Chapter 100 (Ask for Subscription, Ask for Support)
The confrontation between the two sides continued, and although the arrival of Sun Shixu's 6,000-strong expeditionary force boosted his own morale and shook the morale of the other side, it did not break the stalemate.
Sun Shixu also felt quite tricky, his own side has no cavalry, how to attack, if the charge forward, it will lose the defensive function of the gun array against the cavalry, and the power of the gun array in motion is by no means as great as the gun array at rest.
But it was evident that the opposing cavalry was agitating uneasily, while the eyes of their own spearmen were glowing green.
The longer the time drags on, once the deserters are reorganized and counterattacks, or the other side has reinforcements, the situation will be eroded.
So, Sun Shixu no longer hesitated and ordered the whole army to attack. The Fuso army was the vanguard to launch the charge, and behind the Ezo army, the expeditionary force was distributed on both sides to protect the two wings.
In Sun Shixu's heart, this battle has to be fought, if he doesn't fight and retreat to Musashi, this 10,000 cavalry will always become a thorn in his own, and with the Kofu cavalry who learned a lesson in front of Wakamatsu Castle, they will inevitably be cautious, which will increase the pressure on Musashi's defense.
Therefore, this battle is a decisive battle, if defeated, then lead the expeditionary force to meet Xu Shouren, return to Musashi to defend, with the remaining mines and gunpowder, Sun Shixu believes that he can hold it, if he wins, he will occupy Kai, and defend it with Kai as the front line.
At the same time that Sun Shixu ordered the whole army to attack, the cavalry of Kofu on the opposite side immediately launched a charge.
Outside Kofu Castle, a decisive battle broke out with a large army, which rarely took place in Fuso.
10,000 cavalry against 12,000 spearmen and 6,000 expeditionary infantry.
Like two black clouds, and like two swarms of black bees, they began to swarm closer.
The speed of the cavalry was high. In a moment's time, the forwards of both sides made contact.
In a flash. The sky flew with the bodies of war horses and soldiers, to be exact. Most of them should be corpses.
Even if you don't get hacked or stabbed to death directly, under the impact of this speed, do you want to live? The difficulty is really great.
The horses of the cavalry in front were instantly pierced by sharp spears, and the speed of galloping also instantly knocked the opponent away.
At this time, the cavalry behind could not avoid colliding again, regardless of whether the front was friend or foe.
And the soldiers of the Fusang Army have no way to retreat at this time, and at this time it is not at all possible that you can escape if you want to.
The array is crowded, and if you turn around, you'll be pushed back up by the surging crowd.
At this time, if you want to die, you can only die on the way forward. It is not possible to choose.
The two sides collided in waves, and then ...... in waves.
Gradually, the ground between the two armies was raised by the corpses of soldiers and horses, and became a wall of flesh.
This increases the difficulty of collisions, and both sides need to cross obstacles to continue colliding.
The soldiers of the Fuso Army slowly began to settle down on the side of the meat wall.
And the cavalry naturally slowed down.
And the cavalry is most afraid of stalling, on the battlefield, the cavalry loses speed, even the infantry is inferior.
What's more, the opponent was a spearman, and the gunmen of the Fusang Army obviously felt that the pressure was relaxed, so. Began to stir up, and a countercharge began on the orders of the generals of the expeditionary forces in the ranks.
At this time, Sun Shixu seized the opportunity and ordered the expeditionary forces on both sides to begin to outflank the middle. Attacks.
The charging formation of the Kofu cavalry was in disarray.
Imagine encountering an obstacle when a large number of cavalry quickly charged forward. The scene of being recoiled again.
At first it was horses hitting horses, and then horses hitting people. I can't tell who hit who ...... after that.
What's worse is that it can't spread out to the left and right.
Because the expeditionary forces on both sides were compressing the offensive inward.
At this time, the intensity of the warring sides has only one word to describe - inseparable.
Chop it down with a knife. It wasn't just one person, it was two, or even three.
A shot is stabbed, it is likely to penetrate two people, and the force is a little larger, that is, three people.
Later, it was so crowded that it was difficult to even turn around, and there were many people who trampled to death and squeezed to death.
Pity many soldiers who were crushed to death, their bodies were squeezed like this, standing like living people, and they could not lie down until the end of the battle, and many more who were trampled to death had been trampled into flesh.
And the expeditionary force at this time is like the god of death that harvests life, with a swing of the sword, the head flies out, and it will be a pillar of blood that soars to the sky.
The 6,000 expeditionary force instantly closed behind the Kofu cavalry, forming a huge encirclement.
At this time, the Kofu cavalry completely collapsed .......
After the battle, Sun Shixu didn't understand why the Fusang army under his command was so strong and could withstand more than ten waves of cavalry charges.
In addition to the spear in his hand and the armor on his body, there may also be the tenacity in the bones of this island nation. Sun Shixu sighed secretly.
The battle was tragic, and one only had to look at the wall of flesh that was taller than a human being.
Among them, some soldiers who are not dead are moaning.
Of the 13,000 Fusang army, only more than 7,000 remained after the war.
The opponent's 10,000 cavalry were all wiped out, except for 3,000 prisoners, not a single one was alive, and the wounded soldiers were secretly beheaded by the angry Fuso soldiers.
In the face of the annihilation of the cavalry, the deserters from several countries in the city of Kofu who had just stopped their footsteps scattered again in a hurry and began a new life of escape, except for the 6,000 people who fell into the hands of the Fuso army and became prisoners, tens of thousands of deserters did not enter the four fields and disappeared.
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This battle officially established Sun Shixu's position in Fusang. In his hands, he already occupied a quarter of the land of Fuso, including Ezo, Mutsu, Rikunaka, Rikuzen, Iwaki, Iwashiro, Hazen, Hago, Echigo, Shimono, Ueno, Musashi, and Kai. The three kingdoms of Shangzong, Xiazong, and Anfang were divided and surrounded by Sun Shixu's territory.
And there is no strength in the surrounding area to confront Sun Shixu's forces.
Because the northern part of Fuso is produced in the three kingdoms of Mutsu, Dewa, and Kai, all of which are in the hands of Sun Shixu.
In time, tens of thousands of cavalry under Sun Shixu's command may gallop in the land of Fusang.
After this farce, Sun Shixu knew that the overall situation had been decided, and now he was waiting for the arrival of the emperor's envoy. Because from now on, it is no longer Sun Shixu who begs Emperor Suzaku, but Emperor Suzaku who asks him for help.
And now, what Sun Shixu needs is to wipe out all the original forces of the countries he just occupied, reorganize all the captives, and then let the fifty Ming arithmetic students serve as the city lords in the cities of each country.
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Chu State, Tanzhou.
The armory workshop successfully trial-produced a front-loading smoothbore musket.
A large number of forbidden troops were dispatched without the slightest news of Lu Shiyun, and Baili Wuji was in a very bad mood, so he put all his energy into the armory workshop to carry out the trial production of muskets.
And after the successful manufacture of artillery, there is actually no obstacle to the manufacture of front-loading muskets, the barrel is reduced to an iron tube, and that's it. Baili Wuji put a lot of energy into it, because he wanted to bypass the arquebus ignition, directly developed the flintlock pistol, and carried out the development of mass production of pre-filled gunpowder. That is, the charge before each fire is simply to stuff the barrel of the barrel with the columnar gunpowder that produces the good gunpowder, and then stuff it into the lead bullet to fire. (To be continued......)