I sat in the handsome seat, and my mood was relaxed. Ayuki, Takenaka Hanbei, and all the people around me may have sensed my good mood, and their originally tense cheeks have slackened, and some even have smiles. The Coalition's iron artillery team still didn't show up, but at the moment it didn't seem so important.

"The flag of the stars is Hashizuna Masaemon, and it is necessary to take Uga Kamishige!"

"Maeda samurai Komatsu Takeshu hide, take Yoshida Goro Taro!"

"The samurai of the Stars family, Harumasa Naito, ask for Kosuke Miura!"

“……”

“……”

The deafening shouting couldn't suppress the excited shouting, and I could still hear it clearly even though I sat far away, but the voice was a little quieter. In the middle of the coalition army, the 7,000 troops that Hideharu Hatano put in turn have become fragmented at this moment, and the number of samurai killed in battle has been as high as sixty percent, if it weren't for the fact that they are all the children of generations of Hatano tenant farmers, if they were not semi-professional soldiers who mainly focus on military training and supplemented by farming, they would never have survived now, and they would have long since known where they had gone. Having suffered such a loss, even if I am defeated this time, I don't know who will say it in the future!

"Is there any movement?" I asked Hanbei Takenaka.

"Not long after A rode to the upper reaches of the formation, the flag of the enemy's rear moved unnaturally for a while!" The half-guard of Takenaka bent down and pointed in the direction of the upper reaches. “…… Later, our army attacked fiercely in the middle, and all the units of the enemy army were abnormal! Looking from above, it is found that the activities of the enemy's heralds are becoming more and more frequent. But......" He groaned in confusion and said, "The Ukita Nao's family has not moved so far, and I don't know what I want to do!" We noticed that many heralds had already been on the mountain. ”

"Ukita Naoya...... Naoya Ukita ...... "I was saying the name over and over again in my mouth. I'm honestly a timid person, and I've had a shadow on my heart since I was bitten by him. Shingen Takeda is powerful, and as he calls him "Tiger", you will feel tremendous pressure against him, and your heart will tremble unconsciously. Ukita Naoya is a "poisonous snake", even if you stare at it with your own eyes, you don't know if it's his real body, maybe it will suddenly come out from behind and bite you.

"But...... At this point, he shouldn't be able to do anything! Seeing that I was not very comfortable, Takenaka Hanbei said with relief: "In the battle of Izushi Castle the year before last, the cavalry of the Ukita Naojia family was lost, and it has not fully recovered!" He only brought 3500 ashigaru to the table this time, and it was all on the front that we could see. Judging from his movements, he is wait-and-see, and the lord doesn't have to care too much! ”

"Yes! I think it'......" Just then I suddenly heard a shout from downstream, but I couldn't hear it clearly because I was talking. When I listened closely, the shouting had turned into a tumult, but the excitement seemed to be something big about it. "What's going on down there?" I asked Hanbei Takenaka.

He shook his head in confusion, indicating that he hadn't heard clearly.

"Report ...... Report to Your Highness! "I was about to send someone to inquire when a bloodied herald of Nagano came running up and knelt in front of me." Reporting to His Royal Highness, I, the samurai of the Nagano family, I, Tian Yeshiro, Goken Nobujun, and Tobira Mamotomo, have jointly won Iwaki Yumo! ”

"What !!" I was startled and couldn't wait to look downstream with my binoculars. Sure enough, the 2,000 Miyoshi Army there had completely collapsed, and Ashigaru, who had abandoned a large number of weapons, fled to the official road to the south. Akai Naomasa also seemed to have given up on his attempt to join up with Hideharu Hatano, gathered some of the remnants of the defeated army and retreated in the direction of Panneji Castle to the west. "If Hideji Hatano is holding the Iron Cannon Team as a treasure, then let him keep it for himself!" I joked to the half-guards in Takenaka.

"It's already like this, but at least I'll fight again!" He smiled and pointed to the third-line troops of Hatano on the opposite side, who had not moved for a long time. "Just to cover the escape, they have to fight again!"

"Oh......" I turned to look that way.

As a genius military advisor, Hideharu Hatano's main formation is really moving! The iron artillery team of more than 700 people, under the protection of 3,000 spear ashigaru, began to advance to the second line of attack position, and the mixed clothing showed that they were made up of several houses, and the 3,000 pike ashigaru was clearly the main force of Hatano Hideharu's guard, and the proportion of samurai was quite high.

The Iron Gunneru climbed several small hills and began to prepare for aimed shooting. The spear ashigaru did not rush forward to rescue their comrades in distress, but turned their backs to the hillock to protect the iron cannon ashigaru above. Their purpose is very obvious, to suppress our troops in the battle from a high position, as long as they drive Keiji Maeda and Yamanaka Shikanosuke down the river, even if only temporarily, they will have a chance to breathe! Or is it...... It's a chance to escape! At the same time, the Urakami Sokeibu and a small number of Hatano troops, who had not been attacked upstream, also cautiously began to move closer to the center at this time.

This is indeed wishful thinking, and the rear position avoids the attack of our long-range weapons, not bows and arrows, and iron cannons! It's just that I can't let them get their way, and it is necessary to completely defeat them, and I want to solve the Tambo problem here once and for all.

"Order the cannon to fire, target the hillock where the enemy artillery team gathers!" I ordered so loudly that I could hear them clearly without having to go through the heralds to drill the gunners, because they were in the shogunate of the Honjin, less than 10 meters away from me.

The cannon is now my treasure, even though it is only two small-caliber cannons, in addition to the gunner, there are loaders, firefighters, porters, coachmen, etc., and there are 15 people around each gun. Upon hearing my order, the assistants immediately removed the tarpaulin covering the gun, and the fire twisted "z, z" under the patronage of the gunner's torch, and the first shot was already ready.

"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a violent explosion occurred on a hill on the other side of the river that was full of iron cannons. More than 20 people around the bombing site were killed in an instant, and many more were injured on the periphery, and more than a dozen of them flew into the air with mutilated limbs, and then landed in the spear foot light team of the guards below. No way, their formation is too dense! "Boom!" Another shell then exploded, barely spaced apart, and caused similar damage.

The coalition has collapsed! Not only the troops that have been hit, but also those that have not yet been in battle have begun to flee. Just kidding, who can fight with this weapon that has never been seen before from hell! The enemy troops who had been pestering Keiji Maeda and Kanosuke Yamanaka fled, retreating regardless of it, no matter how much the samurai shouted and slashed, it was useless. The iron cannon Ashigaru also fled, and although less than 100 of the 700 men were lost, it is said that the courage of the soldiers who attacked from a distance was far less than that of the soldiers in close combat! They threw away each iron cannon worth more than 50 at will, and fled without looking back in the surging crowd! The only one who can still fight is the spear Ashigaru that originally protected the iron artillery team, and in any case, they are also the "elite" of the Hatano family's elite, but the number of people left is only in the early 1,000s. The cannon was fired every five minutes, but it never had such a good effect, and the remnants of resistance were being cleared.

From the telescope, I could see from a distance that several samurai in gorgeous armor in the Hatano main camp were surrounded by more than 200 banners and rode away, and the target should be in the direction of Yagami Castle. Urakami Munekei also canceled his original plan to join up with Hideharu Hatano, and retreated to the northwest at the foot of the mountain on his own, and it seems that it is quite hard to restrain the troops from breaking out!

"Order Keiji Maeda and Kanosuke Yamanaka to crush the resistance of the Hatano army and destroy all of its living forces! Order Shima Katsu to lead his armored cavalry across the river to pursue the Urakami army, and destroy its troops as much as possible! "I'm in high spirits for a while, and this time I'm definitely going to make these messy guys look good." …… Order Fuxiu and the high house to move closer to the main formation! "In the end, I was prepared.

"Lord!" That's when Kerr suddenly appeared in front of me.

"Why are you back?" I was amazed.

"It was the teacher who ordered me to come up and be included in the main public system!" He handed the spear in his hand to his subordinates, took a tea bowl and drank it in a big gulp. “…… The battle of the lower reaches is basically over, and the troops of Akai and Iwaki are finished! The teacher is leading a team to seize the cities in the southwest of Tambo, saying that he will go to the castle of Yagami and the main guild as soon as possible. He also said that although the enemy still has a small number of fully formed troops, their fighting spirit has been completely lost, and the lord should advance as soon as possible so as not to give the enemy a chance to breathe. Resolutely eliminate those who dare to resist, only in this way can the wealthy clans of Tanbo surrender as soon as possible! He finally finished speaking, and at the same time finished drinking, and raised his sleeve to wipe his mouth.

"Teacher......" I felt my throat tighten.

"That's right! My lord, I have also brought you a 'gift'! Saying that, Ke'er Caizang shouted outside, "Bring it in!" "In the midst of a few wolf-like nudges and shoves, a man was brought to me by a wide range of ties.

"Tsubi-sama? Really...... It's rare! "I saw that the person in front of me was actually a Shikai teacher, and I really didn't know what to say for a while. In any case, he is also an important minister of the Hatano family, how can he be caught so easily under the watchful eye of the army?

Shikai only shook his head and smiled bitterly at my question, or did Ke'er hide the reason for the incident to me, but that was the part he knew, and most of the key points were speculated by me. It turns out that Shioni has not been able to gain the trust of Hideharu Hatano since the last time, and although this war had to let him out, he still kept a hand. Under his command were 3,000 newly recruited peasant soldiers, and they were also used as reserves, but before the attack could be started to aid Akai Naomasa, the team was scattered by the rout soldiers who came down from the front, and he himself became a prisoner of Keer Caizang.

"Adults don't have to mind too much, after all, today's defeat is not the fault of adults!" At my signal, someone loosened his rope, but the weapon was not returned to him.

"Defeat after defeat at the hands of His Highness, there is really nothing to say!" Shikai Jiaoye's face was pale, and his voice was weak.

"Don't be discouraged...... "I was in a very good mood at the moment, so I wanted to comfort him.

"Back to my lord!" A flag in charge of observation ran over. "Ukita's army has retreated!"

"Oh!" I looked over the hill, and sure enough, there was no one in sight.

"They have just retreated from the west, and their speed is not known how many times faster than the Urakami army!" The flag continued to report excitedly.

"Despicable villain!" Shioni Jiaoye gritted his teeth and cursed, and a flush rose on his face, but then he said gloomily: "Congratulations to Your Highness, Tanba...... From now on, the surname is Zhuxing! ”

"It's not good for adults to say that, after all, 'a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall'!" I kindly defended the Ukita Naoya. "About the Hatano family...... There is still a lot to rely on in the future! ”

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