Aino is a very narrow place. As long as you stand a little higher, you can see the ocean to the north and south.
Therefore, this is also the only way for the shogunate's troops to escape.
It was precisely because Xia Jun knew this that he firmly occupied this place and waited for the shogunate's troops to come to their door automatically.
Tens of thousands of shogunate troops emerged from the mountains and forests one after another and began to quietly organize themselves into formation.
"General, these Xia troops only have infantry, and their fortifications are very crude. They will definitely not be able to stop our attack."
Ogasawara Tadama, the lord of the Kokura Domain in Bunzen Province, was full of confidence.
"Don't be too careless and forget about Xia Jun's terrifying artillery?"
Whenever he thinks of the scenes of Xia Kingdom's warships bombing wildly, Matsudaira Nobutsuna can't help but feel fear.
If the Xia army facing them also had that kind of artillery, they might not be able to win.
"These Xia troops don't seem to have artillery. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
Matsudaira Tadenori, the lord of the Takata Domain in Bungo Province, told his cousin about his discovery.
"Oh, is it so?"
Matsudaira Nobutsuna couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this. He put his palms on his eyebrows and looked in the direction of Xia Jun.
The distance was too far, and one could only see the Xia army's infantry moving slowly, but the position further away was unclear.
However, according to his experience, if Xia Jun also possessed that kind of terrifying artillery, it would be impossible not to launch it.
Since you can't see it at this time, maybe it really doesn't exist.
In this way, the shogunate's army has greater hope of victory.
"Gentlemen, who is willing to fight?"
All the generals hesitated, and no one dared to stand up.
Although the Xia army in front of them didn't look strong enough, since they dared to stop them with five thousand men, they might have some terrible killing moves.
Just when Matsudaira Nobutsuna was a little dissatisfied, a determined voice sounded at the right time.
"Leave it to me to defeat the enemy."
Matsudaira Nobutsuna was very happy to see the people who stood up.
"You are indeed the person Guan Bai praised. Everyone's life and death are entrusted to you."
The man didn't care about Matsudaira Nobutsuna's praise, but made a request.
"I see that the Xia army's defense is very crude. If we use cavalry to attack, the chance of success is very high. Therefore, please give all the cavalry to my command."
In the opinion of Matsudaira Nobutsuna, this request is not excessive at all.
As long as we can defeat the Xia army in front of us and retreat safely, we can do anything.
He quickly asked the famous generals to gather the cavalry and formed a huge assault group.
At this time, the various daimyo didn't care whether they were losing money or not. They wanted to escape with their lives first and then worry about other things.
In a short time, the shogunate army formed a cavalry brigade of more than 5,000 people.
"General Tang, please be careful. The person opposite is the incomparable Tachibana Munesege of the Western Kingdom. He is a famous general in Japan. In my humble opinion, it is better to ask the army to withdraw and rely on fortifications to fight. Only in this way can we withstand the impact of the cavalry.
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Yamada Yuei was shocked when he saw clearly the people who were fighting in the shogunate army, and quickly reminded Tang Wenhuan.
"Western Country Wushuang?"
Hearing the nickname of the general opposite, Tang Wenhuan showed a sarcastic smile.
If Yamada Yuei hadn't been by his side, he would have said a few sarcastic words.
"Wen Youdao."
"arrive!"
Wen Youdao, commander of the 1st Marine Regiment, ran over quickly.
"Without artillery support for you, can you defeat the cavalry on the other side with only two battalions of infantry?"
Wen Youdao turned his head and glanced at the cavalry array opposite, his attitude was very clear.
"Commander, if an enemy breaks through our formation, I will jump into the sea and drown."
"Hahaha……"
Tang Wenhuan laughed loudly.
"Well, I'll just wait and see."
Wen Youdao accepted the order and shouted loudly after returning to the formation.
"First Battalion, Second Battalion, get out!"
More than two thousand Xia army soldiers broke away from the fortifications and formed an array about a kilometer long in the open space directly in front.
There are three layers in total, front and back, and they look very weak.
Yamada Yuei was frightened, thinking how could such a thin infantry formation withstand the charge of the cavalry?
But seeing that Tang Wenhuan was as solid as a rock, he had no choice but to hold back his thoughts and wait to see the outcome of the battle.
On the side of the shogunate's army, Tachibana Muneshige has already organized his formation.
As the son-in-law of Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Tachibana Muneshige was a die-hard loyalist of Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
During the Sekigahara War, he firmly rejected Tokugawa Ieyasu's temptation and sided with the Toyotomi family.
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu admired him very much and did not liquidate his crimes. Instead, he invited him to resume his official career several times and always entrusted him with important tasks.
A scholar died for his confidant, and Tachibana Muneshige finally changed his attitude and became a capable general of the Tokugawa family.
Now that the shogunate's army encountered an unprecedented crisis, he decided to fight to the death to repay the shogunate's kindness.
Thousands of cavalry began to move forward slowly.
The horses' hooves moved faster and faster. Initially silent, the ground gradually began to vibrate with the sound of the hooves, as if the drum head was being struck violently.
Opposite the cavalry, two thousand Xia soldiers stood still. The muskets in their hands had already been loaded with ammunition, and they were waiting for orders very quietly.
After the baptism of the Korean War, the combat effectiveness of the 1st Marine Division was greatly improved, and it did not panic at all when facing the impact of the cavalry.
In fact, in terms of power, the Japanese cavalry was not even the slightest bit different from the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing dynasties.
Just the height of the war horse is not on the same level.
Since the 1st Marine Division was able to fight fiercely with the Eight Banners cavalry and win, it had no psychological burden at all when facing the much weaker Japanese cavalry.
A distance of three thousand meters is enough for the cavalry to accelerate.
Finally, the horses began to soar, the dust began to fly, and the flat land became the best place for cavalry to perform.
The infantry on the opposite side's thin and weak defense line looked like a piece of paper. As long as they rushed over, they could easily break through it.
Is this really the case?
Wen Youdao stood at the junction of the two battalions, staring ahead, constantly measuring the distance of the cavalry.
At 500 meters, he finally gave the order.
"First in line, raise your gun!"
The sharp whistle sound was like a sound in the Xia army's formation, extremely harsh.
The Xia soldiers in the first row moved uniformly, aiming their muskets at the Japanese cavalry that was rushing towards them.
Three hundred meters.
For the cavalry, it was almost a blink of an eye.
For musketeers, it is the best first wave firing distance.
"put!"
The whistle sounded suddenly shrill and long.
Upon receiving the signal to fire, hundreds of soldiers pulled the trigger together.
The white smoke formed a straight line, hiding the trajectory of the bullet.
Of course, with such a fast flying speed, the Japanese cavalry could not see or avoid it.
Among the cavalry that were charging rapidly, one layer suddenly disappeared.
The screams of people and the neighing of horses echoed throughout the battlefield, and the fallen horses and people became dangerous obstacles.
The rest of the war horses collided with the fallen human body, and the fallen war horses immediately fell on their backs, exacerbating the chaos.
On Xia Jun's side, Yamada Yuei and others stood up and looked at the battlefield in disbelief, feeling that the blood all over their bodies was flowing faster.
On the side of the shogunate army, Matsudaira Nobutsuna and others were all dumbfounded and even suspected that there was something wrong with their eyes.