Chapter 64: Iron Cannons

"Lord, although the combat power of the Ueno family is a little worse, the number of iron cannons in the Takeda army is also very amazing." Naoe Mitsuto said to Ken Uesugi.

"This will be a hard battle. Even if our army wins, there will be heavy casualties," Kenshin Uesugi pondered for a while and ordered: "Let the army of Ueno's wealthy families retreat and rest again, and let the Nagano family be the second team to replace them."

The riots of the Ueno Hokkien Football Team could not be suppressed for a while. Although in this era, major names have begun to equip iron cannon troops in large quantities, iron cannons are still new things for most people. There are very few samurai in the Ueno Hokkien formation, most of them are newly summoned peasant soldiers, so their discipline and persistence are naturally not high.

The intensive scattered firing of nearly 100 iron cannons by Takeda's army was enough to shock them.

In general, once the troops in the feudal era suffered a casualty rate of more than 10%, the morale of this troops would soon disappear and approach the brink of collapse.

The first attack was frustrated, and as the second team, the Nagano family took on the task of trapping the formation. Because the width of the hillside where the Takeda family was stationed was limited, the Nagano army arranged nine staggered spears in a row, and the staggered soldiers came to the hillside with guns.

The choice of defense on this hillside was pre-confirmed by Yamamoto Kasuke, which was to use the narrow terrain here so that the Uesugi Nagano coalition, which had an advantage in numbers, could not unleash its troops.

At this time, Takeda Katsurai's iron artillery team had already filled the ammunition again. Faced with the advance of the Nagano Army, they shot two rows of volleys in front and back.

As the smoke from the ammunition fired dissipated, the leader of the iron cannon team measured the shooting results. A piece of Nagano soldiers in the front row fell down, but what was better than the previous Ueno family was that the Nagano army was still in good condition when facing the volley of the iron cannons.

"oh!"

Then the Nagano Army's spearmen put down their spears together and began to attack the Takeda Army formation on the hillside.

Taking advantage of the gap in the iron artillery team's formally equipped ammunition, the bow and foot light team began to shoot arrows with arrows. When the gun and foot light charge, they held guns in both hands, so there was no shield that could block arrows. The armor on their bodies was mostly made of bamboo, and most of them were not as good as the belly curls and dormants on the samurai.

So when the arrows came, the slightests could only press their heads down, hoping that the array hat wrapped in iron on the top of their heads could withstand that one or two strokes.

On the Takeda Army's position, the sound of bowstrings vibrating and the sound of arrows breaking through the air were heard.

The Rain of Arrows ordered the Nagano Army who was climbing the mountain to lose a lot of money. When the Nagano family's bow foot stepped forward to shoot, due to the angle of the hillside, not only did the arrows shot inaccurately, but the arrows shot were mostly blocked by the shields in front of the Takeda Army formation.

This kind of shield is made of bamboo in the center, and it can resist the shooting of iron cannons when it is wrapped in straw.

Nagano's feet were brisk in the rain of arrows and they had already rushed to a position that was only 30 meters away from the Takeda Army's formation. At this moment, the Takeda Army's iron artillery team completed the second loading, and two more volleys of gunfire. Dozens of Nagano soldiers who were shot fell down the mountain as they rolled over and fell down.

After completing two shooting missions, the iron artillery team retreated directly from both sides of the dug trench to the rear of the original formation. The trench in front of the formation became two trenches that blocked the enemy's slight advance.

Seeing such a large casualties to the Nagano Army, Takeda Katsurai said to Li Xiaoyan with a happy look: "Li Xiao, the trench you designed is really clever. In the future, our Takeda Army must dig such two at the forefront of the military formation."

Li Xiao smiled slightly. Such trenches are quite good for defense, but attacking will block their own people.

"Don't worry, your Highness Lai, the good show is still coming."

At this time, the Ueno rich people at the foot of the mountain had already integrated the scattered foot lights, and rearranged them into a formation and followed Nagano Army to fight up the mountain.

Nagano Junjiao, who was volleyed by the iron cannon, regained his momentum and continued to fight against Takeda Jun on the hillside. When jumping on the first trench, more than a dozen people were unstable and fell into the trench. Then, they climbed up from the trench in a mess and stepped on the trench that followed the trench that jumped over the head.

Just as the Nagano Army was about to cross the second trench, Li Xiao suddenly ordered the shield to be removed, and then fifteen or sixteen bamboo cages made of bamboo rattan were pushed out by their feet. The bamboo cages were soaked in oil, and then they were lit with fire to form a big fireball, and then pushed down the hillside.

Many Nagano Foot was waiting to climb the second trench, and what they saw was a scene of more than a dozen fireballs rolling down the mountain.

"ah!"

Many feet screamed, their hands and feet were stained with fireballs, and they immediately caught fire and quickly rolled on the ground to extinguish them. When faced with this, more people ran around to avoid them.

Just as Nagano's foot was hiding, more than a dozen such "fireballs" rolled down the mountain, and the Nagano Army's formation was in chaos for a moment. The Takeda Army's iron artillery team, which had completed the guns again, stood in three rows, with nearly a hundred iron cannons aimed at the Nagano Army, who were busy, and the third round of volleys came.

Bang!

Another dozens of Nagano's feet rolled down the mountain.

At this time, the general who commanded Nagano Army Football Team had no choice but to do anything even if he was commanding at this moment. The Nagano Army Football Team was already in a chaotic situation.

"You can prepare the Gun Football Team."

Li Xiao was very satisfied when he saw that the tactics he designed had a good effect. The Boko brothers, including Suwa Rai Chuan, Suwa Rai Feng, and even the resourceful and well-known Sanada Masayuki, Li Xiao's endless fantasy ideas were shocked.

There are too many ways for Li Xiao to do. Everyone thought of this in their hearts.

Takeda Katsurai followed Li Xiao's advice and ordered Masatoshi Boko to line up the gun, while the bowmen stepped forward to push the shield and spread across the trench to lay the bridge.

"The gun and football team came out."

The 500 gun-footed gamblers of Takeda Katsurai's team have been waiting for a long time, and shouted that they were condescending down from the hillside.

The Nagano Army, which was in chaos, barely reorganized its formation, but after a moment of contact, it was broken by Takeda Katsurai's Gun Football Team. The mountains and fields were filled with Nagano Family Football Team running around.

There are also people who dare to fight in the Nagano Army who want to try their best to get back to this situation. For example, Ueno's Sixteen Spears, Nagano's Football Team Head, Football General, and Attendant General all rushed towards Takeda Army with no chance. However, before facing the three gun formations that formed a line of three guns, the stubborn resistance of these people only caused a slight turmoil, and then it was shattered.

Many Nagano's football generals were killed. Ueno's sixteen shots were killed. Shirakura Saemon Sectren was killed on the spot!

The Nagano family, known as the No. 1 family of Nishi Ueno, was defeated in this way. The defeated troops even affected the Ueno family's military formation in the rear. Then the Ueno family's military formation was split into pieces and collapsed without fighting.

"Blow the magic snails and stop the troops." Li Xiao said with a smile.

"But our army is pursuing and is at the level of the enemy's head." Takeda Katsurai said hesitantly.

Masayuki Sanada shook his head and pointed at the Uesugi family's five thousand troops who were still waiting for the battle on the opposite hill: "Mr. Li Xiao is right. Huihu Gong's main army has not taken action yet. If our army continues to pursue, if it is surrounded by the opponent's army, it will be trapped in a heavy siege."

"Damn it, if Echigo's Dragon was not here, I, Takeda Katsura, would have defeated the Ueno Army with 800 people today." Takeda Katsura said this with a little depressed look.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "Our army killed the enemy with just a few hundred troops, which was enough to slam the spirit of Uesugi Huitu. Why should we be anxious if we defeat His Highness Lai?"

Uesugi Army is in the main formation.
Chapter completed!