Pillars of the Wu family

() As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a huge commotion. Kirayoshi's current huge capital was obviously to stimulate them to forge ahead, so these warriors of Sanhe gathered up their strength one by one to decide the outcome in the battle. In order to make the competition more diverse, and also to test new arms, Yoshihiro Kira specially added a long spear and a vine shield with only one and a half lengths, as well as wooden scimitars, wooden one-handed axes, wooden Mace.

But obviously the ashigaru people don't like unfamiliar weapons, so Yoshihiro Kira divided the two hundred horses back into four teams, holding a machete with a vine shield, a spear with a vine shield, and a one-handed ax with a vine shield. Mace-making hammers and rattan wooden shields are exchanged and combined with each other for confrontation training.

Perhaps it was because the Mahui warriors forgot to fight on foot for a long time, and it was also because they were not proficient in new weapons. For this reason, many samurai ridiculed these strange weapons, which made Kira Yoshishi very embarrassing.

The next day, the Sanhe people continued to train. He didn't let the Mahui people participate, but pulled them all to the shore of Lake Biwa, north of Sakamoto, and asked them to practice in a team of 50 people with these weapons. When looking at Yoshiki Kira, but there is no way to refuse, so he can only bite the bullet and go to training.

Among them, the sword and shield are the easiest to use. Although they don't know the fighting skills of the sword and shield, it is not difficult to master the shield with the shield in front. The sword is slashed with both hands like a samurai sword. Of course, the ending of such a person is also tragic.

The next thing that is more troublesome is the spear and vine wood shield. This requires the combination of the spear and the shield to be effective. Fortunately, I am quite confident in the marksmanship. I can make do with it after a little experimentation. The fit is the worst. The one-handed ax with vine wooden shield and the wooden mace with vine wooden shield, these two teams are not suitable for fighting without samurai swords and spears, the one-handed ax and wooden mace are very short, and they rely on slashing and hammering, which left many feeling overwhelmed.

Yoshitoki Kira was furious at their poor performance, and he scolded: "Bastard! What are you doing? You can't even use weapons! Keep practicing! Zenjiro, show them how to use a mace and a vine shield!"

When Yamaoka Shichang was in Mikawa earlier, he saw Kira Yoshitoki playing with all kinds of weird weapons. Of course, he also played with maces and vine shields, so he resumed his old business again, holding a real mace and vines Shield walked up to a wooden puppet target and smashed the puppet's head hard.

This power is staggering, especially a violent weapon like a mace completely subverts their understanding of war. Shouldn't infantry have longer guns and sharper knives slashing at each other? How can there be such a terrible weapon.

The mace made of this cast iron is very simple. The mace used in Europe in the early days was simpler than this one. It was a big wooden stick with a big iron nail on it. Later, it gradually evolved into a cast iron with iron nails or iron spikes. Later, due to the improvement of casting technology, many maces with beautiful shapes appeared. For example, the small steel mace can be carried by travelers and businessmen. Its hammer head has become a very sharp acute angle. Combined with a long-handled mace, this is also a good trend to develop.

Cold weapons have gradually withdrawn from the mainstream in Europe. Even the Swiss mercenaries who have been prestige for more than a century cannot resist the tide of technology, but this is not the same in Japan, but the country that has just introduced arquebus is not at all. The cognition and research of gunpowder, the innovation of cold weapons will have a better future.

A mace weighs about seven to eight catties, although the weight is a bit heavy for ordinary ashigaru, but the horse back warriors don't feel this way, a few guys stood up and sent the mace to violently hammer the wood The puppet target, after destroying the appalling wooden doll with ease, got a worn-out belly roll to put it on, and still easily smashed the belly roll's defense.

This shocked everyone. No one understood how important this kind of armor-piercing weapon was. Once a main force capable of armor-piercing assault appeared on the battlefield, it would have such a terrible impact.

The wooden mace that has been specially aggravated is nothing more than to ensure that the weight is similar to that of a real mace. In fact, it is a wooden stick with a protruding knot on the front. This kind of thing looks ugly and has no deterrent effect, so Ma The warriors hate this thing very much, but it’s different after seeing the real thing. If such a powerful thing is thrown out, it will be so cool that someone will immediately rush to become a mace soldier, and the guy who was unwilling just now will immediately turn around Feng Xiang stood in a position not to let others.

Influenced by the mace in the front, a one-handed ax was tested next. This guy's lethality against unarmored units is terrible, but lacking the armor-piercing ability of the mace, it is still a question of how effective it can be. Question, Yoshihiro Kira immediately asked a few ashigaru to demonstrate the gun team attack with a few three-length hard wooden sticks. The one-handed ax easily cut off a few sticks under the cover of the vine shield, and then rushed to the defenseless In front of the Ashgaru, such a sharp assault effect made everyone present gasp.

The samurai sword can also cut bamboo spears, and it is even more beautiful and artistic than the one-handed axe. However, the samurai sword is not suitable for use in battle. The law holds a samurai sword to kill and kill, and ordinary samurai still pick up their spears and charge honestly.

But having this one-handed battle ax is very different. The length of the one-handed battle ax is even longer than that of a mace. Although it is heavy, it is indeed a one-handed weapon. With the vine shield to block the attack and then split the long handle, it can completely break through the opponent Its appearance just makes up for the lack of effective suppression of the three guns by the mace.

The characteristics of the mace are destined to be effective only in close combat. The sharp ashigaru's three gun formations can't exert his armor-piercing effect at all. They are more suitable for dealing with banner warriors and horseback warriors wearing heavy armor. , With its powerful attack power, it is definitely a nightmare for medium armor and heavy armor units. This is why Kira Yoshishi asked to set up this weapon. There is nothing better than a mace against cavalry warriors.

In the next half month of solid training, the horse warriors gradually figured out when to block with the shield, when to advance with the shield, and then swing the weapon to hammer and slash. Once the two heavy weapons are familiar to them , the situation of the battle changed. The winning streak of the Sword and Shield Team was terminated, and the Gun and Shield Soldiers still maintained a dismal bottom score. So far, they have not figured out how to fight, and the Gun and Shield Soldiers are defeated every time. .

In order to let the gun shield soldiers get out of the misunderstanding of thinking, Ji Liangyi asked them to disperse and form a gun quilt. The gun quilt is an evolutionary version of the gun formation. Because most of the ashigaru use three guns called long handles, because of the length of the gun body It is too long to be used flexibly. You can only use the advantage of the length of the gun to press down and whip, or even hit the enemy's head with a gun. Therefore, in the Warring States Period, there was a weird situation where the three guns were longer than anyone else's. .

It doesn't matter if the offensive effect is poor, but what's more terrible is that the gun array lacks effective flank defense. The crowded gun array is not only the favorite target of bows and iron cannons, but also the favorite weapon of mounted warriors for surprise attacks. You only need to gently go around the flanks of the spear formation to attack their weak flanks, and then smash the entire formation in one fell swoop.

After considering this problem, the gun quilt divided the ashigaru into teams of more than a dozen people. They stood loosely at some distance and used the difference between the front and rear rows to form a layered attack. When a samurai makes a surprise attack, he can also quickly shrink into a ball and turn into a spear formation to meet the enemy. Generally speaking, this is a very practical army formation.

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