"This ...... Be! Niwa Nagashige hesitated for a moment and agreed, after all, the enemy he faced was only four or five hundred people, and it was not enough to escape from the battle. Besides, there are orders from me, as the commander-in-chief, and it is not undignified to talk about the overall situation.

The spear ashigaru of the Niwa division was rearranged into four columns, and the iron cannon ashigaru also returned to the marching queue, in fact, they were bluffing each other here, and there was no practical effect except for delaying time.

However, the Tokugawa army on the opposite side did not seem to want to give up like this, and the flat-firing iron cannons were replaced by sporadic fire into the sky, and in the sound of these "firecrackers", the vicious insults one after another were clearly transmitted, and even a few guys even unbuttoned their pants and peed on the river.

"How can it be!" Seeing this situation, several young samurai of the Niwa family were furious, and they drew their swords and guns and were about to kill them, but they were forcibly pulled by the people around them. Seeing that I didn't have anything new to say, Niwa Nagashi had to order someone to pull those impulsive subordinates and quickly leave this awkward place.

"It's kind of interesting!" With a smile, I held up the gem-encrusted gold telescope to my eyes as my attendant handed me, and took a closer look at these strange "enemies".

These were standard soldiers, not well-equipped but by no means improvised peasant soldiers, and all of them were leather-armored small bamboo hats with wooden handles with spears more than a foot long. I didn't see it too clearly just now because I glanced at it too clearly, although the upper end of the white flag behind these soldiers was also printed with a black sunflower pattern, but it was still different from Tokugawa Ieyasu's "three-leaf aoi".

"Zhuxing Qing Clan, you shameless profiteer!"

"Stealing the country!"

Maybe I saw that the Niwa reserve team had gone away, and the scolding that hit me with a head and a face, I don't know if it was because my current reputation was too great, and even the real thing with the fake sesame seeds and rotten grains was turned out.

"Lord, I'll take a team of people to kill you and the others!" Sakurai Sakichi said as he leaned into my ear with a flushed face.

"Fetch a team of bows and arrows!" I took the telescope off my eyes and commanded with a sigh.

There is no such thing as bows and arrows in my Guards, because it seems that there is no need for close protection and assault force as the commander, but it has to be said that although the role of bows and arrows has continued to decline for more than ten years with the widespread use of iron cannons, they are still an important part of the regular army.

The Japanese are accustomed to using long soft bows with light feather arrows to have little lethality against heavily armored samurai if they were not shot at the throat by chance, but you have to admit that not only is it longer than the iron cannon, but the small curved arc of the firing trajectory is enough to go around the makeshift low bunkers on the battlefield, which the iron cannon can't do anyway.

The 20,000-strong troops I have under my command are also the usual strength at present, so Sakurai Sakichi quickly transferred 200 bows and arrows and lined them up along the south bank of the Ryusenji River. At this time, the distance between the two sides of the river was about 120 to 150 paces, which was just within the effective range of the bow and arrow, and the Tokugawa army on that side should have noticed this situation and stopped chattering and watching the scene on this side.

"What are you doing here?" Along with Bow and Arrow Ashigaru was Ikeda Tsuneko, whose troops were right behind me, and when they saw that I was here for a long time, they came to take a look.

"Can't you see what I'm doing?" I raised my hand and pointed to the other side of the river with my military fan.

"Cut, you're stupid!" He only glanced at the other side, then immediately turned his head to stare at me with strange eyes. "It's just that these centaurs are here to make trouble, and it's useless for them to just step back a few bows and arrows. Why don't you send a team of cavalry over and rush at him immediately, won't all problems be solved? ”

"I just want to see if this Tokugawa army is a scare run away with a bow and arrow!" At this point, the rising sun became a little dazzling, and I lowered my helmet to cover it. "If they run away, I'll leave immediately, because the iron cannons over there won't be able to beat the river anyway, and the hundreds of people won't be able to make any big waves. If they don't retreat, I'll have to think carefully about what Tokugawa Ieyasu still has to rely on! ”

"Oh......" Ikeda snorted, but didn't really understand what I meant.

I didn't expect him to understand now, at least not myself, that I had to observe and ponder more about someone like Tokugawa Ieyasu who might take over the world, including his men. I nodded lightly and motioned for a start.

"All of them are ...... Put! The original commander of this bow and arrow reserve shouted out the order at the same time, and the color match in his hand also waved and fell.

The feathered arrows fired by two hundred bows at the same time were concentrated together, and they were also black and pressed, and with a buzzing bowstring vibration, they flew to the other side of the river, and the group of Tokugawa troops still stood in an untidy line.

Although the effect of light feather arrows on the armor of the samurai is limited, it is still enough to shoot on the body of Ashigaru who is only wearing light armor from a hundred paces away, and just as we watch, more than 30 Tokugawa ashigaru arrows in the front row fell. The Tokugawa soldiers did not stand in close formation, and the weight of the feathered arrows was too light and affected by the wind, so it was not surprising that there were only 200 people with this achievement.

"They...... They really didn't retreat? Ikeda said in a daze.

I raised my binoculars and looked north to the river, and the Tokugawa army was not unresponsive after the first round of attacks, but the slight fluctuations seemed to be intimidated by something, and there was no rout. After a long search, I finally found a Tokugawa military commander, who I ignored after several searches because he had been immediately under a big tree.

This military general rode on a pure black high war horse, the cyan armor was covered with a vermilion array feather weaving, and in his hand he was carrying a five-meter-long plain spear, which was really majestic. What caught my attention the most was that under the shade of the trees, he wore a strangely shaped antler-shaped persimmon-shaped helmet on his head.

"What's wrong with them?" Just in time for this time, Ikeda Hengxing also came over to pull me.

"It's been raining so much lately that their brains are flooded!" I flicked my sleeves impatiently.

The general slowly stepped out of the shade of the tree, and waved his spear forward and pointed it at my side. Ashigaru, who was already less than five hundred, quickly lined up in two rows, marched forward with his spear held high, and stepped neatly into the river.

"Crazy...... It's crazy......" Ikeda muttered to himself, but a hint of emotion flashed in his eyes. I deliberately observed the others again, and there were so many people who had such expressions, and even some of them had tears in their eyes.

"Bow and arrow shooting!" I didn't receive a samurai education since I was a child, so I'm not a samurai at heart. Maybe this moment is a touching scene, but I don't have a sense of integration, but I think of something else.

The bows and arrows began to fire again, and the Tokugawa soldiers in the river fell one by one, and the delay of the river gave the bows enough time to shoot, and after three rounds the Tokugawa army was less than half left.

"Bring in some iron cannons!" I'm going to fix it all quickly, with short intervals and try not to make the protagonist a "lone hero" as much as possible. "Leave Honda Tadakatsu......" I whispered to Gobenmaru to deliver my orders.

I had iron cannons in my guard, and I didn't need to go anywhere else, and the iron cannons that replaced the archers shot without delay. After the aftermath and smoke of the three shots gradually cleared, only Honda Tadakatsu was alone in the river, and corpses drifted downstream with cloudy blood.

"Zhuxing Qing Clan, I have come to beg for your life!" Honda Tadatsu roared and urged the horse forward.

At this time, the river was already more than a foot deep, and although the horses had not yet drowned their feet, it had seriously affected the speed of progress, and no normal person could walk fast on the flat ground. Still, Honda Tadakatsu came to me with difficulty and persistence, as if he were facing me alone, not tens of thousands.

I waved my fan and pointed it to the river, turned around and shouted, "Honda Tadakatsu is alone and comes to fight, who ......" I can't let Honda Tadakatsu become a legendary knight who challenges the dragon, and must kill him in a one-on-one battle.

"I'm coming!" As soon as I said this, a samurai rushed out of his side, jumped forward and jumped into the river. "I, the samurai of the Star Family, Harumasa Naito, have come to take your head!" At the shouting, the cross-gun stabbed out.

"The nameless rats are also coming to die!" Honda Tadakatsu didn't parry, and stabbed forward with a backhand shot. His antler-shaped helmet has a half-covered mask, and although he can't see his expression, he can feel his awe-inspiring gaze.

The "Dragonfly Cut" in his hand is the longest of the well-known guns in the world, and it has almost caught up with the "long handle" in the hands of the queue Ashigaru, coupled with his extraordinary arm strength and martial arts, he can reach the last hit first in one move.

"Dangchang!" While Harumasa Naito locked the "dragonfly cut" with the cross gun in his hand, his body trembled slightly after a shock. This is still due to the fact that he can't use the power of the war horse to rush forward in the water, otherwise he will definitely not be able to parry Honda's move.

"Ugh......" I let out a long sigh, Haruto Naito was finished.

Naito Haru's subordinates have followed me for more than ten years, and he is brave and has made many achievements, but this score is not one or two grades worse than Honda's victory over him. However, at this time, he could neither let people help him, nor could he call him back, after all, this was a solitary fight in full view of everyone and not a melee, and it would be a great shame for life and even for future generations.

I originally said that I wanted to ask Shinhachiro to go out, whether it is martial arts or strength, I have the certainty of winning steadily, otherwise Ke'er Caizo and Shima Katsumeng are afraid that there will be mistakes. However, I neglected the allure of people to win the great honor of such a famous man as Honda Tadakatsu, which led directly to this consequence.

"Ahh Harumasa Naito was really defeated, and was stabbed off the horse by Honda Tadakatsu in a few moves.

"Honda Tadakatsu, let's die!" This time, Shinhachiro rushed out without waiting for me to speak, and he had a grudge just now when he let others preempt him.

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Bears in Winter: In "The First Ninja of Japan's Warring States - The Biography of Tokugawa Ieyasu", published by the China Workers Publishing House, there is an episode about the battle between Komakiyama and Nagakute, where Tadakatsu Honda harassed the army of Hashiba Hideyoshi with hundreds of men. I didn't do any further research, and I did a little processing here.