Edo Traveler - Vol 13 Chapter 45

In the early morning of May in Kyoto, it was still a little cool. On the originally quiet plains, the birds leaped in fright and kept neighing in fear. It’s just that their little sound was quickly covered up by the sound of tens of thousands of footsteps.

When the King’s army began to march, Chuemon’s side had already received the entire map of the enemy’s deployment and the information on their departure. Correspondingly, the Shogunate also made targeted preparations according to the deployment of the enemy.

Just in case, two of the four cavalry battalions belonging to the Second Osaka Division were immediately thrown out.

When the Second Osaka Division was being established, the shogunate had no Western military horses and had to purchase them from France, so only 240 people and two brigades of cavalry were trained. One is a standard lancer, used for assault purposes. One is light cavalry, or dragoons, armed with sabres and carbines for reconnaissance, harassment, and flanking.

Later, the cultivation of good horses gradually got on the right track, and the cavalry units of the 2nd Osaka Division were also expanded from the original two brigades to four brigades.

Now the two light cavalry have been scattered out, and the remaining two lancers are guarding Chuemon and other ministers nearby, serving as the guard and reserve.

The highest military commander, of course, is Chuemon. But Chuemon is very clear about how much he weighs and how many taels he has. Without that diamond, he would never take up that porcelain work. The actual command of the army was handed over to Jiang Chuan Yingmin, who had studied in the UK for five years. After all, he leads troops all the year round, and he is familiar with the army, so he must be better than Chuemon’s micro-manipulation.

“According to Jianxin, against the crowd of thieves, there are only 15,000 cavalry, and there is no great commander, so it is not difficult to break through.” Zhu Liu knew everything about the opposite side, but he was very confident.

“It’s not difficult or not, it’s not you and me, it’s Tarozaemon.” The sky has not turned bright yet, and Chuemon can only see a vast and mixed area, and he can’t confirm the enemy’s trace.

According to Jiangchuan Yingmin’s suggestion, the troops left Fushimi-cho and set up artillery positions. Fushimi-machi is made of wooden houses, and once a war begins, there are too many inconveniences. He is extremely confident in his men and horses, and naturally seeks to defeat the rabble of Zunwang’s army in the wild.

And he didn’t know that there was an internal response on the opposite side, so he was so confident, which showed that the military heart of the Chuanxiu team was available!

“There are few thieves and guns, and the Marquis of Niushan is a little better.” Shimadzu Tadashi walked to Chuyouemon’s side.

He also listened to Jiang Chuan Yingmin’s explanation of tactics, and he very much agreed with Jiang Chuan Yingmin’s idea of ​​taking advantage of the firepower of the army’s 195 imported cannons. If you can directly use the cannon to smash the king’s army, it will be perfect.

“What time is it?” Chuemon nodded and turned to ask left and right.

A large group of civil servants and military generals took out various pocket watches one after another, lit by the bonfire, and faced each other. Looking around, it was roughly the same time, just a few minutes after four in the morning.

“It’s four o’clock in the morning…” It was still about an hour before dawn, so Chuemon was not so impatient.

After turning around and taking two steps, he sat down on the big straw bale beside the carriage, leaning against the frame board filled with horse material, and squinted his eyes and fell asleep.

Shimadzu Tadashi and Assistant Liu looked at each other, our general was in good spirits.

Tokugawa Keiho, who came from the outside, was a little surprised when he saw Shimadzu Tadashi and Suke six. Seeing that there may be a war soon, what about the soldiers of General Zhengyi?

Suke six pointed to the straw bale and asked what happened to Tokugawa Keibao. Tokugawa Keibao first took two steps forward, and then stopped, saying that when he ran out of Kyoto, he heard a message.

Emperor Xiaoming may have also noticed that there is no commander-in-chief in the Zunwang army, so he ordered the two masters to accept the words of Ohara’s virtue and serve as “accompanying envoy”, in fact, to serve as the supervisor of the various armies. On behalf of Emperor Xiaoming, he unified the army and bravely “invited” Tokugawa Zhongzheng to come to Kyoto to meet the king and worship the saint.

Just such a thing?

A mere minister, can he take over the military power of Zunwang’s army as soon as he enters the camp? Even if all the people present here are not familiar with military affairs, they are not so cute and naive that they think this is feasible. To disturb Chuemon, who has not slept for more than 30 hours, for such a thing? just forget it.

Tokugawa Keibao, who was stopped, thought about it too, and then he stopped talking about other things, found a horse, and sat down.

Don’t worry, let’s have a drink.

The two attendants carried large copper pots filled with hot tea, and then distributed wooden bowls and cold rice **** to the civil and military, whether it was a late night snack or breakfast, only when they were full would they have the strength to fight.

Koichi Zen, who was instructed to manage the logistics of the shogunate army, had already organized farmers and pals to deliver rice balls, salt, miso, sake and sweets to Fushimi day and night.

Fresh vegetables and fish? The requirements are a bit high, but forget it.

Time passed and hurriedly passed, and the originally dark earth suddenly became brighter in the blink of an eye. The mist that seemed to be stirring a moment or two ago disappeared immediately. The sound of Xixi Susuo kept entering the ears of everyone, obviously not from any bird or beast.

“叏lutelu…” A tall and handsome warhorse snorted loudly.

Chuemon opened his eyes wide, jumped up, and climbed to the top of the carriage. I didn’t think the straw bales under my feet were dangerous or swaying, I just raised my eyebrows with my hands and looked into the distance.

Located in Kyoto, it is flat and wide, and there is no hillside in sight. UU reading www.uukanshu. The faint morning light was not dazzling, but Chuemon was able to see Amano and the figures on the road in the distance.

The King’s Army has arrived!

The troops of the training team, who had already advanced several hundred meters, were suddenly loud with flutes and drums, and the whole team’s orders went from east to west, and the call was endless. The non-commissioned officers held the copper whistle in their mouths, and the harsh and rapid whistle made the soldiers form three lines.

The artillerymen who had been placed in the front row of the infantry early on, and the order of proofreading Zhu Yuan, were also delivered to the ears of the two non-commissioned officers on horseback.

At this moment, no one was paying attention to Chuyouemon on the carriage, and everyone’s eyes were turned to the approaching Sun King Army troops in the distance.

Since Yingmi, ghosts and animals knocked on the gate and the gates of the country opened, all the vassals rose together and emphasized foreign learning. The Fukui soldiers, the Changzhou soldiers and other armies all adopted Western-style drills, used Western weapons, and communicated English and French passwords to set up modern flags. Although it is inferior to one or two of the Chuanxiu team, it is also quite impressive. Its ranks came like a forest.

Seeing that the training team went out of town to fight in the field, Yao Yao did not panic, ordered the line to be banned, and the footsteps stopped. I don’t know if it’s a test or a pre-war preparation.

On the side of the training team, Jiang Chuan Yingmin, who was in the formation, raised his binoculars to see the situation of Zunwang’s army. Seeing that the enemy army was rolling over, he did not panic and gave orders by hand.

“open!”