Chapter 162 The Battle of Kamiya River
Although Sanada Yukimura is over fifty, his body is full of tendons and warm blood, making his body look like he was in his prime in his thirties.
Tonight's attack on the camp was also the first step of his battle plan to gain a head start. This was what he had learned from the military books circulated in the Ming Dynasty during his years of seclusion in the Ming Dynasty.
These 1,300 war horses are all the war horses in Kyushu. Of course, Chen Cao will not give up his limited war horses to these Japanese people.
Even if the opponent has 10,000 troops and comes with the general momentum of the Shogunate's army, once the opponent breaks through the camp during the night attack, what awaits the opponent is collapse.
In the darkness, Sanada Yukimura personally led 1,300 people into Itakura Shigemune's camp, charged back and forth in his front army tent, and then led his men through the entire Itakura camp.
Just when Itakura Shigemune was about to commit seppuku, Sanada Yukimura, who had already won a great victory, left at night with a large amount of food supplies without finding Itakura himself.
If his confidants hadn't stopped Itakura Shigemune in time, who had already drawn his sword, the high-spirited daimyo of Izumo Country would have become his own victim.
"They withdrew?"
Itakura Shigemune was in shock, and was attacked in the middle of the night. This had never happened even during the Warring States Period. Both sides were engaged in a battle in the same place.
"Lord, they have taken away all our army's food, grass and other supplies."
After the retainer finished speaking, Itakura Shigemune let out a sigh of relief: "If it's gone, it's gone. Quickly organize the team and gather the soldiers..."
It was a sad thing to be attacked in the middle of the night. Although hundreds of people were killed and injured, they were already losing ground in terms of momentum. When it was just about to break at dawn, the sound of horse hooves sounded again.
The application of the art of tired soldiers was much better in Japan than in the Ming Dynasty. Itakura Shigemune, who originally thought that he would not be attacked again after being robbed, had just finished everything and lay down, Sanada Yukimura killed another carbine.
At this time, Itakura Shigemune could no longer hold his temper and ran away on horseback, leaving all the soldiers behind him on the spot.
The battle went smoothly. The entire Itakura team was frightened. After being attacked by more than a thousand cavalry, they fled in all directions. The battle ended before noon. More than 3,000 people were beheaded. Sanada Yukimura won a great victory.
After Itakura Shigemune fled for more than an hour, he finally met the main force of the former army commanded by the former army general Tokugawa Yorifusa.
Tokugawa Yorifusa is not young either. He is Ieyasu's eleventh son, only two years younger than Hidetada.
"The camp was attacked twice, with an army of ten thousand people..." Tokugawa Noribozhang sighed: "Master Shigemune, how much do you look down on Sanada Yukimura?"
Itakura Shigemune sat on the horse in despair and sighed again: "These people weren't necessarily so brave back then. The old guy doesn't know what happened."
Tokugawa Yorifou was embarrassed to say this name again. After all, he was a member of the Hoshidai family. If he spoke too harshly, he might hurt other people's hearts. However, he actually defeated the battle. He did not deal with him until Hidetada's explosive temper. When people come, they may not be able to eat the good fruit.
"Lord Chongzong, you are really defeated. Now I give you a chance to make up for your mistakes and immediately reorganize your troops. After resting today, we will go to Kamiya River early tomorrow morning and have a big fight with these people first. What do you think?"
Itakura Shigemune bowed solidly and saluted, then stood up, hugged his helmet and walked out of Tokugawa Yorifu's tent.
"My lord, the Itakura team is now the defeated general. What if we mess up in front of the formation?"
Tokugawa Yorifusa quite agreed with the retainer's statement, so he looked at the other daimyo sitting on the other side: "We have to trouble Lord Asai's troops to act together with the Itakura team."
Asai Tadakatsu leaned over and nodded, and Tokugawa Norifu continued: "They robbed the Itakura team's food and supplies, which is enough to prove that the Toyotomi army is lacking in supplies. If anyone comes, they will immediately report this situation to Lord Taikaku. "
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On the Kamiya River Plain, Sanada Yukimura stood on the high platform set up by the main formation. In the distance, 170,000 troops stood on different square formations according to the major names like ants crossing the mountain.
"Another Sekigahara War," Yukimura Sanada couldn't help but sigh. Although he had not participated in it back then, Hideie behind him had indeed experienced it firsthand.
Toyotomi Hideyori and a group of retainers stood on the top of Nanshan Mountain, looking at the shogunate's military formation in the distance. Hideyori sighed and said: "The Battle of Sekigahara only had 180,000 people. The forward troops of the shogunate army numbered a total of 170,000 people. Thinking about it, it was really a bit of a joke back then, hahaha..."
Hideie smiled a little to deceive himself, but then he regained his energy. Hideyori stood up from the horse and looked over: "Sir Hideie, what do you think our army's winning rate is in this battle?"
"Yesterday Yukimura-sama's two night attacks have dampened the arrogance of the shogunate army. My lord, there is no need to worry. Now with the help of the Ming army, they attacked from the sea. Even if we cannot defeat the shogunate army, we should not be able to defend the Kamiyakawaguchi. Any questions.”
Although Shimazu Tadahashi's legs are not as bright as Hideyori's, the aura brought out by the dark color is comparable to Hideyori's legs: "My lord, don't worry, now that my lord has come with the support of the great righteousness of the heaven and the country, I must be sure that my lord The news of returning to Japan has spread to all parts of Hokkaido. Many foreign and vassal daimyo who were favored by Lord Kanshiro back then are waiting and watching. Our army will win this battle. At that time, there will definitely be an uproar in Honshu, China. Countless objections were made to the Tokugawa family."
"What Tadashi-sama said makes sense," Hideie smiled at Hideyori and said, "My lord will only need to pass by the formation when the time comes. Even Tokugawa Hidetada can only carry my lord's shoes..."
"Hahaha..."
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'Woo...'
The sound of the trumpet sounded. Any Japanese army would know that this sound was an order to prepare for battle. After carefully watching the Toyotomi army on the opposite side, Tokugawa Yorifusa decided to fight the Toyotomi army first as his former army general. One game to test the opponent's depth.
"According to the previous plan, the Itakura team of 7,000 men and the Asai team of 10,000 men will launch the first wave of attacks against the Toyotomi army. Secondly, if the two teams' offensive fails to retreat, the Takeda team of 10,000 men and the Uesugi team of 10,000 men will be used. Support from the left, right and front;
If the offensive is beneficial to our side, the Mizuno team and the Toda team will immediately go forward to attack together. Remember, be careful in everything, the opponent is the heroic samurai Sanada Yukimura. "
"yes..."
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The iron artillery team Shimazu put together in an emergency only had more than a thousand people. This was all the strength he could use. Coupled with the iron artillery captured from Chikuzen, Chikugo, Bunzen, Bungo, Higo and other countries, Sanada Yukimura also reluctantly gathered an iron artillery team of 5,000 people, which is also a considerable number.
In fact, the iron artillery team under Tokugawa Yorifou's command is over 10,000, but what is interesting is that they still follow the principle of fighting with the name of each team as the main body, and do not intend to use all the musketeers together.
However, Sanada Yukimura learned these things from the Ming army and concentrated the use of muskets from each team. This formed a situation of using the masses to attack the few, which could minimize the losses caused by them.
"Iron artillery team..."
"preparation..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...'
If the distance is too far, Japan's special matchlock gun can be thrown, which can extend the shooting distance of the lead bullet, and the most important thing is that the lethality of the lead bullet thrown like this will be greatly reduced.
If the opponent uses armor to protect his body, this kind of damage will penetrate the opponent's armor at most, and then there will be no more penetration. Fortunately, the Japanese country is always wet, and only daimyo, generals and retainers of daimyo have armor. It is worn by ordinary soldiers. They are all uniform clothes, and the rich ones can only add a layer of leather.
Therefore, the lead bullets ejected can cause partial damage to the opponent, and the main effect is to hit the opponent in the early stage of the battle.
From time to time, iron artillery soldiers from both sides were shot and fell to the ground, but their injuries were not fatal. The accompanying military doctors quickly dragged them down to treat their injuries.
To this day, the fighting methods of the Japanese lords still inherit their 'polite' warfare methods from the Warring States Period. After three rounds of musketry volleys, the cavalry fights.
The cavalry of the Itakura team had been exhausted in two night attacks. The cavalry of the Asai team only had 400. However, at this moment, dozens of the remaining cavalry of the Itakura team also joined forces and rode towards the front of Sanada Yukimura. The formation is coming.
I saw Yukimura shaking his fan in his hand, and the iron artillery teams that had been loaded on both sides came forward again. His tactics were very simple. They did not have an advantage in numbers. In this situation where the enemy deliberately engaged in a war of attrition, naturally, It is necessary to preserve the absolute strength of the cavalry.
"The iron artillery team is ready..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
There was a loud sound of gunfire. This time the muzzle of the gun was no longer raised for ejection, but fired directly horizontally. As mentioned before, the improved version of the matchlock gun of the Japanese country was much higher than the traditional bird gun of the Ming Dynasty, except at a distance. It has reached an astonishing one hundred steps away, and its lethality is also very powerful.
As an identical series of front-loading muskets, the matchlock guns of the Japanese country can compete with the matchlock guns in the hands of the Francons at this time.
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
Lead bullets flew everywhere, and countless cavalrymen fell off their horses. Under several rounds of musket fire, the four hundred cavalrymen only fled back, and more than a hundred cavalry could not be ridden.
The corners of Sanada Yukimura's mouth slightly raised under his mask. In his eyes, such old-fashioned combat methods could no longer keep up with the trend of the times in the hands of a man who had been immersed in the military art of the Ming Dynasty for many years.
"Soldier: Use your absolute strength to defeat your opponent..."
Miyoshi Masayasu stood at the side: "My lord, do you need to attack?"
Sanada Yukimura nodded: "We have won twice in the beginning. After you break through their front line with cavalry, watch my flag carefully and don't act randomly..."
Miyoshi Masayasu nodded, then took a deep breath and got off the high platform, mounted his horse with a thousand cavalry, and walked out of the fence...
