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Three Rivers Butterfly Chapter 596 The collapse of the Western Army

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    The Fire Bull Formation, which was supposed to be a surprise victory, led to an unexpected defeat. Akamatsu Gisuke and Bessho Anji were captured. Akamatsu Masahide was killed, which led to the collapse of the Akamatsu Army. The chain reaction affected the Urakami Army and forced Urakami Munekage to retreat.  , a small flaw appeared in the Western Army's formation, and it was precisely this small flaw that gave the Eastern Army a precious opportunity.  Oda Nobunaga, who was in charge of the central army, also found that his situation was not good, but the situation of the main formation was not very good at this time. Shibata Katsuie's troops were still resisting Takigawa Tokimasu on the north wing, and Takigawa Kazumasu  On the south wing, Shima Tokikatsu's violent attack was carried. The generals in the front line were the eight thousand elite Ashigaru led by Mori Katsunari, but they still couldn't withstand Saito Asanobu's attack. It was Sakuma Nobumori and Mizuno Nobugen who fought against each other.  It took four thousand troops to rush to the rescue to stabilize the occupation.  Oda Nobunaga only had 15,000 reserve troops left in his hands that could be put into the battlefield. The only generals around him were Ikeda Tsuneaki, Niwa Nagahide, Hashiba Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide, and another senior member of the Shodai family, Hayashi Hidesada.  Because Oda Nobunaga was displeased with it, he abandoned it. Although other generals such as Sasana Narimasa, Kawajiri Hidetaka, Naomasa Naomasa, and Maeda Toshiie had some reputation, they could not serve as generals.  As the sun turned westward, Oda Nobunaga's worries gradually increased. The soldiers fighting fiercely in front of the battle gradually became tired. Although they were full after the morning meal, they were already empty after fighting for half a day. They were fighting under the scorching sun.  It was a very painful thing. The entire Western Army was thirsty, hungry, tired and tired. When this pain accumulated to a critical point, it was the beginning of collapse.  He can be sure that the front line of the Eastern Army should be like this. The uniform black armor is indeed majestic, but this color is usually not worn in summer. It is also a try.  Not understanding the principle of sunlight does not affect people's understanding that black easily absorbs light.  Under the same conditions, the Western army wearing colorful armor should have an advantage.  Oda Nobunaga stared at the battlefield coldly.  He secretly calculated: "But there are many Eastern soldiers! They can take turns to fight, eat and drink water, bandage the wounded, and hide in the shade of trees to rest, but we can't! If we want to kill one person from the Eastern Army, the Western Army has to pay twice as much  Even if the price is tripled, the military disadvantage will get bigger and bigger sooner or later, and this war will definitely fail! "Perhaps the world thinks that Oda Nobunaga is a crazy and arrogant samurai.  However, his excellent strategy, accurate judgment, and outstanding military and political talents are amazing talents that others envy. More importantly, luck is on his side. He has won several bets, and no matter how difficult the battle is, he can always turn the tables in the end.  , This is also the most convincing point for generations of Oda family trees.  After a brief thought, Oda Nobunaga immediately ordered: "Badu, Saburo Katsu, you and I will lead an army of 10,000 to assist Shibata Katsuie. We must repel Takikawa Tokiyoshi to open up the situation. Once Takigawa Tokiyoshi leads his troops,  Retreat. Immediately contact Mori Nomado for support. We understand the war at Fushimiyama. The envoys sent by our family have not returned. I need you to send people to see how far the fighting is." "My lord.  We will fulfill our mission!" Hideyoshi Ikeda and Hideyoshi Ikeda bowed and retreated. Mitsuhide Akechi quietly glanced at Niwa Nagahide's hesitant expression, then turned to look at Murai Sadakatsu's busy statistics of losses, and simply lowered his head.  Tsukuru doesn't know.  Oda Nobunaga looked at the battlefield and muttered in his heart: "This is the last chance. The Mori family must hold on!" At this moment, a burst of cheers suddenly came from the front line, and soon an envoy arrived.  He said excitedly: "Saito Asanobu led his army to retreat! The Eastern Army retreated!" "What? Saito Asanobu retreated?" Oda Nobunaga asked anxiously: "Takigawa Tokiyoshi, Shima Tokiyoshi retreated!"  Are you there?" Shiban shook his head in confusion, indicating that he had not heard the relevant information. Then he saw Oda Nobunaga's expression changed suddenly and shouted: "The Eastern Army is trying to trick you! Please don't pursue me, and organize the team.  The shape cut was caught in a trap! "The response of the Oda Army's main formation was not unsatisfactory. It took only a moment for the formation to reorganize and return to a prepared posture. No matter how many tricks the Eastern Army played, don't worry about him. Just don't rush over and be fooled.  , but this time the Eastern Army did not cheat. Saito Asanobu did withdraw, but instead of rotating new generals, he replaced them with a powerful weapon, artillery.  Kato Kyoaki directed the gunners to load the gunpowder shells. When the thirty artillery pieces were ready, he drew out his sword and shouted: "Artillery preparations! Radiation!" Thunderous artillery fire spurted out, followed by billowing smoke and gunpowder explosions.  The huge reasoning generated threw the solid iron ball at an extremely high speed, carrying huge kinetic energy across the vast battlefield, drawing a beautiful arc and sinking into the Oda army's front line. A fast-flying artillery shell penetrated a man on the spot.  The moment his head exploded, the samurai's head quickly passed through the body of the samurai behind him and shattered the latter's body.  Until the shell hit the ground and caused a huge impact, causing splashing sand and gravel to scatter in all directions. Each stone was like a bullet from an iron cannon, carrying a huge force and hitting the fabric.The body of the sergeant killed more than 20 people on the spot, and directly injured dozens of others. In this way, thirty artillery shells hit the front line of the Oda Army, causing more than 1,000 casualties, and the Oda Army was just encouraged.  The morale of the army was hit head-on.  The destructive power caused by the artillery was second to none. The most important thing was the loud noise that the thirty half-snake cannons blasted instantly. Even in the far away city of Kyoto, they could hear it clearly. The loud thunder deeply shocked the Western warriors.  Many ashigaru were so frightened that they fell down and collapsed on the ground. They didn't care about going into battle to kill the enemy. They quickly clasped their hands and prayed devoutly, muttering prayers such as blessings from gods and Buddhas.  The soldiers of the Western Army were wavering. No one among the more than 100,000 soldiers present had seen the power of artillery. There was no way to know the battle for maritime supremacy in Osaka Bay. The Otomo Army, the only one with artillery, withdrew to the mainland early. The two kingdoms of the Otomo family collapsed.  In order to gain trade rights, Portuguese merchants reluctantly sent the three-pound eagle cannon on armed merchant ships. Compared with the nine-and-a-half-pound snake cannon deployed in front of the Eastern Army's formation, its prestige and lethality were far inferior.  Oda Nobunaga was also stunned by this blast of artillery fire. He watched dozens of corpses being thrown to the ground by the shock wave of the artillery shells. This shock was definitely more exaggerated than hearing a hundred fables told by Frois. As early as  Many years ago, he had heard that there was a magical firearm in the South Barbarians that could make sounds that only gods could make, and could punish sinners far away. Today, he finally saw the true face of this firearm.  Staring at the dark thing visiting the Eastern Army formation, Oda Nobunaga clenched his fists and said angrily: "The country will collapse! It must be the country's collapse that the Otomo family once said! One cannon exploded and the enemy's country collapsed.  The country collapsed! He took out thirty of the precious firearms of the Southern Barbarians at once! No there were more than thirty, maybe fifty. The remnants of the Awaji Navy once mentioned that the Eastern Army had  The Nanman galleons and the collapse of the country, he actually has so many secret firearms, what a good intention!" After a while, a young man in brocade clothes came over with a royal teaching book and said: "Please consult with Oda!  Please continue to command, the generals of the Western Army must not contradict you" "Wait a minute!" Oda Nobunaga waved his hand to interrupt the envoy's declaration and said impatiently: "Just tell me, where is His Majesty the envoy?"  He said nervously: "His Royal Highness Kakata said that he was feeling unwell and had to return to the Nijo Imperial Palace first." "Huh! Sure enough, you still ran away first? Let him go!" Oda Nobunaga waved his hand to repel the messenger, took a deep breath and shouted loudly  Said: "The whole army listens to the order! The target Eastern Army's main formation launches a general attack. Be sure to destroy the artillery in front of the Eastern Army's formation! As long as the Eastern Army's firearms are destroyed, there is still a chance to win! I believe that I, Nobunaga, will never be wrong.  "Oda Nobunaga was still trying to hold on, but he didn't know that the morale of the Western Army had fallen to the bottom with the emergence of artillery. The generals of the army had already been frightened by the Eastern Army. When the second round of artillery was fired,  Roaring like thunder, the moment it continued to wreak havoc on the Oda army's first line, the generals of each army turned around and retreated at almost the same moment.  The seemingly stalemate situation is just an illusion. The Eastern Army still has at least 100,000 elite troops who have not entered the battlefield. Perhaps they are waiting for the moment when the artillery fire is concentrated to use all their strength to defeat their group of tired soldiers like autumn wind.  Clean it up like falling leaves, and then look back and see that your persistence and sacrifice are meaningless. Instead of dying meaninglessly on this land, it is better to run as far as you can to find a chance of life, and go straight to your hometown if you have a home to return to.  Go away, if you don¡¯t have a home to go back to, go to Kyoto.  Mouri Terumoto reacted faster than them. The moment the artillery boomed, he knew deeply that the Eastern Army would win without a doubt. He immediately announced that Yi Ban would switch to the Eastern Army's flag, and met with Honjo Nobunaga who came after him.  More than 10,000 people, as well as more than 10,000 people under Hojo Takahiro, Kurokawa Kiyomi, and Yasuda Keimoto who were ambushing in the Yamashina Basin, gathered together to form a 50,000-strong army and rush towards Yodo Castle, trying to seal the Western Army while it was still in retreat.  Their retreat to Kyoto.  The battle was stalemate until mid-afternoon, when the Western Army collapsed. The generals of each army dragged their own troops and fled westward desperately. If they grabbed the ferry earlier, they could only grab the ferry of the friendly forces if they were too late. It was really crowded.  If you can't get up, flee southwest along the Yodogawa River. In short, the faster you run, the better. You don't care that Kawachi Province, Izumi Province and Sakai Town on the south bank of the Yodogawa River have long been controlled by the Eastern Army.  Perhaps the total collapse came too suddenly. The battle that was neatly organized a moment ago suddenly collapsed into chaos. In an instant, the battlefield between the two rivers turned into a scene of chaos. Only the black-armored knights were seen chasing the soldiers of the Western Army around.  To escape, some brave Eastern Army warriors took out the lasso, trapped the fleeing general like a horse, and dragged him around.  The cries and wailings were endless, and the originally evenly matched war turned into a one-sided massacre. Surrounded by hundreds of horsemen, Oda Nobunaga slowly left this sad place. Before leaving, he had a livid face and hated  He glanced at the battlefield with hatred and saw the golden-armored warrior in the distance, escorted by the white-armored cavalry, wandering in the chaos.Walking slowly from the center.  "Saburo Kira, you treacherous and despicable villain! I, Nobunaga, will always remember this hatred and shame!" (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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