When the envoy of Huashan Jiugao found Chen Jian, Chen Jian listened to him boredly for a while, and Sun Yuanhua and the others who followed behind him were already angry and reprimanded these people for entering Kou Ryukyu to offend Tianwei, it is better to tie up their hands or else they will be captured. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

While the envoy was still reasoning, Jian Chen knocked on the side and knew the general situation at this time.

Ryukyu was not big in the first place, and it was natural that Ryukyu, which was a transit point during the trouble, was also harassed by the Japanese invaders, and although Ryukyu was a small country, the ruler still had the vision of a small country.

After hearing the news of the Portuguese invasion of Malacca, the king of the Ryukyus, considering his position, knew that this could happen to him as well, and built two forts in Naha to guard against the Japanese invaders.

Hisakama Hisataka and Hirata Masumune did not fail to think of directly attacking the fort and directly attacking Naha, but the fort was heavily guarded, and in the end he chose to land from the north of the Ryukyus, burning and plundering all the way to Naha.

Since Ryukyu was not large, Naha was captured, and these people did not say anything about King Shangning's condition, so it is clear that Shuri Castle did not fall.

Naha was only thirty or fifty miles away from Shuri Castle, and the timing of Jian Chen's appearance was just right. Now that Birakiyama Hidaka and Hirata Massumune must have fallen into a situation of being attacked on their backs.

And Ryukyu itself also achieved the goal that Chen Jian wanted, except for the relatives of King Shangning, the rest of the officials died and were captured, and even if the country was restored, it would be difficult to maintain the original rule.

It can be said that these people in Huashan Jiugao have already been put to death, and it depends on whether they can use the means of putting them to death like the Marquis of Huaiyin.

Jian Chen can procrastinate, and he is not afraid of delaying it for a month, but Huashan can't afford to drag it out for a long time.

Even so, Jian Chen had to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, and said to the messenger with the momentum of a Spring and Autumn righteous war: "You talk to Huashan Jiugao, I will give him half a day to make an appointment in the afternoon." Our navy has an advantage, and the battlefield does not have to be on the seaside. A few miles ahead of here, the terrain is open, and it is just the right time for a decisive battle. ”

It is estimated that the envoy has never seen such a straightforward speech, so he replied a few words awkwardly, so he had to go back.

Chen Jian was secretly refreshed in his heart, and said in his heart that even if he didn't say so, Huashan Jiugao would not be stupid enough to fight with him on the beach, and the other party had no available means except for the decisive battle.

As soon as the envoy left, Sun Yuanhua and the others said, "Sir, don't learn from Song Xianggong." ”

Chen Jian laughed and said: "There is no Song Xianggong in the world, isn't it bad to be happy?" If you don't learn from Song Xianggong, how can you reproduce the world of etiquette? ”

After laughing, he told the soldier to move on, stopping in an open field.

There's nothing to cover here, except for a few palm trees on the beach in the distance.

The terrain is also basically flat, and there are no terrain tricks to use, whether it is to use the cover of the high ground to mobilize troops or bypass the cover, it is impossible for either side.

After choosing a location, the artillerymen began to dig positions to construct the breastwork, and after sending out scouts, the musketeers sat down on the ground to rest in the company's array. Those who should go to the toilet go to the toilet, and those who should eat fried rice eat fried rice.

The commander of the army took over the command, and Chen Jian only took people to observe from behind, and did not need to go into battle in person.

On the flat ground behind, Chen Jian took out a pen and paper, called Sun Yuanhua and the others to his side, thought about the biggest problem with the use of Daming firearms, and drew a very simple chart, which looked like an exponential function.

"When I was in Fujian, I also communicated with the governor and the general soldiers. Do you know what impressed them the most when they commented on the Japanese Invaders? ”

"I don't know."

"It's their fire. Actually, that's what their firecrackers are all about, but why are they so impressive? Just because they waited until you got close before they shot. Actually, it's a simple arithmetic problem. ”

Those people were all curious, they had never thought that the method of plotting the military formation had anything to do with arithmetic.

Chen Jian pointed to the finished piece of paper and said, "The closer you get, the more accurate the fire will be." And the time it takes to reload the firebolt is an important issue. According to the reloading speed of these widows, they could advance one hundred and forty paces on foot at each load, and once they got close to these musketeers, they could not deal with the soldiers who were struggling to practice their swords. However, the distance of one hundred and forty paces is the range of the firecracker, and no matter how far it is, it will not be able to hit. ”

Putting the pen on the paper lightly, he said with a smile: "This question is simple, the reason why all the military gates in Fujian still remember the firearms of the Japanese Kou is that the simplest explanation is that they can hold out close enough before shooting." Otherwise, I can't figure out any other explanation. ”

Sun Yuanhua looked at the chart, roughly understood the meaning, and asked: "The chart drawn by Mr. has no meaning, if the offense and defense are only in one blow, you only need to fire one round of firearms, and there is no chance to open a second time?" ”

Chen Jian spread his hands and said: "In fact, this is also the case, I heard those military sects say that the most common method used by the Japanese is to hide the iron gunner behind, and lure the pursuers to the front of the iron gunner, as long as it takes one time to make the pursuers disperse." ”

Looking at these people, Jian Chen handed over the piece of paper and said, "If you really want to do those things in the future, remembering this chart is the first step." It's just that it's easy to know that it's hard to do, and you know that the closer you get, the harder you fight, but whether the soldiers can do it or not is another matter. If there are 10,000 soldiers who collapse in front of them without changing their faces, who cannot command their swords only twenty paces away, and who can be calm and calm and do not shoot in advance, I am afraid that there will be no enemies in the surrounding areas who can fight against them. ”

"It's as simple as that?"

Jian Chen shrugged and said, "It's not that simple, but for the generals to make a decision, they need to have such soldiers as the foundation." Otherwise, it will be useless to have the talent of Lian Li. ”

"These soldiers under the gentleman can do it?"

"Perhaps."

"How does the gentleman know?"

"See those cannons? Decades ago, when we were fighting, soldiers needed to keep their formations forward in the face of each other's shelling. Seeing that the heads of the comrades who ate and lived together were smashed into the air, he didn't even look at it, kicked it away and continued to move forward. ”

After speaking, he smiled and said, "You haven't seen the soldiers who were hit by the artillery, have you?" I can use binoculars to take a look at it for a while, and I don't know if those people on the other side have the ability to keep the formation out of order under the shelling. If you can't do it, this battle will be boring and tight. ”

Several people smiled uneasily, imagining the appearance of those who had been hit by several pounds of iron balls, even if they hadn't seen it yet, they shuddered.

It's April, the weather is neither hot nor cold, and with the coast in the distance, it's a great place to relax.

Chen Jian was there talking, laughing and laughing, and from time to time he took out his short sword and drew something on the ground. If it weren't for the burning houses in the distance, there would be no sign of a great war going on.

On the other side of the battlefield, the people of Huashan Jiugao did not have the mood of Chen Jian.

The envoy had already returned, and he told what he saw and what Chen Jian wanted to convey, because there were officers and banners of the Ming army, so Huashan Jiugao believed that this was an army of the Ming Dynasty. As for mercenaries, this is also unusual and not unusual.

As Chen Jian expected, Huashan Jiugao really couldn't advance or retreat, and there was no other choice but a decisive battle.

But what Kayama Hisaka can't understand is that he can't see whether the other party is too conceited or has a chance to win.

The messenger reported that the Ming army numbered at most fifteen hundred, and that they were armed with iron cannons and had no swords.

I have really never seen this kind of formation, he is also well-informed, he has been to North Korea many years ago, and has fought a lot of battles in China, and he also knows the importance of iron cannons, but all the troops armed with iron cannons have really never heard of it.

He couldn't run now, the navy was no match for those giant ships, and most of them were destroyed. By retreating to the north, the Ming army could enter Shuri Castle unhindered and make peace with King Shangning.

Although the Ryukyu soldiers were not good at fighting, once they met and could have three or two thousand more people, it would be disadvantageous to fight again.

It is even more impossible to retreat to the north and hold on, because the possibility of defeat has never been thought of before, and there is no way to retreat at all. After landing at the port of Nay Nhon, he set fire to the first castle and burned it down, and he could not hold it when he retreated.

I scolded these wise people for being cunning several times in my heart, knowing that I had no choice but to fight a decisive battle, but I just took the lead in momentum.

Told his subordinates to quickly gather the army, at this time the army's heart was already in chaos, the previous shelling had frightened Ashigaru's courage, and the rumors of the front and rear flanking and the Ming Dynasty army pressing the border spread all over the army in an instant.

Birshan, knowing that morale was not available, even thought of some means at this critical moment, and did the opposite, saying that the opponent's naval army was extremely terrifying, meaning that there was no way out.

Escaping to the sea is also a dead end, it is better to fight here against the water and survive in death.

He told the soldiers that there were only 1,300 people on the opposite side, and that only by defeating them would they have a way to live, otherwise they would all be beheaded.

After scaring him severely, Hirata Masumune of the naval army also said that as long as he repelled the enemy behind him, he could turn around and attack Shuri Castle, and then Naha and the surrounding area of Shuri Castle could be looted for ten days.

Relying on the promise of robbery, it finally raised a little morale, which was one of the few means to improve the morale of the army at this time.

In the end, a total of more than 2,300 soldiers, including 700 elite iron gunners, were gathered, and there was quite a momentum of resurrection after death.

The two sides were not far apart, and at about three o'clock in the afternoon, Jian Chen saw through the telescope the strange banner on the opposite side, as well as the vague and extremely strange armor.

A few whistles sounded with the officer's orders, making the soldiers who had been resting and looking a little scattered nervous.