Chapter five hundred and seventy-ninth ten million
The shogunate's cavalry suffered heavy losses from shotgun fire.
In fact, the morale of the shogunate army was already very low. In the distance, the shogunate army saw the forty thousand soldiers and horses in front of them being massacred and then collapsed, and saw the death of the elder Sakai Tadakatsu in the battle, and they were already trembling with fear. A force with such firepower as the Tiger Ben Division is unprecedented
, the shogunate army had absolutely no confidence in winning this battle.
Although battles between Japanese daimyo often involve tens of thousands of people, the casualty rate has never been high. Often when one side has the upper hand, the other side collapses. Li Zhi's Tiger Ben Division has so far killed nearly 10,000 shogunate troops
, such casualties were something Japanese soldiers had never endured.
However, as the shogunate army continued to advance, Li Zhi's butcher knife became sharper.
More than 10,000 cavalrymen rushed forward, and Li Zhi's riflemen who used smokeless gunpowder opened fire.
At this time, Li Zhi set up a three-row firing formation. There were 5,000 people on each side of the circular formation. There were three rows of soldiers on each side, with more than 1,600 people in each row. Waiting for the shogunate's arrival
When the cavalry rushed 200 meters away, more than 1,600 people in the first row fired bullets at the Japanese.
Sixteen hundred rounds of bullets swept through, and nearly a thousand cavalrymen burst into blood, screaming and falling down.
However, before the cavalry could react, the infantrymen from behind came up to shoot again. The soldiers in the front squatted down to reload after finishing shooting. The soldiers in the back aimed at the galloping Japanese cavalry and pressed the trigger.
Thousands more people fell off their horses and fell like sandbags to the cold ground.
The morale of the cavalry collapsed in an instant.
Such a one-sided war is terrible, with cannons and rifles taking turns to fire. The cavalrymen rush forward like this and will be wiped out. Although in Japan, those who are qualified to fight on horseback can at least be called lower-level samurai, but these lower-level samurai are also
People will also cherish their own lives and will not charge into hell.
The cavalrymen turned their horses in panic and fled to both sides, struggling to stay out of the range of the riflemen.
More than 10,000 cavalry turned into a rout and scattered on the battlefield.
But they were still valuable targets while escaping. While the soldiers in the first two rows squatted down to reload, the riflemen in the third row aimed at the Japanese cavalry who started to flee, knocking down these deserters one by one from behind.
Such a pursuit made the fleeing cavalry even more panicked. They even lost their minds and rushed towards the infantry array behind them. It seemed that only by rushing into the thick infantry square array could Li Zhi's cannons and muskets be unable to damage them.
to oneself.
Li Zhi rode on his horse and observed the fleeing cavalry.
But what surprised him was that the collapse of more than 10,000 cavalry actually led to the 35,000 infantry behind.
Hundreds of panicked cavalry rushed into the shogunate's infantry square, but were not stabbed to death by the infantry's spears. The shogunate's infantry, who were also trembling with fear, seemed to have lost their iron-blooded fighting spirit, and actually let these cavalry crash into their own ranks. Then bombarded
With a bang, all 35,000 shogunate infantrymen who had not entered the battle were routed.
The weapons of the Huben Division were too terrifying. The 35,000 infantrymen saw with their own eyes the massacre-like battle scene in front of them. How could they dare to rush forward and die? Since the 15,000 cavalrymen could not overwhelm the rifle and artillery array of 20,000 people,
How could they defeat 35,000 infantrymen?
Without the cavalry raiding formation, the Ming army of 20,000 people could stand in a row and shoot at the Japanese army. I am afraid that all the Japanese soldiers would be shot to death and they would not be able to charge forward.
Moreover, the Ming army may not have the ability to fight hand to hand, and even if they can charge forward, they may not be able to win.
The foot soldiers of the shogunate are not stupid. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of winning this battle.
For the soldiers of the shogunate who were half peasants and half soldiers, they would not get any honor or reward if they died in a war with no chance of winning. The Japanese soldiers had no fighting spirit. Regardless of how the samurai guarding the formation howled, one by one
He raised his weapon and fled behind.
Before Li Zhi's army could press forward, the 35,000 infantrymen had already turned into a defeated army and fled eastward in a mighty manner.
In this battle, the shogunate army was defeated.
Tokugawa Iemitsu sat on the general's stool with a pale face, speechless.
The 120,000-strong army was defeated at the gates of Osaka City, and Li Zhi won a complete victory.
The invaders of the Ming Dynasty defeated the guardians of Japan. What conditions will the invaders propose next? Will Li Zhi directly attack Edo City?
On the battlefield a few miles away, Li Zhi's army pressed towards the Tokugawa family's main formation.
Tokugawa Iemitsu suddenly stood up and ran quickly to the front of the warriors who were in charge of the mounts. He grabbed his horse and stepped on it. He whipped his whip on the horse, and Tokugawa Iemitsu took the lead in riding.
The horse escaped.
Hundreds of horseback warriors woke up from a dream, and quickly caught up with Tokugawa Iemitsu on horseback, who was escaping alone, and went up to protect the powerful "General of the Conquest of Barbarians".
As soon as Tokugawa Iemitsu left, the horse-printed "golden fan" stuck high in Tokugawa's main formation was pulled out and chased Tokugawa Iemitsu to the east. Suddenly, everyone on the battlefield knew that Tokugawa Iemitsu
escaped.
Seeing the shogun running wildly on horseback, the daimyo and generals who were still in the formation were ashen-faced. Tokugawa Iemitsu, the shogun, was really shameful. As the leader of all samurai in Japan, he had no samurai skills.
Sense of honor.
Date Tadamune, the lord of Sendai Domain, suddenly burst into tears, knelt on the ground with a thud, and shouted hoarsely: "Lost! Japan has been defeated!"
The other daimyo looked at the soldiers fleeing on the battlefield with the same mixed emotions, and many of them also shed tears.
Japan was defeated, and its 120,000-strong army was easily defeated by Li Zhi. This was the first time in more than a thousand years that Japan was defeated by a foreign enemy.
Date Tadashi burst into tears, knelt on the ground and said loudly: "No matter what conditions Li Zhi puts forward this time, the shogunate must agree, and there will never be another war with Li Zhi!"
The other daimyo looked disappointed, but no one objected to Date Tadamune's words.
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Li Zhi stood in the middle of the army, looked at the shogunate army retreating in panic, and smiled.
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "Commander, now that the Japanese shogunate army has been defeated, should we go all the way to Edo?"
Li Zhi shook his head and said: "The Japanese people are hostile to the invaders, and we cannot directly rule this island country. So even if we overthrow the shogunate, we will not get much benefit. If we support a vigorous prince to become the new shogunate, maybe this
The energetic princes will gather their strength to resist us."
"Let's put forward the conditions first and see if the Tokugawa shogunate agrees."
Zhong Feng smiled and said: "This time we won a big victory, but we have to blackmail the shogunate."
Li Zhi thought for a while and said: "This time we not only want Osaka City, but also Japan to open several major ports for trade, and we also want the Japanese shogunate to compensate us 10 million taels of silver. Japan has a population of more than 10 million, and every Japanese
