Chapter 644: The Battle of Sister River (6)

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But in Sister River, a war is underway that could change the course of the world. However, the ten-meter-wide river became a gate to hell at this time, and countless Oda troops continued to charge forward, and then were killed by bullets fired from iron cannons or flying arrows. The corpse fell into the water, but without even a chance to float, it was trampled by friendly forces behind it. If you're lucky, you can only follow the river into Lake Biwa and eventually become food for the big fish in the lake.

At this time, the battlefield has become a three-on-three situation. Oda Yoshinobu in the upper reaches against Ichijomune, Shibata Katsuie in the middle against the Asakura army, and Oda Nobunaga in the lower reaches against Asai Nagamasa. The distance between the three parties is about 1 or 2 kilometers, which is not too close, but it is not far either, but it is not so easy to support each other.

This situation was deliberately done by Oda Nobunaga and Asai Nagamasa. How so? The entire sister river, which runs from the Kanegu River in northern Omi to Lake Biwa, is a long river, and if you do not separate the defense and attack, it is easy for the enemy to sneak across the river from somewhere and take the opportunity to attack the flank of the own army.

And this three-on-three situation also has some of the so-called "Tian Ji horse racing" meaning. Both sides will choose to match the strongest and weakest in order to get a chance to win. But was it the Asakura army that defeated the Shibata army first, or the Oda army that defeated the Asai army first?

Well, whether it is Asai Nagamasa or Oda Nobunaga, they ignore the duel between Oda Yoshinobu and Ichishomune. In the eyes of the two, although Oda Yoshinobu was strong, the enemy he faced was a total of 50,000 followers of the Sect after all, as long as he could maintain a defensive position, it was enough. But apparently, Oda Yoshinobu didn't think so. And the same is true of Shimoma Yorisho, but compared to Oda Yoshinobu, Shimoma Yoriteru is a little helpless, because Asai Nagamasa and Asakura Keiken oppose his attack proposal at the same time. So although he was dissatisfied, Lai Zhao Shimoma still honestly did a good job of defense. Although he is very arrogant, as mentioned earlier, he is not very good at swordsmanship.

"Lord, it looks like the enemy army is planning to rely on the river to defend it." Li Huamei looked at the movement of the enemy army and said in a deep voice.

"Hehe, they're good at it." Oda Yoshinobu sneered, he had already guessed what Asai Nagamasa meant, it was nothing more than relying on the superior forces of the Ichisuji sect to drag himself to the death, so that a situation was formed between Oda and Asakura.

"Don't be careless, my lord, although the enemy's equipment is not good, but those who are willing to come here, even if they are not those fanatical believers, it is estimated that it is not much worse." Li Huamei persuaded when she heard this. The First Battle of Long Island made Li Huamei, who had never taken the Yizong sect in his eyes, completely realize what it means to be a religious madman.

"Not bad! What Master Li said is extremely true, we must not underestimate the enemy army just because their equipment is inferior to our own family. Shigeharu Takenaka agreed, but then he said again, "But this time it's different from Nagashima, which has always been a believer who has no way out but to fight hard, but the terrain here is flat, and if they want to go, no one can stop them." ”

Hearing this, Li Huamei nodded, "Yes, but even so, if we attack strongly, I'm afraid our army's losses will be very large." Li Huamei said, pointing to the rows of iron artillery on the opposite bank, the meaning is self-evident.

As people became more familiar with the iron cannon as a weapon, the various shortcomings of the iron cannon were constantly improved, and now, almost all the major powers already have a certain number of iron cannon teams. Although the problem of slow hit rate and firing interval still exists, now, in this situation, this disadvantage has been greatly reduced.

If the Oda army wants to attack Ichijomune, they must cross the river, and although it is not wide to get out of the sister river, the distance of about ten meters is enough to become a gate to hell. In particular, there were 50,000 people in Tsusamune, and as long as the Oda army wanted to attack, it had to be pressed by the whole army. In this way, as long as the iron gunner does not aim into the sky, it is difficult to miss the enemy. In fact, most of the ways in which the Iron Artillery Corps is used today are in the face of dense enemy formations.

Just hearing the words of the two, Oda Yoshinobu just shook his head, "How can there be immortals in war?" The sister river is only about ten meters wide, and it can be crossed in a few steps. ”

Hearing this, Li Huamei and Shigeharu Takenaka didn't say much, and they could see that Oda Yoshinobu had made up his mind to attack. In this regard, the two actually agreed, after all, it is now a three-on-three situation, and if Oda Yoshinobu is deadlocked, it is easy to put pressure on the other two sides.

Seeing this, Oda Yoshinobu directly ordered, "Pass the order down, the whole army will attack!" I'm going to kill these bald donkeys who don't chant the scriptures as quickly as possible, and let them know what their job is! ”

"It's coming!" As soon as the Oda Army moved, Shimoma Yoriteru, who always paid attention to the movements of the Oda Army, found out. "Pass the order, the archers and the iron artillery team are ready to shoot! Spear team, give me the top, I must not let the Oda army cross the river! Shimoma Lai Zhao said loudly.

"Don't be afraid! Keep rushing! There are still a few steps to go ashore, and then their bows and iron cannons will not pose a threat to our army! Archer, give me a shot back! "Shima Zuo is constantly commanding. And behind them, Keiji Maeda, Yukihisa Shiraki and others followed.

Arrows and iron bullets were swayed at the Oda army in the river as if they didn't want money, and from time to time, one person fell down in the river and could not get up again, and was completely buried by the constantly flowing river. Or, they may be trampled on by unwitting allies and turned into meat puree, or they may follow the river all the way to Lake Biwa and eventually become food for the big fish in the lake.

As the Oda army got closer and closer to the shore, the pikemen of Ichimune immediately raised their spears and formed a dense forest of guns, and in the gaps, the iron gunners squatted on the ground and continued to shoot, and in the rear, the archers continued to throw arrows.

In a short time, the Oda army had already come to the shore, and the two sides were on the shore and the other in the water, constantly holding spears and entanglement. However, it is clear that the advantage of the Yizong on the shore is very obvious, and the down-to-earth makes them wield their spears more powerfully, and the condescending position makes their offensive extremely fierce.

But obviously, the Oda army also has its own advantages.

"Death gods, follow me!" Shiraki Yukihisa shouted.