Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 862 The prince who wants to collect Japanese armor
"Your Highness, although I haven't seen the strength of the Japanese soldiers, but judging from their formation, they are very well-arranged, and there is hardly any looseness. Increase casualties!"

At the back of the Ming army's large formation, on a huge building car, Zhu Cihong in black armor was holding a binoculars and watching the seemingly endless shogunate army formation in the distance. Zhang Qingyuan, who was standing beside him, was speaking , on both sides of the base of the building car, there are two hundred cavalry guards on each side.

According to Li Dingguo and Zhang Qingyuan's original intention, there is no need for the crown prince to come to the battle in person. They are afraid that if any accident happens, it will be something that no one can afford. However, Zhu Cihong insists on watching the battle as a supervisor to encourage the whole army Morale, the two had no choice but to obey after persuasion to no avail.

In fact, the two of them also knew that this worry was completely unnecessary.

Judging from the known situation, the shogunate army was not equipped with artillery and lacked the firepower to attack the Ming army in depth, and the number of cavalry was not large. Ten-step bows and arrows have long been eliminated, and only a very small number of strong crossbows are used as options for special missions.

"Zhang Qing observed the battle formation meticulously, worthy of his job, this is the first time in the battle formation alone, and he knows very little about it.

Looking at the armor of the Japanese soldiers, it is quite different from that of the officers and soldiers. It looks very magnificent and mighty, but I don't know how well it is defended. Watch it brother!
However, Gu found that the body of the Japanese soldiers seems to be generally far less robust than our army, and the weapons they use are mainly knives and guns, and there are not many firecrackers. A chance for hand-to-hand combat!

What's more, even if the two armies fight in close quarters, with the bravery of our soldiers, one should be no problem! "

Zhu Cilang put down the binoculars and smiled, while Xin Zhao hurried forward to take it with both hands and stepped back, while the bodyguard Cheng Jian watched the surrounding situation vigilantly.

"Your Highness's words are very reasonable! It's just that I'm worrying too much!

Although His Highness is new to the battle, but his vision is extremely sharp, those who don't know may think that His Highness is a veteran of Jiuli's army!
According to the military equipment of the soldiers, our army is far behind, and our army will win this battle!

The armor is easy to talk about. After our army wins, I will send someone to pick out the undamaged armor and put it away!

Hehehe! "

Zhang Qingyuan smiled and clapped his hands back.

What he said just now was just to sell the prince to be a good boy, so that Zhu Cihong could find a feeling of being wise and powerful, with sharp eyes.

This is the general habit of civil servants.

Flattering is invisible, so as to arouse the favor of the Lord little by little. This plan has been tried and tested for thousands of years.

However, what Zhu Cihong said was not nonsense.

The armors worn by the elite Japanese warriors and many generals are indeed of various shapes, some of which are very unique, and look more like exquisite works of art. No wonder Zhu Cihong moved the idea of ​​collecting them.

As for the height problem, this is also caused by many reasons.

The Japanese in this period were generally about 1.4 meters to 1.6 meters tall, and even those elite banner warriors rarely exceeded 1.7 meters.

The closed policy implemented by the Tokugawa shogunate has caused the economy of various parts of Japan to be extremely backward and stagnant for a long time. All kinds of living materials are scarce. Normal people can’t eat enough for two meals a day. Even a samurai rarely eats meat a few times a year. , long-term malnutrition, how to grow taller?
Coupled with the Japanese habit of kneeling and sitting, most of them are bow-legged, which more or less affects the normal height and development.

Let’s take some famous people in Japanese history as an example,

According to the literature, Tokugawa Ieyasu has high martial arts skills and a strong aura, giving people a feeling of majesty and inaccessibility. This ruthless man who is known as the number one ninja in the Warring States Period of Japan and once slashed his wife is actually only 1.5 meters six, not as good as later generations A boy in the first grade of junior high school in China.

There is also Takeda Shingen, the soldier saint respected by the Japanese.

Since he is a soldier saint, it goes without saying that he is capable of leading troops in battle, and he is an idol in the hearts of many Japanese.

So what about his height?
According to the descriptions of the Japanese in historical materials, later generations can infer that Takeda Shingen's height is only 1.6 meters, which is really not a stalwart.

And Oda Nobunaga, who is believed in by later generations in Japan, must be familiar to many people. There are many versions of interpretations in Japan, and even some games are created based on this person. His height is what we introduced. How tall is the tallest person among men?
1.6 meters nine.

Many people may find it a bit funny, but during the Warring States period in Japan, due to the limitation of living standards, it was already a giant player who could grow to 1.6 meters nine. When we look at the description of Oda in Japan, the words used are towering giants , This description of giants.

However, there should be no connection between height and IQ. It is these dwarfs who have caused the future generations of China to suffer.

"The matter of collecting armor is a lonely joke. Zhang Qing doesn't need to focus on such trivial matters. Seeing that General Dingguo has already driven his horse to the front of the battle, it can be seen that the battle is imminent. Let's just watch the battle quietly!"

Li Dingguo, who had finished observing the formation from a high place, urged him to sit down on his yellow horse, and led ten soldiers along the gap between the formations to the front of the formation.

After reining in the horses and clearing away the dust and smoke, Li Dingguo looked calmly at the Wulikaiwai Shogunate army formation again, and then shouted orders, and the trumpeters around him puffed up their cheeks and blew their horns after receiving the order.

A few high-pitched sounds spread, and the phalanx of 500 spearmen of the Ming army on the left and right flanks began to move forward. Followed and marched, followed by two small phalanxes of swords and shields with 1000 people each, and finally the phalanx of gunfire with [-] people on each wing.

After the Ming army on the two wings advanced two hundred steps, the trumpets sounded again, and the [-] musketeers of the Chinese army began to march forward in unison, while the [-] cavalrymen concentrated on the right flank stood beside their horses and waited for the military order.

These [-] cavalrymen will be ordered to attack when the outcome of the two armies is roughly determined, and launch a fatal blow to the enemy.

On the opposite side, Ichiro Songhei roared hoarsely after seeing the Ming army start to move. Several flag bearers on horses waved their flags one after another, and then the shogunate army marched forward in the same formation as the Ming army.

In the cold air of late autumn, bathed in the sunshine that brings a little warmth to the blue sky, a war that has never happened in history is about to unfold.

(End of this chapter)