Chapter 208: The Collapse of the Wings
"Engage!" The samurai on both sides roared angrily and waved the spears in their hands and collided together, at this time the smoke on the battlefield had not yet dissipated, the first team of the Miyoshi Army still had a thousand people left, and on the opposite side was Takashima Bei 1,100 Ashigaru, the two sides had similar combat strength and the equipment gap was not large, and the Ashigaru team of the Miyoshi Army brandished three guns, ready to give Takashima a bloody lesson in the first round of stabs.
Takashima's spear and shield soldiers are skillful and skillful, and they quickly spread out to form a gun before the first round of assault arrived, and with the dodge shield to block the assault of the Miyoshi army, and then block the counter-assault and gradually move the situation back, the samurai of the Miyoshi family saw that the situation was not right, and immediately brandished a scythe and a sword to fight, and the samurai of the Kira family also went to battle, and the two sides fought back and forth, and they couldn't see the victory or defeat in a short time.
At the same time, the two groups of horseback warriors of the Miyoshi Army converged in one place, gathered into a huge force of 3,500 horsemen, this cavalry team was covered in navy blue armor, and the black background was white with three steps and five rings leaning against the flag very blinking, they seemed to have no interest in Takashima Bei, who was in the way in front of them, and directly and dexterously brushed the right flank, and rushed straight towards the main formation of the Kira army, the angle of this assault was very tricky, and the samurai and ashigaru of Takashima were all caught in the formation and could not intercept it, so that this huge cavalry team calmly rushed over.
At this time, the Mikawa samurai, who was protecting the iron artillery team in the back row, immediately reacted, Watanabe Takatsuna shouted, and the javelin team all replaced the spears in their hands, took out the javelins behind their backs, and turned to aim at the large cavalry team that rushed over.
"Breathe! Sprint! Throwing! Hundreds of days and nights of repeated practice, almost deep in the bone marrow imprinted in the mind, in Watanabe Takatsuna's familiar shout. A javelin made of cast iron with a hardwood pole weighs no more than two pounds. The length of one room is just enough. The lethality at twenty meters is definitely more than that of iron cannons and bows, and it is a perfect weapon especially against a samurai on horseback.
The three good masatosis who charged ahead, only felt that the flying guns were flying in the face, and the whistling flying guns were mixed with the "woo" hiss that tore through the air, which made people feel unconsciously shocked and fearful, and in the face of this terrible weapon that had never been seen before, the three good masatosis bent over and hung down to avoid this terrible projectile.
Listening to a gust of wind blowing overhead, Miyoshi Masanari was still congratulating on his keen reaction. As soon as he raised his head, he saw a black dot approaching him, and before he could react, he didn't know anything in front of him, and at this moment he seemed to hear the terrible screams of his sons, and the wailing of war horses, which was the last memory of his existence in the world.
After the throwing in the front row is finished, the back row immediately substitutes to continue throwing, and the rows of javelins are thrown either on the horses or directly through the samurai on the horses, in front of the powerful cast-iron javelins. Any resistance is futile, and it can easily tear through armor. Drilling into the body and penetrating from the other end, there is nothing at this distance to thwart the Javelin's unsolvable attack.
At the end of a round of throwing, the horse team killed the horse on their backs, the offensive gradually stopped, some javelins pierced the enemy's neck, and continued to fly to another person, completing a string of sugar gourds, among which nearly twenty people could do this, Watanabe Takatsuna was the strongest of them, no matter through any part of the torso, the javelin he threw could penetrate two people, and without the command of the general, this team became a broiler, not the opponent of the javelin team at all.
In the interval between the javelin team attacking the cavalry team, Naito Masari's 500 heavy wisteria bow team was arranged into three rows, and the three rows bent their bows in turn and then retreated to the rear, and it took only five seconds to complete a round of salvo, the javelin bow and arrow double fire suppression, and the Miyoshi army cavalry team was defeated and retreated, and there was no longer the original majestic appearance, and what was more interesting was that although the two horse teams were scattered and fled, the direction of escape was completely different, which gave the Shigeto bow team the opportunity to shoot one by one.
"The Iron Artillery Team is fighting back! Fight back! The cavalry of the Miyoshi army shouted, and the archers of the Shikoku people were simply untouchable, and they were almost undamaged in front of the Kira army, which was fully clothed, which made the situation very embarrassing, and they could only wait for reinforcements from the back row of the ashigaru team before making plans.
Several reserves of Kira showed strong combat effectiveness, and almost let the Miyoshi army be repelled as soon as they saw it, but fortunately, the Miyoshi family soldiers were many generals, and gradually adapted to the attack rhythm of several reserves, and slowly pulled the situation back, when the army of Miyoshi Changqing was about to arrive, the red reserve cavalry of Mikawa finally began to act.
The reason why they had not moved until now was because they were responsible for guarding the long-range troops, but at this time the iron artillery team had turned to the river to move and wait for the response, and the archers and javelins were together to suppress the mounted samurai of the Miyoshi Army, and the five hundred red cavalry, who did not need to continue to serve as guards, waved their horsewhips and urged the mounts under their crotch to suddenly accelerate and launch a surprise attack on the Miyoshi Army on the left flank.
The Miyoshi army, which was entangled with Shiga Bei, suddenly felt a familiar and unfamiliar feeling, it was a rumbling vibration from the earth, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a strange red cavalry suddenly killed, Miyoshi Yoshiken immediately noticed the movements of this cavalry, as one of the few cavalry teams in this army, his every move would attract great attention, and immediately attracted the two thousand iron artillery team of the Miyoshi Army to turn their guns and aim.
"Bang bang!" Separated by a distance of sixty or seventy meters, even the hit rate of the Kira army is not high, not to mention that the Miyoshi army of the old-fashioned iron cannon can only catch the blind, and this wave of salvo is not completely useless, at least they have successfully attracted the attention of the Chibei cavalry, and they shouted straight up, and Chibei suddenly turned the direction to attack the Miyoshi iron artillery team.
"Not good! They're going to attack the Iron Artillery Team! Miyoshi Yoshiken was excited, and secretly scolded the iron artillery team for being stupid, shooting at such a distance not only failed to hit anyone, but also attracted the attention of the local horse team, just as he was about to mobilize the flag samurai, a shout greatly boosted the morale of the Miyoshi army, which gradually fell into passivity.
"The army of the main hall is coming!"
The first support army that came from Miyoshi Nagakei's department, the first to run over was the 2,000 foot light team, they happened to appear between the route of the red cavalry and the iron artillery team, and the leader was the Shikoku samurai Shinohara, Sakishi, he was the second son of Shinohara, the retainer of Miyoshi Yoshiken, and the eldest brother was Shinohara, and as soon as he saw Kira Akabi, who was rushing over, he set up a gun array with ease, two thousand people against five hundred people. There is a gun array in front of it. After there was iron cannon fire. Give them the confidence to hold off this striking cavalry.
"Roundabout flanks!" Isshiki Naokaka and Shiraku Sadatsu shouted at the same time, and the five hundred red reserve cavalry immediately divided into two groups, suddenly changed direction and turned to the left and right flanks of the Ashigaru team, and circled half a circle along an oblique route, and circled in an arc to the flank of the gun formation.
But they don't have much time to think. A knight rushed forward, brandishing a spear that was as red as blood, as hot as fire, and then everything in front of him became so illusory, and the spear in front of him fell like a stubble of wheat, as if it were a false illusion.
Shinohara Sakichi Bei saw only bright red colors, red armor, red knives and guns, as well as blood and stumps and severed arms, and only the neighing and wailing of men and horses came and went. Flags and objects are gradually disappearing, and the proud force of the past seems to be a joke. It's like a baby fighting an adult, it's so pale and ridiculous.
Another Akabi samurai wielded the longbow in his hand, each arrow would take a life, he drew the bow and shot very fast, two breaths were an arrow, and the speed of harvesting life was not inferior to that flame-like samurai, but his Xin brother was completely different, as if it was as cold and terrible as a piece of ice.
He left the last memory, that is, the Akabi samurai who rushed ahead, he brandished a blood-red spear, slashing all the way invincible, obviously not in front of him, but those eyes were like eagles staring at him, like a tiger staring at the prey in the plate, making him feel an unprecedented sense of trembling, the next moment a flower in front of his eyes, the whole person flew up lightly, higher and higher from the ground, and finally saw the devastated battlefield, a corpse that lost its head and kept rushing out of blood, he didn't know anything.
"The three good Zhengcheng begged for death, the cavalry team was destroyed, and the rest of the army retreated!"
"Noda Toyogo guarded, Shinohara Sakichi Bei was begged to die! Hemp plants are all destroyed! The name of the West is destroyed! "One unfavorable news after another kept coming, which seriously shook the morale of the Miyoshi Army and greatly weakened the morale of the Miyoshi family.
"The Samurai of the Banner is out! Be sure to stop the enemy cavalry! "Miyoshi Yoshixian immediately made adjustments, and no matter what, he had to keep the iron artillery team.
"Assault! Destroy the Iron Artillery Brigade! Takigawa Tokiyoshi, who hurriedly drank to stop the murderous spirit and wanted to chase after him, gave up the pursuit of the remnants of the fleeing soldiers, and once again divided into two ways to move left and right, and the iron cannons of the Miyoshi army were hurriedly loaded with lead bullets and gunpowder, and many people could not hold the tense communication strip.
"Bang bang bang!" Suddenly, there was a sound of iron cannons that startled the Miyoshi army, and they looked left and right and didn't know where it came from, and at the moment when everyone was stunned, the Chibei cavalry had quietly come to the front of the two thousand iron cannons.
"Run!" The Miyoshi Army's iron artillery team couldn't care about loading ammunition anymore, so they picked up the iron cannon and turned around and ran, but how did the two legs run over four legs, Takigawa Tokiyoshi and Shima Tokikatsu one left and one right, wielding big guns left and right to kill the fleeing crowd, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep and turning into a one-sided slaughter, the samurai of the Miyoshi family did not have a samurai who could not match them, and the battle situation presented an embarrassing scene of imminent collapse
"Bastard!" Miyoshi's flag samurai general Akutagawa Iga Mori Nao was furious, and immediately rushed over to stop the slaughter of the Akabi samurai, and the Akabi cavalry did not fight to the death with this group of red-eyed Banner samurai, and with a whistle, all five hundred Akabi turned their horses' heads and turned back to the left flank, and the elusive characteristics of the cavalry were vividly expressed by the Akabi cavalry, and the Akabi samurai, who relied on two legs to pursue, could only scold.
"The cavalry of the shogunate army broke the iron cannon team, and Yasutomi Daijiyun and Hanchuan fought for death against the horses!"
"Then He Bei retreated! Miyoshi Sun Hachiro begs for death! The left wing collapses! The right flank began to retreat! ”
"The main force of the main hall has arrived!" One news after another made Miyoshi Yoshixian's face blue and white for a while, he never dreamed that it would be so difficult, he was beaten and almost collapsed after only an hour of the war, but fortunately, the main force of Miyoshi Changqing finally rushed over.
Miyoshi Yoshixian stared at the red reserve cavalry wandering around, and finally sighed and ordered: "All the reserves preserve their strength and retreat immediately!" Move closer to my brother's main camp! (To be continued......)