However, Hagaya Zaizai soon discovered that these long spearmen were much more difficult to deal with than imagined.
Haneyoko turned sideways and dodged a spear that was thrust straight at him. At the same time, he immediately swung his sword to block - and sure enough, a spear was also thrust from the other direction. This was a very special sign for this spearman of the Red Leaf Army.
One of my favorite combinations is that the spearman in the front uses a straight thrust to block movement and movement, while the other person takes the opportunity to kill him with a single shot.
Because the formation of the Hongye Army is very neat, the distance between soldiers is very small. On a front with the same width, the number of the Hongye Army can almost double that of the opponent. Therefore, in terms of local attack and defense, the Hongye Army can always occupy
The advantage of numbers. These well-cooperated spearmen look like they have trained together for countless days and nights. With every look and movement, each other can understand what the other wants to do and how to cooperate next. Almost on the first spearman
When the spear was thrust out, the second spearman's spear was already charging.
Hagaya Zaizai dodged, put the slanting spear under his arm, and rushed towards the spearman. Before he could swing his sword, the three spearmen in the back row immediately drew their spears from between the people.
He stabbed at Hagota Zizai. Hagota Zizai rolled forward in full screen instinctively to avoid these three shots. He raised his hand and slashed at the spearman. However, several short swordsmen hidden in the team immediately took action.
He blocked the blow from Hagota Zaizai.
"What a great opportunity!"
Haneyoko Zizai asked himself that he had attracted the attention of six or seven people in a small area. If his subordinates immediately launched an attack at this moment, they would cause a lot of casualties to the Red Leaf Army. However, their tacit understanding was obviously not as good as the Red Leaf Army, and they did not
He didn't catch up with the double attack at the first time. By the time they rushed up, Hagota Zizai had already rolled back and crawled on the ground, and it was hard for him not to have a hole opened in his body.
"An unsolvable formation." Habayashi Sazai blocked the thrusting spear with his knife while trying hard to think of a way to defeat this formation, but found nothing. The spear has a larger attack range and can always move before the enemy.
Stabbing, disrupting the formation. The short knife covered the weak body of the spear, making the spearman even more unscrupulous. It was impossible to consume the Hongye Army from a distance, because the iron gunners of the Hongye Army were too powerful. And the Hongye Army was hard enough to
The power of ordinary bows and arrows and swords is greatly reduced. Unless they hit the vital point, they will not cause much damage. Only samurai swords and spears can break the sword, which makes many Ashigaru helpless with these red leaf soldiers. After all, there are only a few samurai with strong martial arts skills.
, it is such a loss to exchange one life for one with these civilians who have been trained for several months to go to the battlefield.
Just when Hagota Sazai was helpless, the Hongye Army's main formation suddenly remembered the thunderous sound of cannons! Hagota Sazai hurriedly turned his head and saw that the three three-pound cannons were aimed at his own troops.
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"Big tube!" Hagota Zaizai secretly yelled, and saw three cannonballs smash into the Awa Zhong's team, killing an unlucky guy instantly. Although the other two cannonballs were empty, they also caused a small area of ​​shock.
Chaos within.
Haneyoko Zaizai worked hard to support, sending out Hatamoto samurai to suppress the rebels in an attempt to stabilize the situation. However, under the constant bombardment of artillery, his battle line became more and more scattered, and there were several breaks in the team in the center. The Red Leaf Army's
The swordsmen were pouring in continuously from those gaps, sweeping the attack on the entire front.
"Ask for help from His Highness and ask him to send some people at least!" Hagota Zizai complained and opened his eyes at the 400 people in the center who dared not move, "The left wing is going to be unable to withstand it!"
Haneyoko Sazai's prophecy of "unable to withstand" came faster than the reinforcements sent by Awa Zhong, and his troops retreated under the fierce attack of the Momiji Army. Haneyoko Sazai had no choice but to gather the troops that could still be commanded under the horse seal.
, retreated in embarrassment. However, his conspicuous horse marks immediately attracted the attention of the Liaoyuan artillery team. The next three rounds of shelling targeted his horse marks, killing many bannermen. In the end,
Hagota Zaizai gave up resistance, cut down the horse seal, and led his men to flee backwards.
As soon as the battle on Haneyoko Sazai's side ended, the artillery turned its muzzle and opened fire on Hosokawa Shinyuki's side. Hosokawa Shinyuki had already been beaten miserably by the Rakihara Bei First Company, and was hit by artillery fire again.
He patronized and was soon defeated.
The cavalry of the Mihaoshi family hurriedly dispatched to meet the defeated troops on both wings. Yu Qiuping immediately sent 300 Hongye cavalry to the two wings to participate in the pursuit.
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At this moment, something suddenly happened on the central front that had been silent for a long time. The crane, whose wings had been cut off, let out a final cry, stretched out its head and pecked at Yu Qiuping's horse mark.
"Finally here." Upon seeing this, Yu Qiuping immediately changed his formation, asking the iron artillerymen on the left and right wings to retreat quickly, pick up the iron cannons and aim at the center. The artillerymen of Liaoyuan Bei also turned their muzzles again and charged towards the new troops who were charging towards Yu Qiuping.
Kaishi Gang Department aims.
"Change shotguns." The commander of the artillery team glanced at the approaching troops and gave an order with a grin.
At this moment, Shinkai Mizuna was leading his dozen or so cavalrymen to rush forward regardless of the situation. Both the left and right wings had already retreated rapidly, and this battle was already lost. The only chance for reversal was to stop the rain here.
Qiu Hongye was killed. Miyoshi Yixian just sent out cavalry, which diverted many cavalry in Yu Qiuping's formation. Now there are only 100 cavalry around Yu Qiuping. As long as they can rush to the formation, there is hope for everything!
However, when Xinkai Shizuna saw that the three black holes in front of him had stopped debugging and were pointed directly at his troops, he still couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. However, the bravery in his heart was still encouraging.
He moved forward bravely: "It's okay, just three iron balls. At worst, six or seven people will be killed by him! The others can continue to come up!"
The next moment, firelight flickered all around. At the same time as the three three-pound cannons in front opened fire, the iron gunners who had completed the formation on both wings were also ready to fire a sandwich-like salvo at the newly opened Shigang headquarters in the center.
This is the first time the Hongye Army's artillery team has used shotgun shells on the battlefield. It is a newly developed artillery shell by Lan Xianghuachu's Military Industry Department. Although the range is much shorter than that of solid shells, it is still very lethal to human flesh.
But it is huge. Although the solid bullets can shoot far, that one can't hit many people. These shotguns are not simple. There are more than a dozen small projectiles in a package. Even though these projectiles are much smaller than the solid bullets
Even if it is shot at a high altitude, it is enough to kill a person.
After the smoke rose, I saw a barrage swept out in front of the artillery position. These artillerymen did not dare to watch the results here, and hurriedly retreated behind the formation to seek cover. However, Yu Qiuping was luckier than these artillerymen, and could stand in front of the artillery position.
Watch the result of this shotgun salvo from a small hill inside the formation.
After the rain of bullets flew away, you could instantly see blood and smoke exploding in the newly opened troops. As soon as their screams came out, they were immediately drowned in the salvos of the iron gunners on both sides. The hail of bullets and bullets
As soon as it fell, Yu Qiuping saw only a cloud of blood rising from the newly launched troops - no one knew how many people died in this salvo.
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When Shinkai Minetsuna opened his eyes in confusion, he really couldn't believe that he was still alive. When he saw a flash of fire in front of him and a black curtain enveloped him, he thought he was finished. He sat down on his horse, and the people around him
The trusted guards and several of his relatives were all wiped out by the volley of bullets. He was sitting in a pool of blood and corpses, at a loss.
Many soldiers and samurai who had not been hit obviously had not yet realized what had happened, and they still shouted and rushed towards Yu Qiuping's position. Their bravery inspired Shinkai Minetsuna, who endured the pain of falling,
He picked up a knife from the pool of blood and continued to rush forward with his subordinates.
However, the clatter of horse hoofs dashed their hope of success. The 100 cavalrymen in the Hongye Army's position formed an airtight wall and rolled over them. The Ashigaru were unable to resist and were overwhelmed in an instant.
Shinkai Minetsuna himself was slashed to the ground by three unknown cavalrymen, and was trampled by horse hooves along with countless desperate ashigaru - this famous brave man tried to block at the last moment, but he couldn't even get a leg of the horse.
Didn't hit it.
The wall cavalry charged and destroyed Xinkai Mizuna's headquarters, and only a few dozen of the more than 200-man troops survived. Xinkai Mizuna's death also marked the complete end of the battle.
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However, Shinkai Mizuna's desperate charge also bought time for the Miyoshi Army to evacuate. Miyoshi Yoshihide's horse prints had already fled the battlefield surrounded by Hatamoto, while the flags of Hanaboko Sazai and Hosokawa Masayuki also disappeared.
On the battlefield. In the distance, at the mouth of the Mononbe River, you can see light ships such as the Kanbune and Kohayabune of the Awaji Navy sailing into the Monobe River to support them. There may be no gain in pursuing the defeated troops.
"Let's cross the river." Yu Qiupei waved his riding whip and pointed to the Monobe River in the west, "Let's go and kill the remaining troops of Awa Zhong."
However, just when the soldiers and auxiliary soldiers of the Hongye Army arrived at the Mononobe River and were busy repairing the bridge that had just been hastily destroyed by the Miyoshi Army, they suddenly received news that Yamada had been attacked!
"How is it possible?" Yu Qiuping was surprised when he heard this, "We have defeated all the troops of the Miyoshi Army in the southeast of Monobe River?"
"I don't know what's going on. I came over to deliver the order as soon as I saw the accident." The messenger replied with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"There is a lot of food stored there, and it is also the retreat for the main force of the Changzong clan." Yu Qiuping shook his head solemnly, "Masakichi, take the first company back and take back Yamada now.
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After Kanematsu Masakichi took the order and left, Yu Qiupei continued to direct the crossing of the river. However, the auxiliary soldiers located upstream suddenly became noisy and seemed to be shouting something loudly by the Monobe River. Yu Qiupei sent someone to inquire about the situation, but was asked to give up.
He came to the river to take a look in person. When Yu Qiuping arrived at the Monobe River, he was shocked - a large amount of grain was thrown into the river, bags containing grain floated on the water, and crops such as rice, millet, and wheat were scattered in the river.
, the whole river was actually dyed slightly white by the grain.
Yu Qiupei looked up along the direction of the Monobe River - what happened there in Yamada.
Chapter completed!