Chapter 175: Toyotomi and Tokugawa, Who Is the World III

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"Lord Taiko, the last general is incompetent..."

The four heavenly kings of the Sakai family knelt in front of Tokugawa Hidetada, but Tokugawa Hidetada did not blame them at all.

"It's not that you are incompetent, but that the muskets of the Ming people are powerful, and now it seems that the firing distance of our army's iron artillery team is not as far as theirs."

As he spoke, Tokugawa Hidetada looked at the other generals beside him: "The battle can't be rested, and you will have to appear later." ”

"Hah..."

Seven or eight daimyo left in a while, and they all left the big tent with a serious expression, even the chief general fought so hard, how could they be better?

Now the main thing is to clean up the corpses that are blocking the road in front of you, otherwise there is no way to continue the charge.

Tokugawa Hidetada sighed: "I didn't expect that the luck of the boy was so good, and he couldn't let him be stable, this battle can only be filled with human lives." ”

As he spoke, Tokugawa Hidetada looked up at the sky, and the time at the moment was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather that had been sunny in the morning was now cloudy again.

"Shwhew... Amaterasu still cares for his people after all..."

Everyone else looked at the sky, and when Sakai Ieji saw this, he bowed down and said, "Lord Taiko, once it rains, the firearms of the Ming people will be useless, and the iron cannons of our army will also be damp, so they should not be much better." ”

"Haha..."Tokugawa Hidetada chuckled: "If it rains heavily, the whole army will attack, and they must not be given a chance..."

"Hah..."

The short break was broken again under the assembly of the shogunate army, and this time it was before the troops of nearly 100,000 people of eight daimyo came out of the Tokugawa main camp, and if it weren't for the large mouth of Kamiya River, there would not be so many people here.

Toyotomi Hideyori is on the high platform of the main camp, and the shadow warrior who pretends to be Sanada Yukimura is his close minister Miyoshi Heimasa, the two are of similar stature, under the cover of a complete set of foot masks and face armor, who would have thought that this person is not really Sanada Yukimura.

Ukita Hideya was already amazed in the previous first battle, and he really couldn't imagine that the Ming army was so powerful: "After only six battles, the shogunate army left more than 20,000 corpses, which is really surprising..."

"Old man, the opponent's casualties are at least 40,000 or more." Shimazu Tadashi also interjected, he is now convinced of the Ming army, and it is no wonder that his Satsuma Domain warriors were defeated.

While all the soldiers of the Toyotomi Army were talking about the results of the first battle just now, the second wave of 100,000 daimyo coalition troops led by Tokugawa Mitsusada had already arrived in front of the 300 infantry of the Dingmu Army.

What Sun Chuanting didn't expect was that this time the opponent actually gave up the tactic of taking the lead with the iron artillery team at the front, and instead used the cavalry to resist at the front.

The eight daimyos, united with Tokugawa Mitsusada, gathered a total of 3,000 cavalry, all in front of the formation, Tokugawa Mitsusada's tactics were very simple, with cavalry charging into formation, infantry followed, once within a distance of fifty paces, with infantry to cover the musketeers to shoot at close range.

Of course, when the striker has a thousand miles on both sides, how could Sun Chuanting, who is an old fritter, not see the enemy iron artillery team behind the cavalry?

"It seems that if you want to use cavalry as cover, the artillery can't do it," Sun Chuanting put away the Qianli barrel, and then shouted: "Order, the enemy cavalry will release the gun after reaching nearly fifty paces, and the tiger squat cannon will prepare..."

"The enemy army began to march ..."

"Cavalry charge, two hundred paces away ..."

"The whole army raises guns..."

"Military Order, Prepare to Shoot..."

Squeak squeak...

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Although the speed of the high-speed impact of the war horse was fast, it could still be hit by a dense rain of bullets at a distance of 100 to 50 paces, and what made Tokugawa Mitsusada angry was that the speed of the iron artillery soldiers behind him could not keep up with the speed of the cavalry.

Three thousand cavalry, after the first wave of rotational shooting, four or five hundred people fell, and in the case of the Japanese cavalry as a valuable force, I saw the teeth of the eight daimyo squeak.

However, by this time the cavalry had reached within fifty paces of the front.

"Tiger Squat Cannon Preparation..."

"Prepare for the fire..."

The ten Tiger Squat Cannons are like enlarged versions of shotguns, before telling the rushing war horses to stop, only the denser bullet rain of the Tiger Squat Cannons can stop telling the rushing war horses.

'Bang bang bang...'

The sound of the Tiger Squat Cannon is different from that of other artillery, and the recoil is also great, but the power is really amazing.

After two waves of artillery fired, the Japanese cavalry who rushed to the front finally chose to retreat on the left and right sides after losing more than 2,000 people.

After the cavalry turned and retreated, the iron artillery team was exposed to the guns of the Dingwu army, but at this moment the opponent was already about seventy paces away from the Dingwu army's position.

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

Fierce fire broke out between the two sides, and casualties began to appear, but the iron artillery team of the Japanese army was never the opponent of the Dingwu army with all firearms, and in the case of hundreds of casualties of the Dingwu army, the iron artillery team of the Japanese army in front of it was completely annihilated.

"Their firearms are really powerful..."Lu Xiangsheng also frowned: "If it weren't for the long range and great power of our firearms, I'm afraid our army wouldn't have been able to take advantage of it at all." ”

"The casualties should be more than 300." Sun Chuanting answered.

Jiang Danian was very heartbroken, it was the first time that so many people had died under his command, but now the foot soldiers of the Japanese army continued to rush towards his side.

"Raise your gun..."

"Put..."

'Bang bang bang... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang ... Bang bang bang...'

"It's not a way to fight like this..."Tokugawa Mitsusada looked at Yonezu Tsunemasa, the daimyo of Mino Province beside him: "What is the clever plan of Lord Tsunemasa?" ”

Yonezu Tsunemasa had defeated the Ming army's firearms in the Battle of Ulsan, and Tokugawa Mitsusada now had to turn to him for help.

"Lord Taige said that if you want to break through the Ming army's military formation, you have to fill it with human lives, and at that time it was raining heavily in Ulsan, and the Ming army's firearms failed, and the surprise attack troops led by me broke through the position before it collapsed."

After hearing this, Tokugawa Mitsusada looked up at the sky, and the air was humid at the moment, and a drizzle had begun to fall.

At this time, Tokugawa Hidetada's herald arrived: "Taiko-sama ordered, ordering the front army to hold out until the heavy rain comes." ”

Tokugawa Hidetada also felt a light rain falling in the sky, so he had to wait for the Ming army's firearms to fail after the heavy rain poured, and then the whole army attacked.

"Go back and tell Lord Taiko, the old man will hold on until the heavy rain comes."

Tokugawa Mitsusada looked at Yonezu Tsunemasa again: "You can go too..."

"Hah..."

Yonezu Changzheng bowed and then turned on his horse and headed towards his own team, his task was to join the war group and not give the Ming army a chance to breathe.

"It's raining..."Ukita Hideya touched the raindrops that fell on his face, and he felt bad signs.

"Then give the order and prepare for the big battle, it seems that it will start early."

Shimazu Tadashi had never seen a flintlock pistol still fire in the heavy rain, so the Ming army would lose its weapons and would definitely retreat, and the frontal battlefield would be handed over to their Toyotomi army to deal with.

"The opponent probably thought that our firearms would be ineffective after the heavy rain..."

Sun Chuanting looked at the Japanese army troops that were constantly gathering in the distance with a lot of mockery, and the gunfire at this moment stopped temporarily, and the Japanese army was retreating.

This time the battlefield will definitely be uncleaned, and it is very likely that the two sides will fight again in less than a stick of incense, and this time the corpses dropped are at least more than 20,000.

"The enemy forces have gathered..."

The heavy rain is finally coming, even if it is an internal war in the Japanese country, it is rare to choose heavy rain to fight, that is not beneficial to both sides, and the combat effectiveness cannot be played, and then at this moment, if you want to break through the opponent's defense, you must fight in the heavy rain.

Tokugawa Mitsusada put down his visor, and then ordered left and right: "The old man goes into battle, you wait for the left and right with the supervision team, the old man has not retreated, and those who dare to retreat will be killed..."

"Hah..."

Jiang Danian smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then stared at several regiment commanders and deputy regiment commanders under him and said: "After the heavy rain comes, they must think that our firearms will fail, and there is no need to be afraid of arrows or something. ”

Sun Chuanting also turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, it's raining heavily, the artillery can't be counted on, but our muskets are much more powerful, at this time, the opponent's war horse will no longer impact, and the foot soldiers rush up, how many steps do you think is the most suitable to put the gun?" ”

Lu Xiangsheng is not as powerful as Sun Chuanting's reliance on firearms, and the Tianxiong Army in history is also dominated by cavalry troops, so Lu Xiangsheng doesn't know how to answer correctly: "Boya is testing me?" You know that I'm not that good at using firearms, but firearms have a common problem, that is, the closer you get, the more powerful they are. ”

Sun Chuanting laughed, and then wiped the rain on his face: "Herald...

After the enemy retreated, the brigades and regiments attacked in accordance with the military order, pursued thirty paces and retreated. ”

"Retreat?"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned and looked: "Fighting under such heavy rain, our army can only win completely, why retreat?" ”

Sun Chuanting turned around and looked at the Toyotomi army family emblem behind Taniguchi: "We are not the main force, this battle has to be fought by them, besides, such a heavy rain, even if they retreat, it is impossible to be completely defeated, the opponent has more than 400,000 people, and it takes a serious blow to their confidence to achieve an absolute victory." ”

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