Sure enough, after Vadak killed more than 600 North Korean soldiers, the effect of being able to see the shadows immediately. Therefore, after the Qing coalition launched another attack on the Chinese army's positions, the North Korean soldiers suddenly changed from sheep. They became tigers, and they all rushed forward desperately as if they were injected with chicken blood, and no one dared to retreat.
After all, every North Korean soldier now knows that this is not North Korea. The previous set has no effect. Once it fails to meet the requirements of the Qing army, what is waiting for him will be dead. Therefore, it is better to die anyway. Fighting the Chinese Army to the death may lead to a life-saving battle from the dead.
However, although the fighting spirit of the North Korean army was aroused or forced out by the threat of death, the Chinese army was still useless and still fought according to its own rhythm and tactics. After the coalition attacked, they first used muskets and cannons. Strike, after the attack is approaching, use continuous guns to increase firepower and use grenades to explode. If there are still enemy soldiers who have rushed through the firepower blockade, then conduct hand-to-hand combat.
However, the battle in the Firearm Age cannot be achieved by relying on courage. No matter whether the fighting spirit of the North Korean army is aroused or forced out, how brave and desperate the attack is, the flesh and blood body is still unable to do so. Confronting gunpowder guns and bullets is also something that has been proved by countless battles, not to mention that the fighting spirit and fighting will of the Chinese army are not inferior to the North Korean army at this time. Therefore, the changes that have taken place in the North Korean army have played a role in the battle situation. The impact is not great, and it is not as great as Vadak imagined.
During the subsequent two days of attack, the Qing coalition paid a large price of casualties. Although it had attacked the Chinese army's positions several times, it was eventually repelled by the Chinese army, and the Chinese army still firmly defended the position.
Vadak also tried every possible way, but could not break through the front, so he wanted to attack from the side, and sent some people around the Chinese army's positions, but the Chinese army did all the tricks of the Qing army. With full preparation, although all the important areas around the Xinzhuangying Township position could not be stationed, a large number of scouts were sent, and almost all the movements of the Qing army could be learned at the first time, and then The Qing army was made twice in a row and lost more than 2,000 people, and eventually had to stop the roundabout attack.
For four or five days, the Qing army was firmly blocked by the Chinese army in Xinzhuangying Township and could not move forward. The North Korean army lost more than 8,000 people, and the Qing army also suffered nearly 3,000 casualties. Vadak had no other way, so he had to fight against the Chinese army here and pin his hopes for breakthroughs on the Eastern Route Army.
When the Western Route Army's advance was frustrated, the Qing army's Eastern Route Army was also violently blocked by the Chinese army.
The distance between Qiu County and Daming Prefecture is about seventy miles away, and the first blocking point of the Chinese army is located in Qiucheng Town, which is only twenty miles north of Qiu County. The Chinese Table Tennis Army defends an infantry regiment here.
Because the Eastern Army was mainly composed of the Japanese army, and the Qing army had only 15,000 troops in total, so it was natural that the Japanese army was responsible for the main attack. The Japanese army's chief general Tadashi Sakai did not refuse and immediately ordered the order to The troops of the Okurabashi attacked and launched an attack on Qiucheng Town.
Okura was originally the territory of Mauri Katsunobu, but in the Sekihara battle, the Maori supported the Western Army of the Toyotomi family. After the defeat, the territory was confiscated by Tokugawa Itoku and appointed Hosokawa, whom he trusted.
In 1632, because of Kato Tadashi's reorganization, Hosokawa Yoshitaki changed his leadership to Kumamoto, and Tokugawa Ieyasu appointed Ogasawara clan, who had a relative relationship with him, to take over the Ogasawara clan, who was dependent on him, and was entrusted with 150,000 yuan.
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The Ogasawara clan was once a prominent Japanese clan, and now it has a history of nearly 500 years. However, in Japanese history, the Ogasawara clan has risen and fallen several times and once became a retainer. In the Warring States Period, it was among the famous Japanese names.
The Ogasawara clan's fame and strength are very average, and they are wandering among the major forces of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and finally they are still stable on the side of the Tokugawa clan.
The current vassal lord Tadomasa Ogasawara's father Hidemasato married Tokugawa Ieyasu's granddaughter, which consolidated his relationship with the Tokugawa family. Later, in the Battle of Osaka, Hidemasato Ogasawara went to war for the Tokugawa army, and Tokugawa Ieyasu's father was killed in order to commend the Ogasawara clan's loyalty.
Only then did Ogasawara Tadashi become the daimyo of Okura and was included in the Tokugawa genealogy.
When the Okura clan was sent to fight the first battle, Tadao Sakai also hoped to test the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. Although the Okura clan's army was not strong in combat, there were 2,000 iron artillery soldiers.
Iron cannons are the name of muskets in this era. In the Warring States Period, Japan's musket technology had a very high development period. Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu both attached great importance to the use of muskets, and the bird guns of the Ming Dynasty were referenced.
Some Japanese musket technology were used. Before this, Japan had fought with the Chinese army several times, and had a certain understanding of the Chinese army's tactics and knew that the Chinese army made good use of muskets. Therefore, after the last defeat, Tokugawa Shogunate
He also vigorously made muskets, hoping to use the strength of the Chinese army as the commander of the opponent. However, the Tokugawa shogunate did not dare to allow the major names to develop muskets freely, and only allowed the Sultan Daiming to make muskets.
Therefore, at the beginning, Tadashi Ogasawara ordered the two thousand musketeers of Okura to attack the Chinese army's positions first. However, the development of Japanese firearms lacks integrity and has little communication with Europe.
Moreover, after the Tokugawa Shogunate achieved a stable dominance, the development of firearms stagnated, so Japan's musket level remained in the 1660s and 1670s, and it was all clamping guns, which was actually even the Qing court.
It's not as good as that, after all, the Qing court also started playing flintlock rifles at this time.
The range of the mezzanine is short and the firing speed is slow, but the ignition method is extremely troublesome. If it is used for defense, it may be able to cope with it for a while, but in the offense, it is almost useless. The musketeers in Okura Fan have not yet held the muskets.
When they entered their range, they were hit hard by the Chinese army's muskets, and a large number of them died. When some musketeers saw it, they hurriedly shot out the filled muskets in their hands, but they left the Japanese army at this time.
The range of the musket is still a long way from now, and it is simply useless. However, the muskets of the Chinese Army can easily hit Japanese soldiers. Therefore, the two sides are not fighting on the same side at all.
Seeing that the muskets did not work, Tadashi Ogasawara had to order to remove the musket soldiers and attack other troops to attack the Chinese army.
However, the fighting spirit and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army are indeed much stronger than that of the North Korean army. Although Japan had already tended to peace at this time, the Tokugawa shogunate did not have the ambition to expand outward, and since the Shimahara Rebellion, Japan also had It hasn't been through a major war for more than ten years.
However, Japan's system is very different from that of China and North Korea. China and North Korea adopt a highly centralized system. Under normal circumstances, local governments not only have no ability to balance the central government, but also have political, military, financial and other aspects. , and they must be fully subject to the central government. In this era, Japan was a system of coexistence of centralization and feudalism. Although the Tokugawa Shogunate was the supreme ruler of Japan, it also had more than 100 feudals in Japan. Daming, and all the major names have considerable autonomy within their own territory. Although the Tokugawa Shogunate also thought of many ways to weaken the power of all the major names, they are also solutions to the symptoms but not the root cause. After all, you cannot interfere too much. Daming's internal affairs.
Once the autonomy was achieved, no major names relaxed their organization and training of their troops. In addition, Japan is now at the peak of the Tokugawa shogunate rule, and its social economy and culture have reached a very high level. Therefore, the major names also have enough financial resources to provide better assembly for the army. For ordinary civilians who want to make a fuss, the shortest way is to serve the disciples of various major names, become retainers and warriors, or choose to be a free warrior. He became a retainer who became a famous official.
Moreover, the Japanese are born with a strong and aggressive personality, and have always been aware of crisis. Therefore, although there was no war at this time, all the names of Japanese names maintained considerable military strength, such as Safari, Changzhou, Nengben, and Sendai. It was absolutely possible to send tens of thousands of troops at one time, and they hired well-known samurai as guides for military tactics of each vassal to teach soldiers. Therefore, at this time, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army may be greater than that of Toyotomi Hideyoshi or Tokugawa Ieyasu. The times are worse, but they are by no means comparable to the North Korean army that has been peaceful for a long time.
Therefore, although the soldiers of Okurabashi were not strong Japanese soldiers, they still performed very positively throughout the day of attack. Although they were severely attacked by the Chinese army, there was no sign of fear of fighting, as if they were all Not afraid of death, he still fought his own life and rushed forward and attacked the Chinese army's positions. It was completely different from the aura of the Korean army being forced to risk his life to attack. However,
But the result is still conceivable. Under the fierce firepower attack of the Chinese army, no matter how active the Japanese army's attack was or how brave and tenacious the Japanese army was, it still could not break through the defense line of the Chinese army. Although there was only one regiment of the Chinese army in Qiucheng Town, it was still impossible to break through the Chinese army. But the defense is still not underestimated. After being equipped with a large number of continuous guns, the firepower of the Chinese army has far exceeded this era in another time and space, reaching the Napoleon era, and what is the later level. . Therefore, without firepower support, it is difficult to break through the Chinese army's defense line.
As a result, in a day's attack, the Okura clan army lost nearly 3,000 people, but the Chinese army's defense line in Qiucheng Town was still unbreakable. The first day of the battle ended with the Qing and Japanese coalition returning in vain.