The Japanese have been good at calculations since ancient times. This is related to their living environment. The plains are small and resources are scarce, so they have to compete with each other and make repeated calculations.
When fighting, they did not pay attention to formation strategies like the armies of the Han and Tang Dynasties. In addition, the Japanese army did not have many types of equipment, so their combat methods basically had two methods, one was ambush and sneak attack, and the other was large group combat.
For example, in this battle, the advantage of the Japanese army was their large numbers. Of course, Fujiwara Toyoshige, the commander of the Japanese army who was proficient in calculations, had to take advantage of his strength, which was twice that of the Tang army. Therefore, the Japanese army had to attack across the board.
Twenty thousand cavalry galloped in front of them, followed by an overwhelming number of warriors.
"Crossbowmen prepare!"
The 5,000 cavalry crossbowmen of the Tang Army raised their crossbows, pointing the cold arrow tips at a 45-degree angle at the overwhelming cavalry.
"emission!"
There was a bang sound, and five thousand Tang soldiers fired their hanging knives. Five thousand crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time, like a dark cloud rising into the sky. The arrows rushed towards the cavalry like a storm. The arrows were so sharp that the cavalry's rattan armor could not stop them at all.
The powerful penetrating power of the crossbow arrows made the cavalry scream and fall off their horses one by one.
More than a thousand people were killed in the first round, and then the second round of crossbow arrows was fired, and the running cavalry kept falling off their horses.
The Japanese cavalry had already reached a hundred steps away.
"retreat!"
With an order, the 3,000 crossbow infantry retreated quickly. They lined up behind the 20,000 spear corps. They were like a bait. They seemed to have few troops, but they had deadly lethality. They would use exploding arrows and
Throw a grenade to kill the enemy.
The two thousand crossbow cavalry were divided into three parts. There were five hundred heavy armored infantry on each side, and one thousand cavalry were also deployed behind.
Two thousand heavy armored infantry were arranged in two rows. There were not many of them, so they did not use the skirmishing style, but the wall soldier style. The first row of heavy armored infantry squatted half on the ground, with the tail of the sword touching the ground, and the sword in the posture of thirty.
The angle is pointed forward.
At this time, 17,000 Japanese cavalry were already in front of them. They suddenly saw the heavy armored infantry of the Tang army clearly, and the bright swords were pointed at them. The cavalry in front screamed in despair.
The cavalry rushed into the Modao formation like a violent wind. The cavalry in front was pierced by both men and horses, instantly forming a wall of flesh and blood.
Many of the cavalrymen behind them jumped up, but were cut into two pieces by the thousands of Modao troops in the rear row. Two rows of heavy-armored Modao soldiers began to advance forward with their Modao troops. Countless cavalrymen shot at the heavy-armored infantry with arrows.
But it's of no use.
Mo Dao flew, killing heads rolling, blood flowing like rivers, the cavalry fell to the ground one by one, Japanese cavalry's flesh and blood flew everywhere, internal organs were all over the ground, and the air was filled with a pungent stench.
The 40,000 warriors behind them automatically divided into two groups, ran past both sides of the cavalry, and charged directly at the Tang army's spear phalanx in the rear.
The spear phalanx was completely spread out and consisted of countless small points. Each small point was composed of three soldiers forming a fighting group. Although there were many opponents, they fought independently. The Japanese warriors rushed into the Tang army's formation like a flood.
Among them, they were greeted by spears stabbing them from all directions.
This is the strength of the collective, which greatly improves combat efficiency. Twenty thousand people exerted the power of sixty thousand people. The number of Japanese soldiers was clearly twice that of the Tang army. When they entered the formation, they felt that there were spears attacking them from all directions.
When stabbed, there is no way to hide. This is the power of the formation. The Japanese samurai wielded eight swords, but only one of them was effective in killing. The Tang army soldiers also stabbed eight times, but seven of them were effective in assassinating.
At this time, Fujiwara Toyoshige discovered the loophole of the Tang army, that is, there were 3,000 crossbowmen hundreds of steps behind, without the protection of other troops.
Fujiwara Toyonari was overjoyed and immediately led five thousand cavalry to rush forward.
After rushing a hundred steps away, three thousand crossbowmen suddenly raised their crossbows and fired. Three thousand explosive arrows were shot out. There was an explosion in the cavalry group, and all the cavalry who were shot were blown to pieces.
More than a thousand people fell in an instant. Before the cavalry could react, a thousand crossbowmen in front threw away their crossbows, ran for more than twenty steps, and threw a thousand throwing grenades into the group of cavalry dozens of steps away.
Throwing grenades are arrow mines, which are powerful. A burst of fire bursts out, causing the cavalry group to fall on their backs. Then two explosive arrows roared into the distance and exploded among the cavalry groups behind them.
General Fujiwara Toyoshige was also shot in the chest by an exploding arrow and exploded into two pieces.
In a very short period of time, after two rounds of firearms fire, almost all the five thousand cavalry were wiped out, and the remaining one hundred cavalry were so frightened that they turned around and fled.
The emergence of exploding arrows and throwing grenades became a turning point in the entire battle. The first to take action were thousands of Japanese cavalry. They had been killed by the Mo Dao army in fear, and only about 5,000 of the 20,000 cavalry were left.
He broke down several times and tried to escape, but was forced back by the Qiandu team behind him.
The huge explosion frightened the war horses, and they turned around and ran away. The cavalry collapsed completely. The supervising team could not stop it and also fled. The two thousand Tang Army cavalry also immediately left the heavy armored infantry and quickly pursued and killed the fleeing enemy troops.
go.
Two thousand heavy armored infantry turned back from the blood sea of corpses and intercepted the Japanese warriors from behind.
The Japanese soldiers, who had never seen firearms, were frightened. With their defeat already certain, more than 20,000 Japanese warriors turned around and fled. However, they were stopped by the Great Wall of heavy armored infantry. The two thousand infantrymen formed a row, about several meters long.
It was like a wall of death, blocking the retreat of the Japanese army with bloody killings.
The spear soldiers of the Tang army chased them from behind. Twenty thousand Japanese warriors were desperate and knelt down to surrender, but they were still ruthlessly killed by the Tang army.
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In a great battle, although the Tang army paid the price of more than 2,000 spear infantry casualties, it annihilated 60,000 Japanese troops, with less than 1,000 people escaping, making it almost a one-sided massacre.
At this time, the Tang army was so furious that they didn't even clean up the battlefield and rushed towards Pingchengjing, which was twenty miles away.
The gates of the Heijing capital were opened wide, and the people in the city were in panic. Thousands of the royal family and nobles fled to the old capital in the south, Fujiwara Kyo.
Li Chengshi left 5,000 troops to occupy Pingcheng Jing. He led 20,000 troops to continue southward. In the afternoon, the army surrounded the old capital Fujiwara Kyo, which was 30 miles away.
As night fell, tens of thousands of gunpowder arrows rose into the sky, burning with bright red light, and shot towards Fujiwara Capital.
Compared to the bloody battle at Heijōkyō, Kyushu Island on the western front seemed very peaceful. Thirty thousand Tang troops landed in Hakatazu and occupied Fukuoka Castle. Ma Lin then led another three thousand troops to occupy Dazaifu, thirty miles away.
Dazaifu was the chief official office sent by the Japanese imperial court to rule Saikaidō.
The chief official of Dazaifu is the main god of Shintoism in Japan, named Xiyi Azomaro.
Xiyi Azomaro was once an envoy to the Tang Dynasty. He could speak fluent Chinese and was in charge of Japan's foreign affairs. That's why he was permanently stationed in the Daizaifu of Chikuzen Province to welcome distinguished guests from all over the world.
He never dreamed that Tang Jun would appear on Kyushu Island, so he immediately rushed to question him angrily.
"Japan and the Tang Dynasty have always lived in peace, so why did the Tang army want to invade our border?"
Ma Lin said coldly: "The Zhongguan doesn't know where the troops from all the countries in Kyushu have gone, right?"
The armies of the eleven nations of Kyushu Island were the first batch of 20,000 naval troops to land in Ryūhara Prefecture. Of course Xi Yi Azomaro knew what was going on?
He said after a while: "That is the grudge between Japan and Bohai, and has nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty!"
Ma Lin shook her head, "The Japanese army was brutal, killing more than 10,000 people in Longyuan Prefecture, and massacred more than 100,000 people who came to Beijing. Bohai State is a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, and the people of Bohai State belong to the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
People, we are already at war with 50,000 Japanese troops in the Bohai Kingdom, which means that the two sides have entered a state of hostility."
Xi Yi Azumaro stared into Ma Lin's eyes, with a hint of fear in his eyes. He asked nervously: "What does Datang want?"
Ma Lin snorted and said calmly: "After the Battle of Baijiangkou, the Tang Dynasty prepared to seize Kyushu Island as compensation for the Japanese defeat. However, the Tang Dynasty was magnanimous and let Japan go. However, Japan did not repent and invaded for the second time.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty couldn't bear it and decided to secede Kyushu Island and its affiliated islands as compensation for the two defeats of the Japanese army."
Xi Yi Azomaro took a few steps back, gritted his teeth and said: "Your emperor is indeed not an authentic sect of the Tang Dynasty, and does not have the magnanimity of the Tang Dynasty. If you want to occupy the West Sea Road, you might as well kill me!"
"Killing you will dirty my hands. If you want to be loyal to the emperor, I suggest you commit suicide."
"Why should I commit suicide?"
"You'll understand soon enough!"
Ma Lin ordered the soldiers to take Xi Yi Azeng Malu down and imprison him.
Ma Lin also arranged for surrender officials to write eight letters to the daimyo of the other eight countries in Kyushu Island, except Chikuzen, under the guise of Xi Yi Azomaro, requesting the daimyo of the eight countries to come to Dazaifu immediately to discuss the carving up of Bohai Country's land.
Except for the Kuroda family, the daimyo of the Chikuzen Kingdom, who had been controlled by the Tang army in Fukuoka, the daimyo of the other eight countries immediately set off for Dazaifu. They were looking forward to the stars and the moon, and their necks were sore. Finally, they waited for the news of the partition of the Bohai Kingdom. How could they not come?