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- Takaoka City has fallen into a sea of ??fire!
Jiro Okumoto looked at everything in front of him in stunned silence. He did not expect that the Ming army would come so quickly, and he did not expect that his men would be so vulnerable!
What else can be done to save Takaoka Castle now? Maybe it¡¯s only Aida Sho-sama in Hakusan!
Jiro Okumoto was determined to delay until dawn no matter what. According to time calculation, Lord Aida Sho's reinforcements would arrive at dawn anyway.
And what I have to do is to lead Gaogang City through this most difficult time
More and more Ming troops rushed towards Takaoka Castle The situation gradually began to be out of control of Okumoto Jiro The attack launched in the first half of the night was mostly completed in the second half of the night. Gaogang City has fallen into the hands of the Ming army
The speed of the Ming army's advance far exceeded Okumoto Jiro's imagination
He has been persevering hard and trying his best to defend every inch of land in Gaogang City. He loudly encouraged his men to fight to the end for Gao Gang. He directed the defense desperately, telling everyone that reinforcements would be arriving soon.
After daybreak, two-thirds of Gaogang City had fallen into the hands of the Ming army.
Now, there is not much territory that continues to be controlled by Jiro Okumoto.
Standing on the roof here, you can clearly see the Ming Dynasty people who flocked into the city and could be seen everywhere in Gaogang City.
But what about Mr. Aida Sho? Why hasn¡¯t Lord Aida Sho appeared yet?
"General, there are enemies everywhere. Where are the reinforcements?" Some subordinates shouted loudly.
"Reinforcements will be here soon!" Although Jiro Okumoto's voice was loud, his voice lacked some confidence. Yes, sir, when can you arrive?
The Ming army quickly locked onto this target, and countless Ming troops rushed towards it.
Jiro Okumoto, with his few men, kept persevering and resisting. But the number of subordinates around him became fewer and fewer.
Finally, he knew that his fate of failure had arrived
Until his death, Okumoto Jiro did not wait for reinforcements from Aida Sho. It can be said that he never died in peace. He didn't know it from the beginning. He is just a chess piece that can be given away at any time.
Gaogang City fell into the hands of Ding Yunyi. There was only Akaishi Mountain in front of him now. After passing there, Kyoto was already in sight.
at this time. New news comes that the Eastern Route Army has also completed landing in Hokkaido
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The Takeda Tsubasa in Hokkaido was finally relatively sober and decisive. After hearing the news of the Ming army's landing, he quickly organized an ambush team.
And serving as the vanguard of the Tiger Guards is Major Shi Weide's regiment.
Their target is Asahikawa. That was the headquarters of the Takeda family. After capturing Asahikawa, it meant that the Eastern Route Army had taken control of Hokkaido.
After that, the strategic intention of Wu Liehou Ding Yunyi was completed
The Japanese's plan to prepare an ambush has long been passed to Shi Weide by the Golden Sword Guards who are active across Japan. What is waiting now is for the Japanese to surrender themselves.
After crossing a bridge, I saw several small boats looking over in the distance. When there were no villages around, Shi Weide raised his hand and said with a smile: "This is it, about five hundred steps ahead."
Mansoura immediately said: "Colonel, do you want me to take someone to take a look?"
"No need. It's too late. As soon as they see us coming, they will rush over. If you run up to us and bump into us, you will suffer a loss."
Shi Weide rejected Mansoura¡¯s proposal
"Form up a square formation and prepare for battle."
Shi Weide observed the terrain ahead. While giving orders to prepare for war.
Compared with the battlefield when he attacked the Satsuma Domain last time, there was nothing special about the terrain except for a river meandering along it. However, with his extremely rich combat experience, he could smell a danger coming. the taste of.
Only when the enemy on the opposite side showed its ferocious face did he fully understand where the danger lay.
There were seven or a hundred people on the opposite side. These were definitely elites that Takeda Tsubasa could handle. All of them were holding samurai swords and spears, but the Japanese obviously did not regard these broadswords and spears as winning weapons.
The trump card of the Japanese is a long-range team composed of hundreds of people.
There are dozens of archers and dozens of crossbowmen.
As soon as they saw the Ming troops coming, these people were the first to prepareBe prepared, many Japanese were shouting and cursing with big spears and long knives, and they also gathered around these crossbowmen. These people were their trump card and core strike force.
This time the Japanese came well prepared, and they must be archers with good shooting skills. The Ming army had no artillery support and the terrain was very spacious, which was extremely disadvantageous.
Shi Weide was surprised: "Why do they still have crossbows?"
Weapons such as crossbows are also available in Japan, but they cannot compare with China in terms of the breadth and depth of their use. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Tang and Song Dynasties, there are many records of the Han army using crossbows. Especially in the Qin and Han Dynasties, crossbows were a weapon against foreign cavalry.
Li Ling used 5,000 soldiers to resist the attack of 100,000 Xiongnu soldiers, relying on strong bows and hard crossbows.
If he hadn¡¯t run out of arrows, this Han general might not have been defeated and surrendered to the enemy.
By the Song Dynasty, the Han people had lost their land to raise horses and had no cavalry. Their weapons against the northern cavalry were bows, arrows and crossbows. In the Song Dynasty's army, 70 of the 100-man establishment were long-range troops, and crossbowmen accounted for a large proportion of them. When they were defending the city, there were no artillery at the time, and the so-called bed crossbows relied on a dozen people to pull the string. It has a very long range, and has once killed an enemy general with one arrow, and its power is very powerful.
But in the Ming Dynasty, there were fewer crossbows. The main reason was the emergence of firearms. Now there are crossbows in the Japanese team. Naturally, it is very strange to call Shi Weide.
"It's a bamboo crossbow, something I made myself. It's not very powerful."
Mansoura replied, but smiled bitterly: "Although it's not big, we don't even wear leather armor. For us, it is enough."
With archers manning the formation, the Japanese became very arrogant. These Japanese people naturally hated the Ming army to the core. At this time, the archers were preparing to string their bows. They just pointed at the Ming army opposite and started yelling.
"Meng Jiu!" Shi Weide called out to Meng Jiu, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Satsuma Domain and killed the Japanese idiot who tried to stop the entire major regiment with one person.
"have!"
"Leave these people to you!"
"Yes, Colonel!"
After a brief reply. Under Meng Jiu's command, dozens of his subordinates gathered in one place and moved forward in an orderly queue.
See the actions of the Ming army. Many Japanese people looked a little surprised.
"How come their steps are so consistent? After dozens of steps, they are still as neat as a line. It's really fucking weird!"
Of course these Japanese people don¡¯t know that starting from joining the major corps, they started training from sitting down, standing up, squatting down, then turning left and right, then walking in unison, walking forward, running, stepping, walking, and moving. Walking, then standing still, taking a rest, saluting, etc. Once these foundations are laid, then it¡¯s time to practice formation, such as horizontal team formation, vertical team formation, horizontal formation formation, vertical formation formation, etc. At the end of the practice, Shi Weide, who was standing in the middle of the team, tightened his fists. In a few breaths, more than a hundred people changed from a scattered column to a three-row horizontal formation!
Such a long training time. The practice never stopped, and the major team in front of them put in tons of sweat!
"So what if they all walked together?" A Japanese said disdainfully: "Wait until the bows and arrows fall on you, and see if they run away in such an orderly manner."
"That's true."
When speaking, the archer and crossbowman had already adjusted their shooting range. The crossbowman held the privately made bamboo crossbow in his hand flat, while the archer shot at an elevated angle. Without anyone giving orders, these archers took action one after another on their own.
¡°Buzz, buzz.¡±
The arrows made a buzzing sound when they shot out of the air. The eleven feathered arrows were shot out one after another, but the time they took to fly and fall in the air was similar. After all, the time they were shot was also similar.
It has to be said that this time the Japanese were well prepared. From setting up arrows to shooting, every action of these archers was very skillful and experienced. They were not the kind of novices who were recruited temporarily.
The movements and aim of the archers in front of them were very good. Seeing the arrows flying towards them from mid-air, even the well-trained Ming soldiers felt a little numb for a while.
"This kind of soft bow is just a child's toy! Form a dense formation, wave the tip of the gun to open the arrows, don't be afraid, and don't hide!" Shi Weide, however, remained motionless.
Dozens of feather arrows fell quickly. Except for Meng Jiu's team, the rest immediately formed a dense queue. Everyone was almost next to each other, leaving only a space to wave their arms.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????:?????? Everyone is waving their spear tips upward and slapping them constantly, as if they are driving away unsuspecting flies or mosquitoes.
¡°Pah, pah, pah, pah.¡±
??Most of the arrows were knocked down by the tip of the spear. Shi Weide was right. The bamboo crossbow on the opposite side was not powerful and the craftsmanship was too rough. The bow and arrow were obviously the kind of soft bow that could not be powered by two stones, and its power was really limited.
Even so, less than half of the arrows still landed in the formation. Three soldiers were hit by arrows, two in the shoulders, and one in the buttocks. The three immediately retreated to the back of the formation, and a medical soldier also rushed to the formation. Finally, use scissors to cut off the arrow shaft and bandage it to stop the bleeding. As for pliers to remove the arrowhead, we have to wait until Jiaozhou.
Just as the crossbowmen fired the first round of arrows, Meng Jiu's small flag also showed off the weapons for this trip.
Seeing their actions, the Japanese who were about to move across the way gasped. The entire face of the nearest Japanese was distorted and mutated, looking very weird.
"Fire guns, these Ming Dynasty actually had fire guns!"
"What are you afraid of? We have had it before. Two or three shots will blow up the barrel, and even a straw man cannot be knocked down after more than fifty steps!"
"That's true, that's true!"
Calculating the distance, it was about fifty steps. Many Japanese were relieved, and some began to look at the movements of the Ming army opposite with curious eyes.
But they have absolutely no idea what they will face!
As for the charging, it is even simpler. A large bottle contains primer and a small bottle of propellant. The gunmen skillfully charge the powder, stuff it with iron rods, and then light the match and press it on the gunpowder pool
So before the archers could shoot the second arrow, the musketeers had already aimed at them.
The black hole of the gun was aimed at them. It would be a lie to say that they were not afraid. The archers could only cheer themselves up, hoping that the fire blunderbuss on the opposite side would be weak and it would be best if the first shot exploded.
¡°Bang, bang bang!¡±
Dozens of firecrackers fired almost at the same time.
Meng Jiu stood on the far left side of the team, aiming at a small man among the archers on the opposite side.
The opponent fired the arrow very quickly and accurately. Meng Jiu clearly saw that the arrow shot by this guy happened to land on a brother's butt. Thinking of the feeling of pain on the buttocks, at the moment of firing, , Meng Jiu couldn't help but laugh.
The man opposite him could never imagine why the gunman officer opposite him had such a mysterious smile. Just after he heard a bang, he suddenly felt a blow to his chest. Then he screamed in horror. When he lowered his head, he saw that a fist-sized blood hole was blown out of his chest. The blood was not spilled out, but like an arrow. Shooting out wildly.
The archer's horror and screams lasted only a few breaths. He was shot in the heart and fell down almost without being noticed by outsiders. The bullet penetrated his heart and came out from behind. A blurry bloody hole was punched out in the entire chest, which frightened the Japanese people around. Many people were so scared that they peed their pants.
The remaining musketeers also all hit their targets. After the gunfire, two archers and two crossbowmen fell on the opposite side. They were all shooters who had performed well just now.
Under the attack of the musketeers, the archers adjusted their targets chaotically. They no longer shot arrows at the crowded place on the opposite side, but at these terrible musketeers.
But before they could set their position, the dark muzzle of the gun was aimed at them again.
"So fast?" An archer's eyes bulged out, and his whole face was full of horror.
The archers organized by Takeda Tsubasa this time are indeed some so-called "masters" of Japanese arrows. Based on the knowledge of these archers, they have never seen a musketeer who can load the gun so quickly!
However, the gunman on the opposite side did not give them time to sigh, and the second round started again.
Having a fixed gunpowder and a helper is such a great feeling. The musketeer calmly aimed and hit all the targets.
Based on their training, if they can't hit a living person at a distance of about forty steps, they might as well just buy a piece of tofu and hit them to death.
"Such a big target, such a close distance, is the same as shooting a fixed target.
After the gunfire, when the smoke filled the air, all the assistants began to load, load, and stuff the ammunition vigorously. The Japanese people on the opposite side were also very considerate, and everyone began to turn around and run away.
"Launch, the rabbits are running away!"
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