Chapter 738 0733 [Do not talk about martial ethics]
Whether you are holding on to the city or forming a camp for confrontation, you cannot just defend it because morale will drop quickly.
Therefore, Ping Zhongmori went out to challenge according to the rules the day after the confrontation.
Before the Heian period and the early Heian period, due to the existence of foreign wars, Japan mainly fought in military formations. It also had a central army, and soldiers needed to regularly train formations. There were also a large number of bows and crossbows, and long-range firepower determined combat effectiveness.
After the capital was moved to Heian-kyo, due to the prolonged peace, the Central Army gradually disappeared.
The Japanese army only retains a small number of legionary forces in the northeast.
In vast areas, the armed forces of powerful families are the main force.
The scale of wars became smaller, and even peasants and soldiers were too lazy to recruit. It was often a mounted samurai who led a group of gangsters out, and the scene was similar to a gang fight. The victory or defeat was often determined by single combat, and the "one-horse attack" became more and more serious.
Becoming more and more popular.
If there is a battle with thousands of people, there will also be a very strict process.
First of all, warriors wearing large armor, riding horses and shooting bows and arrows, did not fight in close combat.
Then, the armored warriors sent out their own warriors, those warriors who fought on foot, to engage in a small-scale warrior melee.
Finally, peasants and soldiers from both sides rushed forward and fought in a chaotic manner.
The large-armored warriors only fought against the large-armored warriors. They didn't bother to fight with ordinary warriors, and they didn't even bother to kill the peasant soldiers.
If you are a peasant soldier and dare to attack a armored warrior, then you will be punished for not practicing martial ethics.
I saw the gate of the Japanese army's camp opening. Ping Zhongsheng was the first to come out wearing a large armor, followed by a group of Lang Tang warriors. Behind him, there was another large group of large armored warriors, riding horses and leading their respective Lang Tang warriors in formation.
Then came a large group of peasants and soldiers, arranged in a chaotic formation and going out to fight.
This kind of large armor is quite different from the armor worn by Japan during the Warring States Period.
When it was designed, it had to follow the fighting habits of large-armored warriors. It was mainly for the convenience of archery and sword drawing, and its defensive properties were all focused on preventing shooting and slashing.
It has a lot of shortcomings, it is heavy and clumsy.
Wearing this thing, you can't even move widely. You can only shoot arrows and draw a sword to chop, but it's difficult to make other complex movements.
Its greatest advantage is - bluffing!
The more stylish, the more gorgeous, the better. Depending on the user's preferences, many decorations may even be added that have no practical effect.
They are the first generation of sexy bitches in Japanese armor.
At this moment, Ping Zhongsheng was wearing a large armor.
There are two antlers standing on the helmet, and their length is about one-fifth of Taira Tadamori's height.
The shoulder armor is extremely wide and connected with copper sheets. The golden light can blind a dog's eyes. In addition to enhancing the defense, the biggest "function" of such a wide shoulder armor is to limit the user's flexibility of movement.
The armor skirt is similar, wide and overlapping. It would be difficult for a samurai to perform most equestrian movements when wearing this thing.
It is clumsy and heavy, making it difficult to mount a horse.
According to the fixed battle process, Ping Zhongsheng rode out in armor and went to the Ming army's formation to ask for a test of archery skills.
The head coach of the Ming army must appear. If he sends anyone else, he will be looking down on Ping Zhongsheng.
Even if Zhu Xiaozhong comes on stage to compete, both sides can only draw their bows and shoot at each other. Anyone who dares to rush in and fight in close combat has no martial ethics. Because the armored warriors all have status, fighting in close combat will inevitably lead to casualties. Even if there are no casualties, falling off the horse accidentally will result.
It's ugly.
Yuan Sheng muttered for a while, explaining Japan's rules of war.
Zhu Xiaozhong smiled and actually actually rode a horse to fight against each other in person. But he used a compound bow, while Ping Zhongsheng had a single bow in his hand.
The coaches of both sides rushed out.
Behind Ping Zhongsheng were a group of warriors on foot.
Behind Zhu Xiaozhong were a group of fusiliers.
After running for more than twenty steps, Zhu Xiaozhong saw the Lang party warriors on the opposite side stop, and also said to the musketeers behind him: "You are here to raid the formation!"
The coaches of both sides continued to advance on horseback. When they reached a certain distance, Ping Zhongsheng bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and Zhu Xiaozhong followed suit.
They fired several arrows at each other, and two or three of them hit, but none of them succeeded in breaking through the armor.
Although the Japanese armor is bulky and gorgeous, its defensive power is really strong, and the noble warriors are very precious about their lives.
Zhu Xiaozhong simply continued to charge forward on horseback. Ping Zhongsheng did not want to lose face, so he also approached and continued shooting.
The Japanese samurai who were watching the battle all exclaimed in admiration and lamented the bravery of the two coaches. Normally, the armored samurai would not be so close to each other when shooting at each other. If you are not careful, you will really shoot someone to death.
"call out"!
An armor-piercing arrow with a chisel head hit Ping Zhongsheng's chest with maximum power at the optimal riding distance of twelve or three steps while Zhu Xiaozhong was charging on horseback.
The ordinary arrow shot by Ping Zhongsheng with a single bow also hit Zhu Xiaozhong, but... could not break the armor.
Ping Zhong was horrified and quickly reined in his horse and turned to run away.
The Lang party warriors who were plundering the formation for him stepped forward to assist him, drawing their swords and guns to block the pursuing Zhu Xiaozhong.
Next, it was time for the Lang party warriors to engage in a melee.
Zhu Xiaozhong obeyed the rules very well and did not pursue any more. Instead, he rode away from the musket shooting area and let the "musketeers" behind him take action.
A group of orphans adopted by Ju Ming made a temporary appearance as warriors of the Lang Party, and they all raised their flintlock guns.
Ping Zhongsheng rode back and signaled other large-armored warriors to come forward with their respective Lang party warriors. If the Lang party failed in the melee, these large-armored warriors would also come forward and continue fighting with the Ming army's "large-armored warriors".
But he said that Ping Zhongsheng's Lang party warriors were charging on board with swords and guns raised.
Suddenly I heard a "bang bang bang" sound and smoke billowed from the enemy formation on the opposite side.
More than a dozen Lang Party warriors who were charging forward fell down in confusion, while the others were still charging and had no idea what was happening.
The second row of fusiliers then pulled the trigger.
Third row of fusiliers...
After three rounds of flintlock fire, only a few of the Lang party warriors who were still charging were left.
They finally realized something was wrong, turned around to check, and found that all their teammates had collapsed.
"Monster! It's a monster!"
The surviving Lang party warriors were so frightened that they immediately turned around and charged in reverse.
Those fusiliers were all monsters in their eyes, a group of man-eating demons that breathed fire and smoke!
Ping Zhongmori, the other armored warriors, the Lang party warriors, and the peasant soldiers who were pulled to raid the formation, were all horrified when they saw this, unable to understand such a weapon that they had never seen before.
"Drumming!"
"kill!"
Dozens of Ming cavalry rushed out first, followed by a thousand soldiers, leaving a thousand soldiers as a reserve.
On the Japanese army side, the first reaction of the armored warriors was to flee, and they quickly fled back to the camp with their men.
Ping Zhongsheng also deployed troops on the mountains on both sides. He shouted: "Raise the flag, beat the drum, attack from three sides, no escape!"
Some armored warriors are willing to obey orders and lead their men to fight.
But more of the armored warriors accelerated their escape pace, unwilling to fight the fire-breathing and smoke-breathing enemy.
These people who escaped were mainly samurai groups who joined along the way. They were not under the control of Pingchuang. They only came to fight with the army because of the central order and wanted to rob treasures.
Once an accident occurs, these guys will never go all out, but think about how to preserve their own strength.
The warriors and peasant soldiers on the mountains on both sides were much braver. Because they were attacking from the side and encircling the Ming army, they did not face the Ming army head-on. They had an innate battlefield psychological advantage.
Zhu Xiaozhong had already rushed back to the formation and stood in the valley with his reserve team, forming a formation to deal with the enemies coming from the mountains on both sides.
Dozens of musketeers were also lined up on both sides to reload ammunition.
In the front direction, the Japanese army was already in a mess. The few armored warriors who tried to fight led their men to summon the peasant soldiers. However, the peasant soldiers were being attacked by the fleeing warriors. The already chaotic formation was made even more chaotic by the fleeing warriors.
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The Ming cavalry rushed forward first, all firing armor-piercing arrows.
Moreover, they were too lazy to take care of the clumsy armored warriors with extremely high defenses, and specifically shot at the Lang Party warriors with weaker defenses.
After shooting, he swept away, then drew his bow and shot at another target.
A thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty formed a formation and trotted forward.
Their enemies were a group of armored warriors and Lang Party warriors in a chaotic formation.
Fighting with strict formation against chaotic formation, with the majority fighting against the minority, the warriors who fought bravely were instantly overwhelmed.
Especially those warriors in large armor, they have never encountered such a scene. They usually fight with warriors of equal status. At most, they are besieged by Lang party warriors, and there is no way they will be overwhelmed by the tide of soldiers. They even encounter enemy peasant soldiers.
, they are too lazy to take action, it will tarnish their samurai swords.
At this moment, they were surrounded and killed by a group of Ming soldiers.
These soldiers of the Ming Dynasty did not respect martial ethics, and they actually used their status as lowly soldiers to besiege the armored warriors with noble blood.
It’s simply a breakdown of etiquette and music!
All the rituals and music were ruined, so why fight for their lives? The armored warriors were so frightened that they galloped away on horseback.
As soon as they fled, the Lang party warriors under their command followed them.
The peasants and soldiers further behind were even more unwilling to fight and rushed towards the gate of the camp.
Countless people were trampled to death in front of the village gate, and even the walls of the village were broken down. The archers guarding the village could only shoot arrows randomly, and then run away after shooting one arrow.
The enemy troops rushing down the mountains on both sides were fired upon by flintlock rifles from a long distance.
Unfortunately, there were too few musketeers, so they only frightened some of the enemy troops. More armored warriors, led by Lang Party warriors and peasant soldiers, charged over with desperate double-teams.
The reason why they are so brave is because the Ming army has only a thousand reserves, and its own strength is several times that of the Ming army.
The fusiliers have withdrawn from the formation, and the Ming soldiers are fighting in formation.
The chaotic enemy troops rushed forward, seemingly in large numbers. However, the heavily arrayed Ming army had a partial strength advantage and was like a killing machine reaping the lives of the enemy troops.
The Japanese army two to three hundred years ago also knew how to fight in formations and was equipped with a large number of bows and crossbows.
Now it has been completely degraded, military formations are almost no longer practiced, crossbows are gradually eliminated, and only single bows still exist on the battlefield.
They had to wait a few more decades, and after experiencing the Genpei War, they suddenly realized something was wrong and learned lessons from the expanded war.
When the time comes, the armor will be improved one after another, the tactics will be improved one after another, and finally it will become a decent army.
And in that battle between Genpei, the protagonists of both sides were the descendants of Minamoto Weiyoshi and Taira Tadamori.
Thousands of Japanese troops besieged a thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty. They could not hold off for a long time and became more and more panicked.
Suddenly someone discovered that another thousand soldiers of the Ming Dynasty had already chased and attacked the defeated troops and entered the camp. It seemed that the Japanese army was completely defeated on the front battlefield.
"Run away quickly, the people of Tang Dynasty are all demons!"
More and more Japanese soldiers who besieged the Ming army's reserves turned around and fled. And they ran directly into the mountains, not daring to return to their camps.
Ping Zhongsheng was galloping all the way on horseback, but his Lang party warriors were too far forward, and all of them were killed by this time.
Behind him was an overwhelming mass of defeated troops. The Ming army's cavalry intercepted them everywhere, trying to force as many peasants and soldiers to surrender as possible.
Until this moment, Ping Zhongmheng didn't understand how he was defeated.
He didn't even think about today's decisive battle. He just followed the fixed war process and engaged in a shooting battle between the armored warriors and a melee between the Lang party warriors. He didn't even plan to invest in peasants and soldiers.
He still thought of stalling for time until Yuan Weiyi led his troops to block the enemy's retreat, trapping the Ming army in the valley and besieging them from all sides.
With this kind of tactical thinking, Taira Takaramori was considered a top-notch military strategist in Japan at this time.