Due to the tremendous power displayed by the Joban Bitetsu gunners, the troops of the Inuyama Oda family must be the first to collapse when shot. Mita Yoshitoshi had to change his policy. He ordered the archers to retreat, and all the infantry ashigaru immediately launched a charge.
The battle situation was changing rapidly, and he had no time to ask Oda Nobukiyo whether he wanted to do this - because as soon as the ordering soldiers came back, they would give the iron gunner time to fire a second time.
He is also a person who has seen the world, and he knows in his heart that even the most skilled iron gunners will take a long time to reload. They charge from their current position to the enemy's front line, and the enemy has no time to reload.
So, under the command of his flag, all his retainers and samurai led their men to attack Tokiwabei's right wing. He originally thought that the opponent's archers might shoot once or twice, while the iron gunners would
He retreated hastily. However, what surprised him was what the iron gunners did next.
They seemed not to have expected the charging enemy troops at all, and continued their actions calmly. After completing the emptying of the chest, they skillfully took out a small paper bag from their breast pocket and tore it open with their teeth.
Something was introduced into the barrel of the gun. Immediately afterwards, there was a series of dazzling and extremely skillful movements.
"Can they really complete the reloading in such a short time!" Mita Yoshitoshi looked at the small row of red leaf soldiers opposite with disbelief, "How is it possible!"
However, things just happened.
When the distance between the two armies was only about 20 meters, the archers who had fired a round had already retreated from the gap between the three infantry platoons. Their team still did not see any disorder, relying on skilled three-sided forwarding and running and marching.
There was no break in the formation. The 20 iron gunners finished loading almost at the same time, and raised the iron cannons in their hands at the same time - that was the aiming posture.
"Oops!" Before Mita Yoshitoshi finished shouting this sentence, the last sound of the last word was lost in the roar of the iron cannon, and a burst of gunpowder smoke instantly rose in front of Mita Yoshitoshi's eyes. Vaguely, he could
Blurred figures were seen through the smoke. After the 20 iron gunners finished shooting, they immediately used the center as the dividing line. Those on the left turned left and those on the right turned right. They ran away from the front line and passed through the gap between the infantry squares.
Leave.
After the gunpowder smoke dissipated, the sight before him made Mita Yoshitoshi feel sick. At a distance of 20 meters, the iron cannon fired almost completely, and a full 15 people fell on the wasteland, with blood flowing all over the ground. There was a block in the center.
The battle line seemed to have collapsed, and the surrounding ashigaru surrounded the unlucky victims, looking at each other and not daring to move forward. They may have been frightened by the terrible roar and huge power, and did not receive a direct hit from the iron cannon.
The troops on both sides met the two reserve troops of Omaezaki Nakahide and Uji Hidetaka respectively - the latter was also a slave of Chiryu Castle.
The infantry platoon located in the center was led by Yoshioka Katsumasa. He was always brave, and when he found that the local central front was slightly shaken by the salvo of iron artillery, he immediately ordered the entire army to attack. His platoon immediately embedded itself into the opponent's side.
A protruding part was formed in the front line. Charlie, who had completed the reorganization behind, immediately followed up with his troops and used projectiles to cover Yoshioka Katsumasa's platoon.
Mita Yoshitoshi was caught off guard and hurriedly tried to reorganize the ashigaru formations in the middle of the team. However, Yoshioka Katsumasa's ferocity exceeded his imagination. He personally charged forward with a sword, without caring about the danger on the flanks.
He was focused on killing him. His platoon had been following him for so many years, and they seemed to have developed a "bandit spirit". They were brave and fearless of death, and beat Mita Yoshitoshi into a miserable state.
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At the same time, the commanders of both armies also discovered the situation on the south side of the battlefield.
Oda Nobukiyo was a little surprised when he saw someone from Jobanbe using iron cannons before, but he never expected that Mita Yoshitoshi would rush forward directly. Before the war started, he had clearly agreed to harass him with bows and arrows for a while, and wait for him to give the order.
Both wings were sent out again, but the current situation had deviated from the original track. Oda Nobukiyo had no choice but to order Bessho Taro on the other side to immediately lead his army to attack Amakiuhei's left wing.
Yu Qiupei noticed the advantage of Tokiwa Bei on the right wing, but failed to make up his mind to launch a pincer attack. Even though Sanada Masayuki had repeatedly suggested that Yu Qiupei send the platoon in the center to flank the enemy on the right wing - because Oda Nobukiyo's central troops did not
Coming to attack, Yu Qiuping's central troops were on standby at the moment. He actually had the opportunity to send the central troops to attack in a flanking attack, and then transfer the reserve troops to the central maintenance front - but he was always conservative, but he hesitated and missed this opportunity.
good chance.
After Oda Nobukiyo's right-wing troops also pressed forward, Yu Qiupei did not dare to make any small moves on the central battlefield where the space was further reduced, so he had to wait for the progress of the troops.
On Amakihei's left wing, that is, on the north side of the battlefield, there are three infantry platoons and an archery platoon of Fukushima Yasunari, Mizuhara Atonpei and Aoki Kazuki. Although the number of people is smaller than that of Oda Nobukiyo, their combat effectiveness is not that of Oda Nobukiyo.
Tian Xinqing's troops were comparable. Although there were many new recruits among them, they did not fall behind at all thanks to the veterans who had followed Yu Qiuping from Zhili City and their rigorous daily training.
At this time, in the battle situation on the southern front, Yu Qiupei's Jobanbei had the upper hand. The left wing of Oda Nobukiyo's huge crane wing formation had been gradually pushed back, and ashigaru kept falling in front of Jobanbei's powerful spear formation.
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"Oda Nobukiyo must be losing his temper." Yu Qiuping looked at Oda Nobukiyo's horse print from a distance a few hundred meters away, "A long-term stalemate is not good news for him. I have already sent people to ask for help from the lord.
, reinforcements will arrive around noon. But he has no reinforcements."
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Sure enough, Oda Nobukiyo, who could not tolerate the stalemate in the battle, began to try to adjust his formation. He sent all 200 infantrymen he had to the southern battlefield to support the already stretched Mita Yoshitoshi.
"Your Highness! What a great opportunity!" After Nobuyuki Anayama saw Oda Nobukiyo's dispatch, he excitedly shouted to Yuu Qiupei: "Oda Nobukiyo's main formation is empty! There are only a few dozen cavalry left! Your Highness, our center
There are 100 people on the front line, and you still have 100 reserves and my 50 cavalry. Now rush over and kill Oda Nobukiyo's main formation in one fell swoop. This battle will be over!"
"Yes, Your Highness," Maeda Keiji also took a puff of cigarette on the side and said in agreement: "Oda Nobukiyo is obviously desperate and wants to restore the decline in the south, even at the risk of his life. Order the attack quickly!"
However, Yu Qiuping looked at the huge gap, but he was a little unsure. What should he do if there was danger? Why did Oda Nobukiyo reveal such a big flaw? It was obviously intentional!
"Let's be safer," Yu Qiuping shook his head and rejected the suggestions of his two subordinates. "Anyway, as long as we don't lose, we will win. There is no need to take too many risks."
"Send the order to send two platoons of reserve teams to support the right wing!" Yu Qiuping sent out the two platoons of reserve teams. "One platoon filled in behind Yoshioka Katsumasa's platoon. The other platoon covered Omaezaki Naka.
Show off your flanks. Bring back the iron gunners by the way, they won’t be needed anyway.”
Yu Qiuping suddenly felt that there was some trouble in the situation - there were too many troops that he needed to command. There were a total of 13 platoons on the battlefield, all of which were commanded by him. It was really too busy. Maybe an intermediate command organization needed to be set up.
, to share some of the pressure for him.
However, now is not the time to think about this. After receiving the support of 200 people, the left wing of Oda Nobukiyo's army on the southern battlefield already has a strong strength of 500 people. They not only filled the gap in the central front, but also contained
Yoshioka Katsumasa's offensive also tried to detour Uakiuhei's right wing from the right - but the reserve team sent by Uakiuhei arrived in time and blocked their attack together with Gomaezaki Nakahide's platoon.
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At the same time, in Oda Nobukiyo's main formation.
"Damn it! Why is that Yu Qiuping not moving!" Oda Nobukiyo looked at the motionless maple bird horse print in the distance and stamped his feet angrily. He originally planned to lure Yu Qiuping to raid the main formation, then abandon the front lines on both wings and mobilize a large number of troops from
Attack his assault troops from both sides, thereby turning the tide of the war in one fell swoop. He has even sent messengers to let the left and right wings draw about 100 troops from each side of the battle line, ready to attack at any time. To be honest, the plan itself is also very dangerous, and the deployment
The departure of a large number of troops from both wings will most likely lead to the collapse of the front, and the formation adjustment will also give Tokiwa Bei an opportunity to take advantage of it. If Yu Qiupei decides to attack, he will even have a 60% chance of winning - Oda Nobukiyo is deliberately selling a flaw, hoping that he can win
Just a desperate chance.
As a result, Yu Qiuping actually didn't have any countermeasures now, so he just sent people to support the right wing without any further actions.
"What a coward!" Oda Nobukiyo cursed angrily, "Do you still have the blood of a warrior?"
Just when Oda Nobukiyo was furious, a messenger rushed towards him in a hurry.
"Report!" The messenger whispered breathlessly: "Your Highness! It's not good! Our scouts found that a large number of reinforcements from the Oda family have arrived from the south! It is estimated that they will be ready in half an hour.
Arrived at the battlefield!"
"Damn it!" Oda Nobukiyo shouted angrily. At this moment, he had no other choice.
"He doesn't have many troops in his own formation!" Nobukiyo Oda pointed directly at Yu Qiupei's horse seal with his hand, "All the people in the reserve team have been sent to the right wing, and there are only 50 infantry and 50 archers left in this formation.
, there must be dozens more cavalry!”
"What do you mean by His Highness?" Oda Nobukiyo's commander asked tentatively: "Is it necessary for me to lead an army to attack his main formation?"
"That's right!" Oda Nobukiyo waved his fist fiercely, "You just rush over and take off Yu Qiuping's head from his neck!"
"But Your Highness!" Commander Ma Hui said with some worry: "There are 50 spearmen of Tsukiwabei there! Tsukiwabei has always been highly disciplined and high in combat effectiveness. If we charge hard with cavalry, we will probably suffer heavy losses!"
"Then you won't go around?" Oda Nobukiyo shouted angrily, "Our two wings have stretched his front line very wide, and the few people on his central front line don't dare to spread out. You guys will start from Go around the gaps on both sides of him!"
Commander Ma Hui glanced at Yu Qiuping's battle line, and then realized that there was a big gap between the infantry phalanx in the center and the armies on both wings. It was indeed possible to go around it. However, this was ultimately a risky move, but they had no other choice. He did it.
Chapter completed!