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Chapter 1030 Prepare for Raid
At night, Mizuno Katsunari's iron artillery team fired at Lu Xiangsheng's position across the gully at night as planned, so that Lu Xiangsheng and Tachibana Tadamo had to stand up and fight against the shogunate army that might attack them at any time.

"There is almost no moonlight tonight, why did the shogunate choose to carry out a night attack at this time?" Lu Xiangsheng was observing the enemy troops clamoring to attack their camp.

Some of the shogunate soldiers on the opposite side of the earthen wall and trench held torches, and some of them had a flash of fire when they lit the matchlock when using the matchlock gun.

Soon these shogunate soldiers who exposed their positions suffered such consequences. Whether it was the flames of torches or matchlock guns, they seemed to be telling the defenders where they were.

"Extinguish the torches, and the Iron Cannon Team should stop shooting!" Katsunari Mizuno, who was covering Miyamoto Musashi's surprise attack, sensed the danger of the fire.

"But your Excellency, the moonlight is dim. If we don't have firelights to illuminate, wouldn't it be easy to accidentally injure our own people?" The shogunate soldiers who were still shooting guns and arrows were crying bitterly.

In this era, there is no such thing as night vision goggles. Without torches and moonlight, they are like a group of blind people.Especially direct fire guns are very likely to accidentally injure one's own people.

"Let some soldiers hold torches and hide behind rocks and trees to guide the surrounding soldiers. Soldiers near the fire should disperse and don't gather together! Our goal this time is a frontal feint, and don't pay too much sacrifice!" Mizuno Katsuki Cheng can only make temporary adjustments.

There were bows and arrows being thrown in the darkness. In fact, many of them landed in the gully between the two armies, and only a few arrows landed on the earthen wall.

"What the hell is the enemy doing?" Lu Xiangsheng always felt that something was wrong when he saw the offensive of the shogunate army.

A night attack sounds ideal, but in fact, it is impossible to organize an effective attack without distinguishing between the enemy and the enemy. It is hard to imagine that the shogunate army wants to attack at night or a fortification.

"Maybe they are trying to attack at night to break through our position as soon as possible, because we have greatly slowed down their East Route Army's march and also hurt their morale." Tachibana Tadamo said to Lu Xiangsheng in the dark.

"Maybe it's just a fatigue tactic... They have a large number of people, and they can be divided into several groups to fight in front of us in turn. They don't seem to have a firm determination to break through our position through night combat..." Lu Xiangsheng guessed the opponent's position intention.

"Is there any news about a scout team stationed in the back mountain?" Lu Xiangsheng thought of their retreat.

"The back mountain is very quiet and there is no movement. The grass and trees are overgrown there, and the path that can pass people is narrow. It only needs a small team to guard the mountain path behind. If the enemy wants to cut off our back with a large army, they will inevitably be attacked at the same time. To the attack between us and the defenders of Osaka Castle." Tachibana Tadamo said.

"However, if they only send a small number of elites to climb and attack from the back mountain, they don't have to worry about the danger of being pinched. A small elite team can come and go freely. It should have the style of cultivating dead soldiers by various famous names in the Warring States Period There are quite a few warriors who are good at hand-to-hand combat." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"You imply that you want to strengthen the defense of the trail behind the mountain?" Tachibana Tadamo asked.

"Adjust a hand-cranked machine gun to the back mountain to seal the mountain road. If you find someone launching a sneak attack from the back mountain, use the machine gun to give them a hard lesson." Lu Xiangsheng thought for a while, and strengthened the security of the back mountain just in case. defense.

"We only have two hand-operated machine guns. If we move one of them to the back mountain, our firepower on the frontal battlefield will be reduced. If the enemy really drives a large number of strong men from the front to the frontal battlefield, we will lose one of the hand-operated machine guns." Blockade, it is very likely that one of the corners will be breached by the frontal enemy. We cannot predict what special situation will happen at night, how many enemies will crawl under the deep ditch to dig or climb to attack us in the dark, just relying on the earth wall It's hard to see the flames on the ground." Lu Xiangsheng's soldiers confirmed to him.

"There are still three smoothbore guns on the earth wall in the front that have not been used much, enough to cause heavy damage to the enemy, so we can safely pull a hand-cranked machine gun to the direction of the back mountain for deployment." Lu Xiangsheng said.

Miyamoto Musashi and Date Tadamune chose two hundred samurai to secretly lurk in the back of Xiaoshan Mountain in the dusk with the help of the dim light of night, each with a small amount of dry food in their arms.The time for this raid was only from dusk to dawn the next day, so there was no need to prepare more dry food.

Xiaoshan's garrison is only about a thousand people. If two hundred warriors who are good at fighting with cold weapons successfully break into Lu Xiangsheng's camp, the chaotic camp will not be able to stop the attack on Miyamoto Musashi and others.It will also turn the enemy's feint attack on the frontal battlefield into a full-scale attack.

"The moon is dark and the wind is high, which is not a good thing for our raid." Miyamoto Musashi leaned on the rock, looking at the dark night sky.

"It's not time for a surprise attack yet, why did you notice something wrong, Miyamoto-kun?" Date Tadakamune was not far from Miyamoto Musashi, leaning against a bush.

"If the moon is bright and clear, maybe they will be less prepared if they can see things with their eyes. Like now, they can't see their fingers. Not only is it not good for our march, but it will also make the enemy more alert. Whether we can succeed in surprise attacks depends on Providence."

"Fortunately, the time we decided to launch the attack was before dawn, and we were able to see the dirt road a little bit clearly. Otherwise, we would not be able to find the trail leading to the enemy's camp."

"Everyone must be calm. It's still early before the sneak attack. You can take a nap, get enough energy, and prepare to start the beheading operation. The enemy we are facing is not our original daimyo in Dongpu, but a general from Middle Earth. The general he At the moment, I am personally commanding the army to attack overnight under the Osaka city. As long as we succeed in this beheading operation and capture Xiaoshan for the shogunate, we will be able to hit the morale of the rebels and speed up the unification of the four islands! It can also be said that the military luck of the shogunate falls on you hands!"

Date Zhongzong calmed down the emotions of the raid team members. He believed that these people were extremely nervous at the moment, and they were likely to die in this raid.Even if he entered Lu Xiangsheng's camp for close combat, he might be killed by bullets and arrows flying from nowhere.

Mizuno Katsushi became a cover for Miyamoto Musashi and others, and led the troops very hard to make a gesture of attacking the frontal position. They made a fuss all night, exhausting the soldiers of both sides.

The first ray of dawn appeared on the ground, and Mizuno Katsunari called out to withdraw his troops, which relieved the soldiers on both sides, thinking that they would prepare for breakfast next.

"It's time to start when you have enough energy!" Miyamoto Musashi took a deep breath and urged the members of the raid team to start action.

(End of this chapter)