So Tokugawa Iemitsu could only say with a straight face: "Well, this deputy general is a brave man!" Such people cannot die in vain, and immediately send someone to order them all to withdraw! ”

The people around Tokugawa Iemitsu are also well-thought-out, so they can naturally see the cause and effect of things clearly. So he hurriedly sent someone to give the order. And Liu Pei's side was observing the Japanese army slowly approaching for a long time. However, all the officers did not see these armies as a threat, but happily bet with each other that the Japanese army would collapse in the first few rounds of shelling.

While everyone was talking and laughing in a low voice, this Japanese army had already entered the range of mortars. And this means that they were already within range of Napoleonic guns. An officer asked Liu Pei, "Marshal, do you want to fire now?" ”

Liu Pei sneered and said, "What's the hurry? Let them get a little closer! In this way, the artillery will be accurate, and you can fight a few more rounds! ”

After Liu Pei finished speaking, Qi Qitao and the other officers laughed again. Liu Pei's entire team was filled with a happy atmosphere! Even the soldiers knew that this time they had won, and began to whisper to the soldiers around them.

Just when Liu Pei and the others were enjoying a rare moment of relaxation on the battlefield, an officer said: "Marshal, someone from the opposite city has come out, it seems to be a messenger!" ”

Liu Pei raised his binoculars and looked, and sure enough, several cavalrymen rushed out from the gate of the castle tower. These cavalry are not the same as ordinary cavalry. Behind the armor of each person was a huge air sac-like thing. As soon as they appeared, it was like running in all directions. There was also a man who ran straight to the side of the iron cannon Ashigaru.

Liu Pei put down the binoculars and said, "It turned out to be the mother's clothes!" ”

In fact, the mother's clothes are the full-time personal guards, heralds and reserve officers of the head of the family. The earliest origin of the mother's clothing is the "Kakehoro" that appeared at the end of the Heian period.

The "Kakeboro" is a secondary piece of armor that resembles a cloak and is smaller than a cloak. When the samurai rode a horse, the "Kakehoro" floated up with the wind, which was very windy, and had a certain protective effect, which played a buffering role for the flying arrows that were shot.

Moreover, in the chaos of battle, the "Hanging Baolu" fluttering in the wind will also effectively interfere with the enemy's aiming and archery. At that time, there were no corps fighting during the Heian period, and large-scale hand-to-hand combat was rare. It's more about using bows and arrows to shoot at each other. In the face of the Wabow, which has a firing range of only 30 meters, the "Kakeboro" still has a certain effect.

By the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the pattern of warfare had changed, and there were more and more frontal charges at close range, and it was no longer wise to wear a long strip of cloth behind him. In addition, during the melee, if you hang something on the cloth or are dragged by the enemy, those who wait for the samurai will die.

Therefore, during this period, the "Hanging Baolu" began to become shorter and shorter, but if it was too short, it could not even float, let alone have any protective effect. Therefore, during the Muromachi shogunate, some people began to wrap strips of cloth directly around bamboo cages made of bamboo, and the name was changed to "mother clothes". The width of the mother's garment is limited, and the height is just right to protect the entire samurai's back.

In the Warring States period, the form of warfare changed further, weapons were developed, and a large number of iron cannons were used on the battlefield. The mother's coat is actually of little value as armor, but the mother's coat has not disappeared, but has become an honor! Only the most elite samurai with high enough status have a chance to become a member of the Lady Cloth in their mother's clothes!

In addition to the special orders of the lord, the mother-clothed guards mainly acted as heralds, conveying orders for the formation and sorties between the various troops, and they were very recognizable in their mother's clothes. At special moments, the mother-clothed people can also be used as messengers to send the enemy to the enemy's position, and even if the generals who want to change the general or the commander are killed, the mother-clothed people can directly take over the position on the spot. It can be seen that the status of the mother's clothes is still very high.

Oda Nobunaga chose twenty of the best samurai from among the Tama Hui and formed the "Mother-clothed Crowd", which was divided into two teams according to color, one "Black Female-clothed Crowd" and the other "Naked Mother-clothed Crowd" of 10 people each.

These were the most trusted and loyal samurai of the daimyo. Because of the ability to talk directly to the top, coupled with the ability, these people are easy to be promoted and reused, such as Maeda Toshiya of the Black Mother, and Sasa Narumasa of the Red Mother, who are all momentary figures.

Liu Pei understood what these mothers were here to do. Their purpose must have been to pass on the order to withdraw their troops, to preserve the only living force. It is also necessary to convey orders and gather the rout. But how could Liu Pei let the other party get his wish! So Liu Pei immediately said loudly: "Order the artillery to fire at full speed and kill and injure the other party as much as possible!" ”

The itchy gunners, who had been waiting for a long time, received the order and immediately cheered and lit the fuse that had been prepared long ago. So the artillery and mortar were fired almost simultaneously. But after all, the trajectory of a direct artillery shot is a little faster!

A large number of shotgun projectiles flew out of the muzzle of the cannon and fired directly at the Japanese army on the opposite side. The projectile swept through the crowd and opened large and small blood holes in the soldier's body! Blood spurted from every wound! A large number of soldiers were knocked to the ground without snorting, and only a small number of soldiers who were not fatally injured fell to the ground, covering their wounds and wailing!

Before the soldiers could react, the flowering shells of the mortar also tumbled and fell! Twenty flowering bombs exploded directly in the crowd, creating twenty blanks! In particular, the Japanese soldiers at the center of the explosion died in a miserable state! Often limb insufficiency! There are even those who were directly blown up by flowering bombs!

The mother-clothed crowd saw the rapid carnage of the battlefield from afar! In the rumbling cannon, the Japanese soldiers were shot to the ground like scarecrows in a storm! Corpses are stacked and blood is pouring all over the land!

The tragic situation in front of them stunned the mother-clothed people! He subconsciously reined in the war horse. But after a moment's hesitation, he rode again! As he galloped forward, he shouted desperately, "Your Excellency Shogun, all of us have an order to return to the castle tower!" ”

But he had just left the city gate not far away, and it was so easy to get close to the battlefield so far! Besides, his shouts were all drowned out by the explosion of cannonballs and the screams of the soldiers before they died, and no one even noticed that a woman in the back was riding a horse.

And the gunners who rested for a while were full of physical strength, they were agile, sparing no effort to load and fire, and the Japanese soldiers were like leaves fluttering in the wind and rain! In just two or three minutes, the gunners fired eleven rounds of shells at the opposing array!

In addition, the lieutenant general was bent on death, and he didn't consider the problem of evacuation formation at all. So much so that these Japanese troops came in quite dense formations, so they suffered particularly heavy casualties under the shelling! The 3,000 iron artillery ashigaru and more than 3,000 stragglers who went into battle lost more than 2,000 people in three minutes!