Both Ito Taro and Fukuda Yasukawa came with their men, but neither of them dared to rush forward. They were not fools, and they were also afraid of the artillery of the Tang army. They had seen the power of the Tang artillery on the battlefield countless times. It was said that these artillery on the ship were more powerful than those of the army. Although they were nobles, could they be divided into artillery shells?
If they rushed too close, they would probably be killed. Isn't the reason for going through so much trouble just to survive longer? If they were to be killed by a shell, what was the point of all this trouble?
"Left Thousand Man Team, charge!"
Ito Taro gave the order, and a team of a thousand men rushed forward, but these people had no war horses. They had enough war horses before, but when they were running back from the capital, many soldiers just led the horses and went about their lives, which made them very angry.
When Fukuda Yasukawa saw that Ito Taro sent out a team of a thousand men, he couldn't just stand by and watch the joke, so he also sent out a team of a thousand men on the right. 2,000 people, armed with all kinds of weapons, rushed towards the enemy on the beach. However, most of Fukuda Yasukawa's men were outsiders, and he had very few people of his own. He had been supporting these people for so many days and didn't care about the troubles they caused in the local area, wasn't it just to use you as cannon fodder now?
Taro Ito also saw this scene, and he felt a little guilty in his heart. If he had known earlier, he would not have killed those people so cruelly. Now he could have dragged them over as cannon fodder. Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in the world. He can't resurrect those dead people. He doesn't have that ability.
Sure enough, the sound of cannons was heard. Those who rose up to charge were already very careful. According to their previous knowledge, they tried to stay out of the range of the cannons. But the problem was that the cannons on the ship might have been improved, or they might have never appeared before, so these cannons could still reach them.
Seeing their own men being blown to pieces, the Fuso troops behind them were also terrified. The two thousand-man teams fell into chaos in an instant. They were still thinking about killing the troops on the beach and then earning some military merit, but now they were running back desperately, wishing their parents had not given them two more legs.
I don’t care about military achievements or anything like that. Now I just want to save my own life.
"Stop them. Don't let them retreat."
At Fukuda Yasukawa's command, 300 archers rushed forward and shot arrows directly at those who were running back.
At most, more than 90 of these people were killed by artillery shells, but more than 100 people were shot to death by Fukuda Yasukawa's archers.
The lives of ordinary soldiers on the battlefield are worthless. Although the people on Ito Taro's side are all ordinary people in his territory, he does not treat them as human beings. He follows the example of Fukuda Yasukawa and has archers lie in ambush. If anyone dares to run back, they will be shot to death. No one can be a deserter on the battlefield.
Under the threat of these archers, the two thousand-man teams running back quickly turned back. In this situation, they still had to fight.
It just so happened that the 400-odd people on the beach were ready. Although there were only 400 of them, they were a formally trained army. Many of the more than 1,000 people in front were farmers, and some of them were holding wooden sticks.
The second group of landing troops was about to arrive. These more than 400 people rushed forward fearlessly, but did not dare to go too far away from the sea.
"General Ding, please stop firing and look at the bravery of our army."
Jiro Kato did not let Ding Jiayong continue firing. After all, no reinforcements were sent from Fukuda Yasukawa's side. After the chaos just now, there were only more than 1,600 reinforcements left from the two thousand-man teams. However, most of them were a mob. Jiro Kato felt that the more than 400 men under his command could deal with them.
"Then I'll take a look at your army."
Ding Jiayong had a chair brought over and just watched from the boat. The artillery itself could support them, but since Kato Jiro had said so, why should we waste the shells? Anyway, these Fuso people are not good people.
Kato Jiro just wanted to let Ding Jiayong see how powerful his army was, and then tell Li Xiang through General Ding, so that Li Xiang might give him a higher official position. Now in the Fuso army, he can be said to be the weakest.
General Ding was of course very clear about Kato Jiro's idea. If you are willing to let your people die in exchange for the red hat on your head, then we must oblige you. Moreover, over such a long period of time, General Ding also discovered that there must be quite a few people in Fuso. Let them die in batches, and we can recruit them again in the future.
A fierce battle soon broke out on the shore. Although there were only more than 400 people on Kato Jiro's side, their weapons and equipment were relatively advanced, and they were wearing rattan armor, so they actually withstood the first wave of attack.
Although Ito Taro and his army had a large number of people, many of them were holding wooden sticks. If you hit someone with a wooden stick, it would only hurt them for a while, but if they swung a samurai sword at you, you would lose your life.
Neither Ito Taro nor Fukuda Yasukawa sent reinforcements because they knew very well that the armies of both sides in the cold weapon war were mixed together. If they sent reinforcements, the warships on the sea would open fire again, and their casualties would be greater. At least now they could still achieve results, even if it was worth it for three people in exchange for one. By the time these warships opened fire, 10 people would not be able to achieve any results.
In fact, General Ding did think so. If it were just you guys, then you could just fight on land. No matter how the fight turns out, our Tang Dynasty Navy will never interfere.
But General Ding is not fooling around. If you send more troops, there will be no way to create a good landing environment for us, and then our Tang Dynasty navy will open fire.
At the beginning, these 400 people fought very well, but soon they were outnumbered and could not stand up to four hands.
These 400 people fought and retreated backwards. It can be seen that they were strictly trained and there was no panic when retreating. The second batch of 400 people who landed were about to arrive. When they arrived, perhaps Ito Taro's army would not be able to hold on.
The first soldier of the second batch touched land with his feet. Kato Jiro watched all this with a grim smile, and was about to reap victory...
