The news of Mori's death soon spread among his subordinates, and since the two sides had not yet engaged, the enemy would greet them with a more dense rain of arrows. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo the idea that they originally wanted to fight a fish to die and break the net suddenly faded a lot.

When they followed the direction from which the news came and cast their observational gazes, they couldn't help but be startled. In a huge pit, the body of the boss lay diagonally in it. The heels are still on the ground, but the head is still a long way from the ground.

As for the visual impact of the thick arrow, it is impossible to express it in words. Especially when it was still slowly swaying, the ashigaru felt even more panicked, as if the tail of the arrow was shaking, like the hands of the god of death waving at them.

At the first moment, some people's hands began to tremble, and then the weapons in their hands began to fall off, clinking and falling on the rocks on the hillside.

Even Zhang Huan and Zhou Wenzhen's subordinates were a little stunned and looked at the enemy opposite. When they first came to the Wa Kingdom, they were frightened when they saw the fire gun in the hands of the iron cannon Ashigaru. After all, most of them are honest peasants, and that kind of deafening scene is far from what they can bear.

But now, they can also make each other feel pressured. It's just that what they used was not the three-eyed firearm and the other that the Ming Dynasty army was equipped with, but the strong bow and crossbow in their hands.

Originally, whether it is a crossbow or a waist crossbow, it takes the power of agitation to be able to wind, in the ancient army, how many stones of the bow and crossbow can be opened, is the basic standard to measure a soldier's military quality. And now, the winding machine based on the principle of pulleys allows many ordinary soldiers to easily play with strong bows and crossbows like a generation of famous generals.

Most of Mori's soldiers had stopped attacking when they learned that their commander had been killed, but a few of them, perhaps due to inertia, rushed to the front of the two armies.

Although the number of people is smaller, it is still enough for the soldiers of their own side to open their own head accounts.

It may be a little nervous at first, even if the Wangshan is adjusted very accurately, or simply uses the infrared sight equipped with the "Future Crossbow", there is a certain amount of deviation. Fortunately, they shot a sufficient number of bows and arrows. So after the first round of arrows, nearly a third of the enemy fell.

That small group of enemies did not stop because of this setback, and for them, who had already experienced the baptism of many battles in the Warring States, this small loss was not enough to shake their military morale.

But they obviously didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before another wave of bows and arrows flew towards them, and the distance they were now away enough to see the details of the other party's design. This group of warriors from the Ming Kingdom obviously didn't know how to shoot the three-stage shot, and they all shot the bows and arrows in their hands at one time. How can this form a continuous fire strike? But they soon discovered that they didn't need to use the three-stage shooting method at all. Because they had the help of a strange tool, with the help of which they could draw their bows and shoot their enemies in a less labor-intensive way and in a shorter time.

The ashigaru were all surprised by each other's strange tools. And Kangning's subordinates, who had just left the status of peasants not long ago, were even more surprised by the winding machine in their hands.

This tool of using levers and pulleys is the "work" of Che Yongzhang when he was still in Shandong. This time, he just made minor improvements and distributed them to the front-line soldiers.

When Wang Sunsin got the winding machine, he was even a little disappointed. With its assistance, even ordinary soldiers are no longer at an unrivaled level in terms of archery speed.

However, most of the soldiers needed to improve their bow and arrow accuracy. Even soldiers who are equipped with crossbows of later generations sometimes miss their targets.

The enemy will naturally rejoice in this, but their rejoicing can only be temporary. Corning's side has the advantage in terms of strategy and equipment.

Even if they dive and attack and have an advantage in momentum, it also means that it is more inconvenient for them to hide.

On the bare hillside, facing the Kang Ning Division, which had a Wugang car, their only choice was to rush into the opponent's position as fast as possible. In the close-quarters fight, maybe they still have a chance to break the formation and survive. Otherwise, they could only use the means of throwing bows and arrows to bypass the Wugang chariot used for defense, and shoot and kill Kangning's troops with a very low hit rate.

And their iron guns basically belong to the category of front-loading smoothbore guns. If the design angle is slanted downward, they should be more worried that the projectile and charge will roll out first.

As a result, their casualties continued to increase. Until Kimura Shigenari received an order from Kangning and rushed out to clean up the remnants of the enemy.

There weren't many captives that Kimura had surrendered, and they were apparently more willing to trade their heads for military merit. In this regard, Corning was somewhat helpless.

If the military merit system of later generations is introduced, there must be a concept and value of war similar to that of later generations as a foreshadowing and atmosphere. That requires a relatively complete education system, and now, what he lacks the most is the talent reserve mechanism.

Rigidity doesn't work. If you want to transfer flowers and trees, you must have a warm spring environment. Now, that kind of environment doesn't exist.

Corning could only acquiesce to Kimura's approach.

After the victory in this battle, Misakuni, who had lost its backbone, quickly stopped resisting. The major wealthy families have expressed their allegiance to Toyotomi Hideyori. In fact, they all know very well that it is Kangning who really holds the real power, not Toyotomi Hideyori himself. Although the samurai were still led by Toyotomi Hideyori's confidant Kimura Shigenari, anyone who knew it was just a mutually acceptable candidate.

As for his individual ability, he has not yet had the opportunity to fully manifest himself.

After Mimasaka's submission, Yamashiro and Omi became the next targets of Corning's attack. However, he was not prepared to directly lead his troops to attack, but to promote peace and get these two orders at the negotiation table.

Edo Castle and Sunfu Castle are the real targets he wants to attack.

However, before that, there must be enough feints in the deployment of troops.

After Misakuni retained some troops, Lifei Motori, Wang Sunsin, and Kimura Shigesei marched towards Yamashiro Province in three ways.

Kang Ning, on the other hand, returned to Awaji Island, where Yan Siqi had been waiting for a long time.

"The day has finally come. Although your warships have not yet filled the Kii Channel, it is not a problem to fill the Akashi Strait. Yan Siqi is very satisfied with Corning's attitude towards encouraging shipbuilding. You must know that in the next period of time, they will have extremely important expansion tasks in both north and south. This requires a sufficient number of ships to do this. However, the output of the Ryukyu Kingdom itself is limited, and even if it can build ships there, many raw materials will need to be imported, so it is better to find a base area. Even if they can't fully control the Japanese state, they need a stable shipbuilding environment.

Corning knows that, too. The port of Kobe, across the Akashi Strait, was originally a suitable shipbuilding base. However, Settsu would be returned to Toyotomi Hideyori in the near future, and although the land was planned to be his own, the shipyard's difficulty in relocating and the secrecy of shipbuilding technology prompted Corning's decision to develop shipbuilding on Awaji Island.

But he can't help but admit that this is just the initial beginning.

"If you can, it's best to take the deep water area where Harima Province and Settsu Province meet. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to go to war with Mori Terumoto and take Hiroshima Castle from him. But in that case, Tokugawa Ieyasu would sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. It is better to take control of Orange County in this operation. ”

Orange Tree County has the famous port of Yokohama.

Yan Siqi smacked his lips. Although he had long known the specifics of the operation, he had always had doubts about how much Corning would achieve.

"The country of Sagami where Orange Tree County is located is likely to gradually become the domain of the shogun, or at least the domain of his cronies. It's not that easy to get your hands on. ”

Corning anticipated this difficulty. "The country is far away, and I know how difficult it is. So, what I want to get my hands on more is Nagasaki. It is a treaty port with a strong heritage. After all, it opened its port more than 40 years ago. The Franc machine man will not accept any other port for a while. ”

For trade with the Francophiles. Corning adheres to the will of Boss Huang. Yan Siqi was not surprised by this. If it weren't for that, Corning wouldn't have become someone Boss Huang appreciated.

This place, Nagasaki, is one of the areas that will be pursued in the future, if not the place where it must be achieved.

As for whether they can succeed this time, it depends on their performance on this trip.

Yan Siqi and Kang Ning ended their short conversation and boarded the ship that was already ready to go. Old-fashioned bronze cannons crouched silently on the sides, seemingly ready to devour the buildings along the shore at any moment.

The fleet sailed mightily through the Kii waterway and slowly along the east coast of Wakoku. When the merchants of Sakai Town, Izumi Province, learned about this fleet, they were all amazed at its size. You must know that this time it is not only Corning's new warship, but also the Yan Siqi pirate fleet that has been galloping in this sea area for many years.

Yan Siqi's prestige is also one of the forces that Corning wants to rely on. Otherwise, anticoagulation doesn't have to take him along. He has been trading and robbing in the nearby waters all the year round, even if he can't stop the night crying of the children of the Japanese Kingdom, it is enough to make his peers frightened.

Along the way, not even a single maritime power dared to provoke them. On the contrary, there were many merchant ships on the same road who sought protection from them.

The size of the fleet is constantly expanding, but the merchant ship is not its own combat strength after all. So Corning's heart was still calm. His heart was on his mind for the destination of this trip, Musashi Province, Edo Castle! (To be continued.) )