Terumoto Mori stood on the wall of Hagi Castle, his eyes almost falling off when he saw it. It’s not like he had never seen a cannon before. The range of the Fran cannon can also reach this level. But the problem is that the Fran cannon weighs so much.

Look how heavy that thing is.

A Franco machine gun that can shoot such a long distance cannot be pulled by an eight-headed ox. It seems that Li Xiao can be carried by one person. If two people carry it, it can run very fast.

After the violent explosion, countless shrapnel flew in the crowd. The huge explosion could not even cover the screams of the soldiers. Smoke and broken limbs flew in the air together. Kato Kiyomasa's first charge,

As soon as he launched, he was hit back by a cannonball.

The Japanese soldiers ran back in a hurry. Some of them were obviously frightened. They knelt on the ground with their hands clasped together and muttered something.

Behind Li Xiao on the left is the newly cast bronze cannon. The range of this thing is much longer than that of a mortar, but Li Xiao did not order this thing to fire. There is only one cannon, no matter how effective the bombardment is in killing people

Its power won't be that great. Li Xiao will use this cannon to play an important role at critical moments.

"Haga!" Kato Kiyomasa, the forward, was stunned by the cannonball. He had never seen such artillery fire. Not only was the shooting fierce, but the rate of fire was also very dense. It was estimated that the cannons in Kuki Yoshitaka's mouth were

That's it. It's really unlucky to encounter this thing. No wonder Jiugui Jialong, who is known for his toughness, was defeated last time.

"Sir! If we charge like this, the casualties will be very high. It is better to wait for the general's army to arrive before we attack." Takenaka Shigeharu looked at Li Xiao's military formation on the high ground in the distance and advised helplessly.

The small high ground blocked their view, preventing them from seeing what kind of artillery it was. But the large number of corpses in front of their formation told them that many people would die if they tried to deal with this kind of formation. And Kato Kiyomasa led only 20,000 people.

Forward Army, even filling it all in here is useless.

Kato Kiyomasa took a helpless breath, it was so frustrating!

As a member of the Qiyue Seven Guns, I have fought countless battles in my life. But I have never fought so cowardly in a battle. The first charge was not even fully launched. I was hit back by the opponent's artillery fire, although the damage was not reported.

Come up. But look at the corpses there, there are at least more than 200.

"Okay!" Takenaka Shigeharu is known as Japan's number one adviser and is deeply trusted by Tokugawa Ieyasu. Now that he has spoken, Kato Kiyomasa has to swallow his words.

Tokugawa Ieyasu gave the order and the army began to retreat.

Li Xiao saw Tokugawa Ieyasu shrinking his formation, and smiled unkindly. The Japanese soldiers were charging just now, and it was obvious that they also wanted to conduct a trial attack. Therefore, there were not many people, and the distance was wide. Now they shrink and retreat.

But it was different. Except for a few rows of matchlock soldiers, everyone retreated back!

"Maximum charge, extended fire! Master Man, it's up to you!" Following Li Xiao's order, all mortars began to adjust their angles.

"Haha! My damn hands have been itchy for a long time, brothers, get on the horse!" Mangui rubbed his hands excitedly. Mongolians cherish horse power most when fighting. They usually ride a war horse when marching, and then ride it when fighting.

The other horse is afraid of fighting and loses its strength.

Mangui gave an order, and all the Mongolian warriors under his command got on their horses. They drew out their shiny sabers and looked at the opposite side like wolves.

The sound of artillery was an order, and when the mortar shells roared and hit the formation of the matchlock soldiers, Mangui clamped his legs on the horse's belly, and the horse's four hooves spread out, causing the soil on the ground to fly. The five hundred Mongolian cavalry seemed to He rushed out of the military formation like a gust of wind.

The arquebusiers under Kato Kiyomasa were stunned. They didn't expect those cannons to be able to shoot so far. Ever since Oda Nobunaga defeated the Takeda family's cavalry with three blows, the arquebusiers had become the nemesis of the cavalry.

Three-stage attack and occupying the Malu Village have become necessary tactics, and all the daimyo are skilled in playing them. The matchlock soldiers stood in three rows, tightly packed together. Because the front was protected by the Malu Village, they were not afraid of being attacked head-on by the cavalry.

Whether it is a charge or a retreat, this is the basic line of the military formation.

The artillery shell shattered the Malu Village, and the scattered shrapnel ruthlessly harvested the lives of the matchlock soldiers. Because they stood so densely, the casualties caused by one artillery shell were shocking.

The distance between the two sides was only two thousand steps. At this distance, the cavalry could calmly increase the speed of their horses. As soon as the smoke dispersed a little, the surviving arquebusiers were shocked to discover. Those holding sharp sabers in their hands, "Ouch" The cavalrymen who were shouting had already rushed to the front.

Even the matchlock in his hand was lit, and before the gun could be fired, his head was split in half by the lightning-like saber. The matchlock soldiers were all lightly armored. The Mongolian cavalry hardly needed to use force, as long as they held it in their hands The knife can leave huge wounds on them with just the speed of the horse!

Mangui jumped over the destroyed Luzhai on his horse, and with a swish of his saber, he knocked away the cross spear that was stabbing him. With a casual slash of the saber, he cut the man holding the gun in half. When he sheathed the saber, he slashed it. And he cut off half of another person's head.

The war horse rushed more than ten feet away, and blood spurted out from the cavity of the dead man behind.

The three-layer rear line consisting of a thousand matchlock soldiers was torn open like a soft-shelled egg. Mangui led the Mongolian cavalry like tigers descending the mountain. The Japanese soldiers who had just been frightened by the mortars were shocked. Suddenly, madman-like cavalrymen rushed up from behind. No one bothered to turn around and fight back. Everyone was thinking about how to escape.

It was an orderly retreat just now, but it turned into a rout almost instantly. Everyone was thinking about how to escape, and no one thought about staying to resist the enemy. Besides, the cavalry rushing up at high speed had terrible momentum, and it was definitely not a few. An infantryman can withstand it.

Several warriors wearing strange armors bravely stood up, and after killing several deserters in succession, they finally organized a team of one or two hundred people, but they had just gained a foothold. Before they had time to take a breath, Man Gui and his men came. Rushed up.

The samurai sword only left a shallow scratch on Ma Kai, and the samurai, who was dressed in the best clothes of the world, was knocked away by the war horse. With these bastards wearing heavy armor, there was no need to chop. The two hundred kilograms of war horses were running rapidly. The powerful potential energy can easily knock them flying.

More than 200 people who tried to establish a front line died miserably. Man Gui and the others let their horses knock them away in a bad mood. Those who were quick could even catch the people in mid-air before they hit the ground, and cut them in the waist.

The sharp sword can always cut a person in half at the waist, and the upper body is crawling on the ground. The lower body is constantly kicking and twitching, and a person becomes two unrelated parts in an instant. That kind of visual impact and shock , absolutely bloody and exciting.

Perhaps the reason why they have been killing sheep and cattle since childhood is that the Mongolians like this kind of blood very much. They will be stimulated by this kind of scene and scream "Ouch" and "Ouch", and then rush towards the enemy on the opposite side even more crazily. Usually at this time, they

They are all crazy.

They would just keep chopping and killing. Only when both the man and the horse were too tired would they stop the horses and the sword in their hands.

"Madmen, they are all madmen! Five hundred people dare to chase and kill 20,000 people, they are all crazy!" Maori Terumoto yelled with his eyes wide open. He had seen with his own eyes the bravery of the Takeda cavalry, but compared with these soldiers of the Ming Dynasty

Get up. Takeda Cavalry is scum!

"Lord! Let our cavalry join in!" Mouri Hidemoto and Mouri Hidetada said together.

"Lord! If you charge one more time, Kato Kiyomasa's Hachiman Bodhisattva will fall." Yoshikawa Motoharu also stood up and said.

"Lord! Make a decision!" Kobayakawa Ryukage also stood up.

"Go to war!" It was rare for his subordinates to be so unanimous, and Terumoto Mori no longer hesitated. He immediately gave the order, and the remaining one thousand cavalrymen of the Mori family immediately rushed out of Hagi Castle.

"What a rare thing! This old fox also took action. I thought he wanted to be a coward." Li Xiao, who had just wanted to order Mangui to withdraw, saw the Maori family's cavalry also joining in.

There are two different things between an army's defeat and a rout. A defeated army also has an organization. Usually they cover each other and retreat in a rolling manner, but a rout is different. Everyone doesn't care about anyone else, they just want to survive.

If there are infantry behind you, it's relatively easy. As long as you pay attention to physical exercise and have good lung capacity and muscle strength, you can win this long-distance running competition!

But the opponent is a cavalry, so this matter is not easy to handle. People and horses compete in running speed and lung capacity. Except for a few skinny old black Africans, the others really don't have that ability.

Many of them just thought of turning around and resisting after the cavalry chased them. The result was that they were split in half with the cross gun by a cold light. How could a cross gun barrel made of wood be able to block a saber made of phosphorus-added steel?

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More people were running around, feeling a chill on their backs. There was a huge wound on their body, and when you felt the pain, blood was already pouring out like a fountain.

Mangui shows off his knife skills in a playful manner. He will cut against the back of a person's head. The huge pressure on the carotid artery can cause the person's head to shoot up. The person's mouth can even open and close in the air!

So wherever this guy passed by, there were people's heads and fountains of blood gushing out.

"Sir, get on the horse!" Ignoring Kato Kiyomasa's roar, his samurai forced Kato Kiyomasa onto the horse. Then, protected by his close retainers and samurai, they fled into the distance without their lives.

Kato Kiyomasa was so angry that his head was smoking, but there was nothing he could do. His men had been defeated. Now it was impossible to integrate these defeated troops to reverse the situation of the battle! After fighting for a lifetime, he did not expect to suffer such a big loss today.

Seeing Tokugawa Ieyasu, there was no other option but to commit seppuku.

Kato Kiyomasa wanted to end his life like a samurai, but Li Xiao didn't want to give him this chance.

The cannon behind them has been aiming for a long time, and the group of people on horseback is particularly conspicuous among the rebels. Because there are no cavalry in this group of Japanese soldiers. The one who can escape on horseback at this time must be a high official.

The copper-made cannon quickly aimed at these people. Since it was a moving target, Li Xiao also increased the lead time. It was hard to say whether it could hit the target. After all, this thing was not the 152 howitzer of later generations.

"Bang!" The cannon roared, and Li Xiao looked nervously at the cavalry galloping in the distance.

There was still an error in the calculation, and the artillery shell exploded slightly in front of the cavalry. Several cavalrymen were blown up on the spot, and more cavalrymen were hit by shrapnel and fell off their horses like dumplings.

Kato Kiyomasa felt a huge cloud of smoke rushing towards him, and the smoke brought heat waves that made his face burn and hurt. He could not hear anything in his ears, and could only see the samurai beside him opening and closing his mouth continuously.

His chest hurt a little. When he looked down, he found that the armor seemed to be in good condition. He was wearing heavy equipment, not only a crossbow, but also a matchlock gun that could not be penetrated at a long distance. Regarding his own armor, Kato Kiyomasa was still

Very confident.

The pain in his chest was getting worse and worse. Kato Kiyomasa felt that something was wrong, but he still tried his best to persevere.

Seeing the guy in gorgeous armor fleeing on horseback, Li Xiao sighed helplessly. In this case, he could only fire one shell, and it was too late to reload. It seemed that it would take more to cause the ideal damage effect.

Just make a cannon.

But this copper cannon is too damn expensive. The Ming Dynasty was already short of copper. In fact, more copper coins circulated among the people than silver. In order to meet the construction deadline, this cannon melted a lot of copper coins.

Yu Lao and Yu Nao Inatomi are now technology nerds, and they never care how much money they spend in order to create good things. These two old guys are now a pair of money-eating machines. Every time they see scientific research

Li Xiao felt a severe headache due to the budget.

After Kato Kiyomasa escaped, the team became even more chaotic. Everyone was running over the mountains and plains, and there were some samurai who wanted to reverse the crisis. After the Maori family's cavalry joined in, anyone with such thoughts would be cut in half.

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The quality of the Maori family's cavalry, both in terms of horses and knights, was actually much worse than that of Mangui's Mongolian cavalry. The people on horseback were by no means unworthy of their fame. However, at this time, the formation of the Japanese soldiers was no longer the same.

Existence. Everyone is thinking about escaping, and this gap is not visible at all.

These cavalry are the last elite of the Maori family. At its peak, the Maori family had three thousand cavalry. After the Battle of Sekigahara, the Maori family's fiefdom was greatly reduced. Maori Terumoto gritted his teeth and retained this cavalry.

Today, these cavalry finally came into play. The samurai wielded their samurai swords and slashed wildly at everything that ran on two legs. The Maori family's long-standing grievances were relieved at this moment.

After enduring it for so many years, it was finally time to take revenge and complain. Mouri Hidemoto and Mouri Hidetada personally led their trusted samurai to kill them.

The Tokugawa troops who had been killing the soldiers along the way were bleeding into rivers of zombies for dozens of miles. When Mangui came back, the armor on his body seemed to be wearing a layer of black clothes, and the strong smell of blood made people afraid to look directly.
Chapter completed!