Chapter 15: The Fierce Battle Under the Imperial Palace
"What's going on! My hand! ”
"Uhhhh It's so exciting......"
"It hurts so much......"
"Help! Hurry up! ”
"My lord! Lord! Are you okay? ”
"What a terrible weapon! If this hits me......"
"Isn't this thing unique to my family?"
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Hirata watched as the enemy's shells flew far away, scurrying into the team more than a hundred paces ahead of him, landing on the ground and bouncing twice. Several people were hit, killed instantly, or fell to the ground and wailed, and the flying dust was so thick that it not only obscured the vision but also choked people's throats.
In the past, I used to use new firearms to beat my opponents, but today due to the terrain restrictions, I have not made preparations for this, and I don't want to be treated by the Matsunaga family as a person in labor re-education!
If you take into account the existence of large-caliber and high-range weapons in the enemy's army, you should never easily move the Shuai Qi to a position a few hundred steps in front of the formation! At least a thousand steps should be separated for absolute safety.
This is not to fear death, but to ensure the overall morale.
In the feudal era when soldiers were generals and were ruled layer by layer, the slightest wavering of the banner of the general would lead to the risk of the whole army falling into panic.
For example, after Oda Nobunaga's more than 2,000 surprise attack team rushed into the enemy's main battle, they were actually besieged by nearly 10,000 Imagawa soldiers who had rushed over from the inquiry, and they were in danger. But when the news of Imagawa Yoshimoto being taken came out, the Imagawa army, which had been superior, collapsed instantly.
Obviously, the people of the Matsunaga family will not understand this truth.
Thereupon......
"The tie has been killed! The generals will follow me to make contributions! ”
"The opportunity to get rich has come, brothers rush with me!"
"Hit the shore and Tian City, and send a Izumi girl for each person!"
In an instant, the enemy troops on the opposite side shouted slogans and rushed with murderous energy.
The momentum and advance of the battle suddenly became extremely bad for the tie army.
For a time, even the fighters such as Tieshou Xiuyi, Bai Xiang Jiajia, and Honda Masashige failed to stand up for the first time to boost morale and stabilize the situation.
Maybe even they are wondering if the general was really shot.
After all, from a distance, the projectile launched by the big cylinder just now was indeed flying by the Shuai Qi!
The soldiers of the Tie family have had the experience of attacking others with a large cylinder a few times, so they are not enough to be deterred, but they have no experience in being attacked by a large cylinder......
People are social animals, and high morale can make the fearless cowards become brave, and the sloppy military spirit will make the unequaled brave people cowardly.
With the quality of the reserve team under its own flag, of course, it will not be defeated, but there is indeed a hint of worry.
The best way to eliminate this concern is, of course, to -
"The tie is here! Songyongtong Huangkou child, how can I be my enemy! ”
After many years, the tie once again pulled out the sword at his waist, shouted the slogan of war, and made a counterattack on horseback, wanting to engage the enemy with a white blade.
Of course, he didn't really drive his mount to charge, but kept his pace low.
Iwanari Youtong beside him reacted as quickly as possible, hurriedly ran forward, grabbed the reins of the lord's horse and didn't let him go any further, and shouted with all his strength: "The Tie Punishment Department is here!" Unscathed! Mere Matsunaga, how can you hurt my lord! ”
Immediately afterwards, Governor Konishi, who was a little farther away, also came to his senses, and he quickly snatched the reins of his mount from the miscellaneous soldiers, turned on his horse, picked up his big gun, and shouted: "Sons of a kind, kill the enemy with me!" Let the soft eggs of Yamato see how good our tie family is! ”
Then he didn't cheat at all, he was really hot-blooded, and accelerated the impact of the past.
Naturally, more than twenty private soldiers followed without hesitation.
With this "good" precedent, the generals who had been shaken just now probably felt ashamed and embarrassed, and stepped out one after another.
With just the banner, Hirate Hidehide could tell that Hirate Hideyoshi, Yamauchi Kazutoyo, Kasai Naganobu and others had rushed up one after another, and were about to collide with the enemy's offensive wave.
Iwanari Yutong was about to wave his hand to give the order to shoot, but when he saw this, he hesitated and hurriedly turned his head sideways to ask the lord for instructions.
It seems that the morale is overboosted......
Seeing this, Tieshou Fan Xiu was also shocked and helpless.
It is said that during the time when the opposite side rushes over, you can fire at least two rounds of bows and arrows, or one round of iron cannons. But once they rush and fight, they are in one place, and they can no longer use the numerical advantage to expand the width, but can only hope that their own soldiers can gain the upper hand in the front.
White-knuckle warfare has always been the most dangerous, with a high casualty rate, large accidents, and unpredictable follow-up chain reactions.
Although the Warring States Troubled Times have been conquering for many years, the lords and princes in various places always have some tacit understanding, and generally use long-range weapons to test each other first, disrupt the formation, and find the right opportunity before sending elite soldiers out of the nest and killing with one blow. Unless it is a matter of life and death, it is easy not to charge the whole army.
Seeing that the Matsunaga Army took the initiative to attack and kill under the cover of the big tube, Tie Tsui naturally did not dare to ignore it. Although he shouted fiercely, he was stopped by Iwasei Youtong, so he pushed the boat down the river, and instead of insisting on taking the lead, he slowed down his horse, waiting for the guards to come up, and sat dozens of steps away from the front line.
As a general who leads tens of thousands of troops, at the risk of being hit by stray arrows, it is quite enough to do this step, and it can be called courageous. If it's too much, it's not beautiful.
At the same time, he hurriedly gave an order, and let people notify the surrounding reserves that had not yet reacted to hurry up to come over for reinforcements.
Although the frontal battlefield has been filled, and there are some small hills and streams on both sides, there is no room for more people to form a formation for a while, but the follow-up troops can at least provide banners and shouts of killing, which is very helpful for the morale of the front-line soldiers.
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"Ghost Boy" Hisho Xiuyi suddenly found himself in a dangerous situation rarely seen in his life.
In the past, when they rode into battle, they seemed to be covered by enemy firing troops, and they could be shot at any time, but experienced samurai knew that as long as they saw the weak point, maintained a high-speed zigzag route, and fully stretched their bodies on the back of their horses, the actual risk was not so high.
The seemingly reckless and arrogant generals actually have a delicate heart that is good at observing the situation.
But the situation is no different now.
Fang Cai tied Xiuyi with a big gun in his hand, straddled the war horse, and fought with the black-armored and black-robed vanguard rider of the Matsunaga Army. I saw the "Ghost Boy Keiji" came first, and he saw that he was right, and his hands were just right to send forward, and he used the cross pattern of the tip of the gun to resist the attack of the opponent with thorns, and then the left hand was the axis, and the right arm was skillful, and he swung hard, and threw off the tip of the enemy's gun, so that his door was wide open, and the weapon was almost out of his hand, and then took advantage of the wrong body of the second horse, and used the gun as a hard whip, swept along the trend, and pumped heavily on the waist and thigh of the enemy general.
The black-armored warrior was already rushing, and suddenly he couldn't hold it anymore, and fell diagonally from his mount, fell to the ground with a snap, rolled twice, and stirred up a pile of dust. Fortunately, he landed on the ground sideways first, so he didn't fall to death on the battlefield.
This is the perfect combination of the strength and skill of the "ghost boy".
Seeing that the opponent's black-armored samurai had good accessories, excellent armaments, and a big role, he wanted to turn around and take off the head of the enemy general to show his merits.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, before he could hold the reins, he suddenly saw the tip of the spear in front of him stabbing into his heart!
He was quick to see and immediately twisted his body and fell backwards, but he was able to dodge, and at the same time did not forget to swing his gun, and cut a deep wound in the joint part of the two pieces of armor on the side of the opponent's knee.
With a scream, the enemy in front of him couldn't control and fell off his horse.
But before he could be happy, Hisho Xiuyi noticed that the sword light flashed next to him, and another cavalry of the Matsunaga Army came straight by the neck, but there was no way to avoid it, so he had to shrink his head as much as possible to protect his face.
There was a crisp sound, as if the blade had struck the thick piece of iron on the helmet.
Although he was not injured this time, the impact was really not light, which made the flat hand Xiuyi dizzy and fell backwards.
The "ghost boy" knew that something was wrong, so he simply stepped on the stirrup and jumped lightly, held the handle of the gun lightly with one hand, jumped off the mount, and turned over after landing, dissolving the strength, and could stand, and he didn't have time to open his eyes to identify, and sent the big gun diagonally upwards with his feelings.
At another look, the enemy cavalry galloping with a sword on the left happened to be pierced into the defenseless armpit by the tip of the spear, and howled in pain, and fell off the horse without a sound.
But this gun was too deep, and it was also taken away, and in a hurry, with the arm strength of the "ghost boy", it was still a little difficult to hold.
The battlefield was extremely dangerous, and seeing this, Xiuyi quickly abandoned the big gun, flipped to the other side to avoid the horse's hooves, and reached out to touch the saber on his waist, trying to fight again.
But the saber had not yet been unsheathed, but there was a muffled snort of "heh" behind him, accompanied by the sound of drawing the sword.
It must be the enemy general who was wounded and didn't die just now!
- Hirate Xiuyi thought so, sat on the ground and flipped on his side, turned around, and before he had time to pull out the sheath, he forcibly tore off the sheathed saber and blocked it in front of his chest.
Just enough to block a top-down slash.
But it was also completely suppressed to the unfavorable situation of falling backwards to the ground.
At this moment, he saw that two of his companions had been knocked down, and three or four enemy troops rushed up in unison.
However, "Ghost Boy Keiji" did not feel the experience of "my life is resting".
Not because he was particularly bold, but because he was too late.
"Kill the traitor!"
In an instant, Hirate Hideyi suddenly found that the enemy pressing on him was about to be slashed down with a sword, and the cavalry of the Matsunaga family who gathered over had someone to stop him.
The old comrade-in-arms Keer Caizang had already appeared, wielding his spear like a dragon, and within three combinations, he pierced the tip of the spear from between the opponent's helmet and the sufficient gap, and won one of the enemy generals.
There are also stout and tall, looking at the head of the flag team, Benduo is heavy, and he kills on the side of the "bamboo stick only hidden", and intersects with the blades of the two enemies, without falling behind.
Immediately after that, a higher-ranking general rushed over, protected the side, and stretched out his hand to pull Hisho Xiuyi up. When I looked closely, it was Bai Xiang Jiajia, who had just been appointed as a "powerful general".
Next to him, there were also Miyoshi family generals Matsuyama Shigeji, Mikawa Kato Kyoaki, etc., each riding a war horse, only bringing three or five elite subordinates, gathered over.
Obviously, you are aware of the unparalleled martial arts name and special status of "Ghost Boy Keiji", and you intend to gather around him.
Just now he charged forward alone, facing the enemy several horses, killing one person, injuring one person, shooting down one person, although he was in danger in the end, but he also showed superb force, which is enough to be admired.
It's just that I'm not satisfied with the result. As soon as Hisho Xiuyi took a breath, he wanted to draw his sword and fight again.
However, before he turned around, he heard the "huh" of the villager's family, and said suspiciously: "Seeing that the Matsunaga army is not afraid of death, I thought that they were going to fight desperately, why did the banner of their general seem to be retreating backwards?" ”