The first deserter appeared among the crowd of bowmen from Hojo. She screamed, dropped the bow in her hand, and ran back as hard as she could.
Her actions seemed to break everyone's heartstrings, and the bowmen and arrows all started running backwards, immediately throwing the reserve formation behind them into chaos.
The leaders of the bow and arrows opened their eyes wide and shouted.
"Don't mess up! Pull back from both sides, don't run into the gun formation! You bastards!"
There seemed to be a cry in her tone, because her mistake caused the bows and arrows to attack her own gun formation. No matter she won or lost after the war, she would be severely punished and she would not escape death.
She gritted her teeth and discarded her bow and bow, drew her sword, and rushed towards the armored army, like a moth to the flame.
"Whoa, ah, ah, you beast!"
Ignoring her screams, Sanada Nobushige threw a gun and hit her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground, and three spears behind him pierced her at the same time.
The momentum of the army picked up her body and threw her far away. Then a group of armored soldiers trampled over her body, leaving only a body that was as broken as a broken doll on the ground.
The bows and arrows rolled back into the reserve gun formation and became a mess. The armored soldiers fired their guns into the enemy's formation, and the already panicked Ashigaru began to flee in all directions.
The Sanada Hime warriors charged into the enemy formation. Their plate armor was made of fine steel plate armor from the 15th century onwards. The plate armor of this era had sufficient defensive power, so shields were gradually abandoned.
They crushed the fleeing bowmen and directly hit the enemy's gun array with guns in both hands. The sparse gun array due to the ashigaru's escape could not stop these iron-clad ferocious beasts at all.
The spears of the Hojo troops slid across the curved armor, but they themselves were directly pierced by the spears of the armored soldiers.
After a round of impact, a hole appeared directly in the center of Hojo's two reserve troops, and fear spread around like sound waves.
The ashigaru who were still holding on to their positions no longer ignored the threat of the Hime warriors and turned around to run away. They just wanted to stay as far away from these monsters as possible.
The bows and arrows were running away, and the Ashigaru followed, rushing the Hime warriors who were holding the battle line to stagger. At this time, no matter how many escapees were killed, they could not stabilize the morale of the collapsed army.
The defeat on the flank battlefield directly affected the stability of the frontal battlefield. Seeing that the situation was not right, the two reserve generals were both powerful Hojo generals and took their own banners to the front line.
They shouted to the surrounding Hime warriors to come closer to them, their eyes red with red eyes, wanting to fight back with all their might, and they almost simultaneously attacked Sanada Nobunaga's armored army.
Sanada Nobushige shouted when he saw two queues of Hime Warriors coming towards him.
"Everyone is here! Emergency gathering!"
At her order, all the Sanada Hime warriors were like robots whose switch had been flipped. They stopped for a moment and then quickly gave up the pursuit. With Sanada Nobushige as the core, they formed another formation.
"Look to the right! Look forward!"
When the two Hojo reserve generals gathered together and wanted to counterattack against the current, they found that their opponents did not scatter in pursuit, but formed a formation and waited calmly for them.
The two looked at each other. There had never been such a powerful army in the Wu family. They were perfect killing machines.
Deep despair arose in the hearts of the two reserve generals of Hojo. They couldn't win, they absolutely couldn't win. One of the Hojo generals pointed his gun forward and shouted.
"The main hall is up! I, my lord, go ahead! See you again at Hirazaka! The Hojo family's military fortune is prosperous!"
Behind her, the Hojo Princess warriors shouted and charged almost at the same time, without hesitation. They could not retreat. Behind them was the flank of the Hojo army, and there was no room for loss.
Sanada Nobunaga looked coldly at these warriors who dared to die and shouted loudly.
"Shoot the gun! Charge!"
One hundred Ji warriors lined up in two rows, with the back row staggered and standing behind the front row. They held the pole under their arm with their right hand and controlled the front pole with their left hand. They rushed forward with a short body.
The two teams collided, and the blood of the Hojo Princess warrior spattered on the stainless steel plate armor, causing heavy casualties.
Flesh and blood bodies can never compete with steel. These Hime Samurai wear hoods that weigh no more than five kilograms and cannot protect their whole body. How can they compete with the Sanada Hime Samurai who are lined with cotton armor and plate armor on the outside.
With the death of these elites, the two Hojo reserves collapsed completely, and the Yuyazu and Ashigaru fled crying, disrupting their own lines from the side.
Directly west of the six reserve teams of the Kanto Palace, the pressure on them instantly eased, and they all cheered up and shouted to persevere to the end.
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In the distance, Ashikaga Yoshiji looked at the chaos at the front, and his face became increasingly ugly.
At this moment, she could no longer care about losing face and spoke humbly to Hojo Ryuzan beside her.
"Sir Longshan, the opponent's armored army is extremely brave. If this continues, the entire right wing will be penetrated by them. I implore your Chi Bei to go into battle and stop them."
Ashikaga Yoshiji bowed slightly. As a Kanto general, this was already a very humiliating gesture of request.
Hojo Ryuyama glanced at her, hesitant. It wasn't that she didn't want to help, it was just that she felt uneasy.
Although the opponent's armored army appeared suddenly and was very powerful, she was prepared with only the best troops and could handle it in battle. But what she was worried about was, did the opponent have any other back-ups?
Ashikaga Yoshiji was so impatient that she pressed all the troops in her hands. Akabi was already the last reserve on the right wing of the Hojo army.
If after Hojo Ryuzan takes Akabe into battle, the enemy appears with a new back-up force, Ashikaga Yoshiji will not have any reserves to cope with the changes. What should we do then?
Ashikaga Yoshiji saw her deep in thought and said anxiously.
"Lord Longshan, we can no longer hesitate.
Please see, the opponent's armored army has begun to expel our deserters and force them to attack our military formation.
If you hesitate any longer, the front line will collapse!"
Ashikaga Yoshiji was sweating profusely.
If the Hojo army was defeated miserably because of her eagerness for quick success, how would she live her life after returning? She simply didn't dare to think about it.
Hojo Ryuzan squinted his eyes and sighed when he saw that Ashikaga Yoshiji's face turned pale with fear.
If I had known this, why would I have gone my own way in the past and ignored advice, but now I want others to clean my butt? What a bastard.
But Ashikaga Yoshiji was right when he said that if this continues, those strange armored troops will definitely overwhelm the entire front, and Hojo Ryuzan must lead Chibei into battle to stop them.
she snapped.
"Kamakura-don, please send someone to the central army immediately, and ask His Majesty Ujimasa to send more troops to support you. Can you at least ask for two reserve teams to be in case of unexpected events?"
Ashikaga Yoshiji quickly nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, I will immediately send the envoy to the Chinese army to ask for reinforcements. You should quickly lead Chi Bei into battle!"
Hojo Ryuzan sighed, bowed deeply to Ashikaga Yoshiji, and then strode out.
Ashikaga Yoshiji breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Hojo Ryuzan was finally persuaded. She had confidence in the Hojo family's Akabei, who was the elite second only to Huangbei among the five colors.
