The 20-mile journey takes only more than half an hour for the Red Leaf Army advancing at full speed. Yamada is located on a high-altitude mountain. From Oka Toyo Castle to Yamada, the official road is basically a gently rising one. And from Miyoshi
To get to Yamada along the Mononobe River where Yoshihide is located, you have to walk up a steeper mountain road. Yu Qiupei is confident that he can reach Yamada before Miyoshi Yixian.
Soon after, the Miyoshi Army, which was rushing towards Yamada along the east bank of the Mononobe River, also discovered the movements of the Momiji Army.
"Are Yuqiu Hongye really coming to support?" Miyoshi Yixian chuckled and looked northwest across the river, "Where are they marching towards?"
"Father, the target is Yamada, the same as our army." Hosokawa Shinyuki, who is in charge of intelligence work, replied in a low voice, "Father, I know everything about it like a god."
"Rokuro, after all these years, you are still so respectful." Miyoshi Yoshiken glanced at Hosokawa Shinyuki lightly and whispered noncommittally.
"Father is above me, how can I dare to neglect you at all?" Hosokawa Shinyuki bowed hastily after hearing this, "Father, if you have any requests, please feel free to give them."
"Brother once said that if a person can wear a mask all his life to hide his true emotions, his face will gradually become like the mask." Miyoshi Yixian sneered and focused on the person who had a murderous relationship with him.
Regarding the obedient adopted son whose father took revenge on his mother, "Is this sad or lucky for you?"
"I'm scared." Hosokawa Shinyuki's face changed drastically, and he fell to the ground hastily, "Father, what do you mean by this?"
"It's not interesting, I'm just talking." Miyoshi Yoshiken raised his hand and touched the back of Hosokawa Masayuki's head, "I was just thinking about how you would act if you had a chance to kill me.
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Hosokawa Shinyuki was horrified when he heard this, and his body began to tremble for a while. He had to kowtow to apologize and swore to heaven that he had no such intention. However, Miyoshi Yoshiken always looked at him with the eyes of someone watching a boring Noh drama.
, making Hosokawa Shinyuki feel like an actor on the stage.
"Do you know why I didn't kill you? Why did I keep Hosokawa Motaka's child?" Miyoshi Yoshiken bent down, put his mouth to Hosokawa Shinyuki's ear, and lowered his voice and said, "If you have been here for so many years,
If you still can't think clearly, if you haven't thought clearly after serving the Sanhao family for so many years, there is no need for you to continue living."
After saying that, Miyoshi Yoshiken slowly straightened up, leaving only Hosokawa Shinyuki kneeling there at a loss. He clapped his hands as if nothing had happened and ordered to his subordinates, "The Red Leaf Army is heading towards Yamada at full speed.
We could not catch up. The terrain of Yamada was dangerous, and the Momiji Army took advantage of the danger after arriving. It would be useless for us to attack Yamada from the top. The Monobe River was not deep enough, and the Awaji Navy could not enter, so there was no help. At this time, we headed to Yamada.
It's meaningless. Changji, lead a partial division to continue northward to Yamada. If the Hongye Army has arrived, monitor their movements. The rest of the main force immediately turns around, looks for a bridge, and crosses the Monobe River to the west. The target is Oka Toyo Castle!
If the Red Leaf Army immediately returns to aid Oka Toyo Castle after seeing our movements, Nagaharu, you will directly knock down Yamada!"
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"What's going on with the Sanhao Army?" Yu Qiuping led his army along the official road, while not forgetting to expand his investigation scope and try to locate the Abozhong.
"No, there are too many detective horses and ninjas, and it is difficult for our people to get close." Kobata Jiesheng, who led the cavalry company back again without success, apologized very apologetically, "I am incompetent, please punish me."
"It doesn't matter, we shouldn't have sent so many ninjas to Kii, leaving them tied up here." Yu Qiuping sighed and patted Kobata Jiesheng's shoulder to show him not to blame himself, "Anyway, wait until we board the
Yamada, when you look down from a high position, the situation becomes clear."
When the Momiji Army was on its way, the Awa people were spreading out in formation along the Monobe River, looking for bridges on the river. However, the original bridges on the Monobe River were demolished by Emura's family before a desperate attack, leaving the Awa people
After searching for a long time, they found nothing. The Abozhong then tried to find a suitable shoal for crossing the river, but after searching for several miles, they only found three narrow shoals. It would take a long time to let the entire army pass. They had no choice but to find three narrow shoals.
Next, Awa Zhong had to ask the Awaji Navy to send a small boat to support the Awa Zhong to help Awa Zhong cross the river. At the same time, Awa Zhong's auxiliary soldiers also started to build a pontoon bridge on the Monobe River with the help of the Awaji Navy's boat. These processes were delayed for so long that
When Apozhong finally gathered enough boats, built a pontoon bridge, and began to cross the river, the time had already reached the first quarter of noon.
At the beginning of noon, the Red Leaf Army had already boarded Yamada.
"Good fellow, instead of coming to Yamada, I have to cross the river to go to Okafyō." Standing on the top of Yamada Mountain on the west bank of the Monobe River, Ame Akihei, who has a commanding view, can clearly see everything happening on the Higashi Tosa Plain - Awa
A large army was crossing the river nervously at the Monobe River, about twenty miles southwest of Yamada. The army was scattered at various bridges and ferries, transporting people to the other side of the river in batches. But at a closer distance, a group of
Awazo's special forces are advancing towards Yamada on the east bank of the Monobe River, which is about 10 miles away.
"How dare he cross the river in the face of a formidable enemy?" Yu Qiuping waved his hand and immediately ordered, "The whole army does not need to rest, and immediately crosses the river in the mountains and crosses to the east of the river! Let's defeat this special force first, and then continue to go south, starting from the bottom.
Hit them from behind and attack them one and a half times!"
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"Come so fast?" Miyoshi Choji couldn't help being shocked after seeing the flag of the Red Leaf Army flying above Yamada. "It's only been more than half an hour... They have walked 20 miles? If they walked for a day, wouldn't they have to walk out?
More than a hundred miles away?"
"More than twice as fast as expected." Miyoshi Choji turned around and glanced at the Awa people at the foot of the mountain by the Monobe River. They were still crossing the river. According to their estimated time, Yu Qiuping would have to wait at least half an hour.
Go up the mountain, and then take another hour to rush to the river - two hours is enough for the Awa people to cross the river. But now, the Red Leaf Army is half earlier than expected. If they rush down directly, the Awa people will not have time to cross the river!
"Send someone to inform father immediately!" Miyoshi Choji didn't have time to think too much, and immediately asked the Hatamoto guard behind him to go back and deliver the order. However, the Hatamoto guard stood there motionless, staring blankly behind Miyoshi Choji.
"What are you looking at! Didn't you hear the order? If you were told to go, just..." Miyoshi Nagaharu scolded loudly, while turning his head and looking back - but he didn't say the second half of his sentence. Those who had just climbed the mountain of Yamada
The red leaf soldiers had already rushed over from several shoals like tigers descending the mountain, heading straight for themselves on the southeast side of the Monobe River.
"Oops." Miyoshi Choji only had 700 soldiers at hand, while Yu Qiupei had twice as many soldiers, not to mention the difference in quality. Rakihara Bei was crossing the Mononobe River quickly, and then at Monobe
They formed an array on the southeastern bank of Sichuan. The commander of Rakihara Bei's 1st Company was the first to organize his troops and led 400 soldiers to launch an attack on Miyoshi Changji's position.
The commander of the first company of Rakihara Preparation was none other than Kanematsu Masakichi. The recruit who joined the army in Owari, after more than ten years of war, has now become a lieutenant colonel and the commander of the company, becoming a leader among the middle-level officers of the Red Leaf Army.
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"Three iron artillery platoons, line up in three horizontal lines, and fire five salvos at Miyoshi's army first!" Kanematsu Masakichi saw Miyoshi Nagaharu's troops crowded on the mountain road and stationed relatively densely, so he immediately ordered the iron artillery to open fire.
.Three iron artillery platoons quickly ran out of the marching column and formed a dense three-row horizontal formation in front of the brigade. The first row squatted, the second row half squatted, and the third row stood up straight.
Under the long command, he pulled the trigger neatly and launched a volley. The smoke rose and dispersed several times, and the position of the Three Good Army was in a mess.
The condescending and intensive firepower of the Hongye Army's iron artillery made it difficult for the Awa Zhong's archers and iron artillerymen to resist. Even though they managed to fight back several times, they caused more than thirty casualties to the Hongye Army, and were finally defeated.
"Three iron artillery platoons! Leave a gap between each other and let the pike platoon pass!" As soon as Kanematsu Masakichi saw that the Miyoshi Army's formation was a little loose due to the wavering of the long-range soldiers, he immediately ordered the pike soldiers to attack in advance. Five platoons
The pikemen quickly passed through the two gaps vacated by the iron gunners. After restoring their organizational structure, they immediately launched a charge against the Sanhao Army's position.
"Stop them!" Miyoshi Nagaharu couldn't help but be horrified when he saw the red leaf soldiers of Rakihara Preparation still maintaining an orderly formation during the charge, charging towards him with their spears drawn. He shouted at the top of his lungs, trying to boost the morale of his troops.
The Awa Zhong are also a battle-hardened force and are not cowards. As soon as the young master gave the order, the Awa Zhong samurai led the ashigaru to greet them. The Red Leaf Army's spear formation was indestructible when defending, but it could not use its full power when attacking.
Strength. Due to the lack of cover from the iron gunners holding short swords, the pikemen were a little weak when facing the attack of the Miyoshi family samurai, and for a while they were unable to break through the chaotic defense line of the Awa people.
However, at this moment, thunder suddenly broke out on the top of Yamada Mountain! After all the hardships, the three three-pound cannons were finally transported up. They were immediately pushed to the high ground and started bombarding the Awa people. The artillery on the high ground had many more guns than on the ground.
With its range and power, the fired artillery shells bounced several times in the infantry formation, causing huge chaos to the Awa people. Under the continuous bombardment, the Awa people on the narrow mountain road suffered heavy casualties. From time to time, there were samurai in charge of the command.
He was killed by one shot, and there was a huge problem in the connection between the front and rear armies.
At this time, Kanematsu Masakichi commanded the iron gunners to rush up with short swords to cover the pikemen. These experienced veterans cooperated with the pikemen and artillery fire, and the three of them worked together to defeat the Awa people in front of them. On the left side of the narrow mountain road
It was a ravine, with a cliff on the right, making it difficult to adjust. The defeated troops on the front line fled back, disrupting the formation of the troops behind them. Miyoshi Nagaharu and his Hatamoto samurai were coerced by the rebels and fled back, and then pushed the auxiliary troops behind them.
They were scattered. The Awa Zhong Rangers were defeated by the attack of the Rakihara Bei 1st Company. The Red Leaf Soldiers chased them north along the mountain road, and the Miyoshi family's nail pattern was abandoned all over the ground.
"Keep going! Don't stop! The target is Miyoshi Yoshihide's general flag!" After Yu Qiuping saw that the front line was progressing smoothly, he immediately ordered the cavalry and artillery to continue to follow.
"Sanhao Yixian, even ten of me can't be your opponent when it comes to intrigues." Yu Qiuping rode his horse to the high slope, raised his whip and pointed at Sanhao Yixian's horse seal, "But if you are more upright than
In the battle formation duel, when Shiki joined forces ten years ago, you are no longer my opponent!"
Chapter completed!