Wanli 1592

Chapter 224 The Last Scene Before Tadakatsu Honda
Facing the unfavorable situation, Tokugawa Ieyasu began to think about tactics, but he soon discovered in frustration that the only way he could think of was to pose a threat to the Ming army, except for artillery bombardment, because what he could think of, The famous generals and military advisers of the Toyotomi Army can also think of it, and they must have used it, but the entire army was wiped out. The Ming army in front of them is obviously experienced in hundreds of battles, and it is unknown how many Toyotomi troops have killed. soldiers.

Tokugawa Ieyasu had a premonition that he had no other way to deal with this Ming army other than mobilizing a large number of artillery to fight against the Ming army. The heavy attack lost too much. Even if he could break through the artillery defense line, he did not know how many people would be lost in the end. , His elite team of 3 people is his confidence in Dingdingtianxia. Once his troops lose too much, let alone Dingdingtianxia and Toyotomi's army, whether he can gain a leadership position in the Eastern League will be a matter of debate.

Not to mention that at this moment, in the east of Iwami country, there is another Toyotomi army fighting Kuroda Rushui. Kuroda Rushui should be able to stop that Toyotomi army, but if it cannot be completely wiped out, it will be very difficult for the current The war situation didn't help, and he still had to face quite serious problems.

However, can he choose to retreat and not fight the Ming army?This is obviously not possible. If he retreats after a battle and stops attacking, his subordinates will think that he is afraid of the Ming army, and his subordinates and soldiers will also be afraid of the Ming army and dare not fight with it. , This is very detrimental to the long-term development of Japan. They cannot be afraid of any opponents. Once they are afraid, they will not be able to get out of the archipelago.

Tokugawa Ieyasu decided to bite the bullet and launch a strong attack, and moved the only five artillery pieces to the front line to shoot at the Ming army. No matter what, he would always tear a hole, giving the Japanese army the possibility of breaking through the defense line and fighting the Ming army at close range. Only by fighting can the advantage of the large number of Japanese troops be used. The Japanese army in a long-distance battle cannot even attack the Ming army, let alone kill them.

Honda Zhongsheng's horse was killed, and he fell down in front of the battle, losing face. He was a little confused before, but he didn't react. Now that he has reacted, the whole person is not well, blushing like a monkey's butt Fight hard, deeply ashamed, and strongly demand the whole army to fight again.

And this time he asked to use cavalry, because he noticed that part of the Ming army's camp was set up on flat ground. As long as the cavalry could rush over to open the gap, the infantry behind could keep up with the main camp, and the losses might be a little bigger. But it's better than not being able to touch the Ming army camp.

Tokugawa Ieyasu thought about it, and found that the situation in front of him could only allow such a tactic. If such a tactic was not used, it is estimated that his five cannons would not be of much use.

All these changes were clearly seen by Luo Shangzhi standing on a high place with a binoculars. He quickly judged that the Japanese army planned to dispatch cavalry. The speed is fast, once it rushes up, if there are no obstacles, the artillery will not be very effective.

Without the protection of the large shield soldiers and pikemen, the musketeers could not fight the cavalry on the plains. Fortunately, there were camps and repelling horses. It was not so easy for the Japanese cavalry to rush over, so Luo Shangzhi ordered the blunderbuss team to light The matchlock is ready to fire, and the three-stage shooting tactics are ready.

The gunmen of the Ming army relied on the protection of the barracks, and the artillery team retreated to the second line, but the shotgun team did not retreat to the second line. Considering the strong mobility of the cavalry, Luo Shangzhi planned to use shotguns to add a layer of insurance to the blocking. , and let the sword and shield soldiers retreat, the sword and shield soldiers without long weapons are not the opponents of the cavalry, and they will die if they go up.

Luo Shangzhi's arrangement was correct. Honda Zhongsheng led the cavalry to launch a desperate charge with the determination to die. The speed was getting faster and faster. The Ming army came in a hurry and did not have time to dig the trap. This is a big disadvantage. Resisting horses, but it was too late to cover the front of the entire camp, so there was an open field in front of the entire front camp, which was very suitable for cavalry to charge.

It is not that the blunderbusses of the Ming army have no experience in dealing with cavalry, but they have no experience in dealing with cavalry in such a state. Seeing the cavalry rushing closer and closer, they still did not enter the range of the blunderbuss. The psychological pressure is very great. Almost everyone of the blunderbusses has thought about why there is no musket with longer range, greater power and accuracy for them to equip. The existing blunderbuss can no longer satisfy them.

It's no wonder that the Liaodong Army doesn't like to use bird guns.

"Raise the gun!!"

The Japanese cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the Ming army's musketeers had only one chance to fire their guns. After a three-stage strike was completed, they had to retreat quickly without hesitation or hesitation.

There are plenty of people who are more nervous than them.

Ben Duo Zhongsheng also felt his scalp tingle when he looked at the densely packed black muzzles of the Ming army, but as the chief general, he had to take the lead in charging. The moment they rushed into the range of the Ming army, Ming's nervous heart beat The blunderbuss finally got the order.

"Fire!!"

thump thump thump—————

As bursts of gunshots rang out, a cloud of thick smoke filled the entire front line. The well-trained pistols did not love to fight. They retreated immediately after a shot was fired, and the second team immediately followed. 21 Shooting at the front for a while, and then ran away after the shooting, the third team followed, and ran away after the shooting, regardless of whether there was a group of people on the opposite side turning their backs on their backs, but when they heard the sound of horseshoes getting closer, the pistols were really frightened, I don't know if this fence can stop the charge of the cavalry that slipped through the net, anyway, let's run first.

After the pawns had finished withdrawing, the appearance of the big killers behind them was revealed. There were bright black cannon carts, which were shotguns of the Ming army, specially designed to deal with cavalry charging, although they could only shoot Once, but after this round of shooting, the four or five hundred cavalrymen are almost finished. After all, a thousand rounds of lead bullets were fired before.

Honda Tadakatsu was lucky. He only saw his comrades and subordinates around him being hit and fell off their horses one by one. Seeing that the fence of the Ming army was in front of him, he felt that he couldn't get over it. Because of this, many people were thrown off by the horses and fell to the ground. Less than a third of the cavalry were able to charge, and Tadakatsu Honda was one of them.

He was lucky enough to rush to the fence, and the death of his comrades and subordinates made him manic. He raised the spear in his hand fiercely, smashed the temporary fence of the Ming army with one blow, and the rest of the cavalry rushed Keep up, try your best to destroy these fences, and follow the fleeing pawns to kill them, but you don't notice the artillery left behind after the pawns retreat.

"fire!!"

The shotgun exploded, and the stones and lead quickly tore apart the bodies of the charging Japanese cavalry, directly smashing them into blood mist.

The last scene before Tadakatsu Honda's eyes was a stone approaching rapidly...

(End of this chapter)