Baga, is this a red cavalry? The number exceeds 1,500... Doesn’t it mean that Jinzhou and Fuzhou are empty and unprepared? Why are there so many mounted warriors? "
When Matsukura Shigeharu asked this question, he was standing on the roof of a field hut. From a distance, he saw a brigade of cavalry wearing red hoods, carrying bows, arrows and carbines passing through a pontoon bridge toward the west side of Xiaohei Mountain. Go to the Jinzhou Guard Fortress!
1,500 mounted samurai wearing red armor... they look just like the legendary Takeda Akabi! No, it looks even more powerful than Takeda Akabi! Because the war horses of these Ming warriors looked so big, much bigger than the war horses ridden by the women in uniform directly under Mr. Gongfang!
A horse that can ride such a big horse must be a very powerful warrior... By the way, it must be the emperor's cavalry in front of the tent of the Ming Dynasty!
Although Matsukura Shigeharu was familiar with the Koshu-ryu art of war, he actually had zero experience. Over the years, he had followed Tokugawa Iemitsu to make plans. The fighting in North Korea was so lively that he didn't even bother to look around. Therefore, he had never seen how powerful the Manchurian cavalry and the Ming Dynasty cavalry were, and when he was nervous, he forgot about the fact that Liaodong was rich in horses.
Japan is a country with many mountains and narrow terrain, and cannot afford many horses, so most samurai are horseless, and many samurai have never even ridden a horse once in their lives. Unlike in Liaodong, horses are simply tools of production. Ordinary military farmers have several plowing horses at home - there are few people in Liaodong and the land is very wide. As long as a strong man is willing to plant, it is no problem for a strong man to plant 100 acres, and the land rent It is very low, so raising horses to cultivate the land is definitely profitable. Raising horses is beneficial, and of course the more you raise, the more horses you raise.
In addition, the two states of Jin and Fu are border military regions. Under the two states, there are either thousands of residences belonging to the imperial court or imperial residences of nobles. There are no civilians here.
Moreover, the Jin and Fu states do not hold imperial examinations - these two states do not pay taxes to the higher authorities and have to ask for money from the higher authorities. Of course, there is no quota for candidates and Jinshi. If the children of military households in Jin and Fu Prefectures want to be officials, all they have to do is serve in the army!
Children of noble families can also join the bodyguard corps, and children of military households can also serve as young soldiers. Their future is no worse than taking the imperial examination... Therefore, almost men in Jin and Fu states can ride horses and shoot arrows.
In this area, men have to ride big horses and carry swords and bows when going on a blind date!
Therefore, the "horse-riding samurai" who belongs to the elite of the samurai family in Japan is a rogue existence in Jin and Fuzhou. As long as he is a man, he is a "horse-mounted samurai".
As for the combat effectiveness of this group of "mounted warriors", it is actually very sparse. Except for a few strictly trained elites, most of the rest are at the level of Mongolian nomadic cavalry.
But Matsukura Shigeharu didn't know. When he saw his enemy Ma Da, he thought he was seeing some extraordinary elite!
Matsukura Shigeharu gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, and loudly ordered: "Pass my order to set up two large horizontal formations behind the woods!"
"Nani?" Masuda Shiro Tokisada was shocked by Matsukura's order, "Sir, shouldn't we quickly control the east bank of the canal and then build a defensive barrier?"
"Baga!" Matsukura Shigeharu glared at Shiro Tokisada, "Didn't you see the Ming Dynasty's red cavalry? They are coming soon. We must defeat them first, and then control the east bank of the canal!"
Are you going to call? Masuda Shiro Tokisada squinted his eyes and looked, no... they were heading north, and they were running very fast.
Matsukura Shigeharu ignored Shiro Tokisada, and loudly shouted to the order soldiers under the hut: "Go and convey the order quickly!"
"Hai!"
Several messengers shouted together, and then ran towards the beach.
At this time, seven to eight thousand Japanese soldiers had landed on the beach of Qingniwa Bay. They organized themselves on the beach in units of large divisions (equivalent to regiments), divisions (equivalent to battalions), and groups (equivalent to companies). Team. Beside the beach is a large windbreak, and on the other side of the windbreak is a large wheat field.
Matsukura Shigeharu learned some skills from the Spanish military consultants at New Nagoya Castle. He knew how to deploy the Spanish phalanx and what kind of terrain it should be fortified on. For the European phalanx, facing Forest defense is very beneficial. Because the enemy passing through the forest will inevitably be scattered in formation, it is easy to be defeated by our own troops who maintain a strict Spanish phalanx.
Therefore, Matsukura Shigeharu wisely chose to form an array facing the windbreak forest on the beach, so that his troops could not only use the forest to attack the Ming cavalry, but also receive fire support from the Shogunate Navy warships on the sea.
Under the calm command of the clever Matsukura Shigeharu, 8,000 Japanese troops (with more than 2,000 people landing one after another) quickly formed a quite strict Spanish square formation behind a windbreak in the north of Qingniwa Bay. At the same time, the shogunate navy at sea was also asked to send several light sailing warships close to the beach to provide fire support.
The plan was very good... first use the woods to disrupt the Ming army's array, then use naval guns to bombard them, and finally use the solid Spanish phalanx to completely defeat them!
There is only one question now, which is when will the "red warriors" of the Ming army come to fight?
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At the same time, on the Gaizhou front line, about 300 miles away from Qingniwa Bay, a dignified formation was also set up.
This is a Chinese-style hollow square formation - a square or rectangular "big formation" like a city wall surrounded by infantry. The formation is hollow, and reserves, cavalry, artillery, Chinese troops, etc. can be deployed. Wait.
This majestic formation is also very cleverly laid out. It is backed by the Qinghe River - which means that only a small number of troops are needed on the back; and it is backed by the beach of Bohai Bay on the right - when the beach is low tide, the Ming army can make a detour, but when the tide is long it will be very difficult. It is difficult to pass; there is also an earthen fortress on the left to protect it - this fortress is not tall and strong, but the Ming army cannot attack the left wing of the Qing army unless it is chewed down.
With support on the rear, left and right sides, only the front was "open" for the Ming army to attack.
However, Dorgon did not intend to let the Ming army comfortably attack his front. He had people dig a shallow trench in front of his formation, and filled the excavated soil into straw bags and piled them up. There was a low wall to protect against artillery, and a row of anti-horse guns was placed in front of the low wall.
"Haha, they set up a turtle formation... They didn't even release the cavalry. It seems that Taisong and the eight fake Armas are really afraid of me!"
Of course it was the Ming Emperor Zhu Youjian who said this! At this moment, he was taking a few soldiers, accompanied by Shi Kefa and Hei Wentao, to the field ten miles away from the Qing army's formation to observe the formation with binoculars.
The "turtle formation" of the Qing army was really a bit beyond his expectation... This kind of square battle formation with guards on the front, rear, left and right put the cavalry at a disadvantage because there was no cavalry. They were deployed only when they were able to use cavalry to cover the flanks.
Although the current cavalry of the Qing army cannot defeat the former cavalry, they are still quite large in number. There are at least 30,000 to 40,000 on the Gaizhou front line, right? How come they formed a square formation and even retracted the cavalry? What kind of number is this?
"Long live my lord," Shi Kefa took over the topic with a smile, "The slaves and thieves are now ruled by one emperor, one queen, and eight amamas. They all support their subordinates and form an integrated body of their own. They are about to fall into pieces. Of course, this emperor, one queen, and eight amamas are all under the same rule. We had to preserve our core, so we were reluctant to use the Manchu cavalry to fight, so we simply set up a turtle formation."
Zhu Youjian nodded and said with a smile: "It makes sense...otherwise they wouldn't be shrinking like this!"
"Long live my lord," Hei Wentao, the military counselor in front of the tent (equivalent to the chief of staff of the army) suggested, "We might as well select the elite, bypass the main force of the slave thieves, and go straight to Shenyang and Liaoyang!"
Zhu Youjian waved his hand, "No, they have eight pseudo-amas. Once they are scattered, they will all occupy one place. It will be troublesome to destroy them again. It is better to destroy their elite soldiers now, and the next step will be easy." Deal with it.”
Hei Wentao said: "Long live my Lord, their formation is strong, it will not be easy for us to fight!"
Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "If it's not easy to fight, fight slowly!"
