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Chapter 69 The decisive battle in Japan, Zhang Fei of Japan!

On an open field, two armies faced each other a hundred feet apart.

On one side is the Tokugawa Shogunate coalition army, about 20 people!

On the other side was the Ming army, about 6.9 people.

Among them were 4.5 Qinglong troops, 1 Jingying troops, 1 Kuihua guards, 2000 Jinyiwei, 500 Hulong Villa soldiers, 500 Humin Villa soldiers, 5000 Yagyu family soldiers, and 5000 surrendered soldiers and servants.

There are also 5 naval troops to guard against surprise attacks on the sea.

At this time, the ratio of the two sides' forces was 1 to 3, which was not too large.

Moreover, although the Ming army is small in number, they are basically elite!

The most common 4.5 Azure Dragon soldiers were generally at the third level of the Acquired Realm. For example, the 1 Jingying soldiers were generally at the fifth level of the Acquired Realm. The Sunflower Inner Guards were generally at the seventh level or higher of the Acquired Realm.

The 3000 personnel of Jinyiwei, Hulong Villa and Humin Villa are all above the fifth level of the acquired realm.

Even the 5,000 soldiers of Yagyu Tajima-no-Kami were at the second or third level of the Acquired Realm. Five years ago, he knew that Chu Feng was going to invade Japan, so he had been carefully training his soldiers and increasing his investment, which was quite effective!

On the other hand, most of the so-called foot soldiers of the Tokugawa shogunate were farmers, and there were only 40,000 to 50,000 real full-time soldiers, and their average level was only the second or third level of the acquired realm!
In terms of weapons and equipment, the Ming army had uniform and sophisticated bows and arrows, muskets, steel swords and iron armor.

The Ming Dynasty is now rich, so Chu Feng vigorously develops armaments, and the army's combat effectiveness has been significantly improved!
The Tokugawa coalition forces had only 40,000 to 50,000 full-time soldiers with relatively elite armaments, and many soldiers were also equipped with iron armor. The others were unarmored farmers, and their weapons were mostly low-quality spears and swords.

A moment later, under the flag of the Tokugawa Shogunate's central army.

Tokugawa Ieyasu observed the appearance of the Ming army through a telescope, his face became solemn, and then he ordered the artillery troops to open fire.

Soon after, nearly four hundred cannons fired at the same time, and solid bullets were shot towards the Ming camp.

Since the Ming army's formation was relatively dispersed, they could use light skills to dodge, and the casualties caused by solid artillery shells were relatively small.

There are even experts who can directly use knife or sword energy to split the shells!

After all, the Ming army is composed entirely of warriors, and the proportion of masters is very high!

At the same time, the Ming army commander Qi Anguo ordered the artillery to fire.

That’s right, although Chu Feng was there, he did not personally command the army to fight, because his main purpose was to kill the enemy masters and absorb their skills.

The Ming army's rows of artillery also began a round of volleys.

Moreover, the Ming army had 600 artillery pieces, half more than Japan, and the artillery range was also longer. Many of them were shrapnel shells, which fell on the Japanese army and caused huge damage to it in an instant!

Firearms were very popular in the Ming Dynasty, but corruption in the later period led to various problems.

However, with Chu Feng's vigorous efforts in the past five years, and with the supervision of four intelligence departments such as the Embroidered Uniform Guard, the quality of artillery has been significantly improved. Moreover, now that the Ming Dynasty is rich, the number of artillery has also increased rapidly, completely crushing Japan!
Soon after, Tokugawa Ieyasu found that artillery fire was too disadvantageous, so he decided to send troops to attack.

Under the cover of foot soldiers and shield soldiers, a large number of artillery troops set out.

Japan's iron cannon troops are actually matchlock musket troops, they just sound scary.

At this time, Qi Anguo also ordered corresponding deployments.

Wait until the musket troops come into range.

Five thousand archers began to fire in unison!

In this era, the effective range of bows and arrows far exceeds that of firearms, and they can also be thrown, so the shield soldiers in the front row of Japan are of little use!
Especially the archers, all of them have superb archery skills and strong internal strength, and their lethality has been significantly improved!

Tokugawa Ieyasu watched through the telescope as the soldiers of the iron cannon unit fell down in large numbers, and his heart was bleeding.

In Japan at this time, the number of firearms units was relatively small and quite precious!

Even though the coalition forces this time numbered 20, the actual artillery troops were only 2.

How can this withstand such consumption!
Soon after, the iron artillery troops began to retreat. After these two test attacks, he came to the unfortunate news that the Ming army was much more elite than the Japanese army.

Therefore, he can only win by numbers!
Immediately, Tokugawa Ieyasu ordered the entire army to attack. In addition to the three main frontal forces, there were also 1.5 cavalry, led by Generals Honda Tadakatsu and Ii Naomasa, who were to circumvent the Ming army from the left and right flanks.

The Ming army came across the sea without any horses, and they were all infantry. This was their chance to win!
Qi Anguo discovered the enemy's attack through a telescope, but he remained calm and began to make arrangements for response.

Jian Jingfeng led some masters from the Humin Villa and 500 sunflower guards to deal with the left-wing cavalry, and Duan Tianya led some masters from the Humin Villa and 500 sunflower guards to deal with the right-wing cavalry.

At the same time, the frontal deployment was 3000 Shenjiying musketeers in the center, with a row of shield soldiers in front.

10000 archers were deployed behind the left and right wings.

Soon after, the Japanese central army arrived first. It was a dense crowd of foot soldiers, numbering about 1.

They were all without armor and had a mess of weapons. It was obvious that they were sent to serve as cannon fodder to consume the arrows and physical strength of the Ming army archers.

After a while, about 2 Japanese troops from the left and right attacked, with shield soldiers in the front and iron cannon troops in the back. This was the main force!

After a while, the foot soldiers came into range.

The shield soldiers retreated to the left and right, revealing 3000 musketeers from the Shenji Camp, who began a three-stage shooting.

Then, the Japanese foot soldiers fell down in rows.

The Ming army's firearms were sophisticated, and their muskets had strong lethality at close range. The enemy had no foot soldiers in armor, so it was like mowing the grass!
Moreover, with three-stage shooting, there is no need to worry about insufficient battery life!
Soon after, the foot soldiers who had lost nearly half of their troops were directly defeated and turned to flee, but they were still within the effective range, and no more than 30% of them could finally escape.

Immediately, the Japanese troops on the left and right entered the effective range of the archers.

Then, the Ming army archers started firing in volleys, and a large number of iron cannon troops were killed before they could even fire a shot!
Soon after, the left and right armies, which had suffered heavy losses, also began to retreat.

Tokugawa Ieyasu watched this scene through a telescope, feeling heartbroken. He could only hope that the cavalry on both wings could achieve results!

At this time, the cavalry units that were flanking the two wings had also encountered 1000 sunflower guards.

The Japanese right-wing cavalry was less than a hundred meters away from the 500 Sunflower Guards.

A burly old general holding a two-meter-long spear and riding a tall iron-armored warhorse stared at Duan Tianya, who was in the lead, and put a lot of pressure on him!

Because this person is Honda Tadakatsu, the most powerful general of Japan, known as the Zhang Fei of Japan!

Then, Honda Tadakatsu looked at the 500 sunflower guards with contempt, and prepared a wave of attack to eliminate these unarmed infantrymen on the opposite side!
However, the moment he launched a cavalry charge.

Steel needles shot out towards the Japanese cavalry like a rain of arrows.

A large number of cavalrymen were hit in the vitals by the steel needles and died instantly, even their iron armor was useless.

The needle-shaped energy of the sunflower's internal force can break through the horizontal and protective energy, and can even penetrate iron armor easily!
Moreover, the Sunflower Inner Guards have small bottles specially for steel needles, so there is no need to worry about not having enough needles.

Honda Tadakatsu's protective Qi blocked the steel needle, but his old face turned ashen. Holding the Dragonfly Cutter, he rode his horse towards the Sunflower Guards, but was stopped by Duan Tianya with his sword.

Duan Tianya's phantom sword is also a top-notch sword technique, especially his agile body movements and his ability to grapple.

Although his skills are not as profound as Honda Tadakatsu's seventy years of skills, his body movement speed is still better than the opponent, so there will be no problem in fighting for the time being!

The generals under Honda Tadakatsu were also resisted by the masters of Humin Villa.

The two sides are fighting soldiers against soldiers and generals against generals!
The more than 7,000 Japanese cavalrymen are generally elites at the third level of the acquired realm. However, facing the Sunflower Inner Guards whose average acquired realm is above the seventh level, they can only be targets!

The Sunflower Guards relied on their flexible lightness skills and the strategy of retreating when the enemy advanced and pursuing when the enemy retreated, and they played kite-flying against the Japanese cavalry without engaging in direct combat.

What made the Japanese cavalry most desperate was that they couldn't even catch up with the opposing infantry on horseback. It was simply outrageous!
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