When the main forces of Zhang Mao and Liu Jin successfully captured Hyogo-nojin and threatened the core areas of Kyoto and Muromachi of the Japanese Empire, in the Kanto region, the 10,000-strong army led by Wang Shouren also fought against the Uesugi family, the overlord of the Kanto region.
Together.
The Uesugi family was also an extremely powerful family in the Japanese country. In this era, the Uesugi family was divided into two important branches. One was Ogitani Uesugi, who dominated the Tokyo metropolitan area, the core of the Kanto region, and the other was Yamauchi Uesugi. Likewise,
They are also a wealthy family in the northern region of Kyushu, Japan.
Because they already knew about the Ming army's invasion in advance, the Uesugi family relied on their important influence in the Kanto region and the northern part of the Japanese island of Kyushu.
They had also contacted other surrounding wealthy families early, such as Takeda, Hojo, Miki, Murakami and other wealthy families. They deployed heavy troops in the Kanto region and gathered an army of more than 10,000 people, preparing to give the Ming army a severe lesson.
They knew how powerful the Japanese were.
The governor of the Uesugi family, Nori Uesugi, said that it would be irrelevant to all the Ming troops. After all, in the Kanto region, the Uesugi family had never been afraid of anyone.
However, this time, their opponent was the Ming army who was armed to the teeth, with powerful artillery, advanced equipment, and sharp weapons such as flintlock muskets. More importantly, their commander was Wang Shouren.
On the empty Guandong Plain, the armies of both sides faced each other. The smoke before the war filled this fertile land. No one had an advantage in terms of numbers, and they were evenly matched.
This made Uesugi Clan secretly relieved. The original news he received was that tens of thousands of Ming troops came to Japan this time, but now only 10,000 came to attack his Uesugi clan.
On the one hand, this made him feel relieved, but at the same time, he also felt that he was being despised.
The Uesugi clan is not comparable to the Otomo clan. Of the two Uesugi clans, any one of them will be more powerful than the Otomo clan, not to mention that they are now united together with the armies of many wealthy families around them.
With tens of thousands of troops in hand, Uesugi Ushiken's self-confidence was extremely inflated, and he did not even plan to rely on the city to mediate with the Ming army, wear down the Ming army, attack the Ming army's supply lines, or anything like that.
Instead, they chose a head-on battle to defeat the Ming troops in front of them in one fell swoop and let them know how powerful the Japanese were. The Japanese could do whatever they wanted, and it was beyond their control.
He has already thought about it. After defeating these Ming troops, he will continue to impose heavy taxes on Ming Dynasty merchant ships coming to the Kanto region. Moreover, he has heard about the Golden Continent and plans to organize a fleet to go to the Golden Continent.
The Golden Continent, which is full of gold, must not be left to the sole use of the Akito family. They, the Japanese, also have to join in. There are only ten ships. A trip to the Golden Continent can bring back thirty million taels of wealth.
With such huge wealth, he could directly unify the entire Japanese country.
This time, he was able to persuade the surrounding daimyo to send troops to support him. Not only did he think that the Ming Dynasty army was pressing down on the border, it was a war between Japan and the Ming Dynasty. More importantly, Uesugi Ushiken promised everyone a bright future and won the Ming Dynasty.
After the army.
The Uesugi family will take everyone to the Golden Continent to make a fortune, and more importantly, they have heard that the Golden Continent is vast and fertile, but there is no powerful country like the Golden Continent.
This is definitely a fatal temptation for Japanese people.
Any ambitious Japanese wants to enter the mainland and enter the vast land instead of being limited to the island country forever. They didn’t know about Golden Continent before, but now they know it, and they also know how to get to Golden Continent. The Japanese country
There are many people who are excited.
Not only the Uesugi clan, but also the Ouchi clan, the Shimazu clan, the Hatakeyama clan and even the shogunate were all interested, and they were all thinking about whether they could go to Golden Island to open up a new world.
"As you can see, the Ming army we have to face this time is only 10,000. There is no difference in number from us. They have come from afar and are exhausted, but we are waiting for work."
"As long as we defeat the Ming army in front of us, these Ming warships in the bay will never escape our grasp. With these ships, we can go to the Golden Continent, and then shiploads of gold will be transported back.
We have money that we can’t spend all our money.”
Uesugi Uesugi pointed at the heavily guarded Ming army on the opposite side, and said with a smile to several other family members around him.
"I heard that the Golden Continent is full of gold~"
"I have also read the newspapers from the Ming Dynasty. In fact, there is no need to go to Golden Island at all. There are a large number of gold mines in a place called Yuxi in the north of Ezo Island in our country."
"This fish stream is so close to our Japanese country. We can completely mine it. We must not take advantage of Mingren."
"After defeating Mingren, we will guard this route from now on. If Mingren wants to go to the Golden Continent, he will have to pay taxes to us. By then, we will have endless gold sitting at home."
When the people next to me heard this, they also laughed and started talking to each other.
Thanks to the intensive exchanges with the Ming Dynasty, they also know a lot about the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty Morning News is the best way to understand the Ming Dynasty. It is also very popular in the Japanese country. People regularly sell the Ming Dynasty Morning News to the Japanese country.
Come.
After the Ming Dynasty's Ming Dynasty Morning Post, which only cost a few cents per copy, arrived in the Japanese country, any copy would cost dozens of taels of silver. The key was that the big names in the Japanese country were still rushing to get it, because the things published in the Ming Dynasty Morning Post could make them understand.
Things about the Ming Dynasty can also be learned about some of the world outside the Ming Dynasty.
On the other side, on a hillside, Wang Shouren was riding on a tall horse, holding a telescope to look at the opponent's Japanese formation, and carefully thinking about how to annihilate these Japanese pirates.
"With such a dense formation, I will let you know how powerful the Miyun Cannon is later~"
"These lightfoots need to use muskets and bows to attack each other. After opening a gap, the cavalry will rush in, cut up their formation, and finally slowly surround them."
With a telescope and standing at a high place, he could clearly grasp the enemy's formation. Wang Shouren quickly had a rough battle plan.
"That one should be the head of the Uesugi family, Uesugi Ukenori."
Soon, Wang Shouren discovered the location of Uesugi Uesugi. It was not difficult to find him. After all, the daimyo's dress and the appearance of the Japanese people around him made it easy to find Uesugi's location.
"Come here~"
Wang Shouren shouted almost without thinking.
"Sir~"
One person came over quickly.
"Tell the artilleryman to aim at the position behind me and kill all those on horseback."
Wang Shouren pointed to the position of the Japanese camp and said.
"Yes~"
When the other party heard this, he quickly conveyed Wang Shouren's order.
"Woo~"
The confrontation between the two sides did not last long. Soon, the sound of war drums and howls began to sound, and a chilling air filled the air, making everyone who participated couldn't help but tighten their grip.
Weapon in hand.
Here in the Ming Army's artillery camp, the person responsible for directing the shooting quickly received Wang Shouren's order and immediately began to calculate parameters and readjust the shooting angle.
"Distance 3 miles, wind speed level 3, angle increased by 2 degrees, three rapid fire rounds, open fire~"
Soon, as an order was issued, a flag fell heavily.
The Miyun artillery that had been prepared long ago began to spray out streams of flames, and at the same time, a deafening sound resounded through the sky, and the shells flew rapidly towards the Japanese army.
"Boom~"
Like a thunderbolt from the blue, a deafening sound came from afar, causing the Japanese pirate army, which was advancing in formation step by step, to be slightly startled, and then they all looked up to the sky.
In the clear sky, they saw shells coming from far and near, falling on their heads in the blink of an eye, like raindrops, very dense.
There are hundreds of cannons, all of which are Miyun cannons. They fire very fast, one after another, like a tide, with no intention of stopping.
A wave of hundreds of cannonballs landed very accurately on the Japanese pirate army, causing countless blood sprays in an instant. The huge inertia of the cannonballs carried terrible destructive power.
Almost all the Japanese pirates hit by the cannonballs were dead. Some of the cannonballs were still bouncing on the ground and ejected a bloody arc.
Thousands of cannonballs were fired at a rapid rate and fell into the Japanese pirate camp, causing the entire army to collapse in an instant. The numerous Japanese pirates' faces turned pale with fear. Faced with such terrifying cannonballs coming from above their heads, they began to flee in terror.
For a moment, they trampled on each other, and more people died under their own feet than under the shells.
Wherever the Japanese pirates were, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and the blood gathered into streams on the earth, and the earth was dyed red.
"Steady~Steady~"
"Bagya Road~"
Some people tried desperately to maintain the formation, but they all ended in failure. Facing such terrible shells, they were really frightened.
It's really terrifying. It can attack from several miles away. The key is that there are too many shells.
One or two cannonballs are nothing, but hundreds of cannonballs are falling, and everyone's formation is so dense, it's like the cannonballs have eyes, designed to burrow into crowded places.
If this shell hits, at least several people will die, and there is no way to stop it.
Even if someone raised a thick shield in his hand, in the face of huge inertia, not to mention a wooden shield, even a shield made of steel would be smashed to pieces.
"This~ Akito is going to fire?"
Uesugi Ken Uesugi was riding on his BMW, listening to the loud noise and looking at the flying shells, a little unbelievable.
They also had artillery, but the Japanese artillery technology was very backward, and the attack range of the forged artillery was very limited. It was impossible to launch an attack from such a long distance.
Before he could figure out these artillery pieces, he saw some shells falling very accurately on their heads.
"Protect the Governor~"
The samurai of the Uesugi family immediately panicked. Someone quickly held a thick shield in front of Uesugi Nori. At the same time, many samurai also surrounded Uesugi Nori.
However, all this was in vain. They were the targets to be taken care of, and dense artillery shells fell towards this area, instantly bringing up clouds of blood.
Uesugi Ukenori was very unlucky. A cannonball smashed his men and horses to pieces, and the entire army was suddenly leaderless.
"Haha, well done~"
Wang Shouren had been watching the situation of the Japanese pirate army with a telescope. When he saw that the Japanese pirate army was in chaos, Uesugi Ujiken's location was also attacked in a sweeping manner, resulting in heavy casualties.
He couldn't help shouting with joy.
"Now is a good opportunity. You can easily kill them by rushing up."
He was keenly aware that the fighter plane was coming. He drew out the sword in his hand and waved the sword.
"Attack~"
After giving the order, Wang Shouren took the lead, riding his own horse like a whirlwind towards the Japanese army.
Yes, you read that right. He is a civil servant, a civil servant who took the imperial examination. Now he is riding on a horse, holding a sword, and leading the charge like a general on the battlefield.
Behind Wang Shouren, everyone was stunned.
Everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.
Everyone knows that Wang Shouren was the second-ranked scholar in the Hanlin Academy last year, and he also looked like a thin scholar.
But such a civil servant, who everyone thought was powerless, actually took the lead and killed him. With such speed and momentum, he was just like a veteran on the battlefield who had fought many battles. He didn't have a trace of fear, and seemed to have everything in mind.
There is absolutely nothing to fear.
"I'll go~ This is too fierce~"
"Niu, I'm convinced~"
"Is this still the Hanlin Academy of the Hanlin Academy?"
"Is he a military commander or are we the military commanders?"
Everyone was dumbfounded, and everyone couldn't help but exclaimed.
No need to say anything, they all followed closely and started to kill each other.
Military generals also want to save face, okay?
You, a civil servant, a Hanlin scholar, and a seemingly powerless scholar, rushed in front of these generals. How should they stand up now?
Do you still want this face?
With commander Wang Shouren leading the charge, the entire army began to press towards the Japanese pirates. At the same time, the artillery continued to attack.
The roaring cannons overhead, the deafening sound of shelling and shouts in the ears, and the horses running continuously. There was no wave on Wang Shouren's face, and the long sword in his hand was slanted behind him, as if he was already hungry.
This time when we came to Japan, there were thousands of cavalry among the tens of thousands of troops. This was also newly formed. Emperor Hongzhi was rich. He won another battle last year, obtained a high-quality war horse, and formed a cavalry army of 10,000 people.
This time, almost all of the thousands of cavalry were led by Wang Shouren. Thousands of war horses were galloping on the ground. The whole ground was trembling, and the rumbling sound came from far to near.
Among the Japanese army, the frightened Japanese felt the shaking of the earth and thought there was an earthquake. Then they looked at the thousands of cavalry rushing over, their eyes wide open.
There has never been such a large-scale cavalry on this small island country.