"We can't let the enemy shell! Otherwise they will inflict huge casualties on the army! ”

Date Masamune said to Tadahiro Kato, who was beside him.

Now he and Tadahiro Kato have gathered together to deal with the powerful offensive of the Ming army.

"That's right, the enemy's artillery is just too powerful. It's just that if we order our troops to attack now, we will also suffer heavy casualties, and we will even end up in the same fate as Tosa. ”

Tadahiro Kato also said with a solemn face.

They have already seen the fate of Torii Tosa, and in their opinion, Torii Tosa's command is decent, there are no bright spots, and there are no mistakes.

It can be said that this defeat was completely caused by the enemy's overly powerful weapons, and it did not have much to do with Torii Tosa itself.

If they were as decent as Tosa, I'm afraid they would end up in the same fate as him.

Date Masamune pondered for a moment, then said, "We can put the auxiliaries in front, the archers behind them, and then the musketeers and samurai. We use auxiliaries and archers to push them within range of the musketeers, then use the musketeers to fight the enemy, and then use the elite samurai to fight the enemy. ”

It was obvious that Date Masamune had been used as cannon fodder by auxiliaries and archers, but Tadahiro Kato did not feel any cruelty in Date Masamune's approach, because this kind of thing was too common during the Warring States period.

Tadahiro Kato thought for a moment, and then said, "You are not afraid that your auxiliaries will not be able to resist the enemy's attack, and they will break up their own formation after collapsing." ”

Date Masamune sneered, and then said, "Of course it's certain, even our auxiliaries are trained. Definitely not intimidated by this little battle. And I would tell them that whoever dared to run away had to kill him if they were standing in the back row, or they would be punished as deserters. ”

Hearing this, Tadahiro Kato was silent for a while. Then I agreed.

"Then let's do it, our Kumamoto's auxiliaries will definitely not be worse than you."

Kumamoto had always been a fierce man and was known for his strong troops, and he believed that his men would not be able to do it to Masamune.

There are not many daimyo in the entire Wa Kingdom who dare to do this, but the two of them are definitely two of them, and the troops of both of them are known for being the elite of the elite in the Wa Kingdom.

Date Masamune laughed. Then he said: "But if there are only two of our armies, I am afraid that it will be difficult to defeat the enemy in front of us, and the number of enemies is already increasing. We need to ask this kid Matsudaira for some reinforcements, or I'm afraid that if all our soldiers are lost, we may not be able to drive the enemy into the sea. ”

Speaking of this, he glanced defiantly at Yanagi Hyogo Suke beside him.

Yanagi Hyogosuke raised an eyebrow and said nothing in the end. It's like not hearing the disrespect for Matsudaira Nobutsuna in his words.

A faint glint flashed in Tadahiro Kato's eyes, even though their Kato clan and the Tokugawa clan were related by blood.

But the superior has always been ruthless, and the cold-blooded Tokugawa Ieyasu could even order his own son to be killed for the sake of the great cause, not to mention that he was only a relative of the Tokugawa family.

Anyway, it's good to be able to save a little more strength, after all, only with strength can you have the right to speak, and if you don't see Matsuura Zhenxin, you're about to become Matsudaira Nobutsuna's follower.

"But we need more reinforcements, and now the enemy is at least more than one of us. We alone cannot defeat the enemy. ”

Tadahiro Matsuura said.

After finishing speaking, he looked at the rear of the main formation, and Matsudaira Nobutsuna's main formation was still pinned down by the enemy's cavalry, and he didn't dare to move at all.

But he was in dire need of reinforcements. With the strength of the two of them, they simply can't complete the task assigned by Matsudaira Nobutsuna, and maybe they will lose all their subordinates.

So in the strange laughter of the two old guys, they quickly formulated a battle plan, and at the same time sent someone to Matsudaira Nobutsuna to ask for reinforcements, which made Yanagi Hyogosuke frown.

Soon they began to mobilize their troops, ordering the troops to form a formation that absolutely defied common sense.

After receiving an order from their governor. There was a commotion among the auxiliaries and archers, who knew the meaning of this order, but soon fell silent under the strong suppression of the samurai.

At the time of the Warring States of the Wa Kingdom. The image of the samurai has always been cold and cruel, and he has not paid attention to the auxiliary soldiers in the army at all. They were slashed and killed at every turn, so the common people of the Wa Kingdom had always been afraid of the samurai from the bottom of their hearts.

In ancient times, it was not easy to line up tens of thousands of troops, and during this time, the Ming army finally made preparations for artillery bombardment.

Almost at the same time, the armies of Tadahiro Kato and Date Masamune launched an attack on the Ming army.

In order to reduce casualties in the event of shelling, their formations were somewhat loose, but the formations of both armies were extremely long, almost two kilometers wide.

More than 20,000 people advanced at the same time, and the sound of heavy footsteps, the impact of armor, the sound of heavy breathing, and the smoke of gunpowder that had not yet dispersed in the sky above the large array formed a magnificent picture.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

“……”

The thunderous cannon roared almost simultaneously, like the roar of the god of war resounding throughout the battlefield, and lead bullets whizzed into the enemy's ranks.

All the auxiliaries who were knocked down by the lead bullet were all broken bones and vomited blood, and then the lead bullet rolled all the way backwards until it smashed a bloody path and completely lost kinetic energy.

The Franc planes also opened fire, and the rain of stones and projectiles flew towards the Japanese soldiers.

One by one, the auxiliaries were swept away and fell to the ground covered in blood, and with each shelling, a large number of Japanese soldiers with a width of dozens of meters in front of them had to fall.

Soon, the front of the Japanese army was full of screaming devils, covered in blood, and some even exposed their internal organs.

Looking at their own people behind them, they raised their hands in despair, hoping that they would lend a helping hand to save them.

But no one paid any attention to them, the war had only just begun, and in order to prevent the auxiliaries from escaping, they were placed among them by a warring army of wandering samurai.

The Japanese devils still advance with mixed feelings, and some of the wounded who dare to hold on to the soldiers will be hacked to death by the samurai.

All of a sudden, the screams were endless. However, this still could not stop the progress of the Japanese team.

Tadahiro Kato and Date Masamune looked at all this with a little solemnity, and the ones who walked in the forefront were just auxiliary soldiers, and their deaths were not worth their distress.

As long as they want, they can have as many of this kind of auxiliaries as they want.

What they are worried about is whether they will win this battle.

What happened next did not come as they expected. I saw that the enemy soldiers in the front row, dressed in heavy armor, stood up, loaded their arrows and aimed at the Japanese * team in the distance.

The Japanese auxiliaries advanced with trepidation, and in the face of the enemy's crossbows, their rudimentary armor was not even as good as paper.

However, there are Japanese samurai around him, and there are other soldiers slashing and killing him, and there is only one way to retreat. There may be another way forward, so they can only move forward without hesitation.

At this moment, suddenly arrows flew like locusts, and an overwhelming rain of arrows flew towards the Japanese soldiers.

"Ahh

"Ahh

"Ahh

“……”

A large number of Japanese soldiers were immediately pierced by the rain of arrows that flew in, and some of them were unfortunately hit in vital parts. Straight down.

After struggling for a while, I completely choked my breath.

And the vast majority of those who did not hit the vital parts were either terrified or enthusiastic.

"Don't be afraid! A few arrows can't kill people, so rush up and kill them! The lord said that if he made a great contribution this time, he could be canonized as a samurai, and even if he killed someone's head, he would be rewarded with five taels of silver. But if anyone dares to escape, I will cut off his head with my own hands. ”

At this time, the samurai in the military formation coerced and lured viciously.

Hear here. Some of the auxiliaries had a greedy look in their eyes again.

The silver bounty is tempting, but it's definitely not as coveted as being a samurai.

The samurai were the real ruling class of the Wa Kingdom, and becoming a samurai was like becoming a showman or even a lifter in the Ming Dynasty. It's definitely something that these low-level civilians are ignorant of.

The rich bounty, the naked *naked* threat, coupled with the thrill of death, obedience and fear are intertwined in their hearts, their faces become fierce, and then they tear off their usual docile masks. The ferocity that is usually buried deep in their bones is stimulated.

As a result, this round of arrow rain not only did not deter them, but also stimulated their ferocity even more.

"Kill them. I must become a samurai. ”

One of the auxiliaries said with red eyes in excitement.

He had learned martial arts with a wandering samurai who guarded their village, so he was confident in his skills. Becoming a samurai was also what he longed for the most.

But in peacetime, there was no way to be promoted to become a samurai, and only war could make him a samurai, so he was extremely eager for military exploits.

Under the leadership of some meritorious auxiliaries, those auxiliaries rushed towards the Ming army with a howl.

The rain of arrows in the sky continued to fly towards the enemy, and one after another the cannon fodder of the Japanese Kingdom was shot to the ground.

Their bodies were filled with arrows, and blood kept pouring out of their bodies as if they didn't want money, and soon the earth was dyed red.

But this still did not stop them from advancing, and one devil after another charged forward desperately under the coercion of the samurai.

Between two hundred and forty steps and one hundred steps was like a death zone, which they could easily pass through in normal times, but now they had to pay at least a few thousand lives.

One cannon fodder after another fell on the way to the charge, and they were creating the conditions for the final victory with their lives.

If the average army has basically collapsed in this situation, the improved Divine Arm Crossbow Arrow Array is at least three times more powerful than before.

But those Japanese soldiers did not collapse, even in the Japanese country, they were the strongest soldiers, and now they are completely relying on their strong will to support themselves.

Seeing this, Lu Yan was a little surprised.

"It's kind of interesting, it seems that the enemy intends to use the people in front of him as cannon fodder."

Lu Yan said lightly.

Jia Xu also nodded, these people were poorly dressed, plus they were just holding bamboo guns, they should be the lowest soldiers of the enemy army.

It's a pity that this is no longer the era when you can win or lose a war by relying on martial arts or will, otherwise the ferocity of these soldiers is definitely enough to fight with the Ming army.

At this time, Lu Yan's army had all landed on the shore, and the number was about 50,000.

In Lu Yan's opinion, such a large number of people was completely enough to sweep away the widows in front of him.

There are some cavalry among them, and a lot of things have to be pretended after all.

The soldiers who had landed later were already in array, ready to attack the enemy.

The 2,000 Mongolian cavalry that had just landed were also lined up, ready to fight against the little devils.

"Find an opportunity to shock the enemy in front of us, and we must scatter them!"

Lu Yan called their leaders, Mo Rigen and Su He, and said to them.

Hearing this, Mozhigen and Suhe nodded.

Because they followed Lu Yan the earliest, the status of the two of them became higher and higher, and they had become the commanders of the Mongolian cavalry, and after receiving Lu Yan's order, they immediately went back to reorganize the cavalry and prepare to charge.

Because the auxiliaries were poorly dressed, they charged with surprisingly fast speed, quickly within the range of muskets. (To be continued)