Chapter 175 Toyotomi and Tokugawa, who is the world III
"Lord Taige, the general is incompetent..."
The four great kings of the Sakai family all knelt in front of Tokugawa Hidetada, but Tokugawa Hidetada had no intention of blaming them.
"It's not that you are incompetent, but that the people of the Ming Dynasty have powerful muskets. Now it seems that the shooting range of our army's iron artillery team is not as far as theirs."
Tokugawa Hidetada said and looked at the other generals around him: "There is no rest in the war. You will have to appear soon."
"ha..."
Seven or eight daimyo left in an instant, and they all left the tent with serious expressions. Even the general had fought so hard, how could they survive?
The main thing now is to clear away the corpses blocking the road ahead, otherwise there will be no way to continue the charge.
Tokugawa Hidetada sighed: "I didn't expect that boy Hideyori was so lucky, but we can't let him be safe. This battle can only be filled with human lives."
As Tokugawa Hidetada said, he looked up at the sky. It was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the weather that had been sunny in the morning was now cloudy again.
"Hey... Amaterasu God still cares about his people after all..."
Everyone else looked at the sky. Upon seeing this, the Sakai family bowed and said: "Master Taikaku, once it rains, the Ming Dynasty's firearms will no longer be usable, and our army's iron cannons will also be affected by dampness. They should not be better." Where to go."
"Haha..." Tokugawa Hidetada chuckled: "If it rains heavily and the whole army attacks, we must not give them a chance..."
"ha..."
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The short rest was broken again by the assembly of the shogunate army. This time, eight daimyo troops with nearly 100,000 people came out of the Tokugawa main formation. If it weren't for the Kamiya River mouth, there would be no room for so many people here.
Toyotomi Hideyori is on the high platform of the main formation. The Kagemusha impersonating Sanada Yukimura is his close minister Miyoshi Heimasa. The two are similar in stature. Under the cover of the full set of footwear and face armor, who would have thought that this person is not the real person. Yukimura Sanada.
Ukita Hideie was already amazed in the first battle. He really didn't expect the Ming army to be so powerful: "In just six battles, the shogunate army left more than 20,000 corpses, which is really surprising. ..”
"I see, the opponent's casualties are at least 40,000." Shimazu Tadahashi also interjected. He is now convinced of the Ming army. It is no wonder that his Satsuma warriors were defeated and defeated.
Just when the soldiers of the Toyotomi Army were talking about the results of the first battle, the second wave of 100,000 daimyo coalition troops led by Tokugawa Mitsusada had already arrived in front of the 300-step formation of the Dingwu Army.
What Sun Chuanting didn't expect was that this time the opponent actually gave up the tactic of using the iron artillery team at the front, and instead used the cavalry to fight at the front.
The eight daimyo, under the command of Tokugawa Mitsusada, gathered a total of 3,000 cavalry, and placed them all in front of the formation. Tokugawa Mitsusada's tactics were very simple. Charge the formation with cavalry, followed by infantry. Once they reach fifty Within walking distance, the infantry covered the musketeers and fired at close range.
Of course, when the forwards had telescopes on both sides, how could the veteran Sun Chuanting not see the enemy's iron artillery team behind the cavalry?
"It seems that we want to use cavalry to cover, but artillery can't do it." Sun Chuanting put away the telescope and shouted: "Send the order, the enemy cavalry will fire after approaching fifty steps, and the tiger crouching cannon is ready..."
"The enemy begins to advance..."
"Cavalry attack, two hundred paces away..."
"The whole army raised their 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...'
'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...'
Although the high-speed impacting war horses are fast, they can still be hit by dense rain of bullets within a distance of one hundred to fifty steps. What makes Tokugawa Mitsusada angry is that the speed of the iron artillery soldiers behind him cannot keep up with the speed of the cavalry. .
Of the three thousand cavalry, four to five hundred were knocked down after the first round of firing. Since the Japanese cavalry was a precious force, the teeth of the eight famous families could be seen chattering.
However, at this time, the distance of the cavalry had reached within fifty steps in front of the formation.
"The Tiger Crouching Cannon is ready..."
"Get ready to light the fire..."
The ten Crouching Tiger Cannons are like an enlarged version of a shotgun. Before telling the approaching war horses to stop, only the denser rain of bullets from the Crouching Tiger Cannons can stop the approaching war horses.
'Bang bang bang...'
The sound of the Crouching Tiger Cannon is different from that of other artillery, and the recoil is also large, but its power is truly amazing.
After two waves of artillery fire, the Japanese cavalry rushing forward finally chose to retreat on the left and right after losing more than 2,000 people. If they continued to fight like this, they would die.
After the cavalry turned and retreated, the iron artillery team was exposed to the guns of the Dingwu Army. However, at this moment, the opponent was already about 70 steps away from the Dingwu Army's position.
"put..."
'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...'
A fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides, and casualties began to appear. However, the Japanese iron artillery team was never a match for the all-firearms Dingmu Army. When the Dingmu Army suffered hundreds of casualties, the Japanese iron artillery team directly in front was completely defeated. The army was destroyed.
"Their firearms are really powerful..." Lu Xiangsheng also frowned: "If it weren't for the fact that our firearms have a long range and are very powerful, I'm afraid our army wouldn't be able to take advantage at all."
"The casualties should be more than three hundred." Sun Chuanting answered.
Jiang Danian was heartbroken. This was the first time that so many of his men had died, but now the Japanese infantry continued to rush towards him.
"Raise the gun..."
"put..."
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
'Bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...bang bang bang...'
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"There is no way to continue fighting like this..." Tokugawa Mitsusada looked at Yonezu Tsunemasa, the daimyo of the Mino Kingdom next to him: "Does Tsunemasa-sama have any clever ideas?"
Yonezu Tsunemasa once defeated the Ming Army's firearms troops in the Battle of Ulsan, and Tokugawa Mitsusada could only seek his help now.
"Lord Taige has said that in order to break through the Ming army's military formation in this battle, human lives must be used to fill it. At that time, it rained heavily in Ulsan, and the Ming army's firearms failed. The surprise attack force led by me broke through the position. That’s when it collapsed.”
After hearing this, Tokugawa Mitsusada looked up at the sky. The air was humid at the moment, and drizzle had begun to fall.
At this time, Tokugawa Hidetada's messenger arrived: "Taiko-sama ordered the front army to hold on until the heavy rain arrives."
Tokugawa Hidetada also felt the light rain falling from the sky, so he had to wait for the Ming army's firearms to fail after the heavy rain poured down, and then attack with the whole army.
"Go back and tell Mr. Taige that I will persist until the heavy rain comes."
Tokugawa Mitsusada looked at Yonezu Tsunemasa again: "You can go too..."
"ha..."
After Tsunema Yonezu bowed, he got on his horse and headed towards his own team. His mission was to join the battle group and not give the Ming army a chance to breathe.
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"It's raining..." Ukita Hideie touched the raindrops that fell on his face. He felt that the omen was not good.
"Then send the order and prepare for the war. It seems that it will start early."
Shimazu Tadahashi had never seen a scene where flintlock guns could still fire under heavy rain. In this way, the Ming army would lose their weapons and would definitely retreat. The frontal battlefield would be left to their Toyotomi army to deal with.
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"The opponent probably thought that our firearms would be ineffective after the heavy rain..."
Sun Chuanting looked at the Japanese troops gathering in the distance with a rather mocking look. The gunfire stopped temporarily and the Japanese troops were retreating.
There will definitely be no one cleaning the battlefield this time. The two sides are likely to start fighting again in less than a stick of incense, and this time the number of corpses left behind will be at least 20,000.
"The enemy troops have gathered..."
The heavy rain has finally come. Even in the internal wars of the Japanese country, heavy rain is rarely chosen to fight. It is not good for both sides and the combat effectiveness cannot be exerted. And at this moment, if you want to break through the opponent's defense line, you must fight in the heavy rain.
Tokugawa Mitsusada took off his mask, and then ordered the people around him: "I will go into battle, and you will lead the supervising team to stand on the left and right. If I have not retreated, anyone who dares to retreat will be beheaded..."
"ha..."
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Jiang Danian smiled, then stared at his several regiment leaders and deputy captains and said: "After the heavy rain comes, they must think that our firearms will be ineffective, and there is no need to be afraid of arrows. When the opponent attacks, The whole army obeyed the order, and at the moment when the arrows flew, according to the military orders and drills, they took their respective positions to fight in platoon units."
Sun Chuanting also turned to look at Lu Xiangsheng: "Jiandou, if it rains heavily, you can't count on artillery, but our muskets are much more powerful. At this time, the opponent's horses will no longer attack, and the infantry will charge up. How many steps do you think you should let go?" Which gun is most suitable?”
Lu Xiangsheng is not as good at firearms as Sun Chuanting relied on, and the Tianxiong Army in history was mainly composed of cavalry troops, so Lu Xiangsheng didn't know how to answer correctly: "Bo Ya is testing me? Do you know that my use of firearms is not that good? He is good at it, but there is a common problem with firearms, that is, the closer they are, the more powerful they are."
Sun Chuanting laughed, then wiped the rain from his face: "The order...
Each unit of the Third Division waited for the enemy to approach thirty steps before they concentrated their fire and fired their rifles. After the enemy retreated, each brigade and regiment attacked in accordance with military orders and drills, pursued them for thirty steps and then retreated. "
"retreat?"
Lu Xiangsheng frowned and looked at it: "Fighting under such heavy rain, our army can win completely. Why retreat?"
Sun Chuanting turned around and looked at the emblem of the Toyotomi military family at the entrance of the valley behind him: "We are not the main force. They have to fight this battle. Besides, with such heavy rain, they cannot be completely defeated even if they retreat. There are four opponents. There are more than 100,000 people, and their confidence needs to be severely damaged to achieve absolute victory."
