"That's decisive." Yasunari Fukushima, Charlie, and Nakahide Mimaezaki, who were in the front line of command, all realized that they had not given the iron gunner another chance to shoot, and they all tacitly ordered the iron gunner to retreat. The gunners neatly collected their guns, carried them behind their backs, and then retreated behind the line through the gap left by the pikemen, drew their daggers, and prepared to assist the pikemen in battle.

"What is the use of buying this iron cannon, Your Highness." After following Yu Qiuping's side, Long Zi saw that the iron gunner shot one round and then retreated, and asked very puzzledly: "I spent so much money, but I can only shoot one round." ”

"Haha, it's very useful!" Yu Qiuping smiled and patted Longzi's head, "These iron cannons have a huge effect when guarding the fortress in peacetime, and they can also force the opponent to attack in the field." Because of the long-distance attrition, they will definitely not be able to beat us. In this way, I can always be in a defensive position. ”

"Look, isn't Miyoshi Changyi just going to pounce?" Yu Qiuping pointed to the Miyoshi Changyi Department that rushed up, "Defense, but our forte." ”

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Kanamatsu Mayoshi, who was still a rookie back then, is now an old-qualified captain platoon commander, that is, General Ashigaru. However, he still retains the habit of being a small soldier and always standing in the front row with his companions.

The Ashigaru of the Miyoshi family were roaring towards the front, and Kanamatsu Masayoshi could feel that the few pikemen around him were a little afraid. Now that the proportion of pikemen is quite high, this is their first time on the battlefield as soldiers, and nervousness and fear are inevitable. But Kanamatsu Masayoshi and other veterans are different, they understand the power of Tokiwa's gun formation. And their calm and relaxed spirit also unconsciously gave confidence and comfort to those recruits.

"Prepare—" After watching the Miyoshi Army get closer and closer, Kanamatsu Masayoshi also stretched out his tone and shouted the password to prepare. The pikemen in the first row immediately crouched, and the ashigaru in the second row poked their spears out of their shoulders. The friendly troops of several platoons around also made the same tactical move.

Kanamatsu Masakayoshi stared at the Miyoshi family's ashigaru cheek in front of him, and he could tell that it seemed to be a young soldier, and like the recruits around him, who were trembling slightly, he was terrified of the battle in front of him. Once upon a time, he was also such a shivering ashigaru when he went into battle. However, the battlefield was cruel, and he didn't have time to be compassionate, but silently calculated the distance between the two sides, and shouted at the most opportune moment: "Qi stab!" ”

As soon as the command sounded, the ashigaru who had been sweating nervously just now, their arms frozen, and their legs trembling suddenly reflexively stabbed the spear out of their hands - this is the result of their training on the training ground over and over again, and this reaction has become muscle memory, which will not be deformed by the tension on the battlefield.

Kanematsu Masayoshi understood that when these recruits realized how powerful Tokiwabei was as a collective, they would gradually become confident and familiar with the battlefield. The next time they set foot on the battlefield, they will be qualified veterans.

Two rows of spears sprang out like poisonous snakes spitting letters, and instantly pierced into the bodies of dozens of Miyoshi family ashigaru who rushed to the front, and blood also splashed out at that moment. Qi Thorn gave the charging Miyoshi Army a blow to the head, and the rapid momentum just now came to an abrupt end as if it had hit an impregnable stone wall. As the first row of Tokiwa stood up quickly, Tokiwabi's continuous stabs struck the team, and the Miyoshi army was also a battle-hardened veteran, and his marksmanship was not weak. However, Tokiwa's formation was much denser than theirs - they couldn't imagine sending such a formation out of their own hands, so a Miyoshi family Ashigaru might need to deal with two or three Tsuban ashigaru spurs, making them take care of one or the other, and attack many times in a row to no avail.

Whenever a Tsunewa Ashigaru fell under their attack, someone in the back row would immediately fill in, and the line did not waver in the slightest, and there was no time to break through.

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At this time, Nakamura Yoshinobu, who was fighting on the front line, was encountering the most difficult battle he had ever encountered in his life. His knife skills can be regarded as a little accomplishment, and he always solves the opponent neatly against the spear. But the Chang Panbei in front of him, the dense formation made him unimaginable. Every time he tried to approach with his sword, he was attacked by several spears, and even if he managed to dodge them, Tokiwa in the second row would immediately stab several more shots, blocking his path.

"Is this really a war?" Such thoughts kept popping up in Nakamura's mind. He has been fighting for so long, and every time he enters hand-to-hand combat, the two armies basically maintain a loose line, and the ashigaru fights with each other, and the ashigaru behind can't help, so the bold ones try to squeeze up, and the timid ones shrink behind.

However, Chang Panbei in front of him was like an iron plate, standing there side by side, with no intention of catching and fighting at all, but fighting against every Miyoshi family ashigaru who pounced on him with a collective strength. There were people on his side who kept falling under the guns, but the damage they caused to Chang Panbei was not large.

"It can't go on like this." Nakamura Yoshinobu found a few samurai around him, "We can't go on like this, we will rush in together with our swords drawn, and find a way to cut into their line." As long as you get close, the spear is a stick! Open the gap, and everything is promising! ”

"Yes, Your Highness." Several samurai around responded one after another, slowly gathered around Nakamura Yoshinobu, and began to look for flaws. After a while, Nakamura Yoshinobu noticed that a few of Tokiwabei's pikemen didn't seem to be very skilled in marksmanship, so he exchanged glances with a few samurai, and then suddenly rushed forward in a group. These samurai were all veterans of the battlefield for many years, and the recruits of Chang Iwabei did not react in a hurry. Although three of them were stabbed to death, five or six of them rushed into the formation. In close-quarters combat, the spear is not even as effective as a wooden stick, and can only be slapped back and forth, which is naturally not the opponent of these samurai. When a few people raised their knives and fell, nearly ten people were cut down to the ground.

However, before they could make a further breakthrough, nearly ten men armed with short knives came up in front of them. The spirit of these people was obviously stronger than those pikemen just now, and they blocked these five or six warriors for a while, without allowing them to further expand the gap. Nakamura Yoshinobu glanced up and saw that the few Ashigaru wielding short knives were all carrying iron cannons on their backs—it seemed to be iron cannon Ashigaru.

Immediately afterward, several more gunners arrived. They picked up the spears left on the ground by their fallen comrades and stabbed them with great skill. This marksmanship is even more skillful than the spear ashigaru just now. The spears and swords covered each other, and soon the five or six samurai were forced out.

"What's going on?" Nakamura Yoshinobu was completely confused, "Why are these iron gunners using their spears so well?" ”

On the front line of the engagement, many samurai of the Miyoshi family led several charges against the gun array, but they were all repelled by the tenacious Tokiwabei. After the Iron Gunner picked up the spear and joined the battle, the strength of the spear formation increased even further.

"Let's start fighting back!" After seeing that the defense had thwarted the attack of Miyoshi Nagayi's department, Yu Qiuping immediately ordered the flag to be waved and ordered the troops to switch from defense to attack - because he saw that his right flank was in a bad situation.

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Kinoshita Hideyoshi's own 500 soldiers, only more than 100 were old members of the team that Owari followed, and the rest were recruited after arriving in Kyoto. Almost all of Akechi Mitsuhide's 500 soldiers were recruited in Kyoto. They also faced the dilemma of lack of food, basically did not train much, and they were all on the battlefield for the first time. The pikemen who were prepared by Chang Pan had been training for at least two months, and they were all auxiliaries who had seen blood on the battlefield. Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide's soldiers were different, they were both peasants recruited from the territory when they went out on the expedition.

These people didn't even hold a bamboo spear, let alone go into battle to kill the enemy. They are all natives of Kyoto, and in the past few decades, Kyoto has been in constant turmoil, and every time a rebellion strikes, these people always instinctively flee in all directions, and their timid character has been deeply seared into the bone marrow. This time, when they saw the familiar banner of the three good righteous sages, these people did not dare to confront each other, and they were cowardly before fighting. As soon as Miyoshi Yoshixian's troops pounced, there were already people who slowly retreated before they started fighting.

Kinoshita Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide naturally couldn't let the situation develop like this and stood by and watched, both of them took the samurai of Kimoto to the front line to supervise the battle in person, and finally stabilized the situation. However, when the troops of the Miyoshi family pounced on them with bows and arrows and began hand-to-hand combat, these recruits still could not adapt to the fear and pressure brought by the life and death line on the battlefield, and they crowded to hide behind their companions; Or keep waving your weapon to block, trying to keep yourself safe. Their level is naturally not comparable to these veterans under Miyoshi Masaysu and Miyoshi Yixian, and they are being repelled step by step. The slippery ground on the side of the Ryya River, as well as a lot of mud on the tidal flats, brought a lot of trouble to the attack of the Miyoshi army, so that Akechi Mitsuhide and Hashiba Hideyoshi could fight and retreat safely without collapsing.

During this period, Miyoshi Masaysu once tried to make his subordinates wade through the shallow depth of the Neya River, but had to give up because the Neya River was too cold in winter. If you wade all the way around the water, your feet will freeze off before you can reach the shore. Even so, the front was advancing rapidly to the north. It didn't take long for the right wing of the Oda family to be beaten deep into it.

On the left flank of the Oda Army, the defense line of the right flank of the Miyoshi Army, the Hodoshi clan of Kitakawachi and Iwanari Yutsu were entangled in the complex hilly terrain. In this kind of terrain, no one wants to make great progress, and they can only grind foreign workers and focus on the central battlefield.