Chapter 346: Folkways

Chapter 346: Folkways

However, with the arrival of the dojo army, most of the iron cannons and archers who were shooting in unison on the opposite side stopped.

Among them, the iron cannon was due to long-term high-frequency shooting, most of which were misfired, and 1,300 to 400 pieces flew him at once, and the remaining 700 pieces were also seriously damaged, and they could not be used on the battlefield again in a short time .

As for those archers, the enemy has already hit them in front of them, so why would they want to shoot at the river leisurely.

Is it true that they don't feel afraid? They don't fear death.

Who knew if someone would suddenly appear and chop him while they were shooting.

This kind of worry generally appeared in the hearts of tens of thousands of archers.

They are not strictly trained regular troops, and they can calm down this kind of chaos all at once and respond effectively.

These tens of thousands of people are just civilians who have been forced to come here, basically without any military literacy.

Even because of the long-term troubles of the island country, basically every civilian has been on the battlefield once or twice, and they are used to blood.

But the basic fear is still there. They can't help trembling in the face of the dojo army that looks quite elite and uniformly dressed.

So the chaos couldn't be calmed down all at once. Seven to eight thousand people out of tens of thousands were affected, and the rest of them couldn't feel too much pressure because they were far away from the army crossing the river.

Although it can barely maintain the obstruction of the shooting at the center of the river, compared with the arrows that just brushed together, it is already quite sparse, and basically it is of no great use.

"Retreat, this blocking is useless."

Murakami Yoshiki looked at the increasingly chaotic own camp below, as well as more and more dojo blue army on the river bank, and ordered.

But even though it was said to be retreating, there was no sadness on his face, but rather joy.

The reason why he set up an army here to stop him was because he wanted to rely on the natural danger of the Qianqu River to cause great damage to the army crossing the river.

Originally, in Murakami Yoshiki's prediction, relying on the natural danger of this big river, Dingtian can cause 5,000 casualties to the opposing army, so he will have fun secretly.

Even in the hearts of many of them, although this big river is wide enough (compared to the islanders), it is quite dangerous, but as long as the army on the opposite side is prepared, it will delay her for half a month.

When everything is ready, if we cross the river again, there may not even be 3,000 casualties, and at most one or two thousand casualties will be fine.

But who would have thought that the commander-in-chief of the army on the other side was so eager for quick success that he launched the river-crossing operation in just three days.

There is no preparation for this, except for some bamboo rafts.

This gave Murakami Yoshiki a great surprise.

This is completely giving him the head. Without a little protection, he dared to cross the river that he had set up many obstacles a long time ago, and he was looking for death.

Murakami Yoshiki could not help silently thanking the commander of the army on the other side in his heart.

At this point in the war, the blocking army has already overfulfilled his mission.

If you continue to block, not only will you not be prepared, but you will easily fall into a stalemate, which is quite unfavorable.

So it's better to withdraw the army back to your own camp, wait for the army on the opposite side to cross the river after a day or two of recuperation, and then come to set up your battle in an upright manner and fight him for a battle or two.

That's right, it's just an upright formation to fight.

Before, because the coalition forces were horrified by the sudden destruction of the three kingdoms in the dojo and the formation of a large-scale army with a population of more than 200,000, they suddenly lost their minds and made a mistake in judging the situation.

In addition, after seeing the appearance of the dojo army just now, the rather uniform formation and uniform uniforms made the mind even more shocked and difficult to calm down.

So all of a sudden, the morale of the entire coalition army fell a little bit, and there was some fear of the enemy on the opposite side.

But now, after the river crossing operation just now, the morale of the entire coalition army has suddenly increased.

After fighting for a whole morning, the coalition army lost less than a hundred people, but the army crossing the river on the opposite side had already lost 7000 people, a disparity of 1:70!

Such a huge disparity made the coalition army's spirits rise all of a sudden, and unconsciously, a kind of contempt appeared for the opposite dojo army.

Even Yoshiki Murakami, the high-ranking commanders, inevitably showed arrogance, and the original tension in his heart disappeared, and he even felt ashamed of his fear just now.

What's more, people like Yoshiki Murakami are quite confident about the combat effectiveness of the army under their command.

As I said before, Shinano is located in the center of several countries, connecting Echigo to the north, Hida to the northwest, Mino to the west, Ueno and Musashi to the east, Kai to the south, and Mikawa to the southeast. Yuanjiang Country, Suruga Country.

It can be said that the surrounding area is surrounded by powerful enemies, and everyone is eyeing the Shinano Kingdom, treating it as a piece of fat, eager to rush up and take a bite.

Under such an extremely harsh environment, it can be said that the wealthy families in every part of the Shinano country have fought against the daimyos of other countries, and there are many conflicts and wars in their own country.

In addition, there are many mountains in the Shinano country, and most of the people are hunters and farmers. The identities between the two are not fixed, and they overlap with each other.

After fighting wild beasts for a long time, coupled with the occasional combat experience, it can be said that every adult man is quite sturdy, and there is no shortage of blood and courage in his heart.

In the usual wars with foreign daimyos, as long as they are of the same scale and the same elite, the side of the Shinano country often wins.

It can be said that the reputation of local tyrants in Shinano country for being good at war is quite famous in the whole world.

Therefore, the coalition forces have no psychological pressure at all for the next large-scale joint battle, let alone any fear, and they are even looking forward to it.

They were ashamed to be frightened by the dojo army before.

Coupled with the invasion of the dojo army, an outsider, based on the regional xenophobic psychology, the coalition army is quite disgusted with this foreign invader.

This kind of people who came to break their peaceful life, even if the life between them was quite chaotic, as long as they were outsiders, they would not allow them to come and bully them locals.

It is also this kind of xenophobic psychology that led to the fact that there were no powerful foreign names who defeated the local tyrants and occupied a region.

But in the end, it was because the untouchables in the territory continued to rebel against the rule of these daimyos. No matter how these big names appease, these untouchables just refuse to accept the kindness and insist on making trouble.

Therefore, many big names had no choice but to give up and quit because they could not bear the continuous harassment.