I thought about it for a while and decided to hide the tactics for the time being, and only deal with them with the conventional tactics of 600 iron cannons with three shots. This may be a bit risky, but to deal with the next red reserve assault, you should always leave a little hole card.

However, immediately after that, another reserve also moved, and followed the first reserve into the river. The two armies, numbering a thousand men, flowed across the river and pounced on my camp.

This is...... Crowd tactics? I was suddenly a little disappointed, Yama County Changjing, one of the four ministers of Takeda, wouldn't be just this extent?

I have always believed that as a commander of an army, you can tolerate certain sacrifices, but you must not ignore casualties, let alone exchange the lives of soldiers for victory. If anyone issues such an order that does not conform to the ethics of command, let alone being called a military god, he is not even worthy of the qualifications of a soldier. What's more, what Changjing is now commanding is not the fanatical army that attacked the Russian fortresses one after another during the Russian War, and they absolutely cannot afford to have a high proportion of casualties.

As enemies on the battlefield, we are in a position of death to the death, and I will not be sympathetic. Now that the other party is willing to pay for casualties, I don't mind reaping my life.

"Iron cannon ready!" I pulled out the five carcass cuts, raised them high, and waited for the moment when the enemy army reached the river beach.

What I didn't expect was that the dozens of people at the front did not stop the whole formation, nor did they rush towards the front, but scattered into two groups, got out of the way of the beachhead in the middle, and rushed to the left section of the formation in a very scattered queue.

Then there is no need to use all the iron cannon salvos...... I gave up my original thoughts, slashed the sword, and shouted an order: "Left section!" Put! ”

Two hundred iron cannons immediately roared and fired a volley at the beachhead in front of the left section, knocking out a dozen or so men who rushed to the front. This result was less than the same number of naval gunners on the left flank, and the result was really bad in terms of the training of the iron artillery groups of the various reserves. The main reason for this is that the enemy on the beachhead is small in number and scattered in formation, similar to the straggler line charge method in later generations. This is a move to deal with a volley of firearms, but I didn't expect that Shan County Changjing would find this out so quickly, and dare to break up the queue in front of the formation, but he was a little decisive.

Maybe he also saw that my spear formation wants to protect the iron artillery team, and will not take the initiative to attack?

Sure enough, according to the orders of the general, the rest of the reserve team continued to march towards the left section of the formation in a disorderly manner, looking fearless. It was not until they rushed to the front of the gun formation that they formed several dense lines of spears and launched an attack on our gun formation.

The other reserve team also followed suit, rushing to the right section of the formation in a scattered formation, and also in front of the formation. This time, I didn't even save a salvo, hiding the strength of the iron artillery team, and waited intently to meet the Takeda family's Akabi. Because I found that Takeda Akabi on the opposite side had already completed the assembly on the beachhead, and it was the posture that was preparing to launch a rush.

Isn't the vacancy of the two reserves in the middle just to allow the cavalry to charge? Then let's see the power of my Kira family's iron cannon! I don't believe it, your Chibei dares to attack like this, which is tantamount to giving up his own advantages and self-castrating combat effectiveness...... Looking at the leaping Chibei on the other side, I secretly thought to myself.

However, next, the Takeda family sent out a few other reserves and launched an attack in the direction of my left and right flanks. They didn't attack very aggressively, they did little to my left and right flanks, but their own casualties were very limited. In comparison, the two reserve units attacking in the center worked much harder, and in the past half an hour, each reserve team had already suffered more than 100 casualties, and caused losses of 20 or 30 people on each of the left and right sections of our side. This exchange ratio is acceptable, but the Iron Artillery has never had a chance to play. Their intended firing surface was the beachhead, and if they fired at an enemy in close proximity, they might injure their own men. This is no more than ordinary casualties, the attack from the comrades behind him, even if he knows that it is a mistake, it is easy for the people who are fighting on the front line to collapse.

Thinking of this, I was faintly worried, there were not many pikemen in the main formation, there were only four platoons in total, in such a situation, would it be possible to block the surprise attack of Takeda Chibei? After all, they didn't have the experience to face a large cavalry raid, and they were facing Takeda Akabei, the strongest in the eastern country...... At this moment, the opposite Takeda Army blew the conch shell. Changjing, the county governor of this formation, ran to the river beach and said something to Chibei, and then nearly a thousand people let out a shout at the same time, and rushed into the river on horseback.

It's finally here...... I raised my five carcasses again, and with a little nervousness, I prepared to launch a three-stage attack on the beach in the middle.

However, they split into three groups and rushed to the left, center, and right sections of the river. This makes me wonder a little, is it preparing to attack at the same time in the three stages? Aren't there still their reserves fighting on the left and right sections?

Watching them begin to line up, I didn't have time to think about it, but still issued an order that had been in my mouth for a long time: "Three strikes!" Put! ”

The cannon team let out a long-lost roar, and it was very coherent, and every ten seconds, two hundred iron cannons were fired into the middle. Receiving such continuous blows, the fifty or sixty horsemen in the middle formation soon fell to the river beach. However, the cavalry on the left and right sides of the river beach lined up in formation, and they shouted again, and drew two arcs one after another, and struck towards the middle of our side.

I suddenly realized that Takeda Akabei's attack was very similar to my iron cannon, the same three-stage formation, and then the attack in turn. If my iron cannon attack method is "three-stage shooting", Akabei may be called "three-stage cavalry...... Perhaps, when he saw the three-stage formation method of my own formation, he had already guessed that I would use a three-stage attack after trying out the iron cannon configuration of the left and right sections?

However, surely he didn't know how fast the flintlock cannon I used was to attack, right? In addition, I have prepared a sniper artillery team as an additional offensive to deal with the enemy's charging generals.

According to history, Changjing of Shanxian County died under the fire of iron cannons, and what I have to do now is to let him meet his fate in advance. I believe that as long as he is killed, it will be equivalent to draining most of the essence and soul of this red army.

I held up the Nanban clairvoyant mirror and tried to find the whereabouts of Changjing, Shanxian County. However, I was very dismayed by the result, and instead of charging with him or staying at the front line, he rode his horse and stood in the middle of the river, accompanied by a number of close guards. Under such conditions, I simply can't snipe him.

Perhaps, I was misled by history and got into the horns? …… It dawned on me that this was indeed a problem. In the Battle of Nagashino in history, the reason why Yamaguchi Masakei personally charged was mainly because he was close to despair about the future of the Takeda family, and it can be said that he was fighting with a mortal heart, trying to recover the decline in front of the battle, and was killed by the iron cannon of the Oda-Tokugawa coalition army. However, now that the Takeda family has just defeated the Tokugawa family, it is just when it is said that Zhongtian, as a number of important ministers in the family and one of the commanders of the five branches, will never easily take risks.

Now, under his command, although the Takeda family's Akabi was knocked down by two or three platoons, someone finally managed to rush in front of my formation and crashed into the gun. The spearmen in the first two rows of the middle section still maintained the first posture, relying on the support of the ground, and the spears were tilted forward and erected, this posture received a good effect, and the first red cavalry was pierced by the spears, but their kinetic energy was still very large, so that some of the spears were broken in half, and the cavalry and horses were strung with spears, like an inverted pendulum pressed into the gun array, causing a lot of confusion.

At this time, the disadvantage of the lack of depth of the spear array was revealed. Only to deal with the three waves of the Takeda family's impact, on the battle line of dozens of meters, two or three gaps had already been exposed, and several Chibei cavalry burst in, and the sword in their hands was lifted from the bottom to the top, cutting open the chest and abdomen of the pikemen in front of them.

Such a situation is already dangerous! Takeda Akabei, sure enough, is amazingly powerful, although I am equipped with a new iron cannon, but I still can't block their impact.

"Hold on! Resist! "I shouted loudly, and ordered the attendants and stables around me to put up the gap in the spear formation, and ride their horses to meet the red cavalry.

At this time, it would be too stupid to have any strength left. I gave the order for the sniper artillery array to follow the rhythm of the mid-section, and engage in attacking the steady stream of cavalry. At the same time, I summoned Wasuka Keikatsu and Maenno Keitaka and ordered them to go to the left and right flanks respectively, and ordered them to break through the enemy forces in front of them, move closer to the main camp, and encircle the Takeda family's Akabi from three sides.

However, after all, far water can't save the near fire. Although I saw that the gun formations on the left and right flanks were like rainbows, forcing the Takeda parent spear team on the opposite side to retreat, the spear formation in the middle of the formation was on the verge of collapse, and in order to protect the general and the iron artillery team, my close attendants and horses had already attacked with all their strength, and they were united with the red preparation. Although they were loyal, they were unable to compete with Chibei in the immediate battle, and gradually gained the upper hand, and after a short time, they were faintly suppressed by the other party.

In the face of such a situation, Miyata Miyata Mitsuji and Kazuki Shiroto, who were holding the main general's flag and horse seal, who were close to me, rarely showed an anxious look.

"Lord, how about you avoid it for a while?" Kazuki Joto pleaded with me eagerly, "Whether you retreat to the left or the right, it is much safer than the main camp!" ”

"The main general's flag and horse seal cannot be returned!" I gritted my teeth, "Everyone is still fighting!" If they retreat, not only them, but even the left and right wings will be shaken! Moreover, there are 800 iron cannon soldiers behind him, and they can't escape Chibei's pursuit! ”

"Your fight is to buy time for the Lord to retreat!" Miyata Mitsuji exhorted loudly.

"Wait, wait!" I held the Nanban clairvoyant mirror and watched the left and right wings surrounding me, and felt that I couldn't just admit defeat.

Suddenly, an army appeared at the mouth of the river on the opposite bank, and they each led their horses out of the valley, numbering about five or six hundred people. Seeing their banners, I couldn't help but feel a burst of ecstasy. It's the cavalry of Naotora Ii!

I don't know why they went and came back so quickly. According to the distance and time, it is definitely not enough for them to go back and forth to Okazaki Castle...... But at this time, they are the weight of my victory.

Obviously, Ii Naotora also saw the battle situation on the other side, and everyone in the cavalry immediately got on their horses and rushed towards the Kawanaka Takeda Ling military banner and the Yama Prefecture Changjing under the Maruka Ling general. At this time, there were only more than 30 people around Changjing in Shan County, and they were absolutely unable to block the assault of the Jingyi cavalry, and the guards knew this, and hurriedly fled to the river bank in Shan County Changjing.

However, they forgot that we still have the Iron Artillery on our side. Although the two sides have not spoken for a while because of the stalemate in the battle, it does not mean that they have lost their minions.

A full 800 iron cannons roared in unison and fired at the Takeda family's main team, which had just fled to the river beach. In the focus of the eyes of the two armies, the more than 30 horsemen of this team were all shot, each of them was hit several holes, and even the men and horses fell on the river beach.

Time seemed to be silent for a few seconds, and then, our army let out an earth-shattering cheer and intensified the attack with great momentum. On the contrary, the Takeda family fought for nearly two hours, and at this moment they lost all their fighting spirit, and not only the spear bei that was completely suppressed by the left and right flanks, but also the dominant Akabei. They broke through the continuous rain of bullets and endured as many as fifty percent of the casualties, but the destruction of Shan Shan Changjing and himself seemed to drain their souls, and then they were cut down by my attendants and the horses.

At this point, this battle can be said to be over, and all that remains is to clean up the mess, clean up the battlefield and other sweeping work. Obviously, this was a great victory, not only Yama Yama and the Takeda Akabei led by him were completely wiped out, but the rest of the spears also suffered a lot of losses, estimated at no less than 1,500 people. And for this victory, our side also paid a lot, almost all the 200 spear soldiers in the middle of this formation were destroyed, even my close attendants and horses were killed and wounded dozens of people, and the battle losses of the left and right sections and the left and right flanks were about 400 in total. If it weren't for the arrival of the Jingyi cavalry and the death of Changjing in Shanxian County, maybe I wouldn't have been able to hold on.

Jing Yi Zhihu took Jing Yi Xuanzhi to visit, I helped her up, and said with emotion: "Really, it's good that you came, otherwise I'm afraid it would be a lose-lose ending!" ”

"It's a pity that I didn't personally ask for Changjing in Shanxian County!" Before Jing Yi Zhihu could speak, Jing Yi Xuanzhi rushed to say, with a look of regret on his face.

"Haha, if you want to win over the enemy general, you will still have a chance in the future!" I patted him on the shoulder, and then asked Naohu Ii, "Why did it come so quickly?" Did you send His Highness Okazaki back? ”

"I'm here!" Tokugawa Nobuyasu and Hirawa Jinyoshi and others rode over together.

"His Royal Highness Captain Saemon broke through the Takeda family's partial division and won the mountain town of Changjing, and the name of the martial arts will spread all over the eastern country, which is really gratifying!" Hiraiwa Qinkichi bowed on his horse, "It's a pity that I couldn't fight side by side with His Highness, it's a pity!" ”

"Your Highness Hiraiwa, aren't we just fighting side by side against the Takeda family now?" I tried to put on a smile and continued to ask my concerns, "His Highness Okazaki didn't go back, did something happen on the way?" ”

"It's not that something happened on the road, it's Okazaki Castle. Halfway through, we heard from the sailors that the gates of Okazaki Castle had been surrounded by 5,000 men from Nobuharu Baba. Therefore, the concubine and His Royal Highness Okazaki feel that they can't enter the city, so it is better to come and find His Highness and go back together, maybe they can help a little......" Naotora Ii explained with a smile.

(To be continued)