Wu Weizhong had already boarded a four-foot-long bird boat and led more than two hundred small bird boats and lucky boats towards Hengdao. After hearing the sound of cannons, Wu Weizhong just smiled indifferently.
Soon, Wu Weizhong led more than 200 warships to bypass the large number of Japanese warships gathered outside Hirado Island, and directly attacked Futian Port.
Daimyo such as Tachibana Michizuki of the Otomo family, Nabeshima Naoshige of the Ryuzoji family, and Matsura Takanobu and Muneyoshi Nao. At this time, they could only watch Wu Weizhong wantonly smash the people gathered there at Hirado Port. Ordinary Kansai ships and small morning ships headed for the Busada area of the Matsuura Peninsula.
Shimazu Yoshihiro also saw this scene when he was retreating in embarrassment, and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Originally, Shimazu Yoshihiro planned to make a breakthrough in the center, and then lead the main force of the Ming army into the narrow whirlpool sea area composed of Hirado Island and Matsuura Peninsula, control the Ming army's warships, make it difficult to move, and then move himself More than 3,000 small boats of these daimyo gathered to fight against the main force of the Ming army.
This is a tactic commonly used by the Shimadzu family.
Commonly known as Diaoyefu.
However, Wu Weizhong was not fooled, and directly used the tactic of you hitting yours and me hitting mine, leaving the large bird ships as the main force immobile and forming a battle line. He only brought around two hundred small and medium-sized bird ships. We sailed through the Hirado Strait, where Japanese ships gathered, and landed at Budam.
"The Tang people were not fooled, so they had no choice but to abandon the ship and go ashore, and drive him back to the ship before his footing was stable!"
The veteran Tachibana Michyuki, who was guarding the waters east of Hirado Island with a large number of his own ships, spoke first with a stern face.
Just like Toyotomi Hideyoshi described the destruction of the Ming Dynasty as "the entry of the Tang Dynasty", the Japanese often referred to the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty as the Tang people.
Because the Tang Dynasty had such a deep impression on the Japanese.
Nabeshima Naoshima, who is also an important minister of the Daimyo Ryuzoji family, also echoed: "Yes, the water ambush plan against the Tang Dynasty has failed, and the strategy must be changed as soon as possible!"
Matsuura Takanobu also agreed and said: "Then we will go now without waiting for the Shimadzu family to come back!"
Tachibana Michizuki and Nabeshima Naoshige both nodded.
As a result, these daimyo who did not follow Shimazu Yoshihiro to attack the Ming army began to abandon their ships and land ashore, and brought their own soldiers to Futian.
Wu Weizhong here has successfully broken through Futian Bay, which has almost no obstacles, and landed.
But not long after, the sentry ship reported to Wu Weizhong that a large number of Japanese pirates were crossing the sea and coming from the west.
After hearing this, Wu Weizhong couldn't help but put down "Three Kingdoms" and said with a smile: "It's pretty fast!"
Then, Wu Weizhong ordered: "The North Korean auxiliary troops and naval forces will not go ashore yet. The land infantry and Yiding auxiliary troops will all go ashore first, and the front and side carriages will be transported ashore first to prepare to defend against the enemy!"
"yes!"
Therefore, a large number of Jurchen and Yiding auxiliary soldiers, under the command of the official and army drivers, first pushed the sidecars carrying cannons and cannons ashore.
It didn't take long for the driver to form a wall of sidecars, with several layers inside and outside, arranged on the snow.
Ming general Chen Ziluan grabbed a handful of snow on the spot and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he watched a large number of Japanese pirates wearing bamboo armor coming towards him. He just smiled contemptuously. Then when these Japanese pirates approached, he said: "Let go." Heavy artillery!"
Not long after, the ground suddenly trembled, and then many cannonballs were sent into the Japanese pirate camp, crushing one of the Japanese pirates on the spot, and then rushed up with the minced meat organization unscrupulously, plowing a bloody path.
But these Japanese pirates did not retreat.
Because the Japanese country is currently in the Warring States Period and has been fighting for many years, most of these Japanese pirates are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles or dozens of battles, and are not so afraid of war.
What's more, those led by Tachibana Michyuki and Nabeshima Naoshige were originally the elites of the Japanese Otomo family and Ryuzoji family.
Therefore, some Japanese pirates rushed to the wall of the Ming army's sidecar and picked up fire guns to shoot at them.
Japanese pirate firearms were introduced to Portugal. They were called iron cannons and were heavy matchlocks. They were very advanced firearms in this era, but they still found it difficult to take advantage of the Ming army's vehicle array.
Because the Ming army's vehicle array contained a large number of Franco machine guns and iron-core copper-tyred cannons, as well as a large number of heavy-duty firecrackers, and the vehicle walls served as bunkers, these Japanese pirates were still only vulnerable to beatings.
When these Japanese pirates rushed over, the cannons in the sidecar windows suddenly opened fire, killing a large number of Japanese pirates immediately.
Seeing this, Tachibana Michyuki had no choice but to order his soldiers to suspend the attack.
When Naoshima Naoshima saw that Tachibana Michyuki had stopped attacking, he had no choice but to order the attack to stop.
The same is true for Matsuura Takanobu and Mune Yoshinao.
Wu Weizhong saw that the Japanese pirates were afraid of the vehicles and weapons on his side, so he ordered again: "Open the door and let the main carriage go out to fight. The Yiding and sword and shield soldiers are wearing armor, using the main carriage as a cover, rush over and kill them!"
After saying that, Wu Weizhong continued to read his "Three Kingdoms" amidst the sound of drums.
At this time, the Ming army really launched a large number of main carriages and came to the place where Japanese pirates such as Tachibana Michiyuki gathered.
The front carriage was invented by Yu Dayou. It was mainly used for frontal attacks. There were gunners or gunners shooting in the carriage. At the same time, there were heavy armored infantry hiding behind the carriage, ready to form multiple arms with the firearmsmen in the carriage. combat unit.
The sidecar is Qi Jiguang's masterpiece. It is mainly for defense. It can directly form a car wall during war, and then a large number of gunners can get on board and shoot at the enemy through the hole.
Today, the Ming Dynasty's land infantry combines the respective characteristics of these two types of tanks, forming a combat mode that integrates offense and defense.
Later, Nurhachi also learned it, and it became a common tactic used by the heavy armored infantry of the Eight Banners. Therefore, Nurhachi once issued an order that no attack was allowed without chariots and infantry.
Back to the topic.
When a large number of main carriages were approaching the Japanese pirates driven by their drivers, the leader of the Japanese pirates, Tachibana Michizuki, and others were all unfamiliar with this style of fighting.
You know, the Japanese pirates have just mastered the three-stage attack and know how to form a firearms unit.
But no matter how strange they are, the Japanese pirates can only fight hard at this time. After all, they are protecting their own territory.
As a result, a large number of Japanese iron cannons began to attack, making the cowhide-wrapped front compartment rumble.
And just when the main carriage approached the Japanese pirates less than fifty steps away, suddenly a large number of Yiding, namely Jurchens and Saurons, who were recruited to fight against the Japanese for a few feet of cloth or a few buckets of grain, suddenly He directly rushed towards these Japanese pirates wearing heavy armor.
At the same time, the sword and shield soldiers in the southern army also rushed over wearing armor and holding shields.
Tachibana Michiyuki and other Japanese pirates suddenly saw many iron men much taller than themselves, rushing out from behind the car, and hitting their heads with weapons such as maces, battle axes and hammers.
At this time, Li Juexian hit a Japanese pirate with a heavy hammer. The Japanese pirate had sharp eyesight and quick hands, so he directly drew his sword to block it. As a result, the Japanese sword in his hand broke directly, and his whole body was hit on the head by the heavy hammer in Li Juexian's hand. It cracked and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, another Japanese pirate slashed at Li Juexian with a knife, but his knife hit Li Juexian's heavy armor without causing any harm to him. As a result, he was discovered by Li Juexian, who then condescendingly smashed him into a pulp.
The Yiding and sword and shield soldiers who can be selected into the army are inherently tall and powerful, not to mention that the Japanese are short and do not have heavy armor to protect themselves. The Japanese swords are indeed not suitable for close combat, so the Japanese pirates suffer a lot in close combat.
The reason why the Japanese don't have much heavy armor is naturally related to their limited iron resources. What's more, they are still in the Warring States Period and need to make many weapons, so they can only concentrate their iron ore on making weapons, which also results in the elimination of weapons. Except for a small number of nobles and their personal guards who wore armor, other Japanese pirates basically only wore bamboo armor.
Soon, the Ming army relied on their heavy armor protection and stronger physiques to kill these Japanese pirates and retreated in succession, bleeding like rivers.
Some Yidin from Liaodong directly shot Japanese military attachés hiding behind with heavy arrows.
At this time, Tachibana Michyuki was hit by an arrow in the leg, which affected the speed of his retreat.
So not long after, Li Juexian caught up with him and rushed towards him.
A dozen warriors around Tachibana Michyuki tried their best to block him, but to no avail. They could only watch as Li Juexian, a heavily armored military official of the Ming Dynasty, got closer and closer to his immediate family master.
Tachibana Michiyuki was a powerful general of the Otomo family during the Japanese Warring States Period, and was also the mainstay of the Otomo family. He was known as the God of Thunder because he used a sword to strike thunder with no problem when he was young, and he was famous in the Japanese country.
When Tachibana Michyuki saw this, he had no choice but to pull out his so-called thunder-piercing Japanese sword, and rushed towards Li Juexian despite the pain.
jump!
Suddenly, I saw the knife break and the hammer fall.
Tachibana Michiyuki sat on the ground with a broken sword in his hand, his head was covered in blood, and then he fell to the ground.
