Seeing his own cavalry being hunted down, Matsuura Shigenobu made a decisive decision and ordered the gunfire soldiers to come forward to respond.
The Matsuura family was the first Sanqiang feudal clan to be equipped with muskets during the Warring States Period in Japan.
At the beginning, there were only two to three hundred iron artillery teams, but now it has grown to as many as eight hundred.
Even, I also learned Nobunaga's three-stage attack.
"Ming woo ming ming"
Yuan Shizhong blew the trumpet to stop the pursuit, and the dragoons retreated to the flanks of the battlefield, reloading ammunition very skillfully on horseback.
? Matsuura Shigenobu led the banner himself and took charge of the Chinese army. Let your own spearmen and firecrackers act as the front army slowly pressing forward, and let the Shimadzu's team line up on the two wings.
Suddenly the flag was waved, and the Matsuura family's position launched six small Franco cannons. This thing is an old thing, and it was bought from the Portuguese for a lot of money decades ago. Usually installed on sea ships, because the caliber is relatively small, it can also be disassembled for land operations.
Li Dingguo smiled and said: "Drag them all out, let the Japanese see what artillery is.
Twenty-five artillery pieces appeared slowly.
"There are so many big barrels (cannons)?"
Including Matsuura Shigenobu, the nobles of Hirado and Satsuma, all of them changed their faces dramatically.
Especially the Satsuma army, they didn't want to save the governor, and they planned to run away at any time. Seeing that the Datong Army launched twenty-five artillery pieces,
The morale of the army fluctuated in an instant, and there were already signs of fleeing without fighting.
Just as the Datong artillery was loading shells, the dragoons finished changing the ammunition and began to circle around the enemy's rear.
The move of the dragoons made Matsuura Shigeno dare not retreat. If he retreated, he might collapse and be chased and killed by the dragoons.
Until now, I can only bite the bullet and fight.
Shimadzu Tsunahisa reminded: "We can't wait for Tang Bing's big canister to launch, and kill the whole army quickly!"
Matsuura Shigenobu is still hesitating. Although he has a strong level of internal affairs, he has only participated in the suppression of the Shimabara Rebellion, and his actual command experience is not very rich.
After hearing Shimadzu Tsunahisa's suggestion, Matsuura Shigenobu also reacted. The morale of our own allied forces is unstable, and if we are bombarded by twenty-five artillery pieces, this battle will be impossible to fight again, and the whole army must rush forward to fight in melee.
"The whole army marches forward!"
Due to the large number of civilians mixed in, the 20,000 coalition troops advanced very slowly, and their formations were uneven.
"Boom boom boom boom!"
After only ten or so steps, the first round of shelling by the Datong Army began, and all of them shot at the Matsuura family's army¡ªthe army was more orderly, and at first glance it was the main force of the coalition forces.
Iron bullets roared and flew out, turning into calf terminators one after another.
Iron bullets bounced off the ground one after another, breaking one calf along the way, plowing flesh and blood alleys among the coalition forces.
"Banner warriors, step forward!"
After the first round of shelling, the former army of the Matsuura family couldn't bear it anymore. Matsuura Shigenobu released the Banner warriors, and these warriors raised their swords forward, hacked and killed scattered scattered soldiers, and then led the front army to charge together.
The joining of the banner warriors greatly boosted the morale of the former army, and they continued to charge up against the artillery fire.
Yuan Shizhong led the dragoons, bypassing the enemy formation with archers and musketeers, and did not choose to shoot, but charged towards the enemy's civilian troops.
How dare the Japanese peasants face the charge of cavalry and the sound of hooves?
"Run away!"
The peasants threw away their weapons, turned around and fled collectively. Some even panicked and fled towards Matsuura Shigenobu's banner troops.
Matsuura Shigenobu quickly commanded and responded: "Pikemen, iron gunners, and archers, stop the horse-riding iron guns of the Tang people!"
The order was issued smoothly, but the corresponding troops seemed a little confused. Because after Yuan Shizhong defeated a group of civilians, he continued to circle backwards, completely disrupting the enemy's blocking troops.
Matsuura Shigenobu could only command the bannermen's own soldiers, form an formation to block the attack, and at the same time push the more than 200 cavalry up.
"Bang bang bang!"
The dragoons fired a salvo at close range, and more than fifty of the Japanese cavalry of the Matsuura family fell directly. These little cavalrymen were so frightened that their livers and gallbladders were torn apart, they completely forgot about their mission, and they reined in their horses and ran as far as they could go.
Yuan Shizhong didn't chase after him, and reloaded the ammunition after opening the distance.
After being tossed like this, Matsuura Shigenobu's banner unit has completely lost touch with the charging former army.
The former army troops were also in a difficult situation. Under the leadership of the banner warriors, they
Finally cheered up and withstood Datong.Fierce, who in the Wu family can resist? "
This guy pulled out his ribs slowly and somehow got a towel,
Actually playing seppuku on the battlefield.
Matsuura Shigenobu's banner has not yet collapsed, many personal guards protected him, and persuaded him: "Family Governor, hurry up, it will be too late."
Matsuura Shigenobu turned around and took a look, and there were dragoons who had already completed their circle. He shook his head and said, "I can't escape." Then he called Matsuura Nobuzhen to his side, "My son is young, so you should help him with all your heart. Hirado Honfan,
1500 shi will be given to you, and you will be the head of the Matsuura branch from now on.
"My lord, retreat quickly, there is still a glimmer of life!" Matsuura Nobuya said tearfully.
Matsuura Shigenobu said: "Even if I can escape today, I can't escape the censure of the shogunate. The shogunate ordered me to make seppuku apology, so I will do it today. I can die, and the Matsuura family will continue. Remember, as much compensation as the Tang people want, I will give them How much, it will be given slowly in ten or twenty years. While you are assisting my son, you must also befriend the Tang State. Today¡¯s Datong Tang State is no longer the Ming Dynasty, and their army is invincible. Tagawa Jiro, don¡¯t let it go. Let him go and let him be the retainer of the Matsupu family. His elder brother is the son-in-law of the Tang Dynasty. As long as he is here, the Matsuura family will not be destroyed."
Matsuura Nobuzhen finally cried out.
This is a pair of cousins ??with extremely deep feelings.
Matsuura Shigenobu also said: "If my son is unbearable, let Tagawa Jiro change his surname to Matsuura and let him be the governor of the Matsuura family."
"Yes" Matsuura Nobuya said, wiping away tears.
It is very common in Japan to let outsiders inherit the family business, usually an adopted son or a married son-in-law.
In the eyes of the Japanese, blood does not really matter. What is really precious is the family name, which is the continuation of the legal line of a family.
Zheng Chenggong's younger brother has adopted Tagawa's family and married Matsuura Shigenobu's younger sister. Then it is completely possible to join the Matsuura family again and become the governor of the Matsuura family.
The main reason is that Matsuura Shigenobu's son is too young.
Matsuura Shigenobu said: "Put down your weapons, and I will personally negotiate with the generals of the Tang State. As long as I can keep the Matsuura family's banner elite, I will agree to their request, and then I will commit seppuku here."