"Should we send a letter to the teacher?" I shook off my shoulder, and Jin Xiaoju, who was caught between the armor, rolled on the ground. Immediately, a guard flag came over and carefully picked them up one by one, and hung them back on the horse seal with a long pole.

"Hmm...... Okay......" Takenaka Hanbei obviously hadn't come to his senses yet, because of his thin body, he had always only worn light armor.

I turned to the back, where a line of heralds in black armor stood by, each leading a steed of warhorses. When I saw the heralds in the Takeda Army, who were wearing peculiar clothes and carrying "centipede" flags on their backs, I always wanted to change their attire. My original herald sign was not too obvious, and it was often the case that some people who didn't pay attention could not give way in time when crossing the formation. This time, they were given new equipment, not only conspicuous black armor, but also a double-inserted "flying harrier" pattern on the back. "Summons the order to Lord Nagano...... "My hand was raised, but I was still thinking about how to phrase it.

"Lord, don't bother the teacher!" Takenaka's half-guard suddenly spoke out to stop me.

"Why?" I looked at him in amazement.

"Actually...... Teacher, he already knew it! The half-guard of Takenaka sighed and said helplessly. The minister used to think he was smart, but today he knows his shallowness! From the beginning of the courtier, it was a little strange, why did the teacher only use less than 50 iron cannons to shoot at the enemy? It turned out that he had already discovered the enemy's conspiracy and deliberately concealed the strength of the iron artillery team. He knew that even if he eliminated the enemy in front of him, it would be useless, and the key to victory was to disrupt the enemy's deployment with all his strength. And the decisive force in this battle is probably the iron cannon and the big barrel! Therefore, in the face of such an 'opportunity', he did not take the initiative to attack, second, he did not reinforce Lord Otani, and third, he did not urge the lord, which shows that he wants the lord to be cautious, and at the same time does not want to interfere with the lord's decision! ”

"We ...... All too young! "I also realized my recklessness at this time, and the battle on the battlefield is often a contest of the manager's personal quality." Since the teacher trusts me so much, and since the soldiers of the whole army trust me so much, then I must punch Hideji Hatano on the 'seven inches'! I gritted my teeth hard, but where is this "key"? Since the armored cavalry cannot be played in advance in this battle, then it is necessary to rely on iron cannons and cannons to gain the initiative! But where to fight? Hatano Honjin? Reach. Former army brigade? The effect will not be great. That......

While I was worried, the half-guards in Takenaka were also frowning and meditating. The battle continued tepidly downstream, and finally after half an hour Otani Yoshitsugu had routed the 2,000 peasants without much loss. Nagano pushed the battle line forward, but still didn't get too close to the riverbank. Akai Naomasa on the opposite side didn't make any further movements, and watched the rout run away.

"There it is!" Takenaka Hanbei suddenly slammed his left palm with his right fist and shouted at the same time.

"Oh!" In my contemplation, I was taken aback by him.

"Lord, fight their iron artillery team!" He said to me excitedly. "In order to deal with our armored cavalry, Hatano and these people have gathered the iron cannons together. As long as our army lures them out and shoots at our army on the shore, we can take advantage of our superiority in the number of iron cannons, the rate of fire, and the range of large barrels to destroy them at once! At that time, the hearts of the enemy were shaken, and we had no threat to cross the river with our first horse, and the battle was won! ”

"Great idea!" I couldn't help but praise it, but immediately a new problem arose. "Right now, is the enemy's iron artillery team still in the Akai formation? How can we get the most out of our attacks? ”

"This ...... It's hard to say! "Takenaka's half-guards also made a mistake for a while." The dense military flags were originally intended to cover the iron artillery team, which shows that their position is very likely to move between the second and third lines at any time! Even there, we can't visualize its formation, so the attack effect will definitely not be good, but it will expose the secret of the cannon! ”

"What a dilemma!" I felt the pressure on my shoulders suddenly weigh up, as if I was out of breath. "To fight...... We want to lure out the Iron Artillery Team...... You can't use the armor...... Let them come out on their own...... Hum! I snorted heavily, finally making up my mind. Re-rule, give the order! Ask Shikanosuke to attack the enemy head-on! ”

"Attack from us?" Hanbei Takenaka was taken by surprise by this decision.

"Yes!" I said decisively: "Only by directly attacking Hideji Hatano's handsome banner, and only by attacking from me, will they believe that this is the key to victory, and only here can they be beaten!" ”

"Yes!" Despite his doubts, he gave the order. With the sound of the conch and the wave of the flag, Yamanaka Kanosuke's 1,500 spears descended into the river.

The front of the Hatano army on the opposite side began to release arrows, and from time to time people in the queue fell, but fortunately, the lethality of bows and arrows was extremely limited, and it was not enough to cause any serious consequences. Just as our troops were about to land, about 2,000 enemy troops on the opposite side met them. The sides engaged in a close battle, they stood on the shore, and our troops stood in the water.

"Order, get close to cover!" I gave another order.

500 Iron ran to the east bank of the river and began to shoot at the enemy troops on the opposite side. It was a great advantage to attack the opponent in the river from a high place, but now it became a fatal weakness, because there was no cover in front of them, and row after row of the corpses of the Hatano army fell into the river, and then floated downstream with the flowing water. The enemy's bow and arrow Ashigaru also tried to suppress it, but with the two warring armies and a river, they couldn't reach the iron artillery team here, and the arrows were too light to hurt the Yamanaka Kanosuke who were blocked by his own people with a projectile.

Half an hour later, the Hatano army in front had already lost more than a thousand people, and under the cover of the powerful fire of the iron artillery team, the loss of Yamanaka Kanosuke was less than a hundred. Hatano threw another 3,000 ashigaru in the front, and many of them were knocked down by bullets fired from the opposite side as soon as they arrived at the front line, but even so, their iron artillery team was nowhere to be seen.

"Still won't work!" Takenaka Hanbei frowned and said, "Hatano Hideji doesn't believe it, I don't believe that we will break through from the front without using armor!" It seems that the troops we have invested and the way we fight have been too thin and rash! ”

"I can't bear the child's trap on the wolf!" I jerked my foot. "Fight! Pull up Keiji's 3,000 men and throw them into the frontal battlefield to support Kanosuke! ”

"Lord?!" Takenaka Hanbei was shocked. "Now that the Ukita family has not moved, the enemy army is still far superior to me! Hastily pull the main reserves up......"

I looked sideways at the "er" flag on the mountain, and my heart was also churning. "It's okay! Our armoured horsemen are not yet in action, and they are not needed for the time being. With them near the Chinese army, Ukita can't make much waves even if there is any abnormal movement! "I cheered myself up.

"Yes!" The Takenaka half-guard carried out my order, but added a little more. We informed the Nagano father and son downstream of our intentions and asked them to cooperate as appropriate.

Keiji Maeda's input was like throwing a stack of shot put balls at one end of the scale, instantly flattening the gap in numbers between the two sides. The Hatano army, already dazed by the iron artillery, retreated step by step, and Keiji Maeda and Kanosuke Yamanaka attacked the west bank of the Sanki River. From time to time, small groups of enemy troops broke up, and the middle of the enemy front faltered!

The offensive downstream became more violent, and after being reinforced by 1,000 men from the Nagano Department and 1,000 men from the Tayususo Division, the Yoshimasa Otani crossed the river to attack the enemy. The quality of the enemy army is far inferior to mine, and the battle situation in the middle is obvious to all, and the morale of the coalition army is about to disperse!

Nagano Yemasa is worthy of being a famous player who has repeatedly hit a wall with Takeda Shingen, and he is very bold at critical moments, so that we young people sometimes sigh to ourselves! At this time, he threw in the last main force in his hands, and Ke'er Caizo led 1,500 men to move slightly upstream, making a gesture of separating Akai, Iwaki and Hatano Honjin. Taking advantage of the enemy's panic to respond, Nagano Yemori led nearly 100 flag-based Pegasus to break into the Akai formation, and the formation of the enemy troops downstream was chaotic with the army's heart!

"Teacher's technique is good!" I picked up the Tai Chi Tuan military fan and tapped the Maza under the seat, and today I learned another trick.

"Lord...... Are we ...... You can also try it! "Takenaka's half-guard tentatively asked me for instructions.

"Good!" I immediately agreed to his suggestion and understood his hesitation. After all, he is a courtier, and some things have to be cautious. "Shinhachiro led 300 guards to go out of battle! You don't have to go too deep, but you have to smash the frontal resistance to me! ”

"Obey!" Shinhachiro grabbed his gun and waved on his horse, then rushed forward. All 300 members of the Guards marched from both sides of the shogunate and marched in a single cone formation to the opposite side.

Since this team was composed entirely of elite samurai, its combat effectiveness was self-evident, and as soon as it crossed the river, it cut into the front army's main formation from the flank, and a large number of enemy soldiers fell like wheat harvesting.

"Hideji Hatano...... Isn't it too patient? I looked at the unbelievable scene on the other side, and I couldn't imagine that I would face such a "wise general".

Looking at the banner, the Hatano Zong Gao led the army to make up for it, and a cursory observation of the 5,000 people was enough, I knew that this was the "old book" of the Hatano family, and it was not a mess of peasant soldiers. Isn't he afraid that the foundations of his rule will be shaken? Just don't let the Iron Cannon team assist?

"Perhaps...... Are they too scared of the armor? Takenaka Hanbei suddenly said: "So far, our armored cavalry has not appeared, which makes them even more unsettled!" Wouldn't it be better if we let them see the armor? ”

"Makes sense!" I figured out the joints after a little thought, but unfortunately I didn't think of them sooner. "Someone!" I waved over a herald carrying a "Flying Harrier" flag. "The herald is victorious, and A rides to the upstream riverbank to line up!"

"Yes!" The herald turned and prepared to leave.

"Slow!" I suddenly had another idea.

"Yes!" He immediately turned around and continued to receive orders.

"Tell Shengmeng: After the formation is completed, the whole team will dismount after counting 200 times, and then count 200 times the whole team will get on the horse, and so on until I give a new order!" After the herald left, I asked Takenaka Hanbei, "Shigeji, what do you think of my idea?" ”

"My lord, what a clever plan!" He smiled and nodded.