Chapter 458: Breaking the Bamboo
Shimakatsu stood on the attack position, watching the fierce shelling of the main house's big barrel preparation, and on the Sakuma Nobumori position, he lifted up bursts of sand and ploughed out one ravine after another.
The attack of the Takeda Army's six-pounder cannon had also been seen before, but this twelve-pounder cannon was obviously more powerful and more powerful.
The Oda army on the Sakuma Nobumori position actually suffered few casualties in the shelling, but most of them were frightened and fled in all directions.
In fact, the psychological shock of the artillery bombardment on the defenders was far greater than the actual lethality.
Under the heavy artillery of the Takeda Army's twelve-pounder guns, the psychological quality of the officers and men of the Oda Army was close to collapse.
Especially in this era of cold weapons, whether it is the iron cannon or the first appearance of the big barrel, it is as terrifying as the roar of the thunder god to the enemy army.
As a general, it is better, but the soldiers from the grassroots level do not know a few big characters, and their fear of such a new weapon as the big barrel is far more than ten times the actual power of the weapon.
At the moment, the position of the Oda army was in disarray.
Shimakatsu watched all this in silence, he was waiting for the moment.
To be honest, Dao Shengmeng is the general who has followed Li Xiao the longest.
Since Baigen Mountain, he has witnessed many miracles created by Li Xiao.
And in this battle for the world, he is still full of confidence in Li Xiao.
Now that Shimakatsu saw that the third round of shelling was over, he waved his sword and gave the order to assault the Oda army's defense horse gate.
On the other side, Higashi Tsuneyao, Endo Yinjun, and Oshima Mitsuyoshi launched together and launched a fierce attack on the Oda Army Maruyama position!
Rush!
The officers and men of the Takeda Army, who had been gathering momentum for a long time, poured towards the mountain like a flood that poured into the floodgates.
Two hundred, one hundred and fifty, one hundred!
At this distance, the large barrel of the Takeda Army provided the last fire assistance to the troops attacking the Takeda Army!
Hear the cannons!
In the ashigaru group, Shima Katsuto, who was surrounded by his soldiers and trotted forward, straightened the edge of his headbag with his horsewhip.
In the line of sight, the civil engineering offensive of the Oda army, as well as the severed limbs and arms, were lifted into the air in the large barrel attack.
Before the big tube, the fortified city could be broken, not to mention this simple field fortification.
Shimakatsu lowered his head and quickened his pace.
With the end of the last round of shelling, the attack lineup was as dense as a forest, with small flags and small flags trotting lightly, and the tail of the spear and the armor made a slight collision from time to time.
The Takeda Army launched an attack on the Oda Army's defensive horse fence position without turning back.
Then behind the horse fence, the soldiers of the Oda Army were still in a panic in the shelling, and they did not come to their senses, and they reacted very hastily to the surprise attack of the Takeda Army.
The assault has reached fifty.
Finally, on the Oda Army's defense horse fence position, there were already iron cannons and bows and arrows that climbed to the front line under the kicking and beating of the general.
Approaching the distance of thirty rooms, the Oda army launched sporadic fire!
After the anti-horse fence, he spit out the fire snake of the Dao!
However, this bit of firepower only occasionally set off a few small waves in the big wave of impact, and did not bring many casualties to the Takeda Army.
On the contrary, the iron cannon of the Takeda army also grabbed the first line at this time, and the fire rope sounded sizzling, and then the iron cannon in hand was held against the Oda army behind the horse fence, and a round of iron cannon bombardment was carried out!
"Shoot!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Gunshots rang out.
The shouting of the iron cannon general was instantly overshadowed by the roar of the iron cannon.
The aftermath of the iron cannon bombardment was still lingering in my ears, and the iron cannon that shot first was reloaded, and in the blink of an eye, the second row of iron cannon Ashigaru pressed up from behind, and then the first row of iron cannon Ashigaru came to a rapid iron cannon shot at the Oda Army Defense Horse Gate! …,
Bang! Bang! Bang!
After the sound of gunfire, muskets were fired, and the smoke of gunpowder suddenly rose up, and a yellow-white mist filled the surroundings.
But this is not the end, the third wave of iron cannons stopped by Shima Katsutoshi is ashigaru, and it relays again, and carries out another baptism of iron cannons behind the Oda army's defense horse fence.
Who said that only the Oda Army would shoot in three stages!
Behind the dense smoke of gunpowder, Shimakatsu saw the soldiers of the Oda Army behind the anti-horse fence, rolling on the ground covered in blood.
The screams came and went.
Many Oda soldiers held their blood-stained heads lightly, grabbed their eyes with their hands, and their broken fingers and roared in pain.
The wounded Oda Gunashi dragged his body lightly and was about to stand up, but he was pierced by a bullet from his vest, and then fell straight down.
In just thirty miles, it was the killing distance of the iron cannon.
The corpses of the Oda army are ambushed everywhere on the horse fence.
"Excellent! The Iron Artillery Team stepped back and loaded, and the Ashigaru Team overturned the horse barrier for me! ”
Shima Katsu gave an order, and the Takeda army ashigaru suddenly agreed, and at this time, dozens of people carrying crosswood on their shoulders rushed to the position of the Oda army.
Several ashigaru, holding a large log, threw it at the first line of the Oda Army's horse guard.
Collapse!
The fortifications of the anti-horse fence were like rotten wood, and they were smashed by large logs.
Then the second barrier was broken down!
"We can't let the Takeda Army destroy the horse barrier!"
On the Oda Army's position, a samurai who looked like a general of Ashigaru shouted loudly with a sword in his hand.
He led dozens of subordinates down to the last horse fence, armed with three long spears across the fence, and stabbed the Takeda army!
When the Oda Army is about to do it!
Bang!
Muskets rang out.
The loaded Mino iron cannon is light, and the Oda army rushing behind the horse fence has come again, and the iron cannon is cleaned!
Behind the horse fence, the blood mist floated up one by one, and the sound of bullets piercing human flesh.
The oncoming Oda spear struck lightly, threw away the spear in his hand, and fell to the sky.
Boom!
The last barrier of the Oda Army was destroyed.
All three barriers were destroyed.
The Takeda army raised their arms in unison, shouting through the gap in the horse barrier, and launched a charge.
"Maruyama can't be lost!"
Sakuma Nobumori spit out the foam in his mouth and shouted out this sentence: "I must not lose it, otherwise I will have no shame to see the lord!" ”
Nobumori Sakuma roared frantically.
Speaking of this, Sakuma Nobumori went crazy, drew his sword, and led the side to kill it.
Although the defense line of the anti-horse fence was broken, Oda knew more than 4,000 people, and the Takeda army had 2,500 people, and the Oda army had the advantage in terms of strength.
The Takeda army took advantage of the situation and smashed into the horse fence, slashing and stabbing with swords, and the Oda army still resisted stubbornly after being led by Sakuma Nobumori even though they were initially beaten by the big barrel.
Because Sakuma Nobumori gave the death order, on Maruyama, the Oda army also fought with a ruthless force.
The two streams of the Takeda Oda Army collided head-on on Maruyama!
"Lord, Li Xiao's army has attacked Marushan!"
Oda Nobunaga nodded when he heard this, sat down on Maza with his hands on his chest, and then motioned for the envoy to stand down.
Shibata Katsuie looked at Nobunaga's expression and said on the side: "Lord, Li Xiao's army is exerting his strength, aren't you worried at all?" ”。
Oda Nobunaga smiled faintly and said in a deep voice: "When this is about to be decided, if Li Xiao's army has no movement at all, I am worried?" ”
Shibata Katsuie's face was heavy, and he said, "But ......"
Oda Nobunaga waved his hand, interrupting Shibata Katsuie's words, and said with a smile: "Quan Liu, thank you for the reminder, don't worry, I will never despise Li Xiao." ”…,
Oda Nobunaga walked to the edge of the curtain of the main camp, and Moriranmaru skillfully picked up the curtain for him first.
The main camp of the Oda army standing on the mountain of Kawakami, the sound of fighting came to the face.
Under the mountain is an epic and magnificent scene, both loyal and brave men have thrown themselves into this great battle that will determine the direction of the situation in the world.
Fight for each other's lives and fight for the Lord to find a way out.
Facing the soldiers of the Takeda Oda Army, who were fighting fiercely on all sides, Oda Nobunaga took a horse whip and slashed from the middle to the right of the battlefield, and said: "Fortunately, I received a report from the Takeda family last night, and I learned in advance the news that today's Takeda Army is deploying and that it will put the main force into attacking the right flank of our army, so I have prepared in advance in the Tokugawa Army position. ”
"Now that the central corps of the Takeda Army has done its best, the left flank corps, which has been heavily invested, is also under the Tokugawa family's big barrel and iron cannon, and there are many casualties, and there is no strength left. The current situation is the main force of our army, once it goes to war, it will be a storm, do you think Li Xiao is exerting his strength now, what waves can he set off, can he change the overall situation? ”
When Oda Nobunaga said this, his face was calm and he let out a long breath.
"Order the Three Rivers Temple, you can fight back!"
In the main formation of the Hida Echichu Army, Li Xiao stood in place, staring at the offensive and defensive battle on Maruyama.
"My lord, at the moment, the Mino-people have made three assaults on Maruyama, but they still haven't broken the Sakuma Nobumori team!"
Kano Hideji said anxiously to Li Xiaoyan, waiting to see that Li Xiao had not yet reacted.
Hideji Kano added: "My lord, have you invested in the standing army to help the Mino people?" ”
Seeing that Li Xiao was not answering, Honda Masanobu said to Hideji Kano instead of Li Xiao: "Let's wait a little longer!" ”
"It's not that I doubt the ability of the island lord, it's just that the two thousand five hundred people attack the position of four thousand people, which is too difficult, and Maruyama, if it doesn't go down, our army will be blocked and unable to move forward, so it will not help the battle situation!"
Hideji Kano repeated again, his eyes looking nervously at Li Xiao.
At this time, there was a mountain tiger and said: "Until now, the battle situation in the center of the left wing has gradually turned to the situation against us, and the four standing divisions of our army's elite Shengang, Snake Tail, Qimoto, and Sun and Moon have been watching the battle. ”
Speaking of this, Youshan Hu said: "Your Majesty please fight, I hope that the lord will hand over this battle to the snake tail to complete it!" Capture Maruyama in half an hour! ”
The clear voice of the mountain tiger reverberated in the military tent.
"No, Shima Katsutoshi is the general I chose, if he can't capture Maruyama in this battle, he will have military justice."
After Li Xiao answered cleanly, he looked at Maruyama, and the Oda Legion, who was waiting for him, said: "Before Maruyama goes down, you must not move!" ”
Li Xiao gritted his teeth lightly, at this moment he was also under tremendous pressure, not the Echichu Hida Legion, but the entire Takeda family, the entire battle situation, and the whole world were pressed on his shoulders.
And in the military tent, the generals of the Takeda army are also walking around restlessly, sighing, restless, restless, and in various moods.
And at this time, just listen to it!
A samurai's horsewhip was dropped on the ground.
And at this time, the clear cheers came from afar, over and over again!
This is exactly the direction of Maruyama.
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