"Young master?" "Young master!" "Young master, what are you going to do?"

When Yu Qiuyan appeared in the center of the first row of the line, everyone almost exclaimed.

Because the place where Yu Qiu died is the most dangerous place. There, three people had already fallen back and forth, and basically every round of shooting would have hit there.

"Young master! Go back! Standing beside Yu Qiuyan, a ashigaru ignored the danger and tried to drag Yu Qiuyan's arm back with his hand, but grabbed it empty—it was an empty right hand. And Morita Evil Xiang squeezed behind Yu Qiu Yan at this moment, wanting to drag Yu Qiu Yan back. The Water Atom Sutra was already frightened, and he almost rushed up to pull the rain back.

"Don't touch me!" Yu Qiuyan suddenly let out a low roar, and suddenly calmed the people around him. Everyone, including Morita Sho, had never seen their approachable and taciturn young master make such a big fire.

"Everyone is fighting for the Yuqiu family, how can I, as the young master of the Yuqiu family, be a watcher?" Yu Qiuyan said in a deep voice unwaveringly, "The lives of so many soldiers are gone, is my life so delicate?" Aren't I also a member of Tokiwabi! ”

When everyone was still trying to persuade again, the sound of loose strings and roars sounded again on the position of the Takeda family. The Water Atom Sutra was so frightened that he almost cried out, and he forgot even the order to give the iron gunner Tokiwa to return fire. Fortunately, the three iron artillery platoon commanders of Chang Panbei were also experienced in a hundred battles and ordered a counterattack on their own.

Waiting for the smoke to dissipate, the Water Atom Jing only felt that his heart had risen to his throat, and his eyes stared at the position where Yu Qiuyan was standing without blinking. When he saw that the slightly thin figure in that position was still standing there and did not fall, the Water Atom Jing only felt that the whole person was out of strength, and almost fell over.

"Thank goodness!" The water atom touched his chest with his hand, and his heart beat so fast that it seemed to jump out of his feet. He didn't say a word, and immediately squeezed forward, trying to drag Yu Qiuyan back. However, before he could reach the position of the second row, Yu Qiuyan suddenly cleared his throat and shouted in a deep voice: "Second row, make up for the first row!" ”

The water atom was stunned when he heard this, and the hand that had reached out was frozen in the air. He suddenly sensed some kind of familiar power from Yu Qiuyan's body.

Chang Pan, who was hesitant to step forward just now because he couldn't bear the casualties, was inspired by Yu Qiuyan's heroic performance of risking his life, and no one wavered. The second row and the third row of the ashigaru responded to the call of the rain and autumn without saying a word, and made up for it in great strides.

The cannon roared again, and the arrow left the string again. And Yuqiu, who was standing in the most dangerous place, even though his face was covered with cold sweat, he was as relaxed as bathing in the early morning sea breeze, and he did not waver and retreat at all. However, as if blessed by the gods, he once again survived the volley.

"Second row, make up the first row!" Yu Qiuyan did not hesitate for a moment, and shouted this order again. This time, the entire Joban pikemen were boiling. Even though the battle line is getting thinner and thinner, even if the casualties are getting heavier and heavier, Chang Panbei's morale is getting higher and higher because of Yu Qiu's leading soldiers. Everyone is a man with strong blood, the young master is so heroic, how can anyone be willing to fall behind? The second and third rows of ashigaru even scrambled to make up for the front row.

At that moment, the eyes suddenly moistened. The hand that reached out slowly raised and clenched into a fist. Because he realized what the sense of déjà vu he was aware of. The kind of contagion that is not afraid of life and death, unites people's hearts, and makes a group of desperate people who are about to die burst out with high will again - he has only seen it in Yu Qiuping. It was Zhili City more than ten years ago, and that high-spirited teenager woke up a group of depressed slaves.

The voice, "Arise, you who do not want to be slaves," seemed to echo in my ears again.

The vision was gradually blurred by tears, and the image of the rain and autumn in front of him was also a little illusory. For a moment, the Water Atom Sutra actually felt that the figure standing in front of him was not Yu Qiuping, but Yu Qiuping.

"Your Highness... The young master is a genius of heaven. Someday, it will be no less than you! ”

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"Damn!" Takeda Katsuyori was already angry at the moment, and he stomped hard in annoyance. He watched as Tokiwa was on the hillside not far away, picking himself up from the brink of collapse, and at this moment his morale was high again. Obviously there were more than forty percent of the casualties, and he didn't understand how this army did it!

If it continues like this, the first to collapse will be the archers and iron gunners of his Takeda family. Because they were constantly consumed in the salvo, but the iron gunners of the Yuqiu family were protected behind them. And the iron gunners of the Yuqiu family are obviously very skillful, focusing on attacking the iron gunners of the Takeda family. As the number of iron gunners gradually decreased, it was difficult to do much damage to the well-armored Tokiwa with bows and arrows alone. With each salvo, the Takeda Army would fall more than two dozen people, but Tokibanbei's casualties were getting fewer and fewer. The last salvo, the fallen Joban was less than ten people.

"Second row! Make up the first row! Yuqiuyan, who miraculously withstood four salvos unscathed, shouted again, and the ashigaru behind him responded to the young master's call with a neat "yes". They withstood it, and their own casualties became less and less, while the casualties of the Takeda army continued unabated. As the casualties of the Takeda archers gradually exceeded 20% and approached 30%, some archers could not bear it anymore and quietly retreated because of low morale.

"Young Master, His Royal Highness Takasaka's headquarters has completed the armor and asked you for instructions on the next step." Just when Takeda Katsuyori was riding a tiger, Takasaka Masanobu who was following him sent an envoy. Although the envoy's words were very tactful, Takeda Katsuyori could still hear the urging and dissatisfaction in Takasaka Masanobu's words. He glanced at the already demoralized ranged soldier in front of him, angrily drew his horsewhip, and whipped it the neck of the archer's general, leaving a bloody mark. The general didn't dare to talk back, so he had to kneel down and ask for guilt. Takeda Katsuyori ignored him and directly ordered in a loud voice: "Useless cowards, get on both sides of the official road!" Others draw their swords, follow me! ”

In a very violent way, Takeda Katsuyori directly let the long-range soldiers retreat to both sides of the official road regardless of the system, and let more than 400 infantry ashigaru rush towards Jobanbei on the hillside under the leadership of more than 100 horseback samurai!

After seeing the Takeda family's ranged soldiers finally admit defeat and retreat, there was a burst of cheers in Tokiwabei's position. Immediately after ordering the Iron Gunners to complete the last salvo, the Water Atom had the Iron Gunners fill the infantry line. Some picked up the spears of their fallen comrades, while others followed in the middle with short knives to cover their pikemen.

Although there were still a few people who tried to pull Yu Qiu Yan back from the first row, Yu Qiu Yan was still unmoved. Deeply inspired by the rain and autumn, the second company of Tokiwa Bei Ashigaru no longer dissuaded, but roared one by one with high morale, preparing to meet the surging Takeda army.

At this moment, they had resisted for five quarters of an hour, and there were only three quarters of an hour left to reach their goal. At this moment, presumably Yu Qiuping is leading the main force to come quickly.

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"Hasn't Shiro done it yet?" Takeda Shingen looked at the battle that had not stopped on the northern slope, and asked in a low voice with a slightly unexpected tone.

"The total number of troops on the hillside is only 400, but forty percent of the dead and wounded are still not dispersed." The herald sent by Takeda Katsuyori whispered very guiltily, "The young master made a mistake in decision-making and underestimated that reserve, so that he delayed time, and asked the lord to punish him." ”

"It's okay, I underestimated them too, it's not Shiro's problem." Takeda Shingen waved his hand nonchalantly, "Since Shiro has already faced them, let's defeat them quickly." Time is tight. ”

"Yes, my lord!" After the herald saluted Takeda Shingen, he immediately rushed back to report.

At the beginning of the day, at the southern end of the Mikamachi Basin, a fierce white-knuckle battle broke out.

Morioka was a samurai of Takeda Shingen's banner, so he was also sent to assist Takeda Katsuyori and served as a general in the army. He is nearly 40 years old this year, and has followed Takeda Shingen to fight in the south and north for decades, and has seen countless big scenes and strong armies in the world. However, he had to be amazed by the Momiji soldiers in front of him. Because whether it was Hojo Shiyasu, Imagawa Yoshimato, Nagano Yoshimasa, or Uesugi Kennobu's subordinates, he had never seen such a tenacious army.

It stands to reason that more than half of the 250 pikemen of this army have been lost at this moment, so why is the power of the gun array increasing unabated compared to when they first charged a few quarters of an hour ago? Unbeknownst to Morioka, the iron gunners who were made up to serve as temporary pikemen were all former meritorious veterans. In the Yuqiu Army, only pikemen who showed bravery were selected to train iron cannons. On the contrary, many of the original pikemen in the formation were inexperienced recruits

Looking at the dense autumn leaves and spear forests in front of him, Morioka felt unconfident in his equestrian skills for the first time. As a samurai on horseback who needed to lead the ashigaru charge, he had already ridden into enemy lines on more than one occasion, opening a gap to open the way for the infantry. It's not like he's not without encountering pikemen - it's just that pikemen have never been a formidable class in Japan. Because spears were the cheapest to build, they were often used by poor, emaciated peasants who had been summoned on an improvised basis. Samurai always wielded swords, and those with a modicum of courage often wore swords and machetes to themselves in the hope of establishing merit. Because on the battlefield, once you get into a melee, the clumsy spear can only be used as a stick, and it is not an opponent of the sword at all. And because of the ashigaru who use spears, they are often improvised, poorly trained miscellaneous soldiers, and it is impossible to form a dense gun formation, relying on each other to make the opponent unable to get close.

Therefore, when faced with a spear formation, experienced samurai will subconsciously think of them as a miscellaneous unit. Even though the spears were very restrained by the cavalry, when faced with the cavalry charge, the undisciplined miscellaneous soldiers would often dodge each other and be broken by the cavalry in one fell swoop.

However, Yuqiujun is obviously an outlier. The Momiji soldiers were the most well-trained and disciplined troops Morioka had ever seen, but they used spears that were only used by miscellaneous soldiers, which really confused the attackers. Several of his fellow samurai had led the dozen or so horsemen straight to the position just now, but they were directly stabbed into dice by the dense spears. Even if their tremendous impact knocked out Chang Panbei's formation, those Red Leaf Soldiers would immediately fill their positions.