The fire bull formation, which was supposed to be a surprise victory, led to an unexpected rout, Akamatsu Yoshisuke and Bessho Yasuharu were captured, and the killing of Akamatsu Masahide brought about the general collapse of the Akamatsu army, and the chain reaction affected the Urakami army and forced Urakami to retreat, and there was a small flaw in the formation of the western army, and it was precisely this small flaw that gave the eastern army a valuable opportunity.

Oda Nobunaga, who was sitting in the middle army, also found that his situation was not good, but the situation in this camp was not very good at this time, Shibata Katsuie's department was still resisting Takigawa Tokiyoshi on the north flank, and Takigawa Ichiyoshi was carrying the fierce attack of Tokikawa Shikatsu on the south flank, and the general in the front was the eight thousand elite Ashigaru led by Mori Kesei, but he still couldn't parry the attack of Saito Asanobu, or Sakuma Nobumori and Mizuno Nobumoto each led 4,000 troops to rush to the aid to stabilize the occupation.

There are only 15,000 people left in the reserves that Oda Nobunaga can put into the battlefield, and the only generals around him are Ikeda Tsuneko, Niwa Nagahide, Hashiba Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, and the other genealogy family veteran Hayashi Hidesada was abandoned because Oda Nobunaga did not like it, and other generals such as Sasa Narumasa, Kawajiri Hidetaka, Naomasa Matsuka, Maeda Toshiie, etc., although they have some prestige, they cannot be the imperial envoys of a general.

As the sun turned westward a little bit, the worries in Oda Nobunaga's heart intensified, and the soldiers who fought fiercely before the battle gradually became tired, although they were full of a meal, they were already empty after fighting for half a day, and fighting against the scorching sun was a very painful thing, and the entire Western Army was thirsty, hungry, tired and tired, and this pain accumulated to the critical point was the beginning of collapse.

He could be sure that the front line of the Eastern Army should be like this, the uniform black armor is indeed majestic, but this color is usually not worn in the summer. Not understanding the principle of sunlight does not affect people's understanding that black is easy to absorb light. Under the same conditions, the Western Army, dressed in colorful armor, should have a greater advantage.

Oda Nobunaga stared coldly at the battlefield. Secretly calculated: "But there are many Eastern soldiers!" They can take turns, they can eat and drink, they can bandage the wounded, they can hide in the shade and rest, but we can't! If you want to kill one person in the eastern army, the western army needs to pay twice or even three times the price, and sooner or later the disadvantage of the troops will become bigger and bigger, and this war will definitely fail! ”

Perhaps the world thinks that Oda Nobunaga is a crazy and arrogant samurai. However, his excellent strategy and accurate judgment, as well as his outstanding talents in military and political affairs, are the envy of others' amazing talents, and more importantly, luck is in him, several gambles have been won, no matter how difficult the battle can always be turned around, which is also the most convincing point of the Oda family tree.

After a short period of thought, Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered: "Vulture and Katsuzaburo, with the two of you leading 10,000 troops to aid Shibata Katsuya, be sure to repel Takigawa Tokisa and open the situation, once Takigawa Tokisa leads his troops to retreat." Immediately contact the Mori Stable Hall for support, and the war on the side of Fushimi Mountain is very understanding. The envoys sent by my family have not returned, and I need you to send someone to see how far the fight has got. ”

"Your Majesty will not fail in your mission!" Hashiba Hideyoshi and Ikeda Hengxing bowed and retreated, and Akechi Mitsuhide quietly swept Niwa Nagahide's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and then turned his head to look at Murai Sadakatsu's busy statistical losses, and simply lowered his head and pretended not to know.

Oda Nobunaga looked at the battlefield and muttered in his heart: "This is the last chance, the Maori family must hold on!" ”

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of cheers from the front, and soon an envoy rushed to say excitedly: "Saito Asanobu has retreated with his army!" The Eastern Army retreated! ”

"What? Saito Asanobu retired? Oda Nobunaga asked anxiously, "Did Takigawa Tokiyoshi and Shimatoki retreat?" ”

He shook his head in confusion, indicating that he hadn't heard the relevant information, and then saw Oda Nobunaga's expression change sharply, and shouted: "The Eastern Army wants to cheat!" The order is not to pursue, and the formation is cut into the trap! ”

The response of the Oda army's main formation is not unpleasant, and it took only a moment for the formation to reorganize and restore the posture of the battle, no matter how many tricks the Eastern Army played, he didn't have to care about him, just don't be stupid and rush over to be fooled, but this time the Eastern Army did not cheat, Saito Asanobu did withdraw, but he retreated not to rotate the new general, but to replace it with a big killing weapon, artillery.

Kato Kyoaki commanded the gunners to load the gunpowder shells, and when the thirty guns were ready, he drew his sword and shouted: "Artillery ready!" Radiation! ”

Thunderous cannon fire erupted, followed by billowing gunpowder smoke, and the huge reasoning produced by the explosion of gunpowder threw the solid iron ball at great speed, carrying huge kinetic energy through the wide battlefield, crossing a beautiful arc and sinking into the vanguard of the Oda army, a high-speed cannonball pierced the head of a samurai on the spot, and the moment his head exploded, it passed through the body of the samurai behind him at great speed, and shattered the latter's body.

Until this cannonball smashed into the ground and set off a huge impact, and then set off a splash of sand and gravel scattered in all directions, each stone was like an iron cannon bullet, and the huge force of the carrier hit the body of the Oda sergeant, causing more than 20 people to die on the spot, and directly led to dozens of injuries, so 30 shells hit the front of the Oda army, causing more than 1,000 casualties, and giving the morale of the Oda army just inspired to blow head-on.

The lethality caused by the artillery is secondary, the main thing is the loud sound of the thirty half-snake cannons in an instant, which is also heard clearly in the distant Kyoto City, and the thunderous sound deeply shocked the samurai of the Western Army, and there were many frightened staggered and fell and sat on the ground, not caring about killing the enemy at all, and hurriedly prayed with their hands together, chanting prayers such as the protection of gods and Buddhas in their mouths.

The Western Sergeants were shaking, none of the more than 100,000 soldiers present had seen the power of artillery, the naval battle in Osaka Bay had no way of knowing, and the only Great Friendly Army with artillery withdrew to the mainland early.

Oda Nobunaga was also stunned by this artillery fire, and watched dozens of corpses being blown to the ground by the shock wave of the cannonballs, which was definitely more exaggerated than listening to a hundred fables told by Floys, who had long been told many years ago that Nanban had a magical firearm that could make a sound that could only be made by gods, and could punish sinners far away from the sky, and today he finally saw the true face of this firearm.

Staring at the swarthy creatures visiting in the Eastern Army's formation, Oda Nobunaga clenched his fists and said angrily: "The country is collapsing!" It must be the collapse of the country that the Otomo family once said! A cannon exploded the collapse of the enemy's country! The precious firearms that were not easy to find in the Southern Barbarians were actually taken out by him thirty at one time! No...... There are more than thirty gates, maybe there are fifty gates, the remnants of the Awaji Navy once mentioned that the Eastern Army had Nanban galleons and national collapse, and he actually had so many secret firearms, what a good intention! ”

After a while, a young man dressed in brocade came over with the imperial book and said, "Continue to command the Oda Senate Palace, and the officers and men of the Western Army must not contradict the Hou ......."

"Wait!" Oda Nobunaga waved his hand to interrupt the messenger's declaration, and said impatiently, "Let's just say where did His Highness Gogata go?" ”

The envoy said nervously, "His Royal Highness said that he was not feeling well, so he went back to the Nijo Imperial Palace first." ”

"Humph! Sure enough, did you run first? Let him go! Oda Nobunaga waved his hand to repel the messenger, took a deep breath and said loudly, "The whole army obeys the order!" The target is that the Eastern Army launches a general attack, and it is necessary to destroy the artillery in front of the Eastern Army! As long as the firearms of the Eastern Army are destroyed, there is still a chance to win! Trust me, Nobunaga can't be wrong! ”

Oda Nobunaga was still trying his best to hold on, but unfortunately he didn't know that the morale of the Western Army had fallen to the bottom with the appearance of artillery, and the generals of the armies had already been frightened by the Eastern Army.

The seemingly stalemate situation is just an illusion, the Eastern Army still has at least 100,000 elites who have not been put into the battlefield, perhaps they are waiting for the moment when the artillery is gathering fire to show all their strength, and clean up their group of tired soldiers for a long time like the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves, and then look back at their own persistence and sacrifice is meaningless, rather than meaninglessly dying on this land, it is better to run as far as possible to seek that glimmer of life, those who have a home to go straight to their hometown, and those who have no home to go back to Kyoto.

Mori Terumoto reacted faster than them, and when the artillery roared, he deeply understood that the Eastern Army would undoubtedly win, and immediately announced that Yi Zhi would change to the Eastern Army, and joined with more than 20,000 people from Honjo Honjo and more than 10,000 people under the headquarters of Hojo Takahiro, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Yasuda Keimoto who were ambushed in the Yamashina Basin, forming an army of 50,000 and attacking Yodo Castle, in an attempt to take advantage of the gap before the Western Army retreated to block their retreat to Kyoto.

The battle was stalemate until the end of the afternoon, and the general of the Western Army entered the period of total collapse, and the generals of the various armies fled westward with their own troops, grabbing the ferry one step earlier, and only grabbing the ferry of friendly troops one step later, and if they couldn't squeeze in, they fled southwest along the Yodo River, in short, the faster they ran, the better, regardless of the fact that the Kawachi Province, Izumi Province, and Sakai Town on the south bank of the Yodo River had long been controlled by the Eastern Army.

Maybe the total collapse came too suddenly, the fight that was still in strict formation a moment ago suddenly collapsed into chaos, and in an instant the battlefield between the two rivers became a scene of chaos and chaos, only to see the black-armored knight fleeing around with the western soldiers, and some brave warriors of the eastern army took out the lasso, like a lasso, encircled the fleeing general, dragging all the way around.

Wailing and wailing, the war that was originally evenly matched turned into a one-sided slaughter, surrounded by hundreds of horsemen, Oda Nobunaga slowly left this sad land, before leaving, he glanced at the battlefield with a blue face and hatred, and saw the golden-armored samurai in the distance under the escort of the white-armored cavalry wandering slowly in the turbulence.

"Kira Saburo, you treacherous and despicable villain! This hatred and shame, I Nobunaga will always remember! (To be continued......)