Chapter 808: The Biggest War Ever Made
Two days later, Chiba had gradually approached Osaka Castle, the capital of Toei, after evading the patrols of several enemy cavalry. At this moment, she became more and more suspicious, because there were only a few cavalry teams of the Dongying people, and now almost all of them were sent outside, causing her to be in danger of encountering the enemy at any time.
At the end of the group, they climbed a small hill, and the situation on the opposite side shocked several people: the outline of a city in the distance was not obvious, and from this city, several black and oppressive armies were moving.
Looking at the direction of these troops, many of them were heading towards the mountains and woods around Osaka Castle.
This, although Chiba has not learned the art of war, but she has been good at hunting since she was a child, and she knows that the other party dares to send out the army defending the capital in this form, it must be that the troops are sufficient and fearless, what is the other party's basis.
"Let's take a look." After saying that, Chiba didn't care about everyone, patted his horse and galloped forward, and all the knights hurriedly followed.
Getting closer, just as they cautiously approached an enemy soldier, "a high-pitched roar of horses came from the woods on their flanks, and everyone hurriedly turned sideways, and a cavalry team had been killed from the dense forest."
"The people of Dongying have arrived." Chiba's face changed, I don't know if the news reached Li Yang's hand, she had to go back immediately.
With the heavy helmet on his head, Li Yang was a little depressed in his heart, in order to enhance protection, he armed himself into an iron can, and even ordinary soldiers enjoyed similar treatment, this protection is high, but the sun is hot, and the dark armor is simply making human barbecued pork buns.
He didn't encounter any decent resistance all the way, which made Li Yang's heart sink more and more, and he knew that when he encountered this situation, either the enemy completely gave up resistance, or there must be a more powerful follow-up move waiting for him.
Although Dongying is now in the Warring States Period and there is no unified regime, it is impossible for the people of Dongying to give up easily, so the answer is about to come out.
And now there is an overly optimistic mood in the ranks, and all the soldiers of the Eastern Han Kingdom feel that with such a large armed force, they will definitely be able to sweep Dongying, even if it is not impossible to take Goryeo in one fell swoop.
Ordered the herald to call Li Wen, Wang Hu and several other generals, Li Yang asked several parts to march together and never rush in, you must know that in this hilly and dense forest, if you are too aggressive, you are likely to be ambushed by the enemy, and the other troops have no time to rescue.
The current situation is that Li Yang led 5,000 black-clothed guards to faintly form a sharp knife in the center, while Li Wen and Wang Hu led an army of 5,000 volunteers each to protect the two wings, and the baggage miscellaneous soldiers were in the long supply line behind the soldiers, basically with 1,000 people as a team, undertaking the supply and following the brigade to build camp fortifications.
Li Yang's team continued to advance, and in two days it would arrive at the foot of Osaka Castle, which was open within a radius of dozens of miles, and if it reached the vicinity of Osaka Castle, it would not be attacked or ambushed.
Therefore, after continuing for a day, even Li Yang began to be a little anxious, and arrived at the city as soon as possible, with the firearms craftsmen and gunners brought by the troops, the opening of the royal city in Dongying was just around the corner.
Dongying is different from the small states that were conquered before, with thousands of years of accumulation, and as a unified government that once had a well-established administrative system, the spoils of war that can be obtained in the royal city and the significance of occupying the opponent's royal city are also different.
As a result, the elite black-clothed guard gradually continued to protrude forward from the position of the sharp knife.
"Lord, you said that if Dongying is defeated, won't all of us have to be knighted?" Huang Bingxi happily followed Li Yang and said beside him.
In Huang Bingxi's view, this title may still be recognized by the Dakang Dynasty, which is really an honor for a person like him who has been influenced by Han culture.
"That's for sure, because you raised the banner of rebellion when I raised the army, you are indispensable."
Huang Bingxi also heard the ridicule in Li Yang's words, and smiled and retreated embarrassedly.
At this moment, two galloping horses came in front. One of the riders had an emaciated figure, not Chiba who.
Before Li Yang could ask, Chiba had already mustered up all his strength and shouted in a hoarse voice: "The Dongying army has already driven to Osaka City, be careful." ”
After saying that, she couldn't hold it anymore, and the scout beside her who had lured her in was busy grabbing the bridle for her.
"Give the order to the left army and the right army, and immediately move closer to the middle army," Li Yang commanded to the guards behind him.
And at this time, the Dongying coalition army had already marched from Osaka Castle a day earlier, divided into two flanks, and indeed had already circled Li Yang's side.
At this time, Li Yang's order was given, and it was as if the volunteers on both sides of Li Yang were moving closer to the Chinese army, while the Dongying coalition army was advancing behind the tail of the volunteers.
The commander of the Dongying coalition army was also an experienced general, and when he saw the enemy's situation like this, he knew that his whereabouts were likely to have been exposed, so he no longer hid his head and tail, and began to pursue at full speed.
The cavalry, who had been following the group cautiously, also rushed to the front of the group and acted as the vanguard.
Fifteen thousand soldiers, the number does not seem to be large, but in reality, this is a group of people all over the mountains, nearly 30,000 horses and horses of the coalition forces of the Katoying countries, and nearly 40,000 horses have gathered in this small battlefield in the center not far from Osaka.
I have to say that this should be the biggest war in the history of Dongying.
The volunteer team only has a musket team of 200 people for the commander to mobilize, but this musket team and the musket team of Wuyiwei also use the same weapons and receive the same training, because Li Yang believes that the musketeers must be given the best weapons and the best training in order to play their due role on the battlefield, otherwise it is better to give the soldiers a burning stick.
Therefore, when Li Wen ordered the musket team to attack, the musket team soldiers did not panic, but quickly found their own firing position in the large phalanx, under the command of the officer, 200 people were divided into two teams, the front and rear, skillfully filled the gunpowder projectiles into the chamber of the gun, and aimed and fired.
At this moment, it seemed to stand still, and I only saw that in the original chaotic battle between the two sides, a hundred milky white long pillars suddenly rushed out, and then a hundred long pillars, and in a short period of time, half of the position of the left army was shrouded in white smoke.
Not to mention the hit rate of the projectile, the huge roar of the musket, one after another, may have a history of a small number of firearms used in this place, but it is still the first way to use it on such a large scale.
The mad horses wounded 800 enemies and damaged 1,000 themselves, and they began to scurry around in the formation without distinguishing between the enemy and the enemy, bringing great confusion to both sides.
The next thing to fight is will and morale, in this case, whoever can't hold on first will lose.