As soon as the clan leader walked out of the main formation, he found that his retainers had already arrived outside the formation, and behind them were the four hundred troops under his command.

As soon as Maeda Toshiya saw the lord walking out of it, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Lord, the enemy is about to rush over, is there an order from the main hall?" ”

I saw that the clan leader nodded and said, "The lord has already entrusted me with all the responsibility for the defense of this formation, and since you have all arrived, there is a lot of time left." ”

At this time, Watanabe Moritsuna and Sugitani Zenjubo, the two leading retainers, had also come to the clan, and they said in unison with Maeda Toshiie: "Please give the lord an order, and the subordinates will not let the enemy break through this formation." ”

I only heard the clan sect speak: "The enemy has more than 400 elites, and our army is only this number, if we fight hard with the enemy, we will inevitably suffer huge losses, so I decided to weaken the enemy's army first, and then fight the enemy." ”

Speaking of this, I only heard the clan sect shout again: "Sugi Shanzhufang!" ”

"The subordinates are here."

"You immediately lead the iron artillery ashigaru to concentrate all the antlers around the formation in front of the formation, and when the enemy rushes to a distance of twenty meters, then command the ashigaru to shoot, I only allow you to fire one round, after one round, you quickly lead the iron artillery ashigaru to retreat into the main formation, reorganize the army for a second salvo, after two shots, quickly withdraw to the defense around the tent of the lord. Do you understand? ”

"Yes, the subordinates will live up to the trust of the lord." After saying that, I saw that Sugitani Zenjubo immediately commanded the iron cannon ashigaru to move the antlers around the main formation to the front, and after doing all this, the iron cannon ashigaru also followed the antlers in front of the main formation.

Although Sugitani Zenjubo wanted to have his iron cannons lined up in order to inflict maximum damage on the enemy, due to the limited space in front of the camp, he was not allowed to do so at all, so he had to retreat and divide the 100 troops into two rows, with 50 of them squatting in front and the other 50 standing behind.

However, because the lord had already issued a strict order, even if he wanted to use the two-stage shooting method, he did not dare to disobey the lord's order, and while the iron cannon was being prepared, the clan clan gave orders to the two cavalry under his command.

In the eyes of the clan, although the hundreds of banners led by the Kitabatake Gujiao are extremely brave, they are infantry after all, no matter how strong they defend, but under the impact of the cavalry, the combat power will be greatly reduced, and although the three hundred ashigaru of the family are not as good as the five hundred elites of the Hokahata family in martial arts, however, the three hundred flags under their command are cavalry, which is already very dominant, plus the ashigaru is well-equipped, it is not difficult to drag the other party.

The clan didn't intend for them to fight the enemy hard, as long as they could take advantage of it, then he would never waste a single soldier.

Therefore, as long as the cavalry continues to launch surprise attacks on the enemy and does not entangle with the enemy, in this way, it can not only bring huge casualties to the enemy, but also greatly reduce the casualties of the army.

And even if you can't kill all the enemies, as long as you wait until the Oda army that has returned to help arrives, then it will be considered a victory, thinking of this, I only listened to the clan sect open his mouth and ordered: "Maeda Toshiie, Watanabe Moritsuna, Hori Hidemasa listen to the order." ”

"The subordinates (subordinates) are here, please give orders from the lord." I heard the three of them quickly reply.

"I ordered each of you to lead a hundred troops, and when the enemy rushed over, launch a surprise attack on the enemy from different directions, and never get entangled with the enemy, have you heard clearly?"

"Yes, please rest assured that your subordinates will live up to your lord's trust."

"Okay, go down and get ready at once."

Just when the clan had just arranged the situation of the troops under his command, the Kitabatake Gukyo personally led the remaining 300 elites, who had already penetrated Ikeda Hengxing's interception force of several hundred people, after leaving more than 100 elites to block the returning Oda army, and rushed towards the direction of the main formation. …,

I saw that the Kitabatake army was getting closer and closer, and the original earth-shattering shouts and killings on the battlefield were also treated by silence, and at this moment everyone couldn't help but stop and fight, and all eyes were focused on the Oda family's main camp.

In addition to the breathing of more than 20,000 people, you can only hear the footsteps of 300 ashigaru led by the Kitabatake Gunkoku.

A sense of powerlessness suddenly enveloped the hearts of the samurai of the Oda family, and the more than 10,000 Kitabatake troops who had already begun a counterattack were extremely excited at the moment, but they also held their breath to welcome the arrival of victory.

This silence was soon broken by the loud sound of the cannon firing in a salvo.

Kitabatake Gukyo and the three hundred elites led by him were about to attack the Oda family's main camp, and at this moment, I saw the sword in Sugitani Zenjubo's hand pointing forward and commanding loudly: "Shoot." ”

"Bang, bang, bang." As soon as his words fell, countless loud noises accompanied by gunpowder smoke reached everyone's ears.

With this round of salvo fire, in addition to more than 30 elites of the Kitabatake family who rushed to the front fell in a pool of blood, the two armies on the battlefield also resumed their operations at the same time.

Seeing that the enemy had not been able to rush into the main formation, the Oda army was excited and rushed towards the main formation as fast as possible.

Although he lost one percent of his elite all of a sudden, however, at this time, the Kitabatake Gujiao had no time to feel distressed, as a sword hero, although the Kitabatake Gujiao was not interested in the iron cannon, but he had some understanding of this new weapon, he knew that this weapon had to be reloaded with projectiles after each shot, and it was time-consuming, and at this time, it was also the time when the iron cannon Ashigaru defense was the weakest.

He saw that after more than 30 elites fell, the remaining 200 elites all stopped and were stunned on the spot. Kitabatake Gujiao hurriedly ordered loudly: "Quick, don't stop, while the enemy is loading projectiles, follow me into the enemy formation, and when we break through this most rearmost line of defense, we will be victorious." Rush me! ”

Kitabatake's Gukyo shouted as he turned over and dismounted, lest the target be too big and be shot into a sieve by the enemy.

And just when the enemy was stunned, Sugitani Zenjubo had already commanded Ashigaru to turn over the antlers and enter the main formation, although the iron cannon Ashigaru had been loaded, but due to the urgency of time, it was obviously too late to line up again, and the more than ten elites who were running in the front of the enemy had already come to the antlers.

Sugitani Zenjubo said that before these two rounds of shooting, he must not let even one enemy in, otherwise it would be his own dereliction of duty.

However, now there are only more than ten enemy elites rushing to the antlers, if you order the shooter now, even if you shoot all the more than ten enemies, it will be a loss, fortunately, just now the iron cannon under the command of the foot light action is quick, it only took a short time, all the antlers around the formation moved to the front, and now the front of the formation has reached more than ten, although it is not neatly placed, but it can be seen that there are three rows, and the distance between each row is about one and a half meters, so Sugitani Zenjubo decided, wait for the enemy to turn over the first antler wall, firing at the command.

Soon, the more than ten elites of the Kitabatake family who rushed to the front had already turned over the first antlers, and behind them, there were nearly twenty Ashigaru who were already close to the first antlers, ready to climb over the obstacles in front of them and rush into the main formation to kill Oda Nobunaga, but with another round of loud noises, their wish also came to naught.

I saw that the more than ten Kitabatake family ashigaru who rushed to the front, as well as the other dozen elites behind them, all fell in a pool of blood after this loud bang.

And the elite of the Kitabatake family saw that it was only a short time, and more than twenty percent of the elite were killed, and the rest of the people did not dare to step forward even if they were loyal to the Kitabatake Gujiao, but retreated back.

Kitabatake Gujiao saw that the morale of these elite banners under his command had fallen, and he couldn't help but feel anxious, he was already riding a tiger hard, and if Nobunaga didn't die under his own sword today, then he would die in the chaos, and he didn't want to die. …,

But just as the sound of the iron cannon had just dissipated, the sound of horses' hooves was heard from both sides of the Oda family's main formation, and three well-armed cavalrymen with steel swords rushed out of it.

Kitabatake Gukyo really didn't expect that the Oda army was hiding not only a hundred iron cannons in the main formation, but also hundreds of elite cavalry, if he had known this, he would not have led his subordinates to attack the Oda army's main formation, but as before, when he saw that things were not good, he immediately retreated.

If there is still a weakness in the iron cannon ashigaru, then, in the eyes of Kitabatake, the cavalry, especially the well-equipped cavalry, is simply invincible.

And the elite under his command, not only are they all infantry, but the weapons in their hands are all swords, if they wait for the cavalry to rush over, no matter how elite the ashigaru is, but in battle with the cavalry, ten percent of the combat power may only be able to exert one or two.

And at this critical juncture, Kitabatake Gukyo found that the hundred iron cannon ashigaru in front of the enemy's main camp had disappeared, so he hurriedly ordered: "The enemy's iron cannon ashigaru has withdrawn, quickly follow me into the main formation!" ”

And the reason why the clan asked the iron cannon Ashigaru to retreat to their own formation after firing two rounds of salvo fire just now, is not that the clan intends to let the other party go, this is entirely because, although the iron cannon used by his own ashigaru is currently the most sophisticated, but, even so, the accuracy of the iron cannon is very unsatisfactory, and he is afraid that his cavalry will cause accidental injuries when fighting with the enemy, so he has to do it.

If the current iron cannon is a little more accurate, then the clan will not let them retreat into the formation at all, and will not even let the cavalry attack.

After listening to the lord's order, the elite of the Kitabatake family also found that only by rushing through the antlers and entering the enemy's main formation could they save their lives, so as soon as the words of the Kitabatake Gujiao fell, the elites under his command had already rushed towards the main formation.

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