Liu Pei sneered and said, "The master general on the other side is a clever one!" It's a pity that the action was a little late! He should have done it with the second phalanx. He's so confident that he thinks the infantry alone can eat us, and now he's crazy, right? ”

Qi Qitao said with a smile next to him: "I don't think I'm necessarily too confident. Maybe it's because he can't bear his little bit of precious cavalry! ”

Qi Qitao is really not wrong. The biggest reason why Horita Masakatsu did not put the cavalry into the battlefield in time was because he was reluctant! Because cavalry is too precious in the Wa Kingdom! The country itself has many mountains and little flat land, and it is not easy to raise horses.

Plus the cost of feeding one cavalryman, you can feed 3 to 5 infantrymen. With the pitiful cost of the Wakoku Ashigaru, it may be able to support seven Ashigaru. So Horita Masakatsu was reluctant for a while, so he completely missed the fighter!

Liu Pei said to Qi Qitao: "It doesn't matter if he is reluctant or not!" I have sent you the guard battalion, five artillery and five mortars, can you take care of them all? ”

Qi Qitao patted his thigh nonchalantly and said, "It's too simple! Dashuai, look at my ability! ”

After speaking, Qi Qitao got up and said to the guards behind him: "Did you hear what the big marshal said?" Go gather the brothers! ”

Then he himself walked over to the gun emplacement, and requisitioned the artillery. He left, and the laughter of several officers of the guard battalion was revealed! Busy gathering people.

Liu Pei also knew what they thought, and these guards practiced martial arts diligently every day to keep their bodies up. But because he had to protect his own safety, he didn't get the opportunity to do it. That's why this group of guards who think highly of themselves have long been holding back the fire in their hearts! Now it's good for them to take the Japanese cavalry out of anger.

Qi Qitao went to prepare to deal with the cavalry, but at this time, the frontal battlefield had reached a white-hot stage. The blockade of the flowering shells brought continuous, huge losses to the Japanese soldiers!

The first part of the team that was divided has been completely lost under the double blow of artillery and firearms! The second batch of Japanese soldiers in front of them has also come to an end! The only thing they could get was a wounded samurai who came within 5 meters of the Iron Shield!

The samurai already

Two lead bullets were shot in his body, and when he rushed within 5 meters, he was shot in the abdomen by a gunner! The internal organs of his lower abdomen were shattered by lead bullets, and there was no hope of survival at all!

He took two steps backwards after being shot, then staggered forward two more steps before falling to the ground and dying! However, no one on the battlefield gave him a second look, and the musketeers immediately shifted their fire to the third wave of Japanese soldiers not far away.

At this time, Qi Qitao had already sorted out the defense line on the right flank. More than 100 young men from the guard battalion lined up in two rows, and they also held firearms in their hands. At the same time, they also wore various personal weapons, so it seemed a bit cumbersome.

Because these guards took on the responsibility of defending Liu Pei on weekdays, they used cold weapons and short guns more often. As a result, they had several weapons on them. Fortunately, the lads are tall and strong, and they don't care about the weight at all.

And they also have training in the use of firearms when they train on weekdays. After all, in the future, they will all be released to become grassroots officers, and they must be familiar with all kinds of weapons. So they lined up and picked up the firearms, and they also looked like veterans of battle.

At this time, Qi Qitao had already finished coordinating the artillery and ran back. The guards were lined up close to one end of the line, so the artillery didn't have to move their positions, they just had to adjust their direction on the spot.

As soon as Qi Qitao returned to the battle position, the artillery behind him fired. This time all five guns fired solid shells. The intention is to disrupt the opposing cavalry's position at the farthest range and slow down their attack.

Qi Qitao's eyes followed the flying cannonballs until he saw the cannonballs smashing into the cavalry group. But it looks like this round of shelling did not work well.

On the one hand, because the speed of the cavalry was too fast, it was difficult to estimate the landing point of the artillery shells. On the other hand, the reason is that because the gap between the cavalry is relatively large, the point-to-point attack of solid shells is not very lethal.

Only one of the five shells hit the hind leg of a warhorse, knocking it to the ground. But the shell landed relatively far back, and there was nothing to be achieved except to cause a commotion in the cavalry group.

However, the gunners quickly adjusted the landing point of the shells, and the second round of artillery was much more accurate. This time all five shells fell directly in front of the cavalry ranks. A cannonball hit a war horse in the chest, shattering the entire war horse! The cavalry above was also thrown out, and I don't know if they were alive or dead!

Another shell bounced forward on the ground, and the cavalry in the first row was lucky enough to dodge. But one of the horses in the second row had his leg cut off! The warhorse fell to the ground with a neigh, throwing the cavalry to the ground. The cavalry behind couldn't dodge, and was tripped and rolled by the war horse with a broken leg!

These two shells caused confusion in front of the cavalry troops. But at this time the cavalry units had not yet picked up speed and were in a state of trot. So the damage was not significant.

Cavalry is powerful, but it is also very demanding to use. For example, it is impossible for a cavalry unit to gallop at full strength at the beginning. Because in that case, the war horse will soon run out of strength. So the cavalry generally marched at a trot. When the distance is relatively close, it will accelerate and run with all its might.

Masakatsu Horita ignored the confusion in the ranks. He knew that these elite cavalrymen would handle it themselves. So he sat upright on his horse, and drove the horse forward in small steps.

As he expected, the cavalry unit returned to normal after a moment of confusion. However, no sooner had they advanced some distance than three shells landed again in the cavalry group. All three shells hit their targets.

Two shells each knocked out two horses. Another cannonball hit one of the horsemen in the upper body, shattering his upper body and smashing the leg of the cavalry behind him. Knocked half of his leg off again! And then with the last of his strength, he broke the front legs of the back row of war horses again! This shelling resulted in the largest casualty of the three shelling.

Horita Masakatsu didn't even look at the situation behind him, and directly raised the sword and shouted, "All attention! Get ready to accelerate! ”

When the cavalrymen heard Horita's order, they all tightened their horses' reins and raised their swords. After trotting some distance, when they saw Horita Masakatsu's sword leaning forward, they rode their horses to speed up. The cavalry of more than 2,000 people brought up a huge amount of smoke and dust and began to accelerate!