"How abominable! What a damn dog savage~!"
Because his defense area was under heavy shelling from the enemy for a long time, Lushun Nancheng garrison Niu Luzhangjing Samutang was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out, but he did not dare to take any action other than saying a few harsh words. .
His boss, Melezhangjing Rausa, who was in charge of the North City, had previously strictly warned him that he must stick to the city and not leave lightly. Otherwise, it would be a huge sin to let the barbarians capture the second city of Lushun.
At present, there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. Even though the two Niulu men and horses are elite soldiers who can charge into the formation and fight with their horses, they are not defenders in the ordinary sense. Their combat power is extremely powerful. Five hundred people are screaming at each other. It can repel nearly ten thousand barbarians.
But if they go out to fight in the city, facing the barbarian army of more than 10,000 people, the chance of winning is really slim.
As long as the uprooting warriors are severely damaged, can you expect Xushun Gong's group of men who are greedy for life and afraid of death to defend Lushun City?
For these slave soldiers, it is a good idea to turn around and run away. Maybe when the war takes a turn for the worse, they may offer the city and beg for surrender.
The role of the Eight Banners soldiers is to suppress the slave soldiers and prevent them from rebelling again.
I can only be beaten and cannot fight back...
Ever since he fought against Man Ming, Samutang had never suffered from such cowardice.
Seeing that the southern city of Lushun where the troops were entrenched had been shrouded in gunfire and smoke, screams could not be heard.
But he could only choose to continue to endure it. Samutang didn't have any way to suppress the barbarian's bombardment.
Emperor Taizu once ordered that each Niulu must be equipped with sixty bird guns, which should be properly maintained without any mistakes.
Today's emperor Huang Taiji attaches great importance to the development of firearms. In order to obtain the firearms craftsmanship and casting skills mastered by Kong Youde, he did not hesitate to make him the King of Submission.
However, the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty and the Eight Banners ministries below still relied heavily on the combat method of making weapons, and what they sought was "proficiency with bows and horses."
The heavy firearms at the head of the city of Lushun include bowl-mouth blunderbuss, tiger crouching cannon, great god blunderbuss, and large and small folang machines. Added together, there are no less than dozens of artillery in the two cities.
It's just that the range is not far, and it can't be compared with the heavy artillery on the Mingming warship. At this moment, I can only watch the bullets coming.
Most of the Eight Banners generals never thought that Man Ming would really dare to send a large army to land from Lushun. Now they were caught off guard and were eager to see the reinforcements.
Just one Jia La Eight Banners warrior may not be enough. At least Bei Ziye Shuotuo must assemble two Jia La elite soldiers, and then mobilize tens of thousands of Tianyou troops under the command of Kong Youde, the obedient king stationed in Gaizhou, to defeat the enemy. .
It's just that Fuzhou is close and Gaizhou is far away. It will take at least two or three days to hold on for the first batch of reinforcements to arrive.
As for now...
There is only one way, and that is to be strong!
The southern city of Lushun is only more than a mile away from the seaside, and it is completely within reach with a hairpin. Almost every warship in Zheng's fleet is equipped with a hairpin, and they are roaring with joy at the moment.
The firecrackers equipped by the Japanese army were useless when used to attack the city. In view of the current good cooperation between the two armies, Zheng Zhibao did Abe a big favor.
Hundreds of guns concentrated their firepower to bombard the huge Nancheng of Lushun, and the effect was naturally extraordinary.
After a whole afternoon of bombardment, even if the city wall was not broken, not many of the dog Tatars inside would survive.
Zheng Zhibao was laughing secretly in his heart, didn't the Dog Tartars claim to be invincible in field battles?
This time I just fulfilled their wishes.
After being bombarded to a point where life would be worse than death, the Dog Tatars might want to go out of the city and fight to the death with the Japanese army.
The problem is that if Lushun City can survive, it can station a thousand real Tatars, and the rest will be fake Tatars who pretend to be powerful.
A thousand real Tatars could not defeat 50,000 Japanese troops even if they died from exhaustion. When Abe Shigeji's troops eliminated the real Tatars, the end of the pseudo-Tatars would come.
The current situation is very delicate. The Qing army wants to go out of the city for a decisive battle, but they are unable to do so. They are annoyed and depressed, and they are stunned and unable to do anything.
If the Japanese army wanted to break the city, they could also fight the enemy in the field, but they did not carry heavy artillery, and the enemy was huddled in defense. They could only stand far away from the range of the enemy's artillery and watch the battle.
The Zheng Army, which mainly used warships, became the main force of the battle. Without any threat, it carried out bombardment on the southern city of Lushun without restraint.
The sound of shelling can be heard dozens of miles away, and even the dog Tatars in Jinzhou can hear it. Even if they can't hear it, they will get urgent documents sent by the Lushun garrison.
Abe Shigeci had already climbed to the Golden Mountain. Due to the terrain, it was a very suitable observation post. He had ordered the entire army to surround and not attack, waiting for enemy reinforcements.
Since the enemy troops in the city were unwilling to fight, Abe once again believed that there was no need to launch a siege for the time being, so as to avoid causing a large number of casualties.
Using the defenders in Lushun City as bait to attract enemy reinforcements to come as soon as possible and implement the tactic of siege and reinforcements was Abe's real purpose of once again ordering the entire army to be on standby.
With just one or two thousand enemy troops being divided up by an army of fifty thousand, how much copper can a Tiepao Ashigaru get?
Obviously there are more wolves than meat. When the enemy reinforcements arrive, each family launches a siege to at least get a little more meat.
Even if a large number of reinforcements sent by the Qing army approached, Abe Shigetsu would not be afraid.
Before that, he had already assigned corresponding tasks to each army.
The Third Army, composed of famous celebrities and horses from the Pu Dynasty, was stationed at Baiyu Mountain and Case Mountain to the west of Lushun City.
The Fourth Army and the Fifth Army of the Ming Dynasty were stationed in Erlong Mountain to the north of Lushun City and Jiguan Mountain to the east respectively.
The Second Army took Mantou Mountain as its stronghold and implemented the siege.
The precious First Army was deployed in the relatively safe Tiger tail, where all the defenders fled before the Zheng Army's warships could launch a bombardment.
After repeated thinking, Abe once again believed that the enemy reinforcements coming from Jinzhou and Fuzhou would most likely be cavalry.
In this case, if they want to reach Lushun as soon as possible, the narrow gorge between Case Mountain and Jiguan Mountain is the only way for them to pass.
Judging from the map, we must first pass through Houbalizhuang, then to Liujiagou, and then through Wangjiatun before we can get close to the battlefield.
Generally speaking, such terrain is very beneficial to our own side, because ambush tactics can be adopted according to local conditions.
In the main ambush area, Abe once again ordered the servant troops to use shovels to dig holes in the flat ground before going up the mountain.
Each pit does not need to be very deep, one foot is enough.
The important thing is that the quantity must be large and the density must be high.
In this way, the cavalry's rapid advance on the plains can be delayed as much as possible.
Two thousand servants, each digging fifty pits, make a total of one hundred thousand pits.
If doubled, there would be 200,000 pitfalls...
This tactic is the new knowledge taught by a certain prince in "Tatar Tactics", or the "new trap technique"!
Although the Dog Tartars' cavalry are powerful, they still have to be able to charge forward.
If you can't charge, it's armored infantry.
Although it is also very powerful, without the war horse, the impact is greatly reduced.
If the Tatars dare to ride their horses into battle, the horses' legs will buckle if they get stuck in a pit, and the horses will be disabled immediately.
Digging holes everywhere is only the first step. If time permits, you can also implement the second step, which is to drive stakes into the ground.
There are only pits and piles on the flat ground. It's strange that the Tatar cavalry can charge forward.
If it were the Ming army, a certain prince would teach them how to lay landmines...
In this case, even if there are no horse-rejecting stakes, the infantry phalanx and the chariots will no longer be afraid of the Tatar cavalry on the plains.
After Abe looked at it again, he suddenly realized that the Crown Prince of Ming Kingdom was really too shady.
Because a certain prince also pointed out in the book that there should be more obstacles and a higher density in the middle of the battlefield passage.
On the contrary, there should be less on both sides. This is to achieve the effect of "draining".
The Tatar cavalry saw that there were fewer obstacles on both sides, so they would not be stupid enough to lose their elite troops in vain.
Definitely choose to pass through both, and automatically enter the range of the artillery.
This creates conditions for the firearms deployed on the mountain to kill the enemy. It would be strange if they are not knocked off their feet by the blast.
To say that the Tatars were flooded, burned, or blocked by trenches, they have probably seen it all.
But there are pitfalls everywhere, most of which are things you have never encountered in your life.
In other words, a certain prince dressed late. If he had dressed early, the Tatars would have met him long ago.
A certain prince even has his own father...
Not to mention the Tatars? ? ?
This is not only a real trap, but also a series of traps one after another!
Once the horse stumbles, the Tatar on top will be thrown to the ground.
A certain prince taught this trick to the Japanese army, but the Japanese army was very serious about what they did, and the scene gradually became a bit eye-catching.
People with trypophobia are advised not to watch it or even think about it, otherwise they will get goosebumps all over their body.
The third army started from the foot of Baiyu Mountain in the west, and the fourth army started from the foot of Erlong Mountain in the north. The number of servants of the two armies was larger than that of which side had more pits.
Originally, Abe Shigetsu just asked his servants to dig holes, and each person had to dig fifty holes.
Obviously, whichever side has more traps will be able to trap more Qing troops.
The generals of the two armies are not stupid, and of course they will not miss such a good opportunity.
At first, servants were still digging, but later both sides felt that there were not enough people and the speed was not fast enough.
Later, except for the security troops, the entire army was involved in digging holes...
Sixteen to seven thousand people dug a hole for an entire afternoon. How many do you think there would be? ? ?
The area where the ambush was thirty steps wide was full of pits, so numerous that even our own people were worried that they would sprain their feet while walking.
After sunset, many famous people began to worry that Qing army reinforcements would take a detour when they saw too many holes dug here.
This preparation work is really demanding on physical strength and brain, and it is very tiring~!
Fortunately, there is only one main road to help Lushun, and the others have to pass through the mountains.
If the cavalry enters the mountains and is ambushed, more than half of them will be killed or injured.
Abe Shigeji wanted to set up a pocket formation in the area around Lushun. No matter what direction the Qing reinforcements came from, they would not be able to escape in the end.
If the other party does not come to help, Lushun City will be destroyed by Zheng Zhibao's fleet in five days at the latest.
If the defenders in the city do not take the initiative to kneel down and beg for surrender, none of them will survive.
An enemy soldier is worth one hundred taels of silver, who wouldn't be jealous?
The internal division of the Japanese army was as follows: the Tokugawa general himself took twenty ryo, each daimyo took twenty ryo, and the remainder went to his subordinates.
Once converted, sixty taels of silver can be converted into almost thirty thousand yuan, which can be used to buy a war horse. The warriors who heard the news were naturally ecstatic.
Otherwise, why would everyone be so active in digging holes?
No one shouted tired!
Because those who fall into the pit tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will be living money~!
For the samurai, this is simply faster than making money from fishing...
It doesn’t take much, just do it once a season and you will be very comfortable all year round.
The majority of infantry warriors did not know how to ride horses, but they were too cash-strapped to afford war horses.
Generally speaking, a warrior can be considered a qualified warrior only if he has a sword, a horse, and armor.
In their opinion, the current war is just to buy horses.
Therefore, in private, many infantry warriors named this battle the "Battle of Horse Buying"!
Thirty thousand yuan, in normal times, I don’t know how many years it would take to save it.
And now, after the first battle, he might have gotten thirty thousand dollars.
Thinking of this, many poor samurai's eyes flashed green...
They had no servants or war horses, and some of their armors were still made of wood.
From top to bottom, the only reasonably good equipment was the naginata and katana in his hands, and the bow on his back.
If you want to stand up, you have to do your best no matter what, otherwise God knows when and what month you will get the chance.
Every warrior is lonely inside.
"Real friends" are only the sword in your hand, the armor on your body, and the horse on your hip.
The better the equipment, the more so-called "friends" you have.
On the contrary, it becomes more depressed and depressed.
Only through war can we reflect our own value and improve our living conditions.
This is the meaning of samurai existence!
Even the best-equipped samurai could not escape this rule, unless his status had been promoted to daimyo.
Different from the bustling appearance of the Teppanyaki Ashigaru camp, it was rare for the samurai to close their eyes and rest, or inspect their weapons, or whisper to each other before the battle.
The Tiepao Ashigaru and the servants joined the war just to get the copper coins for begging, while the samurai just wanted to live a better life.
Because of their different pursuits, they also appear to work harder and make progress than each other.
In order to purchase three large pieces to decorate their face, the samurai were even willing to pay the price with their lives.
In the eyes of the warriors, this reason is very reasonable and understandable.
A samurai who has lost everything is a ronin, and has no sense of belonging even compared to the ashigaru...
Since there has been no large-scale war in the mainland for a long time, the samurai group is under great pressure to survive.
Especially for infantry warriors, many people are struggling to make ends meet, and it is not uncommon for families to be unable to open the fire.
When we arrived at the Liaodong Peninsula, we had not yet encountered the enemy, but we could have a delicious meal.
The rice here is filling, and each person can get a pound of fish and a lot of kelp to go with it.
The seafood was all caught by the accompanying fishing boats. In this way, using local materials and combining it with the food shipped by Zheng from the south, it was possible to support the 50,000-strong army in the Liaodong Peninsula for more than a month.
If some daimyo find seafood boring, they can also enjoy the vegetables and livestock grown by the nearby people. If they don't eat it, they will give the enemy an advantage.
The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty has informed General Tokugawa that the Liaodong Peninsula is an enemy-occupied area. Any materials within this range, except for a few exceptions, can be unconditionally requisitioned by the Japanese army after landing.
The population in the war zone can be shipped to Shandong, and these people can also be cashed in money.
You can make money by robbing people, which is something that makes famous people very happy.
Neither the daimyo nor the samurai would have thought that the food in the war zone would be better than at home.
Because of their gluttony, many of the Ashigaru and servants were unable to bend down.
Because their family background is not good and they don't earn much, they have to eat rationed meals in their hometown.
Now they could finally eat freely, which made the daimyo feel very embarrassed by the way they ate.
Fortunately, there were only translators and guides in the military camp, otherwise I would have been ridiculed by my colleagues in the Ming army...
