Chapter 62: The Expedition to Kyushu (15)
Cheng Qindong made a straight face and said viciously: "It will take almost two days for all the people to withdraw from the country, how much time can the Date Army give us, I'm afraid that another time will rush up." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Kumabe said indifferently: "We can only get away with less than a man in such a little time, and once we decide to leave, I'm afraid no one will be able to leave?" ”
Now with their prestige, they can still suppress the army, once they withdraw from the battlefield, everyone wants to go down the mountain, everyone wants to go first, and in the end no one can leave, no one can get out, leading to a total collapse.
Akashi in-laws clenched their fists and shouted, "Otherwise, just ......" He didn't say any more, but Kumabe and Jo Hi-Dong all understood what he meant.
Cheng Qindong looked at the other two and said, "If we do that, will Otomo Yoshijin and Toji Michiyuki let us go?" ”
When Hiroshi and Kumabe were hesitant and didn't know what to do, Yubu came to see the three of them on the orders of Toji Michiyuki, and Akashi asked for leave and immediately asked, "What is he doing here?" ”
Kumabe Qinei nodded slightly, and said: "Yubu Weixin is the number one cronie of Toji Michiyuki, ask him what Toji Michiyuki means, if he makes us palaces, hehe!" ”
Kumabe relatives never finished meaning, Akashi family and Cheng family all nodded yes, since you are not benevolent and blame them for being unjust.
Yubu Weixin walked into the camp with a cold face, and the fat queen all thought that it was Toji Daoxue who put them in danger, so naturally they would not give Toji Daoxue's people a good look, if it wasn't for the strict order from above not to snub him, I'm afraid it would be difficult to guarantee that it would not leave him a deep lesson, let him walk in and go out sideways.
The Akashi in-laws, who first took refuge in the Otomo family, did not give Yubu Yushin a good look, and he asked bluntly, "I don't know what Toji-sama commands?" After speaking, they looked directly at Yubu Weixin, and if Yubu Weixin lied and deceived them, they also had to let Yubu Weixin and Toji Michiyuki behind him know the fate of the betrayal.
Kumabe and Castle are also cannibalistic.
Yubu Weixin looked directly at the Akashi family without any fear, and he said directly: "My lord has decided that he himself will lead the people of his headquarters to personally the rear of the palace, and the Chikugo army stationed in Feiyue will resist the enemy from the lower reaches, and ask the three adults to withdraw from Mt. Kora as soon as possible and withdraw to Higo. ”
The three of them glanced at each other, and no one thought that Toji Daoxue would be so righteous and awe-inspiring, but it seemed that they were villains, but Cheng Qindong suddenly asked: "Withdraw the army, I don't know how Lord Toji asked us to withdraw the army?" ”
Yubu Weixin replied, "Your Excellency will give you a day and a night, until tomorrow evening." The three adults can withdraw as much as they can, and please retreat as soon as possible, and the three adults asked each of them to send one or two thousand men and horses to arrange them on the slopes of Shandong Mountain, where is the dead end of our army, and there is no time to bypass it now. ”
What Bu Weixin said made the three of them hesitate, either obeying Toji Daoxue's orders, or surrendering on the spot, both options are risky, and even if the former can withdraw, he will inevitably pay a price of thirty percent. Once the latter defects, Toji Michiyuki will retreat into Higo Province in a big way, and then their empty nest will probably be ravaged and ravaged.
The three of them had no choice but to obey Toji Michiyuki's arrangement, and besides, they couldn't blame Toji Michiyuki, Toji Michiyuki personally served as the palace army for their survival, and they didn't have any conscience to accuse again.
Each of the three men divided into 12,000 men, led by their cronies, to garrison the eastern slope of Koliang Mountain, blocking the approaching enemy and buying enough time for them to evacuate the battlefield.
When the Iwase Department arrived at the forward position between Mt. Kora and the Chikugo River, he looked at the Toji Army who were arrayed at the corner and the Higo people who were strictly guarding on Mt. Kora, his eyes were full of indifference, and he waved his hand and shouted: "Don't pay attention to the Higo people, the whole army will attack the Great Friendly Army, the pikemen will march forward in unison, the long-pole iron cannon will be prepared, and when it reaches one hundred and twenty paces, the iron artillery team will fire a salvo, so that they can see the art of war of the Date army." ”
The Date army is equipped with a large number of iron cannons, and the art of war of the Date army is to cover the battlefield with iron cannons after reaching one hundred and twenty paces, and this range is also the best distance for bows and arrows, of course, the killing of iron cannons is incomparable to bows and arrows.
The Date army is equipped with two kinds of iron cannons, one is a long-pole iron cannon, the best firing range is 120 to 150 steps, and the other is an ordinary iron cannon, the best firing range is about 80 paces, the former charge speed is slower than the latter, roughly the speed of ordinary iron cannon firing three rounds, long-pole iron cannon can fire two rounds. On the battlefield, this gap in time is fatal.
In close combat, the long-pole iron cannon can only be fired once before colliding together, but the damage caused by the long distance covered by the iron cannon is not comparable to that of a bow and arrow.
Ono Zhen looked at the Date army marching with neat steps, his palms were full of sweat, he glanced at the direction of Toji Michiyuki, who was sitting in the middle army, and shouted loudly: "Archers prepare, thieves to one hundred and twenty paces, salvo!" The iron artillery team ignited, and the thief went to eighty paces, and fired a salvo! The enemy is all armed with iron cannons, and there are not many bows and arrows, and you can fire twice in a row within 80 to 120 paces, so you must kill and damage the enemy in large numbers. ”
The speed of the advance seemed slow, but it was not slow, and when the two sides gradually approached the range of one hundred and twenty paces, both sides became nervous, and Toji Daoxue took the lead in waving the armament.
Ono Zhenyuki shouted loudly: "Archer, salvo!" ”
There were about 200 archers in the Tojimichi Snow headquarters, and more than 600 archers were gathered from Higo, Chikugo, and other homes, and the salvo of more than 800 archers was quite spectacular.
The rain of arrows fell on the body of the Date army Iwasebe, who was marching in unison, and the archers did not stop after firing a single arrow, and drew the cluster of arrows again, trying to wind the arrows and fire a second salvo.
The chaos that Ono had hoped for did not happen, and the Date army was still advancing in unison, and the sparse queue quickly adjusted and crushed again, and the "knock knock knock ......" war drums suddenly became rapid.
The Date army marched forward as if it were a moving city, and at a distance of one hundred and twenty paces came to a halt when suddenly the spearman at the forefront knelt on one knee and speared forward, and a row of iron artillery appeared on his back.
"Bang ......"
The sound of iron cannons was resounding, and a smoke screen enveloped the battlefield, and on the battlefield, three hundred iron cannons fired a volley, covering the archers of the Toji Army who were about to wind up their arrows and prepare for the second salvo.
The iron cannon salvo was fired, and the damage was huge, and the archers who stood at the forefront suffered heavy casualties, and nearly two hundred people fell, even the armor-clad warriors fell more than a dozen people.
And when the Toji army was stunned, the Date army once again marched towards the Toji army, and the "dong dong...... war drums beat on the hearts of the people, and the archers were the first to collapse.