A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Nobunaga held up his monocular telescope and ignored Takigawa Kazumas who was kneeling under the tent to ask for help. Instead, he carefully checked the number of troops and artillery mobilized by the Yamauchi Army.

In order to fight this battle well, Oda Nobunaga made a lot of preparations, including large-scale recruitment of horse servants, requisition of local gunpowder and lead, and assembly of large iron cannons. Of course, apart from that, the most important thing is the cannon!

Anyone who has seen the power of cannons will not doubt this. No matter how strong the city is or how brave the warriors are, they will die in front of cannons.

According to Nobunaga's estimate, the Yamauchi Army had at least a dozen cannons that they had hidden, secretly purchased and learned to forge over the years. After he allowed the establishment of the Nanman Cathedral in Gifu and the restoration of missionary work in Luoyang, the only gifts he received from the Jesuits were four small Buddhist temples of different sizes.

This is far from enough!

To defeat those little pheasant forces and country bumpkins who have never seen the world, a cannon is enough, but in a decisive battle with Yamauchi, this is far from enough.

It's not realistic to learn to cast cannons temporarily, but Nobunaga is rich! Very rich! Very rich!

After taking control of Sakai, Nobunaga naturally would not let go of direct contact with the Southern Barbarian forces. The Yamauchi family and the Hojo family were willing to go out of their way to preach in Hong Kong and accept foreign cultures. There was no reason why Oda Nobunaga, a weirdo with a slightly "advocating foreigners and favoring foreigners" characteristics, would reject foreign cultures. Naturally, the Nanman merchants all adhere to the belief that it would be a fool not to do business. As long as they can make money, they will sell even the ropes used to hang themselves, let alone cannons.

Nobunaga glanced at the large wooden frame covered with camouflage not far away. Eight armed warriors were closely guarding the four directions. No one would be able to get close without Oda Nobunaga's order.

"Tell Sakon, it's just Shimomataro's test. If you want help, just become a pediatrician from now on!"

"Eh?" The person asking for help didn't expect Nobunaga to say this and was a little confused.

"Don't you understand?" Nobunaga finally looked at the messenger, making the man tremble all over.

"Yes! Yes, yes! I understand!" The commander's heart trembled, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead unconsciously.

Just as he was talking, the sound of artillery started loudly, and the Franco machine guns in front of the Yamauchi army began to bombard Takigawa Ichimasu's troops who were guarding behind the ditch and horse defense fence. Shotguns do not cause much damage to fortifications, and are naturally useless to trenches. But after five rounds of rapid fire, the soldiers behind the horse fence still suffered heavy losses.

Takigawa Kazuki shakes everyone!

The troops facing the shelling on the first line of defense undoubtedly began to retreat backwards, and no warriors even came forward to stop them, because the warriors were also frightened. No matter how good you are in martial arts, you are still afraid of cannons!

It's not that Takigawa Kazumasuke doesn't want to fight, it's that he can't fight! You, even the Mikawa clan, and even Nobunaga's Hata clan, are not so fearless that you can resist the bombardment and stand firm in your position. For the army, which is mostly made up of conscripts, fighting is not the first priority. Life-saving is the first priority, and robbery comes second.

"Blow the drum and order my uncle to send troops to charge into the formation!" Ashikaga Yoshiaki saw that the artillery bombardment was successful and ordered loudly.

Fujiwara Dan was watching the battle quietly and did not stop him. The team's envoy naturally rushed out to deliver the order, and Ashikaga Yoshiaki's Taikochi also began to beat the Jintaiko drum.

The uncle Ashikaga Yoshiaki mentioned was naturally Imagawa Yoshiki. As the general who faced Takigawa Kazumasu, there was no doubt that he had to shoulder the responsibility of defeating the enemy first. After receiving the attack order from this formation, Imagawa Yoshichichi was unambiguous and immediately selected the generals.

"Your Highness, please send your generals to fight!" A young warrior who was still childish but showed a good temperament came out enthusiastically.

Imagawa Yoshiuchi saw that he was the eldest son of Iwase Minbu Shaofu Motomasa, the lord of Matsuyama Castle, who was attached to one wing, but he was not impressed by the specific name.

"What's your name!" Imagawa Yoshiuchi was also a teenager when he was brought out by Kodaira Taichi saying, "You are now the son of Daisuke Imagawa Harube", so he did not look down upon the young man in front of him.

"The dog's name is Tojiro Motomori!" Iwase Motomasa saw that his son had already entered the battle, and also wanted to fulfill his martial name.

"Okay! Toujiro, if you can get the title, I will give you my name!" Imagawa Yoshiuchi took one of his spare spears and gave it to Iwase Motomori.

Iwase Motomori was also unambiguous. He took over the spear and took the lead, leading his father's Matsuyama people to attack Takigawa Ichimasu's headquarters. The Matsuyama clan was born out of the city soldiers who guarded Gaotian Castle in those days. They were very effective in fighting against Imagawa, Takeda, and Hojo.

The sound of the drums became more and more passionate. After Iwase Motomori made the first move, the various units on Yamauchi's right wing also began to move forward. As soon as they broke through, they expanded the results.

At this time, the Takigawa people had also stopped their defeat. With the replacement of soldiers defending the second and third lines, they rushed to the first fortification again. But after all, they were bombarded before the battle, their fighting spirit was unstable, and the elite of the ancestors were defeated. The level of the supplemented second-line troops was really worrying no matter what.

"Shoot! Shoot!" an Oda iron cannon leader shouted loudly.

Through the fence, the Oda army's counterattack finally began, and hundreds of iron cannons exploded in unison. Iwase Motomori's offensive was stopped, but that was all. This distance was only enough for the Oda army to fire a volley. When the two sides got entangled, it would all depend on the sword. Real ability.

"It was I, Iwase Tojiro Motomori, who was the first to break into the enemy formation!" A shout echoed throughout the audience.

"Okay!" Iwase Motomasa was extremely excited when he saw his son rushing into the Oda formation without any injuries in the rear formation.

"Minbu gave birth to a good son!" Imagawa Yoshiki's own child is still young. He is in harmony with Imagawa Yoshimoto's daughter, Matsuhime Koto, and has two sons and one daughter.

"Deputy Taihei comes to fight!" A samurai also jumped out of Oda's formation.

Iwase Motomori, who had just jumped over the trench, was directing his family members sent by his father to pull out the fence and put it into the trench to remove obstacles on the attack path.

"You're here just in time!" Although the young man is only about fifteen years old, he is very courageous and knows the meaning of "one-on-one".

Without saying a word, he took several of his family members and servants and rushed towards Futian Taihei with guns and sabers. A group of us will challenge you alone. If you don't agree, you can also bring a group.

Both armies were paying attention to this small battle situation. At this time, the sky was bright, and the battlefield of Shitarahara Rengo River was no longer covered. The armies were spread out in a strict and awe-inspiring manner, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder.

"The enemy general has been captured by me, Iwase Tojiro Motomori!"

The Yamauchi army cheered, and the first gap in the first fence was opened smoothly, and the momentum of all the troops was boosted!