Chapter 623: Tamagawa (Page 1/1)

The moment Tokugawa Iemitsu saw the neat and neat appearance of the Changxing Army, a bad feeling rose in his heart. He was somewhat familiar with this scene, and he had heard that the Shimazu family in Satsuma had defeated the shogunate coalition with an iron cannon array.

The elite samurai Ashigaru who attacked head-on in that battle was overwhelmed by the continuous iron cannons, and the cavalry attacking both flanks was also completely damaged, and the shogunate coalition forces were almost crippled.

If it weren't for that battle, he wouldn't have personally led his army to Kyushu Island, let alone the burning of Edo Castle. Today, on the road to Machida Castle, he saw the elite iron artillery array again, and he didn't have to be a little careful.

The place where Zhang Dou chose to intercept Tokugawa Iemitsu is called Tamagawa, and there is a meandering stream at the foot of Tamagawa. The deepest part of the stream was barely above a person's knee, but it was six or seven feet wide.

Between the creek and Mt. Tamagawa was a wide natural road leading to Machida Castle, and Zhang Dou's Nagako army was blocked by the shogunate's army.

The shogunate army was a little tired after most of the march, and they did not eat at noon because they were in a hurry. Coupled with the rapid march along the way, everyone was thirsty and hungry.

The shogunate army that stopped the ranks, everyone swallowed saliva unconsciously, and their eyes kept meowing to the stream around them. Despite their hunger and thirst, the shogunate soldiers stood still and waited for the Shogun's orders.

Tokugawa Iemitsu himself was very hungry, but he knew that now was definitely not the time to rest. In the face of pirates who are eyeing each other, once the soldiers are allowed to drink water, it will give the pirates a chance to take advantage of it.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered a thousand samurai to try to attack, and the samurai who received the order immediately divided a thousand people and launched an attack on the Changxing army.

Looking at the tentative attack of the shogunate, Zhang Dou immediately ordered: "Let the artillery team wait, and tell Tao Lei to collect some points, don't scare the Japanese people away!" ”

When the Japanese entered sixty steps, Tao Lei gave the order to open fire. And every time he fired, Tao Lei gave the soldiers time to take full aim.

In this way, the frequency of shooting of the Changxing Army was lowered by a notch, and it felt similar to the soldiers trained by Samosa.

However, the Changxing army used rifled firecrackers, which were much more accurate than arquebuses. Although the frequency of firing was reduced, the Japanese still suffered heavy casualties.

The Japanese warriors had to pay nearly half the cost of casualties to get close to fifty paces, and their archers finally had a chance to fight back. The arrows were shot towards the Changxing army in a chaotic manner, and most of them were blocked by the armor on the Changxing army.

Except for a few unlucky people who were shot in the limbs and pulled down, there was no result. The Changxing Army's guns were not soft, and after a few rounds of kung fu, these Japanese were killed and wounded.

In the end, less than 100 of them escaped and awaited the harshest punishment from the shogunate for their food. Without exception, they were all beheaded to deter the remaining samurai.

Although the tentative attack just now failed, Tokugawa Iemitsu was full of confidence in defeating the pirates. Although the pirate's firearms are sharp, it can be seen that the rate of fire is not fast.

As long as the shogunate paid a certain price, it was still able to get close to the pirates, and in melee combat, it was the strength of both sides, and more importantly, the shogunate's numerical superiority.

Even if two or three people exchange a pirate's life, it is very worthwhile, as long as you can eliminate the pirate, everything will be worth it. Tokugawa Iemitsu, who had made up his mind, no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered the whole army to attack.

Soon the shogunate army moved, with more than 3,000 men in front of the front, followed by the main army of nearly 10,000 people, and finally he personally led the most elite samurai to follow in the rear.

Seeing that the shogunate army moved, the entire Changxing army was ready to fight to the death. Tao Lei personally commanded in the first row, giving orders one by one.

Liu Xitian of the artillery team also began to get busy, and began to personally measure the distance and prepare for the shelling. Cavalrymen such as Bayan and Andrew also changed their horses, took out beans from their skins and fed them.

The first to fire was the artillery team, and the five early sun cannons were the first to fire. Solid iron balls smashed into the team of Japanese people who were still walking forward quickly, and the moment the iron balls landed, they opened a bloody alley among the Japanese people.

Tokugawa Iemitsu, who was at the back of the team, was shocked when he heard the sound of the cannon, and he was a little surprised by the pirate's composure. In the face of an attack of thousands of people, he can do without artillery, and he is really a difficult opponent.

However, the sound of the cannon was sparse, and it didn't sound like a few guns. Although the power of the fight was amazing, the casualties caused were limited. This casualty is still acceptable to him, as long as he rushes forward, these cannons are trophies of the shogunate.

Although the soldiers of the shogunate were beaten to the ground, they continued to suffer casualties with the deformed spirit of bushido, which originated in the Kamakura shogunate period and merged Buddhism and Confucianism in the Tokugawa shogunate.

They marched half a mile away from the Changxing army and began to trot, charging towards the Changxing army.

More than a dozen 3-pounder and 6-pounder guns were also deployed in front of the Nagaheung army, and these shotgunned guns were lowered and aimed at the incoming shogunate soldiers.

One hundred and fifty paces at the distance at which these guns fired, the rate of fire of the Franc guns was unmistakably powerful at this moment. Several members of the artillery crew worked together, quickly reloaded, and kept firing.

Immediately, a large number of shogunate soldiers were defeated, and the formation that had been marching in unison was also staggered. The bloody scene suddenly slowed down the pace of the shogunate soldiers' charge, and many people no longer had the courage to charge just now.

Tokugawa Iemitsu almost stared out when he saw all this in the back, and his forward army was like this, and the pirates were scattered?

Looking at the samurai Ashigaru who kept falling to the ground, his heart was dripping blood. These elite samurai are the foundation of the shogunate's rule over the Wa Kingdom, and if they are all exhausted, what will they use to shock the daimyo everywhere?

For a moment, he felt the urge to withdraw his troops and stop the war, and without these elite samurai shogunates, he would have survived in name only. But then Tokugawa Iemitsu strengthened his determination to fight, and without samurai to recruit again, if he couldn't win the pirate shogunate, he was in danger of being destroyed, and Tokugawa Iemitsu could still tell who was lighter and who was heavier.

The shogunate strikers suffered heavy casualties under artillery fire, and regained their confidence after converging the Chinese army of nearly 10,000 troops. The charge towards the Nagako army was renewed, and the Franc cannon was also finished, giving the shogunate a chance to breathe.

Tokugawa Iemitsu saw it clearly from the rear, and when he saw the pirates operating the artillery retreat to the main formation, leaving one cannon in front of the formation, he couldn't help but exclaim excitedly: "Charge! Rush up and cut off the head of a pirate, and reward thirty small prizes! ”

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