Chapter 226: Vulnerable

Found that Hayami Morihisa suddenly stopped marching, Xiuhail immediately drove his horse to the front of the team, in the discussion of everyone, he noticed the horse fence more than 100 meters ahead, only to see the two-meter-high horse fence from the outside to the inside in order to erect three rows, the first two rows of fences behind there are more than 30 guns and guns behind the fence are more than 100 bows and iron guns behind the fence, in the temporary formation built behind them, Ono Jifang is discussing military aircraft with Ono Zhiyin - not far from them Otekou, It can be said that in the southwest corner of Ninomaru, which is less than two miles long and wide, nearly 4,000 troops of the Toyotomi coalition are concentrated, accounting for about 70% of the total number, so it can be seen that this is the only way to attack Honmaru

Although Osamu Ohno is a mediocre talent, he is not a fool, and when he learned that the Toyotomi army was gathered here, he immediately pressed all the troops in Honmaru, so that the military strength in the southwest corner instantly reached 600 people - this is already all the strength he can control at present, and as for the nearly 1,000 troops trapped in the jade stoma, he has no time to take care of it

Faced with this seemingly well-defended and impeccable horse fence, Hideho scoffed, and he smiled and asked Shomizu Morihisa and the others, "Do you think this can withstand the strength of the family's army?" ”

Hearing Xiubian's question, everyone was confused: "Could it be that His Highness has already become a bamboo in Xiōng?" ”

Instead of answering their questions directly, Xiubao asked rhetorically, "Speaking of these three layers of horse barriers, do you seem familiar?" ”

"Déjà vu?" Hasamizu Mamoru pondered for a moment and said tentatively: "Your Highness doesn't think of the three-layer horse fence built by the Oda Tokugawa coalition army in front of Danmasa Mountain during the Battle of Nagashino, right?" After all, he was a veteran who followed Hideyoshi from birth to death, and he still vividly remembers the decisive battle of Oda Takeda that decided the fate of the whole of Japan 14 years ago

"Kai Mamoru is right, looking at the anti-horse fence in front of him, at first he really thought of the heroic posture of Nobunaga Gong back then" Hideho bowed slightly, but immediately laughed: "However, Brother Ohno, this gourd painting scoop, in my eyes, is Dongshi Xiaofeng"

"Dong Shi Xiaofeng?" Shohisa Hayami was not proficient in Sinology, and he didn't understand the idioms that came out of Xiu's mouth, so he had to bow down and ask him to teach

"The reason why the three-layer anti-horse fence was able to resist the Takeda family's red preparation was not as simple as a few rows of wood," Hideho said calmly: "The so-called anti-horse fence is a general term for a complete set of defense systems, first digging a trench in front of the anti-horse fence to slow down the offensive of the cavalry; The soil dug out of the trench is piled up behind the anti-horse fence to form an earthen wall, as an artificial high ground for the bow foot light and iron cannon foot light formation, just imagine, when the cavalry rushed to the horse fence but fell into the trench, and faced the bow and arrow and iron cannon not far away from the condescending intensive fire, in this case, not to mention breaking through the horse fence, that is, just want to withdraw from the trench have little chance, rather than passively beaten, in the trench to sit and wait for death, it is better to swear to the death, maybe there is a glimmer of life This is why the battle of Nagashino, One of the reasons why Takeda Chibei would rather die than retreat, of course, this is only an objective factor, subjectively, the loyalty and bravery of the Takeda generals also make them unable to get rid of the fate of dying on the battlefield, so the Ono rebels want to stop us with a few horse barriers, it is simply a fool's dream, I think that the cavalry only needs to launch a round of charge is enough to break through this line of defense, but in order to avoid too many casualties, I feel that it is necessary to tear a hole directly with a large cylinder, and at the same time, it can also give a warning to those rebels who are stubborn and resistant."

Hidebo's discussion of the Battle of Nagashino really made the generals present sigh, especially those old ministers who had followed Hideyoshi for many years, and praised Hideho for being even more samot-praised, Toyotomi Hideyoshi was ordered to garrison Chausu Mountain, although he participated in the battle, but he didn't know much about the anti-horse fence located on the west bank of the Lianzi River, so these retainers also regretted that they couldn't witness the decisive battle of Jīlie, but they didn't expect Hideho to have such a deep study of that period of history at a young age, how could they not make these martial artists reverent?

Of course, Hideho didn't dare to tell them that these "studies" could be found by searching on the Internet casually, and he was just talking casually based on his impressions, and he never thought that he would be praised like this, but he was also a little fluttering: "You have won the award, this is just the emotion of reading "Nobunaga Gongji", and now that the rebels refuse to surrender, they have to carry the big cylinder out."

"I originally felt that it was not appropriate to use troops in Osaka Castle, so I persuaded His Highness to go out and try to use the power to force the rebels to surrender, but now I think it's too ridiculous" Looking at the inner city filled with gunsmoke everywhere and the murderous atmosphere, Hayami Mamohisa shook his head helplessly, acquiescing to the idea of Xiubao using a big tube

Seeing that there was no objection from everyone, Xiuhail was about to take out the two red-coated cannons offered by the Dutch, and the charging was done in one go, and the muzzle of the black hole pointed to the first anti-horse fence directly in front

Just as the gunner was about to light the arquebus, Hidebo seemed to think of something, and he pulled away Ashigaru, who was holding a torch on the side, walked up to the gunner and said, "Turn the muzzle up a point and see if you can hit the rebel camp behind the fence."

The gunner comprehended, skillfully gestured with his hand, and after a moment of thought, raised the muzzle of the gun a little more, and replied: "It should not be a problem to raise it by one and a half cents like this."

Hideho praised the gunner with satisfaction, patted him on the shoulder, and motioned for Ashigaru to step forward, while he and the generals pushed down the rear away from the big barrel and quietly waited for the launch

Perhaps sensing the slow movement of the Toyotomi coalition forces, the leader of the group in charge of the first horse barrier immediately ran quickly to the main formation, ready to report to the Ohno brothers, but as soon as he marched to the second horse barrier, he was blown into meat sauce by the roaring shells

Not only this group leader, with the "boom" two cannon sounds, the fortifications between the two anti-horse fences and the Ono brothers' main formation were blown to pieces, the fragments of the zha wood mixed with the broken bamboo guns splashed everywhere, a considerable part of the ashigaru did not die from artillery fire, but died tragically under those sharp fragments of the stumps and broken arms splashed everywhere, the sky was filled with gunsmoke, blood flowed on the ground, although the dead accounted for only one-tenth, but the casualties accounted for half, and what was even worse was that in addition to the first anti-horse fence, the rest of the fortifications were all scrapped, Even the Ono brothers' main camp was poked to pieces by flying wood stones

Although the damage to the fortifications was devastating, Hidebo still ordered the gunners to continue firing, because he found that not far away in the Ono Honjin, Ono Jibo and Ono Osamu had crawled out of the rubble with the help of several samurai, and they were trying to tear open the side curtains to escape from the battle, to be precise, preparing to abandon Oteguchi and return to Honmaru

"We must not let them escape," Xiubao was shocked, raised his military equipment and pointed at the Ono main formation, and shouted loudly: "I must let the bones of these traitors be gone!" ”RS! (Go read read .) cm