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

Chapter 833 Worry
More people fell on the side of the Qing army, and screams rang out one after another, but at this time, under the pressure of the Han army gunners behind, the shield chariot quickly pushed thirty steps in front of the Japanese army's bamboo beam.

Then, amidst the sharp swan sound, the first row of nearly a thousand flag gunners of the Han army pulled the trigger behind the shield car, and Duduo saw a series of thick white smoke bursting, and then followed hundreds of shield cars It spread horizontally, and the smoke over the shield car was thick.

The ferocity of this volley would not be inferior to those of the Japanese iron gunners. Doduo saw that their bamboo bundles were smashed into pieces and flying, and some weak points were even pierced, and they hid in the The Japanese iron gunners screamed and fell to the ground one after another.

Twenty paces later, the gunners of the Han army launched another volley, and there were more screams over there. After Doduo saw the bamboo bundles, there were continuous figures of Japanese iron gunners falling to the ground.

Ten steps later, there was another sharp swan sound, the flames in front of the shield car were connected together, and the hoarse howling of many Japanese iron gunners sounded from the bamboo beam.Under the fierce shooting, the bamboo beams of some models were even shot to collapse.

With the sound of trumpets and drums of the Chinese army, there was a burst of orderly shouts, and the archers of all flags behind the shield car stepped forward. They held bows and arrows in their hands in the front row, squatted down with their waists, and separated their steps in a figure-eight shape, shooting directly at close range.The arrows in the latter rows point obliquely to the sky and are projected from a long distance.

The vibrating sound of the bowstring became one piece, and the arrows roared like rain, densely covering the sky.

The archers of the Qing army fired twenty rounds in one breath, and the iron gunners of the Japanese army behind the bamboo beams suffered heavy casualties.The arrows shot by the Qing army were accurate and ruthless. In such a close space, only ten steps away, almost all the arrows they shot were shot in vain.

No matter whether those Japanese iron gunners hid behind the bamboo beams or on both sides of the bamboo beams, as long as they appeared in the sight of the archers, they could not escape their arrows.

The arrows they shot were tricky and vicious, and they kept getting in through the holes of the bamboo beams. The Japanese iron gunners who hid behind the bamboo beams suffered one after another. They were either shot in the eyes or shot in the face. endlessly.

The Japanese archers also kept shooting arrows from both sides of the bamboo beams, but they couldn't suppress the shooting of the Qing army archers.

The sound of shouts and screams rang out together, with some scattered sounds of gunfire from the gunmen on both sides, and the Qing army archers in the last few rows continued to throw their shots, causing confusion and casualties to the Japanese positions behind the bamboo beams.

Seeing the chaos in the Japanese army's position, the drums of the Qing army sounded again, and the armored soldiers behind the archers of each banner began to charge forward.Armed with broadswords and shields, they rushed into the Japanese bamboo beam position without hesitation, and the Qing army archers and Han army flag bird musketeers also followed up to cover and support.

"Win?"

Duoduo saw the chaos in the front line of the Japanese army. The tide of Japanese iron gunners and archers was retreating to the rear, while his own armored soldiers chased after them and continued to slash and kill.

But at this time, the Japanese army's main formation also sounded the sound of trumpets and drums. The two wings of their crane wing formation and the first-hand preparation formation at the front of the two wings began to move. The first move is still not moving.

"These Japanese warriors are still a little different."

Doduo thought in his heart, when he watched their army move, the spearheads moved together, maintaining a rhythm, and there was a feeling of unity.

When they attacked, the spearmen also lined up in several rows, and then rushed up row by row.There were 20 to 30 of them in each row. When the front row came over, the long bamboo knives and bamboo guns slapped their armored soldiers in a mess, and the back row took the opportunity to stab their armored soldiers to the ground one by one. .

But it is the tactic called "gun quilt" in the Japanese country, with 20 to 30 people in each row and besieged side by side.Every time they lined up, they slapped in the front row and stabbed in the back row, taking each row as a unit to assassinate in turn, like a big quilt covering each other.

No matter how brave our armored soldiers are, every time they face the long spear team and besiege one or several people side by side, they will inevitably feel a little flustered.Faced with this kind of front-row shooting and back-row stabbing quilt tactics, they were caught off guard, and more and more people fell under their bamboo guns.

Watching them fight in formation, neat and uniform, with guns in formation, is quite like the military formation of the Qin and Han Dynasties in the ancient Central Plains.

In Doduo's mind, the Qi family army in the past, as well as the Jingbian army now, and the new army of the Ming Dynasty all emphasized military formations, which are completely different from the family army that fights alone.

The momentum of the armored soldiers' entry stagnated, but after all, they had been in battle for a long time and quickly changed their tactics. They took out their bows and arrows and shot at the ashigaru gunmen at close range.Archers from all the flags also followed, arrows covering them like a rainstorm.

At this time, the Japanese army's iron gunners and archers were being defeated, and a small number of iron gunners and archers in the front line were powerless to resist the Qing army's archers.Only the crude ashigaru gunmen who lost their cover suffered heavy casualties under the arrow rain. They followed in the footsteps of the iron gunners in front, and fled back screaming.

The armored soldiers of the Qing army took the opportunity to rush forward, and they used the same tactics to defeat the second vanguard on the two wings again.

The Qing army immediately threw themselves into Baya La, followed by nearly a thousand heavy cavalry, all heavily armored, and then...

Seeing the southwestern allied forces on the opposite side retreat hastily under their own attack, and finally formed a frenzy of fleeing, Duoduo smiled on his face.

"Won……"

……

In the Kurume War in August, the coalition forces of the Southwest Domain were defeated. More than 1 of them were killed or injured. The rest were chased hard by the Qing cavalry.Duoduo and Abatai accepted their surrender and organized some of them into the Eight Banners Japanese Army.

After this great victory, Abatai could no longer suppress the desire of Duduo and others to attack Nagasaki. After entering Nagasaki, in just three days, the city of Nagasaki and the castle tower fell.

The coalition forces plundered for four full days in and out of Nagasaki. They robbed and ravaged to their heart's content, no matter ordinary town dwellers' residences or wealthy Ueya temples, no matter local flower streets or foreign business houses, poor and rich foreigners, all They plunder their captives.

Although the vassals who surrendered were Japanese, they also tried their best when they robbed, venting their resentment against the shogunate on the soldiers and civilians of Nagasaki City.They murdered and set fire, committed all kinds of crimes, and finally set a fire that turned the whole of Nagasaki into ashes, and the majestic castle tower burned for five full days before it was extinguished.

Nagasaki is the only port city that opened to the outside world during the period of Japan's national isolation. It has a unique exotic atmosphere. Walking in the streets and alleys of Nagasaki, you can see cultural traces of the mixed influence of the West and the East everywhere.There are various Chinese houses, Dejima Rankan, and a large number of Ming and Dutch ship merchants.

There is also Maruyama Younv Alley, which is known as the three major fireworks alleys in Japan together with Edo Yoshiwara and Kyoto Shimabara. The flower street culture is very prosperous here. There are hundreds of brothels opened, and the number of wandering women is as many as one thousand and hundreds.There is also a brothel street, Maruyama Town and Jihe Town.

There is also a permanent population of more than [-], which has recently increased to [-].Because the Qing army was raging in the feudal clans of Kyushu, but never attacked Nagasaki, it was rumored that the Qing soldiers did not dare to attack the direct rulers of the shogunate. Rich families and refugees fled one after another, causing the population of Nagasaki to increase dramatically.

Now it's all over the place.

Even Nagasaki Makoto, who was in charge of administration and overseas trade, was burned to the ground.

……

The fall of Nagasaki shocked the whole of Japan. The shogunate could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and turned a blind eye. In particular, the Qing army then crossed Shimonoseki and entered Honshu Island. Marching status.

The shogunate finally took action, but the way they acted was somewhat unexpected by Duduo and others.

In September of the 16th year of Chongzhen, a huge fleet sailed to Japan, led by seven or eight European-style brigs and three-masted sailing ships, and more than 100 Fuchuan and Cantonese ships of various sizes, none of which The exceptions are the flags with Zheng characters hanging on them.

In addition, there are several European warships flying the Orange flag, the blue cross flag on a white background, the St. George's cross flag, and the purple lion flag in the fleet, forming a very large fleet.

They were driving on the rippling sea, cutting through the waves, and kept moving forward.

It is the joint crusade army formed by Zheng Zhilong and European countries!
……

"Zheng Zhilong sent troops?"

Wang Dou was a little regretful when he got the information. He already understood the process of the matter. After all, the Qing Dynasty was a small border country and did not understand the world situation.

Although the Zheng family is not worth mentioning on land, it is a colossus on the sea. At this time, the southeast coast, even the Dutch and the Spaniards dare not compete with it.

They also have great interests in Japan. They earn more than tens of millions of taels of silver every year just by selling the maritime pass flag at a high price.This time, the Qing army plundered Nagasaki and captured all the resident ship merchants, which not only cut off Zheng Zhilong’s financial resources, but also cut off the financial resources of Western countries. After all, Nagasaki was Japan’s only foreign trading port at this time.

If the Qing army is capable, that's all, but their navy is not worth mentioning.

Most of the ships they used in their expedition to Japan this time were Korean ships. If the Daming Navy did not intervene, they could deal with it calmly. After all, the Japanese navy is not worth mentioning.

But Zheng made a move, and they also formed a joint fleet with European countries.

This is also inevitable. Zheng Zhilong and the Dutch have too much interest in Japan. The rest of the countries are also very eager for the Japanese market. They have to pay a certain price in the shogunate, such as allowing them to trade, or opening a few more ports. All parties join forces Nothing could be more normal.

After Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third-generation shogun of the shogunate, tended to lock up the country after he came to power, except for the Ming Dynasty and the Dutch, the British, Spaniards, and Portuguese were gradually excluded from the Japanese market. At this time, they also joined forces to send troops. What promise made them tempted.

Wang Dou guessed that Dorgon would soon stop his offensive in Japan, then reach a compromise with the shogunate, and finally withdraw from Japan.

After all, even with the addition of the coalition forces of various countries, the shogunate still couldn't stop the Qing army from attacking on land, and they couldn't afford to let Zheng Zhilong and others live on the seaside to patrol and guard for a long time, and their self-esteem would not allow them to let foreign fleets live in Japan for a long time.

Tokugawa Iemitsu is well-known for being wary of foreigners, and most of the immediate losses are from the southwestern feudal clans that are hostile to him. It is not certain that the shogunate hates the Qing Dynasty, so the final agreement should be that the Qing army withdraws from Japan and promises not to attack again. Plunder, this matter is over.

How things will go, Wang Dou will wait and see, but after Dorgon withdrew his troops from Japan, he put his energy back to Daming, which is not a good thing.

The plague incident has also come to an end. Judging from the information obtained so far, the capital and other places have suffered great losses, especially the capital camp. Hong Chengchou seems to be seriously ill.

Also in Shaanxi, the thieves are attacking Kaifeng more and more urgently, Sun Chuanting has become more and more unable to withstand the pressure of the court, it seems that he will leave the customs soon.

Will he still lose like history?
The autumn rain fell again with a patter of rain, first the rain streaks, and then gradually formed a rain curtain.

Seeing the rain getting heavier and heavier, and the torrential rain hitting the eaves continuously, Wang Dou slowly felt a little worried.

(End of this chapter)