When Tokugawa Nobuyasu rushed all the way to Mikamachi Kamiona, the last troops of the Takeda Army also left from the hillside south of Mikamachi Kamiona. Disappearing from view was the sun sinking west into the horizon.

Tokugawa Nobuyasu was shocked when he heard that the main force of the Takeda army was in the south and had already started a war with the Yuqiu army. He immediately commanded the troops to fight and retreat, and Okabe Motonobu did not pursue him, as if he had achieved his goal. After a few random attacks, he retreated towards the path from which Nagashino Castle had come. Tokugawa Nobuyasu then entrusted his troops to Gao Li Kiyona, and he himself led his guards and cavalry all the way south from the mountain road to the battlefield in the south, wanting to help a little in any case.

However, Yu Qiuping destroyed the mountain road to Shirakuhara in three days so completely that even though Tokugawa Nobuyasu arranged for people to quickly clean up the mountain road, it still could not be cleaned up, so that Tokugawa Nobuyasu had to pick another mountain road for a long time to get out. When he arrived on the third day and saw the burned baggage and the auxiliary soldiers of the Yuqiu Army who had fled in all directions, he thought that everything was over. It wasn't until he arrived in the Mikamachi Basin that he learned the shocking news.

The 4,000 Yuqiu Army repelled the attack of the 8,000 Takeda Army and won a lot. The Momiji cavalry directly destroyed Takeda Chibei in the confrontation with Akabei, killed more than half of them, and also won the county Changjing.

One by one, the news made Tokugawa Nobuyasu so shocked that his jaw was about to drop. If he hadn't seen the corpse of Takeda Akabi and the armor of Yama Prefecture Masaki, he would not have believed that the world-famous Takeda Akabi had been destroyed by the unknown Red Leaf Cavalry of the Yuqiu family in a dignified hedge—not just defeated, destroyed. What even Uesugi Kenshin's bannermen can't do! Does His Royal Highness Momiji really have the courage of ten thousand people?

And the news after that made Tokugawa Nobuyasu even more shocked for a long time before he popped out a sentence.

"Maybe the shelling hit Shingen Takeda?" Tokugawa Nobuyasu exclaimed in surprise when he learned the news.

"Here's the thing." Naoe Narumu, who was sitting on the side, saw Tokugawa Nobuyasu's incredulous expression and told the story of the situation.

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Time goes back not so long ago.

"It's over, it's all over now." Nakahide Mizensaki, who was standing at the temporary headquarters of Shimoo Na in Mikamachi, stared in amazement at the smoke burning from the north and the army of Akabi that had already galloped along the road from which they came.

"It's 600 Chibei, the 400 cavalry in His Highness's hands is definitely not an opponent..."Imperial Maezaki Nakahide only felt cool in his heart, "As soon as His Highness's cavalry is defeated, Chibei will come to sweep the defense line, and the first to bear the brunt is our Hosoyanagi Bei." There are so many cavalry in the Takeda family, we can't run away if we want to. ”

"My lord, what should I do now?" Ujihidetaka, the company commander of Hosoyanagi's third company, hurriedly ran to Mizenzaki Nakahide's side, "Do you want to retreat?" ”

"Before His Highness has ordered a retreat, he must not leave his post without permission." Nakahide Omaezaki shook his head firmly, "Usually play and play, and make trouble." When you get to the battlefield, you can't leave your brothers behind. ”

"Then we're going to be finished! Why don't you transfer a part of the troops from the front and set up a gun array in the back to block the red reserves? Otherwise, Chibei will come from behind, how can we do it? Uji Hidetaka didn't want to wait for death like this, and suggested again.

"It's useless, the front line is also tight, even if you grit your teeth and transfer out 200 people, where is Chibei's opponent. What's the solution? What can be done to turn the tide of battle! Nakahide Omaezaki shook his head again, sat down on the stump of a tree on the side, ripped off the helmet on his head, and twisted his hair with his fingers. Suddenly, the movement of his fingers stopped abruptly, and he clenched into a fist, holding a handful of hair in his palm.

He let go of his hand suddenly, raised his head, and his eyes suddenly flashed with the essence that he usually had to play pranks on his brothers or tease Yuqiu. Uji Hidetaka felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't know what Mimasaki Nakahide was going to do.

Without saying a word to Uji Hidetaka, Mizenzaki Nakahide immediately got up and ran to a corner of the temporary headquarters, where the artillerymen rested, shouting as he ran, "Ozari, are you there?" Ozari, are you there! ”

"Your Excellency?" Sente-Ozari, Naoe Narumumaru and others, who were resting, saw that Mimasaki Nakahide was running over in such a hurry, and immediately got up and saluted, "What do you command?" ”

"Now that Chibei is attacking from the rear, the situation is extremely critical, and we must take risks to have a chance to turn the tide of the war!" Mimasaki Nakahide spoke quickly like a cannon, and at the same time stretched out his hand and pointed to the location of the Takeda Army's main camp, "Do you see Takeda Shingen's horse seal?" ”

"See, what's wrong? Do you want our artillery to fight to the death to assault where the horse seal is? Hearing this, Senteo looked at Mimasaki Nakahide at a loss.

"Do you have poop all over my head? Then it's better to pray for thunder to kill Takeda Shingen! Nakahide Omaezaki spat angrily, and at the same time swiped his arm pointing at Takeda Shingen straight to the left, his fingers resting on the place where Hosoyanagi Bei's position was earlier, "Our artillery is buried there, right?" ”

"Yes..."Senteo didn't know why Mizenezaki Nakahide suddenly asked, and replied in a daze.

"Do you want us to shell Takeda Shingen?" The clever and clever Naoe Narumu reacted immediately and interrupted Sente's reply.

"That's right, can you hit this distance?" Mimasaki Nakahide smiled with satisfaction, "It's still you kid smart!" ”

"Wait a minute." After receiving the order, Naoe Narumu immediately closed one eye, raised his left hand, and measured the distance between his position and Takeda Shingen's main formation, and the distance between his position and the artillery burial point. Then, by using the angle between these two distance lines, the distance between the high ground and the burial point is easily estimated.

"About 280 meters, you can hit it." After Naoe Chengyuan Pill finished counting, his eyes also lit up.

"But how do we get there?" Senju Ozari immediately interrupted, wanting to stop this crazy plan, "We are all Naito Masatoyo's people in front of us, and we can't beat them, how can we go back to the artillery position!" ”

"Are you stupid, although our people can't fight it, but your artillery crew can go through!" Nakahide Omaezaki knocked Sente-Onari the shoulder. Naoe Narumuto seemed to understand Mizenzaki Nakahide's thoughts, and asked again preemptively: "What do you mean, my lord, let our artillery crew carry projectiles and gunpowder, go into the water from the fishing village, and then swim over Lake Hamana to the hills over there and land on the shore." Did you evade Naito Masato's army on land and bypass the lake? ”

"That's right!" Mimasaki Nakahide laughed twice with satisfaction, "You kid is clever! ”

"But if we swim there like this, first, it is possible to be discovered, and second, there is a high probability that the gunpowder will enter the water and cannot be used." Senju Taili still felt that it was inappropriate, "My lord, do you want to think about it again." ”

"Senju-sama, there's no time to think. If you don't fight at this time, you will be wiped out. "Next year is still young, but Naoe Chenggenmaru has become unusually assertive at the moment, "Horizontal and vertical are all dead, wouldn't it be too much of a loss if you don't try?" Besides..."

"Say anything more?" Senju Ozari saw that Naoe Narumu wanted to speak and stopped, and asked puzzledly.

"Besides, I've always had great luck, so I won't be bad this time." Naoe Narumu had a playful smile on his face, "My lord, let's go!" ”

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So, Senteo picked out a dozen people who were in good health from among the members of the artillery crew, held projectiles and gunpowder bags on their heads in the cold winter, jumped into the icy waters of Lake Hamana, and swam hard towards the south. The biting icy water almost numbled them instantly, coupled with the fact that they had to protect the shells and gunpowder from entering the water, and their swimming posture was also very difficult, and the members of the artillery team almost lost their lives before swimming to the southern hills. In order to avoid being discovered by Naito Masato, they did not dare to swim from the direction near the shore, but only dared to go far away. In order to cover them, Nakahide Omaezaki launched a counterattack on the front.

The scorching battle situation in front of them, and the duel between Akabi and the Momiji cavalry in the distance, attracted the attention of all the troops under Naito Masatoyo, so much so that they didn't notice that more than a dozen sneaky figures were swimming from Lake Hamana.

When the members of the artillery crew finally landed on the shore, they were all so cold that their hands and feet were so cold that they could hardly walk. But the crisis of the situation can no longer allow them to delay time. Everyone was desperate with strong willpower, dragging heavy hands and feet towards the place where the artillery was buried. The Takeda Army simply did not notice where the artillery was buried, and did not leave anyone to reconnoiter in the vicinity, allowing this small unit to sneak around.

They quickly dug out the two three-pounder guns with the shovels they had brought, cleared the muck from the chambers with brushes, and then stuffed the gunpowder and shells into the chambers with great difficulty. The gunner's door adjusted the artillery and aimed it at the place where the Takeda Shingenma seal was. Excited, Sente-Onari immediately lit the arquebus, but the first three-pounder gun failed to fire because the gunpowder was damp or the chamber was damaged.

Senteo was in a hurry all of a sudden, and hurriedly set his sights on the second three-pounder gun. This time, he didn't dare to fire himself, but handed the torch to Naoe Narumu, who had always had the best luck. Naoe took the torch tremblingly and pressed it towards the fire rope. However, due to the cold of his hands and feet, his movements were a little stiff, and his body slipped, and his feet rubbed the sand under the gun mount, causing the gun to tilt a little subtly. However, Naoe didn't have time to adjust, and the torch had already rubbed against the fire rope. He hurriedly ducked, and a moment later the cannon rang out, and a shell was fired in the firelight.

Everyone stood on tiptoe, looking forward to the results of this shelling - originally according to the artillery regulations of the Yuqiu Army, artillery was not allowed to observe the results, and they had to clear their chambers immediately after the shooting was over, and proceed to the next shot. But at the moment, everyone can't care so much. However, the shell was crooked, and instead of hitting the horse print, it hit the northern slope of the high ground. Naoe stomped his feet in remorse, and the surrounding artillery crew members were also dejected.

However, with a loud "bang", the Shogunate Honjin of the Takeda Army was in chaos, and everyone screamed and pounced on the location where the shells landed - it seems that some big man was hit! I don't know why, but it seems to work well!

However, the members of the artillery crew did not have time to celebrate each other, and after hurriedly burying the artillery again, they slipped away and hid in the mountains and forests in the northeast. Sure enough, after Naito Masatoyo found out about the cannon, he immediately sent someone to search for him, but he was in vain.

The artillery crew waited in the mountains and forests for an unknown amount of time, but they actually found that the Takeda Army had retreated. After carefully confirming that the Takeda Army had indeed left, they ran to the burial place again and dug out the two cannons to celebrate the miraculous blow.