A snow-white healthy horse was led by a tall and thin young military general and sent to Long Tao.

"Lord, this is a war horse that my father specially picked for you." Kenzaburo handed the reins to Long Tao.

"What a good horse!" Long Tao took the reins, touched the long mane on the horse's neck, and looked at Kenzaburo again, "San Lang, are you wearing your grandfather's feet?" ”

Kenzaburo wore a gray pedal, although it was old, but it was very clean, and Long Tao remembered that it was the same set of pediments he had seen when he first arrived at Wuchuan's house.

"Exactly!" Kenzaburo nodded solemnly, "Today is a very important battle for the lord, Saburo hopes that his grandfather's martial spirit can bless him and help the lord win!" ”

At this time, two more young generals in armor walked over, one holding a ten-character spear and the other carrying a bow and arrow with a long knife at the waist and hip, it was Ruyoshi and Sun Bingwei.

"I've seen the lord!" The two of them saluted on one knee.

"Get up!" Long Tao nodded and asked, "After today's battle, you will all be promoted to the ranks of samurai, but have you all thought of your name?" ”

Kenzaburo said respectfully: "My father has chosen the name Takekawa Keno for the next. ”

"Ken-shiung? What a great name! What about the two of you? ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and Ruyoshi said: "The two of us were allocated by the lord in Mt. Fuji, so we both want to take Fuzhong as the surname to commemorate the great kindness of the lord!" ”

"Whatever you want." Long Tao smiled, "Anyway, I'll call you two Liuji and Sun Bingwei to come smoothly!" Well? The monks of Honganji Temple have already arrived in front of the mountain, so let's go over and take a look! ”

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At the foot of the mountain where the cherry blossom palace is located, there is a white sea of people at the moment, and five thousand monks and soldiers have finally arrived, ready to make a slight rectification at the bottom of the mountain, and line up to attack the mountain.

The monks and soldiers were all wrapped in white scarves, covered with white linen clothes on the outside, with swastika flags on their backs, and holding long-handled broadswords, which flashed and reflected in the sun, and were murderous.

Ancient Japan's war tactics are limited, more emphasis on personal martial arts, the end of the Heian period of the source Yoshitsune, for the source of the Yoritomo to establish the Kamakura shogunate made great contributions, is the "source of the peace war" in the extermination of the Hei family of the main hero, by the Japanese respected as the god of war, this person's excellence, in addition to their own martial arts, there is also know how to use a variety of tactics in the war, rather than blindly relying on numbers and force alone, those tactics, but also very shallow ambush, lure the enemy, detour, outflank and the like, If you compare it with the Chinese wars of the same era, it is just a beginner.

By the time of the Warring States Period, the use of tactics had received enough attention, and there had been many classic battles in which fewer won more, and under the influence of China, various military techniques were also created, but individual combat ability was still a very important part of warfare.

First, Japan's population is small, the number of participants in the war is usually not too much, tens of thousands of people can be called a big war, although the Warring States Turbulent Times are constantly in turmoil, but most of them are small-scale wars between a thousand or a thousand people, and it is limited to the terrain of Japan is mostly mountainous and hilly, more often, the battle is a catch-and-kill between the mountains and forests, so personal combat power is very important.

Second, the army of the Warring States period was composed of the direct troops of the daimyo and the private soldiers of the lords of all sizes under the daimyo, the direct troops of the daimyo received war training all the year round, with excellent quality and strong combat power, and the larger lords may also raise some private soldiers, and many of the private soldiers of small and medium-sized lords are temporarily recruited, cultivated in peacetime, and participated in wartime, they have not received much tactical training, and they only fight on the battlefield, and then it depends on individual force.

Moreover, the number of private soldiers under each lord varies, most in the thousands, and the territory is only a small city, and there may only be dozens or even a dozen people, and there is no cooperation between them, let alone what tactics are used.

This is also the reason why special attention is paid to the head of the general (the leader of each detachment) on the battlefield, as soon as the general dies, most of the private soldiers under his command will immediately disperse, and the people who pay the salary are gone, what are you still doing here?

Of course, the situation of the monks and soldiers of the Ichisho sect is slightly different, firstly, they all have the same beliefs, and secondly, they have been supported by the monastery for a long time and are full-time military affairs, which is very similar to the direct troops of the daimyo, and the combat power is quite strong.

As the lord of Oyama Castle and one of the owners of Honganji Temple, although he is young, he is also considered to have experienced a hundred battles, and this time he brought 5,000 monks and soldiers out in person, just to completely uproot this "Sakura Sect" that is opposed to the Sect.

In his opinion, such a mountain, a group of rabble, can be taken with a wave of his hand.

After the monks and soldiers were reorganized, Qili Lai Zhou was about to wave his hand and give the order to attack the mountain, when several huge roars came from the mountain, followed by the sound of explosions in the monk ranks, the dust was flying, the severed limbs were flying, and five shells fell in the monk ranks, killing and wounding nearly 100 people immediately.

"It's a big tube!" Qili Lai Zhou's face changed, "There is a big cylinder on this mountain!" ”

The large barrel in the Japanese population, that is, the cannon, was a relatively luxurious heavy firearm in this era, and it usually did not appear in general-scale wars, and was mostly used in large-scale battles or when storming some famous cities that were difficult to take.

These five large barrels are actually five small Fran cannons that Long Tao bought from Lilu, which are relatively advanced firearms in the world, and this cannon is also known as the Hongyi cannon after it was introduced to the Ming Dynasty, and "Hongyi" refers to the red-haired Dutch.

The five shells caused a commotion among the monks, followed by another roar on the mountain, and the monks were frightened and took refuge.

Qili Lai Zhou is worthy of the people who have experienced the battle array, and immediately shouted: "Don't panic! The big barrel can only go far, rush up the hill quickly, and the cannonballs will not hit! With that, the long knife waved.

Many monks and soldiers also shouted and rushed up the mountain.

During this period, several rounds of artillery bombardment were fired from the mountain, but the monks scattered the attack, and the number of casualties was not as impressive as the first time.

When the monks rushed halfway up the mountain, there was a sudden dense roar on the mountain, hundreds of iron cannons fired together, and the first row of monks and soldiers fell down.

After a few moments, the second round of firing followed, and the second platoon of monks fell.

At this time, the iron cannon was the arquebus, and after each shot, it was necessary to reload, adjust the arquebus, restore the trigger, etc., so the rate of fire was very slow, and it was impossible for the second round of shooting to come so quickly, however, Long Tao used the method of three shots.

In fact, there are different ways to shoot in three stages, one is that three people each hold a musket, the first person retreats to the back after shooting to reload, and the second person follows up to shoot, so that the three people take turns, which can cause an uninterrupted continuous firing effect, and the other is that three people hold one or two muskets, and the person with accurate shooting skills is responsible for shooting, and the other two people only charge to reload and adjust the arquebus trigger, which also greatly improves the shooting speed.

Long Tao has strong financial resources, so he can naturally buy more iron cannons and use the first method of three-stage attack, but he has limited soldiers, and the musket team at this time is actually composed of more than 1,000 pirates who are good at shooting from the thirteen pirates, each person has an iron cannon, and three people can only fire more than 400 shots each time.

However, this is more than enough to kill.

Originally, after Qili Lai Zhou heard the sound of iron cannons, he didn't worry much, after all, even large barrels appeared on the mountain, and it was not surprising that there were iron cannons.

It is common knowledge that the iron cannon has a slow rate of fire, so although it is very powerful, it did not become the main weapon on the battlefield at this time, and it was not until Oda Nobunaga used an unprecedented three-stage attack against the Takeda family that people began to understand the power of iron cannons again.

Long Tao was equivalent to more than ten years earlier than Nobunaga at this time, using three stage strikes, and after the second round of shooting followed, Qili Lai Zhou was finally stunned.

The third round of shooting then sounded again, and another wave of monks fell, and the monks who had already fallen not far in front of him, and the monks who rushed up also hesitated, this was simply going to die!

"How is that possible? How can an iron cannon shoot so fast? Qili Lai Zhou's face turned pale, "Could it be that they have a new weapon?" ”

However, the enemy on the hill was cruel and cold, not giving them time to hesitate at all, and the fourth round of fire followed.

"Retreat!"

Qili Lai Zhou gritted his teeth and immediately decided, if it goes on like this, before they rush to the top of the mountain, more than half of the number of people will be lost!

When retreating, the monks naturally endured two rounds of shelling, Qili Lai Zhou was shocked and angry, never expected that this small hill would hide this kind of strength, thinking that after going back, he would definitely mobilize the entire Kaga Ichijo Sect and bring a large army to besiege this place to death.

At this time, the iron artillery team on the mountain was divided to both sides, and Long Tao rode a snow-white war horse and walked out with a thousand-strong cavalry team.

There are not many Japanese war horses, and with the ability of Wuchuan Changjian, only a thousand cavalry teams have been built for Long Tao in a few years, and they were all brought over by Long Tao at this time.

The cavalrymen were all superb in horsemanship, with cherry blossom flags on their backs, and thousands of war horses were neatly arranged, with Kenzaburo, Ruyoshi, and Sun Bingwei following closely by Long Tao's side.

"In today's battle, the cherry blossom flag will be famous all over the world!"

Long Tao shouted, raised the famous sword village rain, and the soldiers looked at him one after another, at this time, an invisible divine power emanated from him, instantly enveloping the audience.

"Wind Forest Volcano!"

Long Tao thought silently in his heart.