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Chapter 839: Battle between East and West (36) Battle of Sekigahara (3)

The combat effectiveness of the Ezo heavy armored soldiers led by Tatemoto Nobuhisa had already been confirmed in the previous Asahina River. However, the army that faced this group of iron bastards at that time had already become ancient, and now it faced an army that had not been in battle for a long time. Kinki young master soldiers.

At first, the Toyotomi bannermen who saw the Eastern Army's line loosening were continuing to press and attack eastward with high morale. However, they suddenly saw spears flying from the sky and had no time to dodge.

These throwing spears are not bows and arrows. Once the bow arrow is lowered, it can be blocked by a formation or an iron bag. The throwing spears are head-heavy and have a certain armor-breaking ability.It's really unreasonable to rely on the wooden and iron armor on the head of a Japanese football to block spear throwing.

During the Battle of Asahinagawa before, only 1200 heavy armored soldiers were invested on vacation, but this time in the Battle of Sekigahara, he put all 2100 soldiers into the battle.

2100 people are 2100 throwing spears, divided into several levels and thrown at Toyotomi Army.

Throwing spears are really an epoch-making weapon for Japan. Even the best-equipped Toyotomi Hatamoto has never seen such a thing, let alone a wooden-clad iron formation, even an all-iron iron bag. It can even break through you.

In addition to this, the ashigaru's laminate armor (a simple armor made of iron pieces sewn on cloth at a distance) and ashigaru's plate armor (a wooden board wrapped with iron) could not resist the potential energy of the spear, and the craftsman was directly impaled to death on the battlefield. above.

Even for warriors wearing armor with better defensive power, their physical strength will not be very effective when facing this kind of armor-piercing spear throwing. It is nothing more than a question of whether one person dies or two people die together.

The real effect of throwing spears is not to kill, but to disrupt the formation of Toyotomi Hatmoto on the opposite side.While Saitama Bei was still confused, heavy armored soldiers wearing leather armor on the inside and cotton armor on the outside had already rushed to the front of the formation holding giant axes.

The momentum of the charge, along with the slashing of the ax in his hand, took advantage of the momentum and directly cut the stunned warrior in the front row in half from the middle.

Toyotomi Hatamoto, who had just been knocked unconscious by a spear, had not yet recovered, and was taken away by these square-faced, bearded and strong-bodied soldiers in front of him.

Some warriors reacted, picked up the spears in their hands and tried to block, but were hacked to death in front of the formation by heavy armored soldiers with their spears and spears.

Of course, there were also warriors who stabbed the heavily armored warrior on the opposite side with their spears. The spear did penetrate into the armor and held the heavy armored infantry there, but it did not really hurt the soldier's body.

Before the warrior could react, the heavily armored soldier opened his head with the big golden rod in his hand.

The spear can at least penetrate the armor, while the samurai sword can only split part of the outer layer of the cotton armor, but it cannot cause substantial damage at all because of the stainless steel patch inside.

The morale of soldiers comes from their confidence in victory, but when encountering such an invulnerable monster, even elite troops such as Toyotomi Hatamoto will commotion and retreat.

"The iron cannons! The iron cannons are there, shoot there!"

After seeing an unseen squad being deployed on the opposite side, the battle that had progressed was pushed back, and the general in charge of the organization quickly received feedback from the front.

Hearing that there were elite soldiers in invulnerable armor in front of them, Guangjia and others naturally thought of using iron cannons when they saw that the close combat was disadvantageous.

In the Japanese army, there has been a saying that "iron artillery specializes in treating disobedience."

Before iron cannons were introduced to Japan, Japanese armor had indeed reached its peak. Even the ashigaru armor had a certain defensive effect when facing bows and arrows.

As for the samurai's weapons, they are even more diverse, and can effectively defend against the slashing and stabbing of the samurai sword. So when samurai fight for their lives, they often need to attack weak points such as the waist, armpits, and neck to kill people. .

But samurai have been trained strictly in the art of war since childhood. How can it be so easy to kill a samurai on a chaotic battlefield?

Until the introduction of iron cannons, an ordinary farmer with a little training could easily kill an elite warrior who had been trained for decades since childhood. The proud weapons of the warrior were as fragile as paper.

The introduction of iron cannons forced Japan's armor to start evolving again, and the evolution of armor once again forced iron cannons to improve.

As the saying goes, "There is no weapon that cannot be penetrated by an iron cannon. If there is, then use a larger caliber iron cannon to shoot."

Toyotomi Flag's equipment is very luxurious, not only in the armor, but also in the weapons.

Not only the samurai swords and spears, but also the assembly process and details of the iron cannons are much more rigorous and beautiful than those made by the Toyoharu family.The Toyotomi family no longer made iron cannons themselves, but outsourced them to wealthy merchants for procurement.

In order to please Hideyoshi, the wealthy businessman must present the best iron cannon to him, not only in terms of assembly process, but also in terms of the caliber of the iron cannon.

However, the calibers of the iron cannons contributed by wealthy merchants cannot be unified, and even the calibers of the iron cannons within the same group are different.In this era, the only one that can achieve almost the same caliber of iron cannons is the Fengchun family, which has implemented streamlined assembly processes.

"Bang bang bang~"

After a round of iron cannon fire, the iron bullet flew over Toyotomi Hatakemoto's head and hit the heavy armored soldier's body.

"Clap clap clap~"

The cotton armor itself has a certain buffering effect on the matchlock gun, and the iron armor inside the armor can effectively block the charging potential of the iron bullets.There is a layer of leather armor behind the iron armor as a buffer, and ordinary iron cannons are still difficult to kill except leaving scars on the armor of the heavy armored soldier.

However, some heavily armored soldiers did fall after a round of iron cannon fire. Some of them were unlucky and were hit in the face by iron bullets. They were pronounced dead before they had time to react.

Some people were hit in the body by the large-caliber iron cannons in the Toyotomi Banner. Even if they had cotton armor and leather armor to deal with defense and buffering, the lethality caused by such large projectiles was huge, and they easily penetrated the heavy metal. The armor on the soldier's body fell to the ground on his back, blood gushing out from his chest and filling the entire set of cotton armor.

But after all, the physical quality of the Japanese is here. The number of samurai who can operate large-caliber iron cannons is very small, and the effect of killing the Ezo heavy armored soldiers is only this. And behind them, there are heavy armored soldiers who are not afraid of death. Holding a giant ax, he came towards Toyotomi Hatamoto and slashed at him.

At the same time, on the other side, Saitama Bei's iron cannons finally found a good place and began to set up large iron cannons to fight back.

The lethality and effect of the big iron cannon here is much greater than that of Toyotomi Hatamoto, because Xiujia knew that the Japanese were not in good physical condition and used poles to support the ground as a buffer, unlike Toyotomi Hatamoto's completely Rely on the physical fitness of the samurai to resist the recoil.

The frontal battlefield has changed due to the addition of heavy armored soldiers to attack and defend. As a former soldier of Guanbai, Toyotomi Hatamoto had never encountered such a thing before. He was risking his life to resist.It is often necessary to fill in the lives of 10 companions before you can luckily take the life of one person on the opposite side.

Such an unreasonable kill ratio, even the elite, can't stand it. If there is no new way to break the formation here at Jingji, Toyotomi Banner's defeat is completely a matter of time.

At the same time, at the Mobeishan battlefield, Toyotomi Teruie, who was originally only suggested by Todo Takatora to move to Mobeishan and deploy his formation, met Kuroda Nagamasa who rushed to support Yoshikawa Hiroie.

The knowledge and practice of the Kuroda family has been reduced several times. Even if Toyotomi Hideji used his position to restore some of his knowledge and practice when he was a scumbag, now he is only the leader of 5 stone names.

Therefore, Kuroda Nagamasa did not have many troops, and even under extreme mobilization, he only brought 1500 people into the battle.Many of the Uesugi's family were damaged during the Northern Expedition with Toyotomi Hideji, but now there are still more than a thousand soldiers in the army.

However, Tokugawa Ieyasu was very considerate and handed over 2000 people from the Shinkin Division of the Chosoga Division to him to take away, so that the two of them could support the Yoshikawa Hiroyuki family.

As a result, the two led people across the Sekihara Plain. As soon as they stepped onto Taobei Mountain, they encountered Toyoharu's army climbing up from the other side of the mountain.

The samurai with the Kuroda rattan flag on his back rushed excitedly, and suddenly looked at the samurai with the gentian, five-seven-tung tree and family crest in front of him, and immediately stopped in his tracks, looking at the enemy in front of him with fear and disbelief in his eyes.The samurai of the Toyoharu family had the same reaction. No one expected to encounter the enemy here, and for a moment no one dared to step forward to fight.

"What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go into battle and get a head, and you're just waiting to give the credit to others?"

Inoue Nofusa, who was in charge of the vanguard, had no such concerns. As one of the Eight Inoue Tigers, Inoue Nofusa shouted at his subordinates, and then he personally held a spear and went to kill the Toyoharu army first.

As the oldest general of the Kuroda family, even after the Kuroda family was reduced, he still had a stone height of 1400 koku. In addition to dozens of ashigaru, he also had several samurai retainers following him.

Since these samurai retainers are willing to follow their lord to reduce their title, their loyalty and ability are naturally beyond doubt.

Even if they encountered the enemy at a core place like Taobei Mountain, which meant that the front line might be defeated, and their troops did not have an advantage, they still followed their lord to kill the Toyoharu family without hesitation.

The strength of the Toyoharu clan's military formation lies in their coordination, but this does not mean that the individual strength of the Toyoharu clan samurai and Ashigaru is not strong enough.

It may not be as fierce and fearless as the heavily armored soldiers next door and the Ezo tribesmen armed with wooden shields, but it will definitely not lose its majesty when encountering on the battlefield.

Hearing the cry of killing in front of him and the movement of the team stalled, Kuroda Nagamasa quickly called his retainers to inquire about the situation.

When he knew that the front line had already met the Toyoharu family, he did not have the slightest fear. Instead, he encouraged his retainers, "The Eastern Army has been blocked by Councilor Kyogoku and Attendant Yoshikawa, and the odds of victory have been locked by our side. Everyone, If you don’t make a contribution now, then when will you wait!”

After saying that, he personally rushed to the front line to command the operation. Before leaving, he asked his flag general Kuroda Kazunari to go to Nobuyuki Chosoga and Tokugawa Ieyasu of his own camp for help.

Just kidding, the battle has hit your face, why can you Tokugawa Ieyasu still sit firmly in the Chinese army?
When Kuroda Nagamasa rushed to the front line, his old Inoue family had been dragged aside to rest, and his retainers were bandaging him next to him.There was a bone-deep wound on his shoulder, probably from a spear.

Seeing his master coming, Inoue-no-fusa stood up directly, took the head handed over by his retainer and said to Kuroda Nagamasa, "My lord, fortunately, I have repelled the Toyoharu family who climbed up the mountain. This is Toyoharu." The head of the family warrior, Saitama Guardsman Takahashi (Ryosuke) Hidetada is here, and is dedicated to the lord today."

Kuroda Nagamasa had already foreseen the difficulties on the front line when he saw the injuries on his elder's body, but he was still very happy to hear that he had captured the head of a senior warrior of the Toyoharu family.

He has heard about Ryosuke Takahashi. After all, when he was in Jibei, he served as the captain of the Xiu family's direct-administered military equipment. Ukita Banner was born in the Western Kingdom and is somewhat famous.

Looking at the head in front of him, with its temples already gray and stained with blood and covered with wrinkles, Kuroda Nagamasa said excitedly, "Circuit this head to the whole army and tell the soldiers that the Toyoharu family has dragged the old man who was half a hundred years old to the battlefield." , they won’t be able to hold on any longer!”

Hatamoto got the order, summoned a spear, raised the head high and circulated it to the whole army, and someone told the story of Kuroda Nagamasa.

The head on the head of the spear was raised so high, which naturally attracted the attention of Saitama Bei on the opposite side.

Saitama Bei, who had originally retreated because his general was killed during the encounter, had already regrouped under the command of Todo Takatora. Looking at the head on the mountain was as uncomfortable as seeing the shame of his own reserve team.

Without any additional encouragement, the samurai launched a second charge against Taobei Mountain under the command of the captains and battalion generals.And this time, Todo Takatora was imperative to charge. He gathered all the main samurai of Saitama Defense Division 2 and Saitama Bei, and launched the second mountain attack operation under the cover of other long-range troops.

"Our vanguard mission is to break the formation and capture the flag. We can't always count on the lord to come for help. Let's take a look at the battle on Nangong Mountain on the west side. Don't let our colleagues laugh at us. This time to capture the mountain, I started to fight for the first place. , Fight to the death without retreating, and those who retreat and flee will not be pardoned!"

When has Takatora Toudo ever fought such a frustrating battle? It’s okay to say that he just encountered Toyotomi Hatamoto and was beaten. Why did he climb up Mopei Mountain and be driven down again?
If you say this, where will I, Sado Mamoru, put my face?
Besides, he is a member of the Toyotomi Teru family. If he fails to fight well, the reputation of the young master of the Toyoharu family will be damaged in the end. This is something Takatora Toudo will never tolerate.

Of course, he would not really be responsible for the charge. As the general, he just had to show his determination to refuse to retreat. Naturally, his retainers would do the charge for him.

No, after receiving the order, Isono Yukinobu, the son of Isono Tamashira, one of the three Omi people, dressed in his powerful red weapon and took the lead holding a 2-meter-long golden stick with a stick.

The Kuroda Army at the top of the mountain was preparing to form a formation. When they saw the Toyoharu Army climbing up at the foot of the mountain, they wanted to move the iron gunners up to shoot below.

"Bang bang bang bang~"

Isono Yukinobu's side was not prepared to charge like this, and there was no wooden shield in his hand to block the seat. The soldiers could only lie down on the hillside, or hide behind trees to avoid the iron bullets.

But after a round of shooting, there was still a wailing sound from the mountain climbing team, and dozens of gentry fell powerlessly, rolling towards the foot of the mountain like a free fall.

But this still cannot stop the willpower of jointly attacking the mountain.

In this attack on the mountain, the Fengchun army had already made desperate preparations. How could they retreat just because a few people died on the road?

The iron cannon overhead was indeed very powerful, but after discovering that burying one's head on the ground had no obvious effect, some warriors took the lead and took advantage of the firing gaps of the iron cannon to launch a desperate charge against the hillside.

When Isono Yukinobu and his party arrived at the top of the mountain with great difficulty, they did not give the Kuroda army on the mountain a chance to react. They just greeted him with a big iron rod and opened the head of an ashigaru.

"The first one to arrive is the Omi warrior of the Todo family, Isono Yukinobu!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a samurai in brown uniform rushed towards him with a spear in his hand, "Send the Kuroda family general Hori (Sadainori) Heaiemon!"

There was no unnecessary nonsense, and there was no romanticism. He directly stabbed Isono Yukinobu's heart with his spear.

Yukinobu Isono dodged sideways, but Horisada used the inertia of his body to hit Yukinobu Isono, using the weight of his body to press him down. He tried to pull out his ribs from his waist and stabbed Yukinobu Isono's armor to expose it. at.

But Yukinobu Isano's weapon is a big golden rod, and the samurai who can use this weapon in Japan are extremely strong.

Just now, he was pushed to the ground because he was unable to cope with it and his steps were unsteady. Now both of them fell to the ground. How could Isono Yukinobu be so easily decapitated?

He directly grasped the ribs where Hori was stabbing his neck, and the muscles of his hands began to exert force to twist the steel knife in Hori's hand.

Horizada, on the other hand, was like a loser who was weaker than his opponent in arm wrestling. He could only watch as the weapon in the middle of the week was turned around.It’s just that this game is called war, and the only outcome for the loser is death.
The rib stabbed into Horinori's neck, and blood spurted out from the carotid artery and splashed on Isono Yukinobu's face. Horizanori sat down and struggled for a moment before falling weakly on Isono Yukinobu's body.

Yukinobu Isano, who had just walked away from the ghost gate early in the morning, calmed down a little, wiped the blood on his face and pushed the corpse away. The warrior's head was smashed.

Red and white things splashed on his face, looking like an evil ghost from hell.

But this time he didn't pay attention to the filth on his face. Instead, he gritted his teeth and roared at Kuroda Nagamasa, "The Fujido family killed two of them!"

　My computer broke down yesterday. I originally planned to take leave today but didn't want to change it.

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