Seeing Miyoshi Nagaharu's troops collapsed in defeat, Miyoshi Yoshihide couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. At this moment, out of the 6,000 people he had on hand, about 2,000 had successfully crossed the river, but the remaining 4,000 were still in the Monobe River.
East bank. According to the speed at which Yu Qiuping rushes over, by the time the Hongye Army arrives, he will only be able to cross 1,000 more people at most.
However, the 2,000 people who crossed the Mononobe River were led by Onishi Yoritake, and 1,000 of them were combat soldiers. Among the 4,000 people left by Yoshihide Miyoshi on the east bank of the Mononobe River, only 1,000 combat soldiers remained.
To start a war on the shore is to use 1,000 combat soldiers to fight against a reserve force of the Red Leaf Army - obviously there is no chance of winning. Miyoshi Changji's 700 combat soldiers and 1300 auxiliary soldiers can't even stop a company of the Red Leaf Army?
At this moment, Miyoshi Yoshihide had three options. Either to pull back the 1,000 soldiers who crossed the river, and use 2,000 soldiers to fight Yu Qiupei's 1,200 ashigaru, Ryuhara Bei's direct cavalry platoon and a cavalry company on the east bank. Or
That is to transfer all the fighting troops to the west bank and let the auxiliary troops on the east bank retreat quickly. Or to maintain the status quo, the troops on the west bank and the east bank fight independently.
But what Yu Qiuping said is right, Miyoshi Yixian is really not good at preparing for battle. At this critical moment, Miyoshi Yixian actually chose the third option that was neither better nor worse - he asked the troops on the west bank to stop taking care of the east bank and immediately
He moved closer to Oka Fengcheng. The 1,000 combat soldiers and 3,000 auxiliary soldiers on the east coast followed him and retreated towards the beach landing place.
Yu Qiuping, who was condescending, had an excellent vision, and every move of Miyoshi's army could not be hidden from his eyes and ears. After discovering Miyoshi Yixian's movements, Yu Qiuping immediately responded. He gave up pursuing Miyoshi Changji's defeated troops, but
A platoon of cavalry was arranged to chase Miyoshi Nagaharu himself, leaving him no chance to gather the skirmishers. The cavalry company quickly attacked to seize the main force of Awa who were retreating on the east bank.
Afterwards, they bit them and prevented them from retreating. The third company of Rakihara Bei and the troops directly under Rakihara Bei, led by Yoshioka Katsumasa, immediately turned around and crossed the river, crossed again to the west bank of the Monobe River, and followed the other
Detach Awa Zhong's Rangers. Their mission is to contain the Awa Zhong Rangers so that they cannot fully attack Okafeng Castle. Wait until Yu Qiuping defeats the main force of Awa Zhong on the frontal battlefield, and then cross the river to support them.
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Shinkai Minetsuna is the son-in-law of Miyoshi Yoshihide. As the lord of the Miyoshi family, he led his 200 combat soldiers and 400 auxiliary soldiers to follow Miyoshi Yoshihide into battle. He was young and promising, and was known as a brave general. In
In the history of Yu Qiuping's previous life, Chosonggabe Motochin sent people to murder him because he was afraid of his martial arts. The brave Shinkai Mizuna fought hard and his blood even splashed on the ceiling. The ceiling was also left as a relic and was
It is called the "Blood Patio of Zhangliu Temple".
However, this famous brave general had to face trouble at this moment. He was retreating on the east bank with Miyoshi Yoshihide's main force. The 400 auxiliary soldiers had already retreated with the auxiliary army, and he had to lead 200 soldiers to cover the rear of the army.
Road. Not far behind, he could see the cavalry of the Red Leaf Army roaring towards them. However, the cavalry of the Awa Zhong did not dare to respond to the enemy, but only covered their right side. Shinkai Mizuna understood why they did not dare to respond.
——Those are the Red Leaf Cavalry who can't even hold Chi Bei off. Who dares to confront them head-on?
However, whether you want to hedge or not is one thing. If you don't even dare to hedge, the cavalry's tactics will be greatly restricted. The red leaf cavalry rushed to the newly opened troops just before they saw it, but the Awa Zhong's
However, the cavalry never dared to attack. If this continues, the newly formed troops will be directly killed from behind.
In desperation, Shinkai Mizuna had to slowly order the troops to turn. The people of Awa Zhong did not have the same discipline and military discipline as the Hongye Army. They could adjust their direction by turning in three directions on the spot, but had to go through complicated arrangements.
As soon as the newly opened troops stopped, the other reserve troops behind him also slowed down, preparing to cover the neighboring troops. Miyoshi Yoshihide had no choice but to order the entire army to turn around and start fighting and retreating.
The Red Leaf Cavalry did not charge directly into the Awa Zhong position. Instead, they drew an arc in front of the newly opened Shizuna position and circled to the left - the direction where the Awa Zhong Cavalry was not present. The Awa Zhong Reserves on the left
Each and every one of them was facing a formidable enemy, and no one dared to retreat further. Instead, they all lined up in place to prevent the cavalry from breaking out. At this time, the cavalry of Awa Zhong also followed in a larger circle. The Red Leaf Cavalry
Under the leadership of Kobata Jiesheng, he immediately turned around and took a hedging stance, frightening Awa Zhong's cavalry and retreating.
"Hehe, we do have some Chibei prestige!" Maeda Keiji laughed loudly on his horse when he saw this, "Their cavalry didn't dare to touch us at all, and ran away when they saw it. Isn't this the same as when we met at that time?
Is it the same as Chibi? Like a cat meeting a mouse."
"We have a His Highness who is willing to rush to the front row for the sake of the entire army and trade his life with the enemy." Kobata Jiesheng did not say it out loud, but just said silently in his heart, "But they are not."
From time to time, bows, arrows and projectiles would come towards the Red Leaf Cavalry, and the Red Leaf Cavalry would stay away to avoid it. Although one or two unlucky guys would be dismounted every time, the Awa people really had nothing to counter the Red Leaf Cavalry other than forming a formation.
A good method. The red leaf cavalry circled and harassed the Awa people, slowing down their march to the point where they could barely move very far. The distance between the first and second companies of Rakihara Bei and them was quickly shrinking.
In the end, Miyoshi Yoshihide sighed and ordered the entire army not to retreat, but to prepare to turn around and attack Rakihara Bei. Awa Zhong's 1,000 soldiers slowly formed an formation, while the auxiliary soldiers hid behind the formation. In Miyoshi Yoshihide's case,
Under the command of Ma Yin, the various reserve units of Awa Zhong began to adjust. The Shinkai Mizuna Division, which was originally at the end, slowly retreated to the edge of Miyoshi Yoshihide's flag, located in the center. The other troops slowly passed by.
The newly opened Shizuna Division extended towards the north and formed a crane wing formation. There were 300 people on the right wing, led by Hosokawa Shinyuki. There were 300 people on the left wing, led by Haneyoko Sazai. In the center, there were
There are 200 people who have newly opened a solid line, and 200 banner cavalrymen from Awa behind him.
The Hongye Army that was pursuing had about 1200 people. Yu Qiuping looked at the Crane Wing Formation listed by Yoshihide Miyoshi, and after thinking for a moment, he deployed a rare formation - the Crab Claw Formation. Prepare for a prairie fire.
The first company serves as the left wing, and the second company of Ryohara Preparation serves as the right wing. The two sides are separated by a long distance. There are no troops deployed in the middle, only Yu Qiuping's main formation. The Hongye Cavalry cruises between the main formation and the two companies.
, to cover. It's like two huge pincers, each attacking the two protruding wings of the crane's wing, but being indifferent to the center of the crane's wing.
"What does this mean?" Miyoshi Yoshixian stared at Yu Qiuping's formation, wondering what the purpose of this formation was, "Is there no central force?"
At the same time, in Amakihei's main formation, Asahina Matsuchiyo also raised the same question.
"The center of them dare not move." Yu Qiuping pointed to the position of Sanhao Yixian's horse seal, "Our cavalry has an absolute advantage, and the cavalry of Apozhong dare not confront us. In other words, as long as our cavalry does not
If they enter the battle, their central troops will not dare to advance rashly, otherwise they will encounter a flank attack from our cavalry."
"It's equivalent to using our 400 cavalry to tie up their most elite 400 people." Yu Qiuping explained to Asahina Matsuchiyo in a different way, "Then let our two reserve teams fight their left and right wings individually. Our troops
Not only are we elite, but we also possess the numbers. Victory is only a matter of time. Not to mention that if we wait a little longer, our artillery will catch up with the troops."
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Awa Zhong's left wing faces the right wing of the Momiji Army, the Second Company of Riseki Yuanbei. The commander of Awa Zhong's left wing is Hanaboko Zaizai, who considers himself to be a somewhat famous samurai on Shikoku Island.
The commander of the second company of the Rise of Fire seems to be a general named Nagasu Sadama (the rank of Major in the Hongye Army). He is unknown and has never heard of any heroic achievements.
However, on the battlefield at this moment, the slightly famous Hanaboko Sazai was defeated by the little-known Nagasu Sadama. That Nagasu Sadama did not have any spiritual or brave command.
Even if they carried out the attack step by step and meticulously, Hanaboko Zaizai could not stop him even though he tried all his skills. This was because there was a gap in the fighting power between the Awa Zhong and the Red Leaf Army, not to mention the fact that the Awa Zhong were even smaller this time.
In the initial salvo of fire between the two armies, Awa Zhong's iron artillerymen and archers were suppressed by the iron artillerymen of Rakihara Bei's second company - very few people can defeat the powerful red leaf army in a duel.
After the formation wavered, the Ryohara Bei's pikemen launched an assault, while the iron gunners held short knives to cover their spearmen. The well-trained and cooperative Ryohara Bei soldiers steadily advanced the battle line, stabbing again and again.
The enemy's resistance was broken down, while the iron gunners armed with short swords repelled the incoming samurai again and again.
The Hongye Army, which had a numerical advantage, even separated a platoon of spearmen, detoured from the west, and went straight to the flank of Hagota Sazai. Hagoba Sazai was forced to deploy the rear team to the side, but the formation had already
Some were scattered. He had to lead Hatamoto to rush to the front line to supervise the formation in person, trying to boost the morale of the troops.
He is also 43 years old this year. He is getting older and can no longer attack as aggressively as he did when he was young. Therefore, he did not stand too far forward. However, the spear platoon of the Red Leaf Army found the opponent.
After the general's horse seal, he immediately launched a fierce attack on Hagota Sazai's location. The dozen or so soldiers blocking Hagota Sazai were quickly defeated, and Hagota Sazai had to fight the enemy side by side with his own Hatamoto guards.
.The governors of these small wealthy families are no better than the important ministers who can safely stay behind the lines and command. It is just a common thing to go to the front line to draw a sword. There is nothing to be afraid of. His company commander, Zong Gabu Yuanqin,
I'm not afraid of a flag, let alone a group of spearmen?
Chapter completed!