"Damn weather!"

Rui Costa wore a pair of muddy boots and stood on top of the Takeda Army, looking extremely complaining.

Li Xiao stood beside him, smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, I know that in this mountain, it is not an easy errand to carry a cannon all the way to trek. ”

"It's not an easy errand," Rui Costa seemed to have found a savior when he saw Li Xiao, and poured out all the bitter water in his stomach, and added all kinds of exaggerated rhetorical devices, ten times and twenty times.

In fact, Li Xiao led a large army from Kaji Tiancheng to reinforce Changxiao Castle.

Halfway through, Rui Costa's large armament, carrying twelve nine-pounder guns and two twelve-pounder guns, could not keep up with the slow speed and the muddy ground after the heavy rain, and the progress of the large army fell behind.

In the middle of last night, after Li Xiao's main army arrived, Rui Costa's large barrel was still halfway there.

Just when Li Xiao was almost worried that the other party would not be able to catch up with today's crucial battle, Rui Costa finally arrived in the Takeda army formation at close to 11 o'clock in the morning, which shocked Li Xiao's spirit.

In the face of the Oda Army's general Sakuma Nobumori's three-line defense of the horse fence strong formation, Li Xiao certainly had a way to break through it in one fell swoop, but this move would be like the left wing of the Takeda Army's central army, which would become a tough battle, making the loss of troops too great.

And Kamioka Bei, Snake Tail Bei, and Banner Benbei certainly have large barrels directly under them, but they are all six-pounder cannons, and the number is insufficient, so they can't suppress the big barrels on the Oda Army's position at all.

In the face of the strong forces of the Oda army, this move would seem quite unwise, so Li Xiao did not force Shima Katsu to attack.

And now that the big tube arrived, Li Xiao was suddenly full of confidence.

In the face of Rui Costa's chatter, Li Xiaozheng said to Rui Costa: "Rui Costa, listen, you are now participating in a battle to reverse the key process of this country. Your performance is vital to the future of nearly 10 million people here. ”

"Nearly 10 million!" Rui Costa was startled and said.

Realizing this, Rui Costa instead swelled up with excitement and said, "My lord, may I ask you what you have to say?" ”

Li Xiao nodded, pointed his hand to the west, and said, "I order your big barrel to assist the Minong people of Dao Shengmeng and take this hillside for me!" ”

Rui Costa riding boots heeled, "Yes! ”

After speaking, Rui Costa was in high spirits.

"Report to your lordship, the lord orders you to immediately strengthen the offensive and drive the Oda army Sakuma Nobumori team down Maruyama!"

Wearing a thick armor, Dao Shengmeng, who was supervising the battle in front, heard Li Xiao's envoy's order, nodded and said: "I know, back to the lord, your subordinates will do their best." ”

"Oh!"

After the envoy retreats.

Shimakatsu's eyes froze and looked at the position of the Oda army.

Sakuma Nobumori's position in Maruyama is slightly ahead of the battlefield, and behind it is a Rengo River, and behind the Rengo River is the core of the Oda Army's northern flank defense line, Mt. Chamoji, where nearly 6,000 troops of Ikeda Tsuneko, Niwa Nagahide, and Takigawa Kazuki are stationed.

Then Shima Katsutsu Takeshi said to Higashi Tsuneyao, the lord of Hachiman Castle in Yoritsu County, the lord of Kigoshi Castle, Endo Yinjun, and Mitsuyoshi Oshima, the wealthy clan of Kajida, and said: "Now I am a beautiful people, and the soldiers are divided into two roads, the three of you lead the army from the right side of Maruyama, and I lead the team from the left side of the mountain, to repeatedly assault Sakuma Nobumori and drive it down Maruyama!" ”

After Shima Katsutako finished speaking, Higashi Changyao, Endo Yinjun, and Oshima Mitsuyoshi all received their orders with a bang.

As a veteran general in the Oda army, since the Battle of Inabu, he has always enjoyed the reputation of Sakuma who retreated, and Sakuma Nobumori, who is as famous as Shibata Katsuie, he has been very uncomfortable in the past few years. …,

In fact, since the tripartite war, Sakuma Nobumori's martial arts have been taking a sharp turn for the worse.

In the Battle of Mikahara, the Oda army behaved in a mess, and as the main general, Sakuma Nobumori took the lead in retreating, resulting in the death of the general Hishomi Hirohide, so he was reprimanded by Nobunaga.

Later, during the Battle of Ichijo Valley, which destroyed the Asakura family, Nobumori Sakuma was furious because of his slow movement and delay of the fighter. Nobunaga angrily scolded this former important minister in front of the retainers, and did not give the other party the slightest face, and as a result, Sakuma Nobumori cried bitterly on the spot.

And now in the Oda Army's struggle for the world, the key battle with the Takeda Army, and the Nagashino Battle.

Nobumori Sakuma, the vanguard of the northern flank defense line, was confident that he would learn from the tripartite battle here and bring shame to the Takeda family's defeat.

The Three Horse Guards was the first of its kind in the history of the Warring States period to be built by the Oda Army, and Sakuma Nobumori was convinced that the strong defense would be enough to resist an attack by more than twice the strength of the enemy.

And this battle of strong formation, for the lack of offense and more than enough defense, Sakuma Nobumori, who is known as the king of the temple army in the Oda army, is even easier.

In the previous three hours of skirmishing with Shimakatsu Takeshi, Sakuma Nobumori confirmed this, and with his strong fortifications, the chief general of the Hida Etsuchu Army was at a loss in front of him.

Therefore, Sakuma Nobumori relaxed his guard, thinking that the combat strength of the Takeda army was nothing more than that.

But at this time, Sakuma Nobumori saw that Yamashita's Takeda Army, Mino, the general general, Shima Katsuyo, suddenly changed his position.

Shimakatsu divided the 2,500 army into two, and saw that this posture was actually to launch a surprise attack on Maruyama with a swift tactic!

"Kill yourself!" On Maruyama, Sakuma Nobumori snorted coldly and said to the envoy: "Order the big barrel, prepare the iron cannon, and give me a hard blow to the Takeda army!" ”

Sakuma Nobumori's self-confidence was justified, and in this position, Nobunaga knew that Li Xiao's army had a large cylinder to help, so he sent him a large cylinder as a cooperating force.

And Sakuma Nobumori's army had 500 iron guns and 300 long-range strike firepower, so he was convinced that it was enough to raze the current Takeda army.

"Island Shengmeng, let the horse come!"

Sakuma Nobumori whipped his horse and stared coldly at the Takeda army gathered at the foot of the mountain, he was convinced that it would not be long before it would be a corpse.

"I didn't expect that our opponent is very imaginative."

After Rui Costa put down the monocular Chisato cylinder, he commented on the position of the Oda army.

Maruyama was just a small hill with a very small undulating slope that the cavalry could ride on.

But in the army of cold weapons, it is an unattainable mountain.

The reason for this is the temporary field fortifications built above.

The fortifications of the Oda Army were three horse barriers.

The first anti-horse fence has exits everywhere.

In the second barrier, the exit is significantly reduced.

The third barrier is not only completely blocked, but also modified for this.

The so-called third anti-horse fence position is to dig a trench, and then the excavated soil is built at the back, and then with long logs sharpened at both ends, inserted into the earthen barrier at an angle of 45 degrees, erected, while rows of iron cannons are ashigaru, and bowsabilishi stand behind the earthen barriers and wooden fences to shoot.

Such a defense is indeed an excellent field fortification in this era, and the attacking troops arrange the route according to the opponent, not to mention the process of attacking the horse fence, in the process of removing the horse fence and filling the trench, it must be subjected to the triple baptism of large cylinders, bows and arrows, and iron artillery.

After Rui Costa spoke highly of the fortifications of the Oda Army, he moved the monocular Thousand Miles Cylinder upwards, looked at the large barrel position of the Oda Army, and said with a smile: "However, the enemy generals' awareness of the use of artillery is still weak. ”…,

Speaking of this, Rui Costa said to his subordinates: "Brothers, let the six-pounder cannon of the Oda Army see what the big guy is!" ”

As he spoke, Rui Costa pressed his hand, and the Takeda Army's large barrel reserve position was busy.

The gunners closed one eye, stretched out a finger, tested the distance with eye difference, and instructed the gunners to use the joystick to adjust the height of the gun position.

The gunpowder is then loaded with gunpowder, and the projectile is filled into the cannon from the muzzle.

It didn't take long for the large barrels and cannons to be adjusted, and on the position, the twelve-pounder cannon, which was more than one larger than the six-pounder cannon, was quietly placed there, like a fierce beast that chose to devour, aimed in the direction of Maruyama.

Just waiting for Rui Costa's order.

And under Maruyama, above the distance of two hundred rooms, the Takeda army with the three-leaf cypress flag finger on his back is ashigaru, and the hedgehog is gathered aside, and Shimakatsu is holding a sword, staring at Maruyama in front of him with a cold expression.

"Fire!"

Rui Costa ordered.

Thundered!

The twelve-pounder cannon made a roaring sound that was several times that of a six-pounder cannon, and it shocked the entire battlefield at the moment.

The soldiers of the Oda Takeda Army, who were fighting on the left flank of the center, were stunned.

In the Maruyama position, wearing Sakuma Nobumori, he was thundered for a long time, and he was suddenly so frightened that he almost sat on the ground.

At this time, a sharp whistling sound blew from the top of his head, causing Sakuma Nobumori's scalp to tingle for a while.

Rumble!

Rumble!

Rumble!

One, two, three.

The earth trembled slightly, and on the Maruyama position, the soldiers of the Oda Army began to turn around like headless flies, crying for their fathers and mothers.

At this time, a cannonball smashed in front of the Oda army's position, and the wooden horse fence shattered like mud and sand.

The cannonball slammed into the ground and bounced, piercing through three barriers in one go, sending the destroyed sawdust into the sky and finally slamming into the mound of dirt in front of him.

Sakuma Nobumori felt that the countless mud and sand around him rose and crackled on his head pocket, almost drowning himself.

Half-up from the mud and sand, Sakuma Nobumori said loudly at this time: "Bastard, what are you waiting for! The big squad strikes back! Fight back for me! ”

Before Sakuma Nobumori's words fell, the Oda Army Barrel deployed on the mountain, hurriedly adjusted the artillery position, and hurriedly fired at the Takeda Army's Barrel position.

Compared with the shelling of the Takeda Army, the large barrel of the Oda Army was much weaker.

The range of the nine-pounder cannon and the twelve-pounder cannon was far higher than that of the six-pounder gun, so the position of the Takeda Army's large barrel was specially built in a place where the position of the Oda Army's large barrel was out of reach.

Therefore, the fire of the Oda Army's six-pounder cannon obviously hit the air, but it only weakly raised a burst of mud and sand.

This was followed by the retaliatory artillery bombardment of the Takeda Army, which headed for the Oda Army's large barrel position.

Rumble!

Rumble!

I saw the position of the Oda Army's large column that was blown up.

Sakuma Nobumori couldn't help it, and looked up to the sky and said, "My Hachiman Daimyojin! ”

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