When the Kobayakawa army came within a hundred and twenty paces range, the Kuroda family's crossbowhead was ordered to start firing. After all www.biquge.info the speed of the cavalry is definitely not comparable to that of foot soldiers, although there is a distance of 120 paces, but it may be a matter of shooting three crossbows per person at most!

The crossbowmen finally stopped being patient, and they were so excited that two hundred of them shot the crossbows in their hands together. After firing the bolts, the Kuroda family's crossbowmen quickly split into two teams and prepared for a second shot.

It was the salvo of these two hundred people, although the distance reached one hundred and twenty paces at this time, but it still caused eight casualties of Kobayakawa's cavalry team. It can be said that at this distance of one hundred and twenty paces, the hit rate is almost not much different from zero, and the reason why Ashigaru Kotou gave the order to shoot was not only to take into account the speed of the horse team, but also to consider the element of luck. Yes, you read that right, it's luck, and the little head is betting on the luck of his side. After all, the Kuroda family is the pig's foot of this book, so Ashigaru Kotou feels that his luck on his side will not be bad (is it a little shameless).

But then again, he seems to have really made the right bet, and it was indeed very lucky that he could take out eight soldiers of the cavalry team at the position of the maximum range. At this distance, even if the enemy is concentrated, it is difficult to say how powerful it is. However, the Kuroda family was lucky, and many of the crossbow arrows did not hit the horsemen of the Kobayakawa family, but the horses they were riding.

Although the horses are tall, they are not bold animals, under the attack of this round of crossbows, many horses are frightened because of the crossbows, three of the eight unlucky ghosts are directly upright by the mounts and overturned to the ground, and two horses are crashing into each other, and only three are their own bad luck to hit the crossbows.

It is very difficult to stop the horses during their movements, especially in the case of charging in this kind of battle. In addition, the Kuroda family's attack was relatively sudden, and the Kobayakawa family's horseback team was not prepared at all, so when a companion fell off his horse, the cavalry behind couldn't stop his mount at all, and some could only watch their horses run over their companions. They could only scream, whip their horses, and quickly kill in the direction of the Kuroda family, and only by killing these hateful Kuroda crossbows can they avenge their companions.

Each subsequent round of a salvo of 100 people can cause about a dozen casualties. After killing and wounding nearly fifty people, that is, completing a total of five rounds of salvos, sure enough, as the crossbow foot light and small head expected, the horseback team of the Kobayakawa family had already killed a distance of about twenty paces from his side.

"All retreat" crossbow foot light head at this time decisively ordered to retreat, crossbow foot light light so far is relatively successful completion, their mission in this battle, retreat to the front of the formation.

And the riding team of the Kobayakawa family, under the attack of the Kuroda family's crossbow ashigaru, although the number of people has been reduced by more than half, but the people of the riding team are not afraid, after all, even for the entire Maori family, they are the most elite team, so they are not confused, but lowered their heads and continued to urge the war horses to rush forward quickly, so as to strive for the minimum casualties.

Now that the crossbow ashigaru has stepped back, it should be the Kuroda family's foot soldiers who have gone into battle. Kuno Shikatsu's team, as the vanguard of the Kuroda family's army, stood at the forefront of the entire Kuroda family's army, and was the first to collide with Kobayakawa's army.

This time, Kuno Shigekatsu finally commanded two hundred troops, as he said when he defected to Kuroda Vocational High School before. And although he can't beat Musato Takayu in martial arts, Musato Takayu is also a fierce general in the Kuroda family, and Kuno Shigekatsu not only obtained the family martial arts, but also made great progress through this period of time and Musato Takayu's sparring.

Standing in the middle of the team, Kuno Shigekatsu had already seen the horseback team rushing over from the Kobayakawa family, and the number of horseback teams was not large, but the indomitable momentum when he rushed up really made people feel palpitated.

"Everyone, spearheads." Kuno Shigekatsu shouted loudly.

The so-called vertical spear, is a kind of spear array brought by Dawn Xinyuan from the Ming State to guard against cavalry charge, the northern territory of the Ming Dynasty has long been harassed by the Mongol tribes, but the reality of the Ming State is that there are few cavalry and many infantry. In the long-term battle, among the infantry of the Northwest Army, which was powerful in the Ming Kingdom, spontaneously formed this kind of vertical spear formation to defend against cavalry.

Seeing this situation, Ikuguchi Takahei, who was the leader of the Kobayakawa family's horseback team, knew that the Kuroda family had been prepared for a long time! He didn't dare to risk the lives of the remaining fifty cavalry soldiers to test the power of the Kuroda family's gun formation, and at least two hundred spears were erected in a staggered manner, and he looked cold and sparkling.

In this case, Takahei Ikuguchi immediately made a decision and immediately ordered to return to the army, and did not forget to instruct the soldiers to take away the uninjured ownerless horses as much as possible when leaving.

Since the horse riding team can't work, it's better to hit it hard, Kobayakawa Takakei immediately waved his hand, and all the foot soldiers began to slowly press up. The team of Funaki Tsunemoto, who rushed to the front of the whole army, was also recognized as the most capable team of the Kobayakawa family, and Funaki Tsunemoto himself was also a well-known samurai, so for a while, the morale of the Kobayakawa army rose a lot under his leadership.

The two teams of Funaki Tsunegen and Kuno Shigekatsu quickly collided together, and Kuno Shigekatsu rushed to the front of the team this time, facing him with three or five spears. But as the first time Kuno Shigekatsu was in the battle, he had the momentum of a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and he did not panic at all.

After Kuno Shigekatsu saw where these guns came from, he drew a large half-moon with a katana in his hand, and after using one move, he forced all these guns away. The enemy showed a flaw, and Kuno Shigekatsu immediately slashed two knives in quick succession, slashing the two Ashigaru of the Kobayakawa family who attacked him to death in front of him.

After that, Kuno's revictorious team also began to look for opponents, and the veterans who were originally preparing for the team were disdainful of this newcomer, who was said to have become a samurai of his own family by virtue of his young master's relationship. But now Kuno's brave performance has completely conquered these ordinary soldiers, and it turns out that the master is so brave! What a blessing for my subordinates!

Under the leadership of Kuno Shigekatsu, the first team began a strong attack on the first team led by the opponent Funaki Tsunemoto, and the Kuroda family's ashigaru was well versed in small formations, and suddenly occupied the overall advantage. (To be continued.) )