The five hundred and fifteenth chapter woodpecker (5)
The 1,000 soldiers under Takeda Katsuyori are all soldiers under the direct control of Takeda Shingen. They have extremely high combat effectiveness and are the leaders of Takeda's army. This is why Takeda Shingen selected him as the vanguard.
After hearing Takeda Katsuyori's order, they launched another charge without hesitation, rushing towards the Jobanbi iron gunners on the top of the hillside. Upon seeing this, the 150 iron gunners immediately retreated like a tide, and were replaced by 250 fully armored iron gunners.
Armed armored spearmen. They quickly climbed to the top of the slope from the north slope, and then crossed the top to the south slope, occupying a commanding position. The first row squatted down, and the second row reached out their spears from the shoulders of the first row.
out.
The leading warriors of the Takeda Army who were on the front line frowned slightly when they saw this, realizing that it was not wise to attack such an elite spear formation. They turned back and glanced at the flag, only to find that Takeda Katsuyori did not change the order. These
The Koshu samurai were all experienced warriors and would not shrink from battle. They gritted their teeth and led their men to charge forward. They stared intently at the sharp tip of Tokiwa Bei's spear in the sunlight -
Almost motionless. But they knew that when they rushed in front of these spear points, the more than two hundred spears would stab out like poisonous snakes spitting messages. As the distance got closer, they felt the sound of their heartbeats getting louder and louder.
Violent and intense, this is what they have experienced countless times on the battlefield - the feeling of being on the thin line between life and death. Whether they live or die depends on their reaction at the next moment.
I don’t know who took the lead, but the charging Takeda troops also roared loudly to embolden themselves. The roar of the Takeda troops was so earth-shattering that the entire battlefield was shaken.
"Thrust!"
As a loud Chinese command sounded, the Tokiwabi spearman who had been motionless before suddenly stabbed the Takeda army in front of him with the spear in his hand. Although the lone Chinese command was shouted out almost at the same time,
They were drowned in the roar of the Takeda Army, but the spear that was thrust out immediately silenced the voices of the twenty-odd Takeda Army who rushed at the front. But at this moment, those who were lucky enough to escape the thrust of the spear suddenly stopped.
The Takeda army rushed towards Tokiwabei's position, armed with samurai swords, and launched a fierce attack on the spearmen who were not conducive to close combat.
Such a brave advance and tactical execution by the Takeda Army made Tokiwa Bei a little confused for a while. A dozen pikemen in the first row were cut down in an instant. The pikemen in the second row responded in a hurry and barely blocked this assault.
Seeing that the situation ahead was improving, the Takeda Army following in the rear immediately rushed towards Jobanbei's position. However, at this moment, the iron gunner of Jobanbei who had originally retreated to the north slope climbed to the top of the slope again and stood on his side with a spear.
Behind the soldiers, taking advantage of the shooting angle created by the height difference on the hillside, they all fired another salvo at the Takeda army who was following down the hillside.
"Oops! You were careless!" A Takeda Army samurai who was fighting with Tokiwa Bei on the front line realized that something was wrong.
Although the iron cannon is very powerful, it is different from the bow and arrow. It can only shoot flatly and cannot be thrown. Therefore, at the beginning of the close combat, the iron cannon has no effect - because it cannot shoot over the head of its own ashigaru.
. However, this time the battlefield took place on a slope. The slope of the hillside gave the iron cannon ashigaru the opportunity to fire continuously - and the lethality of the iron cannon volley was much stronger than that of the bow and arrow.
Sure enough, this round of volleys caused a lot of casualties, and also caused a small disconnect in the Takeda family's formation. The second wave of people failed to keep up in time, resulting in the first wave of Takeda Army soldiers who finally broke into the spear formation.
He was knocked down one after another.
"Why are there two people in this formation who don't use spears... Damn it..." When the last Takeda Army warrior in the lead fell, he complained unwillingly. Behind Tokiwa Bei's spear was a boy and a young man.
Both of them were very good at katana skills, and together they defeated four or five warriors of the Takeda Army.
"Young Master, please calm down!" At this moment, not only the new guard, but also the deputy general who had followed Takeda Katsuyori for a long time could not sit still. "In any case, please let the brothers wear armor before fighting. This will cause too many casualties."
Big!"
"Tch." Takeda Katsuyori couldn't keep it off his face, but he also knew that he couldn't go on his own way at this moment, so he could only spit viciously and cursed angrily in a low voice, "Let those losers withdraw and notify the entire army to wear armor!
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"What? Is there resistance?" Takeda Nobutoyo, who was following Takeda Shingen, was surprised to find that a fierce battle broke out on the hillside in the distance. "Is it...our plan?"
"Oh?" Takeda Shingen squinted his eyes when he heard this, straightened up slightly from his horse, and looked at the hillside in the distance, "That is... the flag of the Yuqiu Army Tokiwabei, since... cough cough cough...
"Before he finished speaking, Takeda Shingen burst into a violent cough.
"My lord, your health is critical!" The man who was following Takeda Shingen hurriedly came over from both sides and supported Takeda Shingen.
.Takeda Shingen waved his hand, indicating that they did not need to be so nervous.
"Mino, what do you think?" Takeda Shingen did not make a direct judgment, but asked Nobuharu Baba who was following him. His reserve team was behind the Takeda family's main team, so he stayed with Takeda Shingen.
This is the formation.
"There must be someone in the basin behind them." Nobuharu Baba snorted, "And the deployment has not been completed yet, so we sent people to guard the hillside to control the view to prevent us from spying on their formation."
"I think it's just the opposite. There's no one in the basin at all." Takeda Shingen smiled and shook his head, "But these are all my guesses. The war is fierce and dangerous, and I won't rely on guesses unless I have to.
It determines the life and death of the entire army."
"When the young master takes over the hilltop and takes a condescending look at the basin, all doubts will be solved." Takeda Nobuntoyo was not too anxious, "Anyway, there are only 400 soldiers at most on that hilltop, so it will happen very quickly."
"Don't be careless." Takeda Shingen heard this and shook his head, "Order the entire army to wear armor. The auxiliary troops retreat to both sides of the official road and let the soldiers follow."
"Lord?" Takeda Nobutoyo was stunned when he heard this, "We originally expected to put on armor after passing the basin? If we put on armor now, not only will it waste time, but the ashigaru's physical strength will also be..."
"Trust my judgment." Takeda Shingen shook his head noncommittally, "Let everyone wear armor."
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At the same time, the slopes at the southern end of the basin.
Tokiwabei set up a formation, with the first three rows of pikemen and the iron artillerymen standing in two rows on the top of the slope. This defensive position made full use of the condescending hillside terrain, which made Takeda Katsuyori feel a little tricky for a while. And the following
Behind him, the troops of Kosaka Masanobu and Naito Masayo are already donning armor and will continue to advance along the official road soon. If Takeda Katsuyori hesitates on the official road for too long, the entire march plan will be delayed. Therefore, Takeda Katsuyori
Without further hesitation, he led his troops to attack again.
This time, Tsukiwabe did not have the advantage of a surprise attack. After the Takeda family's archers and iron gunners formed a formation at the foot of the hillside, they began to shoot at Tsukiwabe.
"Humph, that's a stupid formation. They just want to occupy the geographical advantage, but they put the pikemen in front of the iron gunners." Takeda Katsuyori sneered and looked at the samurai-looking Mizu Atomsune in Tokiwa's formation with contempt.
"When we shoot like this, my archers and iron gunners will hit your pikemen. If your pikemen stand and get beaten but cannot fight back, and serve as human shields for the iron gunners, their morale will collapse in a short while.
Don’t you have any common sense? If I shoot a few rounds, your man will collapse.”
There are nearly 300 long-range soldiers among the 1,000 soldiers of the Takeda family, while the number of iron gunners in the Joban army is only half that. The advantage of the iron gunners in being in a commanding position is also offset by the disadvantage of distance - because the long-range soldiers of the Takeda army only need to stand still
The pikemen in front will do.
After the first round of shooting, more than 20 long-range soldiers of the Takeda Army were killed. However, due to the dense formation of Jobanbei station, even though the bow and arrow did not cause much damage to Jobanbei's armor, he was still shot.
The legs and face without the protection of armor couldn't bear it, not to mention that Takeda Katsuyori also had dozens of iron cannons. In one volley, more than twenty of Tokiwabei's spearmen fell.
"Hmph." Takeda Katsuyori smiled after seeing the good exchange ratio, and once again turned his attention to the water atom sutra, "What do you want to do?"
Mizuhara saw the twenty-odd brothers in front of him falling straight down like that, and felt his heart sinking. In the battle just now, many people from Tokiwabei's second company had fallen, and there were casualties.
The ratio exceeded 10% in an instant. However, he understood that as the company commander, he could not waver in the slightest at this moment. So, he cleared his throat and gave the order in a deep voice: "Second platoon, replace the first platoon.
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As soon as the words came out, Tokiwa Bei, who was behind the twenty-odd gaps in the first row, took a step forward with his gun as a reflex, and stood up straight again without wavering. This was something they had practiced countless times during training.
There was no hesitation in his movements. The ashigaru in the third row strode forward to fill the gap in the second row.
"Fight me again!" After Takeda Katsuyori saw that Jobanbei's formation did not waver, he ordered a volley of fire again. And Jobanbei's iron gunners immediately fired a volley in return. The iron cannon roared and the bow and arrow were heard.
After the sound, more than 20 of the Takeda family's long-range soldiers fell down again, and more than 20 of Tokiwabei's spearmen also fell. This time, several people fell on the bodies of their companions.
It just rolled all the way down the hillside, the blood trail dragging all the way on the yellow sand, and it didn't stop until it reached the Takeda family formation.
Shui Yuanjing looked at it and felt that he had received another heavy blow in his heart. One of the men who rolled down just now was a subordinate he was very optimistic about. Originally, he was hit this time.
After the battle, he wanted to recommend him to Fukushima Yasunari as the platoon leader. But war was so cruel, and his subordinates who had been chatting and laughing not long ago fell down in an instant.
However, he did not hesitate at all and ordered again in a deep voice: "Second row, make up for the first row!"
The soldiers of Tokiwabi's second company still did not hesitate at all, striding forward to fill the vacancies in front. However, Mizuhara noticed that there were only one row of ashigaru left in some columns, and the two rows behind them were already empty.
Mizu Atomsuke understood what Takeda Katsuyori was doing. He wanted to drain the morale of the pikemen. It’s not that the army couldn’t tolerate casualties. If the number of casualties gradually increased in a well-matched fight, some armies could even turn this into a high cost.
morale. However, the feeling of standing like this without being able to fight back and being constantly being shot by the enemy is really terrible. This feeling is like being executed in the execution ground, falling down meaninglessly. Even if Tokiwabei is very united
, even if these pikemen understand that they are sacrificed to protect the iron gunners, even if they are strictly disciplined, they will inevitably be shaken in their hearts!
Mizuhara also wanted his subordinates to retreat to the north slope to avoid shooting, but that would give up the terrain. He clearly saw that behind the Takeda family's long-range soldiers, hundreds of soldiers were preparing to attack. Once he
If they let go of this key high point, they will rush up and take over the hillside. Therefore, Shui Atomjing had no choice but to let his subordinates resist.
As the roar of iron cannons and the sounds of bows and arrows resounded across the battlefield again, another twenty people in Changpan's formation suddenly fell down. Shui Atonjing only felt that his heart was bleeding - in just three quarters of an hour,
The Second Company of Tokiwabei has suffered nearly a hundred casualties and nearly 30% of the losses. This is a heavy casualty that has not happened in a long time. These brothers who died in battle are not cold numbers in the eyes of the daimyo. They are all really dead.
Brothers of Atom Jing! We eat together, chat together, and train together on weekdays. During the holidays, the families of these subordinates will visit Shui Atom Jing at home to thank him for taking care of their son. Most of them,
Shui Atom Jing could call out names. But now, with every volley, more than twenty familiar people could be seen falling like this. Shui Atom Jing felt like his heart was about to burst.
"Second row! Replenish it!" Shui Yuanjing tried his best to suppress the grief and anger in his heart, and gave the order again. This time, even the most loyal subordinates were inevitably hesitant in their actions. Because they were on top of the first row,
It's almost like putting your life in the hands of the King of Hell, without any chance to struggle and resist. Whether you live or die depends on whether the Takeda family can fight accurately. However, the discipline and sacrifice spirit cultivated by Tokiwa Bei for so long have still played a role.
, there is no gap left unfilled.
"Good guy." Takeda Katsuyori looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but feel a little surprised, "You stand and get beaten without fighting back. More than two hundred spearmen are about to fall and the little one is still holding on. No wonder my father is so angry with Yuqiu Hongye.
He attaches great importance to his military training methods. This soldier must be the elite of Tokiwa Bei."
"Then let's have another round!" Takeda Katsuyori roared fiercely, and his iron gunners and archers fired again, and gunpowder smoke rose again from behind Jobanbe's position. After the smoke cleared, only Jobanbe could be seen
Seventeen or eight more people fell down in the first row. In the earliest first row, there were only a few people standing.
"Damn it..." Shui Yuanjing's eyes were completely red at this moment, blue veins were popping up, and the scars on his face that had been healed for more than ten years seemed to burst. Just under their feet, a hundred people had fallen in various directions.
Many Tokiwabei's spearmen and their spears were scattered all over the floor. Already several rows and three rows of ashigaru were killed, and there was no one who could replace them. As the Mizu Atomic Sutra said, "Second row,
The order "Replenish the first row" was stuck in my throat for a long time and I couldn't shout it out, because this order was useless "Second row, step forward and die".
However, he still had to shout: "Second row, make up for the first row!"
But this time, the subordinates were obviously more hesitant. Everyone understood that this was an order to escape death. Even though they were loyal, brave, and disciplined, they had no choice but to watch so many of their companions die in front of them.
Who can bear to be beaten to death while standing? Tokiwabei's casualties have exceeded 30% at this moment, and he is almost unable to bear the casualties. The heavy pressure on his heart has almost overwhelmed Tokiwabei's ashigaru, except for three people who have made up the first place.
Exclusively, no other positions were immediately filled.
The Water Atomic Sutra saw it in his eyes, and felt anxious in his heart. There was actually a surge of despair in his heart. If the Takeda family fired one or two more rounds, the second company would collapse due to the collapse of morale. But if the top of the slope was given up to the Takeda army,
If it passes, the entire Yuqiu family will be doomed, and he will have no choice but to endure.
Just when everyone was almost falling into despair, a small figure suddenly stepped out from the third row and entered the center of the first row.