The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

"Red Guards" is a special type of soldier in the Warring States Period of Japan, but it seems that there is not much to say about what is special about them.

It is nothing more than being painted red all over, which looks quite pretentious from a distance, and the proportion of cavalry is slightly higher than that of the normal Japanese army.

So Red Guards are not all cavalry as many people imagine, most of them are actually infantry.

Those who have played the game know that the most famous Red Guards are of course the Red Guards of the Takeda family in Kai.

After the demise of the Takeda family, the Tokugawa retainer Ii Naomasa recruited some of the Takeda retainers and reorganized the Red Guards, called the Ii Red Guards, which are said to have 4,000 people and are the elite of the Tokugawa army.

However, I still have to say that 4,000 Red Guards are not 4,000 cavalry. With the scarcity of resources in Japan, a daimyo simply cannot support 4,000 standing cavalry.

The large area of ​​red that appears in front of Lin Tianshuai now is the cavalry of the Ii Red Guards.

According to normal tactics, when the Red Guards are deployed, the infantry should be in front and the cavalry should be in the back. The infantry will engage in battle first, and then the cavalry will wait for an opportunity to attack.

But this time, Ii Naomasa, one of the four great kings of the Tokugawa family and nicknamed "Red Devil", deliberately pursued the effect of surprise attack.

So according to the principle of "speed is the essence of war", Ii Naomasa flexibly put the infantry behind and rushed over with only 800 elite cavalry.

It seems that everything is going very smoothly, and even more than a dozen general flags can be seen. That should be the main camp of the enemy's general!

This discovery made all the red-armored cavalry seem to have taken stimulants, and their bodies and minds began to be excited.

In Japan, as long as the 800 Ii red-armored cavalry successfully raided, they would be able to directly defeat the enemy's main camp!

The opponent is a big man called Tianshuai, and the unparalleled achievement of turning the tide of the battle is right in front of him!

When the distance was closer, the red-armored commander Ii Naomasa found something unusual.

The infantry in the rear of the Ming army saw their elite cavalry raiding, and although there was a little commotion, they did not panic and flee.

They gathered together very naturally and hid behind the chariots swiftly, as if it was an instinctive action.

This process actually made Ii Naomasa feel a little "calm", which was outrageous.

After the rear-row infantry was attacked by the cavalry, shouldn't most people flee in all directions?

Whose normal rear-row infantry can remain "calm" collectively after being attacked by the cavalry?

Did these Ming army infantry conduct defensive training every day with the assumption of cavalry attacking in order to target their invincible Red Guards?

Looking more closely, Ii Naomasa found that the rear row of the Ming army was surrounded by chariots to form several large temporary positions.

And these seemingly inconspicuous chariots were used as the periphery of the temporary positions, which formed a huge obstacle to the cavalry's movement, greatly weakening the cavalry's advantage.

No matter how powerful the cavalry is, you can't let the warhorse step on the vehicle to charge.

Baka! Ii Naomasa was furious. Why didn't Tachibana Muneshige, who had the most experience in fighting against the Ming army, mention such an important tactical detail?

Tachibana Muneshige said that the Ming army's artillery was fierce, and that the Ming army's cavalry was even more fierce, but he didn't mention that the Ming army's infantry would surround the chariots as a position!

Ii Naomasa, who was known for his outstanding strategy, had a question in his mind. Did Tachibana Muneshige deliberately conceal these details in order to bury the Tokugawa family's red defense?

However, Ii Naomasa didn't have much time to think carefully. Others looked at the Ming army's chariot position and asked Ii Naomasa to make a decision.

The most suitable tactic to deal with this kind of chariot formation is to wait for the "iron cannon foot soldiers" to come up and line up to shoot directly. Anyway, it's not easy for cavalry to rush.

Ii Naomasa shouted on the horse: "How can you regret your move! Victory is at the enemy's big flag, rush to the big flag at all costs!"

The opportunity is fleeting, so there is no time to dawdle and wait!

Lin Tianshuai, standing in the chariot formation, pointed to the opposite side and said to Dayun, the middle officer beside him: "The man with the highest helmet is Naomasa Ii, the commander of the Red Guards."

What does it mean to have the highest helmet? Dayun couldn't understand what this meant for a moment, but after squinting his eyes and observing carefully, he immediately understood.

In the group of red cavalrymen, there was a Japanese general in the front row. His red helmet seemed to have two goat horns, with the horns pointing straight up to the sky, and the length was estimated to be more than two feet.

"What kind of shape is this? Is it the Sheep Power Immortal in Journey to the West?" Dayun couldn't help but complain.

Lin Tianshuai said: "This is one of the four kings of the Tokugawa family, the first lord of Japan, and the youngest one, who controls the Tokugawa family's red guards."

Da Yun said according to his own understanding: "Oh, it is equivalent to Yu Zhongliang's father, one of the four great kings of the Suzhou Lin Mansion, and the captain of the guard?"

Lin Tianshuai said something that others could not understand: "It is not wrong to compare like this, but Yu Gongjing is not as good as others in packaging."

Just after saying a few words, Ii Naomasa and the red guard cavalry had rushed to the front, and across the chariot, they looked at Lin Tianshuai under the big flag.

The intertwined eyes were filled with a solemn mood!

Lin Tianshuai suddenly raised his hand, facing Ii Naomasa, and his palm gestured his height above his head.

Ii Naomasa suddenly realized that he was riding on a horse at this time, and the Tianshuai opposite was still standing on the ground.

So he could look at Tianshuai at eye level and communicate with him.

The mood of the two hostile parties looking at each other across the chariot suddenly became awkward.

Baga! Ii Naomasa and his attendants started cursing loudly.

Da Yun, who was watching the excitement from the side, was speechless. The commander was worthy of being a commander. With one movement, the red cavalry on the opposite side could collectively break through the defense!

Shen Weijing, who was not far behind, shouted in Japanese: "General Lin Tailai of the Ming Army is here! Does Naomasa Ii dare to come and ask for it?"

In order to make it easier to use force, dozens of people in the front row of the Red Guards dismounted from their horses. Under the leadership of Naomasa Ii, they surrounded Lin Tianshuai half way across the chariot with their spears raised.

Five or six of the bravest men followed Ii Naomasa to attack the target, while the others covered them on both sides.

Although he knew the opponent's bravery, Naomasa Ii had no choice but to hope to capture Lin Tailai as quickly as possible!

Soon enough, at the same time, several spears stabbed Lin Tailai fiercely across the chariot in the middle!

But Lin Tailai did not retreat and dodge, he only stared at Ii Naomasa closely - in fact, this is what Japanese generals are good at, they dare to take the lead and risk their lives as soon as they get up.

Several spears pierced Lin Tianshuai's majestic body, but Tianshuai remained motionless like a mountain!

How can a double-layer heavy armor weighing more than 80 kilograms be so easily pierced by a bamboo spear?

All the Japanese were slightly distracted. What kind of King Kong monster is this?

Lin Tianshuai, who was struggling to get hit by several spears, seized the opportunity, suddenly stretched out his hand, and firmly grabbed Ii Naomasa's spear!

Then his arms used all their strength to pull back extremely fiercely!

Ii Naomasa only felt a violent force like a wild beast, transmitted through the spear, pulling himself to fly forward!

By the time Ii Naomasa remembered to let go of the spear in his hand, it was already too late. He was brought to the Ming army's chariot by inertia!

At this moment, everyone in this small battlefield was stunned for a moment!

The Japanese soldiers standing behind just watched helplessly as their general suddenly teleported five feet in the air and lay directly on the chariot in front of Lin Tianshuai!

The guard standing behind Tianshuai raising the flag felt his eyes dazzled. The Japanese general wearing a helmet with huge goat horns soaring into the sky had already fallen into the chariot.

Lin Tailai quickly picked up Ii Naomasa from the chariot, turned around and ran back!

Lieutenant Commander Dayun quickly filled the vacancy and directed the guards to continue the defense across the chariot.

The prepared gunners and archers of the Ming army started working one after another, shooting randomly at the Ii Chibei team outside the car array.

Lin Tianshuai dragged Ii Naomasa to a safe area. After letting go, the guards around him quickly tied up Ii Naomasa.

Lin Tianshuai ordered again: "Take off his helmet, it's still useful!"

Then Tianshuai said to the Zhang family brothers who were protecting the law: "It's so exciting to catch someone and run away!"

Naomasa Ii, who was not a few years older than Lin Tianshuai, seemed to have just woken up. His face turned red with excitement and he shouted in Japanese language that he could not understand.

Shen Weijing briefly translated: "He said, why didn't Commander Tian start firing fire blunderbuss, bows and arrows? Do you have to fight in the front row in person?"

If Tianshuai hadn't been standing in the front row to seduce people, Ii Naomasa wouldn't always think about taking a gamble to "capture the thief and capture the king."

Lin Tianshuai laughed proudly and said: "This is called entering the situation with one's own body! Otherwise, how can we lure Naomasa Ii to come over and capture him without mercy?

After all, to capture the thief first, capture the king. If you capture Naomasa Ii, this wave of raids will naturally be resolved. "

After failing to capture the king, Ii Naomasa was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood and wished he could just commit suicide!

Lin Tianshuai went to the front again. At this time, the Japanese army's large force had followed. It seemed that there were tens of thousands of people, most of them infantry.

Based on the previous battlefield situation, Dayun judged: "It must be the entire right wing of the Japanese army that did not retreat but advanced, and deliberately attacked our rear line!"

As he was talking, Dayun suddenly looked into the distance and complained: "I just captured the Great Immortal Sheep Power, and now comes the Great Immortal Lu Li? Is it really Journey to the West?"

Lin Tianshuai also saw that among the Japanese army there appeared a Japanese general who was half a head taller than the ordinary Japanese, with two antlers on his helmet.

Da Yunda Donglou deserves to be a well-educated person with a strong artistic imagination!

Then Lin Tianshuai introduced to Dayun: "This man is also one of the four kings of the Tokugawa family. His name is Honda Tadakatsu. He is known as the most powerful general of the Japanese country in the past 20 to 30 years. He is also nicknamed Zhang Yide of the Japanese country. Good at wielding a spear."

Lin Tianshuai knew Japanese generals very well. Da Yun, who was 1.8 meters tall, was used to it. He just said doubtfully: "Can he also be the number one general? It doesn't look like I can beat him."

Lin Tianshuai replied: "How do I know this? Anyway, this is what is said in Japan."

I saw thousands of Japanese iron artillery ashigaru arrayed in several square formations. They raised their hands and fired three rounds, suppressing the firecrackers and bows and arrows of the Ming army.

It has to be said that in the absence of interference, the Japanese army's line-up and close-range matchlock shooting was quite outstanding.

Dayun said to Lin Tianshuai again: "This is too passive! It's hard to defend! Let me lead the cavalry to charge."

In addition to Lin Tianshuai's personal guards, thousands of people in the rear formation were infantry. Only Lin Tianshuai's more than a thousand personal guards were all cavalry.

But in order to enter the car formation just now, Lin Tianshuai dismounted with 300 people.

The remaining nearly a thousand personal guards, including men and horses, moved to the foot of the hill behind the vehicle formation to stand by.

After Lin Tianshuai heard Dayun's request, he asked: "You won't have any problems, right?"

Dayun answered confidently: "You don't need to get deeply involved in the enemy's formation. You can only raid and harass the enemy's formation on the outside. It shouldn't be a big problem.

The main thing is to interfere with the Japanese pirates' firecrackers so that we can hold on until General Ma returns to the rescue! "

"Okay, you go ahead!" Lin Tailai nodded and said, the current scene indeed requires someone to lead a team to harass.

The right wing of the Japanese army consisted of Tachibana Munesege with 3,000 men, Honda Tadakatsu with 3,000 men, and Ii Naomasa with 4,000 Akabe troops, a total of exactly 10,000 men.

I just didn't expect that the forward red cavalry had nothing to do when facing the Ming army's car formation. They didn't have any surprise effect and even sent Naomasa Ii inside.

But now one or two thousand iron cannon ashigaru line up to shoot, and the effect is not that good. After all, the Ming army has tanks as bunkers.

Thinking that the main force of the Ming army might turn back for rescue at any time, Honda Tadakatsu, who was wearing a deer-antler helmet, couldn't help but become anxious. In addition, Naomasa Ii was captured, and his mood became even worse.

I couldn't help but accuse Tachibana Muneshige: "Why didn't I tell you beforehand that the Ming army was skilled in forming chariot formations?"

Tachibana Muneshige frowned and said depressedly, "I don't know either."

This can't really be blamed on Tachibana Muneshige. He has indeed never seen the Ming army forming a defensive formation with chariots.

During the Battle of Biti Pavilion, General Li ventured in with thousands of light cavalry and was caught off guard in an encounter. How could it be possible for the infantry to form a defensive formation with chariots?

In the subsequent Battle of Seoul, General Li commanded the army to intercept and block the Japanese pirates who intended to retreat. The Japanese pirates mainly retreated defensively, so Ming army tanks would certainly not be seen forming formations for defense.

Tachibana Soshige, who participated in both battles and played an important role in both, certainly had no chance to know more.

Looking at the Ming army's chariot formation, Tachibana Munesege couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why did the Ming army's tactics defeat the Japanese army so well?

In other words, why did the Ming army have so many horses, heavy artillery, and vehicles?

I heard that the ratio of horses to soldiers in the Ming Army was almost one to one. The Ming Army had the luxury of using half of the horses as draft carts specifically for transporting supplies.

If you don't fight the Ming army face to face in person, you really can't appreciate the huge gap in national power.

Honda Tadakatsu then asked Tachibana Muneshige: "Tokugawa Dainagon has ordered that you command the entire army on the right wing. What do you think should be done?"

Tachibana Munesege, nicknamed "Western Country Unparalleled", is naturally not lacking in bloodiness, and replied:

"The current plan is to rely on our army's numerical superiority and close combat. This is the most likely strategy to win!"

Honda Tadakatsu raised the spear in his hand and said solemnly: "It's exactly what I want! There is really no better way, the only way is to fight forward!"

At this time, nearly a thousand Ming army cavalry came around from the west flank.

Tachibana Munesege immediately said to Commander Honda Tadakatsu: "I will lead my three thousand troops to stop this Ming army cavalry and cover your flank!

And you lead the rest of the troops to attack the Ming army's positions! "

There was no time to talk at this moment, Honda Tadakatsu nodded, picked up the gun and left.

I looked up and saw a dozen enemy flags waving extremely flamboyantly somewhere, as if a naked flower girl was seducing people.