Jingtai Fengyun: The First Absurd Emperor of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 627: The Ming army's five thousand Japanese army and its ten thousand troops tied in battle formation and then competed with cavalry and archery
All joking aside, Zhu Qiyu still made some arrangements to appease his trusted officials: Xu Zheng was sent to Dengzhou to be counselor of military affairs, Huang Jian was sent to Jiaozhou to be counselor of military affairs, and Chen Jian was transferred to Shandong as envoy.A large number of trusted civil servants were sent to serve in various places in Shandong.

In addition, Gu Zhong was transferred to the Shandong Dusi Commander-in-Chief, and a large number of outstanding Yingzhou Guard generals were promoted to various guard posts in Shandong.

After the local war was basically over, Zhu Qiyu began to consciously spread his trusted generals out.

The Yingzhou Guard officers who followed Zhu Qiyu from the beginning, even if they were just pawns at that time, as long as they are selected and sent to other guard posts, the least promising ones will be the general banner.And if you practice outside for a few years, you will definitely be promoted to a hundred households.

Firstly, Zhu Qiyu valued his feelings, and secondly, the emperor's own soldiers were treated too well and were sent to the local guard station, unless they were promoted to two levels.Otherwise, if you only upgrade to one level, everyone will feel very disadvantaged.After all, if you stay in the pro-military army for a few years, you can get promoted to a higher level, and the benefits are much better than those at the same level in the local guard station.

Shandong is the basic market chosen by Zhu Qiyu.Now that there is no visible political opponent in the court, it is time to run Shandong well.

Zhu Qiyu thought very well, but the whole big job was about to begin on the Korean front.

On May [-], in the east of Seoul, the Ming army and the North Korean and Japanese allied forces formed their own formations.

To the east of Seoul, the terrain is open and flat.The troops assembled by both sides out of camp amounted to more than [-].

Scenes like this are rare, and they already have the style of formation battles in the Spring and Autumn Period.

The reason why the scene is like the Spring and Autumn Period is because both sides are very well-behaved. The agreed ten thousand versus ten thousand became five thousand versus ten thousand. If the size of the respective armies dispatched is less, it will be okay, but if it is too much, it will be fine. .

Taketada led [-] newly arrived Liaodong troops to the front line to set up a formation, while Hatakeyama Yoshitsune led [-] troops to set up a formation, while the rest of the army simply watched.

These Japanese armies are not considered national armies in the strict sense. They are basically private armies that protect the daimyo.

Hatakeyama Yoshi was pushed out to take the lead. In addition to deceiving defeat and luring the enemy, other families also had the intention of consuming the strength of the Hatakeyama clan.

With Hatakeyama Mochikuni serving as the shogunate leader for so many years, the Hatakeyama family's strength was a bit too strong.

Hatakeyama Yi knew this very well, but was unable to resist.However, everything has two sides. If Hatakeyama Yoshi can stand out in this war to aid Korea and achieve great military exploits, he can re-establish the position of the Hatakeyama clan.

On the Ming army side, Wu Zhong was a close confidant of the emperor and was assigned to lead the charge.

Wu Zhong led the Liaodong Army, whose combat power was far inferior to Fang Ying's Lao Jingying Camp, and also inferior to Hatakeyama Yoshiji's family troops, so Wu Zhong chose a defensive counterattack strategy. Since he was leading the very unbearable Liaodong Army Playing defensive counterattack, bringing 1 people would be a burden.

The two sides formed an array three hundred steps apart. Since they agreed not to use firearms or heavy crossbows, but only to compete in prowess, Wu Zhong chose Zhao Kuo's classic work: Checheng Circle Formation.

Wu Zhong studied at the Capital Martial Arts School for a year and learned nothing else, but he had already learned two or three of the essence of Zhu Qiyu's shameless acting style.

After all, it was a formal competition with a declaration of war. Wu Zhong only used some wooden boxes and sandbags as obstacles. After all, he didn't have the nerve to pull up the chariot and horse.

Hatakeyama Yoshiyuki was much simpler. He divided his [-] soldiers into four thousand, three thousand, and three thousand ranks.

Two 3000-man teams of pikemen attacked from the east and west wings of the Ming army. Hatakeyama Yoshitsune personally led the [-] most elite warriors in the center. He only waited for the pikemen to disrupt the Ming army's formation, and then pressed forward with his entire army, fighting with them. The Ming army engaged in close combat.

After both sides confirmed that their respective formations were completed, they began to attack.The Japanese army attacked fiercely, but the Ming army held on.The Liaodong Army was incompetent and was not allowed to use firearms.Attacking and killing together, everyone was extremely nervous.At this time, the Checheng Circle Formation came into play. Relying on the large wooden boxes and sandbags to block it, the Ming army soldiers only had to hide behind and engage in long spear attacks with the Japanese army.

Zhu Qiyu was very loyal to Wu Zhong. Although the five thousand Guangning central defenders were not strong enough, they were all equipped with the latest mass-produced heavy armor from the Ministry of Industry.

It would be difficult for these soldiers to carry out heavy armor and kill in the field.But if they were allowed to defend in place with heavy armor, they could barely sustain it for a while.

The Ming and Japanese sides fought with spears for less than half an hour. Due to the disadvantages of the battle formation and size, the Japanese army not only failed to disrupt the Ming army's camp, but also suffered a small loss.

Seeing that the Japanese army was not very ferocious, the Ming army became more confident and became more able to resist the enemy's attack.

Hatakeyama Yoshi, who was watching the battle from a distance, was very speechless. He never expected that today's battle would be fought in this way, without any impassioned blood.

The retainers next to them were very happy. The mission assigned by the commander of the Eastern Army, Hosokawa Katsumoto, was to allow defeat but not victory. With this style of play of the Ming army, both sides would not suffer too much loss.

Hatakeyama Yoshi frowned. The loss would not be too great, but the way he was fighting could not tell the winner even if it got dark.It's not even possible for 4000 of my own men to charge forward directly. When the formation on the opposite side is not in chaos, using short swords against long spears is not seeking death.

After another half an hour, when Hatakeyama Yoshitsune was undecided about raising his flag, Hosokawa Katsumoto sent his own soldiers to deliver a message, proposing that the battle between the military formations should be judged as a draw, and a coaching contest should be held to determine the outcome.

Only then did Hatakeyama Yoshi suddenly realize that Hosokawa Katsumoto was waiting for him here.On the opposite side, Taketada seems to have a tacit understanding with Hosokawa Katsumoto. The reason why he adopts a defensive formation is probably because he is waiting for the coach to compete to determine the outcome.

I get it, the Ming army sent the Liaodong Army with low combat effectiveness to fight, probably because of internal factional conflicts.

After thinking about it, Hatakeyama Yi felt a little sympathetic to Taketada. Hosokawa Katsumoto put on small shoes for himself, and the commander-in-chief of the Ming army on the opposite side was also making trouble for Taketada.

It seems that factional strife cannot be avoided anywhere.

Thinking of this, Hatakeyama Yi sent his own soldiers to the Ming army's formation and proposed that the coaches compete to determine the outcome, and Takehong happily agreed.

Hatakeyama Yi took an interpreter with him, and took his horse out of his own formation to discuss in detail face to face with Taketada.

Wu Zhong smiled and asked: "What are we competing for? Sword skills?"

Hatakeyama Yi replied: "It's better to shoot on horseback. The one who hits the opponent first wins. The rule is that each person can only have ten arrows at most. They can only shoot from a hundred steps away. You can't get close enough to face each other before shooting. That would be too obvious." There is no skill in archery.”

Wu Zhong heard this and hesitated: "I am good at swordsmanship, but not good at riding and shooting. Forget it, I will sacrifice my life to accompany you today."

Hatakeyama Yoshi was not stupid. He pretended not to have heard of Taketada's secret provocation.Wanting to compete in swordsmanship, I am talented and my body is not fully grown yet, while Wu Zhong opposite me is in his 20s and his body is at its peak.

The key point is that Wu Zhong is still a head taller than him. No matter how superb his sword skills are, if they really cut each other to death, there is a [-] to [-]% chance of winning.I am here to deceive the enemy, not to deliberately kill people.

After the discussion, the two of them each returned to their own formations, took off their swords, prepared their bows and arrows, and started a riding and shooting contest amidst deafening shouts.

(End of this chapter)