The battle had been going on for more than an hour, and it was still raging, and the wooden tip of the first fence, which was more than a foot high, was now less than four feet high, and it didn't take much skill to climb over it. Gamo Fuhide commanded 500 ashigaru and 200 flags, blocking the crazy attack of the Takeda Army in front of the fence. Because of the mixing of the two armies, the iron guns in the rear could only fire discretely and accurately, and the lethality was limited to a sad degree. Because of the fortifications built in advance, our side had the advantage of the position, so that these 700 people blocked the opponent's strength twice as much as their own, but the number of casualties continued to rise.

Fortunately, the battle line was not wide, and I was able to continue to replenish the losses in front with fresh forces, but because the enemy attack has not stopped, I did not have the opportunity to rotate.

"Porphyry!" A spear was half-hidden behind the fence, and when a knight was about to jump, he stabbed the spear more than five meters long forward, and the tip of the spear was a foot and a half long and left a deep blood on the neck of the war horse, and Qi Gen was annihilated in the knight's chest.

Probably because he was pierced in the lung, the knight threw down the sword in his hand without saying a word, but the horse threw the body off because of the pain. Caught off guard, the spear was suddenly pressed by the weight of the barrel, and the exposed body was just cut into several pieces by the two knights who rushed up, and the two knights were picked up in the air by the seven or eight spears that followed.

I lowered my head slightly, so that no one could see my closed eyes. The pungent smell of fire in the air was still strong, but it was becoming more and more difficult to suppress the stimulation of the senses by the bloody breath, and the effect of the two smells was that the desire to vomit became stronger and stronger. Perhaps it was my oversensitivity or perhaps the high tension of the nerves had numbed the troops in battle, but the soldiers in front of me neither fled nor had a nervous breakdown.

"Lord...... Is it time to retreat to the second line of defense? "I don't know if I understood my speechlessness as over-calming.,Anyway, Takenaka Hanbei reminded me uneasily.。

"Then ...... How's the situation going with the lord? The words have already reached the lips but the meaning has changed, Oda Nobunaga did not give an order and did not retreat, how can I retreat first.

"The battle is also fierce, although there is no retreat, but His Royal Highness Takigawa's military formation has been shaken!" Hanbei Takenaka understands my plight very well, so he has always been careful about the situation there.

"Hold on a little longer! ordered Ye Sheng to send some more people to fill in, and the rest went to the edge of the second trench and was ready to answer at any time; The iron artillery team stopped firing and retreated to the second fence and stood by! "I still didn't have the courage to retreat first, and timidity gained the upper hand after a fierce battle with feelings.

"Yes!" Takenaka Hanbei didn't say anything and directly conveyed the order, believing that he could understand my concerns at this moment.

Preparations for the retreat were proceeding in an orderly manner, and the lack of support from iron artillery was even more difficult. The Takeda army is still rushing forward in waves, but at this moment, the number of Takeda knights killed on all fronts has reached more than 2,000.

"The central front line has collapsed!" A bulletin drew everyone's attention from their own battle line to the direction of Oda Honjin again, and Takigawa's horse seal fell as he moved rapidly backwards. There was a section of fence that was bulldozed, and the brigade of Takeda Akabei rushed through a line of defense and rushed like a tide to the second trench. It was the troops led by Changjing of Shan County, and the intention to seize the springboard on the second trench was quite obvious.

While I was worried, the central line of defense decisively removed more than a dozen springboards from the second trench. Thousands of iron cannons and dozens of large barrels roared at the same time, and a large platoon of red cavalry standing in front of them was planted into the second trench together with the soldiers of the Oda Army who were still stranded in the first line of defense. I don't know if this was an order from Oda Nobunaga himself, but it was quite timely.

"Finally began to shrink the defense, take advantage of the fact that the Takeda Army's attention is now in the middle and call Fuxiu to withdraw too!" I turned to Hanbei Takenaka and said, with a slight powerlessness and helplessness in my voice.

"Yes!" He did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately sent an order to the front. Gamo Fuxiu fought and walked to the springboard on the trench and withdrew, and Nagano Yoshimori's troops, which were already less than 1,000 men, were also guarding the "bridgehead".

After such a hard battle, some progress has finally been made, and the Takeda Army will naturally not let go of such an opportunity! With the rapid shaking of the flag, the Takeda Ashigaru of the brigade walked down the opposite ramp with steady steps.

"Quick, artillery fire at enemy infantry!" I immediately ordered Tsuda next to me.

The muzzles of the guns had already been drawn, and the ammunition had been ready for a long time, and with two loud shells in succession, the dense infantry formation exploded, and about 50 people were blown up to pieces.

As a Koshu soldier who has always lived in the eastern mountain country, almost most of them have never seen the Nanban, let alone such a thing as a cannon! During his lifetime, Takeda Shingen spent a lot of effort to build a sizable iron artillery team, but it was also the result of paying a lot of gold through the merchants of Sunfu. The Takeda infantry showed a certain panic in response to the unprecedented terrifying weapon, but quickly restored the order of the advance. I am also just to delay their actions, judging by the war situation in Europe in this era, two small-caliber guns cannot determine the course of the war for hundreds of thousands of people.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield changed unexpectedly! Due to the narrow distance between one fence and the second trench, Takeda Akabi was unable to cross the trench with the strength of running, and he was afraid that he would have to fill it with corpses if he wanted to get there. Faced with this situation, Changjing of Shan County took the wisest choice, turned his head and killed my position, not caring at all about the frantic shooting of iron cannons and large barrels on the side. The horse farm reserve also launched a fierce attack with the whole army, biting the foot and neck of Gamo Fuxiu as he retreated.

"Iron Artillery Cover!" I stood up and waved the fan in my hand and shouted ahead, and if it wasn't for the guards holding me back, I would have almost rushed over.

The iron artillery garrison under the command of Philip began firing again, but this did little to no avail. The Takeda knights who crossed the first fence had all lost their horses, and in the mixed melee, the sword could play a greater role than the spear, and if it weren't for the 200 flags in front, Gamo's spear reserve would have called the other party to kill them all, and the iron artillery team would naturally be difficult to pick out the enemy from such a distance.

But at this moment, another group of about three hundred cavalry jumped over the first fence, and unlike the previous one, this cavalry jumped along the slope of flesh and blood, and therefore all rode on horseback. Led by the leader of the black-armored generals, the cavalry galloped towards the springboard of the second trench, crashing into a number of soldiers on both sides along the way.

"Bang, bang, bang......" As a professional mercenary, Philippe Luc Besson's battlefield sensitivity is top-notch, and a rain of bullets poured down on this group of "targets" that suddenly appeared before I could see the opponent's flag. After a puff of smoke I saw about sixty knights being beaten down, including the black-armored general, whose horse prints were also discounted.

There was a sudden chaos in the Takeda Army, which had already killed the red-eyed army, and I could feel their morale fluctuating even from a long distance.

"The Racecourse Letter House has been taken!" From there, there was a sudden hoarse shout, and I could clearly hear that it was Gamo Fuxiu, and I really didn't expect such a quiet person to shout so loudly.

"The Racecourse Nobubo is dead!"

"The Racecourse Shinbo has been killed!"

After Gamo Fuxiu's shout, all the soldiers around him shouted, followed by my front army, middle army, and rear team, and finally this wave of sound spread to all corners of the Shirakuhara battlefield, and every soldier of the Oda coalition army shouted loudly, and their morale was suddenly boosted.

"Kill! Take back your ground! "I suddenly felt that I had seen the true trajectory of history at once, and then climbing on this fast-moving * was the most important thing I should do at the moment.

Man is such a strange animal, and the power he can exert when he has faith or not is absolutely different, and the role of many companions is to multiply it by several multiples, and vice versa, the effect of amplifying fear is equally obvious.

The Gamo Reserve Team reflexively fought back, and the Nagano Yemori Reserve Team also rushed over the springboard and advanced in the direction of the middle lane. The Takeda Army's horse farm reserves, which had lost their commander, were in disarray, and they were driven back behind the first fence in a short time; The Takeda Gunprefecture garrison, which was making a detour towards me, could not move an inch against the oncoming long guns, and had to retreat temporarily because the flanks were constantly under intensive attacks from iron artillery. After recapturing the first front, the Oda coalition forces held their ground, and the Takeda infantry who were crossing the river had to avoid their own cavalry and face the fire of iron artillery.

"Is the Baba Nobubo really dead?" In the interval between the two sides adjusting the deployment, I asked about the recalled Gamo Fuxiu.

"I don't know!" He shook his head at me and said, "I saw that there were a lot of flags in that cavalry with flags on their backs, but there was no obvious sign on the black-armored general's body, and although he himself fell off the horse, he was snatched by his subordinates, so it's really hard to say whether he died or not!" ”

"You're doing a great job!" I patted him on the shoulder appreciatively.

"This time, the Takeda army's morale has been weakened, and the well-known samurai of the Takeda family who found the body here include 17 people, including Tsuchiya Uemon Captain Shoji, Hara Shishiro Shengyin and Ganli Fujizo Toshishige!" Gamo Fuxiu said excitedly: "Your Highness, after this battle, Takeda Chibei lost more than half, and no one will be defeated in the future!" ”

"I have seen all your merits, and I will report it to the lord as soon as possible. You and Ye Sheng exchange places, take a break! "At this moment, I finally felt the grasp of history again, and my mood suddenly relaxed.

"Your Highness, I ......"

"I understand! The campaign has just begun, don't be afraid that there will be no chance to continue your meritorious service! Seeing that he was a little reluctant, I hurriedly added and pointed behind him. Even if you can hold on, it's time for the troops to adjust, right? ”