Chapter 391 50. Dian Stables Starts with the Iron Cannon Team (Extra Update for Yao Yuyan)

"How many troops does Takeda Daizen have?" Although Kobayata had a rough idea in his mind, he still asked Hanaoka Ichibei who was rolling down the mountain.

"There are countless troops. If they join the Yamamoto team, there will be no less than 30,000 troops."

Hanaoka Ichibei is also an old Suwa man, but the plum rain made the hillside very dirty. He fell down every time he took a step. It was better to say that he was rolling down the mountain than walking down the mountain. His head and face were covered with mud. It was a miserable image.

"30,000 people! Tansho, let's retreat to Iida Castle." As Kobayata's deputy general, Imai Meigoro gave the most appropriate advice. There were less than 500 people here, and no matter how hard it was said, they could not be stopped.

There was no one around anyway, just Kobayata, Meigoro, Heiroku, Kurosawa, Aki, Nanaki and Tatsuzo. Even Sakakibara Nagamasa was standing by the wall in the rain, staring at the Takeda army opposite. There were no other people.

It would be easy for Xiao Pingtai to leave. With just a few people, they could abandon their baggage and run into Iida Castle in no time. But the observation post of the Takeda Army was just a hundred meters away. Although the line of sight was blocked, the Takeda Army would definitely notice the movement here.

Hanging sheep to beat the drum? Regardless of whether there is a sheep or not, it won't take long for Takeda Harunobu to bring people to beat it. In the face of absolute power, any strategy is ridiculous.

"If we leave, not to mention that the Jia army will march straight in, tens of thousands of civilians will suffer. Even if we retreat to Iida Castle, how long can you and I defend against Takeda Daizen's 30,000 soldiers? A day? Half a day? Even an hour?"

Of course Xiao Pingtai wanted to live, but it also depends on whether he can live. If he ran away, he would die anyway, so it's better to die at the moment. Maybe he can even win a reputation for bravery and then go down in history.

"Retreat, can't retreat! Fight, can't fight! Oh!" The always calm Imai Meigoro suddenly lost his temper.

Most of the others were at a loss. They were all small infantrymen. How much knowledge could they have? People say that three stinky generals are better than Zhuge Liang. But Kobayata only has two generals, including Imai Meigoro. How could he have any good ideas?

"As long as the heavy rain continues, Takeda Daizen will not mobilize. It depends on who God will take care of." Kobayata pointed to the unclear sky and said to everyone with a slightly comforting tone.

But God didn't help Kobayata this time. It just happened that it rained endlessly, from droplets to drops, from drops to threads, and from threads to nothing.

It happened so fast that it felt like in the blink of an eye, the endless plum rain stopped. Except for the small water drops still dripping on Kobayata's raincoat, even the drizzle disappeared.

"Tanzheng~~" Heiroku looked at Kobayata with a little bitterness. Kobayata's mouth was too venomous. He just said it was going to rain, but the rain stopped.

"Look at shit, get ready for battle!" What could Kobayata do? Who knew it would be like this?

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Kobayata hurriedly got up to fight, but Takeda Harunobu was not in a hurry. Takeda Harunobu would not drive the soldiers who had just arrived at the battlefield to fight, which was not in line with his level of a famous general.

He was even happier when he saw the sky getting brighter and the plum rain stopped. Everyone also said that it was Suwa Daimyojin standing on the side of the Takeda family, like a god helping the Takeda family to win quickly.

The rain clouds in the sky were swept away, and a quick look at the sky showed that it would not rain again in the short term. The weather was suddenly favorable to Takeda Harunobu, who had a large number of people, and with the support of people, he had two out of three chances of winning. The victory of the A army was in their grasp, and defeating Kobayata seemed to be as easy as catching a turtle in a jar.

Countless thick smoke soon rose in the A army's formation, and wearing wet clothes would definitely catch a cold and get sick. Now that the rain has stopped, although the firewood they picked up is wet, they can barely make a fire. Even though the smoke is choking, the soldiers of Army A still hurried to make a fire to keep warm and dry their clothes.

After all, catching a cold in this era can kill people!

When Koyata saw the smoke rising from Army A, he realized that his body was wet. Takeda Harunobu could let the soldiers warm up by the fire before attacking, but Koyata forgot about this because he was nervous.

Between the two, Koyata is undeniably inferior to Takeda Harunobu in terms of responding to battle.

Since Army A did not attack immediately, Koyata asked the soldiers to divide into two shifts, light a fire, dry their clothes and warm their bodies. In order to avoid catching a cold and fever and lying down before the battle.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, when the day was about to end, the conch of the advance was finally blown in Army A. The humming sound spread through the mouth of the Jingzhi Yue, which scared Koyata.

"Quick, quick, check the fuse and gunpowder, everyone move!" Xiao Pingtai, who jumped up from the carriage, was a little out of control.

"Heiroku, Kurosawa, you two are not as good as me in martial arts, just stand under my horse mark, and don't take a step back, understand!"

At this time, any man would grab a knife. Nanaki is an old foot soldier with many years of experience, and he can't just leave the flag alone. The two accountants can only guard the flag temporarily.

All the rest of the people are on guard, and there is no room for slackness at this time.

One of the Takeda army's four-warp-shaped prisms rushed out first. Needless to say, the Kai Takeda clan's head family elder, Takeda Noriyuki Nobushige, took the lead.

Accompanying them were nearly a thousand aggressive Kai troops, genuine Kai local soldiers.

And Noriyuki Nobushige was not a fool. He brought with him the Takeda regular foot soldiers, mainly 300 iron cannon teams, all of whom were brave soldiers trained by Takeda Harunobu after many years of fighting.

Without any nonsense, they all shouted and rushed forward carrying bundles of bamboo. When they reached the designated position more than 30 meters in front of the trench, they began to clean the ground for Xiao Pingtai.

The firepower was much stronger than that of Kobayata, which fully demonstrated the arrogance of the Jia army. Kobayata's iron artillery troops could no longer play the Five Dragons Overturning the Sea Formation, and they exchanged fire with the Takeda iron artillery team.

Gradually, Kobayata's side showed a declining trend. They were both iron artillery teams, with more people fighting fewer people. One side had a low wall, and the other had bamboo bundles, and both had shelters. The one with more guns must have pressed the one with fewer guns against the wall. Not long after, the first unlucky person who was shot appeared on Kobayata's side.

He fell to the ground with his neck tilted up, without even a cry of ouch, and died completely.

At this time, the surrounding iron artillery foot soldiers panicked, and they slowed down their reloading and watched people drag the body away, leaving blood mixed with mud and water all over the ground.

"Calm down, calm down, keep shooting! Don't stop!" Kobayata shouted loudly while holding Muramasa.

Seeing that Kobayata was still around, the iron cannon foot soldiers were much calmer. Although they were panicked, they could still continue to fire.

The Takeda army saw that the fire suppression was already somewhat effective, so without saying a word, they divided into several groups of people, hung bamboo rafts, and prepared to take risks and attack under the shouting of the samurai servants.