Tokugawa Yoriboan, who was in his early thirties, sat on a tall gray horse, dressed in a red Nanban and was majestic, with hundreds of samurai accompanying him in front of him. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Tokugawa Yoribo was looking into the distance, but he didn't see anything, and the forward reported that there were several scouts of the Ming people in the left and near, and it seemed that there was still a small group of enemies.

At the front of the entire team were more than 1,000 cavalry, but only 400 of these cavalry were under the command of Tokugawa Yoribo, the lord of the Mito Domain, and the rest were cobbled together by the Sendai Domain, Aizu Domain, and other Rikuwa Domains.

There is no way, in the Wa country, which lacks war horses, war horses are very expensive, and in order to show the Tokugawa Shogun that he has no outside intentions, almost all the daimyo are to keep a ride of one or two hundred to make a appearance, so there are really not many horses in the Wa country.

The shogunate's more than 5,000 cavalry was already the most powerful cavalry in the Wa Kingdom, but it was defeated by the Ming people a month ago and was completely lost.

In the middle of the team were the gunashigaru iron gunashigaru of more than a dozen daimyo from the Mito Domain, Sendai Domain, Aizu Domain, etc., and finally the ragtag army of more than a dozen wealthy clans in the Rikuwa region.

Reinforcements of 19,000 troops from northern Edo to Rikuwa first gathered at the Aizu Domain, and then joined Tokugawa Yoribo, the lord of the Mito Domain, the eleventh son of the late Tokugawa Ieyasu Shogun.

Coincidentally, Tokugawa Yoribo originally lived in Edo Castle for two-thirds of the year, which was also a means for the shogunate to control the daimyo in various places, even the Imperial Three Family Clans.

However, half a month before the siege of Edo, Tokugawa Yoribo happened to go home to deal with the general affairs, and as a result, he was lucky to avoid the siege of Edo.

After receiving the order of Tokugawa Iemitsu, Tokugawa Yoribo immediately ordered the Mito Domain to gather on a permanent basis, and the Mito Domain, which was the 350,000 ishigaka clan that controlled the northeastern Honshu domains, had more than 8,000 people.

If the Mito Domain fully mobilizes Ashigaru, there will be 15,000 troops.

After receiving the order, Tokugawa Yoribo immediately ordered a full mobilization of the military forces within the domain, and he knew that the Akito was coming fiercely. The shogunate was always extremely elite, but it was still defeated by the hands of the Ming people, which shows that the Ming people's combat power is extraordinary.

However, after some consideration, Yoribo decided to go to Edo with only more than 6,000 standing guards, because a few days ago, a group of Ming cavalry burned and killed in the area of Aizu Domain and Mito Domain, causing huge losses to the feudal clans. Tokugawa Yoribo didn't want another major upheaval in his vassals, so it was necessary to leave enough troops to take care of the nest.

Moreover, in addition to the standing preparation, the temporarily convened Ashigaru combat power is mediocre, and Lai Fang doesn't think that it can have a big role, and it may even drag his feet if he goes, and it is impossible for Standing to stay, it's all temporarily convened Ashigaru garrison towns and vassals, and Lai Fang can't rest assured.

That's it. After waiting for more than half a month, Tokugawa Yoribo finally waited for 13,000 troops from the Aizu Domain and 6,000 from the Sendai Domain.

After two days of rest in the Mito Domain, the 19,000-strong army began to march towards Edo, two hundred miles to the southwest, and they could not delay any longer, and Edo had been besieged for more than half a month.

Along the way, the family crests, horse seals, and flags of each clan fluttered in the wind, and the entire nearly 20,000 troops were full of momentum when people shouted that the horses were neighing.

It was the first time that the feudal domains in northeastern Honshu had gathered such a large army since the last time General Hidetada of Motowa sent a note to the daimyo to gather troops in Kamiraku.

"Lord Laifang, I don't know how many Ming troops are besieging Edo Castle." Kato Tomonari, the sister-in-law of Kato Akinari, the lord of the Aizu Domain, smiled flatteringly.

This time, the standing reserve of the 4,000 Aizu Domain was led by Kato Tomonari, although he was also the heir of the internal domain. But compared to the lord of the Mito Domain of the Imperial Three Clan, the eleventh uncle of the current Tokugawa Shogun Iemitsu, Tokugawa Yoribo is really not enough to see, so he stuttered a lot along the way.

But he still wanted to ask. Without him, the fierce name of the Ming people has long been spread throughout the Mutsu country, as the southernmost Aizu domain of the Mutsu country is also a long-known daimyo, the battle of ten victories, thousands of Ming troops defeated more than 20,000 coalition troops, and more than half of these soldiers were killed. Mutsu doesn't know anyone.

Tomonari Kato, who has never experienced a battle formation, is not very mentally stable.

"Yes, knowing the number of Ming people, we have a good idea of it." The Sendai Domain's family, the old Nakajima supervisor Yoshimono, echoed.

As a member of Mutsu, who had long known the murderous reputation of the Akito, he was also extremely concerned about the number of the Akito, after all, the de facto governor Date Tadamune handed over nearly half of the standing equipment to him to take to Edo to help. He also had to do his best to minimize the damage to the Date family, no.

"According to reports, the Ming army of 20,000 troops besieged Edo Castle." Tokugawa Yoribo's words were concise and to the point, and he didn't want to say it at first, he was really a little tired of these half-hearted daimyos, but now that he needed these daimyo reinforcements, he couldn't completely ignore them.

As soon as the two of them heard this, they put their hearts back in their stomachs, and the 20,000 troops estimated that Edo was barely surrounded, and there were no troops to block the reinforcements, and at most a small number of Ming troops attacked and disturbed along the way, they could arrive near Edo safely, and go to Edo to relieve the siege with the reinforcements of various daimyo who came from Kansai.

Nearly 20,000 troops had just come out of a hilly area, and the dust suddenly rose in front, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the shaking earth roared, and a large force of red and black Ming cavalry suddenly appeared two miles ahead.

The miscellaneous cavalry in front of them immediately panicked, after all, they were improvised and had no bottom on their respective combat strength.

But at this time, they could not be allowed to retreat, otherwise the enemy's cavalry would rush directly into the ashigaru queue that had not yet set up a position behind, which was simply unimaginable.

Therefore, under the order of the head of the Mito Domain's cavalry, more than 1,100 cavalry were still waiting in formation.

When the enemy army rushed to a mile, under the order of the general of the Mito Domain, the whole team of 1,000 cavalry rushed towards the enemy, although it is estimated that the cavalry of the Ming army was about 4,000 from the number of the enemy, and they were protected by iron armor, but they had no choice but to wait in place for the Ming cavalry to attack.

The weapons of cavalry are speed and impact, and it would be foolish to stay where you are and wait for the impact.

This field was completely covered by the thunderous sound of horses' hooves, and when the cavalry on both sides approached sixty paces, the cavalry bows of both sides began to ****, and for a time the sky was full of arrows shuttling back and forth.

Many of the cavalry forwards of the Japanese were dismounted by arrows, and some of the horses were injured and jumped wildly, disrupting the formation.

Only the cavalry of the Mito Domain, which was fully armoured, did not suffer major casualties, and the cavalry of the other domains that was not well protected suffered heavy losses.

The cavalry of the Ming people was almost unaffected, and the men and horses riding with bows in full armor could not inflict fatal damage. At most, he suffered minor injuries.

The Ming people in the front row picked up the short guns and fired them one after another, in the bang, dozens of Japanese cavalry in the front row were empty, and then the Ming people threw away the short guns that were empty, took out new guns and then fired, and dozens of cavalry in the front row of the Japanese fell down their horses.

For a time, the cavalry of the Japanese people was in chaos. It's not terrible to have more casualties than the Ming people, but the terrible thing is that the Ming people can't see that there are casualties, which is too frustrating.

When the two sides approached more than ten steps, the Ming troops in the first few rows threw out the cavalry guns in their hands, and the cavalry spears whistled down with the sound of the wind, and more than 100 Japanese cavalry or war horses in the first two rows fell to the ground with howls and neighing.

Then the Ming cavalry broke through in a tight formation into the remaining 600 Japanese cavalry.

The results of tight against loose, tall stone island horses against the opponent's short horses, and full armor protection against the opponent's leather cavalry, the results are self-evident.

When all the 4,000 Ming cavalry rushed through the cavalry formation of the Japanese people. Except for more than 100 cavalrymen who fled more skillfully, all the rest of the cavalry fell under their horses or died or were fighting for their lives.

The whole process of fighting was short, fierce and bloody, and after the Ming cavalry paid less than 100 casualties, they destroyed all the cavalry of the Japanese people, of which the Ming cavalry died only eight people, which can be described as a slight loss.

Of course, the sacrifice of these Japanese cavalry is still very valuable, after all, they have bought the most urgent preparation time for the subsequent Japanese brigade.

When the horse's hooves sounded in front, Tokugawa Yoribo, Kato Tomonari, and Nakajima Yoshimono hurriedly ordered the marching Ashigaru Brigade to form a whole team in great surprise.

They were in a hurry to see the enemy. The Ming army's firearms and cavalry rained down on the Japanese cavalry forward, leaving them dumbfounded. It is simply too cruel to be able to use iron cannons and cavalry guns like this.

Then the Ming army's dense brave and fearless charge made the three of them fall into an ice cave, this Ming cavalry fiercely made them frightened, a thousand cavalry in a short period of time like spring and white snow melted, the Ming people's comprehensive crushing combat power made Tokugawa Yorifang and others feel powerless to fight.

Fortunately, at this time, the retainers and samurai under their command had already organized more than 2,000 ashigaru in front of them. The iron gunners were all laid out in the front row, and behind them were a dense group of pikemen.

This is a standard position to deal with cavalry, and this is also a more effective retainer, not too flustered, and not shaken by the Ming cavalry.

When all the Ming troops rumbled close to half a mile. Seeing the formation gradually forming in front of him, there were bursts of rapid horn sounds from the rear of the Ming army.

The cavalry that was rushing towards the Japanese suddenly parted their wings, galloped to both sides, and then retreated backwards, leaving more than 1,000 corpses of their own men and horses in front of the Japanese and billowing smoke.

Almost all of the Japanese breathed a sigh of relief, and the stormy onslaught of the Ming people made their hearts palpitate, and they had never seen thousands of cavalry charging together, which greatly shook their confidence in daring to fight.

Now that I see the Ming people retreating, it is estimated that the Ashigaru Great Array has played a role, and it can be said that it has been reborn after the catastrophe.

Tokugawa Yoribo took the opportunity to let the retainers lead the Ashigaru of the Mito Domain to cheer loudly, as if they had won a great victory, and the Ashigaru of the other vassals also cheered, in fact, they were glad that thousands of fierce and vicious Ming troops had retreated.

Tokugawa Yoribo saw that his ashigaru was shocked by the Ming cavalry, and he wanted to use this way to boost the morale of the army.

Among the hundreds of cavalry in the distance, Nan Yong watched the cheers and madness of the Japanese army with a telescope, he looked at it in surprise, and asked one person next to him, "Tell me about our army's great victory this time." ”

Sneered, Lu Houcai sneered, "Of course, our army has won a big victory, but this Japanese man is really shameless, and more than 1,000 people from his own family died here, and they can cheer out." ”

"I finally know what Lord Zhao means by the Japanese people," Nan Yong pouted, "Since the Japanese people are so despicable and filthy, let's teach them a good lesson, so that they can taste the taste of the iron cavalry of the Broken Army." (To be continued.) )

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