The most reckless man in the Ming Dynasty

Tang Hao always stood on the deck.

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao were responsible for directing the battle.

He, the Marquis of Zhongshan, was quite free at the moment.

The little girl also realized that something was wrong with the situation, so she was inevitably frightened and hid in Tang Hao's arms subconsciously.

Tang Hao gently stroked her little head and comforted her in a warm voice: "Don't be afraid, they are just some trash fish and can't hurt us."

"Brother, why do we have to fight with them?"

In the little girl's cognition, she still doesn't know what the righteousness of her family and country is, let alone what these Japanese pirates do.

Tang Hao thought for a moment and finally answered.

"Because they can't be regarded as humans, they can only be regarded as a group of beasts!"

"They live in a place far away from my Ming Dynasty, separated by a vast ocean!"

"Many, many years ago, they were still very backward. At that time, the Central Plains court was not called the Ming Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty. It was so prosperous that all nations came to court!"

"These people sent many envoys to the Tang Dynasty in the Central Plains. They are called "envoys to the Tang Dynasty" to learn our Chinese culture and steal our Chinese technology, so as to drive the development of their own country's backward situation after returning home!"

"Since then, this despicable little country has never cut off its contacts with China. Until the founding of the Ming Dynasty, they did not think about China's education and kindness. Instead, they came to the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty by boat many times. They burned, killed, and looted without committing any evil. They even killed newborns. The babies are carried on the head of a pole, poured with boiling water, and listened to the babies' cries and howls for fun; these beasts also gamble with each other, guessing the gender of the child in the pregnant woman's belly, and then perform a caesarean section to verify it, and the embryonic remains are piled up into a hill... …”

Hearing this, the little girl turned pale with fright and exclaimed, then subconsciously covered her eyes, extremely frightened.

Tang Hao was suddenly startled, and then gave himself a hard slap on the mouth, and hurriedly comforted the little girl with a warm voice.

At this moment, the officers and soldiers of the three armies were all ready for battle and were looking eagerly at the approaching group of Japanese pirate ships.

"Prepare!"

Tang Mu shouted loudly, and the warship weighed anchor, facing the Japanese pirate fleet of about a hundred ships on the opposite side.

Woo!

A trumpet sounded.

The Japanese pirates blew their horns, and the densely packed warships began to accelerate toward the Ming Dynasty soldiers. Perhaps infected by the murderous aura of the two armies, the waves became more turbulent at this moment!

Whoosh!

A sharp arrow shot from a distance and hit the deck directly, sending sawdust flying!

On the battlefield in the age of cold weapons, casualties are bound to occur in close combat. Therefore, in order to reduce casualties, it is often a wise choice for many generals to send a wave of arrows before starting a battle.

Japanese pirates are no exception, especially on this ocean battlefield, where bows and arrows are indispensable long-range weapons for both sides to fight!

The Japanese country also had its own bows and arrows, but they were much larger than ordinary Chinese bows and arrows.

Most of the ancient Japanese people were short in stature due to genetic and nutritional problems, but the bows and arrows they used were not small at all, with a length of seven feet and three inches, called "He Bow".

The handicraft industry in the Japanese country is backward, and the animal husbandry is underdeveloped, so they can only use local materials to make bows, using bamboo and wood. Due to material limitations, the range of the bow is generally relatively close, and the advantage of the range is lost, so the Japanese people Focusing on the development and power of the bow, lengthening the bow is one of the best choices.

Compared with other bows, in addition to being long, the He bow is not inferior in shooting. In order to enhance the power of the He bow, the Japanese used heavy arrows. The armor-piercing ability of the He bow has also become feared by the enemy on the battlefield. exist.

When the Mongolian army went on an expedition to Japan, the Mongolian right deputy marshal Liu Fuheng was commanding the attack on the front line. The Japanese commander Fujiwara Keizi took advantage of him and shot him in the shoulder with an arrow. Subsequently, the two armies fell into a stalemate. In order to avoid a sneak attack by the Japanese army, the Mongolian army withdrew its warships to rest, and then encountered a typhoon and was destroyed.

Qi Jiguang, a famous anti-Japanese general, also commented on the Japanese country and the bow, "The arrows are all heavy, the bows are all powerful, and the arrows are not far away. Do not shoot lightly, the arrow will hit the person, and the person who hits will be killed, and the enemy is afraid of it"!

In other words, at close range, the Japanese bows and arrows have a short range but are very lethal, and those who hit them will almost certainly die!

On the contrary, the Ming Dynasty bows and arrows at that time only accounted for the range of their strengths, and other places were far less powerful than the Japanese pirate crossbows!

Qi Jiguang once commented: "The bow is soft and the arrow is light, and those who hit will be born more often. When the Japanese are shot, they often slap their buttocks, thinking that I am insulted."

Experts in later generations have tested that Japanese bows can penetrate iron barrels at a distance of fifteen meters, and the instantaneous speed of arrows can be as high as more than 200 kilometers per hour!

It can be seen that although the Japanese bow is large and asymmetrical, compared with the Chinese bows commonly seen in movies and TV dramas, it is astonishingly powerful, just like an armor-piercing bullet!

But fortunately, every gain has its own losses. The He bow has a short range. Japanese people will not easily use the He bow unless they are at close range, because they may be stabbed by someone else's spear before they can shoot.

But no matter what, the Japanese pirates’ bows and arrows are extremely threatening!

"careful!"

Tang Hao shouted.

“The Japanese pirates’ bows and arrows are weird!”

"This is the Japanese regular army!"

"Raise your shield to defend, don't underestimate the enemy!"

Even the bows and arrows are ready, and they also know how to prepare for the rain of arrows before the war. What is this but a regular army?

Tang Mu and Zuo Yidao were suddenly shocked, and immediately conveyed the military order to defend first. The soldiers lowered their bodies immediately and were not in a hurry to fight back.

The first wave of crossbow arrows by the Japanese pirates was just a test, a test of distance and angle.

A moment later, the Japanese pirates' arrows focused on attacking the 400-material ship where Tang Hao was.

This lucky ship was the only warship left by the Japanese army that could go to sea, so it naturally became Tang Hao's flagship. It was as tall as a building and could be called the aircraft carrier of this era!

The Japanese pirates are not stupid. As long as they sink the enemy general's flagship, or rush up and kill the Ming army general, then the Ming army will be leaderless, and they will win more than half of the victory.

However, the Fu Chuan was the main warship of the Ming Dynasty. Needless to say, the hull was strong. Even the Japanese pirates' heavy arrows could not easily sink it.

The warships on both sides were approaching at high speed, but no one would be stupid enough to directly choose to collide with each other so early and everyone would die together!

The ships from both sides passed by each other, followed closely by a rain of arrows as dense as locusts!

At the moment when they passed each other, the soldiers and Japanese pirates rushed over and started shooting at each other with bows and crossbows. For a while, the screams resounded throughout the audience!

At the moment when the fleets of both sides passed each other, at least hundreds of arrows from both sides poured out, hoping to kill more of the other side's men!

Tang Hao held up a shield and firmly protected the little girl behind him.

Seeing the little girl shaking with fear, he immediately picked her up and rushed into the cabin quickly.

"Nanny, you hide first. If you don't hear my voice, don't come out!"

After settling the little girl, Tang Hao returned to the battlefield with an angry look on his face.

To be honest, he did not expect that he would encounter these damn Japanese pirate troops on this vast sea!

However, the term "regular army" is probably inappropriate.

Because the "emperor" of Japan's Nao Shizi was a puppet of the shogunate, there was no legitimacy at all.

If we really want to talk about the regular army, there is no doubt that the army of the Ashikaga Shogunate is the regular army, but now another funny thing has happened, that is, the dominance of the Ashikaga Shogunate has also declined, and the daimyo in various places are fighting and fighting endlessly, which is not considered orthodox anymore.

Therefore, this well-equipped Japanese pirate army in front of us is most likely the mastermind behind the three islands of Japanese pirates, the damned Japanese Matsuura clan!

It is estimated that the four thousand people sent to Shandong earlier were killed by Xu Tianci. The Matsuura family had not seen them go back, so they couldn't sit still, so they gathered the army again to kill them.

One was caught off guard, the other was due to firearms issues.

The five thousand soldiers of the Beijing Army did not carry firearms on this trip, because gunpowder was too delicate, and Tang Hao was too lazy to bother, so as to avoid any accident and directly blow up the ship!

Moreover, Tang Hao did not dare to use the inferior firearms of the Ming Dynasty to his elite soldiers. What the hell, if they exploded after just a few shots, who would you ask to explain? ?

In addition, Tang Hao's trip was also to exterminate the Japanese pirates. It was not about attacking and destroying the Japanese country. Why wouldn't those Japanese pirates be too powerful?

Therefore, Tang Hao did not carry a firearm, and his subordinates were unwilling to use it.

As a result, I never expected that my mother would encounter these regular Japanese pirate troops. Because the Ming bows and arrows were not as powerful as the Japanese Japanese bows at close range, as soon as the two sides fought, the Ming army soldiers fell into a disadvantage!

Tang Hao angrily yelled: "Don't show your head! Let them shoot! Everyone hide and wait for them to get on the boat!"

This sudden defeat made the Marquis of Zhongshan furious, and also prompted him to make up his mind that after going to sea and returning to Beijing this time, he must do his best to develop firearms and no longer suffer from these folly!

In fact, the soldiers all discovered a problem without Tang Hao opening his mouth.

That is, in this vast sea, the ship cannot be stable and is always "drifting".

But the problem is that if the soldiers cannot stand firmly, the arrows will naturally be inaccurate. There is no accuracy at all, which greatly affects their hit rate!

There is no doubt that the Japanese pirates stand more firmly on the boat, which makes their shooting skills more accurate. They will almost be killed by one blow if they show their heads at all!

This is like the Mongolian Tatars on the grassland who are unparalleled in cavalry and archery. They can stand on horseback and shoot arrows. The soles of their feet seem to be fixed on them, and their knees bend and stand upright as the horses gallop to ensure that their upper bodies do not have too much tension. Big ups and downs!

The same is true for these damn Japanese pirates on the sea. Their legs are more adaptable to bumps than the Ming Dynasty soldiers. The soles of their feet seem to be glued to the deck. Their knees seem to fit perfectly with the ups and downs of the waves, so their upper bodies are more stable. , which ensures their shooting success rate is higher!

With a pop, a Ming soldier was shot through the neck. The arrows pierced the back of his neck. Blood burst out and splashed onto Zuo Yidao's face!

The soldier suppressed his screams, but covered his neck and fell down. Before he died, he struggled to utter two words: "Kill... the thief..."

The eyes of Zuo Yidao and other surrounding soldiers instantly turned red. They roared and fired several arrows in succession, wanting to avenge their robes!

But those two arrows all missed, not to mention not killing a single Japanese pirate, and he was even ridiculed by the Japanese pirates!

These bastards were firing bows and arrows while shouting like ghosts and wolves. They were constantly provoking and ridiculing. There was even a Japanese pirate who had an arrow in his arm. Instead of feeling any pain, he waved the arm where the arrow was hit and turned sideways. He pointed his butt towards the Ming Dynasty soldiers and slapped his buttocks with the hand that was hit by an arrow...it was full of mockery and humiliation!

"Your mother is here to help!"

Zuo Yidao couldn't bear it any longer, so he roared and picked up the knife and was about to rush out.

"do not move!"

Tang Hao shouted angrily.

"Everyone hide behind the shield!"

"Let them on board!"

Zuo Yidao glared at Tang Hao with red eyes.

The latter stared back with stern eyes!

"You idiot!"

"Show the enemy weakness and lure them closer to board the ship. That way you can kill them all!"

In this short first wave of confrontation, there is no doubt that the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty suffered some losses!

Sea battle, sea battle, this is a battle on the vast sea with Japanese pirates who are familiar with water. How can it be so easy!

Even though the soldiers of the Beijing Army under Tang Hao can be said to be the first army with the most rigorous training and the most powerful combat effectiveness among the entire Ming Dynasty army, they are still far behind the Japanese pirates who are well versed in the nature of water on the sea. !

War is the most cruel and relatively fair. The Japanese pirates are well versed in the nature of water and have powerful crossbows and heavy bows that are most suitable for close-range water battles. Therefore, these Japanese pirates really have their rampant capital!

"Hahaha……!"

"Look at these turtles!"

"The Ming people are really all useless, they are all greedy for life and afraid of death!"

The Japanese pirates took advantage of the geographical location and the advantage of bows and arrows, and for a time they became more and more rampant and proud. While collecting rain of arrows, they humiliated the Ming soldiers in every possible way.

Seeing that the Ming army was huddled behind the shield bunker without showing its head, and was beaten to the point of being unable to escape, the head of the Longzao Temple Zhou family immediately laughed wildly and ordered to take advantage of the situation to board the ship, preparing to raid these weak Ming troops and send them directly to the west. !

After this first simple test, he was already full of confidence. The Ming army in front of him was weak in combat power and it was not worth wasting arrows anymore.

You must know that these bows and arrows are not cheap. They are all the resources of the four families. They cannot be wasted like this!

However, Matsuura Junrokuro strongly objected and said sternly: "The Ming army did not dare to show their heads because we had the advantage of bows and arrows. We only need to turn the bow, slow down the ship and shoot at them, and kill these Ming army cowards one by one." You can just shoot, why rush up at this time..."

"You idiot!" The Zhou family of Longzao Temple roared.

"Don't these arrows cost money? These are the last assets of the four of us. How can we waste them on these cowards! Or should you, Matsuura, pay for these losses?"

Matsuura Junrokuro was suddenly scolded, but he stopped trying to persuade him.

Because he had previously defeated four thousand warriors in the family, which severely damaged the Matsuura clan's vitality. Among the four families, he was the last in strength. Now the other three families are staring at the Matsuura clan with eager eyes. Who knows when he will become as evil as Like wolves, they swarmed up and devoured the rich Matsuura family!

Therefore, Matsuura Junrokuro could only swallow his anger and sit back and watch as the three families forcibly approached the Ming army's warship and rushed forward swarm.

Following the orders given by the three family heads, the Japanese pirate ships began to approach the Ming warship, and then forcibly approached it.

With a banging sound, dense crossbow arrows were fired. After hooking on the Fu boat, the Japanese pirates immediately began to pull wildly, constantly closing the distance between the ship and the Fu boat!

As Japanese pirates who have been plundering North Korea and the Ming Dynasty all year round, their tactics are extremely mature. The Japanese pirates are very familiar with doing these things and do not need to be commanded at all.

Japanese pirate ships gradually approached one after another. Their archers were still firing to suppress them, while the grinning soldiers behind took their knives in their mouths. After measuring the distance, more than a dozen Japanese pirates worked together to suppress them. The iron plate was pushed down on the chain, forming a bridge to communicate between the enemy and ourselves!

Then, the Japanese pirates went crazy!

They rushed along these passages to the Ming Dynasty Fortune Ship, and then climbed up with knives in their mouths!

As long as they board the deck, this terrifying warship belongs to them!

To be honest, Matsuura Junrokuro also wanted to rush forward, because although the Ming warships in front of him were weird in style, they looked like the largest and best warships in the world, especially the tall and city-like fortune ship in front of him. One of the main warships of the Three Treasure Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty in the past, who wouldn’t be jealous after seeing it!

Matsuura Junrokuro's eyes were indeed slightly red. If the Matsuura clan obtained these Ming warships, the family's strength would increase exponentially. It would not even be a dream to directly regain the glory of the ancestors who dominated Hizen Kingdom!

However, this idea was quickly discarded.

Because now the Matsuura clan can only struggle to protect themselves, watching the other three families compete for these Ming warships, not even daring to let go!

Damn Bianxiong!

Matsuura Junrokuro cursed a few words, and then ordered his samurai to board the Ming army warships.

Even if you can't grab these coveted Ming warships, you must at least take back those warships of your own family!

In addition, the armor, weapons, food and supplies on these Ming army warships are all good things. They cannot just be given to the other three families and let them divide them up!

The Japanese pirates rushed onto the deck of the lucky ship, but what waited for them was not a trembling lamb waiting to be slaughtered, but a ferocious beast charging towards them with red eyes!

Without any orders from the coach Tang Hao, the soldiers of the three armies immediately rose up and slashed at these Japanese pirates with swords in their hands!

The previous frustration!

The previous humiliation!

The feeling of powerlessness that I felt when I watched Pao Ze being shot and killed beside me, but I couldn't do anything...

At this moment, everything gathered into overwhelming anger and murderous intent, and then condensed on the sword in his hand, slashing hard at the Japanese pirate who was still stunned!

"Zarp, are you going to continue to be crazy?!"

Zuo Yi slashed off the head of a Japanese pirate with one knife, then spat heavily, and then swung his knife and rushed towards the Japanese pirates who were coming up one after another!

Behind him are thousands of Beijing soldiers who look like wolves and tigers!

This Japanese pirate never figured it out until his death. Aren't these Ming soldiers all cowards?

Just now they used bows and arrows to kill these cowards so that they dared not show their heads!

Just now they were standing openly in front of these cowards and they didn't dare to fight back!

Why it came out like this?

The second update today. The Matsuura clan is the main force of Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty. Readers and friends, please vote for it. Thank you very much!