Prime Minister Bizen

Chapter 114 Yuan Qin tried his best to turn the tide
The service life of artillery and iron cannons in this era is extremely short, and there is a risk of overheating and bombing. After Xiujia blocked the formation of Abozhong and surrounded the enemy's vanguard, he stopped the cannon to rest.

Moreover, the area of ​​the battlefield has been extremely compressed at this time, and the formations of the enemy and the enemy are facing each other.There is me in you, and you in me. It is really easy to accidentally injure friendly troops if you fire again at this moment.

Xiujia originally thought that the victory was sealed, but unexpectedly the enemy broke out from a weak point.

With the retreat of the enemy's vanguard, Kagawa Affinity, which was struggling to support on the right wing, also began to decline, and the front line was constantly pushed forward.

Changzong's army has been defeated so far, and it can persist without defeat, which is a rare strong army in Japan.

Of course Hideka was not willing to let the other party leave so easily, but Hideka's new force now only had 3000 Takamatsu and Kurashiki right-backs, and they were all at the back of the formation, so there was no time to stop the enemy from retreating.

Xiujia wanted to order the cannons to continue firing to stop and disrupt the enemy's retreat, but the Nanman sailors sternly refused.

Hideka had no choice but to order Takamatsu Beibei Captain Suga Masatoshi and Kurashiki Right Beibei Captain Ukita Kanka to lead the team across the river from the left flank of the battlefield to intercept the enemy's retreat.

And Motokin, who had just finished his lunch and was about to put all his eggs in one basket and lead the whole army to attack, also saw the retreat of the vanguard on Mount Iino.

He knew that it was meaningless to press the whole army at this moment, so he had to lead the 6500 people who had recharged their batteries to cover the retreat of the frontline troops, as Chomunebu Kinyoshi did in Takata last time, and continued to fight again.

Although Changzong Gabu Yuanqin desperately wanted to support the front line and rescue as many of his troops as possible, the Ukita Army was not a vegetarian.

Takamatsu Bei and Kurashiki Youbei directly crossed Bachuan, and directly intercepted the support of Chang Zongga's Yuanqin in the east of Bachuan. Qinglong Bei cooperated with Shangdao Left and Right Bei to re-block the gap. Bu Qinji and the 800 people around him were completely blocked inside.

Xiangzong, who had already escaped, wanted to turn around to rescue him, but was shot back by Xiujia's iron artillery squadron.

Yu Xiduo took the opportunity to directly cross Bachuan and advance the formation 600 meters.

Under the command of Togawa Hidean, the Ukita Army on the right wing used Suzaku Bei as a shield to block and delay the enemy's attack, and used Okubi as a spear to strike and kill from the right wing;
At this moment, due to the advancement of the formation, the iron artillery equipment and air equipment of the second formation were able to support from the left side, which completely surrounded the Nagamune's Xinqin team as the support and the Dongyiyozhong as the third wave of support.

And Banner Bei, who was pinning down some of the Dongyiyu people behind the enemy, also saw the right time to put away the heavy rattan bow, with Zhuang Lin Yixin as the banner head, raised his lance and aimed at Dongyiyuzhong's back.

Japan is not a country that lacks war horses. From Kyushu to Hokkaido, all countries have their own horse farms. During the Heian period, the government established horse farms in Echigo and Ueno, which became the main supplier of high-quality war horses in Japan.

Many people have been influenced by Takeda Shingen, coupled with the influence of errors in film and television works and novels, and have always thought that Kiso Ma is a rare good horse in Japan.

In fact, this kind of pony horse with a shoulder height of only 1.2 can only be used for short-distance raids, and its ability to bear weight is not as good as that of the Northeast horse. At best, it is equivalent to the level of the Chinese Yunnan horse. It is difficult for them to be the main war horses.

In the whole battle, the characteristic of the Takeda family is the cavalry bonus. To be honest, the Echigo Uesugi family should add more than them.

The main war horses in Japan at this time should be mainly Echigo horses and Kanto horses. Of course, there are some tall horses in the northeast that are similar to Liaodong horses in mainland China. The average shoulder height is 1.3~1.35 meters, and some can reach 1.4m. Japan is definitely a steed among steeds.

In fact, it is not only Japan. The average shoulder height of ancient Mongolian horses should be 133cm, Hequ horses should be 137cm, Kazakh horses are the tallest horses in East Asia, with a shoulder height of 140cm, and the highest in the world are Gaul and Friesian horses. to 165cm.

The 1.7m tall horses we see in horse races today are the product of the survival of the fittest through human hybridization for centuries, not the original appearance of the horse breed.

In this era when the average height is only 1.45, you can imagine that a shoulder is about the same height as you, with your head held up halfway above you, and a warrior in armor is sitting on your body, rushing towards you with a lance in his hand The way it was.

There is no need to put armor on the horses. For this group of ashigaru and farmers with small arms and legs who can only struggle with food and clothing, Xiujia's banner team is already at the level of heavy tanks.

With just one charge, the Banner team charged dozens of steps into the formation, and the entire Eastern Iyo people were torn apart. Farmers, soldiers, and samurai were all equal in front of the heavy tanks. I can't go down.

I saw that this group of warriors who had just organized a wave of faith charge got off their horses, discarded the broken spears, drew out the samurai swords around their waists, and began to chop left and right around them.

That's right, the Bannermen of the Xiu family couldn't do the movements of sitting on a horse and slashing downwards like the European soldiers. One of the reasons is that the horse is too high and their arms are not long enough.

This is also a common problem among knights in the Warring States Period in Japan today. Even though they have stirrups, they still cannot free their hands. The usual role of cavalry is to dismount and fight quickly.

Now under the teaching of Xiu's family, not only can he ride and shoot, but he can also charge in formation, which is not easy.

For those rural local beetles in Dong Yiyu, they have seen this kind of formation there. The morale of the banner team collapsed with just one backlash. Not only the low-level peasants, but also the big bosses of the wealthy family took the lead in retreating.

Although the Banner Crowd was elite, their numbers were not large, and they could not completely block the escape route.I saw more than 2500 people running out through the gaps in the crowd of Banners under the slashing and killing of Banners.

Thousands of people ran all the way and discarded their weapons, weapons, and banners. Only when they were blocked, they would reluctantly pick up weapons and fight with Ukita's army, but they never wanted to fight.

Dong Yiyu's behavior set a very bad example. When the battlefield is unfavorable, once a team is defeated first, based on the idea that if I run slowly, I will die, and the entire army will be quickly defeated.

Changzong and my relatives wanted to regroup behind the formation, slowly retreat to Mount Iino, and fight again at another day, but seeing that their left wing formation was defeated first, they felt a little bit in their hearts, and secretly screamed "Not good."

Sure enough, the Sanuki people who were in charge of holding the battle were the first to show signs of instability. For these native Sanuki people, fighting in Sanuki is more familiar than them. first.

"My lord, Takimiya Tatsushi led people away," Yuanqin's vassal Hisamukin said, pointing at the Sanuki on the left wing of his team.

Yuanqin of Changzong's department looked in the direction of Jiuwu's straight finger, and saw that the army of more than a hundred people from the Takigong family left the line first and retreated behind.

With the leader, the others will naturally run without much pressure. The Sanuki people are like a collapsed dam, from a small retreat at one point to a major retreat of the entire reserve team.

Chang Zong's family member waved the horsewhip in his hand and cursed, "That shameless villain of Takimiya Tatsu, I shouldn't have believed his nonsense back then, and even sealed her as Zhixing, he is a bastard who is playing tricks on the wind!"

No matter how much he cursed, the retreat of Changzong's family was inevitable. At this time, there was another piece of bad news brought by his retainer Kaneko Yuanzhai on horseback.

Jin Zi Yuanzhai is Yuan Qin's confidant and beloved general. After Yuan Qin's main formation moved, he was ordered to guard the main formation and monitor the overall situation. It must be a big deal for him to come down from Iino Mountain in person.

I saw him rushing to Yuan Qin and said, "My lord, the 6000 troops from Marugame are marching here. The army is well-organized and not chaotic at all. It should be the elite of Yuki's family."

Parents of Yuan couldn't accept this news, and shouted at Jin Zhiyuan's house, "Where did that baby get so many elites? Now there are no less than 17000 elites in the front, and 6000 elites in the back. Are Jibei Three Kingdoms so rich? It must be." The bluffing troops, you go to find out and report back."

While Yuanqin was scolding his retainers, Kagawa Shinwa, who had retreated from the right wing and regrouped behind the formation, also ran over and said to his father, "Father, go, Yuxi's reinforcements are here, the number is no less than 5000, and the Kagawa army has already fought the enemy. If you don't retreat at this time, you may be in danger of being destroyed!"

Yuanqin is very clear about his son's ability, Xiangchuan is friendly and honest, and now even he comes to persuade him to quit the army, I am afraid that he is indeed very dangerous.

But his eldest son Nobuki and his uncle Jiji are still trapped in the battle, if they are not rescued, how can I go back and kill Tosa's father?
In particular, Chang Zong's relatives, as the son of Yuan Qin who has been raised by Yuan Qin for many years, Yuan Qin regards him as his heir. In history, after his death in the Battle of Kyushu, Yuan Qin was hit by the machine, so that his temperament changed drastically. , not at all as wise as before.

"Father, let's go, if you don't go, it will be too late!" Son Kagawa Kawa advised Yuan Qin again, wanting to coerce Yuan Qin to retreat from Xiongli and Yuchuang.

At the beginning of Yuan Qin, he was a little confused, but he quickly broke free from the shackles of his son and retainers, drew out his favorite knife [-] and [-] and said, "The whole army attacked to the left, and after the Xinqin was rescued, they advanced in the direction of Yuma and Qinping. "

Yuanqin kept a clear head at this time, he knew that it would be difficult to return to Tosa by making a big circle from Kumakuri, and the Ukita army could block the retreat before him.

At this moment, it is the best strategy to pass through the left flank of the battlefield and retreat from one side of their formation while Yuxita's army has not yet completely encircled. Pro-guitar has been powerless.

(End of this chapter)