A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 832 Violence
The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, and they pressed forward in black, converging into a thunderous and orderly roar.

Numerous flags fluttered, layers of gun forests followed the flags, and the vast array of Qing troops pushed forward. Although their armors were of different colors, the red tassels fluttering on the helmets were all fiery red.

The Japanese army on the opposite side came in formation, and their trumpets and drums carried a strange rhythm, melodious like the sound of Han and Tang Dynasties.There are bamboo spears and knives like forests, family emblems and flags of various colors covered like clouds, layers of gorgeous armor, even the bamboo armor they have to paint with bright red paint, it looks as gorgeous as cherry blossoms.

Amid the golden drum orders, the two sides approached slowly.

This is a basin of the Kurume Domain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, surrounded by the sea on one side, and a plain in the middle.

They kept approaching. Since the destruction of the Wuzhenhachao Artillery Battalion, the Qing Dynasty has been rebuilding slowly, and this expedition did not bring artillery.

However, Japan is proficient in using various iron artillery tactics, but the use of artillery has always been backward. Although there are a small number of "big barrels" and "country collapses" in the country, they are mostly placed in famous cities.The battle of Sekigahara, which is quite important in the history books, only used three artillery pieces, and they were small artillery pieces from the Buddha Wolf machine, so the Japanese army did not carry artillery.

So they stopped within a mile of each other.

The Qing army marched and cavalry lined up solemnly. On a hill, Duoduo took out the binoculars that Dorgon rewarded, which he regarded as a treasure, and looked at the opposite Japanese army position.Abatai beside him also has a telescope, but the rest of them, even Gu Shan Ezhen and Bei Le Bei Zi of each banner, have not been able to possess such a military weapon.

There is a lot of noise on the opposite side, they seem to be forming a crane wing formation, with archers and iron gunners at the front, and the left and right wings are composed of all kinds of equipment.

Their main battle was on a hillside, and Duoduo saw some people who seemed to be the lords, all of them were wearing red, green or purple armor, very gorgeous.Most of them wore helmets with horns, some of them had masks on their faces, which were quite hideous, and some of them held folding fans in their hands.

They were riding on horses, surrounded by lieutenant generals, military advisers, You Bi, Jun Feng Xing, Jun Mu Fu, etc., but they didn't know which one was the chief general, or maybe it was the joint decision of all the big names.

Then they were surrounded by brightly dressed elite warriors, all of whom carried conspicuous big balls on their backs, either red or black, Dodo knew that this thing was called mother clothes, made of bamboo and cloth, except for decoration In addition, it seems that it can be used to prevent flow arrows.

These people are also the so-called mother-clothed group, there are black female-clothed group and red female-clothed group, and if they ride horses, they are called horse-backed group.They are the most elite guards of all the major names, and all of them are holding either naginata or daidachi.Some of them belonged to the banner warriors.

Then there are many banner holders around the hillside, each holding a family emblem and flag in their hands, waving in the wind.The Japanese army seems to be very good at using flags. Everyone holds them in their hands and sticks them on their backs. The position over there is a sea of ​​flags, which are very beautiful.

In addition to the military flag, there are also various horse seals, all of which carry strange things on tall poles, such as flags, pieces of paper, hats, fans, and feathers. Duduo also saw a big The lantern gave him a strange feeling in his heart.

Finally, it is lined up at each formation, and the army composed of huge ashigaru is ready. The waiter general, the gun general, the iron cannon general, the ashigaru general, the bow general and the iron cannon group, the long handle group, the bow group, and the horse riding group. The teams were densely packed, and there were even messengers running back and forth between the teams.

They have almost 620 eight people in one team, and 25 people in the other team. Except for Mojima and Kohatamochi, they are basically fighting ashigaru.

These ashigaru wear array hats and ashigaru trunks. Their armor is simple, mostly made of bamboo or leather, and only a small amount of iron is used. However, because Japanese armor likes to be painted, either red or black, it looks mighty. extraordinary.

Duoduo also saw some people on horseback in the army formation, but obviously the short Japanese horses were hardly considered war horses, and the Japanese "cavalry" at this time should be called mounted infantry.

In fact, according to Dodo’s understanding of the Japanese cavalry during these times, although they will have a lot of “cavalry” when the army moves, when it comes to real battles, except for the generals who are absolutely not allowed to dismount, the rest of the “cavalry” must dismount to fight.Some female warriors and banner warriors can also be regarded as real cavalry.

Although the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty also liked to dismount and fight, it was only out of tactical considerations. It is still possible to really want cavalry to charge. It seems that Japan has never heard of Wanqi's charge.

His eyes especially passed over those iron gunners. He knew the reputation of Japanese firearms. Ming Dynasty bird guns were also imported from Japan at first, especially their powerful firearms.

At that time, when the Qing Dynasty was still Jianzhou Jurchen, Shen Zhongyi, the chief secretary of North Korea, went to Jianzhou as an envoy. Chief Ma Chen asked Shen Zhongyi about the situation in Japan. Passing through this helmet is nothing worthwhile." The Jurchens standing on the left and right looked at each other in astonishment.

This powerful bird gun is only the three-money ammunition bird gun in the Ming army, which is the three-barrel iron gun used by the Japanese iron gunners.According to the amount of ammunition they loaded, they ranged from one to fifty barrels, and some samurai even used ten barrels of iron cannons.

The power of this iron cannon can penetrate half a foot thick hardwood at a distance of about twenty steps. It can be said that there are very few shield vehicles that can prevent their bombardment.

Fortunately, there are still few warriors who use ten-barrel iron cannons. Most iron gunners still use three-barrel iron cannons, and a small number of people use six-barrel iron cannons.

What made Doduo even more reassuring was that, in conjunction with many big names, it is estimated that there are only more than 2000 iron gunners in their entire army, which is not as many as the bird gunners on their own side.After all, firearms are not something that just a small vassal can afford. Their famous Oda Nobunaga has only three thousand iron gunners, and he is as powerful as the whole of Japan.

Moreover, Japan has been at peace for too long. The Battle of Sekigahara has passed for more than [-] years. Now that the armies of the various vassals have been abolished, and the shogunate continues to suppress the southwestern vassals. , especially iron gunners, which are very money-burning soldiers.

At this time, they were able to gather two thousand iron gunners, which surprised Doduo.

What made Doduo frown was that he seemed to know that there were a large number of gunmen and archers here, and they were not small. The Japanese army had prepared a large number of bamboo beams and rifles in the positions.

They are proficient and fierce in the use of iron cannon tactics, so in order to prevent bullets from each other, they developed a bulletproof weapon called bamboo beams.Tie together old bamboos with toughness and elasticity, make them more than one foot thick, and arrange them in rows, which can effectively prevent the impact of projectiles.

Doduo has experimented, and the bulletproof effect seems to be no worse than that of the shield car made by one's own side.

If a hole is dug in the bamboo bundle, the iron gunner can hide in it and shoot.

The same is true for the buttocks. The hardwood is several inches thick and as tall as a person. It can effectively protect arrows, and archers can also use it as a cover to shoot arrows.

In particular, the Japanese army came prepared this time. Not only were the formations covered with ordinary bamboo beams and rifles, but also a large number of model bamboo beams and model rifles were prepared in front of the array, which were not only convenient to push and move, but also had holes in them, so that the soldiers could Regardless of whether you shoot arrows or guns, you can hide in it.

Duoduo frowned slightly. One side of the Japanese army's flanks was the sea, and the other side was mountainous. It was not easy for the cavalry to attack from the flanks, so they could only break through from the middle.In that way, we will have to face the Japanese bamboo beams and burrows, and the casualties will be great.

Fortunately, I also have sharp gunners, and for protection, I have prepared a large number of sophisticated shield vehicles, rushing in from the front of them!
Thinking of this, Duoduo looked at Abate who was beside him.

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Amidst the fervent battle drums, the Qing army marched forward on the beat of the drums. They advanced layer upon layer, like a wall. At the front were the gunners of the Han army's banner, then the archers of each banner, and then the armored men of each banner.They marched in unison, layer upon layer of shields, layer upon layer of spears.The farther back, the more dense the long soldiers and tiger guns were, shining brilliantly in the sun.

The Japanese army also began to mobilize before the war. The sound of "hey hey hoo hoo" was endless. The Qing army continued to advance. They maintained a neat battle line with weapons like forests.

Some Ba Yala followed behind on horseback, and at the forefront of the team were hundreds of sophisticated shield vehicles driven by North Korean followers. The guards were thick and covered with cowhide and quilts, which could effectively protect against bullets.Dozens of Mongolian soldiers from the outer domain rushed past the shield chariots, and they rushed to the Japanese army's vehicle model Zhushu, more than a hundred steps in front of the vehicle model, but there was no movement at all.

The Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals came closer and began to use their bows to throw arrows, luring them to shoot from the iron gunners.But it was still quiet there, with occasional groans and groans, which were then suppressed by stern shouts, and most of the arrows thrown by the Mongolian soldiers were blocked by the bamboo beams and rifles in the Japanese formation.

The Mongolian soldiers from the Outer Domain ran even closer, fifty steps into the front of the Japanese army, or even closer, but their firearms still did not move.However, melodious voices of commands came from behind some of the steppers, the voice was quite rhythmic, like an opera singer, and then some huge stepping bows appeared from the side of the steppers.

Those Japanese archers opened their bamboo bows, which were taller than theirs, and pulled them until the full moon, and then let go of the bowstring.

The whistling sound of the arrows was very sharp. Arrows weighing more than two or three taels rushed towards them, and those who hit them immediately fell to the ground with a muffled groan.
While the bowstrings were cracking, Mongolian cavalrymen were shot down to the ground from time to time. Most of them were wearing light armor. How could they block such a very sharp sunbow at close range?Soon, these Mongolian soldiers from the outer vassals drove their horses back with a bang.

Duoduo moved the binoculars, these famous coalition forces are not simple.

But at this time, the Qing army shield chariot had already pushed a hundred steps into the front of the Japanese army, and the orders were heard, and the archers retreated, and the black gun barrels protruded from the openings of the bamboo beams.

All the Qing soldiers lowered their bodies and tried to use the shield carts to cover themselves. The North Koreans pushing the carts also lowered their heads as much as possible and pushed the shield carts forward with both hands.

One hundred paces, ninety paces, eighty paces, seventy paces, suddenly the sound of golden drums came from the Japanese army's main formation, followed by the sound of gunfire, and sharp flames burst out from the openings of each bamboo bundle. , Then thick white smoke filled the air, covering the space of hundreds of bamboo beams in front of the Japanese formation.

Duoduo had a feeling of shock, such a sharp firearm, it seemed that its power would not be much worse than that of the Jingbian Army he had experienced.

He saw some vehicles stopped, obviously some North Korean followers who pushed the carts were shot, but fortunately, the shield carts were excellent, and the Eight Banner gunmen and archers following behind tried to use the vehicles to cover themselves, even if some people were unlucky and were shot. Hit, but the casualties are obviously not serious.

At sixty paces, there was another sound of firing guns, and the flames and smoke formed one piece on the other side of the bamboo beams. It seemed that more people had fallen on the side of the Qing army, and some shield vehicles were also pierced. A six-barreled iron cannon.

Fifty paces later, there was an even more violent sound of firing guns from the Japanese army, and the Japanese army's bamboo beam space was completely covered by smoke.

(End of this chapter)