Wanli 1592

Chapter 190 Overwhelming Advantage
Now that the war has progressed, the Ming army, including the southern soldiers and wolf soldiers, has formed a tacit understanding.

That is, when encountering Japanese pirates, the artillery carts go first, the southern soldiers go up again, and the wolf soldiers come last. If you encounter Japanese pirates in the wild, as long as you use the artillery carts, you will not be invincible. It was very disadvantageous in field battles. Even though the Japanese pirates pushed out bamboo bundles after discovering that the Ming army had muskets, it was useless.

The Ming army saw a group of Japanese pirates swarming forward with bamboo bundles and things similar to shield chariots from a distance, and they fired cannons first. If your things can block lead bullets, can they also block artillery?A burst of volleys hit the Japanese pirates and they were already dead, so how do you fight back?

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese pirates were scattered by such a burst of artillery. The Ming army fired guns and maimed them.
After several encounters, Luo Shangzhi was a little surprised to find that personal force seems to have taken a backseat on such a battlefield, and the strength of firepower and the integrity of the army formation are the top priorities for the army to win. He and his team The subordinates have become accustomed to the way of cooperating with the artillery carts, and they habitually gather around the artillery carts, using the artillery carts as the main weapon to deal with the Japanese pirates, hitting one shot at a time.

Thinking of this, Luo Shangzhi couldn't help sighing, if the Japanese invaders were rampant in the southeast during the Jiajing period, and the Ming army had such tactics and weapons, would the Japanese pirates still be rampant in the southeast for decades?

Such a battle is costly, but the loss of soldiers is very slight. Luo Shangzhi fought all the way from North Korea to Japan, and he has never been absent from any battle, and only four hundred of his brothers died in battle. The rest of them are all veterans. , the first level is soft, which is in stark contrast to the miserable battle of Ming Dynasty against the Japanese pirates in the Jiajing era.

Can a weapon, a tactic, and a general bring about such a huge change?

Admiral Xiao, truly worthy of being a famous general, truly worthy of being able to command an army at the age of 23, His Majesty the Emperor has a good sense of people!

After breaking through seventeen Japanese blockades one after another, a group of red-eyed wolf soldiers charging forward was knocked down by a burst of musket fire, and dozens of people were killed in an instant. Seeing this, Luo Shangzhi immediately ordered the army to stop advancing.

At this time, Luo Shangzhi had already seen the tall city walls, and he couldn't help sighing at the first glance. The Japanese city of Busan is already quite tricky, and this Japanese city called Nagoya is even more difficult. The city walls are continuous, and the border cannot be seen at a glance. It must be more than ten meters high, and it seems to be quite thick. The Ming army artillery vehicles did not have heavy artillery, so they were okay in field battles, but not enough for siege.

It is estimated that only the bows on the main battleships can be used to attack such a city wall and achieve results.

Luo Shangzhi remembered Xiao Ruxun's warning before departure - your attack on Japan is a symbol, symbolizing that we have invaded their homeland and brought them a huge shock, swearing that Ming Dynasty can attack their homeland, and It is not necessary to capture any city to achieve any results, and according to the strength of the Japanese city, Daming currently does not have the artillery to break through the Japanese city. Come here, we have no power to parry.

Therefore, the significance of the Navy's trip to Japan is to deter, to swear a sense of existence, to disturb the enemy's interior, and to accelerate the turmoil of the enemy. Once the enemy shows signs of reacting, we must retreat quickly, not to fight, and return to the sea. , Threatening Japanese pirates with navy naval guns.

Anyway, they can't resist our navy at all. We can swim freely on their seas, and when we feel uncomfortable, we can go ashore and fight with them to make them exhausted. In addition, give them the letter of persuasion and tell them, Busan Japanese pirates They have all been wiped out, we are only the vanguard, the Ming Dynasty's [-] troops are ready to go, and will soon go on an expedition to Japan to frighten them.

Xiao Ruxun estimated that Toyotomi Hideyoshi's appearance might not be able to accept the reality, so he had to stimulate him with a more vivid reality, so that he could finally recognize the reality. Attack Tokugawa Ieyasu with all his strength, forcing this conservative old fox to sign an alliance with Daming, and get what Daming needs.

So after Chen Lin observed the battle situation, he found that the Japanese pirates in Nagoya had gradually reacted and began to prepare for battle, showing a good military quality. Counter the Ming fleet with artillery.

Chen Lin realized that it was time to tear the army down.

So Chen Lin gave an order, and the flagship naturally had archers shooting green arrows into the sky, which was a signal for the army to retreat.

Luo Shangzhi and Qian Shizhen discovered this signal and understood that this was a good time to retreat, so they let the artillery truck go forward and shoot a burst of shots to suppress the Japanese pirates in the city, and then retreated slowly. Before leaving, Luo Shangzhi drew his bow and shot With a swishing arrow, a letter was tied to the arrow and shot into Nagoya Castle.

The Japanese pirates in Nagoya Castle did not know why, and found that the Ming army was retreating, but they did not dare to pursue rashly, so they could only stick to it. When they saw the letter shot by arrows, but no one could read, they had to send someone to ask Toyotomi Hideyoshi for instructions, and Take this letter with you.

Chen Lin made the first move here, and used the prow of the ship to shoot at the Japanese pirate artillery that was planning to use artillery to counterattack the Ming army fleet. More than a dozen Dafu boats fired together, and five or six shots hit the target, directly destroying about two or three Japanese pirates. The large artillery made their hastily organized counterattack fail. Taking this opportunity, Luo Shangzhi and others quickly boarded the ship, quickly moved away from the coast, and returned to the fleet.

Today's counterattack was a great success. After returning home, Luo Shangzhi counted the heads, and the Ming army captured more than 800 heads. It was a hearty victory.

The letter was quickly sent to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but the semi-literate Toyotomi Hideyoshi couldn't understand such a profound declaration of war. You must know that this declaration of war was inspired by Xiao Ruxun and was written by Yuan Huang.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi really couldn't understand these obscure words, but it didn't prevent him from knowing a few Chinese characters. These Chinese characters made Toyotomi Hideyoshi's heart beat wildly. What Ming, what Busan, what North Korea, what Quanjian, these Chinese characters he I can understand it, although he doesn't understand the specific meaning, but he can't stop his thinking from jumping.

Several monks and businessmen who were proficient in Chinese and Chinese in Nagoya Castle were summoned. Toyotomi Hideyoshi showed them this letter. Upon seeing it, the expressions of several people changed instantly.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was keenly aware that the faces of these people were not right, which made his heart even heavier, and he even felt a little more fear in his heart.

"Quickly, what is written on it? Who is attacking Nagoya?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi shouted angrily, and several monks and businessmen knelt down, trembling.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi became impatient and kicked a businessman over.

"Tell me!"

The businessman was so frightened that he kowtowed repeatedly and shouted that he didn't dare. Toyotomi Hideyoshi was so angry that he pulled out the guard's knife and stabbed the businessman to death, causing the rest of the people to scream in horror.

"You come!!"

Holding a bloody knife, Toyotomi Hideyoshi stared at the second businessman. The businessman quickly picked up the letter and tremblingly translated the meaning of the letter for Toyotomi Hideyoshi——

(End of this chapter)