Chapter 496: The Battle Begins
Buzz... Buzz... Flies fluttered around a stinking group of corpses.
"Amitabha..."An old monk was chanting sutras in front of this group of dead corpses.
"Master, since the overtime has been completed, please leave the master, don't embarrass the villains." The people around are on guard is Tsukawa Ashigaru, who has just cleaned up a batch of chaotic parties, and it is said that they are all people from the organization of what month.
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Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The battle was raging in the valley, but the sound only echoed in the valley, and the outside world could not hear it at all.
"Wait until you're closer!" Tsuda led the 5th Squadron and prepared to put the enemy within 50 meters to fight, which not only saved ammunition, but also killed and injured the enemy with greater power.
Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! The Tsugawa Army, on the other hand, held a large wooden sign aloft and covered the iron artillery Ashigaru to shoot while advancing, slowly approaching the full position.
"Fire!" As soon as Tsuda gave the order, a neat row of green smoke rose and lead bullets whistled towards the enemy.
Poof! "Uhh Some of the soldiers who were exposed to the outside fell, and soon someone was replenished and continued to approach the position.
"Go on! Next group! Shoot! With a wave of his hand, Tsuda stepped forward with the second row of iron cannons.
Bang bang bang! Burst fire!
"Next group! Shoot! "We still use the three-stage strike method, alternately moving forward in turn, and attacking continuously.
"Fire Feather Battalion! Target! Forty steps! Archery! As soon as the cannon fired, Naito immediately commanded the bow samurai team and cooperated in the cross-strike.
Whoosh! Rows of arrows flew towards the enemy at great speed, mercilessly scattering into the dense crowd.
Poof! "Oops!" "Oh!" The striking effect of the rain of arrows was significantly higher than that of the iron artillery, and the casualty rate of the Tsugawa army skyrocketed.
"Retreat! Fall back! With an order, the Tsukawa army threw down more than a dozen corpses and retreated. They only carried out tentative attacks in order to cause some psychological pressure on the Hosokawa army.
"Whew... Finally retreated. Tsuda looked up not far away, and although the Tsugawa army had retreated, it had stuck a large wooden plank on the ground, which could be used as cover for the next attack.
"Big brother! Drink some water! Tsuda walked over and handed his brother a water bag.
"It's better to save it." Tsuda shook his head and rejected his brother's kindness.
"Okay then, it's time to change the guard, you take the brothers down to rest first, I'll leave it here." Tsuda arithmetic put away the water bag, and now it is a point to be able to save a point.
"Well, good. Fifth Squadron! Change the guard! Tsuda nodded and withdrew with his team.
"Third squadron! Enter the Zone! Check your guns and ammunition! Always ready to fight! "The two Tsuda brothers have made a handover, and the soldiers need to rest.
"Rest in place! Always at your disposal! But there was no one to replace in the Fire Feather Camp, so he could only rest in place and move his soreness arm. They had been drawing their bows for a long time, and now they needed to rest for every fifteen arrows they fired, otherwise their arms would not be able to stand it.
"Jiuxiu, you can also go and rest, I'll leave it to me here." In the rear, Yoshitsugi Miyoshi and Hidehide Matsunaga are changing guards, and they work in four shifts with Teru Tayama and Ikeda Hengxing.
"Just let the soldiers rest, and stay here all the time." Matsunaga Xiu was not at ease, for fear that they would be soft-hearted at the critical moment, so they simply ate and lived here, and there were also simple positions set up here with sufficient equipment.
"Alright then, you're up to the cracks here." Yoshitsugu Miyoshi shrugged, and Hosokawa Nobumoto delegated command here to Matsunaga Shu, and Nobumoto's main focus was on the Taniguchi direction.
"What direction is the wind now?" Hosokawa Nobumoto was eating lunch, and there was no such thing as salmon anymore, and it was also an ordinary umeboshi rice ball.
Honda Masanobu on the side looked up at the weather vane, still spinning back and forth, and shook his head: "Lord, I don't know, I can't see the exact wind direction in this valley anymore." ”
"No matter what, no matter what the wind is tonight, you must release the Kong Ming lantern." Hosokawa Nobumoto took another bite of the rice ball and swallowed it.
"Lord, are they all free?" Honda Masanobu inquired about tonight's arrangements.
"How many were you made?" Hosokawa Nobumoto contributed all the papers he had brought.
"Forty-two." Honda Masanobu buried his head even lower.
"How can it be so little?" Hosokawa Nobumoto was taken aback, it was too little to see the effect at all.
"Hmm... There are failures... There are also reasons such as lack of fuel. "The key problem is here, my own family is out to carry out a sneak attack, how can I bring a lot of things, even these are all made up with great difficulty, they are all used in ordinary times to issue orders, transmit news, record copywriting, night fire marching and other things used by the military department.
"Forget it, let's do it, the north wind blows a lot in winter, and it should drift south. Twenty-three will be released tonight, 23 is my birthday, and it is also an auspicious number, please make a good omen. Hosokawa Nobumoto no longer insisted, everything depends on the will of God.
"Yes, Your Majesty will arrange it." Honda Masanobu had just lowered the leader's order when the sound of iron cannons sounded in his ears again.
"Is it starting again? I'll go to the front line and keep an eye on it first, and I'll leave the rest to you. Hosokawa Nobumoto took two bites of three, ate the remaining rice balls, raised his hand, picked up the "onimaru" on the side, and walked towards Taniguchi.
"Shoot! Shoot! Three-stage strikes non-stop! Tsuda shouted at the top of his voice, and he raised his hand and shot an enemy in the head.
"Attack! Offensive! "Due to the large plank bunker left before, the Tsugawa army quickly advanced to fifty meters this time.
"Big Cylinder Team! Advance! Shoot! "The front line is tight, and Shigehide Suzuki also leads the big team into battle.
Boom! Boom! A large amount of lead bullets poured out, and hit the large wooden planks intensively, and immediately hit the honeycomb surface.
Poof! "Ahh Many of the enemy, who were hiding behind them, were shot and fell to the ground, and were dragged away by those who came after them, and they were supplemented with new personnel to continue the attack.
"Goal! Forty steps! Archery! "The bow warriors of the Fire Feather Battalion tightened their teeth, endured the soreness in their arms, and forcibly pulled their bows and shot arrows.
A dense rain of arrows pounced on the fire of the Tsugawa army, and immediately extinguished many of the flames.
"Withdraw! Fall back! "The Tsugawa army advanced another ten meters this time, and it was getting closer and closer to the Hosokawa position.
Seeing the enemy retreat, many of the bow warriors sat down on the ground tired, shaking their arms constantly.
"Lord Naito, this is not good, the enemy's attacks are too frequent, it is better to divide into two teams and fight in exchange like the thunder artillery battalion." Yoshida Shigeshi walked over, don't look at his young age, he is already a rare fierce general, inheriting Yoshida Hichikuri's bow skills.
"Okay, then you take a team, I lead a team, and fight alternately." Naito Masanari quickly agreed to this plan, and it was only a day, and there were many fierce battles in the future.
When night fell, Hosokawa Nobumoto and others finally waited for this moment, which was related to the lives of the entire army and 20,000 people.