Early in the morning of June 28, 1570, I led my men and horses to take up their positions. The position is not very wide, only more than 40 zhang, and what strategy to adopt in the case of having 200 powerful iron cannons is actually a self-evident thing.

At the front I set up a row of double-layered horse-barring fences, all made of logs a foot in diameter, with a six-foot top sharpened, enough to block the onslaught of any class of the era in a short time.

Behind it was a row of two-inch thick wooden planks, with one-foot-square shooting holes every three feet horizontally, which was completely sufficient for firing iron cannons! There is a distance of about one zhang between the formation house and the horse rejection fence in front of it, so the half-guards moved the earth to raise the ground about three feet when building the formation house, so as to avoid the possibility of being blocked by the fence when shooting! After that, there was another row of houses of the same shape, but the terrain was higher. In fact, if you go around to the back, you can see more clearly that the back of the array house is completely empty, which makes these array houses look like large containers with one side missing. This is my "two-stage" shooting method, but instead of taking turns, two platoons shoot at the same time!

It wasn't until around 11 o'clock in the afternoon that the Asakura army appeared in sight, and sure enough, it was divided and came along both sides of the river. On our side, there were about 3,000 soldiers and horses led by Uozusi Jinggu, and the main force was mainly spears and ashigaru mixed with a considerable number of peasant soldiers. Seeing that the enemy's strength was so weak, Keiji Maeda and the others were a little impatient and asked to take the initiative! After careful consideration, I rejected this suggestion, and the war had not yet officially begun, and even if this insignificant "foil" was defeated at this time, it would not play a role in shaking the overall situation. Since it's just a drop of water, it must be when the cup is about to overflow!

At about half past twelve in the afternoon, both sides were a little out of breath! The contact began with the frontal position of the Tokugawa Army in Mitamura, and the Ii Naomasa Department began to fire iron cannons at the front of the Asakura Maekoru Army, and then the spears came into contact, and the faint sound of iron cannons could be heard from a distance in the direction of Nomura Oda Nobunaga's battle line. Since most of my troops were in cover, it should be difficult for the frontal enemy to accurately estimate the strength of the forces, and when they saw that the other sides had already launched an offensive, they did not wait, and about 1,000 men flattened their spears and began to approach slowly.

"Finally, I can't help it!" I was standing in a formation room in the second row, and I could see everything clearly through the shooting hole. "Are you well prepared?" Although I have confirmed it again and again, I still don't feel comfortable asking.

"Lord, just rest assured!" Tsuda immediately replied, "All 200 iron cannon ashigaru have each brought enough 200 wrapped projectiles, and there will be boxes of spare supplies sent in case of war!" Although it was the first time that he had independently commanded an iron artillery garrison, he did not appear nervous at all.

"Good!" I am happy. Sooner or later, Philip will leave as a mercenary, and I am pleased to see that his reserve force is growing rapidly.

"My lord......" Takenaka Hanbei came over and reminded me, "War is about to start, so let's leave this place to Tsuda-sama!" ”

"Good!" I said yes and walked out of the camp with him, leaving Tsuda and his men behind. I've always been very open to young people, and that may have something to do with the fact that I just turned 26 this year.

No sooner had we reached the command position on the hillside behind than the first roar of iron cannons rang out. The location is ideal, and the battlefield is completely present. As soon as I turned around, I happened to see a group of soldiers in the front row of the Asakura army being hit, and more than 50 people fell down 20 zhang in front of the horse fence. The quarter-hit rate is a little unsatisfactory, but the basic level of firearms in this era is just like that, not to mention at such a distance!

The Asakura army only paused for a moment and then began to move forward again with a steady pace, and in the past two years, such things as iron cannons appeared in the hands of almost every daimyo at once, although there were not many of them, but they were used quite frequently, and it would show its face almost as long as it was fighting, and this time it seemed to be no different except that it was a little louder. In fact, there are still differences, and they are discovered in a few breaths!

"Bang...... Bang...... The loud sound of a ...... bang" salvo kept ringing out, and this frequency ...... It's too dense, isn't it? By the time Yuzhu Jinggu noticed this, the attacking troops had already advanced another 10 zhang, and during this period, the iron cannon actually fired 6 consecutive salvos, and the lethality increased gradually as the distance approached, from more than 50 people in the first time to more than 80 people in the sixth time. In the blink of an eye, nearly 400 people fell, and half of the attacking force was gone!

Ordinary ashigaru may have a slightly slower brain, but definitely not everyone is stupid! After seeing the large number of casualties around them and the formation that had become scattered, the courage of these non-professional soldiers suddenly fell to the bottom, and they turned around and ran back to the starting place, if it were not for the interception of the rear team, they might have run back to Echizen at once. During this period, they were shot again, but only about 30 people were lost due to the scattered formation!

"You say...... Will they just leave? "Looking at the chaotic formation of the Asakura army in front of me, I asked the Takenaka Hanbei beside me thoughtfully." Do you think they'll still attack? ”

"Looking at the way they escaped, I'm afraid they don't have the courage to come back!" Shinhachiro replied before the Takenaka half-guard, who was still sullen that I didn't let me attack.

"Once! At least once! The half-guard Takenaka patted Shinhachiro on the shoulder and said to me, "...... As long as Yuzhu Jinggu wasn't too stupid, he should have seen how powerful the power he was facing! If his status was higher, if he was a member of the Asakura family, if he was more appreciated by Asakura Yoshikage, he might have ordered to move closer to Asakura Keiken's team! It's a pity that he doesn't have any of these conditions, so he can only attack, at least try again! ”

"Maybe......" I nodded. Kusunoki Mitsunari provided them with sufficient information, but I didn't have the energy to do most of the complicated and trivial things carefully, so I didn't know much about the situation of many less famous people.

"But the lord doesn't have to be in a hurry......" Takenaka Hanbei said to me after a careful observation, "They must adjust, whether it is morale or sequence, maybe it would be a better decision to wait for some progress on other fronts before acting!" ”

His words were quickly confirmed, and the Yuzhu Jinggu Department opposite us was just constantly adjusting the formation, while the other two aspects were in full swing! Tokugawa Ieyasu's troops were initially held firmly due to the location of Zhan, but he faced twice as many enemies as he did, and due to Asakura Keiken's reckless attacks, the Tokugawa army's front began to gradually retreat to the edge of Mita Village. After all, Tokugawa Ieyasu was a good commander, and his generals were also very capable, and through Sakai Tadaji, Honda Tadatsu, Kamihara Yasumasa, Ii Naomasa, Watanabe Moritsuna, Naito Masari and others led the cavalry squad to blitz the weak point of the Asakura army, he regained the advantage, but fell into a stalemate. I couldn't see the situation at Oda Nobunaga, but the huge interference from the Tokugawa battle still couldn't completely suppress the voices there.

waited until two o'clock in the afternoon, and the fish on the opposite side finally couldn't drag it on! This time, he took 2,000 troops at once, but the method has changed radically. The advancing troops no longer maintained their formation, and rushed towards the horse-barring fence in front of our troops in a state of free charge, and the archers behind were covering with a dense rain of arrows.

Inferior bows and arrows look so weak in front of my array house, and they are completely useless! However, the scattered formation of the enemy increased the difficulty of shooting, and the rapid charge also saved a lot of time. This time, only three salvos of Asakura army came to the front, and due to the blocking iron cannon of the fence, it had lost its effect on the enemy troops at the front!

Seeing the progress made, there were a few irregular conch sounds from behind, and the troops in front began to ram and chop the fence, and some anxious guys climbed to the top of the fence's spike. Since the two armies were already quite close, the bows and arrows covered by the Asakura army stopped.

"Let's start with Zozo!" Seeing this, I gave another order.

Just when the Asakura army felt that there was a "dawn" in front of them, countless Oda soldiers suddenly appeared from the back of the camp house. The men ran quietly and quickly, each holding a spear more than five meters long.

"Ahh With a loud shout, one of the Asakura soldiers on top of the fence was stabbed and rolled down like a "blood gourd", and several others soon got the same result.

The pikes led by Kerr Caizang lined up in three rows in the gap between the camp house and the fence, the first row squatted, and the spears pierced the gap in the fence; The second row is upright, and the spears are pierced slightly higher than the first; The front of the third row was blocked by the second row, so the spear was placed diagonally on the gap at the top of the fence! And just like that, a fence turned into a huge "hedgehog" in an instant!

The situation of the Asakura soldiers became extremely difficult, and the outstretched spears kept them back more than a kilometer, and although they could make some useless stabs through the fence, they could no longer get close. But this seemingly short distance is enough to determine the life and death of a considerable number of people!

"Bang, bang, bang、......" The sound of iron cannons sounded again, but it was no longer a salvo, and the densely packed Asakura army even made aiming a redundant move! The Asakura army, which left the cover of the fence, was completely exposed to the iron cannon in a slightly higher position, and the error rate at such a close distance was almost negligible!

With the continuous roar of the iron cannon, the blood and flesh flew in the pile of people of the Chaocang army! The projectile brutally decomposed the flesh under the huge propulsion of the fire, and the body that was still full of life just now was soon covered with huge blood holes, and no one remembered to attack, or even forgot to escape!

Yuzhu Jinggu finally understood the precise meaning of the word "impossible", and the price paid was the loss of half of the people! After simply gathering the remnants of the army, he began to cross the river and move closer to Asakura Keiken's main team.

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Bear in Winter: According to the information in my hand, Nakataka Magado was not killed by Honda Tadakatsu, but died under the siege of five or six of the Honda retainer Gosaka brothers, and this was a sneak attack by "someone" who threw a hammer out of his back! Sister Kawai was 62 years old at the time of the war, especially in front of a 7-foot-8-inch long broadsword, rescued the main general Asakura Keiken from the siege when the entire Asakura army collapsed, and fought to the death with his brother Naosumi's son Takaki.

It's almost June now, and the July exam is about to start again! In 10 days, I will start to stop updating and preparing for the exam, and the exact recovery time will be until the exam schedule is set. Moreover, I plan to draw up the table of contents of the third volume during this time, and then conceive the general plot process of the fourth volume, and the necessary preparations are also in order to better continue writing, so I would like to say hello to all readers in advance!