At 4:00 p.m., 1,000 Asai family eagles, led by Asai Nagamasa personally, launched a fierce attack on the Oda army's position.
Due to the narrow official road, only 500 soldiers could be deployed at a time to attack. Therefore, Sakai Masanao's 800 soldiers were enough to guard the official road tightly, not to mention that these 800 soldiers were all elites directly under Oda Nobunaga.
However, Masahiro Sakai just didn't know what he was doing. It was not for anything else but because of Yingyingbi's aura of looking forward to death.
"Command the archers and iron gunners to shoot immediately!" After seeing the Eagle Bei enter the shooting range, Masao Sakai immediately ordered the long-range soldiers to start attacking. He wanted to rely on the powerful firepower of the Oda Army to force the Eagle Bei to stop and fight.
They fired at each other, thus dragging the battle into a protracted battle. However, he was surprised to find that none of the people standing in the front row of the Eagle Preparation were archers or iron gunners, but all infantry.
They marched in neat steps and rushed towards the Oda family's line without any scruples. Even though the dense arrows and projectiles caused huge losses to the infantry in the first row, they did not stop at all. The infantry in the rear row quickly replaced them.
They formed a unified front and had no intention of launching any long-range counterattack, but just rammed headlong into the enemy.
"Are you going to endure the casualties and go straight into hand-to-hand combat?" Masanao Sakai watched in disbelief as the battle situation developed in a direction he didn't expect, "Oh my God."
Sakai Masanao hurriedly ordered the archers and iron gunners to retreat, but they were still caught off guard. After seeing the change in the Oda family's formation, the infantrymen of Yoshio Bei immediately launched a charge and ran into the Oda family before they could resume their battle line.
Sakai Jiuzou, who was standing on the front line and commanding, was caught off guard. He saw many Yingying warriors squeezing into the Oda family's formation along the archers' retreat path, and started killing the surrounding Oda troops indiscriminately.
It caused quite a bit of confusion.
"Follow me!" Sakai Jiuzou immediately called to the surrounding Oda family warriors to lead the troops forward, trying to maintain the front. However, those few Yingbi warriors were also very brave, and they cooperated with each other tacitly.
In two or three rounds, nearly half of the samurai around Sakai Kyuzou were killed.
At this time, the Oda army on the front line also started a fierce battle with the Eagle Bei. These troops directly under Oda Nobunaga were originally very powerful, but they were unable to resist the Eagle Bei. The Eagle Bei itself had good training.
In addition, everyone uses a samurai sword as a weapon, which is far better than the various spears and swords of the Oda family's troops in chaotic battles. Moreover, since the Eagle Bei formed an army ten years ago, it has experienced countless battles, large and small, and has already
They are a powerful force that has experienced hundreds of battles, and the cooperation among their companions is far beyond that of the Oda family soldiers.
What's even more frightening is that the morale of Xiong Ying Bei is also terrifyingly high. Carrying the flag of "Where justice goes, life and death will follow you", and the family governor standing on the front line personally leading the charge, every one of them is brave and unafraid of death.
He used the knife fiercely and decisively, with no intention of defending at all.
On the other hand, the morale of the Oda Army is relatively low. They suddenly encountered the betrayal of their allies, were trapped outside the country, and were forced to retreat. And now, they are also abandoned on the Eastern Front to buy time for the main force. One is the other.
How can one stop the eagle under such a long life?
Seeing that the front line was showing signs of total collapse, Sakai Jiuzou was a little impatient. When his heart panicked, his sword skills became chaotic. Without paying attention, he was stabbed in the abdomen by the samurai of the Asai family in front of him. He waved the sword in a daze.
He fought back, but was knocked away by another Asai samurai with his sword. Sakai Jiuzou full screen instinctively tried to hold the katana inserted into his lower abdomen with his hand, but the Asai samurai just pinched the samurai coldly.
The knife was struck, and blood immediately spurted out from the wound. Sakai Kuzo vomited blood clots in his mouth, and his hands were dripping with blood. He was stabbed again and fell down weakly.
Seeing that the commander on the front line was killed, the samurai of the Oda family and the ashigaru retreated one after another. Masanao Sakai saw that his son was killed in the battle, and he didn't even react. It had only been less than a quarter of an hour since the battle started, so why did the battle line collapse? It was there just now
How could the child he had been joking about, the child he had brought up since childhood, and the child he planned to inherit the family business, be gone in the blink of an eye?
Sakai Masanao lost his mind in an instant and actually led the reserve team behind the formation to attack directly, trying to push the Eagle Bei back. However, he encountered a head-on attack from the powerful Eagle Bei. The Eagle Bei had already occupied the area just now.
They took advantage of several commanding heights in the Oda family's position. Asai Nagamasa was condescending and could see a break on the right side of Sakai Masao's line at a glance, and immediately threw hundreds of soldiers to attack the gap. Sakai Masao said
The right wing of the department was cut off by the assault troops of the Eagle Bei, and they lost contact with Masanao Sakai. Under the attack of the Eagle Bei, they were forced in the direction of Lake Biwa. They were in a panic, trapped in the tidal flats, and it was difficult to adjust their formation.
, were finally defeated by a wave, and the defeated troops fled westward in embarrassment. A dozen of the brave Oda Ashigaru, who were skilled in arts, took off their armor and gear, jumped directly into Lake Biwa, and tried to escape by swimming. Those in the front right
Ashigaru had no choice but to throw down their weapons and surrender.
After defeating the enemy's right wing, Eagle Bei immediately began to sweep Sakai Masao's front from south to north. Standing on the high ground behind Sakai Masao's formation, Mori Katsunari clearly saw Sakai Masao's predicament at this moment, and sent four or five envoys in succession to let him know.
Masahiro Sakai retreated to reorganize. However, Masahiro Sakai seemed to be red-eyed and refused to retreat.
However, Asai Nagamasa would not give Sakai Masanao any chance at all. After the first team broke through the front line, another 500-man reserve team of Eagle Bei immediately quickly inserted into the battlefield and besieged Sakai Masao's headquarters from the right rear. Mori
Seeing that something was not going well, Kasei had no choice but to abandon his position and lead his 1,200 troops to march eastward for support. However, before he arrived, Masaka Sakai had been captured by the rebels, and the general's flag was also captured by the Asai family.
After capturing and losing command, Sakai Masao's troops completely collapsed and fled to the west, which in turn disrupted Mori Katsunari's formation.
The Yingying Bei who relied on Yu Qiupei's modern training methods also changed their formations much faster than the ancient army. They quickly broke away from the battle and reorganized on the original Sakai Masanao position to resume their formation, once again using square formations.
The charge was coming towards Sen Kecheng. Sen Kecheng's troops had just been attacked by the defeated army, and before they had time to adjust their formation, Eagle Bei had already rushed forward. Even though Sen Kecheng led his troops to fight hard, he still could not stop him.
Eagle Bei, who regarded death as home, began to retreat steadily.
And his situation is more difficult than that of Sakai Masao just now - because he has left his position in order to rescue Sakai Masao. At this moment, if he wants to retreat backward, he has to walk over from his position. Before, he
A large number of trenches, horse barriers, and fences arranged to resist the Asai family's offensive have now become stumbling blocks hindering the retreat of his army.
The rear team retreated slowly, but the defeated troops on the front line had already pressed forward. Mori Katsunari's reserve team and the remnants of Sakai Masanoge's troops formed a mess to the east of Mori Katsunari's position, and a serious stampede occurred.
Routine. A large number of panicked soldiers fell into the ditch and were trampled to death by the people behind them, or were pushed and knocked to death on their horses. They fell to the ground horizontally and vertically on the fence.
This further aggravated the chaos of the situation.
The Oda family originally wanted to rely on the narrow official road to delay the Asai family's attack, but now they suffered the consequences. Because the terrain was too narrow, the defeated troops could only flee towards their own friendly forces' positions. Not only would they be hindered by the friendly forces' fortifications, but they would also
This will give the attacking side a chance to cover up the attack. After the defeated army has passed through the defensive position, the original fortifications have been trampled and nothing is left. Instead, the Eagle Guard can move forward smoothly to attack.
Behind Mori Katsunari are the weak positions of Ikeda Tsuneaki, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, and Naomasa Namasa. According to Oda Nobunaga's plan, Sakai Masacao and Mori Katsunari can block the Asai family for a long time. Before lunch,
It was not their turn to fight, so these subsequent positions were not prepared for battle at all, and had to deal with the huge number of defeated troops and the Asai army coming from behind.
Ikeda Tsuneaki, Kinoshita Hideyoshi, Naomasa Namasa and others were unable to resist, and were defeated one after another like an eagle ready to destroy everything. New broken troops were constantly added to the rout, and the organization became increasingly chaotic and beyond control. The surrendered Oda army had almost
Blocked the official road.
"Those who surrender, put down your weapons and go to both sides of the official road!" Asai Nagamasa, who was on the front line, was covered in blood at the moment and kept shouting, "We don't have time to capture you!"
Under the constant attack of Asai Nagamasa, the 10-mile-long positions set up by the Oda family on the base of Mt. Chohoji Temple were broken through one after another. The defeated troops rolled back the defeated troops, and the situation was beyond control. Asai Nagamasa Haku
As pointed by the Eagle Horse Seal, the troops of the Oda family were invincible. Niwa Nagahide of the 11th Division had long seen the tragedy on the front line, and emergency messengers were sent one after another to inform Oda Nobunaga of the situation here.
"His Majesty Sakai has been killed in battle, His Highness Mori, Lord Kinoshita, His Highness Ikeda, and His Highness Yamen are all missing. As of now, the first five formations have all fallen under Asai Nagamasa's offensive."
"The sixth formation collapsed! Lord Tsuda was killed!"
"The seventh formation cannot withstand it and has collapsed! His Highness Nagano was seriously injured and his whereabouts are unknown!"
"Master Okamoto of the eighth formation is working hard to resist the enemy, but without reinforcements, Asai Nagamasa cannot be stopped!"
"The eighth formation has been defeated. The ninth formation, Mizuno-sama, sent someone to request a retreat. Please give the order, my lord!"
"The ninth formation collapsed and Lord Mizuno was killed! The tenth formation, Lord Seki, has abandoned the army and fled. The deployment is leaderless and it is chaos!"
"The tenth formation has been broken. Nagamasa Asai is unstoppable! Please make a decision soon, my lord, because I am afraid it is not safe even here!"
Oda Nobunaga was not prepared for the situation on the Eastern Front. He did not expect Asai Nagamasa to be so brave, and he was suddenly in a hurry. In front of him, the Asakura family had just started fighting with the Tokugawa family not long ago, and the distance was covered by the battle.
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was retreating, still had more than an hour to go before being introduced into the ambush area, but it was definitely too late now. He hurriedly ordered the ambush troops to leave their positions and return all their troops to support the main formation. The ambush plan was cancelled, and Tokugawa Ieyasu stood firm on the spot to block the attack.
The pursuers of the Kurasa family also urgently ordered Yu Qiuping of the formation to be lifted from the ban, and asked him to immediately lead Tokiwa Bei to defend the formation.
At four quarters of the hour, the eleventh formation guarded by Niwa Nagahide was also defeated by Asai Nagamasa. The eleventh formation composed of 5,000 soldiers of the Oda family was completely breached by Asai Nagamasa within two hours, and the entire army collapsed. Both armies collapsed.
For an hour, a small number defeated a large number of people, breaking through eleven formations in a row. Such a feat is quite rare in the entire history.
The heroic reputation of Omi's Eagle has resounded throughout the world.
Chapter completed!