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Chapter 481 The Prologue of the Great War

Uji, a small city around Kyoto, is also the main road from Nara to Kyoto. There is a river outside the city, named Uji River. It was the middle of winter, and the river dried up. No, in previous years, at such times, many merchants loaded up with various goods and went from Kanto to Kyoto and other places via this place. Depression, only a small group of cavalry on the east bank of the Uji River was riding slowly. Judging by the clothes, it was a group of Qing army cavalry sentries. There were not many people, and it was only a small group of ten people. A young general, with a handsome face under the helmet, looks no more than 25 or [-]. This person is Zhang Miao.

Zhang Miao, born as a guard of Prince Cheng's Mansion, from Jezhou, Shandong, was originally Li Minxing's apprentice, and later entered Prince Cheng's Mansion with Li Minxing, served Hongqing for seven years, and just released the general of the new army last year. Because he is very good at riding, he was able to enter the riding camp as an official. Today is a routine patrol, and there is no urgent task. Because of this, Zhang Miao is actually very relaxed, and led a group of men to walk along the river for a while. , Even if he led his troops to sentry forward in the direction of Nara, talking and joking all the way, it was very relaxed and refreshing.

They are all young people, and the things they can talk about are completely different. One is the current war. Well, there is nothing to talk about. No one knows what the next battle will look like, so it can only be It’s all just random guessing. As for the second one, it is naturally a woman, especially Dongying women. Playing with Dongying women is not forbidden in the left and right camps. As long as you don’t bring them back to the camp, you can do whatever you want. The young people who are full of blood have been held back at sea for another two months. Once they let go, they are all playing happily. Seven times a night.

"Brother Miao, look, there are cavalry in the front left!"

A group of people were chatting and laughing freely, but they heard a cavalry suddenly pointing to the front left and exclaiming loudly.

"It's a Japanese dog, ready to fight!"

Zhang Miao's eyes were good, and he followed the cavalryman's hand gestures to look over, and immediately saw that a group of cavalrymen galloping forward was the cavalry sentry of the Japanese kingdom. The size was only about 30 people, and it should be a sentry team. , his complexion sank immediately, and he raised his hand, sending out a warning.

"It's the Chinese, sons and daughters, come on, kill them all!"

At the same time when Zhang Miao and others discovered the Japanese scout cavalry team, the Japanese scouts galloping over also saw the Qing army cavalry team riding slowly. This time, seeing that their strength was three times that of the Qing army, The leader of the Japanese warrior's eyes immediately flashed with bloodthirsty light, he roared, and led his troops to rush towards the Qing cavalry squad screaming.

"Raise your gun, aim, fire!"

The Qing Dynasty has always built a country with bows and horses, and the most important thing is the construction of the cavalry. During this Eastern Expedition, although it was limited to the problem of carrying capacity, the cavalry brought in was not too much, but the equipment was very good. A cavalry gun, a revolver, and five long-handled grenades inserted in the magazine at the end of the bullet belt, and a saber handle made of fine steel. Wearing light armor, it can be said that it is armed to the teeth, without any Undoubtedly, with the help of so many advanced weapons, Zhang Miao naturally does not pay much attention to the large and powerful opponents. While ordering his subordinates to form a horizontal formation, he coldly observes every move of the Japanese cavalry, waiting When the Japanese cavalry squad had rushed to less than a hundred steps away from their own side, Zhang Miao calmly issued a battle order.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

The Qing cavalry who can accompany the army on expeditions are all elites selected from the more than 2000 cavalry in the whole cavalry. The cavalry roared fiercely, and all the officers and soldiers were unmoved. Following Zhang Miao's instructions, they raised their guns and fired skillfully. In an instant, they shot down five Japanese cavalrymen rushing to the front, and immediately ordered the Japanese cavalrymen to shoot. The momentum of the team's charge was stifled.

"Don't mess around, charge, continue to charge, kill!"

The Japanese cavalry commander is a bearded and strong man named Nishimura Toshiyuki. He is Ma Huizhong (Japanese official name) under the old Naka Tokugawa and his party. He has heard of the sharpness of the Qing army's firearms, but he has heard of Gui I've heard of it, and I was still taken aback when I actually encountered it, but I didn't want to back down. Instead, I wanted to take down Zhang Miao and his party in order to obtain those powerful firearms. With a cry, he pressed his body tightly on the horse's back, roaring and continuing to rush forward.

"Retract the gun, draw the knife, follow me, charge!"

Seeing that the Japanese cavalry were still charging forward, Zhang Miao became furious. He pulled out the saber hanging from his waist, shouted, shook the reins of the horse, and launched a countercharge first.

"kill!"

"kill!"

……

Both sides are well-trained cavalry, and their riding skills are naturally good. The short distance of more than [-] steps is nothing more than a flash. In an instant, the two cavalry squads collided like two sharp blades. , the saber and the katana slashed again and again, people roared and horses neighed, blood spattered, and after only one face-to-face confrontation, the Japanese cavalry had been hacked and killed six people one after another, while only one of the Qing cavalry, which was at a disadvantage, was killed. On the spot, there is no doubt that there is a big gap between each other's technical and tactical abilities.

"Baga, show up your courage, don't lose face to our Edo Army, charge me!"

Nishimura Shouyuki, as a member of the Mahui army, had quite good combat power. He had beheaded a Qing cavalry soldier before, but when he saw that his side had an absolute superiority in troops, he actually killed six cavalrymen in the confrontation. The man became angry immediately, waved the bloody katana in his hand, roared again and again and led his troops to charge again.

"Dog, dare to come, brothers, follow up and kill all these Japanese dogs!"

Seeing that Nishimura Shouxing dared to kill him, Zhang Miao became furious, raised his saber, and rushed towards Nishimura Shouxing. Seeing this, all the cavalry of the Qing army were unwilling to be left behind, and they all roared and followed. Behind Zhang Miao, during the march, he skillfully formed a triangular assault formation, and rushed towards the Japanese cavalry team like a rainbow.

"kill!"

"die!"

……

Just as Nishimura Shouyuki had his eye on Zhang Miao, the commander of the Qing army, Zhang Miao also had his eye on Nishimura Shouyuki. During the charge, the two collided with gongs and gongs, and drums and drums. When they intersected, the two roared almost at the same time, and both swords swung out at the same time.

"Pfft!"

Nishimura Shouyuki has always been known for his quickness with his sword. When he slashed out, it was as fast as lightning, and he went straight to Zhang Miao's neck. Shouxing's knife slid past Zhang Miao's helmet, and before he could react, Zhang Miao's knife brushed past his neck unceremoniously, but after hearing a muffled sound, Xi Cun Shou Xing's head immediately rolled off the horse, blood gushed out from the broken stubble like a fountain, rushed up to a height of Zhang Xu, and then fluttered to the ground, his headless body shook one after another After a few counts, he fell unwillingly into the dust.

"Catch up and kill all these thieves!"

The two sides confronted each other for the second time, and only two of the Qing army were injured. One of them was scratched by the end of the blade, and blood gushed out like a fountain, and the other had a cut on his face by the blade. Neither of them was seriously injured. But the cavalry army of the Japanese country once again suffered a big loss. Not only the chief officer Nishimura Toshiyuki died in battle, but also four knights fell under the blade of the Qing army. Dare to turn back to find the Qing army to fight again, and fled along the way he came from without looking back. When he saw this, how could Zhang Miao agree, let out a roar, and led his troops to chase after him.

"Withdraw, withdraw!"

Uji belongs to the junction between the mountains and the Kansai Plain. The terrain is relatively flat, but there are still many low hills, but the height of these hills is extremely low and the slope is small. There is almost no obstacle for the cavalry. After the two sides fled and chased, they covered a distance of several miles. The Qing cavalry with excellent riding skills were fully mobilized, and their speed was naturally faster than the Japanese cavalry. It was after chasing end to end, just when he was about to catch up with the Japanese cavalry, but he never thought that as soon as he rushed to a low hill, he saw countless troops marching at high speed, Zhang Miao was taken aback. Yu, of course, didn't dare to chase those desperate Japanese cavalrymen, he twisted his horse's head in a hurry, and led his troops to run wildly towards the way they came.

"Baga, give it to me, don't let anyone go!"

It was the [-] vanguard army led by Tokugawa and his party who marched in a hurry. Seeing that the scouting cavalry squad under him was hunted down so badly by the Qing army, Tokugawa and his party immediately became angry, waved their hands, and shouted After the order was given, hundreds of Japanese cavalry rushed out, chasing and killing Zhang Miao and others like a tide.

"General, there is a situation on the east bank!"

Inside the gate tower of Uji Castle, Akiyama, the deputy general of the expeditionary army, was lying leisurely on a rocking chair, humming a little song with his eyes slightly closed, and was enjoying himself when suddenly he saw a sentinel rushing in like a whirlwind. Come in and report loudly.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Qiu Shan didn't dare to be careless, stood up hastily, and rushed to the city plate without asking any more questions, raised the binoculars in his hand, and looked at the place where the smoke and dust started, His complexion darkened instantly.

"Blow the horn, the whole army enters emergency combat readiness!"

Akiyama was the city of Uji that was captured by his troops the day before yesterday. Yesterday he rushed to repair all kinds of combat preparation facilities overnight. He thought he would be able to rest for two days, but he didn't expect the Japanese army to arrive so quickly. But he didn't dare to procrastinate a little, he waved his hand hurriedly, and issued a combat order loudly.

"Ohh Ohh ohh……"

Akiyama's general gave the order, and his own messengers blew the horn for emergency assembly. With the sound of the shrill horn, the various departments of the Qing army who were resting in the city did not dare to delay the slightest, and they all held guns in their hands like flying. They rushed out from various barracks, and once the whole team was finished, they filed out of the city gate and rushed to the pre-set position on the west bank of the Uji River...

(End of this chapter)