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As the herald held high the banner and galloped behind the artillery position of the boat division, loudly issuing the order to replace the shotguns, more than 30 bronze guns were reloaded with shotguns, the gunners adjusted the firing angle, and the muzzles of the black holes were aimed at the horsemen who were scurrying around 6 or 70 paces away.
The commanders of each team gave the order, and the cannons opened fire one by one, like a hurricane sweeping across the wilderness, and the rain of steel bullets instantly drowned the groups of jumping figures in front of the formation, followed by the second and third rounds of shotgun attacks.
And so tragedy inevitably happened.
At least 2 or 3 hundred horsemen fled to the east and west, and the rest of the hundreds of men and horses all fell, and only a few dozen people and horses were left in the frenzied charge. They still rushed towards the boat division formation without hesitation, and the gunners could see the hideous faces and desperate eyes of the warriors of the country. They were still holding their weapons aloft, still shouting, but it was more like the final call of death.
As the commanders of each post held high the banner, they shouted behind the pirate firecracker array, conveying the order of the Chinese general, and at least 500 large and small firearms were aimed at the last knight on the opposite side. After the bursting of guns, the overwhelming array of cavalry vanished and disappeared, and the badly wounded and dying shogunate warriors and horses struggled and wailed in the dirt, but there was no creature to stand up.
The sea breeze blows the warm bloody breath in the face, which is disgusting and makes people realize that this is a huge slaughterhouse. The ruthless slaughter of cold weapons by firearms makes intact corpses rare, and the open field in front of the pirates is an endless graveyard of flesh and blood.
The pirates couldn't laugh anymore, they couldn't imagine that the weapons in their hands were so terrifying, and they were all a little stunned for a while. The shogunate army on the opposite side was even more deadly silent, as if the scorching heat of midsummer had dissipated, and it was a bitter chill in the hearts of nearly 10,000 people, almost covering the scorching sun.
Suddenly, the general of the Chinese army in the boat division roared like a tiger's roar: "Wan Sheng of the merchant group! Wan Sheng of the General Administration of the State of China!"
That's the passion of giants!
The entire pirate array erupted into a tsunami-like cheer, and the heavens and the earth shook: "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!" The rolling sound spread from the Chinese army to the two wings, from the front to the rear, from the artillery fort to the fire array, from the gun array to the infantry array, from the South Australian pirates to the Qi country, and the boiling tide echoed in the vast Hequan country.
At this moment, every pirate really believes that they have the power to change the world.
The pirates' cannon made the opposing shogunate army fall into a deathly silence. It was the first time in their lives that they had seen the roar of firearms, which was earth-shattering and could not be resisted by manpower. When they got the news of the destruction of the shogunate army, they thought that Hosokawa Yoriho had made a stupid mistake, how could the pirates defeat the vast sea of the shogunate army with only such a small number of people.
But the first shelling of the Boat Division made them understand that being exposed to an unobstructed rain of steel was death, that flesh and blood could not withstand the metal storm, and that no matter how swift and exquisite the knife technique was, it was no match for a roaring iron.
This battle cannot be fought, no samurai of the shogunate army is willing to fight a battle that is sure to be lost, let alone any general who has evil intentions and hates each other, perhaps even more than the pirates on the other side.
The tsunami-like cheers gradually dissipated, and the battlefield suddenly fell into a strange silence, like two dueling samurai, looking at each other, but no one swords. The shogunate did not have the courage to launch the next round of attacks, and the pirates were in no hurry to advance.
Chongwen rode a horse under the banner, silently appreciating the big scene he had planned for a long time, and couldn't help but be a little distracted. His thoughts drifted to the distant Dakang, the endless wilderness, the overwhelming cavalry galloping, the artillery fire kept swallowing the flames of death, but it was not these servants in front of him who were slaughtered, but the merchant army he had worked so hard to build...
In a trance, a god-like general appeared in the sky in the north, with a good horse under his crotch, fine iron mountain armor, covered with apricot yellow robes, roaring loudly, commanding... In this life, can you really defeat this person?
The smell of blood, the smell of gunpowder, the smell of the sea in the wind, the smell of rice fields, the smell of livestock, the smell of sweat and the smell of sweat he wanted to vomit, the shouting of horses and the roar of guns and cannons, shook his head dizzy, almost made him forget what day it was.
"Go to sea, is it a drum to order the firecracker to attack!" came the sound of Li Qiqian, a cannon in his ears, as if he was far away.
It took a while for Chongwen to return to reality, his vision became clear, his voice became clear, and the inopportune hallucinations disappeared. He turned his head and saw a series of fanatical gazes, containing incomparable trust in him, nearly three thousand hot-blooded men were waiting for his orders. He could see that these guys were ready to follow him to the ends of the earth, to the end of the world.
He said coldly, "No, wait a little longer." ”
The cannon shouted anxiously: "The thieves are already frightened, if you don't attack now, when will you wait?"
Chongwen turned his head to look at the cannon, this guy was covered in dust, riding on a yellow, turning in a circle, the war horse was circling, the hooves were trampling on the ground, and the dust was flying.
Chongwen stared at him and shouted, "Do you dare to disobey my orders? Get out of the way!"
The cannon took the reins of the horses, and the horses held their necks high, and fell back into the formation with a wail.
At this moment, the shogunate's military law snail shell sounded again, and a group of guys dressed in various clothes and flying flags were driven to the front of the battle.
There were always 3,000 of them, with white scarves wrapped around their foreheads, and their feet without armor. The front rows were armed with bamboo guns, the back rows were armed with short soldiers, and a small number of armored archers were flanked to provide long-range fire support for these cannon fodder. This is the shogunate army ashigaru team, reluctantly lined up according to one preparation and one preparation, and behind them, there are samurai armed with swords to supervise the formation, and some cowering forward, beheaded on the spot.
Chongwen smiled coldly, Hosokawa Yorimoto was going to retreat, and let Ashigaru cover his elite samurai to retreat to Terarichi Town. This guy was scared, but Tereraji Town was not his shelter, but probably the shogunate's own rat trap.
Chongwen shouted: "Yizheng, order the left wing Wu Ping to attack, and the Chinese army post Shen Huzi led 300 firefighters to provide cover, and when he heard the sound of our Chinese military drums, he opened fire when the drums stopped." Without the second drum, the Chinese army and the right flank Xu Haishao held firm. ”
"Yes!" Biryama Yoshimasa waved his hand, and a pond horse galloped out to give the order.
The shogunate army Ashigaru Shogun led 3,000 lowest-ranking warriors to launch a decisive attack to cover the retreat of the army. The shogunate army marched forward slowly, its footsteps chaotic and its array staggered, and no one wanted to be the first to bear the blow of the terrifying artillery fire.
However, they were pleasantly surprised to find that the big guns spraying iron rain on the opposite side did not make a terrifying loud noise, and the black-clothed pirates came from the rear to the front of the artillery array, as if they were preparing to fight the shogunate army.
Compared with the 3,000-strong Ashigaru Brigade, the 800-strong Wu Ping Sentinel was pitiful, and the queue was not strict, and a small group of merchant soldiers came out of the central phalanx opposite, and the number was even less. The shogunate Ashigaru, who already had the consciousness of sending him to death, suddenly evoked the hope of life, and it was much luckier to fight with people than to crash into the iron net, and for a while, the Ashigaru team was unexpectedly powerful.
The attacking ashigaru team quickened its pace, but the shogunate army formation quietly turned around and slowly retreated. Because of the review and beheading, these ashigaru have no power to turn back, and can only move forward desperately. They will soon learn that they have been abandoned by the great army, and the faster they advance, the farther they will be from the main forces, and the faster they will die.
The war drums of the Chinese army in the boat division sounded slowly, heavy, powerful, and all at once, as if beating in everyone's hearts. The left flank of the boat division attacked to the beat of the drums, with the bird-gunners in front, the spearmen behind, and the gunners raised large iron nails and pushed the gun carts to accompany the advance.
The sound of the war drums was unhurried, and the pirates marched forward in a group with the sound of the drums, except for the rustling of footsteps and the clashing of metal, there was silence, no shouting, no murderous aura. The shogunate army on the opposite side is becoming more and more determined, and there are very few armored soldiers on both sides, and if it is a cold weapon fight, it must be a situation of heavy casualties.
However, the shogunate army knew that the pirates had powerful firearms, and they had no power to fight back in long-distance combat, so they had to rush to the enemy as soon as possible and fight in close combat. He raised his sword and pointed forward, and all the heads, eyes, and soldiers shouted at the same time, and took the lead in rushing towards the boat division.
The heavy drumming came to an abrupt end.
The front row of 2 hundred birds knelt down on one knee, and the mouth of the black hole was all forward, like a black forest. At a distance of 80 paces, even the most fanatical Shogunate Ashigaru felt a chill in his vest, and the blow of steel was coming, and they screamed wildly, as if this would scare the god of death away and give their humble little life a few more moments.
The archers of the shogunate army stopped advancing and shot arrows at the boatmaster with their bows on their feet, trying to harass the boatmaster's volley. It's a pity that this distance is too far to cause any damage to the boatmaster. With the hoarse shout of Wu Ping's sentinel, countless guns swept through the ranks of the shogunate army like a storm.
I don't know how many servants fell headlong, their bones were broken and their tendons were broken, and General Ashigaru shouted hysterically, encouraging the soldiers to move forward bravely, and he knew that only by killing the enemy could he have any hope of survival.
Moments later, a second salvo came, closer, and the guns more powerful, the shrill buckshot tearing apart the flesh and skin of the ashigaru, breaking their bones and entrails. The momentary immortal ashigaru rolled and cried in the dirt in pain, making their companions tremble, and their fanatical minds seemed to be poured with cold water, making them suddenly realize the coldness of reality.
In the confusion, the third salvo came again, and this time it fell more than the guns fired. Many of them were weak and collapsed to the ground unconsciously, purely frightened, after all, not long ago, they were farmers in some village town, they didn't know what fighting was, and they had no idea about the cruelty of war.
The limp ashigaru listened to the Gun Screamer pass overhead, glad he had picked up a small life. But this is the end of the luck of these people, just as they are trembling, the black-clothed pirate with a large sword and a long lance roars and rushes up, regardless of whether it is indiscriminate, stabbing with a lance and slashing with a knife.
These are the thieves who kill people and steal goods along the coast of Dakang, which one does not have a few lives in their hands, and the killing battlefield stimulates their ferocious spirit, one by one like bloodthirsty beasts.
Most of the left sentinel soldiers who rushed to the front were the heroes of the Raoping Gang, and the brothers Lin Feng and Lin Daoqian rushed to the front with dozens of armor soldiers, cursing the incomprehensible Cantonese, cutting people as if they were mowing grass, and the blood of the killing was splashing, and the heads were rolling. The ashigaru who were beaten by three rounds of fire and scattered their souls saw the real Daigakumaru demon this time, and their hands and feet were sore.
A charge from the left post scattered and fled the two ashigaru preparations, and the servants shouted wildly, and the four fields scurried, and the back few preparations could not gain a foothold, and fell into a big chaos. Even if there are a few brave people who don't want to give up resistance, but they are coerced by the chaotic army, where can they still act as they want.
Suddenly, the tide of pirates receded, and a group of 5 people appeared in sight pushing a few cannons, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed directly at the chaotic shogunate army. With the order of Wu Ping's sentinel, several cannons fired in unison, and the terrifying shotgun instantly completely collapsed the Ashigaru array.
The frightened shogunate army ran desperately, and after several rounds of shotgun bombardment, Wu Ping waved his army to chase and kill from behind, killing these cannon fodder crying fathers and mothers, corpses were all over the field, and weapons were thrown all over the ground.
At this time, they realized that they had been tricked by Hosokawa Yorimoto, they were now alone, and the main force of the shogunate army had withdrawn outside the town of Teraji, and it was impossible for anyone to rescue them.