On the land of Kanto, there has never been such an army. They are covered in fine steel plate armor and look like steel dolls. They stand densely, but they are uniform, like one person.
"Look to the right! Look forward!"
One hundred people spread out their queue and stood in two rows, looking at the warrior Ji at the head of the queue.
Sanada Nobushige grabbed his spear and shouted.
"Listen to my command! Everyone is here! Step together, let's go! One, two, one, one, two, one..."
The armored troops were like a wall, walking slowly from the northwest. Their steps were in unison, and the sound of their movements resonated, hitting the heart of Hojo's army.
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"Sanada Nobushige-sama is here! Everyone, work harder! Drive these bastards back!"
Mochizuki Yukitada, Nezu Sadamori, Kake Juzo, etc., each of the Sanada warriors shouted loudly, taking advantage of the other party's daze to regroup the army formation that was about to collapse.
Ashikaga Yoshiji in the distance was furious.
"What are you afraid of! It's just about a hundred soldiers! Even if they attack from the flank, what can they change? What can they change!
Attack! Continue to attack! Send two reserve teams to the flanks and kill this strange group of soldiers! Kill them!"
Ashikaga Yoshiji had an ominous premonition in her heart. She was not stupid. The armored army that appeared at this time must have a reason for appearing.
Could it be that he fell into a trap?
She trembled all over, not daring to imagine the situation after failure. She had led the army too far.
Beside her, Ryuyama Hojo saw her losing her composure, sighed, and gave the order.
"The bows and arrows! Here are the bows and arrows! Order them to go up and shoot, five rounds of rapid fire!"
The envoy was stunned for a moment and looked at Ashikaga Yoshiji. Ashikaga Yoshiji was furious and stepped forward and kicked the envoy down.
"Hurry up and deliver the order! Didn't you hear what Master Longshan said!"
Shiba got up and rushed out. Ashikaga Yoshiji was panting and his face was red. Hojo Ryuyama took a step forward and whispered comforting words.
"Kamakura-don, stay calm, we haven't lost yet. The opponent may have a back-up plan, but I'm still here, and the Goshiki's Chibei is still here."
Ashikaga Yoshiji looked at her calm eyes, gradually calmed down and nodded.
Yes, Hojo Ryuzan is a powerful warrior from the older generation of the Hojo family, and her red equipment are all elite warriors. We will not lose!
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The two sides on the northern front were facing off from east to west, because the appearance of the armored warrior brigade in the northwest caused a commotion in the Hojo army in the east.
Because they were already deep into the west, the place where this armored army appeared was their flank.
The two armies formed a formation with spears, and were most afraid of a flanking attack. Fortunately, the Hojo army had a large number of troops, and they quickly separated into two reserve teams and deployed their defenses to the north, preparing to block this sudden armored army.
Following Ashikaga Yoshiji's order, all the bowmen who were waiting behind the formation gathered and moved north to cooperate with the two reserve teams deployed in the north.
Sanada Nobushige shouted one, two, one, and led the team forward. Although her steps were not fast, she descended from the high ground, and the straight-line distance was only one mile, and she quickly approached the enemy's flank.
The two Hojo reserve troops were waiting with bated breath. Not to mention that the warrior Hime under his command had never seen the world, even the leading general had never seen such an army.
The Sanada Hime warriors in full plate armor are like a group of moving tin cans. The closer they get to seeing their equipment clearly, the more desperate they become for the enemy.
How can her father beat her?
The bowmen walked to the front of the formation, and the commanding Hime warrior carefully observed the distance. When the Sanada Hime warrior took eighty steps, he started shouting.
"Eighty steps ahead, cover and shoot!"
More than a hundred bamboo bows were pointed forward and upward at 60 degrees, and the bows and arrows were fired according to the command.
"Take the arrow and shoot!"
"Get another arrow and shoot!"
Three rounds of rapid-fire coverage directed the attention of the backup troops behind them to the front, hoping that these armored troops were just an illusion and would be severely damaged by the rain of arrows.
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Seeing the bowmen on the opposite side standing on the front line, raising their bows and shooting, Sanada Nobushige shouted an order.
"One, two, one, stand at attention! Take a break! Everyone, bow your head! Cover your eyes!"
The Sanada Hime warriors stopped at the same time, lowered their heads slightly, and covered their eyes with their left hands. Only their eyes were exposed in their full body armor, which was their biggest weakness.
The stainless steel plate armor with a thickness of one-third centimeter cannot be broken through by the bamboo bows of the bowmen on the opposite side. As long as they protect their eyes, they have nothing to fear.
Sure enough, the bow arrow falling from the sky scratched through the plate armor, leaving behind traces of tension.
This batch of plate armor is not only extremely defensive, but is also manufactured using European stamping technology. The radiant surface and arched arc created by water pressure will subtly deflect physical attacks.
At this time, iron cannons had not yet spread in Kanto, and the traditional bows and arrows could not hurt the plate armor warriors at all, and the arrows skidded and bounced away.
After three rounds of coverage, Sanada Nobushige shouted again.
"Stand at attention! Look to the right! Look forward! Everyone is here, walk together! One, two, one..."
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The armored army moved forward again, and the enemy formation on the opposite side was in a commotion. The ashigaru looked at these armored warriors armed to the teeth with fear.
They were wrapped in invulnerable iron armor, and their steps were almost exactly the same, like killing machines from another world.
The Hojo Princess warriors roared and beat the turbulent ashigaru, barely holding down their position. At this moment, the leader of the bowmen in front was sweating profusely.
Where did these monsters come from? Arrows have no effect on them! She wanted to order a retreat, but remembered that the order from behind was to shoot five rounds, gritted her teeth and looked forward.
The armored army that started up again was not very fast and had already reached fifty steps. This distance was enough for her to direct two more rounds of covering shots.
After shooting two rounds, they retreated. The leader of the bows and arrows secretly made up his mind and shouted.
"Raise your bow and move forward! Prepare for two rounds of rapid fire!"
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Sanada Nobushige observed the enemy formation that was getting closer and closer, and seemed to be able to clearly see the fearful expression on the opponent's face and the commotion of the formation.
After discovering that the opponent's archers raised their bows again, and having already tested how strong the protective power of their plate armor was, Sanada Nobushige was unwilling to defend defensively. She wanted to disrupt the opponent's rhythm first.
she shouted.
"Hold the gun in your right hand, prepare to break out! Everyone is here, run forward! One, two, three, four... one, two, three, four..."
One hundred Sanada Hime samurai raised their spears forward at the same time, with the spear heads pressed forward at 45 degrees, the tails of the spears tucked under the armpits of their right arms, and their hands holding the barrels of the spears.
With a bang, their movements were neat and tidy after countless trainings, just like one person. Their bodies leaned forward slightly, ready to go.
Warrior Ji weighed fifty kilograms and carried fifteen kilograms of plate armor. They were less than fifty steps away from the enemy's formation, like a group of steel giants thirsting for blood.
They rushed out.
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Dong Dong... Dong Dong... The armored army's sudden charge caught the bowmen on Hojo's side off guard.
They fired arrows in confusion, but it was of no use, but they saw men in iron masks coming towards them one by one.
Even the face armor of these armored soldiers was made of fine steel, revealing only a pair of murderous eyes.