Just after Tokugawa Ieki sent away officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, Shimazu Sainobu, the shogunate's archenemy and lord of the Satsuma domain, received a piece of news.
Ming Dynasty landed.
In other words, it was the Nara family and the Owari family supported by the Ming Dynasty that landed.
A full 4,000 warriors quickly marched north.
At the same time, the Ming Dynasty Coast Guard recovered the Ryukyu Islands and officially incorporated Ryukyu County into the Ming Dynasty territory.
The Tokugawa shogunate sat quietly in Edo watching the show, and the old enemy Choshu clan was also ready to make a move.
Shimazu Sainobu was anxious. He sent people everywhere to gather samurai and recruit civilian husbands.
In the end, he successfully gathered 12,000 soldiers and set up a formation in Kagoshima, waiting for Nara Ichibei's attack.
"It's so beautiful!"
Shimazu Sainobu looked at the Sakurajima volcano across the sea with fascination shining in his eyes.
“Unfortunately, many people will die today.
Let the sacred Sakurajima witness the bravery of my Satsuma clan! "
The Satsuma clan soldiers relied on the terrain and began to set up positions.
They cut down trees and bamboo forests, dug pits and erected shields on the battlefield, and the various tools were dazzling.
When it comes to fighting in the small days, it seems orderly, and the various defensive facilities such as bamboo rafts are also presentable.
But after careful consideration, people discovered that this was not a helpless move due to the lack of iron armor?
The island country has a long and narrow terrain and is mountainous, and its iron ore resources are very scarce.
There was still a lack of raw materials for making samurai swords, and they had no extra iron to make armor.
Most of the so-called large armors are either made of wood or bamboo. Covered with a layer of animal skin, they can be considered heirlooms.
When Ichibei Nara held up his telescope to observe the Satsuma Domain's position, a contemptuous smile appeared on his face.
"It's still the same old thing. Let the people below prepare it. Eat compressed biscuits as soon as possible to restore your strength!"
"Hi!"
Time passed, and after more than twenty minutes, the two samurai groups began to attack.
Nara Ichibei arranged the samurai into four waves and launched a pincer attack from the left and right directions.
Different from the soldiers of Satsuma Domain.
Zhu Zaiming equipped the knights with iron armor, a layer of chain armor, a layer of steel armor, a samurai sword, and a flintlock gun.
If you only look at appearance, these warriors only have one more musket than the elite of Satsuma Domain.
But the combat effectiveness is vastly different.
The warriors formed a tight formation, marching to the beat of drums with flintlocks on their shoulders.
When the distance between the two sides narrowed to 120 meters, Shimazu Sainobu gave the order to shoot arrows.
The unique bamboo bow of the island country began to rain arrows.
"Buzz~"
The Satsuma soldiers were relatively elite, and the archers launched a volley at the command of the general.
The arrow is thrown into the sky and falls after reaching the top.
It was like a dark cloud enveloped the Samurai Order.
If it were an ordinary island country's army, this dark cloud could cause great damage to the opponent.
Unfortunately, the "Tai Shang Lao Jun Brand" armor is not as strong as ordinary iron armor.
Dark clouds hit the warrior formation, and most of the arrows bounced off the armor.
Only some unlucky warriors were stabbed in the neck by arrows and fell to the ground.
In the distance, Shimazu Sainobu realized that something was wrong immediately after seeing the results of the first round of ejection.
He is very aware of the large armor that is a specialty of the island country.
The shape is exaggerated, but the defensive power is only comparable to that of leather armor.
The rain of arrows can knock him down to the ground.
However, only a few people in the opponent's military formation fell to the ground.
Shimazu Sainobu's scalp was numb, and a word came out of his heart.
armor!
He waved his folding fan and ordered the iron artillery team to step forward to stop the enemy's advance.
At the same time, the Kuomintang team was dispatched to prepare for a heavy blow to the Samurai Group.
In the island country, iron cannon refers to muskets.
The Guobeng is a very special hand-held cannon that requires a specific posture to fire, otherwise the huge recoil will directly kill the gunner.
At this time, the distance between the two sides was 80 meters.
Under the command of the general, the iron artillery team hid behind the bamboo rafts, pointed at the samurai group, and waited for the order to fire.
70 meters.
60 meters.
50 meters.
It's now.
"shooting!"
As the general gave the order, the messenger suddenly waved the small flag.
"Bang bang bang~"
Clouds of smoke rose from the Satsuma Domain military formation, and hot lead bullets struck the Samurai Order warriors like lightning.
Because the distance was close enough, a group of warriors fell instantly.
Nara Ichibei looked at the battlefield, and those who were attacking in echelons resisted the urge to fight back.
The generals in the queue silently estimated the distance in their hearts. The formal training they received on Chongming Island allowed them to limit the firing distance to 20 meters.
The Satsuma soldiers kept throwing arrows, and the iron artillery team was loading nervously.
The Kuomintang team opened fire.
At this distance, the huge projectile shattered the chests of a dozen warriors of the order.
Closer, closer.
Both sides could almost see each other's expressions clearly.
The Satsuma clan soldiers looked at the samurai warriors who were getting closer and closer, and looked at the black muzzles of the guns.
Except for some orthodox samurai who were content to die, a large number of Ashigaru queues began to commotion.
20 meters.
At this time, the generals of each queue issued the order to open fire.
The first attack wave of the Samurai opened fire.
At a distance of 20 meters, this distance of shooting almost face-to-face increases the hit rate of the musket exponentially.
The Satsuma clan soldiers fell down like wheat.
Those fancy bamboo rafts did not stop the lead bullets, and the Satsuma soldiers hiding behind died in large numbers.
This is not the end.
After the first wave of samurai opened fire, they threw away their flintlock muskets, drew their katana and roared.
"Martial virtue black card, onboard!"
The queue suddenly disbanded, and the samurai howled like pigs, rushing towards the Satsuma Domain military formation under the command of each company commander.
Broken limbs flew around and blood stained the ground.
The Satsuma clan warriors resisted desperately, and a large number of ashigaru wielded naginata to prevent the samurai group from attacking.
However, the samurai group, relying on their double-layered armor, rushed into the enemy formation without hesitation, waving their "Tai Shang Lao Jun Brand" samurai swords.
The soldiers of Satsuma Domain disappeared like snowflakes.
The second wave of attacks by the samurai group followed the first wave of samurai, and the entire attack seemed endless.
The 4,000-strong warrior group had an effect of 40,000 people.
Just half an hour.
The Satsuma Domain position was penetrated by the samurai from both sides.
Some Ashigaru saw that the situation was not good and began to flee.
The samurai of the Satsuma Domain struggled to hold on in the formation, and they wanted to fight against the samurai group with their superb skills.
"Run~"
A young general of the Satsuma clan wearing red armor swung away the blade of the samurai warrior in front of him, and stabbed him in the neck with a slash.
"The enemy is ashamed, I will take off his clothes!"
This young general seemed to be very satisfied with his swordsmanship, and even made a pos, and said something plausibly.
"I'm taking off my ****!"
"Bang~"
The warrior group that caught up attacked the queue for the second time, and a soldier raised his gun and shot.
The hot lead bullet hit General Satsuma directly in the chest.
The fancy armor looked like it was made of paper, with bright red blood gushing out from the hole.
He looked at his chest in disbelief, his shocked eyes seeming to say: "You don't have martial ethics!"
