Chapter 124: The First Battle of Jiashan
Before the Flying Tiger Army set out, Chen Di specially organized a pledge meeting. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The protagonists of the oath meeting were more than 1,000 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army, and the supporting roles were the 550,000 taels of silver raised by Ma Ruyun and Su Bingyan!
More than 500,000 taels of silver were packed in hundreds of large wooden boxes and stacked in the center of the school yard.
Chen Di, Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Tang Shunzhi, Hu Zongxian, Lu Bing, Hai Rui and others stood next to the silver box. More than 1,000 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army, armed with tiger guns, and ephedra crossbows, crossbow quivers and grenades hanging from their waists, stood like javelins standing upright.
A soldier bears a nest of bears. It has only been more than ten days since Chen Di retook over the Flying Tiger Army, and the military appearance of the entire Flying Tiger Army is the same as before.
Tang Shunzhi held the "Essay on Asking for Widows" written by Chen Di himself, and read it aloud: "Dongying Xiao is small, and he will be powerful tomorrow!" The Ming Dynasty goes back 5,000 years, and the territory does not know tens of thousands of miles, how can it be humiliated? God has the virtue of a good life, and he doesn't like to fight and kill. However, the Japanese are stubborn, and do not think about the virtue of complementing each other in the country, but repay grievances with virtue and act recklessly. The soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army received the emperor's favor and should serve the imperial court! Today, peace is lost, and all the people are suffering. We should subdue the stubborn demons, recover the lost land, and protect the territory and the people! The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the Youfeihu Army is righteous and vigorous, and the three armies are invited to share the same hatred of the enemy. Drive Changhong invincible! The vast sky is above, please bless the well-being of the Chinese Ming Dynasty! The vast earth is below, please bless the martial arts of the Ming Dynasty! Those who jump off the beam, although they are strong, will be killed! Those who commit the mountains and rivers of Daming will be punished even if they are far away! ”
Most of the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army are Yiwu miners. Most of the texts for begging thieves are incomprehensible. It doesn't matter if the soldiers don't understand it, Chen Di's text is for Lu Bing to read! Chen Di knew that Lu Bing would write secret letters to Emperor Jiajing almost every day, and play his affairs as the governor of Zhejiang. When Lu Bing heard this article, it was equivalent to Emperor Jiajing hearing it.
The soldiers can't understand the text, how can they boost their morale? Easy to do! Chen Di has something more tangible than the text, and that is silver!
After Tang Shunzhi finished reading the text, Yu Dayou shouted: "Chen Butang has an order!" Kill a widow and reward 50 taels of silver! ”
After Yu Dayou finished speaking, he took out his waist knife and split the corner of a silver box. Immediately, dozens of ingots of silver rolled out of the silver box.
Qi Jiguang shouted: "Brothers, kill the enemy and get silver!" ”
1,300 soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill! Kill! ”
Chen Di nodded with satisfaction: "The whole army is open!" ”
The Flying Tiger Army left Suzhou and entered the territory of Zhejiang. The target of this operation was 5,000 Japanese soldiers stationed in Jiashan County, Jiaxing Prefecture. Jiashan County is a hub connecting Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
The Ti cavalry of Nanzhen Fusi sent back information that most of the 5,000 Japanese soldiers stationed in Jiashan County were carrying spears. Chen Di judged that these 5,000 would-be robbers should all be ashigaru. To put it bluntly, it is a militia of the Japanese invaders.
The 5,000 Japanese in Jiashan were all stationed in the county seat. Chen Di led the Flying Tiger Army and approached the city of Jiashan.
Tang Shunzhi led the artillery battalion to set up the Franco fast cannon, and Yu Dayou ordered a thousand musketeers to divide into two columns and line up.
When using the arquebus, Chen Di uses a three-stage shooting method. Now the Flying Tiger Army is all equipped with Tiger Guns, the loading speed has been greatly enhanced, and the two-stage shooting has been able to ensure continuous firepower.
The leader of the Japanese who was stationed in the county seat of Jiashan was named Taro Kurai. This man is brave and unscrupulous, and he is a complete reckless man.
Hearing that a thousand Ming troops had come down from Jiashan City, Kurai Taro was very happy: "I want to wash!" We have five times as many troops! It's easy to beat them! I don't know how much silver the Inukai will reward us with after the victory! ”
Kurai Taro actually regarded the Flying Tiger Army as a crippled Daming Guard's army. He didn't use the strong walls of the county seat, and he actually led the army out of the city!
Chen Di looked around, and more than 5,000 Japanese robbers gathered into a dense charging formation. As he expected, the group was all ashigaru, unarmed with neither artillery nor firearms.
Kurai Taro confidently ordered: "Attack all!" Kill all these Ming troops! ”
Unbeknownst to Kurai, a massacre was about to begin. Unfortunately, the slaughtered party was him and his 5,000 pirates.
The 5,000 pirates charged forward one after another, and there was no tactics at all. These ashigaru were nothing more than lowly peasants at home. When you go to the Ming Kingdom, you can rob the silver, you can the women of the Ming Kingdom, and you can kill the people of the Ming Kingdom. They have gone from being peasants to a pack of wild dogs with no humanity. The reason why they are wild dogs is because they are not qualified to be wolves! The real evil wolf is the group of professional samurai brought out by Inoue Shiro from the country.
Chen Di said to Tang Shunzhi: "Don't fire the artillery first. ”
Chen Di's southward transfer from the Ministry of War's manufacturing office has limited ammunition for the Franco's artillery. The group of pirates on the opposite side was a group of useless cannon fodder, and there was no need to waste ammunition for the Fran cannons. The Tiger Bolt and the Grasshopper Trap Crossbow alone will be able to solve the battle!
Chen Di ordered: "General Yu, you take a fire battalion out of the battlefield and go around the side to the rear of the Wako!" Once the pirates begin to retreat, you are responsible for intercepting them from the flanks and rear! ”
Yu Dayou took the order and left.
The Flying Tiger Arms Men who were facing the Japanese Invaders were only two Fire Gun Battalions of more than 600 people.
The charging Waiko are getting closer and closer to the Flying Tiger Army. When he was one hundred and fifty steps away, Qi Jiguang ordered: "All the fire guns!" Reload the carton shells! ”
More than 600 gunners obeyed the order, and the paper shell bullets pressed into the chamber of the gun. 、
"All the Torch Bearers! Raise your gun! Aim! ”
Six hundred firebolts were pointed at five thousand pirates.
Finally, the two sides were only a hundred paces apart. The pirates came into range of the Tiger Might.
"Firecracker, first row, put! Second row ready! Qi Jiguang ordered in a loud voice.
"Bang. Bang. Bang.... ”
Three hundred firearms, three hundred projectiles were fired in the first round. The projectile whizzed towards the pirates. This round of volleys brought down all the dozens of Japanese robbers who rushed to the front.
"Firecracker, second row, put! First row, get ready! Qi Jiguang ordered again.
The 300-shot Tiger was another volley.
Two columns of Flying Tiger soldiers took turns firing at the Japanese invaders. One by one, the pirates fell. In a short time, the corpses of seven or eight hundred Japanese were left on the battlefield.
Chen Di sighed in his heart, in war, the difference in weapons by an era can simply cause a one-sided massacre! The Flying Tigers are now unscathed, but the Woko have suffered heavy casualties.
Taro Aoi did not personally participate in the charge. He stood on the head of Jiashan County and watched the battle. He found that the Ming army under the city was different from the ordinary Ming army. He followed the dog cattle road to attack the Ming Dynasty for many years, and in his impression, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty should be mainly pikemen and axe hands. But the Ming army in front of him is holding a fire gun in his hand, how can there be a shadow of spears and axes?
Taro Kurai thinks that the battle has become easier now! Although now they have killed seven or eight hundred people. But these ashigaru are all recruited local farmers, and their lives are not worth much. He didn't feel distressed if he died seven or eight hundred. As long as the remaining Japanese can rush in front of this group of Ming military musketeers, the spears and sharp blades in the hands of the Japanese can crush this group of Ming troops who only have firearms!