So some of the ashigaru desperately shouted, "Help us!" We are all our own people! ”

At the same time, they desperately fled towards the large array. △ Top Novel,

Seeing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna's face was quite ugly, and sure enough, Date Masamune was right.

"Fire! Shoot me!! ”

Matsudaira Nobutsuna said loudly.

In fact, those men had already received orders from Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and the Japanese musketeers standing in the front row immediately aimed at the Japanese soldiers who were fleeing this way.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

“……”

A dense burst of muskets rang out, and the fleeing soldiers immediately burst into screams.

Seeing that these soldiers really fired, those who fled were shocked.

"Why?"

"Why is that? We're all our own people! ”

“……”

The shots all said with a look of disbelief.

"Dare to rush into battle and kill without mercy!"

The warrior said coldly.

Hearing this, those ashigaru were all in a burst of despair.

Now that there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, what are they going to do?

Seeing this, Li Rusong was a little disappointed, he originally planned to take the opportunity to rush into battle, but now it seems that there is no play.

So then the Ming army began to shoot arrows at those fleeing ashigaru non-stop, and the Japanese ** team also fired at them in a platoon.

In fact, there are still many Ashigaru now, at least about 3,000 people, and almost all of them have been killed except for a very few people.

The muskets of the Japanese soldiers were all red, and thick white smoke filled the military formation.

See here. Lu Yan was speechless. I didn't expect the little devil to be so cruel to his own people.

Tosa Torii was heartbroken to the extreme. Although these ashigaru are easy to recruit, they are also the lords under the rule of His Royal Highness Tadacho.

He died so much at once, even if he went back, it would be difficult to explain.

After seeing that all those ashigaru were dead, Lu Yan summoned those cavalry back.

At this time, more and more soldiers crossed the sea, and there were nearly 40,000 people, and it can be said that the overall situation has now been decided.

And the cavalry under his command also increased, and there were more than 5,000 people.

Among them, 3,000 members of the Li family and 2,000 Mongolian cavalry.

After carrying out the necessary formation. Lu Yan gave the order to set off again, and he wanted them to use their speed and impact to attack the enemy's formation.

Seeing more than 5,000 cavalry galloping through the middle of the two formations, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but ask, "What are they doing here?" ”

Date Masamune did not speak with a gloomy face, which reminded him of the events on the Korean battlefield, and he was deeply impressed by the impact of the Ming cavalry.

It was at this time that Yagyu returned here.

"Yagyu-sama, are you alright?"

Matsudaira Nobutsuna hurriedly asked.

"I'm fine."

Yanagi shook his head with a smile, but his face was still a little unsightly.

Whoever sees their own team being slaughtered by themselves and their enemies will not be happy.

"We must change our formation quickly so that the enemy does not attack our flanks or behind."

Date Masamune reminded Matsudaira Michi.

Although they are numerous, the large array is also very large. But the enemy's cavalry could still get around, after all, the infantry was moving too slowly.

Matsudaira nodded. His face was a little solemn.

He had never encountered a large-scale cavalry before, and this was the first time.

Now directly ahead was Kato Tadahiro's troops, Matsudaira Nobutsuna looked at the distribution of the other troops, and then said, "Quickly order the troops to stop advancing, and then let the armies of each daimyo form their own formations to guard against the onslaught of cavalry." ”

Hearing this, Date Masamune's face was a little strange, but he felt that Kato Tadahiro's order was not wrong.

Now that the size of the army is too large and the battlefield is quite vast, it will be an absolute disaster if the army of a certain daimyo is transferred to defend the left flank and the army of a certain daimyo to guard the right flank.

Because their army is as small as six, seven, eight, or as many as tens of thousands.

It is simply impossible to let such a large number of troops move quickly to the left or right flank of the army, and it is not so easy to quickly move tens of thousands of people.

This was difficult for even elite soldiers to do in ancient times when communications were extremely underdeveloped, so it was best to let them form their own formations.

So the daimyo sprang into action, each forming a formation to guard against the enemy's cavalry.

While observing the situation of the enemy forces, Matsudaira Nobutsuna carefully considered countermeasures.

He glanced at Date Masamune, and then said sincerely, "I don't know if Date has anything to teach me?" I know that I am not a good learner, and I hope that Lord Date will give me advice. ”

Date Masamune glanced at him, he didn't expect Matsudaira Nobutsuna to be willing to put down his body and beg him, which really surprised him.

He thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"The infantry has nothing to do with the cavalry, and we can only adapt to the situation under our current conditions. Or ......"

He glanced at the Ming army in front of the big array.

"As long as you can defeat the enemies in front of you, they will naturally not be a problem."

Hearing this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna was annoyed and couldn't say anything.

Of course he would be willing to defeat the enemy in front of him, but the key is that he can do it?

If it had been before, he would still have seven or eight points of faith.

But after the battle just now, he didn't have much confidence in defeating the enemy in front of him, because the enemy's artillery and crossbows were so fierce that he would capsize in the gutter.

If those cavalry suddenly come out of the side in the middle of the battle, then the battle will definitely be lost.

Looking at Matsudaira Nobutsuna's sad face, Date Masamune sighed quietly, he was becoming more and more optimistic about this battle.

At this time, the 5,000 cavalry had galloped out of the middle of the positions of the two armies, and then circled to the left flank of the Japanese ** team.

The Japanese ** team was also forming their own formations to guard against the surprise attack of the cavalry, although it was a little messy. But if nothing else. They can still withstand the enemy's attack.

Li Rusong: They are not anxious. They led the cavalry to look around for flaws in the Japanese ** team.

There are so many people in the Japanese team, it is impossible for them to be all elite.

There will always be some auxiliaries or weak brigades or something, and they will be very afraid of the cavalry charge.

So the cavalry of 5,000 men divided into two teams, like wolves, and searched for their prey on the vast battlefield.

Looking at those galloping cavalry, both Matsudaira Nobutsuna and those daimyo were worried.

When the Mongol army went on an expedition to Mongolia, it did not bring many cavalry due to fear of supply difficulties. Therefore, the Japanese, of course, did not appreciate much of the impact of the cavalry.

Moreover, the Mongol army has been squeezed on the small coast of Fukuoka, and has no ability to break through the enemy's defense line to carry out large-scale long-range raids, and the advantages of the Mongols have not been brought into play at all.

And this time, Lü Yan will not make the mistakes of the Mongols.

At this time, Li Rusong suddenly discovered a military formation behind the large array.

These Japanese soldiers were visibly panicked when they saw the cavalry, and even if there were samurai to stop them, their military formation was still very chaotic.

The most important thing is that Li Rusong found that there were artillery in this team.

In fact, the Wa Kingdom had artillery, some of which were purchased from Portugal, and some of which were developed by themselves.

But due to the short development time. The performance of the artillery was not outstanding.

Without taking into account the large number of cavalry that would be dispatched, these guns moved too slowly. In order to drive the enemy into the sea as soon as possible. Therefore, when the whole army pressed, these guns were placed behind, and only some auxiliaries moved the guns forward.

Seeing this, Li Rusong, Jebe and others couldn't help but be overjoyed.

As long as these guns are eliminated, then the battle will be won.

So they rode their horses and rushed towards these artillerymen, and when they saw this, Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but be shocked.

If the artillery is destroyed by the enemy, then the big battle cannot be won.

"Quick, order our cavalry to attack, and be sure to save our artillery."

Matsudaira said angrily, and at the same time he ordered the troops in the rear closest to the artillery to come to the rescue.

In fact, he still has a group of cavalry under his command, and it is a group of samurai on horseback.

It's just that these cavalry are scattered under the various daimyo, and the only cavalry that he can mobilize in his eagerness can be used for horse combat is only 500 cavalry.

After all, the duel between cavalry was not popular in the Wa Kingdom, and it cost a lot of money to raise horses, so the Wa State could not afford to raise many cavalry at all.

Yanagi Zongju sighed, the appearance of this cavalry made them confused.

5,000 cavalry is definitely an incomparably huge destructive force, and it is even possible for them to disperse these more than 50,000 soldiers independently.

No matter who is in charge, they can't turn a blind eye to these five thousand cavalry.

At this time, the Ming army suddenly began to press on the whole army, and they broke away from their positions and launched an active attack on the enemy.

Lu Yan's subordinates are like clouds, but unlike Matsudaira Nobutsuna, who has never dealt with such a big scene at all, so all the troops under his command are smooth.

He left about 10,000 troops to cover the follow-up landing troops, and he personally led more than 20,000 soldiers to personally attack the enemy.

More than 20,000 soldiers also formed a large formation nearly a kilometer wide, and then slowly pressed towards the enemy.

At this time, Matsudaira Nobutsuna had been overwhelmed by the Ming army, and when he saw this, he hurriedly ordered Kato Tadahiro to resist the enemy's attack no matter what, and at the same time let Date Masamune's army come forward to help defend.

In order to resist the charge of those cavalry, Kato Tadahiro kept shrinking his defensive line, and finally turned into a large circle of words, and the width of the Ming army on the front had far exceeded them.

Fortunately, Date Masamune's army had begun to move forward slowly, helping them share the pressure of the Ming army.

At this time, Li Rusong led his cavalry and began to attack those artillery and the auxiliaries who stayed to help them, and when they saw more than three thousand cavalry rushing towards them, those artillery and auxiliaries were almost dumbfounded. (To be continued......)