On July 16, Katsuryuji Castle was breached, and most of the 2,000 Hosokawa troops were fighting, and before the Miyoshi army attacked the Honmaru castle tower, Hosokawa Harukei had already burned the castle tower one step earlier, looking at the main castle tower that was blazing with fire, and I don't know how Miyoshi Chokei felt, which also brought new changes to Kyoto, which had been silent for many days.

The Kira army seized a few days of adjustment time to treat and adjust the wounded materials, and the victory in the battle of Tenseura gave the Kira family a rare respite, and the Miyoshi family's vigorous attack was to prepare for the next battle, and both sides knew that this joint battle could not be dragged on, and it was inevitable that there would be a head-on collision in the end.

At this time, Rokkaku Yoshiken, who had been grinding to send troops, was late with 13,000 Omi troops, and this time he was still hiding on Fushimi Momoyama, across a confluence of the Kamogawa River and the Katsura River, and confronted the Miyoshi army of Katyuji Castle on the west bank of the river, which happened to be the place where the Kira army stayed some time ago, no matter what, the addition of this new force also made new changes in the situation on the battlefield.

The scheming Miyoshi Changqing immediately ordered Miyoshi Changyi, who stayed in the mountain castle of Akutagawa in Settsu, to lead 5,000 troops to reinforce Shenglongji Castle, he was eight points sure that Rokkaku Yoshiken did not dare to act rashly, compared to his father Rokkaku Dinglai, the governor of the Hexagonal family lacked due responsibility, so Shenglong Temple Castle left Miyoshi Changyi's 5,000 troops, which was enough to contain Rokkaku Yoshiken and did not dare to act rashly, and he could personally lead 25,000 troops to cross the river.

Two days later, in the early morning of July 18, hundreds of boats were dispatched along the river, and the great crossing of the river began with the sight of the Kira family, and even the townspeople of Kyoto could hear the noise in the distance. It's a show of power. It is also his extreme confidence in himself.

At the beginning of July, it was washed away by a torrential rain. In recent days, the sky has been clear, and the visibility of the battlefield is also very high, so it is a good day to die on the battlefield.

The Kira army left Funaoka Mountain one step ahead of schedule and moved to the southwest of the Katsura River source, at this time the formation of swords and guns like a forest, flag seals fluttering, Kira Yoshishi was wearing smoked purple Wei Wei carcass pills, riding on a horse to stare at the Miyoshi army that had landed in the distance, only to see the three tiers on the other side of the river Ling Wu Zhu flag seal fluttering in the wind, the military appearance is as strict as the ten rivers and one existing formation. It is no wonder that such an elite army makes the people of Kinai frightened.

"I didn't expect Miyoshi Changqing to forcibly cross the river without taking his family's water army in his eyes at all!" Ben Duo came over and said with a sneer, "Is this conceit or ignorance? ”

"Look! The first to land in Miyoshi were the archers and iron artillery teams...... How could there be so many iron artillery teams? The samurai of the Kira family were in a commotion, and the iron artillery team of the Miyoshi Army wearing cyan carcass pills was no less than two thousand, which was four times that of the Kira army, and then the mounted samurai who landed were more than 1,500 people, looking at the horseback riding team galloping wantonly, so that the feeling of relaxation just now disappeared completely, and Hontashi also frowned and thought hard.

"How's the situation in Shigabi?" Kira Yoshitoki ignored the small changes in the samurai, he needed to confirm the situation of the main formation again, and asked, "What do you say over there in the Rokkaku Sakyo Hall?" ”

"No problem! Seventeen hundred, more than the original. Although the combat power is slightly worse, it should be no problem as a flank protection! Tokiyuki Yamamoto whispered, "Rokkaku Sakyo has agreed to cross the Kamogawa River today. Attack the Miyoshi Army from east to west. ”

"It looks like the Hexagon Army is crossing the river over there!" A samurai had a good look at the eyes and saw that the Funagawa River south of Kyoto was gathered, it was the Rokkaku family that was landing, unlike the Miyoshi family who brought their own boats to cross the river, the Rokkaku family hired the Yodogawa people very singlely, and their family was on the east bank of Lake Biwa that the water army was not on the stage at all, and it was safer to stay in Lake Biwa.

"Hmmm! That's pretty much it! Nodding softly, he immediately raised his military equipment and waved it violently, shouting: "Out of battle!" ”

The low and melodious sound of the conch sounded again, and the Kira army raised the wisteria shield in his hand, raised his spear and began to attack, and the six thousand troops of the four major reserves of Takashima, Shiga, Katata, and Otsu launched a surprise attack on the Miyoshi army that was landing, half red, half black.

At this time, the Miyoshi army also immediately made a response, the iron artillery team and the cavalry team advanced forward to make room for the landing force in the rear, and the power of hundreds of fleets to transfer was very strong, but in two quarters of an hour, 10,000 troops had been transferred, and the first to land were all the most elite samurai of the Miyoshi family, and the general in front was Miyoshi Yoshixian, who immediately ordered the iron artillery team to prepare to shoot.

"Knock knock knock......" The powerful drum beat of the military drum rumbled, and the Kira army slowly advanced with solid steps, and the general in front suddenly shouted: "The archers come forward!" Advance three rounds at a constant speed! ”

The four reserve teams with a total of 800 bows and arrows walked briskly to the front of the queue, raised the Maruki bow and pulled the bow on the arrow, and one arrow after another came out of their hands and turned into meteors and fell into the Miyoshi army formation more than a hundred meters away.

An envoy galloped over, turned over and dismounted in front of Kira Yoshi, and reported: "Your Excellency! Oh no! The Miyoshi Army landed from the upper reaches of the Katsura River! The number of people is unknown for the time being, but the number of subordinates has exceeded 3,000 people, and many ships are being transported one after another! The exact number of people is unknown! ”

"Feint!" Almost at the same time, everyone thought of this word, this time Kira Yoshishi's face was very ugly, the 10,000 troops led by Miyoshi Yoshiken on the opposite side were very fierce, if they were left behind, they would definitely pay a heavy price, but what about the fifteen thousand troops led by Miyoshi Changqing? Allowing them to land calmly is looking for death, and knowing that they can't get out of it is even more painful.

"I wanted to wrap the three good Changqing, but I was caught instead!" Kira Yoshitoki frowned and thought for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Immediately inform the Rokkaku Zuojing Palace, no matter how many troops have landed, lead the army to rush over now, this family needs support!" ”

A series of actions in the rear are not mentioned for the time being, the third round of salvos of the archery team of the four major reserves of the Kira army ended, after the first round and the second round of painless projectiles, the third round finally brought casualties, some unlucky iron artillery was thrown and shot in the head and died on the spot, at this time the Kira army has also advanced to fifty meters away, and then it is bound to enter the killing distance of the iron artillery team.

The forward general, Nakajo Tokihide, turned around and saw the flag waving in this formation, and immediately ordered: "The archers will fire another volley." Then retreat! ”

At this time, the team had already entered within fifty meters. At least 800 iron artillery teams were placed in front of the Miyoshi Army, and the first salvo was also started at this time. The roaring sound of iron cannons rang out one after another, and some bows and arrows were unfortunately hit by stray bullets, and the distance of fifty meters was exactly the maximum range of the old iron cannons.

Because the hit rate of shooting at this distance should be very low, most of the bullets have no kinetic energy when they fly to this distance, and it is difficult to kill people when they hit the body, but no matter how small the hit rate is, it can't withstand the amplification of the dense standing piles of the 800 Kira Army archers, and no less than 30 people will be killed in this battle.

"Don't be stunned! Get on the arrow! The bow and arrow master raised his longbow and took the lead in bending the bow and buckling the arrow, and the advantages of silicon training were reflected at this time. There was no panic or fear, and one by one he drew his bow and bent his bow to aim, this distance was the best killing distance for the Maruki bow, and the bow and arrow always had a longer range than the old iron cannon.

"Shoot the arrows!" Another round of bowstring trembling, this time it was not a projectile but a flat shot, the accuracy greatly exceeded the projectile, from the number of people who killed the Miyoshi Army Iron Artillery Team by the falling arrows, it can be seen that the flat shot at this distance has the strongest killing force, and the effect is also very good.

See the situation. Immediately, another general with a bow and arrow found Nakajo Shixiu and requested: "General! We can also shoot a few more rounds. As long as the opposing horse team can't come, we have a chance to press it again! ”

"Permission!" Nakajo Tokihide emphasized: "As long as the enemy cavalry team attacks, you must retreat immediately!" ”

The iron artillery team of the Miyoshi army soon found that the opponent's archery team did not leave, and kept pressing on the maximum range of the iron cannon to shoot, this distance was very fatal and the archery team would be very hurt, after a round of shooting and suffered a small loss, the iron artillery team of the Miyoshi army moved forward decisively, but the archery team of the Kira army did not need much preparation.

An average of five to six seconds a salvo, the closer the distance of the advance, the heavier the loss, before touching 40 meters, more than 400 people were killed, and a few steps forward before a round of iron cannon salvo to recover a little loss, but below is another round of bow and arrow volley, more than 100 killed on the spot, dozens of seriously injured.

"No more! Hurry up and call the cavalry assault! We can't take it anymore! The iron cannon of the Miyoshi army waved the sword while letting the iron artillery team slowly retreat, but Miyoshi Yoshiken saw the problem and ordered the spear to pick up the pole and rush forward to provide shelter for the iron artillery team.

Soon after, the 1,500 cavalry of the Miyoshi Army received an order to start the operation, with the purpose of assaulting the archers of the Kira family, but the archers retreated one step ahead of them with their fallen comrades, and the Miyoshi Army's cavalry team could only go around the two wings of the spear and shield team that had been verified by the lineup, trying to attack the weak link here.

"Spread out! Use a gun! With a loud shout, all the guns and shields were staggered from each other.

When the cavalry is in a dense position, it is easy to cause great damage to the enemy, and at the same time, it is easy to bring great damage to yourself, and the guns are staggered with each other to reveal enough gaps to stretch out the spears in the back row, and at the same time, the guns can also effectively deal with the flank assault, like a hedgehog stretching out his long thorns.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several horseback generals of the Miyoshi Army turned their heads and took the cavalry team to turn their heads back, and their assault level was limited to the assault of the defenseless ashigaru team, just like Naito Munekatsu's cavalry team, if they really hit a guarded gun formation, there was absolutely no chance of victory, compared to jumping off the horse and using a knife and gun to assault was more powerful.

Miyoshi Yoshiken saw all this in his eyes, but the army he led was only a special force that attracted firepower, mainly bearing the heavy task of dragging the Kira army, and this formation was the Miyoshi army that was landing in the upper reaches of the Katsura River, all he had to do was to drag the enemy and wait for the opportunity to turn with the main force, forming a flanking attack to swallow the difficult Kira army.

Based on this strategic thinking, the battlefield presents an interesting Shizuka, both sides are waiting for their own reinforcements, and at the same time they have their own scruples and dare not go all out, so they can only rely on bows and arrows, iron cannons, and long-range shooting, and the iron artillery team with the support of infantry is basically no loss.

Of course, the iron artillery team is at this extreme distance, and they don't want to hurt the archers who shoot in the back row, so that no one can help anyone, and the battle will become stalemate.

The stalemate of the war is not a good thing for the Kira army, the most fearful thing for the Kira family is to fight a war of attrition, because they can't afford it, especially in the case of their own military inferiority, the longer it is consumed, the greater the loss, and the elite who are smashed out of real money is exchanged for the peasant soldiers who wear straw sandals to eat the ball, which is also a loss for the Kira family. (To be continued......)