At night, Katsunari Mizuno's iron artillery team shot at Lu Xiangsheng's position opposite the gully at night, forcing Lu Xiangsheng and Tadashi Tadashi to get up to fight against the shogunate army that could attack them at any time.

"There is almost no moonlight tonight, so why did the shogunate choose to launch a night attack at this time?" Lu Xiangsheng was observing the enemy troops who were hustling to attack his camp.

Some shogun soldiers across the earthen walls and trenches held torches, and some flashed when using a clamp gun because of ignition of the fuse.

Soon, the shogun soldiers who exposed their positions suffered such evil consequences. Whether it was the torch or the fire of the mechaser, they seemed to be telling the defenders where their specific location was.

"Extinguish the torch, and the iron artillery team should not continue shooting!" Katsunari Mizuno, who was covering Miyamoto Musashi's surprise attack, noticed the danger of the fire.

"But Your Excellency, the moonlight is dim. If we don't have fire, wouldn't it be easy for us to accidentally hurt our own people?" The shogunate soldiers who were still firing guns and arrows complained.

There was no night vision instrument at all in this era. Without torches and moonlight, they were like a group of blind people. Especially direct muskets, they were very likely to accidentally hurt their own people.

"Let some soldiers hide behind rocks and trees with torches in hand, and guide the surrounding soldiers. The soldiers near the fire spread out and don't gather together! Our goal this time is to have a feint attack, don't make too much sacrifice!" Katsunari Mizuno could only make temporary adjustments.

There were bows and arrows throwing in the darkness, but in fact many of them fell into the gully between the two armies, and only a few arrows fell on the earth wall.

"What the hell are the enemy doing?" Lu Xiangsheng saw the shogunate army's offensive with heavy thunder and little rain, and always felt something was wrong.

Night attack sounds ideal, but in fact it is dark and there is no distinction between the enemy and the enemy, so it is impossible to organize an effective attack at all. It is hard to imagine that the shogunate army wants to attack at night.

"Maybe they want to try a night attack to achieve the goal of breaking our position as soon as possible, because we greatly delayed the speed of their Eastern Route Army's advance and also hit their morale." Tachibana Tadashi said to Lu Xiangsheng in the dark.

"Maybe it's just a fatigue tactic...They have a large number of people, and they can be divided into several groups to take turns calling in front, which makes us suffer from dealing with it. They don't seem to be determined to break through our positions through night combat..." Lu Xiangsheng was guessing the intention of the opponent.

"Is there any news about a scout team stationed in the back mountain?" Lu Xiangsheng thought of their retreat.

"The back mountain is very quiet and there is no movement. There are grass and trees. The paths that can pass through people are narrow. You only need a team to guard the mountain road behind you. If the enemy wants to cut off our retreat with a large army, they will inevitably be attacked by us and the defenders of Osaka Castle at the same time." Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi said.

"But if they only sent a small number of elite soldiers to climb from the back mountain to attack, they would not have to worry about the danger of being attacked. An elite team with a small number of people could come and go freely. With the style of cultivating dead soldiers in various famous names in the Warring States Period, there should be many warriors who are good at hand-to-hand melee combat." Lu Xiangsheng said.

"What you imply is to strengthen your defense of the back mountain trail?" Tadashi Tadashi Tadashi asked.

"Calling a hand-cranked machine gun to the back mountain to seal the mountain road. If you find someone launching a sneak attack from the back mountain, use the machine gun to teach them a lesson." Lu Xiangsheng thought for a moment, and strengthened his defense against the back mountain just in case.

"We only have two hand-crank machine guns. When we transfer one of them to the back mountain, our firepower on the front battlefield will be reduced. If the enemy really drives a large number of strong men from the front and throws them into the front battlefield, and there is no blockade of a hand-crank machine gun, it is very likely that one corner will be broken through by the front enemy. We cannot predict what special situations will happen at night. How many enemies will crawl under the dark trenches to dig or climb to attack us. It is difficult to see clearly with the firelight on the earth wall alone." The soldiers under Lu Xiangsheng confirmed to him.

"There are three smoothbore guns on the front earth wall that are not used very much, which is enough to cause severe damage to the enemy. So I feel assured to pull a hand-crank machine gun to the direction of the back mountain for deployment." Lu Xiangsheng said.

Miyamoto Musashi and Ida Tada Chosen selected two hundred samurai to secretly lurk at the back of Shinoyama at dusk with the help of the dark night. Each of them carried a small amount of dry food in their arms. This time the raid was only dusk until dawn the next day, so there was no need to prepare more dry food.

Shinoyama's defenders had only about a thousand. If two hundred warriors who were good at fighting cold weapons successfully broke into Lu Xiangsheng's camp, the chaotic camp would not be able to stop the attack on Miyamoto Musashi and others. It would also turn the enemy's feint attack on the front battlefield into a full-scale attack.

"The dark moon and high winds are not a good thing for our raid." Miyamoto Musashi leaned against the rocks and looked at the dim night sky.

"The moment of the raid has not yet arrived, why do you realize it is not good?" Tada Tadasen was not far from Miyamoto Musashi, leaning against a cluster of shrubs.

"If the moon is bright, maybe their eyes will be more unprepared when they can see things. For example, if they can't see their five fingers now, it will not only be harmful to our marching, but also make the enemy more alert. Whether we can successfully attack depends on the will of heaven."

"Fortunately, we decided to launch an attack before dawn, and we could see the dirt road slightly, otherwise we would not be able to find the trail to the enemy's camp."

"Everyone must keep calm. It's still early to attack. You can take a nap, nourish your spirits, and prepare to start the beheading operation. The enemy we are facing is not our original daimyo in Japan, but a general from Middle-earth. The general is now commanding the troops and horses to attack overnight at the city of Osaka. As long as we succeed in this beheading operation and seize Shinoyama for the shogunate, we can attack the morale of the rebels and accelerate the unification of the four islands! It can also be said that the martial etiquette of the shogunate will fall into your hands!"

Ida Tada Zong comforted the emotions of the surprise attack team members. He believed that these people were extremely nervous at this moment, and they were likely to die in this raid. Even if they entered Lu Xiangsheng's camp and fought in close combat, they might be shot and killed by bullets flying from somewhere.

Katsumizuno became a cover for Miyamoto Musashi and others, and worked very hard to lead troops to attack the frontal positions. The trouble was all night, leaving the soldiers on both sides exhausted.

The first ray of light from dawn appeared on the ground plane, and Mizuno Katsurazuki took down his troops, which made the soldiers on both sides breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that they would prepare for early cooking next.

"It's time to set off when you have enough energy!" Miyamoto Musashi took a deep breath and urged the members of the raid team to start taking action.
Chapter completed!