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Text Chapter 263: Interval between wars

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.    (The last sentence in the previous section was written incorrectly. Pang Ning should have returned to "Chengshangshan", sorry!)

    The Japanese campaign was over.  At noon, the sound of shelling on the top of "Fairy Mountain" stopped.

    As the sea breeze blew by, the black smoke gradually dispersed, revealing the tragic scene on the hillside.  The strong smell of blood continued to leak out from the corpses and pools of blood, and it couldn't be blown away no matter how hard it was blown.

    The entire gentle slope has been stained red with blood, and there is no green grass to be found.  In the trenches and on the hillside, there were broken limbs everywhere, whether they were samurai from a noble family or ashigaru from a fisherman's family. They were scattered together, making the battlefield look like a slaughterhouse.  A few bold vultures flew over, pulling at the corpse with their hard beaks, feasting on it, jumping between the muddy blood scabs and bloody mud, splashing countless bright red soft mud.

    The hoarse cry of the ugly big bird echoed between the two silent mountains, which was extremely clear.

    There was even silence in the main formation of the Japanese coalition forces.  Facing such a powerful enemy for the first time, the fighting spirit of the Japanese coalition forces was also greatly shocked.

    Five thousand ashigaru of the Kaga clan were massacred by Qin Mingtao for a while, and only more than three thousand people came back alive. Maeda Toshitsune was in severe physical pain.  The Tokugawa Shogunate did not give the Kaga Domain any benefits.  The Kaga clan has no way of talking about loyalty to the Tokugawa shogunate, and it is impossible for the Maeda family to fight for the Tokugawa family's war.  After swallowing his saliva, Maeda Toshitsune said with difficulty,

    "The Maeda family's ashigaru is too damaged and needs to be repaired for a day, otherwise it will be impossible to continue fighting!"

    Although Tokugawa Yoshinao of Owari Domain was a relative of the shogun, he was also a little frustrated at this time.

    "Even if the general brings big stone and fire arrows, we can't fight like this. The Nanhai people's stone flying arrows are always firing, and there is no sign of damageThe battle is really too difficult."

    There are many ways to call artillery in Japan.  The first to appear in Japan during the Warring States Period were small artillery, which used matchlock firing methods. The smallest fired half-pound stone pellets, and the largest fired five or six-pound stone pellets. They were collectively called large cannons.  Most Japanese regard large barrels as synonymous with small-caliber artillery.  Other large-caliber artillery are more commonly known as stone fire arrows and stone flying arrows.

    For example, in order to attack Osaka, the first Tokugawa shogun purchased a twenty-four-pound cannon from the Dutch and called it the "Oishi Feiya".

    Of course, there are also some other names.  For example, the Otomo family, a local prince on Kyushu Island, bought a breech-loaded artillery piece with the Portuguese, and named this breech-loading artillery piece Kokubeng.

    In the history of Japan¡¯s Warring States Period, the Tokugawa Shogun¡¯s Oishi Flying Arrow was regarded as the most powerful firearm.  But in fact, it was an inferior product bought from the British by the Dutch, the sea coachmen, and its ability to sustain shooting was very poor.  The four-pounder gun made by Spann was of small caliber and was originally classified as a large barrel by the Japanese.  But what surprised the Japanese was that the slender "big tube" of the Nanhai people was not only powerful against the extremely heavy boulders.  And it can fire nearly a hundred guns without exploding the barrel.

    Inadvertently, Tokugawa Yoshitsune no longer wanted to call that thin firearm an Otaku, but instead called it a stone flying arrow.

    Tokugawa Yoshinao's words resonated with others. The daimyo in the camp all suffered from the Nanhai people's firearms today, and they were all a little depressed at this time.

    Date Masamune sat above everyone, looking at the defense line of the Japanese Navy on the opposite mountain, without speaking.

    But unlike other daimyo, Date Masamune was more interested in the enemy¡¯s generals.

    Although the artillery was powerful, it did not cause too many casualties.  All five charges today failed. According to statistics, the casualties of the Japanese coalition forces were about 15,000.  However, only 30% to 40% of the casualties were caused by being hit by large barrels. More losses were caused by the horse-riding sword team.

    To defend against the Chinese matchlock guns, the Japanese allied forces must use a loose formation and use bamboo shields.  But if you use a loose formation and use bamboo shields, you can't defend against cavalry attacks at all.  The Nanhai generals on Fairy Mountain were brave and decisive, causing the Japanese coalition's attack to reach a stalemate.

    "The situation on the top of the hill is a little different from the pure firearms force we encountered last time. The flag on the top of the hill is the Chinese character 'Qin'. I wasn't sure yesterday, but judging from today's battle situation. The reinforcements from the Nanhai people  It should be Qin Mingtao, the 'Eastern King' of the Nanhai Kingdom. The one fighting us is not the navy of the Nanhai people, but the main army of the Nanhai people."

    Date Masamune frowned and announced the bad news to the daimyo.  After a pause, he said loudly again,

    "No matter what, we still have a force of 100,000, which is ten times that of the enemy. The enemy's artillery has been fired intermittently for nearly a hundred rounds. If it were an ordinary big cannon, it would have been damaged. As long as the Nanhai people did not use witchcraft,  Their big tubes won¡¯t last long.¡±

    Date Masamune did not adjust his tactics.He smiled, but couldn't help but frown and said, "How do you train your sailors? When you need to use them, there is nothing you can do about them?"

    "How easy" Li Ye pursed his lips and said flatteringly, "My lord, we sailors are sailors after all, and we are usually on the ship, right?"  Then when we get to land, we have to kill the enemy like cavalry soldiers and get into battle, isn¡¯t there anyway?

    Zhao Ru looked at Li Ye and said loudly, "His Royal Highness has an order, your soldiers are too poorly led. Now that you are removed from the post of sailor commander and changed to deputy sailor commander, I mean that you will be punished and meritorious. From now on, the captain of the squadron of the navy,  You don¡¯t have to say anything about officers at the level of squad leader, they are all appointed and dismissed by His Highness himself.¡±

    "I will hold a meeting to announce this matter this afternoon. Let me tell you now!"

    Li Ye was stunned for a moment. Suddenly he felt like he was struck by thunder and couldn't say a word.

    "Although Your Highness is usually casual, when you need to employ people, you have to show some manners!"

    "I don't care how many concubines you took on Dongyi Island, and I didn't tell His Highness But if you don't need to be a snack when leading troops, you don't want to be Commander Li either."

    Zhao Ru looked at Li Ye who turned pale, said no more, turned around and left Li Ye's camp.

    Watching Zhao Ru walk to other parts of the military camp, it was obvious that

    There are also punishments for other officers. Li Ye stood there for a long time without moving.

    Walking back to the tent, seeing that no one was looking at him, Li Ye kicked the table and kicked the side dishes and soju on the table to the floor.

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