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Shibata Army main camp.

Shibata Katsuya saw Tokuyama Norihide, Mao Sheng was photographed, the third team of Yamaji Zhengguo, and more than 2,000 troops were completely defeated in front of the Takeda army, and his pupils contracted violently in an instant.

Shibata Katsuie looked at the Takeda Army's position, unable to hide his surprise.

Immediately, Shibata Katsuie took a deep breath and said, "The Takeda Army's method of using iron cannons is the three-stage attack of the Sakaga people?" ”

He listened closely, and said, "My lord, it is indeed similar to the tactics used by Suzuki Sunichi of the Saga people during the expedition to Noda Castle. ”

During the first encirclement of the Oda family, Nobunaga organized a large army to besiege Ishiyama Honganji, but was blocked by the Saga and Nerai, and at that time, the two major mercenary groups of the Warring States brought in 3,000 iron cannons to fight with the Oda army on a scale unprecedented in the history of the Warring States period.

It was on the battlefield that the Oda Army saw the iron artillery team transferred by Suzuki Sunichi and used the three-stage firing method.

Hearing what he said, Shibata Katsuya waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "No, the Takeda Army's tactics are even better than those of the Sakaga people." ”

At this time, an envoy galloped up to the Shibata army and said to Shibata Katsuie: "My lord, Lord Saemon has asked you if you can order a horse team and have launched a charge." ”

Shibata Katsuie hesitated for a moment and said, "Now with the ordinary ashigaru phalanx, it is impossible to break through the Takeda Army, but you can't be afraid of battle, so I will order the whole cavalry to assault the Takeda Army."

Shibata Katsuya picked up the match in his hand, waved it down, and resolutely made this decision.

On the battlefield, the defeated Shibata army in front of them fled backwards in panic, as if some beast was chasing them after them.

The state of the rout was terrible, the samurai or brave soldiers in the army were all killed in the front, and they were just a group of frightened people, strictly speaking, they were no longer an army, just a nomad with weapons.

In this retreating crowd, the cavalry of the Shibata army went against the current and was not affected in the slightest.

Immediately, the samurai all looked at the Takeda military formation in front of them, and nearly a thousand cavalry soldiers looked solemn and silently moved forward, showing the demeanor of elite soldiers.

In fact, this group of horseback warriors was the elite of Shibata's many years of southern and northern wars, and participated in the battle of Mino and Chokoji Castle.

Following Shibata Katsuie, when the ammunition and food were exhausted, the Jedi counterattacked and broke the enemy army, so it is by no means comparable to ordinary peasant soldiers and standing soldiers.

Shibata Katsuquan looked at the Takeda military formation, frowned slightly, and said, "The Takeda army's military formation seems to be very strange and not easy to deal with. ”

And Shibata Katsuharu said with a smile: "It's just that the attack speed of the Ashigaru team is slow, if it were our horse team, how could we give the opponent's iron cannon Ashigaru the opportunity to shoot so many times in a row." If we launch a charge within a hundred distances, what use can the Takeda Army's iron artillery team have, it is just a pile of straw to be chopped in vain. ”

After Shibata Katsuharu finished speaking, he paused and added: "Actually, my father's tactics were wrong from the beginning, and he was reluctant to put the horse team into it, if it were replaced by the first wave of attacks of our army now, I am afraid that the war would have ended long ago, so why wait until now." It's ridiculous, on the battlefield, if you can win without dying, why do we need to be brave warriors. ”

Shibata Katsuquan listened to Shibata Katsuharu's words, smiled, and the worry in his heart went a little, it is true that the speed of the horse riding team is not comparable to the ashigaru team.

If the range of the iron cannon is fifty, this distance can be reached by a few breaths for a horse team.

At this time, a herald came to Shibata Katsuharu, and Shibata Katsutsu came forward and said: "The lord has an order, and the cavalry team will immediately assault the Takeda army formation, and the troops of the two adults of Kanamori and Baixiang will follow the rear of the cavalry team to cover up with the army." ”…,

"In addition, the lord hopes that the two of them must open a way out for the ashigaru team in the rear, do not need to fear casualties, and be prepared for a death battle, and wish the two of them a long time of martial luck."

"Got it"

After the Chuan Cavalry left, Shibata Katsuquan and Shibata Katsuharu both drew their swords and pointed to the Takeda army's main formation.

Shibata Katsu said: "Pass the order, the whole army will assault the Takeda Army, and the Glaive Moon Formation"

"Oh"

"Report to the lord, the cavalry team of the Shibata army, it seems that the Shibata Katsuya will break through our army with the cavalry team." Shigang Yiyu said worriedly.

"Got it."

Li Xiao put down the monocular Qianli tube, in fact, he had just seen all this clearly from the Qianli tube, it seems that Shibata Katsuya is really a tough general, after seeing the power of the Western Phalanx, he did not discourage his determination, but instead put the horse team into battle to do this battle of victory and defeat.

"My lord, the speed of the cavalry is too fast, and although the iron cannon of our army is extremely powerful, it may be difficult to react appropriately to the speed of the enemy," Usami suggested to Li Xiao.

Li Xiao smiled and was about to speak, when Shigang Yiyu pointed forward and said, "My lord, the Shibata Army Cavalry Team has changed formation."

"Oh?"

Li Xiao was slightly surprised when he heard this, and when he raised the monocular Qianli Cylinder to look again, he saw that the Shibata Army cavalry team, which was originally in the center and was slowly moving forward in a dense charging queue, was now spreading its wings to the left and right.

"What kind of formation is this? Glaive? Honda Masanobu said in amazement, "How is it possible for a cavalry team to assault and use the Glaive Array?" ”

"Exactly, there is a cloud in the war book, and the cavalry team is breaking through, and it is necessary to choose one point to attack it, and the attack surface will not be spread so large," Usami said in surprise.

A smile escaped from Li Xiao's lips, Honda Masanobu and Usami Nami are both excellent military advisers, but they are not talented in leading troops.

Li Xiao put down the monocular Qianli tube again, and said: "It's very simple, the Shibata Army cavalry team didn't dare to set up a dense queue, and it was also taking into account the power of our army's large barrel bombardment, so they laid out this arc-shaped formation similar to a crescent moon. ”

After Li Xiao explained like this, everyone suddenly realized.

Li Xiao watched as the Shibata Army's cavalry team spread out the two wings, and then pulled the battle line into a circular arc, with the protruding direction of the moon wheel facing the Takeda Army, with a total of five rows in front and back.

The distance between each row is about fifteen to twenty.

Each arc is almost two hundred horsemen.

Li Xiao saw this and nodded appreciatively, although this was not the best cavalry assault queue to break through the Western Phalanx, it was not far off.

It was not easy for Shibata Katsuya to adjust the cavalry tactics in such a short period of time to the configuration of the Takeda Army's Western Phalanx and the Big Cylinder Team.

With such a vision, he really deserves to be a first-class general of the Oda Army.

Li Xiao pointed his horsewhip forward and said to the left and right: "The goal of the Shibata Army's cavalry team is the three Western Kingdom phalanxes that our army's central banner is originally prepared. Ordered the snake tail to be prepared, and Kamioka was slightly closer to the center of the front to cover the flag of the main preparation"

"Oh" After passing the order of the horseman, he immediately passed the order to the general of the two reserves of Shengang and the snake tail.

"My lord, the cavalry of the Shibata Army has approached the front of our army about three hundred and fifty miles." Wu Jian Fantou reported to Li Xiaoyu.

Li Xiao's eyes lit up, and he said: "Order the big cylinder team, five nine-pounder guns to prepare, and five rounds of salvo"

"Oh"

At the highest point of the hill where the Takeda Army's large barrel team was located, five nine-pounder guns were placed, which were different from Li Xiao's six-pounder guns taken from local Japanese products, which were imported from the Portuguese, and were obviously more than two chips in terms of workmanship, and had a longer diameter and longer firing range.

The nine-pounder gun of the Franco-man had almost twice the range of the six-pounder gun.

Therefore, Li Xiao used the nine-pounder cannon as the first line of fire defense to intercept the cavalry of the Shibata Army, and it had been used as a secret weapon just now and was not used. …,

As for the twelve-pounder gun, it was too inconvenient for Hida to travel to Mino, so he didn't carry it.

Now, under Li Xiao's order, the nine-pounder cannon has long been commissioned, under the order of Rui Costa.

The five-door cylinder let out a roar.

At present, the cavalry team of the Shibata Army is still slowly advancing, and the two commanders of the Shibata Army Cavalry Team, Shibata Katsuquan and Shibata Katsuharu, are also battle-hardened generals.

They know very well the truth of cherishing horsepower, and if they are at such a distance, it is absolutely stupid to order the war horses to rush at full speed.

The two of them had to wait until they were close to the range of the Takeda Army's iron artillery before ordering the cavalry to charge.

But just as the cavalry was slowly advancing, Shibata Katsuquan and Shibata Katsuharu heard a rumbling sound from the direction of the Takeda army's main camp almost at the same time.

Shibata Katsuquan and Shibata Katsuharu changed color at the same time, and they naturally knew what this rumbling sound meant.

But at the same time, a thought flashed through their minds at the bottom of their hearts, how could the big cylinder of the Takeda Army have such a long range.

Just as they were amazed, there was a whistling sound in the sky, and not far from the ground in front of them, a stone projectile that could barely be seen hit the ground and lifted a large mass of gray and black dirt.

After that, the stone bounced up, directly smashing a horse warrior in the queue with people and horses, and smashed flesh and blood into the air.

The same shells made a total of five rounds, which at the same time penetrated the cavalry ranks of the Shibata army and caused a certain panic.

In addition to the several horses being directly hit by the stone bullets, there were also several horses whose legs were crushed by the stone bullets, and the owner was overturned to the ground along with the war horses.

However, when this panic was settled, it was immediately calmed down, and all the samurai of the Shibata Army present did not care about this casualty, but what made them unbelievable was how it was possible for the Takeda Army to carry out artillery bombardment and hit them at such a distance.

However, Shibata Katsuquan and Shibata Katsuharu did not rashly order the cavalry to charge in advance, but instead ordered the cavalry to accelerate slightly.

Moments later, the second round of artillery shelling of the Takeda Army arrived.

The Takeda Army's main formation.

Li Xiao looked at the effect of the nine-pounder artillery bombardment, expressionless, sure enough, for such a formation similar to a straggler's column, the shelling of the direct fire cannon would not cause much damage.

If the cannonball is replaced with a flowering shell, the effect will be better, but this scientific and technological content is too high for Li Xiao's current knowledge level.

"My lord, the Shibata Army's cavalry is approaching two hundred and thirty."

Seeing that the Shibata Army's cavalry team had accelerated its speed, Monomi immediately reported to Li Xiaoyu.

"Order the six-pounder cannon of the big barrel to fire the same five salvos," Li Xiaoshen said in a voice......