The Settsu people of Araki Village were unable to advance or retreat under the courtyard wall of Nanzen Temple. Obviously the courtyard wall was not high and there were not many defenders, but they could not find a place to get in, and all their efforts under the wall were in vain.
There were hundreds of casualties, but nothing was gained. No matter which section of the city wall you attacked, your back would always be beaten inexplicably, leaving the attacking party unable to find a bunker.
Araki Murashige's men persisted for a while, but except for five or six warriors who climbed onto the courtyard wall and were stabbed to death by Tokiwabei's spearmen, there was no other breakthrough. A few protrusions from Nanzen Temple
In the gap between the bases, nearly two hundred corpses fell horizontally, and there were more injured people. Araki Murashige made almost no progress, and had nearly 30% casualties. He could no longer endure it, and was defeated.
Come down.
Anzai Toyasu noticed that the attack on Nanzen Temple was not going well, and immediately led 2,000 of his men down the mountain to join the attack on Nanzen Temple.
"Good guys, His Highness Anzai's troops!" At this time, the Kitahata Kage family, who was crouching by the courtyard wall to change ammunition, raised his head and glanced at the flag of the Miyoshi family's reinforcements. "We just took care of Araki Murashige and Miyoshi Masayasu.
Yes, there are new dishes.”
"Brothers, eat with all your heart!" Kitahata Kageya smiled and shouted at the iron gunners around him, "Miyoshi's family is serving food again!"
"Roar!" the iron gunners responded to their commander with an excited shout. When they defended Guanyin Temple City, they had already simulated the bastion defense method. This time, they used it in a real bastion.
Handy.
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"I understand..." After listening to the complaints and analysis of Miyoshi Masayasu and Araki Murashige, Anzhai Fuyasu nodded thoughtfully, looking at Nanzen Temple with a somewhat complicated look, "This city is not a convex polygon, but a convex polygon.
It is a concave polygon, so there is almost no blind spot for shooting, and attackers will be attacked from at least two sides. Moreover, there are probably hundreds of iron cannons in Nanzen Temple, which is really difficult to shoot."
"Where is the door of the temple? Why don't you just smash it open with a battering ram?" Anzhai Dongkang made a suggestion.
"The door of the temple seems to have been blocked from the inside with stones." Araki Murashige snorted angrily, "What a shrinking turtle!"
"What about the two small rock villages behind him? How many iron cannons are there? Are they easy to shoot?" Anzhai Dongkang frowned and turned his attention to the two small rock villages behind Nanchan Temple.
"This...I don't know yet." Araki Murashige shook his head honestly, "I haven't fought before. We were just besieging Nanzen Temple."
"Is it possible to control this road even without conquering Nanzen Temple and the two surrounding rock fortresses?" Anzhai Dongkang looked at the terrain and asked as if he was talking to himself.
"No, Your Highness." Miyoshi Masayasu replied directly, "Nanzen Temple and the two rock villages combined almost control the entire passage. If they are not captured, the coalition forces can attack from the area between the three of them or
They are running away from behind and cannot be stopped."
"Then we have to hurry up. I'm going to attack Nanzen Temple, Zhengyasu, you attack the Yanzhai at the rear left. Murasaka, you go and keep an eye on the Yanzhai at the rear right." Anzhai Dongkang pinched the horse's belly and led the troops.
Heading towards the Yanzhai on the rear right, "Brother, the situation is probably about to be solved."
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What Anzhai Dongkang said was right. The coalition forces were indeed about to be defeated by Miyoshi Changqing and Shihe Yicun. Under their constant attacks, nearly half of the coalition's reserve units had collapsed and were unable to command, and could only be held hostage in the formation.
, and retreated toward the Okazaki Shrine in the east with the large army. Oda Nobunaga had completely lost the ability to command the entire army at this time, and could only stumble and lead the army that was about to collapse to the east, leaving everyone to fight on their own.
As long as you can evacuate to Okazaki Shrine, you can retreat to Nanzenji Temple through the hilly area southeast of Okazaki Shrine, and then escape from Nanzenji Temple.
"You still want to evacuate to Okazaki Shrine?" Miyoshi Nagakei saw the coalition forces struggling to move eastward, and smiled helplessly, "Let's give the signal."
As General Miyoshi Chokei's flag was waving, troops from the Miyoshi family suddenly emerged from the Kinkai Komitsuji Temple in the north of Okazaki Shrine. The banner was none other than Miyoshi Chokei's son, Miyoshi Yoshihiro. He was previously captured by Yu Qiupei and Nishi
After the Mino trio were repulsed, they hid in Kinkai Komitsuji Temple to the north of Okazaki Shrine. Since the Nishi Mino trio were in a hurry to go to Kyoto, Yu Qiupei immediately withdrew from Nanzen Temple, so no one pursued Miyoshi Yoshiki.
He has been lurking there. Now, after receiving Miyoshi Nagakei's order, he immediately rushed out of Jinjie Guangqing Temple and went straight to Okazaki Shrine. According to his speed and distance, he is definitely faster than the coalition forces.
Hurry! If Okazaki Shrine is occupied, the coalition forces will be surrounded from three directions: west, south, and east, and will have no choice but to retreat further and further north from their retreat!
Just when the coalition forces were wailing and thinking that the situation was over, an army suddenly appeared in the hilly area northeast of Okazaki Shrine. Both the Miyoshi Army and the coalition forces looked in that direction in surprise. For some reason, there were still troops there.
.Looking closely, it was Kinoshita Hideyoshi's surprise attack team who had lost contact for many days! They were circling around in the mountainous area in the north of Yamashiro Country, and finally got out, when they ran into such a battle. They have always had a keen sense of smell.
Although Kinoshita Hideyoshi had no idea what the war was going on here, he still realized the importance of Okazaki Shrine and immediately led his troops to rush over. The position where he appeared was closer than Miyoshi Yoshiki! In this race
In the battle, Kinoshita Hideyoshi won the victory, occupying the empty Okazaki Shrine first and covering the retreat of the coalition forces.
"The monkey has done a great job this time!" Oda Nobunaga, who was already in a panic, shouted excitedly, "Quick! Let's evacuate from Okazaki Shrine to Nanzenji Temple!"
"Lord, can Nanzen Temple still be defended?" After hearing the order, Sakuma Nobumori couldn't help but question: "The Miyoshi family estimated that 4,000 soldiers have gone out, and Yuqiu Hongye only has 800 soldiers.
Soldiers, how can we stop them?"
"Don't worry, Hongye has never lost the position he is guarding!" Oda Nobunaga looked up to the sky and laughed boldly, "There is no perfect path for man! Let's go!"
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At this moment, Miyoshi Masayasu was urging his men to storm the bastion guarded by Charlie. However, since the distance between the three rock forts was not far, the troops in Nanzen Temple could also cover the two bastions behind them.
"Bang!" Uji Hidegao took aim, pulled the trigger, and hit another person who was hiding behind the low wall outside Charlie's bastion. He and several iron gunners around him were already heading towards the low wall.
They had been shooting for a long time, but the Miyoshi Ashigaru behind the low wall always seemed to think that they were in a blind spot and would not be attacked.
"Don't go and fight them there! Mind your own business!" Just when Uji Hidetaka was indulging in shooting at the troops who were being slaughtered, Yu Qiuping, who was patrolling the temple on horseback, reminded loudly, "There are some people in the Jing family.
Hurry up, hurry over with a dozen iron gunners!"
"Yes, Your Highness!" Uji Hidetaka saluted to Amakihei, and immediately led a dozen of his subordinates around him down the stairs, trotting all the way to the area where the Awaji people were attacking. He climbed up the courtyard wall and found
The corpses of many people from both our and enemy sides were already dumped on that courtyard wall, and two or three iron cannons were left there without anyone picking them up.
"What's going on?" Uji Hidetaka shouted, hoping someone could answer him in the noisy environment.
"Some people from the Anzhai family rushed up just now." Shui Yuanjing, who was leaning on the wall, shouted back at Ujihide, "Kill a few iron gunners, my people have driven them down. The Jing family
He's also in a tight situation and can't send any more people, so I'll leave this part to you!"
"No problem, brother!" After Uji Hidetaka and Mizuhara exchanged a military salute, they climbed to the edge of the courtyard wall with a dozen iron gunners, mounted the iron cannon on the courtyard wall, and squinted a
Eyes start to aim.
Soon, he found his first target. An ashigaru from the Anzhai family picked up a javelin and seemed to want to throw it back. He suddenly pulled the trigger, and a burst of smoke rose in front of his eyes. However, according to Tokiwa Bei
Training requirements meant that the iron gunner had no time to observe the results of the battle and had to reload immediately. After completing the reloading process, he started looking for the target again. This time he fired at an ashigaru who was trying to climb a ladder onto the wall opposite him.
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More than a dozen iron gunners fired continuously, alleviating the crisis in this area. However, the Awaji people quickly noticed these dozen iron gunners and immediately organized a wave of ashigaru to rush towards the courtyard wall.
Uji Hidetaka hurriedly shot the attacker, but the effect was not good. According to the common sense of bastion defense popularized by Yu Qiuping, shooters should always give priority to shooting enemies who attack friendly forces, because this kind of shooting can often obtain the best shooting angle.
.Partners cover each other, forming cross fire between the bastion areas.
However, the two protrusions on both sides of him were now entangled by the Awaji people, and there was no way to cover them. The troops climbing the wall made rapid progress and were immediately forced under the courtyard wall.
"Hidetaka, you guys step back." Upon seeing this, Mizutaka waved his hand and ordered Uji Hidetaka and the others to take a few steps back to a safer area where the shooting angle was not very good. Then, Mizutaka's spearmen
He quickly walked to the courtyard wall and stabbed the Awaji people who were climbing the wall. The ashigaru of the Awaji people only saw a group of red leaves shaking above their heads, and then the spears fell like raindrops, killing those who tried to climb the wall.
All turned into dice.
"Hey! Don't be distracted! Even if the shooting position is not good, you can't desert!" Uji Hidetaka saw several iron gunners beside him staring at the north and actually stopped loading, feeling a little dissatisfied.
shouted loudly: "This is a battlefield! Have you forgotten the rules of Tokiwa Bei?"
"No...Sir." One of the iron cannons muttered incoherently, then slowly raised his hand and pointed to the north, "Look over there!"
Uji Hideo looked in the direction pointed by his arm without knowing what was going on, and was stunned for a moment.
I saw more than 10,000 allied troops nearly collapsed on the hills from Okazaki Shrine to Nanzenji Temple, and they fled here in a swarm. Flags with papaya patterns and tortoiseshell rhombus patterns and weapons and equipment were thrown everywhere.
Tens of thousands of embarrassed people and more than a thousand cavalry fled toward the south in embarrassment - while behind and to the sides were closely pursued by the Miyoshi family's army.
"Oh my god."
Chapter completed!