"Shoot!" "Shoot the arrows!" Experienced samurai shouted and ordered them.

The soldiers subconsciously took up arms, but their movements became more irregular due to nervousness and fear, and their equipment was so inferior that the sparse firing and firing of arrows did not stop the red frenzy, but only caused them negligible casualties.

Since most of the soldiers with spears at the head of these platoons were well-dressed cuirasses, the inferior bullets and bows and arrows were directly bounced off even if they hit them, and only those who were really unlucky would fall from a bullet in the head, but this only aroused the courage of their robes to be more fierce.

"Wan Sheng!" "Wan Sheng!" The shouts came and went, and finally it sounded like a howl, ignoring the resistance of the opposite side, crashing into the forward position, and the killing also began at the same time, the red-clothed soldiers with guns with red eyes put their weapons into the front of the clan soldiers who had not had time to retreat with muskets and bows and arrows, and the screams came one after another, and some of the feudal soldiers with long weapons such as spears and naginatas wanted to rescue them, and rushed up to start fighting with the Han soldiers, but these hastily recruited soldiers basically did not have much rigorous martial arts training, Where is the opponent of the Han army? Soon their sporadic resistance was repulsed, and the troops at the front endured heavy losses.

The speed of the Han army's charge was very fast, and it didn't take long for the roar of the charge to reach the front of the position, and the red fire enveloped the front line of the vassal army, which was already bombarded and scattered, some like small boats fluttering in the storm.

However, the blow they had suffered was not over, and soon the musketeers of the Han army rushed over, their pace much slower than that of the pikemen who had charged before, and their formation was very tight, and the metal barrels glistened in the sun.

These musketeers walked to the fortifications of the Fukuoka clan and began to bombard the area where the clan army had assembled, inflicting a new round of casualties on the other side and breaking up the feudal army that had been assembled in a hurry.

In just a few quarters of an hour, the Han army had inflicted heavy casualties on the Fukuoka Domain, and the nightmare from yesterday's devastating bombardment had returned to the minds of these people. The peasant soldiers who had been forcibly incorporated into the feudal army looked at the corpses and stumps all over the ground, and their spirits could no longer support it, and they howled and fled back, even if the samurai at the back of the palace drew their swords and slashed them, they could not stop them.

Now anyone can see that the defense of the Fukuoka clan in Hakata Bay is crumbling.

Kuroda Tadayuki, who was riding on his horse, looked ahead almost dumbfounded, watching the fortifications that had been hastily arranged for several days being broken through in this way, and the sound of fighting on the front line reached his ears, making his face even paler.

"What should I do, my lord?!" Seeing the momentum of the Han army suddenly rushing over, the cronies next to him hurriedly asked the feudal lord Kuroda Tadayuki, "Are you still retreating south?" ”

Now the front line is obviously like a candle in the wind, if there is no reinforcement, it will obviously be broken by the Han army soon, and he still has nearly 2,000 people in his hand, and now he is facing an obvious choice - either reflexively fight back, fight with the Han army, strengthen the military strength of the front line, and see if he can block their impact and hold Hakata Bay; Either speed up and leave to reinforce Nagasaki - at least for the time being, you won't have to fight the Han army.

"My lord, the army of the Han Dynasty seems to be impressive, but the number is not very large, you see, my lord, there is no one to follow them anymore!" Another cronie suggested beside him, "My lord, although the Han army has attacked our army now, after all, its foothold is not stable, we have gathered now, as long as we fight over, we can block them and repel them!" As long as we stop them, we can save the people of our domain from being poisoned by the Han army! If these tigers and wolves-like Han troops really invade this domain, the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Because of the sounds of fighting and screams from time to time, Kuroda Tadashiyuki didn't really hear it, but he had already fully felt the anxiety of the other party. Now, is it to fight back, or to flee south? His mind suddenly fell into confusion.

Just when he hesitated, the Han army went deeper into the front military formation, and more and more of the feudal army fled, and it seemed that it was about to be unable to hold on.

If you flee south like this, I'm afraid you will be ridiculed by people all over the world...... There have been no follow-up soldiers on the other side to reinforce, it looks like a thousand people, and there is a multi-fold advantage in strength on their side, even if the other side is elite, a few thousand people should be able to repel them.

No time! Kuroda was loyal, and he didn't think too much about it, so he pulled out the rib knife hanging on his left chest, and then pointed forward, "Assault the whole army and destroy the Han dog!" The Han dogs ran out to fight us, and their cannons would not dare to bombard their own people, so you can fight them and kill them all! ”

Under his order, the feudal army, which was already ready to move, immediately turned around and rushed towards the Han army on the opposite side with a roar.

At the head of the pack were a group of samurai on horseback, well-armed, with distinctive armor and swords in their hands, which were made of steel by craftsmen of the Warring States period.

While the samurai on horseback rushed forward to kill, the infantry formations also followed behind and killed the Han army, these military formations were mixed, most of them were only recently gathered ashigaru and even peasant soldiers, Kuroda Tadayuki did not expect them to fight very well, just hoped to be able to consume some of the Han army's strength in the struggle.

The arrival of reinforcements from the feudal army and the merciless treatment of the deserters finally deterred the vacillation of the front line, and the remnants of the feudal army on the front line were forced to continue to fight with the Han army.

The soldiers of the Great Han also noticed the movement of the enemy army, and of course they did not know about the previous vacillation on the other side, but now that reinforcements from the Fukuoka domain army have arrived.

Such a military situation is terrible enough in the eyes of the Japanese military and civilians, but in the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Han Dynasty, it is just a rabble, the array is not neat, and the arrays of infantry and cavalry have been disjointed, unable to support each other, and the long-range firepower is also very pitiful.

Such a cavalry that is not in formation, less than a hundred people, they don't pay attention to it at all, not to mention that they are still riding ponies, not military horses selected by the big Han?

"Array!" With the orders of several company leaders, a small group of soldiers continued to sweep the remnants of the enemy army in front of the formation, while the other soldiers began to line up in a way that they were already extremely familiar with, preparing to meet the enemy army.

The officers and soldiers assembled in small groups in the same way that they had already Facebook, with their spears lined up in the front row and the musketeers covered in the back.

Musketeers had to reload as most of the previous engagements had already been used, and the musketeers followed the standard maneuver of the drill by unhurriedly clearing the primer holes and primer pots, then pouring the primer into the primer pot, closing the lid of the primer pot, then pouring the gunpowder through the muzzle, and finally placing the projectile in their mouths into the barrel of their guns.

At the same time as they made this series of movements, the samurai on horseback also rushed in front of them. These warriors had the highest fighting spirit, and now they had put their lives on the line, and they were bent on exchanging their lives for the lives of a few more Han Kou, and they all opened their eyes wide, or raised their swords in a roar or silence, and then slashed at the Han soldiers in front of them violently.

Most of the musketeers had finished their reloading process, and they watched without saying a word as the enemy cavalry arrived. Because they had rehearsed against the cavalry countless times before, their movements were very calm, and they didn't even tremble their hands.

No one fired, because the military law of the Han Dynasty stipulated that self-fire was not allowed in such circumstances, and it was necessary to wait for the officer's order before firing.

In the silence of the Han army, the group of cavalry rushed in front of the Han army, and each musketeer could already look down on their faces, and even seemed to be able to smell the heavy breathing of the samurai and horses.

"First column, fire!" In this moment, when it seemed to stand still, the officers finally gave the order.

The "bang" of gunshots and the sound of projectiles hitting the body sounded almost simultaneously, and then continued like a continuous drum.

With this gunshot, the horses seemed to have been hit hard by a heavy hammer, forcibly stopped, and then roared and roared.

No one in the Han army cared what fate befell them, and the gunners in the first row retreated after firing their guns, retreating into the gap left by the back row, and then cleaned up their guns. And the musketeers in the second row, who were already ready to shoot, almost at the same time, stepped up.

"Second column, fire!" Soon, the officer shouted the order again in an unwavering tone.

"Bang!" Another burst of gunfire.

With the bombardment of several rounds of muskets, the area that received the formation was quickly filled with black smoke, and everything seemed a little blurry, and even in this blurred background, it could be seen that these cavalry who rushed up first to disrupt the Han army formation had completely failed, and they had already suffered heavy casualties before they even caused a shake to the Han army formation.

Some samurai fell to the ground because their horses were killed, but they struggled to get up, and then took the sword in their hands and shouted and continued to rush towards the Han army formation, this kind of fierce momentum is worth boasting of, but they also did not bring much results, those Han soldiers with spears had already prepared, and stabbed them neatly with spears, although they were all carefully cultivated warriors in the domain, and they had refined their martial arts since childhood, but in such two army formations, martial arts did not play much role, They were soon impaled by several spears, with endless anger and reluctance to die.

Soon, these cavalry disappeared in front of the Han army array, like food swallowed by a red giant beast, and there was no more waves.

The Fukuoka Domain's army, which had been rushing towards this side, almost immediately stopped after seeing this scene, and they no longer had the momentum they had just now.

Since the landing of the Han army yesterday, the Han army has defeated them cleanly in several engagements, and what makes them even more desperate is that so many well-trained and well-equipped samurai have been wiped out by the Han army in a very short period of time, but they have hardly caused them any casualties worth mentioning.

So many people have already died, but the Han army in front of them is looking at all this with a calm face, as if nothing has happened, how many more lives do they have to break before they can be satisfied?

Are they all monsters? Are they all demons from hell? Not only these ignorant feudal soldiers, but even the feudal lord Kuroda Tadayuki became frightened this time.

In the distance, the Han army array was like a mountain in front of him, their faces had become distorted in his eyes, like the evil ghosts in the painting, and their uniform red military uniforms seemed to be the terrible colors soaked in a sea of blood.

With several times the number of troops, there shouldn't be anything to do with them...... Suddenly he had such a thought.

Before he could react, under the officer's order, the Han army began to move forward and pressed it neatly. Their pace was slow, but as impregnable as a wall of steel.

Although the strength was still slightly superior, the formation of the Fukuoka Domain's army still began to waver a little as they watched this red wall move on.

In the Warring States Period, Japan's military development was rapid because of the continuous fighting of wealthy clans in various places, and equipment and tactics were changing with each passing day, but since the establishment of the Edo Shogunate, because of the rise of the world and the deliberate suppression of the shogunate, Japan's military progress began to stagnate, and even because of the shrinking of weapon imports and the degradation of equipment, there was a regression compared to the Warring States Period.

The Fukuoka clan is now facing the same military formation, as in other places, with the feudal soldiers with spears and naginatas in the front, and then the soldiers in the front row are followed by the army formation with iron cannons (arquebuses) and bows, the number of musketeers and archers is about four to one, the main role of the archers is to fill the gap between the pellets and the preparation of the shot in several groups of musketeers, fill the output of long-range strikes, and carry out continuous attacks on the enemy.

Although there is nothing wrong with this system on the surface, and even it has a lot in common with the military theories that are now in use in the Han Dynasty, when it comes to practice, it will always be out of shape. As the financial situation of each domain began to become strained, it was inevitable that the armament would become slackened and the equipment would begin to deteriorate. Most of the Fukuoka feudal troops were not even uniformed, most of them were not wearing armor, and they only had inferior weapons in their hands, not only rusty swords and guns, but even some muskets that were prone to explosions.

Their soldiers are not as elite as the Han army, and their weapons are not as sophisticated as the Han army, so even if the theory is not too similar, they can only get the worst consequences.

The Great Han army ignored any reaction from them, and slowly pressed towards them with an almost constant pace. When the distance between the two armies began to be only a dozen zhang, the musketeers in the feudal army finally couldn't bear it anymore and fired intermittently, because the best range was not reached, the projectiles flew everywhere but did not hit the target much, and the excellent armor and armor made the projectiles that could hit not bring many casualties to the Han.

Unaffected by the intermittent sound of gunfire and bows, the Han army continued on their march, and then, when they came to the most advantageous range of the muskets, they finally stopped, and once again became an immovable mountain. Then, the pikemen in the front row turned away, revealing the rows of muzzles behind them.

"Fire!" After a moment of silence, the officer issued the order again.

The roar resounded throughout the land again, and this time the musket bombardment had a far more terrifying effect than before.

The accuracy of the muskets of the Great Han was much higher than that of the iron cannons in the hands of the feudal soldiers, and because they were at the right distance, they were easier to aim, and countless projectiles rushed towards the opposite military formation at a speed that was indiscernible to the naked eye, and then pierced all obstacles in the path - armor, clothing, and finally the human body.

The salvo of the first row alone caused serious losses to the feudal soldiers, blood burst everywhere, and some people even splashed their brains because of bullets in the head, and these red, white and white liquids splashed in the air and finally fell on the bodies and ground of the people next to them, adding a few dark and unknown colors to the turquoise field.

As the gunfire rang out one after another, the casualties in the feudal army became heavier and heavier. Compared with the wailing of the wounded, the corpses that were pierced through the head by the projectile were particularly terrifying, and seeing the wounded and dead comrades everywhere, the soldiers who were already shaking their hearts became more and more shaken.

Japan has had nearly 30 years of peace, and the soldiers on the battlefield have basically never seen the cruelty of war in the Warring States Period. What frightened them even more was that at this distance, they could not return fire at the enemy on the opposite side, and could only passively withstand rounds of bombardment.

Moreover, because the musketeers of the Han army were well-trained and battle-hardened, and their movements were very smooth according to the rules of the drill code, the speed of loading was very fast, and the rows of musketeers took turns firing, almost inflicting uninterrupted blows on the other side.

Anyone can see that it is absolutely not okay to stand here and be beaten, either rush forward and fight the enemy, or you have to retreat and avoid the fire of muskets.

As much as some wanted to go up and fight hard, most of them had unconsciously retreated, and despite the roar of the samurai screaming, they were still retreating, retreating faster and faster.