"Lord, the Japanese army is out of battle!" Xu Guanzhong said to Jiang De, who was gulping down tea.

"There are many Japanese soldiers, and they will inevitably attack, what is the formation? What branch of the military? Jiang De put down the tea bowl, wiped his mouth and asked.

"It is the simplest phalanx, the front sergeants are all in armor, every five hundred pikemen are in one formation, about twenty phalanxes, and every five hundred archers in the rear, there are about sixty or seventy, each phalanx is led by samurai, and the cavalry is gathered on the left, and many are equipped with bows and arrows." Xu Guanzhong replied.

"Let them come ahead of us, how far can our artillery hit?" Jiang De looked at the artillery position and asked.

"Of the four battalions of the Lei Jiong Regiment, two battalions are 800 catties of flying dragon heavy artillery, located on high ground, enough to fight 2,000 steps away, and one battalion is a tiger squat cannon, firing scattered shells, about 100 steps, and another ballista battalion has also been arranged on both wings."

The artillery of the Pingyin Army has gradually formed a system, and if you distinguish it by cannonballs, it is the Flying Dragon Cannon that uses round shells and the Tiger Squat Cannon that uses scattered bullets.

The weight of the Tiger Squat Cannon is extremely light, and a cannon of less than 40 catties can be carried around by five artillerymen.

Yes, because of the light weight of the Tiger Squat Cannon, the establishment of a cannon is no more than five people, three of whom carry the cannon and the gun carriage respectively, and the other two are responsible for gunpowder and shells.

The so-called cannonball is actually nothing more than a small iron ball or lead ball wrapped in silk cloth, or even a random stone.

Because the tiger squat cannon is a scattered projectile, the range is very close, but it is only more than 100 steps, but this is effective lethality, that is, the distance that can be killed by the opposite side wearing a battle armor, if it is a simple range, it can even reach 500 meters in later generations.

One battalion was a hundred Tiger squat guns, and all of these guns were placed on both sides of the front line of the army.

The Flying Dragon Cannon is a heavy long-barreled artillery that fires lead bullets or flowering bullets, which are divided into 300 catties, 500 catties, 800 catties and 1,000 catties according to their weight.

Three hundred catties is named the Flying Dragon light cannon, five hundred catties is a medium cannon, eight hundred catties is a heavy cannon, and one thousand catties is a super heavy cannon.

Three hundred catties are generally equipped with armed merchant ships, because the artillery at this time is still unique to the Pingyin army, and the armed merchant ships with such artillery are enough to deal with pirates or ships of other countries at sea.

Five hundred catties and eight hundred catties are mostly used by the army, these two kinds of guns can not be used to move simply, you need to use vehicles to move, the artillery carriage of the Pingyin army is an improved four-wheeled carriage, five hundred catties with one horse, eight hundred catties with two horses, in order to allow these artillery trucks to follow the army at any time, Jiang De also exchanged a large number of rubber wheels for these vehicles to use, Jiang De is distressed, God knows why the price of a wheel is more expensive than the same weight of silver!

The establishment of the army dragon artillery is two squads of one gun, which are responsible for the use of artillery, vehicle maintenance, vehicle driving, and the transportation of gunpowder and shells, which are generally divided into two groups: artillery group and logistics group, but everyone actually has to learn the skills of using artillery.

Two battalions are one hundred eight-hundred-pound guns, which is almost all eight-hundred-pound guns in these times, and this battle will also become the first land war on this planet where more than two hundred guns appear in one war.

As for the ballistas, the establishment is also the same as the Tiger Squat Cannon, one for each squad, three of which are responsible for the transportation of the ballista, and two of them are responsible for the shells of the Ballista, and these ballistas are also placed on the two wings and mixed with the Tiger Squat Cannon.

A small phalanx composed of Japanese troops came to the front of the Pingyin army, these Japanese soldiers who had been exposed for a long time were full of fatigue and hardship on their faces, if it weren't for the large numerical advantage, Jiang De felt that a cavalry charge could solve the problem.

"Mr. Xu, you will command this battle, and I will not interfere." Jiang De knew that his command ability was not enough, so it was better to let Xu Guanzhong do it, and he only needed to be a good mascot.

Xu Guanzhong thanked Jiang De, then took the sword, and said to the herald, "Order!" Spearmen put on the defensive, ballistas ready! ”

The herald waved a large flag and gave orders, and soon there was a reaction from below.

"Guard!"

At the helm of the pikemen was Shi Xiu, the Guards Division, who stood in the first row in a specially made armor and shouted loudly.

"Wow!" A full four rows of pikemen used their shields to form a hedgehog array, Shi Xiu looked back, nodded, and put his spear in the gap between the shields, ready to assassinate.

Four hundred steps, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, as the Japanese army got closer and closer, the sergeants of both armies breathed heavily, and everyone knew that when the collision began, countless people would die.

One hundred steps!

Xu Guanzhong shouted, "Order, ballista fire!" ”

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

With the sound of a machine, one by one the crossbow arrows were launched, and Ping Zhongsheng, who was in command of the former army of the Japanese army, watched the crossbow arrows fly in, and said with a smile, "But so, accelerate forward, at fifty paces, the bow and arrow shoot, we are ten times more than them, don't be afraid, kill!" ”

Indeed, the power of a hundred crossbow arrows in a military formation of tens of thousands of people is really a bit unsightly, not to mention that now it is only a hundred steps, how many can it shoot?

"The enemy has accelerated, herald! Wyvern Cannon Bombardment! Herald! Tiger squat artillery bombardment! Herald! Archer shooting!! Herald! Cavalry ready! Herald! Lancers ready to storm! Herald! The left and right flanks are ready to strike together!! Xu Guanzhong saw that the speed of the Japanese army's advance had increased, and immediately ordered like a cannon.

Many people think that a distance of 100 paces is enough for a person who runs at full strength in just ten seconds, and how many arrows can an archer shoot?

But in fact, the ancient army was the most important military formation, in the words of later generations, that is, the most important thing for a family is to be neat and tidy, and the tightest military formation must be used to face the enemy in order to effectively preserve themselves, and at the same time kill and injure the other party to the greatest extent.

Therefore, this hundred steps, the military formation is only faster than ordinary people walking, if you run, hehe, the opposite military formation will teach you how to behave.

Eighty steps, seventy steps.

"Fire!" "Fire!" "Fire!"

The roar was accompanied by the roar of one cannon after another, and the loud noise caused by the salvo of a hundred heavy cannons made the birds of the entire Inari Mountain fly in shock, and the tiger squat cannons placed on both sides made the advancing Japanese army pause in unison.

But this was frightened all of a sudden, and the next countless shotballs and heavy artillery shells slashed down and made the entire Japanese army formation fall to pieces.

Ping Zhongsheng was stunned to see all this in front of him, he saw with his own eyes that a smoking cannonball was as fast as a shadow fell, and a phalanx of five hundred people instantly hit a blood line, the cannonball continued to roll and impact, everyone who was hit by the cannonball vomited blood and fell to the ground, this cannonball finally stopped beating, but slowly rolled, the Japanese army of a phalanx behind this phalanx watched this cannonball roll over, and saw that he was not happy, stretched out his leg to block, but when the cannonball touched his leg, he only felt a huge force coming, Then there was a clattering sound of broken bones.

And those who meet the tiger squat cannon shooting head-on is even more miserable, each tiger squat cannon shoots out a scatter bomb like a big net in the head of the Japanese army, as long as the Japanese army hit this big net, it was instantly knocked to the ground, and the heavy artillery shells are different, each of the shotgun shells is very small, hit a blood hole one by one, the penetration is also very small, just one or two rows of people in front of them were knocked down, but the living people look at the fall to the ground, the appearance of the blood hole on the cloth, there is no fear.

"Shoot the arrows!"

Hu Sanniang and Hua Diao roared together, four thousand crossbowmen let go at the same time, and a rain of arrows flew, and then, the rain of arrows, ballistas, tiger squat guns, and heavy artillery bombarded repeatedly, completely letting the Japanese army see the power of classical artillery.

In just a hundred steps, it became a forbidden area of death, and the smoke of the tiger squat cannon gradually made the Pingyin army unable to see the front clearly, and the sergeant could only continue to shoot or bombard according to the order, but on Inari Mountain, Jiang De and Xu Guanzhong could see it clearly, the phalanx of the Japanese army had been frightened by this series of blows and could not move, many sergeants turned around and wanted to run, but they were killed on the spot by the samurai, but looking at the faces of those samurai who killed deserters, the word fear was also written.

"It's not enough, herald! The Celestial Army is on its way! Xu Guanzhong put down the binoculars and said.

The earth-shattering drum sounded violently, and Ping Zhengsheng, who was in the rear of the Japanese army, watched the Japanese army retreat step by step suppressed by the various firearms of the Pingyin army, and shouted anxiously, "You can't retreat, hurry, go and tell Ping Zhengsheng that you must advance, the enemy army is small, as long as you rush forward, you will win!" ”

"I'll go!" A person rushed out on a flying horse, and Ping Zhengsheng saw that it was his retainer Ping Jiazhen, so he turned around and said, "Organize a second formation immediately, bring more shields, and be led by Ping Zhongzheng!" ”

Ping Zhong is the younger brother of Ping Zhongsheng, he obeyed the order and immediately began to organize the second formation, but because the armor soldiers are basically in the front army, although the number of the second formation is still 20,000, but the quality has dropped significantly, most of them are peasant soldiers.

After removing the second formation, there are less than 20,000 sergeants left in Ping Zhengsheng's hands, but the trump card power in his hands, the Kwantung Knights have not moved.

It was not only Ping Zhengsheng who discovered the problem, but Ping Zhongsheng also reacted.

"Quick! Rush up! Rush up!! As long as they rush up, their firearms will be ineffective! Ping Zhongsheng shouted loudly, "What about the monk army? Let the monks rush forward! ”

The monks and soldiers in monk's robes heard the order, their faces were almost green, but the military order was like a mountain, they still stubbornly shouted, shouted the Buddha and continued to charge, and some archers in the rear also began to shoot arrows and shoot back, although the bow was weak, but it was better than being beaten.

"What's that?"

"Look! It's a youkai!! ”

"It's big, this... Is this also a helper for the enemy? ”

Ping Zhengsheng listened to the voice of the sergeant next to him, followed their hands, and saw three giant beasts flying out of the sun.

These three giant beasts only have horns like deer, head like a cow, eyes like shrimp, mouth like a donkey, belly like a snake, scales like a fish, feet like a phoenix, whiskers like a human, ears like an elephant, five claws, wearing golden scale armor, the other two are chicken heads, snake necks, swallow jaws, turtle backs, fish tails, full of fire, covered with feathers, but the color is more gorgeous.

"Dragon... Phoenix?? How is this possible?? ”

As I said before, the Wa Kingdom is ignorant and believes in gods and Buddhas, especially in this era that was called monsters rampant by later generations, but seeing the mythical creatures such as dragons and phoenixes, the soldiers of the Wa Kingdom did not have a heart that was not shaken.

"The time has come! Herald! Cavalry charge! Herald! Heavy artillery extended shooting! Herald! The left and right wing archers and axe hands do not move, and the pikemen follow and pursue in platoons! Xu Guanzhong's eyes lit up and said.

Yuzao, who was beside Jiang De, suddenly said, "Look over there, there is a herald of the Japanese army going in that direction, and it must be where the former general of the Japanese army is!" ”

Ping Zhongsheng probably would never have thought that he sent someone to inform Ping Zhengsheng, but instead betrayed Ping Zhengsheng's location, otherwise it would not be a simple matter to find the exact location of the main general among tens of thousands of people.

Xu Guanzhong immediately ordered: "Order! All the heavy artillery is concentrated on bombarding the enemy's main general! ”

Dong Ping and Luan Tingyu, who had been waiting for a long time, saw the order and nodded to each other, each of the thousands of cavalry was in a row, divided into three teams, one team led by Dong Ping, one team led by Luan Tingyu, and one team of only two or three hundred people, which was the Japanese cavalry led by Sanada Yukimura.

The shield array on the front line was removed, and Shi Xiu yelled, "Move to both wings!" ”

The quality of the Pingyin army was instantly reflected when the spearmen moved, and the entire front was not confused at all because of the change of formation.

"Cavalry charge!"

"Crush them!"

Dong Ping and Luan Tingyu roared separately, and each led the headquarters to charge, and the cavalry first jogged in small steps, getting faster and faster, and soon came to the front of the Japanese army that was not in formation by shells and arrows.

"Kill!" Dong Ping stabbed a Japanese monk with one hand, the war horse soared up, one hoof stepped over one, Dong Ping shook the spear, and then stabbed alternately with his backhand after pulling it out, and two monks fell to the ground, blood sprayed, and the dense cavalry impact easily chiseled through this military formation, Dong Ping did not stop, and continued to rush to the next military formation.

Looking down from the sky, you can see two dragons and a small dragon, which are biting and swallowing the crabs one by one, and on the two wings, the pikemen also began to stride forward, and the artillery fire on Inari Mountain began to concentrate on the direction of Ping Zhengsheng, although the hit rate was very poor, but each shell could take away a few, or even a dozen lives, Ping Zhengsheng also found that the shells were all in his direction, and the secret path was not good, but because the horse print was around, he didn't dare to move.

Dong Ping and Luan Tingyu began to slash and kill in the archers after they broke away from the infantry, and the two cavalry twisted the entire Japanese army in a mess, and the pikemen also arrived at this time, and many samurai who were holding their stomachs under the bombardment of artillery fire saw that they could fight in close combat, and rushed up excitedly waving their katanas, but he was greeted not by a horseman, but by seven or eight spears stabbed at the same time, this samurai cut off a single shot, but could not cut off the other spear heads, and the fluttering sounded, and the Pingyin army didn't even look at his corpse. And he went on.

"I can't beat it, I'm going to lose...."The monk commander Phantom Sun looked at the dragon and phoenix in the sky that was getting closer and closer, and only felt dizzy in his head.

"Could it be that the time of the end of the Dharma that my Buddha said is coming?" The illusory sun closed his eyes and said, "Okay, let the poor monk die for my Buddha." ”