"Woo ......"

There were only more than 30 iron artillery men in the first platoon, and after the first shot was fired, everyone stopped, including the old driver, and did not give the order for the second platoon to shoot.

All the people on the Takeda side, are watching the results of the battle!

"Ah......h

"Ah......h

"Nani ......"

A hundred meters away from the dense smoke, there was a miserable howl.

At a distance of 100 meters, the modified artillery really caused unparalleled damage to the attacking Honda Tadashi Katsukatsu Light Army.

With just one salvo, at least two dozen soldiers were knocked over, a dozen of them dead, and the rest were all seriously wounded.

For the 2,000 people who attacked, the casualties of more than 20 people were nothing, and they were very common!

"Attack!"

Honda Tadakatsu, seeing that a platoon of artillery fire had knocked down more than 20 people, he couldn't help but secretly rejoice, and then roared, encouraging the headquarters to speed up and attack the mountain in a big way.

"Artillery reloads with gunpowder, it takes ten breaths, rush up ......"

Honda Tadakatsu brandished his spear and took the lead in the dragon abyss.

……………………

"Still stunned, the first row retreats, the second row steps forward, listen to my orders......"

On the mountainside, the old driver also came back to his senses at this time, looked at the ashigaru of the Tokugawa family, which was densely mountaineering a hundred meters away, and roared angrily.

"The second row is ready. ”

"Aim!"

"Fire!"

The old driver's raised right hand waved down violently.

"The second row retreats, and the third row prepares. ”

"Aim!"

"Fire!"

The old driver gave a series of shooting orders, and white smoke rose from the firing range of the artillery team.

The result of the battle was hidden under thick smoke, and neither of the two sides knew the outcome.

I only heard the terrible howl of the Tokugawa soldiers before they died after they were hit on the attacking mountain road.

"Attack, attack! Take out the spirit of bushido and rush forward!"

Honda Tadakatsu hid behind a tree and roared wildly.

Seeing his retainers and Ashigaru falling in rows, Tadashi was a little anxious and a little messy.

"Ahh

"Amaterasu Okami ......"

"Mom, help me!"

From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, the attack route was filled with corpses, dense and miserable, mixed with the miserable cries for help that were injured to the point of being killed.

When people are about to lose their lives, the first thing that comes to mind is their mother, so there are many soldiers who call their mothers to save their lives, which affects morale very much.

"Lord, it's a little wrong, let's attack slowly first......"

A general of the flag is loyal to Honda.

"Nani, the lord is watching the battle at the bottom of the mountain, he can't slow down the attack, it's just a small dragon abyss, can't I win it loyally?"

Honda Tadakatsu stared at General Qimoto angrily, turned his head to look around, and added:

"This team, how many casualties?"

"Casualty, casualty ......"

General Qimoto hesitated and grunted twice.

"Say it quickly?"

Honda Tadashi yelled.

"The battle dead and seriously wounded are already more than halfway through. ”

Qiben was full of excitement and told the truth directly.

"Nani?"

Honda Tadashi was stunned, how long has this been attacking? There is not a single stick of incense, and more than half of the casualties are actually killed?

The Ashigaru headquarters of 2,000 people, about half a pillar of incense, more than half of the casualties?

"Head of the house, do you want to continue the attack or ...... Or do you want to retreat for now?"

Admiral Ashigaru asked softly.

"The lord is watching at the bottom of the mountain, and my loyal and victorious bravery and prestige are not allowed to retreat, otherwise the lord's reputation will be affected......"

Tadashi Honda squinted, his eyes glowing with madness.

"At the foot of the mountain, there are five hundred iron artillery and archers of the Ben family......

Admiral Qimoto suggested.

"Go! Mobilize the archers of the family and the iron artillery team of the headquarters to attack the mountain together. ”

Honda is loyal to victory, intending to bet on all his strength.

……………………

At the foot of the mountain, the Tokugawa army, which led tens of thousands of troops to continue to besiege the two abysses, was seated on a horse bench, and his face was flat.

At this time, the Tokugawa Honjin had not yet received the good news from Honda Tadakatsu, who was attacking Ryunobuchi, only to hear the sound of dense artillery in the distance.

"I didn't expect that the little dragon abyss, the Takeda family had gathered so many iron cannons?"

The Tokugawa family's important minister, Okubo Tadashi, stared blankly at the mountainside where the white mist was rising, and turned his head to the governor Tokugawa Ieyasu and said.

"Oh? How many?"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's figure moved.

"Judging by the density of fire, there were at least five hundred iron artillery. ”

Okubo Tadashi crossed his fingers and calculated.

Iron artillery was still a rarity in the Warring States period at this time, and even Oda Nobunaga, all the iron artillery soldiers added up to thousands.

The Takeda family, who lived in Kai, lacked resources, how could they bring out five hundred iron artillery troops at one time?

The trick is that Takeda's counterattack on the Tokugawa territory this time, the whole army is only less than 2,000 troops, where is the 500 iron cannons?

However, the sound of the iron cannon explosion came and went, and it could not deceive people......

"Report!"

A blood-stained herald rushed into the camp and knelt five meters away from Ieyasu.

"Hmm!"

Ieyasu nodded solemnly and glanced at the dozen or so retainers and generals with solemn faces sitting around the formation.

"Lord Zhongsheng, the attack on the Dragon Abyss was blocked, and at this moment, he mobilized five hundred archers and iron artillery teams of his own family to attack the mountain together. ”

The herald, honestly conveying the connotation of the battle report, in short, has one meaning: the first assault failed.

"I know, go rest!"

Tokugawa Ieyasu's eyes flashed with panic, but a thick smile appeared on his face, calming the hearts of the army.

"Hah!"

The herald wiped the blood from his face and retreated to leave.

"Wait!"

Tokugawa retainer, Tadaji Sakai, suddenly stood up and called the herald.

The retainers of the Tokugawa family looked puzzled at the same time.

Tokugawa Ieyasu also looked at Sakai Tadaji, but there was a look of resentment in his eyes......

"Lord Honda Tadakatsu led his headquarters to attack the mountain with 2,000 people from Ashigaru, plus the follow-up 500 iron artillery archers, a total of 2,500 banners, and now what are the casualties?"

Sakai Tadaji pretended not to see Tokugawa Ieyasu's resentful eyes, and looked directly at the herald and asked loudly.

"Casualties...... casualties ......"

The herald hesitated for a moment, he didn't know whether to say it or not, which was extremely demoralizing.

"Say?"

Tadaji Sakai strode out and stood in front of the herald.

"More than half of the casualties!"

The herald knelt down and reported truthfully with trepidation.

"Soaring ......"

"Nani?"

Ieyasu didn't continue Tarzan at this time, and stood up directly in exclamation.

Isn't an army already facing a catastrophe with more than half of its casualties?

In fact, in the Warring States period, many daimyo fought a tailwind battle, and if the casualties exceeded three achievements, they would collapse, and there was no need to wait for more than half of the casualties......

You still expect them not to retreat, that's a big joke!

However, the 2,000-foot light banner and iron cannon archers led by Honda Tadashi are self-trained retainers, and they can be said to be professional soldiers with amazing combat power.

Therefore, Honda loyaltically defeated the headquarters in order to maintain more than half of the battle losses and strong offensive ability.

(End of chapter)