Daming: If I find a great-grandson, I will teach an emperor through the ages

Chapter 162: Offensive and defensive changes, the war begins!
"The next step is to wait and see what happens, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, no, it's the dogs fighting." Cao Wei had already foreseen what would happen to the Japanese Congress in the future.

Zhu Di nodded, whether it was Goguiyama or Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, after getting one hundred thousand fire blunderbuss, they would definitely make a big move!

The battle between the two sides will also reach a new level.

"This batch of eliminated fire guns has been processed. Brother-in-law, when will you go back?" Zhu Di asked.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already announced that he would marry Zhu Hanming and Cao Wei. Zhu Di was afraid that Cao Wei would stay in Japan for too long and delay the marriage.

"No hurry, let's take a look at the movements of both sides of Japan. This time they only brought 20 muskets. Because the number of repeating muskets produced by the firearms factory is not enough, they have continued to produce them in the past few months. It is expected that they can still be produced. Let’s replace it with another batch.”

"When Kameyama and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu start fighting, we will see who is stronger and which one is weaker. Then we will send another batch to make them fight more fiercely."

Zhu Di couldn't help baring his teeth. Sometimes Cao Wei's heart was even darker than his!
He originally thought that he led his people to occupy the Iwami Mountain Silver Mine and instigated the war between Japan and Japan, which was enough for him. After all, they would also raise troops to attack Japan and completely incorporate Japan, a small island country, into the Ming Dynasty. , completely taking the silver and gold mines into their own hands.

But Cao Wei was more ruthless than him. Not only did the Northern and Southern Japanese dynasties fight each other, he also sent fire blunderbuss that had been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. This was to make the Japanese people keep killing each other!
If this continues, Zhu Di feels that the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Japan can almost kill each other on their own without the Ming Dynasty sending troops!
Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh, fortunately, Cao Wei was one of his own. If he were an enemy, he would be the one who would have a headache.

In the expectation of Cao Wei, Zhu Di and others.

A month passed by in a hurry.

Gou Kameyama started his move...

After getting the 15 muskets sold to him by Zhu Di, Hou Guishan mobilized his troops and spent another [-] silver to raise an army of [-] from the people.

And then he chose to lead the expedition himself and rushed to the front line with the 15 troops.

It is said that there are 15 troops, but how can civilians who have never participated in a war have combat effectiveness?

To put it bluntly, these 15 people are the cannon fodder Houguishan paid for.

I want to use these 15 people to have a certain containment effect during wartime.

On the other side, Hou Guishan personally selected [-] elites and began to train them in shooting. These people will be Hou Guishan's Shenji Battalion.

Since the range of the fire gun is not far and the recoil is not large, it is not difficult for ordinary soldiers to quickly master shooting skills. Basically, they just wait for the enemy to reach a certain distance, then raise the gun and shoot. The hit rate is generally not too low. Because the distance between the two parties is very close.

Houguishan first spent a month leading 15 cannon fodder to the front line, and then [-] elites conducted shooting training, which took more than half a month.

At this time, Houguishan's Shenji Battalion had been formed, and its combat power had been significantly improved.

now,

Alpine city.

Houguishan was watching the elite soldiers in the military camp practicing shooting.

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

"Oh!"

……

As the Japanese soldiers pulled the trigger, the sound of gunfire continued, and the target in front of the Japanese soldiers was also shot to pieces.

Hou Guishan looked at the scene in front of him and nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good! With these [-] muskets, I will definitely be able to completely defeat Ashikaga Yoshimitsu and unify Japan!"

Junichiro Koizumi echoed,
"The tactics of alternating muskets formulated by His Majesty are impeccable, and they will definitely be able to severely damage the Northern Dynasty army in one battle!"

Hou Guishan was even more proud after hearing this.

The so-called musket alternating tactic is to have each of the [-] elite soldiers prepare two muskets to carry in advance. During the battle, one person can shoot two rounds of bullets.

In this way, only 5 people can exert the combat capability of 10 firecrackers, instead of all [-] people carrying firecrackers.

Due to the backwardness of Japan's manufacturing industry, the number of firecrackers in the army was extremely rare. Houguishan got one hundred thousand firecrackers for the first time, which made him feel like he was suddenly rich.

But he also understands the shortcomings of the firecracker, that is, most of the firecrackers can only be fired once during wartime. Loading ammunition is too cumbersome, and it is rare that it can be fired twice.

The firegun as a whole takes up a lot of space. It is very cumbersome for soldiers to carry a firegun with a fire stick. It is not as light as a sword or a gun, and its lethality is also much inferior.

So Hou Guishan came up with this idea. As long as all the firecrackers are loaded with ammunition before the war, and only 5 people use them alternately, all [-] rounds of ammunition can be fired.

But Houguishan ignored a problem. If the Japanese soldiers only carried a firecracker, they could also carry a Japanese sword.

After the fire gun is fired, you can fight with the Japanese sword. After the Japanese sword is broken, you still have the fire stick in your hand.

But now he has [-] elites carrying two fire sticks each, so they can no longer carry Japanese knives. When they finish shooting the bullets of the fire guns, and the enemy rushes forward, those soldiers only have two fire sticks in their hands, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced. …

Houguishan's alternating shooting tactic sounds like a good idea at first glance, but for the Japanese soldiers who are still in the midst of cold-weapon warfare, it does more harm than good.

If Houguishan had a sufficient number of repeating muskets, then this alternating tactic might still be useful. After all, the main combat power of an army equipped with repeating muskets is on the muskets, and would not easily fight the enemy at close range.

However, Hou Guishan only had the backward firecrackers that had been eliminated by the Ming Dynasty. The main combat effectiveness of the army still relied on the swords and guns of his soldiers.

It can only be said that the Southern Dynasties army has never had so many firecrackers, and now there are suddenly one hundred thousand more. Houguishan has no such experience and is too idealistic.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu at least knew that the Southern Dynasty army had obtained [-] firearms. Although it was wrong news, they at least knew that Kameyama had large-scale firearms.

Then Kameyama knew nothing about the situation of the Northern Dynasty army, and it was impossible to think that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, like him, also purchased [-] firecrackers from the Ming Dynasty.

However, Go Kameyama, except that he didn't know that Ashikaga Yoshimitsu had a large number of firecrackers in his hands, and might have suffered some losses in the first battle, the rest was still on par with Ashikaga Yoshimitsu. After all, he also had a hundred thousand firecrackers in his hands at this time.

Whether it is Gogameyama or Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, one hundred thousand fire blunderbuss are important weapons to them.

With weapons in hand, there is courage in the heart.

But weapons have different weights in the hands of different people, and getting weapons will make people bolder, but after being bolder, can they really take advantage?
No, being emboldened is probably a bad thing.

Just like Hou Guishan now, he is giving orders enthusiastically.

"The whole army is in repair tonight, and you will follow me to attack Nagano tomorrow. We must win with one blow! I will use the head of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu to drink!"

……

The next day.

Before dawn, Hou Guishan counted all the troops under his command. Including the 48 cannon fodder and more than [-] Ming cavalry recruited some time ago, there were a total of [-] troops!

This seems to be the time when the largest number of troops were deployed in the Battle of Houguishan.

After giving the soldiers enough courage with a concise lecture, Houguishan gave the order to set off.Qin Shan, the cavalry general of the Ming Dynasty, rode his horse slowly to the side of Houguishan's carriage.

"Lord Xicheng, this time you attack Nagano with nearly 50 troops. With such a large number of troops, you will be sure to succeed immediately."

Hou Guishan was surprised that Qinshan would suddenly say nice things to him, but the principle of not hitting the smiling person still made him smile.

"I have defeated Ashikaga Yoshimitsu many times before and let him escape to Nagano. This time is no exception, but I will never let him go again!"

Qin Shan nodded,
"Now Lord Hisege has one hundred thousand muskets in his hands, which is enough to destroy the main force of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in one battle. However, the highlight this time is Lord Hisege's Shenji Battalion. We cavalry don't seem to be of much use. We are not as good as me." Lead the brothers to raid the flanks for Lord Hisege to prevent Ashikaga Yoshimitsu from escaping."

Houguishan was already very proud, and he felt even more elated when he heard these words.

He thought about it, and it seemed that Qin Shan's cavalry was really not needed this time.

Moreover, it was not once or twice that Qin Shan led more than 4 cavalrymen to fail at critical moments. Now Hou Guishan really does not dare to entrust Qin Shan with important tasks.

Even if Qin Shan leads the Ming Dynasty cavalry to raid the formation, at least he won't do anything bad at the critical moment.

"Okay, General Qinshan will go to the flank. If you can catch Ashikaga Yoshimitsu who escaped, I will reward you heavily!" Go Kameyama nodded.

Qin Shan smiled and rode away.

Originally, he didn't need to go out of his way to request Hou Guishan. Anyway, it was already agreed at the beginning that Qin Shan would only be responsible for helping Hou Guishan's Southern Dynasty army fight, and would not take orders from Hou Guishan.

But the outcome of this battle is unpredictable, and Houguishan is likely to face another major defeat in the next two or three years. In order to prevent Houguishan from biting someone after the war, Qinshan did this to be safer.

The order for Qin Shan to go to the flank was given by Hou Guishan himself. Even if this battle was really defeated, Hou Guishan could not blame Qin Shan.

Qin Shan returned to the camp of the Ming Dynasty cavalry, and immediately more than 4 people were pulled out...

The formation of nearly 50 troops was extremely large. Starting from Takayama Castle and heading north, the Northern Dynasty army was aware of it when it was still more than a hundred miles away from Nagano.

Although it was just dawn at this time, the dust and smoke in the southern mountains and forests still made the soldiers of the Northern Dynasty realize that Hou Guishan led his troops to attack!

The sentry hurried to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's residence in the city and shouted loudly outside the door:
"General, it's bad! The Southern Dynasty army is coming!"

After a violent noise in the house, there were rapid and heavy footsteps.

"boom!"

The door was kicked open.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu also had a ferocious smile on his rough face.

"Hou Guishan, you bitch, do you really think that with fifty thousand muskets, you can drive this general to death?"

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu did not expect that Go Kameyama would be so unable to bear it. In just over a month, he led his troops to attack.

But... this is just right!
Let’s settle old and new scores together!

"Send the order, all the troops must assemble! We will fight Houguishan to the end today. If we don't cut him into pieces, it will be difficult to understand the hatred in my heart!"

The Nagano military camp suddenly began to commotion, and within a quarter of an hour, all the soldiers had gathered.

Nagano is an important city, and Ashikaga Yoshimitsu has a large number of troops stationed here. Together with several military camps around it, there are a total of 30 troops!
Under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's order, the 30-strong army also came out in full force and deployed defenses in various locations in the city.

Since Kameyama led the troops to attack, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was not polite and directly prepared to fight the defensive battle while waiting for work.

After everything was arranged, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu climbed to the top of the southern gate of Nagano, watching the smoke and dust in the distance getting closer and closer...

at last,

The Southern Dynasty army stopped five miles outside Nagano Castle.

Looking at the size of the Southern Dynasty army this time, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was suddenly shocked!
How could Houguishan bring so many troops this time?
All added up, it’s far more than 40!

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu immediately thought that Zhu Di had sent reinforcements to Go Kameyama, and his heart sank.

But if you look closely, you can see that the [-] troops at the head are clearly new recruits, with confusion and panic on their faces.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu regained his composure.

It was just more than [-] cannon fodder, which was nothing to worry about for the Northern Dynasty army defending the city!
Go Kameyama galloped his horse to the front of the formation and stood some distance away to shout to Ashikaga Yoshimitsu.

"Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, you are about to die today! Go out of the city and surrender, and I will leave you with a whole body. If you continue to resist, I will cut you into thousands of pieces! Your bones will be shattered and ashes will be thrown away!"

"As well as your family and clan members, I won't let any of them go!"

After saying that, the soldiers around Hou Guishan also began to wave flags and shout, as if they had won the battle.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu felt very angry when he heard Gogeyama's shouting.

If it weren't for Zhu Di's reinforcements, how could Houguishan be his opponent?

The clown who had been beaten so hard by him that he couldn't hold his head up and could only hide in the city and not come out now dared to falsely say that he would be driven out and killed?
Although Ashikaga Yoshimitsu was furious, he had not lost his mind yet.

This time, Hou Guishan led an army of more than 40 people. Although more than [-] people were recruits and cannon fodder, they were still quite a lot!

Even if there are more than [-] pigs, it will take some effort to chop them down, let alone people.

Ashikaga Yoshimitsu knew in his heart that Go Kameyama was determined to destroy him in a fight, but it was still unclear who would win!
"Go Kameyama, you son of a bitch! You have so quickly forgotten how you were beaten by this general and ran away with your head in your arms? One time, you were so frightened that you peed your pants. How come you, the emperor, have the nerve to continue doing this? Huh?"

The soldiers on the top of the city also laughed cooperatively.

In terms of his verbal skills, Ashikaga Yoshimitsu didn't suffer any loss at all. Go Kameyama was so angry that his face turned red and his whole body was trembling.

When did he wet his pants?Ashikaga Yoshimitsu is just farting!

But at the beginning, their Southern Dynasty army was indeed beaten to the point where they could not hold their heads up. This is a fact.

Looking at the soldiers beside him, Houguishan found that the new recruits looked at him strangely!

This made Houguishan even more angry!

He is now like mud falling into his crotch, not just shit but also shit!
"Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, you bastard, I want you to die today!"

"Vanguard Army, attack the city for me!"

Hou Guishan gave an order, and the 15 new soldiers of the Southern Dynasty army began to rush forward in accordance with the order...

(End of this chapter)