Just when they were in a daze, a rider rode out from the Yuqiu family's formation and arrived in front of the powerful alliance's formation. Everyone took a closer look and saw that it was the warrior who was stumbling and unable to speak in the morning.
"Everyone, in the name of His Highness, I am issuing a letter of challenge to you." Sanada Masayuki said coldly, "His Highness is very surprised by your reaction. We originally wanted to trap you to death in the city blocked by three gates.
,Who would have thought you would come out so quickly."
Hearing this, Nonomura Yukinari and others who were leading the army broke out in cold sweat. They were almost completely wiped out in the city.
"But there won't be any difference in the outcome. You can start forming your formation. We are blocking your way back, so you only have one battle." Sanada Masayuki shook his head arrogantly, "My Highness said that before you complete your formation,
, he won’t attack.”
"What do you mean! Do you look down on us!" Maeno Nagayasu shouted angrily.
"What do you mean? Are you asking my Highness?" Sanada Masayuki looked at the same group of people and saw completely different reactions in such a short period of time. He couldn't help but feel a little funny, "My Highness asked me to give you a message."
"The red leaves of autumn are here." The proud maple bird horse print flutters in the wind.
"If you want to attack, just come and attack."
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After Sanada Masayuki left, the coalition of wealthy families immediately became a mess.
"What can we do! We've fallen into a trap!" Kato Mitsui pointed at Tsukiwabei on Yu Qiupei's side with a trembling finger, "There are more than two hundred soldiers! Not dozens of people! He only has 8,000 koku.
Territory, why are there 200 soldiers alone? Only a territory of 20,000 dan can afford it!"
"And there are such good equipment..." Hara Nagayori also felt a little weak, "Those ashigaru are all genuine ashigaru, not cheap tōmaru or bamboo hemp armor! They are better dressed than me, and they don't look like they are wearing anything.
You are a subordinate of someone who earns a salary!"
"What should we do now? Yuqiu Hongye is obviously also in the formation." Kato Mitsuhide unknowingly changed his honorific and asked nervously, "Maybe those Yuqiu family can't pay salaries, Yuqiu Hongye people
In Qingzhou, it was all a trap he set to numb and lure us! Those rumors might be true!"
"Yeah... there happened to be 200 people there..." Hara Naga Norigo said fearfully: "He couldn't have just used these 200 people to block Oda Nobunaga's 6,000 army! Then our 1,000 people are not enough to fill the gap between our teeth!
"
"You two juniors, stop talking!" After encountering an ambush and a series of misjudgments, Nonomura Yukinari himself was panicking, "If you gain the ambition of others, you will destroy your own prestige!"
"Then what should we do now, sir," Haronaga Yori looked at Nonomura Yukinari, "come up with an idea!"
"What else can we do? Go ahead!" Nonomura Yukinari spat fiercely, "He actually humiliated us like this! Is it possible that we are still licking our faces and surrendering? There are 1,000 of us and it's not like he beats 200 of him.
No chance of winning!"
"Your Majesty, you are right," Kato Mitsuto said loudly, "The enemy does not understand the principle of not concealing his return to the army! He actually blocked our way home! The two men are eager to go home, so they should fight to the death! One against ten
!Morale is like a rainbow!”
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"Oh? Are they really coming to attack?" Yu Qiuping watched the powerful coalition forces slowly arrange their formations like caterpillars, and then slowly attacked Tokiwa Bei. There were only 200 people in Tokiwa Bei.
, only two rows of thin lines were formed. The troops of the powerful alliance were very bloated. Since they only had more than 300 soldiers, the auxiliary soldiers were hidden behind the soldiers and did not try to make a detour, so their
The formation was not much wider than Yu Qiuping's formation, but it was more than ten times longer.
"Send orders to all platoons!" Yu Qiuping said in a long tone, "Get ready to stab!"
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The troops of the wealthy coalition approached the men of Tokiwa Bei in fear, without even a breath of air. Tokiwa Bei's armored ashigaru seemed not to see the approaching enemy. They stood upright one by one, looking straight ahead.
The spear was pointed diagonally upward. No one made any unnecessary movements, and the entire front line was like a sculpture.
"This is Oda Nobunaga's flag team..." Hara Nagaray's lips couldn't stop trembling. Haronaga Rai, who is only 17 years old this year, has not seen much of the world. The strongest troop he has ever encountered is also
It was the Hatamoto samurai of Inaba Ittetsu, one of the three people in Simino. However, the aura of the ordinary ashigaru of the Yuqiu family standing in front of him was no less than the Hatamoto samurai of Inaba Ittetsu.
"Can we really win..." Hara Nagayori looked around. The people around him were also frightened by Tokiwabi's neat and uniform battle line with clear clothes and armor. There were big beads of sweat hanging on their foreheads, which showed no sign at all.
He showed the kind of momentum that he would never hide after returning to his master.
One hundred feet, fifty feet, thirty feet, ten feet, five feet...
The distance between the two armies was gradually getting closer, and Hara Nagarayi could already feel the terror when the row of spears suddenly thrust out.
"preparation--"
Suddenly, a command in a strange language rang out from the front of Joban's formation. Immediately afterwards, all the ashigaru in the first row suddenly knelt on one knee, and their spears stretched out diagonally upward! The spears in the second row of ashigaru suddenly flattened, and from
The heads of the first row popped up horizontally! The entire battle formation was like a hedgehog, with spikes all over its body standing up in an instant.
The troops of the wealthy coalition were like an electric toy that was suddenly turned on. They stopped in place instantly. Everyone's eyes were focused on the sharp tip of the gun, and sweat continued to drip down their cheeks. They were all just honest farmers.
, they were still working in the fields more than ten days ago. It’s not like they never went on expeditions with the family leader, but those were just small fights. Peasants and soldiers armed with bamboo spears, axes, and even hoes gathered together to fight with each other.
.The fighting often lasted for most of the day, and few people were injured or killed. They had never seen such a murderous battle today in their lives.
Hara Nagayori was already sweating profusely. He was originally walking in the front row to boost morale, but now he couldn't help but want to let the people around him go first. But everyone's feet felt like lead, and they couldn't take a step.
Due to his face, Haronaga Yori was too embarrassed to step back publicly. He pretended that his clothes did not fit him properly, and tried hard to reach the straps behind his back with his hands. Then, as if his center of gravity was unstable, he staggered back.
After a few steps, he finally hid behind the line.
At the critical moment when the two armies were facing each other, the battlefield became unusually quiet. The ashigaru of Tokiwabei were silent, and the ashigaru of the powerful alliance did not dare to say a word.
Therefore, when Yu Qiuping spoke, his voice was naturally very clear.
"Yuqiu Hongye is here." He said loudly: "If you want to attack, just come and attack."
There was still silence on the battlefield. Even the most arrogant Nonomura Yukinari did not dare to say a word. The morale of the powerful coalition forces fell to the bottom.
"In that case..." Yu Qiuping sighed helplessly, "Everyone, put your guns away!"
Following his order, Tokiwabei's ashigaru immediately put away their guns and stood upright, returning to their standing posture.
"Three steps forward - go!" Yu Qiuping ordered again in Chinese.
Tokiwa Bei Ashgaru kept his spear pointing to the sky, and calmly took three steps towards them in front of the wealthy coalition holding weapons, almost touching their eyes - but no one in the wealthy coalition could move.
"Prepare -" Yu Qiuping shouted again. Tokiwa Bei's men immediately repeated the previous actions mechanically. Although they had not trained for four months, they were a little rusty. But these actions that have been engraved into their bodies are absolutely
Will not be forgotten easily.
The sharp tip of the spear was flattened again, making the wealthy coalition forces' hair stand on end. This time, the wealthy coalition forces seemed to have turned into statues, unable to move at all.
"What are you doing! Are you waiting to die!" Maeno Nagayasu suddenly woke up and shouted, "Follow me! Charge! You can only get stabbed to death if you stand here!"
These words that broke the tranquility seemed to have magic power. The Ashigaru allied forces of the wealthy clans, who had been oppressed to the limit by fear and pressure, suddenly broke out, their bodies almost out of their control, and they rushed forward howling.
Yu Qiuping looked at the activated coalition of wealthy families and shouted sternly:
"Thrust!"
Two rows of nearly two hundred spears stabbed out at the same time, just like poisonous snakes vomiting messages demanding their lives. Dozens of people at the front were stabbed into the body by several spears at the same instant, and blood spattered. There were screams,
The sound of the gun tip sinking into the body, the sound of broken bones, and the sound of blood splashing instantly overshadowed the cries of killing that still echoed on the battlefield.
The army that had been charging forward just now was like a fast train that hit a stone wall, and was stopped abruptly. The shouts of killing came, and the survivors watched in stunned silence as Tokiwabei's spearmen followed the command again.
, twisting the gun barrels uniformly to ensure that the person who was stabbed will definitely die. At the same time as the screams rang out again, Tokiwa Bei's ashigaru pulled out the gun barrels from each corpse, ignoring the blood spurting out in front of them.
Standing on his own feet, he put his gun away silently, just like Yama standing in the field of Shura, looking expressionlessly at the dying minions in front of him.
No one hurt Tokiwabei's ashigaru.
After being stunned for a moment, these fragile powerful coalition forces experienced great ups and downs in morale. Faced with the absolute lack of strength and bloody killings, they could no longer hold on. I don’t know who was the first to drop their weapons and start running away, but
It immediately became a chain reaction. No one could command all the subordinates in a unified way, and the scattered coalition forces were out of control. Everyone wanted to attract the attention of Tsukiwabei with their companions, and they tried to find a way to bypass Tsukiwabei's military formation and ran back north.
Go to the river, get on the boat and escape.
However, when they escaped to the river, they found that the fourteen boats originally parked by the river had been driven to the middle of the river.
"What are you doing! Come and pick me up!" Nagayasu Maeno, who had already fled to the river, roared loudly. He turned around and found that the pursuers were getting closer and closer, but his boat did not move at all.
, he was so anxious that he simply jumped into the water and swam towards the side of the boat. Several people who followed him also followed his example and jumped into the water.
However, before he could swim ten meters, the sound of a sharp arrow piercing the air suddenly came. A subordinate swimming next to him screamed, blood came from the corner of his mouth, and sank without saying a word. Maeno Nagayasu
He raised his head in horror and found a blond and blue-eyed archer standing on the boat he was facing. After a closer look, he saw that on all fourteen of his boats stood the Yuqiu family's red leaf bow ashigaru, bending their bows.
Arrows, shot at people trying to swim.
"Our boat! When was it..." Maeno Nagayasu felt his eyes go dark, but he had no time to think about it, so he had to escape back to the shore before the river turned red. He didn't know that Yu Qiuping had already led the assembled Tokiwa Bei away.
To be continued...