The formation of the Japanese army still follows the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era, and the largest unit is the corps. At that time, the strength of a legion was between 10,000 and 30,000, which can be determined by the banner.

In fact, a legion is an armed force of a daimyo, which can also be identified from the family coat of arms.

The Edo shogunate carried out a certain reorganization in order to unify and integrate the strength of each legion, so the strength of a legion was between 20,000 and 25,000.

Wang Yue said: "Order Feng Yuanshan to lead the Fifth Brigade of the Tiance Army and the Tenth Brigade of the Public Security Army to attack Marugen, and then sweep in the direction of Minghai City. In addition, the navy was ordered to send naval warships into the Narumi River at the Seki-Shirakawa River to shell the shogunate forces near the mouth of the Narumi River. ”

"Yes!" Li Zixiong responded and went down to assign combat tasks.

The Narumi River was a small river, wide and deep near its mouth, and the warships could barely sail there to shell the enemy.

The commander-in-chief of the Shogunate Coalition was the old Naka Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who was the general who resisted the invasion of the Tence Army this time. Due to the large scale of the army and the large number of daimyo in this dispatch, Tokugawa Iemitsu, the general of the Seiyi Army, also came to the battle array to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Oh? The Tiance army has divided its troops, this is to settle the back road and prevent being surrounded and killed here by our army. After receiving the report from his subordinates, the old middle Matsudaira Nobutsuna smiled, looking like he was winning.

Although he was caught off guard and defeated in the first battle when he conquered Amakusa Tokisada, he showed superb command ability in previous wars to quell the rebellious people, so he was still reused by Tokugawa Iemitsu.

Deputy General Ogasawara Tadashi said: "The Tiance army has less than 20,000 troops, but it has to divide the troops into three to guard the back road, which is the opportunity for our army to go down with one drum." ”

Although the shogunate coalition forces are not as advanced in communication tools as the Tiance Army, it is much less difficult to gather intelligence.

Another lieutenant general, Mizuno Katsunari, said: "It's not easy to deal with this day, our army as the vanguard made contact with them, and lost more than 3,000 people, and their iron cannons can really shoot continuously, which is really sharp and difficult, so I recommend being cautious." ”

The adjutant general of the shogunate alliance was the commander of each legion, which was different from the adjutant general of the Ming army.

The performance of the Tiance Army's firearms has gradually spread, but most of it is hearsay.

Ogasawara Tadashi sneered: "Mizuno-kun, why should you be bitten by a snake for ten years and be afraid of the well rope." No matter how miraculous the firearms of the Tiance army are, can they still block the siege of more than ten times our troops? "Some of the common proverbs of the Chinese are also known to the Japanese.

"It is said that the Tiance Army invaded our Japan with 27,000 troops, plus the vassal Korean army and the rebels of the Matsuura family, about 40,000 people." Nobutsu Matsudaira said: "Now that we have less than 20,000 enemies in front of us, it is a great opportunity to eat one of them. ”

As he spoke, he bowed to Tokugawa Iiemitsu and said, "Shogun, I request that the Tence Army be attacked immediately, and strive to destroy the current enemy before their reinforcements arrive. ”

Tokugawa Iemitsu nodded and said, "Then let's start, if they dare to invade our Great Japanese Empire, they should pay the price they deserve." ”

The 5th Brigade of the Tence Army had already led the 10th Brigade of the Public Security Army to attack Maruhe, five kilometers away, when the shouts of "hehe, hey, huhu" came from the direction of the shogunate coalition forces, followed by the sound of trumpets and drums, and the main force of the shogunate army began to advance.

"Commander, the Shogunate Army has begun to attack." Li Zixiong reported to Wang Yue.

Wang Yue looked at the opposite side with a telescope in his hand, and said, "Let's go as planned." ”

The Shogunate Coalition had an absolute superiority in strength, and if they wanted to rush to the aid of Osaka, it was necessary to take the initiative to attack.

Wang Yue was interested in observing the combat methods and equipment of the Japanese army in this time and space.

In terms of formation and equipment, the Shogunate Coalition Army was indeed stronger than most of the Ming Army, and the Rebel Army was also a gap between the peasant army and the regular army compared with the Shogunate Army.

The attack was launched by the 100,000-strong army of the shogunate coalition in the main camp, consisting of four corps, and the remaining 80,000 troops as reserves to suppress the rear.

The Japanese army formed a strange formation and pressed towards the barrel where the Tiance army was located, and the Japanese army's trumpets and drums carried a strange rhythm, melodious and melodious, like the sound of the Han and Tang Dynasties. The bamboo spears and bamboo knives of the forest, the family emblem and flags of various colors are covered like clouds, and the layers of gorgeous armor are painted with bright red lacquer even on the bamboo armor, and they are as gorgeous as cherry blossoms.

On a hillside in the main camp of the Japanese army, it seems that all the people of the feudal lords were daimyo, and they were all dressed in red, green, or purple armor, and they were very gorgeous. Many wore helmets with horns, some had masks on their faces, which were quite hideous and terrifying, and some had folding fans in their hands.

Wang Yue guessed that Tokugawa Iemitsu might also be there, these people were riding on horses, and there were various military divisions, Youbi, military commissioners, and military eyes around them, but he didn't know which one was the general or maybe the joint decision of the daimyos.

Then they were surrounded by brightly dressed elite samurai, each with a large conspicuous ball on their backs. Red or black, this thing is called a mother's clothes, made of bamboo as a frame and supported by cloth, in addition to decoration. Seems to be able to be used to prevent stray arrows.

They are the so-called mother-clothed people, and there are equal divisions of the black mother-clothed people, and the naked mother-clothed people, and if they ride horses, they are called horse-back people. They are considered the most elite guards of the major names, and each of them holds either a naginata or a large sword, and some of them belong to the flag samurai.

Around the hillside, there are many banners, each holding a family crest and flag, waving in the wind.

The Japanese army seems to be very good at using flags, each holding it in his hand and sticking it on his back, and the entire Japanese army is a sea of flags, which is very flowery.

In addition to military flags, there are all kinds of horse prints, all of which carry strange things on high poles, such as flags, pieces of paper, hats, fans, and feathers.

Advancing in the direction of the Tiance Army was a legion composed of a huge ashigaru, a general of the squire, a gun general, an iron cannon general, a general of the ashigaru, a bow general, and an iron cannon group, a long-handled group, a bow group, and a horse team.

These ashigaru wore hats and garments, and their armor was rudimentary, mostly made of bamboo or leather, with only a small amount of iron. Japanese armor likes to be painted, either red or black, and it looks powerful.

There were not many cavalry in the Japanese army, and the horses were very short, and the so-called Oriental horses were imported from the West after the Meiji Restoration.

This is the image of the Japanese army in the Middle Ages, which is very distinctive.

Seeing that the Japanese army was about to reach the predetermined range, Li Zixiong said to Wang Yue: "Commander, it is recommended to shell that hill and leave them leaderless. ”

Wang Yue smiled and said, "No need, if I kill Tokugawa Iemitsu, I won't be able to find anyone to sign a contract with me." ”

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