Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 861 Defeating You With a Majestic Formation
On the field of Yimapingchuan in the southeast of the Hirado Clan, the growing northwest wind brought a little chill. Most of the vegetation on Kyushu Island in mid-October was barren, and the tens of thousands of troops of the two armies were fighting against each other, which made the originally bleak late autumn Brings a strong sense of chilling.

Those who are facing the soldiers are all arrayed in front.

Japan, deeply influenced by the culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties, follows the traditions of the Chinese civilization everywhere, and is also very rigorous in dispatching troops.

Under the guidance of their respective flags, the [-] shogunate samurai ashigaru formed a number of neat square formations in the east according to the weapons used and the positions after the battle. The samurai leader in the armor made of iron, leather, and bamboo, the entire army is silent, giving people a strong sense of oppression.

It was the [-] expeditionary troops of the Ming Dynasty who were confronting the shogunate army.

After spending a whole day to complete the landing, and after a night of repairing, the official army was arrayed from the landing point to more than [-] miles away, and the shogunate army forced them in unawares, and arrived at the shogunate army in the afternoon. Ten miles around.

As the chief general, Li Dingguo, after asking Zhu Cihong for instructions, did not adopt the tactic of sending a team of horses to raid the shogunate army. After the sergeant stared at Yaowu dumbfounded, he tied the letter of war to the arrow and shot it into his camp, inviting the opponent to form a decisive battle two days later.

Based on Japan's familiarity with Han culture, the Ming army is not worried that the other party will not be able to understand the gambit.

This is indeed the case.

The first reaction of the commander of the shogunate army, Songhei Ichiro, after receiving the news, was not to think about how to face the enemy tomorrow, but to be shocked by the divine soldiers and generals of the Ming army.

After an urgent discussion with the main generals who were equally astonished, he came to the most correct conclusion: the rebels must have led the wolf into the house.As for the ultimate goal of the Ming Dynasty sending troops to intervene in the Japanese civil war, although it is not known now, it must be very detrimental to the shogunate.

This sudden accident made the chief figures of the shogunate army headed by Songhei Ichiro suddenly feel a lot of pressure.

Although due to the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of seclusion and isolation, Japan's communication with the outside world was almost completely cut off, but because of the existence of the Zheng family and the Dutch, the Japanese high-ranking people were no strangers to the world outside the island, and the powerful neighbor of the Ming Empire was revived. , and showing a stronger posture than before, this is nothing new.

More importantly, the high-quality ordnance used by the alliance that collapsed this time was provided by the Ming Dynasty, which has been verified several times from the mouths of the prisoners.

The sharpness of Daming firecrackers, long spears, and longbows has already caused heavy damage to the shogunate army. Fortunately, the number of advanced weapons of Ming Dynasty equipped by the rebels is not large. What kind of result will it be.

Now the rebel army with the Hirado clan samurai as the main force has been suppressed by the shogunate army in a flat and narrow area. According to the current progress of the battle, in about ten days, the shogunate army will wipe out all the rebel army.

But at this critical moment, the Ming army suddenly appeared on Kyushu Island and issued a letter of war, forcing the shogunate army to turn around and use all their energy to deal with this unknown, mysterious and powerful enemy. This situation is both infuriating and disturbing.

The main cause of uneasiness is ignorance of the Ming army.

I don't know how many Ming troops landed this time, nor do I know the weapons used by the Ming troops, and I don't even know the tactics of the Ming troops.

However, since the Ming army has issued a letter of war in a grand manner, how can the shogunate army be afraid to avoid the war? Song Heiichiro and others believe that as long as the Ming army is small in number, even if its firearms are sharp, the shogunate army will rely on the superiority in numbers to overwhelm it. Could be a big win.

After agreeing on the tactical layout for tomorrow, Songhei Ichiro immediately took up a pen and wrote the news of the Ming army's landing in Japan, as well as his own research and judgment on the matter, into the letter, and then sent a group of elite warriors to go north with letterheads.

This team of samurai will ride a detour from north to east to Moji Port, and then take a boat across the Kanmon Strait to Kyoto, and report the current situation to Tokugawa Iemitsu so that they can predict and respond early.

Song Hei Ichiro thought carefully, but unfortunately, Song Hei Ichiro didn't know that another Ming army had already sailed north along the Sea of ​​Japan. They would cross the Kanmon Strait to the east, and then turn north, at Osaka It is still unknown whether Tokugawa Iemitsu will be able to see this team of messengers alive after landing on the well-explored land nearby.

As the dispatched spies reported back one after another, before nightfall, the general situation of the Ming army on the opposite side was transmitted back to the shogunate army camp.

The spies climbed up and looked from a distance to find out. Judging from the formation of the Ming army's camp, the number of people should be around [-]. There are no large groups of cavalry, and the ordnance used is not clear.

The small group of cavalry patrolling outside the Ming army did not expel the spies of the shogunate army, but watched them with a curious expression, and from time to time, they burst out into bursts of laughter after whispering, the meaning of the laughter was unclear.

After hearing that the number of the Ming army was not large, Songhei Ichiro and others breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the Warring States period in Japan has long since ended, the inertial cognition developed over hundreds of years has made everyone believe that the side with more people will win the war in the end.

Take the rebel army in front of us as an example. Even though they used sharper weapons, they were still defeated by the superior shogunate army because of their huge disadvantage in numbers.

However, the [-] Ming army has shed its mysterious veil, and in the battle of tomorrow, the balance of victory is tilting towards the shogunate army.

After leaving 5000 troops to continue monitoring the few remaining rebels, Ichiro Songhei gave an order. The next day, the rear of the [-]-strong army changed to the front and began to move camps, preparing to fight against the Ming army that had never confronted before. decisive battle.

The reason why Li Dingguo didn't adopt the night battle raid strategy to attack the morale of the shogunate army was because he wanted to test the real combat power of the shogunate army on the frontal battlefield, so as to accumulate experience for destroying all the armed forces on this island country in the future.

Judging from the intelligence information gathered from various channels, although the strength of the Japanese army is unknown, its usual method of confrontation in large formations is quite commendable.

That being the case, then I will defeat you with a majestic formation, and let you lose your heart.

Zhu Cihong praised Li Dingguo's magnanimity endlessly, and even Zhang Qingyuan frequently nodded in agreement, so it was only then that he gave the shogunate two days to change direction.

(End of this chapter)