At about five o'clock in the afternoon of August 5th, the sun on the horizon has gradually slanted to the west, and a piece of burning clouds hangs on the top of the mountain, after less than an hour of preparation, a simple wooden fence, and a bundle of bamboo tied to death with rattan bamboo bundles are made, in order to curb the charge of the Miyoshi family on the mountain to the greatest extent, Kira Yoshitoki chooses to set up a fence at a sharp turn of 300 meters above the mountain road, which can ensure that the angle formed outside the turn can be strengthened to the greatest extent to enhance the effect of long-range attacks.

After a short wait, a string of sparkling fires could be seen gradually lighting up on the mountain, and for medieval peasants, who were generally suffering from night blindness, the last rays of the evening were no longer enough to clearly see the trail below, and the long procession formed a long line of snakes and descended the mountain path that had been repaired by the shogunate.

Carefully observe the long snake formation on the mountain, it seems that there is still a part of the army left on the mountain to contain the defenders, and a little estimation can be measured that the broken rear army on the mountain is at most 500 people, and the first wave of the vanguard of the Miyoshi army is still the ashigaru with the three-stage Ling five poles and the flag, they rushed down the mountain with the impact of the hillside, and exchanged fire with the Kira family Ashigaru behind the wooden fence.

In order to prevent their own ashigaru from being blocked from retreating, there were not many ashigaru arranged in front of the wooden gate, and a total of more than 100 heavily armed red samurai were also the best choice, and they were responsible for delaying the speed of the Miyoshi army's march down the mountain, buying time for the archers behind them to retreat, and they used the simple wooden fences that stretched down from the mountain to delay the attack of the Miyoshi family again and again.

As the Miyoshi army launched a charge, the fires on the mountain were all around, and more torches lit up, and the faint shouting of killing seemed to be the Hosokawa army in Nakao Castle starting to move, Yamamoto Tokiyuki said with a smile: "Hosokawa Jingzhaoden is really an urgent child, and Yamashita has begun to counterattack before the battle." ”

"It's also good to be one step earlier, at least you can share the offensive pressure of your own family." He can also understand Hosokawa Harumoto's urgency, the autumn harvest has only begun and there is still a period of time before the collection of military rations for the new year, and it must be very difficult to stay in this high mountain for more than a month.

The Hosokawa army can keenly perceive the abnormal movement under the mountain, and immediately launched a counterattack after the Miyoshi army withdrew, with this ability, Hosokawa Harumoto can not be said to be a military imbecile, according to this rhythm, the mountain tail covers the mountain, and the mountain is blocked and encircled, and it evolves into a typical two-headed blockade and extermination war.

The blocking army on the hill while fighting and retreating was in a position to retreat into the main position after holding on for two quarters of an hour, and the Miyoshi family had more than 200 people who died in the sluggish tactics, and there were almost no big losses of their own, and the Miyoshi army that frequently crossed the fence and had to deal with the bow and arrow strikes was very aggrieved, and their long-range troops were pressed on the rear and could not come, and the melee troops were stirred up by the red samurai who fought and retreated, and the long-range point killing of the archers was very demoralizing, which made the Miyoshi army even more restless.

"Look, Master, the Miyoshi Army has already rushed down with a roar." Kira Yoshishi smiled, the preparation of the wooden fence is to hit the morale of the Miyoshi army, and he can't give them a chance to calm down and think, otherwise his more than 3,000 tired soldiers and the 5,000 troops on the opposite side will lose even more if they are consumed, and if they don't make plans in advance, even if they win, they will lose.

When the first group rushed out of the mountain pass, they were greeted by the merciless shooting of the archers, and the corpses that screamed and fell to death made the following troops slow down.

"Don't stop! Rush down! ”

I don't know who shouted out a voice, another round of offensive by the Miyoshi family was organized, this time no less than three hundred people rushed down, Kira Yoshitoki immediately ordered the grenadier team to go out of the battle, Kato Kyoaki held back his strength for this array, he ordered the grenadier team to take out the baked jade and ignite it, he had also secretly tested the power before, this was the first time that the new baked jade was used in actual combat, and he was also looking forward to the actual effect.

When the clay pots flying towards the crowd in the mountain road, the thunder cracked, and the violent explosion accompanied by the pottery shards burst out in all directions, tearing several people in the center of the explosion to pieces on the spot, and then the unlucky people around them, the high temperature and fragmentation of the gunpowder explosion took their lives in an instant.

Of course, these people who were killed on the spot were not the worst, but even more miserable were those who were a little far away from the center of the explosion, some of their ears were deaf, some of their eyes were blinded by fragments, and the high-temperature flames burned the bamboo and wood armor on their bodies, because these gunpowder jars were added by him, and the grease of various animals and plants was poured into them, and the flames that popped out of the explosion were drops of improvised fire oil, which fell on these armors were simply the best accelerants, and then one by one the fire people struggled and wailed and were burned alive.

Some of these people were lucky not to be killed or burned on the spot, but the fragments of the clay pots that followed blurred their flesh and blood, and they rolled on the ground one by one wailing, and the intensity of the scene was indescribable, and even when it was getting dark, you could still feel how intense the pain they were suffering.

Such a tragic formation suddenly shocked all the Ashigaru of the Miyoshi Army, who had never seen such a powerful gunpowder weapon, and one by one they retreated to the mountain as if they were crying madly, and shouted like crazy: "The evil ghost is coming!" The Yaksha is coming! Run away, everyone! ”

This group of people did not go far before the continuous surging army on the mountain and back, several samurai carrying bloodstained swords shouted loudly, but found that the escapees were immediately beheaded to show the public, this group of samurai will not listen to their explanation, this group of people believe in a sentence, you dare to retreat, I dare to kill, shouting the obscure Shikoku dialect, forcibly driving the Miyoshi army down the hillside, and then there is no then, these people are either blown up flesh and blood, or by the bow and arrow iron cannon into a corpse.

"Roasted jade, the secret weapon of the Mishima Water Army, it seems that the Miyoshi family has not seen his power." Kira Yoshitoki said with a smile.

"The three good families should have seen baked jade." Yamamoto Tokiyuki said: "When the old minister was wandering in the western country, he saw the roasting fire arrow. ”

"Oh? Mishima's roasting arrows? How powerful is it?" asked Kira Yoshitoki with interest.

"The baked jade that Lao Chen has seen is not so powerful, it is just an explosive clay pot, which can blow up the opponent's ship at sea and make the ship ignite a raging fire, whether it can blow people up or not is not very clear, but it is definitely not as strong as the hall owner's production, the power of this new type of baked jade is too strong, and the Miyoshi family should not have realized that this is baked jade." Tokiyuki Yamamoto explained.

"Master Craftsman means that my improved gunpowder recipe is too powerful to scare them?" Kira nodded thoughtfully, the scientific and technological level of medieval Japan was limited, in addition to the cultural introduction of the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, there was only the spread of Nanban culture that entered Kyushu a few years ago, and the high-grade gunpowder formula was secret in both the Ming Dynasty and the Nanban, and it was impossible to grasp it at all.

Japan is still using inferior black powder, so the power of baked jade is not good, gunpowder is not easy to store at sea, and the power of baked jade will be greatly reduced, and the granular gunpowder he made does not have this problem, and the existing two ratios of propellant and explosive are the results of later tests, compared with the most basic black powder has an incomparable advantage.

This resistance battle only lasted half an hour before it ended, almost a one-sided uninjured siege and killing situation, the fool also knew that there was no result in the fight, when the Miyoshi family desperately charged several times and were all wiped out, they hurriedly dropped nearly 1,500 corpses and fled to the mountain, but this is a mountain road with no other way, the road to Kyoto was blocked by Kira Yoshitoki, and the Nakao Castle at the end of the mountain road captured 3,000 troops, even if the Miyoshi Changyi 8,000 troops were in order, there was no move, not to mention that this group of remnants was defeated.

They are destined to have only a dead end, when the army on the mountain is attacked, Kira Yoshitoki also attacks from the bottom of the mountain from the bottom to the top at the same time, this group of remnants of the defeated army has long had no way to escape, Miyoshi Changyi decisively announced his surrender.

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