Chapter 94 Ming Army Comes East

Japanese ships have never been so big.

China's shipbuilding technology has always been the first-class. In the Song Dynasty, a large ship of ten thousand stone was used as a seal to intimidate small countries.

And now even more so.

Although Wang Ying was confident that he could surpass the Japanese, Wang Ying became much more cautious after the Battle of Bai Tengjiang.

After all, to be honest, is Japan's national strength weaker than Annan?

not necessarily.

In the Battle of Kyoto, the main force of the army used by both sides was more than 200,000. If they were able to go to the outside world, they might not be weaker than the Annan army, of course.

After the war of that year, the generals tempered from life and death were better than the Japanese army.

But Wang Ying also knew that the army he led was just a partial division.

So he drew the most elite navy from the Nanyang Navy, all of which were big ships. They could be from the ocean. The sailors were extremely elite. They could be drew and disembarked at any time and participated in the battle.

The reason for this is that he is prepared to withdraw from the sea if it is impossible.

After all, there are too many places to retreat in the island country of Japan.

In this way, without any worries, Wang Yingcai dared to do his best.

But Wang Ying never expected that such a situation would scare the Japanese.

Including Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

There were crowds of people on the shore. The army that was originally waiting to welcome the Ming army was silent for a moment. It seemed to have frozen for a while.

From their perspective, they saw the sun hanging quietly in the sky, and the sea was calm. There were countless large hard sails at a glance, one after another, just like countless flags that had covered the entire sea.

The black fleet overwhelmed the sea halfway.

It seems like cities are approaching.

For a moment, Ashikaga Yoshimasa felt that his heart was pinched tightly, and his breathing became a little shorter. He then let out a long breath.

Before, he had thought about how to get rid of the Ming Dynasty and regain Nagasaki after defeating Hosokawa Katsumoto, but at this moment he didn't think about anything.

Soon the fleet docked.

Only then did Wang Ying realize that the ships at the dock were not enough.

Only a few large ships can be parked at this pier, so the Ming Dynasty ships can only dock in turn.

Then Da Mingming Army began to disembark

In order to shock the Japanese, the Ming army who disembarked were all wearing heavy armor and stepped on the trestle bridge where they disembarked. Every step shocked the trestle bridge.

Hundreds of Ming soldiers and neatly armoured soldiers stood in their respective positions to guard their guards, which formed a sharp contrast with the Japanese soldiers on the side.

The chief Japanese armor was not without iron armor, but not much, but more leather armor or even bamboo armor. Only Daimai, who has the identity, had iron armor. Although the army standing here is Ashikaga Yoshimasa's personal guard, and its combat effectiveness is still available. When Ashikaga Yoshimasa retreated, hundreds of his personal guards were divided into three teams to cut off the rear. In the end, Hosokawa Katsumoto stopped chasing.

This shows the combat effectiveness of this army.

So they are well-equipped, each of them is a samurai, carrying several Japanese swords and armor, which are said to be the few Ashikaga Yoshimasa's army that can be used.

But there is almost no way to compare with the Ming Dynasty.

What cannot be compared is not only weapons and equipment, but also size.

As mentioned in the previous article, the source of the Ming army was generally Hebei, Xuanda, and other places. The Hebei Dahan, who were all in Hebei, also had many more Guangxi soldiers after the Battle of Annan, but these troops generally guarded the south, such as Jiaozhi, Yunnan, Huguang and Guizhou.

The elite troops Wang Ying picked out from these tens of thousands of troops were naturally the first-class people. It is another matter whether he can fight or not, but he is at least tall enough.

Therefore, a Ming army stood with a Japanese army, and the Japanese army reached the most of the Ming army's shoulders.

When Wang Ying stood together with Ashikaga Yoshimasato, it looked a little more harmonious.

First of all, Wang Ying is not from the Northern Kingdom, he is from Fujian

The southerners are generally a little shorter than the northerners, and Wang Ying is also a little shorter than his personal guards. After all, the Ashikaga family has brought several generations of generals and is rich in clothing and food. He is a little taller than the personal guards around him.

But even so, Wang Ying is half a head taller than Ashikaga Yoshimasa.

Wang Ying and Ashikaga Yoshimasa saluted each other.

No matter what, Ashikaga Yoshimasa was the Japanese king granted by the Ming Dynasty, and he always had to respect one or two. However, the same etiquette, because of its size, was more like Ashikaga Yoshimasa was a subordinate and Wang Ying was a subordinate.

After the two sides saluted, they exchanged a few greetings and headed towards Qingzhou City.

Then the Ming army began to prepare to unload the ship.

This time, the Ming Dynasty dispatched five battalions, a total of 25,000 people. At home, Wang Ying was preparing to draw a cannon team from the ship and some baggage units.

There were a total of about 30,000 troops participating in the army.

But the weapons, supplies, horses, etc. of 30,000 people are quite large in weight.

Not to mention, the horse prices in the Ming Dynasty have fallen sharply recently, and the principle of three steps and seven steps is no longer suitable. Many elite camps in the Beijing camp, even infantrymen, have horses to transport.

This time I came by boat, there were many inconveniences, so I naturally didn't do this.

However, Wang Ying still brought five thousand cavalry in an organization. After all, in this era, the power of cannons has become increasingly powerful, but artillery instead of cavalry to become the king of war, and there is still a lack of persuasive examples of war.

Although the Battle of Lang Son and artillery are already in a very important position, the Battle of Lang Son is, after all, a battle of offensive and defensive, and it does not mean anything.

Among the Ming generals, the mainstream view was that cavalry was the king of war.

Therefore, when choosing an army, it is better not to have artillery than to have cavalry.

In this way, unloading the ship is a chore. In addition, the port here is not big and even temporary expansion is needed. Therefore, when the Ming army gathered neatly on Japanese land, it was already three days later.

This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.

Let’s talk about Wang Ying being treated well by Ashikaga Yoshimasaki, which allowed Wang Ying, the veteran, to enjoy the gentleness of a Japanese woman. By the way, let Wang Ying get to know the generals under Ashikaga Yoshimasaki.

For example, the name of the mountain is full of Zongquan, the righteousness of the Spo, the righteousness of the mountain is true, the righteousness of the same color is straight, the difference between the earth is the dependent, the hexagonal traits, the prosperity of the people, the political integrity of the people, etc.

After all, there are only a few thousand troops directly under Ashikaga Yoshimasa, and most of the tens of thousands of troops under Ashikaga Yoshimasa is controlled by these daimyos, especially three people, including Yamaname Sototsuki, Spo Yoshiro Yoshinori, and Katsuyama Yoshima.

After drinking and eating, he took off the mess.

Ashikaga Yoshimasaki then asked: "Thank you, His Majesty the Great Emperor, to resolve the dangers of a small country, but I don't know how many armies the Ming Dynasty sent?"

Wang Ying said directly: "Thirty thousand."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone here looked a little ugly.

Yamae Sochizuka said: "We are not questioning the combat power of the Upper Kingdom's army, but now it is not as good as before. The Upper Kingdom's heavenly soldiers are naturally sharp, but there are a few 30,000 people."

Yamaine Sectu is the daimyo that suffered the most losses in the Battle of Kyoto. Many of the children of the Yamaine family died in Kyoto. Even Yamaine Sectuka's uncle was also convened by the Hosokawa family during the war.

Yamamaki is now the main component of this army, but it is far from the same as before. You should know that Yamamaki's own army at that time exceeded the total of the troops under Ashikaga Yoshimasa's current army.

Shanming Zongquan naturally wanted to take revenge, but he also made a very realistic judgment.

Wang Ying said: "Have there any changes in the situation of the war?"

Yamae Sontsu said with a bit of gritting his teeth: "Some shameless villains surrendered to the Western Army. Now Hosokawa thieves support Ashikazu Yoshi-chan, and consider them as generals. The army in front of Kyoto should be around 200,000."

Wang Ying frowned slightly.

This is actually very normal.

The Japanese army is composed of one family and one family.

It can be said that during the Warring States Period in Japan, there were even families who rebel against each other.

Ashikaga Yoshimasa fell directly from more than 100,000 people to only tens of thousands of people. Although some of the people who lost their troops died in battle and some fell behind, more of them surrendered.

In the entire Battle of Kyoto, 10,000 or 20,000 deaths were already amazing.
Chapter completed!