The first deserter appeared among the Hojo bowmen. She screamed, dropped the bow in her hand, and ran back as hard as she could.
Her actions seemed to break everyone's heartstrings, and the bow and arrow crowd began to run backwards, immediately throwing the reserve formation behind them into chaos.
The leaders of the bow and arrows opened their eyes wide and shouted.
"Don't mess up! Pull back from both sides, don't run into the gun formation! You bastards!"
There seemed to be a cry in her tone, because her mistake caused the bow and arrow crowd to attack their own gun array. Regardless of victory or defeat after the war, she will be severely punished and will not escape death.
She gritted her teeth and discarded her bow and bow, drew her sword, and rushed towards the armored army, like a moth to the flame.
"Whoa, ah, ah, you beast!"
Ignoring her screams, Sanada Nobushige threw a gun and hit her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground, and three spears behind him pierced her at the same time.
The momentum of the army carried her body and threw her far away. Then a group of armored soldiers trampled over her body, leaving only a body that was as broken as a broken doll on the ground.
The bows and arrows rolled back into the reserve gun formation and became a mess. The armored soldiers fired their guns into the enemy's formation, and the already panicked ashigaru began to flee in all directions.
The Sanada Hime warriors entered the enemy formation. Their plate armor was made of fine steel plate armor from the fifteenth century onwards. The plate armor of this era had sufficient defensive power, so shields were gradually abandoned.
They crushed the fleeing bowmen and directly hit the enemy's gun array with guns in both hands. The sparse spear formation due to Ashigaru's escape could not stop these iron-clad ferocious beasts at all.
Hojo's spear slid across the curved plate armor, but they themselves were directly pierced by the armored soldier's spear.
After a round of impact, a hole appeared directly in the center of Hojo's two reserve teams, and fear spread around like sound waves.
The ashigaru who were still holding on to their positions no longer ignored the threat of the Hime warriors and turned around to run away. They just wanted to stay as far away from these monsters as possible.
The bows and arrows were running away, and the ashigaru followed, rushing the warrior Hime who was holding the battle tottering. At this time, no matter how many people escaped from the battle, they could not stabilize the morale of the collapsed army.
The defeat on the flank battlefield directly affects the stability of the frontal battlefield. Seeing that the situation was not right, the two reserve generals were both strong men from Hojo and brought their own banners to the front line.
They shouted to the surrounding Hime Warriors to come closer to them, their eyes red as they wanted to fight back, and they almost simultaneously attacked Sanada Nobunaga's armored army.
Sanada Nobushige shouted when he saw two queues of Hime Warriors coming towards him.
"Everyone is here! Emergency gathering!"
At her order, all the Sanada Hime warriors were like robots whose switch had been flipped. They stopped for a moment and then quickly gave up the pursuit. With Sanada Nobushige as the core, they formed another formation.
"Look to the right! Look forward!"
When the two Hojo reserve generals gathered together and wanted to counterattack against the current, they found that their opponents did not scatter in pursuit, but formed a formation and waited calmly for them.
The two looked at each other. There had never been such a powerful army in the Wu family. They were perfect killing machines.
The two reserve generals in Hojo felt deep despair. They couldn't win, they definitely couldn't win. One of the Hojo generals pointed his gun forward and shouted.
"The main hall is up! I, my lord, go first! See you again at Hirasaka! The Hojo family's military fortune is prosperous!"
Behind her, the Hojo Princess warriors shouted and charged forward almost simultaneously, without hesitation. They couldn't retreat. Behind them was the flank of the Hojo army, so there was no room for loss.
Sanada Nobunaga looked coldly at these Ji warriors who dared to die and shouted loudly.
"Shoot the gun! Charge!"
One hundred Ji warriors lined up in two rows, with the back row standing staggered in the middle of the front row. They held the pole under their arm with their right hand, controlled the front pole with their left hand, and rushed forward with a short body.
The two teams collided, and the Hojo Princess samurai's blood spattered on the stainless steel plate armor, causing heavy casualties.
Flesh and blood bodies can never compete with steel. These Hime warriors wear hoods that weigh no more than five kilograms and cannot protect their whole body. How can they compete with the Sanada Hime warriors who are lined with cotton armor and plate armor on the outside.
With the death of these elites, the two Hojo reserves collapsed completely. The Yuyazu and Ashigaru fled crying, disrupting their own lines from the side.
Directly west of the six reserve teams of the Kanto Palace, the pressure on them instantly eased, and they all cheered up and shouted to persevere to the end.
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In the distance, Ashikaga Yoshiji looked at the chaos at the front, and his face became increasingly ugly.
At this moment, she could no longer care about losing face and spoke humbly to Hojo Ryuzan beside her.
"Master Longshan, this armored army of the other side is extremely brave. If this continues, the entire right wing will be penetrated by them. I implore your Chi Bei to go into battle and stop them."
Ashikaga Yoshiji bowed slightly. As a Kanto general, this was already a very humiliating gesture of request.
Hojo Ryuyama glanced at her, hesitant. It's not that she doesn't want to help, it's just that she feels uneasy.
Although the appearance of the opponent's armored army was sudden and very powerful, she was prepared with only elite troops and could handle it in battle. But what she was worried about was, did the other party have any other back-ups?
Ashikaga Yoshiji was so impatient that she pressed all the troops in her hands. Akabi was already the last reserve on the right wing of the Hojo army.
If after Hojo Ryuzan takes Akabe into battle, a new back-up force appears in the enemy's army, Ashikaga Yoshiji will not have any reserves to cope with the changing situation. At that time, what should we do?
Seeing her deep in thought, Ashikaga Yoshiji said eagerly.
"Lord Longshan, we can no longer hesitate.
Please see, the opponent's armored army has begun to expel our deserters and force them to attack our military formation.
If you hesitate any longer, the front line will collapse! "
Ashikaga Yoshiji was sweating profusely.
If the Hojo army was defeated miserably because of her eagerness for quick success, how would she live her life after returning? I simply don’t dare to think about it.
Hojo Ryuzan narrowed his eyes and sighed when he saw that Ashikaga Yoshiji's face turned pale with fear.
If I had known this, why would I do it in the first place? Before, he insisted on going his own way and ignored advice, but now he wants others to clean his vagina. What a bastard.
But what Ashikaga Yoshiji said is right, if this continues, those strange armored troops will definitely overwhelm the entire front, and Hojo Ryuzan must lead Chibei into battle to stop them.
she snapped.
"Kamakura-don, please send someone to the central army immediately, and ask His Majesty Ujimasa to send troops to support you. At least two reserve teams are required to be in case of any unexpected events, is that okay?"
Ashikaga Yoshiji quickly nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry, I will immediately send the envoy to the Chinese army to ask for reinforcements. You should quickly lead Chi Bei into battle!"
Hojo Ryuzan sighed, bowed deeply to Ashikaga Yoshiji, and then strode out.
Ashikaga Yoshiji breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Hojo Ryuzan was finally persuaded. She has confidence in the Hojo family's Akabei, who is the elite second only to Huangbei among the five colors.
