I agree with Jo here, what Nobunaga did that was revolutionary, rather than the rolling fire, was the massive (for the time) number of teppo he fielded.
Iirc in other provinces like Kanto, at most there were few hundreds of them. While in Kyushu they were used to ambush, by small skirmishing groups.
Not to mention the "trenches" he had built in that battle.
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