to temporarily change the direction of the phalanx. Once the Japanese army is allowed to rush first, the two sides will inevitably form a hand-to-hand melee, which is of course beneficial to the Japanese army with superior numbers.

The soldiers of the Ming army, who were facing the north, turned their heads to the left at this time. The dust raised by countless Japanese soldiers running and stepping on is not far away. The scene was filled with shouts and footsteps, as if it were a mudslide washed down from a mountain. It is only on the battlefield at this time that so many people will gather together to charge.