Under Masuyama Castle, Honganji Temple.

The sky was getting gloomy, and seeing that there was about to be a rain, the fierce battle lasted for a long time, and the battle on the battlefield went up and down, but fell into a stalemate.

"Senior brother, please rest in peace and be blissful in your last life."

Honganji Xianei peeled the rosary with his hands alternately, and recited a long Buddha name before opening his eyes.

Honganji Xianrong is the younger brother of Xuanzong, the former abbot of Shengxing Temple, and now that Xuanzong is dead, Shengxing Temple has no leader for the time being, commanding the whole army, so the monks and officials temporarily pushed this Honganji Xianrong, who is second only to Xuanzong in the temple, to command the monk army.

"How's the battle going right now?" Hsien Young asked.

"The army of Li Xiao, the general of the Takeda Army, appeared on the flank of the Uesugi Army, and Uesugi Huihu transferred part of his troops to meet the attack, so the offensive of the Uesugi Army in front of us has weakened a lot."

Listening to the roaring sound of iron cannons coming from the direction of the Uesugi Army's Takeda Army, Xianrong nodded and said, "That means that we have supported it for the time being, right?" ”

"Yes."

A monk suddenly advised: "Now that the danger has been lifted, we might as well put it aside, withdraw our troops, and sit back and watch the two armies of Uesugi and Takeda fight." ”

As soon as the monk said this, several people immediately echoed.

Xianrong listened to the words of several monks, paced back and forth, turned his head to look at this person again, and asked, "Is this a good job?" ”

The monk said triumphantly: "That's right, let Uesugi Takeda fight and lose both, so that we can sit and reap the benefits." ”

Xianrong waved the monk's robe and said: "No, when we were in danger, if it wasn't for Li Xiao's help, our fellow disciples with Kaga would have been defeated by the Uesugi army." This move is really contrary to the same way, you step back for me. ”

"Master Manifestation." When the monk saw that he was reprimanded, he immediately left in a huff.

Xianrong said with a smile: "Thinking of the past, when the abbot was there, he was wary of Li Xiaoduo, but now he is coming to rescue us. As the so-called one who sees evil demons, he has evil demons in his heart, and those who see the Buddha have the Buddha in his heart. The demon in the senior brother's heart is not exhausted, so he treats talents too biasedly. But we cannot learn from him. ”

As soon as Xianrong said this, all the monks and officials opened their mouths half wide.

This Xianrong has lived in the temple for a long time and studied Buddhist scriptures intensively, but he has less communication with outsiders, so he seems to be a little ignorant of people's hearts, and he is far less talented in handling foreign affairs than his brother Xuanzong.

Although the monks and officials said in their hearts that this Li Xiao is a good product, at that time, as soon as Xuanzong went, someone had to take the lead in integrating the forces of the Yuezhong Yixiangzong, so they had to push Xianrong to the top position.

At this time, Xianei heard the sound of iron cannons coming from the fierce battle between the Takeda Army and the Uesugi Army, and immediately ordered to counterattack the Uesugi Army together with the Takeda Army.

"Shoot!"

When Yataro Kojima turned his head, he saw a row of Takeda Army's iron cannons raising their guns and aiming at their cavalry.

"Oh no, we're in ambush." Yataro Kojima suddenly repented at this time.

The moment Kojima Yataro woke up, the black hole of the iron cannon muzzle spewed out tongues of fire, and in an instant, Kojima Yataro felt something fly over his forehead, only to hear a bang, and the top of his head pocket was pierced by an iron cannon projectile.

When Yataro Kojima's ears were filled with the sound of iron cannons, the earth-shattering explosion sounded, and then there was a sound of people shouting and neighing behind him.

Yataro Kojima turned his head, only to see a Lang party beside him, who directly lost his front hooves, and a pair of front hooves fell straight into it, and the samurai on horseback flipped on his back. The whole man hit the ground with his head and fell out with the horse's habitual name.

"Damn, Heijiro."

Yataro Kojima yelled, this samurai father had followed him in the first place, but he died in the battle of Kawanakajima, and now his mother had entrusted her son to her, and now he ......

"Damn."

Yataro Kojima shook his fist hard.

A burst of blue-black gunpowder smoke rose from the gunpowder on the iron cannon positions of the Takeda Army.

Xiaohan Xiaoxian also shook his fist heavily, and shouted excitedly: "Good fight." ”

Xiaohata Xiaoxian's excitement only flashed, and he shouted solemnly: "The first column retreats, and the second column lists the guns." ”

The first column of the Takeda Army's iron artillery team, which had finished shooting, retreated to the last.

The second column of the Takeda Army's iron artillery came forward, and for the Takeda Army's iron artillery armor, which was proficient in the complex western country phalanx, it was no problem to perform this easy and difficult three-stage shot.

The Takeda army was light in iron and artillery, and his face was not flat, as if he was blind to the casualties of the Echigo cavalry in front of him, and raised his gun on his shoulder again.

"Aim!"

Yataro Kojima was taken aback when he saw the second column of the Takeda Army's iron artillery team coming forward, thinking that the Takeda Army actually divided the iron cannon into three columns to shoot, why at this time?

However, Yataro Kojima didn't think much about it, and said loudly with a flick of the reins: "Come with me, clash to the right." ”

If the fierce general is measured by the voice as an indicator, then Yataro Kojima's force coefficient must be very high.

Kojima Yataro's roar was heard by everyone in the midst of a chaotic sound of horses' hooves, and the Echigo cavalry followed him and began to face outward, out of the range of the Takeda Army's iron cannons.

"Faster, more."

Yataro Kojima roared in his heart, under the muzzle of a row of black holes, he felt that time was like fine sand walking, and the distance that he used to ride a horse to breathe was now like a huge ravine in front of him.

"I want to withdraw, it's too late."

Xiaohan Xiaoxian said secretly, slashed the sword, and shouted: "Shoot!" ”

As Kohata Xiaoxian shouted, the Takeda Army's iron artillery team rang out again.

Bang! Bang!

The projectile tilted with a clatter, and slashed through the air.

The Echigo Army's cavalry team, column after column of riders, lost their horses.

Kohata Xiaoken watched vividly as a Echigo samurai on horseback in front of him was thrown out of the saddle by a wounded war horse under his crotch, and then fell heavily to the ground, but the other foot was still hanging in the stirrup and was dragged by the war horse.

If the Echigo samurai were hit by a projectile, their bodies would tremble as if they had been struck by lightning, and their whole body would be planted straight from their horses.

The rest of the Echigo horseback warriors could not control their horses and scurried around.

The cavalry, which had previously charged with a front, was now completely exposed on its flanks, and there was no shelter under the tall horses, and almost all of them became targets for iron cannons.

Looking at the elite Qimoto samurai of Echigo, who were alive and well in the past, were knocked down by the iron cannon, Kohata Xiaoxian was even more emotional at the moment, he threw his head in his pocket, and yelled almost with a twisted face: "Third row, shoot directly!" ”

Another section, a salvo of fifty iron cannons, roared.

Above the Uesugi army's main camp.

The sound of the third round of iron cannon salvos of the Takeda Army lingered.

All the generals of the Uesugi army watched as Yataro Kojima's 120 Flag Horse Cavalry attacked the Takeda Army.

The expressions are different.

Uesugi Kenshin's bones were rubbing and gurgling, but his face was calmer than water.

"Guys, do you remember Mt. Shirane?"

Although Uesugi Kenshin said this indifferently, it was like a fire burning from his chest to his throat in the ears of the public.

All the generals bowed down and said, "My lord, please order a decisive battle with Li Xiao, and we will not leave this place alive." ”

"I don't want to do that either," Uesugi Kenshin stood up, waved his horsewhip and said loudly, "Uejo, you lead your army to meet the monks of Kaga Honganji Temple." ”

"Oh!"

"Murakami, you lead the army to meet the monks and soldiers of Honganji Temple in Echichu."

"Oh!"

"Yasuda, you led the headquarters to give me a prominent part of Li Xiao."

Another fierce general in Echigo, Yasuda Nomoto, came out of the ranks and bowed loudly.

After receiving the order, the generals bowed down and led their own troops to fight.

After Yataro Kojima led the remnants of the cavalry to withdraw, he looked back and saw that there were less than fifty cavalry under his command.

"Let my elite warriors of Echigo die under the iron cannon, this is completely to blame for my underestimation of the enemy, I am the lord." Yataro Kojima roared angrily.

Kojima Yataro saw that the follow-up attack on the Eima army had arrived, and turned to the generals and said: "Everyone, if this battle is lost, I will not have the face to see the lord, and now I can only die here to serve the lord." Do any of you dare to fight me back? ”

None of the Echigo flags retreated.

"My lord, Yataro Kojima has received support, and he has gone from re-killing to the Eima Army."

Li Xiao turned his head when he heard this, only to see that Kojima Yataro's remnant cavalry had been obtained, and after the follow-up support, he turned over and circled around a large circle to avoid the range of the iron cannon in front of Kamioka Beiqian, and directly attacked the Jiangma Army.

No, I'm afraid the Eima Army is not Kojima's opponent.

Just as Li Xiao was about to mobilize Shengang to support the Jiangma Army, at this time, the front of his side was driving the Uesugi Army's army again.

In front of him was a phalanx of three guns with a large reserve, slowly advancing towards his snake tail preparation.

Li Xiao clenched the horsewhip in his hand, although he could deceive others in his snake tail training, but after all, he had never been in contact with a big war, and he was not the opponent of the long-experienced Uesugi Banner's army.

"Is the Uesugi Army going to fight me in a decisive battle?"

Li Xiao shook his head, Uesugi Kenshin's main force should be struggling to deal with the monks and soldiers of Honganji, and it is really ruthless to transfer so many to fight with me.

Just when Li Xiao hesitated to transfer the Shengang Bei, but also to support the Jiangma Army or the snake tail Bei.

Yataro Kojima had already led the cavalry to break into the Eima army.

Yataro Kojima danced a strangely long naginata, and clashed in front, only to see him swing his hand first, and with one sword, he even took people with armor, and picked up three Hippo family ashigaru.

In the chaos, Kojima Yataro was unstoppable, and successively won several famous samurai of the Edama family, and the chief god of the Edama Fraser was taken by Kojima Yataro directly after not being hit in a round.

The cavalry failed, and the morale of the Jiangma army plummeted.

The Echigo cavalry behind Yataro Kojima and Ashigaru then followed and burst in, slashing the samurai Ashigaru into a back.

At this time, Yasuda Masamoto's ashigaru team had also attacked in front of Li Xiao and Tail Bei, and the two sides set up a position, killing each other with horizontal guns, and they were already fighting together.

In this spear-to-spear battle, the two sides had only been fighting for a short time, and the snake-tail Bei in front of the protrusion was beaten back by the Uesugi army commanded by Yasuda Masamoto.

Suddenly, Li Xiao's left and right flanks were all inferior under the offensive of the Uesugi army.

(To be continued)