Rise From the Humble

In the wide open space at the mountain pass, the sun has risen halfway up. The weather is good, with no strong winds, no fog, and extremely high visibility. Yesterday's rain and snow seemed to have washed the entire world. Looking around, the sky and the earth are clean and transparent, and one can clearly see the other end of the mountain pass from one end.

In the vast open space, there was a solemn atmosphere. Two armies were facing each other, one in the north and the other in the south, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

The Zhejiang army lined up to the north of the mountain pass. The eight thousand Zhejiang soldiers were arranged in neat rows, forming the classic line-up and musket formation of the musket era.

Three rows of soldiers form a echelon. The three rows of soldiers in a echelon stand very close to each other, almost touching. There is a distance of two meters between each team, which makes it convenient for the next team to shoot after the previous team finishes shooting.

The Zhejiang Army formed a long, flat line of guns, one echelon after another.

In the battle formation, the soldiers of Zhejiang Army were all wearing cotton armor, helmets with red tassels, and armor covered with copper nails, which sparkled brightly in the sun, as if forming a black iron ocean with red waves jumping on the surface.

The Zhejiang Army soldiers had loaded their muskets and loaded their bayonets. They stood with their guns held high, their bayonets like a forest, and stared directly at the Japanese pirates opposite them with sharp eyes.

In the center of the Zhejiang army's formation, a large banner was erected high, fluttering in the wind, with a big word "Zhe" written on it.

Zhu Pingan stood under the banner, wearing the Zhejiang Army's cotton armor. His cotton armor was more gorgeous than the ordinary Zhejiang Army's, and it also had a blood-red cloak. Wearing it, he looked majestic. He looked up at the weather. The sky was clear and cloudless, and there was not even a strong wind. He couldn't help but pull the corner of his mouth, "What a good day."

Although the Japanese pirates' formation on the opposite side was not as orderly as that of the Zhejiang Army, they had the advantage of numbers. There were a total of 13,000 Japanese pirates, densely packed like a large black mass.

Compared with the Zhejiang Army's long and flat line-shaped gun formation, the Japanese pirates' formation was more complicated. They formed a large-scale formation of heaven and earth.

It is roughly in the shape of a Chinese character "品".

To put it simply, the 5,000 elite soldiers carefully selected by the Japanese pirates were in the front. The Japanese pirates tilted all the weapons and armor of the entire army towards them. These 5,000 elite Japanese pirates were all wearing iron armor or leather armor, holding sharp Japanese swords, katana, broadswords, long-handled axes, maces and other weapons. Each of them was murderous and looked ferociously at the Zhejiang army soldiers opposite.

The rest of the Japanese pirate army was divided into two parts, slightly behind, and their formation looked like an irregular "品" shape when viewed from the air.

The Japanese pirates formed a thick formation of heaven, earth and three elements. They were far inferior to the Zhejiang army in terms of discipline. There were many of them and they were standing in a scattered manner. Their formation looked more than twice as large as that of the Zhejiang army. If the Zhejiang army's line-line gun formation was like a cutlassfish, then the Japanese pirates' formation was like a giant alligator turtle.

Having a large number of people will give people confidence. The Japanese pirates shouted arrogantly, full of confidence and murderous intent.

"Hahaha, look at the Zhejiang Army's formation. It's thin and long, just like a malnourished skinny guy, so weak that they should thank God that the wind is not strong today, otherwise a gust of wind would have blown their formation apart."

"Look at our army formation. It is strong and sturdy. It looks powerful. If we attack them, it will be like a father beating his son."

"They dare to fight us in the field, they must be tired of living. We can cut them in half with a single charge, and then divide and surround them, and then go into massacre mode, killing them all like chopping melons and vegetables! You still say 'if you want to fight, then fight', you are looking for death, right? I will grant your wish later."

When the Japanese pirates saw the narrow and long formation of the Zhejiang army and its weak appearance, they couldn't help but shout with confidence.

In the center of the Japanese pirates' three-dimensional formation, there were two large banners, one with the blood-red word "King" written on it, and the other with the blood-red word "Otomo" written on it.

Mao Haifeng was Wang Zhi's adopted son. After recognizing Wang Zhi as his adoptive father, he took Wang Zhi's original surname "Wang" and was given the name Wang Xi by Wang Zhi.

Therefore, his banner sometimes had "Mao" written on it, sometimes "Wang" written on it, and sometimes "Wang" written on it.

The big flag of Otomo Sadakawa naturally had the word "Otomo" written on it, and his flag was a long stripe flag of the Japanese style.

Mao Haifeng and Otomo Sadakawa were in the center of the Japanese formation, standing on a high wooden platform, overlooking the entire battlefield.

"Hahahaha, the sun is high in the sky, the sky is clear and there are no clouds in the sky. It's such great weather." Mao Haifeng pointed at the sun and laughed.

"Yo, yo, it's great weather today. The sun has risen and it's much warmer. Our men were frozen yesterday and couldn't draw their bows or hold their swords. It's warm today and our hands and feet are warm. We can draw our bows and shoot arrows, and swing our swords without being affected at all! We can exert 100% of our strength! I believe that we will dominate the battlefield today!" Otomo Sadakawa also smiled confidently.

"Yes, gentlemen think alike. Today we will dominate the battlefield! The ancients said that the three treasures of war are time, place and people! Today, we have all the three treasures in our hands. We have already said that the time is on our side! The place is also on our side. Zhu Ping'an's Zhejiang Army relies on strong cities and positions. They are not good at field battles. We, my brothers, are there any better than us pirates in close combat?! In every field battle, we will kill the officers and soldiers and make rivers of blood!"

"Also, we have harmony. You and I work together like brothers. We are not brothers, but we are better than brothers. Our men are all united and determined to kill all the Zhejiang troops and avenge their sneak attack yesterday!"

"We have the right time, right place, and right people. If we don't dominate the battlefield, how can the Zhejiang Army dominate the battlefield?!"

Mao Haifeng held the Japanese sword with one hand and put the other hand on his waist, and spoke to Otomo Sadakawa with a confident look on his face.

"We will definitely dominate the battlefield! Brother Haifeng, please look at the Zhejiang Army's position on the opposite side. What kind of formation did Zhu Ping'an set up?! Although my family has declined, we are also well-educated. The formation of the opposing army is unheard of, but it is visibly weak with the naked eye! Brother Haifeng is knowledgeable, have you ever seen the formation of the opposing army?"

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Otomo Sadakawa pointed at the Zhejiang army formation opposite and said with a look of contempt.

"Hahahaha, I have seen this kind of military formation before." Mao Haifeng couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Oh, where have I seen this before? Could this be the ancient Chinese military formation? Am I ignorant?"

Otomo Sadakawa was surprised.

“Hahaha, a rookie who has just started out, setting up a long snake formation, looks just like this.”

Mao Haifeng couldn't help but laugh.

"Ah? Hahaha, it's true. It turns out that Zhu Ping'an arranged a long snake formation. Hahaha, Zhu Ping'an really tried to draw a tiger but ended up with a cat instead of a tiger. The key point of the long snake formation is the cavalry on both wings. He has only infantry here. By arranging them into this formation, they are just putting themselves on the chopping block and becoming fish."

Otomo Sadakawa laughed along.

"This is also the reason why we dominate the battlefield, isn't it?" Otomo Sadakawa and Mao Haifeng smiled at each other and became more confident. (End of this chapter)