The rushing army is a beheading army and is an important part of the entire strategic plan.
Xin Qiji believed that the Ming army would not be able to fight all the way too quickly. As a leader of the central government, Ping Qingsheng had certain mobilization capabilities. Once he mobilized too many troops, the Ming army would have to pay a heavy price. To win.
In order not to give Ping Qingsheng time to mobilize the main force of the army to resist the Ming army, and to avoid the possible heavy casualties of the Ming army, Xin Qiji decided to send an infantry force of 10,000 people under the cover of the navy from Daluntian at the same time as the battle started on the western front. Landing at berth.
The mission of this force is to break through Settsu State, directly threaten Heian Kyo, force the Japanese leadership to transfer, or plunge them into a certain degree of chaos, or even worse, directly destroy them.
Heiankyo is located in a basin, surrounded by mountains on three sides, and is protected by natural dangers. Only the side facing Settsu Country is open for easy access, and the terrain is very superior.
Of course, as long as Settsu Kingdom is conquered, we can reach Heian Kyo directly without any obstacles.
Xin Qiji believed that the best outcome of this battle was a successful beheading, the collapse of the leadership organization, and the loss of unified command across Japan's national resistance, and it fell into a chaos of independent fighting in various places. Even under the premise of the Ming army's attack, there were still people fighting each other and fighting against each other. Massacre.
Then Ming's campaign to attack Japan will end successfully with lower losses.
This was considered a risky move. Su Bing had objected to it at first, thinking that it was too risky and maybe shouldn't be done.
Because although Japan is weak, if it attacks the opponent's capital with only 10,000 troops, it may face an encirclement and suppression by more than three times the opponent's force. It is always very risky to attack the opponent with more troops.
This is the first point.
The second point is that although Kong Zhende was born in land warfare, he has studied water warfare for many years. If he is not proficient in land warfare, he may not be qualified for this arduous task.
To put it bluntly, he didn't trust Kong Zhende to fight this battle well.
In response, Xin Qiji immediately came to Kong Zhende and asked him about the Ming Dynasty infantry and cavalry tactics. Kong Zhende answered clearly and without any errors, which shows that he has not slacked off in tactical research for many years.
Su Jue still felt sorry for his old subordinates and hoped that Xin Qiji could change his tactics and send more troops to attack, such as two divisions, or that he could personally lead the troops to execute this tactic.
"My army unexpectedly attacked their capital. Can they react? This is the first point. Also, since the war started, do you think they can understand the overall situation of the battlefield?"
Xin Qiji asked Su Jue this.
Su Jue thought for a while and gave a realistic answer.
He didn't think the other party could react, nor did he think the other party could control the overall situation.
"That's it. Our key is to be quick, accurate and ruthless, execute tactics quickly, attack key points accurately, and achieve the goal ruthlessly. We must kill the opponent before they can react, and we must concentrate a large number of people in the capital before the opponent has time to do so. When the army is in power, directly capture the opponent's capital."
Xin Qiji insisted on his decision to fight this beheading battle and turn the Ping regime into a headless fly, completely losing the possibility of general mobilization.
To this end, Xin Qiji also decided to equip the 41st Division of the 14th Army with a sufficient number of firearms troops to assist in the mission.
Due to the need for rapid attacks, general artillery cannot be deployed, so they use mounted general artillery instead. The latest artillery cart developed by the Ministry of Industry has strong maneuverability, carries lighter mounted general artillery, and can cooperate with the troops to achieve Higher speed maneuvers.
Although Su Jue still disagreed and didn't really believe that Kong Zhende could complete the task, Xin Qiji insisted and he could only accept it.
Kong Zhende was born in land warfare. Later, when the Ming army needed water warfare, he was assigned to serve as a naval general and made great achievements. However, he was definitely not unfamiliar with army tactics. The existence of the Marine Corps made They, the naval generals, also need to be familiar with infantry and cavalry tactics.
It's just not that big of a scale.
An infantry force of 10,000 people did not exceed Kong Zhende's upper limit of ability.
After he commanded the navy to destroy the Japanese navy with his skillful tactical command ability, he directed the infantry and cavalry troops to land, rectify the logistics supplies and artillery, and then the army moved forward.
The cavalry scouted and cleared the way, followed by the infantry, and all the way to attack the city, the progress was smooth.
Settsu State controls the gateway to Heian-kyo, and has always been valued by Taira Kiyomori. It has set up a lot of defense facilities and troops here, and set up many obstacles on the road to Heian-kyo, just to protect the safety of Heian-kyo.
At this moment, the army of Settsu Kingdom has learned that the Ming army has launched an attack on Japan, so the army is relatively nervous. It has already issued combat readiness orders and is ready to send out support from various places at any time.
Therefore, Kong Zhende faced a relatively elite, well-defended and larger number of Japanese defenders.
But Kong Zhende did not find this task difficult.
His first target was Namba Kyo, the former capital of Japan. After taking the port, the huge commotion had alerted the defenders of Namba Kyo. He calmly reorganized the army, especially the firearms troops, and advanced with the army. Launch an attack on the Japanese garrison according to the directions given by the spies.
Facing the Japanese camp, Kong Zhende bombarded the Japanese camp with artillery. The Japanese army had never seen such a ferocious attack weapon as artillery, and they had no way to fight back. They were in chaos and fled in all directions.
Kong Zhende had a large amount of artillery and ammunition, enough for him to squander freely, so he was very calm and let the gunners bombard the opponent until the opponent completely collapsed.
After a period of bombardment, the infantry stepped forward to cover up the killing, and the musketeers cooperated in the formation. Once they discovered that there were still Japanese troops, the musketeers immediately opened fire and made the first wave of attacks. The finishing blows were left to the swordsmen, shieldmen and spearmen.
In the first battle after the landing, Kong Zhende did not leave a "good impression" on the Japanese army. The three thousand defenders defending Namba Kyo were completely annihilated under the Ming army's artillery attack, and the important passage was lost in three sticks of incense. .
Afterwards, the Ming army attacked Namba Kyo and bombarded the city wall with artillery. The defenders were unable to resist, and the Ming army quickly broke through the city. Namba Kyo was immediately occupied by the Ming army.
But that's not important. Kong Zhende's goal is not Namba Kyo, but Heian Kyo.
Kong Zhende reorganized the army, leaving a small number of troops stationed in Namba Kyo to maintain logistics, and led the main force to continue the attack in the direction of Ping An Kyo.
Running all the way, he encountered brave defenders and those who fled. Kong Zhende won five battles, defeated the Japanese army of Settsu, broke through the Settsu defense line, and entered the basin where Heiankyo is located. Refers to Ping An Jing.
Total time taken, five days.
It rained on one of the days, so Kong Zhende let the army rest, protect firearms and gunpowder, and did not attack. However, this did not attract a surprise attack from the Japanese army, but received news that the Settsu defenders had fully retreated.
It seems that Heian Jing has learned about the Ming army's landing in Settsu Kingdom, and knows that the defenders of Settsu Kingdom are invincible, so they quickly let the remaining defeated generals retreat and prepare to deploy a second line of defense.
Kong Zhende knew that the fighter opportunity was right in front of him and could not be missed, so he decisively moved his troops forward and did not intend to retreat. He decided to face the Japanese defenders near Ping An Jing directly.
He was convinced that in the short time since the start of the war, the troops that Heian Jing could mobilize were definitely not enough to make him helpless.
Kong Zhende’s judgment was correct.
In Heiankyo, although Taira Kiyomori issued a mobilization order and began preparations for war, only twenty days had passed from the time the mobilization order was issued to Kong Zhende's defeat of Settsu Kingdom.
After learning that the Ming army had invaded Settsu Kingdom, Taira Kiyoshi was shocked and immediately ordered people to reorganize the army. He learned that he currently had only 30,000 mobile troops that were ready for combat.
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