Chapter 395 Succession

"One hundred thousand stones, isn't it almost the lord of half a country!"

Shibata Katsuharu said incredulously, "The main hall, this reward is too generous, even the new Maori left guard who stabbed and killed Yiyuan Gong in the past did not have this treatment, could it be that Li Xiao's value is better than that of Yi Yuangong." ”

Shibata Katsuya glanced at Shibata Katsuharu and shouted, "Why do you ask so much, lord, this has his own intentions." ”

At this time, Shibata Katsuquan took a step forward, asked Shibata Katsuya for his life, and said: "My lord, please lead the cavalry team and attack the Takeda army first!" ”

Shibata Katsuquan is the son of Shibata Katsu's brother, and now Shibata Katsu has no children, so the son of his stepsister is an adopted son, named Shibata Katsutoyo.

And Shibata Katsuharu is also the successor of the Shibata family and is the adopted son of the Katsu family.

Although Shibata Katsuquan has always been a public identity, he has never been adopted as an adopted son by the Shibata Katsu family, so there is no hope of inheriting the Shibata family's family business, and now he will not miss the opportunity to make a contribution.

The reward of 100,000 stones was enough to make him red-eyed.

Shibata Katsuya smiled and said: "No need, the Takeda army is in a very strict formation, first order the Ashigaru phalanx to attack the Takeda army, and after the gap is opened, then cover the killing with the cavalry team in one fell swoop, and then whether to capture or kill Li Xiao is up to you." ”

Shibata Katsuharu, Shibata Katsuquan listened to Shibata Katsu's plan, or let this great success be completed, and the two of them were overjoyed.

Immediately, Shibata Katsuya looked at the Takeda military formation, pointed down at the pick-up in his hand, and said: "The life of the mountain is beautiful, Mao Sheng is photographed, and the mountain road is out of the country!" ”

The Shibata army sounded the drum, and the Shibata army marched out of battle.

Deshan was showing, Mao Sheng was photographed, and the mountain road Zhengguo team began to press forward in a heavy stack.

After these three teams, Shibata Katsuharu, Shibata Katsuquan, and Yoshida Jibei (Shibata Katsuie's sister-in-law), three horses led by a group of nearly 1,000 troops, slowly moved forward.

Closely followed by the horse riding team, it was the Kanamori Long Approach Team and the Worship Hometown Jiajia Team.

Finally, it is Shibata Katsuya's main army.

The column of the Shibata army stretched almost to the foot of the mountain in the distance, and the horizontal line extended between the Tsuho River and the Kawaura River.

The golden flags of the double geese are faintly heavy, overlapping together, and paving towards the Takeda army's main formation with the pressure of the mountain.

"Report to the lord, the front of the Shibata army has approached the distance of less than one hundred and fifty miles from our army."

After passing the visual inspection, he reported to Li Xiaoyu, who was watching the Shibata army with a monocular thousand libi.

Several people behind Li Xiao looked at the Shibata Army closely, the strict military posture like a mountain, and the rather spectacular horse riding team, their lips couldn't help but dry, and they tried to swallow Shengjin in a big gulp.

Li Xiao put down the monocular Qianli tube, and couldn't help but say with a smile: "First ashikyo, and then the horseback team?" Shibata seems to be afraid of our army's iron cannons, and he can't bear to lose too much of a horse team. ”

Li Xiao made the following judgment because almost all of the Shibata Army's ashigaru fronts raised square arrow plates.

Li Xiao knew that such an arrow shield could not only prevent bows and arrows, but also resist iron cannon projectiles, and the Shibata Army was so obvious that he wanted to use his iron artillery team to shoot at the Takeda Army's iron artillery team for a while.

"My lord, the Shibata Army has advanced to one hundred and forty." Wu Jian Fan reported to Li Xiao again

"It's okay, let Shibata Jun get closer." Li Xiao doesn't need a thousand miles now, and it is enough to see the appearance of the front of the Shibata Army.

The Shibata army was tightly organized, and the Ashigaru phalanx was almost all huddled together, moving forward as if it were one person.

Li Xiao faced Mao Sheng, who was born in the small surname of Shibata Shengjia, and was also a famous brave general, who died on behalf of Shibata Shengjia in the Battle of Zhiyue in history.

At present, Mao Sheng is dressed in black, riding on a war horse, waving a sword, urging the ashigaru team under his command to march forward.

"My lord, one hundred and twenty rooms!"

Li Xiaozheng said: "Order the big barrel team, all six-pounder guns, first three rounds of salvo!" ”

"Oh!"

The cannon body of the black hole slowly sank, and after adjusting the gun position.

Immediately, Rui Costa's right hand pressed downward, and twelve six-pounder cannons made an earth-shattering loud noise, shelling the Oda army.

The twelve cannons shot out of the chamber, drew an arc in the air, and smashed fiercely into the Shibata army, which was lined up in a dense phalanx.

"Hit!"

"I hit it too!"

The gunners in command of the Takeda Army's gun positions couldn't help but jump up, waving their fists with a flushed face, and the gunners behind him also cheered. …,

Immediately, these people who got carried away for a moment were driven back to the gun position by Rui Costa with big riding boots and kicking their butts one by one.

After observing, the gunner, who understood that he had missed, shook his head and ordered the gunner to clear his chamber.

When he heard the sound of the Takeda Army's artillery bombardment, Shibata Katsuquan was quite caught off guard and almost fell from his horse.

It can't help but be him, the cavalry team of the Shibata army is moving forward intensively, half of its horses are frightened, fortunately, the cavalry team are samurai with superb equestrian skills, so they can control the commotion of the war horses for a moment and do not disturb the formation.

Just as Shibata Katsuquan was about to stabilize the horse's body again, he saw Shibata Katsuharu beside him looking dumbfounded, and muttered, "Hachiman Damyojin! Where did the Takeda Army get so many big tubes. ”

The shield used to cover the front of the formation could not resist the bombardment of the large barrel at all.

When the shells fell, they saw a cloud of sawdust and half of their bodies mixed with flesh and blood being lifted into the sky.

After the cannonball hit the ground, it bounced up like a gale, and the crackling of bones in the queue continued, and the ashigaru of the rear team screamed miserably.

Where the stone bullet passed, a long blood mark was plowed out, leaving traces of the corpses lying on both sides, and several Shibata Army soldiers who had broken their legs were holding half of their bloody legs, crying incessantly.

As if intended, Mao Katsu in the Shibata army was in reserve, and a total of four shells were hit by the Takeda army, while the rest of the Tokuyama Norihide and Yamaji Zhengguo teams also hit one or two shells, and the shells were all empty.

There was even a shot that fell directly into the river, a scene that made Rui Costa even embarrassed.

There were more than 60 casualties, although this was only one-tenth of Mao Sheng's team, but Mao Sheng felt that the team was gradually out of control.

At the same time, the generals of the Shibata Army also realized that the Takeda Army was so powerful that if it advanced in a tight array, it would only be crushed by the cannonballs one by one.

Therefore, Mao Sheng and other generals unanimously issued an order to the whole army to charge, no longer in the form of a phalanx, but in a charging straggler formation to rush to the phalanx that the Takeda army was waiting for.

Li Xiao couldn't help but sneer when he saw that the Shibata Army gave up the array and used the skirmish line to attack, and said to himself: "Isn't it faster to die like this!" ”

*……，