A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

A great chaos disappeared without a trace, the soldiers and horses dispersed, and the soldiers and the people returned to a peaceful and peaceful life. The navy troops in Anzhai Qingkang temporarily docked alone, and the sailors and sailors also set up a small camp separately.

Anzhai Kiyosunori, his attendants, and two other captains were invited into the city by Koheta, but they didn't panic at all. First, Xiaopingtai's reputation was spread, he was kind and loving, and he was kind to the soldiers. Secondly, they were not aware of the fact that Dongguo had a ship but no bow. How could Xiao Pingtai do whatever he wanted to them just for the sake of two ships?

Chen San immediately arranged a meal and banquet for the reception. Of course, Xiao Ping Tai wanted to have a good relationship with An Zhai Qingkang. After all, this is a surprise from heaven, the first serious warrior named to surrender to him.

Of course, what Koheita is most concerned about is that Anzai Kiyoyasu learned some real skills from his father, a famous Kinai general. If he is a idiot, just spend some money to support him.

Before Xiaopingtai opened his mouth, Anzhai was so clear that he could already see what Xiaopingtai meant.

"My father has been on the war for twenty years. All the lessons he has learned, whether on land or water, are all bit by bit. Over the past ten years, he has kept them in mind through words and deeds, and now they are all in his heart."

People are not modest, but Xiao Pingtai is still envious. It is really good to have a good father. He was taught how to fight and support the army. Not only that, he also left capital for his son to test the waters.

Sure enough, learning well is not as good as being born well!

"It's natural that a tiger father has no dog sons, a famous general in the Kinai area of ​​Settsu, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha." Koheta said he understood.

It didn't take long for the banquet to be arranged, and the group exchanged glasses and felt very happy.

The superficial test is over. At least on the surface, it seems that Anzhai Kiyoyasu has the pride and ability to come from a famous samurai family. And if you have the ability, it's not called pride, it should be called self-confidence. His speech and conversation also have a touch of Luozhong flavor, not as vulgar as the country warriors.

Although he was only seventeen years old, he was able to lead twenty warships from Awaji to Yuanjiang safely. There are not many people in command, but there are only four or five hundred people in command. Judging from his age, he is indeed outstanding. However, there were countless warriors from the Warring States Period who went into battle to kill the enemy at the age of sixteen or seventeen. Koheita decided to watch this general's sea drills tomorrow.

The next day, after a good meal and a night's rest, the Awaji sailors had already recovered from the fatigue of running away. According to Koheita's order, he wanted to see the Awaji navy's drills and try their true abilities.

There was no way they could submit their names this time, since there was no war after all. Therefore, we can only rely on drills to show off our muscles and let Koheita know that their reputation of having a navy that has been roaming Osaka Bay, Namba Tsu, and Awaji Beach for more than ten years is not unfounded.

Xiaoheita ordered people to get two broken boats that were to be dismantled for firewood (the British navy has the habit of using wood from old ships, but it is unknown whether Japan has them), and he also got two fishing boats similar to Xiaozao. Drag them all out and use them as target ships for drills.

Anzhai Kiyoyasu had also boarded his Kanbune ship a long time ago, and there was only one Shimizu Yoshitsuna left beside Koheita who knew something about the navy. After all, he was from the Izu clan and had the experience of being a soldier on a ship.

As for Kurosawa Ryoki and Omura Masuji who can only be spectators, Kanai Meigoro is very interested. He seems to not care about the shaking Kohaya. It seems that I heard him say that when he was practicing Taitojutsu, he often trained his balance in a boat on the water.

Fortunately, the wind was not strong today, and Xiao Pingtai was still quite stable in the early morning, so he could watch this medieval water battle drill in his spare time.

Soon the Anzhai naval force all set out to sea with oars and sails raised, and first the largest Guan ship came out alone.

The sail on the boat with Hachiman Daimyojin written on it was raised to the highest point, and the forty or fifty oarsmen worked together. With the wind, the distance of several hundred meters on the sea actually didn't take much time.

The Ozeki boat broke through the water, creating quite a splash due to its speed and relatively large hull. When it rushed past a small fishing boat, it was directly submerged in the waves.

This surprised Koheita, who originally thought that the boat would be directly hit and sunk. Next to him, Shimizu Yoshizuna began to explain. The current method used by Japanese ships to strengthen the hull is sheds instead of keels. Although the ships are much stronger than those during the Tang Dynasty ship period, they still cannot withstand severe impacts.

Therefore, in line with Qi Shuai's tactical thinking of "big ships defeating small ships", Japanese big ships often adopt a "wave-sinking" combat method. By using oars in a wide area of ​​water to keep the boat maneuvering quickly, it creates waves large enough to swamp smaller boats. It is the most common strategy of defeating small boats with big ships, and all sailors are very skilled in it.

When the surrounding warriors heard this, they suddenly realized that land battles and water battles were indeed different. Especially Kurosawa Yoshiki, who was lying on the board of the boat with a roll of paper and recording quickly.

A group of people here are pointing and pointing, and the Anzhai navy has made new moves over there. Seven or eight Xiaozao were drawn together, and the seemingly scattered fronts had their own coordination.

When they were about to approach the larger dilapidated target ship, they split it into two very skillfully, and rushed to both sides of the ship in three or four boats each. Xiaozao did not stop and was still moving forward quickly.

The wooden rafters on both sides of the ship stood up one after another. Many soldiers stood up in the current two mornings and threw clay pots one after another at the target ship. They quickly moved forward and turned, and continued to merge into the queue to attack the big ship.

Xiao Pingtai saw those clay pots break immediately when they hit the target boat, spilling a large amount of liquid.

Xiao Zao from the rear team also erected wooden poles, but instead of throwing clay pots, he fired a volley of fire arrows from a dozen bows. What followed was a raging fire on the target ship, and the entire ship was quickly engulfed in flames.

Baking fire arrow?

Koheta subconsciously thought of this, and Shimizu Yoshizuna next to him spoke again. It means that this is definitely not a roasted fire arrow, because the roasted fire arrow, which is Mishima Murakami's secret, will have a deflagration effect after being thrown, and it does not require the fire arrow to be ignited to burn and explode.

According to his inference, it should just be an ordinary clay pot filled with fish oil and then sealed with clay. Then use the fast shuttle Kozao to throw it at the big ship, and finally set it on fire with a fire arrow. This is a very good killing effect for a completely wooden ship. Of course, this requires very much coordination and control.

Later, the Anzhai Navy practiced tactics such as throwing rocks and shooting poles, jumping gangs to join the side, and underwater ship-cutting. Although in Koheita's opinion, artillery warfare has completely lagged behind the world trend, it is indeed first-rate in Japan today. Navy.

Several people who watched it were also amazed. Every row was like a mountain. Anzhai Qingkang really had the ability, and he was not just talking about it. They were indeed not as good as this seventeen-year-old young man in a water fight, so they had to accept it.

Xiaopingtai was also very satisfied. Fortunately, he had formed a good relationship, otherwise such a good thing would never have happened.