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The Choshu Domain and the Shogunate Army met on the official road east of Fukuyama Castle, and both sides approached cautiously.

The small number of military formations in the west are fluttering with a three-star pattern, which is extremely neat, and even the flag behind the Choshu Domain is printed with this unique Maori family crest.

In the middle of the military formation with a large number of people in the east is the black Mitsuha Aoi family crest, which is the imperial family crest of the Tokugawa shogunate, and of course the same family crest is also used by the Mito Domain, Owari Domain, and Kii Domain.

The eastern military array is more of a variety of colors and styles of family patterns, relying on the flag, which is extremely complicated, of course, it also reflects the large number of people, they shout horses and neighing extremely publicly, giving a lot of pressure to the soldiers of the Choshu domain on the opposite side.

In contrast, the army of the Choshu domain was much more silent, and some of the feudal soldiers even looked extremely uneasy, looking around as if they were looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.

And the nearly 2,000 new standing guards are much more stable, because they know best the combat power of the 2,000 Ming cavalry that have been hidden, and their task is to hold on and hold on.

Tokugawa Yorinobu observed the thousands of troops of the Choshu Domain in the middle of the military formation, and was extremely satisfied with the silence of the Choshu Domain's soldiers, which clearly showed that the confidence of the Choshu Domain's soldiers had wavered.

Of course, he also knew that he couldn't underestimate the Choshu Domain, after all, how could he dare to raise the banner of rebellion without some confidence, and Maori Xiu must have something to rely on.

"Tadaji Ando, as far as you can see, how powerful the soldiers of the Choshu Domain on the other side are."

Tokugawa Yoshiyama sat on his horse and looked at the veteran Tadaji Ando on the right.

Tadaji Ando took a closer look at the soldiers of the Choshu Domain, "Lord Bing, just judging from these feudal soldiers, the feudal soldiers of the Choshu Domain are also elite, much stronger than the ordinary feudal soldiers, and the combat power of my feudal soldiers is on par with the combat power of my clan's feudal soldiers. ”

"Well, the armor is complete, and the army is clean, but it is also a strong enemy, but unfortunately their number is too small, and our army will win a big victory in this joint battle."

Tokugawa Yoshinobu was full of confidence, and the most regrettable thing in his life was that he did not catch up with the time when the world was in turmoil, and he killed the enemy with the old samurai of the Tokugawa family and made brave achievements.

He was not born in the Nagashino battle, and he almost missed the two Osaka battles, and he was only thirteen or fourteen years old at the time, and he was not able to go into battle yet.

After that, the Tokugawa family swept across the country with a devastating force, and there was no force that dared to block the Tokugawa family's soldiers, and he, as the son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, naturally had no chance to go into battle.

Now he commanded more than 20,000 troops to fight a decisive battle against the rebellion of the Choshu Domain, once he defeated the opponent and extinguished the rebellion of the Choshu Domain, the history of the Wa Kingdom in the future will have its strong stroke, and he is not an unknown passerby.

"Your Majesty wishes the head of the family a great defeat of the enemy, the extermination of the remnants of the Choshu Domain, and the great contribution of pacifying Kansai."

Tadaji Ando bowed down and slapped it slightly, he, as the head of the Kii Domain, knew the thoughts of the head of the family.

"Of course, you went to inform the Choshu Domain on my behalf, surrender and avoid death, and those who resist will not be forgiven. If the soldiers of the Choshu domain lay down their armor and surrender now, it will be too late. ”

Tokugawa Yoshinobu commanded.

"Subordinates obey." Everyone knows that the other party will not lay down their arms, the crime of rebellion is enough to cut off the heads of their entire family, and it is okay if those who surrender do not kill and deceive the village husband and the village woman, and the Choshu Domain will never be fooled, and it is difficult to escape death if the samurai at all levels are lowered.

But a forced landing before the battle is necessary, in case the commander-in-chief of the opposing side doesn't figure out where he is in his head or is coerced by his samurai to finally surrender, who can say what happened at this time.

Tadaji Ando led more than ten horsemen to run towards the military formation of the Choshu Domain, and at a distance of only more than two hundred steps from the opponent, more than ten horsemen still shouted at the top of their voices, but they just surrendered and avoided death.

They had just shouted more than ten times, and the roar of several iron cannons sounded on the opposite side, although they couldn't hit so far at all, but the meaning of intimidation was obvious.

At this time, Yamauchi Nobumasa would not sit idly by and wait for the morale of the feudal soldiers to be frustrated, and he rode out with a dozen escorts and rode out in front of his own army.

"The soldiers of the Choshu Domain, don't listen to any surrender to avoid death, in their eyes, we are rebellious, once we surrender, it is still difficult to escape death, for the sake of the lord of the Choshu Domain, for the honor of the samurai of the Choshu Domain, we must defeat the rabble on the opposite side, recover the hometown of my Choshu Domain, and kill."

Yamauchi Shinmasa shouted, and the soldiers of the clan also understood that their way to survive now was to defeat the opponent, as for what surrender was a matter of showing off their heads, they followed and shouted, kill, and the morale was high for a while.

Tadaji Ando shook his head, it seemed that he didn't fool these Choshu domain soldiers, he beat his horse and turned back to his own formation.

Nothing was said next, and the two sides still had to fight each other.

Drums and trumpets sounded in unison, and the shogunate began to march westward, the sound of their fifteen-thousand-man marching and the clashing of armor muffled all other sounds on the plain.

There were 5,000 men in the rear to meet the advance, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu was in the rear, and the front was led by Tadaji Ando.

The soldiers of the Choshu Domain were inspecting their armor and filling iron cannons on the spot, and the right flank was still more than 2,000 new standing units, which was their top combat power.

Of course, Yamauchi Nobumasa did not have the spare strength to set up the front and rear formations, and all the 7,000 troops of the Choshu Domain went into battle, and even Yamauchi Nobumasa was at the front, and he hoped that his leading soldiers could stimulate the morale of the feudal soldiers.

When the two armies approached 80 paces, there was a bang, and the new standing iron cannons of more than 200 iron cannons on the right flank of the Choshu Domain opened fire first.

The blow was a bit sudden, and the gunners on the opposite side were caught off guard, and their iron guns still had ten steps to reach the firing distance.

Immediately, screams rang out one after another, and more than 100 iron gunners of the shogunate army in the front row fell to the ground and struggled for their lives.

But neither the iron gunners in the center nor on the left flank opened fire, and they did not reach their own range, i.e., the range of the newly standing guns of the Breakers was slightly longer.

When the military formations of the two sides approached more than 60 paces, there was a bang, and the roar of iron cannons came and went, which was not the kind of drill of the broken army, and it could not be fired in a very neat salvo at all.

The iron guns on both sides of the center and the left flank were hundreds, divided into three sections, and each bombardment was only a hundred, which was not a very large density.

However, the short right flank of the new standing on the right flank was thousands of iron cannons, which were divided into four rows of intensive bombardment, and the fire was extremely ferocious, sweeping away the miscellaneous soldiers of the various daimyo in front of the right flank, and almost no iron gunners threatened the new standing military formation.

The ferocious blows of the new standing force made the forward of these miscellaneous soldiers waver, but thanks to the samurai at all levels monitoring the situation, the army continued to move forward.

The two sides experienced two rounds of iron cannon bombardment, killing hundreds of feudal soldiers on the ground, and finally entered the time of hand-to-hand combat.

The three guns on both sides stabbed wildly, leaving the greatest damage to each other, the miserable howls rose one after another on the confrontation line, and there were constantly feudal soldiers who covered their wounds and fell to the ground in pain, and some soldiers were directly trampled to death by the feudal soldiers on both sides, and the battle line at this time was extremely bloody and terrifying.

At this time, it is the morale of the army, both of which are not lacking, and then the casualty rate and number, and the shogunate army, which has the advantage in numbers, has an absolute advantage.

The battle formation in the center and the left flank of the Choshu Domain began to gradually become unfavorable, and the front began to move westward, which was a harbinger of the collapse of the Choshu Domain, which could not bear the pressure and unconsciously retreated.

Only the new standing pikes on the right flank were extremely ferocious, which caused the miscellaneous soldiers of the various domains who pounced on them to break their heads and break their blood, and occupy an absolute upper hand.

But because of the retreat of the central army and the left flank, the main front was tilted, and if it continued, the new standing forces of the right flank could be exposed to the enemy's siege on both sides.

Nobumasa Yamauchi had already urged the soldiers of the clan to fight back bravely in the middle of the army, but they were still repelled by the Kii Domain's standing soldiers in the middle, and the Kii Domain's standing reserve took advantage of the advantage of numbers to press forward step by step, regardless of casualties.

The Choshu Domain's soldiers in the middle had no backup and could only retreat step by step, and the situation of the entire joint battle became more and more unfavorable to the Choshu Domain's soldiers, and even scattered feudal soldiers began to escape.

The corners of Tokugawa Lai Xuan's mouth in the back were slightly upturned, and a big victory was expected, of course, his forehead was in a good mood, and the Choshu Domain was closed.

At this moment, a large cloud of smoke and dust rose on the northwest horizon, and it seemed that a large number of cavalry troops were approaching.

More than a dozen cavalry cavalry of the Kii clan rushed to the rear in embarrassment, bringing a very bad news to Tokugawa Yorinobu, a large force of cavalry appeared a few miles away, their clothing was very different from that of the Japanese people, I don't know where the cavalry was, but the cavalry of the Kii domain was slashed and killed, and at first glance it was the helper of the Choshu domain.

Tokugawa Yorisen's heart sank, this was bad news, just when he was about to win, this unexpected enemy appeared, and his identity was unknown, which made his heart palpitate extremely much.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu immediately ordered the whole army to step up its advance and make sure to completely defeat the resistance of the Choshu domain, so that when the cavalry arrived, the whole army could face the enemy in one direction.

Under the orders of Tokugawa Yorinobu, the shogunate army violently attacked the military formation of the Choshu domain as if it had been beaten with chicken blood.

The army of the Choshu Domain began to falter, and was broken through by the shogunate army in many places, but fortunately, hundreds of iron gunners on the right flank supported the center with three guns, which stabilized the position, but the left flank had already begun to rout.

If the shogunate attacked again, the left flank was in danger of collapsing.

But it was too late, and the cavalry had approached less than a mile from where the two sides were fighting.

I saw that these horsemen had no armor or banners, and they were all dressed in leather robes, with bows in their hands, and skillfully crossed from one horse to another close to a mile away, and they were so skillful that they changed their mounts, which had begun to decline, as if they were just a leisurely stroll.

Then a desolate and low trumpet sounded, and the cavalry immediately urged their horses to gallop wildly, and the thunderous sound of horses' hooves on the ground drowned out all the sounds on the earth, and a large stream of smoke and dust shrouded the large cavalry and rushed wildly towards the left flank. (To be continued.) )