Prime Minister Bizen

Both the Sakai family and Sakakibara Komasa were taken aback by the powerful combat power of the Toyoharu army on the opposite side. The previous bow and arrow shooting was nothing more than that. The Kibi army led by Hideo was already good at longbow salvo.

But in the final chaotic battle, only dozens of warriors defeated 600 soldiers. You must know that there are still more than 600 warriors and ground servants among the 200, but the Fengchun Army, which is at a disadvantage in numbers, is still sending out heads Then crashed.

Of course, there are many unscathed in the Toyoharu army, Yasumasa Sakakibara saw it clearly, some of the samurai from the Toyoharu army were injured and carried back.

"We can't attack so sparsely anymore." Sakakibara Yasumasa looked at the army behind him, which was large in number but of varying quality, and said, "Rushing up one after another will only become the fish of the Toyoharu Army. Relying on the first hundred steps to the army formation, and then charging in rounds with the army formation as a unit.

The enemy's military strength is only 5-6000, and our army is four times that of the enemy's army. The difference in military strength may be negligible with the force of the army, and then the elite ranger team will attack from the south of Inagawa. Then the enemy's 4 people, no matter how elite they are, would find it difficult to hold on. "

As he said, Tokugawa Ieyasu looked to the left and right, and finally ordered General Qi Yi to say, "Nei Shanzheng (Oka Minister Mori), you and Kawachi Mori (Sakai Shigeta) will lead the Mikawa people from behind our army to the south bank of Inagawa. Wait for the opportunity. Daisuke Miyauchi (Sakai family), I will make up your 3000 Shinano followers, and you will continue to be in charge of the second wave of offensive. Remember not to rush this time, and take the slow position as the first."

Following the order of Sakakibara Yasomasa, Oka Minister Mori and Sakai Shigeta led more than 5000 Mikawas to withdraw from Sakakibara Yasomasa's rear. go.In order to hide their bodies as much as possible, they chose to walk along the coast.

The departure of the Mikawas reduced Sakai Chuji's elite force by half, and the Tokugawa Army on the frontal battlefield followed his order, and the soldiers lined up in fish-scale formations to face the Toyoharu Army.

The fish scale formation is the basic attack formation used when one's own side has an advantage.This is specially designed to be arranged in the order of the ladder. The slightly concave front end belongs to the offensive formation, and the concentrated forces launch a fierce attack on the center of the enemy formation.

It can be seen from Sakakihara Komasa's formation that he seems to be very confident in defeating the Toyoharu army formation in front of him.

On the opposite side, Masatoshi Suga listed the standard goose-shaped formation, which is a formation with both offensive and defensive capabilities, which can give full play to the advantages of the high proportion of long-range units in the Fengchun Army, and effectively kill the enemy.

Facing the beating of war drums on Tokugawa's side, more than 3500 people under the command of Tadashi Sakai walked towards Ito slowly with wooden poles and bamboo beams, almost stepping forward at a rhythm point, and the most prominent thing was the word "steady".

Before the army advanced to 100 steps, the Fengchun army still did not move.Until the 80th step, it was still a volley of three rounds of arrow feathers, but this time, as the former army, the Shinano people moved enough wooden poles from the camp behind, and there were only a few soldiers hiding behind the wooden poles. The man fell to the ground with an arrow.

The firepower effect of the Fengchun army was not as obvious as before, which greatly encouraged the confidence of the Sakai family. He ordered to speed up the rhythm of his feet, and pressed as close to 50 steps as possible to prepare for the charge.

But at a distance of about 60 steps, I saw long gun barrels protruding from between the bamboo bundles and wooden poles on the opposite side.

The distance between the two armies was extremely close, and Tadashi Sakai could even hear the orders of some officers in the Toyoharu army on the opposite side.

As the "fire" command was issued, hundreds of iron cannons on the opposite side opened fire in unison, and the sound of [crackling] echoed between Inagawa and Yelichuan.Then there was a lot of wailing on his side and a large number of soldiers fell to the ground after being shot.

"Dodge! Dodge to the bamboo beam and move on!"

In fact, there is no need for him to give orders. The Tokugawa Army is more or less a veteran of decades of war. Naturally, they have seen iron cannons. They know that this kind of thing can shoot through even a samurai. They must hide behind the bunker to save their lives. .

It's just that this time the iron cannon on the opposite side is a bit evil.

Not only were there only over a hundred iron cannons on the opposite side, but the gunpowder smoke appeared extremely large after the shooting, covering the battlefield for a while; it was also because the power of the iron cannons on the opposite side was a bit terrifying, and the projectile was actually stronger than ordinary iron cannons. After two laps, not to mention the wooden poles, even the bamboo beams were penetrated.

Whether it is a soldier hiding behind a wooden pole or a bamboo bundle, it is lucky to be injured by its fragments.Some people's arms were directly cut off from the body by this large bullet, and some had their abdomens pierced through the bodies of two people in a row, so that the third person could see the front row through the body holes of the two people in front. battle situation.

That's right, this time it was no longer the iron cannon Ashgaru attached to Hitachi's equipment that fired this time, but the 500 large iron cannon troops that belonged to the firearms equipment directly under the Hideka.

The length of these iron cannons is 1.5 meters, twice that of ordinary iron cannons, and almost as high as most soldiers of this era.It is impossible for soldiers to lift such a large iron cannon. Inspired by the firecrackers in the hands of Tibetan chieftain soldiers in history, Xiujia installed a bracket that can be extended and retracted in the middle of the iron cannon.

When it is necessary to fire, the stand is opened on the ground for stability and support. When it is time for melee combat, the two legs of the stand are retracted to form a 2-meter-long pitchfork for melee combat.

Of course, in this era, you are a little ahead of time in teaching soldiers to fight with bayonets. This can only be used as an emergency weapon. The Xiu family still equips these iron cannons with ribs, hand axes and other close weapons.

These big iron cannons have a strong lethality, and naturally they also have a recoil that cannot be underestimated.Therefore, the soldiers who operate these big iron cannons are all tall and fine men carefully selected by the Xiu family from the collar, and they will be awarded the status of warriors if they pass the examination.

Also because this army is all warriors, it is also called "big iron cannon warriors" in Fengchun's family.

As elites in the army, the three-stage shooting method is naturally the fighting method they are most familiar with, but because the big iron cannon wants to be more careful about emptying the remaining gunpowder in the chamber, its reloading speed is very slow.Even with the three strikes, there is still a long time gap between them.

The Sakai family also discovered this weakness after experiencing a short period of panic, so while stabilizing the morale of the army, they asked the soldiers to speed up their pace, and finally succeeded in forming within 50 steps.

The formation is not the ultimate goal of the Tokugawa army, their purpose is to destroy the Fengchun army formation in front of them.Originally, the Sakai family planned to use the 300 iron cannons that Sakakibara Yasumasa had given him to shoot a wave of consumption with the opponent before rushing into the battle.

But after seeing the power of the large-caliber iron cannon on the opposite side, he didn't expect to use up long-distance mutual fire to achieve the purpose of consumption.When the formation of the army was completed, he ordered the elder Ogasawara Shinling, who took the place of Patriarch Tadaki Matsudaira, to lead the Iida people to take charge of the first charge.

As we all know, the Ogasawara sect has long been transferred to Koriyama with Toyotomi Hideyoshi, so this Ogasawara is not that Ogasawara, but Minami Shinano Ina Ogasawara.Ogasawara, as the former guardian of Shinano, it is reasonable to have his family spread all over Shinano.

As for Matsudaira Tadaki, it was naturally because of his marriage contract with Hideka's daughter Koto, and Tokugawa Ieyasu deliberately sealed her in Nanshinano Iida Castle with 5 shi to show his importance.

But there is not so much land around Iida, and Ieyasu Tokugawa likes to seal one piece in the east and one piece in the west, so more than half of Matsudaira Tadaki's 5 koku land is distributed in Mikawa and Enjiang.

Of course, the Tokugawa family is relatively traditional in the preparation of military service accounts. They still use the daimyo and powerful clan as a body to recruit.

In this era when we don't know what the soul of the army is or what the will of the nation is, an army is often linked together by the friendship of fellow countrymen, even the squadron under the command of the Xiu family.

And an army composed of people from many countries like this Iida, it is very likely that there will be mutual distrust due to different reasons for going abroad during the battle, which will have a side effect on the battle.

Tadashi Sakai sent Iida to attack without any selfish intentions, because this is the largest integrated army formation under his command. With 5 shi, the Iida clan recruited an army of 1650 people.Compared with the Suganuma group he recruited with all his strength, Iida's recruitment rate was not as high as his, but the equipment was obviously better than his miscellaneous army.

But Xinling Ogasawara wouldn't think so, he is a traditional samurai.The higher-ups assigned tasks to him, and when he continued to dispatch, he naturally focused on saving the lives of his compatriots, so the first wave was sent out, led by Ukai Zhongzhi, the Yuanjiang people.

There is a theory as to why the Enjiang people were sent up first to deliver the head, because the Mikawa people and the Tokugawa army are the most entangled, and the Shinano people are mostly fellow villagers, so it is natural to send the Enjiang people who are not very familiar and have no backing to go up to die first.

This is like the rumor that "the gentlemen of Junfu are singing and dancing, the farmers of Yuanjiang are farming, and the warriors of Sanhe are bleeding" when the Imagawa family ruled Junyuan III.

Ogasawara Xinling's arrangement naturally could not escape the eyes of Sakai Ieji, but he did not stop it.Because at the beginning of the battle, Yasumasa Sakakibara had already handed himself over to him. Even if his army was exhausted here, he would not be able to retreat. He had to buy opportunities for the next breakout to cover the young master's safe escape.

The Sakai family had already heard from Sakakibara Yasumasa that a unit had already surrounded them from the direction of Toe, so there was not much time left for them.Yasomasa Sakakibara even issued a slogan before the battle, "Whether it is from Mikawa, Enjiang, Junfu, Izu, Kai, or Shinano, today is the time to fight to the death!"

Even the Sakai family couldn't see the future, he was even ready to fight to the death, naturally it didn't matter how Ogasawara Xinling arranged for Xiao Jiujiu, anyway in his heart, he was going to fight in the first battle.

Seeing the eyes of their two superiors, even if the people of Yuanjiang were reluctant, they could only curse and rush out from behind the fortification with their guns.

But because they were involved for a while, they were warmly greeted by the second big iron cannon as soon as they rushed out.Even before people rushed into the smoke, a big hole was made in their shoulders, and the soldiers' weapons fell to the ground and howled in pain.

Ashigaru behind him wanted to help him who was about to fall, but found that there were actually two people in front of him, but the head of the other person had been exploded, and red and white things splashed his face.

He looked to the back in horror, trying to hide behind, but the fierce eyes of the warriors behind him scared him back, and finally charged forward with a gun in the midst of the command of the warriors "Don't be afraid, go ahead" .

The distance of 50 steps was extremely torturous for Yuanjiang people. Fortunately, the gap between the reloading of the big iron cannon was too long. Hearing the roar of the charge here, the big iron cannon on the opposite side had already been retracted, and there was no second shot as expected.

But when they rushed out of the smoke, what they saw was a forest of guns standing upright in the gap between the wooden escape. Some soldiers rushed too fast, and the smoke covered their sight, and it was too late to stop when they found out. Yes, the whole person rushed to the gun formation for no reason.

Some people stopped in front of the army formation and wanted to turn around to remind the people behind, but the people behind didn't stop the car and took him away with them.

Fortunately, the smoke of the gunpowder gradually dissipated, and the vision of the people coming from behind gradually became clearer. Yuanjiang people began to fight with them with long spears outside the Fengchun army formation.

It is said to be a fight, but it is more like a game for these conscripts. After all, registration is the first priority for them.Use the spear in your hand to swing up and down as hard as you can, hoping to use the elastic force of the gun to hit the enemy down and break the formation.

But who is afraid of playing gun quilt?They are all 5-meter-long three guns that are thrown and thrown there, and the soldier's hats and pills on the top of Hitachi's top are all reinforced, and they are specially designed to play with you.

What's interesting is that after Xiujia trained according to the Morris phalanx formation, 350 long spears were used to respond to the enemy in a concave-shaped formation, and the concave part of the lieutenant general was formed by 150 iron cannons. 3 rows.Every iron cannon ashigaru needs a small stool as high as the calf, the purpose is to let them stand higher and shoot the enemies in front.

The 150 iron cannon ashigaru, under the orders of their respective squadron leaders, stood up one by one to shoot and squatted down to aim. With the front row of pikemen as a barrier, they could unscrupulously pour firepower on the front.

There are 1600 people in Changlu, three square arrays of finished fonts, and the two square arrays at the top are like this to resist the Yuanjiang people rushing towards him.In fact, the Yuanjiang crowd, with only more than 600 people, can't make a big difference at all. They only need a standing team to clean up.

At the same time, the big iron cannon warriors who retreated to the second line lined up in the gap between the Hitachi garrison and the Hitachi garrison, still standing at calf height and continuing to shoot at the Tokugawa army hiding behind the bamboo beams in the distance.

"It can't go on like this." The Sakai family said to Ogasawara Xinling, "Time is running out. I ordered all the Iida people to press up, and I will lead the others as your rear line. Defeat the enemy line at any cost. It doesn't make sense anymore!"

The order of the Sakai family should not be questioned by Ogasawara Shinrei, because at his side, the Osuka Tadamasa Department, which was originally the second row of the fish-scale formation, has come from behind, and will soon fight against the second Hitachi defense.

And behind them, Gao Liqing, who was also in the second row, stood behind him.With so many eyes looking at me from behind, if I continue to dawdle like this, I will almost defeat the enemy in the second battle. I haven't entered the battle yet, how can I explain to Sakakibara Komasa after the battle?

Ogasawara Shintoge was originally unwilling to do his best, which is the inherent thinking of the Warring States tyrants, but seeing the unquestionable eyes of the Sakai family, as well as his actions of personally leading people to ride horses, he could not give a reason for his refusal. He had no choice but to follow behind him and lead people towards Chang Lu who was rushed away in front of him.

Fortunately, Sakai's family reacted quickly this time, because not long after he gave support, the Yuanjiang people who rushed up in the first wave were already showing signs of retreating.

He led his retainers and warriors to personally behead a few fleeing soldiers, and then they were shocked, and the whole army of 3500 rushed eastward in unison.The momentum brought by this is absolutely comparable to the charge of the 600 Yuan Jiangzhong before.

But Masatoshi Suga also had his own preparations. The Xiu family gave him 800 iron cannons before, of which 500 big iron cannons had already entered the battlefield, and the remaining 300 were his secret weapons.

The big iron cannon samurai lineup is between Hitachi Bei and Hitachi Garrison 2nd Army, with 6 battalions in front as a barrier, shooting and pouring firepower at the back, giving the Sakai family and Dai who charged forward Suga Zhongzheng's headquarters suffered a lot of damage.

However, its slow reloading and low rate of fire are its weaknesses after all, so the remaining 300 people that Hideka handed over to Sakakibara Komasa were used to make up for this shortcoming.

Because these samurai are not equipped with ordinary iron cannons, but flintlock guns that Xiujia bought from Nanman merchants + imitated by themselves, which eliminates the cumbersome matchmaking link, improves the rate of fire and is no longer afraid of moisture and rain.

It's just that the front of the battle has already been wrestled together, so there is really no good foothold for this army.

At this time, he happened to see more than 2000 enemy soldiers from the third formation encircled by his left flank. Although his left flank was guarded by mobile rangers and rangers, they were all behind him.

Moreover, the heavy armored soldiers were inconvenient to move. The Xiu family's arrangement was obviously deliberately to let people in so that they could cooperate with the Rangers.

In order not to expose his flank prematurely, he had to place the third Battalion of Chang Lubei, which was previously a reserve, to the southwest of his left flank.It's just that this time it's no longer a concave formation, but the 350 spearmen in the front row are lined up in three and a half rows, and there are a full 3 iron artillerymen in the back.

He sent the fusiliers over.

"Crackling~" The sound of iron cannons on both sides of the entire Asahinagawa battlefield definitely exceeded 3000. This may be the most intense battle of hot weapons in modern times. Even Yasomasa Sakakibara, who is the attacker, feels the current battle situation. Shock.

The smoke of gunpowder on both sides had completely covered the battlefield, and the sound of iron cannons resounded in all directions, even covering up the shouts of the soldiers for a while.

At this moment, Xiujia discovered a BUG in his plan, because he originally planned to let Togawa Tatsuan in Tanaka Castle see his flag and cooperate with him to fire at the rear of the Tokugawa army.

But with the gunpowder smoke on the battlefield right now, Tatsuan Togawa in Tanaka Castle can see a bird~!

Another problem is that the smog is so thick that the Xiu family can't see clearly the battle situation on the front line, especially what's going on on the north bank of the Ye Lichuan. After all, this is the key to the Xiu family's battle.

Not to mention that Xiu's family was a little confused, Suga Masari was a little confused.The gunpowder smoke not only choked people, but also prevented his orders from being conveyed to the front line quickly, so he could only continuously send envoys to find the front battalion generals on foot to inquire about the situation of the battle.

The Xiu family originally gave him the privilege to order the artillery to fire. After all, he is the highest officer at the forefront, but now he can't see clearly the battle ahead. the maximum density.

Hideka could only order 100 cavalry troops lined up on the left wing of the army formation to send [-] people to investigate and report the battle situation. In the end, they not only brought back the Tokugawa army, which was already overwhelmed by the army, but also brought back an army of thousands of people along the way. News of the coast eastward.

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