The dull sound of horse hooves came from far and near, and thousands of cavalry galloped rapidly on the vast Kanto Plain, heading toward the Japanese army at lightning speed.
The person rushing at the front was Wang Shouren, who was dressed in red. He looked thin, but he was like a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time. He was very calm, and there was no trace of wavering or fear in his eyes.
"Boom~"
The artillery was still bombarding continuously, and the deafening sound of artillery shelling resounded through the sky. There were roaring shells overhead. The rumbling sound of artillery shelling mixed with the sound of cavalry's hooves, forming a prelude to death. All the Japanese saw the people rushing over from the ground.
When riding the cavalry, I couldn't help but change my face.
In this small island country, no one has been able to form a cavalry force of several thousand people since ancient times. Even when the shogunate was at its peak, it was absolutely impossible to have the luxury of forming such a cavalry force.
Therefore, in the wars of the Japanese country, there was never any cavalry attack. They mostly relied on long spears to compete with each other to see whose spear was longer.
At this moment, facing the cavalry rushing towards them like a tidal wave or a typhoon, before the people arrived, a momentum like a mountain torrent had already pressed over them, making it difficult to breathe.
If there was no shelling, they could still maintain their formation, and maybe they could rely on their formation to withstand one or two attacks. However, the terrible artillery disrupted the Japanese formation, and everyone scattered to avoid it.
This unlucky guy was even killed by a cannonball. The group was leaderless and in chaos.
"Kill~"
Wang Shouren, who was riding a horse, looked at the Japanese who were getting closer and closer. He held the reins tightly with his left hand, waved the sword in his right hand slightly, and then roared angrily.
"Kill~"
Following Wang Shouren's roar, the cavalry following him also roared with loud and murderous intent.
"Pfft~"
The cavalry attacked very quickly, and soon Wang Shouren took the lead and rushed in. With a slight wave of the sword in his hand, he instantly raised an ugly head.
The same is true for the cavalry who followed closely. The sword produced in the Miyun Iron Factory in their hands is specially made for the cavalry. It is extremely sharp. You don't need to wield it. You only need to hold the sword and rely on the huge inertia to form a terrifying blow.
Lethality.
A cavalryman is like a sharp blade. Wherever it passes, it stirs up countless bloody flowers, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves and sweeping away clouds.
Thousands of cavalrymen encountered almost no obstruction and penetrated the entire Japanese army in an extremely short time. Behind them were bloody roads.
Wang Shouren's body was covered in blood, but it was all the blood of the enemy. His eyes were red, and he was in an extremely excited state. War is the most bloody place.
The vast plains are most suitable for cavalry combat. After a detour, Wang Shouren led his cavalry to charge forward again.
"Give me some sand~"
A Japanese warrior looked at everything around him. The mighty army had disappeared, corpses were everywhere, and blood gathered into small pools of blood. Some Japanese who survived had no fighting spirit and fled across the vast plains like bereaved dogs.
This is not how the war was fought, the Ming army was really bullying.
First artillery, then cavalry, these are not familiar routines.
In the past, it shouldn't have been a competition between the Lightfoots to see whose spear was longer, then everyone's swordsmanship, and finally a big fight.
But this time, it's not the familiar routine at all.
They were completely blindsided.
However, there are still some warriors who have a tenacious will to fight, and they gather some troops to wave the katana swords in their hands to defend the honor of their own warriors.
Wang Shouren's eyes were firm and he had focused on a group of people early on. There were hundreds of people gathered here. The leading warrior seemed to be well-dressed. He should be a noble or something, and the armor on his body looked very impressive.
"Kill~"
With a roar, thousands of cavalry charged forward again, and the earth continued to tremble.
"Give me some sand~"
Seeing Wang Shouren rushing at the front, a group of warriors rushed forward one after another. The samurai swords in their hands flashed with cold light, and their eyes were firm. They were all warriors who had undergone rigorous training.
"Keng~"
Wang Shouren was not afraid. The long sword in his hand struck him instantly with a bit of cold light. He swung the long sword at a speed even faster than these Japanese warriors.
Wang Shouren was seen to be very fast. His figure flashed, and several cold rays of light passed by. All the Japanese warriors who rushed towards Wang Shouren fell into a pool of blood.
"I'm going~"
"Master Wang's martial arts skills are too terrifying."
"Awesome~"
The cavalrymen who followed him were all dumbfounded. Who would have thought that this frail Hanlin could have such a strong side and such high martial arts skills? This is simply incredible.
The samurai of the Japanese country were by no means unworthy of their fame. Their samurai swords were very fast and very sharp. However, they seemed to be vulnerable to Wang Shouren. They were so destructive that they passed by and fell down instantly.
"Dong~dong~"
The killing continued, and the formation that was broken up by the cavalry had no resistance at all. Facing the impact of the cavalry, it fell apart in the blink of an eye, and the rest was harvested.
Harvesting ruthlessly, like a machine.
Under the leadership of Wang Shouren, one wave after another, like a combine harvester in later generations, all the Japanese fell down wherever the cavalry passed. After several washes, the originally mighty army of ten thousand people was killed.
Seven, seven, eight, eight.
"Huh~"
Wang Shouren slowly slowed down and gently touched his horse. The horse quickly stopped obediently.
He took out his binoculars and looked at the battlefield in front of him. It was a mess, with corpses strewn across the field and rivers of blood. There were some scattered Japanese fleeing around, but they could not escape the pursuit of the cavalry.
"Shua~"
Wang Shouren gently shook off the blood on the sword in his hand and slowly returned it to the scabbard with a smile on his face.
This battle was undoubtedly won, and it was won very easily.
The artillery attack coupled with the cavalry's impact easily destroyed the army formed by the Uesugi family without any ripples or suspense.
"Liu Jin has always emphasized the power of artillery. It seems to be absolutely correct now. Faced with such a dense and saturated artillery attack, even the most powerful army will collapse. After all, humans are only mortal bodies."
"Future wars will be dominated by firearms. Sooner or later, cold weapons will withdraw from the stage of history."
Wang Shouren is summarizing and summarizing this battle.
For being able to defeat the Japanese so easily, he attributed the greatest credit to the hundreds of artillery pieces. Such intensive artillery attacks directly destroyed the Japanese formation, which greatly facilitated the cavalry attack.
If there was no artillery to destroy the Japanese formation and the cavalry charged directly, heavy losses would inevitably occur. You must know that the Japanese ashigaru have very long spears, coupled with these powerful Japanese warriors.
Wang Shouren saw the power of artillery and the terror of muskets. He also concluded that the future war would be a war of firearms.
Perhaps in the future, there will no longer be such close battles. It will be a confrontation between artillery and artillery, and a battle between muskets and muskets.
The fighting is still going on, but the rest are sporadic fighting.
The cavalry were still chasing and killing the fleeing Japanese, while the musketeers slowly rushed up behind them, and the infantry were just looking at clearing the battlefield with nothing to do.
The Japanese who survived were given a friendly blow to end their suffering. The valuable things naturally had to be collected. The injured Ming soldiers were quickly carried away for treatment. The sacrificed Ming soldiers were collected, and then sparks were fired to kill people.
The ashes must be brought back to Ming Dynasty.
"Open the map~"
Wang Shouren didn't care about these things and gave instructions to the people around him.
Soon, someone opened the map of Japan. Wang Shouren looked at the map, and soon his eyes were fixed on Tokyo.
"Give me the order and quickly clean up the battlefield~"
"Tokyo is only less than thirty miles away from us. We will spend the night in Tokyo today."
Wang Shouren said very confidently.
Tokyo is the core of the Kanto region and the core of the Uesugi family. This battle wiped out the main force of the Uesugi family. Wang Shouren did not pay attention to the remaining strength.
He wanted to uproot the Uesugi family, so the Tokyo metropolis would naturally be attacked. No one in the Uesugi family could be spared. He wanted the entire Japanese people to see that there was only one outcome for anyone who dared to provoke the Ming Dynasty, and that was the genocide.
Soon, as Wang Shouren's order was issued, the cavalry on the battlefield began to gallop towards Tokyo.
Naturally, there is nothing to do in the wilderness. Tokyo is a big city. If they conquer this place, their good days will come.
The capital city of Higo made many people rich overnight. Once Tokyo was conquered, there would be a lot of money and beauties from the Japanese country, and all of this was tacitly approved by Liu Jin from the beginning.
They came to the Japanese country to take revenge. They came as they pleased and operated as they felt comfortable. As for everything else, they forgot about it. They were not literati who only talked about benevolence, justice and morality, and they would not care about those things.
