Chapter 545: Battle (Page 1/1)

After listening to Zhang Dou's words, Shimazu Yoshihiro was silent. Zhang Dou said very reasonably, you can't pay nothing, let Changxing Army work hard in a word!

What can the Shimazu family give? Silver? The Shimazu family still owes the Changxing Army the silver and has not paid it off. Population? In recent years, wars have been waged, and the plundered population has been sent to Changsheng Island in exchange for arms.

Land? The kind of barren land of the Wa Kingdom, can the Changxing Army look at it? The last is loyalty, they have sworn allegiance to Zhang Dou, what else can they give?

For a while, Shimazu Yoshihiro was stunned on the spot and didn't know how to answer, and Zhang Dou in the seat was not in a hurry at all. Slowly and methodically, he drank dry tea and said, "The Changxing Army needs Ezo Island, I don't know if the Shimazu family may help the Changxing Army do it!" ”

Shimazu Yoshihiro was a little stunned after hearing this, but the people living on Ezo Island were Anuyi. They lived a fish-hunting life and did not obey the orders of the shogunate at all.

There is only a small daimyo on the island, and there is no comparison with their Samoto at all. Thinking that he could exchange a piece of someone else's land for the rise of Samosa, Shimazu Yoshihiro agreed without hesitation. Zhang Dou was not afraid of the Satsuma Domain's remorse, and if he could support the Shimazu family, they would be easily destroyed. As for the fulfillment of the contract, it is nothing more than handing over Ezo Island to the Satsuma clan first, and then handing it over to the Changxing Army.

Zhang Dou immediately told Shimazu Yoshihiro that the Changxing Army needed a month to prepare. By October at the latest, the Changxing army would take action against the shogunate, and Satsuma would only need to hold out for a while.

Receiving accurate information, Satsuma bought 5,000 arquebuses and 30 3-pounder guns, and with the help of these weapons, they were confident that they could once again withstand the shogunate's attack.

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In the blink of an eye, it was October, and the battlefield ten miles wide in Chikuzen was already devastated. In many places, there was still curling smoke of gunpowder, and a tattered shogunate flag was planted diagonally on the ground, as if to tell people about the tragedy of the great battle just now.

The corpses lay strewn to the cold ground, and many of the soldiers were still staring in horror before they died, and they were reluctant to speak silently.

As if venting the resentment of death, a broken leg in the battlefield slowly crawls, but the target is the main battle that can never be reached.

Suddenly, a desolate trumpet sounded, followed by the sound of war drums. A large banner appeared on the horizon in the distance, and nearly 10,000 soldiers wearing bamboo armor marched forward.

On the other hand, Shimazu Nakayoko himself sat on the chariot and slammed the drum on the chariot with a drumstick. Cheered on by the head of the family himself, Satsuma's Ashigaru erupted in a burst of shouts and pressed in the direction of the shogunate coalition forces.

Shimazu Nakayoko's side, an officer of the Changxing Army in iron armor looked at Ashigaru on the march, and his face showed a hint of disdain.

After marching fifty paces, you have to stop and form a whole formation, otherwise the whole formation will be chaotic. With such training, the Changxing army is not even as strong as the young and strong, but it is a rare strong army in the Japanese country.

The two sides stood a mile apart, and Shimazu Nakayoko stopped beating the drum. The activity just now made his face flush, and his chest rose and fell violently.

"General Ma! Shall we first use artillery to fight a round, and wait for the enemy to attack in a chaotic position. Shimazu asked cautiously.

This Mabao-sama was a key figure sent by the Nagako Army to assist him in commanding the army against the Shogunate coalition forces, and he had to be careful even if he lived in the family.

The corners of Ma Bao's mouth curled and said, "Don't worry! It's never too late to wait for the opponent to attack, you have to trust your firecrackers, they can easily win against the Shogunate coalition! Ma Bao said confidently.

If the five thousand musketeers in front of him were the Changxing army, Ma Bao was confident that he would defeat any enemy. Even the musketeers trained by the Satsuma clan would not have a hard time winning against the shogunate's ashigaru, who was armed with old-fashioned iron cannons and bamboo guns.

The key lies in the 2,000 cavalry behind the shogunate coalition army, and the impact of the short war horse can make the foot soldiers collapse.

The previous major casualties were caused by these cavalry to Satsuma, which is why Shimazu Chuyoko was so nervous.

Mabo had a way to deal with the cavalry, and although it sounded quite successful, Shimazu Nakayoko still had no idea that he planned to crush the Shogunate coalition forces outside of range.

That would certainly be a crushing battle, but Marbao wanted a big victory to boost Samosa's confidence so that they could hold on until the success of the commander's plan.

The desolate trumpet sounded again, and the Shogunate coalition forces began to attack. Facing the shogunate coalition army that shouted to kill the heavens, Samosa's ashigaru was a little uneasy.

Every time they were about to crush the enemy in front of them, the shogunate cavalry was always able to crush their flanks.

Looking at the shogunate cavalry waiting to attack in the distance, no one was sure of winning this battle.

Soon the artillery of Satsuma was fired, and more than forty guns roared at the same time, which shook the ears of the soldiers in the front row.

At this moment, the power of the rapid-fire cannon was fully displayed, and the continuous artillery bombardment hit the front of the shogunate coalition army with heavy casualties.

The distance of fifty paces is again the moment of the satsuma arquebus performance. At this distance, the shogunate's iron cannons were completely lethal, and they had to travel to thirty paces or closer under cannon fire.

The two sides suffered heavy casualties before the shogunate coalition could take over, and the cavalry commander Komijiro at the back of the team showed a look of disdain. This is the case every time, the waste ashigaru is only worthy of being cannon fodder for consumption, and it is up to them to win the victory by their cavalry samurai.

He swung his sword forward, and two thousand cavalry rushed into the right flank of Satsuma in a torrent. When the soldiers of Satsuma saw the appearance of the shogunate cavalry, they immediately felt a little restless.

When Ma Bao on the chariot saw it, he immediately waved the red order flag. Immediately from the right flank of the foot rushed out dozens of red turbaned Japanese people, who were shirtless and wearing only a heavy vest, and rushed towards the shogunate cavalry.

Xiao Mijiro was slightly stunned when he saw the people rushing out of the Samoto team, this group of people rushed towards the cavalry without taking any weapons, did they send them to death?

He soon got his answer, and the sound of explosions rang out in the cavalry. The shogunate cavalry was overturned on the spot by the bombed man, and Komiburo was killed on the spot.

The rest of the horses were also frightened and ran around, and some of the knights who were still dragging their horses crashed into their own ranks.

"Master of the Shimazu family! It's time to attack with all your troops! Ma Bao whispered to remind Shimazu Nakayoko, who had already looked stupid.

Shimazu Nakayoko never imagined that victory would come so quickly, and it would be so easy to deal with the invincible cavalry.

It only takes dozens of people and more than 1,000 catties of gunpowder to pay. Why didn't you think you were a pig before?

After Ma Bao's reminder, he immediately ordered the whole army to attack. Even his most precious 500 cavalry was released, and the shogunate coalition army fled in disarray.

This great victory finally stabilized Samosa's defense line and withstood the aggressive momentum of the shogunate's coalition forces.

However, in Shimazu Zhongheng's heart, he hoped that Zhang Dou's reinforcements would arrive as soon as possible, because they were almost unable to support it.

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