The new mode of warfare had taken shape, and Zhu Houzhao did not intend to send too many soldiers on this journey.

Infantry and cavalry attacked, ten 6 subway Wang Ba in front, 500 Liaodong iron cavalry parade left and right, suddenly before and after, and then 3,000 Shenji battalion musketeers followed.

If you don't look at the shooting or the firepower, this team of only 4,000 people is a very modern team. With the fierce and elite hand-to-hand combat ability of the cold weapon era, as well as the long-range attack ability of the hot weapon era, such an army is absolutely invincible in such an era.

At least that's what Zhu Houzhao thinks.

At the beginning of the army, he had already given the most basic teaching and guidance to the generals of the Ming army on the basic combat methods of war.

The postmodern methods of warfare are no different from the ancient methods of warfare, and the book on the Art of War may still be regarded as a treasure by soldiers in the next thousand years.

However, the intrigue will only be used when the strength is not enough, and the half with the strong strength will choose to go on a rampage. Take Xiang Yu, the overlord of Jiangdong, as an example, although he eventually lost the world, he was simply invincible in local battles with his own bravery and the strong combat power of his subordinate soldiers.

As for why he finally lost to Liu Bang, it was simply because he did not have a global view, it can be said that he became an overlord, and defeat may not be an overlord.

For Zhu Houzhao, fighting in this wild place, there are village chiefs and township chiefs of all sizes with a total strength of less than 10,000, and there is no need to use this thing in this place from a global perspective. His army only needed to win one local war after another, enough for him to take the entire small group of islands.

The army sent out by Zhu Houzhao was led by the guerrilla general Zhao Dezhu, in addition to commanding the five hundred Liaodong iron cavalry under his command, he was also responsible for commanding the one hundred and ten people of the 6 subway Wang Ba, of course, the direct superiors of these 100 people were still a member of a special combat team sent by Zhu Houzhao, but at this time he was temporarily leading the military position of 100 households.

The main force of this expedition to the Tojo family in Shikoku is ten 6-place chariots, and the purpose of the whole campaign is to consider whether the chariots driven by Tang Fei can meet the needs of the battle, after all, practice is the best standard for testing products.

In Zhu Houzhao's encouraging gaze, Zhao Dezhu embarked on the journey with high spirits.

On the other hand, under the purging of Matsushita Wen Tongzi, Tojo Grass Chicken has gathered all the elite soldiers of the Tojo family, plus after the defeat of the 2,000 remnants of the Matsushita Wen Boy, their overall strength has reached about 8,000 people, which is more than twice the size of the Ming army.

Occupying the home position, Panasonic asked the boy to completely open up his ingenuity this time, and planned to fight a turnaround battle to prove that he was not stupid.

As a daimyo on the edge of the Shikoku region, the Tojo family walled city is located in a small valley, and there is only one way to this valley, which has been opened up by the Tojo family for many years, and there is no problem with at least a dozen chariots in parallel.

Although the two Tojo Matsushita families are united, they still maintain the situation of dividing their troops and ruling the country, just like Tojo Grass Chicken is unwilling to let Matsushita ask the boy to get involved in the strength of the Tojo family, Matsushita Ask Boy is always on guard against his own power being swallowed up by Tojo Grass Chicken.

On the two hillsides outside the Tojo family walled city, on the eastern slope are 1,000 samurai of the Matsushita family, and on the right are 2,000 retainers of the Tojo family.

This is the result of a friendly agreement between the two sides. The eastern hills are steep and there are a lot of rolling stones on them. The western slopes were much slower, so a large number of longbow armies were placed for long-range attrition.

Tojo Kusa Chicken led a large force to camp at the mouth of the valley and blocked the Ming army head-on with superior forces. Matsushita asked the boy to lead his remaining team of 1,000 people out of the valley and hid in the mountains where he didn't know the location.

According to Matsushita's arrangement, as long as the Ming army attacks the walled city of the Tojo family, then the entire valley will become a huge pocket, and the elite samurai led by him will be used as the last rope to tie the pocket tightly, such a method of warfare will inevitably wipe out the Ming army!

Zhao Dezhu led the army proudly, and on the way to the march, the scouts alone had already sent out three waves of fifteen cavalry brave soldiers. Every half an hour, a report will report the situation ahead.

In other mountain and forest paths, there are dozens of elite soldiers of special combat teams, constantly rushing through the forest with the advance of the army.

The difference between the Tojo family and other families is that they have an elite assassination team of about 100 people, which is a ninja trained according to the training method handed down from the ancestors of the Tojo family.

At such a moment, except for more than twenty people of this ninja team who were left in the walled city, the rest were all sent out to be used as scouts, and were ordered to assassinate any Ming army general at will if they could seize the opportunity.

It was about 500 to 600 miles from the Matsumoto family, now known as Hiroshima, to the Tojo family in Shikoku, and it took about a few days to reach it by marching 60 miles a day.

However, out of the idea of running-in, Zhao Dezhu did not march in a hurry, but marched forward according to the forty-mile march every day, leaving at sunrise and resting at sunset.

However, after six days of travel, the two sides finally had their first contact.

On this day, after a day's march, the Ming official army began to rest after camping. With the exception of a few patrols, most of the soldiers entered the dream after being bored.

In particular, the main power of the ten taels of chariots was to invite the soldiers out early and feed them with the best forage and boiled beans.

If those dozens of mules could speak, they would have sworn that they had never been treated like this in their lives.

After nightfall, except for a little starlight, there was no sound in the camp.

At about three o'clock, more than a dozen sneaky figures suddenly appeared on a hill outside the camp, all wrapped in black tight clothes, even their heads were wrapped, and only a dozen pairs of eyes flashing with cold light flickered in the dark night.

The members of the special combat team in charge of the outer sentinels were all sent out by Zhao Dezhu today because of the large number of casualties among the scouts, and the people in charge of guarding in the camp were all ordinary sergeants except for a few dozen special combat team members.

Although he was in good spirits, no one saw the man in black crawling on the hill.

A large black cloud floated silently, obscuring the last bit of starlight. In the dark night, more than a dozen people sneaked into the camp of the Ming army like snakes, and five or six of them went straight to the camp of the Chinese army where Zhao Dezhu was.

It is rare to personally command an army with complex arms, Zhao Dezhu is really addicted to commanding an army, so his tent is the largest in the entire camp, and it is best to find.

(Tianjin)