Ikeda Mitsumasa, on the order of Tokugawa Iemitsu, supported the Western Route Army. When he arrived at the Western Route Army's formation, the left wing of the Western Route Army had been defeated by the unknown army that appeared.

"The left square formation was broken by the enemy, the general was hit by projectile debris, and was killed on the spot... The tactics they used far exceeded our imagination. As soon as we approached, they organized an offensive, and the position was easily defeated by them in surprise." Ikeda Mitsumasa received the statement from the Western Route Army General Tada Akira Matsuhei.

"They were so fast to assemble troops?!" Ikeda Mitsumasa quickly launched an offensive after hearing that the unknown army appeared.

Whether it is the shogunate spear team or the iron artillery team, it takes time to assemble and form a formation before the war, otherwise the soldiers might not even be able to find their own generals.

"It is very likely that it is not a rebel, but a troops from the mainland. Their artillery is powerful and accurate, and the tactics are also very different... I am gathering the left-wing defeated troops to form a formation to fight the enemy. Soon we will be able to see their formation." Tadaoyasu Matsuhei said.

The Western Route Army had 20,000 samurai and peasant soldiers. The left wing was defeated. Ikeda Mitsumasa soon saw the coming unknown army attacking the Western Route Army's main line.

From a distance, a dark gray thin line that almost blends into the battlefield appears on the horizon.

"Grayshirt Army!" Ikeda Mitsumasa's pupils suddenly shrank when he saw this unknown army that did not look gorgeous.

The military uniforms of the Jiuzhou Army completely gave up the weak armor in front of the muskets and adopted a unified dark gray military uniform. Although it was not gorgeous, being able to unify the military uniform was something that all countries in this era could not do!

"Only the Chinese dynasties with a large population can produce standard military uniforms, and their reinforcements have arrived!"

Before Ikeda Mitsumasa finished speaking, the solid bullet had already fallen into the main formation of the Western Route Army, and several shogunate soldiers were killed on the spot!

"They have more than ten artillery pieces, and the speed of entering the battlefield is much faster than I imagined! But I have prepared the Folang machine cannon and counterfeit artillery. It is not so easy for them to defeat our position!" Matsuhei Tadashi knew that the other party was the Kyushu Army, and successively issued orders, "The cavalry team deviated from the opponent's right wing and harassed its right wing. The spear team stepped forward to charge and cover the iron artillery team to approach the opponent. No matter how fierce the opponent's firepower was, they had to fight against each other. With our courage, we would definitely be able to defeat the opponent!"

"Mr. Matsuhei, I led my army to detour across the position and attacked the opponent's back formation along the streets of Jizhou. The number of opponents does not seem to be large, and it is not invincible." Ikeda Mitsumasa made a request for a sneak attack to the general on the West Road.

"Ikeda-kun is here, I will send a scout to inform the general."

Tadao Akira Matsuhei was a little desperate. In order to maintain his privileged position, many daimyos and samurai in their shogunate had made reforms and compromises and sacrificed their lives to fight. There were already many daimyos and samurai who died in the attack on Osaka Castle, but the balance of the war seemed to gradually tilt towards the side of the Shogun coalition.

The vast majority of the weak spearmen were peasants forced to be recruited from the shogunate territory, and a few were ronin. They drove the straggling line of the Kyushu Army to launch a charge.

The scattered soldiers of the Jiuzhou Army faced the charge of the enemy's cold weapon army, and soon gathered together under the command of the drum beat to form a more dense formation, hedging against the sprites who came over to shoot.

The smoke of gunpowder filled the commander team, which made it difficult for the commander to see the situation on the opposite battlefield.

For officers who were not in the first row, there were gunfire everywhere around them, and white smoke gathered above and ahead, obscuring their vision, and even if they had telescopes in their hands, their vision was equally limited.

Muskets are constantly erupting in the smoke of gunpowder, and the pungent smell of gunpowder makes people both timid and excited.

"Don't be timid, the brave will win when the two armies meet! Those who dare to retreat will be beaten after the war!" The officer who has experienced the gun platoon war scolded the new recruits who were just on the battlefield.

The queuing of face-to-face shooting, or the scattered line tactics that are more avant-garde than queuing, are almost all real swords and guns face-to-face. After the queuing, it is very likely to be hand-to-hand combat. Soldiers who have not experienced the real battlefield may escape at the last minute. The strict training and punishment of military sticks allow them to carve the execution orders into their bones, so that they can have qualities far exceeding those of the army in the era of cold weapons.

The soldiers in the first row faced the greatest pressure. Although the shogunate artillery and the melee guns on both sides were insufficient, there were still soldiers in groups of three or three and two of them hit by stray bullets and fell on the battlefield in a foreign land.

"Always look ahead and do not retreat!"

Even though someone fell around him, the soldiers in the line were still marching forward by their companions.

On the artillery position, 15 Napoleon smoothbore cannons roared, and solid bullets and grenades fell into the shogunate army.

The spearmen formation composed of peasants and ronin suffered heavy losses due to the attack of the scattered lines. Tadao Matsuhei did not realize the huge gap in morale between the two sides. After the casualty rate of the peasant holding a spear exceeded a certain extent, it caused a great collapse.

There is a brigade on the left and right wings and the rear, and the muskets make it difficult for the opponent's cavalry to advance.

When the Shogunate West Route Army was fighting with the reinforcements of the Kyushu Army, the defenders of the anti-straight coalition forces in the castle noticed the changes in the situation here. Muskets and cannons were heard in the direction of the Nishi Castle, which attracted Tadaoyoshi Yamauchi, Tachiha Soshima and others to Nishi Castle.

"Such artillery sounds and muskets sounds should be our reinforcements." Lu Xiangsheng climbed the city walls of Osaka Castle, and he could tell the other party's identity by just the sound of guns and cannons. The unique gun sounds of the Kyushu army are completely different from those of the old muskets. Only the sound of the Kyushu arms is like this.

"After a few months we arrived in Japan, the reinforcements finally arrived." The dozens of soldiers brought by Lu Xiangsheng fought in the Osaka area for a long time, and finally delayed until the war came to an end.

"It's our reinforcements! Listen to the sound of artillery, the number is about ten. So, is the Beiyang Fleet back?" Yamauchi Tadaoyi and other daimyos gathered on the wall to look around. The two sides were fighting fiercely in the place where a river passed by the west of the city. The daimyos could tell the number of cannons with the sound of artillery. For the Daming Kingdom, the Beiyang Fleet was one of the most familiar Jiuzhou Fleet. Usually, only the Beiyang Fleet was stationed in the Goryeo Kingdom. Zheng Zhilong, who was stationed in the Goryeo Kingdom, came back.

"Our reinforcements have finally arrived and can start to fight back!" Tadaoyi of Yamauchi was ready to go. It was not so good for them to be trapped in Osaka Castle.
Chapter completed!