Kinoshita Koichiro was very panicked, because if his troops could not rush out before the enemy could react, they would probably be suffocated by their opponents in the tunnel, and the soldiers who climbed out of the tunnel would become victims.
While he ordered Hao Zhizhi to guard the entrance of the cave with all his strength, he urged the soldiers in the tunnel to come out quickly.
At this time, the experienced old fox Kitao Shinko also saw Ni Duan from the offensive. He understood that if all the Kinoshita troops had entered the city and launched the offensive, there would never be any further delay! But now the enemy gave him the opportunity to start the offensive again.
If you organize your troops, they must not have all entered the city yet!
Thinking of this, he immediately shouted, "Destroy these enemy troops quickly! Once they all enter the city, we will be dead!"
The Uozumi Army, which saw the enemy troops entering the city, originally fell into a state of despair and semi-collapse, but under the organization of Kitao Shinko, they regained their fighting spirit and aggressively launched an attack on the Kinoshita Army, which had only a few people entering the city!
At this time, Hao Naoyuki also regretted it endlessly. The impulsive move he made in the heat of the moment actually caused the situation that was originally a sure victory to take a turn for the worse! He took out his iron cannon and kept shooting at the Uozumi Army. There were people around him.
Several pawns took turns changing his dressing so that he could fire the next shot as quickly as possible.
It was rare at that time for generals like Ha Naoyuki to be able to skillfully operate iron cannons and regard iron cannons as their main battle weapons, because iron cannons were still very imperfect at that time, and the speed of changing the dressing was sometimes too slow to make it difficult.
Endure it. So ordinary generals will not choose it. Only guys like Hao Naozhi who like to try new things dare to do this.
But even a cannon madman like Hao Naozhi carries a second weapon on his body, which is also a weapon that all cannonmen carry - awl.
This kind of weapon would not be used by ordinary samurai. Because the blade is too short and ugly, many samurai think it is unseemly to hold it.
But this kind of sword also has its advantages, that is, it is fast, has a slightly thick back, strong blocking ability, and is very easy to defend. It is usually called the "sword wall". Generally, monk soldiers in temples and women traveling alone
Children and teenagers will be equipped with such weapons for self-defense.
Since most of the space on the iron gunner's body is used to store medicine and iron cannons, if the second weapon is too long, it will be very inconvenient to use. Therefore, the short and practical awl has become their first choice.
Most of the people who came out of the tunnel first with Hao Zhizhi were iron gunners. When they saw that the situation was not good, they immediately formed a three-row formation and fired in rounds, using continuous firepower to block the temporarily superior Uozumi army.
Reinforcements were continuously coming out of the tunnel mouth behind them. Although they were in danger, they felt confident.
"Hurry up! Don't be afraid of the enemy's firepower! It's only temporary! They can't be completely uninterrupted!" Kitao Shinko shouted angrily, desperately pushing the soldiers forward! Under his supervision, the Uozumi Army
They continued to charge forward. Although many people were killed and injured by the iron cannon array, they gradually approached the opponent's position!
Hao Zhizhi saw that the enemy troops were getting closer and closer, and his men were getting more and more embarrassed in their dressing and shooting movements. He was worried, but he understood that if he was timid at this time, he would only die!
So he stood up decisively and waved his arms: "The enemy is coming! Pull out your swords and let the Uozumi Army know that our Kinoshita Army's Hao Squadron is not only good at using iron cannons!" After saying this, he jumped out of the bunker.
go out!
All his men also decisively drew out their awls one by one, and rushed forward in fear towards the enemy's densely packed spear shafts!
Their small army was immediately surrounded by the huge Yuzhu Army! Many soldiers were stabbed to death by random spears the moment they came into contact! But as the battle gradually became a group, the awls were short and powerful, and they swung flexibly.
The advantages became apparent, and the battle began to become stalemate.
Taking advantage of this precious opportunity, Koichiro quickly led the rest of the soldiers out of the tunnel in time! The Uozumi Army, which was trying its best to encircle and suppress Hao Naoyuki, suddenly found itself surrounded by another, larger force.
The commotion started!
Kinoshita Koichiro struggled to raise his sword and waved it: "No stubborn resisters will be left alive! Those who want to survive must drop their weapons!"
"Don't listen to the enemy's tricks!" Kitao Shinko sensitively noticed the emotional fluctuations of the soldiers and immediately shouted: "The Kinoshita Army never lets go of the enemy, they always kill them all! Being captured is tantamount to
Dead!"
The expressions of the soldiers of the Uozumi Army changed. They knew that what Kitao Shinko said was not a lie. Kinoshita Tokichiro was a well-known murderer. He had killed numerous enemy troops who had surrendered many times.
With the Uozumi army fighting to the death, Kinoshita Koichiro felt that the progress of the war was very difficult. At this time, both sides were already in a group and could no longer mobilize their troops. He only had nearly a hundred guards and a few guards around him.
Just a general.
He frowned and looked at the battle situation. He saw that although his men were large in number, due to the relatively narrow terrain in the city, their attack power was not fully unleashed. The enemy had no way to retreat, but instead aroused their determination to fight to the death. In the narrow terrain,
Using his familiarity with the terrain in the alley, Kinoshita Jun was stuck at the entrance of a small alley.
"Prime Minister Hiraiwa, you take thirty guards and climb over the roof over there to flank the enemy!" Kinoshita Koichiro said after carefully observing the terrain of the city.
"I'm sorry, but I can't accept your order!" The guard officer Ping Yan, Zuo Xiang, refused him decisively: "Your Highness sent me here to protect you at every step! Now that the battle situation has been decided, victory will be a matter of time. If I
If you leave with others, your safety will not be guaranteed! I will not approve of your risky approach."
"Why are you so stubborn!" Koichiro frowned like a big pimple: "Now we are at the rear of the battlefield, and I will definitely be fine now! But if we don't do anything, the soldiers will be dead and injured.
There will be a lot!”
Prime Minister Pingyan still had a stone-like expression: "If the soldiers die, you can recruit them again, but if you die, I can't explain it to His Highness!"
"You! Huh!" Koichiro saw the order to move Hiraiwa Zuoxiang, and simply plucked the tachi from his waist: "You don't want to go? Then I will rush forward myself! Let's see if you follow!"
Saying that, Koichiro rushed forward with all the guards! Upon seeing this, Prime Minister Hiraiwa had no choice but to chase after him.
They quietly climbed over the roof of a shared house and went around the flank of the Uozumi Army from the other side.
At this time, Koichiro could clearly see that blocking the entrance of the alley, preventing his soldiers from advancing, were three enemy generals wearing large brown armor, with shaved heads, and the Chinese characters for "Jing" on their backs.
"Those are the three Jingxi brothers under Yuzhu Jinggu. All three of them are very powerful in martial arts! It is said that they are the most proud generals of Yuzhu Jinggu!" Prime Minister Pingyan looked at the three of them and noticed that they were walking beside them.
Counting the corpses of his own soldiers, he immediately felt a rush of blood rushing to the top of his head. He really wanted to go over and chop the three of them to death, but he remembered Tokichiro's command to him and hesitated.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a thin figure flashing beside him! It turned out that it was Kinoshita Koichiro who rushed over in person!
"Sir! You!" Prime Minister Pingyan suddenly felt his scalp tightening, and immediately jumped up from the ground! He rushed forward with his guards behind him without hesitation!
I saw that although the thin Koichiro was not very strong and not good at martial arts, his courage was quite extraordinary. He actually rushed straight towards the three Jingzhi brothers from the alley on the other side!
At this time, the three Ichi brothers were trying their best to kill the Kinoshita army rushing in front, without paying any attention to the side. Kinoshita Koichiro took the opportunity to stab one of the three brothers, Ige Shigehide!