In a hurry, the untrained soldiers failed to form the expected tight chariot formation, and were just randomly piled up on the riverbank. Some of the cars suddenly collapsed and overwhelmed people, or even simply fell apart, but instead disrupted their formation, and a few bold Miyoshi soldiers almost took this opportunity to rush to the shore.

Fortunately, Kato Kyoaki and Yamauchi Kazutomi were very experienced, so they hurriedly shouted loudly, so that the bow group and the iron artillery team did not have to entangle the team, and fired freely on the spot with the help of the cover pushed by the friendly troops, and the samurai and ashigaru groups rushed up and beat the incoming enemy back.

At this time, I quickly cleaned up and settled down.

After that, the situation of shooting at each other improved a lot.

Thick planks, wide bamboo bunches, and soaked thatched rags can give people a precious sense of security, so that the enemy's iron cannon no longer looks terrifying. Then the psychological pressure of your own archers and iron artillery will not be too great, and they can shoot uniformly according to the order, and they don't have to reluctantly fight back only in the gap between the enemy's reloading.

Of course, the most important thing is to provide cover for the nine large iron cylinders.

These stupid and coarse things are really inconvenient to serve, and if they are not protected, they will just stand and fiddle in the open area, and the target is too obvious, and they will inevitably be greeted by the enemy marksmen.

Moreover, the lower plate and shooting hole specifications of the partial van car have been carefully designed, which can just become the bracket of the large iron cylinder.

Standing on a high place 800 paces behind, the two-handed Tieshou Bunshu recalled that the Miyoshi Army on the other side of the river had fired at least nine rounds of salvos, but still did not make a formal charge, and only kept sending loose death squads to tentatively cross the river.

When the next four rounds of fire were fired, many of the projectiles hit the armor of the van, and there was almost no reaction except for stirring up smoke and dust. The iron cannons held by the enemy seem to be smaller-caliber, mass-produced projectiles, with long range, high accuracy, and easy reloading—perhaps the "Haritaya" from the Hirade family, but the power alone is not comparable to some boldly modified folk products. Wooden planks and bamboo bundles with soaked cloth and straw tied together are enough to cope.

But there are also some people who are not well covered and killed immediately after being hit, and there are also a few vehicles whose armor is poorly made and pierced by projectiles, and the soldiers behind them are wounded.

The Tie shooters who relied on the side car were able to launch counterattacks freely, but the number was far less than that of the opponent, and the formation was a bit chaotic, unable to form a salvo effect, and could only cause sporadic kills, and the deterrent power was seriously insufficient.

As for those mysterious looking big iron cylinders, they haven't been used for the time being. His family knows his own affairs, and he has repeatedly explained that the effective distance of that thing is only about fifty steps, and it must not be exposed first.

It was bombarded by more than a thousand sophisticated iron cannons for a long time, although there were not many casualties, after all, it was still very embarrassing, if it weren't for the general's horse seal standing behind him, it was not impossible for morale to collapse.

The two teams of Kato and Yamauchi were close to the limit, and the Ichimen led by Noguchi and Ikutsu picked it up. During this time, the Miyoshi Army already had a pontoon bridge that was almost enough to reach the shore, and the other three on both sides had also crossed the center of the river, and they were connected vertically and horizontally with ropes, so they were not so easy to be cut off and scattered.

At this time, the envoy on a fast horse passed on the latest military information of the left and right flank troops.

In the lower reaches of the east side, although the Saga Party took advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold earlier, sent an elite force to swim successfully, but the follow-up was a little slower, and was pushed back by the enemy's Awa people, and the soldiers who crossed the river except for a few who swam back, all of them were killed, and the brave general Suzuki Shigehide was seriously wounded, and the first territory bridge was shot in the arm, and then Saga had lost his momentum and had no intention of fighting again, and now the troops who had changed their roots were connected, and the iron cannon bows and arrows were all out and the opposite bank was very lively, and the overall advantage was a little, but it was never possible to find the opportunity to cross the river.

Yukawa and Ota of Kii Kunizhong were more active, and after informing the military superintendent Horio Yoshiharu, they planned to take a detour and find another place to cross the river a few hundred paces away, but Horiuchi, Yamamoto and others only helped by Neraisou, and due to the lack of unified and effective coordination and command, it was not known whether the operation would succeed.

On the upper reaches of the west side, the intensity of the perception is much lower. The western detachments on both sides of the enemy and us lacked iron artillery equipment, and if they fired with bows and arrows, the casualties were not necessarily small, but the momentum was 108,000 miles behind. Troops of average quality such as Awaji and Izumi Kunishiro will not be affected by the death of one or two hundred people by arrows, but the two elite flags of Kato and Yamauchi will not be able to hold out because thirty or forty people were killed and wounded by iron cannons.

According to the intelligence, Dr. Terada Yasuda and President Konishi each took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the team to rush in a wave, but it was ineffective. After the arrival of Oda Naga's reinforcements, the Sanuki people, who numbered less than 3,000 on the other side, were completely suppressed. Now Kawada Nagajin is looking for more suitable places to build bridges to cross the river, and plans to rely on the advantage of numbers to open up the width to fight.

Calculating the time, the head of Changzong and my department should be almost in place, if it can appear from behind the enemy as expected, Keiji's raid team will cross the river, then the general trend of this battle can be determined.

Even if it doesn't go well, it's not a big problem, the advantage of the left and right flanks can turn into victory sooner or later, as long as the middle lane does not collapse, sooner or later you can win this battle.

At this time, I suddenly heard a loud sound of the conch in front of me, the cry shook the sky, and a large number of flags swayed.

Going to assault?

I just tried to see if the newly developed product of Haritaya was useful, and the effect was a little different from the experiment.

Just in case, Heite Honhide instructed the leaders of the pro-guard team such as Kawada Kiqin and Sugihara Sunbei in advance to prepare to go to the front line to stop the enemy soldiers.

This was followed by a thunderous burst of gunfire.

It was the 10th or 11th salvo of the Miyoshi Army. It's still deafening, but it doesn't sound so scary when you get used to it.

Theoretically, even if the iron cannon in their hands is a fine product, it is unlikely that they will shoot twenty times in a row in a short period of time, and generally fifteen times is the upper limit of safety, so at this point they have to charge, right?

As soon as I thought of this, I looked up again, and sure enough, a large number of soldiers dressed in black, crimson or brown armor, armed with short-handled weapons such as swords, short spears, and naginatas, rushed towards the riverbank.

At the same time, behind these people came a group of people dressed as monks and priests, singing strange tunes and dancing strangely, not knowing whether to pray for blessings or boost morale or something else.

The flats, who were hiding behind the car, immediately responded by firing arrows and projectiles to block. For a while, there was smoke on the water, and they didn't know how many casualties they had, but they could only see that most of the Miyoshi Army was still approaching quickly!

Of course, the simple wooden plank pontoon bridge cannot accommodate too many people to use at the same time, and many people wearing light armor simply jump into the water, step on the bottom of the river and wade forward, and only reach the deepest part of the river to help them on the plank and borrow a little strength.

It takes courage to charge against the shooter, and within twenty paces the cannon will have a high crosshair, and if you are not careful, an organ will be crushed by a projectile and turned into a pulp. Obviously, there won't be too many such soldiers in Shinohara's long house, and putting them here now is tantamount to a desperate fight.

The man in the front was covered in pure black armor, extremely burly, at least six feet (180 minutes) tall at a glance, his arms were as thick as the thighs of the soldiers next to him, he held a cross gun in his right hand, and waved a three-foot square bamboo shield in his left hand, so that he was not cumbersome at all, stepping on the planks of the pontoon bridge, and crossed the center of the river in a few steps, leaving less than half the distance from the shore.

This makes people really suspect that behind the fierce mask, it is not a human but a giant ape or an orangutan!

Sugihara Sunbei, who was standing beside him, said to himself, "This is the famous Shikoku Strange Samurai Shichijo Kanenaka!" Two years ago, we didn't fight Shinohara Nagabo head-on, so we didn't meet this guy, but today we saw that it was really extraordinary, even if it was a ghost boy from our own family, it might not be ......"

After perceiving that the lord was listening, he didn't dare to finish his last sentence.

But Pingshou Fan Xiu just shook his head with a smile and said, "It's just the courage of a husband, no matter how strong the praying mantis is, can it still stop ......?"

He didn't finish his sentence.

Because there was a sudden explosion in front of him, a movement greater than a salvo of a thousand iron cannons.

Sugihara Sunbei, as well as the rest of the people who didn't know what to do, were all dumbfounded.

Just before the Miyoshi Army was about to rush to the position with iron cannons and bows and arrows, ten large iron cylinders gradually ignited and fired. The timing was a little earlier than the advance order, and it didn't exert the maximum power expected, but given the pressure on the front-line soldiers, this is understandable.

And it's good enough.

The flames were in the sky, the smoke was everywhere, and the continuous roar shook the telescope of the flat hand and fell to the ground from his waist. Instead of a large solid ball, more than 400 tiny projectiles erupted from each large iron cylinder.

It is not intuitive to use the metaphor of "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers" or "Bee Swarm", although it is not the first time to see this scene, but it is also trendy, and I can't help but think of the "Rainstorm Pear Flower Needle" in martial arts.

On the front, which is less than 100 meters, ten large iron cylinders are concentrated, which means that a total of more than 4,000 small fragments are shot.

Dozens of warriors of the Miyoshi Army were instantly covered by a rain of bullets and fell to the ground almost at the same time.

It seemed that everyone had been shot in several places, and the one who rushed to the front was said to be a heroic warrior who was said to be Shichijo Kanenaka, who was only a dozen steps away from the position of the Hirate family when he was launched, his torso and limbs were affected by at least fifty fragments, countless depressions, cracks and even holes appeared on the black armor, and the wide bamboo bundle on his hand had already been broken into pieces, and many projectiles pierced the human body and sprayed backwards with flesh and blood, and his right forearm and left calf were immediately broken and exploded sideways...... Naturally, the man fell to the ground and was silent.

There were two or three hundred people who rushed to the pontoon bridge one after another, and those who were far away were not injured by the fragments in the big iron cylinder. It's just that when they saw this strange and terrifying weapon, they were all at a loss, and they subconsciously stopped.

It's just that friendly troops are killed, it's nothing, and the warriors in the troubled times have seen a lot. However, it was another matter for the friendly soldiers to be beaten through the bones by inexplicable weapons, and flesh flew everywhere, and the internal organs and broken bones floated to the faces of the soldiers in the rear.

"Kill!"

Taking advantage of this moment of morale reversal, Yamauchi Kazutomi, whose face was covered with blood and had retreated slightly to bandage, raised his knife and swooped back, making a gesture to lead the troops to counterattack.

Then the assault troops of the Miyoshi army dispersed in a hurry.

Although they had not heard of the legend of the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle, they were never willing to deal with this terrifying weapon that they had never heard of.

The flat hand who was standing at the back and watching, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the shot was fired a little earlier and did not cause enough damage, the frightening effect was still sufficient, and that was enough.

Surely the enemy soldiers would not know that this specially made portable flowering cannon still takes more than a quarter of an hour to reload after countless experiments and improvements, and after firing once, it is basically a decoration.

At this time, Shinohara Nagafang probably won't be able to regroup his morale and launch another assault in a quarter of an hour, but he has a chance to hurry up and reload, maybe it can play a second role later?

Half of the people who operated the Blossom Cannon just now were helpers who had never experienced much of the war and were brought directly from the Springfield House Proving Ground, and half were not familiar with firearms and had never seen the Ashigaru of a large iron cannon.

Unfortunately, the information that came back disappointed the expectations of Hite.

Nakamura Ichi's clan sneaked back from the dust, there was still blood on his clothes, he didn't have time to catch his breath, and half-knelt and reported: "My subordinate has just come back from the inner hall of the palace of Changzong!" He sent his retainers with a thousand people to feint to attack the main camp of Shinohara Nagabo, and personally led 500 personal soldiers to raid the upstream. ”

Following these words, Hirata Fan Xiu looked over with a telescope.

Sure enough, the front of the Miyoshi Army on that side became a mess, and the teams of Hirate Hideyoshi, Oda Nagamasa, Kawada Nagakin, and others took turns crossing the river with almost no pressure.

"It's a pity......"

Hisho shook his head with a smile and sighed.

said it was a pity, but his tone was very relaxed, and his expression was joy-based, I don't know what it was a pity.