I was a swordsman in ancient Japan

"Three Duan Strike" was first seen in the Ming Dynasty in China.

When the general Mu Ying in the early Ming Dynasty pacified Yunnan, when he used matchlock guns to deal with rebel elephants and other beasts, he felt that the shooting speed of matchlock guns was too slow, so he improved the "three-stage attack" tactic.

As the name suggests, "three-stage attack" is to let soldiers stand in three rows to attack the enemy.

When shooting overhead, the second row prepares, the third row loads, the first row shoots through the gap between the two rows to the last row, the second row goes forward and fires, and the third row fills up the position of the second row. exhaust.

Based on the "three-stage strike" tactic, it can also be derived from "four-stage strike" and "five-stage strike"

During Japan's Warring States period, the daimyo Oda Nobunaga who almost unified all of Japan also used a similar "three-stage strike" tactic.

When Oda Nobunaga launched a strategic decisive battle with the powerful princes of the Takeda family at that time, he used the "three-stage strike" tactic to give the Takeda family a head-on blow.

Oda Nobunaga first mobilized 3000 matchlock guns, and then placed anti-horse fences in front of the shooters.

Then arrange the soldiers in groups of three, let the soldier with the highest shooting accuracy act as the shooter, and the other two are responsible for the assembly of bullets and matchlocks.

Oda Nobunaga relied on this tactic to give the Takeda Legion a deep sense of what "the times have changed."

At present, what the shogunate army uses against these mobs is the "four-stage strike" tactic. The shooters line up in four rows and spread a non-stop barrage against these fleeing mobs.

In the front, there were "Aizu people" and "Sendai people" chasing and fighting fiercely, and then the iron gunners of the shogunate army spread barrages on them.

These thugs who originally wanted to escape immediately ran into a mess like headless chickens.

rewind time not long ago

Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle

According to common sense, if a riot breaks out in Matsumae Castle, it should be quelled by the Matsumae clan's mansion.

However, Matsudaira Sadanobu took over the general command of the suppression of the chaos by himself, and told the Matsumae domain that you don't need to do anything, and everything can be arranged by me.

After taking over the supreme command from the vassal mansion, Matsudaira Jonobu quickly conveyed an order, asking the "Aizu people" and "Sendai people" to go to meet and put down the rebellion in the castle, and Tachibana, standing respectfully beside Matsudaira Jonobu, asked:

"My lord, if only the Aizu and Sendai feudal soldiers who stayed in the city are allowed to go to quell the chaos, the number may be too small."

As soon as Tachibana finished speaking, Lao Zhong said:

"Of course I won't just let the soldiers of Aizu and Sendai go to quell the chaos."

"You have to add an insurance policy."

"Tachibana, go and find Inamori yourself."

"Let him immediately send a team of iron gunners. How many people to send is up to him. Let the iron gunners block the back of those thugs."

"Not one of those thugs will be spared."

"Yes!"

Tachibana shouted loudly, then lifted the hakama corner of the lower body, and quickly retreated from Matsudaira Sadanobu's room.

After Tachibana retreated, Matsudaira Sadanobu was the only one left in the room.

With his hands behind his back, Matsudaira Sadanobu walked slowly to the window again.

From his position, he couldn't see the place where the riot took place, and he couldn't hear any sounds of killing or smashing. Looking out the window, the outside was peaceful, and he couldn't tell that there was a riot happening in this city at the moment. .

Just standing by the window and looking straight at the scenery outside the window, Matsudaira Sadanobu still had no expression on his face, making it hard to see what he was thinking right now.

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Although Sheng Tianmu couldn't see the majestic shogunate army because of the distance and azimuth.

But according to the cloverleaf patterned military flags that were raised high and fluttering in the wind, as well as the dense sound of matchlock guns, Sheng Tianmu could roughly imagine that those fleeing thugs should be being beaten to the brim right now.

However, after seeing the military flag with the three-leaf sunflower pattern appearing, Sheng Tianmu was also a little upset.

The appearance of the shogunate army in such a timely manner shows that arrangements have been made in advance.

When the order was issued to let them "Sendai people" and "Aizu people" go out, they might also order the iron gunners of the shogunate army to attack and block the rear of the mob.

Sheng Tianmu dared to conclude that these iron gunners of the shogunate army who were sent to block the back of the thugs must not only prevent too many thugs from escaping, but also to prevent their "Sendai crowd" and "Aizu crowd" from failing to quell the chaos.

This feeling of being underestimated by himself and his subordinates made Sheng Tianmu a little uncomfortable.

But he didn't feel happy, he didn't dare to tell others about his grievances.

The shogunate is actually the lord of the world, and Sheng Tianmu dared not say a word of complaints against the shogunate.

If word spread that Sheng Tianmu was dissatisfied with the command of the shogunate, it would definitely have some impact on his future career.

Sheng Tianmu took off the evil ghost mask on his face, wiped the sweat off his face, and discarded all these distracting thoughts in his mind.

When he put the mask back on, he would look like he was staring at some treasure, and cast his gaze back on the target he had been paying attention to and staring at since just now.

The sudden appearance of the shogunate iron gunner completely collapsed the morale of the thugs, which was already on the verge of freezing point.

Many people have never seen an arquebus with their own eyes, so many people don't know what the loud "bang" sounds are all about. They only know that these sounds are very dangerous, and every time they sound, someone will definitely die. Shouting and wailing, he fell to the ground.

To describe Maca's complexion in one sentence, it was like a dead person.

He has been preparing for this day for too long.

Gathering so many subordinates, and preparing a sufficient number of bows, arrows, wooden guns and other weapons, just for this day, to avenge Kazuto, and take the first step towards his ideal of establishing a country that belongs exclusively to their Ainu people .

However, in the end, he didn't even see the shadow of the Matsumae feudal mansion, and his troops were beaten to pieces.

His subordinates are much more unreliable than imagined. If they obey orders obediently and don't rob houses, their speed will not be slowed down.

The appearance of Heren's army was also much faster than he had imagined.

But it's useless to think about anything now.

He had already seen that all the subordinates within his vision lost the will to fight and ran for their lives in a panic.

Maca himself has actually lost the will to fight now.

Now he also just wants to escape quickly.

After recovering from the shock and annoyance of the failure, Maca Nao gritted his teeth, and then followed the surrounding subordinates to flee for their lives.

Maca cheered herself up in her heart:

As long as you are alive, you still have a chance!

However, just as he turned his body around and was about to run for his life, he suddenly heard a strange noise behind him.

It was the sound of footsteps approaching.

Maca turned her head in a panic and looked back with her third eye.

Sheng Tianmu held his Jie Fei, and like a tiger descending the mountain, he ran straight towards Maca Nao.

Although wearing heavy armor, Sheng Tianmu's movements are not slow at all.

Maca Nao felt that he just blinked his eyes, and Sheng's third eye had already "teleported" to him.

call!

Jie Fei slammed at Maca from top to bottom.

Maca Nao subconsciously raised the wooden spear in his hand to block.

Ka!

His wooden spear lasted only for a moment before it was smashed by Sheng Tianmu Jie Fei.

Jie Fei, who broke through the defense of the wooden spear, hit Maca Nao's left shoulder heavily.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

Maca let out a scream, and then clutched her deformed left shoulder and fell to the ground and rolled around.

Sheng Tianmu was merciful, but only shattered his left shoulder, but did not kill him.

These guys who looked like high-ranking commanders were far more valuable than killing them, and they could get more military exploits. This is the only truth on the battlefield.

Matsumae Domain, Matsumae Castle

Matsudaira Sadanobu, who stayed in Matsumae Castle, has been paying attention to the suppression of the sudden rioters.

The messenger responsible for communicating to Matsudaira Jonobu at any time constantly shuttles through the corridor connecting Matsudaira Jonobu's room.

No matter what news came, Matsudaira Sadanobu maintained a very calm and expressionless appearance.

"My lord!"

Another messenger came to Matsudaira Sadanobu's room.

"The mob has completely collapsed, and the generals are currently hunting down the fish that slipped through the net, and captured the commander of one of the mob alive!"

What the herald sent was a complete victory.

Tachibana, who was kneeling on Matsudaira Sadanobu's face, showed joy.

And Matsudaira Sadanobu still maintains a calm appearance.

"Understood." Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded, "Let's step back."

"Yes!" The messenger who brought the good news stepped back quickly.

After the messenger retreated, Matsudaira Sadanobu took a deep breath, and then said slowly:

"It seems that Gamo and Sheng Tianmu are quite capable."

"I just hope they can perform like this when the real war starts."

When talking about the word "real war", Matsudaira Sadanobu specially emphasized his tone.

"The high-ranking generals in Aizu and Sendai are not cowards with an empty mouth." Tachibana on the side said, "You can feel a little more at ease."

"En." Matsudaira Sadanobu nodded lightly, "The riots of those thugs came in a timely manner. It gave me a chance to test Gamo, Sheng Tianmu and others."

"It's a pity" Tachibana lowered his head, and after a moment of silence, he said softly, "These thugs killed a lot of ordinary people in the city."

Hearing Tachibana's words, Matsudaira Sadanobu's expression remained unchanged.

"These thugs not only gave me the opportunity to test Gamo and Sheng Tianmu."

"It also sent us an excellent reason to fight against the Red Moon Fortress."

Speaking of this, Matsudaira Sadanobu's eyes shot out a sharp light.

"It's a pity that so many ordinary people died."

Matsudaira Sadako continued in a nonchalant tone.

"But take these casualties as a necessary sacrifice to allow us to test Aizu, Sendai, and have an excellent case for war."

When a bloody battle was erupting at Matsumae Castle

"Machi, relax your waist! Clamp your legs!"

"I'm already relaxed, I'm already clamped!"

Ogata: "Didn't I tell you to relax your waist and tighten your legs? Look, you slipped down again!"

Ah-Ming: "I have really relaxed my waist and tightened my legs."

A-cho, who looked aggrieved, tried hard to get his body upright on the horseback again.

This place is a certain place in the wild a little far away from the village of Kina. The ground is flat and there are no obstacles such as trees around.

At this time, Ogata was teaching Ah-cho how to ride a horse.

Before Chepke left the village and went to Heyezhe, the Red Moon Fortress, Xu Bian proposed to Chepke that he wanted to take away the two horses captured from the white man and some weapons.

As Ogata had expected, Chepke and the others would never refuse their reasonable and easy request.

In that fierce battle, many horses died or escaped, and a total of 16 horses were successfully captured.

When picking horses, Skulucci, who is a Cossack and has a good knowledge of horses, came to help.

He helped Ogata and the others choose the two best and most docile horses.

He picked out a reddish-brown horse for Ogata.

Then, in order to take care of Ating's height of only 1 meters, Scruzzi specially selected a slightly shorter horse with black and purple hair when picking a horse for Ating.

By the way, both of their horses are fillies.

This horse should be with them for a long time, so Ogata and Atachi each gave their horses a name.

Ogata is not very good at picking names.

Because Ogata's horse has reddish-brown hair and the color is like a carrot, Ogata named his horse casually: "radish".