Iron Dynasty

Suwon Bridge.

This is a stone bridge spanning the narrowest section of the Datong River. According to the historical records of Goryeo, Suwon Bridge has a long history of three hundred years, which is as long as the time when the Dayu Kingdom was founded.

And because of the blockage of this big river, there are only two ways to reach Suwon City from the ancient city of Hai, one is from the sea, and the other is the Suwon Bridge.

It can be said that this is the only way to go north and south of Goryeo.

After receiving Xiao Ming's order to expel the Japanese pirates, Ye Qingyun's first thought was to take down this stone bridge, otherwise the southward movement of the army would be blocked.

Commander, Shiqiao has been occupied by Japanese pirates, look.

Qu Dong, the commander of the second corps of Hu Ben, pointed in the direction of Suwon Bridge and said that there are many Japanese soldiers with flintlock guns patrolling the bridge.

Ye Qingyun picked up the binoculars to observe, and nodded slightly.

Commander, the information from the Secret Guard is very clear. The firearms used by the Japanese countries are only equivalent to the smoothbore flintlock guns we used before, and they can't compete with our conscript muskets. Moreover, the Japanese countries lack cavalry, which are basically infantry, and more in artillery. It’s not as good as this, under such a gap, you can attack boldly.” Qu Dong analyzed.

I think so too, just grab the bridge, there's no need to be polite with the Japanese pirates. Ye Qingyun agreed with Qu Dong's words.

This young general graduated from the Qingzhou Army Academy, and he performed well in the process of attacking Liaozhou, which he highly regarded.

Because of his inferiority in firearms and military tactical applications.

Qu Dong nodded when he heard the words. Now they are still eight miles away from the stone bridge, and they can arrive in half an hour on a normal march.

After receiving Ye Qingyun's affirmation, he led a thousand pioneers to leave the team and speed up towards the stone bridge.

When they were 500 meters away from the stone bridge, the Japanese pirates guarding the Suwon Bridge recognized that it was the army of the Great Yu Kingdom, and they shouted one by one. Forming a horizontal formation, they aimed their guns at the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom who were walking towards them. At the same time, a cavalryman galloped away towards Suwon City.

Qu Dong and the soldiers stopped at the other end of the Suwon Bridge, keeping the distance between them and the Japanese pirates at 150 meters.

At this distance they could overwhelm the pirates' musketeers, but the pirates' muskets were not much of a threat to them.

Who are you and what do you want to do?

When the two sides were at a standoff, a Japanese pirate walked to the middle of the bridge and questioned Qu Dong, looking domineering.

In the country of Japan, Yamada Nobunaga has been smearing the image of the country of Dayu, calling the people of the country of Dayu a lowly race, and the people of the country of Xuancheng are not worthy of living in the vast Central Plains, and even told his soldiers that the original should be the country of Japan. of.

Because of this kind of propaganda, the Japanese people despised the people of the Dayu country, and they became even more arrogant because of the one-sidedness of the Goryeo War.

Although they suffered continuous failures in Ryukyu and the sea, they attributed the failure to individuals rather than being left behind by the Great Yu Kingdom as a whole.

We are soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom. We came to look for our lost soldiers. You should move out of the way now. We will go to Suwon City to search. Qu Dong casually made up a reason.

Are you crazy? How can there be lost soldiers from the Great Yu Kingdom here, get out of here, or we'll show you how powerful firearms are.

The Japanese soldier shouted that he had followed the pirates to loot the coast of Da Yu, so he could speak some Da Yu dialect.

Qu Dong sneered: Are you deaf? If we can't find soldiers, we won't go back. Let your people bypass the road, otherwise I will think that you are declaring war on the Great Yu Kingdom!

The Japanese soldier was stunned for a moment. The big hat of Qu Dong was put on, which made him feel a little overwhelmed for a moment. Before the barbarians were driven out of Kanto, they had a war plan against the ancient city of Haicheng.

But because the barbarians failed too quickly, they shelved this plan, and have been waiting for domestic orders, while strengthening the occupation of Goryeo.

Now that the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom appeared here, he had an unpredictable premonition. After hesitating for a while, he immediately ran to the other end of the bridge. Obviously, they would not give way.

Fire!

Qu Dong gave an order at this time, and a thousand soldiers lined up in a row began to shoot across the bridge.

Bang bang bang... Continuous gunshots rang out, white smoke and flames emanated from the arsonist gun, and the Japanese pirates on the opposite side immediately fell down a row.

At this distance, the musketeer exhibited excellent range and accuracy, with almost a quarter of the bullets hitting the opponent.

The Japanese pirates across the river were stunned. They were waiting for the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom to come to them, and then they would fight back according to the method of array warfare.

But the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom clearly violated their accustomed way of warfare, and launched the attack outside the range of their muskets.

Bang bang bang...

Before the Japanese soldiers could react, there was another salvo across the bridge, followed by a third.

The continuous fire caused heavy losses to the Japanese soldiers who were arranged in a dense formation, and more than 500 people fell to more than 200 in an instant.

Rush over, rush over!

The Japanese samurai who commanded the musket team found that something was wrong, and immediately rushed to the hand-to-hand battle with a shout, because they could not kill the opponent alone if they were wiped out in this way.

It's just that he just shouted a sentence, suddenly felt a heat in his chest, looked down, and saw blood gushing out continuously.

Across the bridge, a sharpshooter smiled.

Since the Jinzhou City sharpshooter has performed well, each division is now equipped with a certain number of sharpshooters to shoot and kill important figures on the other side.

Qu Dong has been observing the situation of the battle. He found that the Japanese pirates did not retreat for a long time after the heavy losses. Instead, the remaining soldiers rushed towards them as if they wanted to die.

This is the onboard charge of the Japanese pirates? Qu Dong frowned.

They have met many Koryo generals in the ancient city of Hai, and they have always been afraid of fighting against the Japanese pirates, because the Japanese pirates not only have powerful firearms, but also will not surrender even when they are at a disadvantage, on the contrary, they will rush to them like suicide.

Many times the immediate victory was defeated by the Japanese pirates, and because the Japanese pirates would shout onboard when charging, the Koreans called it the onboard charge.

Kill! Don't leave one! Qu Dong gave the order coldly.

In the battle with the barbarians, he came to a conclusion that the more savage they were fighting, the more savage they had to fight back, otherwise there would be no way to make the other side submit.

The barbarians are like this, and now it seems that the Japanese pirates are also like this.

Under the continuous sound of gunfire, one Japanese soldier fell in front, and the next one continued to pounce, and the distance of 150 meters was quickly crossed.

At this time, the remaining ten or so soldiers took out their samurai swords and slashed at the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom, but they underestimated the melee capabilities of the soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The soldiers of the Great Yu Kingdom in the front row held up their bayonets, and a stab swiftly pierced the hearts of the Japanese soldiers, and a dozen Japanese soldiers fell one by one.