Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

"Hmph, beat me hard! Kill them all!"

Seeing that these Japanese people dared to charge towards them, Li Wei also became fierce, his eyes flashed with cold light, and he said viciously.

"Yes!"

Lu Tang responded, and the sound of artillery fire became even more intense.

The Japanese rushed to death all the way, leaving nearly a thousand mutilated corpses.

"Come on! Kill these Akitos!"

Shaoer Puyi went crazy and slapped his horse violently. He was very confident in himself and his warriors. As long as they rushed forward and fought with real swords and spears, his warriors would definitely be able to defeat these despicable Ming soldiers with one blocking ten. !

However, Li Wei didn't give him this chance at all. When the Japanese came within 500 steps, he immediately ordered: "Replace the artillery with shells! The musketeers are ready!"

The firing range of blooming bullets is much shorter than that of solid bullets, only about four to five hundred steps. At this time, the Japanese rushed closer and were considered to be within the shooting range.

Young Pu Yi, who was rushing forward, saw the artillery fire on the opposite side suddenly stopped, and he was overjoyed: "Hurry up, they are out of shells!"

After hearing this, all the warriors were overjoyed and ran a little faster. The cavalry following Shaoer Puyi also accelerated their horses and began to circle the two wings of the Ming army, trying to avoid the front and disrupt the Ming army's formation from the side.

Even Ping Jinglong, who was following behind worriedly, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, the sound of the cannon only stopped for a moment, and then it started ringing again!

"Oh!"

As a gunshot sounded that was slightly different from before, large pieces of iron sand sprayed like rain at the Japanese who were hundreds of steps away, killing a large number in an instant!

bang bang bang...

The cannons fired one after another, and the lethality of the artillery was greatly increased with the use of explosive shells. The straight-line attack became a group damage. The cavalry could avoid it with their fast horses, but the ordinary Japanese warriors who followed did not have this speed advantage. Under the bombardment of explosive bombs, one by one fell down screaming, and the scene was extremely tragic.

Ping Jinglong's face turned pale, and he pulled hard on the reins, no longer caring about rushing forward with this second-rate young master.

Puyi, the second young man in front, was also frightened by the power of the explosive bullet, and he forgot to slap his horse with his whip.

"Young Master, stop rushing and retreat quickly! If this continues, all of our people will die!"

Ping Jinglong shouted from behind.

Shaoer Puyi's face was tangled. His strong sense of honor as a warrior prevented him from accepting the shame of retreating. However, the casualties among his warriors also frightened him. These brave warriors were beaten to pieces before they even touched the hem of the enemy's clothes. His death was worthless. This tragic situation deeply shocked him. In front of such a powerful firearm, the martial arts he had practiced hard for more than ten years were of no use at all!

"Hikyo Takashi, you and I will lead the cavalry in two groups and charge the formation from the flanks! As long as the enemy's artillery formation is disrupted, our warriors can come forward and fight!"

Shaoer Puyi finally used his brain, and no longer just rushed blindly and bravely.

Ping Jinglong couldn't help but curse in his heart, but he had no choice but to lead a group of cavalry to harass the Ming army's artillery array.

Li Wei saw the movements of their cavalry and smiled disdainfully. It was indeed troublesome to change the direction of the artillery. It was a good idea for the cavalry to flank the cavalry. But in addition to artillery, he also had muskets, so it was no problem to deal with these cavalry.

Shaoer Puyi led the cavalry and continued to charge towards the flank. Li Wei immediately ordered the soldiers to adjust their formation and aimed their muskets at the Japanese.

With rifled muskets, you no longer have to rely on luck. Even when shooting at high-speed moving targets, you have a good hit rate. Moreover, there are many gunmen, and you can kill many enemies in a single salvo.

Puyi and Pingjinglong, who had finally avoided the artillery, were hit hard again after entering the range of the artillery. The cavalry casualties increased rapidly. Occasionally, one or two broke into the formation, and they were greeted by a bright and clear fire. Bayonet, instantly turn him into a hedgehog!
The cavalry tactics of the two men had little effect and were quickly eliminated. Shaoer Puyi's heart instantly sank to the bottom.

They had cavalry, as did the Ming army. While using muskets and artillery to defeat the Japanese, Li Wei also sent Jiang Long to lead the cavalry out of the formation.

The samurai spirit of the Japanese country still has some effect. The army led by Shaoer Puyi suffered such casualties. These Japanese people did not even flee in all directions. They rushed forward waving Japanese swords. Seeing that the archers among them finally rushed within the shooting range, they also started to Shoot back with arrows.

The cavalry led by Jiang Long also charged forward. The cavalry also had a huge advantage over the infantry, and for a while there was a one-sided massacre.

Continuous gunfire, the neighing of horses, the clash of weapons and the shouts of soldiers were intertwined. The battle lasted until the evening and gradually subsided.

The battlefield was littered with corpses, and there was a strong smell of gunpowder smoke and blood everywhere, as well as the mutilated Japanese who were still wailing after being hit by artillery shells.

The patches of land dyed red with blood are shocking. They were caused by bombs blasting the Japanese.

Because Li Wei issued a death order, more than half of the Japanese army was killed or injured, with only more than a thousand people captured, and the rest fled in all directions and disappeared without a trace.

Li Wei looked at the horrific scenes on the battlefield, but his heart did not fluctuate much. Maybe it was because he had seen too much, or maybe he didn't regard these Japanese as human beings.

The soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, count the casualties, and patch up the Japanese who were not dead, so that they could die happily.

In today's battle, although the Ming army had all the advantages, it still inevitably caused hundreds of casualties. These casualties were not worth mentioning compared to the annihilation of the Japanese army, but they were still living lives.

Li Wei specially ordered people to quickly treat the wounded and send those who could not lose their combat power back to the ship, and look for opportunities to send them back to the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Marquis, we captured a Japanese general!"

After a while, Jiang Long came over with someone escorting a Japanese man covered in blood. Although this man was in a miserable state, his unusual identity could still be distinguished from his gorgeous clothes.

"Despicable Daming people, you..."

"Snapped!"

Shaoer Puyi was still shouting loudly, but Jiang Longhao turned around and gave him a big mouth, and his voice suddenly stopped.

Li Wei looked at this young Japanese with some surprise, not expecting that he could also speak Chinese.

Speaking of which, the Japanese people's feelings towards China are also very strange. It is a special complex of admiration and jealousy that are tangled together.

Among the Japanese, the more aristocratic they are, the more they like Chinese culture, including poetry, etc., which are the objects of their research and study. Some nobles even regard themselves as Chinese orthodox, but instead regard the Chinese people who were ruled by the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty. Barbarians.

Later, a group of Japanese aristocrats even emerged who claimed to be Chinese, and they were officially recognized by the Japanese government for a period of time, which is ironic to say.

"What's your name?" Li Wei asked aloud.

Although he was captured, Shaoer Puyi still looked fiercely and replied coldly: "I am Shaoer Puyi, a descendant of the Shaoer family!"

Li Wei was shocked: "Isn't it suitable for children? Hey, this is a good name!"

Shaoer Puyi was proficient in Chinese, so he naturally heard his ridicule and said angrily: "Despicable Ming Dynasty people, you fight without declaring it, and you win without force! If you have the ability, have an open and fair duel with me!"

"Okay, come on then." Li Wei smiled nonchalantly and motioned to Jiang Long to let him go. Jiang Long was stunned for a moment, then quickly advised: "Sir, this man is good at martial arts, please don't be careless!"

"Haha, it's okay!" Li Wei waved his hand.

Jiang Long frowned, but it was not appropriate for the boy to let go. However, he still pressed the handle of the knife cautiously, ready to take action at any time to prevent unexpected situations.

Puyi, a young boy, was overjoyed when he saw that Li Wei had actually let him go.

Although he was unarmed now, he was confident that he could easily kill this Ming army officer on the spot with his fists and kicks.

"drink!"

Puyi, the second son, shouted in a deep voice, straightened his horse and took a stance, staring closely at Li Wei.

Li Wei shrugged and took out the gun calmly...

boom!
"what!"

After the gunshot, there was a scream. Shaoer Puyi could no longer maintain his horse pace, fell to the ground, hugged his injured leg and cursed angrily: "You are despicable!"

Li Wei curled his lips: "I didn't say no weapons were allowed in the duel. You're not as good as others, why do you blame me?"

"Baga..." Shaoer Puyi was speechless and could only respond angrily in dialect.

Li Wei blew the smoke from his gun and said, "Give him to Lu Tang and examine the Japanese's movements!"

"Yes!" Jiang Long agreed respectfully and dragged Shaoer Puyi down.

The Ming army hurriedly cleared the battlefield, rescued their wounded, and left the Japanese corpses alone for the time being. Then the army directly launched an attack on Matsuura Castle.

Shaoer Puyi brought out the large army, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Only a thousand people were left in the city. The gate of Songpu City was quickly blasted open, and the Ming army rushed in. The few soldiers in the city were The horse simply couldn't resist.

When the Japanese in Matsuura City saw the Ming army attacking the city, they fled in fear. The Ming army officers and soldiers looted everywhere without mercy, and screams of killing were heard one after another.

Li Wei frowned slightly. To be honest, he really had no sympathy for these Japanese people.

No snowflake under the avalanche is innocent. Japanese pirates plundered the Ming Dynasty. The Japanese in these cities might have stolen food from the people along the coast of the Ming Dynasty. Now that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are treating them like this, it can only be said to be retribution.

What's more, he still knows the things of later generations, so he can't sympathize with the Japanese even more.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, although Zhu Yuanzhang kept emphasizing strict military discipline and not harming the people, in fact these soldiers were fighting all day long, and how could they control their wild tempers? Even when he conquered Yunnan, the army often bullied the natives. Otherwise, Dali Duanshi would not have given him his little daughter just to find a big backer.

Now in the Japanese country far away from the Ming Dynasty, soldiers are even more difficult to control, and even many generals are the same.

Of these Japanese men, the men were either killed or taken as prisoners and brought back to the Ming Dynasty as slaves. The women also picked some good ones and took them back as slaves or prostitutes, while the others, the old and the weak, were ignored.

This is considered kind. At least the soldiers of the Ming army did not commit such unscrupulous behavior as killing people for fun.

After a lot of fighting, Ming's soldiers finally calmed down after ransacking the city.

The Japanese who were lucky enough not to be caught hid in their homes with the doors and windows closed and did not dare to show their faces. Tang He, Li Wei and other generals also ordered to restrain the soldiers below.

The Shaoer family's mansion had been occupied by the Ming army as a temporary stronghold at this time. Li Wei randomly found a room as a residence and had people tidy it up briefly.

It's a pity that these Japanese people don't have couches or beds. The wealthy families also have straw mats on which they sit and lie, which makes him very uncomfortable.

After a brief settlement, Tang He convened everyone again to discuss matters.

Today's battle is just the first contact. Although the Japanese were quickly defeated by the Ming army's artillery attacks, they also have some things that cannot be ignored.

For example, the Japanese generally practice martial arts. Once they fight in close combat, the Ming army will suffer very heavy casualties.

In addition, the Bushido spirit of the Japanese country did play some role. These Japanese warriors were very brave in fighting and would not easily flee. That is to say, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, morale was unprecedentedly high, so that they could hold them back. Otherwise, they would face defeat. It’s really hard to say negative.

Li Wei first exchanged views with Tang, Hu Hai and others, and then discussed the next arrangements.

"I have sent people to investigate. The Nagawa Floating Bridge is in a dangerous terrain. As long as we quickly send troops to seize it, we will be able to cut off the support of the Japanese. Then we can take Dazaifu first and wipe out the Japanese in the west. Then we can deal with those in the east and kill them. Defeat them all!"

Tang He said in a deep voice.

Hu Hai and Li Wei both nodded in agreement, as did generals such as He Fu and Sheng Yong.

However, Lu Tang, who was behind Li Wei, stepped forward and said: "General, I think the terrain at the pontoon bridge is very dangerous. If we occupy it, we don't need many people to garrison it. Why don't we just divide our troops into two groups, one to take the pontoon bridge, and the other to take the pontoon bridge?" Attack Dazaifu directly, and with the strength of our army’s firearms, we will be able to capture this city in one fell swoop!”

When Tang He heard this, he looked at him in surprise, then looked at Li Wei meaningfully, then pondered for a moment, and then smiled at everyone:
"What do you think?"

Hu Hai pondered for a moment, then nodded in agreement: "I think it's okay."

The other generals also nodded.

Since the pontoon bridge is a natural hazard, as long as it is occupied, it does not require many troops to block the Japanese support. Instead of using the whole army to mobilize the troops, it is really better to divide the troops and take action.

"Okay, in that case, let Marquis Jiangdu lead 50,000 troops and march directly to Chikuzen Daizaifu. I will lead the remaining troops to seize the pontoon bridge."

Tang He didn't say anything more and settled directly.

Li Wei controls the navy's combat power, which mainly uses firearms. Naturally, he must be allowed to attack the city. As for the pontoon, the Ming army is closer. If nothing happens, they will be able to occupy this dangerous place before the Japanese can react. Forty thousand people There are enough soldiers and horses.

"Okay, general, don't worry, I will take over Dazaifu as soon as possible!" Li Wei said confidently without thinking.

"Ah."

Tang He nodded lightly, and then began to allocate troops.

In fact, there was nothing to divide. Li Wei's men naturally followed him, and other generals such as Hu Hai, He Fu, Sheng Yong and others followed Tang He to seize the pontoon bridge.

After making a grand plan, the army left Songpu City the next day. Li Wei led his troops to advance north, while Tang He led the army east.

The Ming army did not send anyone to stay in Songpu City. They were not here to occupy the Japanese country. It was the right thing to withdraw after looting.

While marching, Li Wei also sent people to contact Du Yuan who stayed on the ship, and asked the warship to move north along the coast with the army, so that in case of any unexpected events, he could promptly respond to the army and withdraw to the sea.

The distance from Matsuura to Dazaifu in Chikuzen and the floating bridge in Chikugo are not much different. They are both about three or four days' journey. On the third day after the division of troops, when Li Wei's army was about to arrive at Dazaifu, Lu Tang suddenly found him alone and handed him the message. Sent a secret letter... (End of chapter)