Chapter 63 63 big battle
Father Wei and his uncle Wu Zhankui were discussing whether to bring those heavy bowl-mouth guns. Wei Guangde's mind was a little wandering again at this moment.
Wei Guangde wondered if he should tinker with a hot air balloon. It was simple to make and its purpose was to detect the movements of Japanese pirates in advance and provide intelligence support for whether they should fight or run away.
Simple is simple, and there is actually a similar object, that is, the Kongming Lantern.
Later generations would buy many Kongming lanterns for Chinese New Year and festivals, and they were not expensive. You could just write a few words of blessing and let them fly.
However, Wei Guangde soon realized that everyone could understand it if he said it, but with their little ability, they probably wouldn't be able to do it.
The Kongming lanterns that were released by later generations are now so-called top-notch materials and craftsmanship. Could the Ming Dynasty be able to make them?
Not to mention that if a person weighing 180 kilograms is brought up, this thing may fall apart in the air.
Wei Guangde couldn't solve the skeleton, skin, and manufacturing process. The main problem was the load-bearing problem. He didn't understand those things.
When it got dark, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai led two people from hundreds of households to finally arrive at Pengze County.
More than 200 people did not enter the city and lived directly in the military camp of Qianhusuo.
The two of them, followed by several servants, entered the city and returned home before the city gate closed.
When Wei Guangde heard the news, the two of them had already followed Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng to the study. They were probably still discussing this matter, and Wei Guangde did not run to interfere.
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At dinner, Wei Guangde saw his cousin and eldest brother, but their expressions didn't look very good.
After the meal, the three young people got together to chat and realized that after returning home and meeting their father, they realized that the place they might be going to this time was not the north where they mentioned last night, where they would fight the Mongolian Tatars, but where they might be invaded. They were sent to southern Zhili and even to the coastal areas of Zhejiang to guard against Japanese pirates.
Although I have heard that Japanese pirates are ferocious, after all, they are all young people, especially Wu Dong. In the past year, he has followed the training of soldiers and horses, watching his men gradually transform from farmers into soldiers, at least barely qualified soldiers, saying that there is no It is impossible to think small.
When it comes to fighting the Mongolian Tatars, well, infantry versus cavalry, he is indeed a bit timid.
But when it came to fighting Japanese pirates, Wu Dong felt that there was no problem in pulling up the soldiers he had trained.
The Japanese pirates are ferocious. I will line up guns for you from afar to see if you are strong enough. When you are close, there will be a dozen archers shooting continuously to see if you can survive the charge.
Wu Dong also had the same view as Wei Wencai regarding his soldiers' desperate close combat. He was afraid that the soldiers would collapse by then.
But if it's just a long-range battle, there's still no problem.
So after knowing the details, Wu Dong was the first to jump out and follow him to see the world and see if this Japanese pirate was really as powerful as those people said.
Regarding this point, he obviously had a conflict with his uncle Wu Zhankui. His uncle would definitely not let his son follow him to the battlefield.
Even if Wei Wencai proposed to go later, he was rejected directly.
"Uncle said that they should go over to see the situation first. If it's easy to fight, they can ask someone to deliver a message and let us go over and share some of the credit."
Wei Wencai sat aside and told Wei Guangde about the previous events, and he was also sighing.
"We have been training with that group of people. My uncle may not be able to use his arms and fingers as well as he can when he takes command."
Wu Dong was naturally dissatisfied. He really wanted to see what the Japanese pirates looked like.
In these days, the image of Japanese pirates circulated within the Ming Empire is also very exaggerated, and they are almost not human.
Among the people, due to publicity, they all described the pirates as being Japanese, with three heads and six arms, and looked like monsters.
Of course, Wu Dong and Wei Wencai were scornful of this, but they didn't want to explain much on weekdays.
If it were really made clear, it would only show the incompetence of the Guards Army, and their own faces would not look good.
Although he didn't add fuel to the flames, he just let it happen.
I know that the Japanese pirates actually look the same as them, but I heard that the Japanese have weird hairstyles. Anyway, I can tell at a glance that they are not Han people.
Most of the Japanese pirates in disguise also imitate the same thing, so it is really difficult to distinguish between real Japanese and fake Japanese.
As for why this is the case, it is easy to understand if you think about it carefully. These are all Han people. Although they became pirates, their roots are still in the Ming Dynasty.
Don't you have to return home after working as a pirate until you retire? Although retirement is more difficult, your family and relatives will always be on the mainland. If you don't disguise yourself and get recognized, it will bring disaster to your family.
"It's really dangerous this time. There are said to be tens of thousands of Japanese pirates."
Wei Guangde reminded hurriedly that he didn't know whether his father and uncle had made it clear to them the seriousness of this matter.
"I don't want to watch a battle involving hundreds of people."
Wu Dong chuckled.
"Yeah, if I hadn't heard that it was a big battle, who would be interested in going to see it.
We used to practice sparring a lot, with more than a hundred people fighting against each other, and that was it.
Since the Japanese pirates dared to gather tens of thousands of people this time, they would definitely start a big fight, and they might not directly corrupt Zhejiang and South Zhili.
The Nanjing Ministry of War was probably also worried about the money and food of Su Song's second mansion, so it panicked and dispatched troops to strengthen defenses.
There were tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, so they definitely didn't go all the way. They might have taken action against several prefectures at the same time, supporting each other and letting the imperial reinforcements focus on one thing and not the other.
A chaotic battle involving tens of thousands of people would be so exciting. "
Wei Wencai answered with a smile. Obviously they knew the details, but not only were they not frightened, but they became interested.
In fact, this may not be a kind of trust in his two hundred men.
Wei Wencai and Wu Dong worked hard on the training of these two hundred households, and Wei Guangde also made suggestions from time to time, especially in the formation of troops.
Wei Guangde has no experience in the military, but he can't stand the huge amount of information on the Internet. He has read some articles, not to mention the bonuses from those film and television works.
For Wei Wencai and Wu Dong, they initially followed the tactics passed down from the older generation and asked the soldiers to stand in several rows, with sword and shield bearers in the front row, spearmen in the back, gunners and archers at the end.
When the battle begins, use spears and shields to stabilize the front, and use blunderbuss and bows to kill the enemy. If you cannot defeat the opponent, you can only use infantry to challenge the opponent head-on until the opponent collapses.
As for them, they stood at the back with their team of servants, and enforced battlefield military law on soldiers who dared to escape without permission, which was to behead their heads in public display.
For this style of play, Wei Guangde felt it was novel at first, but then he felt that the formation was a bit thin. After all, there were only so many people. If they were evenly matched, it would be okay. If the opponent had cavalry or had a numerical advantage, he could defeat them with a single charge.
In order to decide which formation to adopt, Wei Guangde spent a lot of brainpower.