The armored lance ashigaru at the front suffered heavy casualties.
Four thousand pikemen were killed and injured by artillery, more than 300 of them were killed, and more than 500 people were frightened by the shelling and trampled on each other to death.
In addition, they were shot and hacked by the commander of the formation behind them. In just a quarter of an hour, more than a thousand elite soldiers died on the battlefield.
Ashigaru during the Warring States Period was very different from the Kamakura Period.
After Takeda Shingen implemented the "military-peasant division" system, the daimyo of each domain followed suit. Ashigaru's training intensity and equipment supplies were greatly improved, and their combat effectiveness was also different.
By the end of the Warring States Period, Ashigaru was no longer synonymous with cannon fodder, but gradually became an important force that affected the overall situation of the war.
Asakura Jiaojing has a famous saying:
"The price of a precious samurai sword can make a hundred bamboo spears, but a fully armed samurai will never be able to defeat a hundred soldiers holding bamboo spears."
The soldiers here refer to the independent rise of Ashigaru.
The long spear ashigaru mostly uses bamboo spears.
Qualified long guns still have very strict requirements for the handle. The best long gun handles are composite structures, with a hardwood such as oak as the core, wrapped with bamboo sheets, and the handle is painted to make it waterproof.
War in the Warring States Period basically adopted the method of recruiting all men. Most of the ashigaru were peasant soldiers who lacked training.
In fact, even a wealthy daimyo like Takeda could not equip all ashigaru with long spears like the Qi family army. Therefore, a large number of people had to use low-cost bamboo spears or rattan spears.
Although the bamboo gun looks like a bamboo pole from the outside, it has a very hard wooden core inside. It is not exactly a soft bamboo pole, nor is it the kind of suicide weapon that was distributed to civilians when 100 million jade was broken into pieces at the end of World War II.
Almost all guns cannot penetrate armor frontally, but they can avoid the armor and penetrate the gaps in the armor to severely injure the enemy.
This is the true meaning of a gun "breaking armor".
Spears can break armor, and bamboo spears can certainly do the same.
A common tactic used by the Naga-Ashigaru is shooting.
The so-called shooting is to suppress and grab the center line in exchange for a favorable offensive.
By suppressing the opponent's gun below, the opponent's vital points are exposed, and the gun is almost unable to move due to the suppression.
In the face of the absolute strength gap, the chances of these spear ashigaru companies fighting against the Kaihara army are slim.
The ninjas and reconnaissance ashigaru sent by the shogunate's coalition forces had been wiped out by Kaihara Yabushou before the war. The occasional fish that slipped through the net were killed one by one by the Mori Guards around Osaka.
Due to the generation difference in weapons and equipment, as well as the difference in their own strength, no matter whether they are Kaga jounin or Iga jounin, as long as they appear within the scope of Kaiyuan scouts' activities, they will not be able to escape the fate of being hunted.
Until the forwards of the Seventh Army reached the outskirts of Yao City and were less than ten miles away from the enemy, the daimyo of each domain still knew nothing about the enemy's troop strength, weapon deployment, and composition of arms.
The Type 22 light field gun further reduces the weight of the gun body and installs two wheels on the barrel, so that only two auxiliary soldiers can push it quickly.
The auxiliary soldiers of the Seventh Army first pulled the artillery by horses to the outskirts of Yawei Castle to hide. When the hollow phalanx began to advance forward, these artillery followed suit, and then suddenly opened fire, catching the shogunate army by surprise.
After three rounds of bombardment, more than 20,000 troops of the iron cannon ashigaru, spear ashigaru, and horse soldier ashigaru temporarily formed by each domain fell into chaos.
The fire cannon soldiers immediately began to fire volleys, and the cavalry team of ten cavalry used wave charging tactics to invade the two wings of the Ashigaru formation.
The tall Kaihara cavalry caused great panic to Ashigaru.
On the open terrain of the plains, when the loose infantry who had lost their organization encountered a dense charge of heavy cavalry that was much taller than themselves, they had almost no means of effective counterattack.
As the front of the shogunate army was broken through by the fire cannon soldiers, and the two wings were captured by the Kaihara cavalry, the iron artillery ashigaru no longer waited for orders and began to fire freely.
However, they soon discovered that the range of the light matchlock guns in their hands was not as good as that of the Ming army opposite.
These iron cannon ashigaru, which were supposed to provide fire cover for the long gun ashigaru, were now shot down one by one by the opposing musketeers like targets.
The battlefield soon took on a one-sided massacre.
After three rounds of volleys, more than half of the 3,000 iron cannons that each domain had managed to collect suffered casualties. The remaining people dispersed in a hurry. A few brave warriors were still fighting back with Japanese bows.
They were greeted by a barrage of flintlock fire.
In the end, only the armored ashigaru holding bamboo spears were left on the battlefield.
There were so many people in Ashigaru that it was difficult to kill them all at once. At the last moment, they brandished light bamboo spears and quickly approached the Kaihara army's formation regardless of casualties.
After paying heavy casualties, both sides finally entered the range of spear attacks.
The flintlock guns in the front row stopped firing one after another, and began to stab with their bayonets and the last remaining ashigaru, which was more than a thousand long guns.
It was only then that the Kaiyuan Army suffered a certain amount of casualties...
However, the collapse of the entire shogunate army was inevitable.
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"How is the war in Osaka? I am a man of faith now and cannot kill animals indiscriminately. It is necessary to send a treaty to Tokugawa Hidetada to discuss the signing of the Ushioseki Treaty."
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of the Apocalypse, only seven days before the New Year, Marquis Pingliao was still in Gifu City, Sekihara, anxiously waiting for the outcome of the Battle of Osaka.
The beautiful assassin from the Assassin Brotherhood has refused to give up since she refused her sacrifice last time.
She knocked on the door and window several times late at night, wanting to discuss doctrine with the archbishop:
"Father Nicholas, in the New Testament scriptures, when the Lord was on the way to escape, why was the bread always unfinished?"
"Because God always likes to draw big cakes!"
"It's so cold outside, I'm only wearing one... Can I go in and have an in-depth discussion with you?"
"No, Miss Sister, I'm going to bed. See you tomorrow! Amen!"
Liu Zhaosun suspected that the woman was a pawn of the missionary, used to control him.
He was uneasy, and finally, as archbishop, ordered the sister to return to Kyushu to spread the gospel to the Japanese - in fact, he asked Jin Yuji to take care of the female assassins of the Brotherhood.
The anticipated Battle of Sekigahara was postponed indefinitely.
Ping Liaohou lost the opportunity to severely damage the shogunate army.
However, in any case, the development of the situation has become more and more favorable to him.
As long as Deng Changxiong does not suffer a major defeat, the shogunate will accept the "Treaty of Ushioseki" sooner or later.
The latest "Niuguan Treaty" finalized by Ping Liaohou is an upgraded version of the treaty.
Compared with the version first given to Tokugawa Hidetada, the conditions of the new treaty were more stringent.
The territory returned to the Ming Dynasty by the shogunate was not only Tsushima and Iki Islands, but also the entire Kyushu Island.
In other words, Japan needs to cede a quarter of its territory.
According to Ping Liaohou, Jiuzhou is the homeland of the Ming Dynasty because it is the closest to the Ming Dynasty.
In addition to territorial claims, reparations were also adjusted.
After the Battle of Osaka broke out, the shogunate had to bear more war reparations.
It has been increased from the original 30 million taels to 90 million taels, an increase of three times.
This amount was not Liu Zhaosun's decision based on his head. He obtained a more reasonable figure after fully listening to the analysis of North Korean businessmen and professionals such as Li Sanguang.
There are many gold and silver mines in Honshu and Shikoku Island.
Therefore, the shogunate should not be short of money.
They are short of rice.
Considering that it is quite difficult to levy rice, it can easily lead to a major famine.
After all, Liu Zhaosun is not an Iron Cross, and he will not be so crazy as to commit genocide.
Instead of asking for rice, he chose to ask for silver.
Japan does not lack silver, but the Ming Dynasty lacks it, and it is very short.
With these 90 million taels of silver, Ming Dynasty's finances, which are on the verge of collapse, may get better.
Zhang Juzheng's reforms reduced physical taxes and increased currency taxes, and many tax corvees were re-linked to currency.
However, Lao Zhang did not understand modern financial knowledge and easily linked national taxes to metal currencies. Later, when problems occurred in South American banknotes, Ming Dynasty's finances gradually fell into a desperate situation of silver shortage. This is also one of the deep-seated reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.
After the "Niuguan Treaty" is signed, Ping Liaohou will return home with the achievements of the Eastern Campaign.
Returning to the country this time was more than just asking the emperor to abdicate and let him take charge of the throne.
It is even more necessary to set off a wave of reform in the field of official finance, taxation, official administration and culture throughout the Ming Dynasty.
With Liu Zhaosun's stubborn temperament, it is not a matter of whether the reform will succeed in the end.
One thing is for sure, though.
This reform is destined to shake the world and make people cry.
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The General Zhengyi received the new version of the "Treaty of Niuguan" on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month.
By this time, the dust of fighting the Osaka Rebellion had settled down. According to reports from the escaped military heads (similar to supervisors), the 120,000 allied troops of each Kanto domain suffered more than 30,000 casualties, and the daimyo fled back to their respective domains.
They were frightened by the barbarians and were unable to fight anymore. It was said that Lord Toriyama was really frightened to death, and of course he claimed to have died in battle.
The shogun, who was originally full of ambition and ready to roll up his sleeves and fight the barbarians, completely collapsed.
The Tokugawa tortoise fought his whole life and worked hard, leaving half of the legacy he left to Hidetada to this unscrupulous man in just three months.
Because Xiuzhong obeyed his wife Ajiang, he carried out various tricks in the process of "repelling the barbarians" (including but not limited to "breaking promises and not paying the reward, taking the opportunity to annex the daimyo's land, etc.").
The last remaining daimyo became disloyal and began to lose their loyalty to the shogunate.
Tokugawa Hidetada's family elder and a veteran of two dynasties, Doi Toshikatsu.
This old man who has been serving Tokugawa Ieyasu is a full seven years older than Tokugawa Hidetada, who succeeded Tokugawa Ieyasu as general.
Seeing the demon queen wreaking havoc on Edo and controlling the shogunate, the lord gradually loses his popularity and barbarians invade.
The humiliated loyal minister was determined to contact other veterans and launch a "Tenchu" operation to save the shogunate at the Honmaru Palace.
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