Chapter 664: Erecting a pontoon bridge
The battle at the front is scorching, and the rear is also making every effort to rescue the wounded.
On the back side of Mt. Atsu-Shiga, the Abu Kuma River, which seems calm on the surface, is actually undercurrents surging inside.
Click... Click... There was a dense banging sound on the river, and it turned out to be the Tsukawa army secretly assuming the pontoon bridge.
Rustle... Masaharu Mikoda led Echizen Bei and ambushed in the back mountain, and he was responsible for guarding this place tonight.
"Go! Tell the young master that the Tsugawa Army sent reinforcements tonight! I would like support here! Although Miko Tian Masaharu couldn't see how many people there were on the other side, he vaguely felt that the number of people definitely exceeded 10,000, and he only had more than 2,000 people here.
In the back of the mountain, there is a ramp that leads up and down, connecting to the Y-shaped moat Abu Kuma River. The trees around it are all cut down, so it can be said that there is no shelter, and it is easy to attack and not to defend.
Although it was conducive to attacking, the Hosokawa army could not attack here. Because if Watagawa is deployed here, it will be equivalent to drilling into the pockets of Mt. Atsu-Shiga, Shimo-Nishi, and Mt. Benten, and the enemy will be attacked from behind and on the flank. The second is that the Tsugawa army can attack from the front of Mount Atsu-Shiga, and it can counter-encircle the Hosokawa army and cut off the way back from crossing the river, which is really a bun.
On the contrary, if the Hosokawa army attacked from the front and got rid of the danger of being surrounded, then it could be used by the Tsugawa army as a fast-track mountain road.
Click... Click... In this moment's work, half of the pontoon bridge was erected, and it seems that it was premeditated.
"Archery! Stop them! Don't let them cross the river! "Kamiko Tian Masaharu knows that the front army has been fighting for many days, and it is a time of fatigue, and if it is attacked by these Tsugawa new forces, it is very likely that they will be driven out of Honmaru again, or even lose the whole line.
Crunch crunch... Four hundred archashigaru began to shoot arrows with bows, and within the Hosokawa army, the number of archishmen was about 20 percent of the reserve formation.
Whoosh! The arrows were fired at the people who were working on the lake, and at this time the Tsugawa family did not have an engineer unit, so they still used the old way.
Poof! "Uhhh Arrows rained down, and Minfudeng, who was building a pontoon bridge, suffered a catastrophe. Seven or eight people were hit by several arrows and fell on the half-section of the pontoon, and most of their companions were also hit by arrows, and they fell into the moat with a few thuds.
Grunt... Grunt... A few crimson splashes popped up on the surface of the river.
"Wow! Run! Run! "The people have no military heart, they are cowardly and cowardly, and they turn around and run away when they are suddenly attacked.
"Archery! Keep shooting! With the help of the faint river light, Masaharu Mikoda saw that the attack was quite effective.
Whoosh! Arrows were shot again, covering the entire surface of the river.
Burst! "Ahh A man who was running back was hit by an arrow in the back and fell directly onto the pontoon. Puff puff puff and three more arrows in succession, nailing him to death on the spot.
"Don't run! Don't run! Get back! Go back and continue to build the pontoon! Hanhejiang and the vast number of people roared, and the reinforcements were more than 10,000 people sent from Xianiushi.
"My lord! O Lord! Please, please, their bows are far and powerful! The little ones can't bear it! The people who ran back wept and pleaded, and no one wanted to die.
"We shoot arrows too! Suppress them! "Hanhejiang Kanehiro saw this group of cowardly and scared guys, and he wanted to slaughter them all. But... They were all killed, but no one built a pontoon bridge for him.
Stompe... Stomping, Tsugawa bowed to the shore lightly, lined up neatly, bent the bow and shot arrows.
Whoosh... Whoosh... It's a pity that they are shooting from the bottom of the mountain, and the range is far less than that of Hosokawa, and the arrows they shoot can't reach each other at all.
"Archery!" Hosokawa Army fires back.
Whoosh... Poof! "Uhhh Tsugawa Bow Ashigaru by the river immediately fell dozens of people.
"Damn!" When Hanhee Kanehiro saw this confrontation, he understood that his side was at a great disadvantage.
"My lord, what should I do? The enemy army could not be suppressed, and the people did not dare to build a bridge. A junior samurai asked.
"Humph! In that case, push the cannon up for me! Hanhejiang Kanhiro snorted, their Tsugawa family also learned from the Hosokawa family for this war, and unloaded the Western cannons on the Nanban warship as field artillery.
"My lord, so... All right? Isn't it to attack stealthily? Movement... Will it be too big? "The men hesitated.
"Nope! Our army is now suppressed by the enemy, and if it continues to be consumed like this, it will only make the enemy's defense more tight! It's better to use a thunder offensive and take down the back mountain in one go! Hanhejiang Kanehiro shook his head, now he was racing against time.
"Yes!" His subordinates received the order and immediately went down to deliver the instructions.
Wheel... Wheel... Four guns were pushed out.
"Aim there! Aim there! The muzzle is raised, the muzzle is raised! "A dozen ashigaru began to fiddle with the artillery and began to shell at an elevation angle.
Knock Click! Knock Click! Pieces of bright light, explosions!
"Artillery! It's artillery! Take cover! It's all hidden! "Masaharu Mikoda is too familiar with this voice, Western artillery, produced in Portugal.
Boom! "Wow!" A large lead bullet hit four or five ashigaru, the light one broke his hands and feet, and the heavy one lost half of his body and even his head.
Boom! Boom! Two more strikes in succession, more than 10 people were seriously injured.
"Rush! We cover! Hurry up and get me the pontoon bridge! Again, watch your heads! Hanhejiang and Guang led the team to press this group of people with a knife and reinvested in the great cause of building pontoon bridges.
"They're starting to erect pontoons again! Archery! Archery! Stop them! When Masaharu Mikoda saw it, he hurriedly commanded Yushigaru to continue the attack.
Crunch crunch... Bow foot light bent his bow again, and although they suffered casualties from the shelling just now, fortunately the interval between artillery firing was long.
Whoosh! Whoosh! A rain of arrows covered the entire river.
Poof! "Uhh There were not a few people who were building bridges who were hit by arrows, and the scene fell horizontally.
"Mom!" The rest of the people who were still alive turned around and ran.
Pedal, pedal, pedal... Seeing that he was about to run to the end of the pontoon bridge, he saw Hanhejiang Kanehiro leading a group of subordinates to block there.
"Where to go! Where to! Where are you going? Get back! Go back and build bridges! "Hanhee Kanehiro held up the sword and threatened them.
"My lord! O adults! It's not that the little people don't want to work hard, it's just this... This... It's really... It's..."The group of people looked at the fierce Tsugawa Ashigaru, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to say.
"Humph! Kill them all! Change a new group of people and continue to build bridges! "Hanhejiang and Guang are too lazy to talk nonsense, so they just kill directly, there are many people, and this stubble of leeks is not bad.
"My lord! Don't be an adult! Spare your life! Uhhh The people knelt on the ground and kowtowed and begged for mercy, but they could not move the hearts of this group of hard-hearted people.
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