Chapter 204: The Eight-Nation Alliance's Scourge of the Japanese Kingdom and the Black Ship Incident 9
"Chase!"
Although some of them were cavalry, in order to maintain their formation, they did not flee frantically, but still guarded the side of the infantry. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Even if we retreat, we must pay attention to order, and this seems to have become a sign of strict military discipline in the military culture of the Central Plains and even the entire East Asian region.
If the military planes are not strictly guarded, it will not be possible to cooperate to the point where they complement each other, and in that case, it will be a matter of time before the enemy can take advantage of them.
However, the leader of the Wako seems to have overlooked another matter. Strict military discipline is naturally good, and it cannot be given up casually, however, the flexibility of the strategy must not be rigidized because of the strict military discipline of the demon clan.
You know, what they have to do now is to hurry up and rescue Edo Castle.
The speed advantage of the cavalry, under the requirements of such a battle, became indispensable, however, the leader of the opposing side turned out to be because he wanted to protect the infantry? And the cavalry was left behind.
Seeing this scene, Bai Qi couldn't help but snort coldly.
The southeast of the Ming Dynasty, under the nuisance of this group of pirates, could not be stabilized for a long time. Originally, he thought that these people were so powerful, but now that he looks at it, it is better to be famous than to meet.
The target of the cavalry is so big, and it has been staying at the side of the infantry, isn't this just waiting for their own bows and arrows to shoot over? Defeat them?
Could it be that the opponent will still think that they have run out of bows and arrows in their hands? This is simply hilarious, you know, since the landing in the Japanese Kingdom, their proudest weapons are gunpowder and bows and arrows, and the other side should also know this, after all, the two sides have not fought once or twice.
Didn't Bee Suga give them a long memory of his life?
Under Bai Qi's order, there was a rare scene in the history of war on the field, a group of archers actually rushed madly towards the opponent's cavalry camp, you know, the range of the bow and arrow in their hands, in the eyes of the opponent's cavalry, only needs a few breaths to cross.
However, they still rushed over, and as they ran, they kept adjusting the angle of their shots, so that the thrown bows and arrows would fall into the opposing cavalry camp from different tracks.
Soon, the opposing cavalry camp also reacted. They did not hesitate to charge at these weak archers, but, because before the charge, their horses were frightened by bows and arrows, and even some of them, had lost their combat effectiveness, so when they attacked, the formation was not very neat.
Only the rumbling sound of horses' hooves still has the same shocking effect as before, but this time, the appearance of the wolf whire, once again changed the situation on the battlefield.
Although some soldiers, the other side's galloping cavalry was a tightening policy, and threw their wolf stalks on the ground, but it didn't matter, as long as they were left in the way of the enemy's charge, it was enough to stop the opponent's horses, you know, not only humans are afraid of those sharp blades of iron trees.
And it's definitely not just this long weapon that they can throw.
Originally, they were not prepared to carry gunpowder during this operation, after all, they had to come from the sea, and the current gunpowder storage technology of the fifth was actually not up to par, rather than risking dampness and bringing a large amount of gunpowder, which may not be able to be used, it was better to simply reduce the amount carried.
Reducing does not mean not carrying, at least some weapons, which must be gunpowder.
In fact, this is not talking about muskets, because muskets are not yet standard equipment for soldiers. Therefore, the role of the musket was insignificant in the question of whether or not to carry enough gunpowder.
Instead, it is a home-made grenade that needs to be considered.
This kind of earthen grenade is very large, and it is wrapped in thick brown paper, so you don't have to worry too much about moisture, and in addition, this kind of earthen grenade includes not only gunpowder, but also a lot of porcelain shards, thistles and other things.
If it were to be modified a little, it would be most suitable to be used as a landmine, but now in the process of attacking, planting mines everywhere can only add trouble to his return road, so his brother Wuji did not go to the battlefield in advance, and he will shine in this battle.
Although the arm strength of the throwers obviously needed to be practiced, so much so that after the explosion of these home-made grenades, there were many fragments that almost injured themselves. But these minor problems are actually harmless, because those home-made grenades fall more often among the charging cavalry.
Because there was no firing pin design, after those earthen grenades fell to the ground, they did not explode at the first time, but several of them were broken. But when you said it completely, those earthen grenades, with one explosion after another, scattered ceramic fragments on the cavalry in the air around them, and the thistles did not fly far because of their weight, but their role could have been realized on the surface.
So, in Bai Qi's field of vision, those cavalry on the other side fell one after another on the way to charge.
Their own archers, frightened by their charge, were almost unscathed.
After these cavalrymen fell in the way of the charge, the commander of the opposing side apparently realized that he had made a huge mistake. Because according to the speed of their march, it is impossible to escape the pursuit of the other party, and the other side has already shown the latest weapon, which is terrible enough to make them frightened, and the cavalry that is more powerful than them has fallen on the way to the charge, does he have no hope of victory?
Damn it!
This is the idea that most of them have in the first place, however, there are not many options left for them to make.
The wolf was suddenly defeated?
A last-ditch effort to protect yourself?
"For the glory of the samurai!"
After this roar, they decisively chose the latter.
The dense formation terrified even the charging cavalry. In this way, both sides have used magic weapons that are more powerful than cavalry, and there should be a battle, right?
However, this is clearly not the case, and this childish idea, in the eyes of the master tactician, is simply pediatric.
Such a dense formation is just used to show the power of gunpowder weapons.
The samurai, who had just been in high spirits, soon realized that they had chosen the wrong path, some of them were killed directly by the explosion, some were hit by shrapnel and the pain was unbearable, and some of them gradually began to regret the choice they had just made and were ready to embark on the road of escape.
Bai Qi's mocking gaze was already staring at their backs at this time, and now they were choosing to flee for their lives, it seemed that it was a little late, but their lives did not need to be harvested in a hurry, leaving them who could still run, it was more beneficial to their own side.