Chapter 1024: The Final Battle (2)

But Toyotomi Hideyoshi didn't know that even if he didn't, the Takayama clan didn't plan to line up too far from the Aichi River. Although the collapse of the country is powerful, it can only hit 500 meters at most, and if it is far away, it will not be able to hit the enemy at all, then it will be useless.

Therefore, when he went around to the west side of the Aichi River, he directly led the army of his own army to line up on the west bank of the Aichi River, as for the other troops, the other troops were divided into three, Shibata Katsuie was the general of the north side, and in addition to his own army, the troops under the command of Uesugi and Asai were also dispatched by him, with a total of 34,000 people to meet the 50,000 troops of the Chen family, Niwa, Matsunaga, and Takigawa.

And Sakuma Morimasa was the general of the South Road, and Satake, Wakasa and the three of them had a total of 30,000 troops and the Tokugawa Army 30,000 Ashigaru against the end of the Aichi River.

Because the Takayama family's army is tens of thousands less than the other party, this time the Takayama clan did not arrange a reserve army, if there is one, it is only the eight thousand troops of the Noo people on the east bank of the Aichi River, but their responsibility is to protect the safety of the country, after all, after the clan learned that Tokugawa Ieyasu pulled the army under his command to Koga County at the end of the Aichi River, he had to prevent the other party from sneaking up behind him.

Toyotomi Hideyoshi originally wanted to go to the front line to call for the battle after the Takayama army was completed, but in the end he gave up such a plan, the mouth of the Takayama clan is very powerful, don't use the method of calling the formation to lower the morale of the other party at that time, but in the end let the other party complete the matter, then it hurts a little.

So I only heard him stand up and shout loudly: "Order all formations, immediately launch an attack on the Gaoshan Army!" Offensive! ”

With his order, soon after, the 15,000 troops in front of the Toyotomi family launched an attack on the front army of the Takayama Army, followed by the arrival of Tokugawa, Matsunaga and other troops with the order, and launched a fierce attack on the Takayama Army.

"Kill, rush!"

It's just that when the Toyotomi family army had already launched a charge, they found that the Takayama army on the opposite side had not moved, which made the leading samurai feel very puzzled, but when they just felt that something was wrong.

"Boom, boom!" With the shouting of killing, the Takayama family's Shimon Kunika roared at the same time, and a huge projectile fell in the rushing Toyotomi army formation, although these ten projectiles did not destroy many enemy troops, but caused them chaos.

And Kato Qingming, who was the main general in the front, naturally knew that the other party had a national collapse, so when he saw that the army under his command was about to fall into chaos, he immediately shouted loudly: "Quick! Rush over, as long as you engage the mountain army, the enemy's national collapse will be useless, rush with me, rush! ”

And although these ashigaru have never seen the collapse of the country, they have seen the big barrel of the main family, so although they panicked, they did not feel frightened by it, and under the yelling of Kato Kiyoshi, they recovered a little and continued to rush towards the front army of the Takayama family.

After being attacked by another round of national collapse, it looked like they were about to engage the other party, but as they approached, thousands of iron cannons and thousands of crossbows from the Gao Shan family had already lined up, waiting for them to attack.

"Shoot."

"Shoot."

After seeing the enemy approaching, Sugitani Zenjubo and Omiya Keiren immediately gave the order.

This time, instead of shooting in three or two stages, all the iron cannons and crossbows fired projectiles and arrows. It's just that the Toyotomi army has been prepared for this for a long time, and the army in the front row is not charging forward alone, at this time, the front row of Toyotomi troops saw that they had entered the range of the opponent's iron cannon and bow and arrow, and immediately worked in groups of three to put the wooden shield more than one person high in front of them.

Therefore, although the Takayama family had many iron cannons and bows and arrows, they did not cause much damage to the enemy.

And this is what the clan had long anticipated, so he ordered all iron cannons and bows and arrows to fire a salvo. Because whether it is a three-stage attack or a two-stage attack, it is not easy to use in front of the Toyotomi army who have been prepared for a long time.

What he was looking forward to was the attack of the cavalry, the attack of the cavalry and the ninja army. If you want to deal with the cavalry, the best way is to line up to meet the enemy, as long as the formation is already in the city, with the three spears in your hand, the cavalry can't get close at all. But the bad thing is that the Takayama family not only has cavalry, but also the existence of the national collapse, and because the national collapse was launched first, and it has been launched twice in succession from the launch to the present, so although the Kinoshita army is still charging against the front army of the Takayama family, the formation has become scattered under the attack of the national collapse, so when the cavalry rushes over, even if they want to line up, it is too late. In addition, after this battle clan had already issued an order to the cavalry, and it would crush the enemy's front army at any cost, Sanada Masaaki had nothing to hesitate about, and directly ordered the cavalry team to split into two and rush from the left and right sides of the place like among the enemy.

Although at first, the momentum of the horses that sat down caused a lot of damage to the enemy, but this time the enemy's front army was 15,000 people, so it was impossible to rush back and forth as usual, so when the cavalry rushed into the enemy's formation.

On the mountain, Toyotomi Hideyoshi did not sit in the formation at all, but stood directly on the north side of the outside to watch the battle situation ahead as soon as the battle began, when he saw the enemy's national collapse launch, he was very nervous, for fear that his 15,000 front army would collapse, so he immediately wanted to let the 20,000 army of Ukita and others in the middle of the battle press, but when he was about to exit, he found that the army of his family was only chaotic for a moment, and then continued to attack the enemy, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, Then, after seeing that the tactics he had set had successfully blocked the attack of the opponent's iron cannon and bow and arrow, a look of joy appeared. It's just that this look didn't last long on his face, and he saw that the opposing cavalry had already come out of the formation.

"Here! Immediately ordered the Ukita Naoya, Hirano Nagatai led the army to press, and completely wiped out the Takayama cavalry for me. ”

"Lord, the enemy has not moved in the middle of the battle, if the family is sent first, it will be unfavorable to the battle situation, according to the opinion of the subordinates, it should be delayed at this time, and please think twice." When Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave the order, before the samurai could leave, he saw Arakimura Shigeichi pull him back, and then opened his mouth to persuade him.

"Don't worry, there is no rear formation on the road of Gao Shan's house, let's destroy this cavalry for me first. Just go! "Toyotomi Hideyoshi stood on top of the mountain, and the formation of the Takayama family was naturally clear at a glance, and now the other party could only use the Eastern Army, the Ueno Army, the Ninja Army and a total of more than 40,000 people under the command of Tanaka Katsusuke, as for the 6,000 troops of iron cannons and crossbows, once the two sides fell into a melee, what use could it be.