A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

"Boom! Boom! Boom boom boom!" The gunpowder and kerosene buried shallowly outside the ditch exploded quickly, one after another.

To be honest, the real damage caused by this little gunpowder and fuel oil was very low, and several places did not explode. There were definitely no more than ten people killed on the spot, which was just a drop in the bucket for the Takeda Army, which had thousands of people.

However, the fierce explosions and attacks from behind still frightened the soldiers of the Takeda Army, and they stopped the fierce offensive. Unconsciously, they all retreated backwards, no longer as brave as they were a moment ago.

"Banzheng is such a good military strategy!" Yamamoto Kansuke panicked when he saw the explosion, but it didn't take long for him to recover.

Suwa Katsuyori was stunned and speechless as he watched the series of explosions in front of the battle and the soldiers who unfortunately happened to step on a gunpowder barrel and were thrown into the sky by the airwaves before falling to the ground screaming. . Yamamoto Kansuke gently woke him up.

"The correct and wise general!" Suwa Katsuyori, who had regained his composure, couldn't help but exclaimed.

The two of them did not suffer anything because of the failure of this attack. Koheita even used this trick. I don't believe that he could have any better way to stop the Takeda family's troops.

The Takeda army came and went quickly, rushing up like a tidal wave and retreating like a tidal wave.

The conscientious ones even carried their injured fellow villagers back, instead of leaving them to be beheaded by Xiao Ping Tai.

Although the army retreated, Xiaopingtai's defenses were also severely damaged, and less than half of the ditch filled with bamboo thorns had been filled. The Takeda army not only carried bamboo rafts, but also straw bags and earth bags. As for the low wall, which is less than half a person's height, it was also pushed down in many places.

Only the fence is still intact and has not been damaged. It can be slightly reinforced and continued to be defended.

On the one hand, Koheita ordered people to quickly light and burn the bamboo rafts left by the Takeda army in front of the battle, so that they would not use them in the next battle. On the other hand, he collected the bamboo rafts left by the Takeda army and moved them with those owned by Koheita's army. After reaching the fence, strengthen the defense of the fence.

There was no time to deal with the soldiers who died in the battle, so they had to drag back the injured soldiers who seemed to be salvageable and find a dry place to place them. Let a few warriors take care of him for the time being, and save him if he can.

After the entire army retreated to the fence, they continued to resist the next round of attacks by the Takeda Army. No one spoke, no one cried or grieved. Work silently, and lie down as soon as you can find time to rest.

"Heiroku, how many folds have you made?"

"Thirty-five of them are dead, and there are more than thirty who are too injured to fight anymore."

"How many can still fight now?"

"It won't exceed three hundred, at most two hundred, seventy-eighty."

Heiroku was even trembling when he said this. There were only about 200 people in the army who could still carry guns, and they really only had the strength to fight for one battle. After withstanding one round of attacks, it's over.

"Okay, I understand. Please help me load the cannon." Xiao Pingtai nodded. Although he was prepared in his heart, he still felt a little sad.

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"Tanzheng's resistance was unexpectedly resolute!" Takeda Harunobu had been watching the battle and was quite touched when he saw the Takeda army retreating due to the explosion.

"He is indeed a loyal man!" Norimu Takeda echoed his elder brother. This was not the first time that he and Xiaoheita had fought against each other, and there was some sympathy in it.

"It's a pity that such a samurai mistakenly voted for the Prime Minister of Yamauchi, and now he is nothing more than a candle in the wind." Although Iitomi Humasa also regretted Koheita's death battle, he looked like he was sure of victory, not at all because of yesterday. The attack on the mountain failed, and I was frustrated.

"If you can capture Zi Xiaolu alive, Your Highness must recruit him." Yamamoto Kansuke suggested.

Takeda Harunobu nodded in disbelief and signaled Suwa Katsuyori, who had reorganized his team, to continue the attack. At the same time, Takeda Yoshinobu and Iitomi Toramasa also left the team and disappeared.

The soldiers under Xiaopingtai's command became timid after suffering such huge casualties. The reason why they are still fighting here is that the warriors are all here and have not retreated yet. They are blindly accustomed to following the officers.

Secondly, Koheita followed the suggestion of Kanai Meigoro and dug another ditch behind the fence, which not only prevented Jinfu from escaping, but also actually cut off the retreat of Koheita's entire team.

No one can leave now!

The Takeda Army, waving the flag, was more prepared this time. Most of the soldiers and horses in the rear were carrying straw bags and earth bags, preparing to completely fill the trench. At the same time, there were soldiers carrying hoes and shovels, and they seemed to be preparing to completely destroy the low wall.

A bamboo bunker was set up in front of the formation, and the various soldiers of the Takeda Army rushed forward, filling in the trenches and tearing down the low walls. The iron cannons on both sides roared from time to time, but neither achieved much results.

In less than an hour, the Takeda Army's miscellaneous soldiers completely cleared all the fortifications of Xiaopingtai. This time, there was only a fence standing in front of them, a thin fence.

The whining sound of the conch sounded, and the Takeda Army soldiers with knives and guns, and ferocious faces rushed out. He frantically attacked Xiao Pingtai's last fence with an astonishing momentum.

Xiaoheita swallowed, raised the iron cannon, and aimed at a strong Takeda samurai wearing black armor. A gunshot rang out, and the man fell down, but it had no effect on delaying the Takeda army's attack. The Takeda Army still rushed forward.

Soldiers from each team held long guns and attacked each other through the fence with the Takeda army. The gun penetrated the flesh, the knife saw blood. Howling, whining, and hissing.

As soon as the battle between the two sides came into contact, the fiercest attack and defense broke out, devouring every heroic soldier.

Xiao Pingtai's pupils shrank rapidly as he stared at the battlefield, and he suddenly saw the scene he least wanted to see.

Dozens or hundreds of bamboo rafts washed down from the wide surface of the Tianryu River. On each raft were two or three soldiers of the Takeda Army. Some of them were steady and even holding bows and arrows.

"Sure, we can't do anything!" Due to his arm injury, Aji could only hold a small sword in his right hand for the time being. He hurried back to Xiao Heita.

"By all means, all of Kai's soldiers know how to row and swim!" The bamboo raft was so fast. The boat took advantage of the power of the water and the water helped the boat. It could cross a hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

The Kai people who don't know how to swim have long been drowned in the successive floods of Fuefuki River and Kamamashi River. Now I can't say that they are all the same, but they are similar.

"At this moment, the Army Fanfu team is coming up with bamboo rafts. Let's go!" Pingliu also rushed over and grabbed Xiao Pingtai's arm.

Kurosawa, who had been guarding the formation, also helped Aji and the others lift up the thousand-percent-gold bamboo-leaf horse mark, which weighed several hundred taels, and prepared to take it off.

"Let's go? Where are we going? Call some iron cannon Ashigaru, and we'll go to the shore to stop the Takeda army."

How can Xiaopingtai escape? The matter has come to this, and the only option is to fight to the death!