Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 714 Attacking the Satsuma Domain

The Satsuma domain has an army of more than 20, mainly composed of soldiers from more than 30 domains.

To be more precise, it should be called the United Army, with about [-] main warriors and infantry.

The other 10,000+ are composed of ashigaru and some miscellaneous troops.

Among them, ashigaru is the lowest rank, which is the name of miscellaneous soldiers, and they are usually engaged in hard labor.

During the slack season, they received training in bows, arrows and guns. During wartime, they were first recruited into the army and organized into troops to become the most basic infantry.

These people have almost no combat experience, and only make up the numbers whenever a war breaks out.

When going to war, the ashigaru have to bring their own dry food, weapons, and armor. They are all the labor force of the family.

So it looks like there are a lot of people, but basically there is no fighting power.

The [-] to [-] infantry and samurai are the ones who are really capable of fighting.

The warships of the Ming army strongly destroyed Kagoshima's coastal defenses and beach stone walls, and quickly began to land.

More than 1 Longqi special forces and [-] marines moved quickly, and they all landed on the coast of Kagoshima in one breath.

Some defensive forces deployed by the Satsuma clan on the coast were easily defeated by the Ming army.

Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan originally wanted to lead the Ming army to quickly approach Kagoshima City, the home of Satsuma.

But just about five kilometers in, there was a sudden shout of killing ahead, and tens of thousands of Japanese came to kill.

The Ming army was originally on the attacking side, but now that the Japanese rushed forward, Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan both smiled with satisfaction.

They have always been good at playing defensive counterattacks, so it is easier to play.

As long as you have the advantage of terrain and firepower, you will basically be invincible.

Now firearms occupy a dominant position in warfare, and active attacks often result in greater casualties.

"Dragon Banner Army Formation!"

"Marines deploy!"

Seeing the overwhelming Japanese rushing in from a distance, Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan almost simultaneously ordered formation to meet the enemy.

As long as their formation is over, the [-] troops of the Ming army will not be afraid of the [-] Japanese army at all.

Japan is a nation that advocates force and swords. In foreign trade, swords account for a large proportion.

The Yagyu Fan is famous for its swordsmanship, and there have been many famous swordsmen, such as Yagyu Zongyan, Yagyu Zongji, and Yagyu Jubingwei.

The current lord of the Yagyu Domain, Yagyu Sotou, is the swordsman of the Great General Tokugawa Iemitsu.

The samurai had a high status in the Japanese army, so they would not easily rush to the front.

They generally follow behind the ashigaru and infantry.

The Japanese rushed forward screaming, and soon saw that on the small high ground more than 1000 meters ahead, the Ming army had already lined up and waited.

Looking at the number of the Ming army, which is about [-], this number cheered up those Japanese ashigaru who hadn't participated in the battle much.

They have 10,000+ people, and there are tens of thousands of elites behind them, and they can destroy the Ming army in front of them by fighting casually.

When they were close to 500 meters, they saw rows of small cylinders in front of the Ming army, and there were more than 1000 small cylinders.

In addition, they did not see a cannon from the Ming army, which made the Japanese cannon fodder ashigaru more confident.

"Look, brothers, is that the Ming army's cannon? Look at the cannon barrel, it's about to catch up. Haha..."

"That's right, such a thin barrel is not considered a cannon at all, it should be their firestick..."

"Ha ha……"

A group of ignorant footlight stragglers, facing the Ming army's thousand mortars, they can still laugh so easily.

Many ashigaru even began to wonder how Fukuoka was lost. Even this kind of army could not be defeated. Did the samurai and infantry of Fukuoka domain grow up eating shit?
In fact, they can't be blamed for their ignorance. The mortar barrel was indeed very small in those days.

Japan is still in the era of semi-cold weapons, how could they understand what is called generation difference.

Li Dingguo looked at the dark crowd rushing towards him, without the slightest pressure in his heart, he was very confident in Da Ming's weapons.

After many battles, Li Dingguo knew very well how many troops their weapons could withstand.

He raised his binoculars to see the weapons and equipment of the small Japanese army.

But what caught Li Dingguo's eyes almost made Li Dingguo burst into laughter. He didn't even see any firearms, all of them were swords or something, and many of them were holding farm tools in their hands.

"General Zhang, look, is this the regular army of Little Japan? I don't think it's possible, they are all cold weapons."

Zhang Huangyan said with a cold smile:

"Ashigaru miscellaneous army, the real main force should be behind them, at least they should be equipped with fire guns!"

"Two generals, no matter what kind of army they are, we are here to kill people, and we will die whether we hold firearms or not. Wouldn't it be better!"

Hearing the conversation between Li Dingguo and Zhang Huangyan, Liu Wenxiu interrupted with a smile.

Don't think that Liu Wenxiu is not big or small, he is the deputy commander of the Dragon Banner Army, so of course he has the qualifications to speak.

"Haha...Okay! Let's start killing people then!"

"The artillery is ready!"

"fire……"

With Li Dingguo's order, [-] out of [-] mortar shells were instantly stuffed into the mortar barrel.

"Boom bang bang..."

More than 300 mortar shells drew beautiful arcs and flew towards the Japanese Ashgaru crowd.

"Look, the small cylinder can breathe fire, and there are things in the sky..."

Some people saw the anger spewing from the mouth of the mortar, and some saw the dense mortar shells flying towards them.

Of course, these barbarians don't even know what slapping shells are now.

"Rumble..."

"Rumble..."

While the Japanese ashigaru were still screaming and screaming, three hundred shells fell into the crowd and exploded.

"Oops my legs..."

"Oops my arm..."

Many people didn't fully understand what was going on, and suddenly found that parts of their bodies flew into the sky.

More than 300 shells immediately blasted the Japanese, blood and limbs flew everywhere.

But before they could react, another three hundred mortar shells exploded in the crowd, and then another three hundred shells fell and exploded.

A thousand mortars of three types bombarded the Japanese ashigaru crowd in uninterrupted turns.

This damage to Japanese ashigaru is extremely huge, they don't have any defensive capabilities and bunkers

There is no space or time to dodge at all, and you can only let the mortar shells explode around you.

During the intensive bombing for one stick of incense, at least [-] Japanese ashigaru were killed or injured in the mortar bombing.

But they have no retreat, and behind them are infantry and samurai, as long as they dare to escape, they will be killed immediately.

If you charge, you will die, if you don't charge, you will die, so it is definitely better to charge for a while, if you can survive, you will definitely be a hero.

Although there were more than 3 casualties, the rest of the Ashgaru still rushed forward desperately.

Finally, Ashgaru broke through the mortar carpet bombing and rushed to more than 100 meters in front of the Ming army.

These Japanese held the katana tightly with both hands and their eyes were red. They seemed to feel the pleasure that the samurai sword in their hands was about to pierce the body of the Ming army.

"Gun formation, shooting..."

Li Dingguo gave an order, and the three thousand rifles in the front row immediately fired intensively.

Thousands of Ashgaru rushing over suddenly felt their bodies tremble, and when they looked down, they found that there were several blood holes on their bodies that were spurting blood.

(End of this chapter)