Okay! After that planning, what is the idea! What are the demons especially Kage planning?! Find out as you read. Also here are the posterboys of the Sengoku Era!
At the front of the charging, there were two distinctive individuals on horseback. One in passionate red and another in cool blue. They were famed for their fierce fights.
Who are they exactly?
The red one has two long spears in each hand as this young man has a red headband where the ends of it are long. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He wears a red jacket that is open, revealing his bare chest as he had six gold coins in a string around his neck. The same coins that have become the symbol on the back of his red jacket. He wears white pants as there is a fiery design on it.
His name is Sanada Yukimura. The young general serving Takeda's head, Takeda Shingen who is known as the Tiger of Kai. Known for his fiery spirit on the battlefield as he is incredibly loyal to his lord and make sure he gives it his all when it comes to duels. Making Yukimura, a Tiger Cub of Kai since he shares Shingen's goal and spirit.
Now for the blue one, he wears a recognizable helmet where it has a golden crescent moon. He has a black eyepatch over his right eye. Unlike Yukimura, he didn't draw any weapons as he looks to be cocky as unusual his riding posture is leaning back, not holding the reins as he crosses his arms as if he looks confident. His weapons were three katanas at each of his sides, making the total of six katanas.
His name is Date Masamune, the Big Boss of Oshu. Otherwise known as the One-Eyed Dragon, he is known for being ambitious and cocky. He's the head of the Date clan despite being young. Like Yukimura, he also the same spirit of fighting as well. He likes to crash 'parties' another word for battles. His relationship with Yukimura is of rivalry.
Now the purpose of being there? Both of them are competing with each other to see whose's going to claim the fortress first and get the general's head. They also heard that there are strong warriors inside. Demons of Oda. They are already aware of their existence as they heard about their exploits on the battlefield. To the commoners, they sound like legends and tall tales of how these demons fight. Making it more interesting to see what they're about since they haven't met them yet.
Yukimura's blood is boiling with excitement yet deep down, he treats the Oda clan as a clan who commit such villainy due to killing the unarmed such as woman and children. For this reason, they need to stop and should be punished. However, despite this, he cannot wait to meet these demons!
As for Masamune, he didn't think these demons are that strong unless otherwise. If anything, they were just a warm-up before he fights a real demon that is Oda Nobunaga. If one of them put up a good fight, he might consider drawing his claws.
So far, they keep on charging. One of Masamune's trusted retainers, Katakura Kojuro, his Right Eye note that no Oda soldiers has open the gates and face them yet as they approached. He felt something going awry. He didn't know what but he feels in his gut that something is about to happen.
"Masamune-sama!"
"Yeah? What's up, Kojuro?"
"It appears the gate wasn't open yet. It seems they are going to defend from the inside."
"HA! It's either those 'demons' aren't there right now or just too scared to face us!" He replied in his cocky tone.
"Look! I see something!" Yukimura points his spear at the at the sight of two people at the enemy's front gate along with black objects being thrown behind them. "What are those? What are they-" Soon that answer came in form of an explosion right next to them as the samurai hear the cries of their men and their….horses. The Tiger Cub snaps his head only to see with widening eyes, to see the calvary of Takeda fallen to the ground, one by one. Then another explosion is heard on the Date's side.
"Nice one. Keep going." Kage has a small iron that is spherical in his hand. He throws it up into the air and once it was in sight, it was enough for Kouki to swing and hit it, sending the spherical iron ripping through the air and hit one of the horses' fetlocks. The result was making it cry in pain as it collapses, dragging their rider with it. No sooner than later, the riders behind the fallen ones try to stop but they failed, they trip over as they too, hit the dirt.
It has become a domino effect as horses and men were piling all over each other. The poor men donning red and blue from both clans suffered under the crushing weight of these poor beasts, leaving to their brutal fate. Ones who aren't under them have been hit and trampled all over. Soon more explosions have hit everything around the samurai making them screech to a halt. Either the iron hits the horses or hit the ground, creating a shockwave making everyone panic.
It was shocking and horrid. It was a mess.
The beautiful green plains are now ruined as there were smoking craters from the explosions, making small pits for the horses to fall in. They lost their footing causing them to fall while the other explosions made sprays of blood all over into the air. The soldiers on horseback were trying to turn horses around the craters but fail as they couldn't control them to stay claim.
"Is it a trap?!" Yukimura cried as he tries to get horse under control.
"The hell?! Kojuro?"
"Everyone! Hold your positions!" Kojuro shouted to get Date's soldiers to stay calm and get in order.
"Hit that one." Kage points, "Make sure to get the leg!" To which Kouki nods before hitting another iron ball.
Then another horse falls followed by an explosion close by. That horse's rider is Kojuro.
"Kojuro!"
"I'm fine, Masamune-sama!" Kojuro goes to check the rider and its injured horse, what he sees is from the damage disbelief and disturbing! The rider is fine, just some minor injuries! But to the horse is brutal! One of the horse's hind legs is injured…. no, ripped through as if it severs it. This settles it!
"We must retreat! It's too dangerous here!"
"Huh?!" Yukimura is shocked to hear these words, "We can't! We must go forward!"
"Shit!" He curses in English. Masamune now grits his teeth, trying to search for the person responsible. Remember earlier that Yukimura pointed his spear, he squinted his eye to see two figures, one in white and another in dark blue.
"Masamune-sama!"
"I'm coming!"
"Danna. We must go!" It was one of Takeda's great ninjas, Saturobi Sasuke who appeared and try to convince his lord to retreat as well.
"S-sasuke!"
"We must go!" Danna ordered urgently.
"B-but! Ugh! Right!" With that, the samurai turns back and went back to the hill.
"Well…..I couldn't believe it worked." Kage crosses his arms, happy with this result as he sees their enemy turn tail in the reaction of the unexpected attack.
"Yeah." Kouki said as she too watches with indifferent. Not caring if the enemy is alive or not, as long as she did her job. It was fine by her.
Author's Notes:
So in order to summarize this whole thing, Kage planned to prevent the charging by hitting the horses with the use of Kouki's strength and mace. Using the iron balls which are the arquebus 's bullets. Therefore making Kouki hitting of the iron bullets like a baseball batter.