Chapter 288 22. Guns, Bullets, Bows and Arrows Rain Down

"Wait a little longer, there's no need to rush." ​​Xiao Pingtai pressed down Jin Jingminggoro with his hand.

"The Nanbando looks quite good on you." "It's all thanks to the young master." Jin Jingminggoro really likes this Nanbando suit.

But he may have superior martial arts, so he never rides a horse to fight, and has always been on foot. I just don't know if this Nanbando suit is so heavy that it will affect his movements.

But seeing him running like flying, leaping left and right, this is after running more than ten kilometers early in the morning. These warriors who have been trained in martial arts since childhood, their physical fitness is indeed far superior to that of farmers.

"Minggoro, in your opinion, how to break the formation?" The iron cannon foot soldiers fired another round of volleys, and a foot soldier fell down wailing on the opposite side, but soon someone replaced him, and the wooden shield and bamboo bundle were also replenished.

"Well, let me take a look at the bullets." Jin Jingminggoro saw that the Takeda army was well dispatched, coordinated smoothly, and had a united mind. It was very different from the so-called "armies" he had encountered before, and was extremely brave.

"They were as brave as the Mitsukoshi soldiers of Kasugayama Kanrei!" "What's more, the enemy general Takeda Norimichi was very intelligent, brave, and decisive."

The two exchanged their views.

"There are still too few people who can fire iron cannons. If there were 300 or 200 of them, they could be divided into three rows, and fire back and forth. After weakening the enemy formation, I would go forward and fight, and maybe I would have a 50% chance of winning."

"How far is the main force of the lord? How far do you think it is?" Xiao Pingtai knew that Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's main force had more than 300 iron cannons, all of which were standing foot soldiers he had raised.

Since the Yamanouchi family obtained dozens of iron cannon craftsmen from the Izu Ryu, they have worked hard to train apprentices and expand the workshop over the years, but the annual output of iron cannons is only more than 400, plus 200 gun barrels.

In addition to the specially made short-barreled cannon for Yamanouchi Yoshikatsu, the rest of the cannons were gradually equipped to the entire Yamanouchi army. There are now more than a thousand cannons in the Yamanouchi army. Unfortunately, they are scattered and not fully concentrated together.

"The lord will arrive in a quarter of an hour at most. I have seen the lord's big flag of Yamanouchi Nibiru before coming."

Perhaps it is possible to temporarily borrow the cannons of Yamanouchi Yoshiharu's own team, so that 400 or so cannons can be used in a round, pouring 400 bullets in a minute, and even an elephant can be shot into a sieve.

"Then wait a little longer, wait for the lord's cannons to come, and attack Takeda Noriaki." Xiao Pingtai is not in a hurry.

It is only a little after noon now, and the sun in early spring is not hot at all. They can afford it.

"Dan Zheng, Dan Zheng." Xiao Pingtai heard someone calling him from behind.

"Hello, Your Highness Enshu." Everyone saw that Imagawa Yoshichika was coming, and they all dismounted and saluted. The most pitiful one is Asahina Carpenter. This is his old master, and he still has to kneel down.

"Everyone, get up, Danzheng, I just saw you go out to fight, who could stop you for so long?" Imagawa Yoshichika's family fortune of more than 10,000 kan was more than half because of what Kobayata took for him, so he and Kobayata were very close.

"The troops on the other side are those of Takeda clan's general Aburakawa Hikosaburo, and they are quite difficult to deal with." Kobayata replied with a smile.

"Let me take a look." As a result, several attendants came over to Imagawa Yoshichika immediately, holding wooden shields. Before everyone reacted, Imagawa Yoshichika had already run out.

"Oh!" Iwase Motomasa, who had been silent, shouted, and followed with a wooden shield.

Everyone was shocked. How could Imagawa Yoshichika be so powerful? He dared to rush forward even though he knew that the opponent was powerful.

But Kobayata thought it was good. Yamauchi Yoshikatsu often went to fight in person. Imagawa Yoshichika was so courageous. As long as he fought a few more battles and was not so impulsive, he would be a good general in the future.

Besides, if Iwase Motomasa followed him, he would definitely be able to catch him, so it wouldn't be a big problem.

"Hey, why is the old man here too?" Kobayata discovered that the retired Iwase Mototaka was also here.

"Fujiro is assisting His Highness Enshu, so he can't make mistakes. My old bones can't be idle either, so I'll go again while I can move."

After he finished speaking, the two who had rushed forward to watch the battle came back.

"Did His Highness Enshu gain anything?" Kobayata looked at Imagawa Yoshichika with some interest.

"It's really powerful, not inferior to the hatamoto under my father's command." Imagawa Yoshichika took the kettle and drank a sip of boiled salt water.

"Do you have a plan to defeat the enemy?" Imagawa Yoshichika shook his head. The Enshu people under his command were not famous for their strong soldiers. And the few samurai he had won over were just two or three kittens who escaped from the battlefield of Okehazama. It was hard to say how strong their organizational ability was.

"By the way, I have a hundred iron cannon soldiers under my command, and I believe that the bullets can be very useful." Imagawa Yoshichika seemed to have thought of something and was very surprised.

"Really! Quickly transfer them, Mingoro, Fujijiro, I may have to trouble you to charge the battle later."

"Okay." Everyone agreed.

It's good to have a good father. Imagawa Yoshichika actually has a hundred iron cannons, which is very important.

I only heard hurried footsteps, and hundreds of iron cannon foot soldiers were transferred up, and a iron cannon team leader was in front of the command. The coordinated foot soldiers also held some wooden shields and bamboo bundles as cover and rushed up together.

The firepower was greatly enhanced! The front of the battle was filled with smoke, and the situation on the opposite side could no longer be seen.

"It's not enough, everyone, draw the soldiers who are good at using bows and arrows in the army, gather them immediately, and supplement the shooting. Make sure that the enemy army cannot have the power to counterattack and shoot back." Xiao Pingtai had the least troops present, but he became the commander of everyone.

The archers and foot soldiers from each team and the servants carrying bows and arrows gathered one by one and went forward to meet them.

The scene was spectacular, because nothing could be seen, and only the sound of strings bang bang bang and the crackling of iron cannons like frying beans could be heard.

The smoke was swirling, and it would ignite again just when it was about to dissipate. Fortunately, there was no need to pursue accuracy. Four or five hundred iron cannons and bows and arrows covered the shooting, as long as there were enough of them.

The battle was lively here, and Takeda Nobuyuki had already discovered something was wrong. The firepower of Kobayata's side was too strong. After all, they were setting up a formation on flat ground without a castle to rely on.

Such firepower would definitely not be able to be resisted, and it might even directly penetrate the Aburakawa team.

"Quickly transfer the fifty iron cannons of my team to support the Aburakawa team, and Imafukusai, you should transfer two hundred archers to go together, otherwise it will not work." Takeda Nobuyuki sent out his own iron cannons without hesitation.

Takeda Nobuyuki reacted quickly, and Kobayata reacted quickly too.

"The time has come! Everyone, hurry up!" After saying that, Xiao Pingtai grabbed Imagawa Yoshichika who was ready to move.

Kanai Aigoro, Iwase Motomasa and Nanaki each led dozens of people and rushed forward shouting.

However, the thick smoke obscured the movement of the Takeda Army's iron cannon team, and no one noticed that the Takeda Army's support had arrived.

The sound of the iron cannon exploded violently, and Kanai Aigoro, who was as light as a swallow and rushed the fastest, suddenly stopped!