Putting aside all other factors such as recklessness and ignorance, just because the lightning knocked down the big tree next to him, he drew his sword in anger and wanted to split it, it was enough to see how fierce and bold this thunder god boss was! There is a bit of the Western Chu overlord's hatred of the sky and the ruthless spirit of being unstingy.

Although he is old now, he is old and strong, and the people who have died under him over the years are only afraid that they have passed 100,000!

Such a demon-level figure who kills people like hemp and changes color in Fusang is now standing in front of him, smiling slightly, just like an elder.

Lian Zining smiled faintly and welcomed the two in.

Tachibana Michiyuki waved his hand at the group of black-clothed people who followed him, and the black-clothed man Haiyi said, his body flashed, and he disappeared into the darkness outside the tent, and he couldn't find a trace anymore. Lian Zining raised his eyebrows, it seems that these are the ninja masters raised by the Tachibana family.

Only five girls from the early women's team followed, and after the battle of the mountain city, Lian Zining paid extra attention to their eyes, these women who looked weak and couldn't help but have a lot of combat power.

Neither of them is verbose, and a few words of greeting are straight to the topic.

Tachibana Michiyuki said apologetically: "Even the adults, the little girl at the beginning, bullied the adults for not staying up all night to help the so, and the matter of Hizen Port, there are many things to hide from the adults, hehe, the old man made amends for the little girl." ”

"Ugh!" Lian Zining was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Lord Thor has good means and good bearing." ”

He glanced at Chiyo, who was standing behind Tachibana Thorjin, who grimaced at him and stuck out his tongue. With her father here, she is more like a little girl who doesn't know anything about the world.

Lian Zining originally planned to use this matter to ask the Tachibana family Xingshi for his guilt and force them to give up some more benefits, but he didn't expect that Tachibana Daoxue actually came up and confessed the matter, obviously knowing Lian Zining's actions in Hizen Port, and knowing that it was impossible to conceal it, he simply admitted it. It's just that in this way, Lian Zining's accusatory words can't be spoken.

As for the transfer of interests, it is naturally impossible to talk about it. Lian Zining had to shake his head, Jiang is still old and spicy!

As soon as this thunder god boss came up, he taught Lian Zining a lesson, which made him secretly vigilant in his heart, it seems that this is still an old fox, so he should be vigilant in the future, don't be earned by him.

After that, the two had a deep talk, but it was all military matters, and after the deep talk, Lian Zining had a deeper understanding of the military strength and combat methods of the Wudao clan. And the two also decided on the tactics of Ming.

Lian Zining said clearly that he has few and elite people, and he can't afford to spend it. Therefore, the two agreed that if the Goto clan could not defend it, the Ashigaru of the Tachibana family would attack the city and consume the troops of the Goto clan, and then the elite of the Tachibana family and the Wu Yi army would attack from the north and south and break it in one fell swoop. And if the Goto clan comes out to fight, it will be the Tachibana family who will fight first, and then Wu Yijun will cooperate.

In short, Wu Yijun took a big advantage.

Tachibana Daoxue finally saw Lian Zining's clever tongue and stalking, he originally planned to see if he could let Wu Yijun take the lead first, but he was rejected by Lian Zining without hesitation.

Sending away Tachibana Thor, Lian Zining put away the smile on his face, no matter what, it still depends on the battle of Ming Yue.

Everything, after all, has to be spoken on the battlefield.

—————— the dividing line—————— early in the morning, the whining horn sounded throughout the battalion, all the officers and soldiers of Wu Yi gathered, with the small flag and the general flag as the unit, the firehead soldiers of the logistics department got up early in the morning, today's meal is braised pork, and the big meat slices have been paused in the pot for more than an hour, all of which have become sparse, and one pot after another is served to the eyes of the soldiers.

Big slices of meat, snow-white and hot steamed buns, you can eat as much as you want.

By the middle of the morning, that is, at eight o'clock in the morning, all the Wu Yi troops had eaten and drunk enough, and brought a bag of dry food with them, assembled into twenty-one phalanxes, left the camp, and formed a formation under the gentle slope.

Lian Zining led the remaining twenty-two dragoons, who had basically recovered from their injuries, in front of the formation, observing the direction of Caiyun City.

Goto Baiju's delicate and fair little nose moved, and he couldn't help but swallow his saliva gently, and there seemed to be that tempting aroma in the wind. As the princess of the Goto clan, it is not possible to eat meat every day.

She turned around and said to the young man who was only in his twenties behind her, "Xuanbingwei, give the order to send troops!" ”

Goto Genbei glanced up at her, a flash of infatuation and awe flashed in his eyes, and he quickly lowered his head and said respectfully: "Yes, Lord!" ”

He got down on one knee, kowtowed, then got up and got off the wooden wall, stepped on his horse, and shouted a few words to the knights behind him, who nodded their heads, and then galloped into the streets, and all the ashigaru samurai and elite soldiers were moving, and rushed out of the city under the leadership of their respective commanders.

Looking at the Goto Genbei who was busy commanding, a faint smile appeared on Goto Baiju's face.

Genbei is a retainer of the Goto clan, and he is also the son of the important minister Goto Katsushige, and this time the Goto clan army is under his command. Goto Genbei and Bai Ju can be regarded as childhood sweethearts, and if there is no such change, the identities of the two are still very compatible, after all, there are many examples of princesses in small countries marrying confidants and retainers. But now, Bai Ju is the governor of the Goto clan, and the identities of the two have become lords and retainers, and they suddenly become very far apart. However, Genbei has always admired Bai Ju very much, and this time Goto Bai Ju was able to master the army so quickly, thanks to his support.

Genbei is a traditional samurai, and now, he abides by the duties and duties of a retainer, and never dares to go beyond the step, even if he talks to Goto Shiraku, he never dares to look directly.

"What will happen to me and Genbei?"

Wudao Baiju sighed slowly, and then smiled dismally: "It's all already in this field, let's think about it!" ”

Watching the army of the Five Islands clan rushing out of Caiyun City, Lian Zining raised his eyebrows, although Caiyun City is very small and broken, and its defense is not worth mentioning, but it is also a barrier after all. In such an unobstructed plain area, not to mention a two-zhang high city wall, even a small earthen ridge half a foot high can be used as a geographical advantage.

Why, Goto Chrysanthemum wants to blow itself up?

Soon, the soldiers of the Goto clan lined up, leaning on the city wall and facing the west, forming a huge formation.

At this time, the soldiers of the Tachibana family had also been prepared, the Wu Yi army was in the southwest of Caiyun City, and the Tachibana family was in the northwest of it, and the phalanx of the three forces formed a zigzag.

With the development of mankind to the present, the art of war has also developed greatly, and the scattered and disorganized fronts of the past have been replaced by well-organized phalanxes, whether in the East or the West, and this is an inevitable trend in the development of war to the present stage. Even the Inca and Aztec civilizations of the Americas began to focus on arrays.

Lian Zining observed carefully, and his face became more and more solemn.

The soldiers of the Goto clan were not as weak as he thought.

Up to now, there are about 20,000 soldiers left in the Goto clan, and almost half of them are peasant soldiers with bamboo guns in their hands, that is, ashigaru. Ashigaru is nothing, they are the main cannon fodder in the conquest of Fuso countries, and their combat effectiveness is close to nothing, but the ashigaru of the Goto clan is obviously different from other princes, these ashigaru are armored!

According to Lian Zining's observations, they should be wearing bamboo armor. Bamboo armor is a very characteristic armor of Fusang, the finished bamboo armor is composed of two layers of bamboo net, filled with cotton wool in the middle to reduce the impact force, and the outside is sewn with linen cloth, which looks like a cotton jacket. If you pay attention to it, there will be iron pieces embedded in it, and the defense of this kind of bamboo armor is quite strong, and it is very light, even lighter than leather armor, and there is almost no burden on the human body, compared to the heavy plate armor, it is negligible.

However, the bamboo armor has a big defect - the smelting technology of Fusang is very underdeveloped, even the iron needle has to be imported from the Ming Dynasty, and the thin iron wire used to make the iron needle cannot be produced, so the bamboo armor is strung with hemp rope, and it is easy to fall apart.

The more than 15,000 Ashigaru members of the Goto clan wore bamboo armor and hat-like helmets, and the bamboo spears they held in their hands were tipped with iron tips, which was also different from other daimyos. And what made Lian Zining frown even more was that these ashigaru were carrying bamboo bows and arrows on their backs.

These light infantry are very well equipped, they can be far and near, and the financial resources of the Goto clan are really rich.

This fifteen thousand ashigaru formed the main part of the main part of the large array, and in addition to this fifteen thousand ashigaru, there were about two thousand elite men of the Goto clan wearing big red scarlet and holding katana in their hands.

In front of them, at the very front of the line, were about a thousand iron gunners, dressed similarly to Ashigaru.

And what made Lian Zining most fearful was the cavalry on both wings, there were about a thousand of these cavalrymen, all of whom rode the pony unique to Fusang, and they were also wearing big red pills. A few even wore shiny plate armor.

Fuso also had cavalry, but before the Meiji Restoration introduced the Western horse breed, the breed of Fuso horse could be said to be the first class in the world, with short growth, slow speed, poor endurance, and the size of a donkey of the Ming Dynasty. Not so much cavalry, but infantry on donkeys.

But the cavalry is cavalry after all, it is a cavalry that has an absolute advantage in the face of infantry, not to mention, in Fusang, all cavalry is not necessarily a samurai, but all samurai are cavalry, and the samurai Lian Zining of the Goto clan has seen it, they are all quite strong, and they add the bonus of war horses or war donkeys, which should not be underestimated.

Looking at the equipment of the Goto clan again, and then looking at the equipment of the Tachibana family over there, it is obviously much worse, no wonder it is still impossible to defeat the Goto clan with superior forces. In this era when equipment plays a great role, the two can be said to be completely different from the same grade.

"But that's fine!" Lian Zining showed a smile at the corner of his mouth, an opponent who is too weak is not interesting!

Lian Zining ordered the whole army to move forward, ten spears and 100 households, three halberds and 100 households, six fire guns and 100 households, and two iron cannons and 100 households, forming a strict array, each row of two hundred households, three rows of firearms in the front, one row of iron artillery behind, five rows of pikemen, and finally three halberd soldiers of hundreds of households, the whole formation is like a narrow rectangle.

The entire array pressed over in great strides, and the forest of spears and halberds moved on the grassy plain, giving people great psychological pressure.

At least that's what Goto Shiraju thinks now.

The Wu Yi military array stopped at a place about a thousand meters away from the Wudao clan's large phalanx in Caiyun City, compared to the Wudao clan's phalanx and the Tachibana family phalanx, its size was insignificant at all, but no one dared to ignore this army. The Goto clan and the Tachibana family, whichever one they are, the number is ten times greater than that of Wu Yijun, compared to them, Wu Yijun is like a hedgehog facing sheep, small but piercing.

Lian Zining next ordered not to move, just watching the movements of the Goto clan and the Tachibana family.

Goto Baiju was surrounded by a cadre of generals and high-ranking officials of the Goto clan, and the group stood on a huge chariot that was two zhang wide and more than one zhang high, and this chariot was like a ring, standing high and seeing far away. It's in the middle of the formation, and the view is excellent, and it's safe. After reading it, a contemplative expression appeared on her face, and then she suddenly realized, and said to the Goto Xuanbei on the side: "Xuanbei, order, leave five thousand ashigaru to monitor those Ming people in place, and everyone else, turn to the north, and prepare to attack the Goto clan!" ”

Xuanbei was stunned for a moment, and then obeyed the order.

Seeing the puzzled gazes of the people around him, Goto Baiju explained: "Everyone, you have also seen that those Ming people are strong and strong, but why don't they attack us, but fight outside for miles? In fact, it's just two words, wait and see! This shows that these Ming people and the Tachibana family are definitely not of the same heart, and they understand it very well, how can they be the same heart as the Ming people and our Fusang people? These Fuso traitors of the Tachibana family, I don't know how much benefit it took to buy these Ming people, but obviously, now they have a dispute, so both sides do not take the initiative to fight, but hope that one side will consume our strength! ”

Seeing that all the high-ranking officers around her were listening carefully, her voice suddenly rose up, and she said in a demagogic tone: "Everyone, this is our chance!" This is the last battle for the survival of our Goto clan, Thunder God Tachibana Michiyuki's temper doesn't need me to say, you are all clear, even if you surrender and are captured, you will inevitably die, there is only one way out for us, and that is war! ”

"This is the last battle, won, our Goto clan, stand on Kyushu again! If I lose, I, and all of you, will die without a place to bury! Goto Baiju was flushed, and screamed: "Everyone, if they are defeated today, they will be defeated because they can't unite, the Ming people sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, as long as we defeat the Tachibana family, those Ming people will naturally retreat!" Everyone, go, there is only a fight to the death! ”

Goto Baiju's words greatly boosted the morale of these generals, and they shouted loudly, shouting down, leading the troops to prepare for battle.

The entire Goto clan came alive.

I have to say that the tactical literacy of the Fusang army at this time is still good, after all, it is a battle that sees the sky, and if it is said that the psychological quality of the soldiers is to be trained. And more than a dozen battles a year, the generals are also running in quite well.

Except for the five thousand ashigaru turned to face the south and stared at the Wu Yi army, the other 15,000 people, the whole of them came with a divine dragon swinging tail, and a large formation immediately turned around, and then the entire face of the north, and the army of the Tachibana family formed a confrontation.

As Goto Baiju expected, Wu Yijun did not move in the slightest.

She was even more sure in her heart, and pointed forward with the folding fan in her hand: "The whole army is marching!" ”

The Goto clan's army was like a machine, with the iron gunners in front, the elite in the center, the samurai in the back, and the cavalry on both wings, pressing towards the Tachibana clan.

At this time, Thor, who was also sitting in the cart and commanding, also waved the folding fan in his hand and gave orders one after another.

The Tachibana clan's army also moved.

The Tachibana clan has consumed so far, and there are still more than 30,000 people left, much more than the Godao clan, but the equipment is much worse in all aspects. Among the 30,000 people, almost 20,000 are light, and there are few people wearing bamboo armor, and the bamboo spear in the hand does not have the tip of iron, which looks a lot shabby, and the actual effect is that the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced.

The proportion of the Tachibana family's iron artillery is quite large, and of the remaining 10,000 people, half of them are iron artillery! It looked spectacular, and the remaining 5,000 men were all cavalry, and the number of cavalry was also terrifying. However, it is clear that these cavalrymen could not all be samurai. It is impossible for one family to feed five thousand samurai.

Lian Zining was still a little surprised at first, but he was relieved when he thought about it, the Tachibana clan inherited the foundation of the Otomo family, which has always been famous for its iron cannon firearms in the Fuso domains, and in the original time and space, the surname once smuggled five hundred large guns from the Ming Dynasty, which is not a small number!

Among the 5,000 iron artillery, many of them are waiting for the big gun, and Lian Zining can see it clearly, there are many small cars in front of the Tachibana family array, and the ones on them are naturally big guns.

In general, the Tachibana family has a lot of cavalry and long-range troops, but their melee ability is relatively poor. It is estimated that it is not as good as the Goto clan, such a configuration, it can kill and damage the enemy to a large extent, but once it is entangled by the enemy at close range, it is really not a good situation.

The formation of the Tachibana family also changed with the order, the iron gunners did not move like a mountain, and the footlight moved forward, and the cavalry on both wings began to move slowly.

Lian Zining stared unblinkingly, the so-called learning from each other's strengths, the various domains of Fusang have been fighting for many years, and their tactics must also learn from each other's strengths and complement each other's weaknesses, and they must be studied and understood. One is to increase one's knowledge and skills, and the other is to keep the team in the temple.

(To be continued)