Two shells from the Shimazu army fell in the phalanx guarded by Shiga, and because it was in the river, there was no smoke, but the waves splashed more than a foot high and fell down to cover a considerable area.

After a moment of silence, Shiga's troops were in disarray, and ordinary ashigaru began to turn around and flee with a crying father. The formation is completely gone, and the dolphin is nothing more than that. This momentum began to spread like a plague, and Kagawa Motokei, who had not been hit, could not restrain the troops, and Naoshige Nabeshima was slightly better, but more and more people turned their heads.

Some of those who run away will ignore the direction, as long as it is not in front of them. There were even some who began to influence Yoshitsugu's troops, but after the first few were stabbed to death with spears, no one came in this direction anymore. Although Keiji Maeda's Kii Army was also dominated by the countrymen, firstly, the quality was relatively tough, and secondly, there were 3,000 people from Yoshiji Otani blocking the rebellious army, so nothing too big happened.

"That's the first formation?" Looking at the scene in front of me, I couldn't cry or laugh, what kind of quality of troops is this! I thought that the soldiers in Kyushu would have a wider horizon than the "wild monkeys" in the mountains of Dongguo, but my confidence was shattered like this.

Although it was a bit of a hurry, I still discerned: there were only two cannons of the Shimazu army, and they were not high-end goods! Not only was the range short and the landing did not bloom, even in the dense formation of Shiga himself, the casualties caused by the two guns were less than 15 in total. So those hateful and ridiculous guys were completely discouraged by the luxurious "pomp". If all the troops in Kyushu were of such quality, then I could have "flattened" with my 10,000 men alone, and more than 20 authentic army guns had not yet spoken!

"Toot ~ Toot ~ Toot ......" Before the order to stabilize the situation was issued for our second-line troops to advance, the Shimazu front army on the opposite side launched an operation amid a series of conch sounds. Led by 3,000 people in the middle lane, the disorganized team rushed forward in a straggler formation, and if you didn't know, you thought it was a group of bandits fighting.

"Your Highness, please hurry up and order the cannon to fire!" The Kamo clan said to me loudly with a pale face, although it was inconvenient for him to make too severe accusations at this time because of the forces of all sides, but I could see that he was very angry. "Some of the low-quality troops were frightened by the opponent's artillery, and it doesn't have to be proven that we are stronger than the other side, and everyone's morale will be lost!" After saying that, he glanced around sternly, and many people bowed their heads in shame.

"Order all the artillery to fire!" The fighter plane was fleeting, and I knew I couldn't hesitate at this point. Once there is something wrong, I can't even find the temple gate to cry.

The iron artillery position between the main formation and the second front erupted into a giant-like roar, and thick smoke drifted from the front, severely obscuring the view. Everyone was anxiously waiting for the moment when the smoke cleared, like a group of students waiting for the release of the results, and a few of them unconsciously took a few steps forward. The effect should be good, at least listening to the sound.

The smoke finally drifted behind us, and the scene slowly became clearer, and the effect was really good.

My cannon is far superior in quality to my opponent, not only more powerful but also with a longer range. In terms of position, we were both equal from the riverbed, and they could only hit (as before) into the river, while my cannon had reached the opposite bank and extended sixty or seventy meters.

The Hao soldiers in the river were a little dazed, but they gradually calmed down. If you have that kind of terrifying weapon on your own side, and it seems to be more powerful than the other side, it doesn't seem so bad, right? They stood still, turned around, and gradually began to fight.

Shimazu's troops were clearly trained to face artillery fire, and the scattered formations that covered the mountains greatly reduced the lethality of the artillery, and in this way made the casualties look less glaring, and after the fall of more than 200 people, they still rushed forward with all their strength (perhaps due to the stupidity of the Kyushu people).

"Phew~~~!" I let out a long sigh and sat back on the maza, feeling very weak. I know it's not exactly a hot day, it's exhaustion after a nervous getaway.

"In the end, it is the world-famous Star Army, this combat power is really ...... It's really ......" Otomo Sorin's already pale face just now regained some blood, but his speech became a little unclear. I probably wanted to pay my respects, but I didn't find a proper compliment for a while.

"His Royal Highness Otomo is really too famous~!" I also knew I should be more formal and modest, but I really didn't feel that way, especially at a time like this.

Besides, I am really annoyed by the quality of their army, and it is actually scared like this by two loud "stones", is this still an army? The soldiers of Kyushu do have a tenacity, which is inseparable from the character of the locals, but also because of the low degree of professionalism of the soldiers, these people are actually some farmers. No matter how strong a peasant is, he is not a real soldier, at most a thief.

Without too much entertainment for Otomo Sorin, he turned his attention to the battlefield, and the attacking troops on both sides had already fought fiercely, and the location was about fifty zhang wide in the Ogawa River. Now that the formation and morale have been restored, then my heart has also relaxed, after all, the number of my coalition forces is more than twice that of the other party, although the quality of these guys around me is really not flattering.

Needless to say, our artillery could hit the two guns of the Shimazu army into the river, so neither side dared to gather our troops into a military formation again, so as not to suffer a catastrophe.

No formation is equivalent to a scuffle, and I was a little dazzled by the chaos of the flags. In the armies of Japan, the white ones are the most bearer, accounting for almost half of the total, and the others are black, red, blue, and a few yellow, green, not for other reasons, except that white cloth is the cheapest. However, this caused me a lot of visual confusion, and it was difficult to tell who was who at once.

"It seems...... Doesn't seem right! After a burst of compliments, Otomo Sorin suddenly came up with such a sentence without a beginning or an end, but I understood the general meaning.

"Oh!" My body shook slightly, and my eyes widened sharply. Otomo Sorin, after all, is a local, and he should know more about the characteristics of the troops on both sides than I do.

Slowly, I also realized that something was wrong, and the troops of Shiga and Kagawa Motokei, who were on the left, were retreating step by step, and even Naoshige Nabeshima, who was known as a famous general, was also shaken to a certain extent. This shouldn't be, there are more than 14,000 people in the five forward units, but the Shimazu army only has more than 8,000 people!

"What a guy who can't get on the stage!" Secretly scolding in my heart, I slowly shifted my gaze to the right. As long as Yoshitsugi Ohtani and Keiji Maeda gain the upper hand, I can throw another unit into the flank for a roundabout. "Ahh I exclaimed slightly, the situation in front of me was too unbelievable to me.

Otani Yoshitsugu's 2,000 troops did not have an advantage at all, and it was really unimaginable that they could only stabilize their positions in the face of roughly equal troops, and it was not Takeda or Uesugi on the other side!

The only thing that made me feel a little relieved was Keiji Maeda, and he was the one who was able to gain the upper hand. The Kii regiment had already driven the opponent to the shore, only to stop for fear of being shelled by the opposing side.

"Oops, I didn't even think of that!" The Gamo clan suddenly slammed his thigh and screamed, but fortunately, the sound was not very loud.

"Clan, what's going on?" I asked him suspiciously, it would be nice to have someone to help me out. My army is inferior to these Kyushu guys in front of me, which is something I neither want to admit nor admit! Fortunately, someone can see it quickly, otherwise I don't know how far the battle will go.

"Length! Your Highness, it's length! "The Gamo clan pulled me in the excitement, and my spirit was in extreme excitement." Over the past ten years, the number of daimyo in various regions has increased, and the tactics have become more and more formal. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of strict tactics, each family gradually replaced the short spear with a long spear of more than one foot and five feet. But both sides of today's battle have the terrifying weapon of artillery, so the inevitable front-line confrontation will be carried out in a jagged manner, so the long gun is inferior to the short gun. It is really a shame for His Highness to neglect this point beforehand, but the Shimazu army actually replaced all the five-foot short guns in advance, which shows that there must be knowledgeable people among them! ”

"Do you have a solution?" I asked anxiously. At the moment, I am not in the mood to think about their masters, as long as I can defeat them, otherwise it may disrupt my whole plan.

"Yes, that's 'hurting people with this'!" He replied word by word, with a very ruthless meaning. "Our artillery fire is far superior to that of the enemy, and constant attacks can stop their reinforcements. Then as long as we increase the investment of troops, we can crush them to death by sand reclamation! ”

"Order the Iron Artillery to suppress any attempt at reinforcements from the enemy army with artillery fire!" I gave the order almost immediately, and I had a little less time to think. "Togawa, Hosokawa, Kerr, Omura, Tahara, and Takahashi are all in charge, immediately advance to the front line to attack the enemy army!"

The number of troops I invested for the second time exceeded 15,000, and even if I had been prepared, the Shimazu army would have been difficult to resist. Not to mention the 3,000 well-trained professional soldiers who have Keer Caizang, but also because there are a large number of samurai who are good at melee combat in each of the teams. The reason why Keiji Maeda was able to gain the upper hand just now was because Ji Yizhong was not a unit fighting a long-term war, and even the iron artillery people were pinned with a fighting knife, let alone others.

"Withdrawn! The Shimazu army withdrew! Ito Yoshiyu beside me muttered to himself, tears were rolling in his eyes, and his expression was like that of Sister-in-law Xianglin in a trance.

The Shimazu army did retreat, although it was still resisting frantically, but it was indeed slowly retreating. The flag of the main formation towards Shimazu was also moving, and it looked quite flustered.

"Huh?" I suddenly noticed an area in the Shimazu camp where the chaos was particularly severe. The reason why I noticed it was because it was where the Shimazu Army artillery was fired just now. "Attack, attack there first!" I pointed in that direction.